Note from Sampast: A fan wrote to me that she thought Shawn (in the story, Sled Dogs) should be spanked.  I told her if she wanted to write the story, I would consider posting it.  I liked it so much, that I decided to put it on my website.  Here it is:

 

Epilogue to Sled Dogs (F/M)

Ó2004 by Lady Diana

 

(with the general if you don't like spanking stories, you shouldn't read this

disclaimers. :)

 

A few days after Christmas, Dee heard that Shawn had

been reprimanded for the horrible scene at the Magic

Kingdom Christmas Eve party. It turned out that Shawn

had been drinking, and was, in fact, out taking a nip

when Dee's precocious four-year-old twins, Beckie and

Benny, had let the sled dogs out of the kennels.

 

Ever since the party, Shawn had been avoiding Dee like

the plague. Whenever he saw her, he blushed with guilt

and hurried away. Dee was exasperated. She and Shawn

had been good friends for a long time and often took

their lunch breaks together. Dee was upset with Shawn

for endangering her children, not to mention the other

children at the party. Also, she was concerned about

Shawn's drinking. Somewhere in the back of her mind,

she knew what she needed to do about it, but she

carefully avoided acknowledging it to herself.

 

Finally, just before the New Year, Dee cornered Shawn.

"I need to talk to you, buster. Tonight, after supper,

come to my house."

 

Shawn nodded resignedly, looking guilty and vaguely

frightened. Then he hurried back to It's a Small

World, where he was working that day.

 

After work, Dee picked up the twins from preschool. As

they chattered eagerly about their day, Dee felt

twinges of anxiety about what would happen when Shawn

came to the house. Always insightful, Beckie noticed

and said, "Mommy, whatsa matter?" 

 

Dee smiled at her daughter. "Everything is A-OK,

Beckiebunny. No worries, no fears, all smiles, no

tears. And guess who is going to spend the night at

Auntie Kelli's house??"

 

Bennie bounced up and down excitedly. "Auntie Kelli!

Auntie Kelli! Yayyyy!"

 

Beckie looked unconvinced, but joined quickly in her

twin's enthusiasm. "I likes going to Auntie Kelli's!"

she proclaimed.

 

Dee smiled and enjoyed the twins' ramblings about

things they had done with Auntie Kelli when they had

stayed with her in the past. She took them home, and

helped them pack their overnight bags.

 

"I's gonna take my squirt gun!" Bennie announced.

 

"Me too, me too!" Beckie agreed.

 

Dee kissed them each on the top of the head. "It'll be

too late to play with squirt guns when you get to

Auntie Kelli's tonight, my bunnies. How about taking

someone to sleep with?"

 

After  much deliberation and discussion, Beckie picked

out a stuffed scotty dog puppy that Santa had given

her. Bennie chose his favorite teddy bear that he'd

had since the twins were born. They took their bags

downstairs and helped their Mommy make tacos for

dinner.

 

After they'd eaten, Dee cleaned up the twins and

walked them next door to her best friend's house, whom

the twins had always known as Auntie Kelli. As she

handed over their bags to Kelli and reminded her of

their bedtime routine, Kelli winked at her. "I know

who's coming over. It's Shawn, and I know you've been

liking him a long time."

 

Dee groaned and rolled her eyes. "Yes, Kel, I'm

dropping off my kids with you for the night so I

can..." Dee blushed and trailed off.

 

Kelli chuckled. "No reason why the twins can't stay

with us when you...." She winked again.

 

Dee rolled her eyes again, and hugged and kissed her

twins good night. They barely noticed her leaving,

they were so entranced with the cookie dough and

cookie cutters sitting out on the kitchen counter.

 

Dee walked back to the house, her stomach churning.

She knew what she was going to do, but the thought

made her nervous. Anxiously, she took the hairbrush

and a bottle of moisturizing lotion from the bathroom

and put them on her bedside table. She then wandered

through the house, tidying up the twins' toys and

books while she wondered if Shawn would even come.

