and her classes, and hanging out in the dorms, where she meets three other first-year students, ryan duffin, kathryn hendley, and alex stock. do you remember coming to uva like? >> i was pretty much just looking for friends at the beginning. and i met kathryn and i met ryan, and then through them i met jackie. and we kind of formed something of a friend group in the first couple weeks. >> reporter: when did you first meet jackie? >> i first met jackie on my second day at uva. a good person to spend time with. we were hanging out a lot in the first few weeks of school, probably every other night at least. >> reporter: just as quickly as the friendships formed, they say it appeared that jackie's feelings towards ryan extended to something more. did jackie tell you that she had feelings for your friend, ryan? >> yeah. oh, yeah. pretty quickly it became clear that she liked him. >> reporter: but you weren't interested in her romantically. >> no. i didn't want to date her. but it became clear very quickly that she had developed an interest in me. we did go on one date, because i figured, "if you