"Ouch!" Alex giggled as she rolled off of Olivia's lap and Olivia gave her bottom a playful spank as she scrambled out of Olivia's reach.
"Benson." Olivia offered her usual professional greeting, pressing her cell phone to her ear. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Alex crawl out of the bedroom and disappear down the hall.
"Hey, baby, it's just me." Don Cragen's voice came over the line.
"Hey, Daddy. What's up?" Olivia picked up the photo album they had been looking at and put it back in its box.
"I got your text and I'm just calling to confirm that I'll be able to join you at the restaurant to celebrate on Saturday. I have a meeting that afternoon, but it will be over in plenty of time."
"Great! See you then." Olivia smiled.
"Who was on the phone, Ma'am?" Alex asked when Olivia found her in the living room.
"It was just Daddy. He's going to join us at the restaurant on Saturday for my birthday. So, counting you and me, that makes… ten people. It would be eleven, except Nick said he can't make it, he's going to California over the weekend to see his kids."
"I already called to make the reservation. I told them twelve people, just to be safe."
"Good girl. Come kneel down."
Olivia sat down on the couch and Alex dropped to her knees at Olivia's feet. Seeing the velcro handcuffs in her Mistress's hands, Alex obediently offered her wrists. Olivia gently secured the handcuffs around Alex's wrists, watching carefully for any signs of fear. Olivia then relaxed on the couch and instructed Alex to massage her feet. Alex obediently did as she was told, making certain to take her time and massage Olivia's feet the way Olivia liked best. There was a peaceful silence in the apartment as Olivia picked up a small stack of files to read through while Alex knelt at her feet massaging them. After a while, Olivia gently pulled her foot out of Alex's hands and offered her the other one to massage. Alex was suddenly overwhelmed with adoration for her beloved Mistress and began to kiss Olivia's feet in worship.
On the morning of Olivia's birthday Alex quietly crawled out of bed, being careful not to disturb her sleeping Mistress. She showered and went to the kitchen to prepare a special breakfast containing all of Olivia's favorite breakfast foods. When breakfast was ready, Alex placed everything on a tray and presented Olivia with breakfast in bed, kneeling quietly by the side of the bed while Olivia ate and read the newspaper.
"Take the tray to the kitchen and come back here to me, sweetheart." Olivia instructed.
"Yes, Ma'am." Alex replied obediently.
Alex sat on the closed toilet seat lid in the bathroom while Olivia took a shower, and helped Olivia slip into her robe after she was finished. Olivia combed and dried her hair and then went back out to the bedroom and sat on the bed. Alex dropped to her knees at Olivia's feet and smoothed lotion onto Olivia's long legs. With all of that accomplished, Olivia pushed the folds of her robe aside and guided Alex to lie down across her lap.
"Well, my love, today is my birthday, which means that you have a birthday spanking coming." Olivia smiled as she teasingly pulled Alex's panties down to her knees.
"Yes, Ma'am." Alex smiled, settling in comfortably.
"So how many spanks are you getting today?" Olivia inquired, gently rubbing Alex's bare bottom.
"Ninety six, Ma'am. Ouch!" Alex giggled, receiving a flurry of playful spanks.
"Are you calling me old, little girl?" Olivia scolded playfully.
"No, Ma'am. Ow!"
"So let's try that again. How many spanks are you getting today?"
"Eighteen, Ma'am. Owie!" Alex giggled, receiving another flurry of spanks.
"Hmm. That number seems a bit low. Do you need the hairbrush to help jog your memory?"
"No, Ma'am, my memory works just fine. It's fifty four." Alex gave the correct number this time.
"Good girl. Fifty four nice, hard spanks coming right up for your naughty bottom. Plus one to grow on."
"I'm going to grow taller now? Ouch!"
"Sassy. Now, you had better count these out so I don't accidentally lose track. I would hate to have to start all over."
SMACK!
"OW! One, thank you, Ma'am!" Alex winced.
Alex carefully counted each spank, and by the time they reached spank fifty four, she was struggling not to cry. Olivia reached over and pulled the hairbrush out of the bedside table drawer.
"And one to grow on." Olivia gently patted Alex's bottom with the hairbrush to let her know it was coming. Alex squeezed her eyes closed in anticipation of the familiar sting. Olivia brought the hairbrush down, making the last spank extra hard.
SMACK!
Alex burst into tears and was barely able to choke out the correct number as she was immediately picked up to be cuddled close to Olivia's heart. Olivia gently rocked Alex in her arms, kissing her head and tenderly rubbing Alex's bottom to soothe the sting she had just inflicted.
"That's my good girl. Well taken, lovey." Olivia cooed lovingly.
"Happy birthday, Ma'am." Alex whimpered as Olivia gently wiped her tears away with her thumb, pleased that Olivia seemed to be proud of her for taking such a hard spanking.
"Thank you, sweetheart. I love you."
"I love you too, Ma'am." Alex was easily soothed and only cried for a few minutes, trying to focus on Olivia's gentle voice showering her with praise instead of the pain.
The rest of the morning passed peacefully enough until after lunch when Olivia instructed Alex to sit down at the table with a piece of paper and write her daily list of ten good qualities about herself and Alex stubbornly resisted the order.
"You have two choices, little girl. Either you sit down right now and write your list without anymore fuss and you will be free to do as you please for the rest of the afternoon until it's time to leave for the restaurant, or I can take you to the bedroom for a good, hard spanking and you can write your list sitting on a bare, spanked bottom and I can come up with some extra chores for you to do this afternoon. Either way, you are going to write that list, it just depends on how comfortably you want to be able to sit while you write it." Olivia scolded sternly.
