DSP-- Lizzie: Without Permission

Dominic was busy packing his suitcase and briefcase, getting everything ready for his business trip.

Both Loizzie and Melinda were bummed. Dom would be gone a week. No one wanted him to go, but he had to.

Lizzie stood by the end of the bed and watched Dom trying to close his suitcase. "Why you have to go?" she asked for the tenth time.

Dominic sighed. He sat down on the bed and pulled Lizzie in front of him. "I told you, sweetie. This is an important client. I have to go meet him instead of him coming to see me. My boss expects me to close this deal."

Lizzie didn't understand. She didn't understand about deals or bosses or the business world. All she knew was that one of her favorite people in the world was going away for a whole week. A whole long seven days.

Melinda wasn't too happy either. She had gotten accustomed to having Dominic around all the time. He really helped out around the house. In fact, it was because of him that things ran so smoothly all the time. She tried to remember what life had been like before Dom was around, and found she couldn't. She didn't want to.

At this time, Dom looked into Lizzie's eyes. "I know it's going to be hard, sweetie, but you'll be okay. You have your sister here, and you'll be in school, and you have your friends. We can talk on the phone, and I'm sure Melinda could show you how to email me. Okay?"

Lizzie nodded, but she was hurting inside. Sure she loved her sister. They always had a good time together, but she would miss Dominic. She hadn't realized how attached she had gotten to him in such a short time. In reality, she had only had him in her life a few short months. But so much had happened in those months. Lizzie's life had changed dramatically.

Melinda and Lizzie held hands as they watched Dominic drive away. They had hugged and kissed for several minutes, before Dom announced that he really had better get going or he would miss his flight. Dominic had warned Lizzie to behave while he was gone, or there would be big trouble. Dom had also told Melinda that she would have to punish Lizzie if the situation arose. Mel hoped it wouldn't.

Of course, that was wishful thinking. Lizzie was still testing the waters. She was constantly testing to see if Dom and Lin would carry out certain punishments on certain behaviors. For the most part, Lizzie knew all her rules. She knew which behaviors were acceptable and which were spankable offenses. For example, she knew if she jumped on the bed that Dom would spank her.

Other rules she had were not staying home alone, not going anywhere without permission, and especially without a grownup, and not using scissors without a grownup nearby. Lizzie had learned that one just the week before when she tried to cut up some old pillowcase. At least she had 'thought' it was an old pillowcase. She had made a huge mess and Melinda had not been happy.

On Monday after school, just two days after Dom had left, Melinda was inside cleaning up the house. Lizzie had permission to play in the backyard. Her friend, Julie Ann, was over. Julie Ann had already turned 7. She and Lizzie were good friends. Julie Ann lived around the block and they played together often. They got into trouble together often, too.

"Hey, Lizzie, know what?"

Lizzie looked up from the worm she was holding. It had squiggled right onto her finger. "What?"

"You know that tree down at the park? The one with the branches that swing way out over the slide?"

Lizzie thought. "Yeah, that's a cool tree."

"I climbed it the other day!" Julie Ann announced.

"You climbed it? COOOL!" Lizzie shouted. "I want to!"

"Let's go now. I bet there wouldn't be too many people there now. It's almost dinner time!"

"Okay!" Lizzie said, agreeing.

She put down the worm and ran to the gate. For a fleeting minute she thought she probably should go tell Lin where she was going. But after a shout from Julie Ann to get moving, Lizzie ran out the gate and down the sidewalk, already thinking how cool it would be to climb that old tree.

They ran all the way down to the park. It wasn't that far away, but Lizzie wasn't supposed to go without a grownup. They had to cross one street, but luckily the crossing guard was still there. The school wasn't too far away, and there were after-school programs. But no crossing guard probably wouldn't have affected Julie Ann and Lizzie's determination to climb the tree anyway.

"There it is!" Julie Ann shouted.

