The SHEnanigans 2

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PART 2
" The sHEnanigans"
©️Opeyemi Akintunde 

" Lefty! Lefty! " Chinedu shouted trying to catch up with Samuel who had his earphones plugged in...

Chinedu evetually caught up with him and in a playful manner,  pulled out the right earpiece to express his feigned anger...

" Guy, stop using this thing everytime, a car may hit you!" Chinedu said playfully but his smile gradually faded on seeing the face Lefty gave him. Chinedu wondered what he had done wrong,  and in seconds he was able to figure it out...

" Which kain play be this?" ( What kind of play is this?) Samuel who is popularly referred to as Lefty said in anger...

" Chinedu,  I don't like this, do you know how long it took me to save up for this earpiece, Guy this earpiece cost N1500 Naira and it took me five months to sucessfully save up for it!"  

Chinedu's mouth hung open, one could not tell what shocked him the most. Was it the fact that Lefty shouted at him for unknowingly damaging the right earpiece or Was he shocked that it took Lefty; the most talented striker on their team five months to gather the sum of N1500.

" You said what?" Chinedu asked wanting to clarify

" You heard me correctly, I saved up to buy this..." Lefty said proudly with the sense 
of achievement.

Chinedu shook his head in pity as he pulled out his wallet. Chinedu pulled out about six N1000 notes.

" You can have it my brother, damaging your earpiece was not intentional "

Lefty could not hide his anger. He felt insulted by the spoilt brat whose parents bribed his way into the team three months ago.

" I am not a beggar neither am I a Mummy's boy who gets money by not working. I work very hard to make my own money. I work at  construction sites, I fetch water for people and i wash cars to earn my money, so when someone spoils what belongs to me, it's not about the money but its about my sweat. Brother, don't ever insult with money."

" I...was.. not insulting you, i was only trying to help"

" I don't need your help"

" I am sorry!" Chinedu said.

" So, why did you stop me"

" Never mind!" Chinedu replied. He was going to invite him over for lunch or dinner at his house. He had told his mother so much about Lefty, that she asked him to invite him over for dinner.

Chinedu was Lefty's fan. Ever since he started playing  with the Tigers club, he had found Lefty's talent unrivaled.  He got the name "Lefty" from his ability to score awesomely with his left foot. The left foot was Lefty's asset. Chinedu's admiration of him was so genuine he desperately wanted to be friends with him but for three months , Lefty gave him the cold shoulder...

" You stopped me, damaged my earphone to tell me something, then suddenly you tell me never mind"

" That's because you are already looking offended"

" Guy, say what you have to say!"

" Well, I wanted to invite you over for dinner at my home"

Lefty's expression could not be read for the first thirty seconds as he looked at Chinedu. 

" Lefty... Are you okay?" Chinedu asked 

Lefty slapped Chinedu hard and began to rush at him with several blows...

" You dare insult me by inviting me to dinner as someone who is hungry. You are crazy, You dey kolo" Lefty decided to lose his cool, he was done keeping his cool especially when it had anything to do with Chinedu. His fresh skin, his grammar articulation, his beautiful white teeth, his smooth face had been an issue for him ever since he joined them. He was angry at him for not living the disadvantaged life he was living.

Coach Wild ran towards the boys, he knew Lefty hardly lost his cool , but when he does,  it was always dangerous.   He would treat the subject of his anger like an animal and the subject in question was an answer to his silent prayers. Chinedu's Parent had been helping the club ever since their son joined three months back and from the look of things, the future was looking bright.

Chinedu's Father who was a rich Oil merchant was interested in pushing their club to an international level because of his Son's involvement but here was Lefty about to break the bones of their passport to great heights.

" Lefty... stop it... Lefty get off him!" Coach screamed from afar as he raced towards the guys...

*****
Chinedu nursed his wound in front of his mirror.  He wondered what he had said wrongly to have attracted such bitterness from Lefty.

" There is something definitely wrong with him. I believe something is eating him up." Chinedu thought as what he felt for Lefty was pity instead of anger.

"God, help me to help him!" Chinedu said as his mind ran wild for ideas on ways to assist Lefty.

******
Lefty bounced towards the "Backyard". *Backyard* was not the literal backyard of a house. It was a hidden place for boys in the ghetto to hangout. A lot of crimes were always concluded there.

Lefty didn't know what was pushing him to the BACKYARD  that night after avoiding the place for over six months. He had swore to avoid the backyard, but Chinedu had brought out the beast in him again. 

" Lefty, you don come back again"  an unfamiliar voice said from the dark

" Striker of life! It's good to see you here" Another voice said 

" Lefty, your coach know say you come here?" One of the drunks asked...

Lefty paused for a while to think about what the drunk had  said. It was best he turned back at that point so he would not lose this second chance with Coach... He remembered how after a random blood test had been  carried out and codeine was found in his system, Coach had been disappointed in him and benched him for most of the last season. 

" See who is here!" Kay said on seeing Lefty.

Riliwan looked back and saw Lefty...

" Talk about the devil and he shows up" 

Lefty walked up to his old teammates and realized there was a third person...

" Mr Wisdom, this is our third friend we were telling you about, he is the best striker around. You ask any football lover around here for the best striker and the name they will give you is Lefty." Kay said

Kay could see Lefty was not in the mood for any chit chat and he needed him to be. The man sitting in front of them was who their lives have been waiting for. 

" Lefty, this is Mr Wisdom. He is a Talent scout. He is an international agent that helps foreign clubs scout for good players, he was the one that scouted Roberto for Mayor Club.. Check out their picture together..."

To be continued...

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