What Time Is It?

Hello, another Monday is here already. If it applies to you, did you remember to change your clocks in the wee hours of Sunday morning?  I know I mentioned before, but Arizona stays in the same time zone but yesterday I pried my eyes open (not easy with all the rocks) looked at my phone and lo and behold the smartphone turned stupid.  I knew it, but yet my mind would not allow me to let it go and go back to sleep, so unofficially I went on DST too and was up before the birds and chickens.

It's turned cooler here again, actually more like normal, but no rain. Mother Nature is sure being whimsical this year - feel so sorry for those poor folks and creatures experiencing her whims.  It seems to be either all or nothing, and you just hope your somewhere in the middle.

Here is another installment of FFE.  I will finish up the story next Monday because I'm tired of it already and I bet that you are two.  Any bets on how it will end?  I have no idea and will be as surprised as you when I see where my fingers take me.  

To read from the beginning, click here

Katrina wasn’t sure what to make of what happened.  Upset at the idea of him wanting Derek to see her in the current state let her know a submissive’s life was not for her. There is no way she would allow herself to be humiliated like that.  The fact that Martin expected that made her rethink everything.  ‘Why the hell did I ever get myself embroiled in this situation.  Now I have to go to work and face him or quit a job I really like.”

When she finished dressing and stepped back into the office, it was empty.  Picking up her purse she walked toward the back door and pushed it open.  Immediately, lights began flashing and the alarm  blared out its emergency warning.  She didn’t stop to even look around, simply kept moving forward toward her car.  Half expecting someone to grab her from behind, she expelled a sigh of relief when she got in the car and hit the automatic lock button. 

As she drove away, Don Kostas was standing at the exit door and waved as she went passed.

Katrina spent the rest of the night rehashing what had occurred at the club.  It didn’t help that she was hungry, and there wasn’t a thing in the house to eat.  Swallowing a sleeve of soda crackers and some canned cheese didn’t do anything but give her an upset stomach.

She decided just to go to bed but sleep alluded her and when dawn began to creep in her bedroom window, she decided to call in sick was the best option, after all, she really did feel sick to her stomach.   ‘I’ll have three days to come to terms with what I’m going to do about this work situation.’

                                                    

After calling work, she went back to bed and finally slept.  It wasn’t until hearing a persistent knocking did she realize it was real and not a dream.  It was 9:30 – who the hell was at the door at 9:30 on a Friday morning.  She grabbed her robe and went to the door. Before opening, she checked the peep hole; Don Kostas stood there with a bag in one hand and Starbuck’s cups in another.

“Go away,” she told him.

“No, we have to talk, and I’m not going anywhere until we do.”

“I don’t want to speak to you.”

“I know that, but put on your big girl pants and face the music.”  Now, instead of knocking, he was laying on the doorbell and the sound was exacerbating the pounding in her head.  Finally, giving in, she unlocked and opened the door.  He pushed past her and went to the kitchen, putting the cups and bag on the table. 

“Sit down,” he ordered.

“Don, this is my house and I don’t need to take orders from you.”

“I’m sorry.  Please sit.  I’m sure you haven’t had breakfast.  Let’s eat and then we can talk about what happened and what’s going to happen next.”  He pulled out a chair and waved her into the seat.  When her bottom hit the seat of the chair there was a hint of soreness, it surprised her and she winced a little as she squirmed to find a more comfortable position. She hoped she didn’t let it show, but a look at his face and that little smirk gave her the answer.    After pushing her chair close the table, he began opening the bags.

He pulled out bagels, cream cheese, and lox.  It was one of her favorite breakfasts and any resolve she had about not eating anything flew right out the window. He uncapped her favorite Mocha Java and she totally caved.  Resisting bagels, lox, cream cheese and Mocha Java was more than she could resist, even if she wasn’t starving.

After eating, Don pushed back his chair.  “Let’s talk about your calling in sick. Are you really ill?  The way you delved into breakfast, it wouldn’t seem so.”

“I didn’t have dinner last night and had a horrible night’s sleep.  There was no way I felt going into work was in my or FFE’s best interest.”

“Good reasoning, do you feel better now?”

