Eighteen year-old Cassie was a senior in high school. She had a close-knit group of friends. She wasn't really that popular, but she didn't really care. She wasn't a beauty, but she was pretty. Although she didn't think so.
She had waist length brown hair. It was so soft. It was due to the fact that she used conditioner. She wore glasses that hid her beautiful brown eyes. She weighed 150 pounds, which wasn't a lot but just enough to add extra weight not needed. She wasn't a nerd or anything, in fact she was quite the singer and a pretty good actress, she just wasn't well known around school, and she liked it that way most of the time, except in those moments when she felt alone and wished for a boyfriend. Of course, she knew most of the guys around there were insensitive jerks.
She slowly walked home from a late drama practice, when a guy drove up beside her in a black Thunderbird. She recognized him as a sophomore at the local college. He was known to be athletic as well as pretty smart, which is an unusual combination. He was about 6'2 which, when he got out of his car and walked along beside her, towered over her 5'5.
She looked up at him. He was gorgeous, she had to admit. Brown eyes that seemed to look into her soul, and what looked like silky almost black hair. She had the ridiculous urge to run her fingers through it. She was a pretty sensible girl, what was she thinking?
"Hey," he said, revealing his perfect white teeth.
"Uh. Hey!" she said warily. There was something about this guy. He made her body want to do things she'd never even fathomed doing with any of the guys around here.
"My name's Jordan, and I've seen you around and just was wondering if maybe you'd like to go out sometime?"
"Uh, well... no offense, but not really," she was afraid of both him and herself. Besides he'd think she was an inexperienced pathetic girl who hadn't even had her first kiss. Which she hadn't.
A brief look, of what looked like, anger crossed his face, then he smiled, "Well, if you ever change your mind, give me a call." He pulled a scrap piece of paper out of his pocket, wrote down his number, and handed it to her.
"Uh, ok."
He walked around to the driver's side of his car, got in, and sped away.
She shook her head. He creeped her out in a way. She slipped the piece of paper absentmindedly in her purse and walked home.
Two nights later, she had another late drama practice. She was just walking out of the school when someone grabbed her from behind and put a hand over her mouth.
A cloth replaced the hand and she knew it contained chloroform. She tried not to breathe, but her lungs started to burn and she finally needed a breath. And that was it, she was out.
When she came to, she was laying in a bed. It was dark. She felt and found herself to still be fully clothed. "What the hell?" she mumbled to herself.
Suddenly the door opened. The only way she could tell, was the hallway outside of the room was just a shade lighter than the room and the door squeaked as it opened.
"Oh good, you're up," came a very familiar voice. He shut the door and she heard a lock click into place.