Jack has been very busy with house guests for the last couple of days. He is visiting the home where he grew up, helping put on a 90th birthday celebration for his grandmother. Jack is a chef by trade and lives in the big city up north. This trip home is providing Jack a chance to show off his culinary skills to the family for the first time. His parents place has been a bit of a madhouse the last couple of days, teaming with aunts, uncles and cousins as they arrive from all over to attend the party. It is quickly becoming more like a family reunion rather than just a birthday party, and Jack is right in the center of it, loving the closeness of his family.
A few of the guests are staying at Jack's parent's house for the days surrounding the party. Among those are Jack's cousin Lauren and her husband Mike. Jack and Lauren were close when they were little, and Jack is hoping to get some time to catch up and reminisce with her. Jack isn't so happy about Lauren's muscle head of a husband being there. Because Jack never married and cooks for a living Mike tells everyone he thinks Jack is gay, and Mike never hides the fact that he doesn't care for gays. Mike is a first class ass-hat, and quite frankly, Mike scares the crap out of Jack.
One fondest memories Jack has of Lauren is when they were young and they used to play a game at family functions they called tickle tag. The object of the game was to sneak up on one another and poke or tickle each other in the ribs and say "tickle tag, you're it". This game went on right under the noses of their family at nearly every family function. The rules were you had to be sneaky and there was no chasing or yelling. These simple rules kept the adults from stopping their game because it got too rambunctious. They even got away with playing it once at a funeral, when they should have been on their best behavior.
When Jack was twelve, Lauren moved away when Jack's uncle took a better job in another state. Jack and Lauren rarely saw each other after that. Now in their thirties, Jack and Lauren are together again at a family function. It feels kind of like old times. Various relatives are in little groups talking and laughing. But instead of wandering between the groups of aunts and uncles playing tag, Jack is enjoying catering to his family with trays of appetizers and drinks. He even serves Lauren's jerk of a husband as if he deserved to be part of the family.
At the height of his busiest time Jack is heading back to the kitchen with an empty tray he suddenly feels a sharp poke into his ribs and hears Lauren giggle, "Tickle tag, you're it". He smiles and swings around thinking she is finally there to reminisce, but she has already turned and is walking back to join her husband and the conversation he is having with Jack's uncles. There is no way Jack is going to go poke her back now. Not while she is near her husband. If Mike saw Jack so much as touch Lauren, Jack would likely get a beating for it.
Throughout that day over and over again Lauren finds a way to tag Jack with a little tickle. Lauren is having such fun, but is very careful not to let her husband see what she is doing and get Jack into trouble with him. It is especially amusing to her that Jack has not been able to get her back even once. The more she gets away with it, the more she enjoys poking at her cousin. Late that evening she sees a chance to get Jack really good. She sneaks up behind him and grabs him in the ribs with both hands. Jack nearly jumps out of his skin and the dish he is holding goes flying to the floor, shattering into hundreds of pieces.
Jack's mother rushes in to see what broke and blows up when she sees that it is one of her mother's antique china plates. Seeing the tearful look on Lauren's face, Jack takes full responsibility for the broken dish. With that, Lauren realizes her little game is definitely over. After the plate incident Lauren is generally quiet and sullen for the rest of the evening and she avoids Jack. Jack keeps looking for her hoping for an apology, but one never comes. The day ends with both of them going to bed without even saying a word to each other.
The next morning Lauren is up and rummaging through the kitchen for a cup and some coffee. The entire family got up early to go to church, but Lauren chose to sleep in. Being alone in a quiet house for the first time in days is a pleasant change for Lauren. She is still in her night shirt and she has only done the bare minimum to take care of her bed head hair. She didn't feel the need to dress and primp in an empty house before coming downstairs to find some coffee. There will be plenty of time to get pretty after she gets her morning jolt of caffeine.
She discovers that the coffee pot was emptied long before she awoke, but in the cupboard with the cups she finds a jar of instant coffee that will do. Lauren gets up on her toes reaching into the cupboard for a cup when suddenly someone grabs her from behind, and she nearly jumps out of her skin. Fear rushes through her body until she realizes it is Jack grabbing her. Lauren didn't know that Jack had stayed behind to get ready for the party. Now he has her by the ribs and is getting her back for every one of those pokes the day before, especially for the one that made him break the dish.
Lauren is super ticklish and she instantly starts to laugh uncontrollably. Jack has her pinned against the counter and she is struggling to get free. Eventually she wriggles herself free and backs away from Jack ass first still laughing and trying to control Jack's hands with hers. She sees a look on Jack's face that tells her he isn't finished getting her back so she turns and runs, still squealing and laughing from the fun of game they are playing.
Jack takes chase and before she get out of the kitchen he catches her, wrapping his arms around her holding her tight while he starts tickling her again. Lauren is laughing and squealing and desperately wants to get away. She is ticklish everywhere and there is no way to cover up enough to keep from being tickled. She struggles hard and manages to break free again, but Jack just runs with her ticking her everywhere she tries to go. The tickling is becoming super intense for Lauren, and as usual being tickled is starting to make her horny.
