Jealousy Tickles

DING DONG!
   "They're here!" squealed Lilly excitedly as she ran down the stairs, headed for her front door at top speed. She nearly slipped on the slick, laminated wood floor on her way, but she managed not to fall and break her neck in her frantic run for the door. It seemed like it took an eternity to reach the front door, but Lilly finally made it. She took a deep breath and calmed herself down so that she wouldn't freak her guests out. It wouldn't do to look like a maniac, all out of breath and excited-looking. 
   Once Lilly had regained her composure, she smiled and opened the door.
   "Hey, Lil!" greeted a familiar boy standing on her porch and smiling at her in a friendly way. Lilly stared at him for a moment without saying anything...what the?
   "Kyle?" she asked in confusion. This wasn't who she was expecting at all!
   "Yeah, what's up?" he said with a casual smile. Normally Lilly would love to see Kyle on the other side of her door, but not today. Today was the one time when she didn't want Kyle here. 
   "What're you doing here? I told you not to come over today!" Lilly scolded him angrily. 
   "I know, I know," Kyle said, raising his hands up in a show of peace. "I'm not here to stay. I was just dropping the girls off. They didn't have a ride, so I gave 'em one."
   Lilly's anger at Kyle melted away instantly and she went from wanting to break his dumb head, to wanting to kiss him! She gave an excited schoolgirl giggle and shoved the big dummy-head aside and ran down her porch steps, heading for the black car that was waiting in the street beside Lilly's driveway. Her friends were waiting, she was sure of that!
   Lilly reached the car and pulled the passenger door open, expecting to see one of her friends sitting there. To her surprise, however, she saw that the seat was empty. Huh? Where were her friends? Lilly looked in the back seat of the car, but there was nobody there either. Had Kyle lied to her? That little sneak!
   Just as Lilly was about to come out of Kyle's car and throttle the life out of him, she suddenly felt a pair of hands slip underneath her purple tank-top. Uh-oh. Instantly the hands began to knead Lilly's delicate ribcage and tickle the girl insanely!
   "AH! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! KYLE! QUIT IHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIT!" Lilly laughed hysterically and spun around quickly, aiming a swift, blind-punch at the head of the moron tickling her. 
   "Whoa!" shouted a girl's voice in surprise. Someone caught Lilly's arm by the wrist, stopping her punch. The brunette opened her eyes with surprise and found herself face-to-face with...Sam!
   The black-haired girl stared at Lilly in surprise as she held onto the crazy brunette's arm. 
   "You almost took my head off, Lilly!" Sam shouted angrily, giving Lilly a withering glare that would've struck fear into anyone else. Lilly completley ignored the cold look though. She jerked her arm free of Sam's grip and quickly threw her arms around her friend.
   "Sam! It's been ages!" she giggled with delight, quoting that hilariously stupid cat from Open Season. It was an old inside joke between the group of friends. Had this been Kyle, then he would have said the next line...but Sam was no fun.
   "Hey! Let go a me! What if somebody sees?" Sam growled angrily as she struggled against Lilly's iron-like hug. Lilly wasn't letting go of her though, not yet. She still needed to get her revenge. Moving with the swiftness that she had gained from years of running Track and playing volleyball, Lilly quickly released her grip on Sam and ducked down so that she was facing her friends belly. With an evil grin, Lilly slipped her hands underneath Sam's black hoodie and started scribbling her fingers around on the tough girl's soft, warm belly and ribs. The reaction from Sam was fantastic.
   "AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NO DOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHON'T! LIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHILLY! CUT IT OUT! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!" Sam squealed with laughter and covered her sides and belly protectively with her arms. It was no use though, Lilly's fingers were nimble and trained in the art of tickling. Sam didn't stand a chance!
   "Ha-ha-ha! Revenge!" Lilly scoffed, throwing in an evil laugh for fun. 
   Sam actually thought that she would be able to tickle Lilly and get with it? Surely the bully knew better than that! After all...Lilly had planned on tickling Sam anyway. Now she had a reason! Poor, dumb Sam.
   "Lilly? What're you doing to Sam?" came a familiar voice from behind Lilly. Lilly jumped with surprise and stopped tickling Sam instantly and whirled around with excitement and joy. Could it be?
   Sure enough, standing on the sidewalk behind Lilly...was a cute, blushing blonde, carrying a purple duffel bag on her shoulder. 
   "Mandy!" Lilly squealed.
   The cute blonde adjusted her small, black wire-rimmed glasses and smiled at Lilly's excited reaction. "Good to see you too!" 
   Lilly ran forward and pulled her other best friend into a huge, back-breaking hug. She squeezed the blonde so tight that she actually felt Mandy's back pop. It was so good to see her! Summer break had been torture on Lilly because she had been on vacation for the past month and she hadn't seen them at all. Kyle was an exception, she'd video-chatted with him, but she hadn't even seen Mandy, or Sam since she had the day after school got out. It felt good to squeeze Mandy again.
