Angie is a nice kid. She may only be sixteen but she shows a maturity beyond her years and is definitely going to make something of her life. She has a touch of real artistry in her and, although I hate to admit it, she is a far better photographer than me. She can take pictures on her little automatic that I can't even touch with my good equipment.
She was going on an excursion with her school, and she came to me to see if she could please, please, please borrow my camera as she really wanted to do some serious photography while they were away.
With terrible threats of what would happen if it was damaged, I let her have the camera and she went dancing happily away. A week later I received a call saying she was back, she had some fantastic shots, my camera was perfect and that she'd return it to me, reluctantly, the next day.
The next day I received a text message saying there was a problem with the camera. Could I please stop by and see her. She'd tell me all about it then. Thinking dark thoughts I headed around to see her.
I arrived at her house, rang the bell, was admitted by a very nervous looking Angie, took a seat in the front room, and waited.
Angie chewed on her lip for a minute, and then blurted it out.
"It's gone!"
I assumed she meant my camera, and I was not happy.
"Gone where?" I asked, keeping it polite.
"Becky," came the answer.
Angie has a sister, Rebecca. She was nineteen, married, pretty as a picture, not overly endowed with intelligence, but with a body that makes you forget that. Phil, her husband, matched her in intelligence and looks. Together, they were a remarkably handsome pair. Together, they nearly had a functioning brain. Please note, I said nearly.
"Why does Becky have my camera?" I asked, "and how did she get her hands on it? You were supposed to be talking care of it."
"I was, honestly. I hid it in my room. But Becky knew I'd been using it and searched my room while I was at school and she managed to find it. And she left my room a mess."
"OK. You can't really be blamed for that, so I won't spank you. You still haven't answered the why?"
"When I asked her for it, she told me that it was Phil's birthday, and she need to get him a present."
It seemed to me that Angie was suddenly looking a trifle evasive.
"You're not seriously telling me that Becky's giving Phil my camera as a birthday present?"
Blushing, Angie shook her head.
"Angie, unless you've decided you really want a spanking, I suggest you stop beating about the bush and tell me what has happened."
"Becky took your camera down to Cash Converters and hocked it for the money to buy Phil a present. She says she'll get it back for you when her dole payments come through."
"And do you seriously believe that?" I asked, curious.
"Not a chance in hell," stated Angie emphatically.
"That's what I thought," I murmured. "How much did Cashies give her on it?"
"A hundred," said Angie, "but she has to pay back a hundred and thirty next week."
A hundred bucks for a camera worth a thousand plus? Becky wasn't the only thief, in my opinion.
"So if I want my camera, I'd better get the ticket from Becky and redeem it myself," I said, irritated. "Are she or Phil at home?"
"Becky's hiding in their bedroom until you've gone," said Angie, jerking her thumb in the direction of the bedrooms. "Phil's gone to the pub and won't be back for hours."
"Then I think I might just wander over and say hullo to Becky and collect the ticket. Um, you might want to go visit a friend for half an hour or so. I suspect that I might just give Becky that spanking you're not getting, and you might feel the need to protect her if you're actually here."
Angie nodded, looking pleased at the idea of Becky getting spanked.
"OK. I'll go and see Marie for a while. She wants to print some of the pictures I took, so now is as good a time as any."
Angie looked around, grabbed her purse and headed for the door. At the door, she paused, and then turned back for a second.
"When you spank her, can you give her a little extra for the way she messed up my room? I had to spend ages tidying it again."
I grinned and inclined my head in acknowledgement of the request.
Angie left and I went down to where Becky was hiding out.
Politely knocking on the bedroom door, I also called out her name and got an immediate reply.
"Go away. You can't come in. I'm not decent."
I shrugged, opened the door and walked in.
Becky looked at me, indignant.
"I said you can't come in," she protested. "I'm not decent."
"In that case, you should have locked your door. Also, I don't care if you're decent or not. And how does lying on your bed, fully dressed and looking at the pictures in a magazine make you indecent?"
"But I might have been undressed, and then you would have embarrassed me," she protested.
Nudity wise, I didn't think anything less than being dropped naked into the middle of a crowded stadium during a big game would embarrass Becky. And I had my doubts that that would do the job.
Sticky fingers, however, were another matter.
"My camera," I said. "I want it."
"That little wretch told you, didn't she. I told her to just stall you for a week or two and I'd get it back."
"Becky, of all the things you've taken to Cashies, how many have you reclaimed?"
Becky said nothing, and that was the right answer.
"Just give me the damn ticket," I snapped. "I'll get it myself."
Becky gave a sniff, scrambled off the bed, got her purse and extracted the ticket and handed it to me. I put it in my wallet.
"OK." I said. "Step one successfully completed. Now when I lent Angie the camera, I told her I'd paddle her bottom if anything happened to it. Seeing you took the camera, it seems only fair that you also take the paddling."
Becky blinked. She wasn't used to people threatening her. She was lovely and dumb and people tended to forgive her a lot. I guess I'm just a bully at heart.
"You wouldn't," she protested. "Phil wouldn't let you."
"I'm here. You're here. Phil is not," I explained. "You're bottom is going to be spanked."
"But I don't want you to," Becky protested.
I shrugged.
"I didn't want you to take my camera and hock it," I said, "but you did. Fair's fair. Now it's my turn to do something you don't want."
Becky looked puzzled as she tried to work out this logic. I sighed.
"Let me put this simply. I am going to sit on the bed. You are going to bend over my knee. I will then spank your bottom for being a naughty girl. Got it?"
Becky bit her lip and looked displeased, but she had finally got the message.
I sat on the bed, pulling Becky closer to me.
"Now before I spank you on your bare bottom, I'll need to pull your panties down. Why don't you do that and save me the trouble."
Becky glanced down at her clothes.
"But I'm wearing slacks," she said. "I'll have to take them off before I take of my panties."
"That's OK," I assured her. "I'll promise not to be embarrassed. Actually, to keep it simple, you might as well just take off all your clothes. It won't worry me and you won't have to worry as it's just your bottom I'll be looking at."