2.Farewell party

The party was at full swing by the time I and Sarah arrived here. We went near our other girl friends. The smell of alcohol is so strong on them. God!! Since becoming adults they always had to drink and I, well.. I don't drink. So am the chaperone. I hate it. I can't even take care of myself but I gotta take care of a bunch of drunk girls. Tell you what... it's tough...

Sarah ditched me for her boyfriend... so here I am with a bunch of drunk girls listening to them sobbing about goodbyes... some are going states to continue studies and some are already placed at various companies and a few are still not yet decided. It's good... listening to people rambling gives various ideas for character design in my books. So even though they are bullshiting, I do listen. They say I'm a good listener. That's why they share anything and everything with me. Girls!! I'm not your venting machine. At least keep a few details to yourself . I wanna scream that out but then again I don't wanna hurt their feelings...

Mikhel is coming over...ughhhh...not today too.

"Hey Ly..." here comes another proposal from him again...

" Hey Mikhel... how are you?" I asked casually.

" I'm good. I'm going abroad for a postgraduate course by the way. So, i just wanted to tell you " ok...that was sudden. "Oh! OK... all the best I guess. Keep in touch. "

He gave me a small smile instead of his regular smirks and for the first time my heart fluttered and let me tell you, that never ever happens.  He has been on my tail since first year in college. Always proposing to me but I never accepted. Something about him always hits me the wrong way. Like he is faking or just wanted to have fun. One good thing is that he never forced me. And he became my human barrier from other guys so am OK with his constant presence. Hmmm... I can say that he Is my friend in a way.

" I most definitely will... Hey ly... Thank you!!!" He said with that sweet smile still on his face.

I tilted my head in confusion so he continued " for being my most memorable first love in college... though you never accepted me, I'm good with you being my friend. Though I would love to have you as my girlfriend..." Here is that smirk again.

I rolled my eyes at him. " that was sweet until you brought up that last line. I'm happy that you are my friend too. But now you can just go to Australia and snag a girlfriend there. Bye bye..."

"Bye ly...Wait, how do you know I'm going to Australia? Are you stalking me! ooo i would love that." with a small laugh he walked away. Hmmm..." Hey hey I didn't stalk you. That idiot tayson told me about it! hey! are you listening!!". He is already far away from us waving with his back facing us. it feels good. To know that we will still be ok even though i never accepted his love. He is an important part of my life too. For him I'm his college crush and for me he is my guy best friend but am never gonna admit that to him, if not am in for more teasing.

Hours passed...the girls even revealed some of their embarrassing stories...hehehe...that's why you shouldn't drink if you cannot handle it. Now I got my hands on some bargain chips. Hehehe...get ready to obey me in the future. I can most definitely create my own army with the amount of secrets I got from many people I know. Though I never used them against them. It's kinda fun to poke them with these little secrets.hehehehe...

I saw Sarah coming my way and kept away my evil expression but I think she caught it. Rolling her eyes at me Sarah told me she is going to her boyfriend's home for a movie marathon. She is not as drunk as my other girlfriends. she warned me not to use public transport alone this late since I'm going back alone. After repeated warnings from her and scott( Sarah's boy) they finally left.Now I'm booking ubers for all these shit heads. Their addresses all ready for this particular purpose.  They cried for an hour easily about how they are gonna miss their chaperone aka me... thanks girls... glad to know I can be of use... please note the sarcasm

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So after throwing the last girl in her uber and getting a photo of the license plate and sending it to her parents, I was finally alone and it was 11 pm... I don't wanna go home yet. I think dad would be awake... I took out my phone and dialled his number.

Ring...

Ring...

...

"Hello?? Lydee..." came my papa's voice...

"Hey papa! Watcha doing?"... it's normal for me to call him at God forsaken hours. So he is used to it.

" I am just watching some good old TV shows. What about you? Are you home yet?"

"No papa. The party just ended. Am walking to the bus stop. I didn't want to take a car."

" lydee it's not safe at these hours. You should have taken a cab or asked Mikhel to drop you off. "

" it's alright papa. The bus stop is near and the air is good now.so I want to walk for a bit.I will be safe. Don't you worry."

" alright..if you say so. Your brother is coming home for the next weekend by the way. You should come too..."

" sure papa. Is ma asleep. "

"Yup. fast asleep... "

"Hmm...tell her I called but not about the party. "

" you are still so afraid of her even though you don't drink." He snickered.

" papa you know ma... she is afraid of me roaming on my own. I don't know what she will do If I say I am going to France next month. She never let me travel on my own. I'm 22 now. I had to live on my own someday. And those days are now.  You gotta talk to her."

" I know baby girl... she is just worried about our baby."

" papa...ughhh...am not a baby anymore. "

"Haha... for us you will always be. Are you on a bus yet??."

"I am papa... you should sleep. It's late already. I will be home in 30 mins. Bye! I will call you tomorrow.  Love you."

"Good night my baby.. stay safe."

"Hmmm...." I hung up with that.

The city lights are twinkling everywhere. There are still people on the roads. The next show at the movies starts in half an hour so then there will be even more people on the roads. So what's there to be worried.taking my earphones out I played my favorite Playlist and watched outside the window. Big cities never sleep.As I looked at the buildings and people passing by... I thought life was alright. I can live with it.

Ooooo.... how wrong I was.