   "You're...crushing...me! Can't...breathe...need...oxygen!" Mandy cried in a strangled voice.
   "Lilly!" Sam shouted as she jerked Lilly away from Mandy, causing her to loose her grip on the other girl. Mandy let out a gasp of relief as she was suddenly able to breathe again and she leaned against Kyle's car for a moment, recovering from her near-death experience.
   "You gotta learn to control yourself better!" Sam chastised her angrily. 
   Lilly stared at Mandy with surprise for a moment, feeling slightly bad for what she had done. But her remorse only lasted a moment. In seconds she broke out into a huge grin again.
   "I missed you guys so much!" she laughed happily. 
   "Good to have ya back, Lil," Kyle suddenly said from behind them. Sam released her grip on Lilly and the two turned to face the interloper on their friendship. Kyle was standing beside his car and smiling at them with amusement.
   "You can leave now. Come back and pick us up tomorrow, Chives," Sam replied with a sly smile. Lilly had to put a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. Kyle really was just a personal taxicab to her. The poor guy was really too nice for his own good, he would drive somebody to Canada and back if they asked him to! 
   Kyle raised an eyebrow at her and returned her sly smile. Lilly could tell that he wouldn't take the cut lying down. The days of Kyle being afraid of Sam were long gone...now he would face her toe-to-toe. The idiot was finally growing up. In a way, it made Lilly sad to see her goofball growing up like that.
   But it was still fun to see those two go at it!
   "Yes, ma'am, Ms. Wilson. Should I also pick up the cream for your...embarrassing rash on my next trip out?" he inquired with a devious smile.
   Sam's face turned bright red, though Lilly couldn't tell whether it was from anger or embarrassment. The glare that she gave Kyle would surely have melted solid titanium, but Kyle merely continued to grin and snicker like Muttley. He was seriously asking to have a can of whup-ass opened up on him!  
   Sam took a step forward, ready to snap Kyle like a toothpick, but Lilly was faster. With one swift motion, she moved forward with the speed of lightning, putting herself in between Sam and Kyle. Sam would have plowed right over Lilly and left her in a broken heap, but Lilly knew how to deal with her. Quickly the devious brunette once more slipped her hands underneath Sam's hoodie once more and began to swiftly scribble her fingers around on the soft belly underneath.
   Sam never stood a chance.
   "NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! NOT AGAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAIN! LILLY!" Sam laughed hysterically and wrapped her arms around her sides and belly, trying her best to prevent Lilly from tickling her. Years of tickling training had taught Lilly how to tickle though and Sam stood absolutely no chance!
   This wasn't for fun though, Lilly had to protect Kyle! If Sam's rage flared up again, then no amount of tickling would stop the bulldozer from taking Kyle down.
   "Kyle! Get outta here!" she called over her shoulder to the dumbfounded boy standing behind her. 
   "Right! Thanks, Lil. I owe you big time!" he replied. He then quickly ran around to the other side of his car and jumped into the driver's seat, he cranked it up and shot away from Lilly's as quickly as he could go. Phew. Kyle was safe from Sam's rage...for now.
   Lilly immediately stopped tickling Sam and stood up with a sly smile. 
   "Sorry," she said sheepishly. 
   "No...you're...not..." Sam replied angrily while catching her breath. She gave Lilly a withering glare, but Lilly still refused to wither. Sam didn't scare her, not one bit.
   "Are you ok?" Mandy asked with concern as she walked up next to Lilly. It was just like the blonde to worry about her friends. Lilly definitely missed these guys.
   "Fine..." she replied grouchily as she finally caught her breath. 
   Lilly gave her a sympathetic smile, Sam really hadn't deserved such cruel treatment, but it had been necessary for Lilly to defend Kyle as she did. It was just a rule of thumb: If Kyle was in danger, then Lilly would defend him with her life. It so basic and simple that Lilly's instincts just naturally kicked in whenever someone threatened him. Sam still hadn't learned that it was definitely not a good idea to threaten Kyle while Lilly was around. Poor, stupid Sam.
   "You act like you're his mom!" Sam accused grumpily. 
   Lilly's smile disappeared from her face. She didn't act like that...did she? All she did was ensure that nothing bad happened to Kyle, even though he was a complete dope that always got into trouble. It was just the friendly thing to do, helping him out whenever he was in a tough spot. Sam was just grouchy because Lilly had beaten her...again.
   "No need to get an attitude," she replied teasingly, sticking her tongue out at Sam in her usual jokey manner.
   Sam opened her mouth her mouth to deliver an angry retort, but just before the words could leave her lips, Mandy quickly stepped in between the two girls, holding up her hands in a show of peace. Obviously she wanted to be the peacemaker in this situation. Lilly couldn't help but smile, she had come a long way from that little shy blonde that would cringe at the thought of a fight. Now she would jump headfirst into a scrap just to break it up. 
