"Mama, please don't spank Frannie. She didn't mean to pee on the floor." Amanda frowned.
"I'm not going to spank her, baby. It was only an accident. I'm just glad she decided to pee in the kitchen and not on the carpet." Olivia replied, laying paper towels down over the mess while the puppy watched looking guilty.
"Frannie, don't pee on the floor. You pee outside." Amanda scolded the puppy and giggled when Frannie jumped up to lick her face.
"Speaking of outside, let's take Frannie on a walk." Olivia suggested.
It was a nice day, but a little bit chilly, so Olivia made sure to make Amanda wear her jacket. Amanda fussed about having to wear a jacket, but reluctantly put it on when Mama popped her bottom and informed her that she could either wear her jacket and they could go on a walk, or she could not wear her jacket and stay home. Mama let her hold Frannie's leash for a while until she decided that it was Mama's turn and handed over the leash.
"Flowers!" Amanda's deep blue eyes lit up when they passed a grassy area. She ran over and began to pick a bouquet of dandelions and clovers while Frannie happily sniffed around in typical puppy fashion. The blonde ran back over when she was finished and gave the small clump of plants to her beloved Mama.
"Thank you so much, sweetheart! These are beautiful!" Mama smiled, kissing the top of Amanda's head. Along the course of their walk, Amanda collected a rock, a stick, an acorn, and a feather. Mama made it a point to marvel over everything Amanda showed her.
"Ow!" Amanda cried out when she tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and scraped her elbow.
"Oh, dear, let Mama see." Olivia squatted down and pretended to examine Amanda's elbow carefully.
"Mama, kiss it better." Amanda whimpered with tears in her eyes. She had sustained more serious injuries at work, but in her 'little' state, a minor scrape was a big deal.
"There, all better." Olivia smiled, tenderly kissing Amanda's elbow several times.
With the imaginary pain in her elbow gone, Amanda skipped happily alongside Mama as they finished their walk and went back inside the apartment. Amanda removed the leash from Frannie's collar and the puppy wandered off in search of water and a nap.
"Mandy, did you pick up your toys like Mama asked?"
"Um… kinda…" Amanda looked like a deer caught in headlights.
"What do you mean 'kinda', sweetheart?" Olivia sighed.
"Well… I started to. But…"
Olivia looked in Amanda's room and shook her head at the mess. There were toys everywhere, all over the floor and under the bed. There were several dolls in their proper place on a shelf and several board games on another shelf, indicating that Amanda had indeed started cleaning her room, but she hadn't gotten very far.
"Mandy, this room looks like a hurricane blew through it. I want all of these toys picked up right now, and then you and Mama are going to have a talk." Mama ordered sternly, popping Amanda's bottom.
Amanda gulped as she set to work cleaning her room. She and Mama sometimes had very different definitions of the word 'talk', and she had a feeling that in this case Mama was referring to the kind of 'talk' that left the blonde staring at the carpet crying her eyes out. Amanda didn't like that kind of talking and made sure to do an extra thorough job cleaning her room, hoping that when Mama came back she might change her mind. After about forty-five minutes, Mama came back and saw that Amanda was almost done cleaning.
"Is everything out from under the bed? No toys in the closet?" Mama checked to make sure.
"I'm done cleaning, Mama." Amanda said when the last of her crayons were back in their box and put away with the rest of her art supplies.
"Good girl. Come here, Mandy." Mama sat down on the bed.
"Mama, I'm sorry." Amanda's lower lip trembled and tears filled her eyes as she obediently walked over to where Mama sat.
"I know you're sorry, baby. Mama's not mad at you." Olivia assured her lovingly, tenderly brushing Amanda's blonde hair out of her eyes.
"Please don't spank me, Mama." Amanda pleaded sadly.
"Sweetie, Mama doesn't like spanking you. But I told you to do something and you disobeyed me. You know that the consequence for disobeying Mama is a spanking."
"Will you love me again after it's over?" Amanda asked.
"I love you right now, princess. Just because I'm about to give you a spanking doesn't mean that I ever stop loving you."
"You promise?" Amanda needed the extra reassurance.
"I double pinkie promise." Olivia hooked both of her pinkies around Amanda's.
Amanda cried over Mama's lap as Mama spanked her bare bottom sharply. She tried to hold still like a good girl, but she couldn't help but wriggle a little.
"Mama, please stop! It hurts!" Amanda cried, but Mama didn't stop.
"I know it hurts, angel. I'm afraid we're not done yet. Do you understand why you're getting a spanking?"
"Ow! Ye- owww! Yes, Mama! Ouch! Because I- oww! Because I dis-disobeyed you and didn't clean up my toys! I'm s-sorry!" Amanda began to sob.
"You're being a very brave girl, sweetie. Just a few more minutes and then Mama will hold you." Olivia promised.
Finally, Amanda went limp across Mama's lap and the spanking stopped immediately.
"Mama!" Amanda wailed sadly, her poor bottom red and sore.
"Mama's right here, my angel. That's Mama's good girl. Come see me, sweetheart." Olivia picked Amanda up and cuddled the sobbing blonde close to her heart, tenderly stroking Amanda's long blonde hair, rocking her.
"Mama, no more!" Amanda sobbed, burying her face on Mama's shoulder.
"No more, baby. No more spanking for Mandy, I promise. Such a good, brave girl. Mama loves you so much. That's my good girl." Olivia cooed.
Amanda sobbed for a while and slowly calmed, being rocked and cuddled in Mama's loving arms. After the pain of a good, hard spanking, there wasn't a safer place in the world than Mama's arms. Come to think of it, there wasn't a safer place in the world, period. When Amanda finally stopped crying, Mama rubbed arnica onto her red bottom and gently changed her into a fresh diaper.
"Mama?"
"Yes, baby?"
"Will you hold me a little longer?" Amanda asked.
"Of course I will, princess. For as long as you want. Let's go cuddle in the rocker for a while."
Olivia carried Amanda to the big, comfy chair that had comforted Amanda countless times after spankings and rocked slowly, cuddling her close. Amanda snuggled into Mama's arms and sucked on her pacifier to provide further soothing. Mama soothed her with gentle words of love until Amanda's eyelids began to droop and finally closed.