Nine year old Archie Andrews was outside playing with his best friend and neighbor, Betty Cooper.
"It's hot." Betty complained.
"I've got an idea. Let's go swimming and Sweet Water Swimming Hole to cool off." Archie suggested.
"But, our parents can't take us, we would never be allowed to go alone." Betty argued.
"So we don't tell anyone that we are going." Archie said smiling. "Go change into your swimsuit while I go find my swim trunks, and meet back here in 5 minutes."
"I don't know... what if we get in trouble?" Betty said concerned.
"Betty, all of our parents are really busy right now. They wouldn't even notice if we left." Archie argued.
Betty smiled. "Okay, But let's stop by Jughead's and invite him too." She said. The two kids went to go change into there swim gear, and met back outside. Betty was wearing a pink swimsuit with a pair of shorts and t-shirt over it. Archie threw on a t-shirt and some navy blue swimming trunks. The two kids sat off on their bikes toward their friend's house. Once they arrived they saw Jughead outside with his little sister Jellybean. When Jughead saw his friends arrive he took Jellybean into the trailer, and went back outside to talk to his friends.
"Hey, guys what's up?" Jughead asked his friends.
"We are going to go to Sweet Water Swimming Hole. Do you wanna come?" Archie asked his friend.
"We aren't allowed to go swimming without an adult, and dad is at the parts store buying a part for his bike, and mom would never say yes, not with Jellybean." Jughead exsplained.
"Well, that's why we didn't ask our parents permission." Archie told Jughead. "Come on, get changed so we can go."
Jughead ran into the trailer and emerged a couple minutes later wearing swimming trunks and a t-shirt. Jughead grabbed his bike and the three friends set off for sweet water swimming hole. The friends were having the best time swimming and playing with eachother. They were there for hours.
FP returned home a couple hours after Jughead had left after fixing his bike with Tall Boy. He brought lunch home. He walked in the trailer where he saw Gladys and Jellybean. "Gladys, I brought a pizza home. Where is Jughead?" FP asked.
"He was outside playing." Gladys answered.
"I didn't see him when I came in. I'll go check out back." FP said. FP returned a couple minutes later. "He isn't there, and his bike is gone. I'm going to call Fred and see if he is there, If he isn't there I'll call Alice. FP called Fred.
"Hello this is Fred." - Fred.
"Hi Fred, this is FP. Is Jughead there? His bike is gone, and he didn't say anything to Gladys or myself before leaving." -FP
"I'm not sure, I haven't seen him, but Archie has been playing with Betty. I'll check the Cooper's and call you back in about 5 minutes." Fred told FP
"Okay, I was going to call Alice next, so just let me know. That boy knows better than to run off without telling anyone where he is at. He is going to get it when I find him." FP told Fred.
"I'll check here and with Alice, and then I will call you right back." Fred said to FP
"Archie, Betty..." Fred yelled. He searched all around the yard, and in the garage. That's when he noticed that Archie's bike was missing. "Mary, have you seen Archie? His bike isn't here." Fred called to his wife.
"No, I haven't is he still with Betty?" Mary called back.
"I'll go check." Fred told Mary. Fred went over to the Cooper's house and knocked. Alice answered the door.
"Fred, what can I help you with?" Alice said to her neighbor.
"Is Archie here? I can't seem to find him, or his bike." Fred exsplained.
"I can check, but I thought Betty was playing at your house." Alice said. "Polly, go check and see if your sister is in her room with Archie. Hal check to see if her bike is in the garage."
"Mom, Betty isn't here." Polly yelled from the stairs. Hal came back into the room.
"Alice, Betty's bike is gone." Hal reported.
"Hal, stay here with Polly, I'm going to go look for her." Alice told her husband.
Alice said starting to freak out. "Alice, we will find them. Come over, I'll call FP, and then we will come up with a plan. Jughead and his bike are also gone. I bet they are all together." Fred told her. Alice agreed to this plan. Fred called FP back. "FP, the kids aren't here and there bikes are missing." Fred exsplained. "Mary and Alice, do you guys want to go together? I can go pick up FP, and look with him." In the end this was the agreed upon plan.
Mary picked up a wooden spoon as she headed out the door with Alice. "What are you doing with that?" Fred asked Mary.
"There is no way Archie is not getting a spanking the second I find him." Mary told him. The Coopers were not a spanking family, but Alice wasn't going to question Mary.
"Let's go then." Alice said to Mary. The two women left together. They were going to start at Pop's
Fred set off for Sunnyside Trailer Park. When he arrived at FP's trailer FP was already outside waiting for him. Fred spotted FP carrying a belt with him. "What's that for?" Fred asked FP.
