Three Months Long

The Plot

2020-08-09 02:49:42

Three Months Long is a story set in Abuja, in predominantly two districts, Wuye and Jabi. Peter and Olivia are in love and want to have a future together. However, Olivia is older than Peter by a few years and already a graduate while Peter is still a freshman in the university . While Peter’s family is not perturbed about the difference in age and academics , Olivia’s family won't have any of it. Peter promises Olivia a forever love but will their love stand the stern test from their parents and the Nigerian society where it's expected for a man to be several years older than his partner? As the story unravels, love, fear, uncertainty, parental pressures determination, trust and values are intricately explored.

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Three Months Long Chapter six: Unlikely Friendship

After the party, I stayed with my parents for two days before moving back to John’s while Hannah went back to school the very next day after the birthday.Stella and I became the most unlikely of friends, we had so much to contend about but yet we seemed to have come to an agreement that we would flow with the tides and go wherever the river tides takes us. We grew so close that we look forward to hearing from each other every day.

Three Months Long Chapter Five: The visit

We had gone almost two weeks into the month of February and it was Monday morning around 10am on the 12th February 2019, when I received a video call from Peter. As I picked, he greeted me with a song by Christiana Perri, A Thousand Years. He sang along as the song was played at the back ground. He smiled along and blew kisses to me, with a look on this face that felt like “I want you.”I smiled and sang along. &n

Three Months Long Chapter four: Distance

Peter called me every morning until it became a routine. He’d tell me his plan for his day in detail and explain how much he missed me. He became my personal alarm clock. He’d call 5:30 am every day before going for his morning jog. He was a sucker for fitness. Peter always had a new sweet text for me every day and I also sent him some too to compliment his.

Three Months Long Chapter Three: Better Days Ahead

Peter and I grew closer with each passing day until it became totally impossible to stay without seeing him in a day. Mum and dad had no problem with him visiting because they knew him as my best friend. But the question still remained; what’d happen when they find us out?His parents, on the other hand, suspected we were dating and his Mum tried to find out from Peter how serious we were by calling me her daughter-in-law, and he responded by telling her to slow down and let time decide.