Chapter 11: Backfire
Disclaimer: These characters are not mine; I didn't write the Twilight books, Stephenie Meyer did.
WARNING: This story contains a very possessive, dominant Edward and disciplinary spanking so if you don't like it, don't read it.
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EPOV
This was disastrous! I could literally see my scheme falling apart at the seams before my very eyes. What had once been a plan to keep everyone safe and sound was now unraveling into an epic failure that had detonated into elephantine proportions; I was now going to face a plethora of extremely unpleasant consequences because of it.
As soon as Jasper and I had pulled into the driveway I knew that something was up. Jasper's thoughts were teaming with anticipation; I could hear him wondering who was so angry, and why? Alice's thoughts were being blocked of course; blast that Pixie! She knows how to keep me out, and was therefore silently reciting a Frost poem in her effort. And if that weren't irksome enough, I was then told to report to Carlisle's office. That was never a good sign. Every Cullen, young and old, knew that being sent to see Carlisle's office was a bad thing. But, Carlisle is a kind and gentle creature, he's wise and understanding and never acts rashly; of course that's mostly due to the fact that he's over 300 years old, nevertheless, he's a very good natured man. So when he's disappointed in you, and you're sent to his study, you know that you are about to be judged by a just person. However, that also means that the perpetrator is probably about to be justly disciplined; harshly but justly nonetheless.
I knocked on my father's door and waited; counting the seconds that lapsed between my knock and his response. I entered the room upon his request, and shuffled, sulkily, into the center of the floor. "Have a seat Son." Carlisle pointed to a chair
I stood stalk still; he was barring his thoughts. "Something wrong Carlisle?"
"Yes, in fact. There are several matters that I wish to discuss with you Edward." He motioned for me to sit again; I sat.
"What's this all about?" I was beginning to get annoyed. People were keeping me out of the loop and it was high time for that to come to an abrupt stop.
"Calm down Son, we can discuss this civilly; man to man erm… vampire to vampire."
I growled; what was there to discuss? And why was Carlisle placating me?
"Edward." Carlisle reprimanded "I need you to hear me out Son. Can you promise to do that for me?"
My teeth were now clenched together, in attempt at restraining my impassioned tongue. I nodded my agreement; whatever Carlisle had to say, it couldn't be as bad as all that, could it?
"Good. Thank you Son." Carlisle laced his fingers together, pensively, before, resting his hands on the mahogany desktop. "First of all Son, I feel that I must inform you about what has happened this last weekend, with regards to Isabella_"
"WHAT? Is Bella alright?" I was in full panic mode now.
"Edward you promised to hear me out. Isabella is fine; I merely meant to report on her behavior."
Oh crap! What did she do now? "What happened?"
"Isabella cut school," I sighed a little. Well that wasn't so bad, naughty, but nowhere near as bad as I had expected. "Apparently, she went to visit her friend, Jacob, over at the Reservation and_"
I jumped out of my seat "SHE DID WHAT?" This was unacceptable! I had set up precautions against this very incident and still it had happened? I ought to paddle her naughty, little behind right now_!
"Edward. Calm yourself; sit down. Now, listen to me Son," I was tense in my chair, my shoulders hunched up around my neck, my teeth mashing together, "I have already administered Isabella's punishment for skipping school and for running off without telling us where she was going,"
I wasn't sure if I liked that, not sure of it one bit. She was my Bella, she was my fiancé, my responsibility, my job to protect her and to discipline her and to love her and to comfort her, not my father's; no I definitely did not approve of this! No doubt Bella needed to be disciplined, and no doubt that Carlisle was well within his rights to administer said discipline while I was away and while her own father was missing in action, but I still felt a surge of jealousy rush through my stone cold body; jealousy and tenure.
"Isabella and I have had a discussion Edward." Carlisle continued, calling me back to my surroundings. "She told me about the whole 'Jacob Black issue' and I must say that I agree with her on this account."
I jumped out of my chair again "YOU WHAT? CARLISLE HE'S A WEREWOLF! HE'S_!"
Carlisle raised an eyebrow at me and I bit my lip, huffing loudly before sitting back down. Carlisle resumed again "She told me that you refuse to allow her to visit him or go to the La Push Reservation. She also told me that she has received punishment from you for going to La Push on a separate account, and that this was the reason why you had asked us to look after her while you were away."
"Humph! She doesn't know how dangerous it is for her to be their while she's still human! I only made those rules to protect her and_!"Carlisle eyed me again, this time there was a sternness in his expression, that even without Alice's gift, warned me that if I didn't close my trap right then and there, that I would surly regret it in a moment. "Sorry…" I grumbled, insincerely, under my breath.
Carlisle gave an understanding nod; his face back to its normal calm façade. "Now then Edward, I agree that Isabella needs some boundaries, she most certainly has difficulty deciphering what is and what isn't safe, and it is your right, your obligation as her mate to guide her when need be, but forbidding her from visiting her friend is taking things too far. Remember that you will be a partnership once you are married; you will have to make decisions together, as a team, just as Esme and I do. Of course you should exercise your rights as her protector and creator, once she has been turned, and by no means do I mean that you shouldn't discipline Isabella if need be, I am simply suggesting that you do so within reason and under guidelines or rules that you both agree upon."
I knew he was right; absolutely, 100% right on all accounts. I just sat there, in that stupid little chair, pouting like a tyke, and I knew that my father was right. But instead of doing the sensible thing, the right thing, I just growled; my lip curled back over my teeth and my, now golden, eyes staring daggers at the man across from me.
"Son, do not make this more difficult than necessary." Then he continued silently; allowing me read his thoughts "If need be I'll spank you right here and now, and then you can sit in that chair while we finish up the rest of our conversation. If that is what you would prefer of course…?"
