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-"Aiden read the words I wrote on the board." Damon instructed his son who was sitting next to his brother on the couch facing the white board where their father wrote with bold letters "The rules of my household".

-"the rules that you had better follow in home: -no disrespecting adults.

-no lying for any reason.

-no disobeying.

-no cussing or saying bad words.

Before Aiden could continue reading Damon raised his hand and stopped him.

-"those are the main rules in our home and I hope you would never cross them because then my dear children you will face severe consequences which we will cover later. Go on Aiden resume your reading."

-"the rules that you had better follow in school or outside: -never hurt anyone physically.

-never hurt anyone with harmful words." Aiden finished the two sentences that were written on the board and looked expectedly at his father. Damon took a deep breath and stared right in his sons eyes.

-"and here we come to the reason for this meeting. For the last two days you two broke a major rule and hurt other humans who happened to be your classmates. I know you did it for a good reason at least in your minds. But believe me it was anything but right. Aiden you are ten years already which means that you will start developing new abilities by the age of fourteen and you will become a vampire by the age of eighteen." Damon paused letting his word sink in before he continued talking once again "I know it seems like a long time away but in reality it is not. You need to learn control because one day you will become too powerful and one shove from you can kill a human and we don't want that. You are already stronger than your friends. So from today I will be stern with you boys. I thought that scolding and some grounding will do the trick but apparently I was wrong. Any misbehaviour or rule breaking will be dealt with immediately and swiftly. There won't be any free jail tickets after today, am I clear Sam?"

-"yes Daddy." The little boy answered while nodding his head.

-"good, do you know what that means? It means that next time you decide that punching a boy is wise, you will get a spanking."

The little boy gasped and covered his mouth. It was quite comically that Damon had hard time to contain his laugher. Aiden rolled his eyes at his brother's overdramatic reaction and turned his attention to his father who start writing once again on the board.

-"this time I will be the one reading." Damon said as he closed the marker and looked at his boys. "Breaking any main rule will mean you get a spanking directly without any negotiation and based on the level of you offence I may add some other punishments. Cursing, mouthing off to adults, or giving me or your mother attitude will cost you a spanking and a mouth washing with soap. I wish I made myself clear, any questions?"

Damon wasn't surprised when Sam's hand shot up and he bounced on his seat chanting "me! daddy me! I have a question."

-"go ahead and ask champ."

-"if you or my mother cussed, would you get a spanking?" Sam asked seriously.

Elena who kept silent until now laughed at her son question but answered it with the same tone her son used.

-"don't worry baby if me or your father slipped and cursed we will put a dollar in the cussing jar and that would be our punishment."

-"so you won't get a spanking. It is unfair." Sam crossed his arms against his chest and pouted.

Damon reached over and ruffled his son's hair.

-"don't get smart little boy. Now I believe that certain two little boys are grounded which means early bedtimes."

At the groans he received from his two sons, Damon fixed them with a stern look.

-"are you breaking a rule already? Maybe you are too eager to test the new consequences."

The two boys' eyes widened and they scrambled to get upstairs.

-"hey! no running in the house." Elena said and got up from her seat on the couch.

-"it went better than I imagined." Damon said as he put his arms around his wife's waist.

-"yes, hopefully our monsters won't test us too soon. I don't like seeing their tears."

-"really! You are not even the one who has to spank and discipline them."

-"I need to stay the good mother who isn't mean." Elena said teasingly and made a run for the stairs.

Damon rushed after her while throwing playful threats her way.

One week later:

The Salvatore household was calm and at peace. The two youngsters were outside playing with their bicycles and enjoying themselves since their grounding ended yesterday. Elena was at the library reading a new book and relaxing after a tiring day at work. Damon who came from work early that day sat in his office doing some paperwork.

Like expected the silence and peace didn't last long as a piercing scream from Aiden cut through the air and made his parents drop everything and ran to the backyard. Elena was the first to get to the scene and was shocked to see her two boys crying but her mother instincts made her ran towards Sam who was on the ground clutching his knee to his chest with blood covering his yellow shorts.

-"Sam baby what's wrong?" Elena asked as she hugged him to her chest.

