Belonging to please others
Hey, I am Jessica. I just finished my senior secondary school and I was fighting desperately for admission into the university. I was waiting patiently in the long queue of people waiting to see their name posted on the admission list when I saw Justin, my secondary school mate and best friend. He came early so he had seen his name. After some time, I saw my name and coincidentally me and Justin were studying the same course. Due to population explosion in the school,me and Justin decided to stay off-campus.before academic work started,me and Justin decided to work hard and finish with high grades before dating and all that stuff because they are the main source of distractions.
On the first day of school, me and Justin were on our way to the faculty of science because we were both studying biochemistry when we saw expensive cars coming into the school, we noticed that everyone was silent and they were not shocked at all but that wasn't all. The main shock was that those people weren't lecturers but students. I noticed that Justin had a bit of interest in those guys and admired them also. When I noticed this, I quickly snapped him out of it and sooner or later we discovered that those guys were cultists and they could kill their mother for money but these guys were also very intelligent.
Before we could say Jack Robinson, we were in 300 level and I couldn't believe how it all went so fast. We were topping the class and these guys were some of the best students in the faculty. Because of this, Justin felt he was too serious and he was also depriving himself of the fun of the university. For the first time in nine years, me and Justin fought but still,I stood my ground and told him not to think of it. Suddenly as if he had planned it, he became very angry and he began packing and he said he was going to the campus to live with those guys. I begged Justin but he didn't budge and before nightfall I was the only one in the house.
Me and Justin were still friends even though we were not close and by 400 level, Justin's GP had dropped from 4.7 to 4.5. I called his attention to this but he said that even with the drop he was still going to graduate with first-class,I observed Justin and I noticed that he was getting fairer and fatter and he also had girlfriends and he was still part of the best students!!!! I felt tempted but it was short lived and it got to a stage that Justin stopped talking to me. He even blocked my number and that was how our friendship deteriorated and we stopped talking.
On a Monday morning,I saw a board and it read "3-0", knowing fully what that means the school ordered a break or a semi strike. Before I went home, I made my way to Justin and told him to be careful in all his endeavors but he scorned me in the presence of everyone. He and his rich friends laughed at me and shamed me in public, they called me a preacher and all other sorts of names. At this time it dawned on me that I had lost Justin. I was shocked by the way he behaved and I immediately knew in my heart that he had undergone a metamorphosis but little did I know that he was soon going to be free from all this.
On Wednesday,we all went back to school and I noticed that the message on the board read "3-4" that meant that the other cult had retaliated and have killed 4 people,I prayed for the safety of Justin and as if God read my mind I saw him come out of a car and he was dazzling and handsomely dressed as usual but almost immediately I noticed four cars on a break neck speed come towards their direction,I tried to warn Justin but it was too late. The guys in those cars brought out guns, shot multiple times, killed Justin and all his friends. By this time everybody had scampered for safety. We were watching from a very safe distance,the other group then hung a board reading "8-4" that was when I realized that cultists could kill anybody at anytime so that they can have the highest number of kills,I cried bitterly about Justin and his friends even though I didn't know them well and I reached out to them when the killers were gone,when I got to where Justin was and I saw him already gutted in his blood. He was still alive but he had no hope of surviving. He turned towards me and was muttering something. I struggled to hear what he was saying and I heard"I am sorry, please forgive me". I knew that I had to save him and his friends. I quickly called the ambulance but while waiting I used my first aider skills to keep him alive and stable. In about 30 minutes the ambulance arrived, they put everybody in the van and I joined in. I kept praying to God to give Justin one last chance and God answered me and showed mercy. After three weeks, Justin was well again.
He came back to me, apologized and I forgave him. He moved out of campus, resumed being serious with his studies and helped preach against cultism in school. He even started a no to cultism programme in school which helped reduce cultism in the school. He was able to change his cultist friends and soon they became God fearing. He also helped rehabilitate students who have problems with addiction. I was just happy that Justin was alive, that he repented, became serious and then he helped reduce cultism in our school.
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