Dialogue one
Early in the evening
A wide shot of the university gate. Undergraduates walking in and out of the school premises. Cuts to a car zooming close, then parking adjacent of the school gate. A close up shot of the man driving the car. He picks up his phone from the seat beside him, scrolls through his contact list, selects the number he wants and dials.
Uncle: Yes, I’m outside the gate. (peers through the review mirror) No, I cant see you. (sigh) No. What are you wearing? A red blouse and blue Jean? Yes the black Jeep.
Cuts to a teenager who approaches the car from behind, a mobile phone, held against her eat.
Teenager: (peeps through the window of the car) Uncle?
Uncle: (stares dumbfounded) You? (disconnects the call as he climbs out of the car.) Whoa! (His eyes rakes her form) You look so different. The last time I saw you, you were like this small (demonstrates with hands)
Teenager: (chuckles)
Uncle: Come and give me a hug (wraps arms about her in a tight hug) Hum mm. (releases her from the hug) I can even feel your boobs. When did you start growing breasts?
Teenager: Ah, uncle
Uncle: I could feel them pressing over my arm. Nice changes. Hope you are not letting all this small boys press them. In fact, I need to inspect them to make sure they are still standing erect? You know I have to take care of you. This is just one of the ways. I have to ensure that everything is still proper and set.
Dialogue two
A close up of Uncle dropping off his teenage niece at her hostel after she’d visited his family. He pulls the car to a stop some kilometres to her house.
Teenager: (stares in amazement) Fuel?
Uncle: (shakes his head) No. I noticed something.
Teenager: (sober) What did I do? Is it Aunt? Is it because I refused to sleep over. I told her I had a test tomorrow and I still have a couple of pass…
Uncle: Its not that. It’s just - (sigh wearily) - I had a quarrel with my wife. For over two days now and she has not allowed me into the bedroom. I sleep in the guest-room.
Teenager: (puzzled) okay
Uncle: Yes. And I don’t want to cheat on her, so I want you to help me out.
Teenager: (eyes widen). How?
Uncle: Lets make out. Kiss and small romance. Nothing heavy. Just help me out. I don’t want to cheat. Do this for your uncle. Or do you want me to go and look for another woman? That’s cheating and I don’t want to cheat. So help me out. Please. There is nothing wrong in helping out a family member.
Third dialogue
A long shot of uncle and his teenage niece in the small one room apartment where he’d come to visit her. He’s sitting on the single plastic chair in front of the reading table stacked with books. His niece is sitting, cross-legged on the bed, eating suya; courtesy, Uncle.
Uncle: So how are lectures?
Teenager: (Swallows the munched meat) Good. Very different from secondary school.
Uncle: And the boys?
Teenager: What boys?
Uncle: (tsks) Don’t tell me no boy has been disturbing you. I saw that boy who dropped off a text book, when I came in.
Teenager: (laughs, slurping water) He’s just my course-mate, uncle. Nothing there. You know I don’t have time for boys. I’m just in 100 level. I need to focus on my studies.
Uncle: (stares speculatively) So you’re still a virgin?
Teenager: (chokes on the meat she’s about to swallow) Uncle!
Uncle: (unabashed) What? (Shakes his head) I don’t believe you. I need proof. If you say you are still a virgin with all the boys I can see around you then I want proof. I’ll check with my finger. Just one finger, Except you’re lying and no longer a virgin; that’s when you will refuse. If you’re really the book worm you’re professing to be, then let me confirm. Just one finger.
In conclusion, BE WATCHFUL and BEWARE
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