Tcheser began this story, writing a one-off and posting it to the old Strip-Searched group as "Strict High School." Then, with permission, Father Jim picked it up and, over the course of four months, wrote and posted a long, multi-part continuation under the same title. In 2005, Jim gave me his approval to revise, edit, and finish the saga. Much of what is contained in the extended story that Jim produced has been included below, though I have taken the liberty of developing several of the characters along somewhat different lines than was originally intended -- as well as adding, deleting, and re-writing as seemed best. Of course, I had the advantage of having the whole story in front of me before I posted any of it. The "conclusion" (so to speak), Part 7, is entirely my own. As is my habit, the "ending" is not really the end, but, in the Joe Doe tradition, allows for still more indignities in the future. The biggest problem early on was what to do about the set-up. Jim had used Tcheser's story as his opening segment, but, when I inquired, Tcheser declined to participate, since he "didn't approve of the direction" that Jim had taken the story. Some set-up being essential, however, I summarized and thoroughly re-wrote a portion of the opening (reducing more than 13 KB to less than 3) and labeled it "Prologue." To distinguish the current story from either of the versions of "Strict High School" that preceded it, I have changed the title. Nevertheless, Tcheser deserves credit for the original idea. ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Tcheser Prologue: How It Began Alexandra Palmer was the youngest high school principal in the county and, therefore, under close scrutiny. So, when Hickory High began to experience record levels of rowdiness, tardiness, absenteeism, theft, and even vandalism, she was desperate to restore discipline, regardless of how draconian her measures had to be. She appointed twelve hulking seniors -- a sort of "Dirty Dozen" -- as hall monitors, giving them white web Sam Browne belts and the authority to patrol the halls between classes and during free periods, guard the doors, and make students toe the line generally. On duty, a monitor would be allowed to stop anyone and demand to see a hall pass; no pass meant summary corporal punishment, either by her or by the vice-principal, Richard O'Shea. From the beginning, everything seemed to work splendidly. Discipline was up, delinquency down, and Alex was ecstatic. But then she herself was apprehended without a pass and unceremoniously hauled before the bristly vice-principal. He wouldn't hear any excuses or consider any mitigating factors. For her first offense, she got a brief hand-spanking. But there would be other times...many other times. She had a lot on her mind and was often caught without a pass or late for some appointment and marched off to O'Shea's office, where she was reprimanded and spanked -- bare bottom and with increasing severity. Punished as though she were a common student. Humiliating! And with all those thugs leering.... (You could practically hear them drool.) She'd been habitually disdainful and authoritarian, but now continually found herself grasping the other end of the stick, at the mercy of a chauvinist subordinate and a mob of hooligans with badges. She attempted to find a way out, but was thwarted at every turn. She tried calling the whole thing off, but that proved impossible. The monitors had begun taking their orders from O'Shea and were totally outside her control -- as was O'Shea himself (who had "connections"). She tried hiding in her office, but, every time she missed being someplace she should have been, she was declared a "truant." She even tried playing hooky...once. When she got to school the morning after that absence, she was relaxed and optimistic...for a moment or two. Then she was waylaid by the goon squad and dragged off to see O'Shea. He scoffed at her undocumented excuse. Though she claimed to have been sick, she could produce no note from a parent or doctor, and so was, by definition, AWOL. Through O'Shea's strict adherence to the letter of the rules and liberal use of fuzzy logic, she soon found herself stark naked, bent over, and sentenced to twenty swats with her own hardwood paddle. She wondered if things could possibly get any worse. ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Father Jim Part 1: The Biter Bit That first swat of the paddle stung more than Alex could have imagined. She shrieked, bobbed up, and grabbed her smarting backside. Being bare from the waist down for a hand-spanking was one thing, but she now stood totally nude, hopping from foot to foot, heedless of the boys leering at her. Later on, she would blush hotly at any mention of this performance, but, for now, all she was concerned with was somehow surviving nineteen more swats without permanently losing either her wits or her ability to sit. (Meanwhile, the word having spread, apparently by jungle telegraph, two more monitors drifted in to watch the show.) O'Shea ordered her back into position. When she eventually complied, he immediately gave her another one. Again, she yowled and did the dance of pain. Angered by the delay, O'Shea bent her over again, and she got three more swats in quick succession. Once again, she lurched up, dancing and rubbing. "This will certainly not do!" O'Shea exclaimed, "If you cannot take your punishment like a woman, then I am forced to make you take it like a child!" That said, he dragged the hapless principal by the elbow over to a chair, sat down, and pulled her across his lap, just as he had done often enough in the last few weeks. SMACK! "That's ONE!" The first swat fell upon her already reddened backside. Alex was beside herself. One? No, he just couldn't start over! SMACK! "That's TWO!" He paused and regarded the paddle with a scowl, finally flinging it down. "This is too awkward; I can't use it properly in this position." He gestured to one of the boys. "Peters, bring me the old slipper that you'll find in the bottom left drawer of my desk." When he received the new weapon, he began laying it on with a vengeance. He knew he couldn't swing as powerfully in this new position, and the slipper was considerably less brutal than the paddle, but that suited him. The spanking could be prolonged now, to achieve an even greater psychological effect. Determined not to let Missy Palmer off lightly, he "resumed" the count. SMACK! "That's ONE!" By the fifth new swat, Alex was bawling like a naughty child. She had suffered through many painful spankings over the last few weeks, and had been driven to tears over and over, but this was different. It was painful, of course, especially since the first seven swats didn't count. But, even more, it was juvenile and humiliating. (And she was naked!) Despite the particular intensity of the pain and humiliation, however, she found that this spanking was having a strange effect on her; she was involuntarily grinding her crotch down onto O'Shea's knee. But, at least, she just knew things couldn't get worse. Could they? She had been bawling and kicking like a child throughout the whole ordeal. The way she flailed about displayed every part of her anatomy to the spectators -- and she knew it...Alexandra Palmer, living sex-ed class mannequin. As if this humiliation weren't bad enough, just as O'Shea had counted off swat number "18," there was a pro forma knock at the door, and it swung open. Through her tears, Alex was able to make out...oh god!...her secretary, Mrs. Hester Dobson. The woman hated her, and, more than anyone, should be ecstatic that she was being disciplined like a naughty child. Indeed, Mrs. Dobson's expression was one of smug satisfaction. That "tsk-tsk" look burned Alex more deeply than the pain of the slipper. "So sorry to bother you, Mr. O'Shea, but the deputy superintendent is on the phone and wishes to stop by and see Principal Palmer this afternoon. It's almost twelve, now. Would, say, 2 o'clock be good?" "Yes, Mrs. Dobson, our principal should be quite ready to meet Mrs. Lago at two. Send my regards to my uncle." "I will, sir. And, by the way, Mr. O'Shea, I've found that the perfect finish to the sound spanking of a miss-high-and-mighty is some quality bare-bottomed corner time during which she can think about the error of her ways. I'd say half an hour would do the trick." "Yes, so right you are, Mrs. Dobson. Thank you! Capital idea! It surely will do Alex's humility some good if she has to show off her rosy derrière to anyone happening by my office for the next half hour." Mrs. Dobson exited, and O'Shea resumed his task. "I hate interruptions! Now, where was I? Oh, yes! SMACK! "That's ONE!" ****************************** O'Shea had thoroughly enjoyed putting his principal through her painful paces, but it was near lunchtime, and he was getting hungry. He decided, therefore, to wrap things up. He clamped his leg down across hers, pinning her in place...and then laid on 19 more strong smacks. And it was over. He rose and dumped Alex painfully onto the floor. She lay there, sobbing and gently rubbing the outer edges of her punished bottom, while he regarded the damp spot on his knee with a mixture of amusement and distaste. School policy dictated a thorough medical exam following any really severe corporal punishment. And, being a stickler for procedure, he picked up the phone and called the school nurse, Tawanda Johnson. Nurse Johnson was somewhat miffed by the call; after all, it was lunchtime. But her mood changed abruptly when she heard the identity of her patient and the reason why she was needed. She grabbed her medical bag and made her way to O'Shea's office without delay. She was going to have quite a good time putting Miss Prudence McPrude in her place. Upon arriving, Tawanda, though momentarily taken aback to find the principal weeping on the floor, wasted little time. She had two of the boys lift Alex and hold her up for inspection. Tawanda then squatted down to check the state of the principal's bottom and was interested to discover that, though it was an angry, mottled red, it had actually sustained no real damage; O'Shea was obviously a true expert. She noted down her findings for the official school records and then used a digital camera to snap half a dozen shots of Alex, front and back. Though mortified, Alex was too browbeaten to mount more than a feeble and totally ineffective protest. And that was just the beginning. The nurse next ordered Alex to bend at the waist and grab her ankles. "Helped" by two of the boys, she complied. Meanwhile, Tawanda took a moment to enjoy the view, before snapping on latex exam gloves and greasing up the fingers of her right hand. The exam was about to move into the next phase. ****************************** "Okay, Principal Palmer, I need you to be a good girl now. Reach back and spread your little red caboose for me!" Alex's face colored darker than her bottom. "Oh, god! Not that!" Alex thought. "Look, if you don't want to cooperate, I'm sure these boys would be glad to lend a hand...so to speak." Alex sighed in resignation and reluctantly reached back, grabbed her flaming butt-cheeks, and pulled them apart for the nurse's inspection, though she was so distraught that the boys had to hold her up. She grunted and moaned, alternately, as Tawanda, grinning, inserted first one, then two, then three fingers deep into her rectum. As this indignity progressed, Alex was becoming increasingly agitated. She rose up onto her tiptoes, whimpering. She'd never thought of her bottom hole an erotic area, but was now beginning to reconsider. "Oh, god!" she thought, "I've got to stay in control. I just can't cum in front of these animals...." Finally, Tawanda muttered ambiguously, pulled her fingers out, and stripped off her glove. Alex's relief was short-lived, however, for a large, cold rectal thermometer was immediately corkscrewed into her dilated rectum. The instrument was actually meant for livestock, and Tawanda kept adjusting its precise placement as the minutes crawled by. Alex felt light-headed; she began to hallucinate, imagining that this is what it must be like being butt-fucked by some well-hung stud. "Stay in control!" her mind was screaming. "Don't cum! Don't let them see you cum!" Tawanda removed the thermometer and considered it. "A little high, but not unexpected," she chuckled. "Now, lie down on the floor, on your back. Yes. Boys, I need you to stand