Fwd: Love, Lust and Money: My Friend, Her Boyfriend and I Part 1

 ‘Are you okay baby?’ Niyi asked me.

‘I’m fine,’ I said with a fake smile.

Oh sorry! You were probably wondering what I was talking about. Right? Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Joke, I’m twenty-five years old and my current boyfriend’s name is Niyi. We’ve been dating for roughly seven months and in all that time I’ve never climaxxed when we have sex, or let the truth be told, in my five years of having sexual intercourse; I’ve never climaxed! I used to think just being wet was orgas,m but I soon realized it was more than that.

Oh… oh, you were probably feeling sorry for me, I know; I feel sorry for myself everyday too, because of this ever present depriving experience. Sometimes, I feel like something was wrong with me but I knew nothing was wrong with me. There was this sensation deep down at the apex of my thighs…, that I knew was there, just that NO ONE had reached it yet!

I stood up and started putting myself together. I picked up the condom wrapper we had used, threw it in the bin and straightened up my bed. Niyi came out of the shower and held me from behind. I turned around in his arms, wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him gently on his lips before going full french on him. Kissing him was a pleasure. Unlike many guys who just open their mouth and try to swallow yours, he knew the kissing art. He broke the kiss after a while and said,

‘You just don’t like going anywhere with me, I want to show you the world baby, why are you hiding? Please let me,’ he sulked.

I thought in my heart, what was the point of going around the world with him when I couldn’t even feel like a woman? But I said,

‘That’s not it babe, it is work but come December I’ll take leave from work and we can go anywhere you want, ok boo?’ He drew me into his arms and kissed my forehead before saying,

He dropped his arms from around me and went for his briefcase, brought out two bundle of 500 naira notes and gave it to me,

‘Take this babe, I hope it will take you through two weeks?’ He asked.

‘You will spoil me rotten, of course it’s more than enough, thanks baby.’ I said with a genuine smile and hugged him even tighter.

How I wished he could make me this happy on bed too… Hmmm that would be really nice. I took his briefcase in my right hand and held his right hand in my left hand and led him out to his car. He opened the car door with the remote, I dropped the briefcase in the back seat and came to the driver’s side where he sat behind the wheel. I bent low and poked my face in the car through the window.

‘I will darling. What should I bring for you from Ghana?’ He asked.

‘Anything you think your baby deserves,’ I replied. We kissed. He started the engine and drove off waving and blowing me kisses, I reciprocated and waved till his car disappeared.

I went back into the house, straight to my bathroom to clean up then I  took the money from the bed and headed for the living room while counting  the money even though I knew how much was in it. I sat down and turned on the television. I tuned the remote on every channel, I couldn’t find any programme that caught my interest. I dropped the money on the stood beside me and I drifted into thoughts, I remember why I dated Niyi in the first place.

 I had just got out of a relationship. I broke up with Kayode myself because I wasn’t enjoying myself in the relationship. Apart from the fact that he couldn’t make me reach climax, he was too protective and possessive. He wouldn’t allow me have any fun or me-time or hang out with my friends. It was either I was with him or alone in my room or in class. I only wear dresses he approved of. If I made my hair and he does not like it, I would have to loose it regardless of the time and money spent on it. To make matters worst, he’s always broke. He couldn’t afford me and he couldn’t take me to the promised land on bed. So I broke up with him. I decided to indulge in everything Kayode denied me of. I went to club, I went to movies with my friends, I did lots of things but on this day which was a Thursday, I chose to go to the swimming pool with my friend Joke. We left for the pool around eleven in the morning and we got there around twelve o’clock. We changed into our swimsuits, we did little exercise and took our shower before heading for the pool. There were three men and a lady in the pool already.  I saw the lifeguard, Ben, sitting idle on a chair. Two guys sat by the pool drinking beer and discussing God knows what. All eyes turned to us as we approached the pool. I actually heard,

‘Wow, check that figure’. Someone somewhere said,

‘Eegbe’. My friend and I pretended not to hear them, we went into the pool.

