Day Dreaming

I smiled and asked myself it's been almost 25 years since these couple have been married and they keep their love burning, nobody told me to sit down. As pops was still on the line I was so eager I wanted to ask every single question about love and want to listen, to listen to each and every word he was going to lecturer me with as he continued speaking to mom. I imagined myself on that phone speaking to my Lindy, as this imagination took over my mind. She said,

"Baby please go closer to your window, I've got a surprise for you." as I looked over I saw her down stairs holding a basket full of fruits, what I could see was strawberry, cream biscuits, fruit juice and a picnic blanket, I said on my imagination. she looked so beautiful and sexy in her knee high floral dress. she just glowed in it.

"Wow my love you've brought all that for me? Picnic at the office, please come up my dear."

As she got onto the elevator I went to my mini kitchen to clean my hands, as I was busy cleaning them I looked myself at the mirror and smiled.

"Joseph you are one lucky guy! Thank you Lord for what I have, you've said it on your word that I'll bless you until all nations' call you blessed…" I got out from my mini kitchen then I saw her standing just exactly where I was when she called me to look over the window. I got close to her wrapped my arms around her, she looked at me with an indirect gaze and smiled, I smiled back and uttered this words

"My love, do you know that I love you?" I asked her as I kissed her cheek.

"Of course my love, I know and I love you more always keep that in your mind." as I kissed her forehead then I gazed into her eyes… I kissed her slowly, the kiss was being intense and from the back I could hear someone calling my name but I ignored cause I've been taught that nothing is more important than your wife, she's that precious pearl, an apple of my eye. My phone rang and Trevor was calling me.

"Mon… you are disturbing my wife and I ." I spoke that loud with anger, I had totally forgotten that I was day dreaming.

"Mon… are you crazy?" Trevor said.

"Son do you know how many times I've called out your name?" said pops.

"No sir I'm sorry," and I had to hang up my conversation with Trevor. He then asked

"Who is this girl that you are day dreaming about?" I couldn't answer that question, because back at the campus Trevor had already given my digits to Lindy, sounds good? Yes! Trevor was my Angel in disguise.

"I've asked you a question, who is this girl? What's her name?" pops was so eager to know who it is.

"I ...um … her name is Lindiwe… but she prefers to be called Lindy."

"You do love her don't you?" he enquired as he sat next to me on the couch.

"I do pops, I sometimes think that I'm going to go crazy, because I do crazy things…"

"What crazy things do you do?" he continued questioning me looking directly into my eyes.

"… I take pictures of her and sometimes draw her pretty face on my drawing pad, write down when and where I saw her pretty face, where I saw her smile." I tried explaining everything, to me it was weird but then it wasn't a weird thing to be doing. judging from Father's nodding head and clapped his hands.

"Wow! Wow, wow, wow" he said.

"I'm a total freak! Yeah...I am and now I gave you an ultimatum to call me all sorts of names." I said this, with my head bowed with both of my hands on my head.

"No I wouldn't do that..." he said it denial.

"… Why not, why won't you do it?" my face was questioning him. "Because son I don't kick a man when he's down." he said "What makes you think I would even do that?" he was concerned with one of his eyebrows lifted up.

"Because I am stupid and am nothing like you!"

"No you not stupid son, you doing all that because you are in love, and I understand loud and clear. I wish could hold hands and shake the person's hand who once gave out this comparison LIKE FATHER LIKE SON!"

"Huh!" He was about to tell me why he wants to meet this person who came up with the comparison, but my phone rang, Trevor was calling. That angered him; I was breaking the deal that we had just sealed.

"Am sorry pops Trevor must have something important to tell me I got to take this

"Monsieur, what's up Mon?"

"Monsieur, where are you." he asked.

"Am at my dad's office why do you ask?"

"Doing what there? Aren't you supposed to be in class and why did you leave class like that? Mon…" over the phone. Trevor sounded very much concerned.

"Mon… I had to be here with my dad. Anyways what's up what is it that you want me to help you with?" i asked.

"My friend I love you! And I won't let you throw away your future like because of a girl!" he sounded so bold as if he knew, why I was visiting my father by the office.

"Look Trevor I thought you had something urgent to talk about so I can see you want to give me your stupid lectures again." I hung up the phone, on the other side. Lindy came to Trevor.

"So what did he say?" enquired Lindy. Just a few minutes after, I had just cut off our conversation.

"He said… it's um… he'd gladly love to… help you and show you, how to… um mix the paints." he spoke as if his got dyslexia.

"So did you tell him about the assignment? That we have to do it together?" she probed.

"Yeah… yeah… don't worry," he said.

I wasn't aware of any assignments and Trevor didn't mention a single thing to me because he didn't get the chance to explain himself because I cut his line off! He did try to call me several times but I kept on rejecting his calls, by then Pops and I were at the restaurant having lunch.

"Pops, back at your office you were about to tell me why you wanted to meet the person who came up with the phrase 'LIKE FATHER LIKE SON?'" I inquired.

"Oh, Oh that!" he said.

"Yes! Pops that!? Why do you want to meet that person? For according to my understanding that particular person have been dead and buried. Why do you want to meet?"

"You resemble me son that's why." he said.

"Hum dad I know I know I resemble you, I'm handsome built well and yes I am a gentle man just like you". I bragged like him and he looked straight in to my eyes and said,

"I wasn't implying to that." he said whilst rubbing off the dirt on his hands.

"Huh?" I was then confused "what are you talking about then?"

"Whatever it is that you are doing, and you think is stupidity son… it's actually not, it might look or sound crazy but it's not." he spoke with a toned down voice, I was totally lost now, I was so confused. I just listened.

"How do I put this? Um… son what you are doing now is called Obsession. I did it too, that's why I say" clears his trout "you resemble me in every way".

"But, how… how did you do it?" I asked eagerly.

"As now I've come to think of it, I was obsessed with your mom and you are also obsessed with this girl!" he said.

"But how do I know that I'm obsessed with this girl if…"

"Eat your lunch it's getting cold and stop looking straight into my eyes!" he ordered. I ate my food and the waiter asked if there's anything we'd like to add from the menu, dad told her to come back a few minutes later.

"You listen to me carefully, what I did was… I would write down every good and bad thing I liked and disliked about your mom and then tattooed all that on my body" he wiggled his head, paused took a deep breath, pointed me and said with a serious face.

"I hope you haven't tattooed yourself!?"

"Huh! Me! No! I would never do that! And why did you sketch yourself with tattoos? Weren't you Christian?" I needed answers.

"No, I wasn't you see son, when you love someone you love them and accept them as they are". Pops was speaking in riddles the moment I thought I followed I would get lost.