ONE OF THESE DAYS...

 

"Dreams they say come true", but I never dreamt of this, the day I finally get to go on a date with Johnny Drille. It felt like a dream when he finally replied my DM and we got talking,  he told me about his show coming up in Abuja by weekend and asked if I would love to come, I answered to the affirmative and he sent me  the ticket for the show almost immediately. As though the stars were not aligned in my favor enough, he went further and asked if we could go out  out on a date after the show,  I didn't say "No" surprisingly, classic me will say no, but I made an exception for him. This whole thing felt too good to be true, so I didn't tell any of my friends, they all know I have a crush on Johnny Drille, but how will I convince them to believe he asked me on a date, I didn't have the energy to convince them, so I kept it to myself, but I went  about my day to day activities smiling as usual, but there was  something unusual about my smile and the way I carried on with my daily activities this week that was different.

Thank God it's Friday, TGIF to me, meant I get to close from work early and spend time with my family or probably see a movie, because clubbing is not really my thing,  after the close of work, I was so  eager  to leave that I didn't wait for my colleague who ply the same route with me, there was something different about this Friday, I get to meet my long time crush,  I suddenly became nervous or anxious, I couldn't really tell, the week went by really fast and I didn't even get to plan my outfit for the evening, but thanks to my sister, she in her usual fashion came to the rescue, she dressed me up for the occasion, I opted to put on a boot instead  of heels, and I wore my favorite cologne, I'm very particular about the way I smell, because smelling good is good business. I didn't just want to leave a lasting impression of my beauty on  his mind, I also want his nose to remember my smell. 

The show was very nice, but my mind was more on our date, thinking about his likes and dislikes that I had discovered through my 'mini-investigation' how he loved beans and could cook it effortlessly-lol. How he loved black, kinda like me; how he was a nocturnal creature-still like me armed with my little knowledge, I was good to go. So, after the show we went to one of the most exclusive restaurant in town, did I forget to mention I don't joke with food, so I made sure to eat at home before leaving for the show. The stress from the show didn't take away his awesomeness, I could tell a good man from his smell, and he did smell like heaven. His facial expressions didn't really give away too much- though he had expressive eyes, but he talks in nano seconds, as though waiting for whatever he said earlier to sink in before speaking again, we were laughing at one of his joke and didn't notice the waiter waiting to take our order, I wasn't really concerned about the food, very much unlike me, I just wanted to listen to him talk, because oh my God "how could one man look and sound so good", so when the waiter asked whether I wanted wine or juice, I quickly went for wine and from  the look on his face I could tell he was surprised I knew so much about "my wine", "I believe the Spaniard make the best wine" I said, this piqued his interest and he asked "if I have ever visited Spain" he was shocked when I said No, so he wanted to know how come I knew so much about the place, I told him I'm a lover of nature and how traveling around the world and visiting nice locations was my "dream" (oh yes that's another of my dream apart from sitting next to him of course) I had a smirk on my face as this thought ran through my mind. He finally asked me to tell him more about myself, maybe  it was the way he sounded or the way he looked straight into my eyes as though  the answer to his question was written inside or could tell from my eyes if I lied  about who I was, whatever it was it made me forget everything thing I knew about myself. I forgot my name and every tiny detail about myself, I could tell the Lioness in me was not proud of me, but the look in his eyes could turn a Lioness into a Lamb, we Leo's don't like to be intimidated, but boy o boy this dude got me quivering without even knowing. I regained myself and noticed he still had his gaze fixed on me while waiting for me to return from my transit and tell him about myself, he broke the silence, probably he realized asking me to tell him about myself was a very ambiguous question. He rephrased his question and asked "where do you worship" very strange question I thought, why is he asking me about where I worship, am I looking like a church girl?  Oh well to be honest I'm a church girl, there's nothing wrong with being a church girl or  should I have put on more make up, I thought, but I am not a big fan of heavy makeup,  I snapped out of my thoughts and  answered  "Dunamis", he smiled and told me how he started singing from the choir at a very young age, it seem almost every musician started from the choir I said to myself, he asked if I belonged to the choir, I said yes with a smirk on my face, he said he would love to hear me sing, definitely not today that I couldn't even talk about myself. I said "I can sing to save myself" but  can't even dance to save myself from this date that is turning into an interrogation, but I didn't want him to stop asking.

 He asked where I schooled, that was easy, at least he could tell I went to school, I finished from University of Calabar I answered, I quickly chipped in the fact that I studied law and I've been called to the bar. I further stated that law was a calling, when he asked why I decided to study law. We talked about parties, I made him understand I'm not much of a party person, I will rather go to the Cinema to see a movie or try out a new restaurant. The question that I didn't see coming was him asking me about my favorite musician, oh heavens, how do you answer your favorite musician asking you about your favorite musician, I smiled and told him Chike, I lied, I noticed he didn't really like my answer, so he kept mute for a while, but thanks to the timely intervention of the waiter who finally brought our order, it took ages, I even forgot we were waiting for food, which is very much unlike me, because I'm a foodie we both ate our meal which tasted heavenly, but nothing close to having to sit next to my crush, we devoured our meal without saying a word, until his phone rang and I noticed his wallpaper was a clown and I don't like clowns, but I quickly took my mind off his wall paper and continued with my meal. 

After  the meal, he asked if he should drop me off at home, of course yes, are you supposed to drop me under the bridge or something, definitely he should not think I will be following him to his hotel room, as I was pondering on his question, he finally offered to take me home. As he dropped me off at home, he told me how much of a  nice time he had, and how he looks forward to seeing me again, in my mind I said "I look forward to that meeting more than you, you sexy thing",  we hugged and said our goodbyes. I rushed inside and gave my sister a load down of all that happened and I didn't miss out any detail, I was still talking to her and smiling when his call came in, I asked him what he was up to and he answered saying he was watching the Liverpool game against Watford, oh my God, how did I forget my club was playing today, I switched on the TV and found out that my team were 3 goals down, but I didn't allow that to detour our conversation, my sister was anxiously waiting for the calling to be over so I could fill her in on what we were seriously laughing about, she slept off before I was done with the call, I slept smiling, it felt like a dream. I was awaken by my alarm clock, only then did I realize it was all a dream.