the dance, when I would pick her up
for the dance, all the details. We
hung out for a few, and then Tom
needed to get going so we headed
out the door. Babiki turned and
smiled at me and waved as we left.
“Bye.”
“Bye.”
We walked out of that building
and I was the happiest man on
earth. I couldn’t believe it. I was the
guy at school who couldn’t get a
date. I’d resigned myself to never
getting a date, didn’t consider
myself worthy of having a date. But
now I was going to the matric dance
with the most beautiful girl in the