[Once again, my thanks to estragon for finding the bugs in my writing. -Tricia]
Session IV: Out in the World
Over the next three days, the app on my phone chimed four times, directing me to a spanking each time.
Wednesday was the kind of day when I knew I'd be moving computers and finding wires and crawling around under people's desks to get their computers installed or working again. So, I wore jeans and a casual blouse. At the beginning of the day I was wondering when the Therapy App was going to kick in, but by the time the lunch hour had completed, when I hadn't stopped for a minute, I'd forgotten about the whole thing.
I was just about to head out to a late lunch when I heard an unfamiliar chime from my phone. I pulled it out of my purse and saw that the app was running. It wanted me to push a button to acknowledge it. Looking around to make sure no one was looking at me, I pressed the button. "Dr. Helen Brooks," the phone said. (I thought I recognized the name, but I wasn't sure.) It gave the address of an office in one of the buildings on campus -- the Social Science buildings -- and a time: right now. It asked for another push of a button to acknowledge it. Of course I pushed it.
Then the app switched into a GPS mode and started giving me directions to Dr. Brooks. I knew the way, but I followed it anyway. It led me to the PolySci floor, to a closed door at the end of the hall. It had Dr. Brooks' name on the plate next to the door and underneath a sign with her office hours: she didn't have any hours on Wednesdays. The door was kind of familiar. I thought I'd installed a PC or something here last year.
I took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
"Come in," came a voice from inside.
I opened it up with the phone still in my hand. Inside was a woman I recognized. She was maybe sixty years old, but looking good for her age. Her hair was long and grey and pleated into a ponytail down her back. While she was sitting behind her desk, all I could see she was wearing was a pretty green blouse. Seeing her, I remembered: I had indeed installed something in this office last year.
"I thought I remembered your name," the woman said to me.
"Dr. Brooks?" I asked.
"Yes. And you're Pamela Burgin. You work in the IT department here on campus, right?"
"Yes, that's me."
"Shut the door behind you, Pamela. You did some work for me last year, I think."
"Um..." I was getting uncomfortable. "Yeah, I think it was a new computer installation."
"No, it was just an application they wouldn't let me do by myself. I remember because we talked about our daughters. They went to the same camp last year. My youngest and your oldest, I think."
I looked over to the side, thinking. I was suddenly aware my tongue was out of my mouth a little bit. I got like that sometimes when I was thinking. "Right. I think I remember," I said. I felt myself blush.
"This is your first session outside of the doctor's office, isn't it?"
"Um, yes. How did you know?"
"My iPhone told me. It actually told me a lot about you."
I felt myself growing warmer. "Like what?"
"Oh, that would be giving away a secret, wouldn't it? Pamela, listen to me," she intoned. "Take your shoes off and come stand in front of my desk."
"Why?"
"Because I said so, Pamela. Weren't you told to follow my instructions to the letter?"
"Yeah, I guess so." I was wearing loafers and they were easy to slip out of, so I left them where I was and went to stand in front of Dr. Brooks' desk.
She stood up. She was wearing a straight-cut, knee-length, grey wool skirt. She picked up a ruler from the desk and moved out in front of me with it. She casually laid the ruler on the front of the desk. "How is your daughter? Put your hands on the desk." she asked.
I bent down to put my hands where she indicated. "She's doing well. She's got some good teachers this year. Do we have to talk about her?"
"She's almost eighteen, right? Do you still spank her?"
"I've never spanked my kids."
Dr. Brooks was behind me now. "You should think about. I didn't spank my kids either until a couple of years ago." The professor reached around my waist and opened my belt and the top of my jeans. "Now I spank all three of my girls when they need it. Even the eighteen year old. She tells me she hates it, but I know she secretly loves it." She pushed my jeans down my legs. "Step out of them." I complied. "You really should consider it with your girls."
"I don't think I could do that. Please, I don't want to talk about my family."
"No? Doesn't your husband know about this therapy?"
"What? No of course not. I couldn't ever tell him."
"Oh well. The notes say that you get very wet from your spankings. Are you wet right now?"
"No. No I'm not. Why would the notes say that?"
"Oh, I'm sure it's true. You don't have to be embarrassed." Her hands grabbed the sides of my white cotton panties and pulled them down. "My eighteen year old starts creaming herself as soon as I tell her she's going to be spanked. At least that's what I figure from how wet her panties get. Just like your panties are wet right now."
Oh God. I thought I was going to die from humiliation. She pushed the tails of my blouse up my back. "Hmm. Nice shape of your ass back here, Pamela. But you need to spend more time in the gym. Or more time skipping the elevators and using the stairs. Move your legs apart about a foot, there's a girl. Tell me, after your Doctor spanks you, do you go home and play with yourself?"