The Meadow Snare

Trapped

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"W-what do you mean?" I stammered, knowing full well what Jason had meant.

"You really think we'd invite you up here to toast to your change?" He scoffed, and my stomach sank as I realised how careless I had been. I really should have known.

I looked for an escape, a way out of this secluded forest clearing, a way to safety. But the three hefty soccer players surrounded me. And they were closing in.

"Please." I begged, appealing to Jason's heart, if he had one. His cold blue eyes made his reply clear; they were blank, expressionless, devoid of sympathy.

"C'mon, Genevieve. Be a good little girl and get on your knees." He growled, ignoring my pleading. But I wasn't about to submit. Instead, I reached down swiftly and pulled the hunting blade from my boot, brandishing it defiantly.

Bryan and Chris backed away, frightened by the deadly weapon. I lamented leaving my handgun in the car, but the knife was just as deadly.

Jason didn't move. His eyes were glazed over now, and with a wicked grin he stepped closer. The boys halted their retreat, waiting for their leader.

He stepped right in front of me, exposing himself to my knife.

"Well, Jenny, you gonna stab me? Go ahead, stab me. C'mon,"

"Please-" I begged. I couldn't do it. I didn't want to hurt any one, not even this cruel beast.

"Well?" He crossed his arms on his chest, and looked around as if bored. "What are you waiting for?"

"Jason, don't do this. Please don't do this. Please." Tears were running down my face now. He just smirked. And held out his hand.

So I gave him the knife. He snatched it up, then tossed if firmly over his shoulder, into the clearing behind.

"I always knew you were a bitch. Always being a sissy, hanging out with your girl friends, walking with that girly sway. , And just now you surrendered because you didn't have it in you...in fact, you will have something in you real soon." He laughed, shaking his head, and out of the corners of my eyes, I saw the boys beginning to close in again now that the threat of the knife was neutralised.