in for the stirrups we don't have. Hold her legs firmly, feet up, knees bent, legs spread really wide. Great. Perfect." She put on a new glove and knelt down to get a close look at Alex's crotch. "Whee-eu! What a wet, nasty patch of hair you've got there. Well, that'll just have to come off. I can't examine you properly through that mess. I'll cut it as short as I can with scissors now, Alex, and you can come by my office later so I can shave you." "Tawanda, please don't," Alex begged. "Let's get the name thing straight right now," Tawanda said, snipping away. "I call you 'Alex,' and you call me 'Nurse Johnson' or 'ma'am.' Right?" "Y-yes, ma'am, but...." "No 'buts,'" Tawanda said, while merrily reducing Alex's luxurious pubic hair to a stubble. "O-kay. NOW we can get on with it...." She paused and considered Alex's pussy, which was drooling. "Doesn't look like I'm gonna need no extra lube, does it, boys? So here it comes, girl, I 'magines you more'n ready for it." (As Tawanda's libido increased, her grammar tended to deteriorate. Normally, she would have mitigated that, but she was having much too good a time to bother now.) She proceeded to torment Alex's swollen G-spot with her fingertips and tease her clitoris with her thumb. She deliberately took her right to the edge...and left her there...over and over. Finally, the demands of Alex's body overcame both her mental restraints and Tawanda's measured approach. She went rigid and began babbling as she started cumming...and cumming...and cumming.... Her audience was fascinated to watch her spasm and twitch through a series of forced orgasms while impaled on the nurse's fingers. ****************************** The examination being over at last, O'Shea thanked the nurse and the boys for their help and sent them on their way. As he'd promised, he ordered Alex to the corner, face first, nose deep. She really didn't need to be told twice -- she welcomed the corner as the nearest thing to a hiding place that she was likely to get for a while. O'Shea ordered her to interlock her fingers behind her head and keep them there -- no butt-rubbing allowed. It was now 12:30, so she would stand there, sniffling quietly, until 1:00. And then she would have to pull herself together for her meeting with the deputy superintendent. Was there any escape from this nightmare? ****************************** That half hour stretched out seemingly forever. Not only did her bottom burn fiercely, and she was forbidden to comfort it, but no less than 2 male teachers and 7 students -- 3 girls (who might have had legitimate reasons) and 4 more monitors (who clearly didn't) -- saw fit to visit O'Shea's office during that half hour. It was the second male teacher, Tom Adkins, the boys' swim coach, that caused Alex the most consternation. God knows the students were bad enough. At first all of them seemingly ignored Alex and went about their business (real or feigned) with O'Shea, but he wasn't going to have that. So, while he busied himself signing their forms or scheduling their whatever, he directed them to chat with their principal. And she was forced to respond to each one, choking back a sob and replying, "Hi, Barbara" or "Hi, Sam...." And, "Oh, yes, I learned my lesson, thanks for asking!" Two of these students she had personally spanked herself, so their "concern" was all the more humiliating. Tom Adkins' visit, though, was absolutely excruciating. She had shot him down quite cruelly in front of the entire faculty during the last Christmas party. He had merely asked her to end the evening with him over coffee at a nearby bistro. Instead of politely saying no, Alex (her natural arrogance fueled by rather too much holiday liquor) had gone into a loud rant about macho creeps who didn't know their place.... Tom had slunk away, humiliated and furious. Tawanda had immediately filled him in as to what was happening in O'Shea's office, and he in turn had lost little time in making his way there with a trumped-up excuse about the swim team's uniforms. He didn't go right in, but instead lingered a while, watching Alex through the window in the office door. He smiled to see her, bare naked and blushing all over, with her butt, of course, a darker crimson (making her even more attractive than usual). Because she had been forbidden to rub herself, she was surreptitiously shifting her weight from one foot to the other and slightly bending her knees, in an effort to work her butt cheeks and assuage their burning. Tom was therefore treated to the sight of those wriggling scarlet cheeks bobbing back and forth, up and down. When he couldn't watch any more without arousing more than just suspicion, he went in and greeted both of his superiors cheerily. Alex blushed three shades deeper. Of all the people to see her this way, why him? And it turned out even worse than she'd feared. Instead of openly gloating, he seemed to be nothing but considerate, apologizing for the interruption, hoping that she would feel better soon, and, finally, adding that he was sorry that she'd needed to be punished. (Was he really trying to be kind...or cruel, in a subtle way?) After he left, she had the awful realization that she'd have to face ALL the faculty, sooner or later. Her tears began to flow again. And she had only an hour to prepare herself for the deputy superintendent, Mrs. Lago. ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Father Jim Part 2: Revelations When the half-hour corner time was up, O'Shea ordered Alex to dress quickly and remove herself from his office, as if she were a mere inconvenience. She was most happy to oblige, but found that her pantyhose, bra, panties, and shoes had disappeared, and she hesitated, irresolute. O'Shea barked, "Hurry up, girl.... Or do you want seconds?" Alex, having apparently learned at least one lesson, held her tongue and got dressed in what clothes remained to her. (In fact, it had been during the slippering that her things had been passed around, each boy taking a good whiff of each item before handing it on, all to the background accompaniment of Alex's shrieks and sobs.) Having dressed in blouse and skirt, Alex was about to leave the office when O'Shea stopped her by clearing his throat theatrically. She knew what he expected and gave it to him. From her knees, she choked out, "Th-thank you, Rick...um...Mr. O'Shea, for p-punishing me; I-I deserved it...." With that, she was allowed to leave. Making her way toward her own office, she walked rather stiffly, each step bringing new agonies to her tortured bottom. She was also agitated to be barefoot. Without the benefit of her heels, she was shorter than the average teenage girl, and it made her nervous. Besides, she was sure that the entire school knew all about her spanking and that damn "medical," and therefore she tried hard to avoid direct eye contact with anyone. Both the students and teachers, however, were having none of it, and each passerby greeted the hapless principal with mock concern and a smirk. Alex noticed a large crowd gathered at the main trophy case, and, her natural nosiness winning out over her temporary inclination to avoid people, she went to investigate. There were her panties, pinned up prominently on the back wall of the case. To make matters worse, written across the seat was: Principal Alexandra Palmer 20 swats bare naked for ditching school Alex was mortified and, momentarily, stunned. Then she realized that she was standing there, absentmindedly rubbing her bottom for all to see. She rather lamely began acting as if she were smoothing her skirt. When she turned to make her way to her office, her first thought was that every eye in the hallway was focused on her. Her second thought, which came after only a short delay, was that she didn't have a hall pass. Her bare feet pitty-patting on the terrazzo floor, she abandoned her dignity completely and scurried the last twenty feet to the relative safety of her outer office. After pausing a moment to collect herself, she turned to Mrs. Dobson, from whom she might get at least a modicum of sympathy, but she was met by a smug smirk. "D-did you see that, Hester? They...they have my-my underwear on display!" "Yes, I know, dear. It was my idea. I thought in keeping with your strict new program of cracking down on truancies, it would do the students good to have an object lesson...to see what happens to someone who ditches -- even someone in...'authority.' Why, is there a problem?" Alex resented the condescending tone, but she was still too browbeaten to object openly to that. "Problem? They're my private things, goddamn it!" "Well, first of all, I'd say they're not so private now. You should have seen the crowd gathered in the boys' restroom -- the 'Principal's Panties Committee,' I think they called themselves. I disbanded them and confiscated your panties. You should be glad they're under lock and key. Secondly, you should clean up your language before somebody has to wash your mouth out with soap." "But-but...Mrs. Lago's due any time now. What if she sees?" "I, for one, hope she does. It will do her good to learn that corporal punishment still has its place in our schools!" "Yes, yes, I agree, but not for school principals!" "If a girl is going to act naughty and flout the rules, she needs a sound spanking, principal or not! Why, you're living proof. I'll bet you won't even think of ditching again, will you? You were naughty; you got spanked; end of discussion!" With that, Mrs. Dobson went back to her typing. But, as Alex just hung her head and retreated into her office, Mrs. Dobson's smile broadened. "Oh, yes, there will be changes around here!" ****************************** It took Alex almost every minute of the time remaining to compose herself and get ready for the deputy superintendent. Having fixed her makeup and found an old but tolerable pair of shoes in her closet, she next attempted to find a comfortable way to sit. That proved painful and all but impossible. The bending alone was excruciating, but resting her weight on her welted bottom, protected only by the thin, scratchy material of her skirt, was unbearable. She tried every permutation, but nothing worked. She had just decided to lean pensively against the window sill when a knock came at her door. A smirking Hester Dobson formally announced the arrival of the deputy superintendent, Mrs. Rebecca Lago, and ushered her in. Mrs. Lago was 40-something, a tall, handsome, olive-skinned brunette with a hard-nosed reputation. As they shook hands, she gave Alex a quizzical look and asked if she were ill. But Alex explained away her red, puffy eyes by vaguely alluding to unspecified allergies. She offered Mrs. Lago ("Oh, please call me Rebecca") her big desk chair and begged off sitting down herself, because she was too stiff from an over-strenuous workout that morning. She resumed her position at the window. Rebecca smiled at Alex, as if already familiar with her problems. ("Maybe she's even seen my goddamn panties on display," Alex thought.) "Ms. Palmer -- Alex -- I'm sure you are wondering about the reason for my being here. Let me begin by stating that this is an official visit, and that I'm here representing not only the superintendent, but the whole board as well." Alex was now beginning to sweat. "Alex, I'm not sure you know that your little program to cut down on tardiness and truancy has gotten a great deal of attention from the board. In fact, we took a very close look at your proposals (which your Mr. O'Shea was kind enough to hand deliver)." (At this point, Alex was tempted to deny any knowledge of the program, but then thought it better just to try to ride it out.) "Now, let me say that Mr. O'Shea did a wonderful job of explaining your program and its benefits. And he insisted that it was all your doing, and that you were the inspiration for the program's success. He said that, since your new measures were put into place, tardiness has dropped by sixty percent in a little over three weeks, and truancy is negligible. Theft and vandalism have all but disappeared. Those things, in themselves, would be commendable, but I also see that the grades of those boys chosen to be hall monitors have risen a whole grade level across the board. In one program, therefore, you have solved several of our biggest challenges. "I must say, however, that I, and the board, had our reservations about the corporal punishments -- especially since they may be...somewhat...beyond a strict