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He was finally leaving home! No one was happier than him. He was so excited, he could hardly wait. As the only child of his parents, Tega has always lived a sheltered life. Private schools, home tutors, and family vacations were the way he spent his life. His mother never lets him leave her side, even in church. The only time he was out of the house alone was the day of his UTME examinations, and that was because the examination officials did not allow his mother go into the school premises with him.  That was where he had met her. . 

She was his seat mate and the most beautiful girl he had seen. But he was too shy to talk to her. She had spoken to him first and though he was there for an examination, those were the most enjoyable four hours of his life to that point. They had exchanged phone numbers and he had spoken with her everyday but that was not enough. He had wanted to meet her again. But he was hardly let to go out so that was impossible. She had told him to be a man, grow up, and go out, even if it meant taking a taxi to Gwagwalada, where she lives. But he hardly knew his way around Maitama, which was where he lives, except from the supermarket down the road to his house. During one of their phone conversations, he decided that he would do all he could to see her. 

He did everything, even changed his university of choice to the one she chose just to keep being with her. And now all that had worked. His parents were disappointed that he wouldn't be schooling in Abuja, but his admission into a University in Lagos State was, to them, not so bad. "At least, Lagos has an Airport", his mother had said. She promised to visit him often so that he won't 'feel like he was away from home'. She never knew how bad he wanted to run away. 

True to her words, his mother came visiting him in Lagos. She rented and furnished an apartment for him as she did not 'want the bad boys in school to corrupt or distract' him. He was fine with that. As long as she did not stay over or find out about Ameerah. His Ameerah. He was finally free to see her whenever he wanted. Although they were not in the same department, she was studying Accounting while he was studying Petrochemical Engineering, they went everywhere in school together. And after a few months, they became known as a 'couple'. He visited her at her department and she visited him at home. She spent some nights at his place sometimes. 

And on the night that he had made her his own, he fell deeper in love with her. They had been each other's firsts but that didn't bother him. He did everything she wanted and she didn't want much...at first. Just to walk her to her hostel, or get her dinner on nights when she was too tired to go have dinner with him. They continued dating. And as time went by, she kept wanting more. To go shopping or partying with friends. The things she wanted kept getting serious and crazier to him. He began hearing stories about her, but he never took them serious. She was his light, she could do no wrong. They grew together, but he knew that she was growing faster than him. Her life changed , and he wanted to change with her. His first and only love.

- The Lady 

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”

1 Peter 5:8-9