Insert 45 *You guys chose option 1, thats why Ive been quiet. You said youll wait* I was tongue-tied for a while, I didnt find the right words to express my shock, amongst other feelings that overwhelmed me. After her goodbye speech, she turned around and walked away. I stood there and stared at her as she approached her car. She got to her car and drove off, without looking back. I turned around and went into the house too. Sino and Silusapho were watching TV. Sino: haybo, umke nyani na uKhitha? Me: hmmm.. I nodded. Silu: ebetshilo kaloku, wathi akazohlala. Sino: okay, ebefuna ntoni ke? Me: ebebuza some stuff about Psychology. I made my way to the spare room. Sino: oh okay, wamnceda ke? I nodded again, continuing with my tracks to the spare room. I didnt want to discuss why Zimkhitha came over and why she didnt stay for long. I got to the spare room and closed the door behind me. Thats just the thing with life, we sometimes choose to ignore people and act like they dont exist, until we see them happy somewhere else and come crawling back, confessing our undying love. I admit, I wasnt the worlds best boyfriend to Zimkhitha, but she too wasnt my ideal girlfriend. She was intelligent and strong, to strong for her own good. She had firm rules that she expected me to live by. She was quick to judge, quick to react to my mistakes, quick to run to her parents with our problems. Zimkhitha was just too quick for me, she was quick to do everything and she didnt for a minute see me as a man. She had things done her way, she had her own mind, her own thoughts and her own life in general. To her, I was just a distraction that she needed from her books. She was a book worm who never lived her teenage life to the fullest, in my eyes. I was trapped in her web. My love for her was strong to keep me glued to her and her rules. But, it turned out that the same love I had for her wasnt strong enough to make me look at her and only her. I sat on my bed, with thoughts taking over my mind. My phone rang, bringing me back to planet earth. It was my father, Monwabisi. Me: tata? Him: son, have you called your pastor yet? Me: uhm, not yet. Ndizamfounela kodwa. Him: okay yeka, Ill call him ngokwam. Me: haybo, ndisandongena erumini yam ngoku, bendizamfounela. Him: ndiyakuva, but ngase athethe nomntu omdala. Ayikho right lento yoba yonke into uyithetha nawe. As if wena awunabazali. I kept quiet. Him: ndizamfounela ke. Me: okay, ubuyele kum after uthethe naye. Him: will do. Sharp. He hung up. I took a deep sigh. Like really, Monwabisi was a good father to me. Whatever happened between him and Busi was really none of my business. He was a human being afterall, and human beings are not perfect creatures. My door flew open and Thami walked in. I looked at him as he came to sit next to me. One thing I knew about Thami was that he always came to my room when he wanted us to have a heart-to-heart conversation. He came to my room only to ask me something, if not to tell me something. He would always walk in and sit on my bed, everytime. Thami: so.. I smiled. Thami: uncuma nabani? Me: nawe, I know what youre gonna say. Thami: Im not here to say anything. Me: okay, I know what youre going to ask. He laughed. Thami: thetha ke, xa uyaziyo. Me: she came here to tell me that yena usandithanda, oko wayendithanda. Thami: what? Zimkhitha said that? I nodded. Thami: wow. Wathini wena? Me: I didnt say much. Thami: ndiyakwazi Sihle, you never say much to anyone. Ndiyabuza ukuba utheni kuye. Me: ndiye ndakhuza. He laughed.. Me: what? I was shocked. I didnt expect her to say all that. Thami: but uyamazi nje uyakthanda. Oko wayekthanda la mntana. Me: oh well.. Thami: but youve closed that chapter mos wena