Chapter 14 – The Term Paper

Carlisle:

I pulled into the garage and turned my car off. I was sure all of my family would be waiting for me. I was wondering how they would take this news of the crowd and their reason for wanting to see me. I am sure my children will not be too fond of this, but at least they have all graduated now and they no longer have to go to school. Plus, they rarely go into town except for Bella and Edward. All too soon we will be forced to leave here once Bella is changed. I decided not to think too much on that one at the time being. I grabbed my bag and got out of the car and headed into the kitchen to my wondering family.

Opening the door, the first person I saw was my love, Esme, standing waiting for me. She had a concerned look on her face. I was sure she must have heard something either from Charlie calling Bella, or Alice having a vision. I didn't hear much noise and I was wondering where the others were. I put my bag down and approached my wife.

"Oh Carlisle, are you alright? Charlie called Bella and told her what had happened. I was so worried it would turn out ugly for you. How did it all go, darling?" She asked concerned.

"Don't worry my love, everything went well. The parents were actually pleased that I would care enough for Jessica to discipline her for her poor habits and endangering her health. They actually clapped for me. They wanted me to deal with their kids." I told her.

I then continued to explain to her what happened. I could see the look of relief cover her face. She had been very concerned about this since she heard I spanked Jessica in public. I then asked her why it was so quiet and where the others were.

"Oh darling, they are in the downstairs study waiting for you." She said.

"Waiting for me? What do they want?" I asked.

"Oh Carlisle, they just want you to know they were worried about you and want to make sure you know you have their support in your decisions and discipline choices. They are waiting for you," she said pulling me by my hand and walking with me to the downstairs study.

As we got closer, I could hear them quietly talking amongst themselves and a little giggling going on. I was wondering what was going on. As we got to the study, Esme pushed me in through the door. I couldn't believe what I saw. They were all standing by the long couch across the room, bent over with their bare bottoms sticking out toward me with their hands on the seat cushions on the couch.

"What is going on here?" I asked stunned to see this lunar display.

"Hey Pops, we just wanted you to feel at home. You know, discipline starts at home and we want you to know you have our full moon, ah, I mean our full support," Emmett said while the others were laughing.

"MmmHmm! I see that. Where is Jessica?" I asked.

"Oh, she said she needed to finish her term paper, because her bottom was at the red nova stage already and she didn't want to take a chance on getting it re-warmed! We tried to get her to participate, but she was too worried about being able to sit. She's a chicken!" Emmett said explaining.

"Or the smart one!" I said.

"Hey dad, we're just kidding around here," Edward said growing a little worried.

"Oh, I'm sure. Since you are all in such a supportive position, I might as well take advantage of this and demonstrate my new role at the hospital," I informed them.

"What role is that dear?" Esme asked.

"They call me, Dr. Spank!" I said holding my right hand up to show her. I noticed my children were looking as well and getting a little anxious.

"Ha ha, Dr. Spank! That's a good one Pops," Emmett said starting to get up.

"Emmett, resume that position, young man. I didn't give you permission to get up yet. Plus, I need some practice for my new role," I said rolling up my sleeve and walking towards my suddenly nervous six children bending over in front of me.

"Uh oh, this isn't looking good," Jasper said eyeing me.

"I told you this was a stupid idea, Emmett! Now look what you got us into," Edward said sharply to Emmett.

"Hey, I didn't know Pops was going to take this literally," Em said.

"Why didn't you see this Alice," Bella asked.

"I could only see him walking into to the room, not what happened after he came in the room," Alice explained.

"You need to get some kind of fine tuning antenna on your visions, Alice," Rose said smartly.

"Yeah, Pixie Sis, pay more attention," Emmett said to her.

"This isn't my Alice's fault; it's yours, ya big goof!" Jasper complained.

I walked over and stood behind Emmett. Esme was trying to keep from laughing. I put my left hand on his back and said, "Ready?"

"Oh come on Pops, we were…OOWW!" Emmett yelped as I brought my hand down on his bottom.

"Give him some more dad, he's the mastermind of this fiasco," Edward said.

"Don't mind if I do," I said as I landed 3 more swats to Emmett. He yelped at each one.

I then made my way down the line giving each one a stinging swat and then stood back to admire my work.

"Well, Esme, do you think I got enough practice here?" I asked chuckling as they were trying to rub the sting away from my hand.

"I think you had a very good practice session. How many of these sessions do you think you need a week, dear?" Esme said laughing.

"Oh no! No way, I'm not bending over again," Emmett said.

"If you do need any more practice, dad, just go to Emmett, since he was the one who came up with this, he can be your practice butt," Edward said laughing.

"Shut up bro, I don't need any help from you," Emmett came back.

"Can we get up now dad? Bella asked."

"Yes, please do and pull your pants up. That should teach you to bend over like that in front of me again," I said laughing.

They all stood up. Rosalie smacked Emmett on the arm. "That was stupid, babe!" Rose said to him.

"Sorry, Rosie, didn't want you to get swatted," Em said to her.

"Yeah, what about the rest of us you dope?" Jasper asked as Alice shook her head.

"Hey, nobody twisted your arm, bro," Emmett said to him.

