Namhlanje unyaka omtsha, kwaye andisazi into endiya kuyenza, kunye nendlela endiza kudibana nayo, kwaye ngokubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ndiza kudibana nani. Ngomntwana, ngaphambi konyaka omtsha, bekuhlala kunomdla wokubhiyozela, ukulindela into engavamile, umlingo okanye ummangaliso, ndikholelwa kuBawo Frost. Akunjalo nje kuphela ukuba uNyaka omtsha unike uvakalelo olunjalo, kodwa iholide nganye yenze uhlobo oluthile lwalo moya. Kwaye ngoku, zonke iiholide zithwele uxinzelelo kunye noxinzelelo, mhlawumbi zonke zibangelwa kukuba ndedwa. Ndiseneminyaka engama-24 ubudala, kwaye ndihlala ndingatshatanga. Kwakukho, ngokuqinisekileyo, ubudlelwane, kodwa zonke zaphela ngokuhluleka. Kwaye ndayekezeleka, ndayeka ukukhangela. Ukuba isithuba esinjalo sokuba ndibe ndedwa, ndiza ndedwa.
Ndahlala kwisihlalo seengalo, ngifakwe ngengubo, ndaza ndisela ishokolethi eshushu. Ngaphandle kwewindow, ikhephu yayiwela ngeenkukhu ezinkulu. Ebusika kwakufudumele, ekhaya kwikona kwakuyimithi encinane yeKrismesi. Omnye umhlobo wamzisa kum ngelanga ngaphambi kwezolo, ukuba kungekhona kuye, andingayi kuba nomthi weKrisimesi. Ngomabonakude, babonisa zonke izinto ezingenasiphelo eziboniswa unyaka ngamnye kunyaka omtsha. Ewe, nantsi into entsha yeholide endiyolisayo , ndacinga, kwaye ke ifowuni yavuma.
- Unyaka omtsha onoyolo, umntwana! ULily wamemeza efonini, wayengumhlobo wam omhle. Sadibana naye eyunivesithi, safunda iminyaka emi-5 sifunda kunye, kwaye iminyaka emi-5 yonke yayingenakulinganiswa, njengangoku. Ukususela ekugqibeleni, iminyaka emi-2 idlulile, kwaye sasisabunye, nangona esandula kutshata, kwaye wayesele elinde umntwana. - Ngeyure ndikulindele ekhaya! Wememeza kwakhona kwifowuni.
"Lil, andifuni ukuphazamisa uDima." Ngumnyaka wakho wokuqala wokuqala, ndagxininisa kwifowuni.
"Okokuqala, kodwa kungekhona okokugqibela!" Masibale ukuze ndidibane! Kufuneka ulungiselele ialadi apha, "uhleka. "Andikwazi ukujika ngeesisu ekhitshini, kwaye asiyi kuba yedwa." UDima wabiza ngabahlobo bakhe, kwaye ndibiza ngokuba ngam. Ngoko masihlambulule size sibaleke!
- Ngoko andinanto yokugqoka, kwaye andizange ndithenge izipho, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo andinayo imvakalelo - Ndandisifuna ukuya ku-otmazatsya. - Ngokuqhelekileyo, ndiza kuziva ndingonwabi phakathi kwabahlobo bakhe, kwaye mna ndedwa, andinayo inkwenkwe! Kwaye bonke baya kuba neebini. Ndiya kuba ngumoya ngaphandle kwesibini!
"Akuyiyo yonke into eya kuba kunye namantombazana, umhlobo waseNgilani uye waza kumbona, uya kuba yedwa, uSasha wedwa, umkhumbule?" Wayemthanda. Wayehlukana kunye nekimimora yakhe.
"Ndiyakhumbula, ndiyakhumbula."
- Ukuba ufuna ukufumana umntu, kufuneka uhambe. Futhi musa ukuhlala ekhaya! Akayi kuza kwaye angqongqo kwiwindow yakho.
- Lil, yintoni iwindi, ndihlala kumgangatho wesi-7. Ewe, andilindeli mntu.
- Ngoko, uya kuza na? Ndiyathemba ukuba andiyi kushiya ekhitshini yodwa ngesisu sakho!
Wacinezela kakhulu intlungu. Ewe, andinakumshiya yedwa. Kangaphi amaxesha wandisindisa kwaye wandinceda. Kwaye kufuneka uhlakaze. Kwaye uSasha uya kuba khona. Wayesemtshatweni. Wandibetha ngokukhawuleza kwiso. Enjalo enhle, enentlungu, ebomvu, enamandla, enomntwana onomhlaza.