Lizzie looked up. It was taller than she had remembered it. She looked at the branch that was hanging over the slide. It was very high up. Lizzie watched the children going up and down the slide. It didn't look as though any of them could reach the branch. She wondered what would happen if she fell from the branch to the slide.

"Come on!" Julie Ann yelled. "Let's go!"

Following right behind, Lizzie started climbing the tree. It was easy at first, and Lizzie was amazed at how quickly she got higher up in the tree.

"There's that branch! I'm going to go out on it, and then jump onto the slide and go down!" she said.

Lizzie wasn't so sure. She remembered how high it had looked when she was standing on the ground. But there was no stopping her friend, and Lizzie didn't want to seem as though she were a chicken, so she started after her.

When Julie Ann was halfway onto the branch, kids below yelled up to them, "Hey, what are you doing?" "Hey, you two are crazy!" "Come down from there!" yelled one parent.

Julie Ann looked at Lizzie and smiled. "We're not gonna listen to them, are we?"

"I dunno," Lizzie said, looking down. She was pretty scared.

Then she saw someone she knew. It was this boy, Shawn, who lived down the block from her. He was ten. He was a nice boy, as far as boys went. He was really loud and was always riding his bike, or playing hockey on the street with his friends. Shawn's mother, Eliza, was standing next to him. Lizzie realized it was she who had yelled to them to come down.

Eliza was friendly with Melinda. Uh oh, Lizzie thought. This can't be good. Lizzie liked Ms. Eliza. She liked her because they had almost the same name. In fact, once Shawn's mother had told her that she had been called 'Lizzy' when she was a little girl, too.

"Julie Ann! Lizzie! Come down!" Ms. Eliza shouted.

Lizzie looked at Julie Ann. She shrugged. "I guess we gotta!" Julie Ann said. She thought about jumping from the branch to the slide, but when Ms. Eliza shook her head, Julie Ann started down the base of the tree. She looked up at Lizzie who was now higher up than she. "Aren't you coming?"

Looking down, Lizzie was scared. She hadn't been when she was going up, but now she was. She was stuck. Lizzie was afraid to move. "I'm scared!" she said.

Shawn helped Julie Ann down at the bottom. "What are you two, crazy?" he yelled.

"It was nothing!" Julie Ann said, brushing her hands on the side of her jeans. "If you hadn't come along, I would have swung down from that branch onto the slide and then slid right down."

"Yeah, and you would have probably gotten hurt!" Ms. Eliza said. She looked up at Lizzie, who was still in the same spot. "Isn't she coming down?"

"LIZZIE!" Shawn yelled. "COME DOWN!"

"I can'tttttt!" Lizzie cried. "I'm stucked!"

Shawn sighed and looked at his mother. "I'm gonna have to go up and get her."

Ms. Eliza nodded. "Just be careful, Shawn."

Shawn put his foot up and started to climb up. When he got to Lizzie, he said, "Okay, now just put your foot back, and then reach for my hand."

"I can't!" Lizzie cried. "I'm scared."

"You got up, Lizzie, you can get down. Come on, I'll help you!"

It took a long time, but Shawn managed to help Lizzie ease down the tree. When she got near the bottom, Ms. Eliza grabbed the little girl and brought her down safely. She hugged her tight and looked her over. "Are you all right?"

Lizzie nodded. For now, she thought. Just wait til Lin heard this story; she'd be dead. "I's okay, I guess," Lizzie said softly.

"Come on, let's get you two home," Ms. Eliza said.

Reluctantly, Lizzie and Julie Ann walked with Shawn and his mom back down the street. They dropped Julie Ann off at her house first. Then Eliza rang the doorbell at Lizzie's house. Melinda opened the door in a state of panic. When she saw her sister, she sighed and covered her mouth.

"Oh my god, thank god. Where have you been?" she shouted. "I was just about to call the police!"

