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The footsteps came to a halt on the top floor.

Yes, on each floor was a broken picture frame, still lying in pieces on the ground .. along colourful streamers.

Maddie heard an angry snort from the other side of the door, then quick footsteps that obviously headed for the stairs again.

Phew! She was relieved that it wasn't yet time to face her parents and the punishment that was sure to come.

Her Dad probably wasn't very impressed with her and Emmett's behaviour. And she shouldn't have ordered that many cans of spray, that way the house wouldn't look like a clown had puked all over the place.

That was when Maddie remembered that she didn't look much different. She quickly opened the door to her closet on which a big mirror hung, and looked at her reflection.

She roughly pulled the spray streamer off her clothes and hair, when a knock at the door made her stop.

"Come in!" she called without thinking and promptly continued to free herself from the blue strings.

Carlisle entered the room and closed the door behind himself. He then walked over to his daughter, but hesitated for a moment to take in her room, asking, "Where is your desk chair?"

Maddie stiffened, then tried to inconspiciously shut the door to her closet, but Carlisle noticed her odd behaviour and stopped her from doing just that. He looked into Maddie's closet, narrowed his eyes and remarked dryly, "Broken, I see. Were you planning on keeping the remnants as a souvenir or can we get rid of the broken pieces?"

She gave him an apologetic smile for trying to hide the chair, then pressed the loose steamers into a ball and threw them into the waste basket under the desk.

"Have you been to Emmett yet?" Maddie asked when she turned around again.

"Yes. I decided to talk to both of you before I make a decision," her father replied and patted the seat next to him on the bed.

She walked over to her bed and sat down. "A decision?" That didn't sound good.

"In view of the fact that you and your brother have been disobeying me, I am obliged to mete out punishment to both of you," he explained. Then he cleared his throat and asked strictly, "Now, could you tell me who suggested to play the game?"

Well, Maddie could, but she certainly did not want to.

"I don't tattle," she answered honestly. She wouldn't tell on Emmett, and she certainly wouldn't tell on herself - heck, she wasn't crazy.

"So you are not willing to tell me who got the idea to defy me?" That did not surprise him in the least - Emmett had refused to tell him as well.

Maddie slowly shook her head no.

"I see. But keep in mind that I will get to see the credit card billing, which might be very illuminating., Carlisle said and gave his daughter a meaningful look.

'Ha, good luck with that,' Maddie thought. She was the one who usually used his card because she didn't have one of her own, unlike her siblings. But this time? Nope, she was smarter than that.

She shrugged her shoulders as a response.

Since Maddie wouldn't tell him who was to blame for the game, he continued. "You know I forbade you from playing games of this extent, didn't you?"

"This was different," she blurted out in an attempt to get out of that one.

Carlisle was taken aback by that answer. "How so?" he asked skeptically.

"First of all, you should keep in mind that I did not break my grounding, I was good," Maddie explained. "And we didn't destroy anything ... except for a couple of things ... which we didn't do on purpose ... they got accidentally broken," she added doubtfully - should have thought the sentence through before she started talking. She confused herself sometimes.

"Madeline, you defied me," her father clarified for her.

"Is it really that bad?" That was a very dumb question, but she went on. "I mean, you said you want us to have fun, and we didn't mean to break anything, it just happened! And we'll clean up!"

Carlisle huffed at what his daughter had just said. What a nerve! "Yes, it is really that bad, it is willful disobedience. And you and Emmett broke a vase, the cupboard and two picture frames; the whole house is upside down. Who do you think you insulted most by this?"

Oh no ... "Mom," Maddie whispered.

"How do you think she must feel now? Everything you broke were things she had carefully picked out to adorn our home."

Great. Way to go, Maddie ... Esme had been away for a week and missed her family ... and what was she greeted with? Her things - destroyed.

He continued. "I am very disappointed in you. You mother does not deserve to be treated like that."

Maddie hung her head and felt wretched. She had not realised that she was actually hurting somebody's feelings with her carelessness, her Mom's to be precise.

Carlisle was glad that Maddie thought about her actions and was finally receptive. "Why did I explicitly forbid you from playing in the house?"

"... because it could get out of hand and we might break something." Maddie's voice was strained.

"And why did I forbid you from playing your games for good?"

"... because we broke something in the house."

"Exactly. You broke something in the house, where I forbade you from playing. The consequence was that you couldn't play these games anymore."

Maddie looked down at the ground, averting her eyes.

"Emmett told me you played today because you thought we wouldn't come home until tomorrow, is that true?"

Maddie sighed. "It is." Argh! Emmett, you blabbermouth!

"So you did plan on defying me and then lying to me."