ebomini bakho, nhe? Me: yes. Uthi uyahamba. Uthi she needs to go away so she can get some time to get over me. Thami: haybo, uthi uyaphi? I shrugged my shoulders. Thami: you look sad. Me: sad? No Im not sad. Im not sad at all. Thami: are you sure? Because you cant be sad about an ex now, ku late ngoku. Me: Im not sad. Thami: good, Khitha will get over it. Shes young and beautiful. She will find a man who will sweep her off her feet. A man who will love her and only her, a man who will not cheat on her with her friends. Me: ya. Thami: makalinde. All will happen in good time. Me: I hope she knows that. Thami: Im sure she does, Zimkhitha is a smart young lady. Me: okay. He got up. Thami: try not to think about her, shes not coming back. Me: Im not thinking about her. And I dont want her to come back. I looked at him, maintaining a straight face. Thami: good then. Awulambanga? Me: no, ndi right. Thami: awusatyi kakhulu ngoku, what happened to you? Me: hahaha, nothing happened. I guess I grew up. Thami: yhoo, hay kuyakhulwa, xa kukhulwa nasekuthandeni ukutya. I laughed as he walked out. I wasnt in denial, I was over her. I went back to the living room to watch TV with the rest of the family. Silu: usis Khitha uthi uyahamba. Hehake, I wonder ndizakumane ndikutshwa ngubani. Thami: caba thina asikukhuphi ngokwaneleyo? Silu: ndithetha ngomntu omncinci mna tata, not nina. Ngumsebenzi wenu mos lo wokundikhupha. Thami: uZimkhitha uyanceda ahambe, akazohlalela ukhuphana nawe apha. Theres more to life than that. Sino: uhm, Silu. What daddy means is that usis Khitha must do what is right for isiqu sakhe. Lets not be selfish kuba thina sifumana izinto from her singafuni ahambe, even if yena akakho happy. Silu: akakho happy? Sino: oh nkosi yam, maybe akakho happy academically, or spiritually so ufuna ukuyoqala ubomi somewhere else. Silu: oh. Okay. Sino: surely she will come and visit. UKhitha uyakuthanda, she wont just leave you for good. Silu: akathandi mna ndedwa. Thami: uthanda wena nabani?? Thamis tone was firm, Silu wasnt going to say anything stupid, even if she wanted to. I could feel Silus eyes piercing through my skin, but I had my eyes fixed on the TV set. Silu: uthanda yonke le family, sis Khitha is a nice person. She has a warm heart. My phone rang, it was my father. Me: hello? Him: hey son, ndithethile nale ndoda ke. Me: oh, uthini? Him: were meeting ngomso. After church. Me: okay cool. Him: Ill call Thami ke ndimxelele. Me: okay, thanks. But bendinomxelela ngokwam, hes right next to me. Him: yeka, Ill call him. Ndifuna uthetha naye about other things too. Me: oh okay ke. Him: bye. Me: bye. He hung up. Thami: ngubani lowo? Me: ngu tata, but uthi uzakufounela. Thami: yonke into iRight? His phone rang, before I could answer that. He got up and made his way to the kitchen, while talking on the phone. Sino: whats going on na bethuna? Me: ngutata, uyamazi ngothanda ufounela wonke umntu. Silu: so amalungiselelo omtshato ayaqhubeka? Me: and what kind of a question is that? Silu: I mean, akhonto itshintshileyo? Me: no. Sino: hay Silusapho, zintoni ezi uzibuzayo na? Hay wethu. Silu: Im just asking, akhonto. Me: Im off to bed. Ndidiniwe mna. Sino: awulambanga? Me: hehe, no. Sino: okay ke, sizakutya thina, bude ubusuku. Me: enjoy. Good night. I went to the spare room and changed into my pyjama pants and a vest and got into bed. I took my bible and had a Word feast, prayed and then fell asleep. The following morning, I woke up and went to take a bath. When I was done, I went back to the spare room. Sino was there. Sino: which shirt are you going to wear? Me: hay yeka sis Sino, Ill iron for myself. Sino: hay wethu, Im ironing for everyone. Injani le shirt? She waved a White shirt