(All characters are over eighteen.)
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Cynthia Passmore slapped her daughter Kelly a hard one on the seat of her faded jeans. It was what Cynthia liked to call an attention getter. Surprise was the key element.
"Oww-ww!" Kelly yelped, but that was all.
"Stand there and don't you dare move!" Cynthia said.
Kelly stood obediently by the couch in the living room with her head down, chastened, attractive, worried.
"Where's your brother?" Cynthia demanded.
Kelly shrugged unhappily. She didn't know. She wiped the palms of her hands nervously on her jeans. Her blonde hair hung down about her blushing face.
"Martin?"
Cynthia's voice echoed through the house. She peered up the stairs and heard footsteps.
"Down here," she said as soon as Martin's good looking but troubled face appeared on the landing.
His step faltered but he came down the stairs to where his mother waited. Cynthia fixed him with a cold, appraising gaze.
"Living room," she said.
He lowered his eyes and as he stepped past her she turned after him and swatted his bottom open handed.
He didn't look back but he did walk faster and Cynthia followed him briskly two steps behind.
She made them stand together side by side, a sorry looking pair. They hung their heads and avoided her angry gaze as Cynthia drew herself up before them.
"Who took the car?" she said, glancing from one to the other. "Which one of you was it?"
Neither of them spoke. They fidgeted uncomfortably and she watched their eyes looking for a clue but both stared intently at the floor.
She stepped closer to where they had to look at her. Martin looked at her nervously. Kelly met her gaze then quickly looked away.
Cynthia waited but the silence only grew longer.
"One of you used the car, uninsured, without permission. You didn't even have the brains to replace the gas you used." She raised her voice and leaned closer. "How many times do I have to tell you? You can't be that stupid. What if you'd had an accident? You do not use the car, understand?"
Kelly's lips were drawn tight. She was holding herself stiffly. Martin swallowed. He held her gaze until Cynthia, breathing hard, stared at him so long and hard he was forced to look away.
Kelly was eighteen and a half, the youngest and most likely to crack under pressure and Cynthia transferred her gaze to her. Her daughter's breasts were full for a young woman with such an enviably narrow waist. The top halves showed, pushed up and together in the neck of her low cut top. They rose and fell with her breathing as Cynthia studied her apprehensive expression.
"Do you have any idea how much it irritates me when my explicit instructions are ignored?" Cynthia said quietly.
Kelly compressed her lips even tighter and nodded very slowly.
"And you fully understand the risk of disobeying my instructions and accept the consequences of your actions?" Cynthia said.
Again Kelly nodded. She was breathing faster. Her hair hung down over her eyes. She had trouble holding her mother's gaze as Cynthia leaned even closer.
Beside her Cynthia was aware of Martin's increasing agitation. She deliberately ignored him.
"So is there anything you want to say now? Anything I should take into consideration before I decide what I'm going to do about this business? Any mitigating factors you'd like to bring to my attention?"
Cynthia stared intently into her daughter's eyes and waited. Kelly trembled but she didn't speak and finally she shook her head with a quick decisive motion.
"No?" Cynthia said. She raised her eyebrows and glanced at Martin and caught him looking at her but he quickly looked away.
She nodded and sighed then stepped back and looked thoughtfully at the two of them.
"In that case you give me little choice..."
She saw their reactions. First they glanced quickly, uncomfortably at each other, then Martin dropped his head while Kelly did the opposite. She raised her chin and looked up at the ceiling. Her lips drew down. Her shoulders shook as she struggled to maintain her composure.
"And since I don't know which of you took the car and neither of you seems inclined to tell me, I think we'll do this a little differently today."
Cynthia turned away and sat down in one of the armchairs. She smoothed her short, black skirt and looked from her son to her daughter and smiled coldly.
"Who wants to spank who, first?" she said.
Kelly and Martin looked at her in sudden unhappy surprise.
"Naturally, you'll both get a turn," she explained. "I've decided that, since for all I know you're both as guilty as each other, it's only fair that we do it this way." She fixed them each in turn with a victorious, satisfied glint in her eyes. "Martin? Kelly? One of you sits, one of you spanks, then you swap. Think of it like a game. If you want to behave like children and wilfully disobey my orders this is how we'll deal with it in future." Cynthia crossed her legs and waited. "Who's first?"
When they were over their first, stunned reaction to her words she saw them glance uncomfortably at each other. Kelly blushed deep red. Martin frowned and looked equally troubled. He scratched his jaw absently.
"Mom, you can't make us..." Kelly began to protest.
"This isn't right," Martin cut in, interrupting her.
Cynthia merely smiled as they made a fuss, as they blushed and looked uncomfortable, while they complained and appealed to her. Kelly folded her arms and looked sullen and pretty at the same time. Martin gesticulated then put his hands on his hips. They were both breathing fast, both staring at her from their equally red, disbelieving faces.
Cynthia's smile faded as she waited for them to finish. Martin was almost twenty, a year older than his sister. He looked the most outraged and the most embarassed. He was slim but athletic with a flat stomach. His eyes shone with resentment. Cynthia didn't mind that, it was his stance she took offence at, the guarded hostility in his stare.
"Kelly, sit down on the couch," Cynthia directed sharply. She held Martin's gaze as Kelly hesitantly moved to do as she'd been told. Martin looked suddenly lonely and less sure of himself standing there alone.
Kelly sat stiffly on the couch. Her chest rose and fell rapidly. Cynthia directed all the power of her authority at Martin.
"This IS going to happen," she told him firmly. "If you don't co-operate I'll find a way to make you co-operate. Believe me, I can spank a lot harder than Kelly."
Martin set his jaw defiantly. His eyes blazed but she held his gaze. He shook his head but she saw the fight going out of him and she knew she'd won.
"Kelly, sit back a little more," she said.
She switched her gaze to Martin. His expression had changed. He breathed quickly. His eyes seemed very bright against the deep, red blush that had risen to his cheeks.
Cynthia nodded to him and he looked at his sister where she sat waiting prettily, tense and apprehensive on the couch.
Martin moved forward with obvious reluctance and then in a sudden display of petulance he seemed to almost throw himself across his sister's knees. His upper body lay on the couch, his face pressed against the cushions where no one could look at him.
Kelly looked apalled. There was a hurt and wounded look in her attractive eyes. Her breasts rose and fell as she looked down reluctantly at her brother's bottom.
Cynthia felt her heart beat quicken. Martin's jeans were tight. His bottom was round, tight looking. She caught Kelly's gaze.
"I think you can start now," she said.
It was obvious Kelly didn't want to do it. Her fine blonde hair hung down about her shoulders and half concealed her face. Her expression reflected her distaste.
Cynthia ignored the silent appeal in her eyes. She watched her gingerly raise her hand, her fingers splayed. She brought it down with a look of attractive displeasure. Ineptly, without any force.
The sound it made was light, barely heard across the room where Cynthia sat watching.
Kelly groaned with reluctance and spanked Martin again.
"Do it harder," Cynthia said.
"I can't!" Kelly protested.
"You heard what I said just now. If you don't do it properly, I will."
"I've never done it before!"
"Harder," Cynthia insisted. She watched intently and moved to the edge of her seat and squeezed her thighs together.
Kelly pouted attractively. Her brow was wrinkled. Her breasts shook as she brought her hand down harder.
Cynthia could feel herself becoming aroused. Martin's pert bottom jerked a little every time Kelly's hand made contact.
"Both cheeks," Cynthia said, staring, anticipating the moment of impact, breathing faster.
"Mo-om.." Kelly complained. She raised her arm higher and brought her hand down harder.