   Again a feeling of nostalgia came over Lilly as she realized how quickly she and the others were growing up. Pretty soon they would be off to college and they would probably never see one another for a long time after that happened. It was a sad thought, but Lilly put it out of her head, today wasn't that day, and although it was coming soon, she didn't want to think about it right now.
   "No fighting!" she insisted. "You two always fight over Kyle! You've gotta stop that, he's just one guy! There're tons of other guys out there, so stop it!"
   Lilly's cheeks grew hot with embarrassment, Sam's turned beet red as well and both girls looked away with embarrassment at the mention of having feelings about Kyle. Had Lilly been that obvious? Surely not...Mandy was a real Sherlock Holmes. She made a mental note to keep an eye out for the blonde's genius intuition.
   Mandy looked from Lilly to Sam, judging their expressions with curiosity. Obviously this was the reaction she had been hoping to receive. She had certainly shut them up all right! 
   With a small nod of approval, she hoisted her pink duffel bag up onto her shoulder again and headed off towards Lilly's house. She had just broken up a fight between the two most terrifying girls in the entire universe...impressive.
   "Let's go! I wanna get into my PJ's!" she called over her shoulder without looking back to the other two girls. 
   Lilly and Sam exchanged embarrassed looks, but then quickly looked away and headed off after Mandy together, neither of them saying a word and both of them lost in their own thoughts. This was going to be a very interesting sleepover, of that, Lilly was certain.

The sleepover went off without a hitch.
   The girls played video games, Lilly and Sam lost terribly to Mandy...multiple times. They then moved on to having their own little beauty pageant, Lilly and Mandy were contestants and Sam was a very grumpy judge that insisted that if they ever told anyone about it that she'd tear their legs off. Finally, they decided to play a rousing game that surely couldn't go wrong...until it went horribly wrong.
   "Truth or Dare?!" Lilly demanded.
   "Truth!" both Sam and Mandy answered simultaneously.
   The three girls were sitting in a circle on Lilly's bedroom floor, each one had their poker face on and each one was determined to win...even though you couldn't really win Truth or Dare.
   Lilly smiled at the two of them deviously. She had been waiting forever for it to finally be her turn! She had been hoping that they would pick Truth...there were some things that she wanted to know. Things that the two of them would never tell her otherwise. If there was one thing that Lilly knew about her friends though, it was that they were extremely competitive and she knew well that they would participate in the game and tell Lilly whatever she wanted to know. It was a dirty trick, but it wasn't like she was forcing them...they just weren't that bright.
   "I was hoping you'd say that!" she cheered happily. "Ok, here we go. I want both of you to tell me...what Kyle's been up to while I've been gone."
   Both Mandy and Sam's eyes widened in surprise and both of their cheeks turned bright red. The exact reaction that Lilly was hoping for. 
   "Well?" she prodded, a devious grin spreading across her lips.
   Sam and Mandy exchanged nervous glances, both of them seemed to be hiding something. Neither of them seemed to want to speak...Lilly had them.
   "Um...well...he..." Mandy stammered, her cheeks growing redder and redder by the second. Lilly watched her closely, she kept fidgeting with her tank-top strap, obviously she wasn't enjoying this at all, but there was no way she would lie. Poor Mandy, her honesty and pride would be the death of her someday...and it might just be today if she answered wrong.
   "Yes?" Lilly prompted.
   "He hung out..." Sam continued for Mandy.
   "Yeah!" Mandy agreed quickly. "H-he...he hung out...with some people..."
   "Who in particular?" Lilly inquired, ensuring that she squeezed everything she wanted out of them. Both girls looked extremely uncomfortable now, it seemed that they both had something to hide. Lilly had really just been hoping to make Sam fess up about what she had done with Kyle while she had been away. Apparently though, Mandy had done something with him as well. The traitors!
   "U-um...John...and Mike...and Chris..." Mandy nervously listed off random guys. 
   Lilly raised an eyebrow at her incredulously. Kyle hung out with a lot of people, that was for sure, but judging by the look on her face...Mandy wasn't telling the complete truth here. She was still keeping something from Lilly. 
   "And?" she prompted, turning her gaze to Sam who had been remaining quiet. Sam was looking down at her feet nervously and wiggling her toes to distract herself from what was going on between Mandy and Lilly. That was what gave her away though. All at once Lilly knew exactly what these two had done wrong... They wouldn't. They couldn't...
   "Us..." Sam confessed, her gaze downcast, a look of shame on her face. 
   Lilly stared at the two of them for a long moment. Hanging out with Kyle wouldn't have been an issue, Kyle had friends, lots of them, plenty of them were girls, too...but they all knew that Lilly had laid claim to that boy and nobody was stupid enough to try and move in on her man. At least none that were alive to tell the tale today. Sam and Mandy, however, were just as close to Kyle as Lilly herself was. The three had been friends for what seemed like an eternity now...could they have gained feelings for him as well? 
