Zwi a Penga (English version) - 1

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My name is Thembuluwo Mudau. I am a Venda guy from Ha-Tshisele…a small village in Limpopo just outside Thohoyandou. I am a first born at home, I have one brother who is in Grade 8 and one sister in Grade 10. I am studying at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) at George campus.

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I was lying in a hospital bed and my body was in some serious pain. My whole face as well as some parts of my body were bandaged, I never thought that a person can be beaten up so bad that they end up looking like I was. I was not really sure what took place the previous night, but I still remember walking into the club with Sibu, we had few drinks and I went to the bathroom to pee, and then next thing I know a mob of guys came and beat me up. It was after remembering what really happened that I started to really panic. What happened to Sibu? I pressed the device thingy at the side of the bed calling in a Nurse. Within seconds a nurse came running into the room

Nurse: “can I help you sir?"

Me:"uhm can you please discharge me please, I want to get out of here"

Nurse: “sorry sir but that cannot be possible"

Me:" you don't understand, my girlfriend is in trouble I need to get out of here"

Nurse: “sorry sir but your condition won’t allow you". Ok I was so damn angry, I tried to sit up but I was in an unbearable pain…I tried again and I fell to the floor. The nurse was already on her way out of the room but she walked back in as soon as she saw that I was now on the floor

Nurse: “if you continue to be this stubborn, you will stay here for a month", I decided not to say anything to her so I just let her be. I was stressing a lot…I wanted to know if Sibu made it out of that club still alive and well…I needed to know. The nurse called the other two nurses to come help me up, I really hated to feel this useless. I asked one of the nurses to lend me her phone just for few minutes and lucky me…one of them gave me. I called Sibu immediately and the phone was picked up on the second ring

Caller: “hello", it was a man's voice, I looked at the screen in confusion to check if the phone number I dialled was correct, yes it was, this was Sibu's number.

Me: “hello, can I please speak to Sibu"

Caller: “this is Sibu's husband, who are you?" huh! For a second my mind went blank, husband? As in she is married? How is that possible?

Me:"uhm there must be some kind of a mistake sir, Sibu is my girlfriend she can't be married" it just couldn’t be possible, Sibu can't be married, no this has to be a prank or something like that.

Celler:"oww so you are that doomkop that we beat up at the club neh, a piece of advice my man, stay away from my wife", his voice was terrifying so I immediately dropped the call, So Sibu is married? But how? I felt weak at the news that my girlfriend was married, the horrified look on my face must have been very visible because the nurse walked in and said:

"Sir did something bad happened?" I couldn't answer her, Sibu was the love of my life and now I just found out that she was married.  I know most people probably think that guys don't get heartbroken but I think I just did.

Nurse:"uhm can I now have my phone please", she took it from my hand as if she was a bit scared of me, I was still staring into space and then a tear came out. Ahhh that’s when I realised that she really hurt me, I am not a sissy and I don’t usually cry but here I was crying for a Xhosa chick. My mind took me back to when I first met her…it still felt like yesterday.

Ok before I get too carried away, let’s go back to my first day at NMMU, to when I started dating Sibu, to when I was beaten up at a club last night and to me being in this hospital bed. I passed my Grade 12 pretty well…yep I got a Bachelor and as you might have guessed, mom was over the moon and surprisingly, dad was too. I decided to come and study at NMMU reason for that being that I wanted a little bit of freedom, I wanted to be away from my parents. You know how people always say they want some freedom but for me it was compulsory because my dad was not someone I enjoyed being around with, he was really not my favourite person in the world, so being here was refreshing for me, although I felt sorry for my mom and my siblings for being home with him, there was absolutely nothing I could do, I was able to tolerate him all these years and I was sure my siblings were going to do the same too. Anyway I came to NMMU a year ago and I registered for my Diploma in Nature Conservation. it wasn’t easy because I didn’t know a single word in Afrikaans and everyone kinda expected me to know it, most people were communicating in Afrikaans so I felt a bit lost. My English was not so good either as I went to a public school where you get to do Geography in Tshivenda, as if that’s not bad enough, you get to do English in Tshivenda too…so you can only imagine my dilemma.

On my first day during registration I was looking around not sure where I was supposed to go in order to start with my registration and this is when I stumbled into another guy who looked about to be my age.

