Trip to Connecticut

This story is fictitious. Any resemblance to living or dead, is purely a coincidence. This story involves the spanking of young children. It is only a story. The author in no way encourages the spanking of young children. Enjoy the story. I would love any feedback. Please send any comments to: [email protected]

It was summer, and we were excited. We were all going on a trip to Connecticut. We hadn't seen our great-aunt and uncle in almost two years. And that had been when they came down for Mommy and Daddy's wedding. Mommy barely knew Daddy's aunt and uncle, as she had only met them the one time. But the way Daddy and Jenn and I raved on about them, she knew they would get along just fine.

"C'mon, girls, it's almost time to go. Finish your breakfast," Daddy said.

It was Saturday morning, and he knew it would take over two hours to get there. After we finished eating, Mommy made sure we both brushed our teeth and used the bathroom.

"Jennifer, you need to put your pantsies on. C'mere, baby!" Mommy said.

I just rolled my eyes. I mean, we were eight years old, and my sister still wet the bed and had lots of daytime accidents. It was embarrassing. She had to wear these diaper-like things. Little kids called them pull-ups. My sister called them "pantsies". Gimme a break!

We got in the car. We had brought lots of games and books and stuff to keep us busy. Or so Mommy thought. We hadn't been in the car an hour, before Jenn and I started fighting.

"No, it's my turn. Gimme!" I yelled.

"It's mine, Robin, you have your own. Let go!" Jenn shouted.

Then Daddy shouted, "You two had best behave, because if I have to stop this car, you're both going to be very sorry!"

That quieted us down. Neither of us wanted Daddy to have to stop the car. Because then we would "get it". And I don't just mean, a smack to shut us up, but a big bare-bottom spanking.

Then Mommy said, "Girls, remember what I showed you before we left the house."

Oh, yeah. Mommy had shown us the hairbrush she was putting in her purse. And it wasn't to brush her hair with. She told us if we acted up, she would spank us with it. Now, at the age of eight, both Jenn and I had never been spanked with a hairbrush, and we wanted to keep it that way.

We were as good as gold the rest of the way. We were polite with each other, shared, and played nicely. Just think, all it took were a few good threats from our parents.

At some point, Jennifer fell asleep. I just laid there thinking about Aunt Eve and Uncle Max's house. If I remembered correctly, it was so cool. The house was beautiful. And in one room, my aunt collected bells. She would let us ring each one if we were very careful. And in the backyard, there was a walk, which led to stone steps. The steps led down to a beautiful lake. We had only gone there once, but I remembered it was really nice.

I guess I fell asleep, because the next thing I knew, Daddy was telling us to wake up. We were there.

I got up and ran out of the car into my aunt's waiting arms. She scooped me up and hugged me to her chest. It was a little stuffy, but it felt good to be held by her. I really loved my aunt.

Daddy came over to us and gave Aunt Eve a big hug and kiss. She said, "Oh, it's so good to see you again. Where's Jennifer? And Lisa?"

"Lisa is changing Jennifer. They'll be right here," Daddy said.

Aunt Eve looked concerned. "Oh, she still wets, huh?"

"Yeah, but the doctor says she'll grow out of it, so we don't worry too much about it. Oh, look, here they come now," Daddy said.

My aunt and I turned to look. Mommy was carrying Jennifer.

Daddy ran over. "What's the matter?"

"She's just sleepy, doesn't want to wake up," Mommy replied.

Daddy took Jenn from Mommy. "You should have called me, hon. Jennifer's much too heavy for you to be carrying yourself."

"It's okay. Hello, Aunt Eve?" she tried. "How are you?" Mommy said.

We all walked into the house. Uncle Max was in the kitchen. I gave him a big kiss. Ouch! His face was all scratchy. The grownups laughed.

"Come, Lisa, I'll give you the grand tour," Uncle Max said to Mommy.

Daddy sat Jennifer down on his lap and took the glass of lemonade Aunt Eve offered him. "You want some, baby?" he asked my sister. She shook her head no and put her head on Daddy's shoulder. I had a glass. It was very sweet, but I liked it that way.

