Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 70
The direct nature of the question
had left her in awe with a
dropped jaw. All she did in the
few seconds after I dropped the
bombshell was to gasp with a
bulging eyes and a mouth open
in shock. I would have naturally
apologized if I had not this
unexplainable strong conviction
over my allegation.
“Who told you that?” Commy
asked after she regained her
composure.
“That’s not necessary. The
important thing is for you to tell
me why you chose such lifestyle,”
I pressed on not trying to give
her the impression that I was
talking from mere assumption.
I believe the seriousness and the
strong show of conviction at
which I presented my assertion
must have given her the
impression that I have strong
evidence to back up my claims
and as such there won’t be any
need to drag issues with me in
order not to infuriate me and so
make me disclose her secret to
third parties. So she willingly
narrated to me how she got
herself involved in such illegal
practice. As common with most
students in same-sex secondary
schools across the country, the
practice of having strong
emotional and sometimes
romantic affection to one in the
same sex group is an ‘acceptable’
form of relationship in these
schools. The tradition of having a
school ‘mother’ and ‘daughter’ as
the case may be also helped to
promote this ungodly practice.
.
Commy was a victim of such
scenario presented above. Not
long after she was transferred to
Ulasi Girls Secondary School Aba
from another school in the rural
area where she was formerly
living with her uncle had ‘suitors’
began showing interests in
having her as either a school
‘daughter’ or ‘lover’.
She said she tried her possible
best not to give in to their
advances but when the pressure
became too much for her she
was left with no option than to
swim with the tide. What started
as a harmless relationship later
degenerated into a shameful
affair. A certain classmate of hers
which happened to live a few
blocks to my house was also
indicted in the unholy practice.
She had written series of love
letters to Commy seeking she
became her ‘lover’ as they called
it. Commy, who was yet to get a
wholesome grasp of the
direction of the letters, had
ignorantly accepted believing it
was just an innocent interest in
building a harmless friendship
which would help their
educational pursuit. But she
began noticing unnecessary
show of jealousy from this friend
of hers whenever she saw her
discussing with any other girl in
the school. This continued until
the day this friend invited her to
her house for what was
supposed to be a joint effort in
studying for their upcoming
examination. One thing led to the
other and they found themselves
kissing and romancing each
other. That marked a new
dimension in their relationship
as told by Commy.
.
‘Nawao! Na wetin dis grils dem
dey do for we back be dis?’ I
questioned myself as she
finished narrating her
experience to me. The revelation
left me wondering whether my
cousins who are in some of
these girls only schools are
involved in this type of lifestyle.
‘No wahala, I go begin to dey
monitor dem from today,’ I
decided.
It’s true that Commy and her
‘friend’ had taking the
relationship a bit too far by
experimenting with their bodies
but I instantly believed it will be
over exaggeration to tag them as
lesbians. These were young girls
who due to hormonal changes
brought about by puberty and
the limited male presence in their
lives had led them to improvise
using species of their kind as
laboratory rats in their want to
understand and/or satisfy the
burning desires. The best thing
they needed at that time was a
mentor figure if they are to be
stopped from graduating into full
lesbians. Someone who will help
reorder their steps from that
path of shame and self-destruct.
.
“Why don’t you stop this
practice?” I asked Commy who
was already hiding her face in
shame from the exposition.
“I have tried many times but I
keep going back especially when
the feelings to be touched came,”
she had submitted.
“I would’ve helped if not that you
are still too young. I know what I
would have done in this situation
but it’s not possible since you’re
not up to 18 years old and my
policy is that I can’t do anything
with someone who is not up to
18 years,” I had regretfully
explained.
.
Unfortunately, she had gotten a
glimpse of where I was driving
at and so in order not to lose my
presence in her life had decided
to do any possible thing to keep
this young undergraduate to
herself even if it meant her living
a lie.
“I am 18 years. Last September
made me 18. I’m still in SS3
because of the change of school
which affected me,” she had lied
and I unknowingly swallowed it
hook, line and sinker.
We spoke for a few more
minutes before I told her I’ll be
leaving since it was already
getting late. She had fidgeted
seductively as I made to leave. A
message I read to mean she
needed more than just the hug I
had given her.
“Commy, it’s not in my behavior
to publicly f0ndle my lady but I
promise to give you a kiss when
next we meet on the 25th,” I had
told her. I needed to make her
understand why I did not ‘press
her bobbi or nyash’ like most
guys will do even though we
were shielded by darkness
(remember the Mr. Nice Guy
approach). I also used the
opportunity to pass a message to
her that she should expect more
than just a hug during our next
meeting. It is a way of notifying a
girl about your romantic interest
in her as against the planned
date. If she does show up on
that day then you know she is
also romantically interested in
you but if she doesn’t then it’s a
better way to know that she is
not interested than to be
embarrassed with insults in your
attempt to go all romantic on her.
I knew we were going to be in a
more homely and responsible
setting the next time we would
be meeting since I now believed
she was up to age. I left her that
evening with a plan to reorder
her steps. I decided that I am
going to play the part of both a
mentor and a boyfriend.
Playing
a mentor meant providing her
with the necessary advisory
services while playing the
boyfriend required filling the bio-
sociologically induced sekxual
vacuum which I believed would
see her withdraw from the
wrong earlier sekxual orientation
since her needs are met
elsewhere and even in a better
experience.
And so this decision saw me play
the uncertified role of a rehab
therapist. A decision I may likely
get to regret in the future.
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