   "What'd you do?" Lilly asked, keeping her voice as level and calm as she possibly could. There was a fire burning inside of her now and it was threatening to erupt and destroy these two traitors, but she contained it. It might not be as bad as she thought, but then again...it might be worse than she thought.
   "W-we...well... We were playing video games...and I beat him...and he..." Mandy trailed off, her face was the color of a tomato and she looked like she was about to explode.
   "What did he do?" Lilly demanded. She balled her hands into fists on her lap, trying her best to remain calm.
   "H-he...t-tickled...me..." Mandy squeaked out, then winced away, obviously expecting Lilly to deck her. 
   "That's it?" Lilly asked, her temper subsiding rapidly by the second. She had expected something much worse than that. Tickling was flirtatious, sure...for anybody but Kyle. That weirdo tickled everybody. If you were ticklish, and Kyle found out about it, then you were basically screwed because you wouldn't escape his wrath. Every girl at school always kept a friend with them whenever Kyle was near, because they knew well that he would go for them randomly, so they would shove the other girl in the way and let her take their tickle torture. Lilly had seen it many times and she had decked Kyle many times for doing that, the moron was like a barking dog, a freakin' shock collar wouldn't work on him! So naturally, hearing that he tickled Mandy was no surprise at all...but Mandy knew that...she wasn't telling the whole truth.
   "W-well...no..." she admitted nervously. "H-he came over...too..."
   "To do?" Lilly prodded, her anger swelling again.
   Mandy didn't answer, instead she looked down at her feet and curled up her toes nervously. Lilly followed her gaze and immediately she knew what Kyle and Mandy had done when he had went over to her house. Oh...it was about to go down.
   "He didn't..." she said angrily.
   "I-I..." Mandy stammered fearfully. 
   "You actually let him do that?!" Lilly demanded, her temper threatening to blow through the roof.
   "It was his idea!" Mandy explained quickly, she crawled backwards away from Lilly with a terrified expression. "I-I just got b-back from Summer S-Sacrifice a-and I was s-soar and h-he offered to make me feel better!"
   Lilly was done listening to her. Mandy had committed the ultimate act of betrayal, the very thing that was blasphemy in Lilly's world. Kyle did many things with all of his friends, but there was one thing that he did with nobody but Lilly...and a few others on occasion. That wasn't the point though! The point was that Mandy had committed an unforgivable sin...and now she was gonna pay.
   Lilly came to her feet swiftly and dived at Mandy, who rolled out of the crazy brunette's way just in time to save herself. Mandy quickly jumped behind the safest thing in the entire room...Sam. 
   "Help me!" she pleaded fearfully. 
   "You got yourself into this mess!" Sam replied indignantly, she folded her arms across her chest and turned her nose up to Mandy, refusing to help her. 
   Mandy had a millisecond to stare at Sam in shock, but then she quickly moved away from her and crawled towards the next safest thing in the room...the bed. She dove underneath it and crawled as far underneath it as she could go...which wasn't very far. Lilly's bed wasn't that high off of the ground, so Mandy only managed to wriggle herself underneath it up to her butt before she became unable to go any further. Now her but, legs and feet were exposed completley. The perfect situation!
   Lilly grinned evilly and ran over to the girl's exposed lower-body, she then quickly plopped down and wrapped her arm around Mandy's ankles, holding her legs still and keeping her from pulling her feet away...not that she could anyway. Mandy had just dug her own grave twice! She had confessed to doing very evil things with Kyle, then she had trapped herself! Poor dumb, blonde Mandy.
   "Lilly! Please d-don't!" Mandy pleaded in a terror-filled voice, she tried to jerk her feet away from Lilly, but her efforts proved fruitless. There was no escaping the wrath of an angry woman. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorn.
   "Let's take it like a big girl, shall we?" Lilly giggled evilly, she was going to enjoy this...a lot.
   "L-Lilly, wait! I- Hah! N-nohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho! Nnngh! Not the feheheheheheheheheheheheheheet! Sam hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehelp! Aaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Lilly stohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoooop!" Mandy was cut off swiftly as Lilly began swiftly dancing her sharp nails across the blonde's buttery soft, pink-tinted soles, causing her to giggle uncontrollably.
    As Lilly tickled Mandy's cute feet, she could see why Kyle enjoyed it so much. Mandy's toes curled up from the tickling and exposed their black-painted nails as they did so. Her soles were so soft that Lilly was honestly a tad jealous, how did girls do that?! Lilly took extra good care of her feet, what with having a friend like Kyle, she was afraid not to. He had told her that her feet were probably the softest he'd ever felt, but the feeling of Mandy's buttery soles made her unsure...had he lied to her?
   "I'm not gettin' in the middle of that," Sam said from above Lilly, startling the brunette out of her thoughts.
   Lilly looked up and found Sam sitting on the bed with her legs and bare feet dangling right next to her. The dark-haired girl was tapping on her phone and looking bored, completley ignoring Lilly and Mandy. For a moment, Lilly considered taking revenge on her as well, but then she thought better of it. One vengeance at a time. Sam would get hers too, in due time. For now though, she would focus on Mandy's cute little feet.