- Uthi, Sasha uya kuba ????
- Kuya kuba, kuya kuba njalo!
"Ngaba iya kuba njalo?"
- ndiyathembisa!
"Kwieyure ezimbini, linda." Into yokuthenga?
- Hayi, sele sele sitshintshile izolo. Zizenzele ezihle.
Kwaye ndaxhonywa. Kwaye kwangoko kwandicinga loo nto. Akukho nto yokugqoka. Wagijima waya ekamelweni, waza waqala ukuthetha. Imizamo yam yavuzwa, ndafumanisa ibhatyi, endiyifuna ngalo imini yangaphambili, ndafumana ingubo. Ndandigqoke kanye kuphela, kwi-prom. Ndilibale ukuba ndibenalo. Ingubo emnyama, evulekileyo, enomgca onzulu, ngaphaya kwamadolo. Ndaphinda ndifumene izicathulo ezinezithende ze-stiletto, endizithengileyo kungekudala.
Emva kokuba ndigqibe kwisigqoko, ndagijimela esitolo. Emva koko, kwakudingeka ukuthenga izipho zikaDima noLila. Ndiyabulela uThixo, andizange ndichithe yonke imali yam impahla. UDima ndithenge i-slippers ngempembelelo yokubumba, uLily isambatho esikhulu sokugqoka umbala wakhe obomvu ogqithisayo, wagijima waya kwisitywala esitywala waza wathenga iwayini. Ngezinye izinto ndingenayo ingcamango eyaneleyo. Akuphuhliswa kakuhle.
Kwaye emva kweyure nesiqingatha, ndemi ekhitshini kunye noLily kunye neenwele zeekhanda ekhanda lakhe kunye neengcambu zemifuno yeolivier. Wandixelela ukuba ngubani na, kwaye ndandifuna ukumbona uSasha, ndandithanda kakhulu ngoko. Kwaye ke ndacinga entloko yam ukuba mhlawumbi kuya kudala ukuba ndiza ndedwa, kwaye uya kuza. Mhlawumbi, uyisiphelo sam.
Emva kweeyure ezimbini ukumba ekhitshini, ekugqibeleni siphume satshatywe kwaye sineyayonnaise. Kodwa itafile yayimangalisayo. Etafileni kukho iitrato ezimhlophe, phakathi kwetafile kwakukho iziqhamo ezimhlophe zeentyantyambo kwi-vase encinane, iziqhamo, ezihlotswe kwiimo eziqhelekileyo. Itafile yayisetyenziswe abantu aba-7.
- Ewe, ndingathini na ngaphandle kwakho? - Wamkela waza wamanga wabuza intombazana eyayisiswini, endandiyithanda kakhulu.
- Vulelwa yedwa! Ngaphandle kwam! - ndaphendula ngokukhawuleza. - Ziya kufika nini iindwendwe? Siza kuba nexesha lokuzibeka, ngo-?
"Izivakashi mazize ngeyure." UDima waya emva kweAlex.
"Alex?" Ngubani na lo?
"Lo ngumhlobo wakhe waseNgilandi."
"Ingaba uyazi ngesiRashiya?"
"Uvela eRashiya." Andizi, kodwa uDima uthe. ukuba uyazi xa ndambuza into efanayo.
"Kulungile, makhe silungele." Akunakwenzeka ukuba uSasha uza kundibona kule fomu. Emva koko uya kuyika. - Ngelo xesha ndikhangeleke kakhulu. Awakhiwe, kwi-curlers, nakwengubo yokugqoka kaLily, endiyindoda ebininzi obu-2, ukuba akunjalo.
Xa ndaphuma kwindlu yokuhlambela, uLily wandijonga ngam amehlo amakhulu. Kwaye ixesha elide ndikwazi ukuthetha igama. Iingcamango zezigidi ezidlulayo entloko yam, ingubo ayihlali kakuhle, izicathulo azifani, izinwele zam zibuhlungu, ndenze iinywele zam, njalonjalo. Yintoni eyayingalunganga? Ndaqala ukuxhalabisa. Okanye mhlawumbi umlomo wakhe wagula? Ndaqala ukukhathazeka ngakumbi!
- Klaaass! - Kuphela kwaye unokululaza uLily. Kwaye ndiwe njengelitye entliziyweni kwaye ndihleka kakhulu. Kwakhona ubukeka bukhulu. Ukukhulelwa kwakungowakhe, ephuma kwintombazana enyantombazana, yajika yaba yintokazi, eneendlela ezintle.
