I went to my friend’s home and found him with his granny. I greeted and we went to Phomolo’s room and left granny alone.

“Ekse boy, how’s is it today?”

“It’s good and you buddy?” my friend replied.

“I’m good, look boy, I just want us to take a walk to the other part of the village to meet one of my cousins,”

“Look Xolani, I’m not a fool, I know what you want to do, you just want me to pass by your girlfriend’s place, just to see her.”

“Yeah well, that’s true too but I really just want to see her. Even if it’s just in passing. She really stole my heart! I wish I could have time with her, I really want to talk to her… I feel nervous when I pass her.”

“Oh God! I’m tired of you Xolani. Let’s take a walk, in fact, let’s see that girl you love so much.”

My friend and I went out while we giggled about what he had said to me.

On the way, Lokisang, my uncle’s son, joined us.

“Hi guys, where are you going?” Lokisang asked.

“We’re just taking a walk, we’re bored, so we decided to visit your cousin.”

“We also want to pass the house of that girl. You still remember the girl that was greeting us the day we came back from initiation school?” I asked my brother.

“That girl you said you were about to throw yourself on? Oh yeah, I remember that girl,”

“Yeah, that one…”

“So did you know that the girl you want seems to be the friend of that girl Phomolo had an affair with?”

“Boy, actually I didn’t know that my friend wanted to be our brother in law,” I laughed.

“Anyway, its good; friends versus friends. I mean having relationship with girls that are friends while we are friends too.” Lokisang said and laughed.

“I don’t think it will work that way. The only thing that will happen is going to be the same as that relationship that you had last year with that friend you were dating. Re-member how you had issues with your love that ended that relationship? What I’m trying to say is that what happened that time is going to happen again,” said Loiksang.

“It seems to me like you and X are used to dating friends,” Phomolo replied and we laughed.

“Wait! There is that girl with a little sister outside and it looks like they are dishing up, oh God that girl,”

“We see her brother, we hope you’re satisfied that you saw her.”

“Maybe we can get rest from talking about that girl again until you go to her,” said Loiksang.

“I hope so man, anyway, let’s stop talking about her. On Monday school opens and I don’t have a picture of me repeating a class again.” I changed the subject.

“Well at least you’re going to repeat Grade 11, while we’ll behind you and we’re old-er than you,” said Phomolo.

Loiksang then spoke sadly. “Stop talking about school guys, it is boring because I have to leave and go to my home because it is where my school is. I really enjoy being here with you guys and my granny.”

W reached where we were heading and we knocked on the door.

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