Uncle Max and Mommy came back into the kitchen. "That is some house. It's beautiful, Eva." I looked at my aunt. She smiled. I guess that's what she told Mommy to call her.

Aunt Eve made us some lunch. Jennifer was still acting very sleepy. Aunt Eve said to Daddy, "Do you want to put her down on our bed? That way she can sleep a little longer."

Daddy asked Jennifer, "You want to, sweetie?"

"No, Daddy, I'm okay. I'm hungry," Jenn said.

We all ate the sandwiches Aunt Eve made. She had bought every cold cut known to man. Jenn and I both had bologna and cheese sandwiches. It was our favorite.

After lunch, I asked Aunt Eve if she would take us down to the lake.

"Oh, I don't know. Those stone steps are very slippery. Maybe it isn't such a good idea," she said.

"Oh, please!" Jenn begged.

"I would like to see the lake, too," Mommy said. "If the steps are too slippery, we'll come back."

"Okay, let's go," Aunt Eve said. "You boys be good!" Aunt Eve winked at Uncle Max and Daddy.

"Have fun, girls, be good!" Daddy said.

"We will!" we both yelled back.

I held Aunt Eve's hand, and Jenn held Mommy's hand going down the steps. It wasn't slippery at all and I said so.

"Well, sometimes they are. And I'm not getting any younger, you know!" Aunt Eve said. It's funny how older people always seem to say that stuff.

When we got to the bottom, we couldn't believe our eyes. It was more beautiful then I remembered. There was a small lake, with a path running around it. We could hear birds chirping, and I saw some butterflies. It was amazing, like an island paradise.

"It's beautiful, Eva," Mommy said.

Jennifer and I started to run. "Don't go too far," Aunt Eve said. "Stay where we can see you, girls!"

But Jenn and I kept running. "Robin! Jennifer!" Mommy yelled.

We both stopped. "Did you hear what your aunt just said?" Mommy cautioned.

"Yes, Mommy!" Jenn said. "I heard, Mommy!" I whined. Mommy just gave me a disapproving look.

Jenn and I continued to run. We stopped to smell flowers, and picked up rocks and threw them into the lake. It was so much fun. Mommy and Aunt Eve just sat down on a bench by the water's edge and watched us. It wasn't such a big lake. We could see right across to the other side, but it was still beautiful.

"Look, Robin, ducks!" Jenn called.

I ran over to where my sister was pointing. "Cool!" I said. "Can we feed them, Aunt Eve?" I asked.

"Maybe tomorrow. We didn't bring any bread with us. You can play for a few more minutes, and then we have to go back up. Your father and uncle will wonder what's been keeping us," Aunt Eve said.

"Oh! Do we have to?" Jennifer whined.

"Yes, you heard your aunt, go play for a few more minutes," Mommy said.

Jennifer came over to where I was sitting by the edge of the lake. I had to go to the bathroom but didn't want to say anything. I figured the longer I could hold it in, the better. We would be going back soon anyway.

Jennifer sat down next to me. "What do you want to do now, Robin?" Jenn asked. Then she looked at my face. "What's the matter?"

I had wet my pants. I couldn't believe I had done it. I was always making fun of my sister, now I had done the one thing she always did. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to tell Mommy. I figured she would be mad. Then I had an idea.

I reached for something in the lake. "Hey, Jenn, what is that? Help me get it!" I said.

She looked. "What? Robin, what do you want?" she asked.

I leaned far enough into the water that I knew I would get wet. Suddenly, I was completely wet.

"Mommy! Robin fell in the lake!" Jenn yelled.

My mother and aunt came running over. Mommy pulled me out. "Are you okay? Robin, are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just wet," I said. Oh, yes! It had worked. Now they would never know I had wet my pants.

"We'd better get this one up to the house, and into some dry clothes. Come on!" Aunt Eve said.

