The bad boy’s backup Plan

More time together

Nandi’s POV

I was super exhausted from yesterday and so I overslept. I thank God aunt Miriam woke me up before I was super late. I quickly take a shower and change into black skinny jeans, a blue mart speedy shirt and ware my black and white vans.

“Nandi!! Your cab is here.” Aunt Miriam calls out for me.

 “Am coming, just a sec.” I respond as I finish dressing up. I don’t have time to do any makeup, so I just brush the edges of my braids.

I take a good look at myself in the full-length mirror in my room. I look okay though very plain, who cares I always look plain.

I grab my bag and phone from the nightstand and dash out.

Aunt Miriam is standing in the doorway of the front door of the house. She made and packed me something to eat as well as called an ulendo for me while I was taking a shower.

“Thanks, you are the best.” I give Aunt Miriam a quick kiss on the chic and hug as I leave the house.

Lord bless her, what would I do without her?

I arrive at the office just five minutes after 08am. My boss is not yet in thank God. I quickly get to work as it is already busy with clients walking in one after the other and the phone is ringing.

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I hear my stomach grumble and realize I still have not eaten anything since I arrived this morning. I get up from my seat then make my way to the kitchen after asking Hellen to watch my desk and call me if a client comes through.

I open the fridge and fish out the lunch box which my aunt handed over to me as I left the house this morning. I open it and find potato chips and a Hungarian sausage. I get a plate out from the cupboards and a folk from the drawer. I dish the food out on the plate using the folk then move towards the microwave to warm the food.

I walk back to my desk after warming my food,

“You could take your lunch break, I will watch your desk while you eat.” Says Hellen.

“Thank you so much.” I give Hellen a warm smile.

I walk back to the kitchen. I make myself some juice then sit down at the small table in the kitchen.

I return to my desk once I am done. Thanking Hellen for her kindness, she is one of the few people around this office that are actually friendly.

I grab my phone from my purse. I have not had a chance to look at it all morning since I was so busy.

I have missed calls.

1 from Aunt Miriam, 2 from Brian and 5 from Audrey.

I also have text messages,

                Aunt Miriam 10:45; Hey darling, am going out on a date at 5pm and will be back before midnight. Please call me if you need anything. I hope you have your house keys, if not please let me know.

                Me; I have my keys. Have fun!!

                Wiza 08:00; Hey beautiful, hope you had a peaceful night.

                Wiza 10:30; How is your Friday like? Would you like to hangout after work, I can pick you from work?

My insides get warm and a stupid smile spreads across my face.

                Me; Hi, I slept well thank you. How did you sleep?

Friday is usually meant for ice cream dates with Brian. I bet he will understand if I tell him I have other plans.

                Me; My Friday is okay, what do you have planned?

                Wiza; We can grab something to eat from kabulonga or just hangout.

                Me; Sounds like fun, count me in.

                Wiza; Great, see you later.

                Brian 10:45; Hey, I will not be able to see you today after work, I am heading to the farm with dad and might be back late. Have a great day.

                Me; No problem. Bring me goodies

Perfect, Brian is busy.

                Audrey 23:30; Girl you broke your promise. I knew I should not have believed you.

                Audrey 06:30; G’morning, you still owe me a story.

                Audrey 06:33; Since you are not working tomorrow, I am coming over to your place in the morning then we can catch up. Should I come this evening for a sleep over instead?????

I am not replying to Audrey’s many texts, so I dial her number for a call.

“Hello.” she answers the call.

“Hi Audrey, how are you?” I ask.

“I am okay, I just happen to have a best friend that lies, and breaks promises.” she says.

Oh lord here we go with this drama queen.

I roll my eyes which I know she knows I am doing, “Oh I know you are rolling your eyes at me even though I cannot see you.” I sigh.

“I was exhausted and fell asleep immediately I put my head on the pillow.”

“Mmmm if you say so.” she says.

“So, what’s up?” I ask.

“I went to the bursary’s committee and collected my letter, I got a scholarship to study Digital media and communication at Monash.” she says.

“Wow that is amazing news, congratulations. We need to celebrate.” I say. I am happy for my best friend.

“Yes we need too, but I was looking forward to leaving with you Nandi.” she suddenly sounds low by the fact that we may not be leaving together. I have not heard from the bursary’s committee.

“Do not worry about me, I will follow behind. Hey, I just spotted a client coming in, I will call you after work.” I quickly say my goodbye to Audrey then attend to the client.

The rest of the day rushes by quickly. It gets busy again until 16:30 when the office is now void of clients. I look for Hellen until I find her in the storeroom.

“Hey, are you ready for a quick handover?” I ask.

