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"What's up with you and Leo? I want to know the truth. I have seen you guys talking before and now you guys act like total strangers. You didn't even bother telling him goodbye before he left" Ola said with a concerned face causing me to sigh.

Claron and Jane had gone to their ppa. Claron was the CLO at the local government while Jane was a teacher in a college. Jeff had gone out to handle his CDs project because he was the president of his cds.

So I was home alone with Ola.

"There is nothing up between us" I lied.


"Eriel we both know that's not true" Ola said plainly.

"Yes it's not. Leo is a big flirt. He goes after everything in skirt. He was the jerk I lost my virginity to. And instead of receiving the list bit of respect he acted like I was a bug on his shoulder. Me, Eriel. God knows I don't cling to men. I hate them being clingy to me. After sex I maintained my own lane, not wanting all the touchy touchy thingy from him or me giving it to him either and yet the last time I went to his house, after the sex, he pushed me away like a rag doll and he started giving me the attitude. Damn him!" I bursted out, wiping a tear that had escaped from my eyes.

Ola hugged me and I felt more tears escape from my eyes. I never knew I had been this hurt.

"Why him? I thought yo had a thing with Will" Ola asked and I pulled back sniffing, trying to calm the rapid beating of my heart.

"Will was my friend's boyfriend" I said with a shrug.

"Like that changes anything. I know Will, if he wants a girl, he would have her. I knew he wanted you" Ola said

"And he didn't have me" I lied.

"Then why Leo?" Ola asked.

"I wanted someone I had no emotional attachment with to avoid the drama and I had a little crush on him in camp" and that was the truth, I had given myself to Leo thinking it would cause no drama, and now, my life itself was a drama.

"I understand you but I still find it hard to believe that you were a virgin. I mean you are beautiful and desirable, any man would want a piece" Ola said with a playful smirk and I hit his arm playfully .

"I wish now that curiosity hadn't gotten hold of me" I said truthfully.

"But you know a girl never forgets her first. At some point you guys would come together again" Ola said.

I shook my head, "there is no way in hell that's happening" I said strongly.

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So yes....it was finally the day I had been waiting for. The day I would get to wear my khaki for the last time.

My POP.

I was excited, I was going to be leaving this bleeped up state. I was going to be having nothing to do here anymore.

I saw so many people I knew from camp. I mixed up. I was happy. Super excited.

The que was something else though....but I finally got my certificate.

I gave my local government inspector one last sweet smile when all that was in mind was "Bleep Nysc, it is finally over"

I took pictures with people I knew, even with those I had forgotten their names . Leo came to take a picture with me all smiling and I smiled in the picture.

I wasn't going to allow an ass destroy the vibes of today.

I was looking extraordinarily pretty today. I knew because I had taken my time preparing.

Jeff and I left the local government after all the plenty pictures. Lol. He wasn't a picture fan.

Jeff was organising our passing out party which was an all night in house party.

It was going to be fun. I knew because it was Jeff of course.

That night me and the girls prepared to party hard. There was nothing stopping me from doing anything tonight.

I took my time with my makeup, making sure my brows were on fleek and my highlights and contour stood out.

I wore a black bodycon dress that hugged my body like a second skin and a pair of sneakers. I wore a neck piece, bangles and crystal earrings, packing my hair up in a bun.

I was ready to party.

The moment Jeff saw me, he couldn't take his eyes off.

"Fish, keep staring and I would disappear" I teased him and he laughed.

"You look eatable, you no go blame me" he said still laughing.

"Fish" I teased hitting his arm.

"You look beautiful sincerely speaking" he said with no trace of smile and I felt heat rise up my neck.

"Thank you" i said smiling.

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The party was booming, Ola was still trying to high up all the girls though.

I wasn't a spirit fan but that night I took it all. Not caring that I was mixing up different drinks all together .

I had never tried smoking before but that night was going to be my first. I was planning on exploring every side of fun without leaving any stone unturned.

