Ashley didn't get to the beach often, but when he did he liked to spend some time getting a decent tan. By chance he'd come across this small ledge that allowed him to stretch out and enjoy the sun without any chance of offending any prudes that came by. The ledge was part of what used to be a trail up the side of a cliff, but a slip and dropped a switchback into the sea below, meaning that the path from below came to a dead halt, while the path that led down to his ledge was now overgrown from lack of use. So Ashley had come to the beach today to work on his tan and go swimming later.
The beach immediately below Ash was almost deserted. Not an unusual occurrence as there were better beaches with better facilities closer to town and it was only those seeking a little privacy who continued on to this one. Now Ashley was watching an interesting little scenario developing on the beach below, irritated because he strongly suspected that he was going to have to interrupt his sunbathing and go down and lend a hand.
Janet had accepted Brian's invitation to the beach outing. He was her steady boyfriend and she suspected that now she was eighteen he would want to take their relationship to another level. Suspected, hell. She damn well knew he wanted to move it along. He'd dropped enough hints about the matter. The problem was that she wasn't quite sure she wanted to go that far yet, at least with him. Yes, she was interested in sex and looking forward to starting a proper relationship sometime, but she wasn't certain that Brian was the right person. She knew that he'd be making a heavy pass sometime that day and was prepared to go along and see what happened. She could always say no.
Things had started to go wrong for Janet when Brian didn't stop at one of the regular beaches but continued on to a more isolated area. With no-one around it might be hard to get Brian to stop if he started pushing too hard. She hadn't said anything but resolved to keep her wits about her. As they headed down to the beach area, Janet was relieved to hear another car pull up above. A bit of company would ease the tension. It wasn't until the new arrivals joined then on the beach, smirking, that Janet realised just how much trouble she was in. The new arrivals were Rob and Teddy, friends of Brian but not really friends of hers. To be precise, she couldn't stand them.
"What's going on Brian?" she asked, trying to hide the nervousness in her voice.
"Oh, nothing much," laughed Brian. "I just happened to tell them I was going to get laid today, and they asked if they could come along and watch. Maybe have a turn afterwards. You don't mind do you?"
"Are you out of your mind?" Janet replied in a suppressed scream. "I haven't agreed to have sex with you and I'm definitely not having sex with them."
"Beg to differ," said Rob, "but just how do you propose to stop us?"
Standing there in just a bikini, Janet knew she stood little chance of fighting them off. She braced herself, meaning to run back up to the car-park, hoping to get to the road and possibly some help when Brian suddenly moved, grabbing her arm. Janet screamed, but couldn't stop the other two boys from swiftly pulling down her bikini pants and undoing her top. Then Brian released her to stand naked in front of them, the boys enjoying their mastery over her. She looked around desperately, seeing that they were between her and the path to the car-park, hoping for something or someone to help her.
Ash realised that the girl was in trouble and was resigned to having to go down and assist. He saw the boys below starting to strip off their clothes, and as though this was a signal the girl turned and ran, straight towards the old trail that finished just below his ledge. He waited to see what would happen.
Janet fled up the old trail she'd spotted, praying it led somewhere safe. She heard the boys cursing and telling her to stop. She also heard Brian yelling that the trail was a dead end and she was just being stupid.
The three young men started up the trail, hunters after their prey. "No need to hurry," observed Brian. "The trail ends in a sheer drop. She'll be resigned when we get there and probably won't even fight."
Janet continued up the trail, crying as she ran, only to come to a sudden halt with a sickening plunge in her stomach as she realised that she'd run out of path. Then she heard the voice and looked up, startled, to see someone looking down at her.
"If you put one foot on that rock there," said Ash, pointing, "and step up onto that little ledge there you should be able to reach high enough for me to grab your wrist."
Janet looked at the stepping stones pointed out. They would give her about four feet of height and she doubted that he'd be able to reach her, but what had she to lose. Her virginity was what, she decided, and scrambled quickly from rock to ledge and reached as high as she could.
Ash watched the girl scramble towards him, then leaned out and down as far as he dared and managed to snare her wrist. He quickly pulled her up, his second hand reaching and hooking between her legs to hoist her up and onto the ledge. Moving quickly, he rolled her flat against the back of the ledge, telling her to be quiet as he lay next to her.
Janet gave a short scream as she felt herself being hoisted up into the air, the scream becoming louder and shriller as she felt his hand slide between her legs to give her that extra hoist onto the ledge. Scarlet faced she turned to face him, only to find him shushing her and indicating that she needed to lie at the back of the ledge against the cliff face. As he joined her there, Janet realised that the ledge sloped down, effectively hiding them if someone tried to look onto the ledge. She lay quietly, waiting.
Brian and his friends came swaggering up the old trail, laughing when they heard the scream from above. "She's found the dead-end," guessed Brian. "Now all she can do is wait."
"Oh, I think we can find other things for her to do," sniggered Teddy. "We just have to use a little imagination."
The hunters came around the final bend and stopped, staring at the empty trail. "Where the hell is she?" asked Rob.
The boys moved cautiously to the edge of the trail. She couldn't climb down and a quick glance up showed the nearest ledge was ten to twelve feet above them so she couldn't go up.
"You reckon she could make it to that ledge?" asked Brian hopefully.
"I couldn't make it to that ledge," said Teddy. "She wouldn't have had a hope."
"Then where the hell is she?" demanded Rob.
Brian was standing at the end of the trail looking down at the sea. "You know those red thongs she was wearing," he said.
"The only things she was wearing," sniggered Teddy.
"There's one floating down there," said Brian dismally. "That scream we heard must have been her running of the path without realising."
There was a moment of stunned silence. "What the fuck are we going to do?" asked Brian.
"Not we, you," said Teddy. "Rob and I aren't even here. She's your date. You'll have to tell the cops that she went swimming and went under all of a sudden and you couldn't find her."
"You're just going to run out on me and leave me to explain it to the cops and her parents?" cried Brian, angrily.