Guy:" hey bro watch where you walk, damn"

Me:" uhm sorry, I…I didn't see you"

Guy:” fine, are you also new?"

Me: “is it that obvious"

Guy: "uhm no offence but yeah bro, why you gotta walk like that?"

Me: “like what?" I was not sure what he mean by that

Guy: “like a freshman" I let out a slight laugh

Me: "ahg man so you are telling me that everyone can see that I am a freshman?"

Guy: “sure, I am a freshman but as you can see I try to hide it, by the way my name is Xolani"

Me:"Thembuluwo"

Guy: “what?"

Me: “just call me Thembu", I guess I just got myself a friend.

Guy:" owk Thembu, got a room already?"

Me: "yeah but I am looking for a roommate"

Guy: “then you just got one", we laughed together, maybe varsity won't be bad after all. He showed me where registration was taking place and where my faculty was. While I was busy with my registration he went ahead and register for his Diploma in Tourism. After we were done we walked back to my res room together.

Xolani:"let’s go get my staff hey"

Me: “did you put them in someone's room or what?"

Xolani:"they are in my car", wooow he got a car?

Me: “so you got a car?" I couldn’t hide the shock on my voice

Xolani:"yeah nothing fancy, just a GTI” say what?

Me: “no bro you lie"

Xolani:"I guess I am not" we walked to the parking lot where he said his car was parked, damn I couldn't believe it, my dad was still driving his old corolla and some young boy like Xolani was driving a GTI, wow, life is soo unfair.

We took his stuff and went to my room…I was excited that I made my first friend

This was no joke guys, I didn’t even have to ask him in order for me to conclude that the boy came from a super rich family. I looked at the number of pair of sneakers he owned as he was busy parking his clothes and just couldn’t believe my eyes…as for the cell phone, the boy was using Samsung galaxy 8 and an iPhone 8…as if that’s not bad enough…I had with me my Samsung Z2…in case you were wondering if people still have those…well I was proof that people still do.

Me"hey X, I think we should go to town to get some stuff don't you think?" yep I decided to call him X…it was short and guyish

Xolani:"what stuff?"

Me: “we don't have any kitchen stuff here not even a stove"

Xolani:"are we gonna be cooking? I thought there is a catering company or something" ok as excited as I was to have a roommate I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was about to get nauseous over his cheese boy habits…I don’t think we were going to get along very well

Xolani:"I am kidding bro, let me just finish up here", he was finishing up packing his clothes and when he was done we drove to the mall.

I only had R5000.00 on my bank account. I felt better knowing that I had a roommate who will help me buy stuff. The money I had was supposed to last me the whole months and I felt that I needed to buy few pieces of clothes….with the likes of Xolani around me…my old jeans and shirts were not going to cut it. So we got to town and managed to buy a fridge which was going to be delivered the following day, we also bought a proper stove, I suggested a hotplate but the cheese boy wouldn’t hear of it. We also bought everything we were going to need in the kitchen and takeaways for that day. We decided that we would do grocery shopping tomorrow after getting the fridge.

Xolani:"hey dude I heard that there is a bash somewhere here in campus, it’s more like a welcome back bash"

Me:"ow", truth be told, I was a church brother so going to the gigs was really not my cup of tea.

Xolani:"we are going right?"

Me:"ahhh bra I think I will pass hey"

Xolani:"uh uh Thembu we are going to this bash, the bash is to welcome us man and you will spend the night here? Ahg man no" mhm maybe I should just go, it wouldn't be that bad right? Plus it’s not like I’ll do it every day, it was a one day thing

Me: “I guess I will just tag along",

Xolani:"sure bro and maybe we can meet some ladies there, I also know some guys from my school so we can hang out with them hey"

Me: “sure", after eating we went to a room that was on the same building as ours. X said they were his friends. We got to their room and knocked and they let us in. looking at them I could see that they were just ordinary guys, not cheese boys like Xolani and that made me feel much better.

Xolani:"hey my boys"

Guys: “sure sure mjita"

Xolani:"guys this is my roommate and our new friend Thembu, Thembu these are my friends Ncedo and Thembani", I greeted them…I felt better knowing that they were also freshmen so there was no pressure.

Ncedo:"so you guys are coming to the bash tonight?"

