Change of Scenery-chapter 5
by SamPast
and Huggedlots
Copyright (c) 1999
An hour later, Jennifer
woke up. She looked around, trying to remember what time it was, and why she was
in her bed. She felt wet, and the pain in her bottom reminded her about the
morning. "Oh, yeah, now I remember," she thought to herself.
She got up and wandered
around the house looking for her mother. She found Lisa sitting on the couch in
the den, reading. Robin was on the floor working on a puzzle.
"Hey, Sleepyhead, did
you have a nice nap?" Lisa asked.
Jenn didn't answer. She was
still half-asleep. She just went to Lisa and let her mother cradle her in her
arms. They sat that way for awhile: Lisa holding Jenn and she just cuddling
against her mother.
Then Lisa heard Jennifer
softly sobbing. "What is it, baby?" she asked.
"I'm so sorry, Mommy.
I disobeyed you. I was really bad," Jenn sobbed.
Lisa pushed Jenn up and
turned her around so that she was looking into her eyes. "Listen to me,
young lady, YOU are not bad. Your behavior was bad. We've talked about this
before. Do you understand the difference?" Lisa asked sternly.
"Yes, Mommy, I'm
sorry," Jenn said quietly.
Lisa sighed. "It's okay,
honey. I just don't want you thinking you're bad. Now, how 'bout we go change
you and get you some lunch? It's getting late." She stood Jennifer up,
then turned to Robin and said, "Robin, please go get Maggie up so they can
have their lunch."
Robin got up reluctantly.
So far, Jenn hadn't said anything, but Robin still felt bad about telling on
them. She didn't want to face Maggie. She walked down the hall to her parents'
bedroom. She opened the door and was surprised to see Maggie awake.
"Hey!" Robin
said. "Hey!" Maggie said back.
"My mom said it was
time to get up and have lunch," Robin said and then turned away.
"Okay," Maggie
answered. She got up and went over to the mirror near where Robin was standing.
Robin wouldn't look at her.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Maggie asked.
"Nothing, forget
it," said Robin.
"Why won't you look at
me?" Maggie asked impatiently.
"Because I feel bad
that I told on you," Robin replied.
"You told? So that's
how Aunt Lisa found us in the basement? Why would you do that, Robin?"
Maggie asked.
"I had to," Robin
said impatiently. "My mom said I'd be in as much trouble as you if I
didn't."
Robin walked out of the
room, towards the kitchen. Maggie followed. "So you just snitched on
us?"
Jenn came out of her bedroom
and could feel the animosity in the room. "What's going on?"
"Robin just told me
that she told on us. That's how your mom found us in the basement," Maggie
uttered.
Jennifer turned on Robin.
"YOU TOLD?"
"I had to, Jenn! Mommy
said if I didn't I would be in big trouble, too," Robin tried hard to
explain.
"You couldn't just
lie? You couldn't just say that you didn't know where we were. I mean you were
at Caroline's! You could have just said you didn't know where we were because
you were at Caroline's!" Jenn shouted.
"That's enough!"
Lisa said walking into the kitchen.
All the girls stopped and
stared at Lisa. Jenn looked down. She knew her mother had heard her trying to
convince Robin to lie.
"What Robin did, was
the right thing," Lisa said as she turned to face Jennifer and Maggie.
"What you two did, was the wrong thing, and you
know it. What if Robin didn't tell me and something happened to the two of you?
I don't even want to think about it. Now, the case is settled. Sit down and
have your lunch before it's dinnertime."
The rest of the afternoon
passed slowly. Maggie and Jennifer were punished, and couldn't go anywhere.
Therefore, they were bored. Robin was bored, too, and Maggie and Jennifer were
ignoring her. No one was happy. Lisa was getting aggravated looking at three
gloomy faces.
"All right, that's it.
I want you all outside," she said to them.
Maggie and Jennifer jumped
up. "You mean it?" Jenn asked.
"Yes, but you have to
be friends with Robin again, or you can't go," Lisa said sharply.
Maggie looked at Jennifer
and Jenn looked at Maggie. "Um, okay," Maggie agreed.
Jenn touched Maggie's arm.
"But- - - ?" Maggie shrugged it off. "It's
okay, come on, Robin, let's go outside."
Robin was happy. Even if
Jenn wasn't ready to forgive her, Maggie was. They all put on their coats and
headed for the door.
"You can go to the
playground downstairs, and that's it!" Lisa demanded. "If I come down
there and you are not where you are supposed to be, then. . ."
"No, that's okay, Aunt
Lisa, you don't have to finish the sentence, we know," Maggie said, as she
rubbed her bottom.
