Hey there!

Ok, long author's note ahead ...

I haven't been updating for a while because I'm busy with school stuff. Yes, it eats away my time and it isn't helping that I am in a shitload of trouble at school (I kid you not). Apparently I tend to be bad at times, too :-/ But I swear, most of the stuff isn't even my fault!

So ... it'll take about a month until I have all this mess sorted out, and then I am still busy with school (Gah! I even have classes on Friday and !Saturday! What is wrong with these people? )

In addition ... well, can't say No to a party. Being a student does that to you, haha.

So, my dear readers, I apologise for the delay and I didn't mean to steal your time, just to inform you ... enjoy reading the chapter now!

Oh, before I forget: Thank you, thank you, thank you for your reviews! I love every single one of them, so keep 'em coming ;-)

"Come in, Em!" Maddie called from her position on the bed when she heard a knock on her door.

She was lying on her stomach, hugging a pillow to herself to rest her head on.

"You wanted to see me?" Emmett asked and peeked into the room, "You're not naked, are you?"

Maddie rolled her eyes. "No, I am not." She already had a feeling that he would tease her about what she had said to him while she was busy playing gameboy the day before.

So Emmett walked towards her, then sat on the floor next to the bed, so he could be face to face with his sister.

"Cheer me up," she begged with puppy dog eyes.

"That bad, huh?" he asked and grimaced. Getting spanked wasn't fun.

"I swear my butt is freaking pink ... shouldn't have gone hunting today. I have the feeling that it makes it worse," she groaned and buried her face in the pillow.

"That might be, but you'll heal quicker, too. And, well ... you did screw up," he commented.

"Not helping," she groaned again, her voice muffled by the pillow. But then she suddenly looked up and smiled sneakily. "You know what would help?"

"What?" he asked and pulled at a strand of her hair.

"A story."

Emmett thought for a moment. "Wanna know why I chose a Jeep?"

"No."

"Um ... how awesome my basketball skills are?" he offered.

"No!" Of course he was good at basketball - he was huge! Maddie had stopped playing with him ... every time she had the ball, he just threw her over his shoulder and dunked the stupid thing himself - and then he laughed his ass off. Ugh.

Emmett perked his eyebrows up and looked at her expectantly. What did she want?

"A little bird told me that you're crazy about collecting body parts of dead bears."

Emmett blinked owlishly before bursting out laughing. "Did Rose tell you?"

Maddie smiled widely, then looked sideways and shrugged her shoulders.

"Oh she did, she did, ...," he remarked knowingly and waved a finger around. "But it's cool, it was fun, after all... except for the whoopin' and the scrubbing."

"Tell me?"

"Sure," he ruffled her hair until he was certain that it was utterly tousled and she slapped at his hand, trying to get him to stop. She couldn't move too much, and Emmett knew that. That's why he was being mean to her!

"I'll make you wear a tutu to school if you don't stop!" Maddie threatened and playfully glared at her big brother.

Well, that indeed made him stop; his mouth was formed a perfect O.

"You wouldn't, Tiny, now would you?"

"Wanna find out?" she asked and snorted with laughter at his sudden nervousness. "No, Emmy," she added. She would never do something like that to Emmett ... but to Jasper would be fun.

Then Emmett started to tell her how he wrestled with huge bears and their parents' ignorance of the beautiful art of collecting dead bear heads.

They had a good time and settled for watching a movie in the living room with the rest of the family later that day. It was rare that all of them watched a movie together, what with all their different tastes.

The girls, well except for Maddie, wanted to watch something romantic, whereas the guys were in the mood for an action movie. Jasper was fond of movies of epic battles, so he suggested that. Edward watched movies with a good soundtrack and complained about everything else, whereas Maddie ... she liked zombies.

So they chose a comedy for everyone to watch. It was the best compromise Carlisle could come up with.

And the movie was indeed really funny.

Every single time something silly happened, Emmett nudged Rose in the side when she wasn't laughing, as if she wasn't getting the joke or something. After the tenth time, however, she mouthed something to him and he immediately stopped, looking a bit panicky. Maddie liked how Rose could make Emmett react that way, but when she asked her about what she had said to Emmett, she just got patted on the head.

