The time for me and Thebe to make our break up official had come. We never really got to that point because neither of us had the guts to say it was over, but we knew that it had to be done for the sake of sanity.
I woke up that morning at around 6am and prepared to leave for Cape Town. My flight that day was booked for 8am. It would have been more cost efficient if we did things over the phone but Thebe and I had been through a lot and it wouldn't be fair on any of us. I asked Sihle to drop me off at the airport that day because KG was somewhat angry at me.
As I went downstairs with everything I needed for my short trip to Cape Town, there he was standing right at the door. "Where are you going?" asked KG. I froze because I didn't know if he was being serious. "I've got private matters to attend to KG!" I said. He pulled me roughly and told me that I wasn't going anywhere. He had such a strong clench on my wrist that it started to bruise. I was freaking out because I had no idea what was happening to him, the way he went on, it felt like I was about to get the beating of my life. Lerato came downstairs because she heard noises. I thank God that she came down when she did. "Babe, what's going on?" she asked KG. KG let me go immediately. He was so irritated; I don't even think he gave his girlfriend a reply. Lerato was the female version of Gavin. She too was a bit of an airhead. Had I been her, I'd have picked up the signs a long time ago. I got into the car and told Sihle what delayed me.
We drove off and we bumped into Lincoln and Kelebogile making their way back home from their morning jog. It looked like they had found common ground because they looked happy again. Sihle wanted to stop and greet them but I told him to just hoot and keep going.
I got to Cape Town in time to meet Thebe for lunch that day. I could see how sad he was and he could also see that I felt the same. Thebe and I had been together since I moved to Cape Town. It started off as a fling and then we became friends. After a year we realized we were compatible and decided to give love a try. I know this sounds cliché but he was everything to me. We could talk about anything and anyone and it felt alright because it was with him. We were more friends than we were lovers and I believe that always works out better than the former. I told him the truth about my move back to Johannesburg. As much as he wanted to fight it, he couldn't because he knew what it would mean. It was hard to agree to letting each other go but eventually we did that. We took long walks and stopped at all the places we found memorable, just to feel the love one last time. Later on, he drove me to the airport and I flew back to Johannesburg. I didn't cry. I guess at that time, I felt like Thebe and I had done everything we wanted to do together and the only thing that was really left was for us to get married. Since that was not going to happen, we made peace with it and parted ways like two grown adults…
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