I Get by with a Little Help from my Friends

Bathroom Duty

          It has been a couple of weeks since the boys all moved in together and established the house rules, possible consequences/punishments, and a chore chart. The chore chart was established in order to divide the chores up equally and to teach responsibility and keep the boys humble. Zayn and Louis had been pretty lenient the last two weeks as everyone adjusted to all of the changes. However, they decided that it was time to crack down and enforce the rules and consequences as they would be normally because the boys should know the rules by now. Everyone was informed of this at breakfast this morning and were encouraged to be on their best behavior from now on.

          After everyone finished eating breakfast, Louis reminded everyone of their chores for the day. "Harry and Niall you have the kitchen, Liam you have the bathrooms, Zayn you have the yard and garage, and I have the living room. After that is finished we will all go upstairs and clean up our bedrooms."

"Why do I have to clean the bathrooms?!" Liam pouted.

"Because we rotate every week and it's your turn this week. Now stop pouting and get to it." Louis replied.

"No! I don't fucking want to clean all of the bathrooms! It's not fair!" He screamed.

"Liam. Payne. Go. To. Your. Room. Now!" Louis said sternly. 

The tone of his voice of his voice made Liam begrudgingly and stomp his way out of the room and up the stairs towards his room. Zayn was at the top of the stairs and gave him a quick but hard warning slap on the butt as he passed.

"Watch the attitude Liam!"

Liam didn't respond. Instead he just huffed and continued walking to his room. Zayn went downstairs in search of Louis to discuss Liam's attitude. He found him finishing picking up the pillows and blankets that had been scattered around the living room.

"Hey, do you know what's wrong with Liam? He just stomped his way up the stairs and gave me attitude as he passed going to his room."

"Ugh. That boy. Yes I do. I sent him to his room because he just cursed and yelled at me because he doesn't want to clean the bathrooms. I'm going up there to talk with him after I finish here."

"What? He's testing the waters already, after the talk we just had at breakfast?" Zayn asked.

"Looks like it." Louis replied. Zayn shook his head and headed towards the garage to get his chores done.

          Louis finished up the living room and headed up the stairs towards Liam's room dreading the punishment he was about to have to administer. When Louis walked in the room, Liam was sitting on the bed fidgeting with the pillow on his lap. Louis walked over and sat down beside him.

"Liam, we have to talk about what just happened downstairs."

"I know." Liam sighed.

"Your attitude towards me was disrespectful, rude, and completely unacceptable."

"I realize that now. I've been thinking about it the whole time I've been up here. Well, after I got done pouting anyway. I'm sorry Lou, I was just angry because I hate cleaning bathrooms and it seemed like I got the worst chore out of everyone and I thought it was unfair."

"I understand that you don't like cleaning bathrooms. I don't think anyone really likes doing it. But it is not unfair, everyone will have their turn to clean the bathrooms, it's just it happens that it is your turn this week. Next time, just talk to me about it calmly, yeah?" Liam nodded. "Thank you for apologizing but you still have to be punished. You broke four rules this morning."

Liam looked down sadly and nodded again. "Alright bud, this how it's gonna go, you're going to go over my lap for a spanking and then we're going to go to the bathroom and wash your mouth out with soap for cursing."

"Okay Louis." Liam said standing up.

"Since you already apologized, and are willingly accepting your punishment without argument, you can keep your pants up this time. Now, let's get this over with. Over my lap."

Liam complied and bent over Louis' lap. "H-How many Lou?"

"Just 25 with my hand Li." 

Liam just nodded and braced himself for the impact. Louis took that as a cue to start.

Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack. Smack.

"Why are you being spanked Liam?" Louis asked pausing to rub Liam's bottom in circles.

Liam sniffled and then replied, "Because I talked back, I was disrespectful and rude, I cursed at you, and I refused to do my chores."

"That's correct. Just 12 more Li."

Smack. We. Smack. Do. Smack. Not. Smack. Tolerate. Smack. Disrespect. Smack. Or. Smack. Cursing. Smack. In. Smack. This. Smack. House. Smack. Smack.

After Louis landed the last spank he immediately pulled Liam up and into a hug and Liam hugged him back sniffling. 

"Alright bud, to the bathroom. Let's finish up the rest of this." Louis said patting Liam's back.

Liam got up slowly and the two of them walked into Liam's bathroom. Louis pulled out a new bar of soap, opened it, ran water over it, and turned towards Liam. "Open." Liam did as he was told and Louis put the bar of soap into Liam's mouth. 

"One minute Li." Louis said, setting a timer on his phone. Liam stood there embarrassed with the bitter taste of soap in his mouth. When the timer went off, Louis walked over, took the bar of soap out of the boy's mouth and let him rinse. When he had finished rinsing, he walked back over to Louis and hugged him. "I'm sorry Lou, really I am."

"I know buddy. Now, go clean the bathrooms please?"

"Yes, Sir!" Liam replied and got to work finishing the task in less than an hour.