Painful Pleasure ep 11-15
Episode 11
I gently placed my hands oh her shoulder, and slowly
pushed her away. “I’m sorry, I can’t do this.”
She looked at me for a while. “Are you the last born? Why
are you making a big deal out of this? Seriously it’s no big
deal.” She began to raise her voice. “You don’t have to shout.
You are a very wonderful lady and I respect that. You are
funny, outspoken and I like that fact. But don’t you think that
by doing this, you are going overboard? We haven’t even
known each other for up to three months. And as a matter
of fact, this is the second time I’m seeing you in my whole
life. . .” I explained so she could understand me, but she
replied sharply. “Wait dude, what is the whole speech all
about, I didn’t ask you to date me, neither did ask you to
have s-x with me, it was just a kind gesture, it’s all fine, we
are cool, I’m serious.” She started talking as if nothing had
happened. “Are you sure you are not mad at me?” I asked.
“Why would I be? I should be the one asking that question.”
She replied.
Since it was all settled, I thought it was time to go, then
Sandra looked at me and said “I don’t have to beg you to ask
for my number, do I?” I had totally forgotten to ask for her
number, the whole drama that just happened between us
has really destabilized me, that I didn’t even remember to
do that. “My bad!!! I’m sorry I totally forgot.” I brought out
my ‘palasa’ and gave it to her, she looked at the phone, then
she smiled, collected the phone and pressed in two
numbers, and saved them as ‘Sandra 1’ and ‘Sandra 2’
respectively.
“I don’t have to beg you to ask for my number, do I.” I
repeated the same thing she had said earlier. So she
brought out her PHONE. Yes! It has to be stressed, because
that was what should be referred to as phone, and not my
BB Tour. It was a Samsung ‘touch-screen’ phone, well I don’t
know about now, but then, Samsung phones were
considered to be one of the most expensive phones. I held
the phone carefully to avoid stories that touch the heart, and
pressed on the screen with my middle finger, my one and
only phone number. It was then it occurred to me that she
was a ‘rich kid’.
We said good night to each other, and I gave her a hug, then
we departed. That was around 3am, so I headed straight to
my room. As I was going, I was wondering “this girl must be
really rich o”. I got to my room, everyone had slept, Mayowa
was on his bed sleeping too. I just climbed my bunk and
slept.
What next? Find out in EPISODE 12 and don’t forget to share
with friends.
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Episode 12
It was 10am already, and I was still on my bed, sleeping. As
the guys were laughing so loud, I had to wake up. Mayowa
had been giving them the ‘party gist’. I pretended I was still
sleeping as I listened to the conversation. . .
Mayowa: That girl for slap my face true true o, as d blackout
happen, omo na so I tear race o.
Olu: It fit be say na you she go kiss na, anything fit happen o
Emeka: If I hear say dat girl kiss am, make God con help you
make that girl hand strong well well, your face for tear reach
back. . .
Emeka is a very funny guy, so when I heard what he said, I
laughed loud, and they all knew I had been pretending all
the while. Mayowa told the guys how scared he was when he
thought he would be slapped. Then I narrated the part
Mayowa didn’t get to see; how she tried to kiss me, and how
I refused. When Emeka heard this, matters took another
turn, as he took the issue personal. “Guy, you dey craze o,
how girl go wan kiss you, you come dey form holy holy, your
father well well, your father yaga yaga. Girl wey you for do
strong thing, make she know say you be man, you con dey
do like p---y. Guy, you don fall my hand. If to say na me, I
for show her say Jesus no get tribal marks”. Emeka made me
feel I did something bad, and he really succeeded with the
help of Olu and Mayowa. I told them more about Sandra,
how we met and how she was just behaving. “Abeg, shey u
go gimme dat girl?” Olu asked, and Emeka replied him “Guy
free that part 1 girl for our guy o, make him flex, make him
dey alright”.
Seriously, the whole conversation we had that day made me
regret just rejecting Sandra that day, I wished I had done
more. “There will surely be another chance, and if the
chance is not forth-coming, I will create it.” I said to myself. I
had gotten her number already, so things won’t be difficult.
That day, there was an orientation programme for freshers,
but Mayowa and I didn’t bother to go, since Emeka and Olu
told us it wasn’t really important. They told us they were
always saying ‘ase’ (irrelevant stuffs).
We continued our registration, going from library to the
health center to the department to the faculty submitting
one document or the other. It was really stressful. We were
asked to pay dues to the faculty and departments and we
did. After like 2 weeks, lectures were going to start. So many
materials were introduced to us, and we bought the ones we
could. Lectures were going to commence, my university life
was about to start in full.
