Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS, its characters or storylines. This story WILL CONTAIN SPANKING of a minor and an adult female, some mild language and mild sex, if that bothers you please do not read any further.

CHAPTER 14

"I said we would talk about it later and that's what I meant, unless of course you want to have your own conversation with one of the wooden spoons you have in that jar over there before we call Mark down for dinner?" Gibbs questioned raising an eyebrow, looking from Penny to the jar of wooden spoons and back to Penny.

Penny followed his eyes over to the spoons then looked back at him and quietly answered "no I don't want that Jethro, I don't want that at all"

"Good" Gibbs replied putting a kiss on her forward. "why don't you go get the chicken ready to serve and I will go get Mark to come help finish setting the table ok?"

"O-O-Ok" Penny stammered, still a little shocked from what had just transpired. Why had she not gotten angry with him again when he threatened her with the wooden spoon? Was she really going to let him spank her? She could still feel the sting from the five spanks he had just given her. Now that the sting was fading a little though, she could also feel a sensation brewing in other areas of her body. Penny's head was swimming with so many questions she could barely focus on the chicken and almost dumped the sauce she had made down the sink before she realized what she was doing.

As she readied dinner she couldn't help but wonder what exactly he meant about tomorrow?

Knocking on Mark's door once before going in he found the kid lying on his stomach on his bed drawing. Pulling a chair up beside the bed Gibbs got a good look at what Mark was drawing. It was a rendering of the same art he had spray painted all over one of the houses.

"You know, that's really good kid" Gibbs complimented Mark. "the one on the house is good too, too bad we have to paint over it but I'm glad you can redraw it – it was definitely to beautiful not to be seen by anyone."

"You really think it's good?" Mark asked, not looking up at Gibbs, but holding his breath waiting for Gibbs to answer. He knew he really shouldn't care if the old man like his work or not but for some reason he did care.

"Yeah I do – its really good" Gibbs praised. "I would love to see some of your other work sometime, if you wouldn't mind showing me" Gibbs asked – not wanting to be intrusive but hoping this might be a way to encourage Mark and let him get involved with Mark further.

"Sure, I can show them to you sometime" Mark responded, still not looking up but at least he was talking to him, Gibbs thought to himself.

Pushing the chair back, he headed towards the door "come on buddy, its dinner time and it smells really good – let's go help Penny get the table ready."

Walking past Gibbs, Mark stopped in the door, and without making eye contact, asked if he told Penny about this afternoon.

"she knows what happened and she knows how I handled it." Gibbs replied, watching how Mark seemed to slump a little bit with that news.

Turning him so that he faced Gibbs, he put his finger under the kid's chin forcing his face up "What happened today happened, you earned that spanking, but it's over now and we start fresh. There's no reason to talk about it again unless you want to ok?"

Brightening a little with that knowledge Mark simply said "ok" and walked out of the room to the kitchen to help his sister.

Mark picked up the plates and started to set the table. Gibbs noticed the look of disappointment on his face when he got to his chair, he could only assume that was because there was not a pillow on it.

The table was set and dinner was on it, Mark had gotten the drinks and the napkins and even started some music in the background. Gibbs knew he was just stalling so he didn't have to sit down yet, but he figured he would cut the kid some slack and not tease him about it.

Penny and Gibbs both finally sat at the table and he called for Mark to sit and join them so they could start before the food got cold. Mark walked back to the table but didn't sit. "Um Gibbs, Can I um, I mean, well, I just, I really just don't think I can sit – can I have the pillow like last night?" Mark finally spit out his request hoping Gibbs would see the need for the pillow.

"Nope, sorry Mark, but the pillow was your sister's idea last night, not mine, and it won't be happening again. Nothing has changed from what I told you earlier, sitting on a sore butt is part of the fun lesson that comes with a spanking. Now. Sit. Down. I don't want to have to tell you again." Gibbs said sternly, hoping to stop any fits Mark might be thinking of throwing before they started.

"Oh only part of the fun" Mark said sarcastically, staring at the chair beside him.

"Mark" Gibbs growled in warning to the attitude he could see creeping in.

"fine" Mark said and sat very very gingerly through out dinner. The chicken was great but he really wasn't that hungry so he ate as fast as he could, getting told to slow down at least once each from Gibbs and Penny before being excused back to his room to lie on his stomach.

Dinner was done, and just like the night before, Jethro helped her clean up the kitchen and she made them some after dinner coffee.

Sitting back in the living room Penny found herself extremely nervous. She didn't know what to say but the tension between her and Gibbs was making her crazy. He had been very pleasant at dinner but it was obvious he was still upset about earlier.