Slowly, we walked back up the stone steps. I knew my sister was mad at me, for cutting our trip to the lake short. I was a little mad at myself, too, but also glad that my secret had gone unnoticed.

Daddy and Uncle Max saw through the window that we were approaching. They came out to meet us.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Daddy asked when he saw how wet I was.

"I fell in the lake, Daddy," I said.

"How'd you do that?" he asked.

Jennifer said, "She was trying to reach something in the lake and she just fell in."

I was grateful for my sister. Unbeknownst to her, she was helping my lie along.

Uncle Max said, "You should have told me you wanted to go swimming. I would have taken you. Of course, I would have told you to put your bathing suit on first." We all had a good laugh at that one!

Aunt Eve ran me a bath. I was in the tub when there was a knock at the door. "Come in!" I yelled.

It was Jennifer. "Hi," she said.

"Hi," I answered.

"I know your secret, Robin," Jenn said quietly.

I was shocked. "What do you mean?" I asked innocently.

"I know why you FELL in the lake! You didn't really fall. You were trying to cover up that you wet your pants. I saw, Robin, so don't even try to say you didn't!" Jenn said loudly.

"Okay, shh! Don't say it so loud. Okay, so I did. Please don't tell!" I begged.

Jennifer pretended to think about if for a minute. Then she said, "All right, I won't say anything. But you better not make fun of me next time I do it. 'Cause if you do, I'll tell Mommy and Daddy." Then she added, "And Aunt Eve and Uncle Max!"

"No, don't! I won't, I promise, Jennifer!" I stated.

A little later, Jennifer and I were playing in the backyard. Every so often, Aunt Eve would look out the window and check up on us.

We were laying on our backs looking up at the clouds. "You know what I wish?" I asked my sister.

"What?" Jenn asked.

"I wish we could go back down to the lake and walk around that path," I said dreamily.

Jennifer sat up. "Well, why don't we?" she asked.

I sat up, too. "What do you mean? Right now?" I asked incredulously.

"Yeah, why not? C'mon, let's do it, it'll be fun!" Jenn said enthusiastically. She jumped up and started to pull me up.

"But what about . . .?" I started to say, but Jennifer cut me off.

"For once in your life, Robin, don't say it out loud. Let's just do it. C'mon!" she said.

I don't know why I let her talk me into it, but she just made it sound so great. "Okay, let's do it!" I said.

We ran to the path that led to the stone steps. I only looked back once. Then we proceeded down the stone steps. I was glad they weren't slippery.

Once down by the lake, it was great! We both felt so free. We could run around, do what we wanted. There was no one there to yell at us or caution us or anything. It was the best feeling ever.

"C'mon, Robin, let's see where that path takes us," Jennifer said.

I followed my sister. All the path did was wind around the lake. It was pretty, though, with trees and lots of flowers. I thought about picking some flowers for my aunt, but then I knew that wouldn't be a good idea. Jenn and I were hoping we'd be back before anyone knew we were gone.

Suddenly I stopped. "What is it, Robin? Another squirrel?" Jenn asked.

I shook my head. I couldn't speak. There on the path in front of us, was a cute little brown rabbit. "It's a bunny, Jenn. I love bunnies!"

Jennifer looked at the rabbit. "Oh, he's so cute!"

She crouched down. "Here, bunny, here, bunny, bunny," she said.

I joined her on the ground. I joined her in calling the bunny. Were we stupid or what? We really believed that this wild rabbit would come to us when we called.

I took a step toward it, and it actually ran toward me. I put my hand out to pet it. It was so soft. Then I felt something. "OUCH!" I yelled.

"What's the matter, Robin? What is it?" Jenn said. She was very concerned.

"I think it just bit me. Stupid rabbit!" I said.

"Let me see," Jenn said, "are you all right?"

I showed my sister my hand. It was just a little nick. It only hurt for a minute. "It's just a scratch. Don't worry about it," I said.

"Okay, well, it's getting late. We'd better go back," Jenn said.

