Cassie sat in her room drawing which is what she usually did if she weren't reading, listening to music, or running through the path in the woods around her house. She sat on her bed with pillows to cushion the head board in her massive room. She lived with her uncle Vlad, a wealthy business man, her older brother Jeremy and sister Ellie and nobody else.
She had no friends and rather liked being alone, to just sit in silence and think. But today her uncle was inviting over business partners and their son for a Wedding rehearsal. That's why she was there, It's the 21st century, marriages shouldn't be arranged anymore in America for crying out loud. Her uncle loved her and wanted what was best but she didn't agree with him on this one thing.
She heard a knock then Jeremy came in.
"Hey" he said lamely.
"Is it time already?" Cassie asked worried, she REALLY didn't want to do this. But she would for her uncle and his business.
"No you got thirty minutes, I just wanted to talk… Tell me if he does anything or want my help out of this"
Figures she thought, Jeremy never liked the idea of her being with ANYONE. So he didn't like the situation either. Noelle was okay cause she looked the guy up and he had no criminal records and Vlad liked him.
"Well I'll let you know if I need an escape plan, no joke here"
"Alright just throw some stuff in a bag and give it to you if you need it"
"Okay, now let's get ready" She did her Red-brown in the usual loos ponytail at the nape of her neck, and no makeup. She was well covered the scar on her forearm concealed.
"How about you show it, scar 'em away so you won't have to do this."
"You know I can't do that."
Ever since the lab accident that took her parent since she was 14 Cassie had been stuck a freak. They moved with Vlad from North Carolina to Wisconsin after that. Then almost a year later she lost her brother David in a car crash. Since her parents died she hardly wore any color than black, grey, red, blue, and white on occasion. After that it was all she wore, then she got multiple ear and facial piercings.
Most referred to her as Goth or emo. (her taste in music and love of the night didn't really help that but she didn't care) She liked dark, creepy and psychotic things. Her mom gave her fighting lessons, signed her up for gymnastics. Plus, trained her brain to the point where she graduated high school at 13. But didn't want her to go to college till 18, then Vlad let her sighed up at 15 for a local art school.
Then the butler Harris came and said, "Masters Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have arrived ."
"Thanks Harris well be right down" Well this is it.
They left the room and went down to meet Cassie's future husband and Vlad's future business partners.
All the poor girl could do was pray she wouldn't get nervous and screw everything up like she did in all these situations. She could barely get up in class for a presentation, this would be a lot harder since the stakes were higher. You can do this, just breath and focus on relaxing stuff she told herself on their way to the stairs.
They got to the top to see Vlad on his usual Suit and tie with his hair smoothed back as normal. And Ellie in a white dress with pink shoes and jacket opposed from their usual jeans and t-shirt. Jeremy wore jeans, a dress shirt with red tie and a black blazer. Cassie wore a medium grey dress, black jacket, black leggings and black converse. In her jacket pocket was a locket necklace she got from her parents when she was 10 and wore a bracelet Dave Gave her when she was 14 after her parent's funeral in a pitiful attempt to make her feel better.
Cassie was the first to speak. "Hello uncle Vlad we're ready" to completely destroy my life, she mentally added.
"Very well lets go" They started to descend the stairs.