-MBALI
Its been a month now and things are going good. I've seen Gugu and Sebe around together, I should be jealous and hate them or whatever but I'm not. I comfort myself by knowing that I'm carrying Gugu's child and knowing that this was how things should have been in the first place. Gugu is there for me by choice, I never ask him for anything but mo'guy makes it a point that he checks up on us everyday. He seems happy, that's all I could ever ask for. Bambino(my baby) is growing, he/she is healthy except the puking every now and then. Its not easy to hide pregnancy but I think I'm hiding it well because even now, Rato(my housemate) doesn't know and neither do my classmates. Rato is probably the closest thing I have to a friend and I can't always bother Thuso about my drama even though I know he doesn't mind. He's in pta today, told me its work. I know he deals shady, they are a crew even and who am I to judge?
He texts me saying he's outside, its Saturday and the weather is a little off.
"Hey you"
He says pulling me for a tight squeeze
"You tryna kill me"
I say giggling, he breaks the hug
"I don't know you anymore"
I look down embarrassed. When you get into a relationship, it happens that you distance yourself from other people. Its not by choice or anything, it just happens.
"I know and I'm sorry. A lots happened over these months"
I say and he nods opening the door for me
"Ey bruh, too much has happened"
He says and he looks stressed
"Anything you wanna talk about?"
I ask and he shrugs starting the car
"Sabelo turned on us. He's with the Jozi gang now"
I look at him shocked
"I thought he and Sakhile were best friends mos? I thought he was loyal to you guys"
He chuckles
"We thought so too. Sabelo's been playing with fire ever since he got to Joburg. He slept with this guy's girlfriend only to find out that the guy was in the gang. A fight broke out and he ended stealing their car. That day he almost raped Sebe? He was on the run"
I clasp my mouth
"No way. But you guys are loyal to each other"
He nods
"That's how it should be but its not. Sakhile was willing to make things right until he found him forcing himself on Sebe and then he lost it. He handed him over to them but Sabelo struck a deal. He gives them information about us and they recruit him"
I frown in shock. Thuso and I grew up together, we practically like brother and sister. When he joined the gang I was the first one to find out. I dated Sabelo knowing who he was.
"That's a sell out mos"
He nods
"Yep, he's also the one that stabbed your boyfriend"
I clasp my mouth
"Why would he do that?"
He shrugs
"To send a message or something. We think he was mad over Gugu attacking him"
I sigh. This is a lot to digest
"So what now?"
I ask and he sighs
"We at war thanks to him"
I pat his knee and he offers a smile
"So what's new with you?"
I chuckle
"You gonna want to sit down"
I say and chuckles
"That bad?"
I shrug. He parks in front of Spur. We both get off and go inside.
"Gugu is dating Sebe"
I start off as soon as we sit down
"He's cheating on you?"
I chuckle
"God no! He and Sebe are bound by fate so things were never going to work out between us"
He can't even hide his shock
"Damn"
I chuckle
"I know. Sebe almost getting raped, Gugu landing in hospital? It was all orchestrated. They were being punished for not listening"
He chuckles in disbelief
"No way"
I nod
"I am pregnant with Gugu's child. 2 months now and it was warned that if they don't get their shiit together, I might lose this child"
He looks at me shocked to the core
"Does aunty know?"
I shake my head
"Your father will kill him"
I nod
"I know"
"So what now?"
I shrug at his question
"They'll find out when I go home. Gugu's parents are willing to do the right thing so we'll see. As for dad, he needs to focus on you guys"
His eyes pop out
"You know?"
I nod
"I'm not stupid. I know he's the leader or whatever you guys call him"
He's in disbelief. I know my father, a little too well. I've seen some of his work in his office and computers.
"I know you guys can't recruit any people without going through him but please, have Sakhile recruit Gugu. For his own safety. If dad finds out that Gugu is my baby daddy, he's going to have him killed and it won't matter that he's Sakhile's cousin"
He thinks for a while. Our waiter brings our orders and leaves
"Eish, I'll talk to Sakhile. Don't know if Gugu wants to be an Ace"
He says. My father is ruthless, he won't hesitate to kill him. I am his pride and joy so for me to be pregnant in my first year, Gugu will be at fault in his eyes since he can't kill me.
"Snowflake"
A white person's voice says, I'm guessing they talking to me cause the doctor at the hospital called me that.
"Dr Eric Hezog, we met at the hospital"
He says and I'm just staring at how handsome he is. He cleans up pretty well for a doctor.
"I'm Mbali and this is my brother Thuso"
I say, he shakes Thuso's hand
"I know this is rude and strange and all kinds of weird but may I please have your number? No disrespect Thuso"
He says, I look at Thuso who nods.
