Street Fighter
We were on our way to the conference when our bus collided with a power bike, we barely hit a pavement. The driver came down to settle issues with the man on the bike, issues turned to quarrel and then drama ensued. Not too long, some police men, two to be precise came out from no where to settle the issue.
Some of us had to come out of the bus as we were tired of sitting and waiting. Standing outside the bus and thinking of what next to do, I heard voices raised.. I looked in the direction of the chaos and that was when I saw him.
He was raging in anger and shouting at the police officer, ready to fight and spill blood if necessary. He was held back by another guy, his friend I suppose.
There I was wondering who had the audacity to rake at a police officer holding a gun! I don't think I had met him before, he looked like a nerd with glasses on but his actions seemed far from nerdy. He almost seemed like he had no fear whatsoever, not even that of a missed bullet as it seems is the case of angry officers.
I was one of the people put in charge of security for the conference but my security measures had passed this frequency, nna this one had passed my levels. I just looked on as the shouting slowly quietened and the issue was finally resolved.
Another bus stopped to pick some of us while the driver had to look for a mechanic to fix our bus. We waited for an hour or more before we could finally proceed to the conference.
On getting there, it started to rain. I was wet and tired but I still had to get my bags and locate my room.
After getting a room, I quickly rushed to the conference hall. I was still wet but it didn't matter much, I was just relieved I could settle down after all the stress.
On entering the hall, everywhere seemed empty till I turned right. Seated alone at the back of the hall was a cute fella, I could only see him from his side view but that view, was sure good looking.
He's cute, I thought to myself. How come I never met him before..
Without thinking twice, I walked up to where he was seated and started up a conversation..
"Hi" I said. He looked at my direction and his front view was even better looking than the side.
"Hi", he replied.
"Why are you sitting down here alone?" I asked. He didn't seem bothered by my prying question, instead he grinned as I sat there enjoying every moment.
"Just decided to come wait here for the class since there's nothing to do really"
"Oh, OK. I'm Sarah and you?"
"Tonye"
"What region are you from?"
"I am in school right now so I stay outside lag".
"Oh, OK" No wonder I hadn't seen him before cos I sure wouldn't forget such a face in a hurry.
From then on, we continued talking and were lost in our conversation that I didn't even notice that the hall was full.
He sure was cute and at that moment, that and the fact that he was interesting to talk to kept me glued to my sit till someone came and sat next to him. That took his attention away for a while and I assumed they were friends. He introduced us and we shook hands.
"Meet Tony" he said. "And this is Sarah"
"Hello" I said as we shook hands.
He was a caregiver, had a soft hand and smiled from his eyes that his glasses couldn't hide. He seemed like someone I had met before but I couldn't quite place where. We started talking like we didn't just meet not too long ago, and in that moment alone, It felt like weeks had passed as we spoke for hours about
every and anything we saw fit...
Hmnnn, I thought to myself. Sarah, hope you aren't falling for this guy already, weren't you just tripping for his cute friend.
Oh well, cute never got me like fierce did and this friend here looked both gentle and fierce at the same time.
And then it dawned on me, I realized immediately where I had met him.. How could I have missed it all these while....
He was no other than the street fighter!
© Dawota Bobmanuel.