Growing up I use to have a lot of crushes lol. what can I say? fine men are my weakness especially when they are dark skinned Oh God! Chineke nna! (God my father) na there i die put. I was quite sensible with my first crush but you see the second one? that one almost sent me back to the creator as I got crushed really bad. I survived it and exacted my revenge in the most delicious of ways but that is a story for another day because this prompt is about our first crush.
So back to where we left off. I had a thing for really fine men while I was growing up and I honestly still do. A man must be fine and intellectually sound for him to be able to capture my attention but he must be fine first to even be able to hold a conversation with me.
So Prescott came into my inbox 14years ago and I did a quick scan on his Facebook profile and went damn! This guy is mighty fine and with that rush of excitement, we kicked off pretty well. We both did a brief intro about ourselves. I had just written my WAEC from Senior Secondary School two and he was in year one in one University at Accra Ghana so we established the fact that it would be a long distance relationship.
I didnt have any problem with that so long he gets to be coming home on holidays which he assured me he would. Soon he told his friend's about me and they followed me, for those who weren't already on my FB page.
The thing is, most of his friends following me had a crush on me and they've said so but they weren't my type. His best friend who started chatting with me first liked me, but I didn't fancy him so we ended as just chat buddies. Eventually when my new found love told his best friend about me, the best friend texted and said, I dun finally see your type and I responded lol. I did a little snooping around and asked him some questions about his Friend, if he's a good guy and all and baba besty assured me his friend is a decent man and has no other girl aside me. He went further to tell me how the friend really likes me and I am all he speak of.
I was really excited the relationship was going smoothly and if things continues like this, my first love will be my husband lol... Thinking about this now I just burst out laughter because only God know how many love I dun get since wei no gree lead to marriage lol.
BACK TO THE STORY
Relationship continued to run smoothly while oga was in Ghana. We had already planned how we were going to see when he comes and I was really excited. I started counting days to his coming to Nigeria then Ekwensu (Lucifer) happened.
I was on 2go one fine afternoon when a random follower messaged me. I checked out the person's profile and it happened to be my boyfriend's friend Daniel. We were chatting and this guy kept veering towards explicit content and chat, telling me how he's drawn to me, how he wants me and what not. I'm like I don't understand, I be your guy babe o... what's this? he said, I'm aware but we could do it coded you na sharp girl na. I'm like wait, is this for real? are you playing because it's no longer appealing. He was like come of it, why are you sounding like a child? I thought you were mature and smart? I'm like in every other ramification of life, I am smart but you see this thing you are proposing? I intentionally and wholeheartedly want to be a mumu because nothing can ever happen between us and if you keep harassing me I will tell my man so he knows what sort of friend you are.
The moment he received that message from me, he sent lots of laughing emoji and said, you are a real fool so you think my friend is taking you seriously? see let me tell you, you are just a side piece a passing show. You think if he is serious with you, I will be bold to text you and be telling you this?, na my guy and we dey talk and trust me when I say him no rate you.
Those words were like knife piercing through my heart, it was as if my heart was bleeding but I still wasn't going to let him get to me. I fired back at him and called him a liar that he's just jealous of his friend and then he sent a laughing emoji again. I was really confused and this time I was holding myself not to cry or let the yeye friend get to me because I mean, my boyfriend's best friend already told me I am the only girl and he's very much fond of me so where's this mumu coming from?
Immediately, I sent my boyfriend a message asking him about the guy. He responded and said he knows him but they are not friends. He's just a random guy that comes with his best friend and their mutual friends to play game. Immediately I heaved a sigh of relief and said to myself, I knew the friend was just being mischievous. But then it was too early to celebrate because the friend wasn't done as he came prepared. He came to a knife fight with sword, axe, cutlass and he was ready to cut and end everything in sight.
The next message I received from bros (Daniel) was a contact of one Valerie girl. I started wondering ah ah who is this and why is he sharing her contact with me?. The next minute, one random user name I can't even remember chatted me up, I checked it out and na babe dey run the account haa!! what's going on? wetin baba won prove? I decided to play along. I added the Valerie girl and we started chatting. I was also responding well and freely with the other girl that texted me and in no distance time I became friends with both of them and all of us was playing along to get to the root of the matter.
We started talking about our personal lives, we asked ourselves about our boyfriend and I told them each that mine is Prosper, he schools in Lagos. They were like ooh he is in Uni too? I responded yes and they both responded my boyfriend too is in Uni. They went further to reveal the identify of their boyfriend and told me his name is Prescott and he schools in Ghana... I won mad! like what sorcery is this? my boyfriend? my husband to be, the father of my future children is you people's man? wow! all my mood just spoil but I really wanted to get to the root of the matter so I placed my emotions in check.
Next I asked them if we could see and only Valerie agreed to see me the other one just gave one flimsy excuse. I got to Valerie's house and immediately, I started my unpaid CID work. I was gisting with her at same time getting all the information I needed because I was really curious to know what really is going on.
Valerie really got into the gist and started gisting me how my sweet boyfriend has been chasing her from her secondary school days but she has been turning him down because of his womanizing nature. I didn't know when I shouted egbami!. (Exclamation), She thought I was shouting egbami for her as per womanizer dey chyke her, she did not know I'm shouting Egbami for myself as per na my boyfriend dem dey dissect like this.
She went further to tell me how it's a great relief to know that my boyfriend is not Prescott because she had just accepted his proposal to be his babe after the long chase and Prescott promised he has changed from his promiscuous ways and now a new leaf.
I was biting finger in my head but still maintaining calmness so she will not suspect anything. She then added that Daniel Prescott friend who brought us together must be a very stupid to try pull such stunt that Prescott is cheating on her with me. I'm like you can imagine some people are just mischievous but I was crying inside. After spending time with her and collecting all the information I needed, just as I was about to leave, the other girl came in. Apparently she and Valerie were childhood friends omo! the surprise attack I got?
Valerie had just returned from Uni and Janice who happened to be the other girl, came to pay her a visit since they've not seen for a while. Valerie introduced us and Janice was trying so hard to picture my face and said I know you from somewhere. Valerie was surprised and asked me where I knew her best friend from, I just laughed and said social media. Immediately I chipped in another topic for diversion.
I got home that day unsettled and ready for revenge. I messaged Janice asking her how well she knew Valerie, if she is aware Valerie and Prescott were dating and Prescott has been chasing her for years. Janice was not having it as she accused me of lying. She responded, Valerie is my best friend, she knows about Prescott and I she will never do anything to hurt me. I'm like ok o, sha know say you and Valerie dey share man and just like that all hell broke loose.
Note, I never told any of them I was dating Prescott, I long denied him and stood by it. It was Janice and Valerie that was now contending as Prescott was cheating on one with the other. I was too pained and needed to teach Prescott a lesson. So i chatted this two girls up lets meet and sort things out amicably between Valerie and Janice I was now forming the neutral party lol. I wanted us to plan an embarrassment and disgrace for Prescott in a grand style. We met and Instead of these girls to come together and team up to treat Prescott's fuck up, they started fighting themselves and I respectful exited myself from the mess.
The most embarrassing situation in all this is that after the fight, they each went back to be Prescott's girlfriend again. Prescott came back and wanted to add me on board but I have long sailed away.
Above is my response to the prompt for Hive Naija challenge of the week, A throwback story about my first love (crush)
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