Notes

Today makes it twenty years since I’ve been married. Lol. My first daughter Anna, is 17 years and my son David, would be 15 in a couple of months. I am writing this story to throwback to when I met you, how this all started.

The way we met was one of the most casual ways we meet people. It was nothing special. I swear it wasn’t. I had matched with you a few months ago but we never really texted. It was just the casual hi and hellos and we went back to our silence.

On this day, I went out by myself. I had started this whole take care of me for me thing after my breakup four months ago and I was loving it actually. I sometimes feel a little sad tho when I see people walk into the mall or restaurant and hold hands or be all mushy at their tables. I even witnessed a proposal. They were my table neighbor. Lol. I remember shedding a tear and I just ubered home and thought about my life over and over again but I wasn’t going to settle for just anyone. I had had enough practice, enough promise and fails, enough lets go with the flows. I was done with all of that. I wanted my person. My own person.

Back to meself and him. 

I had this friend that has a restuarant that I went to once in a while.She had this get together where we all got to eat, drink, play games, sing and do fun stuff. I really am not the outgoing type but I had to start living at a point, right? I just wanted to do something out of the regular routine, the work to home, home to work, home to church routine. It was boring as HELLL!!! So I took to going to these events once in a while and on one Good Friday night, I met him.

I got to my friend’s hangout around 9:30 and there were just a few people there. So I got in, found my friend, said her a well done and took a seat. Got on my phone and started replying messages and going through posts. As usual, I ignored the links my mother sent me about the COVID-19 pandemic. I wonder where that woman gets her stories from. I got a call from a friend from the U.S, went to the varander to pick and I spent a while on the call and when I got back, we had doubled in the room so i just went back to my seat, ordered some chicken, spicy chicken with palmwine (my regular😊). I said hello to a few familiar faces, talked to some, laughed and gisted and we even played games and it was all fun.

He walked in with a friend, both dressed in the shirt and trouser corporate. I could tell that he just came from work. He stood for a while, scouting the room, our eyes met and he smiled. Said a air hello. I made a air salute as response and continued to gist with the guys at my table. It was a good night and towards the end, we began taking offers for the open mic part of the event.

People were terrible and some were terrific. Lol, I’m not telling If its bad or good. But yeah, it was going nice. Kunle came up to ask if there was any more person that would like to sing and I felt good so yeah, I raised my hand and went up. I was NERVOUS. See fine men, chineke!!! I really didn’t want to embarrass myself but it was too late to go back to my seat. If I did, I probably would never come back to this place again, out of shame so *clears throat*,I picked a song. A classic, something everyone commended me on when I sang,a Celine Dion song. Because you loved me.

The instrumental started and phew, I started. 😂 (My heart is jumping as I write this, lol).

“For all the times you stood by me, for all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life, for every wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true, For all the love I found in you,
I’ll be forever thankful baby, you’re the one who held me up,
Never let me fall, you’re the one who saw me through, through it all”

It came out alright, I was still very nervous. I tried to keep my eyes open and look across the room, see what everyone’s expression was like , phewww, I just had to hold it together’.

I sang the chorus and I heard someone say ‘Hey, can I jump on that with you?’. 

It was him. He wants to jump on it with me. Why does he want to jump on anything with me? Father lord, would this be a big fuck up!?🤦🏼‍♂️

My heart was really almost out of my chest, it was pounding hard. My throat was dry from the surprise so I nodded in affirmation. The keyboard was still going on, and he came up, took a mic and when he opened his mouth, I melted.

It was nothing I’ve heard before in my entire nine lives. His sound was beautiful. I got a mind orgasm from his voice. He took the second verse of the song and sang the chorus and asked that we did the bridge, ahhhhh lord, I was amazed at how we did that. It was powerful, it was magic, and I swear, I really do swear, I felt a spark. Later that night as we drove round the island, he says he felt it too but don’t LET ME JUMP TO THAT JUST YET!!!😭

We got a standing ovation and I just couldn’t believe I had made magic with someone. I wanted to hear that voice forever (and I do 💍 😏). He smiled and asked if I was good. I was alright, I was just a little surprised and blown away. I didn’t know anyone had that kinda voice and I definitely didn’t expect that we’d do that. I didn’t believe we just did that. 

‘Let me buy you a drink’, he said.

‘Yes please. And show me to where to get vocals like yours`, I replied playfully.

‘Its in the gene baby. You’re going to have to make babies with me to get it and we could pass some on to the children’, he replied and winked.

Oh Lawd, Oh Lawd!!!

He just hit on me!!!!😂

I had never felt so good about the next day being a Saturday than I felt that night.

I let out an ‘okrrr’ and he laughed.

We went to the bar, got some drinks and he was a good flirt. I was lucky I wasn’t just anybody too. I was Deji of Lagos!!! We talked for hours, it was 1am now. I had texted my brother to let him know that I would be sleeping at work like I sometimes do when I dont feel like the regular Lagos traffic stress. We went to dance and it was good. He pulled me to himself all of a sudden and kissed me. My head was flung. Lmao. I could tell that my lips did something to him too. He was sexy, fine, dark skinned, slender, good lips. I really didn’t know why I started to notice all of those things right there but I wanted more and I went for it, pulled his shirt and kissed him back. It was good.

‘Do you wanna get out of here?`, he asked.

‘Hehehe, where would we go?`, I asked.

‘How about a drive around the island? We could get chicken if you’re hungry or I’m hungry. I am a little hungry’, he goofed.

‘Sure.’

We talked all through the drive. Drove to the beach and our conversation went on beautifully. He was charming, kind, loving, smart, charismatic and I liked everything.The moon shone on his face and I noticed how really beautiful he was. We talked about his parents, about my folks, about a lot of thing and I asked myself, what if this is the one and I swear, I saw the stars line up to spell a `YES`. They were right. He is the one.