Spanking

Arnold hesitated just long enough for Veronica to lunge forward and slip his wrist into her grasp. She swiftly spun him around, nose against the wall of the house. Arnold was momentarily grateful that his shame was hidden from view, but that comfort was quickly swatted away as Veronica took her first of several hard smacks against Arnold's naked bum.

"Why are you--"

Arnold began to cry out but his sister cut him off with an authoritative response.

"Because you arent doing a good job listening," she replied matronly.

After a few more hard wacks Arnold began to tear up, seeing no sign of tiring from his sister.

"I dont know what's gotten into you lately, but first I catch you outside naked and now when I give you simple instructions you dont follow them", she shouted.

"I'm sorry, I'll listen to what you say."

"First I want to hear an apology."

The smacks on his bare bottom kept coming and Arnold could not help but feel like a little kid. The only saving grace was that all the girls had stopped giggling. He hoped that meant they stopped filming too. Nope.

"I am sorry", he said.

"Are you sorry, Arnold Stewart?"

"I am sorry."

"Are you sorry you came outside naked", she asked angry.

"Yes I'm sorry I came outside naked", he cried.

"Are you sorry all my friend were made to see your silly naked bum?"

"Yes", he replied whimpering.

"Say I promise I will stop showing off my dinky."

Arnold hadn't heard that word since he was a kid, but he knew his sister was just trying to embarrass him. He just needed to speed it up so she'd stop swatting him. It was so humiliating.

"Yes I'll stop showing it off" (Arnold couldn't bring himself to use the word).

"And you promise to stop making everyone look", she asked seemingly genuine.

What was she talking about? Did she mean making them look at this spectacle? If so, that's really her fault but yes, he was sorry they were seeing him and he sure did feel like promising to make it stop (if he could).

"Yes I promise", he said.

"Good. And will you listen when I give you direction next time?"

"Yes I will listen."

She stopped spanking him and freed his wrist. One hand went immediately to covering his backside and his other hand covered his front. He was still sobbing like a baby and barely noticed when his sister quietly said, "Good, now keep that worm covered."

His sister then grabbed him by the shoulders and spun him around. Arnold was still sobbing, looking like an idiot with his arms separated and covering the way they were, as he slowly looked up and realized every girl was indeed still filming him, with silent smirks just outside the frame.

Veronica surreptitiously gave the girls a nod and they all stopped recording and lowered their phones.

"Now Arnold, if you want me to let you back in the house AND have the girls delete all those pictures they took when we first got here, then you just need to follow direction one more time", Veronica offered.

Arnold thought for a moment, still teary eyed and pathetic. Unsure of how best to proceed. That's when one of the girls got the idea to encourage him by stepping forward and showing him her photos gallery on her phone.

"Here look, I'll delete them all right here", the girls said holding uo her phone to show him.

She then held down the highlighter and selected all of the still photos she took of Arnold since they had arrived. Veronica immediately saw what she was doing and told the other girls to follow suit.

Soon they all stepped forward and showed him their selected photos.

"All they have to do is hit delete. What do you say?", Veronica asked.

"So if I agree to let you see me without covering, then you'll delete all these pictures?", Arnold repeated.

"I'll do you one better. We'll delete them all beforehand so you know you can trust that we arent lying", Veronica added inticingly.

"Really!?", Arnold asked with a tad too much naivety in his tone.

"Yeah, but if we're deleting them first then I want something extra."

"Like what", he asked.

Veronica looked him in the eye and spoke soft for the first time in a while.

"I'll keep one picture I took when we pulled up, but just until you go through with it. Once you go through with it, I'll delete my one picture. And here's what I want in return. I want you to smile the WHOLE time your showing us, no frowning or running away. If you dont, I promise I will give my phone to Carter and let him go through my gallery and post whatever he wants online."

Arnold thought it over while his sister deleted all but one photo. He saw the one photo was from back when she first arrived home. It was even a little blurry. The other girl's photos were much clearer. Arnold considered his options and took the offer.

"Fine, I'll show you, and I'll smile, but it has to be quick."

"It'll be exactly ten seconds. I'll give you a thumbs down when its over", she stated matter of fact.

Arnold sighed and nodded.

"Ok, you guys ready", Arnold asked with a quaking voice, ready to reveal all.

"Oh, no no no little guy. This has got to be like an unveiling. Let's do it like this. You go back to the fence where we came in, while we stay here and turn are backs to you. I want you to catch your breath, stand up straight and just walk casually with your hands by you side", she instructed.

"I dont want to walk around and smile like a naked idiot", he replied.

"No, you dont have to smile till we know you're there and looking. Just let us know when you're a few feet away. Just tell us to look or something," Veronica said.

Arnold glanced once more at all the galleries of photos before him and sadly nodded, agreeing.

Within an instant his spirit was lifted, as all the girls hit the trash bin icon and the photos erased from existence. Even their hushed giggles seemed distant as the air slowly began working it's way back into Arnold's lungs. He was close to being out of this whole mess. As soon as he was done outside he could go back in the house and comment on his brother's post about his measurements, arguing to the world that his brother made it up to humiliate him. Then it would all be over. But first, a quick peak.