i fell in love ,a story by toyin taiwo

I FELL IN LOVE - Episode 3
Feranmi got home that night, and realization
dawn on him that he has feelings for Wemmy. He
couldn’t sleep at night he was just there on his
bed full of thoughts.
“Feranmi get her off your head she belongs to
someone else, she’s dating your flatmate for
crying out loud, Emmanuel and I are not that
close but he’s still a friend and he’s a nice guy”
he said to himself. I think I’ll have to stop seeing
her, I’ll tell Sophia to come over whenever she
needs me, I have to stop going to that lodge and
I’ll make sure I stay away from her when she
comes visiting her boyfriend.
For three good weeks Wemmy did not set her
eyes on Feranmi, she realized shes having this
not funny feelings for him. She misses him so
much that she was tempted to get his phone no
from Sophia, she even taught of getting it from
Emmanuel but that idea is even worse, so she
dropped it. She did not see him on weekends too
when she went to her boyfriend's place, he no
longer stays at home on weekends.
“Wait o, Wemimo, it’s like Feranmi is avoiding
you o,or did he feels the same way” i said to
myself pacing up and down in my room. If he
does then I’m in trouble.
It was a Sunny Saturday morning Wemmy had
already made up her mind to stay indoor but she
later decided to pay her friend Thessy a visit.
Thessy noticed she was quiet, she just sat on the
bed starring at nothing in particular.
“Sweetheart what’s eating you up? Project, Your
supervisor, home, Emmanuel?” she asked
I jolted out of reverie when Thessy mentioned
Emmanuel.
"Nothing, i'm fine, i just need rest" i lied.
She wanted to tell her everything in fact that’s
the reason why she's there but she couldn’t
bring herself to share it with her. She will
practically skin her alive, if she tell her she have
feeling for another guy.
She left Thessy's hostel later in the afternoon,
got home, showered and did some research on
her project topic on the internet and slept off.
The knock on her door woke me up. She opened
the door, the sight that greeted her was
shocking.
Feranmi was standing right there in front of her
face. She can't place what she's feeling, she's
angry and happy at the same time.
“Will you please let me in” he asked politely.
“Come in” she said and went straight to sit on
her bed while Feranmi sat on a chair opposite
her. The room was silent for like 5mins.
“Are u done avoiding me” she broke the silence
“What gave you the impression that I was
avoiding you” he answered her question with a
question.
“Answer my question” she said quietly.
“Wemmy, I didn’t mean to avoid you I just
needed to clear my head and set some things
straight. I don’t want to destroy our friendship”
“So…..have u succeeded in clearing your head”
“No and that is why I’m here he said picking his
words carefully. Wemmy I need to keep my
distance for now, I wish you could understand”
‘Make me understand Feranmi”
“It will do us good if I stay away”
“Why” she asked firmly
“I think I……..
“You think” she interrupted him
“Sorry i mean, I........
“The feeling is mutual” she interrupted him
again. You don’t need to avoid me, we both know
it can’t happen, I can’t cheat.
Wemmy looked at his face and saw his eyes, she
was actually fighting the tears before, but
immediately she saw him fighting his, she
bursted into uncontrollable tears. This is the very
first time she's feeling something deep for a guy.
This feeling is far different from what she felt for
Emmanuel.
He was broken seeing her cry, he moved closer
to her and hugged her.
"I’m sorry, I never mean to cause you pain, I’m
sorry for making you cry" They look into each
other’s eyes and before they knew it, they were
already kissing which took like forever before it
ended.
“What do we do now?” she asked
after the kiss.
“Nothing, let’s just pretend this kiss never
happened"