Wrestling Under Duress
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 3:53 pm
Wrestling Under Duress
Chapter 1
Janice puts up a free throw shot, one of a hundred shots she's going to shoot. Regular basketball practice is over, and the other girls have headed
for the locker room. Janice, 17 years old, is the starting shooting guard.
Playing sports is her favorite thing about High School. Basketball and Tennis are what she lives for. Janice is one of the rare breed that pays little attention to the social networking. Other than for homework, she rarely touches the computer in her room. Janice wants a scholarship, and spending hours spreading rumors and videos online is not going to help her get one. So Janice is out there on the court, putting up shot after shot
to perfect her game.
At around free throw attempt number 80, the gym doors open and five girls wearing heavy gray sweats come in. The five girls begin jogging around
the basketball court. Janice knows who they are, but she doesn't socialize with them. Those girls are on the wrestling team.
Janice made it very clear, during a discussion of modern trends in sports, in social studies class, there are some sports undignified for girls to participate in. Mainly, girls should NOT wrestle. And most definitely, girls should not wrestle against boys. It's unnatural. Janice had gained a reputation for being "Highly Opinionated" and been given the nickname Jabberwocky Janice by the captain of the girl wrestlers.
The wrestling girls run their laps as Janice finishes up her free throw shooting. Having done a decent job of hitting 74 percent of her free throws, which is good but not great, Janice picks up the balls and puts them on the rolling ball holder, when Trisha, the wrestling captain comes over.
"Hey ahh, Janice," Trisha says, "I know we've not seen eye to eye on things. And we have said some mean things behind your back, but let's wipe
the slate clean, shall we?"
"I never said anything to be mean," says Janice, putting the last balls on the holder.
"I know. I know, so let's start over. You don't like wrestling, but have you ever thought about taking a self defense course? You know, to learn how
to fight off a mugger or a rapist."
Janice starts rolling the ball holder toward the equipment room, and Trisha tags along.
"I know some people who've taken classes like that." Janice says. "My aunt took a self-defense course. Before taking that class she wouldn't
go out at night by herself."
"Well, a lot of wrestling moves are good for self-defense, and you can learn them a lot faster than taking karate," and Trisha grabs Janice by the
arm. "Why don't you meet me and a couple other girls tonight. After everyone is gone and the school is locked up. I know a way to get in and out without being seen by the cameras. We'll meet up at the bleachers at the football field. Then sneak into the athletic building. I'll show you some moves you can learn quick. You're a good athlete. You'll catch on easily."
This is quite a proposal being made, and Janice considers the offer. She's never been friends with Trisha or any of the others on the wrestling
team, but here is a chance to make a friend...Janice decides to take the offer.
"I'll be there tonight. What time?"
"Be there at 7:30," Trisha say, and she slaps Janice on the back, then runs over to the other wrestling girls who are now walking around the court.
Trisha goes to the locker room, checks the shower room before going in to do a quick rinse off. The other girls will soon be done with wrestling practice and be storming in like a herd of buffalo, one big noisy group that wants to get wet after rolling around in the mud. Trisha avoids
the shower room when it's too crowded. For some reason there are girls who like to walk around the locker room, back and forth from their
lockers to the showers, without wrapping their towels around themselves. Trisha finds such displays to be disturbing. Why do some female
athletes want other girls to gaze upon their goodies, which should be kept mostly hidden? Girls from the wrestling team are notoriously unbashful.
Early that evening, at 7:30, Janice sits on the bottom bleacher at the football practice field. Trisha and Megan, another member of the wrestling team, show up right on schedule.
"Keep quiet and follow me," Trisha says.
Janice follows Trisha and Megan toward the athletic building. At the side of the building, which has many large bushes growing near the walls, Janice is led to a small door which she had never noticed before, being mostly hidden by the shrubbery.
"Nobody uses this door anymore. It's kinda been forgotten about," Megan tells Janice.
The door opens easily upon pulling on the handle. The door latch has been duct taped to prevent it from locking. The three girls go into the
athletic building. After walking up a flight of stairs, the girls come to the part of the building set aside for the wrestling team. Janice and her new friends enter a large room with two thick wrestling mats. Janice can see the mats but not much else, as the overhead lights are not on.
"Megan, will you turn on the lights?" says Trisha.
Megan walks off to the flip the light switch, and Trisha leads Janice to the center of a wrestling mat. The lights turn on and it gets bright in the room. It takes a few seconds for Janice's eyes to adjust, and then she sees something unexpected. Megan is coming toward her and Trisha, but not alone. All the members of the girls wrestling team have stepped out of the shadows and are coming over to the mat. They each are wearing
shorts and tight t-shirts, the clothes they normally practice in.
Janice feels something isn't right. The girls coming toward her are smiling, but it's the wrong kind of smiling. Janice looks around. Which way is
the way out?...Must look for the exit. Before Janice can get her bearings, Trisha grabs Janice by the wrist and holds her, as the rest of the team approaches and surrounds them. Once the members of the wrestling team have Janice encircled, Trisha lets go of the wrist. The Basketball girl in
Wrestling territory isn't going anywhere. She certainly can't fight her way past five girls.
