Yoza however did not comment anymore. She was shy and afraid at the same time. The whole afternoon she had been wondering if the Mpho guy would call her. While the girls were still arguing about skinny and fit guys Yoza’s phone rang. “It’s him” she shouted. They all looked excited as if Mpho was calling all of them. “Answer it, say ‘baby. I want to get dirty with you’” Amish said. “No no, answer it and say ‘so glad you called. I have undying love for you’”. “She does not love him. She is just lusting over his skinny ass.” Cindy said in a ‘whatever’ tone. While they were doing that Yoza answered the phone and stood on her feet. They all started shouting “Hello sbari” Yoza quickly went into the bathroom and locked the door. She knew that they probably followed her and were standing on the door.
“Sorry about that. I had to get away from my crazy friends. How are you?” she said apologetically to the caller. “Hahahaha, yeer, ama friends wakho ayaphapha yong (your friends are forward)” he said jokingly. He was calling about the upcoming weekend, telling her that he had been serious about the stadium thing. Yoza said she was totally okay with that as she had nothing planned. Then the call ended. She went out of the bathroom and to her surprise the girls were sitting in front of the tv. So they did not eaves drop after all.
“So? What was he saying? When is he going to drop them pants?” Amish asked. “hahahaha Amish, stop being silly. So girl you are going to the stadium neh?” Cindy said. Yoza cursed under her breath. Damn it. They did listen to her. “Sies man nina. Why listen to private conversations?” she asked them. “As if you do not do it” Cindy said. Then they all started talking at once… Eventually that day was over too.
Over the week Mpho called once on Thursday, confirming if they were still on for the weekend, also reminding her that she should wear jeans or track pants and some tekkies. Yoza got that and understood. The girls n the other hand did not stop about her “date” and telling her about the do’s and don’ts. “If you want him on that Saturday then let nothing stop you” that was one of the tips she was getting.
She was considering all oft hem. She did not know what was going to happen between her and Mpho but what she was sure of was that Mpho looked tasty. If he moved the way she saw her moving, while on top of her, she sure would be the happiest girl alive. “yes I am lusting over him, so what” she heard herself thinking out loud as her conscience started reminding her that there was something called lust and there was love, where was she. “I definitely can not say I love the guy. I hardly know him. Uyandichaza nje qha (he is just charming)” those were her thoughts.
Eventually Saturday came and Mpho called her in the morning that she should be ready by 11 o’clock so they could beat the que to get in Loftus stadium. At 11 he said he was downstairs. She went there, wearing a pair of jeans, a Buccaneer t-shirt and an Allstar. He smiled and made a joke about her Pirates t-shirt. “But today kudlala I Sundowns ne Celtic” he said. Yoza was embarrassed a bit, she thought quickly and said, “yeah I knew that. But I am a Bucks fan”. They were going to take a taxi to Loftus as Mpho did not own a car. So along the way he was going on about how on that day she should be supporting Sundowns along with him. She agreed, but did not take off her shirt.
The game went well and Sundowns won. Mpho said that called for a celebration. He proposed that they bought some alcohol and go back to his place. Yoza had never been to his place and she asked if she could call her friends so she could be with them. Mpho was okay with that and he called his own friends as well. Cindy and others were given the address as Mpho’s flat was also in the CBD and they walked there. They all got there at the same time. It was around 7 in the afternoon when they finally settled down in Mpho’s flat.
Mpho’s friends came with more alcohol and it was a jolly good evening. Yoza and Mpho had been giving each other a dirty eye the whole time and Yoza admitted within herself that the chemistry was fantastic. Things she could do to him could only happen in her deepest fantasies. These thought always got her to a dead end when she would think about the little experience she had with sex. But that never stopped her from longing for this guy. She did not consume much alcohol and noticed that Mpho was not drinking too much either.
Through out the evening she also learned that Mpho was a great dancer and he had been showing off his moves and that made Yoza to lust for him even more. At around 10/11, Yoza’s friends wanted to leave and they told her. Mpho was sitting down on the couch at that time and Yoza went and sat next to him. He held her by the waist and pulled her towards him. “What’s up?” he asked, “My friends want t leave” she said. “My guys can accompany them then.” He said and he called one of his friends and told him what was up and the guy called the girls and the rest of the other guys “let us go”
The girls gave Yoza “a look” but she did not move. She just looked them back an made a sign with her hand saying “just go”. She had made up her mind; she was spending the night there. She was not drunk, she was not even tipsy. Mpho as well did not appear to be drunk at all. She did not care that Mpho did not say out loud that he wanted her to stay over, he only suggested it by excluding her when he was talking about “accompanying”. She was 90% sure that he wanted her as much as she did. If he did not want her then too bad; she was not leaving that flat until she tasted a bit of him.
A little voice in her head would be there saying “what has got into you?” and she would just ignore that voice.
Meet the characters
Yongama (Yoza): The main character. She is fly but does not talk too much. Can be shy in awkward situations but generally she is not shy. Very open minded and likes to experience new things. She is the youngest in her group of friends; she is 19 while the others are 20 and 21. She parties when there is an invitation. She takes alcohol occasionally. She is a non smoker and she is currently doing her first year in TUT and lives alone in a bachelor flat.
Amanda (Amish): She is 20 years. She is friends with Yoza. She talks too much and has a protective personality over her friends. She also drinks occasionally, parties when invited and she does not smoke. She is also doing her first year. She is also from EC but she only met Yoza in PTA because they all lived in the same floor.
Sindiswa (Cindy): She is 21 and doing first year in a different course from the one she had been doing the previous year. She also, like the others, drinks and parties occasionally. She smokes sometimes when she is drunk. She is not quite but also does not talk too much like Amanda. She is a straight talker kind of a person and rarely sugar coat. She comes from the same town as Amanda but they only got closer in Pretoria. She is the one who had a tv since she had been there longer and so naturally her friends watched tv in her flat. She did not mind, her flat mate never complained either.
Cindy’s flat mate: She does not have a name yet. She is not a friend in this group. She is just Cindy’s flat mate and the girls can talk openly in front of her. She has her own circle of friends. She is about the same age as Cindy. She is also Xhosa (not clear where she comes from).
Mpho: Ahh Mpho is Mpho, about 23/24 years of age and he works as a sales man. I also don’t know much about him…