Melinda grabbed Lizzie and held her tight. Lizzie hugged her sister back. She was happy to be home and out of that tree, too. Eliza and Melinda exchanged a few brief words. When they started to leave, Shawn mouthed the words, "Good luck." Lizzie nodded.

As soon as they were alone, Melinda yelled, "What on earth were you thinking? Do you know how high that tree is?"

Lizzie started to cry. She couldn't help it. All the fear that she had felt while she was up in that tree came back to her. She was so glad to be safe in her house again. "I'm sorrrrrry!" she cried. "I was just following Julie Ann."

Melinda sighed. She wished she had a dollar for every time Lizzie followed one of her friends. Melinda made a mental note to herself to call Stewart and let him know about Julie Ann's actions too. But for now, she wanted to get to the bottom of this.

She looked at Lizzie. "What were you doing at the park without a grownup, Elizabeth?"

The use of her full name made Lizzie jump. Lin never called her 'Elizabeth'.

"I, uh, we, umm," she began, not knowing how to go on. "It's only down the block, Lin."

"Yes, I know it's only down the block. But are you allowed to go to the park without an adult with you?"

Lizzie shook her head. "No, ma'am."

"No, you are not. How come you and Julie Ann were at the park without an adult there?"

"There were adults there," Lizzie tried.

"Lizzie, you know what I meant. What were you thinking going there without a grown-up? You didn't even come in to tell me you were leaving the yard. You disobeyed more than one rule, young lady."

Lizzie sighed. "I's in trouble?" she asked, even though she knew she was.

Melinda sighed too, because she didn't know what to do. "I'm going to talk to your uncle about this and then we will discuss it. But I would say yes...you are in trouble."

"Oh." Lizzie bit her lip. "But you still love me?"

