The music boomed in the bar, it was the busiest night in a long time. It seemed like every station house was out tonight, they were only a week away from Christmas though so that was no surprise. The holiday season was truly underway.

"3 beers love" someone shouted from down the other end of the bar.

"Give me two seconds and I'll be with you mate" Dawson shouted back.

"Hey Shay do you mind helping a minute please, I'm rammed here and have no idea where the lads have gone" Dawson asked her best mate.

"Yea no worries" replied Shay.

An hour later the lads turned back up swaying slightly.

"Where the hell have you been?" Dawson asked rather annoyed.

"Drinking with the Lieutenant over there" Hermann slurred "you'd got this! Anyway it looked better two beautiful babes behind the bar."

Matt turned to Hermann "now now Hermann be careful remember that's my girl you're talking to" he winks at Gabby.

It'd been 6 months now since Gabby started on truck, the secret was long out, ever since the chemical spill really. Everyone suspected but no one said anything, until Cruz walked in on them kissing one day. Then they came clean, that they were in fact engaged and why they'd kept it secret. The guys were mainly happy for them but there were a couple of grumbles about how dishonest they'd been. But it only lasted a few days.

These past 6 months on truck Gabby had learnt a lot, after the chemical spill she behaved mostly, nothing to big anyway, and nothing to cause her a punishment like that again. She'd definitely learnt her lesson, not only did she struggle to sit for almost two weeks she had the week of drills and grounding on top. By the end of the week she handed both Hermann, Casey and Boden an envelope each.

"Read it please" she said when handing them over, "it's my written apology."

They all looked at her shocked but accepted that she had to do it to forgive herself, and by the tear stains on the paper, the apology had come from her heart.

"Hey girl" Shay's voice snapped her out of her head "penny for your thoughts?"

Gabby smiled "I was just thinking how much things have changed, and how much I love it."

"Glad to hear it, now let's leave them to it. I think it's only fair after they ditched us."

Gabby laughed as she linked arms and moved from behind the bar. She kissed Matt as she walked past him, "see you in a bit."

"Be good" he warned with a kiss and slap on her ass.

"Always" she replied with a wink.

He leans in for another kiss but instead whispered in her ear "you best behave, if you know what's good for you. Don't be late back or too drunk, got it?"

She smirked at him and saluted him, he responded with another slap to her ass as she walked away.

It was 4am and the door to the apartment opened, Shay and Gabby arm in arm stumbled through the front door.

"Sssshhhh" whispered Gabby "don't wake him, he'll kill me"

"Don't be silly" said Shay "we aren't that late in, worst he'll do is give you a light spanking for being pissed."

"Sssshhh! He'll hear you. He can't know how much I've drank." urged Gabby.

They stumbled further into the apartment, shoes in their hands, trying their best to make it to the sofa quietly. Suddenly a light switched on in the kitchen, there stood Matt and he does not look happy.

"Gabriela Dawson! Where have you been? Why have you not answered your phone?" He whispers.

Uh oh thinks Gabby he's using that voice when he isn't mad, he's disappointed this is not going to be good!

"Erm sorry battery died, we were at the club and lost track of time" she says "I'm sorry we tried to be quiet."

"Oh I heard Gabriela, I heard everything." He walks towards them, "Shay I've left some blankets on the sofa for you, Gabriela and I are going to have a conversation in our room"

Shay looked at Gabby apologetically, after all it was her fault. She suggested the club, she was the one who turned off Gabby's phone and convinced her to stay out this late. Knowing full well they were both on shift next day. Now her mate was in trouble, big trouble.

"Matt please don't blame Gabby, it was my fault. She wanted to come home hours ago but I convinced her to stay out, I switched her phone off." Shay was trying to help but the more she spoke the more she realised she probably wasn't.

"Gabriela just said that it died?" Matt questioned "which is it, did it die or did you switch it off hoping you wouldn't get caught?"

Gabby looked at the ground, "I'm sorry Matt, I'm sorry I lied."

"You are about to be more sorry" he says getting more annoyed by the minute. "Shay please use the blankets and get some sleep, we shall see you in the morning."

Shay groaned "not too early please."

"We'll all be going for a 7am run, so up at 6" Matt states.

Both Gabby and Shay groan, it's already 4.20am and by the time Matt's finished it's going to be nearly 5, they'll only get an hour. And with a hangover.

"Goodnight Shay"

Matt leads Gabby through to the bedroom.