"Okay, girls, have
fun. And behave yourselves!" Lisa called after them.
They took the elevator
down. Maggie mouthed to Jennifer, "Don't worry, I have a plan."
As soon as they got to the
lobby, they pushed open the back doors and ran out to the playground. It was
pretty empty. Robin ran straight to the swings. Jennifer started to run, but
Maggie held her back.
"Come on, let's go
plot our revenge," Maggie said quietly.
Maggie led Jenn to the
monkey bars. They both got up on the top monkey bar and looked out at Robin on
the swings. Robin was talking to a little girl, and
swinging happily. She had no idea that her sister and friend were plotting
against her.
"So, what's the
plan?" asked Jenn.
"I don't know. But it
has to be something good. We have to get her to do something that she knows is
wrong, and then get her into trouble," Maggie replied.
"Umm, I don't know
about this," Jenn said reluctantly. "What did you have in mind?"
Maggie looked around. She
saw the pool covered up on the other side of the fence.
"Hmmm, what if we
dared Robin to hop that fence and run around the pool?" Maggie asked.
"Yeah, right, what are
you, crazy? Robin wouldn't do that. She knows better than to go near an empty
pool!" Jenn stated.
"Exactly," Maggie
said. "Come on, let's tell her."
Maggie jumped down from the
monkey bars and started running in Robin's direction. Jennifer caught up to
her, and grabbed her arm.
"Wait. I don't think
this is such a good idea, Maggie. Robin might get hurt. She doesn't even know
how to hop a fence," Jennifer said.
"So? We'll show her.
You want to get back at her for telling on us, don't you?" Maggie egged
her on.
"Yeah, but. . . Can't
we find another way?" Jenn asked.
"No, this is it. It's
perfect. And if we time it right, your mom will catch her doing it, and we
won't even have to snitch on her," Maggie laughed.
Jennifer knew it was wrong,
but kept her mouth shut. She felt torn between doing the right thing, and
Maggie being mad at her, or letting her sister do something dangerous.
Jenn caught up to Maggie.
She was standing and talking to Robin by the swings.
"Hey, Robin, you know
we're still mad at you. We only told your mom that we forgave you so we could
come outside," Maggie teased.
"Oh," Robin said
quietly.
"But, if you want us
to be your friends again, you have to prove to us that you are worthy of our
friendship," Maggie said.
"What's that
mean?" Robin asked. She looked at Jenn. Jennifer wouldn't meet her gaze.
Maggie answered, "It means, that you have to do something that you don't want to
do, and then we'll trust you again."
"I don't get it,"
Robin replied honestly.
Maggie pointed. "You
see that fence over there? We want you to climb it, and then
run around the pool three times, and then hop back over."
"Yeah, right! No, really?"
Robin asked.
"Really. Right, Jenn?" Maggie nudged Jennifer.
She said, "Uh, yeah."
"Well, I won't do it.
Give me a break. I'm not getting into trouble. Why do you think I didn't go
down with you to the basement in the first place?" Robin asked.
"You won't get into
trouble. That's the beauty of it. You just do it. We don't mention it. And then
you'll be forgiven," Maggie said.
"But I don't
understand. Why would me doing something wrong make
you forgive me?" Robin asked.
"Just because,"
Maggie said. "Now, if you don't do it, we'll tell your mother that you
did, and you'll be spanked."
"Wait a minute!"
Robin yelled. "If I do it, you won't say anything, and you'll be my friend
again. But if I don't do it, you'll tell that I did?"
"Yep!" Maggie
said.
Now Robin was torn. She
didn't want to do it, but she also didn't want a spanking. And she knew how
persuasive Maggie could be. If Maggie told her mom that she did something, and
had Jennifer to back her up, then Lisa would never believe HER! But she also
knew it was wrong to go near the pool.
Robin started to cry.
"Please don't do this, Maggie! Jenn!"
Jennifer turned away. Her
anger had subsided, and she felt bad hurting her sister. "Okay, forget
it!" Jenn said.
"NO! Do it now,
Robin!" Maggie said.
"Maggie!" Jenn
said.
"Fine, don't do it.
And fine, Jenn, be her friend again. I don't care. In fact, maybe both of you should
do it. Yeah, that's it. If you don't both do it, I'll tell on both of
you!" Maggie shouted.
"Why are you being
this way, Maggie?" Robin asked.
"You two are the only
real friends I've ever had! And if you don't want to prove it to me, then
fine!" Maggie shouted.
She had totally lost it.
Now all three girls were crying. None of them knew what had just happened.