at me. Me: iright. Sino: good, a Black tie? Youre wearing a black suit mos. Me: Im wearing a black suit? Kutsho wena? Sino: yhe wethu Im here to choose your outfit. Youre meeting your future-inlaws. Funeka babone ukuba awudingi mntana wabo in order to look neat and presentable. I laughed. Sino: so, black tie? Me: sure. She took my outfit and walked out. I made my bed and waited for her. She walked in, carrying my clothes. Sino: nxiba ke, breakfast is almost ready. Me: okay, thanks. I got up and got dressed as she walked out. I looked proper in my Black suit with a White shirt and a Black tie, I looked proper. I went to the kitchen, Sino was dishing up. Sino: hhmm, look at you. Ungu Mr Thwani sana mpela. I smiled. We had breakfast and left for church.. Church was great, as per usual. Monwabisi and Zoe were there too. Zipho and her family arrived after the service. She was with both her parents and her pastor. They waved and we waved back. Thami poked me, I looked at him and he winked. I laughed, I didnt want to show my excitement for them to see. I was counting the months before I held her in my arms.. My pastor called us into his office, Zoe held my hand as we walked in. I was a man of the moment, haha, everyone wanted to be my friend. My pastor: molweni, ndicela nihlale phantsi. We greeted back and all sat down. My pastor: kunjani tata? Ziphos pastor: sigciniwe, enxebeni. Kunjani kuwe ke? My pastor: siyaphila tata, iNkosi inathi. Nani tata niyaphila? He was looking at my side of the family. Monwai: siyaphila tata, kunjani kuwe? My pastor: iNkosi inathi. Nani tata niyaphila? He was looking at Ziphos family. I was starting to get bored. I wanted him to get to the point already. Ziphos dad: Sibulela ugcinwa tata, asikaboni nto. Nawe ke ndivile ukuba uyaphila. My pastor: ewe. Ndifounelwe ke lusapho lakwa Thwani. Monwabisi looked at me. My pastor: bathi bafuna ukuqalisa iplans zomtshato. Ziphos pastor: yeyiphi date abajonge ukutshata ngayo? My pastor looked at me. Me: uhm, in December. Noba kupha towards the end. Ziphos mother: akukenziwa namabhaso, lincinci eli xesha. Zipho: can I say something? My pastor: ungathetha mntanam. Zipho: bendicinga mna, andiwafuni amabhaso. Everyone stared at her. Ziphos mom: haybo Zipho, ngoba? Zipho: I want owam umtshato ube unique, andifuni ukwenza izinto kuba ziqhele ukwenziwa. My pastor: hhmmm, so ubufuna kwenziwe njani wena? She looked at me, and then looked at my pastor. Zipho: bendibawela mna ukuba ibe ngumtshato omncinci but intimate, with round tables and a fancy decor. Me: somewhere away from home, nhe?. Maybe the beach. Zoe: hayini!! The beach? Zipho: ewe mama, the beach. If not the beach, then a garden somewhere, with different types of flowers. I smiled. Sino: hhhmm, ndase ndangxama already. This is gonna be exciting. Ziphos mother: kodwa Zipho, le yongafuni amabhaso mntanam. Nizakwenza njani ke xa niqala umzi wenu? Me: mama, si right nge furniture for now. Well stay at my place. My parents come back once a year. Zipho: and besides, Sihle and I would love to do our own furniture shopping. I couldnt stop smiling, dammit! My pastor: masivumelane entweni enye ke. Nithi lo mtshato nifuna uqhutyelwe phi? Zipho looked at me, giving me the platform to be the head of the house already. Me: well go for the flower garden. Monwai: a friend of mine will help us out. USphesihle uyamazi, he will be more than happy to have a wedding over at his garden. My pastor: ayingomzi wakhe? Monwai: its his backyard, and inkulu la yard. If ooSphesihle abafuni ukuyenzela pha kwam, bangaya kuye. Ziphos dad: wont they charge us? Monwai: Ill handle that. Bona mabachaze qha uba bafuna ukuthini. Ziphos mom: hayini kaloku, fanele umtshato uqale kuthi