The Painful Pleasure
EPISODE 9
As i gently removed the hands, and turned back to see who it was, I saw Sandra standing behind me with that Smile of hers. “I thought I would never see you again” I said to her holding her hand. “It’s a small world remember?” She said to me. . . I introduced her to Mayowa and they shook hands. The three of us stayed at a spot, and enjoyed the opened party.
The party was so interesting, as we enjoyed the various programmes. Some OAU upcoming artistes performed, some did a rap, others R and B. It was so much Fun. The popular “Jadon P” Swayed people of their feets, this was a guy who could create rhymes with whatever you show him. As if that was not enough, some girls came on stage, sh@king their ‘b@cksides’ at the speed of light. Guys were shouting and encouraging these girls. “Who does that? How would you come on stage and sh@ke your behind for 5 minutes?” I said. “It’s called twerking.” Sandra replied. After this, a comedian came on stage, cracking jokes and for real, this guy was really hilarious. Sandra was just laughing like a chicken.
The MCs came on stage, they wanted to do what they called “devil’s basket”. So they were passing a basket, so that when the music stops, if the basket was still with you, you will come out, pick a piece of paper from the basket, and do whatever is written in it, or pay a fine of one thousand Naira.
The basket went round and they stopped the music. Guess who was holding the basket? Sandra! I was shocked when the MCs shouted “come on stage”. She mounted the stage, picked a piece of paper and gave it to one of the MCs, he read it out. It reads “Bring out two guys, kiss one, and slap the other.” I was expecting that as a big girl, she would pay 1 thousand, but i was extremely surprised when she came to Mayowa and I, and took both of us to the stage. I was so shy, but as a cool guy i had to compose and follow her. I was puzzled, because she was definitely going to slap one of us, and kiss the other. If she should kiss me, she would have to slap Mayowa, leaving Mayowa embarrassed. And if she should kiss Mayowa (which didn’t really seem likely) she would have to slap me, and i will be so embarrassed. As we got to the stage. . .
The Painful Pleasure
EPISODE 10
As we got the stage, everything just went dark and silent, all the halogen lamps went off and the sound system stopped working. The generating plant had gone off, what happened to it, I really can’t understand. Some guys said they had seen a guy roaming around that area earlier. Probably, the guy poured salt into the fuel tank. But why exactly would he have done that? Well it’s a ‘win win’ for me.
Well, everything had gone ‘blank’, so I had to humbly leave the stage. Sandra was already leaving the stage as I followed her. Mayowa was nowhere to be found, I thought he ran away immediately the lights went out, since he was at the verge of being slapped earlier. I can’t be more thankful for the whole ‘black out’. Was I really going to kiss a lady in front of people, expecting them to clap? “The only time that should happen is on my wedding day, even my mum will clap.” I thought to myself.
People started leaving ‘anglomoz’, some were condemning the party, some were blaming the organizers. Some called the party a ‘flop’. All efforts to bring the generator back on was to no avail.
I just stayed with Sandra, at one corner in Anglomoz area. We were just ‘gisting’ in the dark (That was around 2am). By the time we talked to a point, the whole of Anglomoz was already scanty, and there were few people there. She was such a saucy girl, a talkative. We ran out of things to discuss, so we were quiet for a while.
Sandra broke the silence. “You wanna complete the game or pay the fine ?” She said. I was quite confused because I didn’t know she was referring to the ‘kiss-slap’ game. So I asked, “what are you talking about?” She replied briskly before I could even finish my question. “The devil’s basket of course”. My heart beat became 10 times faster, as I didn’t know what she was up to. But I just remained ‘the man’. “It’s just me here, and you have to slap someone and kiss another. How on earth do you want to go about that?” I asked, pretending to be cool with the whole situation. “Wait till you find out.” She answered. . . She stood up stood up, and went to a pole very close to where we sat, and slapped the pole twice with her left hand. “That’s the slap, now the kiss.” She said coming closer to me. A part of me was saying “do it!” and another was saying “don’t”. The closer she came, the more confused I was. . .
Tbc…
