That next day things were different over on Jebs place too. He had worked all day with a big smile on his face and was very glad indeed that he and Pops had been close enough for Pops to have even thought of asking him to help him out with the care and training of young Aaron. Even so more, Jeb had worked happily and very satisfied with the superbly bare ass spanking he had been lucky enough to provide for the young man who was across his own lap that last night. He could still visualize the boys fine bare mounds as he had them over his own knees. They had bounced so erotically when he had had the pleasure of turning them red and then some. Punishment was the reason Aaron had been brought over last night and that was exactly what Jeb had provided in exactly the way the boy needed. The other guys Jeb had spanked, with the exception of his own sons, had all been temporary visitors into it and, as such, house guests. Aaron had only been there briefly and he had not been there of his own choosing either. Still, Jeb not had the pleasure of having the boy there for a longer period of time . . . at least not yet. He knew he hoped that might happen.
But the summer was just getting underway and Aaron was still staying just over the way on the next spread. Pops, after all, had intimated that he would welcome Jebs help in disciplining the boy. Jeb was certainly willing. Still that afternoon Jeb put his paddle back away in the top drawer of the kitchen sink. He liked that paddle, he liked it a lot. It was small and did not look all that scary to the boy who was about to get it, but when it had been applied to a boys bare bottom, it had never failed to brake the boy down and bring the lad to tears. Yes, it always depended on how it was applied to a boy who needed it but whenever Jeb applied it, his intent was always to bring the lad to tears and insure that boy got it all out. The boys he had used it on had always held a healthy respect of it but yet they were also always intrigued by it even thought maybe fascinated is a better word for some of the studs who came out to visit. Jeb knew how to apply that paddle and he applied it well. He smiled to himself when he put it in that drawer that afternoon. It had never failed to bring a young mans tears out and it had not failed him last night either. In Jebs mind, it was what every young man Aarons age needed.
Now, he hoped, he would have the occasion to pull out the old wooden handled hair brush he liked to use a lot and maybe to oil up the old razor strap as well. He now knew a boy he was planning on training, he hoped. Discipline had been Pops idea; but Jeb had watched carefully the way Aaron has responded and, as such, Jebs hope was far more in the line of training. After all, what could be a better use of his time for the summer?
Jeb had planned his day to insure he would get all those things done that made life on his spread possible, but he had also been just sinister enough to have planned his day with more than his usual efficiency so he would have just enough time to drop by Pops place. It was not so much that he wanted to see Pops, or even Ma, as enjoyable as that always was to be sure; but he wanted to run into young Aaron and talk with him a bit. He just wanted to know how the boy would respond to him now after he had spanked him? And, to be sure, Jeb was more than willing to offer his services to do it again! He wanted to assure Pops of that for sure!
Jeb finished watering and bedding down his stock, washed up, and pulled himself up into his own pickup cab to pay a friendly call of his neighbor.
Pops and Aaron were also finishing up late afternoon right about then, but while Pops was gathering up some supplies he would need for the next morning, Aaron bounded up the back porch steps and rushed into Mas kitchen with the back screen doors banging shut and announcing his presence. Ma, in her kitchen getting things ready for supper, looked at him as he entered her sanctuary. She remembered the counsel she had received from her friends on the morning party line that the young man needed some clear structure with real consequences. Actually she had been thinking about that all day long but it was only when she saw him standing there that she made up her mind her friends were absolutely right.
Hi, Ma! the boy had greeted her as he always did.
You and Pops finished a bit early today? Ma asked.
Yea, hes finishing a few things well need tomorrow, so Ive got enough time to dash up and take a shower before dinner, Aaron smiled. He liked Ma; he liked her a lot! Yet, he noticed her ruler still sat on her kitchen counter. His one prior encounter with that ruler was enough! He had been hoping she would have put it away by now. Wrong.
Fine, Ma replied, youve got some time. You go ahead. I have something I thought Id talk with you about, but go on up there and clean off from work.
Aaron looked at her but thought nothing of it. With his typical exuberance, he bounded up the back kitchen stairs two steps at a time and it was not very much longer that the sound of the shower water could be heard downstairs. Pops wandered in a few minutes later, but just to tell Ma he was going to drive down to the outer storage barn to get a few things that were not right outside as he had thought they were.
