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One small thing, in this chapter, I talk about canned caf-pow, I know this doesn't exist but in my world it does, so I hope that doesn't bother anybody.

Chapter 7

Sarah rode home from school with Zac and was waiting for them when they got there. She immediately threw her arms around Dylan. "Oh Dyl don't you ever run away again like that. If you can't talk to anyone else you can talk to me. No matter what, I'll help you sort it out. Ok?"

"Ok. And Sarah, I'm sorry I lied to you about the homework. I didn't know how else to get Tony and Ziva's address."

"You're forgiven. Just promise me you won't ever scare me like that again."

"Ok kids! Both of you upstairs to your rooms." Tim said. Dylan went, Jess stared at Tim with her bottom lip out. "Daddy...."

"Upstairs now Jess. Don't make me tell you again." Jess turned on her heel and stomped up the stairs.

"You're not gonna spank Dyl again ?" Sarah said to Tim hands on her hips.

"Watch your tone, Sar. You've been so much better lately, don't spoil it now."

"Well pardon me for having an opinion!" Zac put his hands on Sarah's hips trying to calm her by speaking quietly in her ear.

"Shhh Sar, I'm sure Tim is doing what he feels is best."

She turned on him then, "What TIM feels is best, is to spank Dylan for anything and everything and let Jess do whatever the hell she wants. It's not fair. SHIT YOU CAN BE AN ASSHOLE SOMETIMES TIM!"

"Stop right now Sarah, before you get your self into real trouble." Zac said.

Tim rubbed his hand over his face. More repercussions. He had well and truly stuffed this up in so many ways. Abby came from behind him and put her arms around his neck. "I think that we need to sit down and talk calmly." She said looking directly at Sarah.

"I agree." Zac said. "That is you all should sit down and talk calmly. I should go home. This is family business."

"No Zac Abby's right. We all need to talk about this and you're around here a lot. You're practically family anyway." Tim said motioning for them all to sit. "Sar, I know I've made mistakes, but I'm doing the best that I can to fix them. Now sit down and we'll talk."

"Sarah, I've talked to Dylan and we've listened to them talk to each other and we've learned a few things today. Firstly, Dylan is not upset at being punished, only that he feels Jess has been let off too easily. That's my fault ."

"No shit Sherlock!" Sarah said, which earned her a slap on her leg from Abby.

"Enough sarcasm and language Sarah." She said. "Sorry Zac." She said, thinking she had embarrassed him.

"Don't apologise you beat me to it is all." Sarah did a double take, then opened her mouth and closed it again without saying anything. Her face blushed bright red.

"As I was saying I am going to make the punishments even from now on. Now they are both getting spanked and they are both losing privileges. The spankings that Dyl got last night were well deserved and I won't apologise for that. Today is today and we'll move on from there. The last thing is the language. It stops. Now. Clear?"
"Yeh." Sarah nodded.

"Abby?"

"Yes, I can see why we can't have kids that say 'SHIT' to nun's." she said grinning. This time Tim slapped her leg, even if it was playful it stung and it was a message she didn't miss.

"She didn't say that to Sister Mary Clarence?"Sarah said grinning.

"And more." Abby said.

"You can fill them in on all the gory details while I go and deal with the kids." Tim said rising.

Upstairs, Tim went into Jess's room carrying a box. He put it down on the floor and went to sit on the bed. Jess crawled up into his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I love you Daddy." She said sweetly.

"And I love you too. That's why Daddy has to punish you. You've been very naughty and it's Daddy's job to teach you to do the right thing."

"You're not really gonna spank me are you?"

"I'm afraid I am."

"But I'm a princess. Princesses don't get spanked."

"Naughty princesses do get spanked." Tim said sadly and he turned her around on his lap, face down. Lifting up her skirt he spanked her hard six times. He felt terrible. She cried so hard that no noise came out." Take a breath sweetie." he said, rubbing her back. He really hadn't smacked that hard, but the shock of her Daddy actually following through with his threat had overwhelmed her. Tim pulled her back up into his lap and cuddled her quietly singing the 'Barbie song' until she calmed, which wasn't very long. When she'd almost stopped crying, he led her over to the corner and stood her there."You stay here and think about why you got a spanking and when I've packed up your dollies you can tell me."

