15/09/2024
My first time on a flight and this beautiful gentleman is sitting next to me. He smelled divine and when he talked, I felt like the voice sounded familiar. The voice that said, "We should be in love" in my dream when I was just a girl.
"Hey, it's your first time, right?" He said.
I coiled and gave him that girlish look, shy and demure; "How did you know?" I answered.
This plunged us into a conversation that lasted like forever. Meanwhile, it was only a thirty-minute flight. When we landed, he gave me his number. He asked if I would like to be driven to my destination. It was an official trip so a car was already waiting for me. I had to say no, disappointing myself.
I called that evening to say thank you. He was smooth when he asked for a date. He said, "Good you called. Can you go out since it's a new place? Just see around."
I said yes and minutes later, a car was at the door of my hotel waiting for me. He didn't come himself. He sent a driver.
All night, I felt out of place. His friends and their girlfriends didn't look like me. They were high and plush and eloquent in their speech. They spoke of countries I hadn't heard of. They spoke of events I could only sell a kidney to attend. I couldn't drink what they drank. I couldn't share my story of Agboba days when they were sharing about England, Paris, and Rome.
He was with me throughout, wrapped in his left arm and whispering to me. The next day, I left town but he didn't stop calling. Currently, he wants a relationship. He says he's dying to be mine. He says I've filled his nightly dreams since we met. Honestly, I feel honored. I want to say yes but....Hmmm
We are both not on the same page. We are worlds apart when it comes to upbringing, experiences, status, and everything. I saw the girlfriends of his friends. I don't fit. I'm like an onion in a group of apples. But these are the caliber of people I'll be dealing with when I say yes. Is it advisable for me to say yes?
Yeah, the love is there. Yeah, the excitement is there but I'm a fish. He's a bird. Where would we live when we fall in love? I feel it might work today but tomorrow...?
Please advise