"Yeah," I agreed. The rabbit biting me had put a damper on my fun anyway.

We walked back up the stone steps. We stopped. We could hear our names.

"Oh, no! What do we do, Jenn?" I asked scared.

"Leave it to me, I have a plan!" Jennifer said.

Instead of taking the path back to our aunt's backyard, we crawled through the bushes. When we came out on the other side of the bushes, we were in my aunt's backyard.

"Daddy! Daddy! Help!" Jennifer shouted.

"Girls, there you are!" Daddy said. He helped pull Jenn and me out of the bushes.

"We didn't know where you were. Lisa! Aunt Eve! Uncle Max! I found them!" Daddy called.

Everyone came running over. They asked us a million questions. Jenn seemed to make up the story as she went along. I just nodded and agreed with everything my sister said. Man, was she good! I had to try not to laugh. I was also trying to keep my hand hidden. I didn't want them to see where the rabbit had bitten me.

We all went into the house. We had to take baths. Another one for me. Oh well! After our baths, we had to put on our pajamas.

"But Daddy, it's only 4:30," I whined.

"It's not like you girls are going anywhere tonight!" Mommy said.

I got scared. I thought they knew what we did. "What do you mean, Mommy?" I asked.

"We're going to have dinner soon, and then you'll play or watch t.v. or whatever. No one's going anywhere else tonight," she said.

I heaved a sigh of relief.

Uncle Max barbecued for dinner. Jenn and I each had a hot dog. Daddy almost saw my bite at dinner, but I quickly hid my hand. He wasn't even suspicious. After dinner, Jenn and Daddy and I were roughhousing on the living room floor, when Daddy accidentally rubbed against my bite.

"OW!" I yelled and pulled my hand away.

"What's the matter, Robin? Did I hurt you?" Daddy asked concerned.

I gasped, realizing what I had done. "No, it's nothing, really," I said very unconvincingly.

"You'd better show him, Robin," my sister said.

"Show me what?" asked my dad.

I very reluctantly showed my father my hand.

"What's that from?" Daddy asked.

Before I could say a word, Jennifer said, "It's just a scratch. From a tree in the backyard."

"Yeah!" I agreed.

While Daddy was inspecting my hand, Uncle Max came over to take a closer look. "That doesn't look like a scratch. It looks like a bite. You weren't bitten by a squirrel, were you?" he asked.

"No," I said, "it's just a scratch."

Daddy looked at Uncle Max, "You think she was bitten?" Then he turned to me and said, "Robin Elizabeth, I want the truth!"

"Okay," I said, "it was a rabbit."

"A rabbit? Where'd you see a rabbit?" Mommy asked.

I looked at Jennifer. Of course, looking back, if we had been smart, we would have told the truth right then and there. But we weren't, and we didn't.

Jenn said, "Behind the bushes, there was this little rabbit. We tried to pet it, but it nicked Robin's hand. We didn't want to tell you."

"Yeah, we thought you'd get mad," I added.

"Rabbits? In the bushes? Well, I never heard of such a thing!" Aunt Eve said.

Jenn and I held our breaths. We thought for sure that they would realize what we did. But they didn't. We were safe, for now.

"Well, you should have told us, Robin. This could be very dangerous. Charlie, I think we ought to bring this child to a doctor," Uncle Max said seriously.

My blood ran cold. "A doctor? Why? It's just a little scratch," I said.

Uncle Max pulled Daddy aside. I thought I heard "rabid", but he must have said "rabbit". Next thing I knew, I was being changed into clothes, and put in the car to go downtown.

"No, Daddy, I'm fine! I don't want to go to the doctor!" I whined.

"Robin, do as your father tells you," Mommy warned.

Since it was a Saturday night, the doctor's office was closed and we had to go to the Emergency Room. I was so scared. We waited for two hours. Finally, we were brought into a cubicle where a nurse said a doctor would be right with us. Yeah, like another hour later. But Daddy stayed with me.

