It was the beginning of the year, another chapter of everything new or so they say. I wasn’t really interested in the new year's resolution rhymes, there had become such a cliché to me, I believe you do not need the beginning of a new year to change something in your life you did not like or drop a bad habit or better still start something new; it was all a matter of discipline and convenience.
Well I loved my life just the way it was, I am happy and content, there was nothing I wanted to change or stop doing; rather I was on my way to breaking one of my principles, a principle that took me years to learn relearn and build, this principle that had kept me safe for the past years.
I had become too comfortable in my safety nest, I smiled as I thought out loud if you need something different, you have to adjust the rules or should I say…rock the boat a little. I was not afraid of the coldness of the winter waters. It was time to step out, freeze or find my hero.
My heart… my number one fan and my greatest traitor; I was being overly confident I reasoned as a masculine voice pierced through my head "Maggie we don reach." "Ah! Kc so soon?" He smiled back without saying anything.
Over the past two years kc and I have grown to be good friends, a fine looking young man, an OND holder who had decided to make an honest living for himself by joining the town cab service, I was one of those he would always answer no matter the place and time, he gets worried when I stay out late and he`s not able to take me home, we always made small talk whenever we were both out on business….to an extent he had turned to my fastest delivery agent.
But today was different, I had mentioned to him that I was on a mission and he had not said a word about it. As I stepped out of the cab, I was tempted to ask him to wait, I was suddenly on edge, a cold shiver ran down my spine as I touched my purse to reassure myself that my vex money was intact.
And as I looked up, I sighted him. He wasn’t a knight in shining armour, not my fantasy roman warrior with the abs and shield leading an army to save me, obviously not the Romeo brand either. I was still trying to place him when he started running……..
Wait! What?...he made a sharp turn and before I could blink he already picked me up and spinned twice. Ohgwad! That felt good….the stares we got? felt even better. Well one of the perks of being a small woman.
He smelled like heaven, he had firm hands; he gently put me down as he continued smiling, then he leaned in, and for an instant I froze! Omg! He was going to kiss me by the road. Then I felt his warm breathe on my ear as he whispered I have been wanting to do that since last year.
I could not hold in the giggle anymore, I let it out and he joined in; and for some minutes we laughed at nothing as he led the way to his house. He had long legs but walked slowly, each step calculated and intended, he slide his palm into mine, a firm grip it was….hmmmm if he had listened he would have heard those pretty little things swimming and flying in my stomach.
And here we were. His house, not a five star setting but not bad for a young man his age and status. It was a clean and well kept apartment, there was a mild lavender fragrance hanging in the air. It wasn’t a house that has been hurriedly cleaned because a lady was visiting, it has been clean for long, actually I couldn’t not trace a speck of dust anywhere; a meticulous man?
Hmmmm. I was still taking in the beautiful sight when he poked me from behind, I turned and he was on his knees, his face blank of expression as he asked will you be my girlfriend??? I smiled, took a step closer then I saw it!
His right arm was shaking uncontrollably, his palms sweating as he held mine, he was struggling to keep a steady gaze omg! He was nervous!!! The smart, intelligent, handsome, cool ,collected, meticulous and confident man was nervous???
I shouldn’t have given away my surprise but I wasn’t the only one in the uncertainty boat I thought… I held him up as we walked back to the sitting room, there was a deafening silence; And suddenly I was backed up against the wall with his full body weight on me, I looked up and he suddenly seemed larger than life, towering above me and in control with a lingering smile on his lips.
My throat suddenly longed for wetness, my heart beat picked up in full speed as my knees gave way. I could not feel my legs and he wasn’t even touching me…ohgod! What was I doing? He leaned in and again whispered please say yes!
And against all rational reasoning, against all I have been taught, all I have known, read, learned, my rules and principles…..and again he whispered…
Maggie please just follow my lead don’t think! Even as the little girl inside me screamed RUN….i stood there and said YES. And in a swift move he covered my lips with his…….And time stood still.
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