APH - Trouble With Siblings (Part 2/3)

[Warning: Contains sibling discipline.]


  Susan sighed as the three of them walked, herself leading them to the living room. Putting her hands in her pockets, she spoke up. "Need you come along, Matt?" She snickered to herself, imaging him as a boy, being lead to Arthur's study. How embarrassing it would've been for him, had little Alfred decided to tag along. "I'm fairly certain I can handle this on my own."

  Matthew blushed slightly and shook his head. "S-Sorry... I-I'll be in my room, eh?" With that said, he hurried off to his room with Kumo-whatever and turned on his tv to hockey. Anything to block out what came next. Ella watched him leave, and then turned back to Susan with a little pout.

  She and Ella continued walking in awkward silence. Reaching the living room sofa, Susan sat down, motioning for the girl to come closer  to her. "I'm not gonna lie; I'm disappointed in you, Ella. What you did..." She shook her head. "I simply can't accept it."

  Ella raised an eyebrow as she stood in front of Susan. She wouldn't lie; she was nervous. It had been a long time since she'd gotten in serious trouble, and she didn't know exactly what Susan was going to do. "Look, I'm sorry, okay?" Ella offered, crossing her arms and trying to seem tough.

  "No you're not." Susan saw right through her sister's act, having done the same thing, when she was younger. "I can tell, just by looking at you that you're not sorry. In fact, I bet you'd even go as far as to do this again, if I don't give you a reason not to." She inhaled deeply, not wanting to have to do this, but really didn't have much of a choice. As the eldest of her siblings, it was her job to deal with them, when they stepped out of line. Sadly, that means all punishments fall on her shoulders. "I'm afraid a punishment is in order."

  For some reason, Ella knew she didn't mean grounded for a month. "Please tell me you're kidding," she muttered, narrowing her eyes...eye at her. "I'm serious! I'm sorry, Susan. I wouldn't do it again... But in all honesty, you don't know this kid. He's super weird!"

  "I'm not kidding; I'm dead serious." She spread her legs a bit, preparing her lap for Ella. "I don't care how 'weird' you say this boy is. You have no right to bully him, like you did." Patting her lap once, Susan looked up at the girl and continued. "Now; Are you going to cooperate, or do I have to use force? Either way, we're taking care of this, now."  

  "Seriously, Susan," Ella began, obviously stalling, "I'm a bit old for spankings, don't you think?" She hadn't found herself over Susan's lap since she was little. It was embarrassing, and she avoided it as much as possible.

  "I don't think so." Not wanting to drag this out any longer, Susan reached out and grabbed the child's  arm, promptly dropping her over her lap, using her left forearm to hold her down. "Ask Matt; If it were him in your place, I'd be doing the same thing to him." She lifted her right arm, letting it fall with a mighty 'SLAP', not giving her victim a chance to brace herself. "I hear that Alfred even still gets it from Iggy, from time to time."

  "Ah!" Ella cried out and kicked a foot, shaking her head. "Susan! Come on, this...this is ridiculous! Surely we can work something else out!" She hated getting spanked; what kid didn't? "I'm too...too big for this!"

  "Hmm..." She paused, her head resting in her hand as she thought about what other possibilities were available to her. "Gimme one good reason why I should spare you, this time. I can't seem to think of one."

  "Because...because..." Her mind raced to find an answer, and finally she said, "I already got beat up today! That...that taught me not to be...be mean to kids...right?" The girl craned her neck to look up at Susan hopefully. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Matthew hurried out of his room, calling back that he'd get it. Throwing open the door, he saw a livid Alfred and a very beat up little boy.

  Looking up from the girl covering her lap - completely ignoring her reply - Susan flashed Alfred a small smile, as though nothing was happening. "Hey bro. What brings you here?" She asked, though one look at the boy answered her question. This was obviously who Ella had been bullying, and Alfred was here to make sure the issue was resolved.

  "Look, I love you and all, but she," he pointed to Ella, who smiled nervously at him, "Has GOT to stop bullying New York! It's gone on long enough!" The little boy frowned and looked away as if embarrassed. Ella let her head fall in shame, and she wiggled to be free.

  Feeling the girl struggle, Susan casually rested both of her elbows on her back, using them to hold her head up as she spoke. She'd never admit it, but she was getting some kind of dark humor from Ella's humiliation. "Long enough? I'm assuming this has been going on for a while now, then?" She slightly smirked as she looked down at her sister, taunting her a bit. "I didn't know that."

  Ella squirmed helplessly and finally crossed her arms with a huff. "Oh, shut up Susan." Alfred raised an eyebrow, "I thought she'd told you. She told me she would!" New York scowled and shook his head, "Alfred...I'm fine...really."