 

At shortly after 7:00, the doorbell rang. Dee took a

deep breath and answered the door. Shawn stood there,

smiling nervously and holding a bouquet of flowers.

"For you.. To apologize. I'm really sorry, Dee."

 

Dee felt her resolve falter, but she recovered it

quickly and took the flowers. "Come in, Shawn. I'll

put these in some water."

 

Dee hurried into the kitchen, where she smelled the

flowers deeply. Tulips, her favorite. She put them in

a blue ceramic vase that the twins had given her for

Mother's Day and set the vase in the middle of the

table. Then, refusing to glance at the vase again, she

closed her eyes, and rehearsed what was coming next in

her mind again. She took a deep breath again, and

walked calmly back to the living room. Shawn was

sitting on the couch, nervously chewing his lip.

 

"Shawn, I think you know what I need to talk with you

about," she began.

 

Shawn nodded and spoke quickly, "I'm so sorry, Dee. It

won't happen again. It was my fault your kids let out

those dogs. I'm really sorry."

 

Dee nodded and looked in Shawn's eyes. "I hope you

realize what you did. You put my kids and everyone

else's kids in danger. Those dogs could have bitten

someone! You knew you were responsible for the sled

dogs, but you decided that drinking was more important

than your responsibility."

 

Shawn nodded again. "I messed up, bad." he said

quietly.

 

"I'm your friend, Shawn. I care about you very much.

Your drinking worries me. I'm worried about your

health. I'm worried about you. I think you need some

help with your drinking."

 

Again, he nodded, but this time he did not speak.

 

"I'm very disappointed in you, Shawn. And I think I

know what we need to do about it."

 

"Do?" Shawn looked confused, a bit scared, and maybe

even a bit hopeful. "What do you mean, do?"

 

At this point, Dee's resolve nearly failed her

completely. She nearly said, "Never mind, I don't

know, forget about it." But then, she saw in her

mind's eye, one of the sled dogs biting Bennie's

little arm, nearly tearing it off. Of course the dogs

at MK were gentle, but still, who knew what could have

happened? With that image burning in her head, Dee

stood up. "Follow me, young man."

 

Bewildered, Shawn followed Dee to her bedroom. He

stopped at the doorway. "Uh, Dee, I don't... I mean...

Uhm..."

 

Dee turned and faced him. "It's not that. I'm not

going to sleep with you. Come in here."

 

Shawn swallowed hard and walked into the bedroom. Dee

sat on the bed and patted the space next to her. Shawn

sat down and looked at her with confusion.

 

"Shawn, you've made some bad choices. And there are

consequences for choices, aren't there?" Dee said. He

nodded, and she continued. "You put kids at risk. You

acted irresponsibly. There need to be consequences for

those actions."

 

"Uhm... Cal gave me a written reprimand. It's in my

file now," he said, still confused.

 

"Yes, that's the consequence of not doing your job

properly. But I'm going to give you the consequence

for endangering my kids and the other kids, and for

not taking proper care of yourself. I'm your friend,

and I care about you." Dee replied.

 

Shawn swallowed hard. "Uhm... what do you mean, you're

going to give me the consequence?"

 

Dee looked him directly in the eye. "I'm going to give

you a spanking. You've behaved very badly, and you

need to be disciplined." Dee could scarcely believe

how steady and in control her voice sounded. Inside,

her stomach had descended to her kneecaps.

 

Shawn's eyes widened. "A... A sp.... A spanking?" he

repeated, his voice cracking.

 

Dee nodded. "You deserve one, don't you think?"

 

He swallowed hard once more, bit his lip, and very

very slowly nodded his head. "Yes, ma'am. I do."

 

"You do what?" Dee heard herself asking.

 

"I do deser.. deserve a spa....spanking."

 

Dee took a deep breath and released it. Feeling in

more certain territory she said, "Can you tell me why

you deserve a spanking, Shawn?"

