Part 2

To be honest with you, despite the sense of accomplishment I had over Tashy, I was too sprung over her to think straight. My ego and I decided to tell Tashy what I felt towards her,

“Tashy, u have made my day. I am hooked over u and l have been waiting for u to say that for a while now. I am willing to make it work with u despite the distance. :) <3. ”

To my surprise, Tashy never replied to that message. I assumed that maybe she got busy or got distracted by something or someone.

I was so excited. In my mind, l thought that Tashy and l had moved our relationship to the next level, which is somewhere in between “the friend zone” and “being in a relationship”.  During my flight from Zimbabwe to Switzerland, l could only think how Tashy and l was going to make the long distance relationship work.

When l got to my new home in Switzerland, l contacted my friends and family back home including Tashy. Almost a week had passed and Tashy hadn’t replied my first message. I sent her a couple more messages assuming that she hadn’t seen my first message for some unexplainable reason. She finally replied after a few days with a simple,

“Hie!”

I was so happy that l was finally talking to Tashy after a while. I even forgot to ask why she was ignoring my previous messages but I just concentrated on talking to her at that moment. In my excitement, l replied,

“I am great. Just been thinking about you and doing a lot of thinking on our last conversation”

“What conversation Nash?” she replied

“The one you told me you regretted choosing me over your ex!”

“What are you talking about?”

I delayed replying her for a moment trying to figure out whether Tashy was joking. Tashy was not joking. I could sense the cold and seriousness intensity in that last reply. I instantly knew that Tashy had planned to pretend as if we didn’t have our heart to heart conversation that we had a few weeks ago.

“You know what, never mind ok?!” l replied.

She replied with a simple, “Ok!”

I remember feeling like a jackass that day. My ego and my “swag” were reduced to the lowest ranking ever. I had to think of a way for Tashy to open up to me.

I then contacted Adriana for advice. Adriana was a close friend of mine. She gave me advice on my problems and gave me hints and tips on relationships. Since she is a girl, her advice really worked and was very helpful. The only problem was that, Adriana and Tashy were friends. Adriana is therefore forced to be loyal to “girl code”. This means Adriana is forced to tell Tashy anything that l say about her, but she will never tell me anything that Tashy says about me.

I openly told Adriana about what had happened between Tashy and l. What Tashy had told me before l left Zimbabwe and even our recent conversation. Adriana innocently advised me to tell Tashy the way I felt about her, maybe that way she was forced to tell me how she felt about me. I naturally took her advice and l made the plan.

The plan was very simple, l call Tashy and then l just tell her how l feel about her. My only worry was, Tashy giving me the cold, distant and uninviting replies. This would just change the whole situation and make it very difficult when talking to her.

As l had planned, l called Tashy the following day,

“Hey Tashy, how are you?” l said confidently

“Hie Nash. I am good. How you been?” she replied softly

“I am great. Adriana has been keeping me busy lately so can’t complain.”

“Oh yes, she told me that you guys have been talking a lot. By the way, how come you never told me you are in love?”

I laughed when she told me that because l knew that Adriana had set me up.

“Let me guess, Adriana told you that?”

“Yes. Now tell me, how is the girl?!” she said demandingly

 “It is you. Isn’t that obvious?”

She laughed loudly and l knew that she wasn’t taking me serious.

“No come on Nash, be serious”

“Tashy, I do love you. I am actually very serious about being with you. I am even willing to be in a long distance relationship with you.”

This was not one of the most romantic ways to tell a girl that l loved her but Tashy could sense the seriousness in my voice. There was an awkward silence for about ten seconds and then she said,

“Nash......”

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