Melinda looked down at her little sister and smiled. "Of course I do, silly. I love you no matter what you do."

~~~~~
"You know I was really scared when I was up in that tree," Lizzie said later, after dinner, when she was getting ready for bed.

"I'm sure you were. That tree is pretty high up."

"Yeah, it is," Lizzie agreed.

"Then why did you do it, Lizzie?" Melinda asked.

"Cuz Julie Ann was doing it. She made it look so easy. And asides, she not afraid of nothing. I didn't want to look like a chicken."

"Oh, I see," Lin said. She remembered those days too. You couldn't let on that anything scared you or you would be picked on. "Well next time you remember that you got in trouble. I'm sure Julie Ann is in trouble, too."

The next day after school, Melinda showed Lizzie how to send Dominic an email. "Did you talk to him about the tree?" Lizzie asked quietly.

Melinda looked down at her little sister. "I mentioned it to him, but he and I haven't talked about it yet," she told her. "And Lizzie, it's not about the tree. The issue here is that you left the yard without permission and went to the park without an adult with you."

"Yes, ma'am. But it not far!" she tried again.

"It doesn't matter. You are only six years old, and you know you aren't supposed to do that."

Lizzie sighed and said, "Yes, Lin."

Melinda turned Lizzie around on the desk chair. "Do you understand why we have that rule?"

"So I can be safe?"

"Exactly. Your Uncle Dom and I love you very very much, and we would be so very sad if anything bad happened to you. So you have rules to help keep you safe...like no going to the park without an adult, no using scissors unless an adult knows, and no staying home alone."

"There's too many rules. Asides, kids make mistakes!" Lizzie stated.

"You don't have that many rules, kiddo," Lin said. "Besides you know them. And Lizzie, this wasn't a mistake. You wanted to go to the park and you went. You made that choice...isn't that right?"

Lizzie nodded her head slowly. "Yes, Lin." She looked back at the computer screen. What on earth was she going to write to her uncle now. She turned back and looked at her sister. "You spointed in me?"

"A little, sis. Because when you do stuff like that, it makes me afraid I can't trust you to do the right things when I'm not around."

This made Lizzie cry. More than anything else in the world, she hated disappointing her sister and her uncle. She knew he would be very disappointed in her.

"I want you to trust me," she cried.

"I know you do, sweetie, and I want to. But when you do things like this, it makes it hard."

Lizzie nodded again. She looked at the computer screen one more time. "Uncle Dom's gonna be spointed in me, too. I miss him, though."

"He misses you too. He'll be home on Saturday."

It was only Wednesday. "Saturday's a long ways away," Lizzie cried. "And he's gonna punish me."

"Well, we haven't talked yet about what your punishment is going to be," Melinda informed Lizzie.

Between missing Dominic and being unhappy about waiting for punishment, Lizzie was getting very ornery. She stood up and stomped her foot. "I NOT gonna have a punishment!"

"Excuse me?" Melinda said, eyebrows raised. She just looked at her little sister.

"Uh huh, and I's gonna do whatever I want. I's gonna cut with scissors and skip school and stay home by myself!" Lizzie announced.

Melinda looked down at her little sister. "Apparently you want me to punish you right now."

"NO!"

Melinda pulled Lizzie up off the desk chair, turned her around and smacked her bottom hard. {SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!} "You are not going to talk to me that way!"

"Owwwww, stoppppp that!" Lizzie cried, pushing her sister away.

Melinda looked at Lizzie. "I think you need some time in the corner. You can write to Dominic later." She reached over and put the computer to sleep. Then she pointed to a corner in the den.

Lizzie folded her arms across her chest. She had crossed the line already and she wasn't stopping now. She shook her head and said simply, "No."

"NOW!" Melinda roared.

Lizzie jumped, but looked at her big sis. "I not going to the corner, and you can't make me!" she said. She was standing firm.

Melinda thought to herself that Lizzie was really asking for it. She knew this could not wait til Dominic came home three days later. She knew what she must do.

She grabbed Lizzie's arm and led her to the sofa that they had in the den. She pulled the little girl over her lap and pulled down her pants and panties in one swift motion, as if she had been doing it all her life. Melinda raised her hand and brought it down hard on the little girl's bottom.

{SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!}

Lizzie recovered from being yanked out of a standing position. It had happened so fast; she didn't know what was happening to her. When she realized what was going on, she tried to wiggle off her sister's lap.

"Noooo, Linnnnn, stoppppp!" she cried.

{SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} Lizzie gave her sister quite the fight, but Mel held her tight and continued spanking the little bottom.

