"Erin, Mama said no. Stop it right now or we will be having a very serious talk when we get home." Alex warned, speaking sternly but softly so that nobody else around them could hear. Erin just pouted.
Sadly, Erin did not heed Mama's warning. In the next four aisles of the grocery store, she pulled the same stunt and tried to sneak the various items she wanted into the cart without asking permission. Each time, Mama gave her a stern look and put the item back on the shelf. Alex found herself wishing that Erin was a real child so that she could just pick Erin up and put her in the cart. Finally, they were finished shopping and made their way to the check-out. While they were standing in line, Erin tried one last time to sneak a bag of M&Ms into the cart. And once again, Mama gave her a stern look and put the candy back on the shelf. She wasn't going to cater to Erin's desires if Erin wasn't going to even bother to ask for permission. They paid for their groceries and went out to the car. Alex glanced around and, not seeing anyone, bent Erin over the hood of the car and gave her five sharp spanks. Erin winced and pouted all the way home.
"Go straight to your room." Alex instructed sternly, ushering Erin into the apartment with another sharp spank.
"Owie! No!" Erin stomped her foot and reached back to protect her bottom. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked like a deer caught in headlights when she saw Mommy sitting on the couch.
"Erin Michelle, did I just hear you tell Mama 'no'? I suggest you do as Mama says and go straight to your room." Olivia didn't know yet why Erin was in trouble, but she backed up her wife, knowing that Alex wouldn't send Erin to her room without a good reason.
"No!" Erin stomped her foot again. Olivia stood up from the couch and Erin darted to her room to avoid getting another spank, slamming her bedroom door behind her.
"I sent you guys to get groceries, not start another world war." Olivia attempted a joke, walking over to help Alex with the groceries.
"Not funny, babe. I swear, I almost spanked her right there in the middle of the grocery store." Alex grumbled.
"What did she do? Erin is usually such an angel on shopping trips."
"Well, she made up for it today, then. It wasn't just one big thing, it was a bunch of little things. She had an attitude the whole way there. She wouldn't stay by me, and at one point she wandered off and it took me fifteen minutes to find her. Then she kept trying to sneak things into the cart without asking permission. And on the way home, she asked for a frozen ice treat and kicked the back of my seat when I said 'no'."
"Sounds like she needs a reminder about behavior. I'm sorry, sweetie, I should have kept her home with me and let you shop in peace. Do you want me to handle this one, or do you want to do it?" Olivia asked.
"I know she didn't misbehave for you, but would you mind handling this one? I need to calm down, I really just feel like shaking her." Alex sighed. It would be a bad idea for her to try to discipline Erin while she was so irritated.
"Here, let me make you a cup of tea, then I'll go deal with little miss troublemaker." Olivia kissed Alex's temple.
"Thanks, honey." Alex smiled a tired smile.
In her room, Erin sat on her bed and pouted for a while before she actually started to think about her behavior. She gasped when she heard footsteps in the hallway and ran to the corner. Olivia tried not to roll her eyes as she walked into the room. She had heard Erin get up from the bed and run to the corner.
"Come here, young lady." Olivia sat down on the bed.
"Mommy? Where's Mama?" Erin turned from the corner in confusion. She had been expecting Mama.
"Mama's relaxing with a cup of tea. After we're done in here, you're going to go apologize to her for your behavior today. If you have anything to say for yourself, tell me now."
"I'm sorry, Mommy."
"Are you sorry for your naughty behavior or are you sorry you're in trouble?" Olivia inquired. Erin hesitated.
"Both, I guess? I don't want to be in trouble, but I am sorry I was naughty, Mommy. I was just bored and trying to play, but I guess I took it too far." Erin hung her head in shame.
"Look at Mommy, young lady. You did several things wrong today. Can you tell me what they are?"
"I had an attitude all day. I wandered off and Mama lost me. I tried to put things in the cart without permission. Oh, and I kicked Mama's seat too." Erin listed off her offenses with a growing sense of doom.
"You missed a few things. Do you know what they are?" Olivia inquired patiently.
"Um… I told you and Mama 'no' and I slammed my door?"
"Good girl, that's two of the things. Do you know what the other one is?"
"Um… no, Mommy. What did I do?" Erin asked after a moment of thought.
"When Mommy sent you to your room, did you stand in the corner the whole time?" Olivia asked.
"No, Mommy." Erin's lower lip trembled. She was in a lot of trouble. That was quite a list of offenses.
"When Mommy or Mama send you to your room, you know by now that we expect you to wait for us in the corner. I know you don't like the corner. You don't have to like it and we don't expect you to like it. But we put you there to give you time to think about your behavior. You were a naughty little girl today and you're going to be punished. Do you understand?"
"Please don't spank me, Mommy! I'll say sorry to Mama!" Erin began to cry.
"Yes, you will, after your spanking. I don't like it any more than you do, baby, let's just get it over with and you can go give Mama a hug."
Erin didn't fight as Mommy pulled her jeans down and guided her across her lap. Erin started to whimper right away as Mommy spanked her over her rainbow panties. After several minutes, she pulled Erin's panties down and picked up the hairbrush. Erin cried and sobbed her way through her spanking until finally she went limp across Mommy's lap, exhausted and resigned to being spanked. When Olivia felt Erin go limp across her lap, she gave Erin five final spanks and threw the hairbrush down as if it had burned her. Erin didn't even realize her punishment was over until she felt Mommy pick her up to cuddle her.
"Oh, that's my good girl. There, there. Cry it out, baby. I know it hurts. You were so brave, Mama is going to be so proud of you."
"Mommy, I'm sorry!" Erin wailed through her sobs, clinging to Mommy for dear life.
"I know you are, sweetie. Everything is forgiven, you're still Mommy's good girl." Olivia cooed, gently rubbing Erin's heaving back.
Olivia cuddled and comforted Erin until she had mostly stopped crying.
"Are you ready to go say sorry to Mama, lovey?" Olivia tenderly kissed Erin's temple. She gently pulled Erin's panties back up and took her jeans off from around her legs, setting them aside.
"What if she's really mad? Is she going to spank me again?" Erin asked fearfully.
"Mama's not mad at you, honey, and I don't think she's planning on spanking you again." Olivia assured her kindly.
Olivia carried Erin out into the other room in search of Alex and found her sitting on the couch with Erin's pink and blue blanket and her pink Care Bear sippy cup filled with juice.
"Go on, baby girl, it's okay." Olivia encouraged, setting Erin down on her feet.
"Mama… I… I'm sorry I was naughty today." Erin hung her head.
"You're forgiven, sweetheart. You're a good girl. Come here." Alex opened her arms.
Erin fell into Mama's arms and cuddled on her lap clutching her blanket in her hands while she drank her juice. Mama rocked and cuddled her and gently rubbed her sore bottom until her sippy cup was empty. Olivia smiled when she walked into the kitchen listening to Alex and Erin playing.
"Mama, it tickles!" Erin giggled happily.
"Uh-oh, I think Mama found a belly button." Alex teased lovingly, cuddling Erin in her arms.
"Sure, hon, that'll calm her down for bedtime." Olivia chuckled.