Warning: This story contains non-sexual spanking between a married couple and discussions pertaining to it. If you are in any way uncomfortable with this idea please do not read further.
This is just a short story. I got the idea after re-reading through my other story Jasper Learns to Forgive Himself (please read & review it – it's my favourite piece I've ever written!) and thought how would Bella react upon first learning Alice would on occasion spank Jasper? So this is my thoughts on what could have happened. (P.S. Nessie is alive/ does exist; she's just not at the house at the moment, out with Jacob or some such reason)
Disclaimer: The characters are Stephanie Meyer's, I just play with them
BPOV
Jasper had slipped again, his first slip up since before my conversion.
It had been early this morning, before the sun was up, he and Edward had been wrestling by the back of the house when a hiker had wandered towards the house. He had been hurt and bleeding. Edward had hesitated, surprised by Jaspers sudden reaction and none of us made it there fast enough from inside. When it was over Jasper had taken off into the forest.
Contrary to my expectations Alice had remained at the house and waited for his return.
As the hours passed I began to worry and even considered going after him but Alice, seeing me searching for him in a vision, stopped me "He needs time – he'll come back when he's ready." she assured me. She was tense though so I knew she was worried about him, but she clearly knew he would be back or she would not have been content to wait so I let it go.
It was almost 12 hours later highly dejected looking Jasper walked back through the front door. I tried to get up to go to him but Edwards arm around my waist stopped me "Wait." he murmured. I noticed no one else had moved or spoken. Jasper looked around the room, his eyes coming t rest on Alice who was perching on the arm of the sofa. Their eyes locked and she got up and slowly walked over to stand before him. They stood there, staring into one another's eyes, neither moving nor speaking. It was one of those intensely personal moments they share, where you feel you're intruding by watching but at the same time cannot look away. Alice and Jasper were extremely private about their relationship but we all knew how deep their bond was. I could sense everyone else's attention was also on them. After five minutes of silent conversations Alice finally moved. She gently ran the back of her fingers along his jaw before taking his hand and leading him upstairs.
We heard them moving about for a second before the sound of marble skin hitting marble skin clearly echoed throughout the house. I looked to Edward in alarm at the sound but he only squeezed my waist tighter as we sat and waited for it to stop…
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APOV
I watched Jazz sprint into the forest from our bedroom window. He did this every time he slipped up. I longed to run after him, to offer him comfort but I knew it would only make it worse. He needed to work through his emotions and my being near him made it difficult because he would suppress them so I didn't have to experience them too. I, of course, would have gladly gone through it for him but I knew my Jazz.
At around 11am I got a vision of Bella approaching Jasper in the forest, his regret and pain evident on his face. The moment he saw her though he retreated into himself, smothering his emotions. I had seen him do that before, it always led to months of brooding which were extremely difficult to get him out of. I knew she was worried about him but going to Jazz now was not the best idea so I told her he just needed time.
It was late evening and we were lounging about the sitting room when I heard the sound I had been waiting for all day – Jazz had returned. I didn't move from my seat as was my first instinct, I knew Jasper needed me to follow the ritual we had long ago established.
He entered the room and our eyes met. The rest of my family may have not even been there, my entire focus was now on Jasper. I got up and went over to him. Our emotions swirled around us, myself projecting love, understanding and acceptance, he projecting regret, apology, love and a multitude of other emotions to complicate to put into words. We understood each other so completely words were not only unnecessary but restricting, our emotional communication far more expressive than words could ever be. We got lost in our own world.
After a time he started to send me the yearning that told me he was ready for the consequences. I had long ago learnt that even if everyone forgives him for something he can accept our forgiveness without there first being a consequence, a punishment. I put this down to his upbringing, both human and vampire. I sent him one more strong wave of love and reached out to stroke his jaw before leading him upstairs.
