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Moses
and May were the quintessential lovebirds. Among their close circle of friends,
these two were nicknamed the M&M couple.
They
met for the first time in the school library. The meeting was an accidental one
because May bumped into Moses as she rushed out to meet up with a lecture. As
he bent to gather his books and scripts that lay scattered all over the library
floor, Moses mumbled under his breath, “If I did this to you, I would never
hear the end of it.”
“I
am truly sorry,” May apologised as she bent down to help him. “I have a 12
0’clock class with Professor Ben.” At the mention of Professor Ben, Moses
understood the purpose of the rush.
Professor
Ben was the dreaded statistics lecturer at the Metropolitan Polytechnic. Students called him, ‘the one minute
professor’ because he only allowed one minute grace after entering the class
for any late coming or distraction.
“You
have just 10 minutes before Professor one-minute enters his class. For God’s sake, leave these papers and run
along. I don’t want to be responsible for your failure,” Moses yelled at
May. His last statement was annoying and
she would have given him a piece of her mind but she rushed past him, telling
herself that she would remind him later, that nobody can make May fail in
anything.
The
two did not meet again until during convocation. Coincidentally, they were both
top flight students and both received prizes for excelling in their various
fields. While May emerged the best student
in her department, Moses sailed to the top as the best overall student in the
school.
On
their way back from the podium with their certificates and laurels, May heard
somebody whisper, “I see you made it to the statistics class after all; thanks
to me.” She turned and realised it was Moses. Her anger came unglued then and
she sneered back. “Listen, you arrogant
fool. Just because you attempted to act like a gentleman and prevented me from
picking up your books does not make you anything other than what you are....”
she began but he did not allow her to finish.
“What
am I?” he asked, goading her, clearly enjoying her agitation and the look on
her face.
“You
are arrogant, a fool and you don’t know anything,” she finished.
Moses
replied: “I would have believed your judgement, but unfortunately, that is not
what my certificate says. You know, you look cute when you are angry. I would
love to see you angry more often.”
They
met again a few years later. May worked as a front desk officer in a commercial
bank and Moses was a management trainee at an oil company. He had gone to May’s bank for some
transactions and met her.
“Hi May, you are here!” Moses exclaimed on
seeing her. “Moses,” she called his name and he did not miss the excitement in
her voice. “You sound as if you are
happy to see me,’’ he observed. “Well,
that is because I have been wondering where my arrogant school mate disappeared
to. Maybe I missed your cockiness,” May told him.
“I
am sorry, May. Look, allow me to make up for all the annoying
things I did to you. How about lunch?
Please,” he pleaded and she agreed.
Their
relationship progressed after that meeting into a steady love affair and after two
years of courtship, they got married.
Moses
could never have suspected his beautiful wife had a secret until five years
into their blissful union.
· To be continued
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