A/N: Written by request. Grace gets a spanking for sneaking out to a party without permission.
Grace breathed a sigh of relief as she hit the 'send' button on her computer, her last bit of work finally completed for the day. Most of the rest of the detectives had already left, leaving the precinct mostly empty. Churlish breezed up to Grace's desk, checking her makeup in a compact mirror.
"Hey, girl, don't forget, major party at my boyfriend's place tonight! It's gonna be a blast, see you there!" Churlish happily breezed out of the precinct to enjoy her night without waiting for a response.
"Ma'am?" Grace bit her lip as she walked into Olivia's office. She really, really wanted to go to the party, especially since she and Churlish had finally become friends, but she had a strong feeling that her mentor was going to say no.
"Hey, honey. Give me ten minutes and we'll go home." Olivia looked up from her computer and smiled at her young charge.
"Um… Churlish invited me to a party at her boyfriend's place tonight. Can I go?" Grace asked hopefully.
Olivia sighed as she took her glasses off. She had been protecting her girl all day by keeping her on desk duty. Grace was just coming off of a much-needed baby girl weekend, but even so she had woken up screaming twice last night and ended up sleeping in Olivia's bed and crying herself to sleep in Olivia's arms, feeling overwhelmed by the big girl world and big girl responsibilities. Olivia was very protective over both her big girl and her baby girl; just as Olivia never forced her big girl to take on her baby girl form when she didn't want to, neither did she allow her baby girl to face the big girl world until Olivia was convinced that she was ready both mentally and emotionally to do so, and based on last night, Olivia instinctively knew that even though her big girl had done fine on desk duty today, she wasn't ready to go to a big girl party unsupervised, especially given Grace's tendency to lose track of how much alcohol she had consumed when she felt overwhelmed.
"I'm sorry, baby, it isn't going to happen tonight. There will be other parties." Olivia said kindly.
"Pleeeeeeeeease?" Grace tried one more time, giving Olivia her best puppy dog eyes and a pouty lip. Olivia laughed.
"Put the lip away, little girl. No party tonight, but we can order Chinese and watch movies instead." Olivia stood from her desk to gather her things.
"Yes, Ma'am." Grace sighed, accepting Olivia's decision.
"And thank you for asking my permission instead of sneaking out behind my back. Good girl." Olivia gently kissed Grace's forehead, and Grace's heart burst with happiness at Olivia's praise.
When they arrived home, Grace enjoyed her Chinese food as they sat on the couch and spent their evening watching several of Grace's favorite movies. Halfway through Phantom of the Opera, Grace set aside her empty food container and snuggled into Olivia's arms while Olivia cuddled her close and gently rubbed her satisfied belly. When their movie marathon was over, Olivia stood from the couch with a yawn, informing Grace that she was going to bed.
"Don't stay up too late. I love you." Olivia kissed Grace's forehead.
"I won't. I love you." Grace replied, leaning into the affection and trying not to feel guilty for what she was about to do. She waited until she was sure Olivia was asleep, then she slipped into her shoes, grabbed her car keys, and quietly slipped out of the house, leaving a note telling Olivia where she was just in case Olivia woke up and found her gone. The party was already jumping by the time she got there. Grace located Churlish and suddenly found herself with a beer in her hand.
A few hours later, Olivia woke up to use the bathroom and decided to check on her young charge. She found Grace's bed empty and still made, indicating that it had not yet been slept in. Olivia rolled her eyes, assuming that Grace had ignored her instruction not to stay up too late, but she couldn't hear the TV so she knew that Grace wasn't still watching TV. Olivia went in search of her young charge to chase her off to bed with a swat, thinking that maybe Grace had slipped back into little space and was playing in the nursery, but the nursery was empty, so Olivia went to the kitchen to see if Grace had gotten hungry in the night. Thanks to Olivia's love and attention to her needs, Grace had finally gained a healthy amount of weight back. The kitchen was also empty, but Olivia discovered her naughty girl's note by the coffee pot and rolled her eyes again.
"That girl." Olivia muttered to herself as she made herself a cup of tea, sent a text to Grace's phone, and sat down on the couch to wait for Grace to arrive home.
I expect you to be back in this house within the next 45 minutes, young lady.
Grace read Olivia's words and her eyes widened, realizing that she had been caught. Knowing that it would take her at least thirty minutes to get home, she gathered her things and ran to her car. On her way home, Grace struggled to rationalize what she had done and by the time she arrived home, she had almost convinced herself that she really wouldn't be in too much trouble at all since she had left a note telling Olivia where she was and she had only had one beer. Grace walked up to the door and let herself in just as the clock struck 4 AM, and she nearly had a heart attack when she was greeted by Olivia sitting on the couch waiting for her looking very stern.
"Are you drunk?" Olivia asked, standing from the couch.
"No, Ma'am." Grace replied honestly, and Olivia could tell that she was telling the truth.
"Good. We will talk about this tomorrow. Get yourself to bed, I have to wake you up for work in three hours, and you are going to work no matter how tired you are." Olivia gave Grace a sharp spank to get her moving in the right direction.
"Ow!" Grace winced and hurried off to do as she was told.
At seven o' clock, Olivia went into Grace's room to rouse her, and ended up having to give Grace's pajama-clad bottom three sharp spanks to convince her to get out of bed after trying to wake her up far more gently and not succeeding. Grace reluctantly crawled out of bed and got ready to face the day before going to the kitchen where a cup of coffee was already lovingly waiting for her. Once again, Olivia decided to keep Grace on desk duty, which Grace was grateful for since she was both exhausted and now was reconsidering whether or not she was in trouble, which was making her nervous.
