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Corona love A short piece by Ola_Olowo

When I looked back at the moment when the pandemic started, I just couldn't stop thanking China and the inventor of the Virus . Many lives were lost, many others have been borne; many have lost their jobs while many other businesses have gone bankrupt, scores of business opportunities are reopened. Many realised the falsehood of what love they'd preconceived true as few of us found true love in some weird places. Yea… I found this true at an isolation centre where I was Quarantined. I was on a visit to Nigeria from the UK to see my mother and my fiance who had been so worried over the Corona outbreak in the UK - they both presumed that Nigeria will be a safer haven. Just when I touched down at the airport in Lagos, all the passengers were all driven out of the airport to a quarantine centre; upon a report that some passengers had been tested positive to the virus during the preceeding flight that conveyed a batch of returnees from the UK. I hurriedly called my mother to infor...

One call away 28

One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 28? On my way back to class, I kept telling myself it’s the right thing to do, she’s cool and nice but been a snitch is something that shouldn’t be overlooked. Revealing her might get me on her wrong side for a very long time, maybe that’s really what I want. I had almost gotten to my classroom before I remembered that I’ve not checked and gotten the book that I needed, not even return the ones I took in the morning. I was already missing the moment when I’m always with my school bag and get any note I want as the bag is always hung on the protruding angle on my seat. I got to the locker room and found out we’re having language classes but on the timetable Yoruba was ticked out of the three languages scribbled on the paper. I took the Yoruba notebook and some of the texts which I’ve already read alongside the textbook before I head to class. I was shocked on ...

One call away 26&27

?One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 26&27 Our lovey dovey continued as we settled down for the next class which was civic education, we held hands as we listened to what the lady was teaching. It wasn’t a topic that we’ve treated in my former school so I listened attentively. Gina was sitting at Azeezah’s seat, sometimes when I locked eye with hers, she will just winked and smiled at me. After the civic education teacher was through with her teaching and left, Azeezah and I drifted back into our conversation. ” did you brought food to school today ” I asked her. ” nah, I was too heartbroken to even have my breakfast in the morning ” she replied me. ” that makes us two, I couldn’t take my breakfast after I saw the picture in the cafeteria, I stumbled out of the cafeteria angrily and that’s when I saw you inside the locker room ” I said to her. ” should I be proud of ...

One call away 25

One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 25 I took a swift glance at Happy and before I could read her facial expression my eye was already off her as I head to my seat. ” hmhm ” Gina grunted as I sat down with smile on her lips. ” why are you looking at me like that ” I asked her. ” how am I looking at you” she asked me. ” I don’t know, like you’ve got something to tell me ” I replied her. ” no, this is my face ” she said smiling. ” okay ” I said as I took my maths notebook and flipped it open to the last page which got inks on it. On the board was the page number for the textbook, so it was easy for me to get along. ” I thought you’re only a casanova never knew you’re also a wrestler ” Gina murmured smiling but I didn’t respond as I focused my attention on the board. The teacher might looked weird with his way of dressing but he ...

One call away 24

One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 24 I lost my appetite and couldn’t take anything out of the sumptuous meal in front of me. Gina should have had mercy on me and allowed me to finish eating my food before she show me the picture . I stood up angrily and left the cafeteria and head straight to the locker room to check the subjects for the morning and also to get the stuffs for it. On getting to the locker room I met Azeezah there but she was facing the wall and probably absent minded to know that someone entered. I moved to where she was standing and gently placed my hand on her shoulder. She startling turned to see who it was. Her face looked all puffy like she’s been crying for a long time. She embraced me at once as she suddenly started sobbing. ” it’s alright ” I said patting her shoulder. ” it’s not going to be alright ” she said still sobbing. ” the picture got to my dad’s...

One call away 23

One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 23 Flashback After she exited my room, I swiftly picked up my phone and powered it to life. A message from an unknown number appeared on it at once. Seeing the content of the message I knew it was Chris. I pulled out Azeezah’s note from my pocket and forwarded the address to her number indicating that it was from me. I saved Chris number plus Azeezah’s own on my phone before I head to the wardrobe to get a perfect outfit for the hangout. I was still contemplating on which cloth to wear when my phone suddenly beeped. I picked it up and saw that it was a message from Azeezah. She said she’ll be there in few minutes. I dialled Chris number at once and told him to get ready as I also selected a cloth to wear. After the selection of cloth, I took off my school uniform and took a quick shower before I finally wore the cloth. I picked a matching sneakers to go along with the cloth and when I ...

One call away 22

One Call Away? ? way to your heart ? ? written by Horluwa~p1 ? ?Episode 22 I met fleets of cars all parked inside the car park. I stood transfixed to the spot I was confused, staring at all the exotic cars parked there. Some were already leaving the park while some students walked passed me to get to their rides. I tried hard to see one of the cars which I knew belong to Mr Tokunbo but find none. ” could they have left me behind ” another thought crept into mind but it was kicked out by the honking of one of the cars inside the park. I traced the sound and located the direction it came from.I started walking towards the direction, the car blared it horn twice again and I was able to pinpointed the car outta the fleet of cars. I paused on my track on seeing it as I heaved a sigh of relief as I saw the Mr Adamu waving at me. ” good afternoon sir ” I greeted as I walked to where the car was parked. It was a different car from the Sienna and the Honda whic...