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LOVE AT FIRST FREAK (A short story)

Friday night blues into a small city called Johannesburg. It’s late when Gugu falls asleep on the couch,Lyle took her to bed and came back to the living room to master his beats.He was a beat maker and it really made his extra cash because he’d sell them to celebrities. Behind him,it was Rudzani and Marcus who were lip locking on the couch. I even thought they were going to get naked just there on the same spot but luckily, they moved to Marcus`room and the rest was history.

In the morning ,they all woke up .Gugu had a terrible hangover and it was suggested by Lyle that hot wings would do the trick they ordered from UberEATS and the food came after 20 minutes. It was Saturday midday, and everyone had freshened up and bored.They walked to Great Dane which was a chilling spot for students just so they can smoke hubbly and weed and listen to the great music.Not that they stayed for long though because Gugu kept pestering everyone about how she was supposed to study so around 22:00PM they left.

Rudzani was a bit drunk and she didn’t want to sleep so she called Mellissa from her politics class so they could go out together.A plan was made and Rudzani left Gugu in their apart- ment. Melisa was a very beautiful girl .She was skinny and had a very nice blonde wig on that day, she had a cute silk- short dress on , she was leaning against a very nice convertible car which had this huge gentleman inside.

"Not sure if I can do this. What is this ? why is she rolling with these old men? I don’t need money ....I don’t even want to be associated with such .... Is it late to

cancel? Yes, because they`re already here argg..."- Rudzani`s thoughts trafficked in her head in panic as she was heading towards the car.

"Hey babes" said Melisa as she leaned into hug Rudzani.

"hey baby, you look amazing, so where are we going? I can barely walk in these

heels because dude, I’m drunk already"-Rudzani replied .

They giggled and got into the car. Greetings were exchanged and names were also men- tioned. The gentleman driving the amazing car was Efe. Efe was not South African ,you could tell from his accent.

As they drove , there were signs showing Fourways .It was a Suburb in Johannesburg. Sandton, yes that was the place- a rich part of Gauteng and a very serious drug hub and cartel, were girls do high profile prostitution and definitely where students like Gugu could not even fit even though her parents were wealthy, this wasn`t the life she intended to live in Joburg .

Gates to an amazing estate opened and an amazing mountain /castle view houses ap- peared. Rudzani started to freak-out and quickly texted Gugu on WhatsApp. The message read “Chommie, I’m in Sandton, I don’t even know why but I have a bad feeling about this. I will send you my location once I’m inside, I don’t even have R100 on my card to uber back and I checked the Taxify ,it’ll cost me R380 to get to Braam.”

“YOH !what are you doing in Sandton? I thought you guys were going to Melissa’s flat ! do you know how hungry people at those places are? Just send me the loca- tion if you’re really in trouble ,we’ll use my textbook money to get you here.Be safe” Gugu replied.

Rudzani got outside the car .

“come babes ,let me introduce you and show you around”- Melissa excitedly said as they got into the house and it was breath takingly beautiful. There was a mixed group of people who were already drinking alcohol and smoking hubbly. There were so many girls (few from campus) and thirsty middle-aged men one could say Efe’s age group(they were his friends) .Rudzani was offered alcohol and as she sat down, she sent the location to Gugu.

Soon enough she was comfortable as she saw how at ease everyone else was ,obviously she was going to look so awkward if she continued to be that tense worried about what all those people were doing. It was already a vibe ; they were dancing - smoking all seemed al- right. The age difference was not even on Rudzani’s mind anymore. Before they knew it ? it was around 5am and everyone was tired ,some even passed out . Rudzani, Melissa and the other girls who were there together with Efe -sat around the bonfire and had drunk conver- sations.

It was time to go home around 6am when Efe was too tired to stay up. He requested an uber for Rudzani and 3 other girls who also lived in Braamfontein. Efe gave Rudzani the money for their uber, they exchanged numbers and then whispered, “I like you” , in her ear as she went in for a goodbye hug. Was she also liking Efe? That’s the question she asked herself as she was leaving.

- end🌚