interpretation of the existing rules set forth by the board. But, considering the results, the superintendent (for one) was very pleased. It is true, however, that I was rather skeptical, and, when I got the news that the entire cheerleading squad had been spanked on their bare bottoms, I was frankly aghast!" Now Alex was truly perplexed. When did this happen? Was it on the day she ditched? "And, when I found out from Mr. O'Shea that their coach, Miss Adams, was similarly punished, I was quite in fear of a lawsuit. Yet, I was amazed to find out that, on the contrary, all six girls and their esteemed ex-Olympian had not only personally apologized to the superintendent for complaining so stridently and unfairly, but also for being in the school after hours without permission slips, in the first place. I have to say that it did my heart good to see our self-absorbed BRONZE medalist taken down a few pegs. I do wish I had been there to see it. As the superintendent pointed out, all those snotty little...um...witches...probably very much deserved what they got." Alex couldn't believe it. Not only did the board know of the bare-bottom spankings, but was now also aware that they extended to the faculty -- specifically, former Olympic medalist, Stacy Adams, the 24-four-year-old pixie and heartthrob of the entire male faculty and student body. So she had been spanked...spanked like a naughty little girl...spanked, indeed, like Alex herself had been. But, at this moment, Alex had absolutely no idea where this was heading and was preoccupied with uncertainties. Was she going to be reprimanded? Did O'Shea report her own trips over his knee? Why had he presented the board with her program? Without realizing it, she was, once again, gently rubbing her backside. ****************************** "That having been said, Alex, the reason I am here concerns the district's current financial crisis. Many of our important and popular programs are in jeopardy of being cancelled -- including, I'm afraid, one of my own favorites: the school uniform pilot program here. Your disciplinary project (and the subsequent spankings of Miss Adams and her girls) gave the board a wonderful idea. Security costs us millions for the four high schools in the district. You and your boys have rendered that expense unnecessary, redundant. If adopted district-wide, the resulting savings would rescue us financially, at least for another year or so. The superintendent and the board unanimously agreed to set up a program similar to yours in each of the three remaining high schools. We're going to pay the young men minimum wage for any time worked after school and get rid of all the off-duty police and private security firms. We believe this will benefit everyone, as well as serve to further motivate those boys chosen as hall monitors. It is a win-win situation. "The board has decided to name the program 'Project Palmer' in your honor. It will go into effect in each school as the structure is set up and the boys chosen and trained. Your school will serve as the training center, and Mr. O'Shea has graciously agreed to help establish programs in the other schools. Of course I know that, with Mr. O'Shea gone so much, your workload will be increased. But we wouldn't want to punish you for coming up with this brilliant idea, would we? So, we've decided to appoint a temporary assistant principal here to help you out, namely, Tom Adkins. He came highly recommended by Mr. O'Shea and seems most anxious to assume his new role. He has assured us that he will wield his newfound power just as Mr. O'Shea had, without fear or favor. I'm sure you two will get on fabulously! "I cannot begin to tell you, Alex, just how proud we are of your accomplishments, and, rest assured, this program will be much to your credit, a huge boon to your future career in the district." Alex was stunned. Speechless. "Alex? Are you alright?" Alex was not alright. She had created a monster, and its master was now that damn O'Shea. And drooling Tom Adkins the new assistant principal! Oh, god! Could things possibly get any worse? "Alex?" "Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. La- ah, Rebecca. I was just letting it all sink in. It's so overwhelming." "Yes, dear, I'm sure it is! The program starts officially tomorrow. I will be by in a few days to confer with both Mr. O'Shea and Mr. Adkins.... And, by the way, should our little Miss Adams run into any trouble again, please make sure I'm present for her...comeuppance. I really wouldn't want to miss THAT." As Rebecca Lago made her way out of the office, Alex, dazed, collapsed into her chair. She leaped to her feet immediately, with a shriek that both Mrs. Lago and Mrs. Dobson must have heard, and gingerly rubbed her screaming bottom. "Oh, god," thought Alexandra Palmer, well-spanked principal and now poster-child for an expanding bully-boy program, "what next?" ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Father Jim Part 3: Mother Dobson Speaks It was Thursday, a week since Alex's slippering, and she was gradually getting back to her normal self and feeling in control again...as far as possible. Her bottom no longer ached, but her panties were still hanging there in the trophy case for everyone to see and snicker at. For some reason, she just couldn't bring herself to try facing up to Mrs. Dobson and demanding the return of the panties. Nevertheless, with both O'Shea and the new assistant principal, Tom Adkins, away from Hickory High for a while, Alex had managed to go a week without even a single slip-up on a hall pass. In fact, it seemed that Mrs. Dobson was actually watching out for her, twice reminding her not to leave the office without a pass. What, exactly, was the bitch's game? It was early yet, but news of "Project Palmer" was already filtering back. Central High had experienced a rash of spankings in the first two days of the program -- fifteen girls, fourteen boys, and one female art teacher who had failed to call in sick. On day three, however, only two boys got spanked, both just back from suspension. Lafayette High would begin its program next week, and Polk the week following. This afternoon, Alex had put some reports on Mrs. Dobson's desk and asked her to type up and process them as quickly as possible, since they were already late. The secretary looked up with her habitual supercilious expression and asked to meet with Alex just after school let out. Alex regarded Mrs. Dobson's smug expression dubiously, but agreed. She turned to leave the office, only to be brought up short -- yet again -- by Mrs. Dobson, waving the obligatory hall pass. Alex took the chit and muttered, "Mmmm. Thanks for your concern." In fact, Alex wasn't really too worried about whether she had a pass or not. After all, with O'Shea and Adkins gone, there wasn't any authority around to impose her own rules against her. She was just returning to her office from inspecting the girls' bathrooms, looking forward to reprimanding the janitorial staff, when she noticed it -- there, in the trophy case, right next to her panties -- a picture...a PICTURE of Alex's bare, crimson bottom. It was one of the photographs that Tawanda had taken. There it hung, in practically living color. Nothing was left to anyone's imagination. Every detail was crisply shown, right down to the natural color of her pubic hair (which the nurse had later shaved and which was only now growing back). Alex, with great effort of will, pulled herself together and marched on. She burst into her outer office and shouted, "Get it down, NOW!" "What are you talking about, dear?" "Oh, don't play dumb with me, Hester. I know that you're behind this, and I want it stopped, now, or else!" "Now hold on, Missy, don't go throwing around threats and accusations that you might regret!" "Regret? REGRET? MY bare ass is on display for the whole FUCKING school to see!" "I'm sorry, dearie. I still don't know what you're talking about, but you had better watch how you say it!" "My picture, they...they put my picture in the trophy case...MY BARE ASS!" "Oh, that! No, that was the new assistant principal's idea. He thought it would serve as a deterrent until his return late next week. I assured him that it was not really necessary with the hall monitors on duty, but he insisted. It has worked, however, hasn't it? There hasn't been anyone brought in for a spanking in days." Alex shrugged. What could she say? "Now, Alexandra, if you could settle down, we can get on to the reason I asked to meet with you. I think, however, you had better sit, at least while you still can!" Alex breathed deeply and exhaled, trying to calm herself, and finally sat down, trembling. What exactly did the old hag mean by "while you still can"? Her intuition was trying to tell her something, but, unfortunately, she ignored it. ****************************** Alex was rather annoyed and unsettled both by the realization that that damn picture had been on display apparently for several days and by the calm and authoritative tone of her secretary's voice. "Now, Alexandra, I have something to say to you, and I would ask that you show me the courtesy to hear me out without interruption. Afterward, we can discuss it. Understood?" Alex was very annoyed, now, yet all she did was nod. "As you may know, I have been secretary to the principal at this school for going on twenty-six years -- almost as long as you've been alive. In that time, I have served five different principals. I began in an era when a female high school principal was unheard of around here. But I have watched the district mature and, eventually, eliminate the glass ceiling. I was particularly proud of Principal Margaret Hays, who was the first female principal in any of the district's high schools. She came to represent this school -- and women in general -- with real charm and style. "But she was not always like that. When she first took over, she felt she had something to prove and worked daily to knock some imaginary chip off of some imaginary person's shoulder. Sure, there were those who expected her to fail (some probably even wanted her to) but most people just wanted her to do her job and succeed. However, she began badly. She procrastinated sending in reports, missed deadlines, and counted on me to bail her out when she was pressured, just like you...." "NOW LOOK, Hester, I never...." "Please. I asked you to wait your turn. Don't make me tell you again, young lady! And you will call me 'Mrs. Dobson' or 'ma'am'; you can surely address me as respectfully as you do Tawanda Johnson." Alex was really starting to steam. What was this "young lady" crap? And mentioning that bitch, Tawanda! She wanted to get up and leave, but, for some reason, decided just to let the old bat get it out of her system. "Now, as I was saying, Mrs. Hays was not always the solid person she came to be. She was here a total of seven years, and, believe me, there were problems, early on. Like Margaret, you show great potential, yet, because of your youth and immaturity, you're going about your job with the same attitude that made the beginning years so difficult for her. It took me some time to get up the gumption to give her the advice that I'm going to give you today, and I really hope that, like Margaret, you'll thank me one day." (Alright, so the crone wants to dump a bucket of advice on me. Big deal. I'll listen and listen, and she'll eventually shut up.) "Okay, Mrs. Dobson, if you have words of wisdom for me, let's get 'em out while I'm still young!" "I have warned you to be quiet until I finish. You'll regret that last outburst later!" That sounded like a threat, and Alex was in no mood for threats. Last week, maybe. She was a well-paddled little girl, then, Yes, then she could be threatened. Now, however, the bruises were fading, and, as her ability to sit returned, so did her bravado. Moreover, with O'Shea and company out of her hair, no one was going to push her around, especially her own secretary. "Look, Mrs. Dobson, I've tried to be patient and listen, but I really don't have the time to trip down memory lane with you concerning some old bag of bones who retired before I got out of grade school. I appreciate the homily and all, but if I want more, I'll ask for it. And, right now, it's thanks, but no thanks! So, I think I'll be going...." "You just sit your butt back down in that seat, Missy, or you'll regret it! I won't tell you twice!" Alex was livid! "Look, you damn pompous old