"Just a Dream"
She woke up in a sweat. Her eyes searched the room for her captor but he was nowhere to be found. It soon dawned on her that she had dreamed the whole thing. "Not again, " she sighed. This was the third time in a row she had had this nightmare of him kidnapping her, and she had no idea why she was having it. She sighed again and swung her legs over the edge of the bed, wincing in pain as a bolt of tightness shot through her lower back. She rubbed it gingerly and tried to think about the dream. There was really no reason why she should be having it. Nothing in it made sense, nothing in real life pointed to the reasons behind the actions of the man in the dream. She knew him only by business since he worked in the same place she did. She never talked to him unless to go over details of a situation and to casually say hi. She admitted to herself he was attractive, but she had a boyfriend. The crush quickly left her mind and she turned to focus on her job. Yawning, she looked at the clock. It read 8:00 pm. She had fallen asleep early because of her injuries and her headache; she'd do anything just to take the focus off the pain. She thanked God she hadn't been scheduled to work tonight. Suddenly the phone in her hotel rang. She picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Well, look who's awake," joked the man on the other line.
"Yeah yeah, shut it. What do you want?"
"Someone's grumpy, "the man continued. "Look, some of us were going out tonight and we wanted to know if you wanted to tag along. You know, if you feel like it."
She smiled. It actually sounded pretty damn good right now. She sure as hell didn't find any use in staying in the room with her nightmares.
"Sure, Matt. I'd love to come."
"Great! We're leaving about 9, so get your ass up!"
"Shut up, "she laughed. "Hey Matt, "she asked before he hung up.
"Yeah?"
"Um, who else is coming?" A face flashed in front of her eyes.
"You know, the usual, some of the girls and guys, Trish, Amy, Adam, Jay, Chris, Jeff..." Her heart skipped a beat. Jeff was coming. The man from her dreams.
"Okay, uh, sounds great. I'll be ready by 9, k?" And with this she hung up the phone. Her insides cringed with tension. It was going to be a long night.