From Grass to Grass again

"Can I cook for you she interrupted his thoughts again, "I'm a pretty good cook myself and I heard girls like boys who can cook, so show me to the kitchen and I'll give you more reasons to like me" He responded "I don't think I need more reasons mister but here's the way to the kitchen, knock yourself out" Ola cooked a mean spaghetti and she relished it, she was going to do something to him as well , something he would relish as well , as he was going to be with her untill the night was over. 

Back at the village, Ola had been with a few girls, it was a long time ago and they were role playing married couples, that was when they were kids, this one was different, He had begun to sweat, He felt overwhelmed. She just sat on the other extreme of the bed and smiled and stared at him, She drew closer, that was his cue, he drew closer too, she touched his hands, he touched hers; he could feel the softness of her palms and she could feel the hardness of his, she caressed his lips gently with those soft palms of hers and soon they were in each other's mouths, after an intensive session of French kissing of which Rach seemed to be an expert at as she knew how to bite his lips gently , how to move her tongue inside of his mouth, this was better than his dreams.

She took off her t-shirt and gradually unbuttoned his, soon their clothes were off, he held those full breasts of her like a baby holding on to his toy, she came on top of him, they were going in and coming out of each other's bodies, Ola had never felt anything like this, she knew all the right moves, she was twisting her waist and moaning passionately, he just had to follow her lead. 

She was the driver of this car of pleasure and He did not mind the destination as it was a hell of a ride. That would have been the best night of Ola's life if she hadn't asked him to help her write an exam she was carrying over the next morning.

She made pancakes and tea and served him in bed "I thought you were a genius at books alone, apparently you are a genius in other things as well, I had the time of life last night". He smiled with his mouth stuffed with pancakes. "Can I ask you for a favor?" "anything" He responded. "Well...there's a course I'm carrying over with the 200 level students, I don't know if you can help me write it" Ola adjusted , "are you for real? was that all this was to you? a way to get me to help you write a carryover course?" 

He wore his clothes and stormed out of her house despite her pleas, everyone seemed to be staring at him as coming out of Dragon's girlfriend's house in the morning meant only one thing, and some of the close neighbors even heard her moaning the previous night. He didn't care who was watching him, He was hurt, so hurt he forgot his bag, she brought it to him in class and apologized again, He agreed to write the carryover course but after that, He would have nothing to do with her, He wanted her to beg and say that he means much more to her than an exam pass but it didn't seem to matter much to her that he wasn't going to have anything to do with her, that he agreed to write the carryover course for her was good enough for her.

While He was returning to the hostel that evening He saw boys gathered around the hostel, it was an only boys hostel but these guys had cars and they were all wearing red clothes, there was something abnormal about this gathering, by the time he would discover that He was the reason they were gathered and try to run, It was too late, a boy grabbed him by the neck and screamed " I have him" .

A short boy rushed him with punches and hit his leg so hard that he fell on the floor, this guy seemed to be the smallest amongst the bunch but he seemed to be the leader because the other boys followed his lead. They lead him from the front of the hostel into a corner .They beat him up so badly, He thought He would die, He would come to know that the short guy was the Dragon everyone feared on campus "You cannot keep your genital in check right?" 

News had reached Dragon that Ola was seen coming out of his girlfriend's house in the morning and He was also seen going into her room the night before, He begged them but they wouldn't have it. He could see that some of them had pocket knives, daggers and axes with them, he prayed to God silently in his heart. Stop, stop! They stopped beating him as someone approached, He had taken too much of a beating to recognize the face of his savior, "Dragon, come here". After throwing few words here and there, they left. His Savior and his 'assassins' left together.

Hassan carried him to the school clinic to be checked and be treated, they told the doctor He was robbed and attacked and that his assailants were wearing masks so He didn't get a good look at them.

It happened that Paulo was the leader of the cult and Dragon was his right hand, Hassan had run to Paulo to beg him to save Ola's life. Paulo pleaded with Dragon to leave Ola be.

After writing the carry over course, Ola avoided Rach like a plague. He had learnt the hard way. He would see her in school and wonder how she could act so casual and unbothered after what had ensued between them that night, for him it was the most intimate he had ever been with any one and it hurt that she only used him to get good grades, he thought about letting her fail but he thought about Dragon also. Ola kept to himself all through the next one year of school, He avoided Dragon and his crew and stayed out of trouble. 

Hassan called the event the Damascus experience as it helped Ola see clearly, for a muslim Hassan sure did know the bible. 

It was graduation day, Hassan's parents brought all sort of food to celebrate with him, the boy was on his way to being a medical doctor after all, Ola was overjoyed as well, Kaka couldn't make it but now he could get a job and take good care of her. He was one out of three first class students in his class. 

Even though he had no blood relatives around, Hassan didn't make him feel left out as they ate everything that Hassan's large family brought. It was a dream come true indeed. They signed their whites, popped champagne, they were glad to be entering the world as degree holders and Ola applied for his one year of service immediately and soon He was done. He was ready to work now but was work ready for him? He applied for every vacancy He came across but nothing seemed to work out, they never did call him back after an interview like they promised.