A Ride To Remember

I boarded a bus early in the morning, and took a seat at the back of the bus.

I was gunning for the window seat but a smart looking beautiful young lady beat me to it.

In no time the bus was filled up and the driver started the bus while the conductor immediately started collecting the bus fare.

"Hi, I said with a smile to the girl sitting by the window seat, please you are stepping on me could you adjust your feet just a little bit?'' I asked politely and with a smile.

"To where?" She asked rather rudely

Her question shocked me. Seconds passed before I regained myself.

"Any where other than my feet, madam." I responded with a tinge of sarcasm.

She gave the loudest and longest sigh as she shifted her feet, even a python would have been impressed.

"Was that really necessary, it's too early in the morning to be this toxic, I'm not even asking you to move your whole body, I'm simply saying move your foot away from my feet and you are being this way." I replied.

She screamed at me. "I am not in the mood to talk to strangers this morning, can't you leave me in peace, sebi I have shifted my legs what else do you want me to shift, my pant? Please if you want someone to toast this morning, you miss road because your strategy won't work!"

I was stupefied.

The lady sitting to my right tapped my legs and told me quietly, "Not everyone comes out human in the morning, it's up to us whose humanity is never switched off to stay human."

I smiled then she did something unorthodox...she leaned closer and whispered in my ears.

If she wasn't much older, I might have perceived the gesture as flirtatious, and to the outside eye it might seem that way, but I giggled and chuckled loudly the toxic lady turned and regarded us with curious interest, then faced outside again and resumed her frown.

"Thank you so much once again." I replied.

I alighted soon and I noticed the presumptuous lady alighted too and boarded a napep, and in no time she was out of my sight.

It was my morning ritual to walk the short distance from the busstop to my office, just to keep fit, and minutes later after I got to my office, I found the same lady right outside the door to my office.

We usually clock in to gain entrance, as the office is built in such a way that if you aren't registered, you can't access the door, you need to knock as loud as possible to be heard and the door is very hard.

I had a hard time entering the office when I was newly employed, I had to follow the HR up aggressively after picking up stones and hard objects to knock on the hard surface door and suffered bruises to my knuckles countless times, until she registered me.

If the office assistant is not in his usual post close to the door, which is often the case, then it will be a very loud knock and a much longer wait.

I got there and viola...aunty toxic was standing right outside the door to my office, looking frustrated.

She almost fainted when she saw me.

"Excuse me please..." I said with my signature smile, she moved aside watching me closely with her mouth open as I raised my shoulders up, stretched my arms out and placed my finger on the clocking device by the door frame majestically...it made a beeping sound, then the AI spoke, "Welcome Kingdavid" and the door clicked open.

I opened the door wider, turned to her in slow motion and said, "Are you coming in?"

"Thank you sir, yes sir I am. Thank you."

Then I Screamed!!!

"I wasnt talking to you, I am not in the mood to talk to strangers today, if this is your strategy to go in, you miss road...you have failed!!!!"

Just kidding!!!

I didn't say that but I imagined saying it anyway.

Instead, being a gentleman I am, I replied.

"It's fine, miss.
You have an appointment, right?"

She nodded looking at the ground as she couldn't look me in the eyes.

"Ok just sit here, I'll get someone to attend to you."

"God bless you Sir, thank you very much sir, forgive me for earlier and thank you again sir."

I almost ran away before the gratitude killed me.

Few hours later, I was surprised when the office assistant came to call me that I had a visitor.

She was so remorseful and apologized so much again I was embarrassed, she claimed she was tensed because of the interview and didn't get enough sleep from so much thinking and fear as she was at a point where if she didn't get a job then suicide wasn't far off.

Well, she didn't get the job but she got my forgiveness and friendship.

Days later with several calls and SMS, I referred her to another Company whose HR was a close friend, she got the job there and today we are close friends.

Very close friends.

It took three months for her to ask me what the elderly lady whispered in my ears that made me giggle like a teenager girl, so I leaned in closer to her as the bed croaked under our weight, put my mouth in her ears and whispered...

"She said...The lamb doesn't become a pig because it finds itself in the midst of pigs, it remains a lamb to the end but I know you aren't a lamb, you look more like a Lion person."

Then I rested my head back on the bed and covered her hands which was placed firmly on my crotch and which she had been stroking carefully and gently, then she smiled and climbed ontop of me for round two.


Be polite at all times, it's a badge of your humanity which people can easily identity you with.

Some parts are true while some are fiction.

Figure out the fiction yourself, I can't do everything for you all.



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