Xolani:"obvious my man we are coming, we need to meet the ladies you know, we are varsity guys now and it’s about time we start acting the part"

Me: “sure sure mjita", owk I know this is embarrassing to admit, but I had never had a girlfriend before...Never been with a woman before. I know it sounds so bad but hey some of us had it hard out there, things were not as easy as a, b, c. I was determined to finish my studies because I honestly wanted to get out of that hell whole we call a home so I didn’t want destruction and girls seemed like a big one. I once asked some girl out and we almost dated but things didn’t work and I decided that the whole dating thing had its own people and I wasn’t one of them. But I was hoping that tonight could be my lucky day.

So I chilled with the guys talking. Late night we all went to our room. X and I went to the shower and took a quick shower. We came back and changed. Well I didn’t really have new fancy clothes so I wore my old blue bootleg Guess jean with a Nike gold t shirt and an Adidas sneaker…yep that was my best look…that was the best I could do. Xolani on the other side was in some obviously expensive Levis jean, a check Levis shirt and a Jordan sneaker…he looked fine…his jean was hanging low a little bit but not too much.  After that we all left for the club.

I got a little bit confused as we walk inside the building. It was my first time coming to a place like this. The place was packed as in very full, I’d never seen so many beautiful girls in my life…there were all kinds of girls, I am talking about my fellow black sisters, my coloured cousins over there and my white kids on the side. I stood at the entrance for a while just enjoying the view…I realised while I was looking around that varsity was going to be great. Thembani poked my arm and then I realised that I was actually lost in what my eyes were seeing. I walked to a corner of the hall with the boys. Shortly after we settled Ncedo came in with hell lot of liquor. Ok it was really about to get down and even though I haven’t tasted alcohol once in my life, they always say that everything has a beginning and I guess that this was me learning to drink alcohol…I wasn’t about to be a bore and ruin the whole evening. I decided that I would drink with everyone else and if they are dancing then I would also dance with everyone. 

Xolani:"here bro"

He handed me a can of Heineken, I didn't even think twice before I could take it from him. I really wanted to fit in…I didn’t want them to think low of me. I drank the whole can all at once, I don’t know if that’s how it’s done but hey I was doing it. I was about to take a second can when a certain girl walked in. I swallowed leaking my mouth several times. I looked at her and felt like all the girls in the hall didn’t exist anymore and it was just her. My whole world turned into a slow motion, I couldn’t even hear the music anymore nor the noise of people shouting and screaming…all my attention was focused on her. She was a pure yellow bone, she was wearing some shorts that girls seems to be very fond of these days...i am a guy so I am not even sure what they really call them….she also wore a crop top, yeah I think that’s what they call it. It was a very short one that was just below her breasts…I looked at her exposed body and damn. She had a long weave that was hanging low, I can’t tell you if it was a Brazilian or whatever because I can’t even tell the difference…fake hair looks all the same to me. I looked at her behind and shook my head in disbelief, the girl was so blessed it’s not even funny. I looked at her once more and realised that she had to be mine…no matter what, this girl had to end up as mine. As shy and inexperienced as I was…I was going to hit on her. I was still drooling over that yellow bone when Ncedo pushed me a little bit

Me: “what?" I said finally realising that I was in a club full of people

Ncedo:"bro we have been talking to you, where is your mind at?"

Me:"nahh it’s nothing", I was still looking at the girl

Xolani:"just go and talk to her man I can see you are eying her"

Me:"y....y....yahh I will" how in a world was I going to start talking to her?

Thembani:"are you going now or what"

Me: “a bit later',

I needed a bit of alcohol to pull this off because I can't do it when I am myself, they say that alcohol makes you feel brave so I planned on going to her after a little bit of drinking…hopefully I was not going to be one of those people who take off their clothes when they are drunk. This was my first time so I was not sure how I was going to be like…I thought to myself as I shake my head. The girl was with her friends, eish I couldn't keep my eyes off her

DJ started playing AKA Run Jozi, eish my girl went to the dance floor bruh, mananooooooo I found myself unable to tolerate the torture that came with watching her do her get downs, her slow moves that went along with the music…the way she was shaking that booty of hers…this is when I decided that I’d rather much make a fool of myself but I was definitely going to her. I couldn’t have someone else take her away from me…I had to be the man and make my move.

Me:"uhm guys I will be back ayt?"

