Sister Anna Marie

By Peppe1951

Summary: Peter is going to be out-of-town for a week and he's leaving Neal into the capable hands of Sister Anna Marie. Warning: The story contains non-consent spanking of an adult; if you don't like, don't read. Disclaimer: White Collar belongs to USA; I only write about it.

AN: THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE STORY IN WHICH NEAL IS MUCH YOUNGER THAN HE IS IN THE SERIES. ALSO IN THIS UNIVERSE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS AN ALLOWED FORM OF DISCIPLINE.

Prologue:

Agent Peter Burke had been hot of the case of Jimmy Bonds. The forger was finally brought down when he had been trapped at his girlfriend's Kate apartment. By the time Peter had snapped the handcuffs on him he was surprised to see just how young he looked to be.

"Neal Caffrey, I presume," Peter had said before cuffing him. "Funny you don't look to be the twenty-four years that you say you are."

"Agent Burke, I'm just one of those lucky people who look younger than they really are," Neal said with a smile before he was led away.

By the time of his capture, the two men had become friends and Peter didn't want the kid to serve his sentence in a prison where he could be abused so he pulled some strings to have his sentence of four years to be served as his CI instead and on the most part, the relationship was working out. The kid's talent had led for Peter's completion rate to be in the upper nineties. But also because of the way he sometimes solved the cases, Peter was glad that he could use corporal punishment when needed.

Elizabeth had found a place for him to stay with her friend June Ellington, who owned a grand old home uptown. She had an apartment that she rented out to him.

A year later after many successful cases have been closed Peter was glad he had

pulled those strings however he also knew that he had to keep a constant watch on his young CI to make sure that he kept on the straight and narrow as much as possible. When the opportunity came for him to attend a FBI convention in San Diego Peter knew he couldn't just leave Neal to his junior agents to handle and

sought out the perfect person to take his place.

Chapter 1

When Neal arrived for work that Monday morning he looked automatically up towards Peter's office to see that the agent was on the phone; he seemed to be discussing something as he read some of his body language. He watched when after the conversation he motioned for both Diana and Jones to come to his office. It wasn't until later that he too was summoned upstairs.

Before he could greet his handler and surrogate dad Peter spoke, "Neal, I was just telling Diana and Clinton that I'm going to be out of town for the remainder of the week at a conference in San Diego and while I'm gone you will be working with them."

Neal looked at Peter's agents and nodded. "Now while I'm away you are to follow their directions to the letter and to make sure that you do I have just arranged for an authoritive figure to come and take care of any of your alleged misdeeds…and it won't be El this time."

"Why?" Neal knew that on the rare occasions he could usually talk El out of punishing him for most shenanigans that Peter most certainly would.

"Because El is coming with me on this trip and Satch is being boarded out at some Doggie Hotel that El found," explained Peter.

"You know if you are scared that I may do something wrong you could always take me along with you?" Neal asked hopefully.

"Nope, I want this to be a pleasant trip; if you came along I couldn't truthfully believe that. No, there are plenty of cold cases you can look over if an active one doesn't present itself. Now I warn you in advance to obey and not cause any problems because if you do you will rue the day that you cause Sister Anna Marie to deal with it," explained Peter.

"Sister? Peter, you aren't talking about having a nun babysit me, are you?" asked Neal delighted. He was picturing the type of nun that was quiet and caring. He wouldn't have any trouble conning her. He would just smile at her and he would have her eating out of his hand in no time.

"Yes, your babysitter, as you call her is a retired Catholic nun. She taught for years at a local Catholic school…I think she taught art so you two should have a lot to talk about," Peter added as he watched his CI's eyes light up. Perfect, he thought, Neal isn't going to know what hit him when he runs afoul Sister Anna and he's not going to give him any further warning.

"I've got to go now and finish packing; we leave early tomorrow morning," Peter added as he was about to walk out. "Oh, I forgot, while I'm gone Sister Ann will be using my office; see that you don't spend my whole trip up here Neal," and with a nod to his junior agents and Neal he was gone.

"I hope you were listening Caffrey," Diana said, "Peter told us to report any of your misdeeds to the good Sister and have her handle it all."

"When does she arrive?" Neal asked as he walked down the stairs to his desk.

"Early tomorrow morning; now I have some cold cases for you to look over. See if you can find us an interesting one to work on," she ordered as she handed him a stack as he walked past.

Neal grimaced at the thought of the cases but dutiful grabbed them and took them back to his desk to begin the day.

Peter was still chuckling as he entered his home. Since Satch wasn't there to greet him he concluded that El must have already taken him to his doggie hotel.

However, El heard his entrance and greeted him with a kiss. "So how did Neal take the news that we are leaving him to the care of Diana and Jones while you are at the conference in San Diego?"

"He didn't; he even tried to talk me into bringing him along," Peter said with a smile.

"What are you so happy about?" El asked as she noticed his smile. "Are you going to be worried about leaving him for a week; anything could happen while you are away…and with no one to hold him accountable for his actions you'll be a nervous wreck like you have the last times."

"Not this time; this time I have someone that will hold him accountable…someone with experience in dealing with con artists and brats…a retired teacher," explained Peter before dropping the bombshell of who this person was. "Sister Anna Marie will be standing in for me while we are away."

El looked with horror at her husband when she heard the name. "Peter, she will eat him alive. Did you at least warn him?"

"Yep, warned him a number of times to be exact. I even told him that she was a retired school teacher who taught art," Peter explained with a laugh.

"Art? Really? I thought she was an assistant principal…the one in charge of disciplining the young miscreants," El asked curiously,

"She was and from what I learned she was an artist when it came to making her delinquents behave," Peter said as he began to laugh.

"Peter! That is mean…Neal won't be able to sit by the time we return."

"What do you mean? He won't be able to sit comfortably before the first day is over," corrected Peter, "but maybe by the time we return he would have learned how to behave and stay safe. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something was to happen to him that could have been prevented and if I leave him for a week without my supervision I'm afraid that it might happen…I really love that kid," Peter admitted.

"I know dear, so do I and if he is uncomfortable for a week then he is uncomfortable; and that is better than being hurt or worse," agreed El as she looked lovingly into her husband's eyes.

"Come on up with me and help me finish packing and while you are, you can tell me where you came up with the idea of Sister Anna joining White Collar for the week," El asked as she tugged Peter's arm.