It was one of those chance groupings you get every so often. We were all holidaying at the lake, each family having their own rentals up there.
We, the younger generation, that is, all sort of knew each other, enough to nod and say hi, but that was about all. The four sets of parent all knew each other a bit better, and that's how it all came about.
There was some sort of boring thing going on in town that my parents wanted to go to. As far as I was concerned, you'd have to bring on the wild horses. Apparently the others of my age had much the same opinion, and then my mother had one of her brilliant ideas.
"Why don't we all have dinner at our place, and then we can all go to town leaving the four younger ones here? We've got a decent games room here and there's the TV and a few good DVD's."
The parents all thought this was a great idea, and the rest of us went along with it. We might as well hang out and be bored together in preference to each of us staying home bored and alone.
So that afternoon the other three families rocked up to our place. The oldies accumulated outside while we of the younger set headed for the games room and our own choice of music.
It occurs to me that you're probably wondering who we are. First and foremost, there's me, Trevor. Then, in order of arrival, Michael, Susan and Fiona. We were all around the same age, nineteen, give or take a few months.
So we were stuffing around in the games room, shooting a little pool, tried some darts, getting bored with computer games and not wanting to watch parent approved DVD's. Typical behaviour, you're thinking.
Among the board games in the room were two sets of Othello. Why two sets, I have no idea, especially as I don't think anyone in my family has ever bothered to play it. However, all those counters they use gave me an idea.
I produced a pack of cards, suggesting that we play poker for a while, using the counters as chips. We settled down and play started. It was fairly even at first, and then I got a run of luck, and the chips started to slowly accumulate on my side of the table. Fiona was the first to lose all her chips and she was a bit grouchy about it.
I didn't mind her being grouchy, but she should have stopped at that. The three of us had continued to play while Fiona watched, and then she stuck her foot in it.
"I think you're cheating," she suddenly announced, looking right at me.
I found that remarkably offensive. How could she just come out and accuse me like that, just because I was winning. They were only Othello counters, for Christ's sake.
"I seriously resent that remark," I told her coldly. "You're going to have to either back it up or apologise."
"Come on, Trevor," said Mike, trying to soothe things over. "She's just irritated because she lost all her chips."
"I don't care," I said. "She's casting aspersions upon my honour, and I find that I really resent it. Now she can either back it up or apologise."
Fiona flushed. She wouldn't look directly at me, but she did concede defeat.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled. "I guess I was just annoyed."
I was still on my high horse. Fiona was sitting next to me and in easy reach, so I pushed my chair back from the table, reached over and took her arm. Before any of them caught on to what was going on I had Fiona bent across my knee.
"I think a small penalty is called for before I accept your apology," I announced.
Fiona was starting to wriggle but Mike and Susan were laughing. Before Fiona could stop me I'd flicked up her skirt and pulled her panties down, baring her bottom. I delivered a quick spank to said bottom, getting a yip of surprise out of her.
"Now are you really sorry?" I asked her.
"Yes," she squealed. "Let me up."
For some reason I had forgotten to remove my hand after it had landed on her bottom, and it was wandering around, getting acquainted.
"Should I accept her apology?" I asked the others. "Do you think she really means it?"
"I'm fairly sure she does," giggled Susan, "but maybe another spank to make sure."
I nodded and delivered another spank. Releasing Fiona she scrambled to her feet, hastily trying to pull up her panties.
"I didn't mean to really insult you, you know?" she said. "I was just sounding off."
"Well, I was insulted. There's no way you could have spotted my cheating, and you shouldn't accuse if you can't prove."
Now I got a really indignant look.
"Do you mean to sit there and tell me you were cheating?" demanded Fiona. "And you got upset because I called you on it? And you spanked me for it?"
"On your bare bottom," I murmured. "You forgot the bare bottom bit. It's a very nice bottom by the way. I'll have to check it out again later. And the answer to all your questions is yes."
Fiona just stared at me, mouth hanging open, while I dealt out the next hand. Michael looked at his hand and then looked suspiciously at me.
"If I play this for what it's worth, I'll lose everything, won't I?" he observed.
"You've got a full house of aces and kings," I pointed out. "It's practically unbeatable."
"Practically. What are you holding?"
"A royal flush in diamonds, ace high," I admitted.
Mike laughed and shoved all his chips over to my pile.
Fiona, however, wanted to get back on her hobby horse.
"Hold on," she said. "If you were really cheating, why get offended when I said you were, and why did you have to spank me."
"You were impugning my honour," I said in a dignified voice. "You had no proof and made what I considered an insulting suggestion. I had no choice but to defend myself against your wild accusations and demand atonement. Also, I wanted to check out that pretty little derriere of yours."
Susan giggled. "I suspect, Fiona, that the last thing he said was the real reason. The rest was the excuse."
I sighed. "How can you accuse me of such base behaviour, Susan," I mourned. "I am terribly disappointed in you. Do you real think I'd pull down Fiona's panties and beat her for a whim?"
Susan looked at me consideringly, then nodded.
"Yes, I do,"
I grinned.
"You're right."