FRIENDS

STORY ONE
I wish I had never met Kelly. I curse the day I set my eyes on her. These were the words of Mary in her sick bed. Picture of her past life became vivid in her mind; her notorious & inglorious friendship with Kelly who introduced her & urged her into all sorts of shameful lifestyles all in the name of freedom & campus enjoyment.
Kelly’s sweet tongues had led her gradually deeper & deeper into the cursed river of Vanity as their friendship deepens. Mary initially was a good girl from a Christian background & was bought up properly her parents, but her friendship with Kelly destroyed; starting with her little prod to have sex with her boyfriend all in the name of love, to constant nightclubbing; irregular attendance to class just to mention a few. She cannot remember the number of men she had slept with nor the numbers of abortions she has carried out. What seemed so pleasurable & good an ultimate enjoyment and freedom in campus has left her empty , now she cannot conceive again because her womb has been destroyed ; worse still she is HIV positive.
All her dreams of becoming a lawyer had been shattered. “ Kelly may your soul be damned in hell” she muttered as she committed suicide. If Mary had known she wouldn’t have been friends with Kelly. “ had I known I would have not listened  to Kelly”

STORY TWO
Victor looked at the board, tears rolled down his eyes “not again” he said to himself. He had had another F , altogether making it 4 F's he had had this semester out of 7 courses. His F's started to reduce the moment he became friends with Mike. Mike was a brilliant boy who was humble & ready to teach anybody that comes to him for assistance.
Victor’s friendship with Mike was like a dream come true for Victor. Mike was always teaching Victor after each lectures and during free periods, Mike was always forcing Victor to the library; even at night he would wake him up to read for at least 2hours before sleeping.
Victor started to see changes in his results. His Fs became reduced and his B's and C's increased. He really enjoyed his friendship with Mike. “ God bless Mike for becoming my friend & God bless the day we became friends”. This were the words Mike muttered as he checked his result in the board he which he had had a B.

Conclusion
According to the two stories, your friends can either make you or mar you. The consequences of bad friendship is that they will lead you to no good but destruction. Don’t just make friends with everybody, intact not everybody can be your friend, some should just remain as aquitances. Choose friends that that is able to influence your life positively “ before you ending up saying “ had I kniwn” like Mary.
I love all my friends because they have influenced me positively especially those reading this. Don’t forget to drop your Comments, Suggestions & Reply.
Always remember – DONT DO THING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DOING THEM, KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN OTHERS ARE LOSING THIERS.