ANOTHER LADY ASKING FOR MY NUMBER?

TALE OF A SHY GUY

EPISODE 6

A ll of a sudden, Mustack

and the lady stood up

and was walking

towards me. My heart

kept pounding fast as I

wondered what they might be

coming for. They got to me

and sat down on the available

seat beside me.

"Christian this is Kate. she's

also a student of our school.

she's a micro-biology student"

Mustack introduced her to me

immediately they settled down.

"Kate this is Christian, my

coursemate" he continued

"hi Christian" Kate said,

stretching her hand to me for

a handshake, with smiles on

her face.

"hi Kate" I shook hands with

her, making sure that the

smile on my face was visible.

Mustack and Kate continued

their conversation from where

they stopped, leaving me out

of it. He must have brought

her to our table so that it

would not look like he had

forgotten about me. I thanked

God that they didn't involve

me in their conversation,

because the lady beside me

would have noticed that I was

shy from the way I would

speak. I only sat down quietly,

listening to their conversation,

trying to see if I could pick

one or two lines from what

Mustack was saying. so that I

could use it on a lady when

I'm in difficult position. I tried

to take note of the things that

made her laughed out loud.

All of a sudden, Mustack phone

started ringing. he brought out

his phone and stared into the

screen.

"I'm sorry, give me a minute"

he said to Kate.

"okay" Kate responded

He stood up and walked out of

the bar, leaving me alone with

Kate. my heart started

pounding fast immediately

Mustack left.

Why must his phone ring

now. I blamed the caller who

chose to call him at the wrong

time.

I knew I was supposed to

engage Kate in a conversation

until Mustack returns, but how

was I supposed to do that?

how will I start? what will I

say? my mind was even blank

as I sat alone with her.

While I was still trying to

come up with how I would

start a conversation with her,

she took her phone from her

bag and busied herself with it.

I heaved a sigh of relief and

thank God for bringing me out

of my predicament. At least

her phone would keep her

busy until Mustack returns. I

prayed silently that she should

not stop whatever she was

doing with her phone.

All of a sudden, she dropped

her phone in her bag and

faced me. what I prayed for

not to happen was finally

before me.

I took a deep breath, trying to

summon all the courage I

could. I tried my best not to

show that I was nervous,

because it would be more

embarrassing if she realizes

I'm a shy guy.

"so you are an economics

student?" she asked

"yes" I responded

"that means you will be very

stingy" she said

I wanted to correct the

statement she just made. I

wanted to tell her that

economist are not stingy. We

only try to put our resources

to the best use. we only try to

be economical. I wanted to tell

her that we only try to

maximise satisfaction from

our limited resources, but all I

could say to her was "that's

not true o"

"what's not true?" she asked

"are you saying that you are

not stingy?"

"no, i'm not" I defended

myself

"we would see about that" she

said

I really didn't know what she

meant by 'we would see about

that', but I was not going to

start thinking about it, because

my head was full already.

"okay" I responded

"I'm a micro-biology student.

you know my faculty right?"

she asked

"not really" I answered

"it's very close to the faculty

of engineering. just opposite

Gtbank" she said

"wow! it's even close to my

faculty. that means we would

be seeing each other often" I

said

I liked the way our

conversation was going. I was

not nervous. maybe because

she was doing most of the

talking.

"sure" she responded

just immediately, Mustack

came back and sat on the seat

he was previously occupying. I

heaved a sigh of relief when I

saw him. atleast I was able to

engage Kate in a conversation

until he returned.

"I hope I didn't keep you

waiting" he said to Kate

"not at all. Christian had made

sure that I didn't get bored"

she said

My face curved in a smile

when I heard that, and I gave

myself a thumb up for doing a

nice job.

"good. I like that" Mustack said

"we will start leaving now. I

have something to do at

home" he said to Kate

"okay, no problem" Kate

responded

Mustack stood up and I stood

up immediately with him

"okay Kate, see you later in

school" I said

"see you too" she responded

"let me have your number"

Another lady asking for my

number. I don't like giving my

number to ladies, because I

usually don't have anything to

say when they called. she gave

me her phone and I typed my

number. i gave her back her

phone when I was done.

we left the restuarant

immediately