   "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stoooohohohohohohohohohohohohop! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! I'm sorreeehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!" Mandy pleaded through her giggles, trying her very best to make Lilly stop. Despite her apology though, Lilly wasn't sure that Mandy had learned her lesson, so she wasn't going to stop...not yet.
   "Apology accepted," she replied with a devious smile.
   "Then stohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohop! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! I'm sorry! I'm sorreeeehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! Ah! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Not the tohohohohohohohohohohohoes! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! Lilly!" Mandy giggled in reply. 
   Lilly was enjoying herself quite a bit, her vengeance was just as sweet as ever, as was Mandy's laughter. It was no wonder Kyle enjoyed tickling her so much, it was a lot of fun! 
   "Why would I stop? I'm having fun!" Lilly giggled evilly as she continued to rake her nails up and down on the ultra soft soles of the poor blonde girl.
   "You sound a lot like someone else I know," Sam put in suddenly. 
   "So?" Lilly said, turning an annoyed gaze on Sam. She still hadn't forgiven Sam for her own betrayal, if she was smart, then she would keep her big mouth shut...unless she wanted her turn to come quicker than anticipated.
   "Just don't go too far. Blondie's not as tough as she looks. You might make her piss herself, Kyle always stops after about two or three minutes. She can't handle much more than that," Sam replied with boredom heavy in her voice.
   "Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stop! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! Lihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihilly! I can't breheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheathe! Gah! Haaaaahahahahhahahahahahahaaahahahahahahaha! Nnngh! AAAAH! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOT BETWEEN! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THE TOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOES! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE!" Mandy suddenly exploded with laughter as Lilly's tickling fingers snaked their in between her cute little strawberry toes. 
   Banging came from underneath the bed and Lilly knew that Mandy must have slamming her fists on the ground in an effort to stall the tickling sensations. She jerked her feet around, nearly pulling them free of Lilly's grip, but the crazy brunette wasn't letting go yet! It was like riding a bucking bull! Mandy thrashed her legs around and squealed and laughed like a madwoman, doing her very best to avoid the tickling that she was undergoing, but Lilly hadn't gotten her fun in just yet. 
   There was something that she had wanted to try for a while now, something that she had picked up from Kyle. Something that she found kind of gross, but still very interesting. With a curious smile, she stopped tickling Mandy's toes and allowed the blonde to breathe for a moment, she knew that Mandy was going to need all of her energy for what was to come next.
   Mandy released a deep sigh of relief, followed by a loud FLOP! as she fell back down on the floor in exhaustion. With the fit she had just thrown, Lilly was surprised that Mandy was even still able to breathe.
   "You ok?" she inquired, trying her best to keep the amusement out of her voice.
   "...You...jerk..." Mandy panted in reply as she tried her best to catch her lost breath.
   "Aw! I love you too!" Lilly giggled.
   Mandy didn't bother replying, she just kept her focus on breathing. Lilly waited patiently for a few seconds, allowing Mandy to regain as much breath as she needed, but not enough to allow her regain her strength. Lilly's rage-fueled adrenaline was gone now and she knew that if Mandy regained her lost strength, then she would easily escape...and Lilly couldn't let that happen!
   After a few seconds, Mandy's breathing started to return to normal...it was time.
   With a devious smile, Lilly leaned down close to Mandy's bare feet so that her nose was mere inches away from them. She took a beep breath, stuck out her tongue...and ran it all the way up the soft, exposed sole of her friend's right foot.
   "What the- Nuh! AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOOOOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! NOT THAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAT! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! LILLY STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP!" Mandy burst with laughter immediately and began thrashing and banging once more.
   Lilly's tongue reached Mandy's toes, but instead of moving on to them and licking them as Kyle would have done...Lilly did something very different...she stopped licking Mandy's foot.
   "Oh my god..." she said in a sickened tone. Her stomach churned and she thought she might hurl! That was the nastiest thing she had ever tasted! It was like sticking a dirty thumb in her mouth! 
   "Not exactly gourmet food, huh?" Sam inquired with an amused grin. Lilly glared up at her and wiped her mouth, trying her best to get the taste of foot out of her mouth. It didn't work. The taste lingered and she was pretty sure that they was some dirt in her mouth too.
   With a disgusted shudder, Lilly released Mandy's feet and moved away from the bed. She quickly made her way over to the bottle of water that she had sitting on her dresser. She grabbed it, squirted water into her mouth, sloshed it around and then spat it out the window, then repeated the process three more times, just to ensure the taste was gone.
   Once her mouth was fully sterilized, Lilly turned back to face her two guests.
   Mandy had made her way out from under the bed and was now staring at her with surprise and slight amusement. Obviously she was enjoying Lilly's suffering. 