Finally, a doctor came in. Daddy took him aside and told him what had happened. He came over and looked at my hand.

"So, you got bitten by a wild rabbit, huh?" he said gruffly.

I was still scared, so I just nodded. He looked at my hand, put some cream on my cut, and put a band-aid on it.

"You were very lucky, young lady. The skin was not broken. But I suggest you stay away from wild animals from now on. They might look cute, but they can be very dangerous. Okay?" he said.

I just nodded again.

"Make sure you listen to the doctor," Daddy said.

"I will, Daddy. Can we go now?" I said sleepily. It had been a long day.

When we got back to Aunt Eve and Uncle Max's house, Jennifer was already asleep. It was after 10:00 at night and everyone had been very worried. They were glad it was nothing serious, and everyone went to bed.

I woke up in the middle of the night crying and sweating. I had had a bad dream. I ran into the room my parents were staying in, and tried to wake Daddy up.

"Robin? What's the matter, sweetie?" he asked sleepily.

"Daddy, I had a really bad dream," I cried.

Daddy pulled me up into bed with him. "Oh, it's okay. You want to tell me about it?" he asked.

I nodded my head. "There was this giant rabbit near the lake and he was after me. I tried to run, but I couldn't move. Then I woke up," I cried.

"Okay, well it was just a dream, sweetie. I think you should go back to sleep now," Daddy said tiredly.

"But, Daddy, you don't understand," I cried.

"Honey, it was just a bad dream. It's the middle of the night, and everyone's tired, we'll talk about it in the morning," Daddy said as he carried me back to the room Jenn and I were sleeping in.

"But, Daddy, Jenn and I were down by the lake. That's where I saw the rabbit!" I said aloud.

But Daddy didn't hear me. He was too tired. "Shhh! Sweetheart, go to sleep. We'll talk in the morning. Daddy's very tired. It's been a very long day. Go to sleep!" Daddy said as he tucked me back into bed. Then he left the room. I think I fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow.

I woke in the morning to the smell of pancakes and sausage. "Mmmmm, pancakes! Jenn, wake up, there's pancakes," I said while shaking Jennifer awake.

We both walked into the kitchen. There was Aunt Eve standing in the kitchen making breakfast. Uncle Max was sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.

I looked around. "Um, where's Mommy and Daddy?" I asked.

Jenn said sleepily, "Yeah, aren't they gonna have pancakes, too?"

Aunt Eve laughed. "You parents have had their breakfast already. They went for a walk. Come, sit down, I'll fix you a plate."

"I'm too tired to eat," my sister said.

Uncle Max looked at Jennifer, "Why are you up, then? You could have slept a little more."

Jennifer looked at me. "Robin woke me to have pancakes!" she said.

So we both sat down at the kitchen table and ate. The pancakes were very good, as was the sausage. We never had sausage at home.

After breakfast, Jenn and I sat on the living room floor watching cartoons. Mommy and Daddy came into the room.

"Good morning, girls!" Daddy said.

"Hey, sleepyheads!" said Mommy.

Jenn and I got up to give our parents hugs.

Aunt Eve came into the room. "Um, do you all mind if we go do some errands?"

"Of course not, Aunt Eve, we'll be here a few days. We don't want to keep you two from what you need to do!" Daddy said.

"Okay, well, we'll be home long before lunch. See you later!" Aunt Eve said, kissing me and Jenn before she and Uncle Max left.

Mommy went over and turned off the t.v. "Girls, we have to talk. Come sit here on the couch with us," she said.

Jenn and I looked at each other and then went and joined our parents on the couch.

"Girls, your mother and I took a nice long walk this morning. And I got to thinking about the rabbit in the bushes, and I wanted to check it out," Daddy said. "And you know what, I don't think it happened exactly the way you told it."

We didn't say anything.

"Did it?" Daddy asked.

"Why do you say that, Daddy?" Jennifer asked.

Daddy looked at us. He couldn't believe Jenn would ask that. Obviously, he had realized we had lied to him.

