*Chapter 7: The Race*

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**Imogen's Point of View**

Fiona and I have seen some incredible animals here in the The Degrassi zoo. Basically all the animals they have to offer are really cool and magnificent. Though all these amazing animals we have seen, there's one that stands out to me. I'm looking at their newest and finest animal. It's a certain girl I love who's soon going to be Degrassi's zoo newest monkey. Of course after she climbs her way on top of the giant play castle for the first time.

After I asked Fiona and gave her two options to choose from, she was silenced. Thinking of course. So I watched and examined her every move, waiting patiently for her answer.

For her it's either; feeling the wrath of my tickle frenzy right here and now. Or face it later on top the castle. If she would accept my race through the whole castle I'll win for sure. I'm sure I won't lose to my girlfriend who has never climbed something as big as this before.

But luckily Fiona doesn't know my devilish plan, and that she'll feel my tickle wrath in any way you look at it. Unless she...

"Okay Immy you got me pretty much backed into a corner here, so..." Fiona admitted and interrupted my thoughts. As I examined her some more, I noticed a smirk raising on her face.

"So you accept there's no way out for you and let me be victorious?" I said hoping Fiona didn't found a tiny mouse-hole to squeeze through in the corner I trapped her in.

"Well... I think it's safe to say that... HEY look Imogen! There's a monkey behind you about to jump on your head!" Fiona suddenly yelled and aimed behind me. Without thinking twice I looked back over my shoulder, to see surprisingly absolutely nothing at all…

I knew I made a huge mistake when I heard Fiona's wicker chair fell down on the stones. And a distinctive giggle in the far growing in distance.

"Oh no she didn't!" I exclaimed to myself and looked at Fiona running in the soft sand, which lay before the giant castle. And then I started sprinting myself.

Luckily for her she wore my sneakers. If my beauty still had her high heels on this would be quick sand she ran it to.

Fiona quickly looked back over her shoulder and saw me catching up with her. Seeing me running on my fastest pace elicited a loud chuckle from her as she reached her first obstacle. Which is a vertical wall with a rope to climb upwards in the play castle itself.

Too bad for me there was only one rope so I've to wait until Fiona is finished. When I caught up with her she was already half way through and smiled at me.

"Sorry sweetie that monkey suddenly aimed his eyes at me, so I had to sprint away!" Fiona said a bit out of breathe slowly progressing upwards.

"Yeah yeah... I wanted to give you a head start anyway. So you got at least a fair change!" I yelled from down below.

"We'll see about that!" Fiona replied as she climbed on top of the first floor.

Yes it's finally my turn! I firmly held the rope with both hands, maneuvered myself horizontal and took large steps upwards. Fiona chuckled again as she ventures to a pillar of horizontal plates zigzagging left and right with a small hole to squeeze through. In this obstacle my agile body really comes in handy.

Fiona already managed to squeeze through two of the five hole's, when I finally finished the rope wall. I didn't stop for a single moment and rushed to the next part.

I use my agile body till its finest. I'm moving like a snake, wriggle through the different holes left and right. It wasn't until the fourth hole I see Fiona's feet just above me. Then I realized that I almost caught up with her already. Fiona's obviously slower than me in this part of the play castle. Or is she just taking things slower to spare her clothes and not make them that dirty?

Either way, I've almost beat her already. Just like I thought.

"I almost got you already sweetie!" I yelled excited squirming through the last hole whilst seeing Fiona making herself ready for the next obstacle.

"I think you need to worry about passing me in the first place!" She yelled back.

The next part Fiona is heading for is a plastic tube where you have to crawl on hands and knees to get through. It isn't a hard obstacle and I would certainly catch up with her.

But when I got at the entrance of the tube I noticed what Fiona meant with worrying how to pass her in the first place. The plastic tube is just wide enough for an average person the crawl through, so passing Fiona in here would be near impossible. And of course she wouldn't make it easier for me.

Nevertheless I catch up with my girlfriend relatively quickly, but now the annoying problem of passing her.