Jeff stepped out when the guys started passing on weed abi SK, I was too high to even ask what it was but I took it taking my time to draw a smoke. The feeling was undescribable. I had never felt this way.

Claron took the weed from my hand giving it to a guy seated next to her.

"Oya Eriel, let's step out, your eyes are barely open" she said laughing and she stood up, helping me up.

On our way outside, I saw Leo coming in.

"Eriel we need to talk" he said staring at me, ignoring Claron who was standing next to me.

"About?" I asked not even bothering to be polite, I was done being polite.I Gus's the highness was helping too. I wasn't doing that any more.

"You know" he said smiling before acknowledging Claron.

The bloody jerk. So he thinks he can get another lay because I had been so easy foolishly making him my first.


My steps were not straight and Claron laughed as I staggered.

"You are high" she said and I refused. We walked towards Jeff who had been making a call.

When he saw me, he laughed.

"You are high" he said causing Claron to laugh.

"A bit" I finally admitted. Claron led me to him, scared that I was going to miss my steps.

"Oya, take your property. I am going inside" she said with a soft laughter.

Jeff pulled me close, bringing his lips down to mine.

"No more drinks for you" he said before his lips entangled with mine.

We stayed out for a bit and the air helped a bit. At least, by the time we got inside I wasn't staggering anymore.

The music had stopped and they were playing the devil's basket by the time we got in.

I was dared to twerk in front of everyone. There was nothing there so I gladly stood up to do it. By the time I was done, Irene was sittinging next to Jeff and all the seats were occupied.

A guy sitting next to Claron suggested carrying me and I agreed. He looked awfully familiar. I think I had seen him around Will and Leo, once or twice.

The game went on and Irene was dared to make out with any guy of her choice and she chose Jeff.

I couldn't watch. The guy carrying me noticed and he rubbed my back softly .

I had no idea what that was supposed to do. The next dare fell on Leo and he was dared to suck on any girl's nipple for a minute and he chose me.

I saw Jeff watching and I noticed that Irene was no longer by his side.

When Leo came unto me, I didn't stop him. He sucked on mg nipple for a minute and I felt nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

The next dare fell on me, and I was dared to kiss Claron, which I did without thinking.

I went back to sit on the guy's leg. We later got tired of the game because we had done everything, so we went back to dancing. I went ahead to dance with the guy I was with, trying to convince myself that I wasn't trying to spite Jeff.

"I am Somto" he introduced himself.

"Eriel" I said with an innocent smile.

"I know, you are really quiet. Every time I see you, you are not talking" he said and I arched a brow.

"Really, you always meet me at the wrong time" I laughed.

"I would love to see you a..." He was cut off by Jeff.

"Bro, if you don't mind?" Jeff asked causing Somto to step aside, going to look for mother dance partner.
He later ended up with Irene.

"I can't watch that guy flirt with you" he said with an indifferent expression and I just shrugged.

"So what do you want?" I asked him while he led me away from where people were dancing to the bed.
He sat down first, pulling me to sit in between his legs.

"About Irene making out with me, I..." I cut him short.

"You don't have to expain, you know?" I said.

"I know but I need to. I didn't kiss her back. It is true we had a thing once or twice and she was aware that we were both doing it for the fun.When she noticed I had a thing for you, she started acting up. I tried to make her see reason that I wasn't dating her. I knew she was trying to put me in a tight corner when she chose to make out with me" He said in my ears because the music was pretty loud.

"So why are you telling me this?" I asked .

"Because I want you to know. I couldn't watch you with that guy, he was all over you. He told Irene that he wanted to have sex with her and she came to tell me, asking for a permission and I told her if she wanted it, why not. She was angry I had said that" He said with a sigh before he continued.

"The guy is a sharp guy, because the next thing I see, you are sitting on his leg and he is kissing your back" he said angrily.

"Hahahaha, he was, I didn't even notice" I said laughing.