"If Jughead isn't hurt then he is getting his ass beat." FP told Fred.
"Hmm... you and Mary seem to have the same idea. She grabbed a spoon to spank Archie with. I don't suppose you would mind me borrowing that belt if we find the kids." Fred asked.
"Not at all." FP replied. The men drove all over Riverdale looking for the kids. They weren't at the library, the skate park, or the seven-eleven.
Mary and Alice didn't find the kids at Pop's, Riverdale Elementary, or the old footbridge.
Meanwhile the kids hadn't even thought about the fact that they have been gone for hours. They were just enjoying the refreshing water.
"You don't think they went to the Swimming Hole, do you?" Asked FP.
"They better not have." Fred answered. "They know they are not allowed to go there without an adult. If they went there without even telling anyone Archie is in for a rude awakening." Fred said as he started toward Sweet Water Swimming Hole. Sure enough when the two men came close to the Swimming Hole they saw three bikes there.
The kids looked to see Fred's truck pulling off the street to park. "Ut-Oh," said Archie. "My dad is here. He is going to kill me."
"Sucks to be you," Jughead joked only to turn and see his father getting out of Fred's truck. "I'm dead, My dad is here too." Jughead said a little less bravely. "Come on, swim to the middle so they can't reach us. They aren't going to get in they are both wearing jeans. We won't get in trouble until we get out, so if we just don't get out then we won't get in trouble." The other two kids agreed to Jughead's plan.
FP and Fred walked down to the swimming hole, FP holding belt in hand. "Come on kids, Let's go." Fred told them. The kids didn't obey. "LETS GO NOW." Fred yelled. Betty started to get out, only to be persuaded to stay by Archie.
"Jughead, I'm already going to bust your ass. Don't make it worse for yourself boy." FP yelled.
"You as well Archie." Fred added.
"Guys, I don't want you to get spanked. I'm getting out. I suggest you do too." Betty told her friends.
"Betty no!" Said Archie. "Betty we need to stick together, present a united front." Jughead added.
"ARCHIE, If I have to come get you it will be worse." Fred yelled.
"I'm sorry guys. I'm not going to be the reason you get into more trouble." Said Betty. "I'm getting out." And with that Betty climbed out.
"Go stand by the truck Betty." Fred told her.
"BOY, you have to the count of 3 to get your ass over here or I come and get you." FP yelled. "The longer you disobey, or argue, or advoid your punishment the longer and harder it is going to be." FP bellowed.
"Archie this is your last chance." If FP gets to 3, your butt will be very very sorry young man. Fred yelled...
"One... Two.." both boys were hurrying out of the swimming hole. Fred grabbed Archie first, and so FP handed him the doubled up belt. SMACK SMACK WHAP. Three hard swats landed on top of Archie's backside. FP had ahold of Jughead's upper arm, holding his hand out for Fred to hand him the belt when he was done with Archie. Fred passed the belt to FP who used it on Jughead. WHAP CRACK SMACK. Like Archie, Jughead was sobbing and covering is now aching bottom. Once to the truck FP pulled down the tailgate. Then he looked at Fred. "You wanna go first, or do you want me too?"
"I'll go first." He said taking the belt from FP. "Archie get over here, and bend over."
Betty was trying to ignore the sound of her crying friends, and the loud sound it made when the belt made contact with their wet swimming trunks.
Archie didn't move. Fred cracked the belt. "NOW." He yelled. "Daaaaadddddyyyyyh! I'll be good. I swear! I'm sorry. Please please please don't spank me." The boy pleaded.
"Son, I said now. Do not make things worse for yourself." With that Archie slowly made his way over to his father, and Fred waited for Archie to bend over, then the spanking started. Smack Crack. Archie is crying hard. He had no idea how much more a spanking could hurt on a wet behind. WHAP WHAP... Betty had closed her eyes, and had her hands over her ears, but Jughead couldn't look away. He hated seeing his friend in so much pain, and feared his upcoming turn. The sound was awful. WACK. Archie couldn't control his crying anymore. "Archie, it's over." Fred told his sobbing son. Archie got up and took several steps away from his father. He did not want to be comforted right now.
