The devil who loved me

As soon as our trucks started moving, the music began, loud and ear piercing, it took me a while to get used to it. Indigenes of the town lined the streets, first in amazement, later they danced along with us. Abayomi stood and acknowledged cheers from students living nearby, some even hopped into the truck to join us..when I heard my name from some quarters, I waved too. The turn out from people was more than I had expected, I could see Abayomi was happy, Toun came beside me to whisper in my ears

Toun: your boy is doing a good job o…

Me: he is not my boy…anybody can pull off a rally

Toun: why didn't kofo do this earlier?

Lord knows I wanted to say "she was busy f-----g your boyfriend", but I kept quiet until something caught my attention. The cheers had grown louder. Timi, had gotten down from his truck, he was now in front of the motorcade, dancing to "konga". I remembered he was a good dancer, I also remembered that girls always brought their bum-bum to his crotch whenever they had the opportunity. This was no different, we were at Itamerin, and Timi's outrageous moves had turned the rally into a carnival, the street was filled with people dancing away.

Toun: me I am going to dance o…lets go down!

Me: stay with your boyfriend jor…

She pointed at figure in the distance..i had initially thought her boyfriend was was on the truck, waving like I though a president should, I saw the madman, dancing "komole" just by where a bus-stop was erected. Even cars passing by were "honking" in using to the music. When I turned back to my dear friend Toun, she was off the truck…dancing "yahooze" like her father wasn't a f-----g Judge! How can she leave me on the truck?..judas Iscariot Toun.

Timi: come down and join the dance, we are here because of you

I turned back to face the boy that had haunted my night all those months

Me: I am good here

I just ignored him like he wasn't there anymore; luckily a girl came and yanked him away. It wasn't long before we started moving again, it ws like Ajebo people had been waiting for us, cause they joined immediately. The dressing of the girls was such an appetizer, guys left everything they were suppose to do and joined us like zombies…when we got to Shokas, the crowd had gotten slightly out of control, the music had taken a life of its own…Abayomi's name was everywhere…the dancing on the streets was more than what we experienced when Michael Adenuga came to bury his mum in the town. I was moving slowly to the beats when Abayomi came and scooped me off my feet, in no time I was dancing with him, a couple of girls came around us and started hailing, Abayomi was happy…I was happy.. Within the blink of an eye, the person dancing with me was Timi..i wanted to step back but people were staring and he knew it. He had that cute boyish smile on his face, his hands were on my waist…I didn't want to dance anymore but the d--n waist was moving to the rhythm of his hand…I wasn't thinking. I was just dancing…he smiled…he was winning…I stopped and joined Toun with some girls that were sharing drinks. That was when the first shot deafened us all..