I like the new format, but it has all my quotes and italics screwed up! It will take time to fix that I don't really have, but I think I'll make up for it by posting a new chapter of the Tie-Up Game, in which we see a few "Game Changers!" Read and enjoy!...
Chase, I'd agree to your treatment of the non-posters, but they'd probably enjoy it too much...
Zaphod, Abby's embarrassment is just getting started...
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6 Game ChangersThe Giles family backyard ran out from a nicely roofed-over patio replete with top-of-the-line outdoor furniture, including some for Penny and Ella. Beyond the shaded patio, though, the sun beat down brightly…
Abby stared out at the backyard, hoping that their privacy fence was indeed peeping-tom-proof, weakly twisting her bound wrists behind her back. Then—
“Hmmm!” Abby squealed as she felt a cool, sweet-smelling liquid poured over her shoulders—
“Sunblock, silly!” Annie giggled as she applied the lotion to Abby’s shoulders, then turned Abby to face her so that Annie could continue to lotion Abby’s body. “I don’t want you getting roasted out there in the sun, you know!” She hesitated a moment—“You do realize before I go any further that I’m not really gay, don’t you?” Abby started—“Because there are certain parts of you that are about to get a lot of sun, you know!” And Abby squeaked…
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“Okay, we’ll be gentle!” Lana chortled at the surrounded boys. “You boys get to pick which one goes first!”
“Three girls tied up, so there
should be three boys tied up!” Serenity interjected merrily. “So let’s see—Jimmy, Joey, Jaden, and Sammy. One of them gets to not be tied up”—
“Yet!”—Abbie grinned—
“—so maybe we should get to pick who isn’t tied up! Let’s see, it’s Taylor, Aisha, and Lizzie, so”—
“So I nominate Sammy!” Skyler instantly chortled, grabbing her little brother out of the surrounded boys. Sammy gasped and wriggled in Skyler’s grip—
“Hmm!
Mmph wnnmm smm!” Taylor called out from her seat, craning her blindfolded eyes toward the noise. “Tmmk mmf mmph bwmmfwwd!”
“I’ll be taking pictures, Taylor!” Skyler dismissed Taylor’s protests, understanding exactly what Taylor wanted. To see Sammy all tied up… “Maybe we’ll pose right there with you and give you a nice little souvenir!”
“Oo bmmdmmr,” Taylor insisted, subsiding back into her seat.
“No fair!” Sammy cried out, surrounded by girls with ropes. “Guys, help me out here!”
“Nope, you’re on your own, Hartman!” Jimmy demurred with a grin as the rest of the boys hung back. Each told himself that he could make his escape right then with the girls’ attention diverted, but for some reason decided to stay…
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“These’ll do perfectly!” Annie chortled, producing from her pocket—
“
Wmmd?” Abby squeaked when she saw the tent pegs in Annie’s hand—
“Well, you’re getting some sun, sister, so I’m making sure you get as much as you can! Remember those old Western movies where the bad guys staked the victim out in the middle of the desert? Well, we don’t have a desert, so…”
“Ooo
rrr kwmmzmm!” Abby protested…
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“No fair, Sky! I
always end up getting tied!” Sammy protested as Skyler finished knotting off the rope binding Sammy’s wrists behind his back.
“That’s what you get for being a baby brother!” Skyler chortled in his face. “Besides, it’s not like you ain’t enjoying it, are you!” she taunted—
“
No, I ain’t enjoying it!” Sammy shot back—
“That just means we ain’t done with you yet! Are we, girls?”
“
No!” the cried out in unison—“So who’s next?” Skyler beamed—“Okay, you had your hand up first!” The winner giggled madly…
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Abby squeaked as Annie finished driving the last tent peg into the ground. They’re awfully far apart, Abby told herself shakily…
“Okay,” Annie smiled, skipping down to the patio and fetching a thin blanket lying on a table. “You should thank me—I’m not laying you out on the bare grass! This way you get some protection from bugs! And while I’m thinking about protection…” She grabbed another little item—
“
Hmm!” Abby squeaked as a dark cloth was suddenly tied over her eyes—
“Do you realize how much damage sunlight can do to your eyes?” Annie giggled as she knotted off Abby’s blindfold. “I’m doing you a favor! You should thank me!”
Thmmks mm wmmt!” Abby grumbled as Annie dragged her into the yard…
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“Who
is this brat?” Sammy stammered to the group as his ankles were tied tightly together—
“I’m
not a
brat!” Jill minced, responding to Sammy’s epithet by tying his ankles just a little tighter. “And this is just what happens to little brothers! When I get home, I’m doing the same thing to
my little brother Grayson! Little brothers
ought to be all tied up! Little pests!”
“Now that’s the spirit, Jill!” Lana beamed. “So who’s next?” A hand went up…
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Abby squeaked as her second ankle was secured to the peg opposite the one to which Annie had tied her other ankle, leaving her legs spread far apart on the ground—“Now hold still, little sister, while I take care of your arms.” Abbie felt the sudden pinch of a rope wrapped tightly around her waist, pinning her elbows to her sides—“Don’t want you to get at your gag or blindfold while I take are of your hands!” Annie chided lightly as she untied Abby’s wrists, freeing one from the grip of the rope around her waist and tightening it a little more before gently helping Abby down onto her back…
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“What do you think you do
mmph!” Sammy wailed as Skyler took a second turn to shove a wad of cloth into her brother’s mouth and tape it into place—
“Just be glad it ain’t a washcloth, Sammy!” Skyler giggled. “Remember we used to gag our babysitters with washcloths?”
“Yeah,
I remember!” Chelsea suddenly spoke up. Her very first taste of babysitting was with her elder sister Krysten, sitting Skyler and Sammy—and suffering just the fate Skyler had described.
“Don’t be a spoilsport, Chell!” Krysten chided from the corner of the deck where the Snowden State Snoops had congregated. “Just because you couldn’t get yourself untied like I could…”
“Whatever,” Lana dismissed the conversation. “So, who’s next?” Another hand…
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Abby was reduced to nothing but a whimpering wriggle as Annie finished the last of her outdoor spreadeagle—“Don’t worry,” Annie giggled. “I’ll turn you over in a while to give some rays to your back! Can you breathe all right?” Abby nodded—Annie checked Abby’s breathing closely—“Good! I’ll be right back in a minute…”
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“Ooh, I think you like this!” Maggie snickered as she finished tying Sammy’s knees together. Sammy shook his head fervently—“Ah, your reaction sort of gives itself away, you know!” Maggie giggled. “I’ll bet you never fought Sky off very much when she tied you, did you Sammy?” To universal laughter from the girls…
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“Well, how long is it going to take?” Dr. Charles Ross demanded into the phone, sweating profusely into the collar of his neat Arrow dress shirt. He had already discarded his suit jacket shortly after the HVAC failed in the MediChem building… “Are you serious? Do you know how this affects our work in here?…You mean you can’t spare one single technician to…Oh, for the love of God—we’re going to have to…yes, yes, I know—as soon as you can get someone out here!” he snapped. If we’re lucky, some time before the end of summer… After hanging up the phone—congratulating himself slightly on not slamming the thing into the cradle in a rage—he collected himself and started calling each of the lab areas. Might as well close down for the day, since we can’t work in this damned heat…
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“Funny you should mention that, Annie!” Aaron Giles grinned over his cell as he packed up his work station to head home. “I’m on my way right now! Early day—the AC failed in here and we can’t get anything done anyhow. So what have you and Abby been doing today?…well,” he smiled avidly, “I’ll be home in a second!”
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