As the World Changes

Rules and Guidelines

"Now Eloise, I have some rules that I expect you to follow. I will tell you these first and then I will give you a list of consequences." My father stated, his tone becoming serious. I nodded my head in expectancy. " First off, you will show me or any other adult respect, secondly, you will NOT swear or use in words in place of swearing, you will not date until I think you are old enough, you will not back talk, and you will never do anything without my permission. Is that understood?" He asked me."Yes sir" I replied. "Now as for the consequences you will firstly get a warning depending on which rule you break, secondly if you do something again I will ground you which means no cell phone or laptop, finally, if you break the rule again I will spank you. Also if you swear not only will I spank you I will also wash out your mouth with soap." Dad said strictly. To be honest I was kind of scared. " Dad, aren't spankings for little kids, I am not a little kid." I said. " Yes spankings are for little kids but if you act like a little child I will spank you like one." He said with all certainty. "Okay I understand, I am not quite tired so could we watch a movie or something?" I asked. "Yes that would be nice, why don't you go pick on out." He said nodding his head toward the cabinet which I assume has the movies in them. I opened the cabinet door and was greeted by a vast amount of movies. I spotted the Avengers and put it in the DVD player. On my way back to the couch I tripped on the floor. "Shi-ip" I exclaimed. I instantly covered my mouth while my father raised an eyebrow at me. " I am really sorry, I didn't mean to." I quickly blurted out. "I understand, consider this your warning." He said in a neutral voice. I jumped onto the couch and snuggled under a blanket. All of the sudden a loud sound came from the speakers. I jumped and screamed. "Shi- oot" I shouted. The next thing I knew I was being pulled from the living room. Dad continued walking down a hallway until we reached the bathroom. He sat me down on the toilet with the lids closed and found a bar of soap. Oh no! He began to run it under water until it was unnaturally sudsy. "Open your mouth Eloise. I will not tolerate you swearing." Dad said strictly. I covered my mouth with my hands. Dad sighed and seemed to debate something. "If you don't open your mouth not only will you get your mouth washed out with soap but I will also spank you." He said sternly. I knew I wasn't about to back down now. I sat there and refused to move. He sighed and pulled me up by my forearm and dragged me to a different room. We arrived to the other room I noticed that it was his bedroom. All of the sudden I realized what I had done. I tried to pull away from his grip but I wasn't strong enough. "No, please don't, no please, please, please, I am sorry." I said desperately. "No your not, your just sorry you got in trouble. I was really hoping I wouldn't have to punish you so soon." He countered. He continued dragging me across the bedroom and set me down in a corner. "I will be right back. When I come back you better be in this corner." He said with authority. I heard dad leave the room. I sat there for about five minutes before I heard my dad walk back in. He pulled me out of the corner and onto the bed. I finally noticed what was in his hand. "Eloise Belle, open your mouth." He said while I opened my mouth. Dad put the bar of soap in my mouth and began scrubbing. I almost gagged but couldn't spit it out. Finally he told me to leave the bar of soap in my mouth for 2 minutes because I said to 'cuss' words. I tried to spit out the soap after a minute but dad put his hand against the soap so that I couldn't. He finally took the soap out of my mouth and threw it in the trash. Then before I could do anything, I was pulled over my fathers lap. " Eloise when I tell you to do something you will do it. I don't care if it is for a punishment or not you will do it. You are not to swear at all! I won't have you going around and saying words to replace them either. It is still the same concept as swearing." He lectured. I felt him slightly tap my bum and then lift his hand.

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

I was crying by the third smack not only did he spank really hard but it was really embarrassing. I felt my dad rubbing my back. " Remeber that I don't take pleasure in doing this either." Dad said softly. I suddenly remembered the soap in my mouth. "C-can I get some water?" I asked still a little upset. He quickly handed me a glass of water so I could rinse out my mouth. After the taste of soap was gone I laid on my dad's lap and hugged him until we both fell asleep in his oversized bed