How I feel when I'm around you (System Of A Down)(EN)

Just in time

[Author's note: the title is temporary, I couldn't find a better one, so I'm sorry if it sucks xD]

A week has passed since when I've been assaulted and then saved. In these last days I've mainly spent the time working and in my spare times I've either thought about the latest significant events in my life or let myself drown in a mood hovering between sadness and apathy that has become familiar to me since some years.

This evening I'm going to a bar not far from home to meet my co-worker Hilary for a drink; I didn't want to spend again the evening in a miserable way.

I'm wearing a light striped jumper, a denim jacket, my usual tight jeans, my beloved Dr Martens and a light black beanie, I feel cute and I'm sure I won't "scare" my colleague.

«Cheers!» after meeting and having our drinks she chirps this and we make our glasses touch then take the first sip. She's drinking a mojito and I'm slowly sipping mine, made with strawberry-flavoured vodka and Red Bull.

«So, how are you doing? Are you settling in there?» my colleague's question surprises me because my mind was wandering again.

«For now yes» I answer, leaving out the assault of seven days ago «I think I'll need some more time to get acquainted better, it's a very big city, but for the rest is okay.»

«Have you already known some new people?» she asks after a few seconds of silence.

«Aside from you and the other co-workers, uhm... yes.»

«Interesting people, I hope!»

«Oh, yeah.»

«Boys?»

«Uhm, yes.»

«Aha! Gotcha! Are they famous?»

I think over my answer for some seconds, then I decide that I trust her enough to be honest this time. «More or less...»

«And do you like one of them?»

«Too early to say it, but one of them is quite attractive.»

The evening elapses chatting about various topics and I feel good while talking to her, I feel free and I can be myself and even feel appreciated. Around midnight Hilary waves me goodbye and goes away, since she lives one block away from there, while I remain at the table, moving the empty glass of my second cocktail in my hands. Suddenly the alcohol's effect manifests itself in an overbearing way and I feel strange, I don't know if I'm either about to laugh or cry and my cheeks are fucking hot, so I decide it's better to go back home before I drink more and before something unpleasant can happen.

I start walking, adjusting my beanie to keep my head warm against the cool air, and look ahead, unusually calm, but when I pass in front of another bar I regret being alone.

«Hey, cutie!» a dude catcalls me from far and seems to be quite drunk, I ignore him and go ahead trying to tame my tachycardia... after some more steps I notice that the guy has started following me from a distance together with two friends and they're talking so loud I can hear what they say to each other.

«Did you see that girl all alone in these streets?»

«Yeah, I think she's a stranger, I've never seen her cute face here.»

«Do you think that the lil slut will agree?»

I feel the blood freeze in my veins.

They're up to no good.

What can I do?

Instinctively I pull my phone out, still walking, and type a message. "I'm alone in *** Street and some guys with bad intentions are following me, pls come and help me!" I quickly send it to Shavo but after five more minutes of walk the guys are still behind me drinking their beers and Shavo hasn't replied, so I send it to Daron, praying to have a reply in a short time, and my hope is rewarded soon. "I'm coming". A short and formal text, but he's answered me.