I grimaced and shook my head. Now that I knew the inevitable sequence of events that were about to unfold, I couldn't help but pout further; this was so unfair! I had all noble intentions and still it's all backfired!
"In addition to your behavior towards Isabella, I believe that some discussion about your little sister is in order."
"What? What does Alice have to do with this?"
Carlisle was getting annoyed with my outbursts; he was becoming careless with his thoughts, he kept letting me slip in.
"Son, you bribed her so that she would keep Isabella from seeing her friend. That was a horribly corrupt and indecent thing to do."
"Corrupt? Indecent? Carlisle, you make me sound like a villain in a melodrama!"
"You're overacting Edward."
"I'm overacting?"
"Alice is a very impressionable girl, she_"
"Impressionable my ASS!" I scoffed
"Edward, stop behaving like a child!" I gulped; Carlisle never raised his voice, let alone shouted. But this was infuriating! I was not being childish, he was being unreasonable! Why couldn't he see that I was only trying to protect my Bella? Which reminded me that I was annoyed with Alice for failing to hold up her end of the deal; for failing to protect Isabella while I was away! "Alice entered into our agreement fully knowing the consequences of her actions; she's a psychic for crying out loud! And she didn't even hold up her end of the bargain! She let Bella_"
"Edward," Carlisle began in his annoyingly calm voice, " I know that Alice is capable of making her own decisions, I know that she was in the wrong too. In fact, I do believe that Jasper is handling the situation with Alice as we speak. So we'll have no more talk of what Alice did that was wrong; we are discussing you and your behavior not your sister's."
"You're just, eeerrrrg! That's completely beside the point Carlisle!" I was standing up again; my fists were clenched at my sides. "I bribed Alice to protect Bella! To keep her safe! To make sure that that animal wouldn't touch her! Alice and Bella both need discipline! The two of them, they're out of control!"
Now Carlisle was on his feet, the palms of his hands flat on the desk, he leaned forward, his face inches away from mine, "No Son, it is you who are in need of some discipline."
"ARG! Why won't you listen? I am not in the wrong here!"
In a flash I was swept up and hauled over to the sofa, then, before I knew what was happening, Carlisle had my trousers and boxers down around my knees and he was swatting my bare ass with stinging smacks.
"I've had just about of your childish theatrics young man!"
"Oh oww Carlisle, ouch stop it!"
SMACK SMACK SMACK! Carlisle spanked my behind hard, making it sting and redden as only a vampire's ass could.
"Ooooo stop it! I am NOT being childish!"
SMACK SMACK SMACK!
"Not being childish? Your actions have been nothing but immature and selfish young man."
SMACK SMACK SMACK!
"No that's not true! OWW! I was proOOWWtecting OUCH Bella! It's my job to_!"
"That very well may be, but it most certainly is not your job to bribe Alice and keep Bella away from the people she loves. You have no right to dictate that sort of ruling,"
SMACK SMACK SMACK!
"OW ARG! Carlisle stop it!"
He ignored my protests and continued on with his lecture, punctuating every other word with a hard SWAT to my backside. He worked quickly, and delivered each SLAP with the perfect precision that only a vampire could muster.
"I expect you to march yourself over to Isabella's house, this very evening, and apologize to her for your inexcusable behavior,"
SMACK SMACK SMACK!
"_and while you're at it you had better come clean with her. You need to work this out with her in a mature and civil manner before coming home and apologizing to Alice and to the rest of this family."
SMACK SMACK SMACK!
"Ooowwww! Ok, alright! I Know I was wrong! I'll apologize!"
Several, particularly firm, SLAPs rained down on me then. I could feel Carlisle's hand reverberating against my stone hard flesh; his well practiced palm pounding the sensitive undercurves of my ass, making me clench in correspondence to each SMACK.
"You most certainly will. What you did was completely underhanded and infantile. You not only hurt Isabella emotionally, but you could have pushed her into doing something extremely foolish and dangerous; something even worse than running away and frightening everyone to death. She could have really been hurt!"
SMACK SMACK SMACK!
It was with those final words that I felt venom pool in my eyes, I was crying with pseudo tears of shame and worry. My actions had suddenly taken a hold of me; I really understood the significance of my actions. I had gone too far, and what was worse, my Bella could have been hurt because of what I had done; it was Italy all over again.
I was so devoured by my regrets that it took me several moments to realize that my spanking had ended. I could have been lying there, over Carlisle's lap, for mere seconds or perhaps several minutes; at any case, I suddenly felt very alone, as if a huge hole had been punched through my chest. I needed my Bella, needed her in the secure folds my arms, needed her like I've never needed her before.
Edward? Son are you alright?I heard Carlisle's soothing thoughts echoing in my head. I nodded silently, then felt the uncomfortable sensation of scratchy clothing against freshly disciplined flesh. I winced, my face all screwed up in a grimace as I got off of my father's lap.
"You are a good soul Edward." Carlisle said, as he embraced me in a firm hug. "Your heart is in the right place, but you must never let prejudices and jealousies influence the decisions that you make."
Jealousy? I am not jealous of the mutt!
"Edward."Carlisle warned; hmmm…I must have appeared petulant.
"I understand Carlisle; believe me when I say that I won't let these things dictate my decisions from now on."
"I do believe you Son." he smiled warmly; I gave a lukewarm grimace in return, my ass was on fire and it was all I could do to keep from rubbing it to get the pain out.
"Well I guess I should get to Bella's…" I shrugged awkwardly
"Indeed you should" he smirked
I turned to leave, but before I was out the door he delivered one final SMACK to my sore butt "I love you Son" his voice was playful; I winced
"I love you too Dad" I said quickly, ducking out the door. I paused for a moment in the hallway, before peeking my head back into the room "thanks Carlisle."
"Anytime Son."
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