"This is so silly.
Let's just forget this," Jenn said, trying to be the peacemaker.
"I know. Let's all
three do it," Maggie suggested.
"What? Are you
crazy?" Robin asked.
"Yeah. Let's do it. All three of us will hop the
fence, run around the pool three times and then hop back over. Then we'll all
keep our mouths shut. And we'll be the best of friends, again," Maggie
replied.
Robin and Jenn just looked
at each other. They both thought Maggie was crazy, but knew she would not back
down. They wanted to prove to her that they were her friends, so they
reluctantly agreed to it.
All three walked slowly
over to the fence. There was a big sign in front of it that said, "Pool
Closed. No trespassing."
"Um, I don't know
about this," Robin said. "Me, neither," said Jenn.
"Oh, don't be such scaredy cats. Come on, I'll do it first," Maggie said.
And before they could stop
her, Maggie had climbed up and over and was running around the pool. "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Maggie yelled each time she
passed the twins. And before they knew it, Maggie was back over to their side.
"See? It was
easy," she said, a little out of breath. "Okay, who's next?"
The twins looked at each
other. Neither wanted to be next. Finally, Jennifer
said, "Okay, I guess me. Help me up!"
Robin and Maggie helped
Jenn up and then soon she was over the fence. She ran around the pool really fast.
More because she was scared to death of being caught.
Before she knew it, the three times were finished, and she was back on the
other side, safe.
Now it was Robin's turn.
She knew she had to do it. Reluctantly, she let Maggie and Jenn help her up the
fence. She was scared to death. Then she ran around three times. She actually
felt better. She felt older and freer. As she was coming back down the fence,
she felt big hands on her.
"WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?"
Uh-oh, it was her father.
Charlie pulled Robin down from the top of the fence. She looked down at the
ground.
"Look at me, young
lady. WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING JUST NOW?" he roared.
"Uh, um, uh, I'm
sorry, Dadddddeeeee!" Robin sobbed.
Charlie looked at the other
two girls. "What's going on here? How could you let Robin do that?"
Before they could say a
word, Robin said, "They tried to stop me, Daddy, but I did it anyway. It
was a dare!"
Maggie and Jenn were
speechless. They truly forgave her now. She had sacrificed herself for them.
When they were in the elevator on the way up, Robin wouldn't let them say they
had done it, too. She knew they had already been punished once today, and it
was because of her. She would take this to her grave.
When they got to their
apartment, Charlie opened the door and led the three girls in. Lisa looked up
from the dinner she was preparing. She was surprised to see her husband.
"Honey, what are you
doing home so early?" Lisa said as she kissed him.
Charlie said, "When we
were on the phone and you told me the girls were in the playground, I thought
I'd knock off early and go and surprise them, maybe play with them outside for
a little bit. Well, everyone was surprised, that's for sure."
Then he turned to Robin and
said, "YOU. Go wait for me in your room. I want you on your bed, and
nowhere else, is that CLEAR?" Charlie gave her a good smack on the rear
end and sent her on her way.
Lisa looked after Robin,
then turned to Charlie, "Uh-oh, what was that all about?"
"Well, I told you we
were all surprised? Well, when I got to where these two," he motioned
Jennifer and Maggie, who hadn't said a word since they walked in to the
apartment, "were standing, I looked through the gate and saw Robin running
around the pool. Then she climbed up one side and down the other side and
that's when I caught her. Literally."
Lisa turned her face up,
"What was she doing by the pool? Isn't it closed and covered over?"
"Of course it
is," Charle stated.
"Do you two know
anything about this?" Lisa asked.
"We, um, uh, we. .
." Jenn began.
Maggie cut her off.
"No, we were playing and then we saw Robin go over the fence. We got there
right before Uncle Charlie."
"I thought Robin told
me you tried to stop her," Charlie pondered.
"Uh, yeah, that's what
I meant. I mean, we tried to get her to come back, but it was after she had
already done it," Maggie declared.
"Is that what
happened, Jennifer?" Lisa asked.
Maggie stared at Jenn.
"Yes, Mommy," Jennifer said quietly.
"Well, let's get to
the bottom of this," Charlie said, as he took Lisa's hand. Together they
went to the twins' room.
"I can't believe I
just lied to them," Jenn said.
"Well, you know the
alternative, don't you? And anyway, Robin didn't want us to admit we had done
it, too. She would have said it, she would have told on us right away. She was
saving us," Maggie explained.
"Yeah, but, I should
tell. . ." Jenn began.