Sunday went by nice and quiet ... that was until noon.

Why?

Because around noon, Carlisle stepped into the living room, saying something to effectively ruin Maddie's day.

"Maddie?"

"Huh?" she answered without looking up, her eyes fixed on the TV screen.

"Come with me, it's time."

She immediately froze, stopping to play with the remote in her hand.

"Ooohh ...," she moaned and remained lying on her stomach on the couch, hoping he would just go away.

But Carlisle closed the distance in a couple of long strides and leaned over the backrest of the couch to look at his daughter.

"Maddie?" he asked again.

So what did Maddie do?

She grabbed a pillow and pressed it over her head, trying to cut off her father's voice.

Didn't work - he just spoke louder.

"Madeline? Get up now, come."

"Can't we just skip it? This one time?" she whined from under the pillow.

"What do you think?"

"I think you'll say No ...," Maddie groaned and put the pillow next to herself on the couch.

Carlisle took the remote from her hand and switched the TV off, before saying, "Very good. Follow me please, I want to get it over with as much as you do."

Well, she would have preferred for the second dose to be cancelled instead of over with, but whining wouldn't help right now, obviously.

She rolled off the couch and trudged after her father who led the way to her room.

He held the door for her, letting her step into the room, before closing it and looking at Maddie.

"Don't be upset with me, Madeline, you know what led to this second punishment."

Carlisle passed her on his way to the bed. Sitting down and rolling up his sleeves, he asked, "Why are you about to receive this punishment?"

He was still busy with his freaking sleeves, so Maddie's eye-rolling wasn't noticed.

She exhaled. "Because I lied to you."

"What did you lie about?" He looked up.

She just stared at him, clearly annoyed.

Carlisle raised his eyebrows, still waiting for an answer.

"I'm waiting," he said after another round of silence.

Maddie huffed. "We already talked about that yesterday."

"So I can assume that you remember what exactly that was."

"Yeah. Do you?" she snapped.

"Madeline, don't be insolent with me. I am merely asking you, so I can be sure you understand why you are about to be disciplined."

"I do understand why."

"Then tell me," he prompted.

Maddie seemed to be on edge. "Seriously?"

"Would you please just answer my question?"

"Fine," she groaned. "I wasn't honest about what I did at this crappy school and about leaving the school grounds. Happy?"

"I don't like your tone of voice, young lady."

"I apologise," she replied, but didn't sound like she really meant it.

Carlisle sighed.

"Come here."

Reluctantly, Maddie stepped forward until she reached her father.

He seized her by the upper arm and guided her over his lap.

Since she was wearing a pair of sweatpants, Carlisle had no trouble pulling them down to her knees.

But at least her panties stayed in place, covering her behind.

Maddie didn't have much time to be grateful about keeping her underwear, because her father's hand smacked her bottom hard, taking her by surprise. She jerked forwards, but with the grip Carlisle had on her waist, she didn't get very far.

Being kept firmly in place, she had to endure the numerous spanks that came dashing down, igniting a fire that hadn't been there since the day before.

Maddie wondered what was worse: The noise the smacks made or the smacks themselves.

When another mean slap hit her right butt cheek, she decided that the noise, although scary, definitely wasn't as bad as the pain.

Another painful swat, as if to back that realisation up. Yup, who cared about the noise...

And then she was pushed forward - she knew what to expect and whimpered in a feeble attempt to get Carlisle to stop.

Six fierce slaps to the area where butt met thighs later and it finally stopped.

Maddie had really tried to remain stoic during that spanking, but still, little sobs escaped her lips.

Carlisle pulled her sweatpants back up, covering her behind, then pulled her up to let her sit on his lap, hugging her close.

"Are we done now?" she asked in a shaky voice, reaching back to rub at her butt.

While rubbing her back, Carlisle answered, "Yes, dear, it is over."

"Phew." She visibly relaxed, well, as much as she could with a smarting behind.

He smirked slightly.

