"Are you awake" ? Can I come over? Sade says on the phone.

" No, not yet. You can come around 10am, I'm busy right now. I say and I hang up.

I slept late last night because I was serving this babe right. I don't even remember her name, she told me yesterday but I have forgotten. I don't find this shit interesting anymore but I still do it anyway. Sleeping with different girls almost everyday. Well, the sex! I don't mind . I give them my money and I sleep with them in return. Some of them do claim to love me but I know it was all lies. But all they could enjoy is my money, they don't dare go near my Fame because it is my life. Being a celebrity is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life so I don't joke with it. None of them is allowed to come near me with their phones or any hidden camera. I have ladies that search anyone I want to be with from head to toe. I know they are dying to snap pictures with me and show it off on social media and some of them might want to use it to blackmail me but it will never happen.

I step out of the bed and I go straight to the bathroom. I leave the bathroom when I am done and I wake her. I tell her to leave because someone is coming to see me.

She showers in my bathroom, she puts on her clothes and she applies her makeup.

"When will I see you again?" She asks desperately.

"Never", I say and I walk to the door to open it for her. She hisses and she leaves . Do I look like I want to see her again? I roll my eyes and I close the door.

Some minutes later I hear a knock on my door. "Who is there?" I ask.

"It's me, Sade." Sade says and I open the door. She enters and she is looking around as she walks to the couch.

"Do you have a visitor ?" she asks.

"No, why do you ask?

“I am perceiving women’s perfume.” She says and I shrug.

" I hope you don't turn your apartment into a brothel." She says and I frown.

" Well, it's none of your business. Why are you here? " I ask her angrily. She is getting on my nerves. She should say whatever thing she wants to see me for and leave, before she ruins my mood this early morning. She won't tell me how to leave my life. I will leave my life according to my rules.

“My parents want to celebrate my coming birthday in grand style and I will be very happy to see you there.” She says and I roll my eyes.

“You are turning 24 not 25, or have they started doing silver jubilee at 24?” I ask jokingly.

" Your parents celebrate your birthday in grand style every year so it’s nothing special." She rolls her eyes jokingly and she continues, “Will you attend?”

"No, I am scheduled on that day." I lie. I don't want to go because I don't want people to misunderstand our relationship more. They are already assuming us dating, which I don't like.

"One of my friends is dying to meet you. She is a big fan of yours. Well, all my friends are your fans but this one is a die hard fan". As Sade mentioned the word 'friend', my mind goes to that friend whose pictures I saw on her phone. I don't know why she keeps appearing in my dreams and she won't stop smiling at me. I dreamt about her for the fourth time yesterday, Maybe because of my curiosity about her beauty. It won’t be a bad idea to see her in person and clear my mind.

"Your friend? Which of them?" I ask her curiously. I want to know if the friend she is talking about is the one I am thinking about . Part of me wants that friend of hers to be the girl.

"You don't know her. She talks about you a lot so I want to surprise her. Please”. She pleads.

"I will try. " I say simply because I don't want her to know I have a motive.

"No , I want you to assure me. I want certainty. She is not a party type, she might not want to attend but if you promise to attend I will find every means to make her attend too." She says and I want to promise her immediately but I stop myself so that I won't get caught.

"I will attend." I say and she chuckles.

"Are you sure this is because of your friends or you want to show off?" I tease her.

"Of course! Do you think it is easy to know a superstar? Not just ordinary knowing, he is my best friend. I want to show you off to everybody everyday." She says and I smile.

"Who doesn't know us together, almost everybody does." I say.

" She doesn't know . She is not social at all." She says.

"Oh!” I say.

* * *

AT SADE'S BIRTHDAY party, Tunde and I enter the party through the VIP entrance. I see Sade from afar, she stands on a point looking around as if she is waiting for someone. We walk towards her and the moment she sees me, she jumps at me and hugs me tightly.

"I have been expecting you." She says excitedly, she faces Tunde and she continues, " Tunde, why are you guys late?

“You already know the answer. You know Ayo never keeps to time.” Tunde says and they both laugh. That's actually not my concern right now. What concerns me now is to see the girl. I have been anticipating this party because of her. I hope she doesn't disappoint me, I hope she is as beautiful as she is in the picture and in my dreams.

" Follow me, My friends are waiting." Sade takes my hand and she draws me to the hall. As soon as we enter the hall, I look behind me and Tunde is no more behind me. I smile when I see him exchanging numbers with one lady at the entrance.

" Ayo, meet my friends". Sade says and the two ladies look up at us at the same time. I recognize her immediately and my eyes go wide. I blink my eyes once to confirm if I am in reality or in the dream. My heart thumps loudly and blood rushes past my ears. She blinks her big round eyes probably in surprise at seeing me and I lose my sense of reasoning. Jeez, she is so beautiful and enchanting.