“I guess.  I finally fell asleep after calling in so I slept a couple of hours before you woke me.  I think I needed the food too.  Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.  My question to you is are you going to allow what happened last night to ruin your life?”

“Ruin my life, no. I’ve not come to any concrete decisions except that I am not, nor will I ever be a submissive.  I don’t want to be.  Asking me to apologize to Derek in the state I was in,  pushed me over the edge.  In my mind, that wasn’t submission, that was humiliation and I couldn’t believe anyone who cared anything about me would knowingly embarrass me in that way.”

" I apologize, I was totally out of line and treated you as a member of the club, which you’re not.  Can you accept my apology and put the whole incident behind us?"

“Don, I accept your apology.  As for forgetting the whole incident, I’m not sure.  Now that I’m a little more rested and thinking clearly, I think I can.  However, I want to take the weekend and you’ll have my answer by Monday.”

“What answer is that?”

“The answer to whether or not I’ll be looking for another job." 

“Is that all?"

"No, but it's all tied together."

"Speaking as Don Kostos, FFE colleague,  I hope you’ll be back.  I promise I’ll be on my best behavior as Don Kostas, not Martin the Masked Man. As for the rest..."

With that, he stood, cleaned up the breakfast remnants and walked toward the door.

“Until Monday then,” he said as he closed the door behind him.

Katrina stood there looking at the closed door and thinking that his departure, this time, was certainly different than the last.  There was a lot at stake and she had a lot of thinking to do before Monday.  

                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Just like Katrina, I have a lot of thinking to do this week.  lol.  

Notice the smokin' hot cowboy on the side, click on him if you want to read more. Be careful where you touch. Any inappropriate touches might get you spanked.

SURPRISES - Part II

The start of this story can be found by pressing here

Leaving the jewelry store they stopped to have dinner and discussed what kind of wedding they would have.  They both agreed to a small family and close friends only affair and chose to have it at home and catered by Bella Vista.   

On the drive home, they each wondered about how different life would be after marriage. Sean knew he planned on being the more dominant partner now but he would have to be subtle about it.  Carrie did not like being told what to do.  To Carrie, orders or restrictions were like raising a red flag in front of a bull. But he knew he would have to rein in some of her more dangerous behaviors, especially once the baby was born.  Spanking had always been a part of their relationship.  It just seemed natural to both of them.  He took her over his knee whenever he thought she was over the top.  She accepted this quirk in him and knew what to expect if she tweaked his patience a little too far.  In actuality, he knew she secretly liked it when he “took charge” and never complained about the spankings beyond the fact they hurt. There was no secret about her liking the good girl spankings that were often a part of their sexual foreplay.

Carrie’s thoughts wandered to how she was going to continue working once the baby was born.  She knew Sean’s thoughts on this as they had talked about their friends arrangements for years never thinking they would have to face this problem.  They didn’t need her salary, Sean made three times more than her and worked half as hard.  She knew this was going to be an obstacle. She didn’t think there were any other issues that would be a problem beyond that.  Of course, there were the normal everyday things that Sean did not tolerate well.  She had lived with those and if she ended up over his knee so be it.  It wasn’t that big a deal to her.  Like tonight, she knew she would have a spanking coming once they got home.  That dang power cord, she should have returned in right away, but she was late again and didn’t want to take the time to return it yesterday.

Once home, true to his word, Sean ordered her upstairs and told her to remove her clothing and wait for him.  She did as she was told.  He came upstairs and headed to the drawer containing their implements.  He chose the wooden spatula.  He beckoned her over his knee and began lecturing her once again about how important it was to always have her cell phone charged. He warmed her up with his hand and then switched to the wooden spatula.  Her backside was a lovely shade of red when he was done.  He let her up and told her to go stand in the corner and think about why she was spanked.  He had never done that before but he wanted to make an impression that might stick.  She frowned at him and balked at this.  He told her she had better get in that corner unless she wanted to go back over his knee.  She shuffled over to the corner but not before she stuck out her tongue at him. 

“You know I can always soap your sassy mouth too” warned Sean.

Carrie thought about this for a minute and thought for a laid back guy he was turning very mean. She wasn’t sure she liked this new Sean. 

He made her stand there about ten minutes.  The longer she stood there the more she thought about just how humiliated she felt.   When he went over to her and kissed her neck she turned away from him and told him she needed some private time. He left the bedroom knowing he would never ask that of her again. 

