Katherine was the golden girl and Paul's next door neighbour. She was pretty, quite lovely really, highly intelligent, personable, and seemed to succeed at everything she did. Katherine never lacked for a date and always seemed to have boys lining up to take her out. Paul had even dated her a couple of times himself, but although they knew each other well, their dates had lacked that certain something, causing them both to drift away, preferring other partners.
Katherine was a bit of a tease, liking to lead the boys on and flirt, but always seemed to know when to draw the line, never letting things get too heated, or letting a boy get too infatuated with her. She seemed to be, to everyone who knew her, a thoroughly nice girl.
Actually, not quite everyone. Paul had known her since childhood, and had spotted those little flaws that other people tended to overlook or excuse. She was always determined to get her own way, and usually managed to do this, sometimes using what Paul considered iffy tactics. She was also reluctant to admit a mistake, preferring to find reasons why others had actually failed, rather than seeing that she might be at fault.
Still, Paul was all for a peaceful life, and Katherine could be disturbing at the best of times, let alone when she was trying to talk someone into doing something they didn't want to. Paul generally just went along with her various requests, it being easier to just humour her than to try and fight her.
The problem that arose came about soon after Katherine's eighteenth birthday. She'd had her learners for months, put in the requisite hours and on her birthday she'd gone for and earned her driver's license. She was now ready to be let loose on the roads, with just one small problem. She didn't own a car. Yet! She was saving for one, and her parents had promised to contribute, matching her dollar for dollar, so she was quietly confident of acquiring one before too much longer. Being an excellent mechanic, Paul had agreed to check out any car she was interested in to make sure that she wasn't going to be taken to the cleaners. Until she had that car, however, she was stuck with borrowing her parent's car or public transport.
Then came the weekend when her parents had to go out for the day. There was some sort of strife with the buses and Katherine couldn't be sure of getting one to take her to the beach, or of catching one back even if she did get there, and it was too late to arrange a lift with one of the gang. She needed to borrow a car, and Paul had a nice one and she just knew he could do without it today, as he could always ride his motorbike.
Katherine breezed into Paul's place, quietly confident that he would yield the point without argument, as he always did. She was shocked when he simply laughed at her. "No way known, Katy," he told her. "I've seen you drive and you're a bit too brash for my tastes. You're bound to have a bingle soon and I'd as soon that you didn't have it my car."
"It's Katherine, not Katy," she said, "and I'm a good driver. Everyone says so. And I don't speed."
"You may not speed, KATY," Paul said, "but you take silly chances. The answer is no and the point is non-negotiable."
She cajoled and was met with that little word, no. She pleaded, and still it was no. She raged at him for being a selfish beast who never did anything for her and she wouldn't ask for anything else ever, if he would please reconsider.
"What part of NO don't you understand," queried Paul with raised eyebrow. "You can trust me on this. You're not getting your hands on my car just because you want to go to the beach. I'm about to go jogging. Don't let the door hit you on the way out." Paul turned, the matter over with in his mind, and left the room.
Walking out fuming, Katherine noticed the keys hanging up next to the front door. Two sets, and that set were the keys to Paul's car. She hesitated. Dare she? What would Paul do? He wouldn't call the cops she was sure. He'd probably just wait til she got back and then yell at her, but it's his own fault for leaving his keys around and she could sweet-talk him afterwards. He was too meek to ever really argue with her. "He didn't sound too meek when he said I couldn't have the car," she thought momentarily, but hastily waved away the errant idea.
Dropping the keys in her purse she returned home with a spring in her step, ready to gather her things for the beach.
She waited for a while, watching next door, and shortly after saw Paul heading out for his daily jog. She grabbed up her things and raced around to where Paul was parked, got in, started the engine and prepared to leave. She suddenly realise that she'd better let Paul know that she had the car or he might actually report it stolen, so she texted him a quick message, then turned her phone off so he couldn't reply. Pulled out and headed for the beach.
