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THE UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE

   University was fun for Antonia. Being an easy-going person, making friends was not a difficult task. Her friends were mostly made up of the male folk. She was very serious with her studies and never allowed any distraction to divert her attention from the purpose of being in school. Many of the guys tried to woo her over but she turn them down. Her female friends were surprised and they did not hide it.
   "Antonia, I have not seen you in any serious affair with any of your many male admirers" said Michelle while they were on their way to the lecture theatre one afternoon. Michelle was a friend and a course mate. She was nurturing an intimate relationship with a male folk and expected every girl to do same. Mary also shared a similar view with Michelle during their conversation. "I am not ready for any of such," said Antonia with a smile on her face. She did not want to scare her female friends away by her opinion.
   "Come of that, do not try to play the saint here. You must have had at least a boyfriend before you resumed schooling," Michelle said. "No!" Replied Antonia while narrating the reason for sticking to her decision to her friends. Her younger sister had being a victim of such unhealthy relationship which got her pregnant at an earlier age. The person responsible denied ever having an affair with her.  As she explained further, her friends hissed and said "at least you must have had intercourse". With a smile, she told her friends that she had made up her mind never to be involved in relationship of such kind until she got married.
   Antonia's mother had said it was a thing of honour and dignity for a girl to be found a virgin on her wedding night. Although many ladies on campus did not share the same view, it had a way of influencing Antonia's decision. When friends thought virginity was old school and very archaic, she addend on keeping herself until her wedding day. She was confronted with many questions. One of which was "what if the man you preserved yourself is impotent, how would you know?". Michelle threw this question at Antonia. The question threw her off balance a while. As thoughts started pouring into her head, she pondered on how she would handle such. "I wish you the best with your decision" added Michelle while laughing, mockingly.
   One day, Mary and Michelle asked Antonia to accompany them to visit the one of their elder brother Fredrick. Fredrick had always liked Antonia. He sometimes sent gifts to her during his days of visit to their school. He was married with two children. That fateful day, they had barely arrived, when Mary and Michelle excused themselves. They said they wanted to visit a nearby friend. Mary's elder brother had his music system playing very loud songs. Not long after they were gone, Fredrick started making some advances towards Antonia. She tried to get away but the door was locked. He was able to force his way through her and took away her virginity.
   Before her friends returned, the deed was done. Fredrick gave them some money to keep it a secret. Antonia had to live with the shame. The shame kept her indoors for weeks. She vowed never to visit a man's house ever again.

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