Each year the Lush City Council holds their annual Maze Race. The objective is to get through the maze the fastest to win the prize that year. This also comes with a catch - the maze changes each year and there are little traps and surprises that may pop up every now and then. If you can successfully avoid as many of these distractions as possible, you'll be just fine. Once you exit the maze, all information about the maze and it's contents are banned from leaving your mouth until everyone who wants to participate has done so. Couples can enter the maze together, but are not allowed to help each other out. This is where the story begins.

Sarah was very excited to get the chance to participate in the maze this year. Different circumstances have render her from going, whether it has been family related or work. This year she made sure to schedule the time off so she could actually participate. She heard of the various traps and surprises that the citizens of Lush had endured over the years. The occasional man or woman who had 'given directions' to get you through the maze, so called secret short cuts in the hedges and other surprises that weren't expected that change every year. The maze was like what any county or state fair would be like. In fact, the maze was the highlight of the year for the town of Lush, including Sarah.

Her boyfriend, Brian, was never too keen on the whole maze festivities. He was more into the attractions, foods, beers and whatever else would come to town during The Maze week. He always felt the maze was a waste of time and money ever since the first time he made the attempt to go through it. He enjoyed bouncing around the different exhibits and seeing what other vendors had to offer each year. His particularly favorite place to be, is the beer tent. The beer is catered and served by Rumplations: honky-tonk & cyber bar.

It was about three years ago when Brian went through the maze. He had just turned 18 and was just excited as anyone else to see what the maze had in store this time. He paid the necessary five dollars to enter and began his journey, alone I might add, through the famous maze. The first couple of corridors seemed quiet and safe. He almost forgot about any potential surprises before a creepy looking clown jumped out from one of the narrow openings in the hedge and scared him shitless.

"Hiya boy! Where do ya think you're heading?" The creepy ass clown asked in a very fucked up and eerie voice.

"What the fuck? I'm getting the hell out of here!" Brian took off running, pushing his way passed the fucked up looking clown; just trying to quickly make it through the maze alive. He made it to the end of the corridor before making a sharp turn to the right. He looked back and to his relief, the clown wasn't following him. "What the hell was that about?" He asked out loud, not thinking about anyone else being around. Then he noticed the beautiful girl smiling at him then ran around the corner.

Brian chased after her. He wanted to catch a glimpse of this beauty once more. He turned the corner and saw her standing there, waving at him as if telling him to follow her. He knew it was a trap to get him lost and forget where he was going, but he didn't care. He wanted to know who she was. Against his better judgment, he let this mysterious beauty lead him around three turns until they reached a dead end. The beautiful girl turned around, gave Brian a small giggle and pushed open a secret door in the wall, locking it behind her. He was so frustrated he wasn't able to even get her name, let alone speak to her.

Realizing he had no idea where he was, he began back tracking, trying to see if he could find his way out of this damn maze on his own. He rounded another corner and saw a sign that read 'exit this way'. The sign was pointing to his left. He followed the sign and came to another dead end.

Brian was getting very frustrated with this maze. First the clown coming out of nowhere, then the missed opportunity with the beautiful girl. He turned around and began walking back until he found the sign once more. This time, he went in the opposite direction until he was faced with the dead end where the girl had left him. He went to turn around when the door opened and someone drug him inside. It all happened so quick that he wasn't able to take in his surroundings before a potato sack went over his head, causing everything to go dark.

"Where the hell am I? What are you doing to me?" Panic rising within him.

"Be quiet and I'll let you go." A female's voice rang in Brian's head. He heard this voice before. He just couldn't quite place it to a face. "Don't say a word and I'll tell you how to get out." She took his hand and began writing something on the palm of his hand. "Follow these instructions and you'll get out." She opened the door and began to push him out before he stopped her.

"Can I at least get your name, if you're the one I'm thinking of?" Brian desperately wanted to know if this was her or not. She wouldn't let him take the sack off his head no matter what he did.

"Just go!" She pushed him out the door and locked herself back inside.

Brian was beyond frustrated. He looked at the palm of his hand and all that was written there was 'follow your heart and you will find your way'. "What the hell does this mean?" He asked out loud. Very frustrated, he began walking, not even paying attention to where he was going when he ran into another dead end. "Wow! This is ridiculous!"

Brian kept walking through the maze. He was so pissed off that he hadn't paid much attention to anything else and was soon out of the maze.