"Hurry up with your butt!" I exclaimed to Fiona and gave her buttock a push forward.

"Can't take your lose very well do you?" Fiona replied shaking her rear in reaction.

"Lose? I'm gonna win if you let me pass, so move aside with that butt of yours, please." I asked her friendly hoping 'please' was enough, but of course it wasn't, and now Fiona stopped moving all together.

"Maybe my rear wants a soft kiss before it'll move again. Sound fair right?" Fiona offered and wiggled her rear around.

I rolled my eyes looking at the wiggling butt in front of me. Giving in to her suggestion, I place a little kiss on Fiona right buttock which makes her shiver a bit.

"Don't forget the other now Immy. I need both buttocks to move! So do your thing!" Fiona said happily and wiggled her rear some more.

I sighed because I had no other choose. With both hands I hold Fiona's wiggling rear in place and landed a firm kiss on her left buttock. So firm actually that I am pretty sure I marked my girlfriend's with a hickey, even though the pants she's wearing.

"Was that good enough? Can you move again?" I yelled forward as Fiona didn't say anything.

"Uhhh I don't know... You tell me!" Fiona giggled and all of a sudden sprinted away, like a dog who has picked up the scent of the best bone buried at the end of the tube.

"Dammit you did a again!" I yelled at Fiona and started sprint crawling myself. Fiona didn't reply other than her giggles echoing through the tube.

When I exit the tube my hands and knees were red and burned a little, but that didn't stop me.

I look around real quick and I see Fiona already on a bridge. This part is the last obstacle before you could enter the top of the castle. But It's also a very tricky obstacle. This unstable bridge wiggled around from left to right as you tried to walk over it. And to make things even worse, there were gabs and missing plank every now and then.

But thank god there's another bridge right besides Fiona's. I ran over there and began crossing this tricky obstacle.

It was somewhat challenging, but I did my best to go as fast as possible. However on my right Fiona's walking very fast and in a steady pace. Her bridge didn't wiggle around at all!

"Fiona slow down a bit! How are you fast now?!" I yelled as Fiona gained more and more distance on me.

"Well it's just like walking on a cat-walk, which I've done numerous of times!" Fiona exclaimed back to me and then I knew I had lost this race...

"That's not far..." I whined hoping for sympathy.

"Quit whining, you had the advantage in all the other obstacles in the play castle! And now it's my turn! See you on top Immy! Love you!" Fiona yelled and walked faster than ever before.

"No wait!" I yelled, but I couldn't stop her.

In a matter of moments she finished the wiggly bridge with gabs and climbed the few stairs to the very top of the castle.

I've lost... lost big time against my beauty queen, who never climbed such a thing... Too scared to get her clothes dirty. But that hasn't stopped her now...

I felt ashamed and truly beaten to bone. She has outsmarted me with those falls starts.

Sigh...

Oh well beaten fair and square, let's be honest to my lose and see what Fiona got planned as her wrath for me being the loser.

I placed my feet on solid wooden planks again and all beaten up I climbed the few stairs.

The top of the play castle is laid out pretty easy. It's a square floor with wooden planks intended as railing, reaching as high up as upper chest level preventing you from falling off. Also I think the floor is just wide enough to lay down fully stretched. Furthermore there's a pointy roof top and a large pirate flag on top.

And of course Fiona prancing around with a big smile.

"Hey sweetie look, I'm the first to climb the play castle! Aren't you proud of me?" Fiona said happily and reached her hand out to help me climb the last two steps.

"Yeah, yeah... Well never thought I would actually lose to you..." I murmured a bit said, but Fiona always knows how to make me feel better.

"Ah come here you!" Fiona exclaimed with a pity voice. She pulled me in the middle of the top and hugged me tightly.

I hugged her back and it feels just right at the moment. Oh I love her hugs! How can I ever stay mad at Fiona.

"I'm sorry I won now, you're all down about it." Fiona said in our hug and rubbed my back.

"It's okay... You won the race fair and square. But remember next time victory will be mine!" I said as the warmth of her hug calmed me down.