When he came back to the bedroom she was asleep.  He climbed in and leaned over to give her a kiss.  She moved away from him.  He finally fell asleep and when he woke the next morning he was alone.  They met in the kitchen and she told him they needed to talk.  She told him she had never been so humiliated in her life and she would not tolerate being treated as a naughty child by being sent to stand in a corner or having her mouth washed out with soap.  If that was what he wanted she had to rethink her commitment to him. 

He listened very carefully.  When she was finished he quietly told her he was sorry she was so upset.  He hadn’t meant to demean her in any way but just wanted her to have time to think about the repercussions of her actions.  He was sorry she felt humiliated but he loved her and the child she was carrying and was worried that some of her negative behaviors put them both in jeopardy. He was just trying to make her aware how her actions could affect all of them.

Her tears began to fall and he got up and held her in his arms for a long time.  When she was finally calmed down she told him that she understood she deserved the spankings he often delivered but to her once that occurred she was exonerated from the misdeed and didn’t need further punishment.  He understood her feelings and made a resolution to her and himself they would discuss the need for any additional disciplines together and come up with a solution that was amenable to them both. 

A couple of weeks later Sean found a package on the mail table.  He hadn’t ordered anything so was surprised and ripped open the package.  He couldn’t believe what was in the package.  He called out to Carrie and she yelled back she was in the bedroom.  He entered holding up the item.

“Did you order this?”

“Yes, what do you think?  I was thinking about our earlier discussions about the need for reminders in addition to spanking.  This is something I could live with”

“I think this just might work.  I’ve been thinking about our discussion too.  Another thing that might be beneficial is that when I spank for a misdeed I spank longer and we do not immediately have sex afterward.  I think that will make it more like discipline instead of a prelude to more enticing things.”

She agreed.

The week before their wedding they were both edgy.  Carrie was getting bogged down in details and the normal everyday things were placed on the back burner.  One of those things getting ignored was filling up her gas tank.  She ran out of gas halfway home.  She knew Sean would be apoplectic so decided to call AAA instead.  Unfortunately for her Sean saw her and the AAA truck on the side of the road.  He needed to get his anger under control so he just drove on by and headed for home. 

He was waiting for her when she walked in the door.  He led her upstairs, flipped up her skirt, removed her panties and pinioned her legs with his.  The usual hand warm up seemed harder than usual and before she was able to come to terms with it she felt the sting of the paddle.  He lectured and punctuated each word with a spank.  It was fast and furious and her bottom was on fire.  She was weeping silently but he told her they were not finished. She felt something very cool being applied to her anus.  She knew what was happening. The next thing she experienced was their new “solution”. When he felt she was sufficiently ready to accept it he pushed in and twisted.  With the butt plug securely in place he once again began spanking her with his hand.  He stopped after ten swats and told her she could get up but she was to leave the butt plug in place for the next two hours. 

She was hurting and the butt plug felt very awkward but she was very wet and excited.  When Sean began giving her the usual “aftercare” kiss and hug she tried grinding her body into his and felt his erection.  Although he too was more than ready for some “fun” time he pushed her away with the reminder this was discipline not pleasure. 

Carrie accepted his decision but was not happy about it.  She told him if he wouldn’t participate she had other ways of sating her need.  She reached over to the nightstand and produced her vibrator.

“Oh no you don’t, little girl.  If I have to suffer so do you.  Maybe you’ll think twice and won’t be so foolish as to earn a discipline spanking.”

She responded by telling him that she may not earn a discipline spanking but she planned on earning a “good girl” spanking in the very near future.

He chuckled and said he couldn’t wait.

This is the conclusion of the story started yesterday. There is a little of me in this story but the names and dates have been changed to protect the innocent.  Only older folks will recognize that line.  Hope you all enjoyed.

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SURPRISES

 SURPRISES

She was already late. She had left the city an hour later than she had planned and now she was stuck in the traffic jam from hell. Her phone was dead so she couldn’t even call.  She knew he would be worried.  She tried to calm herself down before a case of road rage really kicked in.   She turned on the radio and listened to some smooth jazz.  Within minutes she was lost in the music and her jangled nerves calmed.  She could do this. 

