Katie woke up at 7:45 the next morning. Someone was knocking at her door. "Come in," she said. Ryan walked in and reminded her it was time to get ready for school.
"I'm not going," Katie mumbled and turned over in bed.
"What do you mean 'you're not going'? That's not an option, Katie. Come on, get dressed and have your breakfast," Ryan said.
"I'm not feeling well, Ryan. Maybe it was sitting in that bathwater all that time last night, but I think I have a fever," Katie said, hoping the lie was believable.
He frowned, feeling slightly concerned now. He checked her forehead and her neck with his hand to see if she was warm, but couldn't detect anything. "Let me get a thermometer," he said and quickly went out of the room.
He went downstairs and brought back a thermometer to check her temperature. Knowing it wouldn't work, she stuck it in her mouth reluctantly.
"Your temperature is normal, Katie," Ryan said, starting to realise what was going on.
"No, it's not. I'm telling you, I don't feel well. This stupid thermometer isn't accurate, anyway," Katie replied, clutching at straws.
"Alright, I'll get the other one. It should be more accurate," he said, smirking.
"What other one?" Katie shouted.
But he had already left the room. She was mystified until she remembered that her parents used to use a rectal thermometer for her when she was a child. She mentally slapped herself. She had dug her own grave this time.
Ryan entered the room, armed with the dreaded thermometer and a small jar of petroleum jelly. He sat on the bed.
"Turn over," he said firmly.
"No way! Can't you just believe me when I say I'm ill? A little trust, please!" Katie said, trying to make him out to be the bad guy in the situation. But he wasn't going to fall for it.
"I'll trust you when I have reason to. If it turns out you're actually sick, I'll let you sleep it off. Come on, now," he said.
She felt trapped. She could hardly backtrack now. She wondered whether he would spank her worse if she told him the truth now or if he found out for himself a few minutes later.
"Come on, now, chop chop, we don't have all day," Ryan said in an amused tone and effortlessly, he turned her over so that she was laying on her stomach. For the first time, she realised how strong he was. She had hated it when over the summer of sophomore year, her prime bullying victim had grown into a complete giant.
With one hand he held her in place, and with the other, he pulled down her pyjamas to reveal her still red and still very sore bottom.
"Ryan, don't, please! This is so embarrassing!" Katie said, struggling against his strong grasp.
But he didn't listen. When he had stripped her bottom half naked, he said, "Spread."
"Is that really necessary?" Katie asked, her head buried in her pillow, her face reddening with embarrassment.
"Yes, how will I check your temperature, otherwise?" Ryan responded.
Reluctantly, she spread her legs apart, her face now as red as her butt. "Not your legs, silly," and he brought her legs together again. Then he took her hands and used them to separate her butt cheeks.
"Oh," and she blushed even more brightly than before. She couldn't believe she had willingly displayed her lady parts to him when he didn't even ask her to. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she thought about how gentlemanly it had been of him to correct her rather than enjoy the free view.
Then something cold interrupted her thoughts.
"What are you doing?" she gasped in shock.
"Checking your temperature, you big baby," he replied as he slowly rubbed the jelly on her tight asshole with his finger and then dipped the rectal thermometer inside it. He smirked when she clenched her muscles around it. He removed her hands from her ass and she promptly buried them under her pillow, waiting for her lie to be found out.
After a minute, he said, "It's normal. Get up and bring me a wet wipe and your hairbrush."
"Why?" she asked, mystified at this combination of items.
"Because I said so," he said with a tone of finality in his voice.
Huffing, she got up and went to the dresser, trying all the while to cover her private parts and failing. He couldn't help but find her actions adorable. He shook his head slightly at his own thoughts.
"Here," she handed both the things to him.
"Lie down on your tummy again," he ordered her.
She did as told, then felt him part her butt cheeks and wipe her asshole. To say that she was embarrassed was an understatement. But before she could dwell anymore on that thought, Ryan started speaking to her again.
"Now, what do you propose we do about your lie?" he asked.
"Uhm...let's forget about it?" she said looking back at him, a sheepish grin plastered on her face.
"Really? Don't you think this warrants a punishment?" he asked.
Honestly, she agreed with him, but she wasn't going to admit as much. "No, let's just get ready for school and leave." And she tried getting up as she said so, but he held her in place with one firm hand. She gulped. The role of the hairbrush was now becoming clearer to her.
"Not so easily, young lady. I'm going to punish you for your lie and for wasting my time. And I want you to decide the terms of the punishment. I can spank you with my bare hand for the next five minutes and you will have to be completely naked for that OR I can give you 30 swats of the hairbrush and you get to keep your shirt on. It's up to you. Oh, and you'll be lying on the table for this one."
"How about you give me a hand spanking and I can keep my clothes?" she offered, hopefully.
"No," came his short, swift reply.
"Can you do 20 swats with the brush, then?" she bargained.
"No," he said again.
She huffed, "Okay, the hairbrush, then." It couldn't be that bad, right?