I found myself in bed the next morning, my whole body ached, my head was banging, and I felt like throwing up. I have never drunk as much as I drank last night. I looked at myself and I had changed into my nightie. I try to think of how I was able to bring myself to change but … OH, MY GOODNESS! I had a glimpse of memories from last night. I had undressed myself in the presence of Cal; I wonder what he would think of me now! Why did I do that? I started lamenting into the pillow until I heard a knock on the door.
"Hey Sidney, are you awake?"
"NO!" I screamed out loud, unintentionally. It is unclear to me why I am this unfortunate. What is wrong with me? I started pinching myself and biting myself really hard, maybe I would be able to have wisdom after injuring myself.
"You are obviously awake. I made tea. It will help with the hangover that you feel" he said, then I heard his footsteps leave the door. I didn't want to see him again, but I needed that tea awful, I felt terrible and needed something to soothe myself. If I don't see him now, I will still see him later, so why miss the opportunity of taking tea when I would still have to face him? I put my shame to shame and went out to meet him in the dining.
He smiled immediately when he saw me and bowed his head as he continued sipping his tea and just didn't stop smiling, and it really embarrassed me. I sat opposite him because that was where he had served mine.
"How are you feeling? You drank so much last night, I don't know who you were trying to impress with your drinking skills"
"I don't know why I drank so much, there was just so much to drink I guess," I said, sipping the tea.
"The tea will help you." He said, looking at me in the eye, I couldn't help but look away. He was so charming. "Jake would be back tomorrow"
"How do I tell him that I am not interested without him feeling offended?"
"That's not a problem. The problem is when he finds out we have a thing"
"Do we have a thing?" I asked naively.
He gave me a stern look, "Kisses aren't a thing to you?"
I looked away instantly and continued sipping my tea.
"Today is day 2, let's make it count." He said with a really romantic smile, and I melted. Does he mean what I think?
He stood up, walked to me, and took my hands, then he kissed them and kissed my lips? It all happened so fast, I wouldn't have let him kiss my lips but, … I enjoyed it. I was really shy as he kept on looking at me in the eye.
Then, the doorbell rang.
"That must be the electrician," Cal said as he headed for the door, and behold, … the electrician was Mrs. Annie's electrician as well. How did he come this far?
"Ah, Ah! Sidney baby, is this where you are now?" he asked, and it really disgusted me. Tony, the electrician, is a handsome man with a nice body also, but he is not my type of man. He had been wooing me and I had been turning him down.
He walked towards me and wrapped his hands around my shoulders. "Beautiful Sidney baby!" he said as he pulled my shoulders close to him.
You need to see the look on Cal's face. He was boiling.
"Tony, the meter is upstairs!" Cal said authoritatively.
"Yes sir, I will check it. Ah, bros Cal, this girl na my babe oh. She dey work well well, shebi you like am? Pay am well oh, treat am well. My one and only Sidney baby" he said as he blew me a kiss and went upstairs.
Again, Cal looked so irritated, and he gave me a really stern look and followed Tony upstairs.
Why did Tony decide to show up, for God's sake? The last time I saw him, I had promised to give him a positive answer to his request when next I saw him, but I had told Mrs. Annie about his advances towards me, and she stopped calling for his services at that time.
I waited downstairs while Cal and Tony conversed upstairs regarding what needed to be fixed.
A few minutes later, Cal hurried downstairs. He was now properly dressed.
"I am heading out now!" he said as he hurried to get his keys. "I'll be back in a few minutes, I just need to attend to someone at the barracks, okay?"
I nodded and watched him leave. As soon as his car drove away, I could no longer hear the sound of his car engine. I heard something really frustrating.
"Sidney, baby!" Tony called out.