Wednesday 20 March 2019

FIELD


IT WAS A LOVELY NIGHT, AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT. COME MORNING, THAT PLACE WAS REALLY COLD. WHEN I WOKE UP I WAS ALONE. TEE WOKE UP EARLY TO GO MILK THE COW AND HIS BROTHER WAS IN THE KITCHEN PREPARING BREAKFAST.
I DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND SLEEP SOME MORE. NO ONE WAS GOING TO SCREAM AT ME TO WAKE UP LIKE MY MUM USUALLY DID.
I COULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAD SOME PEACEFULL SLEEP. WHEN BREAKFAST WAS READY, TEE CAME TO WAKE ME UP SO THAT I COULD JOIN THEM, IT WAS JUST THE THREE OF US. AFTER BREAKFAST I DID SOME CLEANING AROUND THE COMPOUND. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT NO ONE HAD TAKEN CARE OF THE HOME FOR A WHILE.
WHEN I WAS DONE I WAS SATISFIED WITH MY WORK. THE PLACE REALLY LOOKED BEAUTIFUL. WE HAD TO GO TO THE FIELD TO CLEAR IT OUT, I MEAN TEE AND HIS BROTHER HAD TO, BUT I JOINED THEM, I DIDN'T WANT TO STAY ALL ALONE IN THE COMPOUND. PLUS IT WAS A CHANCE FOR SOME ADVENTURE. AS WE WERE CLEARING THE FIELD WHILE TALKING, NEIGHBOURS PASSED BY AND SAID HELLO TO TEE AND HIS BROTHER, OF COURSE, THEY ASKED WHO I WAS, SO TEE INTRODUCED ME AS HIS COUSIN, I DIDN'T MIND I KNEW WHY HE DID THAT.
THEN THERE WAS THIS GIRL SHE WAS REALLY INTO TEE AND I HAD HEARD ONLY STORIES ABOUT HER FROM TEE AND HIS BROTHER, HER SISTER CAME BY AND MY HEART JUST TURNED BLACK, I COULDN'T EVEN WORK ANYMORE. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS ACTUALLY  JEALOUS, I WATCHED TEE AND THE GIRL FROM AFAR AS THEY TALKED AND LAUGHED AND EVERY LAUGHTER JUST STABBED MY SOUL. TEE CALLED ME SO THAT HE COULD INTRODUCE ME AND I PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR HIM AND WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE.
I KNEW HE WOULD FOLLOW ME TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I COULDNT JUST ADMIT TO HIM THAT I WAS JEALOUS.

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