Ncedo:"sure"

I walked through the crowd to get to her…I got close to her ad realised that I was already sweating…that’s how bad it was, I couldn’t talk to her anymore and i immediately forgot the little speech I had prepared...i decided to walk to the loo since my attempt to get the girl was failing dismally. I got to the toilets and stood there with my hands on my hips. Stop being a coward Thembuluwo, she is yours, that one is really yours, be a man, you are a man I said that to myself as I was pacing.  The other guy came in and looked at me like I was going insane, I didn’t care though, all I wanted was the girl. I walked out of the toilets and just as I was turning close to the ladies room I bumped into someone…I was too confused to look where I was walking

Me:"uhm I am so....so…. s…" ok in a split second I forgot every English word that I knew, I couldn’t talk and for some odd reason my voice had also disappeared…this is because when I looked at the person I bumped into I found out that it was the girl…yep the same girl I was trying to hit on. Her hand bag was on the floor so I quickly picked it up and handed it to her

Me:"uhm uhm I....I....I am sorry"

Girl: “its owk" ok beauty aside…her voice neh? Lemme say no more

Me: “no its not, I....I"

Girl:" I said its fine" she walked away and left me standing there scratching my head. I decided that this was it, this was the moment written on the stars…the moment where I finally talk to my one and only love. I’d never felt the edge to try this hard to get a girl so maybe this was it, she was the one. With all this on my mind, I ran after her.

Me:"hey wait" I grabbed her hand lightly                                       

Girl:"yah?" she looked up at me

Me:"uhm can I please have your numbers, please"

Girl: “sorry but I can't"

Me: “I am begging you please" I don’t know where I got the sudden courage to talk to her but it was there.

Girl: “I am sorry" she turned to walk away

Me: “At least tell me your name then"

Girl:"Sibulele or Sibu" she turned around and walked away

She left me standing there smiling like a damn idiot. Eish I came this close to getting her number. I walked back to the hall…I walked through the crowd and made my way back to the boys…to my surprise X was already standing with a girl.

Ncedo:"so how did it go?"

Me:"ahg man it didn't"

Thembani:"what do you mean it didn’t?"

Me: “she refuses to give me her phone numbers"

Ncedo:"hayi man Thembu mfowethu, you look like you are giving up"

Me: “I can't force her to give me her numbers"

Thembani:"dude we are not saying force her, do you want this chick or not?"

Me: “I do want her but-"

Ncedo:"then you must work hard on this"

Me: “I will talk to her again just not now" I reached over and took another can of Heineken and stated dinking.

I thought of my mom and how she would react if she could see me drinking…damn she’d have a massive heart attack on the spot. I was a perfect son so drinking was not supposed to be for me. I kept on looking around the hall expecting to see the girl but I didn’t. We were busy dinking while Xolani was busy with his girl. I think I was having fun hey…as shocking as it was, I found myself actually having fun and laughing with Ncedo and Thembani. I couldn’t believe that I managed to make friends so soon. I was busy chatting when I stated feeling a bit dizzy, I am not sure if it was because of the alcohol or what but I was suddenly not feeling ok. Ncedo took out a cigarette and lit it and then handed it over to me. I looked at it debating with myself whether to take it or not. It’s one thing drinking alcohol but to smoke? Damn my mom would die over this. I couldn’t do it

Me:"nahh I am cool mfana"

Thembani:"so you've never smoked before?", dude It’s my first time drinking alcohol, how the hell would I have smoked?

Me:"nahh I haven't and I don't think I want to"

Ncedo:"just once man, we are having fun here"

I thought about it…it’s just tonight right? It’s not like I’ll do it again. Ahg I decided to take it. I put it on my mouth and pulled once and I coughed so hard as if I had TB…Ncedo and Xolani where having fun laughing at an inexperienced me. So we continued drinking and I continued smoking as well. Later through the night I could feel the changes in my body, even though I had no idea how you are supposed to be like when you are drunk but I was certain that this was me being drunk, I could feel that I was actually really drunk. I was not much of a dancer but I found myself dancing for the first time in public.