Summoning her courage, she put down her coffee and turned to him "I am really sorry about the pillow thing earlier Jethro. I shouldn't have done it and it won't happen again. I know I said that already but I want you know that I mean it."

"Funny, I think that is almost exactly what you said to me last night when we had this same conversation young lady" Gibbs replied, not ready to let her off the hook just yet.

"Unlike you and Mark, I don't have problems remembering my conversations from yesterday and I distinctly remember telling you that if you did anything to undermine my authority with Mark he wouldn't be the only one with a sore butt, did I not?" Gibbs said phrasing at as a question when they both knew it wasn't.

"Yes you did" Penny acknowledged "and I accept that is why you spanked me earlier and I'm no longer upset with you for it. I understand that I broke our agreement and you felt I earned that spanking, so I would just like to put it all behind us and move on."

Gibbs actually laughed out loud at that comment. "You think those five swats I gave you earlier were your spanking for disobeying our agreement?" he questioned realizing by the surprised look on her face that that is exactly what she thought.

Getting more serious, Gibbs explained "No honey, those were just to make you realize that I knew what you were doing, regardless of whatever BS explanation you tried to give me, and that I wasn't going to let you get away with it."

"Wait - You mean that WASN'T the spanking you said I earned?" Penny asked, more nervous now than she could remember being in a very long time.

"Not even close Penny. You earned a real spanking from me, but I can't give it to you tonight – not while Mark is up. I won't risk him hearing – I would never embarrass you like that honey and it would be too confusing for him."

"Thank you for that" Penny took a sigh of relief, but her relief was short lived when Gibbs followed up with "But I will be here tomorrow at noon – I know you don't have court tomorrow because you told us at dinner that you had a pretty light day scheduled, so tomorrow at noon I will meet you here and we can finish this conversation where there aren't any other ears around to hear."

Penny didn't know if she should be thankful or upset at the reprieve. Yes, she definitely didn't want to risk Mark hearing but now she would have to wait and worry until tomorrow and patience was never one of her strong suits.

"Have you ever been spanked before Penny? And I don't mean a pop on the butt by your dad or foreplay – but really spanked?" Gibbs asked – he needed to know how slowly to take things with her tomorrow.

"No – I've never been spanked before, not even a 'pop on the butt' as you say or as foreplay." She added blushing at the mention of spanking and sex. "Growing up I was much more mature than my dad so there was never any real reason for him to spank me and there were no other adults in my life who much cared what I did or didn't do" Penny said matter of factly, looking down not knowing if that was the right answer or not.

Tilting her head back up to look at him, Gibbs just sweetly said "well you now have someone who cares enough about you to hold you accountable when you do things that are not in your best interest. Just so you know, I take that responsibility very seriously."

Something about the gentleness from which he spoke unnerved her – it made Penny feel like she was loosing control of the situation and that was a feeling she was desperately uncomfortable with.

"I really don't believe this is necessary Jethro. I'm an adult and I have the ability to modify my behavior without a physical deterrent. Now that I know how important this is to you, I will do a better job of respecting your wishes." Penny stated feeling satisfied she had argued her case logically.

"If that were true honey we wouldn't even be having this conversation because you would not have tried to sneak that pillow past me for a second night, right after we had just had that talk." Gibbs responded, unmoved by her argument.

Before Penny could make any type of counter argument Gibbs stood up, "I better go, it appears I have a lot of work to do on your paddle before tomorrow, I didn't realize I would be needing it so quickly." Gibbs teased, but Penny didn't seem to find it amusing.

"come on, walk me to the door honey" Gibbs said pulling her up and taking her hand.

Penny tried again to say something but Gibbs cut her off with a kiss, one that was more intense and more passionate than the night before and before Penny knew it she was lost in that kiss, lost in his arms. Enjoying the feel of his hands in her hair, Gibbs almost couldn't stop kissing her. What he wanted was to take her back to her bedroom and make love to her right then, but it was too soon and he knew it. Whatever was happening between him and Penny was different, special – and he wanted to do things right this time. Summoning all of his self control he pulled away from her, taking her again by the hand and walking towards the door.

Reaching the door, Gibbs turned back to her "Don't spend all morning trying to think of good arguments against the spanking you have coming young lady. Arguing with me will only get you a much longer and harder spanking. AND you better be here at noon because if I have to come looking for you your first spanking will be with my belt instead of your new paddle, and trust me, you don't want that." And with that he turned and walked down the driveway, once again leaving Penny standing at the door amazed at how her life had changed in such a short time because of this man…