Derek was finishing up buttoning his shirt and doing one final look in the mirror before leaving for his date with a certain handsome teacher named Thomas Ripley. There was a knock at his bedroom door "come in" he called out
"Hey Derek before you go could I have a couple of friends over while you're gone, I promise we won't make a mess" the thirteen-year-old folded his hands in a dramatic plea. Derek put his hand up to stop Anthony from continuing.
"You know you're still on thin ice with your grades. I told you no friends over until I see an improvement." Anthony stomped his foot in protest.
"I told you I was working on it. It's not fair you get to go out and have fun while I'm stuck home alone bored" Derek narrowed his eyes at the 13-year-old acting like a 2-year-old about to throw a tantrum.
"Young man, you better check that attitude of yours, I will not put up with it. The answer is no, and you know why so don't play this game with me. Do I need to give you something to focus on while I'm gone? Such as a sore backside?" He gave the now shrinking-back teenager a pointed look.
Anthony gulped "No sir, I'm sorry I just didn't want to be alone" he confided. Derek sighed
"I promise to take you out tomorrow, but you know I have to follow through with the no friends until I see your grades have gone up and that won't be until next week" Anthony nodded he didn't like it but didn't want a spanked backside for arguing. The two went to the living room Derek pulled $30 out of his wallet and handed it to Anthony
"This is enough to have a pizza delivered. The number is on the refrigerator. Give the whole thing to the delivery guy so he gets a tip. I won't be out too late. Bedtime is 11 whether I'm home or not am I clear" Anthony nodded his head. Derek cleared his throat and the teen looked up
"Yes sir" he added quickly. "Hey Derek, will I get to meet your boyfriend?" Derek chuckled
"He's not my boyfriend yet but when he is, yes of course you can meet him. I just don't want you to get attached to someone if they aren't going to stick around." Anthony understood his brother. "Behave, call me if you need to. I love you" Derek hugged Anthony, kissed his head, and ruffled his hair.
Anthony pulled away groaning "yuck" at Derek, but both knew the teen loved the affection that Derek showed to him he just didn't want to admit it sometimes "love you too now get out, I have my own hot date with the tv" he sassed. Derek laughed and grabbed his keys
Thomas had checked his appearance in the mirror two dozen times. "Jesus Thomas your beautiful calm down" Zach joked catching Thomas trying to look at himself in the microwave reflection. Thomas groaned
"Hey it's okay I know Glen insisting on meeting Derek is making you nervous but really it's going to be okay. Derek is a nice guy Glen will like him. Thomas breathed a sigh of relief. "This is just daddy being an overprotective bear" Zach joked about Glen just as he walked into the room Zach and Thomas looked at him and burst out laughing
"Ha-ha I heard you, Zach, I guess you aren't going out tonight" Glen tried to sound threatening but the amusement was evident in his voice. Zach put his hands up in defense.
"Just a joke bro just a joke" the doorbell rang, and the three men headed for the living room. Caleb and Brett ran down the stairs both yelling "I'll get the door"
"No running" the three men yelled at the teenagers just as they both ran into the door trying to be the first to open it.
"Get" Zach snapped his fingers in their faces and pointed to the couch, both boys sulked to the couch as Zach opened the door.
"Hi Zach, I'm here to pick up Thomas" Derek breathed a sigh of relief when Zach answered the door. He had to admit he was nervous to meet Glen. He knew Thomas looked up to him as a father figure, so this was the equivalent of meeting the parents or parents. Zach smiled warmly at him
"It sounded like the door was going to break down" Derek joked about hearing the teens running into the door. "Well, you can thank tweedled dumb and tweedled dumber for that. I'm sure you have had them in your office a lot" Zach gestured to the twins as they scoffed in the offense. Glen approached the two men and extended his hand
"Nice to meet you Derek I'm Glen'' Derek shook his hand "isn't it Dr. Ripley'' he joked Glen chuckled "not to family and friends just Glen will do" Thomas went to stand up but Glen suggested that Derek sit down. Thomas sighed loudly and that earned him a glare from both Glen and Zach. Because of the way they met Zach wasn't as concerned about Derek as Glen was, he was protective of all his siblings he treated them as his own children. They spent 30 minutes talking.... well questioning Derek. Thomas finally had enough of the inquisition.
"Okay enough questions we have dinner reservations" he jumped up and dragged Derek with him. The two left quickly leaving Zach and Glen to laugh
"I like him" Glen admitted after they had left Zach nodded in agreement.
