My Exes (Ex-2)

3rd of January 2010, almost two years after HIM, I received a text from a strange number. I was in Senior Secondary 2 (SS2) at the time and was still healing from HIM’s heartbreak.

“Hi beautiful, I know we haven’t talked before but you know who I am. I haven’t mustered the courage to talk to you face to face, so I got your number from a mutual friend of ours. I’ve done my homework about you and I’d love to get to know the real you if you’ll allow me. I mean no harm. ~ From Anonymous.” The text read.

Initially, out of pride 😄, I pretended I was angry.

“Who is this one that is forming anonymity and getting all up in my business? Does he not have anything else to do asides from researching about a girl? Mtchew.” I said to myself.

But deep down I was very fascinated. I liked the anonymity spice to it. I liked that I was special enough to be researched about. I liked that he was shy and couldn’t walk up to me 😄. I was curious. Curious to find out who he was, who the mutual friend was, and what homework he had done about me. I told myself I would play along, get the information and end the conversation.

“I have no time for boys now. I’m not ready to have my heart broken again.” The hard girl in me said.

I responded to the text asking who he was and why he wanted to get to know me. He replied…