battle-axe, if I could, I'd fire you today! I don't have to put up with your crap, and I don't fucking plan to start." Hester Dobson didn't even bother to reply. She just grabbed Alex's right ear and, twisting it, dragged her out of the office. A cleaning crew was busy in the hallway, polishing the terrazzo floor, when the office door burst open and the two women emerged. The principal was shrieking like a scalded cat, but Mrs. Dobson easily frog-marched her past the grinning custodians and off toward the nearest girls' restroom. Once she got Alex into the lavatory, she quickly quieted her by shoving a small bar of soap into her mouth. Alex tried to spit out the soap, already beginning to dissolve, but, with her ear held in a vice-like grip and a hand clamped across her mouth, there was little she could do but accept the inevitable. As the soap was foaming inside Alex's mouth, Mrs. Dobson nudged open the tap on one of the sinks, filled it with water, and forcefully dunked Alex's face into the basin -- once...twice...thrice. "And the next time I have to correct your potty mouth, I'll wash it out in the potty!" she warned. Back they then went to the office, Alex bent over, coughing and spitting the whole way, back past the cleaning crew (who had heard everything). Mrs. Dobson shoved Alex roughly back into her seat and, finally, released her ear. "Look, you little brat, you sit there and be quiet. One more outburst and you'll be a lot sorrier than you are right now. Got it?" ****************************** Alex sat there. She was stunned, her mouth reeked of soap, and she still wasn't quite sure where the old bat was headed. "You thankless little twit, don't you realize why you never got a single complaint about your reports being tardy, even though you often gave them to me unfinished and days late? Did you ever ask me if I had the time to finish your work? Did you care? No, you just waltzed out of your office, plopped the overdue reports down on my desk, and ordered me to get them out 'pronto.' "Through all that, did I ever complain? Did I ever let you down? Well, Missy, it's about time you realized just how you got your promotion to principal in the first place, and why you never got complaints. You see, after all the years I've been in the district, I've developed some strong friendships. There are people who actually want to do favors for me. And others who don't want to, but do them anyway, because I know every skeleton in all the closets. I have, in fact been covering for you...ever since you first started teaching. Didn't you ever question your quick promotions, even though you were still really unproven? No, of course not. You were too busy being full of yourself. And so I let your own program backfire on you! Yes, I allowed it. You needed to be brought back to earth, and your own program did it. Those spankings you've suffered over the last few weeks certainly brought you down, to a degree, and, like so many of your reports, they were long overdue!" Alex had been stunned before, but she was stupefied now. "Alexandra, I saw great potential in you when you first started teaching. You were in control, but also considerate. You seemed to love the kids and apparently listened to their concerns with an open mind. I was so impressed with you that I recommended you for the position of principal. I forgot, however, first, that "Power tends to corrupt," and, second, that your immaturity would likely exacerbate the situation. Instead of leading the school through dedication and example, you want to rule it with an iron fist. Oh, believe me, I think bringing back corporal punishment was a fine idea, but it should have been left to the vice-principal. His job is to discipline; yours is to lead. I would have hoped that someday you would leave here respected and beloved, but the road you're on will bring you only fear and hatred. Is that what you want?" Alex looked up and whispered, "No...." ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Father Jim Part 4: "There was an old woman...." Her lecture concluded, Mrs. Dobson smiled thinly at Alex. "I do not, however, mean to give you just a dressing-down. I have a serious task to perform, and I intend on doing it now. Just as I once did for Mrs. Hays when she was twice your age, I propose to lend a hand, and I mean a stiff, guiding hand in your development. This hands-on approach starts today, right here, right now! What I am going to do is spank you...put you across my knee like the naughty ungrateful child you are. Moreover, I plan on continuing to spank you whenever and wherever the need arises. You are going to accept these spankings and profit by them, or, I promise you, your time as principal here will be short." Alex's head was reeling. Could it all be true? "Alright, Missy, no need to drag this out. Stand up. NOW!" As if in a trance that she just couldn't shake, Alex stood up. "To begin with, today, I'll allow you to stay clothed. Now, get across my knee!" Alex couldn't move. She wanted to run, she wanted to hide, but she couldn't. Mrs. Dobson sighed. Once again, she reached out, grabbed Alex's ear, and easily pulled her down. She wasted no time in flipping up Alex's skirt, pulling down her panties, and beginning to slap her bare bottom with a remorseless, staccato rhythm, in a well-conceived and well-executed pattern. And, just when Alex was sure she could take no more, Mrs. Dobson stopped. Relieved, Alex whimpered. "Oh, don't get your hopes up, Missy. I spank wee babes harder than that. That was merely a warm-up...for my arm and your backside. Stand up and strip to your birthday suit." When Alex had numbly complied, Mrs. Dobson reached into her desk and produced a coil of oiled leather. "It's a Scottish tawse," she said. "A relatively light one, but still a very fine one, made by Philps." It was a strip of medium-heavy scarlet cowhide narrowed to a handle at one end and split into 3 tails at the other. It looked solid and well-worn from years of use, and it was. "Margaret Hays became very familiar with it, and so will you. Bend over and wrap your arms about your knees. And don't you dare let go...or there'll be extras...LOTS of extras." Alex shuddered and resolved to hang on. With purpose and conviction, Mrs. Dobson set about giving Alex the spanking of her life. True, the slippering last week had been horrid, but it was structureless and, essentially, without a higher purpose. This, however, was quite different. To begin with, despite the fearsomeness of the tawse, Mrs. Dobson was so skilled with it that the punishment was far from brutal. In one way, it was similar to a child's spanking, one given to teach a naughty girl a lesson. It was painful, but scarcely unbearable, and it made Alex feel as though she were an errant child being corrected by a stern matron. (Another facet -- possibly deliberate, possibly inadvertent -- was that, as the leather kissed her bottom...crisply, but rather sensuously, too...Alex began to realize that the raging heat that she felt was only partly pain and partly something else....) Of course, regardless of the nuances, she wanted it all to end, quickly. Mrs. Dobson, on the other hand, had other ideas. Through her tears and pleading, Alex was certain that the next swat would cripple her. But, as swat followed swat, and Alex was never really damaged, her mind started to drift, as if to escape into its own haven. She fantasized for a while, but then she remembered Mrs. Dobson's homily and began to be gripped with remorse for the way she had been acting toward everyone -- students, faculty, and staff. She abruptly realized that she was perhaps getting merely what she deserved, and it was this thought that caused her to finally break down and sob like a little child. Mrs. Dobson knew what that meant and put down the tawse. She pulled the still-weeping principal up and held Alex's head to her bosom, patting her head and calming her tears. "There, there, it's over...for now!" ****************************** Eventually, the sobs dwindled to gentle sniffles. Mrs. Dobson then guided Alex to the corner, where she was made to stand -- naked and with her wrists crossed behind her back -- while she listened to Mrs. Dobson outline the new rules. Some of the rules were annoying, and some, Alex decided, might be almost tolerable. She was not at all pleased about having to get to work half an hour earlier each day. On the other hand, signing a paper giving Mrs. Dobson a certain authority (to write a parental-style excuse when Alex missed school, for example) could prove useful. The No-Swearing clause seemed meddlesome, but was probably for the best. The biggest bone of contention, however, was Alex's pubic hair. Mrs. Dobson was of the belief that only mature adult women had pubic hair, and, therefore, Alex would have to lose hers by the following day. She was to be clean-shaven by tomorrow, or else. Content that she had achieved all that she could in one afternoon, Mrs. Dobson allowed Alex to dress and fix herself up, and then the two walked out together. When they got to the front doors, the monitor there, one of those, indeed, who had witnessed Alex's slippering and subsequent humiliations, asked (with a near-smirk) for their after-hours passes. Alex's heart almost stopped...and then went into overdrive. But Mrs. Dobson just smiled and handed the boy the required passes, and they went on their way. Alex took a deep breath. With both O'Shea and Adkins gone, who was there to fear? She laughed inwardly at her apparently needless panic and trudged gingerly to her car, where she turned to Mrs. Dobson and thanked her.... Hester Dobson regarded Alex's bleary look and uncoordinated movements, and said, "Come on, dearie, leave your car, and I'll drive you home." Alex reluctantly accepted. On the way, Mrs. Dobson began to seem like a different person, warm and witty, and Alex soon found herself quite enjoying the ride. They stopped by Mrs. Dobson's house first, and she made a quick and wonderful dinner mainly out of leftovers -- cranberry salad, pot roast, hash browns, asparagus, and apple brown betty. Alex dearly appreciated the good home cooking, which she hadn't had since her mother died. As Mrs. Dobson dropped Alex off at her place, she again mentioned "The New Rules" that were in effect, and Alex again promised to "be good." Inside, exhausted and full as a tick, Alex stripped willy-nilly, flopped onto the bed, and immediately fell into a deep, untroubled sleep. ****************************** When the alarm went off the next morning, Alex hit the snooze-button and drifted back to sleep...again...and again. When she finally awoke for good and actually looked at the clock, she was horrified. She was so late, and, not only was she supposed to go in half an hour sooner, but she'd been ordered to shave, too. And she had to call a taxi. "Oh, god, I should have left already...shaved. Shit! Oops! Good thing Mrs. D. didn't hear that! Oh, she is going to fry my fucking ass. But...wait a minute, what am I thinking? I'm the boss, and she's just an employee. I don't have to take orders from her." Of course, when she sat down to pop-tarts and orange juice, her tender bottom screamed, "GET UP, YOU IDIOT!" and reminded her just who was giving the orders. She knew there was no time to shave, so she decided to wait for lunch and get a professional waxing. If Mrs. Dobson didn't like that answer, well, too bad! When she finally got to school, she got a curious look from Mrs. Dobson, but nothing more. Alex was so relieved that she decided to skip the waxing. She'd get to it some other time. At noon, she announced she was going out to lunch. Mrs. Dobson shook her head. "It's unfortunate that you were late this morning. Your car was towed; your parking place has been made into a handicapped space. That day you were out 'sick,' the district sent an inspector by, who determined that we were not in compliance...one space short. So, Mr. O'Shea volunteered to convert yours, since it was the only one actually available. Twelve spaces are mandated to the monitors, and everyone else -- teachers and staff -- is guaranteed a space by the union contract...which, as you know, doesn't cover principals. So, you can't park on school grounds, and your car wouldn't last half a day parked on the street. Taxis are too expensive to use every day, you're not eligible to ride the school bus, and no City Transit bus comes anywhere close. Do you have a bicycle?" She left that question