Mia was selling flowers on the street outside the club. This was her job every day after she did all her household chores. She felt uneasy today. She felt like someone was watching her but she couldn't find anyone around. She was having this creepy feeling since almost a week now and she was no more comfortable about it.
It was past mid night and she was done for the day. She went and sat on the bench in the nearby park as she would do every day and waited for her only friend Natasha.
Natasha would finish her shift in the club around 3 am and then they would both sit on the bench and have some food together and talk for some time, before they left for their homes. Natasha was a straight, hot head girl, 20 years old and was 5'8" tall. She had short hair coloured red ( otherwise naturally Brown ) and an Oval face. She had a pale skin complexion and although not a great beauty but was extremely attractive and she loved Mia so much that she could kill anyone to protect her.
And why won't she? Mia has helped her a lot in this strange city when Natasha's little brother Ron was fighting with trauma and had suffered with high fever for over a month ! Natasha and Ron's parents died in a bomb blast 1 year back and left almost nothing for the kids. They had no relatives who could support them and hence Natasha had to work in a Club as a waitress so that she could support her brother's studies and also she needed to complete hers.
After completing her graduation she would find a job which would be better than being a waitress! Ron was only 7 years old. They had a big age gap but that made Natasha even more responsible towards Ron! She was the only one left to care.
When their parents died, Ron was only 6 and he fell sick and traumatized. While Natasha had to work, Mia took great care of her and her brother Ron. She would be always at his side when Natasha was not home. She cooked food, fed Ron, gave him medicines and even spoke to him for hours just like an elder sister to help him come out of the trauma. It took almost a month but ultimately Ron was better and resumed his to some extent normal life and school.
Mia took out a food packet and laid the clean napkin on the bench and started arranging the food on paper plates. It was a dark cloudy night and Natasha was still not there. Mia was feeling scared sitting all alone on the bench waiting for Natasha.
It was almost half an hour past 3 but she was not there. Mia observed two men approaching her. They seemed to be completely drunk ! Mia was scared and her heart beat grew faster and faster!
The men with bottles in their hand approached her. One of them was smoking and they both looked at her like she was a prey.
" what are you doing alone sitting here beautiful? Waiting for us?" the one smoking said with a smirk and both of them laughed.
The other man with the bottle came very close to her and said in a husky voice "Come with us and we will make you comfortable. You see it is very cold out here". Suddenly they saw a shadow shift in the dark behind a tree. Mia was frightened and shivered with fear.
The man again turned to her and grabbed her wrist tightly pulling her up. Mia shut her eyes screemed " leave me alone " and then someone hit the man from the back and he fell on the ground holding his bloody head. Mia opened her eyes and saw Natasha standing there with an empty bottle in her hand. She shouted "leave now! Else will crack your head and you will be holding your brains in your own hands , I swear !!"
The men were somehow confused and then scared and they both walked away hurriedly.
Mia started to cry and Natasha held her tight in her arms. " I was so scared Nat ! What took you so long !" Mia whispered. " I am sorry Mi I had to do some extra work today. I am sorry.. but don't worry I won't let anyone hurt you Mi . Never! You are my only friend …the most precious one".
Natasha wiped the tears that made Mia's face wet with her hanky and hugged her again. " let's go."