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-SEBENTILE
It's been quite a week hey and I can't complain, Gugu has been trying and I'm grateful for the effort really I am, he doesn't make me feel as the rebound or whatever though a part of me is still waiting for him to mess up. Good thing is we haven't bumped into Mbali during our walks and what's not, I know she's the one who told us to try but it would be so awkward to bump into while walking with the guy she loves rather when I'm alone. Samkelo is cool with me giving Gugu a chance cause he says what more harm can happen? He believes that me and Gugu have been through hell, this heaven may not last but at least I would have enjoyed it or we would have. So this is me enjoying the heaven of being woken up by morning texts, random calls even after he just saw me something Sabelo never did. Speaking of him, he just vanished unto the face of the earth last I heard from him it's that text he sent but nothing after that. I still wonder where he is but I'm not worried he could have been eaten by sharks for all I care. I told Bulo about me giving Gugulezwe another chance and you won't guess what happened, she blocked me literally on whatsapp and even blocked my calls dramatic I know, I tried talking to Sakhile to talk to her but she won't budge instead threatens Sakhile that she will dump him, it's a lot. I thought I should give her a chance to let everything sink in then we will talk. Today's Saturday and I'm thinking of us going out so we can proper talk, I call her using a private number it rings for a while before she answers.
"Hello"
Oh how great it is to hear her voice again
"Njabulo yami" (My happiness)
I say there's silence for a while
"What do you want?"
She says
"I want my best friend"
I say and she doesn't say anything
"I miss you my love so much, do you know how long and dreading this week has been without talking to you or even seeing your face?"
I say hoping it touches her
"Owww"
She says and I sigh
"Nonjabulo"
I utter in a soft voice then fake sniffles
"No need for such drama I miss you too"
I can't help but scream
"She was crying seconds ago"
She says sarcastically and I laugh
"What are you doing today? I was thinking we go for a movie or shopping or maybe ice-cream"
I say
"I'm busy now maybe later"
She's still angry
"Busy with?"
I ask
"None of your business"
I laugh my friend is back
"Fine, see you later?"
I ask
"Yah sure"
She says sounding bored
"I love you too"
I say before hanging up, I was still in bed so I get to shower. I bump into Khumo coming out the bathroom
"Morning love"
She says hugging me, one thing I know about her is that she's a hugger
"Hey"
I reply hugging her back
"I was about to go wake you up"
She says breaking the hug and I look at her to continue
"Ohh we going out for shopping today"
She says beaming
"I'm broke love you know"
She rolls her eyes
"It's my treat"
I shake my head
"I can't babe"
She holds me by my shoulders
"There's nothing you can say that'll make me change my mind"
I sigh, I'm still not used to being treated like this
"Fine"
She squels
"Go bath, be beautiful and let me spoil okay"
She kisses my cheek then catwalks to her room, I chuckle shaking my head. Take a shower, lotion then look for something to wear. Khumo busts in and I'm still in my underwear
"She's still not reading"
She says throwing her hands in the air
"I don't know what to wear"
I say sitting on the bed, she rushes to my closet and comes back with a red summer dress that the Radebe's bought for me when I came her
"Too short"
I'm looking at myself in the mirror and the dress is way above my knees
"Here"
She hands me sandals, she's not listening to me. I wear them
"Perfect"
She says, I keep pulling it down I don't know why cause it's loose
"Stop doing that, you look perfect"
She says hitting my hand and I huff
"Take your bag and let's go, we already an hour behind"
"We time shopping now?"
She laughs
"It's saturday"
She says rolling her eyes
"Those will fall off one day"
She cracks up. I take my phone and leave, I check it and there's no message from Gugu now that's odd
"What's wrong?"
Khumo asks seeing me frown
"Nothing"
I fake a smile and she nods. We Uber black today imagine, Marvin is boyfriending right I see. We've been to a thousand shops now and the bags we have yooh. I can't help but keep on checking my phone for a message or missed call or something.
"What's up with you? You've been looking at that phone since we came here"
Khumo says and I look at her
"It's Gugu, he hasn't called or texted the whole day"
I find a chair and sit down
"And?"
I huff
"It's unlike him, I mean he always sends a text every morning and calls after but today"
I feel like crying what if he doesn't want to do this anymore
"Stop stressing, he's probably busy"
I look at her
"Too busy for me?"
That hurts
"No, he'll call marn. Let's go get ready I'm taking you out"
She makes me stand up
"Out where? I can't I'm meeting up with Bulo"
I say and she stops on her tracks
"She can come with and.."
Her phone rings and she answers it
"Babe... Yes... Okay we coming"
She hangs up, Marvin is waiting for us
"Happy you some of us haven't been called ke"
She laughs at me
"Then they say I'm a drama queen"
She says and I pout. Marvin drives us to our flat and Khumo asks him to not leave, Bulo calls and Khumo answers her and says God knows what to her.