"Pants off NOW!" He says not even trying to be quiet. Gabby does as he says and stands waiting for instructions, "bend over the bed Gabriela, I've not got time to be warming you up tonight." Gabby bent over expecting the belt to shortly be making contact with her ass.

Matt walked across the room opening the cupboard he takes something out, Gabby couldn't see what, and to be honest with herself she didn't want to know. She just wanted it over with so she could get some sleep.

"20 with the belt, 10 with the cane" he announces.

Gabby groans

"I'd warned you as you left Molly's Gabriela not to misbehave, you decided to test the theory of if I meant it or not. You then decided to lie to me! If you hadn't lied you'd have just got the belt, but tonight I'm so disappointed in you. You promised you'd do better, that you wouldn't keep doing this. Well I'm going to make sure you never do it again. Count them, and do not dare reach back, you do not want to find out what the extras will be!" She could tell he was mad, and not in the mood for her to argue so she did as instructed.

Crack

"One sir"

Crack

"Two sir"

Crack

"Three sir"

Outside the bedroom door Shay gasped at every whooose and Crack that hit, Gabby was going to be feeling it for a good few days, that she was sure of. Why didn't she just listen to her, they could have come home and carried on drinking and then she wouldn't be bent over in the next room getting the spanking she was. Shay wondered if Matt would just leave it at a spanking or if Gabby was going to find herself grounded again. She hoped not, not a week out for Christmas, that would sure ruin their plans.

Crack

"Ten sir"

Crack

"Eleven sir"

Crack

"Twelve sir"

Shay pulled the pillow over her ears she struggled to hear a normal spanking but this was the worst she'd ever heard. She knew Gabby would be sobbing hard and all she wanted to do was hug her. It took every ounce of strength not to run in and help her friend, she knew if she did she'd only make it worse.

"Nineteen sir" Shay heard Gabby cry

Crack

"Twenty sir"

Gabby was a sobbing mess, her make up had run all down her face, and snot hung from her nostrils. She knew it wasn't over yet, she was about to get the instrument she hated the most, even more than the dreaded brush. Matt didn't use it often but when he did he really knew how to make it count, the last time he'd used it she hadn't sat down for three days and the marks had stayed for a lot longer. She willed herself not to reach back, he was furious enough as it was, she did not want extras and he'd said she wouldn't like it so she dreaded to think what he had planned.

"Almost there baby" Matt said "hold still for these 10 and it'll be over. Ready?"

Gabby nodded

"Ok count"

"Yes sir" she sobbed.

CRACK

"One sir"

CRACK

"Two sir"

CRACK

"Three sir"

CRACK

"Four sir"

CRACK

"Ouchhhhhhhh" screamed Gabby, trying hard not to jump up.

"Gabriela count or we start again."

"Fiv, fiv, five sir" she managed between sobs.

CRACK

"Six sir"

CRACK

"Seven sir"

CRACK

"Eight sir"

CRACK

"Nine sir"

CRACK. Matt brought the last stroke down diagonally across the welts from his belt and the nine previous stokes of the cane, Gabby screamed "ten sir"

Matt threw the cane to the floor. And started to rub Gabby's back, "it's ok, it's over" Gabby sobbed for longer than usual. Matt felt horrible but knew she wouldn't have thanked him for not punishing her, it was part of the arrangement they made right at the beginning of their relationship. She needed it to keep her in line, and if he went easy she would say something, she had done in the past. He finally got up after 10 minutes to get the cream, as he made his way to the bathroom he checked in on Shay who was lying awake on the sofa.

"You ok?" He asked.

"Yea I'm good, it's never easy to hear her being punished." Shay said "even harder when I know it's my fault. She's going to hate me for getting her in trouble."

"Shay, Gabby is big enough to make her own decisions. She knew what she was doing when she allowed you to switch off her phone, and when she stayed out till 4am. She knows the consequences, She could have insisted you come home with her, she could have got a cab home. Instead she stayed and then she lied to me. That's on her not you Shay please don't blame yourself. Now get some sleep your going to be running soon."

Shay groaned and settled down for sleep.

Matt returned to the bedroom where his fiancée had managed to crawl into bed, he sat beside her and moved a lose strand of hair out of her face, "you ok?" He asked concerned he'd really hurt her.

"Yea I'm good, my ass is on fire but I'm good. Thank you for punishing me. I know it's not easy for you." Gabby looked up at him and smiled, "is that the cream for my butt?"

"Yup, you ready for me to apply it, it'll take the worst away."

