After school Jason and Tommy were talking as Tommy waited for his sister. Tommy usually walks home, but this time he couldn't and had to wait for Josie. Since they were both grounded, she had to take him home.

"I think Kim is crazy going over to her mom's." Jason said.

"Why is that?" Tommy asked.

"Because when she is at her dad's, he allows no contact with her mother and vice versa. All her parents ever did, back when they were still married, was scream at each other." Jason said.

"That's awful." Tommy replied.

"What was awful was they didn't care who heard them. They fought right in front of everyone. Even at the custody battle and their own kids were there in the courtroom, listening to them fight. My mom and I were there with them and listing to the screaming match was just too much for all of us to handle." Jason said.

Tommy felt so bad for Kimberly. His parent's has fought before, but not like that and never in front of them.

"Are you ready or not?" Josie asked her brother sarcastically as she was coming up the hall.

"I take it, you are still mad at me." Tommy answered.

"You got me grounded. I was supposed to go to the movies this weekend and now I had to cancel and all because of you." Josie said as they climbed in her car.

"Look, you got yourself into trouble when you started to blackmail me. So don't go blaming me for that." Tommy said as she drove.

Tommy and Josie got home and went straight up to their rooms. Tommy had a surprise waiting for him in his room. His door had been removed. He heard the door open downstairs and knew his mother was home.

"Mom, what happened to my door?" Tommy asked.

"Kids go upstairs and start your homework. Thomas, sit." Michelle told the younger ones and then Tommy.

Tommy sat on the couch. Michelle sat next to him.

"Your father and I removed it. Privacy is a privilege and one you lost when you decided to sleep with your girlfriend in our house. You didn't even lock the door; I was able to walk right in. What if Starr came in and saw you two?" Michelle said.

"Mom, I am sorry. I wasn't thinking." Tommy said.

"That's right, you weren't thinking and now you have to pay the price for your lack of judgment. The door stays off." Michelle said.

"Mom, last night you said it wasn't over. What else do I have coming?" Tommy asked.

"Why do you want to know that, Thomas? Do you think we are going to spank you?" Michelle asked her son

"Are you, I would much rather just get it over with, then wonder if I have it coming." Tommy said afraid to hear her answer.

"Your father and I did discuss it. We decided not to this time. I thought you should, your father disagreed. He thought that you should just be grounded and to remove your door." Michelle explained.

"Don't get me wrong Thomas. You pull another stunt like this, you have her in your room, or in this house without permission again. I don't ever want to hear about you sleeping with her again. Should any of this happen whether or not it will result in a spanking will be the least of your concerns. Are we clear on that?" Michelle said.

"Yes mother." Tommy said.

"Good, now go do your homework." Michelle said.

Tommy went up to his room without the door. Josie walked by and saw his door had been removed.

"Wow! Mom and dad were serious about this. So are they going to skin you alive?" Josie asked.

"I don't see why you care." Tommy answered sarcastically keeping his eyes on his homework.

"I was just asking? You don't have to be so rude about it." Josie said defensively.

"No, not this time. Mom said next time though, that will be the least of my concerns. Tommy answered.

"Will there be a next time?" Josie asked.

"No. I don't even want to know what mom and dad would do next time." Tommy answered then went back to his homework.

After dinner which was pretty much eaten in silence. The only ones who were talking were the younger ones.

"Tommy, what happen to your door?" Jazzy asked.

Tommy did not know how to answer her, he just look down at his plate.

"He is being punished, so it was removed." John answered.

"Why are you being punished?" Max asked.

"Did you get a spanking?" Starr asked.

"I suggest that we just drop it." Michelle said sternly.

By the tone of their mother's voice, they knew to drop it and just eat. Tommy also knew what the tone of her voice meant. He has been hearing that tone a lot since last night.

"Thomas, Josephine, I suggest you two get ready for bed." John said.

"Be sure you get a goodnight sleep, you are going to need it. You have a whole weekend of cleaning ahead of you." Michelle said.

Tommy went upstairs and stared at the open area, where his door was. In some ways this was worse then being spanked. He rather have been spanked and have it over with, then having his door removed instead.

Tommy was lying on his bed, when John came in.

"Thomas, I know that losing your door is hard on you." John said.

"I just hate the no privacy." Tommy said.

"I think you will learn your lesson better this way. If I were to spank you, it would be done and over with. The no door will serve as a constant reminder to you, what you did and not to do it again." John answered.

"I guess." Tommy answered.

"You are fifteen. In 3 months you will be 16 years old. I just don't think spanking will be effective on you anymore. It still works on the others. Josie is smaller then you, even though she is older. The others are just kids. You are strong due to your martial arts, so spanking you and making it effective will be harder to do without crossing that line into child abuse. You know your mother and I will never cross that line. So I had to come up with another way of punishing you. I.e. removing the door. It doesn't mean that I won't be spanking you anymore, only when I think you are really deserving of one. Now get some sleep, you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow." John explained.