CHAPTER TWO - TRUTH AND FICTION




This was it, the moment she had been waiting for her entire life. She and Emeka would finally get to have sex. It had been bugging her …the fact that she seemed to be the only virgin among her friends. They excluded her in their conversations about boys… mocked her with their eyes when they talked about how the touch of a boy made their skin melt or how heavenly it felt to have the strong, hard hands of a man on their body. She tried to wait, she really did but Emeka had been pressuring her to give it to him like if it was his right or something. Last week she noticed him looking at some of the girls in their class lustily. He was very attractive, with his light complexion which always made his skin glow like someone who had never been sun kissed, his hair was always cut low with a little afro in the middle, which he relaxed and gelled because he said it made him look sleek. When he smiled, his eyes seemed to squint in a cute way that him look like the kind of cute boy you always wanted around. Women were attracted to him; his athleticism gave his chest a puff along with his large squared shoulders that always made his muscles bunch hard when he was touched in a sensitive area.
Ego are you sure about this?
His 5ft 9inch frame towered over her as he asked her with fake concern in his eyes. For a moment her heart was glad to imagine that Emeka would understand if she said that she wasn’t ready, this was not how she had imagined her first time. There was supposed to be dinner first, cheap red wine…a soft bed and Kenny G’s jazz music coming through softly from the speakers. The moment would have felt right and her body would have been heavily aroused as she anticipated his touch of passion that would bring such sweet pleasure. Instead they had come straight to Emeka’ house after his football practice. His clothes were strewed roughly all over his room. His parents were out of town for a conference in Enugu and his only sibling Grace would be at music lessons for another 90mins so he had decided that this would be the only time they would have the house to themselves. There was excitement in his eyes as he took in her body. She had to do this; Ifeyinwa would finally include her in her gossip stories about boys and her body would fully mature in that of a woman’s.
As she came to the front of her house she noticed that there were several police cars parked outside. She went inside curious as to what had brought them to her doorstep. Her mum was on the front porch staring out in the distance; she seemed deep in thought with worry lines etched on her beautiful forehead.
She straightened her steps as she came closer. Her mum would be quick to notice the limp. The sex had not been what she had fantasized about. It had been rushed and had left her feeling used and dirty. He had touched her everywhere at once seemingly. His hands had been rough as they groped her breasts insistently trying to drag the softness out of her small round oranges. When he had penetrated her… it had been swift and sour. His eyes etched in concentration as deep grunts escaped his throat every time his skin slapped against hers. She had lain there… motionless and stiff and she wondered how much longer it would take for him to reach satisfaction. 10 minutes and a lifetime later he stiffened as he released his sperm inside the condom and withdrew from her as he went to flush the condom down the toilet. There had been no cuddling… he didn’t ask her how she was doing or if the pain was bearable. He walked out and asked her to get dressed so he could drive her home. That had been her first time… 40 minutes of pain and torment.
Nne good evening…she greeted her mum. She noticed how suddenly her mum seemed to have aged 10 years between the last 7 hours before she went to school this morning.
Ego…how was school and basketball practice…are you hurt? I can see that you are in pain….
Her heart thundered in her chest as she tried to school her features into a mask.
Yes Nne I tripped on the court today and hurt myself in the process so I was excused from practice to get some rest
Ok…go in and eat your food…
What are these policemen doing here Nne?
It is your father…they say they have some questions for him…I have told them that he isn’t here but they insisted on searching the building for him.
Do you want me to wait out here with you Nne, I am not very hungry anyway…
Ok…come sit with me…hopefully its nothing too serious.

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