"No I think I need to feel this one, really feel it without it being soothed." Gabby said. "It been a while since my ass hurt this bad, but I deserved it. Only way to learn is to feel the burn." She chuckled. Matt smiled at her, her moto always made him chuckle.

"Ok if your sure?"

"Yup"

"Ok let's get some sleep the alarm is already set."

The alarm went off at 6am, Gabby groaned and rolled over, Matt sat up, "up you get" he said nudging Gabby. She groaned again.

"Your really going to make us run?" She asked rolling her eyes.

"Yes I am." Matt replied "and I warned you about eye rolling, I'll deal with that first. Grab the brush! 20!"

"What! No please, I'm so sore!"

"Now or I'll make it the belt!"

"Ok, ok I'm going."

Gabby climbed out of bed and fetched the brush from the side, she threw it on the bed "there" she said.

"Gabriela do you really want to give me that attitude right now?" Matt asked warningly.

Gabby walked round the bed and positioned herself across his lap. Matt took that as a change in her attitude and started spanking her.

SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT SWAT

"You roll your" SWAT "eyes" SWAT "again" SWAT SWAT SWAT "and this" SWAT "will feel" SWAT "like a warm up" SWAT "do you" SWAT "understand" SWAT.

"Yes sir" came her sobbed reply, her ass hurt so bad the brush on top of the bruises from the belting and caning she'd received only two hours ago had set her ass on fire. Matt threw the brush down and placed a hand on Gabby's back rubbing gently.

"Ready to get dressed" he asked, she nodded and climbed from his lap with a quick kiss.

Half an hour later all 3 of them were out in the cold running across the town. Shay and Gabby felt sick to the stomach, running with a hangover was not their idea of fun. But they knew it was punishment, so neither moaned. Gabby's tight running pants kept rubbing against her freshly spanked ass and making her wince, Matt watched each time she took a sharp in take of breath. She wouldn't be disobeying any time soon that was for sure.

"Matt please I think I'm going to be sick" shouted Shay, "can we stop now?"

"One more lap" Matt said.

Both girls groaned they were on shift tonight, all they wanted was sleep and to ride out the hangover.

"Keep up" Matt shouted. Gabby looked over at Shay who was as grey as her running pants, she took her hand. "We can do this" she said reassuringly. "Come on, I've got you"

5 minutes later they all entered the apartment, tired, sweaty and ready for some proper breakfast.

"Eggs I think" says Matt.

Both Gabby and Shay nod, they needed to eat but both still felt really sick.

"Great, Gabby your on kitchen duty, Shay a word please." The girls share a worried look, a word with Shay meant he was still mad. She followed him to the living area of the apartment just out of ear shot of Gabby.

"Sit down Shay please." Matt said, patting the sofa next to him. "I'm not mad, but I'm really disappointed Shay you know the relationship me and Gabby have. You knew what would happen last night by your antics. Why did you let her stay out."

Shay stared at him, she did indeed know exactly what would happen but she had no explanation to why she'd lead Gabby astray last night apart from that she needed a good night. "I'm sorry Matt, I was selfish. I wanted to stay out and party, I've not had a good night out for ages and I didn't think of the consequences that my actions could have for Gabby." A tear dropped from her eyes, "it sounded really bad last night, was it as bad as I think it was?" Suddenly the impact of her actions hit home. Poor Gabby had taken a full pelt punishment for her selfishness. Shay couldn't hold it any longer she began to silent cry.

"It was bad Shay, I'm not going to lie. She got a good spanking, I very much doubt sitting will be her preferred position for a few days , Especially after the spanking she received this morning for eye rolling. And the one she'll receive later for being more than just drunk last night."

Shay gasped. "Oh Matt please don't be too hard on her it was my fault."

Matt thought for a moment. "Well I wasn't going to ground her as it's Christmas soon and it would mean she'd miss the Christmas party. But I could ground her instead of spanking her again." Shay shook her head. "You think she'd prefer the spanking?" Matt asked.

"I think she'd prefer anything over being grounded, she hates being grounded at the best of times. I don't think she'd ever forgive either of us if she was grounded for Christmas."

"Spanking it is then" Matt said "I will tell her, her fate after breakfast, she'll be receiving it before work."

Shay nodded.

"I'm really sorry Matt." Shay said.

"If you weren't lesbian and you were my girl, you wouldn't sit down for a week." Matt winked.

Shay got the hint, it was never to happen again. The spanking her friend had got last night was extra so she could hear it, she knew it. That was her punishment along with the run this morning. Watching her friend winch each time she sat down would serve as a reminder that it was her fault.