Greetings!
It all began after her last final year paper. On this particular day, finalist were rejoicing and dancing round the campus, with the sound of trumpets and drums echoing the entire environment. Well, this is the normal custom for the final students in my school after their final. This is only meant to appreciate God for seeing them through their academic journey on campus.
Amongst those dancing and rejoicing was a young lady, Mercy by name. Mercy was a close friend of mine, though a year senior at the university as at that time. But a very close friend from home. So, after the dust from the celebration has got settled, all the FYB as we normally regard them which means final year brethren, went there separate ways, most especially to their different homes.
But, few weeks after the the whole joyful celebration, I got a call from an unknown number and something about me back then was that I didn't like answering calls unknown number, but on this particular day, I didn't really know what came over me, as my phone rang even not twice, I answered the call and behold, guess who was talking and sobbing on the other side of the call, it's Mercy, so, when I heard her voice and her sobbing, I was confused and afraid of what might have happened to a very good friend who just signed out in a joyous mood from the university.
So, when I realized she couldn't control her emotion, I asked her where she was so as to meet her one on one and get to know what was wrong with her. When I asked her where she was, she replied by saying, I'm at home, and I told her to calm down as I was on my way, immediately I hung the call, I couldn't do anything as I was perplexed, so, I went out of my hostel room and took a bike to her home. When I got there, I met her and her sibling. I met her down with tears rolling down her cheek. So, immediately I alighted from the bike, I went straight to her and call her to a corner for discussion.
Hmmm, it's in the course of our discussion that I asked her, Mercy, what happened? She replied by saying, Sam, I'm in trouble, I replied and said, you will not know trouble in Jesus name, but she said, this is not a matter of prayer again, it's then I asked her to open up to me and as she was about to talk again, she bursted into another round of crying, but thank God I was able to calm her down. It's after calming her down that she told me what happened, she said, Sam, I carried EGL402, when I heard this, I was shocked, and this was because, judging from her brilliancy and smartness, nobody would believe Mercy would ever had a carry over. But, instead of telling her this, I was on soliloquizing and asking myself as to what might be wrong.
So, when she has told me all what she has happened, I asked her as to what step she has taken and she replied me by saying she has called and met with the HOD and that the HOD said there's nothing he could do as to her failing the course, he said had it been the result has not been presented to the senate for ratification, he would have helped, but that since the result have been presented, there's nothing he can do, but that, he would only advice her to take it as a challenge and register for the course, come the harmattan semester.
When I have listened to her with rapt attention, I told her to stop crying. After this, I encouraged her to take it as a challenge and even work harder to accomplish his goal in life. When she had listened to me paying rapt attention to every single words of mine, she cleared her tears and thank me for the word of encouragement and advice. But after that, she asked me as to how she would be attending the class, knowing fully well to all that, most of the lecturer out of their willingness not wickedness this time around can conduct an impromptu test. When she asked me this particular question, ,I told her to put her mind at rest that I would be responsible for the reeling out of information about the class to her. So, thank God she hearken to my advice and I too did all my possible best to making sure no stone was left unturned.
So, when the session started proper, I was always in class as a finalist this time around. So, since I was aware of Mercy's predicament, I was always there and available to assist my friend and this assistance really brought us closer to each other more than ever. On a particular day, there's an impromptu test and I tried to contact Mercy, but her number was switched off, I was not myself when I couldn't reach her, I was looking at every direction searching her if he had been contacted by others, but unfortunately, I could not see her, maybe because of the population of the students, I couldn't know. But after we were done with the test and when I was trying to leave the test hall that I heard someone called my name right from the crowd. When I heard the voice, I looked back and behold it's Mercy.Well I wouldn't have been grieved within myself for her not coming for the impromptu test, but for the lecturer who was best known for his strictness. So, when I heard the voice, I lept for joy and right there in the crowd, we ran towards each other and embraced each other with a warm hug.
Lo and behold, this is where the love chemistry between Mercy and I started, by the time all of these were happening, we were already moving closer to the examination period, so when the examination came, we sat for the exam together, but not copying ourselves ooo, but less I forget, when we met after the test and even after the warm hug, I asked her how she got to know about the impromptu test, when I asked her that, Mercy, who informed you about the test? She said, no one informed me, but that her spirit was not at rest where she was and with that, she had to come straight to the campus to see to what was happening, she said, on her getting to the campus, she met people gathered at the entrance of the class and she asked them what was going on and it's then they replied her, it's was an impromptu test. She said it's when she heard this that she knew why her mind was not at rest where she was.
So, like I was saying, after the exam, the results came out and thank God she passed the with an A , i was so happy for her when she called to inform me about her getting an A in the course at the end of the day. Though, it came with alot of stress but it's victory at last. And thank God when I also checked my own results, I cleared everything but not with "As" but I also did excellently well by graduating well. It's after all these events that I got to know Mercy very well and at the end, we later got married and living peacefully with each other.
It's in one of our discussion after our wedding that Mercy told me that if not for her having extra year, nothing would have brought us together talkless of getting married together, she said though, we were best of friend back then, but that she never saw us beyond being friends. Though, we both laughed it off, but to me and deep inside me, it's wasn't just a meeting but something intentionally orchestrated by God. Though, she had a year extra, but not a wasted year.
Thanks for reading.
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