Walking through the Loblaw's located in Barrhaven, I smiled to myself as I got stared at by the legions of middle-aged White folks, and the few Asians and Latinos I saw among them. Barrhaven is arguably the City of Ottawa's most affluent suburb, and the locals tend to be more uppity and annoying than most. Apparently, they're not used to seeing tall, well-dressed young Black men casually shopping for groceries on a Sunday morning. Whatever.
The name is Ismail Berhanu, and I'm an Ethiopian Muslim brother living in the Canadian Capital. I just moved to Barrhaven from Vanier, the so-called hood, and so far, I'd like to think I am adjusting nicely. My former landlady, a Latin witch named Gladys Montero, kicked me out before the end of my lease because she caught me banging her 21-year-old, delightfully kinky son Pedro. The tall, skinny Latino dude works as a superintendent in the building where I lived, and we had lots of fun together when his wife Maria and his mother Gladys weren't around.
All good things come to an end, I guess. Pedro and I used to get out freak on quite often. The dude's wife Maria lives one floor above me and had no idea what her husband and I were up to. I guess that's why Pedro and I got careless, and then disaster struck. Gladys caught me with my dick up Pedro's ass and screamed like she saw the Devil himself. I had to get out of there quickly, pun intended. Some people just don't have a sense of humor, I swear. Oh, well. Time to move on.
School resumes in September, which is about a couple of weeks away. August went by pretty quickly. That's summer in Ottawa for you. I still owe Carleton University a little over half a grand, which I must pay in order to register for courses for the upcoming semester. This is to be my final year at the university, which I've been attending since September 2012. I want to graduate, get my business degree and get the hell out of Ottawa. In case you haven't guessed, I kind of hate this dismal little town and the bigoted, small-minded, passive-aggressive bozos who inhabit it.
I'm working as hard as I can at my job, taking long shifts and losing a lot of sleep. As a security guard, I do most of my business downtown, which is kind of far from the West End of Ottawa. Add to that the fact that I'm staying with my uncle Ibrahim Berhanu until I get myself a new place, and you can understand why my life is kind of stressful. I am not a freeloader and I am paying rent at my uncle's place, folks. Never let it be said that I don't handle my responsibilities.
Sometimes it feels like the whole world's against us brothers, man. Between my job, my home situation and other pressures, I feel like I am ready to explode. There's only so much even a very smart and capable man can do. I am trying to pay for school while not dropping dead of exhaustion from doing 12-hour shifts all week long with no day off in between. Not healthy, I know, but I've basically got no choice. Luckily, I met someone determined to take my mind off things.
The other day, I went to do an overnight shift in the South Keys Area, for some bank whose personnel feared someone might try to break in. The plan was for me to come in shortly before the bank closed, meet up with the employees, bunk down for the night, and stick around all night until the manager came in come morning. I absolutely hate overnight shifts because they wear me out. While on my way to South Keys from Barrhaven, I saw a cutie on the 95 Bus.
Right before the bus reached Bayview Station, I noticed that this gal was looking at me. Tall, with light bronze skin, long Black hair, brown eyes and a delightfully curvy body, this gal was something else. I really like a female with a big butt. Now, I am bisexual and while I prefer hooking up with the fellas ( they're less fussy than women ), I do appreciate a beautiful woman. I looked at the dark-haired gal and smiled, trying to guess whether she was Brazilian or Mexican or even Lebanese, but I couldn't tell.
I looked at the dark-haired cutie and smiled, then got off the bus. A quick way to get to South Keys from Barrhaven is to get off at Bayview Station, catch the train and ride it to Greenboro, then South Keys is right there. I walked off the bus, sighing at the thought of the cutie with the thick ass, and made my way toward the train station. It was night, and I didn't see anybody else at the train station but that didn't deter me since I know it's still running. I went to sit down at the bus stop, and waited.