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sitting up. Obviously, she was not
going to be sleeping now. At that very moment, her phone vibrated.
It was a text message from Akeem. She read it and smiled. He must
still be thinking she was bothered about the picture in the
magazine.
    "From
your smile, I can guess who that is from." Dotun looked at her
amusedly. "Whoa! I can't believe any guy can sweep you off your
feet like this!"
    Yemi
tossed her hair. "Deal with it."
    "We're
all trying to. Do we have a choice?" Dotun reached for her hand and
pulled her off the bed. "C'mon. Up you get. I came with Shez, and
he is downstairs.."
    "Oh,
really? Where did you guys meet up?"
    "At the
gym. He was planning to come here afterwards anyway."
    "I've
not seen Shez for a while. The guy has abandoned me."
    "Well,
his best friend has found a new best friend."
    Yemi
poked Dotun in the ribs with her elbow. "Who told you Akeem is my
best friend?"
    "Sorry,
my mistake. He's my new best friend." Yemi swatted at him, and he
ducked out of her reach.
    "Hey!
What's going on with you two?" Sesan said, standing up as they
entered the sitting room with Yemi still trying to smack
Dotun.
    "She's
assaulting me because of her Hausa guy!" Dotun laughed, quickly
moving out of her reach again.
    Dotun's
phone rang at that moment, and he signalled to Yemi and Sesan to
excuse him. From his face, Yemi knew it had to be Laide, his
girlfriend. She turned her attention to Sesan, and they began to
chat about school.
    Dotun
finished his call a few minutes later and turned towards Yemi.
"Laide's really tripping up. She says you're in some magazine or
something."
    "What
magazine?" Yemi asked coolly.
    Dotun
was not fooled. "You've always been a bad liar." A frown creased
his brow. "I don't know how you are going to cope with all the
attention this guy is bound to draw to you. I still wonder why Dad
did not make a fuss about you dating him."
    Yemi
glared at him. "Excuse me…have you forgotten the fact that I am an
adult?" She turned back to Sesan, who was watching their exchange.
"Shez, dear, would you like some cake?"
    "Yes,
please," Sesan replied.
    "Hey,
what about me?" Dotun protested, following them into the kitchen.
"I'm not even interested in cake anyway. I need some real food." He
opened the fridge and grinned like a Cheshire cat at the contents.
"Shez, I'm sure you must be hungry too after that workout. Not to
worry, I'll fix us up soon."
    "Funny
how some people who don't live here anymore keep coming back here
to eat," Yemi grumbled, as Dotun pulled out a bowl of jollof rice
from the fridge.
    Dotun
ignored her and whistled tunelessly as he served himself and Sesan
large portions of the rice. Yemi eyed the heaped plates and
wondered how they could eat so much and yet still have such
impressive washboard abs. Must be all the working out that they
did.
    "Exams
are gradually getting closer, aren't they?" Sesan said to Yemi as
he tucked into the food. "Everything just appears to be going so
fast."
    Yemi
made a face. "Yeah, it is. I hope I'll be able to go through
smoothly with the grades I need." She had tried to study as hard as
she could but still felt she hadn't been as serious as she should
be with her studies that semester, thanks to Akeem wanting her to
spend so much time with him.
    "You'll
be okay; you've been pretty steady all along."
    "I'm
sure you'll be fine, Yemi," Dotun chipped in. "Like Shez has said,
you've always been a hard worker."
    "First
positive thing I've heard from you today!" Yemi said, rolling her
eyes heavenward.
    Sesan
laughed and stood up to get some water from the fridge. Yemi looked
at his muscular frame in the tank top and knee-length cargo shorts
he had on. She could understand why Ada would have a crush on him.
She was occupied with Akeem now, so maybe it was time she helped
matchmake him with someone too.
    "Someone's got their eyes on you." She winked at him as he
sat back at the table with his glass of water. "Very nice girl,
too. Hot and all that!"
    Sesan
just looked at her