The Scene of Love

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This is a story about love. Not the fictional love you see in movies or find in novels. No, this is a story about true love that was made possible through the alignment of the universe’s favor in partnership with the goddess of love toward me. This is a true story.
I met her in a movie set while shooting the second series of “My e-Ryder” at a location. As a crew member in charge of coordination, and also the brother to the executive producer, my presence was necessary to the progress of the production since everyone has a part to play when it comes to film production. In as much as we sometime only recognize the actors or actresses that play their various roles in a movie, the number of people that are involved in making that movie are actually more than we think.

I walked into the set on a weekday in one of the locations where they’d been shooting the scenes for the past two days. I noticed the director and everyone else in the room were having a little break while they awaited the makeup artist who was retouching the face of the main actress, the ‘e-Ryder’. Just then, moments after exchanging pleasantries with some of the familiar faces in the room, I heard her beautiful calm voice chatting with the D.O.P on the other side of the room. Like a force of magnet, my eyes got pulled to her voice and I got stunned by her beautiful and petite figure instantly. It was like the universe had ignited the spark I felt within me because her eyes caught mine immediately I looked at her direction.

We soon moved from that location to the next and from there, we got more acquainted over the course of the week. It wasn’t too long though before her team noticed my keen interest in her and her interest in me. She loved riding in my truck even though the Air conditioning wasn’t working properly. It’s really hot in this part of the world and although there are three other vehicles with really good A.C, she felt comfortable traveling with the truck from one location to the next.

Towards the end of our production, our love had blossomed. And like a little seed that was planted and well watered under the best conditions, it sprouted out beautiful new leafy green passion that became impossible to ignore. We fell for each other without any doubts in our hearts due to our longing desire to see ourselves daily. While the crew members were lounged in a hotel, I always had to go back home daily after the targeted scenes for the day have been achieved. She’d always chat me up to make sure I had arrived home safely.

Wednesday the 28th day of the month and only a few hours to go before we call it a wrap with the production. I’m yet to tell her how I feel and she was yet to do the same. We love each other, there’s no doubt in that but we both haven’t expressed that verbally. And that, brought a great deal of worry into my heart. Given the nature of our jobs, we are exposed to different people regularly and I feared that I could lose her to someone else if I don’t take action quickly. So there I was, sitting in my truck and watching the girl I love as she prepares to leave after the last scene for the day was shot.

Three days before the end of the production, her friend who goes by the name ‘Ace’, had come to tell me about her feelings for me, a revelation she made to him as a trusted friend. Though it wasn’t exactly a news to me since I feel the same way about her, he urged me to tell her about it. But being a person who is a bit shy and had gone through a series of heartbreak, I was worried I might end up with another heartbreak. “What if it does not work out?”, “what happens if don’t meet up to her expectations?”, these were the major questions I pondered as I made ready my heart for what’s to come.

Just hours to go, I sent her a message informing her about my need to have a conversation with her in person. She knew I am a bit on the shy side, so she told me I could tell her about it over WhatsApp if I feel more comfortable with that. But knowing how imperative it would be to have a heart-to-heart talk with her, I insisted on telling her in person. And I did. The day’s job was finally done and everyone congratulated each other for bearing with one another through the intensity of the sun and the little misunderstandings that often comes with working with one another for the first time under certain stringent conditions and on a low budget.
I called her aside, and as my heart beats rapidly increased, I finally opened up to her.

It was a beautiful moment indeed. She told me that she felt the same way about me from the moment she saw me at the first location but she needed to hear me say the words. According to her, “life is too short to go into an undefined relationship, irrespective of however obvious it is to one another”.
Those words got me elated, and unlike the first moment I saw her, my love for her multiplied by infinity. There I was, looking directly into the eyes of my love, my Queen, my heart beat and my joy, fully conscious of our affection for one another and heartily commitment to making it work.



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