hanging in the air and went off to the cafeteria. Alex spent the entire noon hour, and half the afternoon besides, on the telephone. But, in the end, she finally had to concede that there was no way of getting her parking place back. She was in a snit the rest of the day. When the last bell rang, however, it was time for something different. Mrs. Dobson made a production of locking the outer door. "Well, Alexandra, have you been a good girl and done what I told you?" Oh, no! Alex's mouth went dry, and she began to sweat, as the fear came pounding back. She mumbled some nonsense. "Let's inspect it, then, shall we?" Instead of either confessing or bluffing, Alex began to undress very slowly, as if she could postpone the inevitable. She agonized over each button and trembled when she lowered her skirt, but finally stood in just her panties and bra. "Come on, this isn't the time to be shy, Missy." Alex burst into tears. "I forgot.... I overslept! I had meant to do it at lunch...." It all just came pouring out, not the confession of a grown woman, but the babbling of a naughty child who was obviously caught in a lie...and knew it. And knew the consequences. Stripped bare, Alex was once again dragged across her secretary's lap and spanked remorselessly. With her bottom screaming for comfort, Alex was put nose-first into the corner and ordered to wait while Mrs. Dobson ran an "errand." Half an hour later, she was back with razor and shave cream. To Alex's horror and shame, she was dragged off to the girls' lavatory again (naked this time), laid out onto the floor near the sinks, and shaved clean. When Mrs. Dobson was satisfied with the results, back they went to the office for yet another spanking, an exceptionally fierce one that left Alex limp. This time, however, there was no comforting, no stroking of hair. Alex was ordered back to the corner and given yet another Rule. "Since your word can't be trusted, you will report to Tawanda Johnson EVERY MORNING before school and ask her to "please, pretty please" inspect you and, if you need it, to shave you. Understand me?" B-but...when she did it before, she put some goo on me afterward, that -- oh, gah-gosh -- itched and burned, so...." "Then this should be a salutary lesson. I'm taking your grown-up clothes, incidentally; there are some other things on my desk." Leaving Alex there to contemplate the cost of her disobedience, Mrs. Dobson then went home. As she left the building, she remarked to the hall monitor guarding the door, "I think you should check the office. I'm sure I heard someone in there...." Thrilled, the monitor immediately got on his walkie-talkie and radioed to the three other goons on duty, "ATTENTION! ATTENTION! This is Roger! Commence lockdown procedure NOW! I'm heading to the principal's office. Over and out!" Meanwhile, Alex stood weeping in the corner. She might have dressed and walked away, but all she could do was stand there, naked as the day she was born, gently rubbing herself...back and front. Unfortunately for her, she was unaware of the forces that were gathering outside. She was in for a long night. ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Father Jim Part 5: "Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!" Roger Bannon, the door monitor, locked up before hurrying off to check the office. Thus it was that, a few moments later, a pair of visitors found themselves locked out at the front door. They were Mrs. Lago and her school board colleague, Mrs. Beatrice Walters. Rebecca Lago, not one to be easily put off by locked doors, merely produced a set of master keys. Locating the proper one, she let Mrs. Walters and herself into the building, carefully re-locking the doors behind them. The two had just cleared the first hallway when one of the cleaning crew spotted them and immediately reported their presence in the building over the walkie-talkie. The four hall monitors split up -- Roger continuing on to the principal's office, two others going to head off the intruders, and the last making a circuit to check the door locks and to block any exit. Imagine Roger's surprise, upon entering the principal's outer office, to find a naked weeping girl standing in the corner. Well, she looked like a girl from the waist down, especially with her bottom scarlet (apparently from a recent thrashing). Roger immediately assumed he had found a wayward student. "Now, what do we have here?" Alex was mortified. In her sobbing and self-pity, she was so self-absorbed that she didn't hear anyone come in. With a yelp, she pushed herself deeper into the corner, as if this would help hide her condition: naked, shaved, and spanked. "What are you doing here? GET OUT!" she shrilled. "Now, look here, girl, I don't know what you're up to, but you're gonna be real sorry you tried it on MY watch." "Look, you idiot, I'm Miss Palmer, your principal, and what I'm doing here is none of your business. So scat! Go! This instant!" Roger Bannon was a tough 18-year-old, born on the unfashionable side of town. He didn't scare easily, and the girl's show of bravado just made him chuckle. "Look, Miss I-wanna-play-principal, you don't give orders here. According to my schedule, Principal Palmer should have left the building over an hour ago, and I sure don't think she'd be running around the office butt-naked!" Roger was a fairly new recruit and had not been there for Alex's big scene with O'Shea, so he hadn't seen her naked and tearful, and, in Alex's sorry condition, with both her face and her butt red and swollen, he wasn't quite sure that she even resembled the principal at all. "Besides, the principal wouldn't be here without an after-hours pass. She'd know better'n that. So, where's your pass?" Her embarrassment was forgotten for the moment, because she realized she was in real hot water. Mrs. Dobson had been taking care of the required slips for the past week, and tonight she'd left Alex completely without a pass. She had enough presence of mind (barely) to tell the young man that her secretary, Mrs. Dobson, was responsible for filling out the slips. She must have simply forgotten to leave one. But she could clear everything up right over the phone. "Nice try, little lady, but I saw Mrs. Dobson just a few minutes ago, and she didn't say squat about you. So, unless you want to add lying to your list of offenses, you better come clean and tell me what you're doing in the principal's offices, butt-naked." Alex knew that there was no way to tell this kid the truth; it was just too humiliating. She decided to try a different approach. "Look, just let me get dressed, and I'll tell you everything!" She made a move towards the neat stack of clothing on Mrs. Dobson's desk. "Just hold on, now! You touch any clothes before I say, and I'll confiscate 'em, and you can march out of here naked, just like I found you. Right?" Alex decided things had gone far enough. The longer she stood naked in front of this boy, the less sure she was of being able to control the situation. She knew she had male hormones to contend with, and she was getting very nervous. She shrugged, "Okay, you're right, I am a student. I came in here to complain to the principal about something, but I missed her. Being alone here in the empty office, well, I don't know why exactly, but I started to think about getting punished at school and being made to stand in the corner. And, before I knew it, here I stood, just like you found me. It was just acting out a fantasy thing. You're right, I didn't get a pass. I'm sorry! Look, just write me up, and I'll take a licking from O'Shea after he returns!" "Well, at least you're finally coming clean. It's about time. But I don't have to write you up!" "You don't?" Hope! "No. If you read the program, you'd see that the monitors have the right to (ahem!) 'STOP, SEARCH, and PUNISH any person found on school grounds without proper written authority.... The only exceptions involve theft, vandalism, other property damage, or personal injury. These situations are handled on a case-by-case basis and may require additional punishment and even criminal prosecution if warranted.' Those are the only cases that have to be 'written up,' girl." Alex was both spellbound and shocked. These monitors were really quite impressive. Roger had rattled off that information as if it were second nature. Maybe this program did have its good side. However, it also had its bad one, and that's what had shocked her. She had read the official program description left her by Mrs. Lago, but she didn't remember anything about the monitors' discretionary punishment powers. Little did she know that O'Shea and Rebecca Lago had collaborated on a revised version of the prospectus -- the one that was approved by the School Board -- which was somewhat different from the sanitized version given to Alex. Suddenly she realized why no one had been brought in to her for punishment lately, and how both O'Shea and Adkins could be absent so easily. Anyone found breaking the rules had probably been punished by a monitor, with Principal Palmer's apparent approval. Alex felt queasy. This had become a classic case of the lunatics running the asylum. Roger interrupted her thoughts. "Now, Missy, seeing that you finally cooperated, I'm going to go easy on you. I don't need to search you, 'cause you're already undressed, and, looking around, I can't see any signs of vandalism or theft, so I won't need to report you. For being naked and trespassing after hours, you should get twenty swats with one of our handy new leather paddles for each offense, but, since I can see that you've already had a good hiding today, I think maybe I'll give you a break." "Oh, please, yes! That would be great." Alex's hopes soared. "Since I think this is your first offense, I'm going to reduce your sentence to a sound hand-spanking across my knee, and then just ten swats of the paddle! Sorry, it's the best I can do. After all, it was your fantasy!" Alex was stunned. Over the past few weeks she had been spanked in front of several of the boys. A handful had even watched her being examined and then finger-fucked to a huge orgasm by the school nurse. The whole student body and the faculty had seen her panties and a photo of her punished bottom. Now, just half an hour after getting two sound spankings from her own secretary, a student was proposing to put her over his knee. Alex wasn't sure of much at this point, but she did know that her bottom simply could not take another spanking so soon, and that she certainly wasn't going to submit to any spanking from some young hunk no older than her kid brother. She began to sputter, indignantly, but Roger cut her off, chuckling. "That's the same thing the cheerleader coach said just before I tanned her and her girls' little hides. You should have seen the fuss they put up, but they all got their rear-ends skinned just the same. The way they carried on.... I heard they even complained to the superintendent, but changed their tune after they met with Mr. O'Shea. Amazing how a slipper can adjust a girl's attitude." He shrugged. "Now look, kid, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. You can just put your cute self over my knee and take it like a good little girl, or you can fight me. I'll still spank you raw, but you'll get twenty swats besides. Now, what's it gonna be? Your call." She kept thinking of what it would be like to be spanked by her younger brother. The thought revolted her...of course. And yet.... She stood there trembling and...oh, god!...horny.... She wanted to run; she wanted to cry. She wanted to do anything but get another spanking. ****************************** Meanwhile, two trembling, middle-aged women stood in the vice-principal's office. Two monitors stood by, looking quite annoyed. "Now, let me get this straight. You let yourself in, after hours, and without written authorization. Right? Ladies, you are in deeeep trouble!" ****************************** Roger smiled, ambiguously. "Mr. O'Shea has a plaque on his office wall...'Justice delayed is justice denied.' Don't remember who said that, but it's a good motto." He had placed Alex across his lap so adroitly that even she wasn't sure how he'd done it. And, as promised, he quickly set about making her regret that she had not cooperated. He spanked with considerable skill despite his youth. Although he had been a monitor for only a few weeks, his natural talent as a spanker was already well-developed. In truth, he