What seemed like hours but was actually minutes later the traffic jam eased and she was on her way. There were several cars and emergency vehicles on the side of the road.  But for the Grace of God it could have been her.  She was always hurrying. Sean was always telling her to slow down.  He was her exact opposite.  He didn’t rush for anything or anybody and yet everything he touched turned golden. 

They had been together for over fifteen years but had never bothered getting married.  Their thinking had been if it’s not broke don’t fix it.  They knew other couples who lived together for years and decided to marry only to be divorced later. However the news she received today would definitely change their relationship.  That was why she was in the city.  She had been feeling poorly lately and after a couple of trips to her local physician had been referred to a specialist.  Several tests had been run and today was the appointment to hear the results.  She was pregnant. She had been told she would never be able to conceive so it was a complete shock to her and it would be a complete shock to Sean also. She couldn’t wait to get home to tell him.

By the time she walked in the door he was frantic with worry.  When he couldn’t reach her by cell phone, he called all her friends, her parents and anyone else he could think of to see if they had heard from her.  She breezed in the door as if walking on a cloud.  She saw him and it was as if the cloud burst.  He was all grim and bearlike.  He took her in his arms, gave her a huge hug and kiss and upended her.  She was sputtering, telling him she had a good reason for being late and he was being unreasonable.  He wasn’t even listening.  He was taking his two hours of worry and frustration out on her butt.  When he finally stopped he let her up and once again took her in his arms.

“I was so worried” he explained

“I know and I’m sorry but the traffic was horrible and my cell phone went dead”

“Are you telling me you still haven’t replaced the car charger you lost last month” Sean asked

“No, I mean yes”, she said sheepishly.

“You know I ought to spank you again for that.  We live so far out that it is dangerous to be without a charged cell phone at all times.  How many times have we talked about this?”

“I know, I know.  I promise I will get one tomorrow”

“You better, because if you don’t, you will be eating your dinner standing up.  Do you hear what I am telling you?”  He asked.

“Yes”, she answered.

He asked her what she wanted to do about dinner.  She told him she wanted to go to Bella Vista. 

“Bella Vista is pretty expensive for an every day dinner.  Why don’t you pick someplace else?”

“No, she said, I want to go to Bella Vista.” He didn’t argue.

So they drove to Bella Vista. Because it was a Tuesday night they had no trouble getting a table.  It was on the lake and very romantic which was why they usually saved it for special occasions.  Their small table was set with a snowy white cloth and the silverware and glassware sparkled in the candlelight.  Carrie reached across the table to hold Sean’s hand.

“Aren’t you curious why I wanted to come here tonight?”

“A little” Sean answered, “but you seemed pretty adamant”

“Let’s order and I will tell you”

When the waiter came, he ordered their usual appetizers and a bottle of wine.  When it arrived, he started to pour some into her glass and she stopped him.

“Don’t you want any wine tonight?” as he began to fill his glass.

“Not tonight”,  she said and picked up her water glass to raise a toast.

“Will you marry me” she asked.

“Why the sudden interest? We have talked about this and always said that unless children were involved we didn’t see the need”

She just continued to look at him all dewy eyed and she could see the light bulb going on in his brain.

“Are you telling me what I think you’re telling me?

She nodded .  He took a large gulp of his wine and asked her to tell him everything.

She explained how she had not been feeling well and had been sent to a specialist.  She just had the results today and that was why she had been late leaving the city.

He felt a little sheepish about spanking her but then realized she more than deserved it.  All the more reason she should have kept her cell phone charged. And why hadn’t she told him she hadn’t been feeling well?  Now he was going to be more vigilant than ever . All these thoughts are filtering through his brain as he is rising to get to her across the table.  He is pulling her up out of her chair and lifting her up and twirling around.  The other diners are watching and smiling - feeling the joy of this couple.

That night as they were lying in bed entwined in each other’s arms she mentioned that he hadn’t answered her.  Not thinking, he asked what was the question?  She punched his arm and said she wasn’t going to repeat it; he could just think about it and let her know when he did.  With that, she punched up her pillow, pulled the sheet up around her neck, rolled over on her side and tried sleeping.

