Chapter 10 Am done

Christy brought out the meat

 and gave it to Bridget.

    "roasted meat! Where did you get

 the money to buy this?"

    "I didn’t buy it, he gave it to me?"

   "Who? Paul?"

     "Yes."

    "Wow.. where did you see him.?"

    "At the meat stand."

     "Did you collect the number."

     "Yes."

      "That’s my girl, give it to me. and

for this meat.. she said and wanted

to take it from her but.. no, you

can have that, just give me the

number."

    "Christy handed Bridget the phone

 the card and she rush out to her

 own room

Lock the door and took a good

look at the card.

           So he is the MD of Weston

 hotel, I see, but he is too small to

 be an MD, wait, how can he be

 an MD and he is still schooling? 

anyways, that is how rich people

 do, am going to make him fall

for me. "

    She dial the number and Paul

 pick up almost immediately as

if he was waiting for the call.

     "Hello Christy is that you? Paul

 ask, but Bridget did not say

anything, she was so nervous,

she didn’t know what to say so

she cut off the call.

     "What? Why is she not saying

 anything Paul ask, maybe I should

call her back or no, don’t call back,

 so you wouldn’t appear to be too

desperate. But what if her airtime

has run out? Let me call her", he

dial the number and call back.

    Bridget picked the call, hello,

hello, who am I on to, Paul ask but

no reply, hello."

    He wants to hang up when the

 voice suddenly speak.

    "Hello Paul."

    "Yes, who am I speaking to

 please?"

    "Is me Bridget."

    "What? Where is Christy? give

 her the phone."

   "She is not around."

     "Then why did you pick up her

call,?

     "Well that is because this is my

phone, Christy don’t have a phone,

and I was the one who ask her

to take your phone number."

    "Ok, what for?"

    "I just want to talk to you."

   "About what?"

   "Why are you sounding like that?"

She ask.

    "How do I sound? That is how I

 sound all the time." Paul said.

    "Ok, so can we see today."

    "No, I don’t have time to see

 you today."

    "Ok, what about tomorrow."

    "Paul cut off the call."

    "What,? he hanged up on me?

Ohhh.. what is wrong with this

 Paul? And what did he see in

Christy that he likes her that much,

am the pretty one here, what did

 Christy have that I don’t  have?

How do I get him to like me?

she start thinking really seriously

then her phone rang.

    "Hello Tom," Bridget picked the

 call.

    "Bridget where are you right now.?"

      "Where else do you want me to

 be? Am in my house."

     "Who is Paul"? Tom ask.

     "How did you know that name?"

Bridget ask.

     "Oh.. so you even know who he

 is and you are not denying  it?"

    "What are you talking about?"

    "I call your phone the other day

and you are talking about Paul

and getting his number or

 something like that".

     "Oh.. that will be my sister

 Christy, she was with my phone

 yesterday."

    "Wow.. thank goodness I thought

 it was you, because the person

 was sounding kind of funny to me."

    "Yea, is my sister not me."

    "Ok, so are we seeing today?"

      "No, I can’t come out today."

      "What are you doing at home?".

    "Nothing but I don’t feel like

coming out, let’s go out some

 other time."

     "Come on, is been a week I saw

you, I didn’t get to see you even on

 Christmas day, what is going on?"

     "Are you asking me? where were

you on Christmas eve? Bridget

 ask because she didn’t recall

Tom calling her on Christmas

or even sending her text message

 wishing her merry Christmas , if

 not for Paul who was kind enough

 to take she and Christy out and

 she didn’t even remember calling

 him too.

    "Oh.. something came up so I

 went out of town." 

    "Really? On Christmas day?

Something came up? Tom please

 just hang up I will talk to you later"

    "Wait… before Tom could finish

 his sentence Bridget cut him off.

    "Shitt… she cut the call right?, I

will show you, you will come

 begging this time, am done for

 good"  Tom said angrily

           Paul could not hold in  the

 anger he felt right now, why is

 Bridget answering the phone

 and did she just say she was

 the one who ask Christy to bring

 his number to her?  And she did it

 too, am so cross with that Christy,

what is going on in that head of hers?