Lizzie was crying and not believing this was her sister spanking her. It hurt a lot, almost as much as when Dom spanked her. She thought maybe Lin had been taking lessons behind her back.

{SMACK!} {SMACK!} "You are NOT {SMACK!} {SMACK!} going to talk to me {SMACK!} {SMACK!} like that, {SMACK!} {SMACK!} little girl." {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!}

"Owwwwwwww!" Lizzie continued crying and reached her hand back. Melinda pushed her hand out of the way and continued spanking her. "I not wanna spankin!" Lizzie yelled. "Linnnnn, stoppppp!"

She hadn't said she was sorry yet. And that was because she wasn't. It had been a long week so far, and Lizzie was really missing Dominic. She had tested the waters with her little trip to the park and nothing really had happened. Oh, she knew Lin had been upset. They had talked and talked about what she had done, and Lizzie knew she would eventually get punished for that, but nothing had really happened as of yet.

Now Melinda did not stop spanking her bottom. Not even when Lizzie cried out that it hurt. Not even when Lizzie pleaded for Lin to stop. Melinda kept it up.

"Stoppppp!" she cried.

{SMACK!} {SMACK!} "You will NOT {SMACK!} {SMACK!} tell me what you are {SMACK!} {SMACK!} and what you are not going to do. {SMACK!} {SMACK!} Do you understand me?" {SMACK!} {SMACK!}

Lizzie nodded, crying. "Yes, ma'am," she sobbed. "Owwwwwwwieeee!"

{SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} {SMACK!} Melinda spanked Lizzie's sit spot. Oh, she would be feeling this for several hours, if not the next day, too.

Lizzie was sobbing uncontrollably now. Her sister had never spanked her this hard. Ever! "Owwwwwww!" she cried. And then finally, "I'm sorrrrrrrry!"

It was what Melinda had been waiting for. She stopped spanking her little sister and pulled her up into her lap. Mel cuddled her tight as Lizzie sobbed on her shoulder.

Lizzie was unable to talk for a few minutes. Mel held Lizzie and rubbed her back while she finished out her crying. Mel took a deep breath. She had never had to spank Lizzie that hard before. Most spankings she had given her were little reminder ones. This one had been much more intense and emotional. She was exhausted.

Lizzie sniffled and picked up her head and looked at her big sister's face. "D-d-do you h-h-hate me n-now?"

Melinda looked down at Lizzie. "Of course I don't hate you. I love you very much, no matter what you do, you know that. But I won't have you talking to me like that."

Lizzie nodded, still crying softly. "I's sorrry, Lin."

"I know, sweetie. It's all over now," Melinda said, putting Lizzie on the floor. She reached down and gently pulled up Lizzie's panties and pants and then carefully set her back on her lap.

Lizzie looked at her big sister's hands. "I didn't think you could spank that hard, Lin."

Melinda nodded. "I can spank harder than that if I have to." When she saw Lizzie gasp, she continued. "But I hope I never have to."

"I don't want you to ever have to. That hurt!"

Melinda nodded. "I'm sure it did. I wanted to make sure you remember that you aren't to talk to me like that...and that you will obey the rules your Uncle and I have given you."

Lizzie sobbed and sniffled. "Yes, ma'am."

Melinda reached over onto the coffee table for a couple of tissues. She used one to wipe her little sister's eyes. Then she handed her another one. "Blow your nose." Lizzie did.

"Okay, do you know what you are going to do now?"

"What?" Lizzie asked.

"You are going to do what I told you to do a few minutes ago." Mel pointed. "You are going to spend a few minutes in the corner."

Lizzie looked over at the corner. "Do I gotta?" she asked. She hated the corner, more than anything.

"Yes, you do," Mel answered.

Lizzie gave her big sister a big hug before she ran over to the corner. She really was sorry for having spoken to her sister the way she did. Lizzie couldn't explain it. She had just been so frustrated by the week. It was almost as if she had just really really needed that spanking.

Melinda watched Lizzie standing there for several minutes before calling her back over. "Lizzie, come here."

Lizzie walked over to Melinda, who was still sitting on the couch. Lizzie wiped at the tears that continued to fall out from her eyes. That had been an incredibly hard spanking and she was just emotionally drained.

Melinda pulled Lizzie into her arms and hugged her tight. "I love you, lilone."

Lizzie smiled. Melinda had started calling her that just recently and she loved it. She put her arms around Lin's neck and hugged her hard. "I love you, too, Lin." As an afterthought she said, "I's sorry I got uppity with you."

"I know, kiddo, I know. I hope you won't do it again."

"I won't, sis. Never ever." It was a promise she couldn't possibly keep forever, but for now she meant it.

"Good," Melinda said, kissing her sister's forehead. She took the back of her hand and wiped Lizzie's tears away. Then they just held each other for a long time after that.