“Oh no you don’t”, he said. “You are not going to ruin the best night of my life without telling me why I am in the doghouse.”  

“You still don’t get it, do you” she replied.

“No, I don’t, that’s why I am asking you to please tell me”

“I asked you to marry me and you didn’t respond” she whined.

“Tonight you told me news that I just said made it the best night of my life, of course, I will marry you.  I would have married you after our second date if that was what you wanted.  I love you and I will love you forever, with or without children, you silly goose.”

She rolled around and cuddled into him. 

 _______________

He called her the next day and asked her to meet him at an address in the city.  They were supposed to meet at 5:30.  It was 6:05 and he hasn’t heard from her.  He didn’t despair just yet.  She was always running behind but if she didn’t call him soon it was her behind that was going to suffer.  6:15 and still no call or Carrie.  Finally at 6:25 he sees her turning the corner.  He walks up to greet her, looks at his watch and ducks into a nearby ally.  When she passes, he grabs her, pulls her into the alley and places her over his hip.  He lands a few well placed smacks on her butt and begins lecturing her on calling when she is going to be late.  She sheepishly tells him that her phone had no bars. 

“Not again, he said.  Did you not promise me to get a new charger?  And did I not promise you a good spanking if you didn’t?

“Yes, she said, but I have an excuse”.

“Well, I can’t wait to hear it but it will have to be later.  We have an appointment right now with the jeweler.  He wanted her to pick out an engagement ring and wedding ring.  She had no trouble finding one she liked.  The engagement ring was a simple princess cut solitary diamond set in white gold and the wedding ring was a thin white gold band with  pave cut stones.

She constantly amazed him.  He purposely did not put a price limit on the ring sets.  The set she had chosen was well below the cost of what we would have chosen for her. They also chose a ring for him.

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The Play Date

Zack was supposed to have picked up his daughter Mia ten minutes ago and he knew she would be unhappy with him.  At eight years old she was a pistol and definitely took after his ex-wife.  She was a No Mercy kind of girl.

He and his wife had been divorced for five years.  He had known the marriage was a mistake from the beginning.  They got married because Marti was pregnant.  The pregnancy wasn’t planned and they discussed the available options but before he realized it Marti was planning their wedding and they were off to Lake Tahoe.

By the time Mia was two they were separated and divorced when she was three.  Since then he saw Mia whenever he was in town.  As a Sports Agent he traveled extensively and he had just arrived back into town that afternoon.  The plane hadn’t taken off on time.  He wasn’t sure which he was looking forward to the least; facing his ex-wife’s wrath because of his lateness or his daughter’s pouting face. At least he didn’t have to deal with Marti for very long.  He hoped that once Mia heard his plans the pout would disappear.

Tonight they were going to see the new Ice Age movie, then out for pizza. When they got to the movie he saw there was a line to purchase tickets. He cursed himself for not thinking of doing it on line.  Just then Mia let out a squeal and ran ahead of him.  He caught up to her in line while she was chattering away to a little girl.

“Daddy, this is Toni.  We go to school together.”

“Hello, Toni.  Happy to meet you.”

A hand reached out to him as Toni’s mother introduced herself. 

“I see you didn’t order tickets in advance either”

“Yeah”, he replied, “I just got back into town and it never crossed my mind”

Mia asked if she could go over and play in the amusement area.  He told her it would be okay and he would come get her when the line started moving.    

When the line moved they called the kids;  the kids wanted to know if they could sit together.  They agreed.  When it was over, Zack asked Lorna if she and Toni would like to join him and Mia for pizza.  The kids were jumping up and down so there was no way Lorna could turn down his offer.

They had a great time and when the evening was over Zack and Lorna exchanged phone numbers so set up a play date for the kids for Sunday. Zack actually wanted to ask Lorna to dinner some night without the kids.  He figured he would wait to see how Sunday went before sticking his toe in that particular pond.

Sunday turned out to be a disaster for the kids.  As kids, and especially girls wont to do, they had a dispute over some ridiculous thing and wouldn’t talk to each other.  The day couldn’t end soon enough for Zack. 

He was surprised when he got a call on Wednesday from Lorna asking him if he would like to attend a Gallery Opening with her on Sunday afternoon.  He said he would love to but he had Mia until then.  Lorna understood and said perhaps another time.