Take your time, Ma said, dinner can wait a bit tonight. Itll be ready when you are.
Pops nodded thanks, grumbled something that was unintelligible, at least in English, and shuffled out to get in his truck and start it up all over again. Ma could hear the sounds of his driving off to the outer barn, but upstairs Aaron was consumed in his hot shower and not thinking about nor hearing anything. Ma turned down the heat under her pots, wiped her hands after washing them again, and turned towards those back stairs.
Aaron, to say the least, was surprised when he finally walked back into his room and immediately saw Ma standing there with her arms folded, waiting, and leaning against the old wooden school desk that was part of his room. The boy was brusquely toweling off his wet hair with a small hand towel in his right hand when he stopped and saw her there. He had wrapped a large blue bath towel around his waist, but it was wrapped lower down on his hips than he would have wrapped it if he had known she was going to be waiting for him there.
Aaron, she said as she saw him standing in the door frame dressed like that, I think you and I need to have a little conversation.
Sure, Ma, he said with genuine interest even though he was surprised by her being there, but isnt Pops downstairs waiting for supper?
Dont worry about Pops for the time being, she assured him. Hes gone down to the other barn to get a few things you two need for tomorrow morning.
Oh, the boy mumbled.
Aaron, Ma began as Aaron resumed toweling off his still wet hair, walked completely into his room, and shut the door to his own room behind him, I talked with my friends about that spanking I had to give you the other morning.
The boy felt his face flush at the mention of the fact that she had obviously told others about her having spanked him. He did not know who she had talked to or how much she might have told them, but his whole body tensed with embarrassment that others in the town now knew she had spanked him! He stopped drying his hair, sat down on his bed with that small towel in his hands on his lap, and just looked at her. Suddenly he felt both self conscious as well as embarrassed that he only had a wet towel tied around his hips. Glancing down quickly he was even more embarrassed when he realized he had tied that towel rather low thus exposing the tops of his pubic hair openly! He went to pull his towel up higher but then again he wondered if it really mattered anyway? After all, she had already seen all he had to offer when she had pulled down his pants and spanked him with her ruler the other morning. He tried to relax but still, some things should be more private.
I want to talk with you about what I expect of you and how I expect you to behave while youre here, she cleared her throat and looked at him but the boy said nothing. Ma pulled out a piece of paper from her apron paper and unfolded it. Ive written down some things I want you to be aware of, she said. She handed the paper to the boy then sitting there in his towel on the bed before her. Aaron took the paper from her hand and began to look it over. Ive listed times for meals and the chores I expect you to start doing from now on. Im sure youll agree it is fairer if I give you these in advance. Aaron read over the list of things she had written out in her very careful and well written Petersons handwriting script. The list did not have many things on it that he had not already been doing, but it did get very specific about things and especially about times and days that she expected things to be done by.
Ah, OK, the boy looked up and said to her, yea, I can do these things for you, no problem.
Good, Ma said looking directly down at him, I want you to be clear about everything on that list, she said. If you have any questions at all, just ask me; and I want you to stick to them without fail, she added, because from now on, I am going to spank you anytime you fail.
Aaron looked shocked. Sure he could do these things, no problem but looking at the times and days of the week she wanted things done by, well that he would have to be very careful to remember. But she had added that all important statement that if he did fail, she was going to be spanking him! _d_a_m_n_ it!
Youre old enough to learn responsibility, young man, she went on. I expect you to do everything on that list and do it by the time I have written out for you. Were not going to have any more discussions of things. Youre going to do everything on that list in your hand exactly like Ive written it out. And youre going to do anything else I tell you to do and youre going to do it the first time I say it too, young man. To make it perfectly clear to you, Aaron, if you dont, were not going to have any more discussions and there will be no second chances. No more at all. From this moment on, from now on when you fail Im going to be taking down your pants and spanking you. Is that clear? She spoke softly but with a clip in her speech that made her sound very, very seriously! She seemed to be going on as if she were talking at much for her own ears as Aarons, but her point was quite clear anyway. Things had changed!
