NAYA (2)

***

“I can’t believe you came” Lola shouted over the volume of the music “thought you wanted to sleep in this weekend”

“I can’t believe it too” Naya said “I just needed to get out of the house”

“Right. So you wanna dance? Got my eye on some guys in the VIP section” Lola winked at her

“no thanks” Naya shook her head smiling. “Just gonna grab a drink and feed my eyes”

“suit yourself” Lola said swaying to the music as she moved away from her towards the dance floor.

Naya went to the bar and ordered a chilled bottle of Smirnoff Ice, she nodded her head to the loud music. 

It wasn’t the kind of music she listened to on a normal day but there in the club, she loved it. She took her drink and went to stand in a corner. She loved to dance and apart from that, she loved to watch people dance.

Twenty minutes later, she had almost finished her second bottle when a strikingly beautiful lady walked up to her.

“hey” she said

“hey” Naya said still nodding to the beat trying not to stare. She had a piece of hair out of place that made Naya fight the temptation to put it back.

“you kinda look funny doing that” she said to Naya

“doing what?”

“nodding your head like that”

Naya laughed “I know right?”, the lady laughed too

“I’m Chichi” she said

“My name's Naya”

“So why aren’t you on the dance floor? You look like you love to dance”

“I do! But I don’t like dancing alone. My friend over there is having the time of her life.” 

She nodded towards Lola who was dancing with a guy in the most suggestive way she had ever seen 

“plus, no one’s asking” Naya shrugged

“no one’s asking me either” chichi said with a grin “Wanna dance? Let’s make ‘em jealous” she winked at Naya.

Naya laughed with excitement “Oh yes! Lets!”

They got on the dance floor and before she knew it, time had gone by. She next time Naya looked at the time it was almost three am in the morning. They had been dancing nonstop for almost an hour and half

“Wow. You have a lot of stamina” chichi shouted in her ear over the loud music “but I’m beat”

“sorry” Naya mouthed to her

“wanna chill for a bit? My car is out back, so we can get off our feet for some time, there seem to be no space in here”

Naya nodded and followed Chichi out of the club.

They exited laughing.

“Oh my God, we must have had over 30 guys just staring at us with open mouths as we were on the floor”

Naya laughed “that was so much fun, can't remember the last time I had that much fun”

They got to chichi’s car and settled in with the doors closed to keep out the night chill.

Talk and laughter flowed between them for a long time until something shocking changed the course of the night Naya was having. Chichi placed her lips on hers.

***

State hospital, the next day.

The emergency room was in an uproar as the patient was wheeled in, you could only tell she was female by the clothes she wore. Her face and body were battered and bruised. 

She was barely breathing. It was assumed that she had been in a car crash. She was wheeled straight into surgery

55 minutes later, the operating doctor called the Time of Death. The doctors and nurses emerged from the operating theatre. They had tried their best but to no avail.

***

“so….” Lola said to Naya as she typed a report on her computer the next Monday

“so what?” Naya said not looking up

“so I saw you last week Friday”

“uh huh” Naya continued typing, not paying much attention to what Lola was saying. 

Her boss wanted that report 30 minutes ago, she was way behind on it and he was close to having her head for it.

“soo…..” Lola said again. 

she waved her hand in front on the computer screen when Naya didn’t respond

“Lola!” Naya batted her hand away “Mr Doga will have my head if I don’t finish this in the next 10 mins”

“you’re such a workaholic” Lola said unfazed “I saw you dancing with that chic on at the club on Friday”

“so what?” Naya sat back in her seat and folded her arms “I can’t dance with a lady? I dance with you don’t I?”

“oh yes you do hon but that dance was different. Thought you were going L on me”

“L? I’m sorry, you lost me there”

“lesbian nau” Lola whispered “you have to code those kind of words now, you know, this government is crazay, I don’t wanna spend 14 years in prison for just saying the L word”

Naya laughed

“Indeed… We were just having fun Lola, it’s allowed. Can I get back to work now, I really need to finish this”

“Whatever you say”

Lola winked at her and left.

Naya turned back to face her computer but she couldn’t type anything. 

For close to five minutes, she stared at her computer but nothing came to her. 

All she could think about was the Friday night at the club. She smiled a little as she remembered how much fun she’d had with Chichi. 

She couldn’t remember exactly how they’d parted ways. She picked up her phone and checked to see if they had exchanged phone numbers but no name came up as Chichi or club. The last thing she could remember was talking with Chichi in her car, she definitely wasn’t going to tell Lola that, she would never hear the end of it. 

She’d slept a lot too after that night. She’d woken up late that Saturday afternoon. She guessed she must have been more drunk than she’d thought or perhaps even more exhausted than she'd felt.

***

“hey you, I’ve never seen you in here before” a voice said to Naya fifteen minutes after she entered the club as she sat in a corner and sipped her drink, the next Friday

She ignored it. She wanted to be left alone tonight

Right there was one of the reasons why she hated coming out with Lola, who only mostly went to clubs. Every time she said she wouldn't, she found herself coming because she loved the way she felt in a club. She felt less different because she was surrounded by people with whom she shared the same passion for dance.

“hello” the voice said again

She took another sip and pretended to be deaf

“ignoring me?” It said with a hint of laughter

A small smile came to her lips but she didn’t say anything. At least he got that hint, she thought

“helloooooo” it said again

But apparently he didn’t take it, she sighed and turned to him 

“go away” she said

“why?”

“because I want to be left alone”

“okay, I’ll just sit quietly then” he said and rested his back on his seat

Naya stared at him for a second or two. 

He looked young, almost too young to be in the club. He had a face that you would remember, his features were defined and they suited him well. 

If it were another time, maybe she would have welcomed his advances but she simply turned away and continued surveying the crowd in the club. 

It was especially full that night. She caught a glimpse of Lola from afar, she had her hands up in the air laughing and moving to the beat. She was dancing with a guy who looked like he was about to fall on his face any second. He looked so drunk, he probably wouldn’t notice if he did anyway. 

Her gaze drifted away and focused on a couple making out in the corner. She tore her eyes away, they reminded her too much of the times she and Itan had done things like that.

“so…” the voice beside her said

“Thought you were going to sit quietly” she said without looking at him

“I was” he said “but looking at you just makes it so hard”

“right” she said and took a sip, he was just ridiculous. 

“say again?” he said over the music

“I said okay” she responded

“soooo…would you like to dance?”

“no”

“why not?”

“I’m not in the mood”

“why are you in a club then?”

“to have a nice peaceful drink which you are making next to impossible right now”

She said under her breath and  looked at the time. It was almost 1 am. She could still get a cab if she waited long enough. 

She got up from her seat and left the club.

Naya looked at the time again, she had now been waiting for a cab for almost 20 minutes. She didn’t want to go back into the club. 

She picked up her phone to call Lola, Lola always had a cab guy on call, hopefully he would be there tonight, maybe he could drop her home then come back for Lola. She prayed Lola would at least feel her phone vibrating because short of a bomb blast, she probably wouldn’t hear anything over the loud music.

The phone rang and rang. No answer. She was about to dial again when a sleek Mercedes benz parked in front of her.

Young, face-to-remember guy came out of the driver’s side

“did you leave because of me ?” he was saying with a grin

Naya gritted her teeth as he walked up to her, the guy could be persistent. One would think he would just leave her be.

“let me drop you off, I know you left because of me and I’m just trying to do the right thing here”

“look” she began but stopped when two other men appeared beside them. She took a step back but a hand closed over her mouth and soon she was inside the car speeding off to God knows where.

...to be continued




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