FIRST LOVE (a story Episode 1)

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Alas!!! Waec, Neco and Jamb has come and gone. I actually never believed it will be so easy writing those exams within 3 months. Right from my Jss 1 I have lived with d fear of Waec as the beginning of my wisdom.' anyway I'm done with Waec now and can only expect good result after all the cramming ' that was me soliloquizing in solitude on d Eve of my Graduation from secondary school. 'guy na here u dey? I think sey u don go meet dat chick o ' that was my friend wale teasing me about my junior whom I had feelings for. funke !!! d sound of that name has never done anything good to my mind. whenever I heard her name my heartbeat automatically rises for reasons best unknown to me. i dont know what d meaning of love was at this point in time but I sure know it's either Funke becomes my girlfriend or nothing else!!! Yeah!!! nothing else actually cos i don't c myself as anything without her!!! 'mumu wetin u dey think ' that was Wale again trying to bring me back to reality from my pregnant mind. 'so how e go be na? i no get liver to go meet that babe o!!! ' I finally replied. ' shey u know sey tomorrow na our graduation? after this night she don go be that o' 'okay make I send one of those juniors make dem help me go call her for hostel ' I finally concluded... just then a female junior walked upto me to inform me that the hostelmaster wants to c me. I told her to inform Funke that the headboy wants to c her alone by 9 pm in jss 3 class . I thereafter returned to d hostel 'I'm sorry I summoned u @ ds time of the Night. I've tried to ignore the fact that I'm incomplete without u to no avail ' I started the conversation ds way. 'me? ' 'yes U funke! ' I continued ' since d 1st day I saw u in this school ,I've realised that I'm not complete like other people out there. a substantial part of me is with u.I don't know how! I don't know why! but I know I'm incomplete without u. I know u will find what I'm telling u tonight hard to believe. all I need is an opportunity to prove to u that what u re hearing from me tonight is from the deepest part of my heart and not my mouth. ' 'I don't understand u ' she said at this point in time my legs were trembling as if I were standing on the atmosphere and treacherous drops of sweat betrayed my face. 'funke I don't know how to explain this feeling but please just give me a chance ' I concluded 'head boy I'll think about it' she said and started leaving. 'when should I be expecting ur reply 'I asked... ' I don't know ' she said and ran away into the darkness of the night. The day-after was my graduation ceremony, I've made several attempts at writing my farewell speech as the outgoing head boy, all in futility no thanks to the thoughts of Funke ravaging my small mind. Now that she has at least given me hope, I have to write... said my mind. 'what do I write? how do I start ?" I asked my inner mind... and so did d debate continued between my mind until I returned to the dormitory . 'how the stuff go na? ' that was Wale seated on my bed on my. bed waiting for the outcome.of my 'toast-capade '. 'guy bone abeg, I never write my speech. make I write am we go talk later ' I replied dodging d expected answer to his question. 'ha-ha ha-ha.. I no say u no fit toast woman make she gree... u just know book for nothing ' he said amidst laughter. I simply ignored him and ordered all the juniors in my room to imprison their mouths while I set to write my speech. to be continued soon.....