She Asked Me Out!!! Part 3

Please don't laugh me to scorn for what I'm about to say just enjoy the concluding part of this series.

You see, whenever Mabel and I are walking down from school and we get to her street we stand by her gate to chit chat a little more . We couldn't just have enough. Then she accompanies me since I'm still going further. At some point I'd walk her back again. We did this back and forth for about three turns. You may laugh at our childish behavior  or beytef still, go and ask the guy in "Why do fools fall in love?". But we ain't fools. We are just enjoying each other's company. I know you might have done worse so don't even  go all "What the ..." on me. Lol.

I guess my sincerity really swept her off her feet that she could no longer hide her feelings. She searched for ways to best express her reserves. She struggled with it for a while.

Eventually opened up!

"Gabbie", she said, leaning towards me, "I've been thinking about something for a while now and I've tried so hard to bottle it up but I can no longer hold it.

"I couldn't get you off my mind. It's as though I've never had any friend before. I've met guys but you, I don't seem to have a class for your type. You beat them all hands down. You were nothing like them. You gave me an opportunity to be myself. I couldn't even pretend if I want to because your person embraced my world and now its obvious it will be a soup of nothingness without you. You beautify my world like the unique colors of the rainbow. The roses and the meadows in my  world adore your presence. I'm lost for words to express how much you mean to me.

"In a short while you've transformed my mentality about a good number of issues. I'm grateful to God you were sent my way. You are ineed an Angel!".

"Mabel, you are getting too emotional", I said gently, trying to snap her out of the outburst of poetic mood. "Are you fine? I'm surprised you are saying all these. You've never been this emotional".

She ignored my interruption and continued. 

"Gabbie, I feel there is more to this friendship than what it is now. I don't want to lose what we have." 

She grew pale and was so close tears. At that point I was wondering what trouble I had gotten myself into. Then she added, 

"I need you to promise me something". 

"What's that?", I said. 

"Promise me you won't stop being my friend", She replied.

Gosh!!! That's kind of huge as simple as i sounded. I felt like I was before a Priest asking me to read my marriage vows. While the thought lingered, she pulled my hands out of my pocket were I was hiding them to avoid her noticing I was nervous, she held them and said, 

"I want to be your girlfriend, I want us to be more than friends, Gabbie".

That was like a bomb! Just thrown at my face like I was in a war zone! She was already all red eyed highly anticipating my response. Boy! I was dumbfounded for the moment.

"Say something, Gabbie,please". She said, holding my hands passionately.

"I ...I mean, in as much as, however, you know, in fact, ...". I was just stuttering and blabbing. I was stupified and somewhat petrified by those words from her lips.

"What are you saying, Gabbie, I don't understand?", She said softly. I immediately apologised as I tried to put my words together.

"I'm sorry, Mabel, I mean to say I perfectly understand all you've said and I would be a liar if I say I do not feel something for you. This feeling is mutuaL though the girlfriend part never crossed my mind. I really appreciate your openness and sincerity and  will not take this for granted. However, I don't think I am ready for such level of commitment. I am not scared to be responsible but such will be unnecessary for now. I enjoy being friends with you and I don't think I have the capacity to be what you desire. I'm sorry if this breaks your heart".

The look on her face changed as tears started streaming down her eyes. I could read her mind. I could feel her thinking "What kind of guy is this? Throwing that kind of chance away is surprising. A chance to date a pretty girl". Many a guy would kill for that as she was the crush of many of them but I was her only crush. The only one she wants to be with. I can't imagine how hurt she was. She withdrew her hands from mine and ran inside the house. I couldn't run after her. What will I tell her Mum is wrong with her?

In life, in as much as it is wise to choose your spouse from your friends, it is, however, wiser to know that not all sweet friends can be sweet mates. My Twin introduced me to a prayer request some years back( I bet she may not remember) and I took it personal. She said,

"Let's pray that God will help us not to Friend-Zone who should be our spouse or make a Life mate out of those we should keep at arms length".

Mabel got over it after a while. We became better friends and I was even her tutor for WAEC and JAMB( I graduated before her). She later  ended up getting married to the friend of my friend. No hurt feeling from my end(I speak for myself). She is forever grateful I didn't take advantage of her emotional vulnerability.

Thanks for being patient with me on this series of She Asked Me Out!. More to come as my Birthday draws near.

I didn't forget the makeup post I promised.

Stay tuned to more experiences from My World.

Cheers!!!