It had been a few weeks since I had last seen Josh but I regularly talked to him. I had been quite busy and so Josh and I had agreed to continue to compile the list of his offenses and he would get one really big spanking for all of it at some point when I could come over to administer it.
One evening I was watching TV and relaxing on the couch when my telephone rang. I got up and walked over to the stand where it was and looked at the caller ID. It was coming from Josh's house. I smiled and answered the phone. "Hello." There was a pause of silence and then, "Steve?" the female voice asked from the other end. "Yes Cynthia this is Steve." At this point I realized she sounded upset. "Steve this is Cynthia, Josh's mom, remember me?" I indicated that I did and she continued, "I just got a call that my father is very sick and I need to go to him. He lives in California. It is very likely he isn't going to make it and I will have to stay for the funeral and to help my mom with things."
"I'm very sorry to hear about this. How can I be of help to you?" I asked. She paused again like she was getting up the nerve to ask me something. "Could you either stay with Josh here or take him to your place. I have nobody else who can take him."
I was mildly surprised by the request. However, I had gotten to know her and Josh quite well. On the other hand I had never taken care of him much less any child for all that long of a period. This could be an indefinite period of time it would appear. "How long do you think it would be?" I asked not expecting a real specific answer. "I'm not sure but I expect to be gone at least two weeks." She answered.
I thought for a second and said, "hold on." I put the phone down and went over to my desk to check my calendar. The next two weeks had nothing of substance on it. I liked Cynthia and I liked Josh very much. I went back to the phone and said, "when do you need me to be there?"
She breathed what appeared to be a sigh of relief and said, "well I could take a flight out tonight if I could find someone. It leaves at 10 P. M. I would have to be at the airport by 8 P. M." It was 6:45 now. "Let me throw a few things in a bag and I'll be over." I said. "Thanks Steve. I really appreciate it. Josh can walk you through anything you need to know."
I hung up the phone and sighed relieved that I had not done what I normally do at night which was get undressed and lay around in my sweats or pajamas. I put three days clothing and my shaving supplies in a bag and grabbed the keys to my car. I got in my car and drove over to Josh's apartment. I got out of the car and buzzed in and Josh opened the door. I walked in and over to the apartment and knocked on the door. This time Cynthia greeted me. "Come on in." She invited. I entered and saw Josh sitting in a chair by the kitchen table. "Thank you so much again for coming to stay with him." She said. "No problem." I responded.
She showed me around the apartment and then I said, "well you better be off." She looked at her watch and agreed. She picked up her suitcase and kissed Josh telling him to be good for me. Then she quickly left and got in her car driving off.
"Well Josh I guess you and I had better talk about how things go around here." I said. Josh stood up from his chair and said, "Come in here." I followed him into the living room and helped him get comfortable on the couch.
We talked about his routines and what he liked to eat and when he went to bed and all those sorts of things. At some point I smelled something, "Josh did you get wet?" He looked down and realized that he had and I really thought he was going to start to cry. "Hey buddy its no problem. It happens. Let's go get it taken care of."
I helped Josh up from the couch and it was definitely apparent that he had had an accident. "It's not your fault Josh." I said placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder. We went to his bedroom and instinctively I shut the door behind us. "Ok I guess we better take your shirt off." I took Josh's crutches away from him while helping him get seated on the bed. He raised his hands in the air and I took his shirt off of him. "Lye back." He did and I undid the fly on his pants and unzipped them. I then leaned down and took his shoes off. I lifted Josh up onto his feet, holding him under the arms so he wouldn't fall. His pants fell to the floor. I picked Josh up off the floor so he was out of his pants and then laid him back on his back.
The next thing to do was remove his wet diaper. I untaped first one side and then the other and pulled the front of it back. I then lifted Josh's legs and pulled the diaper out from under his buttocks. I put his legs back down and folded and taped the diaper up. I took it to the bathroom and threw it in the covered waistbasket.
