My Messiah :Love in Damascus - Episode 12

APRIL, 2009

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It has been a month after I challenged her, she seems not to remember that someone had corrected her when she was wrong. I began to lose hope on getting closer to her because she doesn't really think someone like me exist even after our encounter. 

Even when I saw her and her friends talking, I had passed beside them thinking she would recognize me. I became a regular practical attended just to get her attention, but hell No! . Everything seems so normal to her. I had never gave up on getting a girl before but I began to give up on getting her by my side. 

Even when I got Melissa, the hottest chick in her department. She had walk her way up to me saving me the whole stress, but with the unknown girl, I haven't gotten a chance to talk to her privately. She was either in the midst of brainies or wrapped up by some lads looking for solution to their course. She seems like a goddess in her lane, everyone run up to her for answers. Guess am also looking for answers to my life, a messiah to save me but I became so determined never to give up.

On one unfortunate day that later turned a blessing to my life. I was coming back from school, so my car broke down on the street down to my house. I had wanted to get down and check what was wrong with the car but it was raining profusely, it like the rain won't stop

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. So I stayed in my car and waited patiently for the rain to subsidize. I kept on checking my wristwatch and to my surprise I had spent more than an hour on that spot and the rain seems to have just began, it doesn't even look like it would stop in the next one hour. So I became so impatient and I decided to take a cab home, and maybe comeback to pick  my car if the rain stopped or probably the next day, depending.

I got down from the car not minding whether I was drench by the rain. So I stayed beside my car waiting for any cab that pass but unfortunately, every cab that was passing was already occupied. I was already wet from my head to the toe. My feet had start to tremble, I began to feel immersed cold. Suddenly, I saw someone with an umbrella coming my way, I became so happy but the EGO in me crept in.

'Hell No! I won't share anything with anybody' that voice kept ringing in my ear. 'What if it is my course mate?' I thought. I knew I would be so foolish if I don't ask the stranger for help.  So I lean beside my car and watch the person pass beside me. I couldn't utter a word, my EGO has clouded my mind.

As the person pass, I try looking at the persons face but couldn't. It was fully covered by the umbrella, but I could hear the person voice, talking. It was a female voice but I didn't care. So all I was looking for was just to get a cab and get the hell out of there. I began to feel stiffness in my toes, like there was no longer blood flowing through it. I had wanted to enter my car and whine the glass up but I was already determined not to spend even a seconds outside. All I needed was to get home and have a nice shower and roll myself up with a blanket. So I kept signalling any oncoming cab but all of them were occupied. I then discovered the person with the umbrella coming my way again, but this time she stopped.

"Hey, you are shivering" a lovely voice called  "get under the umbrella" the voice continued. 

I was reluctant at first but I had to keep my EGO and get under the umbrella. Something I should have done before but this EGO of mine was getting out of hand. 

As I got under the umbrella, what I saw was beyond my imagination. I wouldn't have thought of it, it was someone I had never thought of meeting in this state. In this cold and shivering state of mine, it all seems like a fairy tale. It was the same girl I had knocked my head for, the same girl I had troubled my mind just to catch her attention. The same girl I had corrected some month ago. That same girl standing beside me, sharing the same umbrella. It wasn't something I could have thought of, but it seems am having this charm of girls walking their way into my life.

'Why have I been bothering myself?' I thought

And that became the beginning of a new dawn in my life. I hadn't believe that something good could come from something bad. Getting drenched was the craziest thing that had ever happened to me, but she standing right next to me was the most fantastic thing have had in months. 

'I won't lose this chance' I said to myself cause this is a one in a million opportunity, but she seems not to recognize me. 

"Are you okay?" She said and drew my scattered attention back

"Yes, have never been this okay in my life" I said but didn't realize what I said until I let it out.

She gave me a nerd look but I seriously don't mind, cause she doesn't understand how happy I was.

"Are you going my way?" She asked and I merely said 'YES' even though I don't know where she was headed but I was ready to follow her wherever she was going but luckily for me, she was also headed my way. We got to the road that headed straight to my house, then she stopped.

"That is my way to my house" she pointed to the same road that leads straight to my house. I was so happy that she was arm length away from me. "Maybe I should give you the umbrella, so you can find your way home" she said and I discovered she had a kind heart, she wouldn't mind entering the rain till she get home

"Never mind, I also live that way" I said

"Really?" she said looking at me firmly "I knew it, your face look so familiar. I just can't remember where I have seen it, maybe on the street" she concluded and I suddenly realize she had forgotten me, maybe I didn't make an impact for her remember me.

So we began the second phase of our journey. I had wanted to start a conversation but couldn't. My coward mind couldn't summon any courage.

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. I then decided it won't be palatable to talk about love in this kind of condition. Where our minds are not at rest, I know her body needs to be under a blanket. So I wasn't ready to spoil my first impression.

 'now isn't the right time' I thought

When we got to the student mini hostel down the street, she had paused and told me she was staying there. I was very Happy for I was living few blocks away from her. I had always pass by the student hostel, it has always being crowdy. So I had detested that hostel cause the one I had lived in my first year wasn't that crowdy but this was very different, probably very cheap.

'So what I was looking for was even around the corner' I whispered 

"Nice place " I said not trying to sound too impressed and she only beam me a shyly smile 

"alright I should be on my way" I continued but something in me wanted me to stay and chat with her but I couldn't. 

I had lose all my courage when I saw her and I couldn't engage myself in any discussion. What I needed the most was to be under my blanket. So I announced my leave.

"Alright" she replied "...and whenever you are free kindly return the umbrella" she added after a pause.

My heart became filled with joy 

"we are going to have another meeting" I whispered to myself

"Sure I will return the Umbrella" I said with gladness and I could feel those cold eluding me for awhile.

"Okay, bye" she said with a lovely voice as she entered the verandah. I stood in the rain shielded by an umbrella and watched her as she disappeared into one room. I was glad as I turned to take my leave. I began to walk home majestically not even in a rush anymore

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