Caught!
She was finally coming around. Tunji felt his heart flutter, skip, jump and somersaulted - all at the same time. The call had come in an hour ago; "Tunji I'm coming over to see you. "Her voice had sounded like that of an angel just awake from slumber. He became a nervous wreck, trying to rearrange his room, searching for misplaced dirt, worrying. He had never had a girl come over before. Never! Not with having old soldier for a father. But with old soldier out of town and not expected back till the next month, this was a good time to have Kemi over. They had talked about it, playfully - shyly on his part. He had never expected the day to come, but here he was, in his room, trying to figure out what to do about that air conditioning that just wouldn't work right. He sighed and looked at his watch. She was due to arrive at a moment's notice. He was home alone. With old soldier out of town, his siblings did as they liked and his mother was out doing whatever it was...