We swam together for a while, then we competed with each other. We fooled around in the pool then we got tired. We watched other swimmers and made fun of the ones who couldn’t swim. Some other swimmers had joined us. I suggested we go out of the water and have a drink. We sat on the table next to the guys that were drinking when we arrived, they were still at their drink and talk, we could hear everything they were saying. We ordered our drinks and we launched into a discussion of our own.  I did not mean to listen into their conversation but I couldn’t help it. One was talking about the way he handled the last girl he had sex with. How the girl came every thirty minutes. The other guy was hailing his friend and singing his praises. Inwardly I wished to be that girl. So, could you imagine how lucky I felt when they both approached our table and the sex superhero turned his attention towards me? I learnt his name was Niyi and his friend’s name was Seun. We became friends and he asked me out one week after. I played hard to get for two weeks then said yes. Another week went by and we had sex. It was a great disappointment and it has been so so far. Sometimes I feel like that discussion was staged for me to hear and sometimes I feel there was something wrong with me. Maybe he could make girls come truly, I’m just the one that could never come.

I also remembered the time I tried to tell Niyi that I don’t come when we make love, oh boy! It was a bad day!

I cringed within as I lied to him and myself and also pity myself for the assault that would follow. He smiled and said,

‘Ok baby, you know I love your down below.’ He pushed me on the bed and I faked orgasm two minutes into the intercourse so he could leave me alone.

‘How far babes, sowapa?’ I asked her.

‘I’m fine, you are not looking good, kilode, what were you thinking about self?’ She asked me.

‘Niyi just left,’ I informed her.

‘I see, another come-less session abi? Pele ore mi,’ she said raising an eyebrow.

You see, I’ve kept no secret from my friend, she knew everything about me and my relationships. However, she never fails to point my mistake out anytime my boyfriend visited.

‘Since you no gree tell the guy say he no dey satify you, I don tell you taytay say make you leave this guy, there are plenty capable guys out there who can give it to you well, well and make you come pieces.’ She declared.

I eyed her from my seat.

‘Babe yi jara e jor!’ She poured out.

‘Tola, I really like Niyi, besides, he’s rich and he really cares for me and if you are counting, he’s my eighth boyfriend and none of them could make me come yet, its me not them jare.’ I declared.

I really didn’t know what she was talking about. How could she help me out of this situation. Then it hit me! What? Oh my God!! How could I not have noticed my best friend was bisexual all these years I’ve known her? I was sure she saw right through my mind because she burst into laughter, clapping her hands and wiping tears from her eyes.

‘Come on Joke, don’t tell me you are thinking I’m Bi? You are a clown, Olorun ngbo! Though it wont be a bad idea to have your big breast in my mouth but no, that’s not how I want to help you.’ I relaxed.

Thank GOD… I thought to myself and breathed a sign of relief physically.

‘So how can you help me?’ I asked. She looked at me in the eye for ten seconds, staring and not blinking, then said,

I asked confused. Kunle was Tola’s boyfriend, though she claimed not to love the guy but it still doesn’t excuse the fact that they were sex partners.

I actually couldn’t think of what she could say to convince me but I said, ‘Ok.’  

‘You see, I’ve not told you this before, but I had the same problem as yourself until I met kunle. Mhen that guy knows the anatomy of the woman body like the back of his hand! Please let him fuck you. If he sleeps with you and you still don’t climax, then we’ll know something is truly wrong with you and we can seek medical help,’ she pleaded.

‘Boyfriend my foot! I don’t love him, I’m just keeping him for the good love making. Besides the dude has two other girls I know of so what’s the big deal and you self know say I wan break up with am sef, but that’s not the reason I’m asking you to sleep with him. I am asking you this because he is a doctor and he was the one that solved my problem. So let him help my friend out before I dispose of him.’ She tried to convince me but she could see I was still unmoved.