"Hey, Damon, welcome back," said Alaric, "I guess this means Emma will be going home with you."

"Yes, we will be by tomorrow morning for her things if that is okay?" asked Damon.

"That is perfectly fine."

Emma gave Alaric a big hug good-bye. They no doubt grew a deeper bond with one another. She then took Damon's hand and suddenly became very nervous. She was now going to get the real spanking and she was not looking forward to it…

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Damon was sitting with Emma on her bed.

"Emma, I am very disappointed by the way you behaved while staying with the Gilberts. I thought I raised you better than that…."

"Damon, I…"

"No, don't interrupt me," said Damon stern but calm, "its one thing to misbehave with me but to do that when in the care of good friends, it's a level of disrespect for their authority. What makes it worse is that both Alaric and Jenna love you very much and they trusted you to be on your best behavior," he paused then sighed, "I trusted you," he paused for a minute, "You know I changed my mind about one thing, I was going to just use the hairbrush but I want you to go and get the paddle, you know where it is."

For a moment Emma didn't move. She stood in front of Damon with tears just flowing down her cheeks.

"Damon," she said while trying not to cry, "Please don't spank me with that paddle. Please….."

"Emma, I don't like repeating myself. You are already in enough trouble. Go and get the paddle quickly."

She pouted but didn't say another word. She went to the downstairs bathroom and got the paddle from the bottom shelf in the linen closet. She retrieved the paddle in her hand and just started crying. She knew a paddle on her was the equivalent to the belt on Jeremy plus a hairbrush due to the fact that he is human and doesn't have as high of a pain thrush hold as she, a vampire, does. She was starting to question if what she did was worth all of this. She just broke down and started crying. Stefan walked in the bathroom when he heard Emma crying.

"Hey, what are you doing down here?" "

"I had to get the paddle and bring it back up to Damon. Stefan, I really messed up."

She began to cry and walked into her big brother's arms. He held her close for a few moments. The moment they shared was one that didn't happen often between them. Stefan was usually the brother that was always arguing with Emma as Damon was the brother that was usually doing most of the care. Stefan was just trying to comfort his baby sister when they heard their brother purposely clear his throat. Stefan turned to see Damon leaning against the door jam with his arms crossed. Stefan gave Emma a little squeeze then gently pulled her away from him. She saw Damon and knew what she had to do. He didn't say a word, he held out his hand palm up and she handed him the paddle. He put it in his other hand then offered his hand for her to take in which she did. She and Stefan gave each other a crooked smile as she passed him to walk back upstairs with Damon.

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Alaric was downtown buying a part for his kitchen sink. He walked out of the hardware store and was about to get into his car when someone walked by and said his name with a question.

"Ric? Ric Gilbert, is that you?"

Alaric looked at the man for a moment then realized exactly who it was. It was his best friend from grade school through high school senior year summer.

"Pierre Bouvier? Oh my God, it's been forever since I have seen you."

The two old friends hugged.

"Wow, it has been way too long. So much has happened," said Pierre.

"Well, I would love to hear about it. What are you doing right now?" asked Alaric.

"My band and I are waiting for our bus. It's in the shop right now. The part we need won't be in until tomorrow."

"Your band? What band is that?"

"Simple Plan," answered Pierre, "Jeff is in the band too."

"Wow, this is so weird. My son, Jeremy and his best friend actually snuck around to see your concert on Thursday. I'm sorry, I guess I have been too busy doing the whole family guy thing that I haven't been paying much attention to the music scene much. That is certainly a wake-up call that I need a life," Alaric laughed. "Hey, if you and your band is stuck here overnight any way, why don't you all come over for a home cooked meal? I'm sure Jenna would love to see you guys too."

"Jenna? You two started dating our junior year of high school, must have been true love."

"It was, I mean it is. The funny thing is I actually proposed during Christmas break as a secret proposal so her parents wouldn't flip. That Valentines following, Jenna ended up getting pregnant. Everyone assumes that we got married just because she got pregnant. The truth is I already knew she was the one I wanted to be with for the rest of my life."

Pierre chucked, "You always were a bit of a romantic weren't you?" Okay, let me ask the other guys but I'm pretty sure they would all love to have a home cooked meal. Let me have your number and I'll call you in less than an hour to let you know."