"I want you Eriel" Jeff said softly.

"After the sex, what next? I can't do this Jeff" I said pouring out my heart.

"I want you Eriel, to date you. You are a beautiful person. Beautiful in and out. You are thoughtful, intelligent and loveable. You are someone I want in my life. I don't want to share that with anyone. Please Eriel, I need you to say yes" he said softly and I didn't know what to say.

Probably because I had not been expecting it .

"You are not saying anything" he said in my ears, giving me goose bumps.

"Yes?" It sounded like a question when I had meant to say yes.

Jeff kissed me. The kiss was probably the sweetest I had tasted.

I noticed people in the room were paired up in twos, the music had been reduced and no one was dancing anymore.

Jeff laid down, bringing my head down to his chest.
We stayed like that for a while before I spoke.

"Are you sleeping?" I asked softly. My head was banging.

"No, why?" He asked.

"I want you to Bleep me" every sense of shame I had,had gone out the window.

"What did you say?" I was guessing he thought he had not heard correctly.

"I want you to Bleep me" I repeated softly.

"Here?" He asked and I nodded.

"Here" I echoed.

He wasted no time, he was on me in seconds. I was going to have sex in a room filled with people and I didn't care.



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I woke up with a banging headache the next morning, it was worse than the one of last night. Jeff was still holding me.

I stared around looking at my environment. Some people were on the other side of the room sleeping and cuddling. Some had started getting up.

Jeff kissed my forehead "Good morning babe, how was your night?"

I remembered the scenes of last night. Jeff kissing me and pinching my nipples. Jeff touching my clit . Jeff removing a condomn from his wallet.

Jeff pushing my thing to the side before sliding into me. Jeff hitting the right places. I sighed

"Wild and good" I said with a smile and he laughed.

"Give me a minute" he said rising up.

I stood up to look for my bag and I bumped into the guy that had lapped me yesterday.

"Good morning" I greeted while scanning the room with my eyes for my bag.

" Good morning Eriel. I am leaving now, can I get your contact?" He asked giving his phone to me.

There was no harm there right?
I typed my number and he dialed it.

"Alright Eriel, would talk later" he said before leaving.

"You gave him your digits why" Claron asked out of the blues.

"Yea, he asked" I replied innocently.

"Just be careful yea" Claron said and I shrugged.

It wasnt like i was going to try doing anything drastic. I was happy where I was.

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When we got home, Irene kept on giving me the attitude and I felt guilty.

I wanted to talk to her but I had no idea on what I was going to say so I left it.

The girls and I left Jeff's house that day so I could prepare to go back to my old local govt.

Claron followed me home and on our way, the guy from last night called.

I ignored his call but he kept on calling so I answered.

"Hi" I said with a sigh.

"You really don't want to talk to me right" he replied and i sighed again.

"Wasn't aware my phone had been ringing" I lied.

"I want to see you Eriel"

"I just left on my way to town" I replied.

"Would be coming to town tomorrow" he said and I wondered why he was telling me.

"Okay" I said.

"Hoping I could see you?" He asked.

"If I am less busy" I replied and he said his goodbyes, hanging up.


I got back to town, living my normal life. Jeff came to town the next day for a party and invited me but I wasn't feeling like it so I turned him down.

Jeff was a sweet heart and he had his ways of putting smiles on my face.

Meanwhile the Somto guy kept calling and I kept giving him excuses,

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Ifinally agreed to see him with me being clueless.

He was lodged in an hotel. He led me to his room asking me what I wanted.

I wasn't comfortable.

Told him I was okay with a bottle of shwerppes and that I wasn't staying long because I needed to see Jeff.

"What's with you and the guy anyways?" He asked.

"He is my boyfriend" I told him checking my watch for the time.

He went to the door and locked it,, removing the key, that's when I knew I was in big trouble.

My biggest fear.

I felt a big lump in my throat.