"You might want to refresh"
"I took a bath moc"
She rolls her eyes
"Stop being lazy and I have the perfect outfit for you, go"
She's always in a jolly mood this one and I'm not in one, I take my phone to call Gugu
"Don't even think about it"
She snatches my phone, when did she get here?
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GUGULEZWE
It's been a week now and we've been going to classes together, slowly getting to know her bit by bit. Today its Saturday and I've planned a nice picnic for us, I booked a room at this other bnb. I'm really not trying to get into her pants, I just want to take things nice and slow. Mbali and I are cool, we talk but its mostly about Bambino. I'm a decent cook. Not chef level but decent enough and prepared a couple of dishes I saw online. I've bought white Lillie's, I don't know her favorite flowers yet but I'm hoping she likes these. I know she loves ice-cream and sour worms so I have those for dessert and for starters I made lasagna cupcakes... Its lasagna shaped like a cupcake really. For main course its nothing fancy, it's grilled meat with veggies, I'm really aiming to impress. Also Mbali was the one to suggest the indoor picnic, says its a good way to know each other without any disturbances from waiter's. I've asked her friend Khumo to dress her up and have her delivered here. I bought her a bikini for later, I want is to go chill in the jacuzzi and have harmless fun. I'm prepared but I'm nervous AF! Khumo just texted me telling me that they are outside, I asked her to blindfold her. Khumo doesn't really like me but she's not as bad as Bulo and I had to bribe her for this whole thing to work out. I walk out to them and my GOD! She's beautiful! Her braids have been tied into a neat bun, she's wearing heels, a red dress that leaves no curve unhugged and is slightly above the knees. She's BEAUTIFUL! I mouth thank you to Khumo as I take her hand
"Khumo what's going on here?"
She asks so confused but Khumo giggles
"Bye friend"
She kisses her cheek and leave with Sebe trying to argue
"Hey cuddles"
I say kissing her cheek, her perfume smells amazing!
"Gugu"
My name rolls out of her tongue
"You trust me right?"
I ask leading her inside
"Of cause. What's going on?"
I chuckle, she's so impatient its adorable. Mbali was right, the more I've spent time with Sebe the more I realized that the love was just buried somewhere deep inside of me and I needed to search myself. We step inside and I take off her blind fold. I'm standing behind her, even in hills she's short.
"I.... Gugu... This is...."
She covers her face and turns to me
"This is too much"
She says with her face still covered and she sounds like she's crying. She's so emotional lately. I pull her to me
"You worth it"
I say and pull away from her
"Please don't cry"
I say pulling her hands from her face
"Its a lot"
I chuckle and kiss her
"Lets sit down and eat. You can tell me about your day"
I say pulling her to the pillows on the floor. She sits down and I sit opposite her, I take the flowers and hand them to her
"I didn't know which ones you'd like"
She giggles smelling them
"Gugu this is too much. Thank you"
She says unable to hide her excitement
"My cooking is decent so please don't be too harsh on me"
I say dishing up for us, she giggles
"Looks good, I'm sure I'm going to love it"
She says, she really does love me.
"Here we go"
I say handing her a plate and pouting us cranberry juice.
"How'd you know?"
I chuckle
"I make it my duty to know you. Khumo tells me you were mad at me"
She giggles hiding her face
"She told you that. Well you hadn't responded to any of my texts, what was I to think"
I chuckle
"And now? Are you still mad at me?"
She shakes her head no like a child
"Looking at all this, how could I be?"
I chuckle. We continue eating over light conversation. We change into swimming gear and head to the jacuzzi, it took a lot of convincing for her to wear a swimsuit and get into the jacuzzi with me. I've pulled her to sit on top of me.
"Thank you"
I say, her arms are wrapped around the back of my neck
"For?"
She asks looking confused and very much adorable
"This, giving us a chance a.."
She shuts me up with a kiss, I'm shocked but screw it I respond. She breaks it
"I'm happy. You doing great. Everyday when I wake up to your texts I have to remind myself that I'm not dreaming. Your efforts aren't going to waste, I appreciate them and you. Now stop thanking me, I'm not doing you a favor here"
She says biting my ear its so fxcking sexy and its a turn on. She looks into my eyes all cute and innocent. So precious and so delicate. Sebe's innocence is the kind that makes you want to kill everyone thats ever wronged her. The more time I spend with her the more I realize she's an amazing person, she's unique, her shyness makes her so cute. I'm happy with her, yes it's still early in our relationship but maybe the forces aren't so bad. We were brought together for a reason.
"What are you thinking about?"
She asks bringing me back
"That maybe whatever pulled us together had its reasons and its not bad at all"
She giggles, my hands are resting on her ass.
"You trust me right?"
She nods looking at me strangely. I flip us around so that she's on deck and I'm on the stairs
"What are you doing?"
She asks
"I want to see you properly"