"But, Ma'am-" Alex whined, earning a sharp spank to her panty-clad bottom.
"Don't whine and don't talk back to me, little girl. One last chance, are you going to do as you're told or are we going to take a walk to the bedroom where the paddle is waiting for you?"
"No." Alex pouted and Olivia sighed.
"Fine, have it your way." Olivia took Alex carefully by her hair and led her through the apartment.
"I'm sorry, Ma'am!" Alex whimpered as they approached the bedroom, realizing too late that she may have stretched Olivia's patience a little bit too far.
"Glad to hear it. I'm afraid you're going to be even more sorry by the time I'm finished with you, little girl. Get your nose in that corner and don't move a muscle until I call for you." Olivia gave Alex three sharp pops to get her moving in the right direction.
Alex winced and hurried to the corner, deeply regretting her behavior as she put her hands on her head. It seemed like she stood there for hours, but in reality it was only a few minutes until Olivia released her from her captivity in the corner.
"Come here, Alex."
Alex turned from the corner and walked over to where Olivia sat on the bed.
"Why are you getting a spanking, little girl?" Olivia pulled Alex's panties down to her knees.
"Because I disobeyed you, Ma'am. You told me to sit down and write my list and I told you 'no'." Alex admitted with a light blush.
"And what is disobedience called in our home?"
"A spankable offense."
Olivia guided Alex over her lap and spent several minutes painting Alex's bare bottom a healthy shade of pink. Alex was whimpering and sniffling with tears swimming in her baby blue eyes when Olivia finally paused and rested her hand on Alex's thigh.
"Get up when you want to and bend over the bed for your paddling, young lady."
Alex reluctantly pushed herself up from Olivia's lap and bent across the bed with a pillow under her hips elevating her bottom for the rest of her punishment. Olivia retrieved the biggest of the three paddles they owned and placed her hand on Alex's lower back to help keep her in place. Alex squeezed her eyes closed in fearful anticipation, feeling the paddle tapping her bottom.
"OUCH!" Alex yelped as her paddling began, gripping the bed sheets to resist the urge to cover herself. Reaching back during a spanking was never allowed.
Alex wasn't sure when Olivia stopped paddling her. She didn't even realize it was over until she felt the bed dip and Olivia sat beside her limp body, gently rubbing her heaving back and stroking her long blonde hair. Through her heavy sobbing, Alex attempted to apologize and beg for forgiveness.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I know you're sorry, baby, you're forgiven. It's all over. You can get up whenever you want to and get a big hug."
Upon hearing these words, Alex pushed herself up from the bed and crawled into Olivia's arms for her forgiveness cuddle, clinging to her beloved Mistress for dear life.
"There, there. Such a good girl. I know it hurts, baby, just cry it out. I'm right here. That's my good girl." Olivia cooed.
Olivia cuddled and comforted Alex until the blonde was mostly calm with just a few stray tears clinging to her eyelashes. To Alex's dismay, Olivia then led her out to the table where she had to sit on her freshly spanked bare bottom and write her list.
"Sit down, angel." Olivia instructed. Her voice was kind, but Alex knew better than to disobey at this point and reluctantly sat down, yelping when her sore bottom made contact with the hard wooden chair.
While Alex was working on her list, Olivia was nearby writing a list of her own. When Alex was finished writing, Olivia glanced over her list and then guided Alex to stand up from the chair, pulled her panties up, and kissed her forehead.
"That's very good, sweetheart. Now here is a list of extra chores that I expect to be completed before we leave for the restaurant." Olivia handed Alex a piece of paper with a list of extra chores to keep her occupied for the rest of the afternoon. To Alex it seemed like a rather long list, but she could easily complete it within the timeframe Olivia had given her if she managed her time well. Olivia put the velcro handcuffs around Alex's wrists and Alex set to work immediately.
"I'm finished, Ma'am." Alex said with half an hour to spare before they had to leave for the restaurant.
"That's my good girl." Olivia praised after she checked on Alex's work, gently kissing Alex's forehead, nose, and lips.
"Ma'am?"
"Hmm?"
"I really am sorry." Alex blushed lightly with a trembling lower lip.
"You don't need to be sorry anymore, my angel. You've been punished and you are forgiven. We move on now with a clean slate. It's time to get dressed now, I've laid out your clothes for you on the bed. You can choose however you want to do your makeup tonight."
"Yes, Ma'am."
When they arrived at the restaurant, Alex was grateful that Olivia chose a booth for them to sit in to provide a little bit of padding for her sore bottom and she tried not to draw attention to herself by squirming too much. The group enjoyed themselves immensely, eating delicious food and watching Olivia open her presents. Olivia laughed when she found herself across Don Cragen's knee for a birthday spanking.
SMACK!
"OUCH! One, thank you, sir!" Olivia winced, glad that she had the protection of her skirt.
After the last smack, Olivia howled and turned over on Don's lap to bury her face in his chest.
"Happy birthday, baby." Don kissed Olivia's temple.
Olivia smiled as she got up from his lap and tenderly rubbed her aching bottom as she reached for another glass of champagne and accepted Carisi's invitation to play pool, laughing when she won and he challenged her to another round, which she accepted.
Suddenly, Alex let out a blood-curdling scream and fell to the floor visibly trembling, making the room fall silent as everyone looked over to see what was wrong. Olivia recognized the signs of a flashback and hurried over to her sweet little submissive, gathering Alex into her arms. She saw the haunted, glazed-over look in Alex's eyes and took Alex's wrist in a dominant grip, searching for Alex's pulse.
"I'm right here with you, baby. Try to find my voice and come back to me. You're safe, sweetheart, you're just having a memory. Find my voice and come back to me." Olivia soothed.