i've had the weirdest, the most giving-headache, the most wtfamidoinghereidontbelonghere night of my life.
so, i met this woman at the plane when i was coming back from istanbul to antalya. she was seated next to me and she fell asleep the moment she sat. when she woke up, she asked me, "i didn't snore, did i?". i laughed and said "no" and that was the beginning of our friendkindaship.
we talked during the flight and she was like the most interesting person ever. she's been through so much and she got all the possible tragedy in her life. she had lost her two parents when she was young, she got married and then divorced and her exhusband is in jail but she's still in love with him so she's flying to antalya to marry him again in the prison, she's from the east side of the country so she has lots of nephews and cousins and siblings, bla, bla, bla... let's call her... alma. alma gave me her phone number before we got off the plane incase of any emergency. she told that she can help me with everything. and i trusted her. (i dont know if i still do tho.) so i gave her my number too.
everything is simple and normal so far.
after 2 days, today, she called me around 3 when i was at the office. she was like "heyyy honey what are you up to?? i'm out with my friends, are you workin'? well we're in a cafe now, wanna come??" and i said that i was at the office, i'd call her when i got out.
but there was so much going on on my mind so i forgot to call her and came straight home. she called me again at 6 and said "we're gonna drink, have a fun night out, please come we're gonna have so much fun, it's just me and a friend of mine, i know it'll be good for you too" but i couldn't be sure so i said i was gonna think about it and then call her again. but 3 minutes later, she (AGAIN) called me and said that she was on the way, coming to pick me up so that didn't leave me any other choice.
when they said, "fun night out", "having so much fun", "drink", all i thought about was going to kaleiçi and sittin' in a nice bar, drinking coctails and talking about our lives and maybe the situation of the country and all. but, it was nothing like this, not even near.
they picked me up at 7. they have come in a cab. first i thought they actually came with a cab but no, the driver was with us. there were 3 of them, alba in the back seat, the driver, and the boy sitting next to driver. the moment i got in the car, i knew i was gonna regret this.
so, it turned out, the boy sitting next to driver is alma's friend but he had a car accident and he doesn't have a car right now and that's why he called his friend(the driver) to drive us. alma's friend was a total KEKO. let's call him gary. he does look like a gary tho. and i was just a girl alma met on the plane to protect her from gary to abuse her.
alma was wearing the same mini skirt she wore on the plane. there were disgusting music in the car. in all this noise she whispered in my ear, "gary is in love with me so he's planning to get drunk and tell me that today. i don't get drunk easily but if i do, carry me your home." and i was like "ok. you can count on me." AS IF IM A MOTHERFUCKING NAIVE PURE INNOCENT ANGEL CAME FROM HEAVEN.
i remember, for a second, in that car, i thought "fuck your prejudice. now that you're here, try to enjoy life with the people around you. they may not be like you, but they're all older than you so they must have got something to show you, teach you, i dont know guide you somehow." (it turned out they don't.)
we got in a nice restaurant, we were supposed to predrink and eat dinner together. they all were drinking raki but i was drinking beer. everyone spilled out with the first sip of the drink. it turned out that gary and his driver friend (lets call him Gross cuz he really is gross) were both IN JAIL. gross stayed there for 9 years and gary stayed in for 7 or 8 years. i mean, what the fuck? i'm not saying all people who went to jail is evil but, what the fuck was i doing there as a 18,5 years old girl? alma is 29, gary is 28 and gross was 35 for gods sake. and of course i lied about my age. i said i was 20. even tho i said that, they were like "oh my god you are so mature you dont look like it you dont think as if youre 20." i mean, really? they both didnt say about why they were in jail but they mentioned about its hardness. i said something about it because i've watched orange is the new black and i thought i knew something about prisoners (ha ha, i know its ridiculous) and they both were like "YES YOURE RIGHT THATS THE HARDEST PART" (finally watching series got me something, lol. or did it?)
alma was starting to get drunk, wanted to take photos of us, wanted to call one of her friends, called her younger sister, started talking bullshit. real bullshit. then she told me to go to the ladies room together. so we went. while she was peeing, she told me, "gary is in love with me. he's trying to get me drunk. but i don't wanna live something with him. he's a good guy but he knows my husband and his family. i don't wanna live anything with something who knows my husband. so if i get drunk, be near me and take care of me." of course i accepted it and said i'd take care of her, that she didn't have to worry.
while we were talking about shit and smoking, gary's cousin came. alma looked at me, said "how is he for you" with her eyes. i said out loud, "no you know i got a boyfriend." and she whispered, "yeah i know but dont say it to them, just incase. you dont know how the night'll go." and blinked at me. THAT MOMENT I FINALLY FUCKIN REALIZED THAT SHE'S A BITCH WHO'S TRYING TO SEEM CUTE AND NOTBITCHY. they have finished a 70cl raki, i finished 2 bottles of beer, i got so bored, started asking "where are we gonna leave?" and gary said, "the night has just started, its nothing yet.."
