Ten
When love comes into your heart the peace
and experience of satisfaction you experience can only be compared to the
feeling of maximum fulfillment. It is once in a lifetime feeling. Enjoy it
whenever it comes your way… – Anonymous…
Adeolu hit the sofa in his
sitting room, where he had been since he finished eating. He looked at his
unpacked plate of beans, which he had eaten and his clothes strewn all over the
chairs and shook his head. They would definitely remain there till the following
morning.
“There is nothing as enjoyable
as the life of a bachelor,” Adeolu said as he drifted into a deep sleep with a
smile dancing around his lips.
The night went so fast and
before Adeolu could say Jack Robinson. He slept on the sofa and it was a nudge
in his chest that woke him up at 7:30am. It was Sunday, the day his house
cleaner would come.
He rubbed the sleep out of his
eyes and was still wondering what happened when he remembered that he had a
date in church on that day. He needed to call Lola to know the time of the
service but before then he needed to pack his clothes and the used plates out
of the sitting room. He stood up from the sofa he was sitting on and packed the
clothes and plates to where they should be – the kitchen and his room.
After convincing himself that
the sitting room was a bit presentable to any August visitor on a Sunday
morning, he began the search for his phones. It didn’t take him too long to
find them – one was hiding in the sofa while the second one was on the floor
under the centre table.
“Adeolu, oorun ti ba e je! (You are a careless sleeper),” he chided himself.
Adeolu really has a bad attitude
when it concerns sleeping especially when he sleeps alone. He would sleep with
his legs together and his hands folded under his head at night but he would
wake up most times having scattered the bed sheets and throwing the duvet on
the floor. His legs would be apart with one in the North and the other in the
South. But when he sleeps beside people, the habit barely surfaced thus he
preferred sleeping alone because he feels more refreshed and agile after waking
from such sleeps as he had on that day.
He picked the phones and checked
them one after the other for missed calls. He had none. His eyes caught the time
on it, it was 7:55am. He still hadn’t called Lola. He said down on the nearest
sofa and dialed Lola’s number.
“Hello Ade,” she said after
picking on the first ring.
“Hello Omolola Awelewa, good
morning. How was your night dear,” Ade began.
“Good morning Ade. My night was
splendid and lovely. I slept like a baby immediately after your call last
night. Thanks for yesterday. You really made my day. How was yours too?”
“It was nothing rather I should
be the one thanking you for not thinking of me as a pest all through yesterday.
I enjoyed every bit of the time spent with you and I pray it will remain thus.
My night was awesome and lonely. I slept in my usual way but really I enjoyed
it more than the others.”
“Hmmm. How is your usual way of
sleeping o? I seem to be interested in it.”
“That is a secret you have to
find out on your own but sha your interest is good. Let’s leave that. You sound
as if you have been out of bed for long.”
“Yes dear. My Sundays begin at
6:30am when I go for exercise and do some road jogging. That takes an hour and
from there I come back home to have my bath and a light breakfast then prepare
for church.”
“That is why I called. When is
church starting?”
“Church service has started
since 7:00am. But there is a second service at 10:00am and another at 1:00pm.
Then there is the evening service. The first service is for those who would
travel later in the day but I prefer the second service because it is usually
when the church is filled to capacity.”
“The second service it is! I was
afraid you would have settled for the third service,” he intoned feigning
seriousness.
“Third service!” she exclaimed.
“You need to see how tried I was
looking when I tried attending one of such a couple of Sundays ago. I had
overslept after my exercises that Sunday when all I intended was a nap. I got
up around past 11 and I had to settle for the third service. It was interesting
but really I sleet all through it. Probably because of the heat that Sunday or
because I had to face a hell of a traffic before getting to church that day.”
Adeolu laughed and laughed. He
was not the type for such boring services and situations when some people would
have been returning from church only for him to say he is just going to church
to attend his own service.
His eyes glanced at the gigantic
clock gracing his wall and exclaimed. It was 8:20am. They had been talking for
close to 30 minutes. He couldn’t believe it. He knew he would be ready and
looking dap in 15 minutes but he needed to look dapper, so he needed 25 minutes
for that. He also knew that for the service to be met at that 10 o’clock, he
must release Lola at that time because women usually take longer time to get
ready.
“Why did you shout like that?
Hope nothing?” Lola asked.
“It’s the time o. I can’t
believe that weve been on this for close to 30 minutes. We should get preparing
now if we are to meet the service for that 10 and I know you will need at least
one hour to get ready,” Adeolu replied smiling cheekily.
“I am not like every woman you
know o. in the next 20 minutes I will be ready,” she said drawing another round
of laughter from Adeolu.
“Okay. I will be picking you up
in approximately one hour from now. Kindly send your address and let me do you
the honour of driving us to church today.”
“Alright,” she said giving him
the description.
“So my dearest, by 9:30am, I
will be in your house by His grace and I am sure you will be waiting for me at
your gate.”
“Yes dear. I will even call you
before then,” she said ending the call.
Adeolu made another fast call to
his housekeeper, who will be coming at 11:00am. He told her where the key to
the house will be kept.
He also made a quick call to Layi
intimating him of his movement. Layi was surprised and could bet a million
dollars that his friend had found love.
“Adeolu, you are going to
church? God is great. I think love is getting involved in all this finally.”
“Na lie. E go soon end and you
go know say love no dey my dictionary. I don go sha. We will surely see today
because she wants to meet you and I also want to meet her friend. After church
sha, how everything go be, you go know as e dey go,” he said rounding off the
call.
Layi was also heading to church.
He looked into the sky and thanked God for the life of his friend. He prayed he
should experience the sweetness of love.
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