Chapter 3 - My First Aristo
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She told me to ask my visitor to leave.
I asked the reason and she told me it was for his own good. She said most of the girls like disgracing visitors from 10:20 p.m. by calling them names like Mr. Newest Hall or whatever hall they were in. That in some extreme cases they pour water or urine on them. On hearing this, I quickly asked Dayo to let me see him off.
I saw him off to the bus-stop. I headed back for my hall, I was almost at the gate when a guy in a red V. boot honked and parked by me. He rolled down his glass.
"Hello, do you stay around here?"
"Yes I do, can I help you?"
"I'm Mike, I'll like to get to know you better".
I then knew this guy was just looking for a babe. Ignoring him, I went on my way. He alighted from his car and held on to my hand.
"What is all this now?" I asked
"I'm really sorry" he said releasing my hand immediately "but, I don't mean any harm, I only want to know your name" he continued.
"I'm Oyin"
"Oyin, nice to meet you. So what are you doing tonight?"
"Sleeping, and why does that concern you?"
"Hey, take it easy. I just wanted to ask you out"
"But, I don't know you" I said
"That's how we'll get know each other"
"I can't go out with you tonight"
"Okay, what's your room number and I'll come and see you tomorrow".
I told him my room No. and we parted ways after promising to call him tomorrow to tell him the time I'll be around. I was stupefied after he left. "So this is how they come looking for babes", I thought to myself.
By 10 pm. they lock the main gate preventing cars from coming in leave the one for people walking in shut. I opened it only for a guy to "Sister, please are you going to the 1st floor?"
"Yes, I answered"
"Please, help me call Caro, tell her that Nnamdi is looking for her"
"Okay". The man was obviously middle aged"
"Na wah for men oh", why couldn't they even come on time", I thought to myself.
I went to call the girl unfortunately for the guy she wasn't in and I just couldn't imagine myself going downstairs to tell him. I guess the guy has jonesed' (lost).
On getting to my room, Bisola had come back from mile 2 where she went to see her boyfriend. I met her gisting with Angel.
"Honey, whatz up?" Bisola asked
"Honey?, why are you calling me that?"
"I've heard the gist, na wah oh. So you're now Dayo's honey" Bisola insisted.
"Oh, that one. Forget that side, another guy landed".
Debbie, Suzan and Angel sat down on the bunk waiting for the gist. I gisted them about Mike.
"Abey, let's milk the guy dry" Angel said
"So you want to have an Aristo" Suzan said
"What's Aristo?" Angel and I chorused
"Jambito!! Aristo means a man about 35 years. They come chasing girls to sleep with them in exchange for their money.
They are just out to catch fun, they can also be known as "MFT". MFT in full can either mean man from town or 'Mugun from town (mugun means fool). They are stupid in thinking that they are going to marry the girls they spent the money on. In short, all they want is a bed warmer. Debbie explained.
"Anyway he's coming tomorrow" I said
"Make sure he takes you out, and take someone with you" said Susan
"I'll go, honey" Angel said
"By the way, do you guys have evening wears?" Susan asked
"Yes, why?" Angel answered
"My Aristo is coming tomorrow. His name is Tony, he'll be taking us out" she said
"What about Mike?" I inquired
"Phone him and tell him to come around 7.p.m. You'll be back by 10:30 p.m. that's when Tony will come and pick us up" Debbie said.
The next day, I called Mike on his intercellular line and told him to come at 7 p.m. I asked Bisola to come along, but she said she had appointment with her boyfriend but we should have fun. I finished my lectures around 5 p.m.
By 5:30 p.m I was in the room, I headed straight for the shower, after showering I changed to a short white skirt and a stretch shirt. Angel got to the room around 6:30, and immediately started doing her toiletries.
"Honey, how was your day?"
"It was stressful. I've not eaten all day"
"Me too, let's eat now" she said
"What about where we're going? Where do you want me to store all this stuff?".
By 7p.m. we were both gisting on my bed and planning on what we were going to do.
"Honey, what if he gets annoyed that I'm coming along"
"Then, we'll fashi him" I said. (Fashi means forget)
"You guys, stop fidgeting and act calm" Tope adviced from her corner
"What...."
We heard a knock on the door,
"Come in" Angel said
"Hi, I'm looking for Oyin" Mike said
"You mean Honey" Angel said
He came in and saw me reclined on the bed
"Hello, come in" I said getting up and got him a chair to sit on
"Oyin, are you also bearing Honey?"
"Oyin means honey. My friends prefer calling me Honey"
"Honey, that's lovely"
"Meet my friend Angel" I introduced them to each other.
"Nice to meet you", he said offering his hand.
After spending like ten minutes, he said he was going to wait for me to change and come and meet him in the car downstairs. I'd already told him Angel was coming and he said it was okay with him.
"He's an okay guy, compared to some ugly Aristo we see" Tope said.
By the way, Mike is a tall dark skinned with an okay look guy, I wore a body hug on jeans while Angel wore a black hipster and white spaghetti top which set off her complexion. The girls in the room told us we were looking chasis. We now went to meet him. We got downstairs only for me not to locate the Benz.
"Or the bobo don ja" Angel said (Ja-runaway)
"Honey, over here". It was Mike this time around, he brought a black BMW. He asked us where we wanted to go in the car and I told him M.B at Adeniran Ogunsanya.
"But, why don't you want to go to a club or something"
"Club at this time. It's too early for one" I said
"Alright we will go to M.B first then later go any of these popular club"
"I'm sorry, we can't. You see we have tutorials for 10 p.m., so we must be back on campus by 9:30"
"Okay, I see. But, can I be promised another day?"
"I cannot make promises so I won't break them later" I said.
Since Angel was an invitee, she didn't talk unless spoken too. We got to M.B. and I ordered a double beef burger with Ice-cream, Mike wanted their special while we were waiting for the order he started small talk so Angel could be included in the talk. He told us about himself. His full name is Michael Ekpeyong, works in a law firm was in his mid thirties and wasn't married. He asked about Angel, where she came from and so on.
The T.V. which was far from out table was now showing channels. Angel took her food and went to a nearer table, therefore leaving the two of us alone.
"Tell me, do you have a boyfriend"
"Not yet, I'm still waiting" I said
"You mean a fine girl like you, has got no boyfriend,
"Why must they always choose this line" Do they mimic each other or something" I thought to myself.
"I said so, didn't I?" I snapped at him
"Eh, take it easy. I'm sorry" he apologised.
As he was talking I was looking at Angel from the corner of my eye. I noticed this short, black, ugly looking man talking to her. I noticed Angel was looking bored while the guy was talking very animatedly. She caught me looking at her and signaled to me for us to leave.
By the time we finally left for school, it was 9:30p.m. Mike asked if he could see me the next day, I declined. I asked him to check back on me next week. We got to campus to find Tope, Susan and Debbie in the room.
"Honey, Angel how did it go?" Tope asked
"It was okay, but to me the guy was boring" I said
"He couldn't have been as boring as that ugly thing that came to talk to me. I even got his company card and phone No. and I'm supposed to call tomorrow" Angel said.
"Abeg leave story, na dry guy" Angel said
"But dry guy still get yarn" I said
"Wetin he say now" Tope persisted
"Alright", he said" I'm sorry to disturbs you but it's just that I like your physique, composure and I like you.
We all started laughing because Angel mimicked from the Ibo accent and the way he was talking through his nose, we were still laughing when Lara came into the room.
She went to her corner to drag a bucket from under the bed when we perceived an offensive odour.
"Gosh, what the hell is this" Lara said.
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