had significant experience in spanking both young ladies and mature women. ****************************** Roger had found his niche one afternoon as he subdued the neighborhood bully (a 5'9" 145 pound, tomboy named Max -- three years his elder) and ended her habit of tormenting little kids. A hour later, he dealt similarly with Max's mother. Since then, he had corrected a succession of girlfriends -- for smoking, swearing, self-involvement, tardiness, bad temper, or "attitude." Along the way, he also spanked the mothers of three of these girls, for cause, with no recriminations or pay-back. Less than a year ago, he spanked his own mother -- for drunk driving -- and, subsequently, for overspending and for slovenly housekeeping. Roger may have been something of a fascist, but he was quite a principled one and, unless he discovered those principles being violated, quite an amiable one. ****************************** It was also he who caught those cheerleaders after hours and without written permission. (That they were also playing with each other in the gang shower was almost incidental.) So he spanked all six and, as well, a furious Miss Adams, their coach, who walked in during the proceedings. Livid, they complained to the superintendent, who passed the buck to his nephew, O'Shea -- who, in turn, not only exonerated Roger, but also imposed a brisk paddling on the seven complainants (after hearing exactly what was going on in that shower room). They dropped the complaint and apologized. Then there was the less celebrated case of Mrs. Sylvia Bowen who chose, unwisely, to take her daughter's prescription medicine -- a controlled substance -- directly to the classroom, rather than sending it by way of the office, as required. But that arrogant, self-absorbed woman was never one to follow the rules. When Roger asked for her pass, she laughed, "I come and go as I please. Now, run away, little boy, and bother someone else." There ensued, for Mrs. Bowen, a summary strip search, a lengthy cavity search (in which Tawanda Johnson also participated), and a protracted spanking -- followed by a trip to the school infirmary, where she received "treatment" from Nurse Johnson in the form of a handful of powerful ¡Ay-chihuahua! brand suppositories (which had her squatting over the toilet several times a day for the better part of a week). It was too soon yet to tell if there had been any permanent improvement in Mrs. Bowen's personality, but she had been keeping a low profile lately. ****************************** So it was a practiced lap that Alex now found herself across. As she had anticipated, the reality of getting spanked by an 18-year-old boy (the age of her younger brother) was truly humiliating. She didn't have much time to worry about that, however. At present, about all she could do was wriggle around under the sound spanking Roger was dishing out. Although he spanked with a steady cadence, he varied the placing and intensity. If she could have predicted the target or the force, she could have braced herself for it. But each new slap was as much a surprise as the previous ones. She was therefore always off guard. All she could do was shriek and beg, her voice reverberating down the hallway for the edification of the cleaning crew. ****************************** True to his word, Roger made sure that the girl across his lap paid for her stubbornness in spades. Alex was devastated. This man-boy had reduced her to a sniveling child. She had wailed and begged and even offered to do "anything...everything" he wanted in return for leniency. Roger couldn't be bribed into neglecting his duty, but he wasn't a eunuch, either, and he mentally filed away these offers for future consideration. (He was between girl friends right then.) "Okay, kid, it's time for your paddling. Don't worry. These new leather ones are much better than that heavy, hardwood monster they used to have. The new ones do sting, but, if you use 'em right, they don't bruise or blister -- just produce a beautiful overall color. I'll call my squad and let 'em know we're on our way." After a brief conversation on the walkie-talkie, however, he leaned back. "We'll have to wait," he said. "They're occupied, I guess." He smiled indulgently. "So what's your name and grade?" "Alex Pa-...ah...A-alice P-otts. Alice Potts. I'm a senior...a transfer." "You look younger than that," he said, his eyes straying to her hairless crotch. "Alice" was not quite sure whether she should cover it up or flaunt it. "I-I don't have a way home. After the...it, could you give me a lift?" He shrugged. "Maybe...." He regarded the clothing folded neatly on top of the desk. "She certainly is tidy," he thought. "Maybe she's not as big a flake as she seems." After some minutes of on-again, off-again small talk, he told her to gather up her clothes and come along to the vice-principal's office. As she trotted barefoot down the hall, her scarlet bottom was much admired by the cleaning people. But she was considering the discovery she'd just made: the clothing Mrs. Dobson had left for her was a Hickory High School uniform, but no panties were included. Roger noticed his two friends standing outside the girls' lavatory and hastened over. Alex made no protest at being naked in front of even more boys, but simply went where Roger led her. If anything, she was abandoning her modesty and beginning to strut a bit, as befitting a teenager who was no better than she should be. She was careful to carry her clothing bundle just at abdomen height -- where it wouldn't hide either her stiff nipples above or her hairless pussy below. Then the lavatory door opened, and Rebecca Lago and Beatrice Walters appeared. Alex was paralyzed. She just stared back at them, wide-eyed, certain her career was over. But Rebecca merely said to Roger, loftily, "I see you've apprehended another naughty girl. Well, make sure you punish her soundly." Then, as she passed Alex, she murmured softly, "Our secret, right?" Alex nodded...and exhaled. The Secret would stay secret. And "Project Palmer" would continue, a cheap enough price. Bowing her head, Alex turned and followed Roger into the vice-principal's office. "Alice Potts" would be the next naughty student to get her butt polished with the paddle. ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood and Father Jim Part 6: Becca and Bea While Roger had been occupied with "Alice Potts" in the principal's office, the two middle-aged women who stood in the vice-principal's office were beginning to realize what a mistake their impromptu visit to the school was. Although they had identified themselves as Mrs. Lago and Mrs. Walters of the school board, neither had any board ID to prove it. Moreover, neither had written permission to be in the school after hours. The two monitors had decided that, regardless of who the women might or might not be, they were trespassing, so it was just a matter of following prescribed procedures to the inevitable conclusion. Accordingly, the boys had firmly escorted the two furious and protesting women down the hall to the vice-principal's office and ordered them to strip. Red-faced and shaking with rage, they flatly refused. The two monitors, Tim and Jamal, tried to look stern and judicial. "Now look, ladies," Tim said, "if you are who you say you are, you prob'ly were not here to steal stuff or vandalize the place. Soooo, you must be just testing out the new program. You made it official policy and gotta know the regulations and the penalties." He took down a shiny leather paddle from its place on the office wall and flourished it. "If you want a demonstration, that's exac'ly what you'll get. Fair warning, ladies -- start peelin' down, or we'll just have to use a little 'persuasion.'" These were two of the town's most prominent women. Rebecca Lago, 46 years old, but easily looking ten years younger than that, was married to one of the wealthiest men in the state. He owned eight automobile dealerships, all heavily advertised, and she had figured quite prominently in his commercials for years. This television exposure had helped her win a seat on the school board -- to which she was twice re-elected. Her face was familiar to many, but it wasn't her face that she was worried about now. Her friend, Beatrice Walters, 42, was the wife of the pastor of the largest church in the county. For her, the prospect of stripping for two teenage boys was overshadowed by the realization that, if news of this got out, her husband's work would be ruined. And it would get out, unless she were very lucky...or.... She glanced again at the quiet black hulk, Jamal, who lived just down the street from her. She was mortified and almost in tears. SMACK! SMACK! The women, each caught up in her own concerns, had not noticed that Tim had walked round behind them. Their unsuspecting bottoms had been easy targets for a quick swat from the paddle. They both immediately began to unbutton their blouses.... SMACK! SMACK! "Snap it up. We don't have all day!" Bea Walters had been spanked before, both as a child and as an adult. During the early years of her marriage, her husband had frequently put her across his knee and applied a belt, switch, or slipper to the lovely backside of his sometimes petulant bride. He was a firm believer in the adage, "Spare the rod and spoil the child," indeed believing that it also applied to spouses who acted like children. He was head of his house, essentially an absolute monarch, and he never let her forget it. (The last of those spankings, however, had occurred almost ten years ago, as the Rev. Fenimore Walters increasingly found other matters to occupy his time and attention.) The nudity, however, was something outside her experience. As an adult, she had been seen unclothed only by her husband and by her doctor -- and not very often by either -- and, even then, had the protection of darkness or an exam gown. Yet, here she stood, under garish fluorescent lights, stripping off all of her clothes while being leered at by two rowdy teenage boys (one of whom she knew). Mrs. Lago, on the other hand, had never been spanked by either parent. They both had generally spoiled their daughter. (She had, of course, played around with it some in her college sorority, but it was just that: playing.) And her husband was, if anything, more doting than her parents had been. So that first swat was something of a revelation. Like Mrs. Walters, she was also bothered by the fact that she was being forced to strip by two teenage boys, leering jock-types of the sort she had habitually and casually shot down in school. (She had always preferred the soft, nerdy types, high on earning potential and low on assertiveness.) The prospect of standing nude in front of her colleague, moreover, was no less appalling. Mrs. Lago finally decided that she had had enough. "Okay, boys, you've had your fun, and you've made your point. Now, suppose we all just forget this whole thing ever happened, before you two do something you're really going to regret." In answer, Tim delivered another round of "encouragement." SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! "Owww, look, I just don't...eeee!" SMACK! "Okay, okay, stop! Please!" Both blouses dropped noiselessly to the floor...followed closely by the skirts. The two women, both still quite attractive, presented a striking contrast in style. Mrs. Lago sported a fancy bra, garter-belt, stockings, and bikini panties -- all in black. Mrs. Walters, on the other hand, wore a simple plain white bra, matching cotton briefs, and unassuming panty hose. (Talking it over afterward, the boys agreed that they looked sort of like the personifications of Naughty and Nice.) In one respect, however, the two women were quite alike -- both were crimson with embarrassment. SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! "Get going, ladies. All of it!" Next, the bras came off. Each woman tried at first to shield her breasts. But, after struggling briefly, trying to remove the remaining lingerie one-handed and earning a few more swats, they abandoned modesty and used both hands to finally strip to the buff without further delay. Then, her modesty reasserting itself, Mrs. Walters stood with one arm covering her chest and the other coyly placed over her crotch. Mrs. Lago, however, gave up totally and used both hands to gingerly soothe the burning in her plump, reddened bottom. "Ladies, it's just a matter of procedure, but we are now required