What next? Find out in Episode 13
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Episode 13
It was a Sunday, lectures were going to start the following
day, and since I came to school, I had not gone to church,
two Sundays had passed already. My mum is a very devoted
Christian, thank God money is not the criteria for being a
deaconess in my church, she wouldn’t have had the chance.
She had taught me not to miss any Sunday service, as it is
written “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” My
mother had taught me to go to church 52 Sundays a year, 53
if possible, but what exactly was wrong with me, I couldn’t
figure out what was going on with me.
I decided to go to church, I talked Mayowa into going with
me and he agreed. So we decided to go to ‘Church of Christ’.
It was a popular church then, known for quick and short
services. The day ‘holy spirit takes control’, and they have to
stay longer than usual, that is when they use up to two
hours. Since most students do not like long services, this
church had so many members.
The service was meant to start by 10am and end latest by
12pm. Mayowa and I got to church around 10:30, as a
protocol member gently led us to our seat. The sitting was
strictly on a ‘sit as you come’ basis. It was a praise and
worship session, the lady leading was so blessed. As at the
time we entered, she was singing the song: “We give you all
the glory. . . We worship you our lord . . . you are worthy to
be praised. . . You are alpha, and omega”. The song really
touched me, as I lifted my hands to reference God as the
beginning and the end of my life.
There was a lady just there beside me with a pair of glasses
on, whose ‘part’ was very correct and loud. I know about
music, as I can play the keyboard, the drum set quite well,
and I can also sing. The lady caught my attention, she had a
pair of glasses on, and she lifted up both hands, singing
from the depth of her hearth. “Well, that shouldn’t distract
my worship.” I said to myself. I continued, as I was thinking
back on what God has done for me, success, provision, and
grace. All I could do was to thank him. It was time to dance, I
danced like there was no tomorrow, I was so happy to be in
the presence of God, I knew I had done what’s right.
Then the lady leading the praises said “hold a person beside
you and say (singing) we are going higher, we are going
higher. . . ” I held the lady with glasses I had been admiring
all the while. Well, she didn’t see any thing wrong with it as
we both sang the song.
The sermon came on, the pastor preached on the topic “he’s
able”. The pastor showed us the power of God, and the
ability of God to do all things for us, and through us. He
used Ephesians 3:20 as his anchor text. It was a wonderful
message. I can never forget it.
The pastor concluded the message, and the ‘first-timers’
were asked to stand up for recognition. Mayowa and i stood
up, and to my surprise, the lady beside me stood up too.
What next? Find out in EPISODE 14
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I gently placed my hands oh her shoulder, and slowly
pushed her away. “I’m sorry, I can’t do this.”
She looked at me for a while. “Are you the last born? Why
are you making a big deal out of this? Seriously it’s no big
deal.” She began to raise her voice. “You don’t have to shout.
You are a very wonderful lady and I respect that. You are
funny, outspoken and I like that fact. But don’t you think that
by doing this, you are going overboard? We haven’t even
known each other for up to three months. And as a matter
of fact, this is the second time I’m seeing you in my whole
life. . .” I explained so she could understand me, but she
replied sharply. “Wait dude, what is the whole speech all
about, I didn’t ask you to date me, neither did ask you to
have s-x with me, it was just a kind gesture, it’s all fine, we
are cool, I’m serious.” She started talking as if nothing had
happened. “Are you sure you are not mad at me?” I asked.
“Why would I be? I should be the one asking that question.”
She replied.
Since it was all settled, I thought it was time to go, then
Sandra looked at me and said “I don’t have to beg you to ask
for my number, do I?” I had totally forgotten to ask for her
number, the whole drama that just happened between us
has really destabilized me, that I didn’t even remember to
do that. “My bad!!! I’m sorry I totally forgot.” I brought out
my ‘palasa’ and gave it to her, she looked at the phone, then
she smiled, collected the phone and pressed in two
numbers, and saved them as ‘Sandra 1’ and ‘Sandra 2’
respectively.
“I don’t have to beg you to ask for my number, do I.” I
repeated the same thing she had said earlier. So she
brought out her PHONE. Yes! It has to be stressed, because
that was what should be referred to as phone, and not my
BB Tour. It was a Samsung ‘touch-screen’ phone, well I don’t
know about now, but then, Samsung phones were
considered to be one of the most expensive phones. I held
the phone carefully to avoid stories that touch the heart, and
pressed on the screen with my middle finger, my one and
only phone number. It was then it occurred to me that she
was a ‘rich kid’.
