“Do I detect someone crushing on Jasmine’s boyfriend?”

“We have a lot to talk about and no, it can’t wait. Bola’s sugar boy (referring to Bola’s married lover) has asked her to have his baby and Jasmine has a new catch in her office complex who is smoking hot. I have seen the guy and I say she should ditch Christopher for this Adonis. When I saw him, he was dressed to the nines in a dapper suit, pink shirt, bow tie and sporting a boutonniere with patent leather shoes and a gold watch chain to complete the debonair look.

The man is simply a god,” she finished with a sexy growl. We all looked at each other and laughed. “Really Zara, I didn’t know you stared at the man to the point that you can be so detailed about his looks and appearance,” Jasmine said laughing. “So Bola, you are expected to ‘mother’ a child, interesting.

Well you know my thoughts, I still think you are way too fine and intelligent to be any one’s side chick and as for Jaz, we both know why you want to do what you want to do, right? Chris is a good guy, may be a bit gullible but aren’t most men like that?” I asked. As Kaycee opened her mouth to speak Zara brashly hushed her up saying in an American slur, “we all know whatcha gonna say.” “That don’t mean she gat no right to say it,” I fired back with a scowl. “Alright Madam Advocate, no insult intended.” Zara said with a smile trying to calm frayed nerves. “Kaycee?” I turned to her gently encouraging her to speak with a smile. “I just wanted to say if Jasmine is no longer interested in Christopher she should move on even though I think he is loving, caring and good looking,” Kaycee said quietly. “Do I detect someone crushing on Jasmine’s boyfriend?” Zara asked teasing Kaycee. “What if I am?” Kaycee challenged back. “What!” We all exclaimed at the same time, four pair of eyes turned to Kaycee; confused, surprised, shocked, amused were our varying expressions.

Kaycee is not one to speak about such things, so you can imagine how shocked we all were. “Really Kaycee, did you just say that?” Zara asked sarcastically. The thing is Kaycee is a bit of an introvert and generally hardly ever comments on I and the Girls’ Relationships. Kaycee gave Zara a defiant look and I quickly waded in before it became a full-blown war zone after all they were in my House. “Hey Ladies, this is supposed to be fun night, can we please take a chill pill, we have enough on our plate as it is and I do have additional news for you guys.

I have been taking some Certification Courses and one of them was on Anti-corruption, I am now a Certified Anticorruption Compliance Manager. “Damn, you’ve been busy girl.

When did this happen?” Jasmine asked her excitement palpable. The girls were very excited and asked me to explain in detail about the Institute which is run by United Nations. I happily obliged them as this helped to take our minds off the issue on ground.

The truth is we have come to recognize the importance of sleepovers even as adults. We had hung out severally for weekends and those were some of the best times I had with my Girls.

You may not have noticed that slumber parties have been replaced by ‘girls’ weekend. We started off on a rocky start with Zara and Kaycee’s near fall out but eventually moved past that after I told the Ladies about my Certification. At first it was just the regular catch-up conversations: ‘What’s going on at work? Are you enjoying who you’re seeing at the moment?’ The beauty of these hangouts is that it enables you talk, vent and share your challenges with your friends.

Real friends, not fake, pretentious people, who act like they’ve got your back but cannot wait for an opportunity to stab you in the back. My girls are the best there is; we talk, we fight, we argue but we all got our backs. Gradually our conversations became less guarded and we talked openly about our challenges, concerns, hopes and aspirations. This is the best part of our hangouts.