"You wish to take the caning for Kurt?" Mr. Lawrence blinked in astonishment.
Blaine chewed at his lip but nodded his assent in a firm and unwavering resolve. He was shaking where he stood, Kurt could tell. He admired his boyfriend's never ending attempts at chivalry, but he couldn't let Blaine do this. It was his turn to be the brave one for Blaine. He couldn't let him go through more pain than he'd already experienced and especially for something he didn't even do.
"Punish m-me instead. N-not Kurt...p-please...n-never Kurt."
Kurt shook his head and bolted up from the couch at break neck speed, and took a protective stance in front of Blaine, surprising all the other men in the room. "Leave Blaine alone! I'm the one who back talked you. I'm the one who deserves the punishment; not Blaine. If you so desperately need to punish someone, it's me."
Mr. Lawrence shook his head and chuckled softly. "Would you look at that, Lenny? I've got me two martyrs here. What's a father to do, hmm?"
Lenny let out a tiny guffaw along with Mr. Lawrence. "Not a clue, John. What do you suggest we do?"
Mr. Lawrence pursed his lips and took a few paces towards Kurt who remained standing protectively in front of Blaine. He still held the cane firmly in one hand and lovingly stroked it with his other as if it was his most cherished pet.
"You want to feel the sting of the cane, Kurt? Blaine here can tell you that it's a far cry from a hand spanking. Isn't that right, Blaine?" Mr. Lawrence inquired with a dangerous smirk, not removing his eyes from his "property". He took his hand that had been stroking the cane and smoothed it through Blaine's hair in a "loving" gesture.
"Let's just get it over with," Kurt stated at bravely as he could through gritted teeth. He didn't like Mr. Lawrence touching Blaine in any way. That hair gesture just seemed like a mockery.
Mr. Lawrence grinned in a way that rivled that of the Cheshire Cat and placed a hand on Kurt's shoulder. He gripped at it painfully causing Kurt to squirm a bit from discomfort. Mr. Lawrence looked as if Christmas had come early as he caught Blaine's reaction to his handling of Kurt. He then proceeded to lead Kurt toward the couch and carelessly threw him across the arm of it.
Blaine stared in wide eyed shock for a moment before letting out a scream of, "Stop!"
Mr. Lawrence obliged, stopping dead in his tracks and darted his gaze to Blaine. "I'm sorry, does someone in the audience have a question?"
Kurt looked over from his position across the couch and met Blaine's gaze. He saw more fight in his eyes than he had seen the entire time he'd been here. Blaine apart from terrified actually looked a bit angry. It was a pleasant surprise, but Kurt couldn't allow him to save him this time.
"I haven't got all day, are we going to do this caning thing or what?" Kurt snapped, surprised at his own tone. That should piss Mr. Lawrence off enough to get his attention away from Blaine.
"Excuse me?"
That was the reaction Kurt was looking for. Not a second later did he feel Mr. Lawrence's grip on the waistband of his jeans and then the shockingly cool air as they were yanked down to his knees.
"I've had it with your backtalk, do you hear me? I'm going to teach you a lesson you will never forget, you smart mouthed little-"
"D-don't you dare finish that s-sentence."
Mr. Lawrence paused and gazed up in shock at the backtalk that just left Blaine's mouth. Blaine looked angrier than before, his hands, still cuffed were clenched into tight fists and he was glaring daggers at Mr. Lawrence.
"I'm sorry, Blaine, would you like to repeat that?" Mr. Lawrence challenged as he motioned to start removing Kurt's underwear.
"I s-said don't you d-dare finish that s-sentence," Blaine repeated.
Mr. Lawrence stared at Blaine for a moment in shock before he abandoned his work with Kurt, picked up the cane and advanced towards Blaine. He looked positively livid; his eyes practically dancing with rage.
"Are you being smart with me, Blaine?" Mr. Lawrence asked, grabbing a fist full of Blaine's hair and wrenching his head back receiving a closed-mouthed whimper from Blaine. Kurt could feel his stomach clench with anger.
"I-I am. W-what d-do you p-propose to d-do about it, Mr. Lawrence?" Blaine stuttered out, attempting to hide his fear.
Mr. Lawrence gritted his teeth and raised a hand to smack Blaine, but stopped his wrist mid-air. He took a second to calm himself down and think. Blaine was only doing this to get his attention off of Kurt. He had a decision to make-and he knew exactly what to do.
"Very well, Blaine. If it's a caning you want, then I'll gladly give you one."
"Y-yes, I-I want a caning...p-please," Blaine stated softly, obviously not really wanting it but he'd say anything to take the focus off of Kurt.
"I'll tell you what. I'll make the two of you a deal. You're both misbehaving, therefore, you're both getting a spanking regardless, but the way you'll be spanked is entirely up to you. Option number one: you both will be put over the bench and will take 15 swats with the cane."
Just as the words left Mr. Lawrence's mouth, Lenny had gone to the closet to retrieve the caning bench from the closet. It was this horrible tall bench that called for the person being caned to bend over. It was complete with straps on each end for the one being punished to have their wrists and ankles bound to it so that they couldn't move out of position. Blaine paled at the very sight of the horrifying object.