 

He nodded again. "Because I wasn't responsible and the

kids could have gotten hurt and I shouldn't be

drinking when I have responsibilities to take care

of."

 

Dee nodded and motioned for Shawn to stand up. When he

stood, she sat in the middle of the bed, legs out

straight in front of her with her back against the

headboard. "Alright, young man. Take down your pants

and underwear and come over my lap."

 

Without a word, Shawn slid his belt out of his jeans

and unfastened them. He slid them down a bit, and lay

over Dee's lap. Then he pulled his jeans and underwear

down further. Dee smiled a bit at his modesty. She

adjusted his pants and underwear down further and

rubbed his back with her left hand. When she was sure

he was calm, she placed her right hand lightly on his

bottom. "Are you ready?" she asked.

 

"Yes, ma'am," he said quietly, and Dee lifted her hand

and brought it down sharply on his bottom, alternating

cheeks.

 

"Shawn, {Spank! Spank!} you will not {Spank! Spank!}

endanger children with your {Spank! Spank!}

carelessness. You have {Spank! Spank!} better judgment

than {Spank! Spank!} that. You have to learn {Spank!

Spank!} to use that judgment." Dee had started

spanking him as she would her twins, but had rapidly

increased the hardness of the spanks, since he was an

adult. "Do you {Spank! Spank!} understand that?

{Spank! Spank! Spank! Spank!}"

 

"I understand... I'm sorry..." Shawn's voice was shaky

and his bottom was getting red. Dee picked up the

hairbrush from the bedside table.

 

"And you will not {Spank! Spank!} continue to drink in

such an uncontrolled {Spank! Spank! Spank!} and

unhealthy manner! You are {Spank! Spank!} a worthwhile

person and you need {Spank! Spank!} to take better

care of yourself. {Spank! Spank! Spank!} I don't want

you {Spank! Spank!} drinking yourself to death!"

 

Shawn jumped a bit when she brought the brush down on

his bottom the first time, but other than that he

tried to remain still. "Oww.... I'll do better.....

I'm sorry."

 

Dee stopped and rubbed his bottom. "We're almost done,

honey." Shawn nodded, and Dee rubbed his red bottom

for a couple of minutes, then said, "Are you ready to

finish?"

 

"Yes, ma'am," Shawn replied softly, and Dee picked the

brush back up.

 

She spanked his sit spots firmly with the brush, "I

want you {Spank! Spank!} to understand that I {Spank!

Spank!} am going to help you {Spank! Spank!} to do

better. If you endanger my kids {Spank! Spank!} again,

expect to be over my lap {Spank! Spank!} again. Is

that {Spank!} clear?"

 

Shawn nodded and nodded, and Dee put the brush down.

"It's all over, the spanking's done, honey. It's all

forgiven now." Dee picked up the lotion and rubbed it

into Shawn's red bottom and sit spots.

 

"I'm sorry. I'll do better, I promise," he said,

relaxing as the cool lotion soothed his bottom.

 

"I know you will, honey. I know you will," Dee said,

gently rubbing his bottom. When she had rubbed in the

lotion fully, she kissed Shawn's head. "Come here."

 

Shawn pulled up his underwear and jeans and sat next

to Dee. She put her arm around him and pulled him to

her. He rested his head against her while she

whispered reassurances to him. "It's okay,

everything's alright, everything's going to be fine,

honey, it's alright, it's alright, I'm right here,

it's okay, it's okay."

 

Shyly, Shawn looked at her. "Did you mean it... when

you said you'd help me? I mean.... help me, like

this?"

 

Dee nodded. "I care about you, Shawn. I want to help

you, and I think this is the way you need to be

helped."

 

He snuggled against her, nodding. "I think so too..."

 

And so they snuggled close, talking quietly about

things Shawn needed help with, then talking about

things in general, nothing and everything. Eventually,

they were laying under the covers, snuggling and

talking, and then they were asleep, curled up

together.