If someone had told Amy that a flat tyre on a rainy tuesday would introduce her to one of the most important people in her life, she would have laughed at them and said, "Abeg, life no be film." But see how life has a funny way of proving people wrong, that Tuesday started badly.
The rain had been falling since morning, and then the roads in Lagos were already beginning to flood, Amy was on her way to an interview she had been preparing for all week for it, she had ironed her clothes the night before, rehearsed possible questions, and even left home earlier than usual.
Then, halfway through the journey...
"Kpooo!"
The tyre of the Bolt she was in burst, the driver parked by the roadside and sighed.
"Madam, I no fit continue like this. I have to change this tyre."
Amy checked the time "Oh God... this can't be happening."
She stepped out of the car and looked around helplessly, the rain had reduced to a drizzle, but everywhere was muddy.
"This interview don almost go," she muttered.
Just then, another lady standing under a nearby shop's shade called out.
"Sister, come stand here before the rain starts again."
Amy looked over "Thank you."
She hurried across and stood beside the lady "I'm Ada," the lady said with a smile.
"Amy."
They both laughed awkwardly before silence took over, after a few minutes, Ada noticed Amy checking her wristwatch every few seconds.
"You look worried."
"I have an interview in less than forty minutes."
"Ehen?"
Amy nodded, "My ride had a flat tyre. I honestly don't know if I'll make it anymore."
Ada thought for a second.
"Where's the interview?"
Amy mentioned the company Ada's eyebrows went up.
"No way."
"What?"
"I work in the building beside that company."
Amy blinked.
"Seriously?"
"Yes."
Both of them laughed.
"What are the chances?" Amy asked.
Ada smiled.
"Lagos is somehow funny like that."
The driver's tyre was still being changed, and time was not waiting for anyone.
Ada looked at her phone.
"My ride is almost here."
Then she turned to Amy.
"Come with me."
Amy frowned.
"Huh?"
"Our offices are beside each other , I will you."
"You don't even know me."
Ada shrugged.
"I know enough."
Amy hesitated for a second, Then she smiled.
"Thank you."
Twenty five minutes later, Amy arrived just in time.
She rushed into the building.
Before entering, she turned back.
"Ada!"
Ada looked over.
"Thank you!"
"Go and impress them."
Amy laughed and ran inside.
The interview went surprisingly well, when she came out almost two hours later, she remembered Ada and decided to stop by the next building.
The receptionist smiled.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Ada."
"Which Ada?"
Amy laughed.
"I actually don't know her surname."
After a few phone calls, Ada appeared.
"You actually came."
"I just wanted to say thank you properly."
Ada smiled.
"So... how did it go?"
"I think it went well."
"I told you." The two ladies ended up having lunch together that afternoon.
One lunch became regular phone calls, Phone calls became weekend hangouts, before long, they had become genuine friends.
Months later, Amy got the job, the first person she called wasn't even her brother..... It was Ada.
"I got it!"
Ada screamed so loudly that people in her office turned to look at her.
"I knew you would!"
Life moved on, their friendship kept growing, they attended birthdays together, celebrated promotions, and even supported each other through difficult moments.
One evening, almost two years later, they sat at a small restaurant eating suya, Amy suddenly laughed.
"Wetin funny?"
Ada asked.
Amy shook her head.
"Imagine say that tyre no burst that day."
Ada laughed too "True."
"We probably would never have met."
"And we would still be strangers."
Amy nodded slowly.
"It is funny how life works."
Ada smiled.
"Sometimes the things that look like problems are actually introducing you to blessings."
Amy looked at her friend and smiled.
"You know, that interview was not even the biggest thing I gained that day."
Ada raised an eyebrow.
"Oh?"
"I got a friend."
For a few seconds, Ada didn't say anything, then she laughed.
"See this girl."
"I'm serious."
Ada reached across the table and gently knocked Amy's hand.
"Well... I also gained a friend."
They both smiled.
Looking back, Amy realized something, she had spent that entire morning complaining about the rain, the traffic, and the flat tyre, at that moment, everything had felt like bad luck.
But if none of those things had happened, she would never have stood under that small shop, never met Ada, and never formed a friendship that would become one of the best things in her life, sometimes we spend so much time asking why things are going wrong that we fail to see what those moments are leading us to, not every delay is a disappointment, not every inconvenience is bad luck.
Sometimes, they are simply life creating unexpected connections... the kind that change everything when you least expect it.
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