Torna a Casa | Damiano David

I. The pub

Malèna's P.O.V

I was strolling around my room holding a phone to my ear. She was not answering. 'Damn it, Vic. Why don't you just answer your phone for once?' I thought to myself.

Letting down my phone on the wooden floor of my rustic room, I sat down and started biting my nails. What if I forget the lines of the song? Or if my voice cracks? Or if I trip and fall down while dancing? What are they going to think of me? This will be my first and last performance.

The thing was that only my best friend, Victoria could calm me down right now, and she wasn't answering her phone. My band "Catfished" and I are supposed to perform tonight and this was our first real performance.
I couldn't believe that at the age of 17 I was going to perform, not like my peers that are kinda just smoking weed and drinking everyday. Not that I didn't drink but at least I was doing something. Well, Victoria wasn't one of the peers that I described. She had a band called Måneskin, and they were currently competing in X-factor. Maybe they were rehearsing and that's the reason she wasn't calling me back.

But on the other hand, she promised me that they will all come tonight to support me and my band. And I will finally meet Ethan and Damiano. Even tho we went to the same school, Damiano was rarely there so I almost never saw him. Vic mentioned that he had an older girlfriend that always got him into trouble or something like that... A familiar ring broke the stream of my thoughts and I litterally jumped to answer the phone. It was a number I didn't recognize.

"Hello?"
"Hi, Vic's phone died so she told me to call you make sure you were still alive?" a raspy voice was heard on the other end.
"Can I know who this is?" I asked with confusion.
"Damiano." Oh shit, thinking of the devil earlier...
"Okay.. I am still alive, thank you for checking in. But can I talk to Vic?" It was a little awkward that he just called and did not give it to Vic immediately.
"Yeah, sure. See you tonight." said Damiano as I heard yelling in the back 'Vic it's your friend Malèna'.

"Omg girlll, I'm so sorry, we were at rehearsal and I told Damiano to call you and I was in the bathroom and.. "
she mumbled as I cut her off by laughing.

"It's okay V, I am just so anxious and I need to hear you so I could calm down a bit!"

"C'mon bella, just take it easy and show them what you got, I know you have it in you! I mean I saw you dancing and singing, you rock!"

"But Vic, what if something goes wrong?" I asked with worry. "La mia bella, you are charismatic and a great singer, nothing can really go wrong. And even if it does, play it off. We'll be there for you!"

I just listened to Vic who always knew what to say and smiled to myself. "Ti amo così tanto Vic" (I love you so much, Vic)
Victoria laughed and we said our goodbyes till later tonight. Getting up from the cold floor, I opened the old dresser in my room looking for the outfit I would wear tonight. The pub where we are performing is called The Basement. Actually, Luca, the bassist scheduled it all. He was a kind of guy who charmed his way into everything. And if he wasn't my band mate, I would definitely be on his bucket list of girls.

I grabbed my long black summer dress, with a white floral print on it. It had a gap so my legs were free to move around and dance. I decided to put stockings underneath for some spice. As I finished dressing up I called my band on facetime and the first to answer was Alessio, the guitarist. He was one of the most beautiful guys you could ever meet, and Vic had a thing for him.. But the truth is that he wasn't really into her, or any other girl.

"Ciao bambina!" Alessio yelled. I smiled gently at him.
"Ciao Alessio, sei pronto per stasera?" (Hi Alessio, are you ready for tonight?)