Struggle for Liberty, Marline [top young adult novels txt] 📗

Jason called to me. I groaned under my breath, not willing to get out of the water.
“Come on,” Jason walked to my side of the pool and then held out a hand to me. I let him pull me up. As I walked to the chair on which our towels and clothes were lying, I caught Jason staring at me. Conscious of how little I was wearing, I wrapped my towel around myself and forced my eyes away from Jason’s body.

Chapter 8

That evening, I felt Jason’s arm slip around my waist and though I hated to admit it, a tingling feeling started in my stomach.
“Turn around and snuggle into me.” Jason whispered in my ear. I did as I was told. We lay there for a few minutes until I suddenly felt Jason’s lips touch my head. He kissed my forehead, the bridge of my nose, the tip of my nose and eventually landed on my lips. He kissed me gently, and slowly and the fluttering in my stomach got worse. His lips were so soft as he lazily tugged my bottom lip. I couldn’t resist, I kissed him back. After a few moments I pulled back because I realized that I was enjoying this far too much and my stomach was doing summersaults by this time. Jason stared at me with dark eyes that slightly scared me but exited me at the same time.
“Never pull back first. Always let your master kiss you as long as he wants to. You’re there for his pleasure. Remember that.”
I gasped and wanted to pull away from him but he instead pulled me towards him and his lips found mine again. I was struggling against him though, frustrated at his words and not wanting to let myself enjoy his kiss. He pulled back for a second.
“It’s the ugly truth. Deal with it. Now kiss me.” He demanded, before he placed his lips on mine again, though far less gentle than before. I was suddenly aware of everywhere Jason was touching me, his hands on my hips, his lips on mine, the sound of his heartbeat. I felt my resolve slowly crumbling.

No, this was not happening. This could not be happening. I can’t believe those thoughts even entered my mind! What is wrong with me? I scolded myself. At that point I realized that I had to get out of there. I pushed against Jason, got out of bed and dashed to the other side of the room, breathing heavily. I was staring at Jason in shock, while desperately trying to keep from going back to the bed and finding his lips with mine once more. A smirk appeared on his face that brought me back to earth.
“You liked it.” Jason said smugly.
“I did not!” I scoffed. “I’m supposed to pretend, aren’t I?”
“That was no pretense.” Jason said matter-of-factly.
“How do you know?” I shot at him.
“I’ve been around enough girls to know when they are truly interested and when they’re pretending.”
“You know nothing about me.” I spat. The fact that Jason was right was getting me more angry than anything.
Grinning, Jason looked at me. “Come back to sleep and I promise I won’t touch you again tonight.” He still sounded very satisfied with himself. I rolled my eyes and stayed where I was for a few more moments, to calm my heartbeat and evaluate my situation. Eventually, I decided that I better get into bed and go to sleep and pretend this never happened. I pulled back the covers, lay as far away from Jason as possible and, with an annoyed humph

, fell asleep.