"Can I watch TV?" Maddie asked after another moment and looked up at her father.

"Now?"

"No, not right now. But after that." She made a face. After that meant, when she would feel like sitting again.

"Sure, honey, you'll have the TV all to yourself."

She indeed had. Everybody else had left the house, after all.

Maddie bit her lip, before shyly asking, "Can I get a new one for my room?"

Carlisle thought about it. "That depends. Will you destroy it again?"

"No."

"I'll think about it. Rest now."

"Can it be a little bigger than the last one?" she queried, hoping he would say yes.

"You can make it your wish, and then you might get one for Christmas."

"Christmas? But that's another month!"

"Then you can enjoy the pleasant anticipation," he smiled at her and winked.

"Oooh ... but I thought I'd get ice skates for Christmas." Maddie looked a little distressed; she had wished for ice skates for a while now so she could play hockey with Emmett.

"You might get more than one present, sweetheart."

Maddie's eyes grew big. "Really?"

Carlisle chuckled. "Yes, dear."

"Okay, then I'll wait in pleasant anticipation." She smiled and her eyes began to gleam. It was going to be their first Christmas together, and now she had the feeling that Esme and Carlisle wanted to make it special.

"But make sure you behave! Naughty children don't get to have presents," he reminded her with a little smirk on his lips.

"Of course," she replied, completely serious, and nodded her head.

"Madeline! For the fifth time now: Come downstairs so we can leave!" Carlisle called from the kitchen, growing impatient. He drummed his fingers on the counter until Esme put her hand over his, calming him with this gesture.

Maddie groaned, and was still groaning when she entered the room, dressed in her uniform and her backpack in hand.

"Can I stay home? School's gonna be so boring," she said, looking at her parents miserably.

"It won't be boring, dear. Listen to your teachers and you'll see how exciting your subjects are," Esme encouraged her daughter, who just looked even more miserable then.

"It's way to early by the way," Maddie grumbled and kicked lightly against the cabinet under the sink, which earned her an admonishing look from her mother.

"Edward is driving with us. We'll give him a ride to the auto repair shop, so he can pick up his Volvo," Carlisle explained.

"I call shotgun!" Maddie shouted and stormed into the garage without even saying goodbye to Esme.

"Hey!"

"Yes?" Edward asked with raised eyebrows, sitting in the passenger seat of Carlisle's black Mercedes and looking at Maddie. She had stopped dead the moment she realised that her brother was occupying the very seat she wanted to sit in.

"I called shotgun, you go sit in the back!"

"I was here on time, unlike you. You had your chance."

"Maddie, get in the car, we need to leave," Carlisle said when he entered the garage, carrying his bag in one hand and the keys in the other.

He put his bag in the trunk, then went around the car to open the driver's door. But before opening it, he looked up because Maddie spoke again.

"I wanna sit in the front," she stated petulantly.

"Edward was quicker than you, and it is only for ten minutes, dear. Now get in."

"But -"

"Get in, now," Carlisle said with finality and seated himself in the driver's seat.

If looks could kill ... Maddie glared at Edward, and puckered her lips, mocking his stupid facial expression.

Huh. The fucker just smirked at her.

Getting in the back seat and slamming the door shut, she just folded her arms tightly across her chest and continued to glare at Edward sitting in front of her.

"Careful with the door," Edward remarked with a smirk.

"I don't want to hear any bickering, you two," Carlisle warned while steering his car out of the garage; his voice still not as strict as it could be.

"Maddie isn't wearing a seatbelt," Edward remarked and looked out of the window.

Carlisle glanced at his daughter sitting behind Edward. "Maddie? Buckle up, please."

"But-"

"Safety first, Madeline," Edward said.

"Enough," Carlisle said to his son sitting next to him in the passenger seat, then addressed both of them. "I told you I don't want to hear any bickering, clear?"

A very low growl rumbled in Maddie's chest, put the purring of the engine was luckily louder than the noise of displeasure she made. She begrudgingly pulled the seatbelt over her chest and fastened it.

They drove down the winding path to reach the street when Maddie suddenly said, "He started it."

