Obsession.

1! 2!3 and go!Mara accelerated the racing car to its limits, she has been playing video games since dawn, and she has been so violent with the game pad, smashing the buttons so hard as if her survival depended on it. Maybe it really depended on it. Recently, she had been overly obsessed with her best friend. She thought she had him all to herself, that she belonged to him, in her dreams, her wishes, her imaginations, she was going crazy, but in reality, he belonged to another. They were best friends, he was so close to her, yet so far away from her
His name was Jason, they were literally made for each other, shared the same birth month, went to the same school from kindergarten to high school, even college. small and tender as they were, they knew nothing apart from the friendship they shared, well that was then, their innocent minds had been completely shed off and now their minds were conditioned to the world they lived in.
Jason went into college ahead of her, that not withstanding, they had promised each other that they were going to remain loyal to one another. initially, they kept to their promises but as time went on ,things changed. Mara began to Make new friends, they saw each other sparsely, soon Jason was long forgotten. she thought she needed a change, perhaps a break from Jason.
Years later, she realized Jason was better off, she could not keep up with the lifestyle of her newfound friends, she compromised her values and principles just to please them. she went shopping every weekend in order to fit in. she was tired of the situation she found herself, however, she had no choice but to Manage. Jason was done with college and he was now working but She missed him terribly. she was afraid to call him being that she left him in the first place. It didn't take long before she summed up courage to dial his number, the call went into voicemail, its Jason parker please leave a message. She resolved not to call him anymore. she was cursing under her breathe when her phone rang, and alas! It was Jason.
Her heart skipped. "hello" she said as her lips trembled, "hello Mara", he sounded so calm and collected. "how have you been doing, am sorry i have been very busy recently,but we could share a cup of coffee together down at the mcdowy at 5pm,will that be okay by you?". "alright Jay, see you there" was all she said with a feeling of excitement.
After the call, she went on thinking, "Damn, he didn’t even miss me at all, he did not even notice the void, until the moment I called, but wait! Why am I so bothered? Why do I miss him this much? it cant be, I cannot fall in love with him,this can't be happening". But it was already too late, she had fallen deep in love with him, the distance had made her realize that", but was it just me, could jay be feeling same".
She starting dressing up by 3:30pm, she carefully went through her selection of clothes and picked a polka black dotted gown with a pink background she bought recently at the mall. She had never been particular about the clothe she wore to see Jason, but this time was different. she spurned round and round at the dressing mirror severally to make sure nothing good was missing. she let her hair down in all it's 3 inch glory, she felt like a woman on a mission. Not long after that, she was on her way. she arrived by 5:10pm but Jason wasn't there. He arrived about fifteen minutes later but he was not alone, he was with somegirl, "who was she?the nerves started coiling uplow in her stomach.
" Hi Mara, meet Regina, Reggie for short. Hi Reggie, nice to meet to you", but In her mind, she was like, ”hi Reggie am not so pleased to meet you”. He pulled the chair out, "sit down babe" . What!, Jason would never do that to me but he was doing it for her. Soon Jason began to relate how they met and the girl was just blushing. Mara could see the excitement written all over her face. She was in love with jay too.

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She plastered a fake smile on her face and tried hard as possible not to let her displeasure show . She quickly planned her escape. She texted one of her friends to call her immediately. The call came through and she picked up the phone, stood up and answered the call, when she came back, she picked up her purse, told Jason she had an emergency and left.

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she waved off a few greetings, before she reached the car tears had already welled up her eyes. She managed to start the car and drive home. She cried as much as she could at home, the moment she had feared had come. "Why was he so caught up with her, why was he so happy, why? why?" She arranged a meeting with Jason at another location the following day. The small garden where they used to go as kids.
Jay came. He looked more handsome than before, in his pale blue shirt and scratched denim."Jay, I'm glad that you are here", ok, am here now, what do you want to tell me. She opened her mouth to speak, but no sound was heard "Mara, I'm listening" said Jay in a masculine tone. Finally the words came out like a soft gentle wind passing by. "you what!!, he pretended not to hear, "sorry I did not hear you, come again please". "I love you Jason parker"Jay was stunned by the revelation. "How, why, when, shit. Well I really appreciate the fact that you decided to tell me. I'm in love with someone already besides, we both know that the best we could ever be is friends. We are not just compatible for the next level. Please, you need to get off this pedestal of insanity, I really value our friendship more than anything, and you know it. Please do not destroy it. She turned and walked away as fast as her rather short legs could carry with his words ringing in her ears. On getting home, she related the issue to her older cousin. Thereafter, she tried to forget him, she tried to pretend it never happened but she couldn’t. She finally settled for the video game, it had a calming effect on her. Her cousin shouted, "you are going to spoil that game pad, it did not hurt you, Jason did". She did not call jay for a week, but jay called to apologise for being rude. He tried to explain things to her, and the issue was settled. Her heart was not settled she was still heavily obsessed with him. She saw Reggie often at the bookshop when she went to get some books for her summer poetry classes. She studied her closely and there was nothing so spectacular about her. But jay was in love with her.
Weeks passed and it was finally time for graduation. Jason didn't show up as feared and he didn't call to celebrate with her either. He later called to congratulate her after the graduation passed. Weeks later, she went to the laundryman down her street to clean her clothes, on getting there, she met a tall guy standing at the reception.

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She admired what she saw at his rare , when he turned, he wasn't as good looking as she had expected, but he was still cute altogether. He had suckered red lips to counter his sunken eyes, hollow cheeks to compliment his face and a well sculptured pointed nose. She let it slide and went ahead with her business. Short as she was, she was struggling to reach the counter to register her clothes. In the midst of her struggle, the tall stranger immediately helped out by bringing the book down, she said thanks and supported it with a smile. How do I repay, she said," you can only repay me with the digits I can reach you anytime. she laughed, for the first time in months she laughed out heartily. She gave the digits ,exchanged pleasantries and left. That night the stranger called, he said he was Patrick, they talked late through the night, things moved smoothly They saw each other often and soon, they began to date. Six months later, Mara got married to Patrick she later attended Jason’s wedding together with her husband. He did not marry the Reggie girl, but some other girl who was a lot better than Reggie by her assessment. Many questions raced through her mind on that day, would they have worked if they got into a relationship? was he not good for her? did she really love him then? but she needed no answers to the question, she was happy, she was in love with someone who loved her right back. They were both in love, and that it what mattered the most to Mara