~~~~~
Finally the day came that the girls were waiting for. Dominic was coming home. Lizzie tried not to think about the little talk they were going to have. She knew her uncle was probably very disappointed in her.

When the door opened, both Lizzie and Melinda ran to it. They practically knocked him down. Dom couldn't tell who had missed him more. And he had missed them both. At least they had had each other. All he had had was a lonely hotel room and boring clients. But now he was back home.

Dominic scooped up Lizzie first and threw her in the air. He loved to listen to her giggle. "Whhhheeeeee!" she yelled. Melinda stood by, patiently waiting her turn, watching the two of them together. She loved this little family they had become.

Once Lizzie was set down again, Dom scooped Mel into his arms and held her tight. They kissed passionately, and Lizzie giggled and turned away. "Yuck!" she stated. Finally after several long minutes, they broke away and just hugged each other real tight.

"Don't ever go away again!" Mel told him.

"I'll try not to," Dom replied. "Although," he added chidingly, "if I'm always going to get that kind of reception when I return, I'll go away more often."

Mel smiled. She knew he was just kidding.

Lizzie followed Dominic to the bedroom. He opened his suitcase and started putting away his things. She just stood there and watched him. He turned to see her watching him and smiled.

"I's so glad you're home, Uncle. I missed you so much!" Lizzie said, running into his arms.

Dom picked her up and sat on the bed with her in his lap. "Oh, sweetie, I missed you very much too. I'm glad to be home."

Lizzie reached up and pet Dominic's beard. She was deep into thinking. "Uncle?"

"Yes, sweetie?"

"Did Lin tell you she hadda spank me the other night?"

"Yes, she did. In fact, she told me she had to spank you pretty hard."

"Uh huh. It hurt."

"I'm sure it did," Dom stated, holding Lizzie.

"There's somethin' else," Lizzie said sadly.

"Tell me."

"I not wanna. You's gonna be mad," Lizzie said. She knew Lin had mentioned the thing about the tree and the park to Dom but she also knew they preferred hearing about misbehavior right from her.

"Tell me anyway."

"I went to the park without a grownup and got stucked up in a tree."

"Yes, I know all about that."

"You spointed?

Dom nodded. "I thought you would behave better while I was gone, Elizabeth."

Lizzie nodded. She was getting used to the full name when she was in trouble. "You mad at me, Uncle?"

"Not mad so much as concerned about what you did and how we make sure you don't do it again."

Lizzie pouted. "I gonna be grounded forever?"

"Maybe only til you're 8."

"8? That's forever away!"

"I'm just teasing, honey."

"Oh. You gonna spank me, Uncle?"

"Yes, I am, Lizzie."

"Hard?"

"Very hard. You were very naughty."

"I not want you to spank me."

"I didn't think you did, honey, but I'm still going to," Dom stated. He looked down at the little girl. "But not right now. Right now I'm going to unpack and then we'll have some lunch." He stood up and set Lizzie down on the floor. "Why don't you go help your sister in the kitchen, and I will be in there in a few minutes?"

"Yes, sir."

Lizzie didn't mind holding off her talk with Dominic. She knew she was in for it big time. They had a good lunch and talked and joked around. After lunch, Dom went to lie down. He had been up real early that morning and had spent most of the day flying.

Melinda and Lizzie played cards and watched television until Dominic woke up. It was almost dinnertime by then. Dom figured their talk could wait until after dinner. They ordered in a pizza because no one felt like cooking. After dinner, Lizzie was allowed to have a few cookies and some milk.

"Can I have chocolate milk?" she asked.

Melinda looked at Dominic. "What do you think, hon?"

"What do I think about what?" he asked. He had been reading the paper and was a little distracted.

"Too late, Uncle. I ready put the syrup in," Lizzie announced, stirring her chocolate milk. She sat at the table and slowly drank the milk.

"Aren't you finished yet, Lizzie?" Melinda asked.

"That depends."

"Oh what?"

"On what's gonna happen when I's done with my snack," Lizzie said.

Mel looked at Dom. He looked up from the paper. "What?" he asked.

"Lizzie wants to know what's going to happen when she is finished with her milk?"

"We're going to go have a little talk," he stated.

"That's what I thought," Mel said.

"Then I's not done yet," Lizzie announced.

Dominic looked right at Lizzie then. "Take one more sip and then go to your room. Let's go!" he said, standing up, and putting his plate in the sink.

Lizzie sighed, finished her milk and put the glass in the sink. She went over to her big sister and hugged her tight. "I love you, Lin."