"What did I start?" Edward asked, immediately reacting to what his sister said.

"What did I start?" Maddie aped him.

Edward narrowed his eyes and looked out of the window. "Stop acting like a child."

"Stop acting like a child."

He shook his head. "This is ridiculous."

"This is ridiculous."

Edward huffed.

Maddie huffed.

"STOP IT!" Edward suddenly roared. Yes, he wasn't known for having an even temper.

Carlisle was annoyed. "How about both of you stop it!" That wasn't a request, obviously.

Edward looked completely gobsmacked at his father's interjection. "Carlisle! You know she started it!"

Maddie snorted; it was so easy to get a rise out of Edward.

"Don't let your sister provoke you, Edward," Carlisle admonished.

"Easy for you to say," he murmured in response.

Seeing that Edward was now in a bad mood and Maddie probably smug, he suggested: "How about we drive in silence?"

"Fine with me, I'm not interested in what this horrid, little child has to say anyway," Edward said snidely and crossed his arms.

"Not another word," Carlisle warned, shooting Edward a sideways glance.

Maddie would never ever defy her father, so she decided to do something ... non-verbal. He only said they shouldn't talk, right?

She braced her feet against the back of Edward's seat and then let loose again.

Now that was fun!

Edward clenched his jaw, but remained silent, trying to ignore Maddie's provocations.

So she did it again, and he clenched his jaw even tighter.

Another push, and he exploded. "YOU LITTLE -"

Carlisle was indignant at his son's yelling. "Edward!"

"She's kicking against the seat!"

"No, I'm not!" Maddie defended herself. It wasn't kicking, idiot.

"Yes, you are!" he shouted and turned in his seat to glare at his innocent, little sister.

Maddie tried so hard not to laugh at stupid Edward - he really tattled like a toddler.

"Enough, we are almost there," Carlisle said, an edge to his voice clearly detectable now.

Edward grumbled and scowled - Maddie had effectively ruined his morning.

Tee-hee.

Carlisle stopped the car in front of the garage a few moments later, and before Edward could get out, Maddie kicked against the back of his seat. "That's a kick, fathead."

"Carlisle," Edward said, prompting a reaction from their father. How could he just sit there and watch while Maddie was being a brat?

"Go get your car, son, I'll see you tonight. Have a nice day."

"You, too," Edward replied and left.

Finally!

Maddie opened the back door, because she wanted to sit in the passenger seat now.

But before she could get out of the car, Carlisle spoke up. "Madeline, you remain seated back there."

Maddie's jaw dropped. "But -"

In order to speed things up, he turned around to look at Maddie, his voice strict. "I know that you have been teasing your brother. Now close the door so we can drive on."

"So not fair," Maddie grumbled and shut the door again.

"How did it go?" Becca whispered to Maddie who had just sat down at her table. They sat next to each other, which made it easier to talk during lessons.

Their math teacher began the lesson at that moment and were supposed to be quiet.

"What?" Maddie looked at her, eyebrows raised.

"Your rats! Did you bring them back here?" she whispered again, her eyes wide with curiosity.

"Nope, my Mom found them and I had to take them back to the store," Maddie grumbled.

Becca eyed their teacher to make sure they wouldn't get caught talking. "Oh, sorry," she whispered when she was sure he wasn't looking.

Shrugging one shoulder, Maddie replied, "Oh well, it's all right, I guess."

"Were you in trouble?"

Maddie had to roll her eyes at that. "Dumb question, Becca." Two ass beatings, a grounding and chores. What a great weekend that had been.

Becca looked unsure then, but decided to ask anyways. "Are you grounded?"

"Yeah."

"Sorry."

"Whatever, I'm used to it," Maddie replied casually and added, "And it's only till next week."

Becca nodded her head then, amazed at how lenient Maddie's parents were.

If she only knew ...

I just changed this chapter and added the car part. I just didn't want to post the original chapter. It had some ideas for new chapters in it, but I am in the mood for Christmas chapters instead, weeee! Unfortunately it is too early for that, so ... you just have to be patient until I update again ... next month or something.

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