"Ukhutshwe!" - ndinentloni, ndathi.
Kwaye zonke iindwendwe zabuthana, ngaphandle kweDima kunye nesivakalisi saseNgesi. Bonke abantu babesazi, kwaye ndahlala phantsi kwaye ndixoxisana nawo wonke umntu. Ndonwabile kwaye ndonwabile. Kwakuseeyure leshumi elinesibini, kodwa kwakungekho namadoda. ULily akazange ayeke ukulila uDima ngelixa ndamkela iindwendwe. USasha wayevuyiswa kakhulu, nangona ulwahlulo lwangoku selula kunye nentombazana. Waqhubeka ejika, waza wabonisa iimpawu zokunakwa. Ndonwabile gqitha. Ekugqibeleni, lam elindelekileyo yayilungile, kwaye ndiyayinyamekela loo ndoda ndiphantse ndiyithande.
"Baya kuba sekwephuzile." - watsho uLily, - ngoko ke sihlale phantsi, sele sasile mashumi amabini ukuya kweshumi elinambini!
ULily, enethemba lokuba uDima uza kuba nexesha, athathe kunye neziglasi ze-champagne, wayengenakufuna ukuhlangabezana nomnye wabo wokuqala wonyaka odibeneyo njengabafazi, kwaye wayethemba ngokuzenzekelayo ummangaliso.
Kwaye ke baqala ukubetha i-chimes, wonke umntu waqala ukumemeza ngomnyaka omtsha, waza wavala iziglasi, waza wavula iingcango, kwaye uLily wagijima waphuma waza wagijima waya kumhlangabeza umyeni wakhe.
"Ndandisoyika kakhulu ukuba awunaso ixesha!" - ukumbamba umyeni wakhe, wancenga. - NdingumLily, kunye nawe, mhlawumbi, uAlex! Kuhle kakhulu ukukuhlangabeza! - Ngelixa elifanayo uLily uyitshintshe indwendwe. Kwaye ndaqala ukumqhelanisa nazo zonke iindwendwe. Xa ndafika kum, ndaye ndanyuka, ndawaqonda loo mahlo. Amehlo akhe akaguqukanga!
Safunda kwisikolo esifanayo, wayeneminyaka engama-2 emdala kunam, kwaye sadibana nokufunda esikolweni esiphakeme. Kodwa, hayi, akukho nto eyenzekayo, wandishiya waza waqala ukuba ngumhlobo nentombazana endala kunam, kwaye intliziyo yam ishiywe iphukile. Emva kwexesha, yonke into yayikhohliwe, kwaye ngoku, wambamba isandla sam, ndaza ndabamba umlilo. Ngomzuzu ofanayo, ndalibala ngoSasha. Ndi khumbula!
"Ochen ulungile!" - watsho ngokukhawuleza, wamanga ngesandla sam.
- Ngoku ke konke etafileni! - ULily wamemeza, ngezwi lakhe elivakalayo. Kwaye ndacinga. Akazange andiqonde. Ilizwe langaphandle liguqula njani abantu, beshiya umntu odlulileyo kwimemori yakhe.
Ukusuka kuloo mzuzu yonke into yayigubha ephupheni, ndatshwankqisa, ndihleka. Ndadansa noSasha, kwaye konke oku kufana nephupha. Ndonwabile kukuba uLily akazange abone nantoni na. Andizange ndifune ukumcasula ngoku. Wambamba uDima, ke mna, kwaye wayenethuba elihle.
Kusihlwa kwaphela ngo-5 ekuseni, wonke umntu washiya ngaphandle kwam no-Alex, kwaye ndalungele ukuya ekhaya. Ndaziqokelela izinto zam, izipho zam, zatshintsha iingubo zam, zanceda uLila ukuba ahlambulule yonke into. Ekhitshini, izitya zam, uLily wabuza:
"Mhlawumbi uza kuhlala ulale nathi?" Kutheni ngoku ungena kwisihlalo somqhubi?
Ndiza kubiza itekisi, "ndathi.
"Yintoni ephosakeleyo?" Wabuza ngokusola.
- Hayi, ungubani na? Yonke into yayinkulu. Ndidiniwe kwaye ndifuna ukuya ekhaya.
"Ufuna ukuya ekhaya!" Nje nge ntombazana!
Ndagqiba kwelokuba ndihambe ngemoto. Ngokufanayo, iindlela zazingenanto. Ukuthetha, ndaya emnyango. ULily wakwazi ukukhwaza;
"Ndibizele xa uhlala ekhaya!"
