THE PREDATOR

This is not a Disney story,this story is not about happily ever after's but this is life as it is and how it has touched us all.
    I should never have met him,I should never have fallen into his trap like a lost animal but its too late to regret and at the end of the day,I am still heart broken. You might wonder what I speak of and wonder if I desire your sympathy but I really don't,I just want to share my story.
   I gained admission into the University at the age of 16 and I was this shy and innocent sweet thing. My mother or sisters never cared to sit me down and give me "THE TALK" but I never imagined that it would affect me in any way. I was so young and lost in the university,so many people from different places with their distinct characters and I often felt lost,like I never belonged. Maybe I was just too young,maybe I was just too innocent but it was logical when I met HIM.
    He was one of those dudes that waited patiently for newly admitted students which they usually referred to as "fresh fish" or "freshers". He was a predator and usually he picked his preys well. Young,innocent and unsuspecting girls who were usually lost and looking for comfort and I never suspected a thing till I had fallen into his sharp claws and looking back today I realised how truly innocent I was then. I would forever weep for that little girl I was.
  I met him on my way to class and like most guys he playfully asked me to "smile" because I was really in a bad mood then, but I ignored him as I walked on briskly, but he chased me down and I warmed up to his charming smile and experience! I was bored alone and in dire need of attention and he offered me all that. As time went on he became a brother to me, we would sit together in the evening and talk at length, he would advice me about boys and school and about my room mates. I would tell him all my problems and he always had some good advice. He told me about himself,how he was focused and didn't smoke or drink and how he detested people that indulge in those vices and I was really proud of him.
  I NEVER imagined anything romantic between us and so I gladly accepted to go out with him one evening. HE claimed that I wasn't having any fun,and I wasn't even going out and all that so he promised to show me round town for a few minutes and bring me back immediately and I dint even think twice before accepting. He came that evening with his friend and they picked me up with a car and I was so excited when I got in.
  I first noticed something was wrong when he never even acknowledged my presence, it felt like I wasn't even there. Well I assumed his mind was somewhere else and I settled into my seat at the back and watched the road. Soon I saw his friend hand him a pack of cigarettes and he took out one and lit it. I felt goose bumps all over my body as I watched on, he dint even notice my reaction as he never looked back at me, he finished that stick and went for another. My body temperature shot, I sprawled down on the car seats and started shaking. The drive was so long that it took hours, he was driving me towards the out skirt of town and it dawned on me that I was in trouble.
    After a long while we got to a bar and he ushered me out absent minded and before I could even sit down,he had ordered loads of alcohol while his friend joined him and they drank on and on, I took a soft drink but couldn't even keep it down as I threw up immediately. He watched me throw up and decided that I was tired and we should retire. I asked if we were going to start going home and he sneered as he led me into a compound and into a room. My brain shut down and tears leaked out of the corners of my eyes. I looked at him as he stripped naked and reached for me, he had turned into a monster right before my eyes, he smelled of alcohol and smoke as he reached for my shorts, I begged, I cried, I swore, I knelt down and tried to fight him but he was strong and as he raped me. I saw my life flashing before my eyes. All my dreams, all the promises I made. Oh! I have always wanted to keep my virginity for my mother, I wanted to surprise her with it but in my head, at that moment I saw her disappointment but the "BEAST" never cared, he got his sexual gratification and once he was done, he stood up and looked at me with hate and his eyes darted to the bed which bore the blood of my virginity and his hate increased as he spoke "you are a very dirty PIG, you are on your period and you couldn't even use a sanitary towel"
   I never deserved that but it happened to me, who would I blame? I have never cried the way I did that month and it affected me in every way possible.
   Oh I forgive him, it was hard but I let It go. He lied to me and I believed, because I was too trusting, because I was pure of heart and never imagined that people could be cruel and wicked and like a beast he held me captive and tried to devour me! But am still here.
Moral: Don't trust any one.
(Disclaimer: I have not mentioned any names in this story and as such it is not about any one you know) ___ENI