Stories By Hope

My sister Gabrielle was a party freak! There never was a weekend a party wasn't holding at our house. The house would be filled with people...most of them, I don't know. People tend to invite their friends to parties only they were invited to.  The booming sound coming from the music was always a pain in the ass for the neighbours. Yes they complained... ...but they could never do anything about it since we're still in Nigeria and nobody wants to take up a court case for noisy neighbours. I won't lie, as much as I didn't like that the noise disturbed the neighbours, I enjoyed those parties a lot. There was always drinking and dancing.... I know, that always happen at parties. Once or so, I would walk in on couples having sex in the bathroom...now that part irritates me. How horny can one get that a bathroom becomes comfortable enough for sex? I'm never trying that...at all. It was in one of these parties that i met him... Nkem... at first we w...

“Kiss me.” I suddenly said and felt his hand still on my back. “You’re awake?” he asked in a surprised voice. What? Did he think I’d be able to sleep through it? I sat up…the covers falling off my body. “Yes.” “Bibi, Lola and I broke up a long time ago. I didn’t…” “Just kiss me so we can get over this Lola ish.” I cut him off.  After all, I knew the whole story…Kendra made sure. And yes, it would have been nice to hear it from the horse’s mouth but I couldn’t wait. I wanted that mouth on me. He stared at me for a while…I remember wondering if he felt unsure. Then he leaned in and kissed me. Deep and hungrily… Then pulled away. Not again…I was beginning to think but couldnt finish when he looked me in the eyes (I mean, it was dark but he had to be) and said,  “I love you Bibi.” My heart stopped…he finally said it to me…to my face And he kissed me again…. And then the world was right again. THE END Thanks y'all for reading  The Secret Diaries ...

“Why wouldn’t she? It’s THE BUZZ.” He said the buzz like it was of popular importance. I yimued at him, then turned my attention back to the magazine. “You obviously don’t know the movie…but how come? It’s been the talk for months now. Everybody back home is anticipating it and now, we’re going to be the first set of people to see it.” Lord knows I had never heard of the movie…not even a single advert. “Duh…the movie editors and crew members have seen it already.” “That’s because they shot it.” He shot back at me. “Bibi what can ever get you excited?” he continued, rolling his eyes at me.    I rolled my eyes back at him then yelled several things in my mind then out loud, “Whatever! We’re still going back home tomorrow morning.” I continued to read the magazine but stopped to look at him when I didn’t hear him say anything else. He was watching me... And then, he threw himself on the bed. “Hey.” I shouted, then ducked…but it wasn’t really ne...

  Three weeks in Vegas and we were headed back! It happened to be the best time of my life. I’m sorry Kendra, I thought to myself. I’ve had really good times with you…I mean you’re my best friend but someone has surpassed you in that… Daniel… My boyfriend. Yes, you heard me right!    The business trip only lasted one week and I played my part as a ghost P.A. my only job was to record the proceedings of the meeting…with a pen. It wasn’t easy trying to catch most of the words as they rolled back and forth between the two parties but I did my best. In the end, it wasn’t necessary, Daniel had only given me the pretend job just to have me with him. The meetings were video recorded from start to finish…I only found out when it was all over but I wasn’t upset. I wasn’t upset that he had manipulated me into going with him, after all, he was the spender…who still had to pay for my pretend job. The morning before we were supposed to head back home, he made...

Everyone agreed. Especially me… Kendra and I loved watching movies together. We’d joke and tease the different actors that seemed fake. Yemi’s conversation with his friend broke off immediately. He turned on the D.V.D player and slid in a disc saying, “You guys will love this movie.” We arranged ourselves on the three huge couches. I don’t know how but I found myself on the couch we’d been sitting on since we got there…and Kendra in between yemi and i…the other girl, gone. Oh I know…he was the newcomer…he must have actually been looking at her at some point. One of the guys turned off the lights and I felt Kendra hold my hand. I wondered if it was because she was nervous sitting really close to her crush. I put my fingers in the spaces between her fingers and hold her hand tight. The movie started off on a funny note and I felt my friend relax beside me. As the movie went on, I remember thinking to myself that it was comedy…comedy they say heals the heart…an...

“No throwing yourself at him.” “Throwing my…” “Just promise.” “Fine. I promise.” “I know it felt good…the sex …but it’s a rebound thing.” I continued. “If he’s going to want you, he should because he really does, not because you’re offering comfort.” “Yeah.” Said Kendra, rolling her eyes. “Said the girl who’s doing Daniel” “My thing with Daniel is totally different…think it through girl.” I rolled my eyes back at her. And then I remembered I was supposed to tell her about the trip but after what we had just talked about, I decided to tell her later. I wasn’t sure she wouldn’t talk me out of it. I mean, She knew I was on talking terms with Daniel, but I had convinced her it was just platonic…just friends…but this trip spelled out a lot of things. I was convinced one of her lines going to be there’s no way you guys won’t do each other over there. In my mind, I felt it was true…I thought about it over and over and realised I was actually looking forward to it. P...