Honestly speaking I don’t really remember what happened after I had left the gig. What I know is that I just woke up from my bed still wearing last night’s clothes , I had a massive headache…my body was in knots of pain…I couldn’t understand what was really happening. Maybe this is what they call a hangover…if this was really it then it was really kak. I tried to get out of bed but it was not easy, I looked around for Xolani but he wasn’t around. I finally sat up on the bed and looked for my phone and found it on my jean pocket. I looked through it and I had missed calls from my mom. Ahg you know how women are…I was still her little boy and I was sure as hell that she was worried wherever she was. I got out of bed and stretched…damn I smelled of brewery...believe me it was alcohol plus sweat, not a good combination...if someone was to walk in the room at that moment, they would just die on the spot, that’s how bad it was. I went to the shower and when I came back Xolani was back.

Me: “you’re back"

Xolani:"yeah"

Me: “do you have any idea how I got here last night?" I was putting my toiletry bag on top of the washing basket lid

Xolani:"yep, but you were too drunk you couldn't even walk"

me: “I can’t even remember how you got here this morning"

Xolani:"yeah, tjooo bro do you remember the girl I was with last night?"

Me: “I think I do"

Xolani:"yeahh we spent the night together"

Me: “you mean you had sex with her" I was seriously shocked…how do you meet a girl and just sleep with her the same night? Is that how the girls this side were? I thought about it and realised that I couldn’t really do it. I couldn’t really sleep around with different girls on different occasions. I wanted to have sex when I was ready and it has to be with the girl that I love…maybe with Subulele…just thinking about her was enough to change my heart rate.

Xolani:"it’s not a big deal it was just sex and besides, it was great so I even asked for her numbers I might call her a bit later today"

Me: “Aren’t you worried about HIV or STIs?"

Xolani:"uhm dude that’s why condoms were invented, you know that thing that people wear on their private parts having sex?"

Me:"ahg dude stop it man"

Xolani:"so how did it go with that chick?" he sat on the bed and starred at me as I got dressed.

Me: “not well but I am not giving up on her". After a bit of chatting with Xolani he left me and went to the shower.

I didn’t hear Mr Cheese boy making any plans so I guess we were just going to chill in our room and therefore I decided to wear some shorts and just a normal t shirt. I was feeling hungry and my head was also not giving me any time of the day. Someone knocked on the door and I went to open and Ncedo walked in.

Me: “come in Ncedo mfana"

Ncedo:"sure sure bra, how are you feeling after last night?"

Me: “my head is pounding man eish I just wanna sleep"

Ncedo:"no ways we are going to the beach now in Wilderness", did he just say to the beach? As in at the coast line? Like I’ll be seeing an ocean and all? I knew that George wasn’t far from the coast line but really, I wasn’t prepared for this…I could feel myself suddenly feeling excited

Me: “isn’t it far though?"

Ncedo:"nahh, I am sure it’s less than 30 mins drive, there is a group of students who are going there just to have some fun and another thing, your girl is also going" it was confirmed…I wasn’t spending my afternoon in res

Me: “so what time are we going?” Xolani walked in right at that moment.

Ncedo:"we gonna leave now, Xolani my man we are going to Wilderness nehh? Just change so that we can go  I am not asking you, I am telling you so get dressed, Thembani is also coming"

Mhm now I see why Ncedo was in one of those shorts that guys wear at the beach. I looked through my clothes and change into a better looking shorts and a vest and I also wore some sandals. We were going to the beach so no need to try so hard. When Xolani was done we all walked out to Xolani’s car. My body was still in pain after last night’s events but hey here I was, driving to some beach instead of resting.

Me: “where is Thembani?"

Ncedo:"let me send him a message"

Xolani:"so who else is going to this thing?"

Ncedo:"few people are going"

Me: “but Aren’t you guys tired?, I mean last night was a long night",

Xolani:"there is no time for that", Thembani arrived and we left.

We stopped at the Garden Route mall for something to eat because we were obviously starving. After that we took the N2 and drove to the beach. Ok here is the epic moment…when the car took that turn in Wilderness where you can see the view of the whole beach as well as the houses that were just at the coast line…damn people i went crazy like literally lost my mind. It’s embarrassing I know, but it was my first time actually seeing the beach or the ocean for that moment with my naked eyes. I used to see those on TV but looking at it now all real…yohh I wished I could go back home and call my whole village to come see what I was seeing. I was over excited. We drove to a parking where Xolani parked his car…there were few cars there and I suspected that it was the students’ cars since everyone seemed to be on the mood for some water.

