Life doesn't always go the way you plan,  but your best option  is to is keep moving, you would surely get it right someday 👑

💄Wendy's💄

On  getting to my room, it was exactly the way I left it. That was strange because whenever I wasn't home my room became Rhonda's sanctuary. She basically used my room as her second room and she always wore my clothes.  we quarrelled a lot about it.and papa was always brought into our bickering__being the eldest I was always told by papa to let it slide. So, seeing my room exactly the way I left it felt good and strange.

Immediately I dropped my luggage my phone rang. it was fanny, I had made a mental note to call her once I was settled.

"Hey girl" fanny called out happily. I could feel her happiness through the phone,  but encountering Jeremy earlier, there was nothing to be happy about.

"What's up" I said trying to sound normal, though I was no where close to being normal.

"Guess who I just saw" she continued happily

"Jeremy" I countered

"Oh!" She did, obviously she wasn't expecting that reply

"Yes! oh!" I mimicked.

"What's happening girl" She asked genuinely

"He said I should leave him the hell alone" I told her breaking down. Fanny was the only soul who knew how into Jeremy I was.

"Oh! girl",,,, she said softly "and I was so happy seeing him" uncertainty in her voice. She went quiet for a while and changed the topic

"You're home right?  let's go out and have fun, you'd wanna have fun right" she became cheerful again, she was trying to make me happy.

Smiling to myself, typical fanny, always a cheerful person "Okay,  I would let papa know" I replied her

"See you at 6" she said and hung up.

That was fanny also, she hates to drag issues. If a person was not willing to say something, fanny will never push it, instead, she makes you feel really comfortable then you have no choice but to voice out what's bothering you. I loved her for it. She became my ride and die cousin and then BFFs.

I went back into getting settled at home. It was 12pm and a long way to 6pm. I decided to join papa and Rhonda to catch up on what's been going on at home. Rhonda was in her senior year in high school and she had a lot of things to talk about. At a point I regretted joining them, papa seemed very interested in her talks or will I say gossips because she was gossiping about a boy in school. So many instances I had to roll my eyes, my sister was jealous over a girl called Susan, who was dating a guy she was crushing over.

What the hell was wrong with papa and Rhonda, they were discussing like they were age mates. Rhonda on the other hand was so free discussing boys with Papa, I never did that with him,  I wasn't so opened with papa when it came to boys.

"Papa, I would be going out with fanny at 6" I said cutting Rhonda off, I was tired of her talks.

They both became quiet.  I on the other hand was expecting the Jeremy questions from papa.

"Where to" he asked instead checking the big wall clock hung up in the kitchen where we were seated.

"A Restaurant or a bar around pa" feeling awkward, "we have a lot of catching up to do"

Papa raised a curious eye brow. "catching up huh" he asked.

"Yes" I replied staring at my entangled fingers on the table.

"I wanna go too" Rhonda chipped in

"Go where" I asked her feeling all tensed

"Restaurant or bar with you".

"She ain't going Papa"__I said looking at my pa, with the way he was looking at me, I knew he was considering it.

"No papa she is 16, she shouldn't be in a bar," .

"I didn't say anything" Papa said with a mischievous smile

"But you're considering it"

"Dad I wanna go with them" Rhonda said pleading

"She can't go" I said close to tear, Rhonda wasn't a nice person to tag along,  she would make the whole outing about herself.

"I have homework to do anyways" Rhonda said, seeing that I wasn't ready to agree for her to come with us. That was her way of giving up.

"That's settled___" papa said looking at the both of us, "Be back home by 9 Wendy"

"9" I and Rhonda said simutanously.

"Too early??" Papa asked

Surprise written all over my face, I have never been out so late, our curfew time was 7, papa telling me to be home by 9 was new, and I knew from this day I was an adult.

'Do you want 10" he asked.

"No pa, 9 is fine" I said sheepishly

I stood up went and  straight to where he was sitting, I  huged and kissed his cheeks "love you papa" I said and left the kitchen smiling with Rhonda's voice at the background saying "I can't wait to be in college dad"

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It was 5;30, applying  the last touch of my makeup  my phone rang, I went to my bed stand where my phone was resting and  it was  fanny calling.

