A/N Just some domestic mother/daughter F/f discipline, don't like don't read. The timeline is my own. thanks to NayaFan for the great suggestion. Don't own Glee or it's characters.

RATED M

Santana Lopez had never been as excited as she was tonight in all her 9 years. Papí had actually taken off three weeks of work and they were going on the first real vacation she had ever had with her entire family.

Tomorrow morning they were getting on an airplane to Orlando, Florida and spend four whole days at Disney World. After that, they were going to fly to Puerto Rico and meet family that Santana had never even knew she had. She had never been on an airplane, ever in her whole life and Papí said flying was a whole lot of fun. He had picked her up over his head and flew her around the kitchen table making airplane engine noises as Santana giggled madly. Mamí had rolled her eyes and made a joke about having two kids instead of one, but had smiled and it had lit up her face.

She had wiggled in her seat all during dinner and hadn't been able to eat a bite, she just kept chattering about everything they were going to see. Brittany and her family had been to Disney World and told her all the great things she was going to be seeing.

"We need to all take a picture in front of the castle, and we need to take a picture with Mickey wearing our mouse ears. We all have to wear them, even you Papí!" she turned and scowled at her father sternly.

"Dr. Fernando Lopez surgeon extraordinaire does not wear mouse ears or bunny ears or any other ears that the good Lord did not bless me with at birth." He said mockingly winking at his wife.

Maribel sat back and watched the quarrel begin between the two people she loved most in the world and arguably the two most stubborn humans she had ever met. Santana adored her Papí and the feeling was mutual from the first moment she came into the world screaming bloody murder. Nothing was good enough for his princessa.

"But Papí, Brittany said it's the most important picture to get. The whole family in the mouse ears with Mickey. One day when I'm all grown up with my kids and I go to Disney World and I know I don't have a picture of you in mouse ears, I'll be so sad and it will just ruin the whole trip and all your grandkids will be sad too." She stuck her tiny lip out in the most adorable pouting pose ever.

He looked helplessly at his wife who was trying not to laugh out loud at his look of discomfort, he pulled at his tie and loosened his shirt collar, "Well mija, I guess I don't want to disappoint all mis nietecitos." He said gruffly, "One picture in mouse ears and that's it. I mean it Santana, I have a reputation to uphold."

"Oh yay muchas gracias Papí, you're the best Papí in the whole wide world. I love you and this will be the best vacation I ever had. I have to go call Brittany and tell her about the mouse ears. May I be excused from the table Mamí?"

Maribel nodded her assent and Santana skipped around the table kissing and hugging her blushing father before heading out to call her best friend.

Maribel Lopez burst out laughing at Santana's look of self-satisfied victory and her husband's groveling to please his tiny daughter and how he was preening knowing he had made her happy.

"What?" He growled at his wife, knowing she was amused by how Santana had him wrapped around her little finger.

"Nothing Nando, you're the best Papí in the whole wide world!" She leaned over and kissed him affectionately, "You're not such a bad husband either by the way." Maribel smiled indulgently at Fernando. He was a well respected surgeon, feared by his interns and residents and absolutely under the thumb of a tiny little 9 year old girl. She thought once again, it was lucky for them all she believed in discipline or Santana would be a complete terror if left to her father's authority. He had swatted Santana once when she was three years old and had chased a ball near the street and both he and Santana were such a wreck, Maribel handled the discipline from then on.

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Santana had loved Disney World, dragging her parents around by the hand so excited to see absolutely everything. Fernando had been enthralled by her enthusiasm and gave in to her every whim which soon turned into demands. Maribel was not as thrilled as every time she said no, Santana would run to her father. It created issues between her parents as well.

Later that evening in the hotel, Santana was fast asleep after an exhausting day when Maribel and Fernando sat down to a late night dinner on the balcony of their hotel room.

"Nando, you cannot keep giving in to her like that. You are spoiling her rotten."

The tall handsome man shrugged casually, "She is the only child I am ever going to have Maribel and she's a good girl. I don't mind spoiling her. She's going to be gone in a few short years; I want her to be happy."

