26.
“No! No!”
But his protests were ignored. He fought, but with Megan holding his ankles and Barbara his wrists, they pulled him across Laura’s lap on the sofa.
“No! Please don’t…”
His tone had changed now he realised they were serious, and too strong for him. He had become pleading and submissive.
“I’ll apologise to Millie. Millie…? I didn’t mean…”
“Too late, Archie,” said Megan. “You need a lesson and you’re going to get one. Er…maybe one of you girls… The panties?”
“Me!” cried Lily, pushing the others aside and grabbing the waistband of his little latex panties. But Archie pressed himself down as hard as he could, squealing with fright, and she needed Sarah’s help to pull them down till they were round his knees.
It was done. He lay there, burying his face in the sofa cushion and whimpering faintly, his little pink bottom trembling with anticipation. The girls stood in a line, looking on gleefully, while Laura folded his skirt right back.
“Now, Archie, don’t think for one minute I’m going to enjoy this,” said Laura. “I’m not. But it’s quite clear that it’s the only thing that’s going to make you change your attitude. What do you think, Barbara? Twelve?”
“That would be fair, I think, Laura. If he’s not contrite he can always have more.”
“No…” came a muffled voice.
“I think Millie should spank him,” said Sarah, suddenly. “She’s the one that he was horrible to.”
“NO!” screamed Archie.
“That’s not a bad idea,” said Laura, ignoring his outburst.
“Yes…can I…can I?” squealed Millie, jumping up and down.
“Why don’t you try one, darling, and see what it’s like?” suggested Megan.
Millie needed no second bidding. She stepped forward, and raised one hand high over her head.
“Wait a mo,” said Sarah, taking a step back and holding up her phone to take a video.
Then Millie brought her hand down with all the force she could muster. It connected with Archie’s bare buttocks with the sound of someone patting a jelly. The ensuing silence was broken by the sound of muffled laughter. It was Archie.
“Yes. Let her do it,” he sniggered. “That tickled!”
Poor Millie’s face dropped. “It’s not fair! My hands are too small!”
Then everyone started to giggle. Millie frowned and stamped her foot.
“Never mind, darling,” said her mother, propitiatingly. “Let Laura do it, shall we?”
“No! I wanted to spank him!”
“Hold on,” said Barbara. “I have an idea. Lily? Could you do me a favour? My keys are on the kitchen table. You know which ones. Could you pop round to my house? In the top drawer of my dressing-table in the bedroom you’ll find…”
Her voice dropped to a whisper. Lily's face lit up. She ran to the kitchen, then out of the house. Sarah and Millie looked puzzled.
“You’ll see,” smiled Barbara.
She was back in two minutes, with a big grin on her face, holding something behind her back.
“Give it to Millie, dear,” smiled Barbara.
Producing it like a conjuror, she handed it to Millie – Barbara’s mother’s paddle. Made totally of old shiny leather, with a stitched, tubular handle – longer than might have been expected, designed to inflict the maximum pain with the minimum effort, and with a leather cord for hanging – and a broad, flexible flap.
“Try that, Millie.”
Archie started to struggle. He had turned his head to see what Lily had brought – which Sarah, having already started to video, was grateful for – and there was fear in his eyes.
“W-wait a minute. Millie? Look, I’m really sorry for swearing at you – please don’t – I’ll be your b-baby, I promise, an’….owww!”
The first stroke made him jump and yelp with pain. He squirmed and struggled, but the ladies held him firm. Millie’s mouth fell open, and then a big delighted smile spread over her face. She compressed her lips and delivered a second blow, harder this time. Archie screamed and bucked. His bottom was already turning red. He began to plead, tears in his eyes.
“Millie…no…please don’t…I’ll do whatever you want…I swear…I… Ayeee!”
A third stroke had him writhing impotently, begging and sobbing. Millie lowered the paddle, enjoying the spectacle of the helpless, weeping boy, his quivering, glowing buttocks, revelling in her power…
“You’re going to be my baby?”
“Yes, yes, anything!”
“And you’re going to ring Patrick for a date?” added Sarah.
“Yes, yes, of course.”
“Today, so we can check what you say?”
“Yes! I said yes!”
“And you’re going to do everything Millie tells you, from now on? And wear pretty baby clothes whenever she wants?” said Lily. “And be polite to her and all the other girls?”
“Ye-es,” sobbed Archie. “Ye-es. I swear I will. Please don’t hit me any more…”
But if any of the ladies were inclined to let him off at this point, Millie was not. And it was probably for the best. Because the spanking he received that day at her hand, the explosive claps of the paddle on his bare flesh, and all the screaming and begging and howling and floods of tears as he writhed under those last nine strokes, seemed to wreak a major shift in his attitude to her, as we shall see.
After she was finished, and Archie’s blubbering had subsided into a gentle sobbing, Lily fetched the cold cream from the bathroom cabinet, and he lay unprotesting across Laura’s lap while Millie smoothed it gently into his raw, burning bottom. Sarah continued to film the affecting scene.
“There, there baby. Does that feel better?”
“Yes…th-thank you, Millie…”
“Good baby. I’ll find you some nice puffy soft rubber baby pants to wear, so they won’t rub on your sore botty. And later on we can choose some pretty baby clothes for you, yes?”
“Yes, Millie…”
“And you can ring Patrick, Annabel,” put in Lily.
“Yes…”
“And if you’re very good, baby, I may not need to spank you again for, well, days, maybe…”
“Thank you, Millie…”