"Please Daddy, not my dollies. PLEASE!!!" She said starting to cry. Tim turned her to the corner again and started to gently place the dolls in the box. Before he knew though Jess had flown across the room and was trying to get them back out of the box. "Give me back my dollies. Give em back.I want them, their not yours. Their my dollies." When Tim pulled a doll out of her hand and placed it back in the box, she hauled her leg back and kicked him in the shin.

To say that Tim was shocked, was an understatement. Not allowing himself to dwell on his own hurt feelings though he picked her up and sat back on the bed, turning her back over his knee he flipped up her skirt and landed another six smacks to her already pink bottom. He stood her up and she stared at him mutinously. "NO KICKING JESS!" he said very firmly. He marched her back to the corner, waiting a couple of minutes to make sure that she was going to stay there and then he went on collecting the dolls, not quite so gently but not rough enough to damage them. Jess turned her head and glared at Tim but when he saw her foot move he was ready for her.."You really don't want another spanking do you?" She moved her foot slightly towards him. "I'm warning you if you move that foot one more inch I'll smack your bottom." Jess glared and Tim had to try hard not to smile, he could almost see her mind working, thankfully she turned back to the corner and stayed there until Tim was finished with the dolls and went to get her.

Tim took her hand and led her back to the bed. Sitting down he pulled her into his lap. "Now Jess, tell me why you got a spanking."

"Cause I tooked the dress to school and I said bad words and I bit the Sister and that's all the bad stuff I can remember."

"Well I think that you get the general idea. Now you know what happens in this house when your naughty. OK?"
"Ok. I'm sorry I kicked you."

"I forgive you." Tim said with a kiss to the top of her head. "Now you wait here and I'll get Mommy to come up and fix your bath. I've gotta go and see Dylan."

"Ok."

"Oh and Jess? No fuss tomorrow about the uniform. You have to wear it all day the way you're supposed to with nothing over the top. OK?"

"Ok."

Tim went into Dylan's room next and sat on the bed. Dyl looked like he'd been crying and that worried Tim. Surely he wasn't scared of him. "Come here kiddo." He said. Dylan crawled up and sat on his lap and let Tim cuddle him. "You ok now?"

Dylan nodded. "But something's wrong."Tim said.

"I heard Jess crying. You must have spanked her awful bad."

"I gave her a spanking, but it wasn't that bad. I think she was mostly crying because she was shocked. She really didn't think I'd do it."
"Oh........so it's not my fault?"

"Of course not! Why would it be your fault?"
"Because I wanted her to get a spanking, I thought I did but then hearin her cryin, it made me feel bad."
"None of that has anything to do with you. For a start Dyl, you don't have to worry about me ever hurting you or Jess past a stinging bottom. But as far as Jess getting punished. She made her own choices. That's what got her punished. You didn't have anything to do with it other than letting me see how unfair I'd been. But Dyl, you made your choices too and they weren't good that's why I'm going to spank you.

"I know. I kinda knew it was a risk."

"Good. Come on." Tim laid him over his knee and waisted no time in bringing his hand down hard for the promised ten swats. Go and stand in the corner Dyl for five minutes."

"Yes Dad."

"Tim sat on Dyl's bed and waited for the five minutes to be called him back over to the bed where he was waiting with his arms open. Dyl threw himself into them. He had tears rolling down his cheeks. "Dyl!? What's wrong."

"I don't know.I guess I'm just glad you still wanna be my Dad."

"Always. If you'd have gone to live with Tony and Ziva? I don't think I ever would have gotten over the sadness."

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Dad?"

"Yeh Dyl?"

"When Jess and me aren't grounded anymore, can we all go camping?"

"You mean all of us?"

"Yeh. The whole family. Me, Jess, Sarah, Zac, Mom,You, Tony,Ziva, Ducky, Gibbs and Jimmy and the dogs?"

Tim giggled at the thought of Abby and Sarah and Jess in a tent with no girly things. "You know what Dyl. That would be a lot of fun. I'll ask everyone at work tomorrow. Now you go and have your bath and get your pyjamas on and Mom and I will call you for dinner."

Down in the kitchen Abby had had Sarah an Zac in stitches over Jess's antics. Tim came in just to hear Abby relaying Dyl's message to Jess. "You can't do that shit to Nun's Jess, there like the closest thing to God except for the priest." Zac and Sarah were laughing so hard they were crying.

"Abby." Tim said "I think one of us has to go and bath Jess. Do you wanna do the bath or dinner?"