"Oh, I love you, too, sweetie. I'll come in later and help tuck you in. Okay?"

Nodding, Lizzie tried to fight the tears that were starting to fall from her eyes. She knew she was going to be punished very severely and she wanted to do anything other than go to her room just then.

"Come on, Lizzie," Dom said, holding out his hand. "Let's go to your room."

"Yes, sir," Lizzie said, sighing. She took her uncle's hand and went with him down the hall to her room. Living in a ranch house meant that everything was all on one floor. Lizzie wished she lived in a bedroom upstairs. Maybe someday.

Dominic led Lizzie into her room. He sat down on the bed and stood her in front of him. "You's really spointed in me, huh?"

Dom nodded and said, "Very."

"Oh," Lizzie said, looking down. "I not like when you's spointed in me."

"What you did was very dangerous!"

"Now I know," Lizzie said.

"You could have been hurt badly," Dom said, lifting her chin so that his eyes were searing into hers.

Lizzie looked down again.

"You knew you shouldn't go to the park without an adult, or go at all without permission."

"But I was with Julie Ann."

"So?" Dominic asked, looking at Lizzie. "Are you allowed to go to the park by yourself?"

Lizzie bit her lip. "I wasn't by myself."

"You know what I mean, Elizabeth. Are you?"

"No, sir," Lizzie said, shaking her head.

Dominic bent down. Lizzie knew the time was near. "But I's sorrrry!"

"Oh, I'm sure you are," Dom said, pulling her pants down and taking them completely off. Then Dom lowered her panties and pulled her over his lap.

Lizzie cringed. She was dreading what was coming. Dom patted the curve of Lizzie's bottom. He raised his hand and brought it down sharply. {Spank! Spank!}

Lizzie jumped. "Owwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" she cried.

"What you did {Spank! Spank!} was very naughty, Elizabeth," Dom said, continuing to smack her bottom. {Smack! Smack!}

"Owwww, yessssir!" she sobbed.

"You knew {Spank! Spank!} you shouldn't go to the park {Spank! Spank!} without an adult {Smack! Smack!} and you went anyway." {Smack! Smack!}

"I's sorrrrry!" Lizzie wailed. This seemed like the hardest spanking she had ever received from her uncle and he wasn't nearly finished yet.

"Not as sorry as you will be!" he stated, continuing to rain the spanks down on her poor bottom.

Lizzie was sobbing and crying. She put her hand back to try to block her uncle's hand. Dominic was working on her sit spot and grabbed her hand and pinned it to her back.

{Smack! Smack!} {Smack! Spank!} {Spank! Spank!} {Spank! Spank!} {Spank! Spank!}

"Waaaaaaaaaaaah!" Lizzie cried. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Dom pick up the hairbrush from her nightstand. "Noooooo, pleeeeease!"

{Whack! Whack!} went the hairbrush working the same spots as Dom's hand had a few minutes before.

"Owwwwwwwwwwwieeeeeeeeee! I's sorrrrrrrry, Uncle!"

"I have never had to spank you as hard as this, Lizzie!"

"Whyyyyy?" she cried.

Dom raised the hairbrush again and brought it down on her sit spot. {Whack! Whack!} {Whack! Whack!}

"You are going to learn {Whack! Whack!} that rules {Whack! Whack!} are to be obeyed!"

"Owwwwwwwww! Yesssssirrrrr!" Lizzie cried. She was wiggling around a lot trying to avoid that horrible hairbrush.

Dom put the brush down. Lizzie was relieved. She didn't know how much more she could have taken. Dom knew he wasn't finished yet, but he hesitated for a minute. Could he do it? She was only six years old.

Lizzie was sobbing on his lap. Dom put his hand on her tush. It was very hot and was already very red. Dom thought for a minute. He really wanted to make sure she understood this lesson.

