My phone rang again and i wished it was tshepo once

My phone rang again and I wished it was Tshepo once again. I wished she was changing her mind
about not meeting me. I wished it was her telling me to meet her at a closest Mugg n Bean, her
favourite breakfast spot.
“Sure Oscar,” I said after swiping my screen to answer.
“Braai nyana at Centurion? I want to watch the match there,” he asked.
“No man…I am not up to it man. I have to prepare for the coming week.”
“Come on, we won’t stay long.” He said and I finally agreed. A soccer match won’t hurt and it was a
boring Saturday anyways.
He picked me up hours later and we drove to Centurion. We stocked alcohol at Forest Hill City and
he got food as well.
“Didn’t you say braai?” I asked when he was buying food at Barcelos.
“I lied…I have this girl I need to meet and I cannot meet her in public so we are going to meet at her
friend’s house.”
“Dude, are you crazy? And why are you tagging me into your mess?”
“No man…it has been three months without the deeds…I need some. Don’t act like you don’t,” He
said. I have been cold showering myself for far too long. “I will hook you up with her friend and you
guys can take it from there.”
I thought for a while. The thought of a woman’s touch did make me feel hard under my shorts. I
missed it. I needed it. It was not like I was dating anyone. So, hooking with another woman shouldn’t
be a problem to anyone.
“Lucy should never find out about this or else…we are both dead.” I finally said.
“It’s her fault but she will never find out.”
He drove us to some busy township. I had never been there. He drove into a yard and there were
two girls sitting outside. We walked up to them. They were drinking Savanna. Oscar hugged the girl
in a short dress and introduced me to her and the friend who was chewing a gum like it was the end
of the world.
They invited us in to watch the game. I sat on a one seater while Oscar was seated with his girl. It
bothered me to see him with her but who was I to judge? Maybe his marriage with Lucy was broken
enough for him to give up. It had been three months and Lucy was not ready to work it out. He told
me how frustrated he was and how he was slowly giving up. I was just glad that he was not talking
about Lufuno anymore. Maybe the shrink is helping him to forget about her. Maybe I need to see
the shrink too to help me suppress all my feelings for her.
“Do you mind chilling outside? Onica and Oscar annoy me,” the other girl said and I followed her
outside. It was better there than watching my friend flirting with a strange girl while still married.
“So, what do you do?” I asked.

“I am an accounting clerk for Public works," she said. No way were we going to cross paths after this.
I liked that. “So are you also married and bored in your marriage like Oscar?”
“No, I am very much single.” I said.
“Keep it that way. It seems this committed people have problems and they are the unhappiest.”
“So you are not committed?”
“No, I prefer friends with benefits.”
“How so?” I wanted her to break it down for me.