to do a search for contraband...." Rebecca spoke up. "No! I can assure you that we don't have anything illegal on us." "Well, we MIGHT have gone easy on you, 'cept there is the matter of just how you got into a locked school...." "I have keys...in my purse. I swear! You can look; you can even keep them, if you want. Please!" "That may be, ma'am, but who's to say you didn't hide a copy somewheres on your person? Nope, you're both gonna have to bend over and spread 'em!" Both women were appalled. This just couldn't be happening. It's bad enough to be forced to strip naked and stand in front of boys young enough to be your sons, but to bend over and expose parts of themselves that only their doctors had actually seen.... Several quick swats changed their minds, of course. The two weeping women were put through the full procedure -- bending, reaching back and spreading their butt cheeks and then their labia, squatting, hopping, coughing.... And nothing was found. Mrs. Lago, straightening up, frowned and asked, "Well, have you two seen enough? Can we go now?" Tim and Jamal chuckled. "Now, now. You know proper procedure. We STOP! We SEARCH! We PUNISH! He counted them off on his fingers. And we ain't even finished with Step Two, yet. Rules are rules. I'm sure you wouldn't want us to do it any way 'cept by the book!" Tim took a box of latex exam gloves out of O'Shea's desk, and both women practically swooned. "Bend over again, ma'am. We've got to give you what they call a 'digital inspection.'" He and Jamal donned gloves and began greasing up their fingers with a pungent-smelling goo. "We were runnin' short of the regular lube, so Mr. O'Shea and Coach, they decided to stretch out what we had by mixin' it with this "Icy-Hot" kind of stuff we use for sore muscles. It's diluted, but you WILL feel it. Now, bend and spread 'em again. Or do you want more paddle?" The women whimpered, but they did bend and spread -- and spent the next few minutes moaning and wriggling on the boys' burning fingers. Indeed, after each monitor had THOROUGHLY inspected his perp's holes, they traded places and did it all again. At length, Tim announced that the search phase was completed. "Now, as for your punishment...." The two women groaned. ****************************** "So, let's get down to business, shall we, ladies? We DO have other duties, you know. Jam, grab that other chair there, and bring it around here." The two boys sat down on the chairs and beckoned the women to put themselves into position. "What? You've got to be kidding!" Mrs. Lago, beside herself with both fear and frustration, had found her voice again. "Come on, Rebecca, let's just get this over with!" Evidently, Mrs. Walters remembered the cost of delaying a punishment and decided to cooperate. She meekly walked over to Jamal and draped herself across his waiting lap. Mrs. Lago was aghast at the sight. She might accept a few swats of a paddle, but no way was she going to take such a childish punishment from a mere boy, regardless of what Bea Walters was willing to do. "I will not subject myself to any more of these indignities. I just won't! Call the police, if you must; call O'Shea; call the superintendent. You will not do that to me." Seconds later, she lay screaming across the desk, her right arm twisted up behind her. Tim used the paddle extremely well, and, very soon, she was begging to be hand-spanked over his knee. Though she was blubbering pleas and apologies, Tim knew that the lesson needed to be thoroughly..."inculcated" (a vocabulary word that he miraculously remembered)...so he applied six more swats with gusto and then returned to his chair. Sobbing and rubbing her bottom like a three-year-old, Rebecca placed herself across Tim's lap. Soon the room was filled with a cacophony of smacking and squealing, slapping and sobbing. Tim being right-handed and Jamal a southpaw, the two women faced in opposite directions, so each was well-placed to watch the other. Indeed, from the moment Rebecca was pinned to the desk and paddled, Bea Walters found herself watching with interest...even fascination. She herself had suffered similar punishments and had even seen her own daughters punished across her husband's knee, but this was Rebecca Lago who was finally getting a good dose of what she had probably needed (and deserved) for years. As Jamal's callous hand fell heavily and repeatedly on her own rear end, she took some consolation (even pleasure) in watching someone else get it, too. And the fact that it was her friend and colleague made the sight all the sweeter. Rebecca, however, was having other thoughts. As she writhed across the young man's lap, she suddenly remembered that Miss Snotty Adams had suffered a similar fate, spanked across a student's knee, together with her entire cheerleading squad. Rebecca tried to imagine that cute, tanned pixie, her naked fanny wobbling back and forth, reddening.... She pictured Miss Adams in her place, across Tim's lap, begging and crying like a child, promising to be good, promising anything.... Suddenly, she felt...excited. She concentrated on that vision of Miss Adams, and there were sparks.... Without realizing it, she began to welcome the pain, thrusting her bottom upward greedily, meeting Tim's punishing palm. SHE was no longer getting spanked. SHE was no longer screaming in pain. It was Stacy Adams who was experiencing the punishment -- childish, humiliating, interminable. Each swat stoked the fire higher and hotter, and soon it flared out of control. Moments later, the redoubtable Rebecca Lago began to spasm in an unimaginably intense orgasm. Tim was young, but he had been around enough to realize what was happening. He re-doubled his efforts and succeeded in spanking her through three more mind-numbing orgasms before he finally paused and pushed her from his lap. All of this had not gone unnoticed by Mrs. Walters. She, too, was relishing the thought, the sights, and the sounds of somebody else going through it, too -- getting spanked, writhing in pain, and then...and then...screaming though a series of incredible orgasms. And so Bea began to cum, as well. As Rebecca's spasms were slowing, Bea's orgasm was building. Jamal, less urbane than Tim (who was, after all, a wide receiver), thought maybe she was epileptic, and stopped spanking. Bea seized his leg and dug in her fingers, gasping, "No! Please!" Jamal, though no genius, figured out what she meant and went back to work. She climaxed only once more, but it was the best orgasm of her life. Never before had a spanking given her anything other than pain and humiliation. But now, naked and helpless and over the knees of a neighbor boy, she felt at peace. The two monitors looked at each other and smiled. Both women lay quietly, Mrs. Lago on the floor, Mrs. Walters across Jamal's lap. They were sweaty and tearful, sniffling and panting, but seemed content and docile now, even submissive. The calm was broken by the squawk of the walkie-talkie. "This is Roger. I found the other intruder and will be bringing her over to the office for her paddling." Tim frowned into the hand-set. "Roger...uh...Roger. Give us, say, another 20-25 minutes, okay? Out." He looked thoughtful. "Now, ladies, it's also time for YOUR paddling.... The normal penalty is 20 swats.... BUT, I might be willing to forgive part of that in return for some...well, 'community service' from you both." Through a haze of bliss, both women heard the words "paddling," "willing to forgive," and "community service" and looked at each other wide-eyed, with a mixture of fright and hope. "Anything!" they both said at the same time. "Well, Jam-bo," Tim said, "why don't you take Mrs. Walters out somewhere and discuss it?" Jamal looked puzzled for a moment, but then broke into an enormous grin. "Right on!" he exclaimed and hauled Bea out the door. Tim leaned back in his chair and spread his legs apart, showing an impressively bulging crotch. "So, what do you say, ma'am?" Rebecca hesitantly knelt in front of the boy and looked up at him. Involuntarily licking her lips, she murmured, "I-I've never, ever done this...." Tim smirked. "Then you're real lucky to get such a nice one your first time out. All the girls tell me that it's 'so yummy.'" Her bottom still throbbing, Rebecca blushed and, not unwillingly, reached for Tim's zipper. ****************************** It was almost 15 minutes later when Jamal and Bea returned. She was clinging to his brawny arm. Rebecca was already in position across O'Shea's desk, her twitching ass in the air, her asshole winking, and her pussy peeping back between her legs, through a damp thicket of wiry black hair. Bea joined her. Side by side, they each reached out, grabbed the opposite side of the desk, and held on for dear life. (Rebecca, in particular, was flushed, remembering how she'd had to confess to Tim that, indeed, it was 'yummy.') Tim drew himself up. "Sentence reduced to 10 swats each. That okay with you, Jam?" Jamal nodded gleefully. "Oh, yeah!" Tim was no sadist. He laid on each swat just hard enough to make sure they felt it, but not hard enough to cause further damage to their already mottled scarlet backsides. Rebecca was going with the flow of electricity that was already building in her loins. At swat number seven, she began to cum yet again. Bea followed on swat nine. By swat ten, it was obvious that both women were spent. They lay exhausted, side-by-side, still clutching the far side of the desk. Their eyes were glazed, and they smiled strangely, despite the pain that continued to throb in their scarlet bottoms. "Ahem, ladies, it's time to go! Another monitor is on his way here with another trespasser, so, unless you want 'em to find you both in this, uh, condition, you should get your things together, and we'll escort you to the ladies' room so you can fix yourselves up." The thought of even one more person seeing their condition quickly brought the two ladies out of their hormone-induced stupor, more or less, and soon they were being marched down the hall to the nearest girls' lavatory, their clothes clutched to their naked bosoms. Several members of the cleaning staff, who had heard the goings-on in the office, now watched the monitors and penitents parade past. One of the older women shook her head. "Umm-umm-umm! What a place!" ****************************** Inside the restroom, as the two were going through the painful process of getting dressed, they were also deep in thought. Rebecca was remembering rumors that had begun floating around the district since "Project Palmer" had gone into effect. It was true that, other than the one art teacher that O'Shea so thoughtfully tattooed with a paddle, there had been no official complaints. (Stacy Adams didn't count.) Still, there were those stories of various "trespassers".... She'd been certain that the story about the aerobics group was all so much fluff. Imagine a couple of dozen women, in their 20s and 30s, leotards off, bent over and spanked by two 18-year-old monitors. At the time, it had sounded ridiculous. Then there was the rumor of the female judge and her feminist discussion group. Those boys surely wouldn't spank the bare behind of a lady judge. Would they? Of course they would. Well, no matter, one thing was clear. She was going to make damn sure the program continued. She had never felt so humiliated and out of control in her life...and she had loved it. She felt so alive, content. And, perhaps not surprisingly, Bea would have agreed. When they finally interrupted their reveries and opened the lavatory door, they abruptly came face to face with Alex Palmer, naked as a jay. She stared back at them, wide-eyed, apparently stunned. Rebecca almost called her by name, but something in Alex's face made her hesitate. Instead, she turned to Roger. "I see you've found another naughty girl. Well, make sure you punish her soundly." As she passed Alex, she murmured softly, almost inaudibly, "Our secret, right?" Alex nodded. The code of silence was ratified; nothing would be said. By the same token, their mutual silence also guaranteed that the program would go on, regardless of who suffered the consequences. Bowing her head, Alex turned and followed Roger into the vice-principal's office. Seconds later, just as Mrs. Lago was leaving the building, the sound of leather smacking flesh began to echo down the hallways. Rebecca smiled. ****************************** Later that evening, Beatrice Walters, lying in bed (on