Janie Patterson and her sister, Lauren, and brother, Trenton, were all alone. It was summer vacation, which meant their parents were at work all day. This meant they had the house, and pool, all to themselves. As long as they secured parental permission before doing anything, there were almost unlimited possibilities for fun!
Being the oldest, Lauren always got to make the first choice, so naturally she wanted to have her friends come over for a pool party: volleyball, water polo, sodas, and music! Temperatures were already in the upper 80s, so this was welcomed by all. Lauren laid down the rules early.
"Stay inside."
"C'mon, we can't hurt anything!" Janie pleaded.
"I have 7 friends coming over, and there won't be room!"
Most of them were also girls on the softball team. Everyone was friends with everyone on the team; it was just each girl was closer to those their own age.
"But some of them are my friends too!" she angled.
"Sorry. Keep out, twit. If someone no-shows, then you can butt in."
"What about me?"
"No way! I don't want you ogling my friends!"
"No one trusts Dr. Love," he said walking away.
"Look, if I keep him out for you...," Janie prodded in a low voice.
"I will get you a piece of the fun."
"Cool!"
An hour later, there was music and laughter as the pool party was under way. In anticipation, Janie put her stars-and-stripes bikini on underneath her pink athletic shorts and blue t-shirt. She had a white headband in her hair. She was ready to start the operation, or, rather, the fun! She grabbed rope, a red bandana, and tape. She put on sunblock and her sunglasses before checking her phone for texts. She threw the rope over her shoulders, put the tape on her wrist, and stuffed the bandana in her shorts.
"Let's do this," she said, cracking her knuckles.
Trent was in his own room, playing with his phone. He was probably surfing around Facebook, and maybe trying to snag a girl. He didn't notice Janie until she spoke up.
"What up?"
"Me? Waiting foe Lauren's friends to arrive so I can sit out there on the chairs."
"And stare at them?"
"What else? A guy always is watching."
"That's all in good fun though!"
"I'm a slick guy."
"You're gonna be stiff if you keep that up?"
"No way! I'm a ladies man!"
"So you are," Janie said walking up to him.
"Planning something?"
"A present for Lauren."
"Can I help?"
"Sure, by going away!" Janie said, tackling him.
"Oh, not what I wanted," he wailed as his hands were tied behind him.
"This'll make Lauren happy," Janie noted as she tied her brothers elbows and added a harness.
"Can we make a deal?"
"No," she replied as she tied the bandana in his mouth.
"Nof eally air of yu!" he protested.
"It's all cool," she insisted, tearing off tape strips and putting them on his mouth .
Janie tied his thighs and ankles before hogtying him tightly. She gave him shake and then pulled his head up. She smiled deeply at her brother, who couldn't help but grin back.
"Have fun!"
"I ll!"
Janie then grabbed a towel and went outside. She could here the music and yelling of the other girls having fun; Janie and her siblings did this enough there was almost no question where Trent was. Janie took off her shorts and tossed them on a table. She walked over to the pool side.
"Where's my payment?" she asked with a smile.
"Keep going without me," Lauren said climbing out.
"What's up? I can sit here and not go in?"
"I had something else in mind," Lauren said, drying off her ears.
"Where?"
"Inside."
"Maybe I will get to use her iPod," Janie thought to herself as they went upstairs to the bedroom.
"Here it is!" Lauren said as they walked in, pointing to a corner.
"What is it?"
"A surprise!" Lauren said, grabbing rope and tackling her sister.
"Lauren, you lied!"
"I didn't," she responded as she lashed Janie's elbows and wrists.
"This isn't a prize!"
"A TUG is fun!" Lauren noted as she tied a throrough breast harness complete with rope around the neck and around the shoulders.
"C'mon, sis!" Janie insisted as she was sat up on the bed. There was no point in even kicking at this point.
"No, I want you out!" Lauren added as she tied Janie's ankles.
"You're going to keep bugging us," she continued as she tied Janie's knees and thighs.
"I can be quiet!"
"You're a know-it-all though, and you WILL criticize us."
Lauren tied a waist rope, and then picked up her sister. Lauren checked for rope security and then grabbed a sock.
"No, not that!"
"Sorry," Lauren said stuffing the sock in. She tied red bandana over it before wrapping gray tape around Janie's head.
"Mmm!" she cried out.
"No buts!"
Lauren forced Janie to hop int Trent's room. She made Janie lie on her stomach for a tight hogtie. She dug a finger into Janie's ribs. Janie let out a snort.
"You two will keep each other company for a few hours. Janie, thanks for the help. Have fun!"
"Mmmm!" the two protested.
Now the battle to escape was on!