"It was nice to meet Glen he was the only one I didn't know until today" Thomas shrugged
"He was being an overprotective ass" Thomas replied, Derek, laughed
"All parents are overprotective of their babies, he just wanted to make sure I knew you had someone there that had your best interest at heart. So, I would think twice about hurting you. Don't be embarrassed Glen loves you very much so does Zach" Thomas felt guilty for being so rude to Glen.
"I didn't think about it like that." Thomas quickly sent a text apology to both Glen and Zach they responded with a thumbs-up emoji. They understood his nervousness and didn't take offense to it. The rest of the night went well, with the exception of the movie the two decided to see after dinner.
"That was the worst thing I've ever seen. I don't even know what the plot was" Thomas laughed
"Ya thank you for asking me if I wanted to leave early. I'm pretty sure if we stayed we would have lost some brain cells" Derek didn't want to end the date early he was enjoying himself.
"Would it be too forward of me to invite you to come to my place to watch a movie? My brother is there. He would join us" Derek wanted to make sure Thomas didn't feel uncomfortable. The smile Thomas gave him said it all
"That sounds like fun" they pulled into the driveway and Derek got out and opened the door for Thomas something he had been doing since their first date. The gesture made Thomas blush, but he had to admit Derek made him feel special. The two walked into the house holding hands but the loud music coming from the bedroom down the hall was deafening. Derek stomped down the hall. He had repeatedly told Anthony to not blast music that high as it was going to ruin his hearing. Derek threw the door open and was shocked to see two boys and two girls in Anthony's bedroom. The girls were laying on Anthony's bed on each side of Anthony's. He jumped out of the bed so fast he almost fell down as Derek turned off the music
"What the hell is going on in here?" He shouted as Thomas showed up at the door to see the five kids scrambling to their feet.
"Anthony, show your friends out now!" Derek said through gritted teeth. Anthony ushered the teens out?" Derek shook his head and followed them with Thomas on his heels.
"Derek, do you want me to see if one of my brothers can pick me up? It looks like you need some time alone with Anthony" Thomas suggested
"No that's not necessary, I'll deal with Anthony later. We will have our movie time. I'm not letting him ruin that" the four teens left, leaving Anthony to face a very angry brother. Anthony had a slight hope that Thomas being there would keep Derek from pouncing on him
"You deliberately disobeyed me, and since when do I let you have girls in your bedroom much less your bed?" The anger in Derek's voice was evident. Anthony had the sense to look remorseful.
"I'm sorry" he whispered with his head down. Derek lifted his chin up with his fingers.
"You know I don't stand for this kind of disobedience. You were fully aware of this before you invited those kids over" he scolded making Anthony shift uncomfortably while he was forced to look at how pissed off he had made his big brother. All Anthony could do was whimper.
"You young man, you have earned yourself a date with my paddle. Go clean up your room and then straight to bed" he ordered the teen. Anthony knew this was not a time to argue. He was thankful that Derek didn't pull his pants down right there and spank his behind, but he couldn't hide the fact that the promise of a spanking with the paddle was terrifying. Derek turned to Thomas
"I'm sorry my brother has been testing me lately. What can you do? teenagers..... can't live with them, can't kill them." He joked making Thomas laugh and agree with him when he thought of the three teens at home.
"I guess I'm lucky I have Glen and Zach to tag team with the kids. It must be really hard to be a single parent" Derek smiled as they sat on the couch talking.
"It is hard but worth it. I wouldn't change anything about my life right now." Thomas agreed and the two sat looking into each other's eyes for a few moments. Derek finally leaned in and kissed Thomas on the lips. It was soft and short, but he let his lips linger close to Thomas for a second to see his response to the kiss. Thomas leaned in and touched their lips together. Derek put his arms around Thomas and leaned in capturing him in a deeper kiss. The two men made out on the couch for a while until Derek pulled away.
"We should probably put that movie on" Thomas nodded and snuggled into Derek's chest.
Anthony woke up the next morning. He groaned as he got out of bed. He had considered staying there pretending he was dead, but he knew Derek would just be annoyed if he tried to stay in bed all day when he knew he was in trouble. So regardless of how hard it was to get up and face his brother he knew there wasn't much choice. He waxed up after going to the bathroom then brushed his teeth before sighing at his reflection in the mirror
"Time to get your ass beat to a pulp" he mumbled to himself walking out of the bathroom.
"Good insight Anthony" Anthony jumped he wasn't expecting Derek to be standing in his doorway.