her stomach) and remembering events at the school -- and writhing slightly with the remembering -- got a phone call. "Hello, Bea? It's Becca. Have you recovered?" "I-I'm beginning to.... And you?" "Yes. It's painful, but I guess we can conclude that the monitors are doing their jobs...this time, anyway. But...." "But?" "Well, one sample is meaningless, statistically. I do think that...um...we ought to investigate further.... We can recuperate tomorrow and Sunday. Do you have plans for Monday?" "Oh, god, Becca! I...don't...know...." "Jamal's going to be on duty, again...." "Oh, god! Jamal! You know he does yard work around the neighborhood.... He wants to h-hire me to be his ASS-sistant...." "Assistant?" "ASS-sistant. He insists I say it that way. He's so...so.... "Masterful?" "Y-yes. I-I...alright." "Good, I'll pick you up, about the same time. Um...I'll be wearing a thong...and they'll probably expect us to be shaved.... Also, it has occurred to me that, perhaps in future, we ought to plan on checking up on how the program is progressing at the other schools, too. After all, it wouldn't do to let them slide by with sub-standard enforcement...." "Oh, Becca!" Bea shivered. ****************************** HICKORY STICK HIGH by C. Lakewood Part 7: Home When Alex finally started to dress after Roger had finished her punishment, she did so in a haze of pain and uncertainty. But the excruciatingly shortened skirt of her uniform, combined with the fact that that damn Dobson had thoughtfully not given her any panties, tended to make her think of other aspects of her situation. Roger was going to give her a ride, but she didn't dare direct him to her own place. That just left one possibility.... She gave him Hester Dobson's address. The drive to Mrs. Dobson's house was pretty much a blur, but Alex was grateful that this long, terrible day was coming to an end. Assuming she could snow Hester with a mixture of sweet talk and double talk, she'd soon be home and sinking into a warm bath, and later pigging out on pizza and Diet Dew, and, finally, crawling into her queen-sized bed and sleeping for a day and a half. Meanwhile, it was sort of nice to be riding along beside this blonde hunk. Even though he was actually eight years younger than her, he was quite manly -- and she was developing a disturbing urge to obey him, regardless.... When they got to Mrs. Dobson's house at last, Roger insisted on walking her to the door. And, just as they reached the porch, her "aunt" (who had heard the car drive up) opened the door and greeted them warmly. There were introductions, followed by jolly "Aunt" Hester inviting Roger to stay for dinner and refusing to take "No" for an answer. Alex was so distracted during the meal that she ate hardly anything (and remembered almost nothing of what she did eat). She could hardly help noticing, however, that the other two were really getting along famously -- almost as if each recognized in the other a kindred spirit. After the meal, "Aunt" Hester was solicitous. "Since there's no school tomorrow, I was going to suggest that you two young people should go out somewhere, but.... Are you not feeling well, dear?" "Oh, well...just a bit 'off.' It's been a trying day." "All the more reason why you should go out and have some fun. It's probably just a touch of tummy trouble. I know what will fix you right up: a nice, big enema. And then you and Roger can properly enjoy yourselves." So saying, she unceremoniously hauled her so-called niece upstairs into the bathroom and ordered her to strip. Roger lingered downstairs, thinking. When Alex/Alice was naked, with a minimum of fuss, Hester inspected her alleged niece's rosy butt, expressed her satisfaction, and produced a jar of some ointment (with which she proceeded to soothe the pain of the multiple spankings Alex had undergone that afternoon). Alex, who was getting woozy, was jerked back to the here and now by Hester's dry voice. "My nose tells me you've been enjoying yourself," she sniffed. In the small bathroom, even Alex could smell her own musk. "Um...we don't really need to do the enema, do we?" Alex offered. "Oh, yes, we really do. Wait here." For the second time in a few hours, she gathered up Alex's clothes and left. She prepared the solution very carefully -- using Epsom salts, liquid Ivory soap, a small amount of lemon juice, and some castor oil. Once mixed with warm water, this solution was milky white. She poured the contents into a red rubber 2-quart enema bag. Roger was very interested in the process. "You don't mind if I steal your recipe, I hope, ma'am. Mom gets an enema once a month -- oftener if she's cranky -- and I'm always interested in alternative formulas." Hester absolutely beamed at him. ****************************** Back upstairs, Hester blithely hung the bag from the shower rod while Alex watched and trembled. "Haven't I been through enough today?" she whined. "It's all a part of 'Tough Love,'" Hester said, softly. "And, before you protest further, I should remind you, 'Alice,' that the acoustics in this house are excellent. Therefore, you ought to keep your voice down when you say anything you don't want overheard." She put a dishwashing glove on her right hand and picked up a tube of lubricant with her left. "Now, bend over, dear. I must grease the way." Alex felt totally exposed and totally helpless. She groaned, softly, as Hester goosed her with a slippery forefinger. Then a second finger pushed through the flinching sphincter, and Hester spent a moment or two making sure that her patient was properly prepared. Then the fingers were removed, the hose was cleared of air, the large-caliber nozzle inserted, and the clamp released. Warm fluid began gushing into Alex's bowels, and, almost immediately, the cramping began. Her stomach bulged. She whimpered, then moaned, "Aah! Aaaannnggghhhh! Oooo! Please make it stop! Please!" "Shh!" Hester cautioned. "You will hold this for 15 minutes -- and I MEAN 'hold' it. Make a mess, and you'll be sorry. I'll be chatting with Roger while we wait." Alex was in agony for a few minutes, until she got the idea of playing with herself as a distraction from her turbulent bowels. It was a delicate thing, though. She couldn't risk being so distracted that she'd lose control of her sphincter -- she certainly couldn't afford to cum -- so she was forced to adopt an on-again, off-again pace that was particularly frustrating. "Are you alright, dear?" Hester called from downstairs. Alex knew she had to answer. "Y-yes, ma'am...." "Only a few minutes longer," Hester added, merrily. Shortly afterward, Hester returned to the bathroom with another full bag. "Plain water rinse," she noted. "Time will be up directly; Roger will let us know." She looked pointedly at Alex's well-fingered pussy. "Hmmmp! We'll see about THAT later...." Then Roger's voice interrupted. "Right! Time's up." He sounded as though he were right outside the bathroom door. "Ah! Good," Hester said. "I'll wait for you in the hall; the air will be better there, I think. Expel what you've been holding and then rinse yourself out." She flipped on the exhaust fan as she exited. "Oh, god!" Alex thought. "Hester and Roger -- Roger! -- are just outside. They'll hear!" But she couldn't wait any longer. She sat on the toilet and cringed as her bowels noisily expelled the enema. A couple of minutes later, there was a second spasm, and then, trembling, she rinsed with the bag of plain water. When she flushed this time, Hester ascertained she was finished and then handed in some clothes -- a t-shirt mini-dress and a pair of sandals. Alex dressed and, as an afterthought, pulled her hair back into a ponytail. Regarding herself in the mirror, she sighed, disgusted. "A short, thin, clingy dress and no underwear!" she muttered. "And I'm expected to go out on a 'date' with an 18-year-old disciplinarian, me looking like I'm advertising -- drooling cunt, stiff nipples, and everything." She sheepishly rejoined the others, was admonished by Aunt Hester to behave herself "out there," and went off with Roger, hand-in-hand. ****************************** Alex returned around midnight, looking more than a little rumpled, and was met just inside the front door. "Well, young lady, did you behave yourself tonight?" Aunt Hester growled. Alex nodded, unconvincingly, and involuntarily licked her lips. "Haven't you learned, Alice, that I can always tell when you're lying? Your bare bottom will pay for that lie in a few minutes. Now, do you want to tell me all about it, OR do you want to pay an even stiffer price?" "Well, I didn't have any ID, so that limited the places we could go," Alex began. "We talked, and we danced some, and I got sweaty, and this dam-darn dress became nearly transparent (as if it wasn't bad enough already). So we sat in his car and drank Diet Dew and...um...necked...." "I imagine you did more than neck. He's a healthy young man, after all, and you can be quite the little show-off." "He...um...um...felt me up. He took my dress off and m-made me take out the trash n-naked...." "Hmmmp...trash! Did you try to resist?" "N-no. Well, he'd already seen me naked this afternoon.... And he's so strong and forceful and...good looking...." "So what happened in the end?" "I...um...I g-gave him a-a blow job...." "I'm sure he deserved it; you have been teasing him relentlessly. Did you do it well?" "I think so." Alex was gaining confidence. "I haven't done anything like that for years. But he seemed to like it very much; he ejaculated a lot of cum. I...swallowed it all." "And did you like doing it?" "Yes, ma'am. His cum tastes nice." "Did you have an orgasm?" "Yes, ma'am. Two. He used his fingers...." "Hmmm. It appears we have a wee problem. Now that you've serviced him once (and on the first date, too!), he'll expect to get it regularly...and so he should." Alex was speechless. "I have gone over your file carefully," Hester said, seeming to change the subject. ("File?" Alex thought.) "And I've done a great deal of thinking. This business with Roger presents intriguing possibilities. Your intellectual growth in the last dozen years seems to have far exceeded your social development. I am now of the opinion that you will learn far more about real life and your proper place in it through a few months' relationship with Roger than you would in years as a principal. So, I spent some time tonight creating a record for 'Alice Potts' in the school's data base. You're a late transfer from out of state, will be living with your aunt, Hester Dobson, will be formally enrolled tomorrow, and will be taking P.E., home ec, sex ed, remedial English, and remedial math." "But it would be impossible for me to be, simultaneously, Alice Potts, the dimwitted student, and Alexandra Palmer, the notorious principal...." "You're right. So you'll just be Alice Potts for a while. I will phone the superintendent's office tomorrow and arrange leave for you. I don't anticipate any trouble -- you're very popular with the board right now, and I can spin some plausible story...your grandmother seriously ill, perhaps. Anyway, after the nurse checks you over tomorrow, you can begin your...re-education, shall we say. Incidentally, we will need an ally or co-conspirator in a position of some authority at the school. For a number of reasons, I have chosen Tawanda Johnson for that role." "Oh, ga-gosh! Tawanda? But...." "All part of the learning experience, dear. Now, in the morning we'll have to go shopping for some suitable clothes (including a regulation P.E. outfit). You'll notice a couple of changes in your school uniform, by the way. I've shortened the skirt another inch...." "But it was sooo short already...." "And now it's even shorter -- almost certainly the shortest in the school. I've also exchanged your standard blue and gold necktie for a red one." Alex blinked. "Red?" "You must have missed the e-mail. A red tie indicates an undisciplined, 'problem student.' It was one of Mrs. Lago's ideas. We'll talk in the morning...at length, I'm sure. But now it's time to spank you and put you to bed...." She held up a glistening, amber, cigar-shaped object. "And this is what gets inserted into nasty little girls who play with themselves. It will have completely melted by morning, and, don't worry, the itch will have faded by evening...probably. If not, well, I'm sure Roger can comfort you." "Alice Potts" shivered as she thought about how different high school was going to be this second time around.