We said good night to each other, and I gave her a hug, then
we departed. That was around 3am, so I headed straight to
my room. As I was going, I was wondering “this girl must be
really rich o”. I got to my room, everyone had slept, Mayowa
was on his bed sleeping too. I just climbed my bunk and
slept.
What next? Find out in EPISODE 12 and don’t forget to share
with friends.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Episode 12
It was 10am already, and I was still on my bed, sleeping. As
the guys were laughing so loud, I had to wake up. Mayowa
had been giving them the ‘party gist’. I pretended I was still
sleeping as I listened to the conversation. . .
Mayowa: That girl for slap my face true true o, as d blackout
happen, omo na so I tear race o.
Olu: It fit be say na you she go kiss na, anything fit happen o
Emeka: If I hear say dat girl kiss am, make God con help you
make that girl hand strong well well, your face for tear reach
back. . .
Emeka is a very funny guy, so when I heard what he said, I
laughed loud, and they all knew I had been pretending all
the while. Mayowa told the guys how scared he was when he
thought he would be slapped. Then I narrated the part
Mayowa didn’t get to see; how she tried to kiss me, and how
I refused. When Emeka heard this, matters took another
turn, as he took the issue personal. “Guy, you dey craze o,
how girl go wan kiss you, you come dey form holy holy, your
father well well, your father yaga yaga. Girl wey you for do
strong thing, make she know say you be man, you con dey
do like p---y. Guy, you don fall my hand. If to say na me, I
for show her say Jesus no get tribal marks”. Emeka made me
feel I did something bad, and he really succeeded with the
help of Olu and Mayowa. I told them more about Sandra,
how we met and how she was just behaving. “Abeg, shey u
go gimme dat girl?” Olu asked, and Emeka replied him “Guy
free that part 1 girl for our guy o, make him flex, make him
dey alright”.
Seriously, the whole conversation we had that day made me
regret just rejecting Sandra that day, I wished I had done
more. “There will surely be another chance, and if the
chance is not forth-coming, I will create it.” I said to myself. I
had gotten her number already, so things won’t be difficult.
That day, there was an orientation programme for freshers,
but Mayowa and I didn’t bother to go, since Emeka and Olu
told us it wasn’t really important. They told us they were
always saying ‘ase’ (irrelevant stuffs).
We continued our registration, going from library to the
health center to the department to the faculty submitting
one document or the other. It was really stressful. We were
asked to pay dues to the faculty and departments and we
did. After like 2 weeks, lectures were going to start. So many
materials were introduced to us, and we bought the ones we
could. Lectures were going to commence, my university life
was about to start in full.
What next? Find out in Episode 13
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Episode 13
It was a Sunday, lectures were going to start the following
day, and since I came to school, I had not gone to church,
two Sundays had passed already. My mum is a very devoted
Christian, thank God money is not the criteria for being a
deaconess in my church, she wouldn’t have had the chance.
She had taught me not to miss any Sunday service, as it is
written “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” My
mother had taught me to go to church 52 Sundays a year, 53
if possible, but what exactly was wrong with me, I couldn’t
figure out what was going on with me.
I decided to go to church, I talked Mayowa into going with
me and he agreed. So we decided to go to ‘Church of Christ’.
It was a popular church then, known for quick and short
services. The day ‘holy spirit takes control’, and they have to
stay longer than usual, that is when they use up to two
hours. Since most students do not like long services, this
church had so many members.
The service was meant to start by 10am and end latest by
12pm. Mayowa and I got to church around 10:30, as a
protocol member gently led us to our seat. The sitting was
strictly on a ‘sit as you come’ basis. It was a praise and
worship session, the lady leading was so blessed. As at the
time we entered, she was singing the song: “We give you all
the glory. . . We worship you our lord . . . you are worthy to
be praised. . . You are alpha, and omega”. The song really
touched me, as I lifted my hands to reference God as the
beginning and the end of my life.
There was a lady just there beside me with a pair of glasses
on, whose ‘part’ was very correct and loud. I know about
music, as I can play the keyboard, the drum set quite well,
and I can also sing. The lady caught my attention, she had a
pair of glasses on, and she lifted up both hands, singing
from the depth of her hearth. “Well, that shouldn’t distract
my worship.” I said to myself. I continued, as I was thinking
back on what God has done for me, success, provision, and
grace. All I could do was to thank him. It was time to dance, I
danced like there was no tomorrow, I was so happy to be in
the presence of God, I knew I had done what’s right.
Then the lady leading the praises said “hold a person beside
you and say (singing) we are going higher, we are going
higher. . . ” I held the lady with glasses I had been admiring
all the while. Well, she didn’t see any thing wrong with it as
we both sang the song.