"Hey, Derek.... good morning?" He tried to sound as casual and hopeful as possible. Derek chuckled at his attempt to act like everything was okay.
"Good morning kiddo. Time for breakfast. Thank you for getting up on your own. I'm sure you would have rather stayed in bed all day avoiding the inevitable" he smiled softly letting Anthony know the anger he had the night before was gone but the promised punishment still stood.
"Ya, could we just get it over with before eating? I won't be able to eat knowing what's coming" Anthony asked his brother.
"You want to explain what you were thinking about having people over after I specifically told you no?" Anthony looked at his feet not wanting to see the disappointment in his big brother's eyes.
"Sorry," he muttered,
"That's not what I asked the young man. Look at me and answer my question" the stern voice Anthony hated hearing from Derek was present and he knew he better not push it with him. Anthony looked at Derek with tears on the verge of falling
"I kind of told them they could come over before you said no. I didn't want them to be mad at me." He admitted.
"Anthony, you shouldn't be making those kinds of plans before checking with me. We have talked about that before. Choosing to disobey me rather than being truthful to your friends really bothers me. You need to stand up for yourself more. It's not good to let your peers control what you do, that can lead to serious problems. We will sit down later and discuss ways to stand up for ourselves better with friends. Being liked by someone is no reason to put yourself in a bad situation" Derek wiped his tear-stained face
"yes sir, I really am sorry" Derek put his arms out Anthony didn't need any further invitation. He crashed into his brother's chest letting the tears fall freely. Once he calmed down Derek addressed the obvious
"Let's go to my room so we can finish this up and enjoy the rest of the weekend." Anthony sighed
"Yes sir, do I really have to get the paddle?" He implored Derek giving him his best puppy dog look.
"How often do I go back on my word?" He questioned giving Anthony a knowing look.
"Yes sir," he said defeated. Once in the room, Derek instructed Anthony to pull his pajama bottoms down along with his underwear and to bend over the bed. Whimpering Anthony did as he was told. Derek walked into his closet and got the paddle down from the shelf. It had been the paddle his mother used on him when he was Anthony's age. Derek remembered only three full sessions with it and the reason for those sessions were never repeated, Derek hoped this would be the case for Anthony. It would be his first full spanking with the paddle. He had only been given 3 swats with the paddle after hand spanking two other times and thus far had not repeated the actions that got him those spankings.
"Anthony, since I'm giving you your complete spanking with the paddle it won't be as many as I usually do with my hand or belt. Keep your hands in front of you, do you understand?" He gave Anthony a minute to let what he said sink in. Anthony's heart was racing the two times he had been spanked with the paddle and had only been three swats, but those three swats hurt more than 100 hand spanks or 50 belt spanks.
"Yes sir, how many am I getting?" He hoped for a very low number, but his heart sank with Derek's answer
"I'll decide when it's been enough" with that Derek put his hand on Anthony's back to keep him from twisting and raised the paddle bringing it down with a loud pop followed by Anthony sucking in a breath and letting it out with a shout. Derek followed with two more swats in the same place Pop Pop
"AHHH OW" Anthony was bawling at just three swats. Derek brought the paddle down three more times just a little lower than the first three
Pop Pop Pop
"OW OW OW NO MORE PLEASE DEREK" Anthony screamed as his bottom felt like it was on fire Derek didn't respond he just gave three more swats a little lower than the last three
Pop Pop Pop
Anthony was sobbing and trying to twist out of the way of the paddle "Anthony Trent Chambers stay still. We are almost done I don't want to hit someplace other than your bottom and sit spots" he scolded loud enough for Anthony to hear over his crying
"I'm sorry please please no more, I'll never disobey you again" he tried promising but Derek knew from experience those promises only lasted until the next time a young one got in trouble.
"Last ones, stay still" he ordered. Derek brought two very hard swats on Anthony's left sit spot causing the teen to scream, out in pain
Pop Pop
Before he could recover from those two Derek laid down the last two
Pop Pop
Anthony withered on the bed howling in pain. He held his bottom. With both hands rolling back in forth in an attempt to stop the searing pain his backside felt. Derek put the paddle back on the shelf and went back to the bed scooping Anthony up into his arms and letting the teen soak his t-shirt with his tears
"Sorry I'm so sorry" he blubbered.
"I know kiddo it's over now. Derek held Anthony in his arms until he calmed down, he carried the teen to the kitchen and placed him on one of the cushioned bar stools, and served up breakfast for both of them