"How was the experience in the maze, son?" The chief operator of the maze asked him.

"A waste of time and money..." He mumbled and continued walking.

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Lush usually has the maze set up depending on who's going through it. If a man is going through, the distractions are usually related to what men are distracted by. For instance, a beautiful woman may be brought in to divert his path or something beer and sports related may catch his attention just enough to make him forget where to go.

As for the women, well it's what distracts women. Shoes, purses, clothes, jewelry and a good, no, great looking man. Like the men, it's just enough to slightly distract the women.

If a couple is going through, The Maze can get a read of what each other is like. It will try to distract each person, in hopes of splitting them up. Usually The Maze is successful, but sometimes the couple does prevail.

Brian wasn't too thrilled about Sarah going through the maze for that reason. If a beautiful woman was his distraction, would a handsome guy be hers? Granted he was single at the time and didn't have to worry about his 'significant other' getting pissed off at him for that, but he couldn't help but to wonder how she'd react. Would she be just as distracted and curious as he was? Or would she do the right thing and stay on the path? What if he takes her into another room? Oh that thought caused his blood to start boiling. He better not touch her..

'What to wear? Do I wanna look sexy or somewhat conservative? Hmm..' Sarah began flipping through the assortment of clothes she had somehow managed to acquire over the past few months. 'A short skirt with this white tank top? No, too risky. I don't need an accidental spill on me.' She smirked at that thought. 'Hmm.. or this tube top with those short, white shorts. No, I don't need a little kid pulling my top down and exposing my breasts to everyone. Or do I?' A sly grin came upon her face, then she remembered Brian. 'Never mind. Ah, here we go. I'll go with the sun dress!'

Sarah plucked her red sun dress from her closet, put it on and began modeling if for herself. She loved the way the dress fluttered over her slender body with each twirl and sudden movement she made. The dress went to her knees and flared out slightly at the bottom. It's only support clung to her shapely shoulders, revealing her wonderful cleavage and enhanced her ample breasts. The red fabric helped show off the tan she had been working on all summer. She went to her closet and put on her white heels before giving herself one last inspection. Admiring the way she looked, she grabbed her purse and headed out the door to meet Brian at The Maze.

"Do we really have to go through the damn maze?" Brian seemed annoyed as they walked through the entrance of the park. "You know how I feel about the fucking thing."

"Yes, baby! I've never gone through it! Besides, I think you just had a bad experience." Sarah playfully grabbed his sides before wrapping her arms around his torso. "Do it for me, please?" She stuck out her bottom lip, making a pouting face.

"You're killing me! And put your damn lip away." He was annoyed and pissed off. He didn't like the maze and she knew it. "Okay, just this once. I'm doing this just for you!"

"Yay! Thank you baby!" Sarah was jumping around like a little kid excited to go to the amusement park for the first time. "You won't regret this!"

Brian and Sarah made their way to the small line that began to gather by the maze. The walls of the maze rose about twenty feet in the air. The hedges were so dense, you couldn't see into the maze to know what was going on in there.

"Good thing we got here when we did." Brian looked back at the line that had gathered behind them.

"Yeah no kidding, the line is reeaaalllyyy long."

Brian and Sarah inched their way through the line before finally reaching the entrance. It was now the moment of truth and there was no way he could back out on her now. He reluctantly paid for both of them to enter.

They entered the maze and began walking down the first corridor. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but Brian was on edge. Sarah noticed this and began to poke fun at him.

"What's wrong, baby? You seem so tense and paranoid." She gripped his arm a little tighter.

"I'm okay." He lied as he kept an alert attention. 'I swear I'm going to hit that fucking clown if he pops up again.' He thought to himself with a clenched fist.

"What was that?" Sarah pointed to the end of the dark corridor.

"What was what?!" Brian looked with intense curiosity.

"Aaaahhhh!" She screamed. "Did you see that?" She gripped his arm very tight. "It was big and scary and.....okay I'm just playing around, calm down!" She began laughing, but Brian was pissed off and she didn't want to keep the joke going in case he did something stupid.

"Don't do that! I about had a heart attack!" He wasn't too happy.

"Calm down! I was just joking.." Sarah tried to plead with him, but he just ignored her. They continued to trudge along through the maze in silence. "I'm sorry, I won't do it again."

"You better not or I'll leave your ass here." He just kept on walking.

