Day twelve, part two

He sat down and didn't say a word, while I continued eating my food. I diverted to taking snacks and as I stuffed burger into my mouth, he only rubbed his palms together. After a while, he stopped looking at me and started staring at the ceiling.

Inner thought :🙄🙄Yep I know what he is doing, it's deja vu all over again.

I fought the urge to look up, and forced my eye to stare at the plate in front of me. He kept looking up like there was something there. Finally I gave in to the temptation and slowly lifted my head and stared at the ceiling.

Inner thought :😒😒😒thought you were stronger than this

I was expecting to see another wall gecko, just like I did the last time. And it was there, with it's spotted skin staring at God knows what. Why was everyone staring all of a sudden? the couple I'm front of our table, the two ladies beside them, the waiters.

Inner thought: Just get up and walk, they might be crazy 😳😳

I decided to follow David's eyes again, they were no longer staring at the wall but at something else. I turned my chair to face whatever it was.

Then I saw letters on a group of people, who were on the upper side of the building, that spelt

"I, I, UH, UHM, AM SO SORRY "

Inner thoughts :🙄🙄🙄it's so damn cliche, is this supposed to change anything?

I turned my seat and continued eating,it didn't help his case at all. I'm supposed to accept his apology after what he did.

He tried speaking but I wasn't interested, I chose that time to be when I'd visit the rest room. When I came back, he was still there.

I ignored him and continued eating, even though my tummy was screaming to me to stop.

After so many failed attempts to start up a conversation he dug his hand in his pocket, brought out a stock of cigarette and a lighter and lit the cigarette.

My eyes went wide and my jaw dropped, what was he trying to do annoy me?

"Amaka if you won't hear me out, I'll smoke this right here, you're already making me tensed and I'd hate to ruin our effort of making me stay clean"

Inner thought :😳😳😳👀👀👀Is this a threat?

Me: how is he claiming to be clean, the lady was smoking and he was in that room with her

Inner thought : we never saw him do anything, we just heard his voice. 🤔

Me: Why are you taking his side? You were there you saw everything, you even wanted to break his face few minutes ago.

I made sure to have an audible conversation with my inner thought, so David could hear everything. His facial expression was blank, he probably felt guilty.

Inner thought : just try and hear him out, before they throw him out, you're not supposed to smoke here. Besides he looks genuinely sorry. 😏😏

Me:They can throw him out I don't care, he's not supposed to be my date

Inner thought :😌😌if he goes out, you're washing plates haven't you thought of it, your date is nowhere to be found. He bailed on you!!

Me: I'd rather wash my plates than listen to what he has to say, I am beyond disappointed. He stops talking to me for no reason, stops taking my calls, replying my texts. Then the day I visit him to find out why, he's preoccupied with his sex teacher.

He flinched as the words fled my mouth. The lit cigarette was already drawing attention to him, but it was as if nobody cared about that. What was even happening in this restaurant! They were all looking at us, like we were karats of gold at an auction

"Amy please hear me out, it's not what you think it is"

Inner thought : You love him that much, just listen to what he has to say so that your tears won't be in vain. 😒

Me: My tears were not for him, he doesn't deserve it

Inner thought : 🙄🙄😌😌😂😂😂Your words were, David why!!, why!!!, it was pretty much for him

"I'm really sorry I made you cry, I'd never want to hurt you for any reason, I love you that much" he declared looking genuinely concerned

"For someone who loves me, you've done so well to show it, you have five minutes, I'm already exhausted from eating too much. Oh and you are taking care of the bills "

He nodded and began.

"After the day I saw you and we kissed"he smiled at that probably savoring the memory.

Inner thought : why the heck is he smiling?  Your lips are at the verge of leaving him forever 😏😏

"The next day, I couldn't hold myself from seeing you, so I came later in the day to see you. That was when I saw you kissing someone. I was so angry and heartbroken, I just drove off. It felt like the same betrayal with Vanessa. I felt you were using me or something. I was too angry to talk to you so I decided to ignore you.
But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't. I'd always visit my sister then look for a way to get a glimpse of you

I even followed you to the market one time from a distance. The more I tried to convince myself that you were a heartbreaker, the more I felt my heart should be given to you.

I don't know maybe I was scared after a while, so there was no way to reach you. I didn't know you came to my house. Vanessa told me a young lady came to see me but left immediately. I didn't know it was you till the cook told me your name.

I was very happy, you had come but I felt you left angry. I didn't even know how to tell you anything. And you also saw Vanessa, I guess you probably thought we were back together. She was only there to vent about her fiance. We are still friends"

Inner thought:😩😩😩😩when will this composition end?