i wanna share the fact that i was the only Turk in the dinner table and they were all from the east side of the country so they all know Kurdish (i mean, really) and the more they drunk, the more the conversation turned kurdish! i couldnt understand shit.
finally they agreed on leaving, but we were not leaving for good, we went to some place like disco but also not like disco, it was like 60's casino but without the tables and cards. alma was out of her mind already, she started dancing like crazy. they all danced to a kurdish song.
i couldn't possibly imagine myself there, sittin in a chair, watching them dancing, trying not to go mad. they were talking about going to kemer after this place. i didn't wanna go to kemer, i just wanted to go home, actually go anywhere they're not in. i thought, "for once in your life, stop thinking about other people and do something for yourself. if you wanna go home, go home." on the other hand, i was thinking if i should leave alma with them or take her with me because you can tell by the look of gary's face that he was obviously trying to eat her out. but she was so out of line, also i didn't know her so well. but i promised her to keep her safe. i didn't know what to do. but i just couldn't take it, couldn't stand it anymore and said "i'll have to get up at 6 tomorrow so i gotta go." they insisted on taking me home, it was 11.05pm so i said ok. IF ONLY I KNEW HOW THE ROAD TRIP WAS GONNA BE.
gary said "im gonna sit here in the back seat with alma, you go sit next to gross." i said ok. but it turned out gross was too drunk to drive. so was alma. and gary was after her trying to fuck her. and i dont even fucking know how to drive. so gross drove. but it was like a nightmare. he was like "i cant see i see blurry is that a car in front of me hahahhaaaaa yesss turn up the volumeee wooo i cant see i dont know where we are where is this place" and alma was about to pass out and gary was trying to kiss him and also wanted me to change the song, HE WAS WILLING TO LISTEN TO JENNIFER LOPEZ WHILE I WAS TRYING TO TELL GROSS THE ROUTE FROM GOOGLE MAP AND GARY WAS TRYING TO TURN THE VOLUME UP AND THERE WERE SO MUCH KISSING VOICES FROM THE BACK SEAT AND GROSS WAS GOING TOO FAST AND I WAS ABOUT TO GO MAD AND TRYING TO STAY FUCKING CALM AND ALIVE AND STILL GARY WANTED ME TO CHANGE TO JENNIFER LOPEZ AND I STARTED TO YELL IN THE CAR LIKE "SHUT UP HE CAN BARELY DRIVE AND ALL YOU THINK ABOUT IS YOUR FUCKING JENNIFER LOPEZ" AND ALMA WAS LIKE "IREM I WANNA STAY WITH U TAKE ME TO YOUR PLACE" AND GARY WAS "NO YOU CANT GO ANYWHERE YOURE MINE TONIGHT" AND I WAS LIKE "IF SHE WANTS TO STAY WITH ME SHE'S COMING WITH ME" AND GARY WAS LIKE "NO GROSS GO STRAIGHT KEMER WE'RE NOT DROPPING IREM OFF" AND I WAS LIKE "PULL OVER I WANNA GET OFF" AND GROSS WAS DRIVING TOO FAST AND I REPEATED AGAIN TO PULL OVER WITH A HIGHER VOICE AND GARY SAID "WERE GONNA DRIVE YOU HOME BUT SHE GONNA STAY WITH US" AND I SAID "EITHER STOP THE CAR OR DRIVE ME HOME CAREFULLY" AND THE CREEPY SONG WAS STILL PLAYING IN THE CAR LOUDLY AND I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK THERE SO IT. WAS. A. TOTAL. NIGHT.FUCKING.MARE.
i got off somewhere near my house. alma said "if you wanna come, come we're going to kemer" i said "fuck you" on the inside and "thank you i'm heading home" on the outside and the jailguys were like "you are a beautiful,smart girl sorry for tonight" i was like "its ok pls go as soon as possible" and i started walking but i was staring back incase they follow me in a paranoid way but i'm home now, safe and sound, with a headache.
i never wanna live such a night like this in my entire life, i hate this kinda people who tries to take advantage of people but in this situation there was nothing i can do because alma was willingly serving herself to him, and she does trust them, but i don't and never will.
this night was a reminder for me that i have so much to be thankful for, firstly my music taste, thank you brother and sister for raising me with this kinda precious music since my childhood, thank you mom and dad for raising me in a good neighbourhood, thank you my friends for the way you taught me to have fun, NOT LIKE THIS, NOT WITH RAKI AND DEFINITELY NOT WITH HALAY.
if she came here to marry her exhusband, what the fuck was alma trying to do with gary?
they are probably fucking in the closet of a bar right now.