"Now Janice, Jabberwocky Janice," Trisha says, her kind eyes and smile replaced by something menacing. "You say wrestling isn't a sport for girls. You are going to wish you knew a move or two. It would save you a lot of embarrassment."
Janice knows she's in trouble now, and she has no idea what that trouble is going to be. She doesn't want to know.
"What are you going to do to me? I warn you. Don't touch me," Janice tries to warn them, tries to sound stern and strong.
"We're not going to touch you. Somebody else is. Bring out the prisoner," Trisha says, and one of the girls, the stocky red headed one called Amber,
leaves the circle and runs for a nearby door.
Amber goes through the door and returns shortly, dragging a teenage boy into the room. The boy has his hands tied behind his back and he is blindfolded. The boy is brought toward the circle. The circle expands to allow room for the boy to be brought in to stand trembling in front
of Trisha and Janice.
"What is this? Who is this boy?" Janice asks.
"What are you doing to me? Where am I?" the boy asks.
"Take off his blindfold and untie his hands," Trisha orders, and the boy's hands are set free and the blindfold yanked off by Amber.
The boy is somewhat tall and slender, young looking. He looks scared, and for good reason. The boy's eyes dart from one girl to another. He
doesn't appear to recognize any of the girls who surround him. Janice does not recognize him, but then the boy appears to be a couple years
younger, and Trisha never pays much attention to the Freshman and Sophomore boys.
"What is this all about?" Trisha asks, and gets a chorus of giggles and snickers in reply.
"I'll tell you why you are here," Trisha says, and the other girls get quiet, eagerly anticipating the team captain's big announcement. "You said it is undignified for girls to be on the wrestling team. You said it's not right for a girl to wrestle against boys. You, miss high n mighty, will prove girls
can indeed beat boys in wrestling, even when that girl doesn't know shit about wrestling. You are going to wrestle this boy here in a no holds
barred exhibition."
The still unnamed boy looks around the group, looking stunned by the announcement. He appears to Janice like he might need to run to the bathroom to throw up, which is something Janice is feeling at the moment, an awful churning in the stomach.
"What...wrestle?...wrestle a girl?" the boy asks.
"Not only will you wrestle this girl over here," Trisha says, pointing toward Janice. "This will be a strip match. First one fully stripped is the loser, and the loser we're going to throw outside and make em go home naked."
Chapter 1
Janice puts up a free throw shot, one of a hundred shots she's going to shoot. Regular basketball practice is over, and the other girls have headed
for the locker room. Janice, 17 years old, is the starting shooting guard.
Playing sports is her favorite thing about High School. Basketball and Tennis are what she lives for. Janice is one of the rare breed that pays little attention to the social networking. Other than for homework, she rarely touches the computer in her room. Janice wants a scholarship, and spending hours spreading rumors and videos online is not going to help her get one. So Janice is out there on the court, putting up shot after shot
to perfect her game.
At around free throw attempt number 80, the gym doors open and five girls wearing heavy gray sweats come in. The five girls begin jogging around
the basketball court. Janice knows who they are, but she doesn't socialize with them. Those girls are on the wrestling team.
Janice made it very clear, during a discussion of modern trends in sports, in social studies class, there are some sports undignified for girls to participate in. Mainly, girls should NOT wrestle. And most definitely, girls should not wrestle against boys. It's unnatural. Janice had gained a reputation for being "Highly Opinionated" and been given the nickname Jabberwocky Janice by the captain of the girl wrestlers.
The wrestling girls run their laps as Janice finishes up her free throw shooting. Having done a decent job of hitting 74 percent of her free throws, which is good but not great, Janice picks up the balls and puts them on the rolling ball holder, when Trisha, the wrestling captain comes over.
"Hey ahh, Janice," Trisha says, "I know we've not seen eye to eye on things. And we have said some mean things behind your back, but let's wipe
the slate clean, shall we?"
"I never said anything to be mean," says Janice, putting the last balls on the holder.
"I know. I know, so let's start over. You don't like wrestling, but have you ever thought about taking a self defense course? You know, to learn how
to fight off a mugger or a rapist."
Janice starts rolling the ball holder toward the equipment room, and Trisha tags along.
"I know some people who've taken classes like that." Janice says. "My aunt took a self-defense course. Before taking that class she wouldn't
go out at night by herself."
"Well, a lot of wrestling moves are good for self-defense, and you can learn them a lot faster than taking karate," and Trisha grabs Janice by the
arm. "Why don't you meet me and a couple other girls tonight. After everyone is gone and the school is locked up. I know a way to get in and out without being seen by the cameras. We'll meet up at the bleachers at the football field. Then sneak into the athletic building. I'll show you some moves you can learn quick. You're a good athlete. You'll catch on easily."
