As a formality, everyone had arrived before the bride and groom; as they stood up waiting patiently, some of them with drinks in their hands waiting for the new couples' arrival in grand style. The Dj was already on the beat.
In the time before the couple arrived, although John and Sally stood next to each other, observing the many couples around, their thoughts were worlds apart, and the 'pinch' on their hearts was a precedent to their anticipated togetherness. In Johns mind, he had began to wonder on the issue of virginity, marriage and love and on the complexity of having to marry a girl who he knew little about; because in his opinion, there were too many secrets someone can hide from another person, just as he has this one on his mind; the sex factor.
The thought on John's mind was '' how to justify that he was ''walking'' towards having sex with a girl so much younger than he was, who was not a virgin and who is wild. A list of possible things were running through his mind; he had never liked the idea of protected sex, so what if she had AIDS, or an infection; gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts,hepatitis?,''HIV nor dey show for face O!!''. Everything was on the line; his entire future, but the ''ignore the fears'' part of his mind did not care about ethical value. He could not ascertain how many men she had been with, and he could bet that in her heart she was probably expecting that he, John, will be willing to enter a relationship with her and eventually marry her. He let out a gentle laugh and went on to bother his mind about other things, like the patients he had to see in 'tomorrows call'.
John was the kind of man she'd want to be with, but again she had made up her mind, that if she will be with a man, she'll be with him to the end; hold him till the end.
Sally observed Johns gentle laugh, but she had other things on her mind. Her thought had gone to all the guys who had abused her over time and why men generally think they can get away with 'murder', they never seem to realize the wrong and damage they do to a young girls innocent mind, and eventually, they 'approach' with a story saying they're sorry; then these same men (of course young men of these generation) will open their stinking mouth and say that they want to get married to a virgin. Sally was convinced John was the kind of man she'd want to be with, but again she had made up her mind, that if she will be with a man, she'll be with him to the end; hold him till the end. In time, everything will fall into place.
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