Dianne is the girl who lives next door. She's a real little princess. One of the lucky ones, who never seems to have a problem. She'd skated easily through her school years, popular with everyone. She'd left school, graduating just after she turned eighteen, but didn't need to work as her father was quite wealthy and willing to support her. That's not to say she was lazy. She did charity work, and I respected her for that. She was quite willing to do her bit.
I still have to admit that she got up my nose a bit with her general attitude. She was, without realising it, arrogant and condescending, expecting things to work the way she wanted them to simply because she wanted them to. She didn't take to discipline very well, and tended to breathe fire when she ran into me as I pulled her into line a couple of times. Nothing major, but she had definitely been pushing the limits a time or two, and it never hurt a person to be reminded that there were limits that it was unwise to cross.
The day was coming when she was going to have a bit of a setback, and she knew it. Princess, her dog, was now quite old and not long for this world. Dianne knew it and was making matters worse for herself by spoiling the dog outrageously. Dogs need discipline, too, you know, or they forget their manners.
This particular morning I was heading around to have a few words with the princess about Princess. I'd been minding my own business, doing a little bit of gardening, when Princess came wandering into my front yard. The rotten little rodent then took a dump in the middle of the lawn. Not really a problem as I'd just flick it into the garden and cover it up and the plants would have a touch more fertiliser.
However, adding injury to insult, Princess then staggered over to where I stood, watching her. I thought she was coming over for a pat, but no. When she reached me she gave a little growl and then sank her teeth into my ankle. It's a testament to my self-control that I didn't drop-kick the little mongrel back over the fence where it belonged.
What I did do was scoop up said mongrel and headed off to have a word with her owner.
I knocked on the door and Dianne answered.
"What do you want?" she asked, all haughty pride. "And what are you doing with Princess, you brute? Give her to me."
Big difference between the first proud query and the second excited shriek.
"Perhaps," I said, passing the mutt over to her, "you should be asking what is your dog doing to me? It was running loose and it also bit me. The first offence can get you a pretty solid fine. The biting part is grounds for having the dog put down if I wanted to get nasty about it."
"You wouldn't dare," she said, barely breathing the words.
I gave her a nasty smile.
"If you don't start taking better care of the mutt I won't need to," I told her. "She'll bite some cute little kid and the cops will come and shoot her. Is that what you want? To have the responsibility taken away from you? She's good for a few months yet, you know?"
Dianne looked absolutely livid. I have to admit she really cared for her dog. She turned and stalked into the house, ignoring me as I followed her. She walked straight through the house and into the backyard, where she set Princess down.
"That won't really help with the side gates open," I observed, watching Princess trotting happily towards them.
Dianne said a rude word and raced past the dog to close the gates. I took the opportunity to stroll around the yard, looking to see if there were any other exits the dog might use. It seemed pretty good to me.
I returned to where Dianne was standing, watching me, giving me the evil eye.
"The yard seems secure," I told her, "as long as you can remember to keep the gates closed. Or maybe put a long leash on the mutt. What are you going to do about the savage bite that mutt inflicted on me?"
I lifted my trousers to show the teeth marks and a couple of spots of blood.
"Hope it gets infected and makes your foot drop off?" suggested Dianne. "You were probably teasing her and she bit you in self-defence."
It was the sort of reply I expected.
"You know, it seems to me that both you and the dog need a bit of discipline," I observed. The way I look at it, seeing as how I'm the victim of your poor discipline, I should have the right to educate one of you. Seeing as you're the senior bitch, I'll deal with you."
There was a very handy park-bench right next to where we were standing. I sat down, caught Dianne by the arm and jerked her over my knee. I was lucky, as she was wearing a short sundress. I flicked the dress out of the way, holding her firmly in place with one hand on her back, while the other ran lightly over her bottom.
"Maybe a good spanking will help you learn some manners," I said quietly, and calmly pulled her panties down.
"I can't believe you did that," she said softly. "And you're bluffing. You wouldn't dare spank me. I'd have you arrested."
"I doubt it," I pointed out. "I'd have to explain about how I was upset because your dog attacked me. You wouldn't want that."
She didn't say anything, but I felt her bottom tense up.