"She is happy Nando and she is a good girl but she needs limits. She also needs to stop playing us off each other. When I say no, she can't just run to you to say yes, you need to back me up baby. Do you want her to turn into one of those awful spoiled daughters of your doctor colleagues? We agreed to raise her differently that as one of those privileged prima donnas. She is not going to love you less for saying no to her on occasion, one day she will thank you for it."

"Maribel, I love you and I love Santana more than my own life. I thought being a doctor was the most fulfilling ambition I had, but being a good man, husband and father is more important to me. It's just my job takes me away from both of you so much. I don't want her to look back and only remember me as being gone all the time." His dark eyes, so like his daughter's clouded up and Maribel hugged him close to her.

"You have always been a good man Fernando Lopez; my best friend, my lover, the father of my child and you are away because you save lives for a living. Santana worships the ground you walk on mi amor and always will. You don't have to buy her love. You already have it. Just try to back me up on this alright?"

He hugged her back and kissed her passionately, "I'll try mi amor, now, just how asleep do you think our little angelito is because I really want to show you just how much I love you."

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The next day was the first time Santana could ever remember her father saying no to something she wanted. Noticing the smug look on her mother's face made the little brunette realize something was up and it was something she didn't like very much. She had always been able to worm whatever she wanted out of her Papí and it usually didn't take much more than a pout or a few well placed tears.

She had her picture taken with every Disney Princess in the park when she saw a real live princess dress and tiara in the gift shop. Begging her Papí, she just had to have that dress. It had a diamond tiara for goodness sake. Nothing she said convinced her Mamí, even tears and a small tantrum. She was pretty sure she was safe from a spanking at Disney World with her Papí with them, so she was a little brattier around Maribel than she normally would be.

Her mother had gently taken her arm and leaned over so they were at eye level and very calmly informed her she was not going to buy a dress like that for so much money, but she would help her Abuela make her one if she behaved herself. She also warned her that she would not tolerate this behavior from her daughter, "I will take you back to the hotel and you will find yourself face down in bed taking a nap with a sore bottom if this continues. Do you understand me mija?"

Santana grudgingly apologized for her behavior but didn't put too much stock in the warning, was it even legal to spank a kid at Disney World? She didn't think so. They had left the store and went to a patio to eat lunch. Fernando had bought food and they were seated under a big umbrella eating. The little girl was heartbroken over the dress but knew better than to bring it up. Maribel had gotten back in line to get her husband another sandwich and Santana saw her chance.

Her father was tossing French fries to the seagulls and other birds and laughing at their antics but Santana just stared at her barely touched meal.

"What's wrong mija, are you feeling alright? If you're too hot we can go back to the hotel and go swimming?" He tried to cajole her.

"I'm fine Papí, I'm having a great time." She looked up at her father with great big crocodile tears shimmering from her long dark eyelashes and Fernando felt his heart shatter.

"What's wrong Santana tell me, please mija. I don't want you to be unhappy." He said so lovingly that she felt guilty for a minute. She looked over to find where her mother was and seeing she was still in line turned back to her father.

"I was just sad because I wanted a real live princess dress with a tiara like I saw in the gift shop but I know it was way too expensive for us. I don't need it, I bet Abuela could make one homemade just as pretty. See, I'm fine and I'm sorry I made you sad." She put her head down and played pathetically with her food.

Fernando looked over at his wife and then back at his daughter's sad little face. He was going home to see family in Puerto Rico he hadn't seen in decades, his daughter was going to look like a proper princess when she met them.

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Santana was in her bathing suit splashing around the indoor pool. She thought this Disney World place was probably the coolest place in the world, she could see why Brittany loved it so much. They had two whole more days before flying to her Papí's old home and she wanted to see it and meet her other family. Her Mamí was sitting in a lounge chair in a bathing suit and a big white hat and huge sunglasses reading a magazine and sipping on pineapple juice. Santana thought her mother was the prettiest woman she had ever seen. She loved her so much, the little brunette didn't like getting spanked but she knew she was loved by both her parents. The little girl had seen other families and she knew how lucky she was. She wondered where her father was and thought he must be playing golf. He liked that stupid boring game and sometimes watched it on the television.