He could have kicked himself for not suggesting dinner after he dropped off Mia.  He liked Lorna and would enjoy seeing her again.  He called her back and said he would be dropping off Mia about 5:30 and asked if she wanted to meet him downtown at Mercurio’s. 

Zack was twenty minutes late getting to Mercurio’s.  Lorna was waiting and although she was pleasant she let him know she didn’t like to be kept waiting. As she chastised him she told him that good manners dictated you call if you are going to be late.

“Wow, I haven’t been scolded like that since I was a little boy.  Are you going to spank me too? Zack asked.

She blushed.   He apologized for being late but didn’t offer any excuses. During the course of the evening he noticed a couple of characteristics that reminded him of his ex-wife.  He certainly didn’t want to make that mistake again.  She definitely seemed to be a take charge person and when he mentioned it to her she said she was probably just still in mommy mode.  He told her he appreciated independence in a woman but after all the testosterone he dealt with in his work he really appreciated the softer sides of the opposite sex.

When he walked her to the car he told her he was going out of town for a couple of weeks and would be in touch when he returned.   He didn’t set an exact date but he did intend to call her. He would give her the benefit of the doubt and if she still seemed a little caustic he wouldn’t make any future plans.

She called him mid week and left a message.  They played telephone tag for a couple of days but never made contact.  When he got back in town it was his weekend for Mia so he didn’t make any plans with Lorna.  While he and Mia were out on Saturday they ran into Lorna.  She was annoyed that he hadn’t contacted her.  It really bothered him that she would act out in front of Mia.  He determined he would not call her again.

She constantly called him over the next several weeks.  He never once returned her messages.  One day he came home from a trip and she was sitting on his doorstep. 

“What are you doing here”? he asked.

“You haven’t answered any of my phone calls” she said.

He told her he hadn’t because he didn’t think they would be a good fit.  She wanted to know why and he explained that she came on a little too strong for him.  He told her he didn’t like how she had confronted him in front of his daughter among other things.  Lorna wanted to know what other things.  He told her to just leave it and he thought it would be better if they just moved on.  She kept pushing the issue and Zack was losing his patience.

“This is an example of why I don’t want to continue dating you”.

“I would like some answers because I’ve run into this problem in other relationships.  I am trying to learn what I am doing wrong.”

“You’re not necessarily doing anything wrong.  I just think you and I are not a good fit.  It doesn’t mean you wouldn’t be a good fit for someone else”.

He explained to her that in his marriage, Marti and he both had dominant personalities and it didn’t work out too well.  He determined any future relationships would have to be different.  He wanted a woman who was softer.

“What do you mean by softer” she asked.

“Someone who isn’t as aggressive as you seem to be.  You attack, scold, badger – these are not the qualities I associate with soft.  I want to take the reins in a relationship.”

She started to tear up and Zack wasn’t sure if these were crocodile tears or the real thing.  She got herself under control and asked him if he would give her another chance.

He told her he would think about it and give her a call in a day or two.  He got up and led her to the door. He had no intention of changing his mind but he would call her and let her know his decision.

The next day she sent him a cookie bouquet with a card thanking him for being honest and thinking about giving them a chance.  His resolve weakened. He called to thank her for the cookies and set up a dinner date for the next weekend.

They actually had a great time.  Lorna was like a different person.  He wasn’t sure if this was an act but he was willing to give them a chance. When they got to her door he told her he liked this version of Lorna much better.  She told him she had spent a lot of time thinking about what he had said and decided he was right.  When her marriage ended she was bitter and her husband hasn’t helped since then.  He rarely kept his promises to Toni and had not sent any child support payments in over a year.  Being a single mom meant she had to be in charge and she realized she didn’t always shed the coat when she wasn’t being a mommy.  Lorna told him it would be nice to have someone else in charge for a change if she could only remember to let go.

Zack was surprised when he got home from his trip to find he had a package waiting for him.  It was from Lorna. He opened it and laughed at what he found inside.  It was an old wooden ruler along with a note which read

          Dear Zack,

          I found this in an old box of my dad’s things.  It has been well used

          and I can attest to its ability in curbing unwanted behavior. 

.        You might want to keep it handy.

                                                                   Lorna