Nick at Night have been showing Family Ties and I've always thought that Alex P. Keaton should have been spanked or paddled for some of the trouble he got in. This series is loosely based on that premise. Some of the stories will be based on actual episodes while others will be original ideas. This story deals with Alex's first experience with corporal punishment but it will not be his last. I hope you enjoy them ...Sue THE ALEX CHRONICLES: The Beginning By Pepper (peppe1951@yahoo.com) (Main characters: Steven and Elyse Keaton, Mallory, Jennifer and Alex Keaton, and Ned Donnelly, Sr.) (Setting: Alternate Universe of the Keaton family. In my universe corporal punishment is an acceptable form of correction for children of all ages.) Prologue: The household of the Keaton family consists of Steven and Elyse Keaton, their children Alex, their firstborn son, Mallory, their oldest daughter and chief advisory of Alex's, and Jennifer the youngest daughter. Alex and Mallory are in high school while Jennifer is in grammar school. Now although the Keatons are big believers in corporal punishment they can't actually apply it to their own children. Because of this the Keaton children have been the envy of all of the kids in the community from the very beginning. Whenever they misbehaved they were either grounded or their allowances were docked, but they were never spanked or paddled. That idyllic existence was about to come to an abrupt end by the appearance of Elyse's father, a widower, who came to live with them. It was due to the indecision of his daughter and son-in-law in disciplining their children with corporal punishment that led to his joining the family. There was several times in the past where Elyse and Steven made up their minds to spank Alex but when it actual came to spanking him they couldn't bring them to do it and opted to punish him with grounding instead. This indecision led Alex to believe that he could do as he liked and the worse that would happen would only led to being grounded yet again, and that wasn't reason enough to stop his ways. The story begins after Ned Donnelly, Sr. has joined the family. The addition to the house has just been completed which consists of a bedroom and bathroom suite with a living room and study and sharing the kitchen with the rest of the family. Alex has just comes barging in to the kitchen as his folks and grandfather were having a discussion while preparing supper. And now to the story: **** "Dad, can I talk to you for a minute," asked Alex nervously. "Sure son, what do you want to talk about?" "Can I speak to you in private for a minute, Dad." "Sure, son... come with me to the study," Steven said with Alex following behind. Elyse and her father exchanged glance. "What do you think that is about, Elyse?" Before she could answer Steven roared from the study, "You what? Alex, after I said no you went ahead and called the broker and bought stock in my name and now I've only got a few minutes to meet the margin call or I will lose all of my AT&T stock?" Steven emerged from the study calling, "Elyse, where is my checkbook? I have only have 30 minutes to meet a margin call of $2700.00 thanks to our son." "Dad, I'm sorry. Do you want me to come with you?" asked Alex. "No, I want you to have a long and thorough discussion with your grandfather about your actions today and before. You lied and disobeyed me and your grandfather is going to explain why this is not a good thing... he's had years of experience in this type of explaining. Ned, he's all yours." Ned looked at his son-in-law and daughter and getting their nod of approval turned to Alex saying, "Come with me young fellow, and for the kind of discussion I have planned it would be best that we discussed it in my study," and turned to go. Alex followed his grandpa into his apartment and into his study; Ned stood by the door and allowed Alex to precede him into the room, locking the door behind him. "Grandpa, what did you do that for," asked Alex as he heard the door lock behind him. He was starting to get a bit worried. None of the discussions he ever had with his folks had him being locked in. Ned walked to his desk and pulled a paddle from the middle drawer. As Alex saw the paddle for the first time Ned said, "Alex, your parents have decided to try another form of punishment on you. It seems that grounding or having your allowance docked doesn't have the power to prevent you from getting into trouble any more. Because of that WE are going to try spanking or paddling you for punishment. Now all spankings will be applied to your bare backside and to receive them will always have you positioned over my lap. Paddlings on the other hand will be applied to either your bare backside or trouser backside and you must bend over my desk to receive them," explained his grandfather since his grandson didn't have any knowledge of corporal punishments. "Now that I have explained what is expected of you I'm going to tell you what punishments