When Twenty-Three means Sixteen ? Chapter 1

Lucy smiled as she saw Emma coming into the living room once again wearing a school dress. This one was a green and white checked gingham short-sleeved dress, admittedly with a hem rather higher than the girls at the sixth form college were allowed, but then Emma was twenty-three years old and had left the college years ago and was working. The ankle socks added to her younger look, as well as the fact she wasn?t wearing any make-up at all. Lucy was also twenty-three-years-old and she and Emma were lovers and lived together. When Lucy saw that Emma blushed as she saw her smile, she decided she had to ask, ?So you are wearing another one of your college dresses? It makes you look as though you are sixteen years old, but I have to say, very sweet as well.? After a moment she added in a falsely wearisome tone of voice, ?Mind you, as sweet as you look, you have been a bit of a brat lately.? Emma was blushing because she came down and was deliberately going to raise that very subject with Lucy. After all, she knew that she was more than a bit of a brat and always was, but Lucy didn?t seem to mind, at least until more recently when her bratty behaviour had got even worse. Today, she was going to ask Lucy for some help but wasn?t sure what the reaction would be. Emma was still blushing as she replied, ?I know I?m a bit of a brat, and so I started wearing clothes more suitable to the age that I was acting, which, as you have just pointed out, is more like one of the girls at the sixth form College. In fact, I would be one of the naughtier girls because of my high hem, but I like the style of dress as well as the ankle socks.? Lucy gave Emma another wearisome look when she said, ?Yes Emma, you do act like a sixteen-year-old. In fact, like a sixteen-year-old brat.? However, she quickly added, ?But I am used to you being a brat and agree the school dresses do suit you, just as the other teenage-style clothes you wear such as your tight-fitting vest tops with your bare mid-drift, tight cotton shorts, and bare legs.? Emma was alarmed at being told by Lucy just how much of a brat she was and even more concerned about seeking her help. So, she asked, ?You are sure you don?t mind me acting like a brat sometimes? I?ve always been like that, ever since we?ve known each other, but I do know that I haven?t grown up in the last three years, and maybe I should have.? Lucy loved Emma and certainly didn?t want to cause her any distress. However, Emma was right and she did need to grow up a bit more. The question was, how do you get a girl of twenty-three to stop acting like a sixteen-year-old brat? Lucy then thought that, maybe, Emma was actually growing up because she sounded as though she was asking for help, and, whilst not sure where this was leading to, she asked, ?So what kind of help do you think I could give you, Emma?? Emma bit her lip, took a deep breath, and plucked up the courage to say in a serious tone, ?I suppose that as I act like a teenage brat, maybe I should be dealt with on those occasions when I am too much of a brat?? She looked at Lucy hoping for some kind of indication that she was understanding. Lucy agreed as she had quite often, particularly recently, made direct comments when Emma had been a little too bratty, and whilst Emma usually apologised and looked contrite https://escortium.org it didn?t last for long. So, Lucy asked, ?How should I deal with you when you are being bratty, then?? Emma knew it was up to her to state the answer as it wasn?t an obvious one given her age and so, again taking a deep breath, she said, ?Maybe when I do act too much like a teenage brat you should deal with me more firmly than just your comments? I mean, brats need that, don?t we?? Lucy actually liked the way the conversation was going. She did tend to get rather tense when Emma did her teenage bratty thing like throwing a tantrum or giving her bratty response of a, ?Whatever,? before stomping off or looking at the TV as though she was concentrating on that rather than being annoyed with what she?d just been told to do. So, whilst still unsure, she asked, ?Do you mean ground you, or take away your mobile phone or your TV rights, or the like?? In fact, the reason Lucy was laughing to herself was that when she saw Emma in her school dress and her ankle socks, she thought how easy it would be to smack her legs when she was too bratty, although she knew it wouldn?t be right to smack a twenty-three-year-old, in particular her girlfriend, but she did wonder what Emma was leading up to. Emma could see that Lucy made serious suggestions as they did happen to sixteen-year-olds, and that again gave her encouragement to take the next step, and she replied, ?I was thinking something rather more meaningful, like me giving you maternal control over me.? Lucy misinterpreted the suggestion and scoffed as she asked, ?What, you want me to mother you?? Emma quickly corrected what she had said, and replied quickly, ?No, not to mother me, Lucy. I meant that I could give you maternal disciplinary authority over me.? When she saw Lucy again look inquisitively, she blurted out, ?I was thinking of the right for you to spank me.? Lucy couldn?t stop the shocked look on her face. She was thinking that Emma was too old at twenty-three years old to have her legs smacked even though she wore a school dress, and yet she was now suggesting she wasn?t too old for a spanking. She quickly recovered, though, and asked, ?That would work better than the things I said, but how would you see that working?? Emma was relieved that Lucy didn?t just laugh out loud and pooh-pooh the idea. She had actually thought over what she would say if asked that exact question, and replied, ?I will have to do whatever you say, including all of my chores and must stop all of my teenage bratty responses because you will have the sole decision to decide when I need a spanking. That?s what I meant by maternal authority because you don?t even have to set me any rules as it will be up to me to act properly knowing that you can decide what should happen if I don?t.? Lucy tried to keep an impartial look on her face but she was shocked as this was not anything like what she had expected. She certainly loved Emma and saw spending the rest of her life with her, and hoped those feelings were returned. She wondered whether maybe this even meant Emma did feel the same way because why else would Emma want help in becoming a more responsible adult if she didn?t see the relationship going anywhere? Of course, it wouldn?t be normal to use a spanking on a twenty-three-year-old, but then Emma wasn?t ?Normal,? which was why she was so attracted to her. So, maybe it was being maternal, in that she loved Emma like a mother would love a daughter, but would want the best for her daughter and if spanking was the accepted disciplinary measure, then maybe her age didn?t matter. Lucy very quickly set aside the if?s and maybe?s and came to the conclusion that it was definitely worth a try and asked, ?So have you ever been spanked, Emma?? Emma was still blushing as she replied, ?Well, no, but I?ve watched people being spanked.? Lucy found that a bit strange but perhaps it was friends, and asked, ?So who have you seen being spanked?? Lucy thought it worthwhile finding out because she wondered whether Emma had any idea how much it was likely to hurt. Lucy knew that she didn?t have any idea herself because she had never been spanked, nor seen anyone spanked, so was interested in Emma?s experience. Emma replied in a non-committal tone, ?Just some people.? It suddenly struck Lucy what Emma meant and she replied in a surprised tone, ?You mean you have watched people being spanked online on some of those S