Story 2

THE STUBBORN HEART

Tina and Toya were the best of friends and also neighbours. They both attended the same secondary school and even had plans of getting admission into the same university. They were the envy of all because of their type of friendship.

        Things began to change when a new boy moved into their neighbourhood. Lance as he was known , was a very friendly and good-looking boy who had it all. He lacked nothing and got all he requested for without been questioned. Lance was new in the neighbourhood and so he had no friends and mostly stayed on his own. This made all the neighbours think of him as a well mannered and cultured boy.

        On one occasion, Tina had bumped into lance and to her surprise he began apologizing to her and promising to keep a watchful eye when walking next time. This attracted Tina to Lance because she thought him to be a gentleman. Tina had told all that happened to Toya immediately she got home. Toya who was not quite interested told Tina that the boy could be fake and also a pretender. She went further to say that she did not like Lance and felt he had more to him than he was showing. Tina paid no attention to Toya because she felt Toya was very picky when it came to friends.

        Later on, Toya started studying Lance because she knew her best friend liked him and she couldn’t forgive herself if anything happened to her friend. Toya during her course of study had seen on many occasions different guys of same age group with Lance hang in his house and they did not in any way look like responsible guys. Toya went on investigating the matter, and found out that Lance was only putting up a good boy show for them. Lance was a wolf in sheep clothing. Lance had a hideout in his house where he and his delinquent friends hung out to drink and smoke. Toya could not believe her eyes; she had seen the real Lance, and Tina was headed towards the wrong path. Toya decided to inform Tina of all she had seen and even give her proof. She promised herself that Tina must never get close to Lance if even that was the last thing she did.

        Months passed on and Tina just kept getting closer to Lance than ever. It seemed to Toya that her friend had been bewitched. Toya did everything humanly possible to keep her friend from Lance’s company, but to no avail. Tina had began to see Lance as the best thing that had happened to her even after she had learned about his bad behavior. Tina refused any advice from anyone concerning their relationship and this even disrupted her perfect friendship with Toya.

        Later, Toya gave up and decided to watch how Tina would turn out in her new relationship with Lance. Lance made Tina become who she was not. Tina began stealing, lying and partaking in other criminal activities. Toya pleaded with her severally telling her that all she did would not lead her anywhere, but she refused to heed to the advice of her friend Toya.

        One fateful day, police officers rounded up Lance’s friends in which Tina was among. They  were accused of numerous robberies and drug trafficking and inhaling. Lance had escaped passing through a secret passage in his house which none of his friends knew about, not even his supposed girlfriend Tina. Toya in tears looking at her friend and wondering how she got herself into all these exclaimed “It pays to heed the warning not to associate with bad company.”

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