Dark Alley

chapter 6 (worst nightmare)

A week had gone by since the Nifemi overnight experience with Nifemi , we haven't talked, chatted or communicated in any form, at first it felt like she was avoiding me, for some reason which I did not understand, I tried calling, her phone was switched off, I sent her text messages, she didn't reply. And when I confronted her about it, she said she was busy, her network is bad and that she was out of airtime, everything felt really off, I couldn't understand why she's avoiding me, I tried thinking back to the last time we communicated, wondering what I did wrong, I couldn't come up with anything, the last time we saw, we were on good terms, holding hands, laughing, if an observer saw us he would have thought we were in love. Maybe that's the problem, the fact that we were getting too close, maybe she was starting to feel uncomfortable, or maybe she is actually in love with me and feels guilty, the thought of her being in love with me did make me smile, I was beginning to fall for her, but the fact that she had a boyfriend was a buzz kill and I am not ready to fight with anyone over a girl.

I'm in my room preparing the mix I was going to play at kelvin's guy's party. I'm really nervous about the party, this is going to be my first gig, as a DJ, this could either make or break my career, the idea of playing for and audience was both scary and exiciting, but first I have to get my mix ready.

Still lost In the mix I was making, the door of my room opened, it was the same girl that got naked with my sister in front of me

"Heyy you"

"What are you doing" she came close, so close she was breathing down my neck, I could feel her breast caressing my head

" I'm just working on a mix" I replied, refusing to looking at her

" So you're a DJ"

"That's cool"

"Wait do you even know my name" she pushed my head and gave me a judging smile

"No" I smiled now feeling embarrassed

"Can you imagine" she still gave me her judging smile

"I'm sorry"

"I'll make it up to you" then it hit me what the fuck was I saying, telling her I'll make it up to her, what the fuck do i know she was about to ask, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to have sex with her considering the tension between me and my sister, i didn't want to make matters worse

"Are you sure?" She gave me a devilish grin

" please don't make me regret this" I was already regretting my choice of words

"Okay lemme listen to your mix"

"What?" I was confused

" I said I want to listen to what you're working on"

" is that all?"

"Yea, you creative people are always protective of your works, never wanting others to see it"

This girl just surprised the hell out of me, I started to feel guilty about my negative perception of her, like they always say never judge a book by its cover

I played my mix for her, and payed close attention to her facial expressions, I was shocked to see that she was totally engrossed in it, she just didn't look like some enjoying the music, she looked more like she was analysing it, like she was some kind of critic.

"So what do you think of it?" I asked with anticipation, she's the first person that would ever give me a constructive criticism, from the look on her face she looked like she understood the craft

" you have soul, it's really good, but you have to put into consideration the kind of Crowd, you're going to be playing for, is it a crowd full of drunk people or a crowd of music lovers"

" I have no idea" that was a valid question which I did not have any answer to, I was beginning to enjoy her company, to see her in a new light and in the glimpse of the moment I could see a future with her

"When are you playing, or you just making the mix?"

" I'm playing tonight, at limelight hotel"

"What time?"

" by 10"

"Alright, I'll be there"

" Wait you still haven't told me your name" She smiled when she heard me

" my name is Yemisi"

" that reminds me, how you guys doing now that your parents aren't around?"
She gave me an evil grin, and I quickly understood what she meant, unfortunately for me my sister hasn't spoken to me for over a week

Well I have a party to prepare for, I packed up my gadgets, my laptop, speaker and also the deck

I got to the party early, set up my instruments, started playing a mild song with 90bpm, to get people in the mood to dance, I was a little nervous, but I was doing good. I changed increasing the tempo to a 100bpm, I tried looking for kelvin or his guy in the crowd but I couldn't find them, I was a little worried about the fact I couldn't see them, with this slightly intoxicated crowd it would be comforting to see a familiar face . As I was searching through the Crowd, there was Yemisi bumping her head to the beat, we smiled at each other, for a minute I was lost in our weird connection till I felt a tap on my shoulder

"Guy play something from olamide" at first I was scared, more so that I wasn't an olamide fan I don't have a lot of his songs, now the problem is currently I am on a 100bpm and the olamide song i have is on a 150bpm
But the guy is staring at me to make sure I played the song, after a little bit into the song I felt another on my shoulder

"Bro, play something from waje" and to me I was like come on!, won't this people just let me play my mix?, as usual I put the song with was a 90bpm song, and just distorted the whole mix, by this period the crowd erupted in displeasure, lost in this chaos, a plastic bottle hit me jilting me back into consciousness,

"What kind of DJ is this!!!"

"Get out of there!!!!"

" you know nothing, go back and learn!!!!"

They all screamed at me, this was becoming my worst nightmare, before tears thought about rushing through my eyes, and voice came from the back

" Hey bro, just chill let me take it from here"

I took my laptop and equipments and left as quick as possible, while the crowd booed me down.

"Hey don't let them get to you" Yemisi tried to put her hands around me, but I dodged her advances, I didn't want to look weak in front of her

" No problem, I'll be fine, I'm sorry just need to get some fresh air"

I got home picked up my phone and dialed Nifemi's number

"Hello" the voice from the other end sounded sleepy

" Hey how are you doing" I tried to keep it civil

" I fine" she sounded uninterested

" I need you, I need someone to talk to" my voice began to break

" Hey just leave me alone please, I have a boyfriend!!!" She hung up immediately.
I did not understand what just happened, why is she acting like this?? today is not just my fucking day