    Paul wanted to go and see

 Christy but no, I won't go there,

in fact am done with this girl.

   He pick up his car keys and drove

 off, getting to James place Patrick

 is already there.

    "Look who we got here, the

 ladies man. Patrick start with

his jokes, but Paul was not in the

 mood for jokes right now. 

    "What’s up mann..  why is your

 face like this?" James ask.

     "His babies have all left him,

that will be the only reason why

he is here, this is two days we

 didn’t see Paul all because of a girl,

I told you he will come back."

     "Will you just stop for once?"

Paul yell at Patrick.

     "And if I don’t, what will you do?"

    Paul gave him a blow and

Patrick retaliates and the fight

 began with James standing in

 between them separating the fight.

    "Stop it guys, what has come

over you two, just stop it will you.?

James keep yelling at both.

    "Tell him to stop getting me

 angry." Paul said.

    "You started this whole thing"

Patrick yell at Paul.

    "How,? what did I do?

    "You have always been doing

 that, and I wouldn’t take it anymore

 from you" Patrick continue

 without saying what Paul did

to him.

    "What did I do to you?" Paul keeps

 yelling.

     "You always think that you are

 the most handsome one amongst

 us all , and the smarts one too,

that is how you did with Sonia,

now you have started again with

Christy, but I won't  let you this

time."  Patrick said.

     "Ohh.. no, this is not good" James

said trying to calm both side down.

     "What are you blabbing about?,

Sonia definitely didn't like you, and

Christy...  he pause maybe Christy

 likes Patrick because she has told

 him once that Patrick was the

only one who treated her like a

human being, "well I don’t know if

 Christy likes you but don’t blame that

 on me, ok."

    "How will you know when you

didn’t give me the chance to

express myself."

   "Look guy, am not holding her, you

are free to do whatever you want ok."

    "Fine, you just stay away from her."

    "You can’t tell me what to do,

besides  am the one who brought

them to the party. So you can’t tell

 me what to do". Paul said angrily.

     "Guys please, let’s not fight

 over a girl, please, Patrick I will

advise you  leave her for Paul ok."

     "Why? Why can’t he leave her for

me?"

    "Because I don’t know between

you two who is in love with her."

James said.

   "Love? They both shouted, looking

 at each other.

    "Wait a minute, so you guys don’t

love her, then why are you fighting?"

    "Look James, one needs to

 know a girl before you can love

 her ok, you don’t expect me to

 just fall for a girl like that."

Patrick said.

    "And what about you? James

ask Paul, what do you feel for her.?

    "Guy I don’t know, for now I just

can’t take my mind off her".

     "It seem like you have falling

for her" James say looking at Paul.

    "Me? you can’t tell for sure", he

 Protest.

     "To me if you can’t take your mind

off someone it means you have

 falling for her".

   "That may not be true" Paul argued.

     "Fine, since both of you are not

 sure of your feelings for this girl,

can we just let it be? I need to go

out, the party has already stated."

    "Which party"?

    "Final year students are having

 their party at the eco hotel, you

guys are not aware?

    "Nope."

    "Really, then you must be missing

a lot, come on let’s go."

     Paul and James entered Paul’s

car while Patrick drive his own car.

     They zoom off and when they

get to the hotel, to their surprise

Sharon is already there.

    "Is that not the girl you came

with to the club?" Patrick pointed

 at Paul.

    "Who?"

    "Look at her over there."

     "What is Sharon doing here? I

thought she didn’t know anyone

around, how did she get to know

that the final year students are

having a party here?"

    "Let’s go to her," Patrick said to

 Paul.

    "No, am not going, just let her be,

she came here without us, let’s

just mind our business" Paul said

 not wanted Sharon to even see

him.

    "Ok, let’s take that corner,

James Pointed to a very dark

corner.

    "Wow.. that place is cool, at least

lots of people will not know we

are here. Paul said.