"Well, for one thing, on the other side of those bushes are the stone steps leading down to the lake. So, I'm wondering where you could have seen that rabbit," Daddy said.

"Oh!" I said.

"Oh? That's all you have to say?" Mommy asked.

"Robin, Jennifer, we want the truth and we want it now!" Daddy said sternly.

I looked at Jennifer. It had been her idea to go down to the lake, but I had thought of it originally. I was too busy wondering if Daddy really had heard me in the middle of the night, when I said we were down by the lake. But then wouldn't he have just asked me? Hey, my dad was actually cutting me a break! He didn't want Jennifer to know I had squealed. I kind of smiled.

"Okay, Daddy, we went down to the lake," my sister said finally.

"You did. Why?" Mommy asked.

"We just wanted to," Jenn said.

"You must have known we would not want you to go down there without an adult! I mean, Robin fell in the lake when your mother and aunt were there. What if it had happened again? There was no one there to help you. What you did was very bad!" Daddy said loudly.

"You don't know what could have happened. Robin was bitten by a rabbit. Now, granted, it wasn't serious, but it could have been. You girls did not think about any of this!" Mommy shouted.

Jenn and I had our heads hung down. We knew what we did was wrong.

"I'm sorry, Mommy, sorry, Daddy!" I said.

"Me, too. I'm really sorry!" Jenn said.

"Sorry isn't enough, girls. And on top of going down there without permission, you lied to us!" Daddy said sadly.

"Twice, even!" Mommy said.

"Twice?" I asked.

"First, when I pulled you out of the bushes," Daddy started.

"And second, when Daddy asked Robin what happened to her hand!" Mommy finished.

"You should have come clean, then!" Daddy said.

I knew it! I knew it! I knew we should have told the truth then.

"Are we gonna get a spanking?" Jennifer asked.

What is she stupid? Of course we were. Even I knew well enough not to ask.

Mommy and Daddy sent Jenn and I into the other room so they could discuss our punishment. I knew it was going to be bad; they never had to discuss anything before. Finally, they called us back into the living room.

"You will be punished three times, for the three times you misbehaved," Mommy said.

"Three spankings?" I asked.

"Two spankings, and one soap rinsing," Daddy said.

"No! That's not fair!" I yelled.

"Oh, it's fair. You should be glad you're not getting your mouth rinsed out with soap twice, since you lied twice," Mommy warned.

"But why two spankings, then?" Jenn asked.

"Because that's how we decided you would be punished," Daddy said. "I suggest you worry more about your little butt then about how we are raising you, do you understand, Jennifer Lynn?"

"Yes, sir," my sister said sadly.

Daddy looked at Mommy and said, "I'll take Robin into the bedroom first, while you spank Jennifer out here. Then we'll trade."

"Are you gonna use the hairbrush, Mommy?" I heard Jenn ask timidly as Daddy was leading me out of the room.

"No, you're very lucky that I'm not, young lady. You wouldn't like it at all," Mommy answered.

Daddy brought me into the room that Jenn and I were staying in. He sat down on the edge of my bed.

"Okay, let's go. Come here!" Daddy said.

I went and stood next to him. "I'm sorry, Daddy!" I cried. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth right away. I'll be good. Please don't spank me!"

I knew it wouldn't work, but I had to give it a try.

"Are you only sorry you didn't tell me the truth?" Daddy asked. "You're not sorry that you went to the lake without permission or without an adult?"

I thought about it for a minute. I wasn't really sorry that I had done that; I had felt so free. I would cherish that time Jenn and I had before we saw the rabbit for years to come. Of course, that wasn't what Daddy wanted to hear. So I lied again, but this time for a good cause.

"Of course, I am, Daddy! It was a stupid thing to do. Jenn and I know better!" I said. Oh, man, was I laying it on thick. But I knew it was what Daddy wanted.

"Okay, let's go!" Daddy said. We both could already hear Jennifer crying in the other room. I hoped Mommy was going easy on her.