you have earned after your behavior with the stock market. Your disobedience and lying has earned you a paddling and since this is serious. You almost lost your parents valuable stock so the punishments will be applied to your bare backside. I want you to walk to my desk and after lowering your pants and briefs to get in position, as I explained it, so I can apply the licks to your backside." Alex looked at him in shock not moving a muscle. "Grandpa, you can't be serious. I'm too big to be paddled." "Son, your actions say something entirely different. Your folks should have been spanking or paddling your butt for years; it's just that while they approve of it they can't actually do it. It seems that when they have tried in the past just looking in your 'pleading to do better face' was enough to get them to change their minds and ground you instead. Back then grounding worked, but not now and that is why I'm really here; I'm going to be here to warn you of the consequences of your actions and when you decide to ignore those warnings I'm going to paddle your butt," explained Ned. "But-t-t grandpa, there is no way I'm going to allow you to use that piece of wood on me," declared Alex. "BOY! Get your tail over here at once or you will have the pleasure of feeling my hand to your butt first," commanded Ned. That was all it took for Alex to bolt for the door. The time it took for him to fumble with the lock was all it took for Ned to grab him and drag him back to the desk. "Okay boy, since you asked for it, you are going to get it," and in quick count had his grandson's pants and briefs pooling at his ankles and his grandson's butt within easy reach over his leg getting his bottom spanked. He held on to the squirming boy as he tried to escape but finally had to dance in place as his bottom began to burn. "Owwwww... owww... ouch... yeooowww... owww... s-sto-p-... owwww," and on Alex cried as his bottom turned from a pale white to a fiery red in no time. After Ned had decided that he had warmed it sufficiently, he let his grandson loose. Alex danced up and down as he tried to rub the sting from his hindquarters. Alex turned to his grandfather and glared at him saying, "Now that you are finished beating on me I'm leaving," and attempted to bend down to pull his pants up. He was totally unprepared when a hand came crashing on his already sore bottom, "Owwwwww... that hurts," he cried. "Not so fast, young fellow. That spanking was for disobeying me, now comes your punishment for lying and disobeying your father," brandishing the paddle. "Nooooooo... I can't take anything more. Look I'm sorry, just tell Dad I've been punished and everything will be fine with him. He'll just ground me as usual and my punishment will be at an end. It was only stocks; you act like I did something wrong," argued Alex. "I see that the spanking wasn't enough... let's see about adding to that sting your bottom," and grabbed him before he could run. Alex soon found himself in the same position as before only this time his grandfather began to spank the same area on his backside over and over again until the built up heat began to really hurt. SMACK... SMACK... SMACK... SMACK and then he moved to another area and the same number of licks to the same spot. "Owwww... owww... nooo... owww,"Alex sobbed as he couldn't do anything but take it. The next time he was released he just sobbed in place as his grandfather held him in place bent over the desk. "Okay boy, since you have already had your bottom spanked twice I will show you some mercy and only give you 4 licks from my paddle. Hold on to the desk tightly this is going to sting," and without further comment let the first lick fly. It caught Alex right on top of his right sit spot causing the boy to scream in pain. Before he could catch his breath an identical lick was visited upon his left sit spot and then the other 2 fell on his upper thighs. Alex sobbed over and over again, "I-I'm s-sorry-y, I-I'm-m sorry- y-y-y." Ned held him close as he sobbed out his pain and then helped him to lie on his own bed with his sore and red bottom on display. He pulled up a light sheet to cover him and left him to cry himself to sleep. "Alex, I'm sorry I had to punish you like that. Your slate his cleared from now on. I love you, boy and I only want you to grow up to be a caring man," he said as he left. "I-I l-love you-u, toooo, Grandpa-a-a," came the tearful reply. Ned then left to wait for the return of his daughter and son-in-law. He only had to wait a short time before both hurried in. Addressing Steven Ned asked, "Did you save the stock?" "Oh yeah, but just barely. How did your discussion with Alex go?" he asked in return. "Alex is sleeping the sleep of the well punished. His mouth got him in trouble and earned him two spankings besides the original paddling he received from me afterwards. He will be sitting gingerly for the next few days but hopefully he will think twice before disobeying you again. The End...for now.