   "Was it tasty?" she asked, trying her best to keep a straight face, but failing horribly. 
   Lilly scowled at her with annoyance. "No! It tasted like a dirty sneaker!"
   Mandy grinned at her deviously and held her right foot up in the air, she wiggled her toes and stuck her tongue out at Lilly.
   "Want another taste?" she giggled.
   Lilly felt her stomach churn again, but she managed to keep her lunch down. She wanted to be mad at Mandy, but it was hard, after all, Lilly would have done the same thing if somebody had just tortured her and then gotten sick from licking her foot. As long as it wasn't Kyle who was disgusted by her feet, then she would it hilarious! So she soon found herself laughing along with Mandy.
   "You two make a good couple," Sam put in suddenly.
   Lilly jumped in surprise at the sudden voice. She looked over to her right and saw the tough girl sitting at her big vanity, putting her hair up into a ponytail and trying on one of Lilly's black tank-tops.
   "Looks good on me," she said with a small smile. "Think I'll keep it."
   Lilly glowered at her. There was still a stinging anger burning inside. Sam had not only flirted with Kyle, now she was stealing Lilly's clothes too? Did the girl just wanna die?! Suddenly a dark idea came to Lilly and a devious grin spread across her lips. She looked over at Mandy and an understanding passed between the two of them. Mandy still wanted revenge for Sam not helping earlier...perfect.
   A silent plot was formed between the two girls. Mandy quickly climbed to her feet and turned her attention on Sam, who was still distracted by her own reflection in the mirror. Her conceitedness would get the better of her this time.
   Silently, not making a sound, both Lilly and Mandy stalked forward with their hands stretched out in front of them, preparing to grab the unsuspecting girl and take her down. The plan was going perfect.
   Until Mandy sneezed.
   The sound alerted Sam and she immediately sprang into defensive mode. She quickly jumped back, avoiding the two girls swiftly. Lilly silently cursed to herself. Damn Mandy's allergies!
   "Get 'er!" Lilly proclaimed.
   Both she and Mandy rushed forward, taking Sam by surprise. Lilly grabbed Sam's waist and took her to the ground, Mandy went for her legs and caused the strong girl to lose her balance, ultimately knocking Sam to the ground and incapacitating her. The battle wasn't over yet though, Lilly and Mandy quickly jumped on top of Sam, Lilly on her waist, Mandy on her legs. It would take them both to hold this beast down!
   "I'm gonna destroy you both! Get off a me!" Sam shouted and struggled, bucking like a mad ox. Lilly and Mandy held on though and waited for her to wear herself out. It wasn't easy, but eventually Sam ran out of breath and stopped her violent struggles...now it was time for the revenge to commence.
   "You ready, Mandy?" Lilly inquired with a devious smile.
   "Definitely," Mandy confirmed, a note of malice in her voice. It was obvious that she did indeed still have a grudge against Sam for not helping her earlier. 
   "I swear, I'll- Heh! AAAAH! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! NOT THE FEEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEET! AH! NOT THE BELLYBUTTON TOO! HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP!" Sam's threat was cut short as both Mandy and Lilly simultaneously began their tickle onslaught of Sam's feet and upper-body. The poor girl never stood a chance.
   "Wow! She's really ticklish!" Mandy giggled over Sam's loud laughter.
   "I know, right!" Lilly agreed as she raked her black-painted nails up and down Sam's delicate ribcage, causing her whole stomach to contort and writhe as she laughed hysterically and squirmed around underneath their wait. She wasn't getting away though, no matter how tough and strong she was, Sam was as weak as a puppy if you tickled her.
   "Where's her tickle spots on her feet?" Mandy inquired curiously.
   "Dunno, Kyle's the only one that ever had the balls to tickle her feet...and survive," Lilly answered.
   "AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU'RE BOTH DEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEAD! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! STOOOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOP! I'M GONNA KIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHILL YOU! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! EEP! NOT THE TOES! AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sam laughed and threatened like some kind of crazed clown. Apparently Mandy had found her feet's weak point, because Sam's laughter suddenly increased dramatically.
   "Found it!" Mandy said deviously.
   "I see that!" Lilly giggled. She could tell that Mandy was enjoying herself quite a bit, then again though, why wouldn't she? Sam constantly tormented the poor blonde, tickling her, teasing her, taking her glasses so that she couldn't see and holding them up above her head, mocking Mandy's shortness and making her jump for them. All in all, Mandy was getting the vengeance that she had undoubtedly wanted for years now. Poor Sam was in for a night of pure Hell. And it was all her fault.
   Within a few minutes of the increased tickling, Sam's cheeks were starting to turn as red as a tomato and she had tears streaking down her cheeks in rivers. She had stopped shouting threats of abuse and merely laughed, seemingly surrendering herself to the tickling that she was undergoing. She had also ceased her struggling, the tickling had really done a number on her. 
