This short story is an entry in the 2002 Soc.Sexuality.Spanking Summer Short Story Contest and is copyright by the author and commercial use is prohibited without permission. Personal/private copies are permitted only if complete including the copyright notice. The author would appreciate your comments
Category: Adult
Reminder
By
Dyke Grrl <dyke.grrl@verizon.net>
"Hi, sweetie. How did your work go today?"
"All right, I guess."
"Are you all done with what you planned to do?"
"Not exactly."
"Then can you explain why you're playing Scrabble?"
"I just was."
Janey looked at me for several seconds. "You know that you've missed every reasonable deadline for this paper, right?" I nodded. "You know that you will lose your funding if you don't finish it, right?"
I shrugged. "I'll get it done. I always do."
"Michelle, I've tried everything I can think of to motivate you. I've offered rewards, but it hasn't helped. I've tried to get you to talk about it, but it hasn't helped. You know that you can do this paper. You have to do it."
"I know that."
"I can think of one more thing to try. Go upstairs."
I was nervous. I had an idea of what Janey thought might inspire me. I had commented that the problem was that the consequences for not doing the paper just sent me into panic attacks: if I didn't do it, I would lose my funding and be out of my program. It was too much to cope with. There was nothing in between-no consequences that were bad enough to be motivating, but not so bad that I couldn't cope with them.
I could think of one thing that might motivate me: a spanking. But that wasn't how our relationship was. Spankings were for fun, or for rewards. I hadn't earned any spankings in a long time.
Janey came in, holding the paddle. She silently sat on the bed and pointed at her lap. I lay down. She pulled down my shorts and underwear.
"Why am I giving you this spanking?"
I twisted to look at Janey. "Because I was bad. I procrastinated. I didn't get my work done when I needed to."
Janey shook her head. "I don't spank you for being bad. I'm giving you this spanking to remind you that you're good."
"But I wasn't good," I protested. "I was lazy and irresponsible."
"Good girls sometimes do things they'd rather they hadn't, and don't do things they wish they had. I want you to think about that, and remember that you're good, and responsible, and a hard worker." And she started the spanking. After a particularly hard smack, I reached back, but Janey just grabbed my wrist and pinned it to the middle of my back.
"I want you to really understand this reminder," she commented, and continued the spanking. When my bottom and thighs were on fire, she said, "I also want you to know that I will give you other reminders if you need them." She gave me a final SMACK, and put the paddle down on the bed beside us. She rubbed my bottom gently, and then pulled up my clothes.
"Now, go get some work done!"
Janey's reminder did help. Instead of dreading losing my funding, I thought of my sore butt, and got to work.
The End
© Copyright Summer, 2002
Reviews
Jodi <ladiejj(at)webtv(dot)net>
This is a nice story with an interesting dynamic. It has that bit of surprise to it in the fact that this wasn't a punishment spanking. It is a good example of what spankings can be used for in relationships. I enjoy the way this author puts the relationship as the focal point and then shows us how the spanking effects it. Great story.
Owen Williamson <ashthorn(at)maildulf(dot)com>
Another slant on reasons for giving a spanking. Well written, and a good idea. I enjoyed reading this.