It's the thought that counts... Chapter one

The heat from the sun grew stronger by the minute as Mayowa took shelter under the umbrella of a fruit vendor. She had on an extremely tight cropped tank top which exposed the full scale of her breast and her belle button, she also had on a black jean mini skirt and a snicker to top it all up. Bola, her best friend had invited her to amusement park that day and she chose to use the opportunity to impress him with her beauty for she had always had eyes for him, but no matter how much attention she had given to him, he just didn't get the hint. Today she had hoped to make her feelings known to him and maybe get his attention, not as a friend but as something even more. But the attention she had begun getting from the guys that walked by was not what she had planned for, although she was glad that they could see her beauty clearly.

"Mayowa?" Bola called from the entrance gate, shocked at how she had been dressed, it wasn't the Mayowa he had known.

Mayowa turned to his direction and with a wide smile, she began to walk towards him while waving.

"I didn't know you were already in, I was just about to call your phone" she said wrapping her arms around him.

"I was going to wait, but then I decided to go buy the tickets and then come back here to wait for you" Bola said releasing himself from the embrace that seemed to have gone on for too long. Mayowa didn't stop there, she wrapped her arm around his, pressing her breast against it and this made Bola uncomfortable. He stared at them and then quickly removed his eyes.

"What is it?" Mayowa asked noticing that her strategy was working. She could feel his body becoming tense.

"It's nothing, just that you look different than normal",

"Do you like my new look?" she asked.

"It's okay, I guess" Bola answered.

Mayowa chuckled at the thought of Bola's behavior and was excited that all her hard work had begun paying off.

"So where to first?" she asked as they walked on.

"Let's head there" Bola answered pointing in the direction of a cotton candy vendor, seeing this made Mayowa's face light up for she was a sweets addict.

"How many for the lovely couple?" the candy man asked.

"Two please" Mayowa answered squeezing Bola's arm tighter.

Bola turned his eyes around searching for something, "Actually make that three", he said smiling at the girl walking their way. He quickly slept out of Mayowa's grip and then walked straight to her, leaving Mayowa in a confused state. After a few minutes, he walked back with her to the cotton candy vendor.

"Mayowa meet Chioma, my girlfriend, Chioma meet Mayowa, my best friend since kindergarten" Bola said.

The shock of the news slid down Mayowa's spine in waves as she didn't expect or notice this development in Bola's life. She became uneasy and angry with herself but decided to put up a fake smile, while offering Chioma her hand which she accepted.

"Where's Junior?" Bola asked.

"He went to get me ice cream" Chioma answered, "Speak of the devil", she said seeing Junior returning with two cups of ice cream, one chocolate and the other vanilla.

"Hi" Junior greeted Mayowa, and then handed over the chocolate ice cream to Chioma, he had a better body build than Bola and was even more attractive too, but not enough to catch Mayowa's attention.

"Hi" she replied in order to be rude.

"He is Chioma's best friend" Bola said

"I'm so sorry for getting you guys into this double date with out even giving you the heads up first, I just wanted to introduce my baby to Junior, he was the one who put the idea of a double date in my head" Chioma apologized realising how much trouble she and Bola had caused for their innocent and unsuspecting best friends.

"It's okay" Mayowa lied.

"Alright then, let's go have some fun!" Bola yelled.

"What about the cotton candy?" the candy man asked.

"Oh! Sorry I totally forgot, how much would that cost?" Bola asked reaching into his pocket for his wallet.

"Four hundred naira" he said with a grin.

Bola paid him off, grabbed the cotten candies and went back to the group.