The Wager by M.C. Two university co-eds make a bet with their boyfriends about the outcome of a wrestling match. "This is going to be a massacre royal," Larry said as he and June, his girlfriend, entered the large gymnasium and took their seats in front of the wrestling mats. It was 12:30 P.M. and the match was scheduled to begin at 1:00 (that's 13:00 for those of you who use a 24 hour clock). "You can say that again Larry," his friend Chris agreed as he and his girlfriend Betty sat down next to them. "Our wrestlers don't stand a chance in the world." "Why do you say that?" June asked. "I thought our guys were pretty good." "They're O.K. June," Larry replied. "But State's team is much bigger, stronger and far better trained then ours. We'll be lucky to win even one match today. So much for our chances to win the league title this year." "I agree," Chris chimmed in. The odds of us winning today are at least a hundred to one." Betty looked over at June - her best friend and teammate on the woman's champion ice hockey team - and a sly smile past between them. "A hundred to one eh? I'll take those odds Chris." "Me too," June smiled at Larry. The girls then reached into their purses and each took out a dollar bill. "Are you guys up for a little wager?" Now it was Larry and Chris' turn to smile. "You girls have a bet," Larry laughed. "Easiest dollar I even made," Chris added with a smirk. Betty gently nudged June in the side with her elbow. "Will you boys excuse us for a few minutes? June and I want to use the ladies room before the match begins. We don't miss a thing." As the two girls stood up and began to make their way to the restrooms, they heard Larry mutter under his breath, "women, what do they know about the manly art of wrestling." On their way to the ladies room, June and Betty made a slight detour...in the direction of the visitor's locker room. Betty knocked on the door and a large, very well built wrestler opened it."Is this the State wrestling team?" she asked in a sweet and sexy voice. "Yes it is," he answered with a smile. "Would you girls like to come in?" "Why yes we would as a matter of fact," June said. He opened the door wide so the two attractive female athletes could enter (none of the six wrestlers seemed to notice that Betty when locked the door behind her after they had done so). Once inside the locker room, the women removed the training jackets they were wearing and tied their long, pretty hair back into ponytails. "Whatever you girls intend to do, I suggest you do it quickly," the large wrestler said with a smug grin,"because we've got a wrestling team to annihilate in about twenty-five minutes." "In that case we'll try and do it as quickly as we can," June said. The beautiful brunette winked at Betty and then, without further delay, slammed her right fist hard into the large wrestler's jaw with such force that he was knocked backwards into two of his teammates; all three fell to the floor. At the same time, Betty nailed another large wrestler with a solid roundhouse kick to the side of his face. She then flew into two others, fists and feet flying. June waited for the stunned boys to get up (she didn't want to end this too quickly) before continuing her attack. Although it might seem strange that these two girls thought they could take on six big, strong college wrestlers, June and Betty were not 'mere' girls. In addition to being the stars of the women's ice hockey team, they had been studying martial arts for fifteen years and both held third degree black belts in Tae Kwon Do (Betty received hers three months before June did, a fact that really irked her). After years of intensive training, these girls could shatter thick boards with their hands and feet, and move with a speed and skill that the larger, but slower, wrestlers could only dream of matching. And when one of these girls hit you, it hurt. BAM! Betty's fist smashed into State's middleweight wrestler, and although he weighed 25 pounds more than she did, the 140 pound blond's punch sent him sprawling on the floor. With the same fluid motion she continued and kicked the light-heavyweight in the pit of his stomach, then whirled around and knocked the lightweight literally off his feet with a right uppercut to the jaw - he landed directly on top of the middleweight; just as Betty intended. While Betty was 'taking care' of her three wrestlers, June was hammering the flyweight, welterweight and heavyweight wrestlers around. Although June felt she had to pull her punches to avoid seriously injuring the lighter boys, she could go all out on the heavyweight. With a series of lightning quick kicks and punches, June drove all three back into a corner. "You guys really are pathetic aren't you?" the 135 pound brunette teased as she punched and kicked them around. "Imagine, six big, strong wrestlers getting their asses kicked by just two girls; tee, hee, hee." "Now, now June," Betty laughed," we mustn't get too smug here. After all, they're just boys." The muscular blond had just put the finishing touches on 'her' three by bashing the light-heavyweight to the floor for the last time. He fell next to his two teammates and wasn't about to get up for awhile. June decided to end her fight with a flurish. After driving the hapless heavyweight and middleweight back into the corner again, she grabbed the 112 pound flyweight and lifted him up above her head. "Let's play catch boys," the surprisingly strong brunette said as she tossed him over to them. He crashed into his comrades knocking the middleweight and himself out in the process. Only the heavyweight was standing now but he was too badly battered to offer any serious resistance. "Why are you girls doing this to us?" he asked meekly. "Oh let's just say we had a little bet with our boyfriends," June giggled as she approached him,"and it looks like we won; tee, hee, hee." SMASH! June smashed her fist one last time into the 225 pound boy's jaw, sending him into dreamland. "Well done kiddo," Betty said as she slapped her friend five. The two female athletes then hugged each other before surveying the scene around them. Six strong, well-conditioned university wrestlers lay battered and beaten on the locker room floor...beaten up by two girls! June looked at her watch and then at Betty; then she smiled. "Let's do it." Giggling like little girls, June and Betty quickly stripped their 'conquests' from the waist down and tied their hands behind their backs with their own jock-straps. They then stuffed a sock in each of their mouths. "There, that should hold them for awhile," Betty laughed as she looked down at them. "We'd better get back before we're discovered." They untied their ponytails and quickly brushed their pretty hair before putting on their training jackets. "Bye, bye boys," the girls laughed as they left the locker room," and have a nice day." It was five minutes to 1:00 when June and Betty returned to their seats. "You girls sure took your time," Larry said. "Oh you know how we females are honey," June replied,"always fussing about our hair and stuff like that." "Yes, we know," Chris smirked."Girls will be girls. Anyway, I hope you two don't mind losing your dollars today." Their wrestling team was already out of the locker room and going through their warm-up exercises but, strangely, there was no sign of the State wrestlers. "What do you suppose is up?" Betty asked. "They're probably so confident of winning that they feel they don't even need to warm up," Larry replied (the boys couldn't help but notice that June and Betty began to giggle after Larry said this). At exactly 1:00 P.M., and his wrestlers still not anywhere to be found, the coach of State's wrestling team went into their locker room to see what the hold-up was. A few minutes later he returned with a very strange look on his face. He slowly walked up to the microphone and, after a lengthy pause in which the coach looked like he was struggling to compose himself, said,"I am very sorry to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, the State wrestlers will not be able to compete today." Another long pause followed afterwhich he added,"and we will therefore have to forfeit the match." He then quickly left the gym. "Well," June said as she jabbed her elbow into Larry's side,"it looks like you boys owe us some money; don't you? Tee, hee, hee." Larry and Chris didn't respond immediately, they were both in shock."I'll...I'll have to take it out of the bank," he finally managed to mutter. "Me too Betty," Chris slowly added. "Can you girls wait until tomorrow?" June and Betty exchanged smirks and began to laugh. "What's so funny?" Chris asked Betty. "Tell you what," she replied,"why don't you boys take June and I out to a nice dinner this evening and we'll call us even. O.K.?" "You...you will?" Larry asked June, surprised. "Sure honey. But let this be a lesson to you boys, sometimes we women know more about the 'manly' art of wrestling than you think. And the next time we prove you wrong, we won't let you off the hook so easily." Again the girls broke out in laughter while Larry and Chris exchanged very confused looks.