“Yeah sure, I am coming in a bit just give me two minutes.” She says.

“Cool, I will be at my desk.” I say then leave.

I am off this Saturday and Hellen will be managing my desk tomorrow. Everything is already in order and will be a smooth shift for her if the office will not be busy.

As promised, Hellen comes to my desk in two minutes, and we go through everything. Afterwards we pack up and leave for our homes. I had prebooked my cab to take me home so that I prepare to meet Wiza.

I find Aunt Miriam getting ready for her date.

“Hey, I expected to have found you gone.” I say, standing in her doorway.

“Why, are you planning on sneaking in a boy?” she asks.

“Nooooo.” I respond, “You said you have a date at 5pm and this is 30 minutes after.”

“Yeah I was supposed too but I am late. My date is not ready either, still in the office wrapping up a few things he said.”

“Oh I see. In that case, let me get ready as well.” I say with a smile.

“Wait a minute, where are you going?” she asks, very surprised.

“Hanging with a friend.” I say then head straight to my room before I am asked more questions.

I quickly freshen up so that I catch a ride with Aunt Miriam as she leaves. Wiza sent me a message saying we could meet at Centro mall.

“Wow you look amazing.” Wiza says to me as I approach him.

I am wearing a short red sleeved print dress which comes ten cementers above my knees. I have black pumps on with a small black sling purse. It is a warm night, I did not bother to carry a jacket or anything warm.

My braids are tied into a French braid which falls on my shoulder to my waist. I applied some face powder, eye liner, mascara, and a bit of lip gloss. Aunt Miriam insisted I do.

“Thank you.” I smile and take the seat opposite him. “You do not look bad yourself.”

 He is wearing a sky-blue smart shirt with black jeans and black All-star convers. He is a breath of fresh air. I do not know who I am fooling because I am already falling for him.

“I tried to look nice for you.” he winks then smiles at me.

 Gosh he needs to stop smiling at me or I will melt to the floor.

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Author’s POV

Wiza and Nandi are at Nando’s, a fast-food restaurant at Centro mall within kabulonga. They order their meals and drinks while they continue chatting, getting to know each other a lot better. Wiza keeps going on, on how beautiful Nandi is which makes her blush every single time he tells her.

Both Wiza and Nandi have an interest in each other from the day they first met. Wiza has a thing for pretty girls, he wants to ask Nandi out, but he fears rejection and thinks it may be too soon to ask her out when they have only known each other for a day.

Nandi has been clueless about relationships from years before. This is her first proper date with a guy. Her closest male friend was her first boyfriend back in high school and their relationship did not last long before they both decided to stay friends and they have been exactly that over the last three years.

It is after 9pm and Nandi promised her aunt she would be home by 9:30pm. Wiza calls an ulendo which they both take dropping Nandi first then Wiza.

“Thanks for this evening, I had a lot of fun.” says Nandi.

“No, I should be the one saying thank you for gracing me with your time and presence.” Wiza says trying to use extra charm, might do him some justice.

Nandi cannot help herself but blush. They are both standing by the front door step.

Wiza moves closer and lets his fingers brush Nandi’s chin, she closes her eyes as Wiza leans in planting a soft kiss on her lips.

Nandi’s first proper kiss.

She obviously has butterflies in her stomach right now.

“I will see you tomorrow afternoon. You will come right?” he asks.

Wiza plays rugby since he was in high school. He is trying to get a place on the university team.

“Yes, I will convince Audrey to come with me.” she manages to say with a small smile

“Bye for now, I will call you when I get home.” he says his goodbye and leaves.

Nandi gets into the house all smiles. When her aunt returns from her date, they both go on gashing about how perfect their evenings went.

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The next morning comes and so does Audrey.

Nandi tells Audrey word for word how she and Wiza met and how their date went, including the details of what they both wore. Audrey is a sucker for details. She is also a good stalker according to her best friend Nandi, because as they speak Audrey is busy looking him up on f*******:, i********:, and all the other social media apps she is on.

“From the looks of his parents and siblings you two will have nice babies if you ever decide to have children.” Nandi grabs Audrey’s phone from her hands.

“What on earth are you doing?” Nandi asks her best friend while she looks at the phone screen.

“I am only checking his social media profiles.” Audrey responds innocently.

“Do you always have to do this?” Nandi asks a little annoyed.

“To make sure you are not dating a serial killer yes.” Audrey smiles widely, and Nandi just facepalms herself.

“Am not dating him Audrey.” Nandi responds.

“Yet!” Audrey corrects Nandi.

“God why do I have her as a friend??” she says with her hands in the air.