This is quite a proposal being made, and Janice considers the offer. She's never been friends with Trisha or any of the others on the wrestling
team, but here is a chance to make a friend...Janice decides to take the offer.
"I'll be there tonight. What time?"
"Be there at 7:30," Trisha say, and she slaps Janice on the back, then runs over to the other wrestling girls who are now walking around the court.
Trisha goes to the locker room, checks the shower room before going in to do a quick rinse off. The other girls will soon be done with wrestling practice and be storming in like a herd of buffalo, one big noisy group that wants to get wet after rolling around in the mud. Trisha avoids
the shower room when it's too crowded. For some reason there are girls who like to walk around the locker room, back and forth from their
lockers to the showers, without wrapping their towels around themselves. Trisha finds such displays to be disturbing. Why do some female
athletes want other girls to gaze upon their goodies, which should be kept mostly hidden? Girls from the wrestling team are notoriously unbashful.
Early that evening, at 7:30, Janice sits on the bottom bleacher at the football practice field. Trisha and Megan, another member of the wrestling team, show up right on schedule.
"Keep quiet and follow me," Trisha says.
Janice follows Trisha and Megan toward the athletic building. At the side of the building, which has many large bushes growing near the walls, Janice is led to a small door which she had never noticed before, being mostly hidden by the shrubbery.
"Nobody uses this door anymore. It's kinda been forgotten about," Megan tells Janice.
The door opens easily upon pulling on the handle. The door latch has been duct taped to prevent it from locking. The three girls go into the
athletic building. After walking up a flight of stairs, the girls come to the part of the building set aside for the wrestling team. Janice and her new friends enter a large room with two thick wrestling mats. Janice can see the mats but not much else, as the overhead lights are not on.
"Megan, will you turn on the lights?" says Trisha.
Megan walks off to the flip the light switch, and Trisha leads Janice to the center of a wrestling mat. The lights turn on and it gets bright in the room. It takes a few seconds for Janice's eyes to adjust, and then she sees something unexpected. Megan is coming toward her and Trisha, but not alone. All the members of the girls wrestling team have stepped out of the shadows and are coming over to the mat. They each are wearing
shorts and tight t-shirts, the clothes they normally practice in.
Janice feels something isn't right. The girls coming toward her are smiling, but it's the wrong kind of smiling. Janice looks around. Which way is
the way out?...Must look for the exit. Before Janice can get her bearings, Trisha grabs Janice by the wrist and holds her, as the rest of the team approaches and surrounds them. Once the members of the wrestling team have Janice encircled, Trisha lets go of the wrist. The Basketball girl in
Wrestling territory isn't going anywhere. She certainly can't fight her way past five girls.
"Now Janice, Jabberwocky Janice," Trisha says, her kind eyes and smile replaced by something menacing. "You say wrestling isn't a sport for girls. You are going to wish you knew a move or two. It would save you a lot of embarrassment."
Janice knows she's in trouble now, and she has no idea what that trouble is going to be. She doesn't want to know.
"What are you going to do to me? I warn you. Don't touch me," Janice tries to warn them, tries to sound stern and strong.
"We're not going to touch you. Somebody else is. Bring out the prisoner," Trisha says, and one of the girls, the stocky red headed one called Amber,
leaves the circle and runs for a nearby door.
Amber goes through the door and returns shortly, dragging a teenage boy into the room. The boy has his hands tied behind his back and he is blindfolded. The boy is brought toward the circle. The circle expands to allow room for the boy to be brought in to stand trembling in front
of Trisha and Janice.
"What is this? Who is this boy?" Janice asks.
"What are you doing to me? Where am I?" the boy asks.
"Take off his blindfold and untie his hands," Trisha orders, and the boy's hands are set free and the blindfold yanked off by Amber.
The boy is somewhat tall and slender, young looking. He looks scared, and for good reason. The boy's eyes dart from one girl to another. He
doesn't appear to recognize any of the girls who surround him. Janice does not recognize him, but then the boy appears to be a couple years
younger, and Trisha never pays much attention to the Freshman and Sophomore boys.
"What is this all about?" Trisha asks, and gets a chorus of giggles and snickers in reply.
"I'll tell you why you are here," Trisha says, and the other girls get quiet, eagerly anticipating the team captain's big announcement. "You said it is undignified for girls to be on the wrestling team. You said it's not right for a girl to wrestle against boys. You, miss high n mighty, will prove girls
can indeed beat boys in wrestling, even when that girl doesn't know shit about wrestling. You are going to wrestle this boy here in a no holds
barred exhibition."
The still unnamed boy looks around the group, looking stunned by the announcement. He appears to Janice like he might need to run to the bathroom to throw up, which is something Janice is feeling at the moment, an awful churning in the stomach.
"What...wrestle?...wrestle a girl?" the boy asks.
"Not only will you wrestle this girl over here," Trisha says, pointing toward Janice. "This will be a strip match. First one fully stripped is the loser, and the loser we're going to throw outside and make em go home naked."