Nightly Scare

I woke up at 3.30 last night due to some unfamiliar noise (i.e. no ambulance sirens, no ducks etc). I could hear a girl sobbing loudly while moaning "Nooo! Nooo! Nooo!" in a desperate kind of way. And - I heard a man's voice...

I can't tell you how freaked out I got within a millisecond - and I just punched Boyfriend's arm and said; "Do you hear that? Is someone being assaulted right outside our bedroom window?!"

Boyfriend is a heavy sleeper so it took him a bit longer to react and I was already by our bedroom window ready to fill my brain with information about what they guy would look like.I had my plan ready in a matter of seconds - before I actually got to the window to look out.

My Plan: I would get a good look at the guy, bang on the window - while throwing some clothes on, grab my mobile and a blanket and run out to - alternatively jump off the balcony as we're not that high up - take care of the poor girl while waiting for the police and I also decided that our long plastic shoe horn could cause some pain if swung correctly and as the shoe horn is easy to grab by the door it would be the quickest way of getting hold of an 'assault' weapon (and we don't have any other "weapons" in our flat). I was ready to kick some serious ass!

When I got to the window and located where the noise came from I saw 2 girls and 1 guy trying to get a third girl up on her feet as she was completely pissed off her head. Finally her friends got her to calm down and she let the guy carry her away/home.

I don't think I have ever been so relieved and thankful to see such a tiny girl absolutely snookered! However, it all made it difficult to go back to sleep as my adrenaline was pumping so I was left lying there thinking - as Boyfriend fell asleep turning away from the window - and I must say that the human brain is a fantastically quick-thinking apparatus. Impressive. And it reminded me yet again how important it is that your friends don't leave you when you're drunk and annoying - anyone could have taken advantage of that girl if her friends hadn't been there.

I'm still a bit worked up about it all.