Fred passed the belt off to FP. "Come on boy, it's your turn." FP said to the crying Jughead. "No, daddy please don't whip me. My butt already hurts. I don't wanna whippin." Jughead begged
"Jughead, the longer you argue the longer and harder this whippin will be. So, unless you want a swat with a switch too, I suggest you get your little butt over here and take your punishment boy." FP said sternly. Not wanting to get spanked even longer Jughead stepped forward and bent over. FP raised the belt high and landed the first wack in the middle of Jughead's behind. He landed two more rapidly after the first one. Jughead was crying so hard he couldn't control his breathing. Please make it stop willed Jughead. Wack Wack CRACK. After the sixth swat it was over. FP pulled Jughead into a quick hug and gave him a kiss on top of his head. "We will talk about this later, get your bike and get in the truck." FP said.
Jughead and Archie threw there t-shirts back on, Betty had already put her shorts and t-shirt on. All three kids loaded there bikes in FP's truck, and sat in the back of the truck. FP and Fred sat in the cab. The kids barely to each other the whole way back to Fred's. Archie and Jughead were still crying for the spankings they had just received, and they were embarrassed that they got spanked in front of eachother and Betty. Betty was crying too. "Why are you crying? You didn't get spanked, just me and Jug." Archie said to his friend.
"Because it's my fault you guys got a spanking." Betty cried. "I agreed to go, then I convinced Jughead to come too."
"Betty, Archie and I both decided to come. After all it was Archie's idea. It's our own faults that we got our butts whipped, not yours." Jughead said consolingly
Fred and FP did have a conversation though. "I cannot believe the kids did that." Fred told FP.
"Really?" Said FP. "I can. Those are the son's of FP Jones and Fred Andrews, and the daughter of Alice Smith. Man, remember all the trouble we got into as kids?"
"I guess you're right. Are you going to punish Jughead and more than you already have?" Asked Fred.
"Yeah," said FP. "His ass is going to stand in the corner, while I call Gladys and tell her what happened. Then, I'm going to give him the choice between getting another whippin and being grounded. Jughead hates being grounded. He will probably choose the whippin."
"Hmm.. I've never given Archie that choice before. If he did he would probably choose being grounded. Archie wasn't bad today, but I think that's because he got punished in front of his friends. Archie is exstremly dramatic during a spankin usually. You give that boy three swats with your hand and you would think he is being murdered by the way he screams. He seems to think if he blows our eardrums out he won't get spanked as long. His spankings are always worse than what they would be because he runs and throws a tantrum." Fred exsplained.
"Jughead is kinda growing out of the tantrum phase. Started giving him a swat with a switch when he argues or throws a tantrum during a spanking. Nipped that problem in the butt real quick." FP exsplained.
Fred Andrews pulled into the driveway where Mary and Alice had just pulled into as well. "Where where they?" Mary asked Fred as he was getting out of the truck.
"Sweet Water Swimming Hole." Fred answered.
"ARCHIE." Mary scolded.
"Mary, calm down. He already got spanked." Fred said.
"Elizabeth Cooper, put your bike in the garage, then go straight to your room young lady." Alice lectured.
"Fred, can I use your phone to call Gladys? Let her know I found Jughead." FP asked
"Yeah, go ahead FP." Fred answered.
"Come on boy," FP said dragging his son into the kitchen. "Get your nose in a corner this instant boy." Jughead obeyed, not wanting to get in anymore trouble than he was already in.
"Archie, you go inside and find a corner as well." Mary instructed her son.
FP picked up the phone and called Gladys. "Hey, we found the kids."
"Thank God! Where were they?" Gladys asked.
"You'll love this... Sweet Water Swimming Hole." FP told her.
"What!?! Are you kidding me? Please tell me your kidding." Gladys said in shock.
"I'm not. I already busted his ass." FP exsplained.
"Okay, If you didn't I would have. Where is he at now?" Gladys asked.
"He and Archie both are standing in corners." FP answered.
"Okay, Jellybean and I already had dinner if you wanna pick something up for you and Jug." Gladys told him.
"Okay, I'll see you later Gladys." FP said.
"Hey FP, we where planning on grilling out tonight if you and Jughead wanna join us." Fred said.
"Yeah, that would be great thanks Fred." Said FP.
Fred laid out some burgers and corn on the cobb for dinner. "Archie, go to your room. Your mother and I will be up there in a minute to discuss your punishment." Fred told his son. Archie went to his room, and sat on his bed waiting for his parents to come up.
"Dad..." Jughead called.
"What Jug?" FP asked his son.
"Can I please get out of the corner yet?" Jughead asked.
"No." FP said simply.
Fred and Mary went into Archie's bedroom. "Do you wanna exsplain to us why you went to the swimming hole, knowing you aren't allowed to go without an adult, and why you left the house without asking or even telling anyone?" Fred asked his son.
