Mazda and drove Babiki home. We
sat in total awkward silence the
whole way.
I pulled up in front of her block
of flats in Hillbrow, stopped the car,
and sat for a moment as I tried to
figure out the polite and
gentlemanly way to end the
evening. Then, out of nowhere, she
leaned over and gave me a kiss.
Like, a real kiss, a proper kiss. The
kind of kiss that made me forget
that the whole disaster had just
happened. I was so confused. I
didn’t know what I was supposed to
do. She pulled back and I looked
deep into her eyes and thought, I