BEFORE DAWN

chapter seven

Maureen had started dating Dave some weeks back, he had asked her out on their last day at high school. She was so excited, her birthday was a few days away and she could not wait for it.

He had taken her to the cinema and they had seen 'the wedding party part two'. They had endless fun. He even let her take alcohol, she had rejected at first but had accepted later on. She thought he was been nice to her but Unknowingly to her, he had other plans for the night.

She had gotten so drunk, she did not realize he was taking her to his house and not hers. They got to his apartment and he helped her inside.
'we are not at my house, Dave's she chuckled under the influence of the drinks.
'I know, you are drunk. You dad would kill you if he sees you like this. '

'I feel so light? I'm tired' she slurred.
'let me help ', he kissed her lip. She smiled, he kissed her again then started kissing down her throat.

'Dave... Stop' she murmured.
'Shhhh .... It's okay '. He kept kissing her, removing her skirt.
The rest was blank.

Dora woke up, her head was throbbing with pains. She turned to her side to find Dave lying next to her.
'what happened! ' she screamed.
Dave turned to face her, he was smiling,
'relax, nothing scary. We just had sex '.
Maureen looked down to her body, she was naked ,the only clothes she had on was her pants.
'we what? ' ,she stood up dressing quickly. She suddenly felt irritated by Dave and angry at herself.
'hey.. Relax its okay. Stop being a baby '. Dave shrugged.

'I'm fourteen! I'm supposed to be scared'. She was panicking now.

'you are what!' Dave jumped from his bed. 'this is bad.. Kate told me you were eighteen.. This is.. What the hell! '
Maureen stopped dressing up, she looked at him with so much disgust

'so kate asked you to.. Wait this was all a joke? ' ,the words felt like daggers.

No.. No God please help me .

'what you thought I actually liked you? ' he scoffed.
'come on, I was dared to do this. I knew you had a crush on me, we all knew. Kate just made it worked. '

'what... What did you say? ' Maureen croaked.

'hey, come on. I could never like someone like you. I just needed the cash, and you weren't that good '. He laughed.

This was too much for Maureen, she ran out of the room, tears pouring down her face.

Here she was thinking Dave actually loved her, she was just too naive to see it, he was a senior, she was a high school graduate. How could she have messed up so badly .

She had lost her virginity to a player, it was all a game to him. She cried so hard. Maureen managed to get home later that afternoon and was lucky to find only chimamanda at home. She walked upstairs to her room and shut the door, tearing up again. Kate had used her, they had all played with her. It was so frustrating, she had lost the most important thing to her, how would she even continue living.
The fear of getting pregnant hit her hard,  she couldn't even remember what had happened last night. Her dad would surely kill her for staying out.

It was even the least of her problems.

Dora came home later and met a very moody Maureen, she wanted to find out what was going on but stopped herself, she wasn't going to be insulted again. It was best she let her be.

'Mommy!'
chimamanda hugged her.
'hello baby ' Dora smiled, watching Maureen from the corner of her eyes, she looked worried.

'your dad travelled. He should be back by Sunday' she told Maureen.