Life On Campus

Episode 6

Betty was sitting down on a step beside the twin
statue.
She wasn’t reading the books she seemed to
be staring at, she was thinking of Emeka and
Jay-Jay.
She tried to compare and contrast, she couldn’t
decide
who was the best,
Anyway, she sighed, its a good thing I have a
brother and a boyfriend; both in one campus.
Her phone rang sharply interrupting her thoughts
“Hello? ” “Hey, little sis, its me” Jay-Jay chuckled
from the other
end “Jay-Jay?” she wanted to be sure “yea, Nnem
how are you?” he asked. “I’m always good, I was
just thinking of you” she
replied “oh no! Baby you should be thinking of
Emeka.” he
was teasing her. She laughed. “I gat to tell ya
something” he hesitated.
“I’m wouldn’t be in town for about two weeks, I’m
gonna travel today.” he sounded serious. “Travel?
To where?” “My dad wants me to come over
urgently, details- till
i’m back” he said slowly, “No tell me now” she
wanted to hear it all. “No, you just take care, stay
out of trouble okay,
remember I have invisible eyes all over the
campus,”
he chuckled. “I’ll miss you, brother” her voice was
low “I’ll miss you more, now take care” his voice
was low
too “Jay-Jay?” the line went dead. She tried
calling and the network operator told her
the number was incorrect. She sighed! She was
damn going to miss him.
He has
invisible eyes? Wow! He is going to explain
himself
when he comes back. They were both sitting
close to each other on a block-
Betty and Emeka.
Emeka’s finger’s were playing round her cornrows,
it
was another lovey-dovey session. He whispered
something to her and smacked his hands
playfully. “Ouch! That hurts!” Emeka said rubbing
the spot. “are that weak?” Betty sneered “Oh yea!
When it comes to issues like this, but I’m
not weak at errm, you know..” he winked at her.
“Bad boy! You love dirty talks” she pulled his
ears. “that shows I’m learning fast” They doubled
with laughter.. “Hy Betty-love” someone called
from behind them. they turned startled. A boy
was walking towards them, he has a rugged
look- with dreadlocks,tattoo’s all over e.t.c “I’ve
been searching for your all-over..” the boy
continued. “Excuse me, do I know you?” Betty
asked confused. “C’mon what’s the meaning of
that, you don’t
recognise me anymore? It’s me Kay- your baby”
the
boy replied, trying to take her hands. “I don’t
know you!” Betty snapped, standing up. Emeka
stood up too “Who is he?” “I don’t know him, I’ve
not seen this face before!”
Betty replied looking more confused now. “You
heard she doesn’t know you, can you leave
now!” Emeka told the boy. “Betty-love, is it cos I
didn’t come over last night or
what?, okay,I’m sorry, you know I love you” the
boy
said trying to hug Betty, but she pushed him
away.
“Leave me!” she shrieked “Kay! Or whatever you
are, leave this place now! I
won’t have you harrassing her right in front of
me!”
Emeka’s voice was rising. ” see this one o, wetin
consign you? How many tines
have you tasted her punny?” the boy retorted.
“You’d better tell him to leave me o, else I would
leak
our secrets o” he told Betty Emeka gaped at Betty
who looked horrified.
“I don’t know you, we don’t have any secrets”
“Ehn, okay, where did she tell you she spent the
night yesterday? Library right?” The boy asked
Emeka.
Betty gasped, she truly was at the library
throughout
last night with Edith, they were solving some
assignments. “She was at my place:” the boy told
Emeka. “Its a lie!” Betty yelled. Emeka made to
leave
” You aint gonna believe him are you?” Betty
whimpered “see you! How boy’s have slept with
you in this
campus, ehn?” the boy added Emeka couldn’t wait
anylonger, he walked away.
“Hey..cool..okay, have a nice day, I just did my
job”
The boy told her before walking away.
Betty could feel her spinning, her vision becoming
blurred, she sat down, picked her phone “Hello!”
“Edith where ever you are, come now, I’m dying.”
she
managed to say before letting out a heart rending
sob. Edith looked at her friend Betty, pitying her.
She has
been in a bad mood for todays now- since that
episode with Emeka. “girlie, its high time you’d
stop doing this to your self,
you’ve not been eating o” Edith knelt beside her
on
bed.
Betty didn’t open her eyes “Try to call him
again…” she added gently ” Can’t you gerrit into
your head, that he switched off
his phone” Betty snapped, her eyes still shut.
“Now girlie, Keep your cool, huh?” Edith told her
“And do you know whats hurting me more?” Betty
sat
up. “no..” “I saw him with G-gal this afternoon, at
The Mama’s
Kitchen” tears welled up her eyes “serious?”
edith’s eyes almost popped out. “I think…” betty
got down from bed.
“I think, he is doing that to hurt me, and I’m truly
hurt!” she moved towards the mirror hanging on
the
wall. “G-gal of all people! Sometimes I wonder…
if…if…
if…” her voice trailed off, she sniffed and wiped
her
tears. “Hmmmn, but, I think G-gal is the one
forcing herself
on him, I don’t think…Emeka would do such” Edith
told her wiping her tears. Betty smiled a faint
smile, she knew that too, but she
think she is losing. “When is Jay-Jay coming
back?” “In the next four days.” she replied. “I’l
arrange something, atleast before he comes back,
we’l handle G-gal in our own way” Edith said
“How?” Betty couldn’t help laughing. “wait and
see! G-gal will have to pay.” Betty stared at Edith
suprised, what can she do, but
Edith was wearing this determined face,.

