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Chapter 11
Santana pulls her towel further around her body as she shivers in the air conditioned reception area. Maybe leaving the pool to look for a bathroom by herself wasn't such a good idea after all. She watches as David talks into the phone, the man glancing over at her and shooting her a reassuring, impossibly white, smile, receiving one of Santana's patented scowls in response. The little latina's lower lip trembles as she waits for her Mama to come get her, knowing that she's in big trouble for wandering off. Why should she be in trouble? She asked her Mama lots of times to take her to the bathroom but she was too busy helping Brittany. It's not fair!
"Hey Santana, your Mama's on her way" David tells her kindly as he moves to sit down next to her. "She was pretty worried" he adds and Santana looks away from him with a frown, he's not allowed to tell her off! Only Mama can tell her off, or Aunt Holly when she's looking after them. "She wants you to stand in the corner until she gets here" he adds regretfully, nodding in the direction of the nearest empty corner and Santana stares at him in disbelief. "Sorry, kid" Santana scowls at him once more for good measure before shuffling over to the corner, thinking about how unfair it is that dumb David just sent her to the corner. Santana scowls at the white wall as she stands in the corner, her gaze blurring as she struggles to fight back the tears that gather in her dark eyes when she thinks about how much trouble she's in. She feels angry that her Mama had David send her to the corner and she feels angry that her Mama was too busy to take her to the bathroom, none of this would be happening if she just took her to the dumb bathroom. It's Mama's fault! Now her Mama is going to turn up and scold her in front of him too, it sucks. Santana smiles softly when she realises that her Mama can't yell at her in public if she doesn't stay in the corner and she turns away from the wall and starts to scurry towards the womens' bathrooms in the reception are.
"Bathroom!" she yells when David shouts after her, knowing that boys can't go into the girls bathroom. Santana feels pretty proud of herself as she sits down on one of the toilet lids, at least now dumb David won't see her in trouble. The longer she sits there, the more the girl realises this was a bad idea..her Mama is going to be mad that she didn't stay in the corner like she was supposed to. Santana's eyes widen when she hears the smacking sound of flip-flops on the marble floor, the sound getting steadily closer...her Mama is wearing flip-flops.
"Santana Marie Lopez!" Shelby exclaims loudly as she walks into the bathroom, stopping at the door of Santana's cubicle with her hands on her hips and a dangerous expression on her face. "You were supposed to stay in the corner!"
"David can't send me to the corner!" Santana argues loudly, realising her mistake when Shelby strides forward, pulls her to her feet and lays a sharp smack to her backside.
"I would stop the attitude if I were you, little girl" Shelby states warningly. "You're already in enough trouble for wandering off and then leaving the corner. I told you I would take you to the bathroom, you just needed to wait a couple of minutes until I got Brittany out of the pool..she's only little and can't be in the pool without me. You can't just wander off, Mama was really scared when she didn't know where you were!"
"I'm sorry, Mama" Santana murmurs.
"We are going to go out there and you will apologise to David for ignoring him and then we are going back to the cabin. You will be going straight to the corner, we will have dinner and then you will be having a bath and then going to bed with a sore bottom" Shelby states seriously, feeling bad when Santana's face crumples at the thought of a spanking but knowing she needs to follow through. Shelby leans forward and cups her girl's face in her hands, brushing her tears away with her thumbs and gazing at her intently. "I know you don't want to be punished but I'd be a bad Mama if I just let you break the rules, would I?"
"Uh huh" the little latina whimpers, leaning into her Mama, the woman complying and wrapping her arms around her in a warm, gentle hug. "I'm sorry, Mama" Santana repeats.
"I know, my sweet girl. You're already forgiven" Shelby replies softly. "When you wake up tomorrow it'll be a fresh start and we can continue our vacation. Alright?" she questions, smiling softly when Santana nods.
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Shelby pulls the toilet lid down and perches on top of it as she keeps an eye on Santana and Brittany in the bath. She smiles as she watches Santana place the bubbles around Brittany's chin, her tongue sticking out slightly in concentration as she perfects the bubble beard on her sister's face.
"Ho ho ho!" Brittany exclaims in excitement, causing her Mama and sister to giggle which pleases her even further. The cute blonde cups her hands and tries to give Santana a bubble beard in return, the latina pressing her lips tightly together when Brittany gets the soap all over her mouth. Shelby notices Quinn standing in the doorway and she beckons her over with a smile, Quinn moving across the bathroom and perching on her Mama's lap.
"You okay, babe?" Shelby asks quietly, Santana and Brittany making enough noise in the tub that she and Quinn are given a little privacy even though they are in the same room.
