WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
GIFT OKORIE?
CHAPTER 19
“It’s gonna be fine, OK” he assured me, I took a deep breath and finally slept off.
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WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 1 – 20
DAVID’S POV
I woke up as I fight off the bugs that threatened to use me for breakfast, Henry was right, mosquitos are tiny vampires, they almost finished my blood last night.
I stretched myself on the sleeping bed and that was when I realized Marichuiy was no longer there. I looked around and saw everyone else eating snacks and soda for breakfast but I didn’t see her.
“Hey, Bathny, where’s….” I started to ask but she cut me off.
“We saw a small lake where we had our bath, when she woke up, I told her about it, that’s where she is” she explained. How did she know who I wanted to adk about. I shrugged it off and stood up.
“Where’s the lake” I asked her.
“Take your left, few feet from here, make sure you bathe as well” she stated.
“Yes mum” I replied and she laughed, I looked around for kiwi, I saw her and Ruby chatting and laughing, it stung me like a bee, weird. I walked to them.
“Hey dude, what’s up” Ruby asked when he saw me.
“I’m good” I replied in between grits teeth, what’s wrong with me, they are just chatting, nothing more.
“Good morning Dave” Kiwi greeted and flashed her million dollar smile, I melted and my lips widened in broad smile, how can she be so adorable, only her.
“Are you OK cutie” she asked me.
“Nothing, I’m fine, I just wanna go look for Marichuiy”
“Awwww” she cooed, I twisted my brows in confusion.
“What?” I asked her.
“You guys will look cute together” Ruby blurted out.
So that’s why you wanna take away my baby right, I’ll be back for you, stupid boy.
“I’ll be back” I said to them and walked out.
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I finally saw the glimpse of the lake, I got closer and there she was, walking out of the lake and the glassy water dripping from her body, good thing she was wearing underwear otherwise I could have seen a lot of things.
“Hey, good morning” she greeted.
“Sup?” I asked her
“I’m good, you?”
“I’m OK” I replied as I sat under a tree. She got out completely from the river, she sat on a fallen tree and stared at me. Damn she’s hot.
“Won’t you put On your dress?” I asked her, why is she tempting me by the way
“Hey chill, I’m just waiting for my underwear to dry” she replied.
“Oh”.
“Hey, won’t you also have a bath?” She asked and winked at me. Huh? What is she thinking.
“Relax, trust me, I won’t look” she smirked, evil girl. Lol.
“So you think I would remove my clothes to bath, nah, not when you are here” I stated and stood up.
“But why, I already promised not to look” she whined as I removed my shirt. “Oooohh, cute” she cooed, can she just leave. Nah I don’t want her to leave but she should look away, actually I kinda like the way she’s admiring me. Aaahh, David stop it.
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I removed my trouser leaving only my boxers.
“Not fair” she whimpered and made a puppy face as she crossed her hands on her chest, I laughed as I jumped into the water, I was under water for a while and then I lifted my head up only to see her crying.
“Hey what happened, why are you….” Before I could finish, she already threw a stone at me but I dodged it and it fell into the water.
“Why did you scare me like that, you were in the water for too long, I thought you drowned” she cried.
“But I was in for only few minutes” I argued.
“It felt like an hour you dumb head” she barley and pick another stone to throw at me, I screamed and started swimming away from her. She jumped into the water and began chasing me.
We played in the water for a while before we heard a voice calling us.
“You two should have told us you were going on a date, that way we would leave without worrying about you guys” Ruby yelled at us.
I carried Marichuiy and swam out of the water.
“I thought I saw a crocodile in that water when I had my bath” Henry asked as he joined Ruby.
“You were seeing things” I said to him, I layed Marichuiy on a tree trunk and sat beside her waiting for our body and underwear to dry.
“Its so cool out here” Ruby commented.
“Yea, its because of the water” I said to him. He sat on the floor, Henry joined him.
“Where’s Kiwi” I found myself asking.
“She’s with Bathny” Ruby replied.
“You are with one fruit and you are asking about another fruit, dude you really need to choose one” Henry blurted out, I know what he’s talking about but I pretended like I didn’t.
“What are you talking about” I asked him.
“You know what I’m talking about” he replied and winked at me. I looked at Marichuiy who laid her head on my laps, Henry is right, I can’t be in love with two fruits, it has to be one and that’s the problem, I’ve always thought about Kiwi but now with Marichuiy here, its a different case. How do I fix this.
“OK Henry, do you wanna talk about it?” I heard Marichuiy ask and my heart skipped.
“Talk about what?” Henry asked.
“Your mood….” She said and lifted her head from my leg, she sat up and faced Henry.
“Look I know that i don’t know you that well, but the little i know about you, you are a cheerful person but this morning, you are just dull, why?” She asked him.
“Who would be happy in this kind of place?” Ruby asked.
“That’s not what I mean, he knows what I’m talking about, do you wanna talk about it Henry?” She asked.
“I don’t know” Henry shrugged and went quiet for a while and that was when I realized it, he was really down. “Its just that, I’ve been trying to impress him…” He started and I didn’t need to be told he was talking about Ricky. “But he doesn’t seem to see me”
Marichuiy sighed. “But Henry have you asked yourself some basic questions about him?” She asked him.
“Like what?”
“Like, is he ga.y too, what if he’s married, also the dude is way older than you, He’s old enough to be your father, I know he’s cute and all but he’s way out of your league” I chipped in.
“I support Dave” Ruby stated.
“Also I’ve been meaning to ask you, how did you get to know that you are gay?” Marichuiy asked him, I couldn’t hold my laughter, including Ruby.
“I just know since I was little, I started crushing on guys” Henry replied nonchalantly.
“I do crush on girls to, I find my gender so beautiful and cute, but that doesn’t make me a gay” Marichuiy argued.
“Well I’m not you” Henry retorted.
“Have you ever dated any guy before or you just crush from afar” she asked again and Ruby and I started another round of laughter, she’s really hitting him hard.
“No” Henry answered.
“That means you are not g.ay, stop deceiving yourself” she fired.
“OK, are you my judge now?” Henry asked her.
“No, I’m the one that wants to tell you the truth, Henry stop fantasizing over nonsense do that you would be able to realize the beautiful things in front of you” she stated.
I’m kinda enjoying this, I smiled and looked to beautiful water, I noticed something move. I heard a groll and I saw two eyes and a rough back of a crocodile. Fk.
“Uhm, guys, remember when Henry said he saw a crocodile in the lake….. He wasn’t bluffing” I informed them, I grabbed Marichuiy without diverting my eyes from the crocodile which was already crawling out of the water.
“Oh my gush it’s huge” Ruby screamed and sprang up, Henry did the same and we all took to our hills.
But the most scary part is that as we were running, i was seeing crocodiles crawling out of every part of the bushes.
“What is going on?” Henry screamed out as we were getting close to our camp.
When we got there, everyone was running up and down, parking up the little they can while Salvador and his men tried to shoot some of the crocodiles.
I grabbed my backpack and Marichuiy’s own while she puts own her dress, when she was done, she took the backpacks from me so that I could dress up as well.
“Where have you guys been?” Bathny asked as she and Kiwi approached us.
“There are too many of them, we have to leave now sir” one of Salvador’s men screamed out.
“Let’s go, let’s go” Salvador screamed and bounced out, we all joined him and ran as fast as our legs could carry us.
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