IMPORTANT A/N: We have changed Elena's age to NINE years old. So if there is ANY confusion about her age she is NINE :D

The next day Elena walked into the kitchen of the cohen house and Ryan was at the table with Seth, Sandy and Kirsten.

"Morning." Elena smiled taking a seat next to Ryan.

"Morning" everyone smiled back at her.

Ryan turned to Elena. "Elena, I just want you to know that I love you, that's why I spanked you last night."

Elena slightly blushed and nodded. "I know that Ryan." She smiled. "I love you too."

"Woah-you spanked her?" Seth asked with his mouth gaped open.

"Yes." Ryan said with a particular tone that said he was done talking about it.

Seth looked down and continued eating.

"Ryan can we go to the beach today?" Elena asked smiling.

Ryan smiled back. "Sure sis, Seth call Summer and invite her too."

Seth smiled. "Will do." He took out his cell and sent her a text message. Within a minute he got a reply. "She said she'll be there in fifteen."

"I'm gonna get ready!" Elena exclaimed and ran back to the pool house to change. Elena pulled out her new bathing suit that Summer bought her. It was an Orchid Sizzle skirted center-tie bikini. She slipped on her purple butterfly jelly sandals on her feet and one of Ryan's t-shirts that was oversized for her as a cover up then went back in the Cohen house. She had he hair up in a messy but and a towel thrown over her shoulder. "I'm ready!" she smiled.

Sandy and Kirsten smiled as they stood up from their chairs. "We're gonna be heading out. We'll be back late tonight." Kirsten said and gave each kid a kiss on the cheek.

"Behave kids." Sandy warned and left with Kirsten and a smile on his face.

"I'll go get my bathing suit on." Seth said and ventured to his bedroom.

"I'm gonna go get changed as well, why don't you watch TV in the living room and wait." He smiled kissing her head.

"Okay!" she smiled and jogged into the living room.

A few minutes later Seth and Ryan emerged from their respective rooms, towels and suntan lotion in hand.

"Ready?" Ryan asked and Elena only grinned and nodded her head.

They opened the car up and loaded a few beach chairs and an umbrella into it. They pulled up to the boardwalk near the beach about ten minutes later, where Summer was already waiting on a nearby bench.

"Seth, where have you been, I've been waiting here forev..." Her voice trailed off and her face lit up instantly at the sight of Elena. She quickly ran towards the little girl and looped their arms together.

"Hey! I'm so glad I finally have a girl to talk to."

"Me too," Elena admitted, giggling softly.

Summer and Elena scurried off towards the beach together, leaving Ryan and Seth bewildered. After a few seconds, they followed after them, albeit at a much slower pace, their arms filled with beach chairs and towels.

"So, did you wear the bathing suit I bought you?"

"Yes, it's under my cover up." Elena replied matter of factly, a sheepish smile forming on her face.

"I can't wait to see it! Maybe you'll meet a cute boy, too." Summer teased. Elena's jaw dropped and her cheeks grew red, seemingly mortified at the prospect of having a boyfriend.

"Summer!" She giggled. "I'm only nine!"

"I know, I know!" Summer replied, as though she was going to drop the subject. After a few seconds of silence, though, it was clear she wasn't going to.

"Were there any boys from your class that you thought were cute?"

Elena was about to speak but Ryan interrupted them. "What are you guys talking about?"

Elena's eyes widened and Summer winked at Elena. "Nothing, just shopping and stuff like that."

"Oh," Ryan said, clearly disinterested, and Elena let out a sigh of relief.

"Where do you guys wanna sit?" Seth asked, looking around at the crowded beach. Elena peered around until finally her eyes landed on a seemingly empty spot close to the water.

"How about over there?" She suggested.

"Works for me." Seth replied.

They walked over to the spot and began setting everything up, starting with the beach chairs, the umbrella and then finally, the beach towels. Elena curled up on the bright pink towel while Seth, Summer and Ryan all settled into the chairs.

"Seth, can you help me?" Summer asked, pulling a bottle of suntan lotion out of her bag.

"Yeah!" Seth replied eagerly and Ryan couldn't help but snort at Seth's inability to be subtle.

Summer simply rolled her eyes and handed it to him before taking her sunglasses off of the top of her head and back over her eyes.

Just as Seth was finishing up, Elena slipped her cover up off. Summer smiled and gave her a thumbs up. "It looks so cute, Elena!"

Ryan looked over and his face instantly fell. "Elena, what is that?"

"What is what?" She asked, the confusion evident on her face.

"That." He said, pointing to the bathing suit.

"A..bathing..suit?" She said slowly.

Ryan sighed. "I know it's a bathing suit; but why are you wearing that one?"

Elena shrugged. "Because Summer bought it for me and it's cute."

"You're too young to wear a bikini. Put your cover back on." He said tossing it to her.

"No." she said with a fixed expression on her face.

Ryan got in her face and his voice became dangerously low. "Elena; you put your cover back on or we can just go home."

She threw her cover on the ground. "No! This is a cute bathing suit and I'm not going to cover it up!"

Ryan was really upset. He looked at Summer and Seth and came up with something. "You guys I'll be right back I'm going to take Elena back home." Seth tossed him the keys to the car.

Elena whined. "Noooo Ryan! I don't wanna go home!"

Ryan shook his head. "I don't care. I told you to put your cover back on or we'll go home. Come on."

Elena crossed her arms and just glared at him.

Ryan didn't want to put up with anything. He sighed and walked over to her picked her up over his shoulder and started walking.

After about a five minute walk to the car Ryan put Elena down in the backseat. She was pouting the entire ride home. Ryan put the car in park and got Elena out of the car and led her to the pool house. He immediately sat on the bed and made her standing in front of him, looking into his eyes. "Young lady, the way you were behaving back there at the beach is totally unacceptable. You know better than that."

Elena pouted looked in his eyes. She knew what was about to happen.

Ryan let out a sigh before pulling her over his lap and lowering her bikini bottoms. Without hesitation he lifted his hand and brought it down on her vulnerable bare bottom.

"Oww! Oww! Ryan I'm sorry!" She squirmed and cried out. By swat number 10 she tried reaching her arms back to protect her bottom from the stinging swats but Ryan gently pinned them to the small of her back. As Ryan continued to lay down the swats Elena kept kicking and crying. Finally at swat 30 he stopped.

He pulled up her bottoms and sat her on his lap carefully and hugged her close. "Shh, it's over sis." He whispered and rocked her slowly.

"I'm sorry!" she cried in his chest, hugging him tight.

"Shh, I know Lana, I know." He kissed her head.

After a few minutes of crying, Elena actually fell asleep in her brother's arms. He looked down at his sleeping sister and carefully laid her on the bed and put a blanket on her. He leaned down and kissed her forehead and left the pool house, quietly shutting the door behind him.

He drove back to the beach and met back up with Summer and Seth.

"Hey…"Seth said trying to break the little awkwardness.

"Hey" Ryan said taking a seat. "Summer, I appreciate you buying stuff for my little sister, but if you buy her any more bathing suits, can you please make sure it's a one piece? She's only nine."

Summer nodded and gave a small smiled. "Sure thing Ryan, I'm sorry."

Ryan smiled back. "It's okay." He leaned back in the beach chair to enjoy the sun.

The three teenagers just relaxed for a few more hours before returning back to the Cohen house.