"NO! You can't. Not
now. Then we'd all be in trouble for lying. Right now, Robin's gonna get it. You heard what your dad said, 'he wants to
get to the bottom of this'. He meant Robin's bottom," Maggie expressed
thoughtfully.
"I know, that's why I should tell the truth. I feel bad,"
Jennifer said.
"Come on, let's see if
we can hear what's going on," Maggie said, as she went over to the twins'
door and pressed her ear against it.
Inside, Charlie and Lisa
were sitting on Jennifer's bed, facing Robin. She was sitting on her bed,
staring at the carpet.
"Look at us, young
lady!" Charlie declared.
Robin looked up. "Yes,
Daddy?"
"Robin, we need you to
tell us what you were doing on the other side of that gate! The pool is closed
for the season. You could have been hurt!" Lisa cried.
"What were you
doing?" Charlie repeated.
"I told you, Daddy, it
was a dare!" Robin replied.
"A
dare? Who dared
you to do that?" Lisa asked.
"It was, it was, just
this boy. You don't know him," Robin said.
"A
boy?" Lisa
asked.
"Yeah, I don't know
his name. I've seen him around, but I don't think he lives here," Robin
continued to lie.
"Why were you talking
to this boy? Why weren't you playing with your sister and Maggie?" Lisa
asked. She didn't understand, and wanted to get to the bottom of this
situation.
"I think they were
still a little mad at me. But I didn't care. I went on the swings. And I talked
to some of the kids there, and. . . "
"Why was Jennifer and
Maggie mad at you?" Charlie asked.
"Um, because, well, . . ." Robin didn't know where to begin.
"Robin told on them
this morning and they both got spankings. We'll talk about that later, hon," Lisa told Charlie.
"I see. Okay, let's
get back to this. Tell me what this boy said to you," Charlie inquired.
And the conversation went
on like that for awhile. Charlie and Lisa were asking detailed questions and Robin
was making it up as she went along. Maggie was impressed.
"Hey, she's good. I
didn't know she had it in her," Maggie said.
"Come on. Let's go to
the den and watch t.v. I don't want Mommy or Daddy
finding us out here listening," Jenn said as she pulled Maggie away from
the door.
Back inside, Charlie said,
"Well, I still don't understand, young lady. You know that what you did
was wrong, but you did it anyway. And you WILL be punished."
"Yes, Daddy,"
Robin said.
Lisa left the room. She
went back to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner.
Charlie told Robin to come
to him. She went and stood in front of her father. "Tell me why you are
being punished, little girl!"
"Because I went over
the fence and near the pool which is closed," Robin said. "I'm sorry,
Daddy, I won't do it again!"
"No you won't! You had
better not! Or you will find yourself right where you are right now. Let's
go!" he ordered.
Then he pulled her pants
and panties down to her ankles and pulled her over his lap. He began to spank
hard and fast, alternating cheeks as he hit. He spanked over and over again,
until Robin was hysterically sobbing and her bottom was numb from the pain.
Finally, when Charlie knew
she had had enough, he stood her up, and hugged her. "Robin, you know that
I love you very much, don't you?" he asked. She
nodded. "And your mother and I always want you to be safe. I don't ever
want to see you doing something so dangerous again. I don't care if it is a
dare. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Daddy, I'm sorry!"
Robin sobbed.
"Okay, I know you are.
You just rest here for a little while until dinner. I love you,
sweetheart," Charlie said as he kissed her on her forehead. Then he left
the room.
He went into the den, where
Maggie and Jenn were watching t.v.
"So, tell me about
this morning," Charlie said.
The girls reluctantly told
them what they had done that morning in the basement. Charlie, of course, was
shocked and surprised, and told them they were lucky they had been punished
already. After a while, they asked if they could go see Robin.
"Okay, and then you
can help set the table for dinner. Maggie, your mom should be here, too, any
minute," Charlie said.
The girls went into the
bedroom, and found Robin laying on her stomach on her
bed.
"Hey!" Maggie
said.
"Hi!" Robin
answered.
Jenn put her arm around her
sister. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine,
just a little sore. You know how that is," Robin replied.
"Yeah, I do. Why did
you do that, Robin? Why didn't you just tell on us?" Jennifer asked.
"Just consider it a
present. Let's just drop it, all right?" Robin smiled.
"No, I think I should
tell Mommy and Daddy the truth," Jennifer started to get up.
"NO, Jennifer! You
can't. Now sit down. We have plans to make. Halloween is coming up. And then Thanksgiving. And we have a lot of planning to do
before then!" Robin stated.
Maggie and Jenn just
smiled.
to be continued...