Chapter 18: Character Flaw

                         ***Character Flaw***

I also tried to continue my comment by saying;

"Ok... Cynthia." 

"Yeah, Cynthia! You never cared to ask, instead, you jumped into flirting. You boys ehn, you just can't change!" 

She interrupted me again. What kind of a girl is she? I hardly even got the chance to say a word, she just kept attacking me, and that began to weaken my confidence as a man.

 "But you never even gave me a chance to complete any simple sentence, not even one, you just kept attacking me."

So I said, now I spoke in a low tone like a kid expecting sympathy.

 "Hahaha! Really? Don't mind me joor, that's my character flaw." 

She said laughing. 

"Well, if you say so, then I won't mind you."

 I said, and they both burst into laughter.

"What are they giggling about? Don't tell me they are already friends."

Mom said looking all puzzled up.

"How long is it supposed to take before people can become friends?" 

Aunty Paula asked with a smile.

"Hmm... It's just that... My Damian finds it difficult to make friends, it is quite amazing how easily they bond." 

My mom responded.

"Well let's say it is my Cynthia's handy work. It's one of the traits she got from me, you remembered how easy it was for me to snatch all your friends those days and make them our mutual friends?"

 Aunty Paula asked hilariously.

 "Yeah! Now I see, she isn't all that different from you after all." 

My mom added as she tried to move the TV stand to its position. 

"Aha! Paula, I'll like to enroll my boy in a good new school, and soon. You know the term is still young and fresh. And you know he will be writing WAEC this year. So I'll like him to start school fast so he won't miss out much, and I also will like him to be in a good school." 

My ever caring mom said. 

"That one is not a problem joor. You can enroll him in Cynthia's school. It's the best school around here, her father is just like you, he never settles for anything lesser than the best, no wonder he made me his wife."

Aunty Paula said, she dressed her shirt as she spoke of her husband.

"And they often make their papers in that school, and Cynthia is also in SS3, you see, it's perfect."

She added

"Then they will be in the same class? Wow, I love that. I've been thinking of how he will cope again, he often finds it difficult to make friends. I'm even surprised how he bunded too quick with Cyndy."

My mom said.

"Hmm... I can see he inherited that serious and boring lifestyle of yours." 

Aunty Paula sarcastically said. 

"Common Rachy, am I that boring? You better rephrase that comment right now!"

Mom said in a bit funny manner as she threw something at her friend. 

"Yeah yeah. You are not." 

Said aunt Paula.

 "So tell me about the school and their fees."