A True Life Story, Written by
a COLLEGE GIRL before she
gave up the Ghost. I Took
Off My UNDE RWEAR….. I
used to be that innocent girl
who had the world at her feet. I was beautiful and I had eyes
and HIPS that could make men
sway, and to top it all up, I was a
Christian, a very good Christian
with a heart burning for God. When I entered the university, I
met a guy, his name was
DERRICK. I couldn’t believe my
luck the first time I bumped into
him on my way to class, he had
such a kind smile and a tender look that weakened my knees
when he spoke. Because I was
late for class we couldn’t talk
much but barely three weeks
later, I met him at the fresher’s
night party and I was overwhelmed. We got talking and I found out
that he was in his second year
and from that night, we became
an inseparable pair. At first, we
were friends and as months
passed by, we got closer and closer and the chemistry
between us was undeniable. About a year after I entered the
university, Derrick and I started
dating. He was everything a girl
could ever want and desire save
the fact that he wasn’t so much
of a Christian. Derrick had magical hands that made him
hard to resist and most times I
fell for it. At first, I felt bad but when I
couldn’t help falling into the
same pit I killed the guilt on my
inside. And then one day, one of
my friends said I was getting
fatter and that got me thinking and in the process I began to
link the dots…first I had a
vomiting spree every morning
which I thought was due to a flu
and then I had this morning
sickness which I felt was due to stress and then my missing
period…oh no it can’t be
possible I said to myself, I
couldn’t be pregnant!!! After a
series of test outside school, I
realized the deadliest truth, I was indeed pregnant. I was only
nineteen, I still had a whole life
ahead of me, what was I going
to do. I couldn’t tell my parents, they
wouldn’t hear of it. Ihad to go to
Derrick to tell him what I had
found out. On telling him, I saw
him fly into a temper I had never
seen in my life. He was so hysterical, calling me all sorts of
names and I didn’t even know
when I started crying heart
drenching tears of hurt and
betrayal. When he looked into
my eyes he must have realized how scared and hurt I was and
so he pulled me close and ran
his hands through my hair until I
had calmed down and then he
said to me in the most subtle
voice ever ”why don’t you have an abortion”. I pulled back instantly, I couldn’t
have an abortion! But when he
talked about my parents and the
sanctioning of the school and
the fellowship which I belonged
to, I knew I had no other choice. Derrick had made all the
arrangements and so on the
supposed day we went to the
room- like clinic. I shivered all
through my way there but
Derrick kept telling me that it would be okay and that he was
proud that I made such a brave
decision. When I entered into the room
where the abortion was
supposed to take place I laid
down on the table trying to
dissociate my mind from what I
was about to do and then a young man told me sternly, ” you
know I can’t perform this
procedure with your UNDE
RWEAR on” and then I began to
pull it off. As I did this a sense of guilt
overwhelmed me, first I had
pulled off my UNDE RWEAR of
pleasure and now I was pulling it
off to get rid of the stigma the
pleasure had brought what a shame, I felt so exposed. All through the times that I felt
instruments coming in and out of
me, I kept thinking of the lady I
had become and the hypocrite I
had transformed into. I let out a sigh, only if I can get
through this I muttered… only
if…and then I felt a sharp pain
pierce through the whole of my
body, I screamed but then the
doctor told me to be quiet. I felt another pain but this time I bit
my lip and then the pain began
to come in successions. I instinctively knew that
something was wrong but I was
too weak totally or to move and
then I heard the voices of
Derrick and the doctor talking
about the fact that I was bleeding excessively. The pain
was so unbearable and I could
feel myself getting weaker and
weaker. With the last strength in me, I
pleaded with God”Oh Lord I’m
so sorry for taking my under
wears off, please forgive me.”
and I drifted into a world where
the pain seemed less hurtful and the voices seemed more distant.
Friends, our bodies are the
temple of the Lord. Do not take
off your UNDE RWEAR when
the time is not right. Lots of girls who gained
admission into the university as
virgins eventually lost it so
cheaply to guys who have
nothing to do with their destinies.
In a bid to get a certificate, they sold out a destiny that certificate
cannot guarantee….she died
long time ago..