Aaron was stunned. He sat there with that list in his hands and read it through again and again. It was as if he were trying to think of something good to say. He was looking down. He wasnt looking at her at all but he had hung on every word she had just said. There did not seem much room for discussion and thus he said nothing. She was telling him, not asking him and he knew it.
With her hands folded sternly across her chest, she continued to look down at him as she waited.
Is that clear? I asked you, she said more harshly that she needed to.
Ah, yea, I understand you, no problem, the boy replied with his normal youthful shrug of his shoulders that he hoped would be the end of it.
Good, Ma replied, and I want to make it clear that when I ask you a question you are to answer me immediately. This is the last time Ill accept silence from you. Im going to let you get away with that just this time but no more. The next time you dont answer promptly like that, youll be over my lap by now. Understand?
Yes, maam; sorry, maam, Aaron had shifted and was sitting up more stiffly now.
Now just you make sure you do it and well get along just fine. I just wanted to make sure you understood things clearly. Ma looked down at the boy but he continued to sit there quietly and looking down. Convinced he understood and that she had given him fair warning, she pushed herself up straight from against the desk she had been leaning against and added one more thing, Now, I expect you in twenty minutes for dinner and I suggest you make sure you are always on time from now on.
Yes, maam, the boy spoke quietly without looking up at her.
A moment later, Ma had disappeared out of his room and shut his door behind her. As soon as that door to his room clicked tightly shut behind him, Aaron stood up, whipped of that towel wound tightly around his waist in fury and threw himself on his bed with his face buried in his pillow. _d_a_m_n_ it! But he did not stay that way for too long. She had, after all, told him how long he had before she expected him to be at the dinner table for supper. He understood clearly that now and for the future, that time and the clock had more personal meaning. Miss her time and he now knew that from this moment on he would be getting a spanking. OK, so maybe her spanking the other morning had not hurt him all that much, but still he wanted to give her no chance at all to be taking his pants down and having his ass bare over her lap ever again for another spanking. He would memorize that list she had given him. He had tossed it on the floor in disgust and with typical youthful rebellion when she had left. He would pick it up in a minute. He would never give her another reason to spank him. Never! But right at that moment, he knew he needed to throw on some clothes and get down to the dinner table pronto! That was exactly what he did too.
Actually, Aaron arrived at the table early that night. Pops was the one to wander in early but Ma said nothing. Conversation at the table that night was more than just stilted. It was down right subdued and difficult. Pops talked about cows. That was about it. Aaron said nothing. Then finally the boy asked to be excused and when Ma said yes, he went out to sit on a rocker on the porch. Aaron wanted time to think as the evening began. He rocked that old walked with a vengeance. He wanted to be alone right then and he was.
He was, yes he was; but only for about ten minutes or so when he noticed Jeb driving up waving in his own truck. Needless to say, Jebs reaction to seeing him coming was filled with mixed emotions. Still, regardless of last night, there was something about Jeb that Aaron really liked and Jeb was happy to see him. And, anyway for sure, he did not want to be around that old lady any more that evening!
Jeb stopped his pickup and turned off the key. He looked through the front windshield as the boy sitting there rocking. Well, at least the lad had not gotten up and run! The boy was looking directly at him but neither frowning nor smiling. He was just looking and watching.
Jeb pulled the door latch of the cab and threw it open. Swinging his legs out the door, he jumped down in his dirt boots and his the dirt soil of the driveway there. Then he pushed the door shut with a sharp thud, hiked up his Wranglers as was his unconscious habit, and walked around the front of the pick up and in the direction of the boy still sitting there rocking. Aaron simply watched him coming, but it did appear that he was rocking that old wooden rocker on the front porch with more determination just then. When Jeb got to the porch just in front of where Aaron was rocking, he extended his right foot on the floor of the porch and leaned on his arms and looked directly at the boy.
Hows it going, son? Jeb asked.
The boy looked down at his lap but then looked up again and at Jeb. This time he smiled. Its OK I guess.
You mad at me about spanking you last night? Jeb questioned him.
Nah, he replied briefly.
You sure? Jeb questioned.
