The Meeting

This Wednesday was different. The computing lab had two young looking guys and a lady. One of the guys looked like a Nigerian and Yes, he was HOT! When Chioma walked into the lab, the Nigerian guy glanced at her and then he looked away.

‘Hello, have I met you before?’ she thought to herself, hoping she would have the guts to say that to him or maybe something different to start up a conversation. She picked a desk, sat down and began to work on her project. She had so much to do and needed to focus on her work. Afterall, she had made up her mind that she wouldn’t get into a relationship until she finally gets over her breakup with Anthony.

‘Who am I kidding?’ she thought. A month after the breakup, Anthony got a new girlfriend. He had even changed his facebook display picture to a nice picture of both of them in a fancy restaurant. As if it was not bad enough, he change his status from ‘single’ to ‘in a relationship’. It was about time she had moved on too.

Four hours later, she decided to go home knowing how much time she had wasted thinking about having a pleasant conversation with the guy two sits away from her. Almost exiting the library, she got a tap on her shoulder ‘Hey, you were at the computer lab upstairs. You face looks familiar. Have we met before?’ It was the Nigerian guy! She pretended as though she might have met him before but at the same time she knew he was lying. He wanted to talk to her.

‘No, I’m afraid I haven’t met you before’ she replied.

‘Well, I thought I have seen you before, my name is Jude by the way’

She was filled with delight but kept a straight face.

‘Nice meeting you Jude, I am Chioma, Chioma Nwankwu’

Hoping that he would recognise her father’s name. Mr. Princewill Nwankwu was the former Minister of Education who had died two years before she started her law degree in Nottingham. Jude didn’t seem to recognise the surname but he kept smiling and she liked it.

‘Chioma, that’s my mother’s name’ Jude replied.

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