-"I...I...fe..ll Mom...mmy" Sam said between his sobs.

-"it is okay baby. You are strong I am sure you will be fine." Elena tried to reassure her distraught child.

-"let me see Sam." Damon ordered his son as crouched beside him on the grass.

-"it h..ur..ts Da..ddy." Sam said and clutched his knee harder.

-"I know champ, but can you please be brave for Daddy and let him see." Damon spoke gently.

With so much reluctance Sam took his hands from around his injured knee and let his father take a look. After assessing the damage Damon deemed the gash in the boy's knee wasn't too deep and didn't need stitches. He gathered the boy in his arms and took him to the kitchen. He sat him on the counter and grabbed a white towel to clean the injury. Elena took bondage from the first aid kit and helped Damon wrap it around Sam's knee after putting some disinfectant on it.

By the time Damon finished Sam was too tired and having hard time to keep his eyes open. Damon passed him to Elena who took him in her arms and cradled him to her chest. She climbed the stairs to the little boy's room and tucked him in his bed with the covers around him.

-"stay with me Mommy." Sam whispered drowsily.

-"of course baby, don't worry I am here." Elena spoke gently while playing in the boy's soft hair.

Downstairs Damon was having trouble keeping himself from yelling at his scowling son. Aiden was giving his father attitude and the man was at the end of his rope.

-"Tell me what's up with you why are you scowling like this?"

-"really Daddy! Can't you see it?" Aiden spoke with so much sass in his voice that Damon didn't believe his ears.

-"excuse me Mister! Aiden this is your first and last warning so I suggest you spoke to me respectfully." Damon warned.

-"Sam broke my bike Daddy. I love my bike so much and he ruined it. He is a brat." Aiden screamed at the top of his lungs.

Damon took the steps separating him from the ten years old and took a grip on his arm. He turned him around and placed five hard smacks on the seat of his pants. Then he turned him around and looked him in the eye.

-"I know you are hurting from what happened but that doesn't give you the right to call your brother a brat or yell at me. Am I understood?"

-"yes Daddy, I am sorry." Aiden spoke tearfully.

Damon nodded his head and sat his son on the couch once again. Ha wanted desperately to hug his son but he knew that he can't offer comfort until the end of his son's punishment.

-"now, I need you to answer this question honestly." Damon waited until his son nodded in understanding before asking his question "did Sam ask permission before he climbed on your bike? Or did he do it behind your back?"

Aiden squirmed in his seat and opened and closed his mouth multiple times. Damon narrowed his eyes in warning.

-"yes Daddy, he asked permission before he climbed on my bike. He wanted to try it saying it was way too cool so I let him." Aiden said with his head bowed.

Damon sat beside his son and tilted his chin gently. He made sure they were eye to eye before he started speaking.

-"so why did you call him brat? He didn't do it on purpose. He is hurt Aiden."

Damon's words affected the little boy and were enough to brought tear to his eyes.

-"I am sorry Daddy. I didn't mean it. I was mad that my bike was broken and said those words. I love Sam Daddy." Aiden cried.

-"I know, I know dear boy. Just watch your mouth before you speak, because words can really hurt. Besides we will fix your bike and it will look like a new one." Damon said gently.

Aiden nodded and snuggled into his father's chest. Minutes later Damon pushed his son gently and hated himself for what he would say but deep down he knew that it was necessary.

-"you know that I have to punish you."

-"what? Are you going to spank me Daddy? I said I am sorry. Please don't spank me." Aiden pleaded with his father.

-"no I am not going to spank you. I think that seeing your bike broken is enough for now. But you are grounded for the weekend for calling your brother a brat. Consider yourself lucky I didn't wash your mouth with soap."

Aiden nodded his head sadly. Here go his playing plans for the weekend. He needed to call Danny his best friend and cancel on him.

-"is Sam getting a spanking?" Aiden asked his father.

Damon frowned and shook his head "no, of course not. He didn't do anything wrong and won't be punished."

-"WHAT? BUT HE BROKE MY BIKE!" Aiden exclaimed loudly.