"I'm mad at Santana" Quinn replies simply, a small sigh leaving her mouth as she leans back against her Mama.
"Because she wandered off?" Shelby questions knowingly and Quinn nods. "You were worried about her, huh?"
"Yeah, she's only little! She can't just leave. I hope you spank her butt really good" Quinn retorts seriously. Shelby's eyebrows rise in surprise, this certainly was a big change from the girl who got mad about Santana's last spanking.
"Hey hey, calm down" Shelby murmurs. "Your sister is definitely being punished but remember, tomorrow she gets a clean slate and we all have to respect that. Go get changed into your pajamas and pick a movie, you and Brittany can start watching it while I deal with Santana and then I'll come join you, okay?" She smiles when Quinn nods and watches her leave before grabbing one of the towels and moving over to the tub. "Alright Brittany, time to get out" Shelby states, holding out the towel and wrapping it around her youngest before helping her out. "I'll be back in five minutes, make sure you finished washing" she tells Santana. She leads Brittany into the bedroom that they are sharing and helps her to drive off and guiding her to lay on her back on the bed. Shelby grabs some pajamas and a fresh diaper from the drawers and lays them on the bed next to her daughter.
"Mama, ouchies" Brittany frowns and Shelby pouts in sympathy as she checks the girl's diaper rash.
"That does look pretty sore" Shelby agrees, glad that she had put Santana in the bath with Brittany to distract her from the pain, the water must have made it hurt even more. "Mama will put some cream on it for you" she adds as she grabs the tub from the bedside cabinet. She makes sure to smother the sore areas of Brittany's bottom with the cream, being as gentle as possible while feeling proud of the girl for being so brave during it. "You did good, my angel" Shelby coos, smiling when Brittany grins cutely at the compliment. Brittany lays still as her Mama puts her diaper on, something that doesn't surprise Shelby as the girl is always well behaved..well, most of the time anyway. "Alright" she states as she pulls Brittany's pajama top over her head, "Let's get your bottoms on and then you're good to go"
"No" Brittany says seriously with a shake of her head and Shelby rolls her eyes, Brittany usually did prefer to only wear her shirt and diaper to bed. She shrugs and helps the blonde to her feet, it's pretty warm so she doesn't see why she has to wear her bottoms. Shelby holds her hand as they walk out of the bedroom and she stands in the hall and watches as Brittany rushes over to Quinn on the sofa, making sure her youngest is safely with Quinn before walking back into the bathroom.
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Shelby feels as though her heart is about to break as she holds a sobbing Santana close to her chest, her free hand gently rubbing the reddened skin of the latina's bottom. The girl's bitter sobs echo around the room and her tears soak into Shelby's shirt and Shelby can hear Quinn turning the tv up. She knows that, as much as Quinn thinks Santana deserves her spanking, she still doesn't like to hear her little sister sounding so upset.
"Let's get into bed, baby girl" Shelby murmurs gently and she guides Santana into bed, climbing under the duvet with her. Santana collapses onto her Mama face first and continues to cry into her chest while promising to never be bad ever again. "You're not bad, sweetheart. You sometimes do naughty and silly things but you're not bad" Shelby explains softly as she presses a tender kiss into raven hair. She reaches down again to soothingly rub the warm skin in an attempt to calm the girl, even though she knows it may take a few minutes longer than usual after giving Santana a small dose of the back of her little, plastic hairbrush. "Mama loves you very much, baby. I know it hurts and I don't like punishing you girls but you know why Mama need to, don't you?" Shelby questions.
"Yeah" Santana sniffles. "I'm sorry, Mama"
"I know you are. You've been punished now so it's a fresh start, we're gonna have lots of fun tomorrow. Maybe we can feed the ducks and go to the arcade, would you like that?" her Mama asks kindly and Santana nods into her shoulder. Shelby carefully repositions them so that she is sitting on the edge of the bed and Santana is laying on her stomach, still sniffling slightly as her Mama gently pulls the duvet over her, still bare, bottom. "I love you, sweetheart" Shelby murmurs as she kisses Santana's forehead.
"I love you too" Santana whispers back. Shelby sits with her until she is asleep, not sure that it's such a good idea to send Santana to bed without a diaper but feeling too cruel just at the thought of taping a snug fitting diaper to her poor, sore butt. She knows that there's a rubber mattress protector underneath the bottom sheet so she's not too worried, it won't be any trouble to wash the sheets in the morning if she needs to. Even though it's barely seven o'clock, Santana falls asleep quickly..she usually does after a spanking. Shelby smiles tenderly at the soft snores coming from the little latina and she gently kisses her forehead again before quietly leaving to join the other girls in their dvd night.
