I know that you're planning to beat me, because I saw you making sure that your favorite paddle was close at hand. But we're having some friends over, and I assume that it's going to be afterwards, like it usually is. I set about helping set up for the party, cleaning and doing dishes and the like, and eventually people start showing up. Several of our closest friends are over, and some of them brought friends too. I'm a little surprised by that, but I figure its not a big deal; anyone who my close friends trust I implicitly trust, at least enough to be in my house in broad daylight.
As everyone arrives, and starts to settle in for the usual idle social chatter that surrounds these things, I slouch into my favorite chair. You snap at me that I'm being a poor host, and to let someone else have the chair, while I do something useful, like get drinks for everyone. I'm a little surprised to be addressed this way in public, but there is steel in your voice and I find myself meekly acquiescing before I can even really consider doing otherwise. I go around the room and serve everyone drinks, with my cheeks burning; your tone was clearly noticed by everyone in the room, and everyone is smirking at me. I choke down the shame and just try to get the drink orders right. I'm sure I've got that, at least.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?!?
I flinch visibly as you snap at me again. I look over and you are staring at the coffee you requested, with disgust on your face. You stare straight at me, across the room, and, into the dead silence, announce, "You know I HATE creamer. I only put milk in my coffee." You then turn to one of my close friends and complain, "You know, I train him and I train him, and some things he just doesn't learn." I'm mortified. I don't know what to say. It's one thing to have everyone in the room know to some degree or other that we are in a kinky relationship, its another thing to have it discussed so plainly. Worse, she answers. "Maybe you're not hitting him hard enough. Are you using enough follow-through in the wrist?"
Now everyone is chuckling. I'm thankful now that she has so neatly defused the situation with what is clearly a well-timed joke. Everyone is laughing and smiling, even you. But, with that same smile on your face, you answer. "I'm pretty sure. Here, why don't you show me what you mean?" And you beckon me over. The laughter continues, as I walk over, still unsure of what you have in mind. When I get to you, you wait expectantly for a few seconds, and then sigh exasperatedly. Turning to her, you say, "Do you see what I mean?" Turning back to me, you grab me, spin me around, and, before I can react, smack me loudly on the backside.
Silence reigns again. It wasn't a hard hit, as hits go, but it was as loud as a gunshot. My friend nonchalantly says "Well, its hard to tell with him all dressed and whatnot." You agree, and, as though you were asking for a cup of coffee, ask me to strip and lean over the ottoman.
Chuckles fill the room. I realize two things with a start; you must have planned this; and I don't have a choice anyway. A chill goes up my spine as I realize you are deliberately flaunting your authority and power over me in public, in front of some of my closest friends, and that you're so confident in that authority that you didn't bother to ask me. The strength of that power is intoxicating, and I feel my shame melting into submission as I disrobe and bend over.
You don't hesitate. I hear the paddle come out, and suddenly it starts.
SMACK