Maribel looked over her glasses to see what her child was up to and caught her staring at her; she smiled gently and waved, wiggling her fingers at the pretty little girl. Santana's face lit up and she waved back. She got out of the pool and her Mamí wrapped her up in a great big soft towel. Crawling up into her lap, she laid her head on her mother's chest and snuggled into the woman. Swimming and playing was pretty exhausting work and she was asleep before she knew it. Maribel held her close and hummed a lullaby gently and rocked her precious girl as she slept.

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They had a very special dinner in the princess castle and took more pictures and headed back to their room. Santana had a bath and a snack and was in her pajama's, she went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and when she came out her father was standing there holding the exact dress she wanted complete with a diamond tiara. She squealed and hugged her father fiercely as he tried not to look so pleased with himself for picking the right gown.

Maribel had gone to get ice and heard Santana squealing and entered the room quickly to see what was happening. She saw the gown and turned to look at her daughter who squirmed uncomfortably under her Mamí's stern glare.

"What is this then?" She said never taking her eyes off her embarrassed daughter.

"Santana saw this dress and the silly child thought we couldn't afford it. She is going to Puerto Rico as real life princess. It's that right mi amor?" He enthused.

"Did Santana also tell you that she asked me for the dress and I told her absolutely not?" She asked her husband pointedly.

He laid the dress on the bed and noticed for the first time how uncomfortable and awkward his daughter looked, "Is this true mija?" He said softly.

"I'm sorry Papí, I just really really wanted it and I thought if I told you how important it was you would get it for me." The little girl tried to backpedal and erase the sad look from her father's face, "Please don't be mad at me Papí." She begged sadly.

"I'm not angry with you mija, I'm very disappointed. You went behind your Mamí's back when she already said no and you tricked me. Can you understand why you're Mamí and I are upset with your behavior?"

Santana had her little head down, she felt awful, she didn't even want the dumb dress anymore; she just wanted her father not to be disappointed anymore, "I'm sorry, it was wrong, I didn't mean to hurt you Papí, this has been the best vacation ever. I just didn't think I guess."

Maribel felt terrible for her husband and daughter, they were both clearly hurting but her little girl needed to understand the consequences of her behavior, "I think that you should take the dress back Fernando, don't you agree Santana?"

The tiny brunette nodded sadly, "Yes Mamí, I was bad, I don't deserve a beautiful dress." She had tears dripping off her nose as she looked at the carpet.

Maribel looked at her daughter closely and saw she was being sincere and was genuinely sorry, "You are not bad mija, you are naughty sometimes and you can act like a spoiled brat at others but you do deserve many beautiful things and you will get them but not by lying or by tricking people who love you." She walked over and hugged her daughter.

She looked back at her husband, "Fernando, it was a beautiful gesture on your part, what do you think sweetheart?"

"I think you are right, it is not alright to get things you want Santana by manipulating people and making them feel badly. I know it's easy to do especially because I love you so much and maybe one day you will have a husband who loves you just as much. I hope you learn that it is wrong. If you want things you need to earn them and be honest and hard working. Do you understand mija?" He walked over and lifted her up onto his knee, "I love you so much, I want you to be a good person when you grow up and you can't if you are taking advantage of people."

Santana sniffled and hugged her Papí around his neck fiercely, "I'm so sorry I love you too."

He sat her down on her feet and looked at his wife and nodded, "I know you are mija but I think you are going to be much sorrier after you have been punished. I'm afraid that playing your mother and I like that deserves a spanking don't you mija?"

Santana looked up quickly in shock, her father had never threatened her with a spanking before, he never even raised his voice at her, "Please Papí, I'll never do it again, I don't need a spanking."

He turned to look at his wife with pain in his eyes and she knew he couldn't spank his daughter and she loved him even more, he was such a good man, "Your Papí will be returning the dress and he is going to meet his golfing friends for a drink at the bar. I will be punishing you mija and you will be going to bed early with no movie tonight. Now hug your father and give him a goodnight kiss since you'll be asleep when gets back."

Fernando looked at his wife gratefully as he hugged and kissed his daughter, "Be a good girl tonight. I love you forever mija."

They both watched him walk out of the bedroom. Maribel walked into the bathroom and came out with the hairbrush and Santana started to cry softly. She felt guilty but really didn't want a spanking.

