We walk across the yard to my grandparents' house and knock. They happily greet us and welcome us in. We sit down (me trying not to grimace as much as possible) and talk about our week. I stay quiet; I still had the taste of soap in my mouth and I was grouchy. My grandma asks me how it's going, and I simply tell her I'm fine. My dad detects attitude and nudges me in warning. I apologize and just say that I'm tired. My grandparents understand and the conversation continues. Dinner is served, so we make our way to the dining room to eat. I'm still walking gingerly from mu strapping, but I do my best to hide it. I don't feel like talking about it. I sit down on the hard wooden seat and grimmace, to which my grandpa comments "Oh, someone got herself in troubld today. I thought you were walking weird when you came in. What did you do?" I responded, "I'd rather not talk about it." My dad told me to watch it and to tell my grandpa what I did. Me: "IT IS NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS WHAT I DID. I WAS PUNISHED AND IT'S OVER SO SHUT UP. I DON'T NEED TO SHARE EVERY DETAIL OF MY LIFE WITH YOU OLD MAN. NOW LET'S JUST FUCKING EAT SO I CAN GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE AND GO TO BED. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH DAY, AND I WANT MY MOM. TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY"
Everyone just looked at me wide eyed and mouths dropped open. "DONNA JOSEPHINE TANNER, get your butt in the living room now!!" Me"NO! YOU WILL NOT HIT ME ANYMORE. FUCK OFF." I then stormed out the door. At that moment Uncle Mike came up the sidewalk and saw my dad chasing after me. Uncle Mike cut me off and put me over his shoulder and carried me into the house. Uncle Mike "What is going on here?" Dad "Your neice just cussed and screamed at all of us and tried running away. I was just getting ready to punish her." Uncle Mike to me, "Come on hun, you are better than this. Take your punishment before it gets worse." Me "I just want to be left alone. I want my mommy. It's her birthday and you all forgot. We have always gotten her a cake and flowers and we didn't this year." Dad "I understand hunny but tell us this don't yell, cuss and scream and definitely never run away. We all love you." Me "Ok, I'm sorry". Dad "It's ok, but you have to be punished. Go get me the wooden spoon. " Me " Yes sir". I go get the wooden spoon and before he says anything, I remove my pants and underwear and get over his lap. He starts immediately. It really hurts as I've been paddled and strapped already. SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK
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I then am allowed up. I get redressed and then we finish dinner after I appologize to my grandparents and then we go home and my dad tucks me into bed. He apologizes that he got so busy he forgot the day. He said we will go to the cemetery on Sunday and leave her flowers. I forgave him and said that sounded great. He kissed me goodnight and I cried myself to sleep.
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The Principal's Mischevous Daughter
General FictionDonna Jo goes to school at Tremont High, where her dad is the principal. She has an older sister who is away attending Harvard University, so Donna Jo has a lot of people with a lot of expectations for her behavior and future. Well, this doesn't go...
