CHAPTER 25; SPEECH

TALE OF A SHY GUY

EPISODE 25

I walked back to my bed

and sat down

immediately Sharon and

Sylvia left my room. I

took the book Sylvia gave me

and opened to the page that

highlighted step by step

guideline on how to speak

confidently in a large crowd.

After reading for a while, I

took a pen and write down

some tips. I used the next 4

hours to prepare the speech I

would deliver in the event my

department is organising. I

finally slept off by 1:15am.

I woke up exactly 5:30am. I

quickly prepared for lecture.

my first lecture for the day

was by 8:am. so I have to leave

home early in order to get to

school on time. I had

breakfast and left home exactly

7:am.

I got to the class our first

lecture was holding and settle

down. the class was almost

filled up when I get there. the

lecturer walked into the class

few minutes later and went

straight to the business of the

day.

immediately after lecture,

Sylvia walked to me and sat

beside me

"hi Christian" she said

immediately.

"hi Sylvia. how are you?" I

asked

"I'm fine and you?" she asked

"I'm fine too" I responded

"I hope you had a great night"

she said

"yes" I responded

"and I hope you had enough

time to prepare your speech"

she said.

I didn't respond this time. I

only stared at her. I still don't

know why I always get scared

at the mention of that word

'speech'

"are you not prepared for it

yet?" she asked

"I don't just know if I'm

prepared or not. I'm still very

scared" I responded.

"don't worry, you will

overcome your fear. just keep

working on it" she said

"thank you very much Sylvia."

I said

"do you have any other thing

to do now?" she asked.

"no, why do you ask?" I asked

"I want us to have our

discussion now" she said.

"okay, I'm ready" I responded.

"not here. let's look for an

empty class where we can be

alone." she said

"okay" I responded.

we stood up and left the class.

we located an empty class and

sat on the seat at the back. we

sat quietly for a while. I

decided to speak when she

wouldn't speak.

"Sylvia, we are here now. let's

start the discussion" I said

she turned to face me and

stared into my eyes. I stared

back at her.

"Christian" she called softly.

"yes Sylvia" I responded

"have you ever fallen in love?"

she asked

I froze immediately. I never

expected such question from

her.

"I..... I...… I... " I couldn't

say anything. I didn't even

know what to reply her.

"Christian you know we don't

hide things from each other.

so you can talk to me" she

said.

I took a deep breath.

"the truth is, I have come in

contact with a lot of nice ladies

that I love and would love to

spend the rest of my life with,

but due to my shy nature, I

couldn't approach them and I

lost them all" I responded.

"aside from the tutorial, do

you and Sharon have any

other thing together. are you

dating her, or intend to date

her?" she asked and stared

curiously at me, waiting for an

answer

I couldn't respond. I seemed

not to understand why she was

asking all these questions.

Sharon too, asked me same

question some days back.

"Christian please answer the

question" she said when I

didn't respond.

"I'm not dating her" I finally

responded.

"that means your relationship

with her is strictly based on

student and tutor relationship"

she said

"yes" I responded

she heaved a sigh of relief.

"if you find out that someone

love you dearly and is ready to

do anything for you, what will

you do?" she asked.

I really didn't know why she

was asking all these questions ,

but I just have to answer her

question from my heart.

"if I realized someone love me

for real, I will make sure I

never let her go" I responded.

Her face curved in a smile

immediately I said that.

"okay Christian, there's

something I want to tell you"

she said and stared at me with

seriousness.

"what's it?" I asked

"Christian I really don't know

if I should say this. it's not

proper for a lady to say this to

a guy in this part of the world.

I just have to say it in order

not to regret later." she paused

and stared deeply into my

eyes.

"Christian I...…." she paused

immediately she heard the

vibration of my phone.

"you have a call" she said.

I brought out my phone and

stared at the screen. I picked

the call when I realized it was

from Sharon.

"hello Sharon." I said

"Christian where are you? can

you please come to the faculty

garden. I have something

important to tell you" she said

immediately.

"what is it?" I asked

"just come to the faculty

garden and please be fast" she

said.

"okay, I'm coming" I

responded and ended the call.

I turned to face Sylvia and saw

her already staring curiously

at me.

"what happened?" she asked

"Sharon said I should meet her

at the faculty garden right

now" I responded

"I hope there's no problem?"

she asked.

"I don't think there is a

problem. maybe she has a

message for me from a

lecturer. and I think it very

urgent." I responded.

"okay you can go and meet

her" she said.

"okay thanks" I responded.

I stood up immediately and

rushed to the faculty garden.

I saw Sharon standing beside a

tree when I got to the garden.

Sharon seemed to be the only

one in the garden. I didn't see

any other person when I got

there. she smiled when she

saw me and beckoned me to

come. I walked to her and

stood beside her.

"Sharon I hope there's no

problem" I said immediately.

"not at all dear" she

responded.

"you said you have something

important to tell me. what is

it?" I asked

"yes I have something to tell

you." she said and stared into

my eyes.

"do you have a girlfriend?" she

asked.

not this question again. I

thought

"no" I answered immediately

"I actually want to...…." she

paused immediately.

something seemed to have

distracted her from speaking

further. she fixed her gaze at a

particular direction. I was sure

she was looking at what

distracted her from speaking

further. I tried to look at what

distracted her but she

immediately wrapped her

hands around my neck and

planted a kiss on my lip. I

froze immediately. I never

expected such from her. saying

I was shocked, was an

understatement. she freed me

and smile. I slowly turned to

the direction she was staring at

to see Sylvia staring at us in

shock. then it occurred to me

that she actually did that

because she saw Sylvia

coming.

I stared at Sylvia and she

stared back at me with teary

eyes. she turned immediately

and ran out of the garden.

I knew at that moment that I

have lot of explanation to do.

that's if she even listen.