Maribel led her by the hand to the side of the bed where she sat down and quickly pulled her daughter over her lap, "Why are you being spanked tonight young lady?"

"I tricked Papí into buying me the princess dress even after you said no. I went to him behind your back. I guess that's kind of like lying even though I didn't mean it like that."

"I know you didn't mija but you're right it is like lying. I'm very proud of you for seeing that."

Maribel reached up and pulled down her pajama bottoms leaving her tiny pale bottom exposed, she looked so small over her lap but she needed to learn a lesson and she knew what she was doing. The mother started to spank lightly with her hand to warm up her bottom, she was silent as she did so. Santana was able to stay still as the swats were only causing a mild sting but she knew she was in for worse.

After a minute of light spanks and Santana's backside was a light warm pink, she increased the speed and the severity of the spanks. Setting a fast rhythm all around her daughter's rear end, the girl felt the difference immediately and started to squirm on her lap.

"I'm sorry Mamí." She pleaded as her backside started to catch on fire. Reaching back with one hand she tried to cover her vulnerable rear end. Maribel gently caught her hand and scolding her about staying still, held it tightly never breaking her stride.

Santana was crying loudly now as Maribel stopped and reached for the hairbrush. The tiny brunette saw the brush and really put more effort into escaping, "Puhleeeeze not the brush, I'm sorry Mamí, I won't ever go to Papí after you said no again." She was wiggling and squirming and trying to get off her lap. So much for the no spankings at Disney World law.

"Now be a big girl Santana, this is almost over and I'm very proud of how you have taken your punishment so far." She scolded sternly applying a quick hard hand spank to her daughter's tender sit spot.

Santana wanted them to be proud of her so she stopped squirming and waited with dread for the hairbrush part of the spanking to start.

Maribel held her daughter tighly by the waist and started to spank fast and hard with the hairbrush. The loud crack of wood on bare backside was matched only by the frantic squeals of her daughter.

"Ow it hurts, I'm so sorry, I won't do it anymore, please Mamí no more." She sobbed after the first three swats.

Maribel knew she needed to learn a valuable lesson and continued although it was breaking her heart. She kept spanking as Santana begged and sobbed. She gave her a pair of hard swats on the underside of her reddening cheeks and Santana dissolved into a sobbing mess.

The mother stopped spanking immediately knowing she had really understood the consequences of her naughtiness. She soothed the sobbing girl and held her close. She reassured her of her love and pride and Santana cried herself to sleep in her mother's arms. Maribel gently put her to bed face down and soothed her sweaty hair off her face and kissed her gently.

She loved being a mother, it was the most fulfilling part of her entire life but this part was the hardest. Making your child cry was awful but she knew with a strong smart girl like Santana they had to work hard to keep her in line. She had so much potential to be someone important if her selfish and spoiled behavior could be curbed.

She was sitting quietly when she heard the door open and Fernando came in looking sheepish, "What are you doing back so soon?"

"I was outside the door and heard the spanking. It's not fair that you have to punish her all the time. I'm sorry I'm not stronger. I am glad though and respect you so much for being able to discipline her. I'm also sorry I make your job harder as the best Mamí in the whole world." He said lovingly.

Maribel had never heard him acknowledge how hard it was on her and she burst into tears of her own. He reached over and picked her up and held her gently in his arms and rocked her, "Shhhh mi amor, you are so strong and brave. I'm the luckiest man alive and that little girl with the sore bottom is the luckiest child in the world to have the love of such a wonderful and strong woman. I'm nothing without you Corazon."

The lovely brunette fell asleep feeling safe and loved in the arms of the man she loved with her precious child sound asleep in the bed across the room.

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Santana had a little trouble sitting for some of the rides the next day but as it was the last day before they left for Puerto Rico it turned out to be the most fun of the whole time at Disney. Her mother and father had acted like nothing had happened and she didn't feel guilty anymore.

As they left the gates, her Papí pulled out three sets of mouse ears and they had a family picture taken with Mickey Mouse. It was a picture Santana Lopez would treasure for her entire life of the best vacation she ever had with her family.