RANSOM

Mysterious

"Oh okay"i kept replaying my answer in my head.I felt like screaming why did i agree to go!?

Oh yea its an attempt to revamp myself to prove to my over zealous roommate that i can have fun.

"Come on you look fine"Alea said glancing at her watch.Our ride honked outside.We exited our dorm room.

As i walked quietly behind Alea i mentally smacked myself for agreeing to go.Alea glanced back at me "It'll be fun Chryane trust me"she said but this only made me feel worst.

I followed Alea into the car."Hey Alea what..."the guy in front trailed off when he noticed me."Holy shit... Whitney?" he asked.I gave him a puzzled look then glanced at Alea "its me Leo..."Still blank so he added"we went to elementary together and well I'm in your bio class."

Alea chuckled "its not Whitney Leo"

"But you look just like her"he said reaching out to touch me as if he needed to touch me to see i was real.

"This is my roommate Chryane...She's a Whitney look alike i got confused too"she added when she saw the look on his face.

"Chryaaaane nice"the guy called Leo said drawing out the "a" in my name i wondered if he'd already be drinking.

"Don't mind Leo"Alea whispered she made small circles with her hand beside her head the universal loony bin material sign.I nodded at her she bumped shoulders with me"Everything is going to be fine"she assured me again.

Maybe i should have taken that small nagging feeling that something is wrong more seriously. Things would have turned out different.

***

The house was overflowing with people and those who decided to hang out in the front sat in groups smoking pot and playing drunken games.Alea and i skipped through the litter of signature red cups and vodka bottles.Leo and the driver had already left to hang out with a group of girls that were so skankily dressed that coming naked wouldn't make a difference.

We pushed through the sweaty bodies and made our way to the kitchen.People were making out near the keg and Alea just pushed them away and got us drinks."here"she yelled over the din "it'll help you relax a little" She downed her drink and i gingerly sip mine it was bitter.I made a face "you get used to it...come on lets mingle"she said as she pulled me to what i presumed to be the living room.

A couple of people glanced at me then take a second look to make sure "Whitney i didn't know you'd make it thought you said you were hooking up with Josh tonight" a girl in a skirt so short i bet you could see her brain if she bent over said to me flipping her hair.I gave her the what are you talking about look and continued as Alea pulled me on.

"Hey Whitney"

"Whitney i looove your skirt"its Alea's i wanted to say it was mid thigh and i felt naked in it.

Everyone kept smiling and nodding at me.What was crazy was i didn't know any of these people and who was Whitney!?.

By the time i got to the couches in the far end of the makeshift dance floor i got numbers yelled at me from so many guys it actually started to feel like I'm being stoned.literally with the digits.

"Who is Whitney and why do they keep calling me that"I asked Alea we took seats on the read leather sofa "she is the most popular and richest girl on campus and i do mean filthy rich so much she can make a hand bag out of it and loose it and not care The Whitney White is dàughter of well known tycoon Winston White"she shrugged off my gaping mouth.

"Me and filthy rich shouldnt be in the same sentence"i explained just then a guy tumbled up to me he looked behind him and flushed his friends obviously put him up to it.He opened his mouth and then closed it for a few times before turning red then leaving.

"I can't do this how do i tell them im not whitney"i whisper-wailed at Alea who was obviously enjoying the attention. She finally waved away the group of guys who were fangirling me."Look they wont believe and well its only for one night so lets enjoy it...please"she added i sighed.And she squealed.

***

I had a strange feeling like i was being watched and i felt uneasy, yes there were many Whitney fans following my every move but these eyes sent chills down my spine.I looked around and my eyes met with that of a steel gray.

I gasped at the raw beauty of the guy who was watching me quietly not really caring that i caught him staring.His tousled hair sticked up like he ran his hand through it alot black and shiny on his head he had those jaws that was just...heavingly and they moved like he was clenching and unclenching them the muscles rippled on his face. His arm had a spiral of colourful tats and his muscles bulged under his black tshirt.He leaned against the wall like there wasn't a càre in the world.Watching me watching him.

"Hey Chryane did you her me just now"Alea said pulling my attention from the enigmatic sex on legs."Huh uh yea"i said she smiled at me.When i looked back to where i had last seen him. HE wasn't there i sighed. But who was he and why was he watching me like that.