kaloku before uze ngapha. Zipho: I know just the place. Its a park, youll love it. Sino: kuzofuneka siyibone ke nathi. Ziphos dad: nifoune xa nifuna ukuya. UZipho uzakunibonisa le ndawo athetha ngayo. Ziphos pastor: so kuzakuqhutyelwa kulo park, xa kuziwa kweli cala kuziwa phi? Monwai: my place, or my friends place, depending on what the kids want. Ziphos father: akho nenye iservice ezakwenzelwa enkonzweni? Me: besifuna kuqhutyelwe outdoors, kuzobe kushushu. Ziphos mom: aba bantwana Nkosi yam, bafuna izinto eziphezulu. My pastor: abazophinda batshate aba bantwana, masibayeke benze yonke lento bathi bafuna ukuyenza. Zipho and I looked at each other and smiled. Thami: icolour ithini ke? Me: Ill let her decide. Zipho: okay, I was thinking, how does sky-blue and baby yellow sound? She looked at me. Me: both colours are too soft kodwa, dont you think? Zipho: you want bold and loud colours? Like Royal blue with Red? Me: hay yhoo, not like that. Zoe: Sihle ubungathanga uzakuyekela kuye na achaze icolour? Me: oh, okay ke. Chaza ke. Zipho: okay, I think Siphesihle would love purple and gold. Me: great. Ziphos mom: nam ndiyazithanda ezo colours. Sino: we should hire a wedding planner. I have a friend ke whos good at planning weddings. Me: uFifi? Sino laughed. Me: I dont think well need a wedding planner kodwa. Sino: we will. Wonke umntu uBusy. I took a deep sigh. Ziphos dad: xa kubandile ke kuzakuthwani ngala mini? Zipho: soze kubande tata, if kubandile well see uba masithini. Ziphos dad: kusenobanda, we have to look into that too. My pastor: kuzakusetyenziswa izakhiwo zenkonzo kaloku ukuba kubandile, okanye amaholo. Asizode sihlale phandle kubanda. Thami: izakhiwo zenkonzo zizakuba right. We didnt argue with that. All we had to do was to pray for a great weather condition to cater for our wedding day. Ziphos pastor: ngomso ke niqalisa iSessions zenu no Pastor Mpande. Unilindele ngo 1. Nantsi business card yakhe, inayo iAddress yakhe. He handed both of us the business cards. My pastor: sizakuphinda sidibane ke, for ukuqhubekeka. Zipho: so siqala nini ukujongana neempahla? Sino: bekufanele kuyaqaliswa kaloku, especially wena Zipho. Zoe: uSihle yena isuit yakhe will be imported. Bendilinde nje icolour ne size yakhe, izakufika kodwa. Me: kodwa andizokwazi unxiba i-suit eGold mna. Sino: ngoba? Me: andiyithandi. Cant my suit be Black? Thami: but imibala yenu ngu purple and Gold. Me: just my suit, mayibe black. Ndiyayonqena mna le mibala. Mos ne lokhwe ka Zipho will remain white, not purple or gold. Masithi lo purple and gold ngowe decor. Zipho: thats okay. Abakhaphi bona? Sino: uFifi akho step somtshato angasaziyo. Me: uFifi? Sino: hay maan Sihle, Fifi is a good person. Whatever, there was nothing good about Fifi. That Fifi was too dramatic for my liking. We wrapped up for the day, prayed and walked out. Sino: hahaha, Sihle wama entla sana nge suit eGold. Me: yho hay, soze ndinxibe suit iGold mna. Zinabantu bazo eza suit zinjeya. I just couldnt picture myself wearing a Purple suit, no thanks. We got to where we parked our cars. Ziphos mom: lo nto ke torho umbono wabo ngalo mtshato wabo uyafana. My pastor: bayathandaza kaloku aba bantwana, izinto ezinje ke aziqondeki ngengqiqo yemvelo. Ziphos mom: aziqondeki nyani tata. So ngomso baya nabani ku Pastor Mpande? Ziphos pastor: ningabasa, kuzofuneka bangahambi bodwa. Monwai: Ill take them. Its okay. Ziphos dad: sizakube siphangele ngomso thina. Monwai: Ill handle it, sanuba na worry. We said our goodbyes and parted ways. My heart was smiling, it was at peace. Zipho and I were a match made in heaven, literally..
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:49:11 +0000
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