my crush episode 6&7

MY CRUSH
( EPISODE 6 AND 7 )THE END
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“Now it has become a game of give and take abi? Well, Warri boy nor dey carry last.” I said within myself.
Fully aware that, she is not the kind of girls my brother Akpevwe likes, I know it would be a wasted effort even trying to persuade him. Akpevwe likes them slim and portable, Gladys is plumpy and almost immobile. Well, let me try my luck.
So now, I have moved from rehearsing to talk to Esohe and getting myself hooked up with her . My new mission is now to hook Gladys and Akpevwe. Sometimes, the things we do for love.
“Bro, welcome. How was your day?” I quickly said to my brother who just came back from an outing.
Akpevwe was surprised and ignored my pleasantry. The reason for this wasn’t far-fetched. Akpevwe and I have always being cat and dog. And remembering when I almost kissed him the other time due to my dream of Esohe, it still marvels him.
Well, a parable says, “one who he is looking for something always have a longer hand”. Even though my hand is not so long in this regard, I didn’t mind going the extra mile to stretch it. So I followed Akpevwe inside.
“I kept water for you in the bathroom oh. I thought you would need to bathe” I calmly said to Akpevwe
“See little bro, I have known you from birth, don’t bother to pretend

. How much do you want to borrow? Because it’s only when it comes to money you tend to give me regards as your elder.
“Regard! I laugh this boy in Swahili. Let me just first get Esohe first. Regard kor” I silently said within myself.
“No bro. it’s not money I need. More important than money. It’s more of a proposal am bringing, am sure you would like the idea” I said
“Proposal? Business proposal or which? The last time I checked, you suck when it comes to profitable ideas. All the same, go on and tell me your proposal. Save me time too” Akpevwe replied.
“Girlfriend! I have a girlfriend for you.

. She is very pretty, you will like her a lot. Gladys in choir” I said.
He looked at me as if I had asked for his two kidneys and said “you are not feeling fine” then he walked out.
All hope seems lost. But then, the Warri blood was still in me. I can’t just lose. I lied to Gladys that he had agreed to talk to her and would hook them up the following Sunday. “The ball is now in your court Gladys, get me hooked up to Esohe” I said.
“No, that wasn’t our agreement oh. You talk to her first to prove your love, then I come in to perfect it. She replied.
“The worst that would happen is for her to say no. It’s better than not trying at all.” I told myself.
Crossing my heart, I waited for Esohe to come out of her house and then give her those punchlines of mine that I had rehearsed.
Unfortunately for me, as Gladys had earlier said, I wasn’t the only one in this race. I saw two other separate guys perching around the corner of Esohe’s house same time. As a bad-sharp-guy that I am, I knew what they had come for. We all had exactly the same purpose, to capture Esohe’s heart.
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Episode 7
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“Could we all approach this lady at the same time or just come together to form an alliance?” I thought to myself. But either ways, we were all doomed
Finally, Esohe came out. She was putting on a red gown. She had a beautiful hair too that could make any man in his right sense trip and fall.
“Hello!” “Hello” “Hello”, there came the starting phrase from the three of us. Using the same words for a start just showed me how boring we all were . “At least they aren’t better than me with words.” I said within myself. But with stature, I was probably the strongest, only that it was an irony.
Seeing us, she smiled. At that moment, I knew it was either going to be a battle of words or a battle of blows. I could easily choose the former, as my “strong” stature would make me the greatest looser in the latter.
So here we are. Battle of words. I threw the first punch.
“Esohe, just as your name goes, you are really a free gift of nature, specifically sent to men like me who are totally capable of making you fall in love and rise in happiness and fulfillment”
“Well, he may be right, only that angels like you are not programmed to fall before you rise again. You don’t have to fall in love with me beauty

. Just stand, walk or fly in love with me and you will never regret you did” The second guy said.
“Well, I respect the imaginations of these two. Only that, their thinking is a little bit too streamlined to comprehend the radiation of your beauty my princess. You shouldn’t fall, stand, walk or fly.

. Just sit, while I do all of those for you.” The last guy said.
That moment I knew I was doomed. “I think their punchlines were better than mine” I said within myself.
But, Esohe was to be the judge and make a selection of who she was pleased with.
In a bid for her to show more of her swag before she speaks, she swung her hair for all to move to the back as it is in the movies. Unfortunately, she forgot she was putting on a wig. It fell off and we could no longer recognize the babe we were fighting for. The middle of her head shone like the sun during its hottest temperature.
“Could this be the Esohe I wanted to die for?” I said to the other guys. I got no reply as they were probably more confused than I was. We all walked home that day disappointed. She wasn’t really the beauty we fell in love with.
Gladys asked me in church the following week “So you mean you never loved her?”
“Love? With that head? I don’t think it was love my dear. It was just crush and now am over it” I said
“So what about my Akpevwe?” She asked
Then putting my hands the pocket of that my well-ironed trouser, I said “Well, if what I had for Esohe was just crush and not love, so also should yours be. Just accept it. We all have been crushed not loved”
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