After work, the older brunette was too tired to cook and surprised Grace by taking her out to eat and letting her order whatever her heart desired. The two women talked and laughed effortlessly over their meal. On the drive home, Olivia turned off the radio and sternly addressed her young charge.
"All right, young lady, don't think that just because we went out to eat means that I've forgotten you're in trouble. When we get home, go to your room and change into something more comfortable. Then go outside to the backyard and pick a switch, then go to my room and wait for me in your time-out corner."
"I left you a note." Grace pleaded desperately, hoping Olivia would change her mind.
"You did, but that almost makes it worse, young lady. You left me a note informing me that you had gone somewhere I had specifically told you that you were not allowed to go, and the way you worded your note tells me that you planned to go to the party whether I gave you permission or not, it wasn't a spur of the moment decision. I was serious yesterday when I told you that I was very proud of you for asking for my permission instead of sneaking out, but you decided to sneak out anyway, and you know what happens when my good girl decides to be disobedient."
"Yes, Ma'am." Grace hung her head in shame.
When they arrived home, Grace changed from her work clothes into casual clothes and then went out into the backyard with a pocket knife. Olivia had taught her how to pick and prepare her own switch, so when she found a switch of appropriate length and weight, she spent some time carefully preparing it and then went back inside, putting the pocket knife back in the junk drawer in the kitchen and then reluctantly going to Olivia's room to stand in the familiar corner holding the switch behind her back. Olivia emerged from the bathroom freshly showered and dressed casually, pleased to find Grace in the corner where she was supposed to be. She didn't have her hands on her head like she was supposed to, but Olivia understood that Grace wasn't sure what she was supposed to do with the switch and decided to let it go, pleased with the position Grace had decided to assume.
"Come here, young lady." Olivia sat down on her bed.
Grace walked over to where Olivia sat, handed the switch over to her loving disciplinarian, and dropped to her knees at Olivia's feet. Olivia gently took Grace's chin in her hand.
"Do you understand why you're getting a spanking?" Olivia inquired.
"Yes, Ma'am, because I snuck out to go to a party you said I wasn't allowed to go to." Grace admitted.
"I didn't tell you no just to spoil your fun. I told you no because you have been struggling lately and it's my job to know when my baby isn't ready to be a big girl. It's your job to trust that I know what's best for you and obey me, even when you don't like the decisions I make for you. I'm glad you didn't get overwhelmed and come home drunk, and even if you had one drink just to party, that isn't such a big deal; you're over twenty one and you don't need my permission to have a drink if you want one. Disobeying me after I said no is a big deal no matter how old you are. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Ma'am. I'm sorry." Grace's lower lip trembled.
"You will be. Stand up." Olivia instructed.
Grace stood to her feet and placed her hands on her head so that Olivia could pull her jeans and panties down to her knees. Without being told, Grace draped herself over Olivia's lap, offering her bare bottom for punishment.
"You are very lucky that you did not come home drunk last night, young lady, otherwise when we are done here you would be writing lines sitting on a switched bottom." Olivia scolded as she raised up her strong right hand and spanked the bare bottom draped over her lap.
"Ouch! I'm sorry!" Grace's dazzling blue eyes filled with tears as her bottom began to burn.
When Grace's bottom was a healthy shade of pink, Olivia reached over and picked up the switch, double checking to make certain that it was appropriately smooth and tapping it on Grace's bottom to let her know it was coming. Grace gasped and started to reach back to cover herself, but caught herself in time and quickly snatched her hand back in front of her.
"Good girl, watch that hand. I don't want to see it back here again or you will be writing those lines when we are done." Olivia warned.
Grace choked on a sob as the switch spanked and punished her naughty bottom. Her feet kicked a little, but not enough to interfere with the punishment so Olivia decided to just let it go, sympathetically understanding that her baby was in a great deal of pain. It only took a few minutes before Grace went limp over Olivia's lap sobbing so hard she was making no sound. Olivia immediately tossed the switch aside and reached for the arnica. Very, very gently, she applied a generous portion to Grace's punished bottom.
"Mommy, I's sowwy! I's so sowwy!" Gracie managed to choke out through her sobbing, feeling the cool lotion being rubbed on her bottom.
"Mommy knows you're sorry, baby. Mommy knows. My good girl is all forgiven. You just rest now, I know that was hard." Olivia cooed lovingly when her baby girl appeared as she continued to doctor Gracie's bottom.
"Mommy, no more switchies on mine tushy!" Gracie sobbed.
"No more, baby, all done." Olivia assured her kindly, and then gently scooped Gracie up into her arms to cuddle and comfort her. Gracie sobbed on Mommy's shoulder while Mommy rubbed her bottom to soothe the pain and showered Gracie with praise and love.
"Mommy, dat hurted mine tushy." Gracie whimpered when she had mostly stopped crying, still cuddled in Mommy's arms and trying to crane her neck to look at her bottom.
"I know it hurt, sweetie. My big girl was very naughty, but it's all forgiven now. Should we read some stories?" Olivia offered.
"Yes, peeze. I has milk in mine sippy, peeze?" Gracie asked.
"Good girl, so polite." Olivia praised, picking Gracie up to carry her to her room.
Gracie snuggled into Mommy's arms with her sippy cup while Mommy read to her. Olivia was halfway through Jack and the Beanstalk when she noticed that her baby had fallen asleep in her arms. She quietly closed the book and tucked her little one into her bed for a nap.