-"I thought we agreed that it was an accident. And for the last time watch your mouth young man because I am really considering spanking this attitude out of you." Damon warned his son.

Aiden shook his head and ran upstairs. He entered his bedroom and flung himself on the bed. He felt betrayed. His brother was the centre of attention and always got away with trouble. He can't believe his Dad. How can he forgive Sam after the offence he committed? While he got punished for saying the truth, his brother was a brat but they just can't see it.

Of course the answer was easy. His parents loved Sam more than him. He was their favourite and they would always be on his side. With that conclusion on his mind Aiden cried himself to sleep.

With blue sad eyes, Aiden watched through the window his friends playing and having fun on the playground while he sat in his room forbidden from leaving the house. He sighed in annoyance as he heard the knock on his door and grunted a response.

-"come in."

Sam peeked through his brother's door and greeted him with a smile.

-"Hey! Mom said you have to finish your homework before lunch."

-"I am bored and my homework is too hard." Aiden complained with his head between his hands.

-"maybe I can help you." Sam suggested coming in and sitting on his brother's desk chair.

At his brother's words an evil plan formed in Aiden's head and he smirked.

-"you can't help me Sam but I would be happy if you keep me company."

-"of course I will stay with you Aiden." Sam accepted his brother's offer with a smile.

-"you can colour on that sheet while I go to my mom and ask her to help me with homework." Aiden said casually and ran to his mom leaving behind him a very confused Sam. He was asked to keep his brother company but the boy had left. With a shrug he took Aiden's pencil case and started colouring.

At the kitchen table Elena was helping Aiden put the last touches to his physics project. The boy was happy with the last result of his solar system model. He looked up at his mother and gave her a large grin.

-"thank you so much mom. I hope that Mrs. Green will like my work."

-"I am sure she will love it baby. It is an A grade project." Elena winked at her son and started clearing the table from all their working tools.

Moments later a very happy Sam came running into the room with a paper in his hand.

-"look Aiden I coloured this for you. It is an apology for breaking your bike." Sam extended his hand towards his brother anticipating the boy's reaction.

-"oh my god Sam! What did you do?" Aiden gasped "this is my history homework! Why did you colour on it?"

Sam looked at his brother with a shocked expression "but you were the one who told me I can..."

But before the little boy could continue his sentence Elena interrupted him.

-"what happened here?" she asked with her hands on her hips.

-"Sam coloured on my history homework. I have to redo it because of him." Aiden accused his brother.

Sam covered his mouth in shock. He can't believe his brother lied to their mom. Elena turned to her youngest and asked.

-"is it true Sam? Did you colour on your brother's homework?"

-"yes mom I coloured on the paper but I didn't do it on purpose. Aiden was the one who gave me permission to do it." Sam said pleading with his eyes for Elena to believe him.

-"are you really expecting me to believe that Sam?" Elena looked at him with a disbelieving stare.

-"but I am telling the truth mom. Please." Sam tried again.

-"I suggest you stop lying little boy. I think it is best you go and wait for your Daddy in your room." Elena said sternly.

With a sad nod Sam complied and climbed the stairs to his room leaving behind him a confused Elena. She can't believe that her sweet little boy did something like that. She sighed and turned to her other son.

-"go to your room too Aiden and try to work on your homework. I am sorry your brother acted like this." Elena smiled gently.

-"it is okay mom. I am not mad at Sam he is still a child." Aiden said innocently.

-"my baby becomes a big boy with a good heart." Elena said proudly and hugged her son who started feeling guilty for what he did but he just pushed it away and hugged his mother back before he went to his room.

Once in the privacy of his room, Aiden smirked in satisfaction. Finally he was able to get his revenge from the bike accident. He balled the paper in his hand and threw it in the trash. He laid on his bed and sighed happily.

That evening Damon came home in a really bad mood. He has a long day with one of his associates which made his day a very bad one. And if you know Damon Salvatore you will be wise and stay away from him. So when Elena told him what happened between his two boys to say he was angry would be the understatement of the year.

-"I just went over rules with them days ago. How can Sam break them so easily? Maybe it is time this little boy gets his bottom warmed." Damon said as he paced back and forth in the room.

