“ Now that was a movie, Tee!” Angela
exclaimed as they filed out of the hall. The
movie they’d come to watch had just
ended. “ I almost peed my pants from
laughter, that Ted guy- I mean the teddy
bear was hilarious! Don’t you think? The
way he talks, Oh my goodness such a
raunchy tactless thing. They should have
sewn its mouth closed. Right Tee?”
“errrr …yeah!” Tekena replied shining his
teeth at her in a fake smile, his mind a
million light years away “I’m glad you
enjoyed it.”
She frowned sensing his distraction“ You
didn’t like it, did you? … oh my, maybe I
should have let you watch Sky fall, it's just
that I’d heard it was the worse James Bond
movie yet and I thought you were okay
with the Ted movie I picked and….”
“ What? No, it's not that. It's okay, GG, the
movie was fine, I just have some stuff on
my mind, that's all.”
“What stuff?” She wanted to know.
‘Deifa stuff’ he wanted to say but didn’t,
not exactly sure what the problem was.
When Lisa had called him that afternoon
saying she had to speak to him concerning
his step sis, he’d asked her if it could wait
till the evening because he had some
business to attend to, she’d said no
problem. So he guessed it would be
something not too serious, he hoped that at
least. Now, he had to meet her after
dropping Angie off.
“ Work stuff but nothing I can't handle.”
“Okay, but we could have cancelled the
movie, you know. You seem so pre
occupied and off this evening. I don’t like
when you are this way.”
"It's okay really! I had a date with you and
I couldn’t cancel it for anything. Not
anything!”
She smiled and linked her arm through
his.
“ I thought it was a stupid movie though.”
Angie laughed “How come?”
He struggled to piece together parts of
what he’d managed to understand. “First
of all, a talking teddy bear that came to
life because a young boy had wished for it.
Really? A trash talking randy as hell teddy
bear? It was funny though, a movie just
for laughs.”
“Yeah, even though you weren’t laughing.”
She told him.
“I was laughing in my mind!” he said
drily.
Angie rolled her eyes “ yeah right! Mind
laughter, abi?”
“ You won't understand. Come, let's get
ice-cream.” He said dragging her over to
the confectionary area. “Make your order,
I need to make a call.”
Leaving her there, he gave them some
distance dialling Alissa’s number as he
did. She picked on the first ring.
“Tekena?”
“Yeah.” He replied “ I’m done, leaving
Ceddi now, heading towards Wuse 2
before Asokoro. Where will be best to
meet with you?”
“Wuse 2 is fine, I’m at Exclusive stores.
When you get here, call me. I’ll be waiting
at the eat out area outside.”
“That’s fine.” He hung up making His way
back to Angie who was still having trouble
deciding what flavour she wanted.
She turned to him “ Which will you be
having? I think I’ve finally decided on
chocolate and coffee.” She said turning
back to the attendant.
“Coffee? Don't you plan on sleeping
tonight?" He asked mischievously before
turning to the attendant “ Just a Fayrouz
would be fine for me.”
“It's just a flavour, I don’t think it will
keep you from sleeping just because it's
coffee…or wait-“, She paused and looked at
him and smiled, “ or is that your way of
hinting at me to spend the night at your
place?”
He couldn’t help his burst of laughter
“Gigi, if I wanted you over for the night, I
would ask in plain English.”
She shrugged, “it did sound like something
a guy would say.”
“I’m not just a guy GG!” He told her
snaking his hand around her waist and
pulling her to his side. “ When I want
something, I wouldn’t mince words.”
“I’m sure you won’t”. She leaned into him
briefly before turning as the attendant
placed their orders on the counter.
She picked her cup of ice cream, helping
herself to a taste as he picked his drink
and dropped the bills not bothering with
the change.
“ Shall we?” He asked.
“Yes, please!” She said following.
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