Lauryn had seen two familiar faces while checking in to her hotel in southern France. They were unexpected, and showed mild surprise when they saw her, but nothing more. Eddie and John moved on. Lauryn, who had not seen them since high school, was puzzled by this behaviour and could not shake them from her mind as she was shown to her room and she unpacked. But she was staying for two weeks – perhaps she would see them again, and catch up with them.
Lauryn wondered if they were any different from how they were at school... they had always been good-looking, and as a teenager she had fantasised about them mildly. They had always been sexy, as well. Lauryn sighed and continued to unpack, telling herself that she would not act like she had in those days; she was no longer a teenager. She knew now what it was to be loved, emotionally and sexually, and she was more mature than to relapse to old obsessions and fantasies. She drove them from her mind, as far as she could.
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Returning from the swimming pool, Lauryn entered her ensuite bathroom and started to run a shower. In the heat she opted for a cool temperature, which tingled on her skin pleasantly, giving her goose bumps. She ran the shower gel over her body with her hands, lingering on her full breasts, feeling the strange texture the goose bumps gave her skin. She had seen men at the pool, and they had seen her. She had no doubt at all that this would be a fulfilling break in the sun.
She finished her shower, quickly dried herself and threw on some clothes she had collected from her room before coming in. Pulling her wet hair back into a ponytail, she checked her reflection and emerged into her room, flopping onto the four-poster bed with a sigh.
Without warning, the door opened and Eddie and John moved into the room, shutting the door behind them and advancing on Lauryn. Startled, she tried to sit up but they were faster than that, pushing her down smoothly, binding her wrists to the posts with rope and then withdrawing. Yelling, she kicked out with her legs and struggled against her bonds but to no avail – they were tied too tightly to relent, although loosely enough not to hurt if she did not fight. Without a word they surveyed her, sharing a brief glance.
Eddie took out a large pair of scissors and trapped Lauryn's legs beneath him by putting his full weight on them, while John loosened her long hair with one hand and gagged her with the other. She bit on it, but he did not move an inch, smirking down at her as she uselessly continued to struggle. Slowly, very slowly, Eddie took the scissors and started to cut at Lauryn's shorts, soon removing them completely. Lauryn, unsure of what to do but aware of the danger she was in, stopped her struggling and could only watch as Eddie cut her top off of her, leaving her in her underwear. He passed some of the soft fabric of her shirt to John, who said, "Do I really have to do this, Lauryn?" and removed his hand from her mouth.
"Get the hell away from me," she snapped, now fighting even harder, but she could not stop him slipping the material gently round her mouth and tying it behind her head, which was full of contradicting thought and confusion. Whilst she was filled with fear and anger, a part of her was curious as to what they would do with her, and terribly excited. After all, here she was, almost completely bare, in front of two objects of teenaged fantasy and without any control, something which she craved in most situations. And though she continued to fight, she wondered if she didn't want this, just a little bit. Pushing this thought to the back of her mind angrily, she went on fighting and surveyed the men, who were looking through her belongings.