In our room he immediately removed his pants and went to lie over the side of the bed, his torso supported by the mattress and legs parallel to the side. His perfect ass prominently pushed out over the edge of the bed. I steeled myself for what I was about to do – I took no pleasure in punishing Jasper, especially when I did not feel it to be deserved but I knew how much he needed this and I would do anything he needed for him, no matter my personal feelings. I went over to him and swiftly lowered his underwear. I raised my hand and swung it down, flesh meeting flesh. I repeated this on the other cheek. I continued in this fashion, alternating cheeks until I was certain I had been over the whole area twice, unlike humans we did not have the blood which would causes an area to go red after a spanking so I had to gauge his reactions and work off that. It was when I then felt a shift in his emotions that I stopped.
I gently placed a cold hand on each cheek, cooling them with my body temperature, he flinched slightly. After a minute he stood and wrapped me in his arms. "Thank You." he murmured, kissing the top of my head as he sent waved of gratitude towards me. I hugged him tighter.
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BPOV
I was still bewildered by what had happened when Jasper and Alice returned downstairs slightly later. This time everyone did move to show Jasper their support with hugs and comments, no one berated him and no one mentioned what we had just heard. I was bursting with curiosity and incomprehension but I followed their lead – I realized this was not the time to discuss what had just happened.
Jasper must have sensed my emotions though for he squeezed Alice's hand, which had been in his since they descended the stairs. She looked at him questioningly, his gaze flickered to me for a millisecond and understanding flooded her face. She gently pulled her hand from his and turned to me "I think we should talk." she said before guiding me into the woods.
I followed silently. She stopped as soon as we were out of earshot of the house. "You're confused." she said looking at me, I nodded
"What happened?" I asked her
"I think you can guess what happened." she said seriously, annoyed with the question
"You spanked him?"
She nodded, confirming my suspicions
"Why? You cannot blame him?" I asked, Alice is one of the most understanding people I know so I didn't see why she would punish Jasper for an accident.
"Of course I don't blame him. The problem is he still blamed himself." I waited, still confused "Bella, Jasper was with Maria for over a century. He was trained to feel that until a person has been punished for a wrong doing they cannot be forgiven. He cannot forgive someone who wronged him unless they have been punished so he does not believe others will be able to forgive him. Now of course that is not the case but he will never truly believe I…we… have let it go unless there is some type of consequence."
Understanding flooded through me – she did it because he needed it. I still found the whole idea of spousal spankings slightly odd but I could understand its place in some people's relationships.
"I made an arrangement with the family after the first time he slipped after we had joined them; that they would allow me to punish Jasper as I saw fit and not get involved in what happens nor would they rebuke him about the incident afterwards, he is my husband and what happens between us is private, once his punishment has ended the incident is over. I ask that you also agree to this?" she requested
I immediately consented – as she said, he was her husband and as long as he agreed to it, it was none of my business.
Just then I heard someone move not far away and Jaspers scent assaulted me, he did not come to join us though. Alice must have realised his presence also for she quickly turned to go find him. As she flitted away I heard his voice float back to me through the trees as they both ran deeper into the forest. "And the same goes for when I spank her."
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So what did you think??? PLEASE REVIEW!!!
I wanted to say more in the last bit with Alice and Bella but couldn't think how to write it but I think this still works
I'm listing this story as complete because I do not really want to have four stories running simultaneously and I think it works well as a one-shot but I do have this idea swirling around an A/J moment after they run into the forest which I may turn into a chapter 2 at some point so I recommend that if you enjoyed this, after reviewing (*wink*), you add it to a story alert, just in case – I get really annoyed with authors leave the story listed as incomplete for months at a time without posting updates so I'd rather not get peoples hopes up.
Also, I recommend reading Jasper Learns a Lesson (You can find it under "My Stories" on my profile) if you liked this story – they are of a similar theme but it is set about 75years after this and the whole reasoning/procedure is different.
I am hoping to post a list/ set up a community for Twilight spanking stories, there are so few of them about – please PM me of any authors you know of (I would like to have at least five to six before setting it up). I currently am only aware of Enelya Falcone (absolutely fantastic pieces) so please LET ME KNOW if you have read any others.
And remember: REVIEWS MAKE MY WORLD GO ROUND!