"Is my sp-spankin over?" Lizzie asked, sobbing. "It hurrrrrrrrrts!"

"I'm sure it does. A spanking is meant to hurt. It's how you remember, Elizabeth!" Dom stated.

"Yes, sir," Lizzie said. She wondered why she was still laying there. Usually after a spanking, her uncle pulled her up into his lap and cuddled her.

Dominic didn't want to, but he knew he had to do it. Finally he reached for the belt around his waist, pulled it out from the loops of his jeans. Lizzie heard the swoosh of the belt and her eyes widened.

"I not want that!" she cried.

Dominic doubled the belt, raised it and brought it down on her already sore bottom. "You are never to go to the park alone, do you understand?"
{THWACK!} went the belt once.

"Owwwwwwwwww!" Lizzie screamed. "Yessir! I won't, I won't!"

"And you will ask permission to go places like that all the time!" he announced, making the belt make contact with her bottom a second time. {THWACK!}

"Yes, Uncle, I will, I promise!" Lizzie cried. She thought she'd never want to go to the park again, with or without a grownup.

Dom pulled Lizzie onto his lap then and held her tight. Lizzie was clutching onto him for dear life and sobbing on his shoulder. He rubbed her back and her bottom. With his other hand, he wiped a tear away from his own eye.

"That hurrrrrrt!" Lizzie said, sobbing.

"I know, sweetie," Dom said, trying to keep his voice steady. He didn't think he would ever have to punish the little girl that hard. But he also knew he had to do it.

Lizzie continued to sob on his shoulder. "I didn't mean to be so naughty. I'sss sorry!"

"I really hate having to spank you that way," Dom said.

"You does?" Lizzie said, picking her head up. She looked up into her Uncle's eyes. She saw they were wet and she reached up to wipe away a tear. That made her cry even harder. She had made her uncle cry by being so naughty.

"Yes, I do," Dom said, nodding. He kissed Lizzie on the cheek. This meant she was forgiven.

"But you gotta?" she asked, starting to calm down a bit.

"If I'm going to do a proper job taking care of you, I do."

Lizzie nodded, sniffling and wiping her nose with her sleeve.

Dom reached over to the nightstand and handed Lizzie a tissue. She wiped her eyes and blew her nose. She sat holding the tissue in her hand, playing with it a little. "I deserved a spanking like that, huh, sir?" she asked.

Nodding sadly, Dom said, "Yes, unfortunately, you did."

"Oh. But you still love me?" she asked, tentatively. Lizzie always asked. She wanted to make sure.

"Of course I still love you. I will always love you, sweetie," Dom said, hugging Lizzie tightly to him.

Dom held his hand out for the tissue. After Lizzie gave it to him, he put it in the garbage can and stood up with her in his arms. He set her down on the floor, pulled up her panties, gently, then slowly pulled off her shirt. He reached under her pillow for her pajamas. Lizzie liked to wear the footy pajamas with the flap.

But when she saw them, she shook her head. "Nightshirt?" she asked.

"Sure," he said. He folded the footy pjs and put them back in the drawer, then took out a nightshirt and slipped it over her head. "Go wash up and brush your teeth. I'll get your sister and we'll both tuck you in. Okay?" Dom said gently.

"Okay," Lizzie said. She headed for the bathroom to wash up.

Once she had done all her nightly rituals, Melinda and Dominic tucked the little girl into her bed. They each took a side of the bed and made sure the blankets were tucked in around her. Lizzie clutched her teddy bear tight to her, as she lay on her side. There was no way she was sleeping on her back tonight.

Dom and Melinda each took a turn kissing Lizzie on the forehead. "We love you, sweetheart. Good night!"

"Nite, Uncle Dom. Nite, sis. Love you!"

Lizzie fell asleep thinking happy thoughts. She may have had a strict uncle who punished her severely, but she also knew she was loved. She knew he did it because he had to. She was a very loved and special little girl.

The end.