Maddie's head shot up, eyes wide. "No! We wouldn't have lied! Dad, you are making stuff up!" That wasn't going to end well ... Maddie more or less accepted to be punished for upsetting her Mom and defying her father. But for lying as well now? She didn't lied! What was happening here?

"Imagine your mother and I would have come home tomorrow instead of today. Would you have been honest about playing your game if you hadn't broken anything or would you have kept it a secret?" Carlisle queried.

The look Maddie gave him was answer enough. It confirmed exactly what he was suspecting: Of course she wouldn't have told them.

Then he spoke again, an accusing finger pointed at his youngest. "But: you did break something. How would you have explained this?"

"I don't know." How would she know? ! If everything had been going according to plan, she and Emmett would have had enough time to come up with an explanation.

His never-ending questions were starting to irritate Maddie, but he kept on going. "Would you have told us about the game?"

"Sure," Maddie said. Ha! No, she wouldn't have.

Carlisle was not convinced - he knew his daughter too well when it came to that.

"To be honest with you: I think you would have told your mother and I a far-fetched story about how these things got broken, leaving out the fact that you did something I specifically forbade you from doing."

When Maddie didn't like something, her temper took over - She suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Fine, whatever! We got caught, why are you making such a big deal out of it, huh?"

"Madeline, sit. back. down. and watch your attitude."

They stared at each other.

After a couple of seconds Maddie huffed, but did as she was told since she did not need any more trouble right now.

Carlisle waited a minute until he asked, "Are you calm again?"

"Yes," was all she said.

He nodded his head. "Now, I think we should address your punishment. You will receive a spanking for your disobedience and you still have three floors to clean up. Stand up and pull down your trousers."

Maddie's eyes bulged. "I'm first?"

"Yes, you are," Carlisle confirmed unsmiling and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt - a scary gesture.

"Why?" It came out as an almost whine.

Carlisle had a good reason why. He thought it would make his daughter too nervous if she had to wait any longer. Besides, if he would decide to discipline Emmett and she heard, she might try to make a run for it.

"That is irrelevant. Please do as I say."

Maddie hesitated. But having hurt Esme's feelings really made her regret coming up with the idea of playing the game; she felt guilty and therefore complied.

She stood up and pulled down her loose fitting sweat pants to the undercurve of her bottom; Carlisle lent a hand to pull them down to her knees. Then Maddie lowered herself onto her father's lap and waited for the first blow.

The first one was always the worst ... well, apart from the last ones that were always aimed at her sit-spots. Okay, all of them were bad, it was a spanking after all.

She drew in a sharp breath when she felt her father's hand crack down onto her upturned bottom for the first time. Gritting her teeth when the next ones followed, she tried to make as little sound as possible. Normally she didn't care much if her siblings overheard her being disciplined, because it rarely happened while they were home anyways. Besides, Alice and Edward probably had to witness every spanking she ever got due to their abilities. But this time Emmett was waiting in his room and heard every single resounding 'SMACK'.

Carlisle did not hold back, that much was apparent. Willful disobedience was something he would not tolerate. So he kept on peppering up his daughter's little behind with heavy spanks until he raised his right knee to gain better access to her sit-spots. Maddie shrieked; she knew what would happen now. Half a dozen swats rained down onto her sensitive sit-spots in quick succession - they would prevent her from sitting comfortably for a while, a perfect reminder to behave.

When it was over, Carlisle let Maddie cry for a bit over his knees while rubbing her back and soothing her with comforting words. It really calmed her, so he pulled up her pants again and sat the girl on his lap, letting her butt hang off his legs so she wouldn't be hurting too much.

"Mom is downstairs, isn't she?" Maddie asked and sniffled.

"No, dear, but she'll be back soon. Esme decided to go on a quick hunt," Carlisle answered and tucked a loose strand of Maddie's hair behind her ear, then put his arms around her again.

"Oh," she said in a sad tone.

"Why don't you rest for a while? You may go downstairs as soon as your mother returns. Sounds good?"

Maddie nodded her head, still leaning against Carlisle's chest.

"Good. I will leave you now, Emmett has been waiting for a while now. Are you all right on your own or do you need me to stay a little longer?"

"I'm okay. You can go to Emmett now."

Carlisle nodded and hugged her close.

"You are not mad at me anymore, right, Daddy?" Maddie asked quietly and looked up into her father's eyes. She sniffled again.

He gave her a reassuring smile. "No, all is forgiven, Maddie. And you can ask your mother for forgiveness once she returns. In case she decides to punish you as well however, I want you to accept it without complaining. Will you do that?"

"Yes," she nodded and stood up, only to turn around again to climb onto her bed.

"Good. Lie down now, princess." He patted her on the head and gave her a kiss on her temple, then he handed her a pillow to rest her head on. "I love you."

"I love you, too," she answered and closed her eyes.

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