Blaine had only taken that one caning over the couch from the position that Kurt was in currently. He had seen the bench only once when Kimberly had brought in it for a scene Mr. Lawrence was doing with one of his other stars. Blaine had yet to meet any of the other actors Mr. Lawrence had worked with. He couldn't risk anyone knowing that Blaine being there wasn't by mutual consent. They knew about him from the videos but they had no idea that he was being locked in one of the rooms in the very house they were performing in.
The thing that truly got Blaine about that was that none of them were putting two and two together. How did no one recognize him from missing person posters or a newspaper article? He was sure that if his parents didn't do it, one of his friends would have papered Ohio with them. Was New York truly that far removed that no one had made the connection? Or the people who subscribed to these videos were too messed up to even bother making a connection.
"Option 2 for our martyrs: Kurt gets a hand spanking and Blaine will take the caning."
Kurt could see Blaine shaking next to him from his position on the couch. The thought of the caning absolutely terrified Blaine, he could tell. Kurt could also ascertain that Blaine was trying to find a third option that would get Kurt out of this completely which Kurt would proceed to argue against. There was no easy option out. Mr. Lawrence unfortunately was the one who had the ultimate say.
"P-please Mr. Lawrence...I-I'll do anything...j-just leave Kurt out of i-it. Please." Blaine pleaded quietly. His eyes were beginning to water with unshed tears as he stared up at his "father."
"I wish it could be that way, son, but Kurt is a part of this family now and he has to learn that his actions have consequences just as yours do."
"I-if you just cane me, Kurt w-won't back talk you anymore. H-he won't...H-he'll learn his l-lesson, I swear..." Blaine shot a look over at Kurt silently begging him to go with it.
Mr. Lawrence seemed to be taking it into consideration for a moment and he mulled it over in his mind. Not a moment later did he surprise the two boys by picking up the caning bench and placing it back in the implement closet where it had retrieved it from. The surprise didn't end there; Mr. Lawrence reemerged carrying the chair and an implement that had Blaine almost hyperventilate immediately at the sight of it.
"Blaine, if you wish to take the caning in its entirety, then it will be a lap caning."
Blaine had been threatened with the lap cane multiple times, but never had Mr. Lawrence actually done it. The cane itself was terrifying enough, but the lap cane was much worse. Mr. Lawrence had shown Blaine how it was done on one of the videos from the website. The one being punished was bent over the knee and the punisher would use a mini version of a cane that was perfect for quick rapid swats with no breather in between.
"What's it going to be, Blaine? Is Kurt taking 15 stokes with the cane over the bench or are you going over my knee for a lap caning?"
Blaine took a deep breath and looked Mr. Lawrence straight in the eye. "I'll t-take the lap cane."
"Blaine, no! It's my fault and I should be the one-" Kurt tried to argue, but Blaine sent him a sharp look telling him to keep his mouth shut.
"Very well then," Mr. Lawrence announced happily as he gestured to Lenny to tend to Kurt. Lenny ever the teacher's pet sprung to action immediately. He assisted Kurt in getting his pants back up, then he dragged the very unwilling teen to the front of the couch and forced him to sit down to watch the punishment unfold.
"Blaine, you don't have to do this. Please, let me-"
Blaine blinked away a tear and turned to face Kurt. "Kurt, I will never let him hurt you. Never."
Kurt was surprised by how stern and angry Blaine sounded despite being in the state of terror he was in. He couldn't believe that Blaine was doing this for him and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He had already seen Blaine spanked once this night, he really didn't think he could do it again.
Lenny surprised Kurt by suddenly cutting the zip ties on his wrists, but his surprise didn't last too long. Before Kurt could even process the freedom his wrists were just given, Lenny was handcuffing both of his wrists to the ring that was built into the other arm of the couch. That was obviously there so that they could do this very same thing to Blaine when they were trying to play "family" with him.
Once Lenny had Kurt secured, he strolled over to the camera and began to play with some settings. These sick bastards were going to film this. Kurt had an awful sinking feeling in his stomach about what had been said earlier. That thing about the video shoots. They filmed what they were doing to Blaine...for what he didn't know. He felt like he was going to vomit where he sat.
"Are we ready?" Mr. Lawrence called over to Lenny as he put the chair into position and kept a firm grip on the lap cane.
Lenny answered with a nod and gave Mr. Lawrence a count down. Kurt felt his heart racing at what he was about to witness as Blaine stood with his head pointed towards the ground trying to mentally prepare himself for the pain he was about to endure.
Guys, I am so sorry for leaving you! It wasn't purposeful, believe me. I work two jobs now and it's been keeping me insanely busy. I'm very, very sorry. I've been working on this for two weeks now trying to bring you something. Anything really. So let's consider this a teaser. Lots will be happening in Chapter 11. So hopefully this is something to hold onto. I am also forever grateful to those of you who are still reviewing. Trust me, it doesn't go unnoticed. :)
So thoughts? Let me know how you're feeling...your fears for Blaine maybe? Poor guy. I'm way too mean. :p
Anyway, it's good to be back guys, my sincerest apologies again. I promise to make more time for this and get chapter 11 up asap. Please review and let me know things!
- Jamie