"You ready"

"Almost ready" I replied.

"Good, Who's driving?" she asked
I thought for a while.

"You" I replied.

"Good___" she said again "because tonight you're going to have a toast to the scumbag,  I really don't think you would be able to drive when we're done"

"Hey girl you know I don't drink"  I reminded her smiling through the phone.

During my last experience I had to pass the night at grandpa's house,  scared my pa would be mad. Luckily grandpa wasn't aware of anything because he was in his room when we came in,  I told myself that day never to get carried away when drinking with fanny,  she tend to drink like a fish and never get drunk.

"I'm driving baby,  you're going to have the time of your life, we're forgetting the modafvcker today"

She said happily and laughing too much , knowing who she was referring to I laughed too.

Talking about  cars, when I had my admission into medical school  papa Bought me my first car,  Mercedes-AMG E 43 4matic as a gift for being a studious student. Fanny also had car gift from grandpa, papa and papa's other siblings a year before me for also gaining admission to study law, she said it has always been her dream to be a lawyer, so when she passed Grandpa and his children took it upon themselves to gift her a car. Fanny loved show off and show off she did with her Benz. she was actually one of the reasons I studied so hard, I wanted to emulate her, she was the real definition of beauty, bitch with a brain.

"See you in a jiffy" the call ended

10mins later Rhonda came barging into my room. We had seperate rooms now. Rhonda woke up one morning and told papa she was tired of sharing the same room with me, she wanted hers .

'Do you want the storage papa asked her', the old storage was  far from my room and papa's room,  it was used for our old stuffs and it was twice the room we shared, I guessed papa said that to dissuade her from wanting  a room for herself. Nevertheless she said yes and went ahead to convert the place to her room, and That became one of the happiest day of my life, I could do my thing without someone breathing down my neck.

"Fanny is here" Rhonda said

"Don't you knock" I asked instead

She rolled her eyes, "its my room too you know"

"That was two years ago" I replied such entitlement

Fanny stormed into the room looking all happy "Wendy you looking so peng, where are you headed" she asked me looking a little amused

I felt embarrassed, "I thought we were going out" I whispered shyly Rhonda looking at us confused .

"Yes, I know we're going out, but you're all dressed up"  I looked at what she was wearing. she was looking so casual wearing a blue jean, white tank top and a sander to match. Looking at what fanny was wearing I immediately felt overdressed.

"I will change" I said going towards my walk in closet. Rhonda started laughing.

"Why're you laughing midget" fanny asked staring down at her like a child

"Yeah! ask her why" I said half turning. 

"You are  over dressed for a casual outing, I thought you were in college..." yeah I'm in college what has that got to do with that miss fashionista I thought

"What has being in college got to do with that" fanny countered

"I thought college students where ominiknowest they knew all the dos and donts of dressing" Rhonda said sarcastically.

Creasing her eye brows, fanny stared down at her and that was Rhonda's cue to leave. they never got along, I felt they had the same personality,  you know likes don't attract.

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On getting to the bar fanny choose I felt out of place, I was never used to this,  but getting Jeremy out of my mind was of paramount importance.

"loosen up Wendy" Fanny said almost too loud and I was embarrassed. A guy sitting close to our table smiled, Fanny smiled too.

"We're drinking tonight___" fanny said again. this time too loud kinda overshadowing the slow background music.  She stood up from our table and went to order drinks.

In this bar, you do the ordering and the waiters brings your order to your table unless you were at the VIP section where they do everything. I wanted the VIP section,  but Fanny said there was no fun there. She left for our drinks.

Few seconds later fanny came rushing down "you wouldn't believe who just came in" she said panting

Calm down I said, or  you get a heart attack.

She actually did exhale dramatically.

"Jeremy just walked in with a very fine specimen__". She said rolling her eyes "the lady is so fineeee,," she dragged, "and she  ain't one of the R sisters."

Talking about the R sisters I knew she was referring to her friend Rosny. I sat frozen Jeremy was behind Fanny already starring down at me no Us I think me.  Fanny read my facial expression and knew Jeremy was close by. She stragthen and turned around walked passed him majestically,  pretending like she didn't just gossip about him.

I sat watching Jeremy and the pretty lady who clung to his side.
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