"I'm sorry... we just wanted to cool off, and we knew you would say no, so we just kinda left." Said Archie.
"And who's brilliant idea was this?" Fred asked.
"Mine." The boy admitted.
"Archie, do you have any idea how dangerous that was?" Mary asked sternly. Archie didn't answer.
"There is a reason we have that rule. One of you kids could have gotten hurt or drowned, and there wouldn't have been any adults around to help. You could have gotten hurt son." Fred lectured
Archie started crying. He hated being in trouble. "I'm sorry.." he cried hugging his knees.
His Father put an arm around his son, to comfort him. "Arch, you have a choice. Either you take another whippin or you are grounded for two weeks." Fred told the boy.
"Grounded, I choose to be grounded. Please don't spank me again." Archie decided.
"Okay," Mary said. "You are grounded for two weeks starting tomorrow. No tv, no bike, no video games, no friends over. Your punishment starts tomorrow, Jughead and FP are staying for dinner, we are grilling out. You two can play outside together tonight." Mary told her son. Archie nodded, showing that he understood before hugging both of his parents.
"Jughead, you can come out of the corner now son." FP said to Jughead. Jughead went over to his father who hugged him. "Sit down at the table son. We need to talk. Jughead sat down on a chair, and FP sat on the chair adjacent to him. "Do you understand why I busted your butt like that?" FP asked. Jughead nodded. "Then tell me why." FP instructed.
"Because I broke the rules. I left the house without telling anyone where I was going, and I went swimming without an adult. I worried you and Mom, because you didn't know where I was at, and someone could have gotten hurt Swimming and there wasn't an adult there." Jughead exsplained.
"Yeap, That pretty much sums it up son. So here are your options kid. Either I wear you out again or you are grounded for two weeks." FP told him.
Jughead weighed his options for a minute. On the one hand his butt still hurt, so another spanking would be torture. On the other hand being grounded for two whole weeks during the summer would really put a damper on the break. He wouldn't be allowed to do anything fun. But, if he chose the spankin his butt wouldn't hurt for two weeks. Yeah, it would be worse for a minute, but it would stop hurting by the next day. "I'll take the spanking," he finally decided.
"Okay, you will get your butt busted tomorrow. We are staying here for dinner, so just enjoy this time with Archie for now. FP pulled Jughead into a tight hug. "I love you son, that's why you are being punished."
"I love you too Dad." Jughead mumbled.
The two boys ran around outside playing with water guns as FP helped Fred cook dinner.
"Hey Arch."
"Yeah Jug."
"Are you in anymore trouble? I am. I'm getting another whippin tomorrow." Jughead told his friend.
"I'm grounded for two weeks. I had the choice to either be grounded or get spanked again." Archie exsplained.
"Should have chosen the whippin." Jughead suggested. "I had the same choice, and I choose to get whooped again because two weeks is a big chunk of summer vacation. I wanna have fun, not be stuck in the house grounded. Plus the spanking is worse for a minute, but it only hurts for a little bit. It won't last for two weeks. I mean we both got whipped pretty hard earlier, and I can barely feel it anymore." Jughead exsplained.
"That's a good point." Said Archie. "I wonder if dad would let me change my answer. I'm not going to ask him until before bed though. I wanna play right now, not get a whippin." Archie said.
The two boys continued playing with the water gun set when Fred yelled, "Boys Dinner." The two ran over to get there plates , not realizing how hungry they were until that moment, and remembering that the skipped lunch. After everyone had eaten Fred offered to give FP and Jughead a ride home. They accepted. On the short drive to the trailer Jughead had fallen asleep leaning on FP's shoulder. FP gently pushed Jughead's head off so he could get out of the truck. He unloaded the boy's bike. Then FP grabbed the still sleeping Jughead, and carried him into the trailer. FP laid Jughead on the pull out couch next to his sister who was already asleep.
Once Fred got home his son Archie approached him. "Dad, I have a question. I was wondering if it was to late to change my mind. I think I'd rather choose the spankin then to be grounded." Archie told his father.
"Okay son, if that is what you want go get the belt and meet me in your room." Fred told his son. Archie obeyed. He went and got the belt from his parents room and then sat on his bed. He didn't have to wait long before Fred came up to his room and sat on his bed. "Okay Archie lets get this over with." Fred said as he pulled his son over his lap. THWACK Archie was crying from the first Wack. His butt was still sore from the spanking he received at Sweet Water Swimming Hole. SMACK SMACK CRACK. The boy was wailing, but didn't beg. The belt found it's target 2 more times. Fred helped his son up. "Archie... we are done." The boy clung to his father crying into his shirt. When Archie had calmed down Fred said, "Come on Archie. It's time for bed son." Archie climbed into bed, and Fred tucked him in. "Goodnight Archie." "Goodnight Dad."