I was in deep shit.

How would I get out of here.
"You know I like you right?" He asked and I gave a fake laughter as a reply.

"I have seen you before the party, but at that point, you were with Leo" he said getting me confused.

"I have a boyfriend" I replied.

"But you are here" he said coming to sit closer to me.

"What makes you think he isn't cheating on you anyway" he asked and I shrugged, trying to move away from him.

"I didn't put a leash around his neck. See I have got to go, I am late already" I said standing up and carrying my bag".

"He was in town on Tuesday" he said standing up.

"Well, he came for a party. See I really need to leave now. I need to attend to something. Please come and open the door" I said with my heart beating rapidly.

Instead he came onto me trying to kiss me. I shoved his chest.

"What is up with you now?" I asked with a frown.

"You know you are the reason why I haven't travelled back" he said glaring at me.

"Please, I am not in the mood for this..." I was cut short with another kiss and I tried pushing him away. This time he used his strength, pushing me down on the bed and my head hit the headboard.

I yelped in pain, trying to shove his weight off me.

"What is wrong with you?" I screamed pushing him away but he didn't bulge.
He struggled with the belt of my Jean and I pushed his hands away. I was scared.

My heart was hammering so fast that I was trying to catch my breath.

He slapped me hard and I yelped in pain. I didn't stop struggling, I screamed at the top of my voice with tears rushing down my eyes.

He was going to rape me.

This had been my fault, I know I shouldn't have come here.

There was a knock at the door and the idiot jumped off me, realising what he had tried to do.

"Who be that?" He said removing the keys from his pocket and putting it on the lock.

I jumped off the bed with my heart hammering, I arranged myself. I was still crying.

"Room service. You ordered for pepper soup"

He opened the door. "Since" he said angrily. I made my way to the door, pushing him aside and running out, not looking back.

I had gotten outside the building when I felt a hand on my arm.

The idiot had followed me.

"I don't know what came over me, I was just angry and tired of hearing Jeff's name. Please.." I didn't allow him to finish. I had stopped a bike and I jacked my arm from his grip.

"Bolek" I told the bike man. And he moved without any other words. I tried hard to control the tears. I couldn't cry outside. I tried holding it back but a tear had already escaped and another.

I gave the bike man his money without waiting for change.

Immediately Claron opened the door, all hell let loose. I burst into tears and she pulled me inside, holding me while she locked the door.

"What happened?" She asked and I cried harder.

"Is it Jeff, did you guys fight" I shook my head.

"I went to see Somto" I said and she frowned.

"Party Somto? Why? You didn't say you were going there" she said still frowning.

"I was trying not to be rude, he had been calling me and I kept giving excuses" I said trying hard to contain myself.

"Okay, you went to see him, so why are you crying? Did he...?" She said the last words with her mouth opened in shock.

I felt the tears gushing out more. I told her everything. How close he was. How foolish I had been to go there. She hugged me, trying to soothe me. Telling me to relax.

My phone began to ring and it was Jeff, I couldn't pick the call. I didn't know what I would tell him. That I had gone to see a guy that he supposedly dislike? Or how the guy had gotten my contact.

I locked myself up that day. Imagining what had happened, what had almost happened.

I cried harder. My head was still hurting from the hit. And I was still scared.

Jeff kept on calling and he called Claron who lied that I was sick and that she wasn't with me.

That night was hell. I kept recalling the incident and what would have happened if someone had not knocked and what if the idiot had chosen to send the room service away.

I knew then that it wasn't luck.

But the God whom I had longed abandoned.



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There was a knock on my door. Claron wasn't around so I stood up to get it.

To my surprise it was Jeff.

The first thing I asked was what he was doing in town and that was my guilty conscience speaking.

He had kept calling yesterday and I had kept rejecting it.

"Eriel, are you okay. You look a mess" Jeff said with concern, his gaze roaming over my face.

