I woke up late that Monday morning, it was already 7:15am when i woke up.we finished our morning devotion around 6:05am and i decided to sleep a little but ended up Woking late. Am already late for school i murmured as i grabbed my toothpaste and brush and rushed into the bathroom to brush and as well as have a quick shower .
I was still brushing when i heard a knock on the door. I knew it, they are here!! .Ella and Chioma my best friends are here i thought to myself, i came out few minutes later only to see them copying from my assignment, No wonder they didn't hurry me up i smiled to myself .hey girls am sorry for keeping you waiting just a few minutes more! I pleaded with my eyes
" go dress jhoor" they chorused, " No more breakfast too " Chioma added. True to her words i skipped breakfast and by 8 am we were on our way to school, we got to school around 8: 20 am, students were marching into their classes and we quickly joined them. We attend kingsbest international school Newland.
By 10:am that morning we were still playing in class as a result of the teachers meeting with the principal. We got tired of playing and Ella suggested we play Truth or Dare, we agreed to it .she asked us first T or D she shouted, i choosed T as well as Chioma..Ella cleared her throat, Are you still a Virgin? She asked us smiling, Chioma bursted into laughter" Ella you dey craze o before nko".i was shocked, i wasn't expecting that, talk jhoor Ella said while looking at me.i was motionless while they looked at each other,,, praise what's wrong? Chioma asked, you won't understand i answered as tears flowed down freely down my dimpled cheeks, they have reopened an old wound without knowing. Praise what is it na? Why are you crying Ella continued. This is my deepest secret, the only thing am hiding from you two, no one knows this apart from my parents and my aunt. Please promise me you won't tell anyone else i beg of you."you can count on me said Ella, " your secret dies with me came Chioma's reply.
You see, i started i used to live with my Aunt when i was nine, i went to spend the holidays with her children i ended living with them. On a particular Friday evening i was fetching water when Bro. Felix that lives in the next flat asked me to buy recharge card for him, he was just coming back from work. I collected the money and off i went....,this brother is lazy he should have bought it on his way back i through to myself as i rushed into mama okey's store to get the card for him, my plan was to rush upstairs and give it to him before fetching water.
I knocked at his door while i waited, he answered from inside Yes!!!, its me praise i have bought the card,The door is opened he replied,, hmmmm i stopped while looking at my friends, Chioma's face portrayed fear, i guess they figured out what happened.Nevertheless, i continued.. I opened his door and went in , he quickly locked the door and ordered me to remove my Clothes, i refused,he forced me and tore my clothes in the process. I thought he wanted to kill me but i was wrong, he threw me on the bed and raped me .i was shouting and screaming there was nothing i could do, he was more powerful than I was, you can imagine a nine year old girl fighting with a man in his early thirties.it was painful, i continued to shout but he was bent on satisfying his selfish desires to my own detriment, from time to time, he would slap me telling me to shut up.
Few minutes later, the three guys that occupied the first floor broke into his house guess they heard my shout and has been knocking since then and when the door was left unanswered they were however left with no other option than to break the door.
Felix jumped jumped out of fear immediately he saw them. I was still in pain, i looked at myself and saw blood i thought he wounded me, little did i know that he already deflowered me. He ran out that night and has been on the run, he was reported to the police and when he didn't show up after six months his properties were taken to the station.i was taken to the hospital, my parents were contacted at once. I was discharged after three days. I couldn't forget that horrible experience, my parents were scared, they thought i would run mad.They took me home and i recovered fully after one year. That was many years ago.
Last session a man of God was invited to preach during our moral instruction, he preached on sex and it's consequences, being a Virgin and it's importance, virginity as a woman's dignity. I was devastated, am no longer a Virgin, the seal has been broken!. By now my friends were already crying though silently. I cried for one week remembered when i missed school for one week? I asked, they nodded simultaneously.my mother thought i would die, i had to live with the stigma.
Am not a Virgin i concluded as i wiped my face with my handkerchief. These words always consoles me. Dear you are a Virgin before God but biologically you are not. God's opinion about you remains the best...
My mother's soothing voice.
The End!
Dedicated to all victims of rape!
