CHAPTER 9; TUTORIAL WITH SHARON

I left the restuarant with

just hundred naira. what

those ladies did to me

showed that they have no

conscience. They didn't

consider the fact that I'm a

student. I still thanked God

that the hundred naira left

with me would be enough for

me to take a bus back home.

After lecture for that day,

Sharon reminded me of our

tutorial and I assured her that

it would hold. she said she

would be coming to my place

by 6pm. I left the school

immediately to prepare myself

before she comes. I made sure

that everything in my room

were well arranged. I placed

the two plastic chairs in a spot

where it would be comfortable

for her, because I don't think

having it close to my bed

would be comfortable for her.

Just exactly 5:45pm, my phone

started ringing. I picked the

call when I realized Sharon

was the caller.

"hello Sharon" i said

"hi Christian. I'm on my way

now"

"okay, I'm waiting" I

responded

"I will be there in ten

minutes" she said

"okay" i responded

I ended the calll and took a

deep breath. I assured myself

that all would be well. I had

prepared for this already so I

had nothing to be scared of.

15minutes later, I heard a

knock on my door and I knew

she was the one. 'Christian

you can do this'. I said to

myself as I walked to the door.

I open the door and froze at

the beauty before me. I stared

at her open-mouthed. I knew

Sharon is a pretty lady, but

didn't know she is as gorgeous

as the lady standing at my

door. it was as if she came to

intimidate me with her

beauty.

"will you let me in or keep

staring at me" she said when I

didn't say a word after

opening the door.

"sorry" i said and quickly gave

way for her to enter. I locked

the door immediately she

entered. I could see her

admiring the beauty of my

room.

"wow! you have a nice place"

she said

"thanks" I responded

"please have a seat" I said

pointing at the plastic chair in

my room.

She ignored the chair I was

pointing at and went to sit on

my bed. I stood at a spot,

wondering if I was supposed to

sit beside her on my bed or

just sit on the plastic chair

instead.

"won't you come and sit down

let's start the tutorial" she said

when I wouldn't move from

the spot I was standing.

"oh sorry" i said and

immediately went to sit on the

bed.

I made sure there was a

reasonable distance between

us. she brought out her

notebook from her handbag

and move closer to me. Her

closeness made me

uncomfortable. I suddenly

became nervous. this was what

I was trying to avoid. I

wouldn't be able to tutor her if

I'm nervous. she flipped

through her notebook and

showed me a particular topic.

"I want us to start from here.

this particular topic had been

giving me headache."

Her face was very close to

mine as she speaks. i tried not

to look at her. I wasn't even

looking at what she was

showing me. I just fixed my

gaze on the two plastic chairs

in my room. she noticed I

wasn't looking at what she was

showing me.

"Christian, are you paying

attention to what I'm saying"

she asked

"yes" I said, directing my gaze

to the notebook she was

holding.

"so where should we start

from?" I asked

she showed me the topic she

wanted me to teach her.

"okay you want to learn how

to use implicit differentiation

to find the marginal rate of

technical substitution" I said

"yes, but that's not all. you

still have a lot to teach me, but

let's start from there"

"okay, where is your pen?" I

asked

she gave me her pen and

move even closer to me,

making her head to rest on my

shoulder. My room suddenly

became too hot for me to stay.

A hot sweat rolled from my

forehead down to my neck. my

heart was pounding faster.

"can we start" she asked

"okay" I responded

"marginal rate of technical

substitution is also known as

slope of an isoquant" I paused

"okay" I continued

"An isoquant depicts the

different combination of input

K and L that can be used to

produce a specific level of

quantity Q" I paused again

"okay" I continued

"one of such...."

"Christian!" she cut it

"why do you keep saying okay,

okay, okay. I already know all

what you are trying to explain.

I want you to move to the

calculation part. that's where

I'm having problem"

"you see Sharon"I said calmly

"I haven't been myself since I

returned from school today. I

have been having terrible

headache"

"why didn't you tell me all this

while?" she asked

she placed her hand on my

forehead.

"have you taking drugs?" she

asked

"yes" I responded

"you should have told me so

that I wouldn't have come.

your health is important and

you need to take good care of

yourself. maybe I will leave

and come back tomorrow" she

said

I heaved a sigh of relief when

she said that.

"okay. I'm really sorry" I

apologized

"you don't have to apologize.

your health comes first"

"thanks for your

understanding" I said

"okay see you tomorrow" she

said

"see you too" I responded

she stood up, carry her bag

and left.....