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Emeka nimbled at his meatpie, he was thinking of
Betty, are his actions right? He should have
listened
to her. And this G-gal following him about, what
does
she want? Mtchew
He noticed some thing unusual about the
restaurant
he was in, on each table he saw a boy, each
wearing a black jacket, they weren’t looking at
him, so there’s
nothing to fear. “Hi” He groaned, it was G-gal
again, she sat down facing
him, wearing that seductive smile.
Something caught
his attention, he saw Edith talking to someone on
phone, she waved at him and hurried out of the
restaurant. “Having lunch?” G-gal asked does this
look like lunch? He wanted to tell her
“Errm…not really” he replied drinking from a can
of
maltina. “Hmm, you look nice” she quipped
“Thanks, you see G-gal, you need to leave now,
I’m
expecting my Girlfriend” he wanted her to leave
him
alone. “Hy?”
He looked up it was Betty. “Hope I’m not
disturbing anything?” she asked
mockingly. “I…errm” He felt nervous. “Emeka, this
is a very bad thing to do, G-gal of all
people!” Betty said quitely. “Are you Jealous?” G-
gal retorted. Her hands were too swift, she
grabbed the can of
maltina Emeka was drinking from, splashed some
on
G-gal’s face and emptied the remnants on her
dress. G-gal stood up astonished!
“You! How dare you!” she made to slap her.
Betty held her hand to stop her. “Hey steady
there. You don’t want the drama to start
now huh?” Betty chuckled, “Why don’t take a look
around you?” Edith said from
behind them. G-gal’s eyes moved round-
about five out of Jay-Jay’s boys were present.
Tiger waved his dagger as if to say hi, Rox was
cleaning his gun with a tissue, three other boy’s
adjusted their belts in a bid to show them the
guns
and knives they were carrying. G-gal gasped,
Emeka too was like What the Bleep!
Even Betty was suprised, wow, Edith knew Jay-
jay’s
boys? How comes she got them here. She felt
secured. “So you see…” Betty continued
“You shouldn’t try that okay, I’m not the Betty
you
used to know, I’m now Jay-Jay’s sister.” she
chuckled. “And I am warning you, stop stalking
me! Stay off my
affairs! Stop lingering in my paths” Betty told her
turning to leave. “Hey! Didn’t you forget
something?” Edith was
laughing. “Oh yes!” Betty looked at her hands, and
whoof! Her
hand landed on G-gal’s face, her other hand
followed
swiftly. “And that’s just the foretaste of what she
would do to
you, next time you cross her paths” Edith told G-
gal
giving her a knock. She made some signs, and
the
waitress brought three cans of maltina.
“Let’s party..” Edith whispered as she and Betty
emptied the contents on G-gal’s head. “It’s
enough. Let’s go.” Betty said dropping the can.
They both left the restaurant with Tiger and the
rest
following suit. Emeka swallowed hard, he stared
at the ‘maltina-
drenched’ G-gal, she was crying now.
He felt like
bursting into fits of laughter, he was impressed,
Betty
was fighting for him, she truly loved him.
He left the
restaurant happily.