Paul was just warming up when his phone beeped, and he glanced at the message, and then stiffened. "She wouldn't dare," he fumed, knowing full well she would. He tried to call her, only to find that her phone was not currently connected. Grimly he turned and headed back home. He knew the beach she frequented and on his bike he would arrive there very shortly after her.
Katherine was actually quite a competent driver, and experienced no problems on the road to the beach. It was turning into the carpark that she struck a minor snag. Another car was waiting to come out and taking up far too much room in Katherine's opinion, so Katherine was forced to go just that little bit wider to enter. The thought of waiting for the other car to exit first never even occurred to her. She'd arrived, she had right of way and she had room. It wasn't until she heard the nasty scraping sound along the side that she realised that perhaps she'd turned just a tad too wide. Pulling into a vacant spot she hastily looked over the damage. "Not too bad," she thought hopefully. "Perhaps he won't even notice. And he can fix it easily enough if he does. I'll offer to help." She headed off to the beach to change and join the others, knowing that she was probably the last one to arrive.
Paul pulled into carpark about a minute later, easing over and stopping next to his car. Sat looking at the damage to the side. Two panels badly scraped. He could fix it but it would take time he could be using to do other things. Now to find the brat. He headed down to the beach. On reaching the beach he glanced around and sure enough, there was Katy, about to enter the changing room. As he approached he heard one of the girls call out to Katy as she vanished inside. "You're the last one you know. All the rest of us are changed and ready."
He smiled grimly and stalked into the dressing room, anxious to have a word with that young lady.
Inside, Katherine had wasted no time stripping off her dress and bra, and was reaching for her bikini top when Paul came in. She squealed and snatched her hands up to cover her breasts, opened her mouth to scream at him and found that Paul hadn't even slowed down on seeing her state of dress. He just stepped straight up to her, sat himself down and swung her face down across his knee. "Convenient," he said. "No dress to get in the way." Then his hand came down forcefully across her backside.
Katherine was shocked. She was the golden girl. People just did not treat her this way. She had never been spanked. Before she had a chance to really gather her thoughts, Paul had landed half a dozen very hard smacks on her bottom. She could feel heat emanating from it, and knew it must already have a deep red tinge. Katherine found herself swung back to her feet, facing a very irate Paul, one who was nothing like the man she normally walked over.
Paul pointed his finger at her and almost snarled the words. "That," he said, "was my immediate reaction to the damage you have done to my car. You will now get dressed again, return to my car, drive it home and then go to your room and wait for me. I am going to go and tell your friends that you've suddenly been called away and won't be joining them. I will then head home and call on you. You had better be there, waiting."
Katherine started to speak, wanting to explain that it wasn't really her fault, but found herself talking to his back. At the door, Paul turned and looked back at. "Not dressed yet?" he commented. "Better hurry. You really don't want to be late getting home." He left.
Katherine stood for a moment stunned, and then hastily threw on her dress. "He can't do that to me," she fumed. "Who does he think he is? I'll be waiting when he gets there alright and I'll have a few things to say to him. How dare he spank me like that. I was nearly naked. And he didn't even look at me." She couldn't decide which of the crimes was the worse. The injury caused by the spanking or the insult of not noticing she was effectively naked.
She drove home, parked and stormed up to her room, leaving the front door open, knowing that Paul would be along at any moment. And was she ever ready to face him.
She heard Paul's bike coming and stood, facing her bedroom door, arms akimbo, just waiting for him to come storming in. To her surprise there was a quiet tap on the door and it was opened, to reveal Paul standing there. He quietly stepped in and closed the door behind him. Never being reluctant to say her piece, Katherine started on him straight away. "How dare you spank me like that?" she demanded. "In case you hadn't noticed I was nearly naked. Just who do you think you are? And sending me home from the beach like a naughty child? If you think you can get away with treating me like that you're about to find you're badly mistaken."