Daddy pulled down my pajama bottoms and my panties and laid me across his lap. He started to spank fast and hard, alternating cheeks as he spanked. It hurt a lot, but I tried not to cry out right away. I knew there was a lot more to come. Finally, I couldn't hold it in any longer. I started to cry and didn't stop. Daddy kept hitting and hitting and hitting. When his hand finally stopped, I laid there sobbing.

He stood me up, and held me to his chest.

"Robin, I know you can be a good girl. I would like to see that good girl more often, okay?" Daddy asked.

I nodded. I cried into Daddy's chest for a long time. Then, having remembered something, I picked my head up and asked, "Daddy, how come you didn't tell Jennifer that I snitched on us last night?"

Daddy thought about what he was going to say. "Well," he began, "I knew you two would be punished pretty severely. I figured you would need each other, and I didn't want Jennifer to be mad at you, too." "Thank you, Daddy!" I said. Then I added, "I love you."

"I love you, too, sweetheart, now it's time for you to go out to Mommy, and send your sister in here, okay?" Daddy asked.

"Okay," I said.

I went to the living room. Jennifer was standing in the corner with just her pajama shirt on. Her bottom was already fading to a light pink.

"Jenn," I said, "Daddy's waiting for you."

Jennifer turned and walked over to Mommy. "I'm sorry, Mommy," she said.

"I know you are, baby," Mommy said as she hugged Jennifer. "Now go!" and she smacked Jennifer lightly and sent her on her way. Ouch! That had to have hurt.

I went and stood next to Mommy. Daddy had pulled my panties and pajama bottoms up before I had left the bedroom. But it seems like I didn't really need them now. Mommy pulled them down as soon as I was standing next to her. She even told me to step out of them.

"You know, Robin, I had assumed that going down to the lake was Jennifer's idea, but she told me you were the one who thought about it. I was very surprised, little girl!" Mommy said.

"Well, I only said I wished we could go. Jenn was the one who said we should do it," I said defensively.

"But you did go along with it, didn't you?" Mommy asked.

"Yes, ma'am," I said. Mommy always wanted to get a little more angry before she started spanking. But afterwards, everything always was forgiven.

"Are you ready?" Mommy asked sternly.

I nodded. Mommy pulled me up onto her lap. I laid there staring at my aunt's carpeting. I wondered now if my aunt and uncle knew what was about to happen and that's why they chose to do errands at this time. All of a sudden, I felt the first smack.

"Ouch! Mommy, that hurts!" I yelled, trying to get up.

Mommy pushed me back down. "It's supposed to hurt, Robin, now lay down!" she said.

While Daddy had alternated between cheeks, Mommy hit mostly in the middle of my bottom. She also moved back to my thighs, my legs, and the spot where my bottom meets my legs. I knew why, too. She wanted to make it difficult of me to sit later on. She wanted me to feel this for a few days. And believe me, I would!

Finally, when I was completely hysterical, Mommy stopped. She pulled me to my feet. But instead of the hugging and kissing and rubbing that usually accompanied Daddy's spankings, Mommy sent me to stand in the corner, with my really red bottom on display.

Of course, that's where I was when Aunt Eve and Uncle Max came home. Figures!

"Oooh, it looks like someone got their bottom warmed!" Aunt Eve exclaimed.

"More like toasted," Mommy said chuckling.

Daddy and Jennifer came out of the bedroom about ten minutes later. She was back in her pajamas. Mommy called me away from the corner and helped me into mine. Jenn and I sat gingerly on the couch next to Mommy and Daddy.

"We hope you girls learned a good lesson here," Daddy said.

"Yes, sir," Jenn answered, "we did."

"Yes, sir," I echoed, "we won't ever go anywhere without permission again."

"And we won't lie about it, if we do," Jenn said.

Then realizing what my sister said, we all laughed. The rest of our stay in Connecticut went off without a hitch. And it was a long time before Jennifer and I did anything like that again. And I still always remember the great freedom we had when we were down by that lake, by ourselves!