Just for Fun

So, I walked into a restaurant where my friends and I could eat a decent meal without what we always referred to as “the disturbance” which was our own invention for the male folk as we concluded that they were just a bunch of disturbing people who didn’t know when their presence was needed. The ones we considered to fit into this name are those ones who wanted to flirt with basically all the ladies. “As if it adds any naira to their net worth” my girlfriend, Kourtney always said.

Once inside the restaurant, our fast eyes scanned the entire area for a perfect seating position away from prying eyes. Oly soon found a spot close to the window directly opposite the entrance and gingerly, the three of us walked to our seat. “Who is doing the waiter thingy today?” I asked and Kourtney who totally loved to e the centre of attraction everywhere she found herself, volunteered without a second thought. Most times, Oly and I couldn’t help blame her. After all, she didn’t endow herself with the manner of beauty she possessed and for someone who was as beautiful as she was, it was really difficult not to show off.

“We are having the usual right?” she asked grinning from ear to ear as we nodded in affirmation. Immediately, Kourtney bounced off her seat to relay our orders to the waiter as was our habit. “Kourtney is really beautiful.” I said as I watched her walk down to the counter and Oly agreed with me just as we changed the topic to something else as we didn’t have the time for gossiping. Just as Oly said something which caused me to laugh, a young, handsome man came our way.

“Hey ladies.” He said. “Mind if I joined you?” he asked, throwing us a smile which I believed he thought was amazing. Oly took her time to practically weigh him. Now, weighing was one term we used to refer to the kind of stare when you are looked at or should I say, scrutinized from head to toe in the most derogatory way in the world and, for the records, this was something Oly had a natural PhD in. After weighing him and making him feel very stupid indeed, Oly gave him the answer to his question. “No”.

Cutie pie didn’t seem to e able to move from the spot. He stood transfixed and at that moment, bad mouth Kourtney chose to return with our food. On seeing the young man, Kourtney dropped the food quite dramatically on the table, pulled back her chair and began to stare at him with the most devilish of all her smiles. Soon enough, cutie couldn’t take it any longer and he fled from our presence.

At that moment, we all burst out in laughter.