Must Read: Glitches - Season 1 - Episode 5

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Must Read: Glitches - Season 1 - Episode 5

Many things in life bring sadness and pain but only a few things bring happiness. It is left for humans to create a balance between the two by assigning to the many sad events, just one good one that is capable of erasing every memory of the bad one.

Aaron has had cause to record one event in his book of ‘sads’ so the only logical thing for him was to find that which brought happiness to him and the only thing his brain could come up with was clubbing. With his friends, there was always no dull moments cause boredom always gets bored by their series of rib cracking jokes and jibes. Their caravan arrived at buzzers club at a few minutes past 10 and they all got out of their respective cars in high spirits.

‘’okay guys, anything you do, remember not to get into a fight with the bouncers’’ Kingsley warned.

It was an indirect jibe at Aaron who had once drank himself silly to the extent of wanting to fight one of the bouncers. A nicely thrown punch on his stomach was what fixed some senses into his brain.

‘’we can always fight the bouncers, as long as we have Segun by our side’’ Tobi said.

‘’Yes, I can always throw a handcuff on their hands and lead them to the station. Agbaya.’’

segun joked.

‘’I wonder why you guys are feeling safe behind segun, he was part of those policemen that ran from the station last month when armed robbers attacked union bank.’’ Kingsley reminded them.

‘’He who fights and run, lives to fight another day’’
‘’you ran without fighting bro.’’ Kingsley shouted from behind where he was struggling with the hook of his belt. ‘’poo, you could have at least put up a fight.’’

‘’Oh gosh, you guys are boring’’ Aaron said, even though he knew he was saying the opposite of reality. ‘’Who talks about police and thief in a club?’’
‘’well technically, we are not yet in the club, we are outside the club.’’ Kingsley reminded him.

‘’well then, what are we waiting for? Let’s go in and catch some fun’’
In a single file, the boys went into the club, individually tipping the bouncers. The club was fairly large with boys and girls of different S#xual orientations. In buzzers club, you could find homosexuals, bisexuals and hermaphrodites.

Whatever it is you are looking for, you could find in buzzers club. The disco bulbs were displaying red, the colour that welcomes you to clubs and puts you in the mood for some real fun.

The speakers were blaring on a very high decibel, forcing the clubbers to shout before passing a message across. ’Girlie o’ by patoranking was the song playing and the dancers were giving a good account of themselves. Aaron walked slowly to the bar but his other friends found the dance floor more inviting. Segun was the best dancer of them all, his slimy legs and his firmly fit body on the dance floor could give Michael Jackson a run for his money. Kingsley didn’t do much of dancing, he was rather jumping and hoping the beats fall in tune with his jumps.

Before long, segun’s good dance steps earned him a beautiful girl. If dancing was one thing segun learnt being a police man, then Kingsley wouldn’t mind applying for police academy.

30 minutes later, Aaron was on his fifth glass of vodka when a young tall and elegant girl walked towards him. He couldn’t see much of her features because of the poorly lit room but he had a firm belief that a lady as tall as that must be good looking.

‘’is there a drinking competition somewhere you are preparing for?’’ she asked as she sat next to him.

He eyed her, a little longer than necessary, as if expecting her to repeat herself.

‘’you work for CNN?’’
‘’Are you a prophet? How’d you know? ‘’ she asked, getting more interested in the gist.

She drew out a sit and sat. ‘’I actually work for CNN. Cuties Nigeria network. It’s a fashion network for young Nigerian ladies to learn the latest fashion trends.’’

‘’great! Perhaps you should broaden your knowledge to also learn when someone isn’t exactly in the mood for women talks.’’ He replied harshly and took another gulp from his cup.

‘’oh! Relationship issues, I get it.’’ She said like a psychologist. ‘’you probably shouldn’t be sulking yourself in drinks, just a good dance will drive all the memories away.’’

She pulled him up – although he was reluctant at first but later eased up, led him to the dance floor where she twisted her waist to the rhythm of the DJ’s beats. Aaron hadn’t seen a girl so complete in dancing like this stranger.

The way she wiggled like a worm and the way she went down low at calculated intervals sent him to high heavens. The effect of the drink was already kicking in and he was finding confidence in strange places. He began to do some raunchy things like grabbing her butt0ckz and occasionally nibbling her b0s0m. Before long, she whispered to him.

‘’it’s getting hot in here, would you like to chill outside?’’ she asked with a pleading tone. ‘’I have a car.’’

Aaron knew what she wanted but he wasn’t ready to give it to her. Even though he was a bit angry with Stella, he couldn’t bring himself to do anything that would hurt her. He was still insisting when the stranger brought her chest closer to his and whispered something into his ears. He wasn’t sure what she said but he knew it sounded seductive. Before long she was dragging him out of the club and he followed like a lamb that was been led to the slaughter.

Segun had already left the dance floor and was at one corner with his new catch whispering sweet nothings to her. He was sure she was going to follow him home if he played his cards right.

Kingsley was still jumping on the dance floor while Tobi took his chances at the bar. Who knows, he might just be as lucky as Aaron.

After sitting and sipping his drink for close to 30 minutes without any catch, he decided it wasn’t his day. He walked up to Kingsley who was also having the same thoughts.

‘’Oboy make we the go o, today no make sense at all.’’

‘’na so I see am o, where Segun and Aaron sef? He asked.

Tobi pointed at segun and told him Aaron was outside.

‘’Ah! Time to spoil some fun’’ he said and dragged Tobi with him.

They went and informed segun they were leaving and he grudgingly joined them after collecting the digits of the pretty damsel. They all went outside in search of Aaron and saw him coming out of the passenger seat of a car that definitely wasn’t his. He was adjusting his belt when another lady came out with scattered hair. The boys were shocked. Aaron could be any other thing in this world but not a womanizer.

‘’I’ve seen too much in one night to last me a lifetime’’ Tobi said, ‘’let’s go home please’’

The boys lived in the same estate so they all followed each other until they all branched into their respective houses. Aaron’s house was the farthest so he was the last to reach his home.

Adamu his gateman had gotten used to him so he was at hand to open the gate once he horned.

He got inside to meet Stella fully awake and was waiting for him. He remembered Stella had the keys to his house but couldn’t understand what she would be doing there at that time of the night.

‘’what are you doing here?’’ he asked in the politest way he could think of not to betray the fact that he was drunk.

‘’I’ve changed my mind, we are going forest camping together.”

She didn’t know what changed her mind but she knew she wasn’t letting her boyfriend out in the cold all alone. She had made a decision to journey, a journey that would change her life forever.

Aaron slumped on the couch and closed his eyes.

He knew the drink was playing a fast one on him but he’d be sure to ask Stella first thing in the morning. For now, his sleep was of utmost importance.

He drifted.