As with my other stories, this is a work of fiction.
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I woke up to the phone ringing on the small table right beside my bed. My red, puffy eyes narrowed at the device as it sang and vibrated, dancing in around, and my mind spawned thoughts of distastes:
who the fuck is calling me at this time of the day?
To be fair it was 10:30am in the morning, not what many people considered an ungodly hour for making or receiving phone calls. But I couldn't help being livid. I was a heavy sleeper who hated to be disturbed once my eyes were firmly shut and my mind consumed by dreams. I got up on my own terms, not because of some fucking phone call.
Fuck this.
I snatched the phone and answered in an irritably voice, 'Hello?'
'Wake up, sleepy head!'
I took a while for me to recognise the voice, and the instant I did my eyes flew wide open, sleep cowering to a corner.
Shit.
Evelyn
.
'Hey, Eve, what's up?' I cleared my throat to wash the grogginess off my voice.
'I'm OK,' she said. 'Why are you still asleep?'
'I'm awake now,' I smiled. 'Thanks to you, of course,'
'Does that mean I get a medal or something?' Her Ugandan accent strained her English.
'Yeah, you do, but not for this reason. Today's your birthday, so happy birthday.'
'You remembered!' Evelyn squealed.
'Yeah. Or did you think I'd forget?' I threw the blanket covering me to one side and sat up.
'You forget things,'
'Well, I remembered. You're still coming over, right?' My body shifted, my legs swung, and I planted my feet on the ground.
'Yeah, why not?'
'I thought maybe your boyfriend –'
'He's travelled. Didn't I tell you?'
I grinned.
Bye, bye boyfriend.
'See? You forgot! Always forgetting things.' Evelyn said.
'My apologies,' I got up, stretched my limbs and yawned. 'I'm up now. I'll take a shower and come get you, OK?'
'OK. Don't be late.'
'I won't be.'
Our phone conversation ended and I dashed to patronise my bathroom, shaving and showering afterwards. Then I got dressed in a pair of dark-blue jeans, my favourite black Adidas trainers and a white-red-and-black check shirt. I had to look my best for this occasion. Not that it really mattered with Evelyn; we already had too much history for something as trivial as my fashion sense to ruin my plans for her.
My and Evelyn's relationship had graduated from friends with benefits to just friends six months ago. It was at that time she had met Steven, a white boy and computer geek. It didn't bother me one bit. Sure, I'm a black bloke, but I'm no racist. I had white, black, orange, and a million other coloured friends, and they dated girls and boys of diverse races, so interracial love affairs were perfectly fine with me (I had had plenty myself).
I did miss the benefits that came with our friendship, and I knew deep down Evelyn missed it too, though she never made mention of it or pursued the matter. She and I should have dated, but I refused on the grounds of her not-so-attractive face.
Alas, Evelyn was not a pretty bird. She wasn't entirely ugly either, but I had a reputation to preserve on campus and amongst my friends.
As it turned out, I was a nice guy – too nice. Most guys would probably cease communication with Evelyn after two years of intense fucking, but I didn't. We
were
friends, first and foremost, and I never abandoned my friends.
The walk to the train station was 15 minutes. Outside stood Evelyn, clad in tight jeans, leather heeled boots, and a black form-fitting blouse. I felt something stir in me as my eyes drank her voluptuousness. Her boobs weren't overly large, just firm. It was her arse that got my head spinning. It spread out below the waistband of her jeans, stretching the rigid fabric into a large, concrete apple shape.
I admired the way her jeans embraced her sturdy thighs, and it pained me to wrench my gaze from them to her face.
'Hey, Eve,'
'Jerry,' Evelyn grinned and hugged me.
I inhaled her perfume and happy thoughts invaded my head.
'So, you ready then?' I said once I took a step back.
'Let's go.'
Our first stop was
Nandos
, a South American restaurant that served one of the tastiest, spiciest chickens I ever ate. We munched, drank and made merry – after all you only turned 23 once.
Next we went window shopping in the city. I took Evelyn to some really cool places, bought her favourite artist's CD at HMV just to amuse her, and finally purloined her to my room. There I entertained her with my impressive music collection and alluring sense of humour.
By the time it was 4pm I had Evelyn enjoying herself so much she even agreed to prolong her stay in my room for me. My heart fluttered excitedly. If I played my cards right, I might get those benefits I yearned for.
At 5pm, a screw up in the name of Kay appeared at my doorstep. Kay was a friend, but now was not the time for guests. I had told him of my plans for Evelyn yesterday and requested he stay away from my room until tomorrow. What the hell was he doing here?
Nevertheless, I was a courteous by nature and could not help but invite him in and introduce the two.
'It's my birthday,' Evelyn said over the pounding hip-hop tunes.
'Is it?' Kay said and displayed his trademark crooked smile.
Fucking Kay
. He was good looking, a human chick-magnet, and a horny bastard. Anything that possessed a vagina was a fair game for him. I saw the scheme mould in his glinting eyes and knew I was in trouble. Kay wanted Evelyn.
I had to act fast.
'Eve, I'll be back. Kay, I need your help for a minute.' I said and left my room. Kay was right behind me.
Outside, I snapped: 'What the fuck, dude?'