It was the middle of the semester and I had just realized how little I knew about most of the courses I was offering. A week ago I made a decision to start reading, but one way or the other the week passed and I didn’t open my books. One Thursday however, after I had returned home and slept for an hour or so, I woke up with my mind set at going to
the library to read that evening. So I bathed and got ready to go, trying my best to ignore the voice in my head that was saying “dude chill, you still have time. It was 6:45 pm when I left, 6:55pm when the shuttle stopped in front of the library. I walked past the man sitting at the entrance checking ID cards and smiled when I remembered what I heard about all that procedure being an attempt to counter bomb attacks from Boko Haram. I walked straight down and into the library basement as I didn’t have a library card, I was in my third year but I hadn’t for once considered getting one. Well, ok I tried to get one in my first year, but when I heard something about a long procedure, I backed out.
the library to read that evening. So I bathed and got ready to go, trying my best to ignore the voice in my head that was saying “dude chill, you still have time. It was 6:45 pm when I left, 6:55pm when the shuttle stopped in front of the library. I walked past the man sitting at the entrance checking ID cards and smiled when I remembered what I heard about all that procedure being an attempt to counter bomb attacks from Boko Haram. I walked straight down and into the library basement as I didn’t have a library card, I was in my third year but I hadn’t for once considered getting one. Well, ok I tried to get one in my first year, but when I heard something about a long procedure, I backed out.
I spread my books in front of me like I was dealing cards for a game
, and buried my head into them, one after the other as time flew by. I had read for about three hours when my eyes started to get heavy. I battled with my eye lids for about 10 minutes before I decided to surrender. “Just for a couple minutes” I told myself as my eyes closed finally.
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, and buried my head into them, one after the other as time flew by. I had read for about three hours when my eyes started to get heavy. I battled with my eye lids for about 10 minutes before I decided to surrender. “Just for a couple minutes” I told myself as my eyes closed finally.
A sharp pain in my chest woke me, I lifted my head slowly as I tried not to increase the pain I had from resting on the table too long. Everywhere was quiet, too quiet I thought as I looked at my watch. “oh my God!” I yelled, it was 12:30 pm. I got up and looked at the door, it was locked, “shit” I said slowly as I hit my palm against my forehead. How could I have slept so deep and not noticed when people started to leave the library. No one even woke me, wasn’t someone supposed to go round to check if anyone was still in here? I couldn’t believe the situation I was in, and after asking myself a series of questions I couldn’t answer, I decided that I could go back to sleep and wake up the next morning. So I reached for my phone and earpiece and started listening to Emeli Sande till I fell asleep.
I was woken up by a long beep that came from my phone as the music stopped playing. “Battery too low for radio use” was displayed on my screen. I hissed, “Dumb blackberry batteries”. I tried to go back to sleep without the music but It wasn’t working out, and it was just 1 am, so I decided to do something else, like walk around the empty room.
I had walked from my end to the other end when I saw something in bright colors. I slowly walked towards the table to have a better look. “Wow” was the first thing that came to my lips when I saw what it was. It was someone else, I couldn’t believe it. I poked the person on the shoulder till I saw the head come up. It was a girl, her hair was blocking the view of her face when her head got up, but she pulled them behind her ears slowly and what I saw made me gulp really hard I thought I’d choke. Light skin, brown eyes, long hair and a pretty face that was not messes up from sleeping on a table. “Wow” I said and she looked up at me. “What?” she asked, “uh…nothing” I replied with a slight stutter. “Can I help you?” she asked, in a tone I didn’t need a PhD in psychology to know wasn’t friendly. “Oh, no. I just wanted to know what the time was”. She looked at me shortly and then turned to her wristwatch, and then slowly turned back to me. I smiled at the look of surprise on her face, “yup, we are locked in” I Said with a smile.
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Nyc story hop, u will post †нε oda part nxt week
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