Beyond the Holiday Adventure: Still Here!

See Chapter 1 for all warnings and disclaimers. No copyright infringement is intended on anything. All new names have been totally fabricated.

This is #3 in the Holiday Adventure series. If you haven't read A Holiday Adventure or A Holiday Adventure Continues, you may want to read those before this one.

Warning: Discussion of spanking, swats and actual spankings of adults.

Chapter 4

Promises Fulfilled

Everyone went inside except Jenny and Gibbs. Gibbs crooked his finger at Jenny and Jenny shook her head no.

Gibbs raised his eyebrow in a challenging manner and said, "Jen, don't make me come get you."

"Jethro, if you think I am going to allow you to spank me like a child, you are crazy. I am your boss!"

Gibbs shook his head, smirked and thought, "As Tony would say, when in the old west, do as John Wayne would do." Before Jenny knew it, Gibbs had thrown her over his shoulder and was making his way to the woodshed. Jenny started kicking. When that didn't work, she began beating her fists on his back.

Swat! Swat! Swat!

Jenny screeched as she felt three hard swats to the backside that was now in full reach of Gibbs' hand. "Owwww! I cannot believe you are doing this, Jethro."

"I guess what you need to believe is that I keep my word. I told you not to make me come and get you. I also promised you a paddling if you gave us unwanted attention. When I asked you not to cause us undue attention, what did you do? You decided to work for a newspaper!" With that said, Gibbs walked into the shed.

In the meantime, Chris had escorted Mary into the Clarion. Mary knew what Chris' intentions were when he followed her into the newspaper office. He closed and locked the door behind him.

"Uh, Chris? No real harm was done. We didn't mean to cause a riot with the other women. We didn't make them go against their husbands' wishes." Mary tried to convince Chris not to do what she knew he was about to do.

"Mary, the women made their own decisions. Their menfolk need to head their own homes. We can't help that. What you and Jenny did was go against Gibbs' want to keep his family safe. Mary, these people ain't from here. You know how some of the townsfolk can be superstitious when they're not understandn' things? What you did was dangerous too. Mr. Jamison has been known to act before he thinks. You and Jenny coulda' been hurt."

Chris sat on an armless chair and called Mary to him. Mary stood frozen in her spot. She wanted to run or say no, but she had tried that in the past. It had not worked out well for her. She still could not make her feet move.

"Mary, don't make me come get you." Chris spoke in a firm, but gentle voice.

She willed her feet to move and the next thing Mary knew, she was over Chris' knee.

Once inside the shed, Gibbs sat on the same bench he had sat on for his daughters' spankings and in one quick movement had Jenny over his knee.

"Jethro! Don't you dare! I order you to stop!"

Gibbs chuckled and said, "You order me? Like you order me to knock on your office door at NCIS? I listen so well, too."

With that said Gibbs pulled her skirt up so she would feel the spanking without the thickness of her clothing. He then said, "You and Mary could have gotten hurt. This is a rough town. Angry husbands can be dangerous when their homes are threatened." Gibbs, using his hand, then proceeded to give Jenny the promised spanking.

Chris had pulled Mary's skirt up and had begun laying down swat after swat on her backside until Mary was sobbing uncontrollably. He let her cry for a little while and then stood and pulled her into a hug. "Mary, I care too much about you to let you put yerself in danger. I promised the townsmen I would take care of it. You coulda' gone to jail for startin' a riot and disturbin' the peace. Don't make me do that again. I don't like it." Chris said gently.

Before Mary could say she didn't like it either, Chris kissed the top of her head. She looked up at him teary eyed. When their eyes met, it happened, their first kiss. Mary thought she could still hear fireworks from the ranch. When the couple finally pulled away from the kiss, Chris took a deep breath and said, "I better be going. Lock up and stay safe." With that said, he walked out with a smile on his face.

"Everything work out alright?" Vin asked when Chris walked onto the porch of the boarding house.

"Yup." Chris said with a smile.

"Owww! Jethro, please stop. You are hurting me!"

"Yah think? It's supposed to hurt." Gibbs said, never letting up on the heavy swats.

When Jenny began crying and had quit ordering Gibbs to stop, Gibbs picked up the paddle and gave Jenny two "licks" with it. He had promised to use the paddle if she ever gave the family unwanted attention. He then stopped the spanking and let her cry a little more. After, he stood and pulled her into a hug.

Gibbs then spoke softly, "Please listen to me next time, Jen. You are in a time period that doesn't allow you to be very independent. I can't help that. Feel free to be independent at the ranch when it is just the family and friends. I need you to be safe so I can bring you back to 2012. I care too much about you to let you hurt yourself because of your need to be the boss." Then with firmness and confidence Gibbs said, "Don't make me do this again. I will if I have to."

Jenny started to protest, but was stopped by a passionate kiss. She did not fight the kiss. When they finally "came up for air," all Jenny could do was smile like a school girl. She almost giggled.

"I think it is time to go inside and show the family that you are alright." Gibbs said with a laugh.

All Jenny could say was, "Ok."

Ducky and Nettie smiled when the couple walked back into the ranch house hand in hand.

The kids were hiding at the top of the staircase waiting for Mom and Dad. They had a pretty good idea what had happened outside. They were elated when their parents walked in holding hands. Even though they had questions, they knew not to ask.

They all became wide-eyed when they heard Dad say, "Unless one of you wants to visit the woodshed next, you had better be in bed in the next two minutes."

The kids scampered to bed quickly realizing they should have known better. Dad had that sixth sense no matter what time period he was in.

The next morning, at the ranch, Jenny woke up feeling the effects of last night's attention from Gibbs. Mary, at her home above the Clarion, was having the same troubles because of Chris. They both winced when they sat up, but smiled knowing they were cared for.

Meanwhile, Gibbs woke up at the ranch thinking of Jenny. At the boarding house, Chris woke up and stretched. He couldn't help thinking about Mary. Gibbs realized how much he loved Jenny and Chris realized the same about Mary. The two men went downstairs for coffee and breakfast asking silently, "Should I tell her? How do I tell her? How will she react?"

TBC…..