   Lilly watched her old friend and couldn't help but pity her. So she stopped tickling the girl's ribs, allowing her to at least get a little bit of relief. Mandy, on the other hand, wasn't done just yet. She still continued to scribble her perfectly manicured nails around on the tough girl's feet, causing the continuation of her laughter. Without Lilly's rib tickling though, Sam's laughter had subsided exponentially so that she was now only a fit of giggles.
   "Hehehehehehe! Stohohohohohohohohohohohohohohop! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Plehehehehehehehehehehehehehehease! That tihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihickles!" she giggled hysterically. 
   "I think that's enough, Mandy," Lilly said, turning and putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.
   Mandy looked back at her curiously and saw Sam's face. Her green eyes grew wide with shock and she immediately stopped her tickling of the girl's feet. Good old Mandy. No matter what you did to her, she would always forgive you and see you. That's what happened now. All of the spite and anger that she had felt towards Sam melted away the instant she saw that Sam was on the brink of passing out. She really was a sweet girl.
   Both girls got off of their friend and moved away from her. They knew that there was about to be World War III in here.
   Sam lay there on the floor for a long moment, breathing deeply and savoring the fresh oxygen that filled her lungs. She giggled a couple of times and her toes twitched every so often, no doubt remnants of the tickling she had just been subjected to. Slowly though, her cheeks returned to their normal color of tan and her breathing finally became regular enough to where she could muster the energy to sit up.
   Immediately her dark gaze went to Lilly and Mandy, who were sitting on Lilly's bed, hiding behind a blanket and pillow fort, prepared for the battle of a lifetime! However, instead of killing them, Sam did something that neither girl expected...she smiled.
   "'Bout time you stood up for yourself!" she said, directing an approving smile to Mandy.
   "Y-you're not mad?" Mandy asked in disbelief.
   "I'm downright pissed off!" Sam replied, her usual anger and force returning to her voice. Mandy ducked behind the fort again, fearing Sam's rage, but Sam quickly smiled again and the softness returned to her voice. "But I'm still proud of ya, Blondie!"
   Mandy smiled and nodded at Sam, enjoying the praise. Now it was Lilly's turn though. Sam quickly looked over at the brunette and gave her a smile as well...what did she have to say to Lilly? She couldn't say that she was proud of her too, Lilly always stood up for herself, so then what was with that smile?
   "Feel better now?" she asked.
   "About what?" Lilly inquired with confusion. She really had no idea what Sam was talking about, she felt absolutely fine.
   "Well, this whole mess started because you got mad over Kyle. Remember?" Sam explained, still giving Lilly a knowing smile. "It all started out as a fun game, but then you turned it into a torture session! You nearly killed me and Blondie...we're lucky to be alive."
   Lilly thought that was a bit dramatic, but it was true. If not for Lilly's jealousy towards these traitors, then none of the tickling would have ever happened. Lilly's whole plan had been to make Mandy and Sam confess about what they had done with Kyle while she was gone, but instead she had basically just admitted to having a major crush on him...talk about irony.
   "Sorry," she muttered shamefully. 
   "Don't be," Sam replied. She got to her feet and walked over to the bed, she then plopped down beside Lilly and threw her arm around her shoulders. "It was all part of the plan! Right, Blondie!"
   "Yep!" Mandy agreed with a happy smile.
   Lilly looked from one to the other with surprise. Plan? What plan?! 
   "You seem confused. I'll explain," Sam said. "See, while you were gone, me and Blondie here didn't really have much to do. So we hung around with Kyle a lot, but we didn't do anything so don't get all attitudinal on us again. Anyway, while we were hangin' with him and his pals, he was always talking about you. Lilly this, Lilly that. The kid was obsessed! So me and Blondie devised a plan to figure out why he was so obsessed with you while you were gone...and we found out some things..."
   "What things?" Lilly asked, her heart was beating as fast as a rabbit's! What things had they found out about Kyle and her? 
   "Well...turns out he's gotta major crush on ya, Lil..." Sam answered.
   Lilly's heart skipped a beat. Her eyes grew as wide as saucers and she let out an involuntary squeal of joy. All of a sudden it felt like she could jump out the window and fly away on a pair of golden wings, but she wasn't going to try it. Kyle actually liked her? That was...wow. Lilly had always assumed that he had some sort of feelings for her, but never in her wildest dreams had she ever imagined that he would actually have real interest in her...
   "So I guess you like him too, then?" Mandy inquired suddenly, pulling Lilly back from Cloud 9.
   "Huh?" Lilly asked distractedly. 
   "Do ya like him or not? We've been waiting for like two years for this! Yes, or no?" Sam demanded, becoming a bit impatient with her.
   Lilly stared at her for a long moment without answering. The answer was obvious, but she wasn't going to tell Sam anything, she wanted it to be a surprise... Kyle was in for a shock tomorrow...

