11:59

"You have to keep it up all week." Gill states.

Jesse gapes, "A week?" she asks.

"A week." Gill repeats, eyes glittering with mischief. "And he can't know."

"What about the others?"

"I'll fill them in. But you have to poke Lukas as much as you can without telling him why."

Jesse crosses her arms, "Well, you know I'm already in. But..." she looks at her nails, "What's in it for me,"

Gill thinks on this, "If...you manage this." he suddenly grins, "I'll kiss Aiden full on the mouth. If you lose, you kiss him. Aiden just won't know about that. I'll also get in on camera, if that seals the deal?"

"Deal!"

It was harder than she had planned.

She poked Lukas in the ribs almost twenty times on the first day. He was sensitive there, and he knew she knew it. About the fourteenth time he caught her wrist.

"Okay what's going on?" he said after a moment to regain his composure.

"Nothing . . . " Jesse trails out.

Lukas raises an eyebrow, "Jesse?"

She hesitates, and see's Gill not far behind Lukas grinning triumphantly.

He's not gonna win that easily.

"I just like to see you blush," she teases.

Lukas does turn pink in the cheeks, "Yeah?"

"Yeah!" she giggles.

"Well," his fingers snake under armpits, and she squeals," Prepare for war!"

He let it slide after that for the rest of the day, thinking it was all part of her little game. The others would laugh, not for the reasons Lukas thought of course. But simply because they were all sure that Jesse wouldn't manage it.

Day two, Lukas was confused, but let it go for the most part, "Still playing this are we?"

"Yep!"

Day three, the first one for the day she jabs him in the ribs, during a conversation with Petra. He yelps, that high squeaky one he gets when he's startled. Petra laughs and Jesse laughs it off too, but she notices he's giving her a look.

Day four:

"Still think you can manage, he looks mad now," Gill asked.

Jesse stuck out her tongue.

Luckily she had been pretty busy that day and only poked Lukas once. It was first thing that morning and they were alone, so he hadn't complained. She didn't see him for the rest of the day so as far as Lukas was concerned the game was now over.

Day five:

Lukas yelps and drops his water, the plastic cup splattering water all over his jeans. Aiden bursts out laughing as the blond glares daggers at her, "Dammit Jesse!"

She says nothing and quickly walks away.

She gets him again at lunch, nice enough to wait until his mouth isn't full. He yelps again, as expected, then growls irritated.

Oh boy...

"You can quit," Gill says, after Lukas excuses himself from the room.

"Go bury yourself in lava," Jesse retorts.

Day six is very, very hard.

Lukas is on guard now; he always looks at her everytime she's near him. He knows she'll try. More than once that day, he's firmly shoved her hand down when he catches her.

But more than once that day, Jesse still gets him in the ribs, a new pound of guilt added, already weighing heavily on her.

"Okay what the hell is going on?!" he demands everytime.

Jesse just shrugs.

Day seven is the moment of truth.

Gill has a big movie party at his place, that way everyone can be there to see it boil down. Jesse does her job of course, but it worries her that Lukas has now resided to sighing everytime she gets him.

11:59 p.m.

Balto is on, Petra picked the movie.

Lukas had been clever most of the evening, sitting between two people that didn't include Jesse. But everyone else knew about the dare, so his protection rarely lasted more than a few minutes.

Jesse softly pokes him in the side. Hopefully the last.

"Excuse us," Lukas states loudly over the speakers.

Petra pauses the movie, "What's up?"

"I gotta talk to my girlfriend." Lukas gets up, hand firmly holding Jesse's.

Jesse is near panic as the exit the living room, she can hear some of them chuckling, victory is at hand for them.

Lukas is silent until he gets to the kitchen; he whips around, "This has to stop."

She tries the stupid route, "What does?"

"This whole...poking thing!" Lukas says stiffly, "I don't get it Jesse! It was cute at the beginning of this week, but frankly it's kinda annoying me now. My ribs hurt, and you keep doing it, and you won't explain why-"

"I'm sorry- " she mumbles out.

"I don't want a sorry Jesse!" he looks upset, "I just want to know what is going on?"

"Ummmm..." she looks at the clock.

"Jesse?"

12:00!

"It was a dare!" she blurts out.

Lukas is stunned, "What?!"

"Everyone was in on it. We weren't allowed to tell you.." the words are pouring out now, and oh it feels so good, the sweet taste of victory topping it off, "Gill dared me to continuously poke you in the ribs for the whole week without explaining myself. "

"A whole week?"

"Yes! And you made it; you didn't break up with me! And we won!"

Lukas gives her a quirky grin, "Break up with you? Jesse I wasn't going to break up with you; I just wanted to know what you were doing." he laughs, looking off, "Now I know..."

Jesse was relieved, "Want to see my prize?"

"Sure?" he says slowly.

Jesse renters the living room, Lukas wrapped around her, "I win Gill!"

Gill huffs. But he's grinning, already adjusting himself on the couch for the pounce.

"What did you win anyway?" Aiden pipes up. "Gill usually- mmmpph!"

The larger male tackles Aiden, a kiss so strong it knocks them both off of the couch. There is a muffled, "Dammit Gill!" from down on the floor.

Petra already had the camera ready. "Whoooo!" Everyone else is cheering too, at least those not busy at the moment...

Maya leans towards Jesse, "I'm so glad you won this."

Jesse grins and looks at Lukas who seems a little stunned, "Worth the week of torture?"

He smiles at her, "You could have poked me all month Jesse if I had known this was the prize."

She laughs.

He does too and gives her a kiss, but not before jabbing a playful poke into her armpit.

Ariza Luca requested:

Female!Jesse has been dared by Gill to poke Lukas in the ribs whenever she gets a chance, but she's not allowed to explain why or even speak. Everyone else except for Lukas is aware of the dare. If Jesse can get through the entire day without breaking the rules, Gill has to kiss Aiden randomly without explaining why. (They don't know about this part of the dare xD)

You can go either way, but it'd be super funny if Jesse was the one who won and Gill had to just randomly kiss Aiden xD

Author's Section:

I love how specific it was and this was really fun to work with! I hope you enjoy!

P.S. Sorry for the hiatus, but now I'm back!