"Lara, Yemi, Bolu, meet Fresho, my childhood friend." I am so blown away by her beauty that I don't know when I stretch my hand to shake her. She is so different from all the girls I have seen. She smiles at me and I lose it. Her hand feels so good, so soft and warm that I don't want her to let go. I look down at her hand to see if it is as beautiful as it feels and I am not disappointed with what I see. I want to keep her hand in mine for a long time but she lets my hand go before I finish thinking and I feel empty immediately.

She doesn't act like she sees her favorite celebrity. She is calm and composed but I can see excitement through her eyes. I wish she is the one that acts like the other lady, Yele or whatever her name is. I can’t remember her name correctly. She jumps, claps her hand, and she laughs in excitement. With all the drama she displays, I can tell that she is so happy to see me. But Lara acts so mature and composed that I hardly see how excited she is through her.

I go to my seat but I can't stop looking at her. I don't concentrate on the party at all, all I can see is her. I keep replaying her beautiful smile in my head over and over again.

Few minutes later, she walks out of the hall and my eyes follow her. At first I think she is going home but my mind relaxes when she enters the restroom. She is staying in the restroom longer than normal. I keep looking at the entrance to see if she will appear but she doesn't. I think of going to check her in the restroom but I do not go because I can't enter the lady's restroom. I am so worried

More than 30minutes later she appears from the entrance and I feel relieved. I see a bandage in her hand and I stand up immediately. I walk towards her in a rush that I almost step on Tunde's leg. Tunde follows me and stops me before I reach her.

"Where are you rushing to? What happened?" He asks shockingly and that is when I realized how I just reacted.

"Nothing…. I just...I want..." I stutter. I don't even know what to say to Tunde. I leave Tunde and I walk to her but not in a rush like before. I feel a sharp pain in my heart when she says she had a minor accident. Accident? How did that happen? I want to hold her hand and check if it is not much but I don't want to act weird. What reason will I give, I mean this is our first encounter, what right do I have to hold her. But deep down inside me I know I am so sad. That was our first encounter but she had a great effect on me. I want to see more of her smile, I want to keep seeing her. So it saddens my heart to see her hurt on the first day.

Sade calls her name again, Lara and I know immediately that her full name is Omolara. She doesn’t follow us back to the party, she says she wants to go rest at home or something. Part of me wants her to follow us back , I don’t want her to go home yet but she dashes out before I can say goodbye to her.

The party is boring without her. I want to see her, I keep looking at her empty seat. Maybe magic will bring her back but nothing happens. I don't want to drink alcohol but I can't help this loneliness in my heart. I think I might go crazy if I don’t drink . I drink one bottle of alcohol but I am not satisfied. I drink three bottles and I am still not satisfied.

"Ayo, why are you drinking this much? Let's go to the hotel”. Tunde says but I do not answer him, I am staring at the empty bottle instead. "

“I want more alcohol". I command and Tunde signals to one of the bodyguards, Bunky, to come and take me to the car. Bunky takes my hand, and we leave the party.

When we get to the hotel, I request more alcohol and Tunde orders them for me. I continue drinking until I get drunk. Tunde tries to stop me afterwards but I don’t listen to him. I start saying everything that comes to my mind.

"Why, why can't I seem to forget her, did she cast a spell on me?” I ask Tunde in a slurry voice and he sighs.

Tunde, I want to see her, I can't get her smile off my head. Please find her for me". I say while I keep squeezing my eyes for tears to come out from it because I feel like crying but nothing comes out. The way Tunde looks at me shows she doesn’t have the clue of what I am talking about. There is a knock on the door.

“ Go get that darn door.” I command Tunde. I become authoritative and Dearing whenever I am drunk so Tunde is used to it.

He opens the door and Sade enters, “I don’t know when you guys left the party. Why didn’t you tell me?". I hear Sade’s voice and I stand up immediately. My legs betray me and I stumble. I walk to her and I give her my phone.

" Give me her fucking number. I need to call her. Lara, yes, yes, that is her name.” I nod twice to assure myself that I get the name correctly and I continue, “I need to hear her voice, please give me her number." Sade looks at me then Tunde in confusion."

Who? what number, I don't understand.” Sade says confusedly.

"Don't mind him, as you can see he is very drunk.” I cut in before Tunde finishes what he is saying,

“Yes I'm fucking drunk but I'm not mad. I know what I am saying. Lara, that's her name right? Give me her fucking number right now and let me call her, I need to ask her what she did to me, why I am……." Tunde doesn’t allow me to finish what I am saying, he covers my mouth and he leads me to the bedroom.

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