Jason was right back where he had started. He glared at the rabbit where it sat, not six feet away, in the middle of the Youth Center's practice mats. It watched him with one eye, occasionally sniffing curiously at the air.
It really didn't help matters that now he didn't just have Kimberly watching him and giggling with amusement, but an entire class of eight year-old dance students. In the interest of not harming the little rabbit, the students had moved to the edges of the room, leaving Jason at the center of attention.
This is just great. You better appreciate this, Trini.
His plan had been to inch closer to the rabbit slowly enough that it would not become alarmed and move away, but it seemed to be on to him. Every time he moved closer, it moved away.
"Hey, Jase, I've got an idea," Kimberly called. "Let's use the kids."
"I don't want anybody to get hurt," he pointed out.
"Nobody will get hurt. We'll have everyone sit in a circle and close in on it," she suggested. "It won't have anywhere to go where someone can't grab it."
"It's worth a shot," he said, glancing up at the clock with a sigh. Trini would be here soon, and it would be really rude of him to give her a gift that had... escaped.
Making sure to keep an eye on the rabbit so it couldn't wander off, Jason and Kimberly managed to get all the kids into position and explain the plan.
It almost worked.
The rabbit simply leapt past the nearest young girl, who screeched and ducked, and skipped away. Jason flopped back onto the mat in defeat; Kimberly laughed.
"It went into the women's locker room, Jase. I'll go get it."
I'm never going to hear the end of this.