Elena stood up from the bed and went to her husband's side. She stood next to him and took his hand in hers.

-"remember that we are talking about Sam. He rarely acts up and he is so sweet. I am sure he didn't mean it. But I am with you on this. He needs to be disciplined so he won't repeat his mistakes."

Damon sighed and hugged Elena to his chest. He was really tired and wanted to just sleep and let everything else go but he knew that he needed to take care of his son's punishment first.

-"I hate doing this." Damon murmured against Elena's hair.

-"I know but you gave rules and consequences. It is not right to back off now."

-"okay okay I am not backing off or anything. I think I have a spanking to give before dinner." Damon said and pulled away from the embrace.

-"just stay calm and try to be gentle with him. He is still a little boy." Elena said as Damon walked to the bathroom to freshen up a little.

-"don't worry I am not going to hurt him. I would never punish the boys when I am angry." Damon spoke seriously "about the gentle part I am afraid there is nothing gentle about getting a spanking. It supposed to hurt, remember?" Damon said teasingly.

Elena threw a pillow his way and narrowed her eyes.

-"don't be mean Damon."

Damon leaned over and kissed his wife. He played a little with her hair "wish me luck." He kissed her one last time and left the room. Elena went to the kitchen and turned the music's volume while preparing dinner. She didn't want to hear her baby boy crying. It is really hard.

Sam heard the dreaded nock on his door. He sat up on his bed and watched as his father came inside and closed the door behind him. One look at his son's face made Damon consider changing his mind. Sam eyes were puffy and red from crying. He was different from his brother. Aiden was always playing the tough guy and would always turn his hurt to bad attitude and mouthing off which made dealing with him easier. Meanwhile Sam wasn't the type who can hide his emotions. He was an open book and dealing with him was always harder.

-"didn't we go over the rules just a few days ago?" Damon asked and sat beside Sam on the bed.

-"yes we did Daddy. But I didn't do anything wrong."

-"so you mean that colouring on your brother homework isn't wrong in your opinion." Damon spoke in confusion.

-"Daddy I didn't do it on purpose. Aiden gave me permission to do it." Sam tried to speak with sincerity.

-"look son; today was a very bad day for me. Please don't lie to me. You want me to believe that Aiden gave you permission to colour on his homework? This is ridiculous boy."

Damon missed the look of hurt that crossed Sam's face as he was getting really frustrated. Sam wiped his eyes from any residual tears and looked at his father sadly.

-"are you going to spank me?" Sam asked defeated.

-"yes Sam. It is what you deserve for your misbehaviour. I promise it will be okay and you will be forgiven baby." Damon spoke gently this time.

Sam nodded and without a word got up and stood in front of his father. Damon took the boy's arm gently and guided him over his lap. He took a deep breath and lowered his son's denim shorts. It was better to get it over. With that thought in mind he raised his hand and brought it down on the bottom in front of him. It broke his heart when Sam whimpered in pain.

This time Damon didn't bother himself with lecturing his son and focused on just carrying on with the task at hand. Damon made sure he peppered his son's behind and covered every inch of it with stinging slaps. He reserved the last five smacks to the boy's sit spots.

Sam was having hard time controlling his sobs he didn't even notice that his father had ended the punishment until he felt the fabric of his pants brushing against his tender skin.

Damon allowed his son a few minutes to compose himself then made the move to cuddle him to his chest but unlike Aiden the little boy didn't let his father hug him and pushed him away. He got up from Damon's lap and crawled under his covers. At this moment Damon felt his heart breaking to tiny pieces. He had hurt his son to the point where the boy didn't accept his comfort. He felt like a monster.

-"did I hurt you badly?" Damon asked hoarsely.

-"No Daddy you didn't hurt me. It is just my heart that is hurting." Sam said through tears.

-"huh?" Damon said with confusion.

-"I didn't lie Daddy but you wouldn't believe me."

-"let's not start again little boy." Damon said sternly.

Sam just buried his face in his pillow and wished for his father to leave him alone. His butt was hurting, his heart was broken. He was really sad. No one believed him and that was very hurtful.

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