The Park

Dawn just wanted to get home as fast as possible to snuggle her cold body against Dan and fall asleep in his warming embrace. So she stepped into the darkness of the nocturnal park. The streetlights at the entrance gates seemed far away and the shadows of the night felt extra dark.

"Fuck it!" Dawn's reckless streak was never stronger than when she had had a drink, so she continued staggering along the small, tarred path.

Without the cover of the buildings, the skinny girl was at the mercy of the cold wind that carried on biting like a wicked dog. Trembling from the cold, Dawn squeezed her lips together but couldn't prevent her pearly, white teeth from rattling with every shiver.

Just a few more minutes..., she thought, trying to ignore the icy feeling in her lithe, just with sheer nylon covered legs.

"Whoo-hoo!" someone yelled behind her.

"Aren't you cold?" another one screamed, "Wait for me and I'll warm you!"

The men laughed and wolf-whistled behind her, gradually getting closer to the high-heeled girl who staggered drunkenly along the dark path. As much as Dawn loved attention, she could have done without it at that moment.

Fuck, Dan? Where are you? the skinny girl wailed in her mind and quickened her pace through the lonely park.

Nevertheless, the voices grew louder and their saucy comments became more and more blunt.

Dawn realised that it wouldn't even take a minute until they would catch up on her when she saw a shadow of a man sitting on a bench only a few metres away.

What should Dawn do?
1) Try to walk faster
2) Run
3) Ask the stranger for help
4) Greet the stranger and pretend to be a friend