SWEET MEMORIES OF ONOME1

Hi there guys thanks for following and reading about my  last escapade with the born again aunty,to be honest with you  it took me a while to decide  on which of my escapades I will share next.THis is because the escapades I have been sharing so far has been restricted to my secondary school and my early teenage years experience,hence I had decided that my next escapade will be of my experience in the higher institution.However over the weekend
while I was thinking about my past dalliances I remembered a very special girl  that I met during my Gcse examinations at an external centre in Ikeja G.r.a (actually I think it was ikeja grammar school)

Before i begin,i must inform you that there are some stuff that I did not disclose about myself due to the fact that it was not directly related to my escapades and also because I was not ready to share that aspect of my  life yet until  much later in the season as it were..
You see, during my secondary school especially after S.S.1,the long holiday that followed the junior Waec examinations not only changed me physically including my confidence and all the other qualities and personalities I have listed in my earlier escapades
(To understand pls read my escapade with the teaching assistant) it also changed me in other negative ways because I became unserious about my studies,I did not attend classes regularly and did not read my books in fact it contributed in my parents quickly withdrawing me from the pubic school as they reasoned that this was were i was cultivating the negative influences which was partly true but not totally true. In a few words I was an unserious carefree student,obviously this kind of attitude will definitely result in a negative outcome and consequence at the end of the day,so when the final secondary school examinations came around i was equally unserious with it and was ill prepared partying and doing all sorts even during the examination period so it was no surprise that I  performed very  poorly,which made my parents really disappointed in me..the funny thing was that I was not a Genius but I was always a consistent B+ student so they knew I was just being unserious ...as usual they placed me on serious grounding including other punishments while I was registered for the gcse.A lesson  teacher was arranged for me and everybody kept a close eye on me and everything I did during that period..
( pls be aware that the time frame attached to some of my escapades might overlap,this is because the  escapades do not follow chronologically they are different incidents from different times at different moments)

Although I did read for the exams but not being used to reading for a while now,it was really difficult going so I only read what was necessary for me to get a pass mark at least, so that I can leave home get my freedom and be able to live the kind of life I wanted in a higher institution...around this time also my brothers were already in the university,so the stories they brought back home made me eager to just leave home and get into any higher institution even if its a polytechnic or college of education,there were talks of me going abroad for my undergraduate but it was not definite by any means and it was in form of rumours anyway like a cousin who stayed at our house for the holidays overhearing my mum discussing with a friend of hers either i nor any of us in the house paid no attention to this in any event considering my poor academic record and all the behaviour and incidents i had gotten involved in.Anyway after much preparations the day of the exams came around I had woken up very early in the morning for last minute revisions and grab an early breakfast even though in hate having breakfast and still do till today my mum forced me to have it after making sure i have everything including writing materials and all that i will need..to be honest I really tried with reading and revisions,and studied with a single kindness of purpose if nothing,but  at least to get my parents off my back...as soon as it was around 8:30 am the driver was ready downstairs and took me to the centre of the exam after my mum insisted on her marathon fire for fire prayer sessions bless her lol

When I got there to locate the class and desk where my number was, I found three other students of my school one girl and two guys who I was close friends with and we all looked for our seats..me and the two guys were luckily in nearby classrooms..you know how the Jakande classrooms were built where you could easily cross from one to the other,while we were chilling out in front of the class waiting for the start of the exam,an airforce car zoomed in and a girl alighted from the back of the car..it was obvious that her dad or mum was a top officer in the airforce because you could see clearly the stars on the front of the Peugeot official vehicle…


We were all transfixed,as we unashamedly  stared at the sight that befell us,we made it so obvious that the girl who was there sitting on the steps with us as we were chatting became a little be jealous of the object of our attention even without the person's knowledge..what held our  undivided attention was not the  airforce peugeot car but the occupant who just alighted from the car....I have seen a lot of pretty girls up to that time,in fact in my new secondary school there were a lot of very pretty girls (I will share the escapades much later)

But this girl was in a different league altogether,she was not very tall I would say average height,she was light in complexion slim without being thin.. curvy without being fat....her skin was not only flawless but smooth and if not for Nigeria I would have said shining,but even then the least I will settle for  is glowing..what stood out for me almost immediately in spite of her uncommon beauty is her humble serene and graceful aura and personality she  is one of these girls  who exhuded beauty even without trying...as she got down and walked towards us,she said hi cheerfully as she bestowed a gentle smile in our direction and asked if we knew where her number was located,already we were transfixed by her beauty but we quickly snapped out of it and  got up and began helping her look for her desk forgetting totally about our own class and last minute revisions,luckily for me her number  was a couple of desks away from mine you can imagine how the other girl felt because she hissed loudly  as she eyed the girl up and down and turned round to walk away as she said we could locate her whenever we were done lol...me and the two other school mates of mine began to actively vie for her attention as we continued to wait for the commencement of the examinations,but rather than spurn us or revel in that attention by being arrogant  proud or even rude,she simply gave each one of us an audience without any indication or preference for any one of us…. she made you feel like a good friend but protected that extra layer of her emotional outer shell  from outside interference... She was a student of airforce secondary school in same class as we were,(S.S. 3) and we told her  about our school as well,I knew a couple of girls and guys in her school including a cousin of mine whose dad was a colonel in the army but opted to have him in an airforce secondary school rather than a command secondary school for some unknown reason….she knew them all and  that broke the ice a little bit  and in no time we were all chatting like old friends talking about everything from school to parties to music she mentioned that she was an introvert but proffered reading novels and listening to music immediately I told her I loved reading as well so we started talking about books which pissed off my school mates who had absolutely no interest or inclination towards that pursuit or hobby to my advantage lol

Eventually we were asked to prepare for the examinations,and my two mates reluctantly had to go back to their classes while I was left with the paragon of beauty..we were all settled in the class but the invigilators had still not come around yet so I quickly stole round to the girl's seat, as she turned her face to the side and saw me her face broke into a gentle unassuming and the most genuine and warm smile ever...her smile alone was enough to melt a stony heart ..I resolved there and then that no matter what this girl must be my girlfriend and in my juvenile mindset thinking that she could possibly be my wife lol..so I sat on her desk facing her while she moved her chair back a bit to make space for my legs and we continued gisting like the rest of the class... as we warmed into the conversation,I quickly asked for her number and she smiled but didn't say anything or make any attempt to give it to me at first,as I began to try convincing her I realised that there was something odd about her in spite of her beauty..although I continued to pester her for her number still trying to make her laugh at the same time eventually she  said ok ok and turned around to get her phone in her bag hung by the back of her chair then something odd happened..instead of using her left hand to pick the bag which was on the left side, she reached round with her right hand and as she did I looked closely and realised that she had a prosthetic arm on her left arm..I did not notice this due to the long sleeved shirt she had on and because it was the good quality probably imported ones which matched her complexion...with any other girl I would have mumbled an excuse and gone back to my seat but I just could not back off this girl... as I glanced at her prosthetic hand our eyes met and I could see she was already self conscious of it..I ignored it and continued talking about other things as she ruffled in her bag for her phone and scrolled down to find her number as she could never remember it according to her so she saved it..anyway  she eventually gave me the number while I punched it in my phone  I asked her name for the first time and she shyly answered in a soft and velvety tone of voice….Onome...she was from the south south and her dad was a top officer in the airforce stationed at Abuja leaving her,mum and brother in Lagos..some of this I learnt later on and some I learnt on the first day I met her..