I felt guilty and stupid. I felt the tears starting all over again and Jeff pulled me in for a hug, rubbing my back.
He led me to the bed where I sat down. He didn't say a word, just kept rubbing my back until the tears subsided.

"What happened?" He asked me and I pulled away from him.

I pleaded with him not to hate me. And he kept telling me to just talk. And I told him everything. How I had given the idiot my number and went to his place.

Jeff was pissed. "What the Bleep? After I told you I didn't like the way he was all over you that night, you still gave him your damn number, then to crown it all, you went to see him in an hotel? What were you thinking? Why would you risk your life, what were you even trying to do, spite me" he let out angrily and I cried harder.

He was pacing around

"I can't do this shit" he said angrily, walking out on me.

I cried myself to sleep.

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Jeff called me the next day but I refused to pick because I knew I had hurt him.

Somto called and sent messages that I all ignored. I blocked his line later on.

Jeff kept calling. He went through Claron begging her to talk to me.

I traveled to Lagos that week with the mindset that I was going back to my old life of loving God, loving myself more and being the sweet girl everyone saw me as.

Two weeks had gone when Jeff called again. This time I picked it.

I was happy to hear his voice. I had missed that voice. He begged to see me again, he told me he was in lagos and I agreed to meet him at a fast food close by.

Immediately he saw me, he gave me a bear hug before releasing me and I laughed. I had missed it.

"You refused to see me" he said drily.

"I am seeing you" I replied, knowing what he meant.

"I have missed you. I swear I said I was going to get over it. I tried but I couldn't. It just didn't work. I missed seeing your wide smiles, and your eyes, what I love most in you" he said.

"You don't have to tell me all this. I hurt you and I know. I had been so naive and foolish to think...to think God knows what" I said with teary eyes.

"I later came to realise no one is above mistakes. You made a mistake. Baby you have your flaws and it is the girl with the flaws I fell in love with. The girl who always tried hard to please everyone. The girl who was a big time introvert pretending to be something more. I know you went to that guy's place not with the intention to lay with him. But it hurt. I was really hurt but I got over it" he said holding my hand and I tried hard not to let even a tear escape.

"I am so sorry, I am really sorry" I told him with my teary eyes.

"I want you back. I need you back" he said desperately.

"How can you still want me?" I asked in confusion.

"Because you are human and you are not afraid to show it"

And that was it. We got back together and we were even better together than before.

You know how they say experience is the best teacher.

I used to lie to myself that I could learn from other people's mistakes and I didn't have to make any.

What happened to that good girl who wanted to please everyone?

She was gone.

Replaced by a tougher and new woman. I had made my mistakes and I had learnt from them.

I know how you all think that I am dumb or I was dumb for everything I did.

Keeping myself to the age of 22 only to give it to a scoundrel.

Or having sex with my friend's boyfriend.

Or going to Somto's place.

It was all my mistake and I own up to them because I was the one who made bad choices.

People see me as the perfect sweet girl.

But, the truth here is that I wasn't perfect.

No.

I am still not. Because I am human and we all make mistakes.

We have all made choices at some point in our lives that we are not proud of.

I have made my fair share of mistakes and I have learnt from it all.

It took me a while to find myself but eventually I did.

I became a woman who made my own decisions.

I have become a woman who pleases no soul.

I have become a woman made out of my mistakes.

I am happy where I am now.

I have come to love me for me.

I have found a stand.

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Wow! Great story even thou I know you rushed it....

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I am glad you loved it.

Wow great story,more grace dear

telling us that is the end,it really worth it dear,thanks, expecting your next story with grateful heart

I haven't really been around, and then I come back and meet the story has ended. I loved it though, was really touching. More ink to your pen.

Nice story, enjoyed every bit of it. Couldn't help but remember my service year in yenegoa, bayelsa state. Ur mention of bolek brought good memories. Bolek car wash, yes? Okaka estate. I was 0001 batch A 2012 Corp member

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