FATE AND FORTUNE.... CHAPTER 4, 5 AND 6

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Chapter four

That really caught Dayo’s attention, he monitored how she writes for like 10minutes before whispering to her.
“Hello, I like the way you jot in your notebook "the girl looked at him then smiled as she said “thank you”.
Dayo saw her smile and decided to take advantage of that “it seems you are pretty good at this", he stated “yeah kind of she replied”, he was hoping she will offer to teach him but she didn’t say anything further, so he continued talking “I wouldn’t mind if you can explain it to me” she looked at him surprisingly “everything?” she asked , Dayo quickly interrupted her "No just from the third step down, I think I understand the first three". The girl didn’t respond, she still kept a straight face as she continued writing, Dayo felt bad, he can’t remember the last time a girl treated him that way, he was used to getting attention from them "can you take me through…” but the girl interrupted him before he could finish "I heard you, I just want him to finish up with the explanation of this part before I do that” she said pointing to the lecturer.
Dayo turned to look at Lizzy to see how his girl was doing, he almost burst into a loud laughter when he saw her face, she's super red, tears were already gathered around her eyes, and no one needed to tell him that she was hurt. Dayo smiled then tickled her before saying, “come on babe, I only asked her to explain some stuffs to me “ Lizzy blinked her eyes profusely as the first drop of tear dropped from her eyes, Dayo couldn’t take that, he brought out his handkerchief to clean her eyes.
As he was about to clean the tears from her eyes, he felt a hand tapped him on his back as she said "hey let me quickly explain to you before the lecturer continues”. Dayo was confused, he needs to learn this work and at the same time, his super jealous girlfriend wouldn’t let him. Finally, he whispered to Lizzy," babe this work is very important to me, I need to learn it, I swear it will only take few minutes" Lizzy shrugged as he touched her playfully before shifting his attention to the other girl he met her gaze with a smile "thank so much , I'm all ears now” .
The girl swiftly explain the steps to him in a much simpler way than what the lecturer was even writing on the board, shorter formulas that she just derived herself on that spot, he couldn’t help but say to himself “men, this girl is a genius". Few minutes later, the girl has explained all the various ways to him with many examples he could really relate to.
Dayo was glad, he could swore that in his entire life no one has ever made a calculation look simpler, he enjoyed her explanations so much that he can never forget it, even when he is asleep, he wished she could tutor him in all other topics, he thanked her after the brief tutorial and really showed that he was grateful, he could have asked for her number right there but he doesn’t want Lizzy to cry her eyeballs out, so all he could do was just whisper in a low tone to her " where have you been all this while when I have been battling with this work”.
Chapter five

The rest of the day went back to normal frustrating situation for Dayo as he couldn’t grab much from the next set of lectures he had, because the sitting arrangement was reshuffled after the first class. The girl was no longer at his side, she had gone to sit with her friends after the first lecture ended, Dayo wasn’t happy as he was left with Lizzy and a couple of other friends, one of his friends Emeka was busy showing him pictures of hot chicks on instagram as lectures proceeded while Daniel his closest friend was partially concentrating too, he looked round the class to see if he could locate where she was sitting but couldn’t, the class was too congested for him to.
Dayo’s hand was clawed with Lizzy’s as they walked to the car park, Emeka and Daniel were few steps behind leaving the lovers to have a private chat,” I’m sorry for what happened earlier today "Dayo said, Lizzy tightened her grip on him as she replied, "come on baby, its okay". Dayo nodded and looked back to check the pace of his friends behind them before he turned back to Lizzy “Baby you can’t really understand what I am going through right now”, he said, she gave him a quick smile, “Dayo come on don’t start ” he was confused “start what?” he asked, she gave him a quick reply "your usual complain of how you don’t have money, hope you are not trying to tell me that we are not going to stop by at the eatery".
Dayo wasn’t surprised at her statement, he was used to that, she never listen to him, never want to believe that he has some challenges he is facing , all she cared about is him showing her care and she acting like a doll.
He was still thinking about what she said when suddenly from the corner of his eyes he saw the girl he met earlier in class, she was walking along one of the office corridors, feelings of urgency came over him, he needs to talk to her, then he came up with a plan” baby you know what I need to pee, here is the key to the car, I will join you guys soon”he hurriedly left her before she could say anything else.
"Hello, excuse me, hellooo ” Dayo kept calling as he was out of Lizzy’s sight, he thought she intentionally did not answer not until he was close to her and realized that she had earpiece on. “Hello” he said again but yet she didn’t answer, then he moved a bit faster and tapped her on the shoulder, she turned to look at him before removing one of the earpiece.
“Hi, men your paces are so fast ,can you believe I have been running after you right from the last two blocks” she smiled and said "I’m so sorry, didn’t hear you, you are the guy from the class this morning right?" Dayo was glad she could remember him "yeah, I have been searching all over for you...” she interrupted him "yeah, I was with my friends” Dayo kept looking into her eyes, she had a kind of dazed eyes that attracts him, the tribal mark on her face was distinct but she was still beautiful, he tried to fight that feelings off as he was trying to focus more on what he was there for.
“I don’t think it will be nice if we are course mates and I don’t know at least your name” Dayo said, she gave a shy smile and said”hmm, ok I'm Funmilayo, what about you?”
Chapter six

Dayo was glad, in his mind he has crossed the first hurdle, and “I am Dayo Philip” he gladly said. “Okay, it's nice meeting you Dayo” a little smile formed around her small mouth, Dayo paused for a while then said "Funmi you know what ,I'm really grateful for what you did this morning and that’s the reason I am here..."come on, you already said that earlier now "Funmi interrupted him again "yeah I know, but the truth is I need your help seriously, I honestly need more than just one brief tutorial, I need help in all the courses "he made his face into a pleading gesture.
Dayo was happy as he drives his Toyota Camry 2015, it was a gift from his dad on his birthday. He couldn't help the happiness that filled his heart after successfully collecting Funmi’s phone number, they had agreed on meeting every day after school at her hostel, off campus, and it starts on that week Wednesday, he had been very glad because he thinks it is just the right step in the right direction for him, as he promised to give her a call.
He was still feeling happy with Lizzy along with Emeka and Daniel who were occupying the back seat, they were all singing along to the song he was playing from the stereo of the car, when suddenly Emeka said "Dayo, hope you didn’t forget that the faculty of law dinner is coming up on Wednesday?” Dayo froze, “Oh my God I totally forgot that, shit! This is not going to be okay” he thought.
Funmi got home later that day and couldn’t believe what has happened, phcn has disconnected their light, and even with that there was no light in the area of the community where she resides "Oh God! Not now "she had said as she walked along the passage way that connects the other rooms in the building to hers. She stays in a low cost house that is located in a local part of the community where their school’s permanent site was located, the house was made up of six rooms and her’s was the third room to the right, she was restless as her phone battery was about going off, she couldn’t really tell why she was so anxious about getting her phone charged but she surely knows she needed it for something
Dayo got home that night and decided to call Funmi, but on dialing the number she had giving him, he was told that the number was switched off, how is he going to let her know that there is a change in plan, he kept on trying the number a few more times before giving up on calling her that night, he put a call to Lizzy as he always does every night to tell her how much he loved her, there is nothing she appreciate more than he telling her how beautiful she is and how much he cared about her, even though he knows that he was no longer sincere about it, he began to have that feelings ever since he found out that she cared more about her looks than being there for him when he needs help.