The sermon came on, the pastor preached on the topic “he’s
able”. The pastor showed us the power of God, and the
ability of God to do all things for us, and through us. He
used Ephesians 3:20 as his anchor text. It was a wonderful
message. I can never forget it.
The pastor concluded the message, and the ‘first-timers’
were asked to stand up for recognition. Mayowa and i stood
up, and to my surprise, the lady beside me stood up too.
What next? Find out in EPISODE 14
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Episode 14
So many other first timers stood up, we were celebrated,
and we were asked to follow a guy who gave us a form to fill.
The form has a part asking whether or not we would like to
Join the church, if we would like to Join the work force, and
what unit we would like to Join. Mayowa filled No/Nil all
through, he never liked church anyways. I filled yes all
through, and I answered that I wanted to join the choir. The
girl did the same, so I was forced to talk to her. “You sing
pretty well.” I said to her. She looked at me, trying to be sure
that I was talking to her. “You mean me?” She asked. “Yes,
you.” I answered.
Mayowa was already getting angry with the whole situation,
because he doesn’t like ‘church-girls’, so he didn’t really like
the fact that I was talking to her. Since he filled ‘No’, that he
didn’t want to join the church, he didn’t have to wait for any
extra meeting. He told me he was going already, then I said
bye to him. So the girl answered me. “that I chose to join the
choir, doesn’t mean I can sing. Wait! Were you peeping into
my form? I denied briskly. ” No, it was when you were
singing beside me that I heard your voice, and discovered
that you sing so well.” She looked at me suprisingly and said
“during that awesome worship, you were noticing someone’s
voice?” I answered immediately. “No, it’s not like that, I’m
just so sensitive to sound”. . .
We continued the conversation. . .
Me: So what part do you take exactly?
The girl: I take all parts, but I mainly take alto
Me: Wow that’s just like me, but the difference is that I’m
more comfortable taking tenor.
The girl: That’s really great. I’m Aramide, what’s your name?
Me: Please pardon my manners, I’m Dapo. It’s really nice
meeting you.
Aramide: The pleasure is all mine. You are in what
department?
Me: MCB, what about you?
Aramide: English Language. . .
We were going to continue the conversation, but some guys
came to address us, to tell us about becoming a member, a
‘worker’ and other things like that.
Immediately after the meeting, we prayed, and when I
opened my eyes, I didn’t see Aramide. Where she went, I
didn’t know. I just took my bible, and started going to my
hostel. Right there and then, I knew I had fallen in love.
Aramide is so beautiful, she speaks softly. She isn’t like
Sandra who talks like a parrot. She’s God fearing, and she is
nice too. I knew it was too early to conclude, but that was my
conclusion.
I took a bus and headed straight to my hostel, since I was
going to start lectures the following day.
Now I have Sandra, my lousy, saucy friend, Moji my FDF,
then Aramide whom I really love.
What next? Find out in EPISODE 15
_______________________________________________________________________________and we were asked to follow a guy who gave us a form to fill.
The form has a part asking whether or not we would like to
Join the church, if we would like to Join the work force, and
what unit we would like to Join. Mayowa filled No/Nil all
through, he never liked church anyways. I filled yes all
through, and I answered that I wanted to join the choir. The
girl did the same, so I was forced to talk to her. “You sing
pretty well.” I said to her. She looked at me, trying to be sure
that I was talking to her. “You mean me?” She asked. “Yes,
you.” I answered.
Mayowa was already getting angry with the whole situation,
because he doesn’t like ‘church-girls’, so he didn’t really like
the fact that I was talking to her. Since he filled ‘No’, that he
didn’t want to join the church, he didn’t have to wait for any
extra meeting. He told me he was going already, then I said
bye to him. So the girl answered me. “that I chose to join the
choir, doesn’t mean I can sing. Wait! Were you peeping into
my form? I denied briskly. ” No, it was when you were
singing beside me that I heard your voice, and discovered
that you sing so well.” She looked at me suprisingly and said
“during that awesome worship, you were noticing someone’s
voice?” I answered immediately. “No, it’s not like that, I’m
just so sensitive to sound”. . .
We continued the conversation. . .
Me: So what part do you take exactly?
The girl: I take all parts, but I mainly take alto
Me: Wow that’s just like me, but the difference is that I’m
more comfortable taking tenor.
The girl: That’s really great. I’m Aramide, what’s your name?
Me: Please pardon my manners, I’m Dapo. It’s really nice
meeting you.