Chapter 9

“Stop eating so much, you’re getting fat.” Jason said bluntly when he saw me sitting on the couch with a bowl of chips in my hands.
“So?” I asked, and popped another chip in my mouth.
“So guys don’t like fat girls.”
“I don’t care what guys think.” I said defiantly and went on munching on my chips. If only Jason would leave, my world would be relatively all right. Sitting on the couch in front of the TV with a bowl of chips… Not so bad.
“I have a reputation to uphold.” Jason said, walking over to me.
“A reputation?” I asked, raising one eyebrow.
“Yes. All the girls that have been under my training are more or less perfect.”
“Well,” I said and a smirk appeared on my face, “then I think I will try ruining your reputation.”
“Really?” Jason grinned, as he plopped down on the couch next to me, “and how will you do that?”
Becoming a little uncomfortable at our proximity, I began to stand up.
“I’ll start by getting a refill.” I was about to walk towards the kitchen when Jason grabbed my T-shirt from behind and pulled me back down on the couch.
“I have a better idea.” He said. “How about we start by burning some calories?” The next moment his lips were on mine. For a second I was too shocked to do anything but then I pushed him away with one hand, my other hand was still holding the bowl of chips.
“If you wanted some, you could have just asked,” I motioned towards the chips, trying to hide the blush that was sure to be on my cheeks.
“Finish chewing so that we can continue our exercise.” Jason said and he had a longing look in his eyes. The moment I swallowed I grabbed another handful of chips and stuffed it in my mouth.
“Oooh, you asked for it.” Jason said as het tackled me so that I was lying on the couch and he was hovering above me. I was so shocked I couldn’t chew or even breathe for that matter.
Jason lowered his lips to mine but the moment our lips touched I pushed him away, giggling.
“Wait,” I said, with my hand still on his chest. Jason raised one eyebrow and looked at me, daring me to say anything that he didn’t agree with.
“Let me finish chewing,” I said, around a mouthful of chips, “and I will let you kiss me.” When Jason looked at me disbelievingly I added, “I promise.”
“Fine.” Jason finally conceded. “I give you 20 seconds.” But he didn’t move an inch and remained hovering above me, staring at me while I chewed.
“You’re making me nervous.” I told him.
Jason didn’t answer, just kept staring at me intently. I guess it was my fault that we were in this position, if I would’ve let him kiss me before then this wouldn’t be happening.
I swallowed my chips but continued chewing, just to irritate Jason a little more. It was fun.
“Long enough,” Jason suddenly said and his abruptness made me jump. He slammed his lips onto mine. I snaked my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me. Then I suddenly gave a tug on his neck which caused him to lose his balance but instead of falling on me I pushed him off the couch so that he fell on the carpet. To my surprise though, Jason grabbed me at the last moment and pulled me down with him so that I landed on top of him. I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Oh, you find that funny, huh?” Jason said threateningly though I could see that he was trying to stop a smile. Without waiting for my answer he turned us around so that I was once more on the bottom and he was on top. He leaned down and kissed me again. After some intense making out, Jason moved his lips to my ear and whispered: “Remember, that I am in control.” He then moved so that he could see my face.
“Oh really?” I challenged and immediately attempted to make Jason lose his balance so that I was once more on top. But he somehow anticipated this and didn’t budge. Jason grinned at me and raised one eyebrow. I tried again and again to get Jason off me but he was incredibly strong.
“Told you so.” Jason teased as he poked me in the side.
I gasped. “Two can play that game.” I threatened, and then poked him in the side as well.
“I’m not ticklish.” Jason said with a poker face.
“You cannot be serious.” I said unbelievingly.
Jason laughed. “Times like these it’s quite useful.”
I used this opportunity in one last attempt to push Jason off me but he didn’t even wobble.
“Ok, enough of this.” He said, and took my hands and pinned them above my head.
For a moment his coral blue eyes stared into mine. “You know, you’re more intriguing than I thought.”
Before I had a chance to think about that compliment and to let it fully sink in, he had lowered his lips to mine again and all thought left me. Instead, I fully concentrated on enjoying his kiss.

Chapter 10

“If you’re good,” Jason suddenly announced, “Then you can meet up with the other girls tomorrow afternoon.” I stared at him wide-eyed.
“Really?” I asked and I suddenly had the urge to run up to Jason and wrap my arms around him.
“Yes, really.” He said. I couldn’t resist and ran up to him and threw my arms around his neck.
“Thank you thank you thank you!” I squealed. He laughed at my reaction.
“You don’t have to get me deaf, you know.” He commented as I felt his arms wrap around me and squeeze me tight.
“Sorry.” I giggled, and let him go. He didn’t let me go though. Instead, he leaned forwards and kissed me on the lips. A familiar tingling went through my body and I instantly responded to his kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he pulled me closer to him.

“Lissa!” I shouted when I saw my little sister. I ran up to her and threw my arms around her. But Lissa did not hug me back. I pulled away and looked at her. Her eyes were vacant of any emotion and she looked terrible, like all the life had drained out of her. The once so vibrant and happy girl that I’d known was gone.
“Lissa, what’s wrong?” I asked concerned.
Her vacant eyes focused on me like she saw me for the first time.
“You are not my sister anymore.” She said softly. I stared at her.
“What do you mean? Of course I am!”
“Then where were you when I was being raped? When I was being forced to please a man in all possible ways? Well?” She said, suddenly angry. Tears sprang in my eyes at her words.
“Oh Lissa,” I said and wanted to pull her in a hug but she pushed me away.
“I want nothing to do with you anymore.” With that, she turned around and walked away. I stared after her, not able to say a word. I wanted to scream her name but my voice was stuck in my throat. I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder.
“Liberty?” Jason asked and I heard concern in his voice.
“No!” I screamed, turning towards him. “This is all your fault!” I yelled as I beat against his chest. “Don’t touch me!” But Jason did not do what I was telling him to do, he did the exact opposite. He took me into his arms. At first, I tried struggling but then just gave in and let him support my weight.
I was trying desperately