Sarah was laughing to herself. She couldn't help but think it was funny to see Brian all tensed up and scared like a little kid going through a haunted house during Halloween. It was just a maze for crying out loud! 'Something interesting better happen or this trip through is going to suck!' She began wondering what else might happen the further into the maze they get. Her question was quickly answered.

The couple rounded the corner and in the wall at the end of the corridor, appeared to be a beer and food stand. Suddenly lights and sports music began playing. This caught Brian's attention almost immediately. He rushed up to the counter to see what was going on. Out of nowhere, a short, burly man came out from the back.

"Welcome to my sports bar! This place is in fact named The Sports Bar!" The short man produced a business card and handed it to Brian. "Also here's a menu of the beers and food that my customers keep coming back for! As you can see here (pointing to the bottom of the menu) is a list of all the beers I love to serve... just take your pick." He handed Brian the menu.

This pissed off Sarah. She didn't want to deal with Brian's cocky demeanor after he's had a couple of beers. She began wondering around the corner to see what else the maze had to hide. She saw another display set up at the end of the next corridor. Once again, lights came on and an incredibly good looking woman stepped out, revealing a wonderful selection of shoes behind her.

"I see you could use something a little more comfortable to walk in." The sexy woman said as Sarah quickly approached the display.

"Yes I could!" She was beyond excited that she forgot about Brian who was still at the bar drinking a beer.

"Come with me." She gave Sarah a wink and the two went into the display to look at shoes.

At this point, I'm sure you're thinking 'how can you possibly be that distracted by something so simple?' Well I'll try to answer that question the best I can. You see, when you have someone like Brian who never wanted to go through the maze in the first place, then usually that person is going to find a quick and easy way out. The Maze got a sense of this when the two entered it's confines.

The Maze also had an idea that Sarah wouldn't be too thrilled with the actions of Brian, so to keep her entertained and wanting more of the maze, a shoe store came out. Both Sarah and Brian weren't thinking of each other at this point. This enabled The Maze to get at least one of them out, so they couldn't or wouldn't finish the course. As long as Sarah was still entertained, she'd be all right.

"What's in the beer? I'm already feeling pretty good and I haven't finished this one." Brian began inspecting the contents of his glass to see if he could get any information out of it.

"Only the best beer in the world. Trust me, you'll be wanting some more later." The bartender gave him a wink as Brian downed the rest of his beer. "The exit is this way." He pointed to the back of the bar.

Without thinking about Sarah or the consequences of his actions, he got up and followed the bartender to the exit and was pushed back into the real world, leaving Sarah behind to go through the maze alone.

Sarah forgot Brian, or she just didn't care at the moment, while she began trying on shoes. She found the pair she wanted and made the attempt to leave when a handsome man stepped in front of her.

"Where do you think you're going, pretty lady?" He gave her a wink and a smile.

Sarah began blushing and fumbling for words, "I need to finish the maze, oh and I need to get back to my boyfriend, he's over there." She pointed back towards where the bar used to be.

"There's nothing over there. Just a blank wall." This scared Sarah as she ran back to where Brian was.

"He was just here a minute ago! Why would he leave me here?" She began to panic and tears started welling up in her eyes.

"Calm down, Ms. I'm sure he's around here somewhere. Come with me and I'll help you find him." He gave her a reassuring smile that made something tingle down deep within her as she took his hand.

This mysterious man led her down the corridor, passed the shoe shop and around the next corner. Sarah had no idea where she was or how she was supposed to get through the rest of this maze. She was trusting this gorgeous man to help her make it out safely, so she could meet up with Brian again. He reached over and put his arm around her, guiding her through the maze. A warm sensation began to flood between her legs. Was this stranger really turning her on?

She was so distracted by the presence of this man, she hadn't noticed that they came to a dead end and that just stopped. He slowly turned around with a seductive smile across his face. This slightly worried Sarah because she didn't know what his intentions were, yet it also excited her at the same time. Brian had been the only guy she's ever been with, so she began to become curious. 'No, I can't do that to him.. But he looks so inviting.. no...unless he comes on to me.' She shuddered at this thought and was pretty confident a wet spot was growing between her legs.

"Follow me." The man said as he turned he opened a door that she hadn't previously seen.

"Where are we going? I can't be long, my boyfriend will get worried." She still followed him inside.

He closed and locked the door behind her. Sarah was slightly startled and didn't...