Shoot Your Shot, Ladies! - Part 7 (FINALE)

Thank you so much for sticking around guys. I hope you enjoyed the first instalment of this beautiful love story. I would be opening up a WordPress account going forward. It is much easier for people to access, like, comment and interact generally. All stories on here would be moved there as well. An update would be available when it is up and running. Season 2 of SYSL would premier on WordPress. Once again, thank you for your support. Happy reading xoxo

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AYOOLA

I can’t stop thinking about what happened today with Korede. The more I think about it, the more I realize how wrong I was, snooping around like that. I should have waited for her to tell me herself without doing a background check. I’m tempted to send her a text to apologise but with the way she stormed off this afternoon, she might not acknowledge it. I think it’s best to visit her tomorrow morning and apologise in person.

Rain starts falling outside and I cannot be more thankful. The sound and smell of rain is so calming to my nerves, especially after the fight with Korede. I make a cup of chamomile tea to aid this relaxing mood, grab Rick Warren’s the purpose driven life and settle down in my living room. As soon as I flip the first page, I hear my doorbell ring. Strange. I’m not expecting anyone at this time, so I’m tempted to ignore it. I hear it again, followed by a knock. I walk towards the door silently, trying to look through the peephole. If it is someone I don’t want to see, might as well ignore them and silently walk back. As I look through the hole, I see her. What is she doing here? How did she even get in? So Ibrahim just opens the gate now without checking with me?

She presses the doorbell a third time and I say “One minute” as I quickly adjust my loungewear, check my breath, nose, and teeth, before I open the door.

“Hi, Korede. Is everything alright?” I ask, opening the door and stepping aside for her to come in.

She heads straight to the living room, as she looks around and says, “Your house is… exactly what I imagined… very masculine.”

Was that a compliment? “Thank you. Can I get you something to drink or eat? Was just having some chamomile tea. Should I make you some?” I ask

“Water is fine, thank you.” She replies and sits on the couch.

“Warm, room temperature or cold?” I ask, trying to impress her.

“Room temperature is fine, thank you.” I quickly grab a bottle of water from my pantry, put some rice crackers on a plate and offer her.

“Korede, I just want to…”

“I actually came here…”

We say these words at the same time. We both clearly want to unburden what we have on our minds.

“You go”, I tell her, while sitting on the other couch in the living room, opposite her.

“I actually came here to apologise for what happened earlier today. It was wrong of me to react that way, seeing as I was the one that lied in the first place. I am sorry, Ayoola.” She says looking away. Sigh. We are back to this no eye contact. I wish she would always look me in the eyes when she talked to me.

I move to the couch she’s sitting on, hold her chin up with my right fingers while looking into her eyes to say “I want you to know that I would never deliberately do anything, anything at all to hurt you, Korede. I am sorry for the way I handled the issue but you have to know that the truth didn’t change anything for me… the feelings I have for you are still here…” I use my left hand to place her right hand on my chest before saying, “…growing stronger every passing second. Your past is behind you. Your future is right here….with me....if you let me in.”

She smiles and replies “Okay…I assumed I had ruined it after this afternoon.”

“I’ve told you, I’m not going anywhere.” I move closer to her on the couch “Please give me a chance to woo you properly, Olukorede Olatunji.”

“They found out my maiden name too?” she laughs.

I laugh too. “Is that a yes?”

“Yes! You can woo me, Ayoola Babatunde Craig” she replies shyly. And yes, my initials are ABC. I was a joke in high school, I’d tell you that.

“Thank you, baby.”

........To be continued. SYSL season 2 coming soon on WordPress.