"I'm sure you will. But since I'm the one victorious now, you won't be able to escape your own tickle wrath!" Fiona said mischievous to me.

"No Fions... Please don't! I beg you!" I said desperate. "I'll do anything…" I whispered but no response.

Just when I'm about to pull away from her hug she began her furious tickling frenzy.

Her fingers racing down to my hips, tickling me rapidly without the slightest intention of holding back.

"Aaaaahhhhahahah! Fiona stop! Stop tickling me!" I laughed.

"But why you seen to enjoy it!" She exclaimed and now switched tickling between my arms pits and hips.

"Ahahahah Fions please... I beg you!"

But instead of stopping, Fiona let me tumble down over her feet. She prevent me from falling down and gently eased me on the floor. Fiona lay on top of me still tickling wherever her hands could reach.

She then placed her knees on my upper arms, so I was unable to use my hands for any potential resistance. She absolutely got me, she got me powerless down on the floor. With Fiona fully on top of me I couldn't go anywhere whilst her tickle attack continued. I lay in a plight, my legs bouncing up and down as a reaction of her severe tickle attack.

"Fions n-no, hahahaha... Stop!" I begged again.

"What's the safe word?" She asks and continued just as hard.

"There's none!" I laughed.

"Well in that case..." She chuckled. And that's when Fiona moved up and touched my weakest spot, my neck.

She knows I can't take it when getting tickled in my neck. I laughed louder and louder and I thought my cheekbones would rupture. I slammed my legs more ferociously and my arms joined, wiggling all around.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" I said in a laugh with giggles.

And that's when my feet shove under the vertical safety wall. It's a small gap all around the edge. Fiona continued tickling and when I tugged my legs towards me again my shoe slipped off and fell down the play castle!

"Fiona please... My- my shoe ahahahaha!" I laughed as my neck met with all her furious tickling fingers.

"Your shoo?" Fiona questioned.

"It's... It's Gone!" I answered and then Fiona's tickling wrath finally stopped.

I'm literally out of breath of her severe tickle attack and I lay flat-out on the floor. Panting and recovering my breath is all I can do for the moment. Beaten to bone in the race to the top of the play castle. I thought there was no way she could win, but she proved me wrong... With a furious tickle frenzy as a result of my lose.

A few giggles escape me in the tickle aftermath.

"Haha Immy I found your shoe!" Fiona exclaimed.

But I was in no strength to get up. Fiona noticed I was unable to get up on two feet and help me upwards. I still wiggled around a bit, her tickling attack did some really good damage on various parts of my sensitive spots. Fiona pulled me to the edge and pointed at my shoe buried in the soft sand.

"Look there it is! All the way down!" Fiona chuckled.

"Great… now I've to get down her with only one shoe... Thanks a lot Fiona." I sighed.

"Well just go down on two socks then, that would be easier than on one shoe and one sock." Fiona suggested.

"Yeah I guess that's the best option." I agreed with my girlfriend's plan and threw my other shoe down as well. Trying to get it landed near my other one. I giggled and watched it fell down as Fiona gasped and my decision.

"Immy! Why did you do that?!" She asked startled.

"Why not? Else I've to carry my shoe down the play castle where I need my hands to be free." I explained.

"Good point!" Fiona priced my idea.

Then she unexpectedly took her shoes off as well and threw them down, joining mine on a pile of sand.

"So that's that! Just to be far!" Fiona said happily twirling around on her cute little socks free from the prison.

"You really shouldn't have done that." I said with a smile.

"Why not? Now it's fair to you and letting my feet get some air is always nice. And besides, your sneakers make my feet sticky and smelly, so they desperately needed some fresh air." Fiona chuckled.

"What? On one says that about my shoes! Take it back!" I replied in defense.

"What you're gonna do about it, Moreno?"

I blushed. "Well I think I'll start by winning the race back down the castle!" I yelled and sprinted off on my bare socks.

*Hope everyone enjoyed the race:)*

*Chapter 8 is titled: I Never Want To Leave!*