"I wanna bath Jess. You can either cook something or order, I don't mind."

Tim took Abby's hand and pulled her into the hallway. SMACK!

"Shit! Tim! What was that...........He landed another hard smack on her bottom.

"Stop with the swearing Abby. I mean it. I've just been up there for the last hour spanking kids and standing them in corners and listening to them cry, when one of the things I've spanked them for, they got from you. AND you're still doing it. Now, I mean it this time. I tried to suggest that you don't say it. I've tried glaring at you,Warning you and I've tried explaining it to you. Now, I'm just plain telling you, to knock..... it..... off!!! Clear?"

"Crystal!" she said happily.

"Good." He said kissing her soundly and tapping her bottom. Abby grinned and kissed him back. "Good to have you home Timmy." She said.

Abby went in to Jess's room to find her sitting on her bed quietly. "Hey little one you ok?" Abby said, starting to undo her hair.

Jess nodded but tears came rushing to her eyes and spilled over the top of her long lashes. Abby gathered her up into her lap. "Tell Mommy, what's wrong."

As Jess cried quietly she tried to talk. "Daddy......spa...nk..ed.....me. And.....he.....took......all of my.......dollies."

"OH sweetie. Why do you think he did that?"

"Because I was bad."

"Jess you're not bad. You do naughty things sometimes and you throw tantrums and yeh well you can do very naughty things but inside you are a good princess. But that's what you have to remember, that princesses always TRY to be good but if they don't........"

"I know Daddy told me naughty princesses do get spanked."

"Is Daddy still mad?"

"Nah. Daddy loves you honey."

"Even though I kicked him?"

Abby winced. "You kicked Daddy? Why?!"

"Because he was taking my dollies."

"I bet that didn't end to well huh?"

Jess shook her head. He spanked me again and he still took my dollies."

"Guess it wasn't worth it then huh?"

"Nope!"

"Ok let's get this bath happening, Daddy's ordering us some pizza."

"Yay!"

After dinner when the little ones were in bed asleep the other four sat around the table talking about the kids and the naughty things they'd done. "It's funny how things that seem like the end of the world when they're happening seem hilarious later." Abby said. "What about you Sarah and all your antics."

"What's this?" Zac said tickling her in the I missing something?"

"Oh you're missing a lot!" Abby said on her third glass of enough to make her drunk just talkative if she needed any help in that department.

"ABBBY!!!" Sarah said both horrified and terrified at what she might say next.

"What?!You were a devil child for a while there and you got my ass spanked more than once."

"OMG! Tim can you please stop her." Tim took Abby's wine glass away and swapped it for a can of caf-pow.

"Thankyou Timmy!" she said cheerily. "I was only joking Sarah. If you don't wanna tell Zac about your wayward teenage years that's up to you."

Trying to change the subject, Tim said curiously "Why don't you tell us about you Abby. I'm sure there have to be some naughty girl stories there somewhere. Not the one about super gluing your brothers head. Something else that we haven't heard when you were a little girl that earned you a spanking."

"Mmmm let's see. There was this one time when I was in trouble at school and they called my Mom up for an interview, but...." she turned to Zac for a minute "My parents were deaf. Any way they didn't have an interpreter so they asked me to do ASL for my mother, how smart were they really? Anyway as the principal was saying 'your daughter hasn't been to class for seven days', I was translating, 'we are giving your daughter a special award for being such a conscientious student'. What I didn't take into account was my Mom's excellent lip reading skills, so when my Dad got home that night he tanned my ass. Sorry Timmy he tanned my BOTTOM."

"Good save." Abby."I knew you would have been a naughty little girl." All of a sudden Tim said. "Oh!... I know what I had to tell you, Dylan wants everyone to go on a camping trip together. The whole family. As soon as they're not grounded anymore. What do you think?"

"Who do you mean when you say the whole family ?"Sarah asked.

"I mean everyone who is normally here for lunch on a the dogs."

"WOW"!!! That'd be a really funny trip." Abby said.

"That's what I think too." Tim said.

"Will there be electricity?" Sarah said.

"Oh come on Sar. Live a little it'll be fun."Zac said. "Assuming that I'm invited."

"Of course you're invited. "Abby and Tim said together.

"You can share a tent with Gibbs, Zac."Tim said.

"Yeh." She said sheepishly. "Fun."

TBC