The Originals<\/a>. But then she said something so blasphemous I questioned her Nigerian heritage; she said she hated jollof rice. Who does that? How could she? Jollof rice was the second greatest export Nigeria had, after Nigerian music. And she hated it. Very questionable right?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOther than that, she was perfect. And I was happy. But I was also worried, how can someone be so perfect, I mean other than the jollof rice blasphemy. But it is impossible, everyone has a problem; for some it may be as obvious as nose picking, while for some others it may be that they fart uncontrollably. But the main thing is that everyone had a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The date, carried on smoothly, and I could feel the anxiety from earlier slowly dissipate. And then she asked: \u201cDo you know my brother?\u201d And everything came back at once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cErrr\u2026 yeah, I think so,\u201d I say, trying my best to sound normal, \u201cHe\u2019s on the track team yeah?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, he\u2019s on the track team, he calls himself Derek or some s___.\u201d She says and maybe it is because I feel guilty or something but I can\u2019t help but feel like she is now watching me closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat type of stupid name is that? No offence.\u201d I say, mustering as much shock and disgust I could muster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the same thing I said.\u201d She replies laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And all of a sudden, my mind goes blank. I don\u2019t know what to say, and my lie keeps ringing in my ear. I know Derek, in fact I know his name is Damilare and his fastest time is 10.14s and I know that he is an engineering major. I stare at her, as she nonchalantly munches on her fries. Should I continue this lie? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t believe this is happening to me. When a person goes through crisis like this in movies, I always thought it would be easy. Just drop the lie and enjoy your time together. But I couldn\u2019t, I can\u2019t lie to her. It\u2019s just not right. Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActually, I know him.\u201d I blurt out, making her pause her chewing. I almost laugh as she looks incredibly funny with fries sticking out of her mouth. But I keep calm and continue, \u201cI met him and at first absolutely hated his name. But he turned out to be pretty cool and when he found out I had a huge crush on you he told me to never see you again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou have a crush on me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
s___.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cDid I say that?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, I think you did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
f___kkk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s not the point though, is it?\u201d I say, immediately trying to change the topic, \u201cYour brother told me to stay away from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo not worry about that, he says that to everyone. You\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, don\u2019t worry about it. He always does over protective s___, but he doesn\u2019t really do anything. You\u2019re cool.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cI have been sweating and bloody nervous since yesterday, and everything is cool?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t want it to be cool?\u201d She asks evidently amused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI mean, there should\u2019ve been some drama at least. This is very anti-climactic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you disappointed?\u201d She says smiling widely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, she\u2019s using that my joke.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFrankly, a little to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShould I burst your brain?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean more than you\u2019ve already done? Sure, why not.\u201d I say laughing a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy brother has been sitting two tables behind you for the past 20 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunh?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nI turn around immediately, only for Dami to wave excitedly at me, while cuddling Sarah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is going on right now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t think about it too much.\u201d She says calmly. \u201cSo, what is this about me being your crush?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cErrrmm\u2026 these burgers are too good.\u201d I immediately blurt out, which makes her laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How anti-climactic. But I am happy. Right?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As I stand in front of the dimly lit entrance of the college pub, engulfed in the cool darkness of 7pm in Coquitlam, I couldn\u2019t help but sweat profusely underneath my many layers. I\u2019d probably be getting a lot of offers from Olympic coaches now. I might even have a fan club. Tunde would have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trailtrackclub.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}