Yea, Aaron looked directly at Jeb now. Werent your fault. Had to be Pops doing, he said.
But you understand it had to be done, dont you? Jeb pushed gently.
Yea, guess I do, the boy looked down at his lap momentarily. He seemed extremely nervous. Then he looked up, Ya here to do it again? Aaron wondered.
I think that depends more on you, son, Jeb spoke honestly.
Yea, the boy replied.
You think I was too hard on you? Jeb asked.
No, not really, Aaron replied looking down again.
You never got disciplined before, did ya? Jeb asked.
No, not really, but I know a couple of my friends who do, Aaron volunteered.
Better that losing privileges and getting grounded to you room and things like that dont you think?
Yea, guess youre right, Aaron added but the way he said it sounded like it had not been something he had thought about before just then. Got a friend back home whos mom is a real Christian and always takes him to church and all. She got a paddle and she really believes in using it too. She dont wait til his Dad gets home or anything like that either. She paddles him herself, Aaron paused and looked up at Jeb, Was there one time when she got mad at him. She came in the bedroom where we were listening to music she said was too loud. She had a paddle in her hand too. She told me to wait in the other room and she told him to take his pants down. While I was waiting in the living room, I heard her paddling him and I heard him really crying a lot too. I think he got it harder than I got it from you." The boy was now looking at Jeb who still stood there with his right foot on the front porch as the sun was going down. Afterwards he said he didnt like it but it was better than being restricted to his room for a week alone, Aaron paused, Guess hes right.
Jeb smiled back at the boy as he heard those words. He thrust his right hand out and when Aaron began smiling back, he took Jebs hand and shook it warmly. Jeb clasped his other hand on Aarons shoulder and pulled him up from that rocking chair. Moments later the two of them walked out to the old duck pond that had been on Pops place out in the front of the house for as long as Jeb could remember.
They talked about lots of things, but they both broke out laughing wildly when Aaron talked about his age.
Youre what, a high school junior now? Aaron had asked.
Hech, no, Aaron, Pops told you that?
Yea, I think thats what he said.
Hes always saying something like that actually, Aaron replied, You arent the first one he said that too either! Aaron was starting to laugh to himself, Im a junior at college.
Jeb just looked at the boy and burst out laughing. For the second time that night he clasped Aaron on his shoulder. The two of them laughed now. However, Jeb was pleased. He was very pleased in fact!
The two of them talked more and more freely out there by the duck pond until it was getting too dark and even the ducks had started to sleep. Then they walked back to the front porch and sat down on its edge. It was not too long after that when Pops came out to look for Aaron and saw them both sitting there.
Well, hi, neighbor! Pops said when he saw Jeb sitting there. I was wondering where Aaron had wandered off to. Pops sat down on the edge of the porch with both of them and the conversation quickly turned to fishing.
And it was not too much longer after that when Ma came out looking for both Pops and Aaron. She was still in her cooking apron and wringing her hands in it as she seemed to always be doing. Surprised at finding both Jeb and Pops sitting there with Aaron, even Ma sat down as the sky became even darker and they all talked on her front porch. This was just how people were our here. Real friendly like too.
Finally even these old neighbors had talked themselves out for the evening. Ma was the first to say goodnight and go back into the house. Significantly or ominously, depending on your point of view, when Jeb hiked himself up in the cab of his pickup to head back to his own place, Pops spoke out to him, Im still planning on brining the boy over this weekend, Pops said clearly.
Thats fine, Jeb yelled back. OK with you, Aaron?
Yea, the boy replied, but a part of Aarons tensed. He felt his buns clench too. Aaron clearly all over again had mixed feelings! And inside Ma was sitting in her kitchen reading again but smiling at him. Aaron headed upstairs to memorize that list she had handed to him. For sure he wanted to make really sure he knew it and knew it well! Memorization was not Aarons high point, but that night he stayed up memorizing that list anyway!
Jeb started the truck and threw the clutch into reverse. He drove off toward home with a smile on his face. The weekend was on. Pops had been serious. Jeb needed to make sure he remembered to pull out that hairbrush and old up the old leather strap. A young man was going to be needing some attention. And, the summer was only just beginning!