The next morning Jughead woke to the smell of pancakes. Jellybean and his parents were already awake. "Good Morning Jug." His mom called from the kitchen. Gladys could hear a muffled "good morning" through Jughead's yawn. "Breakfast is almost ready. Come set the table please." Jughead sleepily went into the kitchen and set the table. Gladys was stacking pancakes on a plate. "Dad is outside. Go tell him that breakfast is ready."
Jughead walked outside barefoot and went over to FP. "Dad, mom said that breakfast is ready."
"Okay son, I'll be there in just a minute." FP responded.
When FP came inside Gladys was cutting Jellybean's pancake up for her to eat. FP fixed Jughead and himself a plate. The family began to eat together when Gladys turned to Jughead. "So, you went down to Sweet Water Swimming Hole, huh?"
"Yes mom." The boy answered.
"Without permission? Or an Adult?" She added. Jughead nodded. "Why Jughead, when you know you are not allowed to go to Sweet Water Swimming Hole without an adult, nor are you allowed to leave the house without permission." Gladys lectured.
"I don't know... Archie and Betty came over and invited me, and I wanted to go... So I did." Jughead answered.
"That was exstremly selfish of you Jughead. Do you have any idea how worried we were about you?" Gladys continued. "You could have drown, and your father and I would have had no idea you were even swimming. Don't you EVER do anything like that again Jug, so help me god, I will beat your ass so badly, you won't be able to sit down for a week." Gladys warned her son.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to." Jughead whined.
"Boy, you did mean too. You knew what you were doing was wrong when you decided to do it, then you did it anyway." FP chimed in.
Jughead was holding back tears. He knew his parents were right... It was selfish to leave and not think about how his parents would react when they realized he wasn't there.
"Jug, you really messed up this time kid." His mom said. "Dad said you chose a second spanking over being grounded. Go stand in the corner and think about what you did, and why it was wrong. We will come get you when we get ready to spank you."
Jughead stood up, put his plate in the sink, and made his way to the corner. Jughead hated standing in the corner. To him it was way worse than the spanking itself. "Jughead, Come here." Gladys said after 10 minutes.
Jughead started crying. "Mommy, I'm sorry please don't spank me." Jughead begged.
Gladys pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down. "Would you rather be grounded?" Jughead didn't answer. He walked over to his mother. Gladys pulled Jughead over her lap. Gladys started spanking Jughead with her hand. She gave him enough swats to cause his bottom to sting a little then said, "Go get the Belt" to her son.
"Please not the belt." Jughead whined. Gladys pulled Jughead back over her lap and gave him one sharp SMACK that caused him to yelp in pain.
"Boy, you choose this punishment. So I suggest you listen to your mother. You are getting a swat with the switch. Go get the belt like your mother told you to or it will be more." FP warned.
"Go get the belt." She said again. Jughead went to his parents room, and grabbed the belt he and Archie were spanked with the day before. He came back and handed it to his mom. Jughead had been spanked with a belt a couple of times from his father, but his mom had never used a belt on him. "Bend over." She said when Jughead returned to the kitchen. Jughead bent over his Mom's lap. "You're getting 4 licks with the belt from me. Gladys told Jughead. Jughead started crying harder. He hated this. TWAP WACK. The belt hurt just as much coming from his mom, as it did his dad. SMACK CRACK. Jughead was crying. Gladys wanted to ensure Jughead understood the seriousness of what he had done, and wasn't going easy on him. "Go back to the corner." She instructed. The crying Jughead obeyed.
Jughead was dreading the switch. He hated that stupid, evil thing. FP went outside to get a switch. He waited until Jughead stopped crying to say "Boy, get over here and bend over the arm of the couch." FP instructed. When Jughead didn't move FP said "NOW." Jughead reluctantly obeyed. FP raised the evil switch and landed it hard on the tiny target. TWACK. FP broke the switch over his knee. Jughead was desperately trying to rub the sting out of his bottom. FP sat on the couch and pulled his crying son onto his lap. Jughead baried his tear stricken face into his father's t-shirt. FP rocked the boy and rubbed his back until Jughead had stopped crying. Jughead got up to wash his face. Jughead hated being punished, but he understood why his parents had whipped him, and Felt he had earned his punishment.
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