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No Worries 15
by ciejye

Jenny woke the next morning to the smell of bacon cooking. She stretched and turned over, then winced as her bottom still hurt. She carefully got up and went into the bathroom. First she looked at her bottom. No bruises or welts but it was still light pink and had some stripe marks on it. It was the backside of a well punished little girl. Jenny blushed as she remembered the spanking.  She relieved herself and winced as her bottom touched the cold porcelain of the toilet seat and then took a long shower.

She left the cold water run over her bottom for a long while. Finally she got out and brushed her teeth and got dressed in loose panties and a bra, sweats and a T-shirt, she was careful to make sure nothing was inappropriate. She had changed the bandage on the bite mark and dabbed some first aid cream on it,  wondering with a shudder if it would leave a scar. Finally she slipped on some socks and spent a while brushing out her long hair. Then, on impulse, she divided it into two sections and braided each one. She usually hated this style as it made her look so much younger but this morning she felt it might be in her best interest to look more her age.

Finally she knew she couldn't stall any longer and headed out to the kitchen. Her stomach growled as she walked in, apprehensive, she wondered if her father was going to send her away after her behavior. Surely he wouldn't let her stay, she was too bad.  She might end up with her grandmother or at a boarding school.  That is what mother always threatened when she was bad. Her stomach growled as she stepped in the warm kitchen.

"Good morning to you too." Fox said with smile.

"Morning Sir" Jenny said a bit embarrassed as she remembered Fox had witnessed her spanking.

Fox placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as he set the juice on the table, then pulled her into a tight hug. "Its going t be okay squirt" He murmured into her hair. Jenny nodded as her eyes filled with tears. "Have some juice, breakfast is almost ready."

"W-Where's Papa?" Jenny asked as she eased herself into a chair.

"On the phone" Fox said as he flipped a pancake. Jenny's heart leapt into her throat as she envisioned her father on the phone making arrangements for her to leave.

A moment later Walter walked into the room and without a word he pulled Jenny up out of the chair. Jenny panicked for a second and thought she was about to be spanked again but her father pulled her into a bear hug that threatened to crush her ribs. "Good morning baby girl." He whispered.

"Morning Sir." Jenny whispered back, then yelped as his hand swatted her still sore bottom lightly.

"Papa," Walter said firmly.

"Yes Papa." Jenny managed half a smile, wiped the tears from her cheeks and sat down to the bacon and pancakes that Fox placed on the table.

After they had eaten they went into the living room and sat down. Walter took a deep breath. He and Fox had spoken of this for several hours before Jenny woke up. He sat on one end of the sofa. Jenny was at the other end, cross-legged and Fox was on the floor where he could watch them both.

"Fox and I have discussed this for sometime this morning Jenny. Now we want to talk to you about it. Your manipulation of Fox was shameful. You knew Fox was new to parenting and that he was trying to be a friend to you.  You took advantage of his friendship."

Jenny felt the tears fall as she nodded. It was true, she had been terrible to Fox.  He probably hated her by now.

"Fox and I both love you very much" Walter said as if he could hear her thoughts, " Nothing will ever change that fact, no matter where you go or what you do we will always love you" Jenny's heard filled with fear, "Here it comes," she thought, "He is going to throw me out."

Before all this happened, Fox and I had discussed his adopting you legally."

Jenny's mouth fell open at that news, then she burst into tears. Her body shook with the hard sobs, " I've ruined everything." She lamented.

Walter reached across the sofa and pulled her into his lap " Shhhh, baby, you haven't ruined everything, why would you think that?"

Jenny kept sobbing, " Please don't send me away Papa, please. I promise to be a good girl from now on, please, please Papa, please"

"Send you away?" Walter was bewildered, " I am not going to send you away. Where did you get a foolish idea like that?"

"Fox said you were on the phone, I figured 'cause I was so bad you were going to send me away." Jenny sobbed into her fathers chest.

Walter hugged his child close to him and with one hand swatted her bottom hard. Jenny yelped. "I am not going to EVER send you away. You are not bad. You just made a bad choice, one that  you have been punished for. Baby, I am never ever going to send you away, no matter what you do. Fox is still going to adopt you if you want him too, nothing has changed that fact and nothing could."

Jenny blinked as she took that information in and looked at Fox where he sat on the floor, his face a bit red. She launched herself at Fox and hugged him tightly. "Yes, yes, yes," she sobbed and hugged Fox who returned the hug just as hard, his own tears fell with the joy that was in his heart.

It was several minutes before they were calm enough to continue. Walter had them where they were before and spoke again. "A few things are going to change though. Fox is going to be the other dad now."

"Mama" Jenny teased a soft smile on her lips.

"Not your friend baby.  In a few years you two can be friends again but for now he is going to be your parent, the same as I am." Walter ignored the teasing for now.

"Is Fox going to be able to .. amm you know, spank me too?" Jenny blushed deeply as she asked in that with a small voice.

