Chapter 80

Chapter 80

"Just give him the phone let him delete the pictures or you delete it yourself and if you don't want to draw too much attention". Kelvin replied, looking a bit angry with the whole scene she was creating. Alexia stood there, looking so embarrassed by what's happening.

    If only she had listened and obeyed the rules, she won't be in this mess and it's getting more embarrassing by each passing moment because everyone is now staring at us as if we did something wrong. "Are you ready to delete the pictures young lady?", the security guard asked one more time and Alexia went straight to her gallery to delete the picture, even before the security guard could finish his statement. She was deeply ashamed of herself and I could see everything boldly written on her face, guess that's the price she will have to pay for being stubborn.

She walked out almost immediately without even turning back, we all stared at each other while she walk pass us, we certainly didn't expect this from her at all. Why would she be angry in the first place, isn't she the one brought the troubles upon herself?. "I better go check on her to see what's up with", I replied and chased after Alexia who frantically ignored the fact that I was walking behind her. "Hey, what's up with you and why did you leave us inside?", I asked.

  "So you really want to know why I left you guys right?", she replied with an angry face like that of lioness. "Was it because I didn't say anything back there? or was it because the security guard embarrassed you a little?", I asked. "You guys didn't even stand up for me, you all kept quiet like it's none of you guys business and you expect me to happy with that?". she asked, I didn't really know what to say because I don't want to make her more angry that she is right now 

"Alright. I apologize on their behalf, can we go back inside now?", i asked with a smile on my face. "I've seen enough of those sculptures already, I will wait for you guys here and when you are done, you can meet me right here and we would all go home", she replied rudely. Since she has already made up her mind, there's no point trying to convince her, so I went back inside to meet with the others. "Where's she?", Micheal called out to me with a loud voice. "She said she doesn't want to come inside, she prefers to wait for us outside and when we are done. We will meet her there", I replied

  "Why is she acting like this. She brought the embarrassment upon herself though", Kelvin replied. "That wasn't really embarrassing if I should say, because the guard didn't snatch her phone like some other reckless dudes, he only told her to delete the picture. Is there anything bad there?", Gabriel asked looking a bit confused. He was actually right though and I feel Alexia is just being so unfair because we all came her to have fun and now she is changing it to an atmosphere of confusion. "Let's carry on with our activities, we will catch up with her later", Micheal replied.

I was a bit surprised by his words though, I thought he would leave us and try to see why is girlfriend is acting so strange. "Aren't you going to talk to her?", I asked with the hope of reminding him of his duties as a loving boyfriend, "Just leave her for now, she will eventually calm down when it's time. I try not to talk to her when she's angry because the kind of reply I would get may not be exactly what I expected", he replied. Well, who am I to involve myself in couples issues, they will sort out themselves later.

  "But in the meantime, let's have some fun and learn new things for ourselves", I replied and they all took another step to explore some of the great artifacts in the museum because some of them are really astonishing and breath taking. Down from the sculptures to the paintings and beautiful cultural apparels, I'm pretty sure they must have gotten some of these stuffs from Africa because I am pretty sure that most American fashion designers don't know anything about the African culture and it attires. "Hey guys, come take a look at this sculpture, it looks exactly like Kelvin", Micheal teased

The sculpture actually looks funny and it somehow looks like Kelvin because of the big head and tiny eyeballs. "Will you guys stop this shit. Have you seen the sculpture that looks exactly like you here. You are talking as if you don't have your own sculptured image here", Kelvin replied, trying to defend himself. "No sculpture looks like me here but this one looks so much like you. Bet they used your Instagram pictures to mould this sculpture", Micheal teased. Kelvin was a bit angry with that reply but he kept calm based on the fact that it's just a joke and nothing more, we kept on strolling through the den of beautiful paintings and history artifacts and my eyes came across a sculpture of Nelson Mandela.

