Be Careful With Words

“Wahala for who no be maid of honour! I did not ask anybody to make me maid of honour o! Look at her she scattered my plans for today!” Lanre said. Ify laughed. “You mean your sleeping plans?” Ify asked Lanre. Lanre shook her head and told her she was supposed to have a date by now. Ify opened her mouth in astonishment. Lanre never told her she now has a man in her life. “Lanre I have been suspecting you o. So you could not tell me you now have somebody?” Ify said.

Lanre stares Ify as if she did not understand what she was saying. “You have been suspecting me, I don’t understand. Am I a thief?” Lanre asked. Ify laughed and Lanre joined in. “Please when is this plane arriving Abuja?” Lanre asked.

“I think our time of arrival is 8pm”. Ify said. “I know! Just asking because I am scared of this thing crashing down in anyway”. Lanre said. Ify laughed. She then encouraged Lanre not to be afraid and that they won’t crash. Lanre said “amen” and the both of them giggled. One of the passengers looked at the two friends and told them that they were disturbing. Then another guy who was in the plane asked them, “Why ona de laugh like person when them de do? Ona no go like shut up?”. Lanre thought the guy was rude, but decided not to answer him because she thought she needed to be civilised at the moment.

Ify shook her head. “Na your...... Hmm hmm”. Lanre had covered Ify’s mouth with her hands. “I should be the one saying that, but here you are taking my place”. Lanre said to Ify. Ify pushed Lanre’s hand away from her mouth. “But he was being rude! How can he tell us we were laughing like we were being f**ked?” She said to Lanre. Lanre told her she was acting like she does not know that the guy is one of those people who speak anyhow to people degrading them as well as thinking all girls are same.

“Ify, somebody like him does not mind beating you up inside this plane! He is uncivilised!” Lanre said. “Whatever!” Ify replied with a frown. “Don’t worry, if he touches you, I will make him pay, but not here and not in the airport facility. I do not want to blow my cover”. Lanre said to Ify in a hushed tone. “Werey”. Ify said jokingly.

Lanre pushes Ify on the head. “Church goer, did they not tell you in church to always use positive words and that there’s nothing like it was a joke because words are very powerful? Words are spirits and life, strong enough to build or kill. Even if you say it as a joke, the word itself will not identify itself as a joke. It will always find it’s way to the heart one way or the other. And it will take root in the heart. So, be careful with words!” Lanre educated Ify.