"I am getting to that," Walter said. " First you can't call him Fox anymore, its too informal"

"I have to call him Mr. Mulder?" Jenny asked her eyes wide.

"Jenny shh, don't interrupt," Walter admonished. Jenny blushed and closed her mouth. "Mr. Mulder is too formal and I'm Papa so that is out, it would be too confusing for all of us, and I know you tease about calling him mama but that is just a bit disrespectful for everyday. So it comes to this, would you like to call Fox uncle, or Dad?"

Fox held his breath, he knew what HE wanted Jenny to call him but he also wanted her to be comfortable. Jenny looked between her father and Fox, for a moment, apprehensive. Walter picked up on this "Nothing will change what is between us baby girl," he said softly.

"Well, I call you daddy sometimes," Jenny explained and Fox felt his stomach flip, he schooled his expression to be neutral, He wanted Jenny to be comfortable, no matter how badly he wanted this. Jenny continued "I know it wasn't one of the choices but, if its okay with both of you, could I call Fox, Tatteh?"

Walter looked confused while Fox beamed and explained "Tatteh is Yiddish for Papa." Now it was Walter's turn to beam while Fox tackle-hugged Jenny. Then Walter joined in and said with a huge smile "Yes baby, that is more than okay."

Once everyone calmed down again, Fox explained "We have to wait a bit for the adoption to go though and you will have to talk to the judge but you can call me Tatteh anytime."

Jenny blushed, "Okay..  Tatteh."

"Congratulations Mr. Mulder, its a girl." Walter said and the next few minutes were filled with laughter and hugging,

"Okay you two settle down" Walter said, Fox sat on the sofa now, Jenny was sandwiched between them and she felt very loved. "Now you know Fox and I love you very much. Nothing will ever change that fact and we will NEVER send you away.  We both are going to  raise you together so no more playing one of us against the other, no more waiting for me to deliver punishment, though I will do most of it. From now on if you misbehave either Fox will spank you or he will put you in the corner until I come home. If I am way, Fox is in charge of course and there is no reprieve. If he says its bed time then you go to bed and if he grounds you that's it, you stay grounded, Understand?"

"Yes Papa," Jenny murmured, she was embarrassed at the thought of Fox being able to punish her.

"Right now, Fox is going to give you your next spanking for lying to him and manipulating him." Walter said as he moved over to the chair. He and Fox had discussed this and, while Fox didn't want to spank Jenny, he knew he had to do so, both for her lies and her misuse of his good nature, as well as to establish his new role in  the house.

"Please not another spanking, I am still so sore from the one last night," Jenny protested even as Fox pulled her over his lap.

"Squirt, I am going to be a lot harder on you for a while. You won’t get away with anything for the next month. Every disobedience will earn a spanking." Fox pulled her sweats and panties down. "I love you Jenny and I want you to grow up an honest young woman and not a manipulator." And with that Fox brought his hand down on Jenny's still pink bottom.

Fox spanked differently than Walter, Jenny noticed Walter would get harder as the spanking when on, Fox just stayed the same strength the while time. He also stayed on the same spot for several spanks before he moved on to the next. He was methodical and Jenny was in tears and felt very punished and yet well loved by the time the spanking was over.

Fox pulled her up and hugged her tightly until her tears stopped, "You have a few more spankings to get through today and tomorrow" Walter said gently, "I don't know if I am going to continued the spankings though the week, but we will address every lie and deceit before this weekend is out."

Jenny nodded numbly, she hurt but she also had a profound sense of peace for the first time since her mother died.  Then she amended that, for the first time since her parents divorced and she didn't want it to ever stop.

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The three of them together went through Jenny's closet and dresser. Every  scrap of clothing that was considered by her father to be too short too tight or in some way inappropriate was put in a box to be burned. Jenny's CDs were gone though, her tapes, her books, everything. By the time they were finished Jenny had nothing that could be considered vulgar or suggestive. And her closet was very bare.

Jenny and Fox worked side by side and scrubbed down both bathrooms while Walter made supper.

At one point Jenny sat back on her heels and looked at Fox. "You got in trouble too didn't you?"

"What do you mean?" Fox asked vaguely not sure he liked where this was going.

"Papa got after you for covering for me, didn't he? That's why your here scrubbing the toilet."

"Yes, I did. Your dad doesn't like cover-ups." Fox answered honestly.

"I'm sorry I got you in trouble Fox,." Jenny said her eyes wet with unshed tears.

"YOU didn't get me in trouble, I did that on my own," Fox said firmly, "I should have known what was going on and stopped it."

Jenny nodded and turned back to finish with the tub she was scrubbing out. She yelped at the sharp swat on her rump. Her hand went back to cover the injured area as she looked at Fox in disbelieve.

"And don't call me Fox." he glowered at the child.

Jenny blushed deeply. "Sorry Tatteh," she said and rubbed her bottom. Things were definitely different now.
 

To be continued in part 16