“God knew you needed me and that is why we are friends.” Audrey says, “In fact I am looking forward to the game this afternoon.”

“Am not taking you with me.” Nandi says as she gets off the couch in the living room. She walks to the kitchen.

She opens the fridge to get a bottle of water.

“Yes, you are, I even bought you a cute outfit for the game.” Audrey mentions as Nandi closes the fridge.

“No!” Nandi says with a straight face.

“C’mon Nandi, I just want to meet him. I promise I will behave.” Audrey begs

“You never behave.”

“I will today please.” Audrey goes on begging and annoying Nandi until she agrees to go with her.

 After lunch both girls get dressed before leaving for show grounds where the games are. Audrey managed to convince Nandi to wear the demine shorts she brought her. Nandi is wearing a black tight-fitting top, demine shorts with black convers. Her braids are tied up in a full ban. Audrey is in a similar outfit but with a red crop top and her braids are failing on her back.

Wiza immediately spots them when they arrive because the guys start whistling. He walks over to where they are standing surprising Nandi with a full passionate kiss.

“I am sorry about.” he immediately apologies.

Nandi just smiles. “This is Audrey.”

“Hi Audrey, it’s nice to finally meet you.” He says with a charming smile.

“The pleasure is all mine.” She smiles, remembering she promised Nandi she would behave.

Wiza turns his attention back to Nandi, “I missed you. I was afraid you would not show up.”

“But I said I would come.” She shyly says, “I missed you too.”

 “Yes you did, and I am glad you have.” He steals another peck. “Let me lead you to your seats.” Wiza leads the girls to the second raw seats where Brian and a few other guys are seated. Audrey immediately starts flirting with some guy who is one of Brian’s friends.

The game ends well with Wiza’s team winning by 20 points more than the opponents. It’s a wonder they won because Wiza could not focus on the game as much because he kept staring at a smiling Nandi the entire game. He kept blowing her kisses and winking at her every five minutes. He is lucky they won because with his luck of focus he risked them losing the game and his teammates would not have been happy.

After everything is done, one of the guys suggest a party at his house which is close by. They all jump into their friends’ vehicles and head to the guys place.

Within a few minutes the house is full of people, chatting, drinking, and playing a few games.

“Thanks for inviting me to your game, I have not watched rugby since I was a little kid.” Nandi tells Wiza who’s laps she is seated on.

Wiza has one of his hands wrapped around her waist and the other hand is holding a bottle of beer. One of her hands is around his neck and playing with his short hair. Nandi is drinking juice in the disposal cup that is in her free hand. Nandi denied drinking alcohol and Wiza respected her choice.

“I hope you can come to all my other games.” he says, “You are my lucky charm.”

“I would but am not sure your friends would allow that, you were distracted the whole game they said.”

“But we still won.” he says then kisses her soft lips gently.

“I need to get going, it’s getting late.” she says, then he pulls his phone out and looks at the screen.

“But it’s only 8pm.”  

“I know. I have church tomorrow morning, so I need to go.” Nandi smiles at Wiza who is now frowning.

“Okay, but promise to make it up too me?”

“I promise.” she kisses his chick then gets off his laps. “Let me look for Audrey then we can leave.”

“I will come with you.” He says as he gets off the chair he was seated on.

They both go around the house looking for Audrey who is tongue locked with the same guy she was flirting with during the game. After they both manage to convince Audrey to leave, Wiza calls a cab to drop them home.

Brian offers to drop the girls home since he is leaving as well. Wiza agrees to let them go with Brian because he has not consumed any alcohol the whole afternoon and evening.

“Call me when you get home.” Wiza tells Nandi.

“Of course,” she smiles.

He bends and gives her a long passionate kiss before she gets into the car.

Audrey took the front seat and started playing music after connecting her phone to the Bluetooth in the car. They all make small talk about the day’s events and whatever plans they all had for Sunday as Brian drives them home.

They are all going to church the next day. Both Brian and Audrey have plans to spend the afternoon after church with their families. Nandi just wants to get some rest as the busy week starts.

Audrey is dropped off first then Nandi last.

“So, you and Wiza are a thing now?” Brian asks as he parks the car right in front of Nandi’s house. Nandi rolls her eyes because she was waiting for this conversation. She just managed to get Audrey off her back and now Brian, Nandi has no energy for either one of them.

“Brian, I am exhausted. Please text or call me when you get home. Goodnight.” she says then gets out of Brian’s car.

“Goodnight.” Brian says before he drives off.

Why is he being so inquisitive and invested in their relationship?

Nandi gets into the house and greets her aunt who is busy with a phone call. Nandi heads straight to her room and calls Wiza who she speaks too for an hour before she takes a long shower.