Aramide: The pleasure is all mine. You are in what
department?
Me: MCB, what about you?
Aramide: English Language. . .
We were going to continue the conversation, but some guys
came to address us, to tell us about becoming a member, a
‘worker’ and other things like that.
Immediately after the meeting, we prayed, and when I
opened my eyes, I didn’t see Aramide. Where she went, I
didn’t know. I just took my bible, and started going to my
hostel. Right there and then, I knew I had fallen in love.
Aramide is so beautiful, she speaks softly. She isn’t like
Sandra who talks like a parrot. She’s God fearing, and she is
nice too. I knew it was too early to conclude, but that was my
conclusion.
I took a bus and headed straight to my hostel, since I was
going to start lectures the following day.
Now I have Sandra, my lousy, saucy friend, Moji my FDF,
then Aramide whom I really love.
What next? Find out in EPISODE 15
Episode 15
I got to my room, and I met Mayowa, already sleeping. I just
went straight into preparing for the next day’s work. Mayowa
had cooked ‘condition rice’ before sleeping. So I ate, then I
tried sleeping too. It was then my phone rang, it was my
mum. That was the second time she was calling me since I
resumed school. I was so happy to hear from her. I
apologized to her for not calling her earlier, I told her I have
been busy with registration activities.
She told me a lot of things, and repeated the ‘Ranti Omo Eni
Ti o n Se’ speech. But what surprised me the most was that
this time around, more emphasis was laid on ‘No 3’ of the
list. She kept on telling me to be careful with girls, maybe
she had seen some things in the realm of the spirit
concerning me. I thanked her, and told her, I won’t let her
down, then she ended the call.
Lectures were going to start the following day, it was going to
start with an ‘8 o’ clock’ chemistry class which would last for
an hour. Abdul told us (Mayowa and I) to get to the venue as
early as 6:30, or else, we won’t get a sit. We considered it as
an exaggerated fact, how can we go for a class, 1 hour, 30
minutes earlier.
Mayowa started the ‘church-gist’ in the evening around 8pm.
He told Emeka and Olu how I was behaving like a ‘church-
freak’. Those ones, blamed me too, they said I should have
followed him when he said he was coming to the hostel,
after all we went together. Mayowa started talking about
Aramide, how I was talking to her, about music, and he had
to leave, since he didn’t like music talks. Emeka was
surprised that I was talking to a girl again. “Guy, you be
woman rapper o, you never even finish Sandra patrol, you
don dey start another one.” Emeka said to me. “Watin be the
girl name self?” He asked. “Aramide” I answered. I didn’t tell
them I have fallen in love. We talked till around 12am, and
slept.
We woke up around 7am, we rushed up and by 7:45am, we
left the hostel for the Chemistry class.
What next, find out in Episode 16
went straight into preparing for the next day’s work. Mayowa
had cooked ‘condition rice’ before sleeping. So I ate, then I
tried sleeping too. It was then my phone rang, it was my
mum. That was the second time she was calling me since I
resumed school. I was so happy to hear from her. I
apologized to her for not calling her earlier, I told her I have
been busy with registration activities.
She told me a lot of things, and repeated the ‘Ranti Omo Eni
Ti o n Se’ speech. But what surprised me the most was that
this time around, more emphasis was laid on ‘No 3’ of the
list. She kept on telling me to be careful with girls, maybe
she had seen some things in the realm of the spirit
concerning me. I thanked her, and told her, I won’t let her
down, then she ended the call.
Lectures were going to start the following day, it was going to
start with an ‘8 o’ clock’ chemistry class which would last for
an hour. Abdul told us (Mayowa and I) to get to the venue as
early as 6:30, or else, we won’t get a sit. We considered it as
an exaggerated fact, how can we go for a class, 1 hour, 30
minutes earlier.
Mayowa started the ‘church-gist’ in the evening around 8pm.
He told Emeka and Olu how I was behaving like a ‘church-
freak’. Those ones, blamed me too, they said I should have
followed him when he said he was coming to the hostel,
after all we went together. Mayowa started talking about
Aramide, how I was talking to her, about music, and he had
to leave, since he didn’t like music talks. Emeka was
surprised that I was talking to a girl again. “Guy, you be
woman rapper o, you never even finish Sandra patrol, you
don dey start another one.” Emeka said to me. “Watin be the
girl name self?” He asked. “Aramide” I answered. I didn’t tell
them I have fallen in love. We talked till around 12am, and
slept.
We woke up around 7am, we rushed up and by 7:45am, we
left the hostel for the Chemistry class.
What next, find out in Episode 16
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