- Ulungile! Ndamemeza emva.
Kwakusebumnyama ngaphandle. Kodwa kwikhephu, kubonakala i-tinsel ehlukahlukeneyo, kwaye kwezinye iindawo kwakukho umsi ovela kumlilo wokungabikho komlilo. Ukusondela kweemoto, ndava ukunyathela kwam ngokukhawuleza. Le ndoda yabaleka. Ndandethusa, andinayo ngokwaneleyo kuphela ukudlwengulwa nguSanta Claus owayedakiwe. Kubonakala ngathi ndaye ndayeka ukuphefumula ngethusa. Kwaza kwangoko umntu wabeka isandla sakhe ehlombe lam. Wam uThixo! Wam uThixo! Ndathandaza kuNdikhoyo uThixo ukuba yonke into iya kulungile. Andikhumbuli ukuba ndibe njani ekhephu, ndakhala, omnye wandibuza.
"Ndiyaphupha malunga nayo yonke loo nto!" Wathi ilizwi.
Emva kokuba ephuphe ulungelelwano olusisigxina, ekubeni uthe waphupha ubusuku bonke, kuthetha ukuba sasidla ngokuhlwa kunye, oko kuthetha ukuba uyindwendwe kaLily noDima, kwaye le ngongoma ... ndaqonda ukuba nguAlex. Andikhumbuli ukuba sininzi kangakanani ekhephu nasebuseni ebumnyameni.
"Ulibale ikhwama yakho!" Wathi kum.
Ndakhawuleza ndanyuka, ndandinceda, ndanyakazela ikhephu kum, ndanikela isikhwama kwaye ... ndabuyela emva. Andizange ndikulindele ukujika kweziganeko.
Ngomso olandelayo, ndavuswa ngumnxeba weefowuni, ndithathile i-receiver, ndava ilizwi elibi leLilechka.
- Unyaka oNwabileyo. Umntwana!
- Sawubona. Yaye ixesha elingakanani?
- 6pm
Ngokuhlwa okanye yintoni? - Ngandlela-thile ndizange ndilindele ukulala ngokuhlwa.
- Wavuka nje, ephazamiseka, - waguqa kwifowuni. Ngobusuku busuku bekundikhathele. "
- Yintoni oyenzayo? Ndakubuza, ndabuyela ebhedeni.
- Yaye yintoni umfazi okhulelweyo onokuyenza? - Wadla, - ndiyadla, ewe! Kuyinto ebuthathaka kum. UDimochka wam waya kumbona umhlobo wakhe kwisikhululo. Akayi pholile?
- Ewe ... Dima unobomi obuhle ... - Ndathi akukho nto.
- Hayi, kungekhona uDima! Ndithetha ngoAlex! Kwaye uDima ubhetele! Waqhayisa.
- Ewe ... Alex ayikho ... - ndathi, emva kokucinga, «yiyo yonke into? Ukubamba omnye?
- Yintoni ephosakeleyo nawe ??? Izwi lakho liyamangalisa ... - Umhlobo wam wayecaphukile.
"Ndiyintanda, ndivusa nje!" Liliphi ilizwi lam?
- Lapha! Ngoku ndiyazi intombi yam! Kulungile, ulale, kwaye ndaya kudla-kwaye waxhoma. Kwaye ndahlala ndicinga.
"Kungaba ngcono ukuqhubeka nokuzenza ngathi akangikhumbuli, kunokuba kunjalo nangendlela endiyenzayo ngayo, ndithandabuza. Emva koko nda khumbula ngexesha elizayo, emva kokumkhumbula kwakhe uSasha, owayedakiwe, waqala ukundityazela, ukugxotha izandla zakhe, ngoko uDima wamthuma ekhaya ngeteksi. Ngokusobala, uSasha usenomdla malunga nokuphuka kunye nentombazana, ukuba kunjalo wayenza ngokubhiyozela umngane wakhe omhle. Nangona kunjalo, iholide edibeneyo ngumnyaka omtsha . Kwaye ndaphinda ndikhumbule isithuba esingazange sihlangane nazo kunye nesiqingatha sam sesibini. Kungoko kunjalo, ndacinga, ndaya kwindlu yokuhlambela, ndihlamba iinjongo zeNtsha.
Mayelana noAlex, andizange ndive nantoni na into, ngathi ngoSasha. Ngokungafani no-Alex, uSasha wabiza waza wathi into ethile malunga nokuxolisa. Kubonakala ukuba, wazama ukuxolisa. Ndamxolela, ndayeka, ndaqala ukulibala uAlex.