  "Aaahhhh~" Susan's lips curled further into a grin. All of this juicy information was just too much for her to hide her amusement. "So...Not only has our little Ella been bullying New York, but she's also been hiding it from us, AND she lied to you." She roughed up the girl's hair, a dark chuckle passing her lips. "You're just digging yourself a deeper and deeper hole, aren't ya, kid?"

  "I'm doomed..." Ella murmured, trying to fix her hair quickly. She was quite mature for her age, and so quickly said, "Yes, thank you Alfred, for visiting. I'm sorry for bullying your brother. I won't do so in the future. I'm sorry New York. There, see Susan?"

  As if Susan would really go for that. She laughed under her breath and shook her head. "You think I'd really let you off that easy? You're funny." Smiling wide up at her brother, she continued. "So, Al, it's your state that's the victim in all this..." She gestured to their sister. "You wanna do the honors?"

  "I...I couldn't," he shook his head, "I have a hard enough time doing it to my own siblings." Ella groaned and kicked her feet again. "Susan! Come on! Let me up!"

  Susan delivered a swift slap the the girl's backside. "Don't interrupt." She chuckled as she saw little New York flinch, on impact. "C'mon, dude. You could be 'the Hero', bringing this evil villain to justice." In reality, she was simply worried that she was starting to enjoy herself too much, so she was hopeful that the American would take over for her.

  She yelped and crossed her ankles, flexing her feet to ease the pain. Alfred shook his head again, "Sorry. I've gotta get going anyways, sis. Lots of stuff to do, you know..." Honestly Ella was glad Alfred wasn't going to do it. He was strong!

  Rolling her eyes, Susan just laughed and gave in. "Oh, alright. By the way, you forgot to say hi to Mattie, again." Poor Matthew. He was always being ignored. Not even New York seemed to notice him standing there, the entire time. She sent the Canadian a sympathetic smile, as if to say, 'Don't worry, bro. At least I notice you.'

  "Who?" Alfred raised an eyebrow. "Oh! Matthew!" He spun around, and finally noticed his brother. "Hey bro! Sorry!" The American smiled and placed a hand on his little brother's shoulders, leading him out. "Thanks for listening, sis. Good luck."

  "Right. Thanks to you, too, Al." The sarcasm was clear in her tone, but she smiled and waved goodbye, nonetheless. "See ya, dude." As the door closed an America was again out of sight, Susan lightly tapped her fingers on Ella's head. "Well that was enlightening~ So much I didn't know, now all thrown in front of me. Can't exactly say the same for you, though, can I?" Her hand slowly made it's way from the child's head, down her back, until it was again resting on her rear. "So; Ready to continue?"

  Her whole body tensed up and she shook her head. "Susan, I swear I was going to tell you! Please, anything else, /please/!"

  She considered letting her go with just a warning...But after building the situation up this much, she just couldn't bring herself to let it all go to waste. Allowing her hand to slap down, once again, she started with her taunting. "Nah. Ya see, I find it hard to believe, when you were so intent on hiding it, earlier." The blows slowly fell into a steady rhythm as she spoke. "And, even if you did eventually come clean, how far would things have gotten, before then? How many details would you have left out? This is the best way of making sure the problem stops, here, before it escalates any further."

  "Ow! Ow! Susan!" Ella cried out and kicked her feet, but she refused to let any tears fall. "No! Stop, I'm sorry, I promise!"

  "I bet you are, now." Not satisfied with the lack of tears the girl was producing, the blows landed a bit faster and harder. As wrong as it may seem, Susan was secretly enjoying herself, Ella's yelps of pain like music to her ears. She was definitely the black sheep of her family.

  Ella bent her knees, and then stretched out her legs. She crossed her ankles, then her knees, and then kicked her feet furiously. Finally, the first tear fell. This led the way to several more tears. They streamed down her face and poor Ella couldn't stop them. "No more! I-I'm sorry!"

  Seeing the tears start to overflow from Ella's eyes, Susan finally let up, rubbing her back softly. "I'm sorry, too..." She felt ashamed of herself for finding it even remotely pleasurable. This was her little sister for Pete's sake! She shook her head of her thoughts, focusing on the task at hand; Post-punishment comfort. "I hate having to punish you. You know that, right?"

  Ella hiccuped and nodded sadly, muttering another apology. She wormed off of Susan's lap and rubbed her bottom furiously. "G-Getting a sp-spanking st-still hurts w-worse than f-falling in h-hockey..." she groaned, closing her eyes.

  Susan gave a gentle laugh at the girl's comment. "Hey, at least Al decided not to do it. Imagine how much more painful that would've been." She quickly pulled her into a warm hug, showing that all was forgiven and there was no love loss between them. At least not from her, anyway. "You still love me, right? Even if I have to beat some sense into ya, here and there?"

  She sniffled loudly and wrapped her arms around her sister's neck. "Y...Yeah...I still l-love you..." Ella hesitated for a moment before saying, "So...So M-Mattie got th-this too, eh?"