My year started at it's lowest but it's slowly taking form, I know the last time i was here was a decade ago, my apologies.Too much has been going on but that's a story for another day! I woke up today and when i opened my eyes i felt a flush of excitement and smiled sheepishly to myself. I am not usually a morning person but i took a notepad and pen and wrote down what i felt and why i felt it. Well, i know I've probably given a version of this story again but this is yet another one...
The year was 2002, I was a young bursting 14 year old who had just got her period, and had just sat her KCPE, the month was December and all scouts from all around were going on a trip to various places, I chose the one to Tanzania and Zanzibar, only because it was the cheapest...well, there were trips to far and beyond and sadly i really don't remember where. I packed my bags the night before and woke up early to make it to the meeting place that was Kahawa barracks.
I was the first one there, one of my teachers and a few other scouts joined me and we sat at a cafe for breakfast. We sat there for a while waiting for everyone to arrive, the last group was a bunch of really rowdy, loud group of boys, they looked older and were clad in full scout attire. I was to learn later that they were indeed older, we were all a mix of primary and secondary school scouts. One of them really stood out, I don't know why but i stared, maybe he was cute, or was the loudest, i don't know....Ha! I was to learn later that it was love at first sight, and who said it didn't exist?!
The bus picked us up and the safari to Namanga border officially began. I sat next to my bestie Chris, It was a noisy ride filled with excitement. Fast forward to when it was dark outside and my seatmate left to sit with his pals for a while and the guy i was staring at came and sat next to me. He introduced himself as Randy(no pun intended) that was his name...lol. He had just sat his KCSE, and was going on this trip with his boys to celebrate the end of secondary school. We sat together all the way, i think my bestie noticed and kept off. By the time we were getting to Tanzania, past the border and all, I felt like i had known Randy all my life.
And the next couple of days were spent with him everywhere, we talked, laughed, shared jokes and our love for music...I was in heaven, no inhibitions, no walls around my heart, i just let loose and fell puppy love style. We held hands everywhere, to the beach, shopping, we took random walks and just enjoyed each other's company. He bought me a necklace i still keep to this day with a love heart shaped pendant, we wrote each other poems, lyrics from love songs(LMAO)
He was interested in the arts and loved to perform, acting and stuff. On the last day of our trip, he organized a skit which we all enjoyed. The ride back was bitter sweet, we sat together all the way again, talked and talked and talked endlessly, sang, laughed...we hugged goodbye, exchanged numbers and parted ways at my stop.
Well the gist of this story is that i have never had that feeling ever again, maybe it's by choice, or circumstance or whatever....but my point here is that it is so hard to fall in love in this day and age without inhibition, or walls. I would love to let go again because that is a feeling i cannot forget, it's like you're just the two of you against the world *sigh* Enough with the mushiness!
Not to leave you in suspense, Randy and i saw each other the next two or four or whatever years...never mind, it was good while it lasted!