Kyle pulled in Lilly's driveway early Saturday morning. Lilly had called him five minutes after sunrise and demanded that he hurry up and get over to her house to pick up Sam and Mandy. He wasn't sure what the urgency was about, but he figured that Lilly had just done something to piss the other two off and that they had fought again. Lilly was a cool girl and all...but she was really temperamental.
   The girls came out of the house at the same time. Lilly was first, she was dressed in her pajamas, a purple tank-top and black night shorts, her soft brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail and she looked just as beautiful as ever. When she saw Kyle, her cheeks turned bright red though, what was that about? 
   The girls made their way to the car and got in. Sam and Mandy in the back, Lilly in the front passenger seat.
   "Hey," he said with a smile.
   "H-hey," Lilly replied. She looked away from him and focused on a dog that was walking down the street, probably looking for a fire-hydrant, or a cat.
   That was weird. Usually Lilly was loud and happy, she was awful quiet this morning. Was she sick?
   "Step on it, Chives!" Sam ordered from the back seat. 
   "Yes, ma'am," Kyle grumbled. It was too early for Sam's mockery. Kyle was too tired to argue with her, so he just did as he was told and backed out of Lilly's driveway. He then shifted into drive and took off, heading for Sam's house first. Getting rid of her would be top priority on his list this morning.
   Within twenty minutes, both Sam and Mandy were dropped off and Kyle and Lilly were left alone in his car. The temperature had warmed up, so Kyle put down the top so that he could feel the cool morning breeze on his face. He had ridden with Lilly a lot by himself, but today seemed different, she seemed more distant than usual today.
   He looked over at her and saw that she was staring out at the scenery passing them by. Her pretty blue eyes were distant and seemed lost. Their usual brightness was dim and she wore a frown of concentration. Something was definitely wrong.
   With a smile, Kyle reached over and poked Lilly in the ribs to get her attention.
   "Eep! Don't do that!" Lilly squealed and pushed his hand away from her. She turned her attention on him, but instead of her usual jovial smile, she wore a look of annoyance...that wasn't good.
   "You ok?" he asked worriedly. 
   "Yeah..." she answered immediately.
   "You're acting a bit strange. Sometihn' you wanna talk about, Lil? Did something bad happen at the sleepover? You seemed kinda in a rush to get rid of Sam and Mandy. Are you guys ok?" 
   Lilly didn't answer. She looked away from him and seemed to be contemplating something. Kyle watched her curiously for a moment, but then he almost ran off the road, so he decided it'd be safer to watch the road instead of the extremely gorgeous girl sitting next to him. 
   They rode in silence all the way to Lilly's house. Kyle pulled up in her driveway and looked over at her curiously. To his surprise though, he found that she was looking at him too...and smiling.
   It wasn't your regular friendly smile that Lilly usually gave him. No...this was a smile that he had only seen from his girlfriends and those cheesy romance movies that his sister forced him to watch when he was little. This was the smile of a lover.
   All of a sudden his heart beat increased by a million beats a second and he felt his face grow hot.
   "Wh-what?" he asked her nervously.
   "There's something I've been meaning to tell you...for a long time..." she said, her blue eyes gleamed like the ocean when the sun sets on it's horizon, turning it into a beautiful sight that you can't look away from no matter how hard you try. She leaned closer to him so that her nose was mere inches away from his own. He felt her soft hand gently cover his and squeeze it affectionately.
   "L-Lilly...what're you-"
   Kyle got no further because Lilly's lips pressed against his at that exact moment. An electric shock shot through Kyle's entire body as he once more felt her buttery soft lips against his. For the second time he marveled at how soft her lips were and what an amazing kisser she was!
   Their kiss lasted about ten seconds. But they were the greatest ten seconds of Kyle's entire life. He had no idea whether this was a dream or reality, but in all honesty, he really didn't care!
   When Lilly pulled away, her eyes were wide with surprise and she seemed to be in just as much shock as Kyle was.
   "Wow..." she muttered in a dreamy voice. That said it all. That was exactly how Kyle felt. Wow.
   "Lilly...I..." he stammered, but he couldn't find the words to say.
   "Are mine," Lilly finished for him.
   At first Kyle didn't know what to say. Was she literally trying to say that he was her slave for life? Or was she laying claim to him in another way...either way, he was nervous. 
   Lilly seemed to read his thoughts and she smiled at him sympathetically.
   "My boyfriend dumb-dumb!" she giggled. She slapped his arm lightly.
   "Oh..." was all Kyle could say. He felt like an idiot, but Lilly had just dropped a bomb on him! His entire brain had turned to mush! He couldn't believe that this was really happening. But it was...and it was amazing.
   Lilly leaned up against and placed  her head gently on his shoulder, sending a feeling of warmth shooting through Kyle's chest and causing his heart to skip a beat.
   "Let's go for a drive, goofball...we've got lots to talk about," she said with a smile.
   Kyle nodded in agreement and backed out of her driveway again. He then took off down the road in a dream-like state. This was really happening, he and Lilly were together...finally...



THE END...