"Next time you have an idea like this, keep it to yourself, will ya?" Edward said angrily.

"Hey, you're no stranger to this position and neither is Bella," Emmett countered.

Just then, Jessica came bouncing in the room. "Hey Dr. Cullen, I finished my term paper! Look! It's all finished," she said proudly holding it out to me.

"That's wonderful Jessica, let's go to my study and check it over," I said to her.

"What happened to you guys?" Jessica asked seeing the dirty looks being shot at Emmett.

"Don't ask!" Edward said. "Just be glad you were smart enough to stay and finish your paper instead of pulling this foolish stunt of Emmett's.

"Didn't go over well, huh?" Jessica asked.

"Like a lead balloon. Dad smacked each one of us," Bella told her. "I think he enjoyed it too!"

"Yes, I did! It was the best present I ever received," I said laughing and dusting off my hand.

"Glad I didn't participate in it then. At least I got my report done," Jessica said happily.

"Come on Jessica, lets go do something useful and check over your report," I said putting my arm around her shoulders. We headed out the door. "Thanks for the practice, my thoughtful children," I called to them.

"Don't mention it! Please! Don't ever mention it again." Jasper said.

I took Jessica up to my study and read over her report. I was very impressed at her work. She did a wonderful job. I was sure she would be receiving an 'A' for her efforts.

"Jessica, this is wonderful. You did an excellent job. I'm very proud of you. You worked really hard and it shows. Now doesn't that feel better than flunking and going to parties?" I asked her.

"Yes Dr. Cullen. I learned my lesson. No more parties or caffeine products. I'm going to work hard and do my best." She said.

"I'm happy to hear that. You are still going to keep in touch with me though and I will be calling you also. You will always leave your phone on so you can be contacted at any time. If I ever call and can't get in touch with you or you don't reply to a message or voicemail, I will assume you are up to your old tricks and track you down and deal with you, young lady. Is that understood?" I asked sternly.

"Yes sir! I understand! I will call you and answer your calls when I can if I am in class or something," she said.

"That's fine, as long as I get a call back or a reply to my message. Also, young lady, when you are back in town, I want to see you and I want to know in advance when you will be arriving so we can set up a meeting. I want to see your grades and they better be good and no more failures. Do I have to remind you what will happen if I hear of you partying too much or ruining your health and grades again?" I asked.

"Uh, no sir! I remember quite well what will happen. I still feel it too! I'll be good, Dr. Cullen," she promised.

"You better be. Now, you can enjoy the rest of your vacation. When are your parents coming back?" I asked her.

"I haven't heard from them lately, but I'm sure it will be later this week sometime," she said.

"Then you will stay here until they come home. It's no trouble, so don't even try to change my mind. I will feel better knowing you are here with us instead of staying alone. Now come on, let's go back downstairs," I said.

"Oh, Dr. Cullen? You didn't get in trouble because of spanking me in public, did you?" She asked concerned.

"No, Jessica, just the opposite. It seems some of the parents in town liked that idea and brought their kids in to ask me to talk to them. Luckily a stern warning from me seemed to do the trick. We'll have to wait and see," I explained.

"Wow, glad I'm not the only one who has to worry about being spanked," she said laughing. "Do they all know that you spanked me?"

"Unfortunately, yes. However, I did warn you what would happen if I caught you harming your health again, and you did not heed my warning, young lady, so the fault is yours!" I scolded her. "Don't worry, they will forget it all in a few days. Plus, you will be heading back to school soon."

"I should have known not to take any of those energy shots in public. Just my luck, you had to be early picking me up!" She said smacking her forehead.

"It never pays to disobey," I said smiling at her.

"Ha ha, you should put that slogan on a bumper sticker and hand them out to the parents in town," Jessica said laughing.

"That's not a bad idea," I said laughing with her.

We walked back downstairs to join the family. They were all in the living room. Bella was happy Jessica was staying with us. They made plans to go into town tomorrow and meet up with Angela. Bella and Edward were getting ready to go back to their cottage. They were saying goodnight to all of us. Bella came and kissed Esme and I goodnight. Edward kissed Esme. He then turned to me.

"Night dad! Oh, by the way, Emmett said you hit like a girl," he said winking at me. I picked up on that and decided to taunt Emmett like he does everyone else.

"Oh, he did, did he? Emmett Dale Cullen! You come here this instant young man," I demanded. His face dropped as he looked at me in shock and then glared at his brother who was laughing.

"Oh bro, you are so dead!" Emmett said shuffling over to me.

"Yeah, Papa, he said it never hurts when you spank him," Jasper chimed in.

"Oh really! Well, I think I can take care of that," I said unbuckling my belt. The others were starting to giggle and taunt him.

"Dude, you are so dead, Jazzy Razzy!" Emmett threatened.

I pulled my belt out and doubled it over in my hand and then snapped it together loudly. The others were all teasing him, "Ooooo, Emmy's gonna get it! Wow, bro, the belt! Yikes!" "Papa's gonna tan him a hide!"

Emmett looked at me and then at my belt, his eyes widened in fear, he looked back and forth from the belt to me and then turned to Esme and shakily shrieked, "MOMMY?"

Everyone including me dissolved into laughter…

The End.

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