Ncedo:"and one more thing guys, we are not allowed to drink hey"

Xolani:"and you are only telling us now?"

Ncedo:"but there is a restaurant over there so we can go and chill there and order some drinks if you want drinks"

Xolani:"owk that’s better" we got out of the car and I stood outside and looked around with a smile on my face. I enjoyed the sea breeze against my skin. I wanted to shout and scream in excitement but hey I had to man up and not act like a woman. There were few if not more students there...some were chilling at the beach whereas some were already in the water passing each other a ball.

Thembani:"guys I will see you later" he said with a smile.

He took off his t shirt and his sandals and ran to the water. I was a good swimmer but I was a little bit reluctant to jump in and join the others. I’d never swam in the beach before and I’ve heard stories of people disappearing in the water so I was not too happy to just jump in. I looked around and I spotted Sibulele sitting on the sand with her knees against her chin and her hands hugging her legs…she was looking at those who were swimming and playing in the water. She was with another girl who was also sitting in the same position. I decided to go and join them…this time around I had to be a man and win her.

Me:"hey"

Sibu:"are you stalking me? "

Me: “Maybe" see? Some girls are just good… I mean the girl who was sitting with her got up and left and I was only happy to have Sibu to myself.

Sibu:"oww"

Me: “I am Thembu and you are Sibu right?"

Sibu:"yeah right"

Me: “so why are you sitting here? Don't you like swimming?"

Sibu:"actually I can't swim" she was wearing a bikini although she just highlighted that swimming was not her thing. This is it...this was my chance to try and score myself some points

Me: “let me teach you" I got up and held out my hand to her.

Sibu:"no I am fine"

Me: “no you are not, come here I won't bite" she gave me a faint smile and then took my hand and I helped her stood up. We then ran to the water with our hands still on each other. I did mention something about being a little but jittery when It comes to going inside the water right? Well news flash…at this moment I didn’t have that feeling, I don’t know where it disappeared to, maybe it was love I don’t know. We ran to the side where it was just me and her

Me: “come here you are safe with me" I was trying to act cool like I know what I was doing but I had no idea what I was doing. We got to the water and damn it was cold and felt great. I looked at her and she stared giggling. The wave came to us and she screamed holding her head “my hair” seriously? Black ladies can be such a turn off at times. How in a world do you scream my weave during a beautiful moment like this huh? Tell me ladies how do you do that?

Me: “you’re gonna be fine"

Sibu:"no I am not" I ignored that and grabbed her and we fell in the water and by now her hair was totally wet.

Sibu:"ow no you didn't" , I laughed and moved back a bit, she walked to me and I walked backward looking at her with a smile on my face…she was giggling.

Sibu:"you will pay for this" I started running and she ran after me. I was happy, I felt contented and I could see that I have won her. I ran away with her running behind me. I was not too fast though, this was supposed to be fun so it was no marathon and therefore I had to accommodate the poor girl and be a bit slow. I got somewhere and threw myself on the sand. She came and climbed on top of me and hit me playfully. I turned around and climbed on top of her…we were both laughing by now

Me: “what did you just do to me?"

Sibu:"nothing" she giggled and damn her smile made me feel weak. I couldn't do anything to her man, I felt like kissing her…I wanted to slowly bend towards her face and kiss her but I didn’t. Instead I just starred at her as I was afraid to start something that might be the end of me. I’ve never kissed anyone before and what if I do it wrong? What if…what if I suck at it?

Sibu:"is there something wrong with me?"

Me:"nope, you are beautiful” I said without even thinking

Sibu:"oww" that’s all she said and I was not sure what it meant. I don’t know if telling her that I was in love with her was going to be wrong but that’s what I felt…I felt love, like I wanted to do everything with her. I got off her and lay on my back as well looking up on the sky

Me: “I guess I will get your phone numbers this time around"

Sibu:"Maybe" she smiled…see? I got her

Me: “that’s better"

Sibu:"you are not that bad after all"

Me: “glad to hear that, let’s go back in the water",

Sibu:"ahg no"

Me: “please come, I will carry you at my back" she reluctantly got up and I squatted so that I can be able to carry her. I smiled at myself while I was walking with her to the water…what if I break my spinal cord while carrying a grown ass girl? What will my mom say about that huh?