I went back into Josh's room, this time leaving the door open, and picked Josh up from the bed. He put his arms around my neck and I was careful to support his head and neck while placing my other hand up under his bottom. I took Josh into the bathroom and sat him on the toilet.
I waited outside the door while Josh finished his business and then I went in and took him off and carried him back to his bedroom. I took one of the cleansing wipes and wiped Josh's groin and then turned him over to wipe his bottom off. I then got a new diaper and lifted Josh's legs to put it under him. I put the front through his legs and fastened it with the tapes. I lifted him off the bed and carried him back out to the living room, setting him on the couch. "Want to watch television?" I asked him. He nodded and I picked up the remote and handed it to him. I sat down in a chair and we found a basketball game on and we watched it until about 9:30 PM when I thought I had best get Josh to bed.
I picked up the remote and pushed the power button and the picture snapped off with a flash. "Hey, what did you do that for?" Josh asked. "It's bedtime Josh. You have to go to school in the morning." The boy's face fell and he said, "Oh come on. Just a little while longer. Until the game is over."
"No Josh. To bed, right now." I stood up and walked over to the couch picking Josh up. He had no shoes on since I had taken him to the bathroom so I had to carry him. He pouted but said nothing. I took him to his bedroom and laid him on his bed. "Do you have to go to the bathroom?" I asked him. He didn't respond for a second but then nodded. I removed his diaper, which was dry this time, and picked him up and took him to the toilet. When he was done I took him back to his room and cleaned him off. All of this was done in silence, just as I was about to put a new diaper on him again he spoke, "I still don't see why I have to go to bed."
"Would your mom make you go to bed?" I asked. "Yes, but she isn't here. You are." He responded. "Well I am your sitter which means I have to enforce your mom's rules." By this time I had lifted Josh's legs and was just about to put the diaper under when he said, "No you don't you are just being mean." He said.
This annoyed me and I decided it was time to put my foot down. I put his legs down and then laid the diaper on the bed up above his head. Without a word I lifted Josh up under his arms and held him in my arms while I sat down on the bed. "What are you doing?" He protested. He had to be careful not to fight to much because he didn't want me to drop him. "I'm going to spank you Josh." was all I said about it.
I laid Josh over my knees and positioned him so he was in a comfortable spot for his spanking. Comfortable for me, not him. I laid my hand on his bottom and said, "I can't let you get away with sassing me Josh. I am the law right now until your mother gets back." He didn't respond and I began his spanking. SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK I landed the first five swats across the meatiest portion of his buttocks. SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK the next five I put on his sit spots. Josh was crying now and begging me to stop. I continued and laid the next five where I had given the first five and laid the last five on his sit spots.
I had given him twenty in all and I felt that adequate. So I stopped and lifted Josh off my lap and held him while he cried. "You had no right to expect that I would not follow the rules Josh and that is why I had to spank you. If you behave it will be the last one you get while I'm here. If you don't, it won't." I told him. I then stood up and laid him on the bed. I lifted his legs to put the diaper under him and caught a glimpse of the redness in his bottom.
I laid the diaper on the bed and put his legs down pulling the front of the diaper through his legs. I taped the diaper as loosely as I could but tight enough that I hoped it would still do the job it was intended to do. I turned Josh over on his stomach. He had gone to giving me the silent treatment. I patted his bottom and said, "I'll see you in the morning Josh. Maybe you will have forgiven me by then." I pulled the covers over him and walked towards the door. As I turned out the light Josh said, "Steve."
"Yes Josh?" I said. "I'm sorry Steve. I was wrong and you were right. Thanks for coming to stay with me." I smiled and said, "that's ok Josh. I'm glad to do it. I'll see you in the morning." With that said I walked over to him and kissed his cheek and tousled his hair. I left the room and closed the door down so it was just open a crack. I went out and made sure everything was secured and then got ready for bed. I would sleep on the couch. I went back one last time to check on Josh. He was asleep and I watched him for a while. He was so angelic looking. I went back out and laid down on the couch. I thought about how much I wanted to have a son just like Josh. "Well he's mine for the next two weeks at least."