  I smiled when I saw the beautiful sculpture of the man that I often admire, "seems you like this guy so much.", Gabriel called out to me after noticing the way I stared at the sculpture. "Yeah, isn't it marvelous and beautiful at the same time?.", I asked. "It's nice but we but do you want to be like him?", Gabriel asked with a smile. It would be nice to take after the footsteps of this great man because I have read a lot of books about his wonderful works and I must say that he is one of the wisest men I have ever seen in my entire life. "I would love to be like him some day, but I definitely do not want to go to jail", I replied and Gabriel burst into laughter

"Guess we have seen enough of this sculptures already, can we start heading back home?", Micheal asked, looking so uncomfortable with the fact that his girlfriend is not by his side, he has become so attached to her. But it's all good because they both fit each other perfectly, "Yeah, I'm getting bored already", Kelvin added. "You all just want to run away because you are tired and scared of staying in a place where you can't go wild", I replied. "How do you mean by going wild?", Micheal asked. "When we went to the beach the other day, you guys were not in a hurry to leave, so why are guys rushing now?", I asked.

  The three of them stared at each other, not knowing what to say and I could easily conclude that they were already tired of this place because their facial expression was not quite good. Learning about history and culture is certainly not their thing and I can't force them into it. "Alright, fine, let's leave if you guys don't want to learn about history", I replied and walked out on them. "We can still wait for you if you are not ready to leave now", Kelvin called out to me, "There's no point holding you guys down when I clearly know that you aren't enjoying it the way I do, so let's all go back home and rest for the day. Maybe we could do something fun and more interesting when we get back home because it's obvious that most of you are already tired of this place and Alexia is the number one person", I replied and walked straight to door 

When I got outside, I met Alexia sitting so comfortably on a wooden chair close to a beautiful flower plant, she seems to be enjoying the cool breeze coming from that direction, so I walked towards her and took my seat by her side while staring directly into her eyes. "What, are you guys done with your tour?", she asked, "Most of them are already tired of this place, so I think it's time we head back home and rest for a while instead of walking around with no opportunity of having fun", I replied. "I knew coming to the museum would be a bad idea because most of us here don't like anything that has to do with art at all, and my boyfriend is a pure example of such", she replied.

  "Are you for real?", I asked, pretending not to know about such trait in Michael. "Yes, he hates anything that has to do with arts and culture. I remember when paid a visit to the museum for this first time, you needed to see the look on his face. He squeezed his face like a Gorilla while we were in the museum and ever since that day, I swore never to mention anything about arts and culture to him because he won't take any delight in it", she replied. "I didn't know he hates arts and culture that much", I replied looking so surprised. Seems he only agreed to follow me to the museum, based on the fact that we are close friends and I do appreciate it though

"Thank God they are here already, let's start going home before someone starts squeezing his face like a Gorilla.", I teased on seeing Micheal and the others. Alexia started laughing and Gabriel was a bit confused to see her laughing with so much joy when she walked out of the museum with anger in her eyes. "How come you are still laughing when you walked out on us few minutes ago?", Micheal asked, looking a bit confused, "What gave you the idea that I'm happy?", Alexia asked, "Well, you are laughing and from my observation. You don't laugh when you are angry", Micheal replied.

  "Actually Andrew said something funny, that's why I'm laughing, anyways, let's start going home. I will order for a taxi this time", Alexia replied while bringing out her phone to order for a taxi

Two taxis came few minutes later after Alexia booked the rides online. She sent them the location of our rented apartment and the both of them agreed to take us there. I quickly took my place in the front seat while Alexia and Michael took theirs in the back. And as for Gabriel and Kelvin, they will have to take the other taxi, I want to hear what these two couples are always discussing about.

   "So what was with you back there, were you actually angry or you just felt like walking out on us?", Micheal asked with a low tone, thinking that I won't hear them, "I was a bit angry because none of you said anything when that security guard was busy harassing me. Do you think I would be happy with such kind of embarrassment?", Alexia asked. "Bring down your voice, we aren't quarreling, are we?", Micheal asked

The driver looked backed to see what was happening, seems he is also interested in the conversation. "Sir would you please focus on the road and not our private conversation", Micheal replied rudely. I burst into laughter on hearing those words and now all eyes started staring at me. "Why are you laughing dude, what's funny?", Micheal asked, "Is it a crime to laugh, I just remembered something funny so I started laughing about it. Anything wrong there?", I defended myself

   "It's okay babe, I was a bit angry with you guys before. But that's in the past, let's focus on the present and by the way, I'm hungry", she replied. "Should we stop by the restaurant and grab some takeaways that we would gently eat when we arrive home?", Micheal asked, trying to look like a caring boyfriend. His actions makes me laugh and this time I just have to control myself before he picks up another attack on me. "That would be nice though of what do you think Andrew", Alexia asked, directing her question to me