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Emma and Damon were back up in her room. Again, she was standing in front of him.

"I decided to use the paddle because of the fact that it was only last week when I spanked you for misbehaving. You should have been a perfect angel and you were far from it. Apparently, you need stronger measures to have a more lasting effect."

"No, that's not true. I just really, really wanted to go to that concert, I wasn't thinking."

"That's my point. If the spanking I gave you was more effective then you wouldn't have even thought about sneaking around to go to that concert. I'm through talking about this."

Damon took Emma by the arm and laid her over his lap. He pulled up her plaid jumper dress then pulled down her white low cut ruffled panties. Her bottom was still a bit pink from the spanking she received that morning from Alaric. Damon didn't hesitate to start. With the paddle in hand he began to spank his little sister for all of her delinquent behavior she performed over the past week. He was determined to make her behave for at least a solid month. SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK…..

"I'm sorry, so sorry. OWWwww, oww, ow," Emma cried.

SMACK SMACK SMACK Damon spanked her for a continuous five minutes. With the speed and pressure from each smack delivered, she figured she had received close to 500 if not 1000. He pulled up her panties when he was finished and sat her on his lap. She couldn't remember the last time she had a spanking that intense. She was sobbing almost uncontrollably on Damon's shoulder. He held her close until her crying subsided.

"I'm sorry I had to spank you like that but I didn't know what else to do."

Emma didn't really respond to his statement. She had an overwhelming need to not be around Damon. She knew she would be good but she couldn't help but be upset with him.

"Can I go downstairs please?"

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Damon went downstairs and found Emma sitting next to Stefan watching TV.

"She must be really upset with me," Damon thought to himself. "Hey you two, Alaric just called and he invited us over for dinner. He said he ran into an old friend from high school and decided to throw a little last minute dinner party.

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Alaric opened the door to Damon, Stefan and Emma. Emma walked in with her brothers and couldn't believe who was standing near the dining room table but one of her all time favorite bands, Simple plan. Jeremy was by her side the second he saw her walk in.

"You won't believe this but it turns out that Pierre and Jeff went to school and was really great friends with my parents."

"You're right, I can't believe it. We both got in so much trouble and then now the band we snuck out for is right here in your living room. This has just been a very emotional and long day."

"Aren't you excited that we can now hang out with the band?" asked Jeremy.

"I don't know, it's almost bitter sweet. I lost the trust of my brother and your dad. I got spanked good and hard first thing this morning and again like 500X harder by my brother just over an hour or so ago. I, I just need a little space."

Emma quickly went outside to get some air. Jeremy was about to go after her when both Damon and Stefan stopped him.

"Trust me, when she needs her space, she really needs her space. She'll be back. Just give her some alone time and I promise she'll feel a lot better," said Damon.

Ten minutes pass before Emma came back in. She was feeling much calmer. Jeremy gave her a big smile.

"I'm glad you're back, I missed you."

"Thanks," said Emma.

Jeremy guided her over to the seat he picked out for her right next to him at the dining room table. He pulled the chair out and there was a cushy pillow laid down on it for her tender bottom. She couldn't believe how sweet Jeremy was. She sat down carefully then he pulled his chair out and too had a pillow. They both looked at each other and smiled as no one else knew about the pillows

He sat down carefully as well. Emma looked at him and started to see Jeremy a bit differently. He was her best friend; but now, could it be more? She went into a bit of a deep thought.

"Emma. Emma. Oh Emma," said Alaric.

"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking of something," answered Emma.

"We can see that," he laughed, "but, Jeff asked you a question."

Emma looked over at Jeff (the guitarist), "sorry, what did you ask?"

"I was asking what you thought of the concert."

"Oh, it was awesome. I really liked it when…"

Emma went on to describe what she liked most about the concert. Once she felt she gave a satisfactory answer she put her thoughts back onto Jeremy. She looked over at him; he gave her a big smile. She decided to try something to see how he would react. Under the table she took his hand and held it in hers. To her relief he gave her hand a squeeze. She had a pretty good feeling that their relationship was about to reach a higher level.

a/n: Please check out a short story written by PAIGEANDMARY, It's called Summer Camp. It's a short side story about Jeremy, Emma and the band, Simple Plan. As usual they get into a bit of mischief and being away from home doesn't mean they are free from being punished for their actions, far from it.

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