"I just want to tell you, that I am very sorry. I wouldn't be here, if a lady named laura and your sister Ada didn't help me out.

Inner thought:🤦 I knew those two had a hand in this

He threw the cigarette into a bowl of water, to put the light out.

"The two of them explained everything to me, I should have confronted you when I saw that man kissing you. I shouldn't have ignored you, I was wrong. Please I know I messed up but I promise you, if you give me another chance, I won't mess it up. I'd do whatever you want me to do, I promise you"

Inner thought :😌😌😌😌😱😱😱i like the sound of that, can't wait for him to hear my plans.

"please amaka, say something. I uh, uh, I, uhmm, I, I, I,  know that I don't deserve it, but I'm willing to do anything for it. It's just that I, I, um, iumm, I, umm, I, umm"

Inner thought:😩😩😩😩Please put him out of his misery already.

I cleared my throat before i started speaking . "You and I met on a random date I decided I was going to do, I decided to start going on dates because my parents gave me a mandate to marry early, I didn't have a boyfriend so I was hoping to get one at least, so that they can ignore me. I arranged for twelve dates and you were the first.

I didn't expect myself to feel anything for you but I did." He grinned at the declaration and I almost wiped it out with a slap. I hadn't totally forgiven him yet

" I decided to complete the dates so that even if I end up with someone, it won't be because I didn't give others a chance but because my heart chose him.

Johnson was my fourth date and on that day he kissed me, I told him off. I am just disappointed that you

couldn't even tell me about this, we could have resolved this by communicating with each other.

Anyways I've heard what you said. I'll definitely take into consideration.

I looked outside and I was surprised to see Ada and Amaka with sheets, plastered on the glass. Boldly written
FORGIVE HIM, HE LOVES YOU AND YOU LOVE HIM Too, a sad emoji placed beside the last word

were they just bent on making me forgive him easily?

Inner thought : let's just forgive him, I have good plans for him😌😌😌

Me: I can't let him walk away with this easily, he has to pay

Inner thought :then make him pay😈

David, I have decided that before I forgive you, you have to do two things. First you are going to call everyone's attention then yell these words.

"I am a big asshole for making Amaka cry, I am ugly, annoying, and I have a big head. I act like a castrated bull, you can call me anu mpam if you're igbo"courtesy of my inner thought.

Then the second one is you're coming home with me to see my parents.

He shook his head, thought about it then stood up and said everything the way I told him. But he added his own words at the end.

"I might be all these, but I love this lady right here"

Inner thought : I think David is no longer shy 😊, he just proved that to me.

When he sat down, everyone else was laughing hard, some even clapped for him.

"I'd gladly visit even your ancestors, if it'll make you happy "I smiled and held his hand

"I think I have forgiven an asshole, castrated bull and anu mpam like you. If you ever make me cry like I did that day again, I'll break your nose with my heels'

He laughed, pulled me up and hugged me. It felt marvelous being in his arms again, my nostrils couldn't stop inhaling his scent, my heart was at peace.

He was the beginning and the end of my random dates. He was my...
" David what are we now? " I enquired suddenly concerned with the tag we would have.

"Whatever you want us to be is fine,but definitely not friends with benefits"

"You are my boyfriend, that's what you are"

We pulled apart when a man cleared his throat behind us. I looked at the tall, huge and muscular Frame and his appearance sent chills to my body.

Was he a bouncer or something?

"I am supposed to meet one Amaka at this table, do you know where she is? "
I shook my head vigorously and he went away

Inner thought :😮😮😮Thank your heavens that David came, else your broken bones would have left this restaurant this night. He's twice the size of Dwayne Johnson

David chuckled when the man left, "let me guess, the real twelfth date just walked away "

I hit him playfully before we left the restaurant, well after he paid for everything I ate.

Laura and Ada came and hugged me and went in to David's car. Just be fore he opened the door for me, he pulled me into another embrace. After that, he drew my face closer and bent down to kiss me

"Wait, don't you need your blindfold? Aren't you uncomfortable, people will be watching "

He smiled and said" I only need to look at your face, everything else will just fade away. You sound like the shy one this time"

Inner thought : get this over with dude, I have missed.. I mean she has missed kissing your smoked lips😋

Me:we have missed it😉

I pulled him closer, parted my lips and let his lips claim mine. i wrapped my hands around him.

My inner thoughts graded him 99% for claiming my heart, "My shy man"

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Hello everyone!

So whew!

Amaka finally got her man!

I just want to say a big thank you to everyone for reading and voting on this story. It means a lot to me!

This is not the end, we've got an epilogue coming.

I'm really glad they ended up together! Are you?