Chapter 19: Pool Party Part 3

When the video was over the girls stretched and blinked their eyes as Cindy brought the lights back up from the dimness as they watched the movie. They chattered about their love/hate option of the movie all agreeing that it was a fun, mindless diversion.

“Time for the jacuzzi!” Nay shouted and they bounded up the stairs. Cindy grabbed a bunch of beach towels and they headed out to the backyard. Cindy reset the lights so that the lights in the pool and the jacuzzi were on and the lights on the patio and the back of the house off. There were lawn-wash lights that illuminated the yard back to the tennis court. The tennis court was in darkness.

They all shed their t-shirts and cover-ups and eased into the warm water.

“Oh man, this is just what the doctor ordered.” Sam purred.

Those who had never been naked in a situation like this before were slightly disappointed that the bubbles hindered a clear view of the flesh nearby. They all leaned back and relaxed.

Cindy spoke up. “I know it is easy to fall asleep in this thing. Two of us have to promise to keep our eyes open as sort of lifeguards.”

Sam and Becky were sitting next to each other and shrugged their shoulders. “Becky and I will.” Sam said.

Sam snuggled up next to Becky and whispered “What or who should we talk about?”

Becky splashed Sam and hissed “You are evil!”

They looked at the other six as they leaned their heads back and closed their eyes.

“Great day so far, huh?” Becky asked.

Sam grinned. “Yes, and I like the sound of ‘so far’ in that sentence.”

Becky’s phone buzzed behind her. She turned and picked it up.

Tommy: I’m placing my “guy loyalty” card at risk but I need to warn you what Mark is planning.

Becky: Oh?

Tommy: He told me about spying on Maddie and Cindy when they were sunbathing. He would watch from an upstairs window. He talked about how hot it was to watch you all playing volleyball in your bikinis this afternoon. Figuring you all might be skinny dipping or naked in the hot tub, he wants to sneak home and see if he can catch you all and maybe get some pictures with his phone. While sneaking over to sneak a peek at all of you is enticing, the taking pictures part worries me. That fact that he’s talking about it with me makes me think he wouldn’t keep them to himself.

Becky: How can you sneak away when the tournament is going on? Were you eliminated?

Tommy: No we are still in it but they have so many people participating, there is dead time. We will have just over an hour to kill after our next session and he thought that might be enough time for me to drive him there and back.

Becky: Give me a moment.

Becky sat back and thought about what she should do. Sam looked at her and asked “What’s up? You have a worried look on your face.”

Becky made a decision and handed her phone to Sam. “Read what my brother just texted me.”

Sam took the phone and her eyes widened as she saw what Cindy’s brother had asked Tommy to do.

Sam handed the phone back to Becky and said “There are different ways this can go. We can get everyone in the basement and have it be a bust for them or we figure a way to teach Mark a lesson that will last.”

Becky was concerned for her brother. “But how do we keep the blowback off of Tommy? If we just go after Mark, he may figure out Tommy ratted him out.”

Sam nodded. “You are right. We not only want to keep the blame off of Tommy, we don’t want him penalized for doing the right thing. I think we all need to discuss this. Cindy especially has to have a say in this.”

Becky texted Tommy: I am going to get everyone’s input on this. I’ll keep you posted. Please let me know if/when you leave for Cindy and Mark’s house.

Tommy: Will do.

Becky and Sam rousted the others from their reverie. “Please turn off the jets so we can talk.” Sam told Cindy.

After the water stilled, they all sat forward looking at Sam and Becky. “You go first.” Sam said to Becky.

“OK, I just got a text from my brother.”

“Isn’t he at the gaming thing with my brother Mark?” Cindy asked.

“Yeah. And that’s what he’s texting about. Tommy says Mark asked him to drive them over here during a break in the next hour to see if they could do a little peeping action and catch us naked in the pool or the hot tub.”

“I’m sure we haven’t heard everything yet but giving the boys a little thrill wouldn’t be so bad, would it?” Heather interrupted.

Sam shook her head. “Tommy says Mark wants to try to get pictures.”

They all looked at Cindy who was furious. “I’m open to suggestions because right now homicide is the only thing on my mind.”

Sam spoke next, “We have a number of ways we can go on this. We can be in the basement playing board games or watching a video when they get here and they leave disappointed. We could be in the pool with our bathing suits on which may be more of a disappointment because they may think ‘oh, so close!’. Or, we could figure a way to teach Mark a lesson without revealing that Tommy warned us.”

“So we’d have to catch them at it and then teach them a lesson in such a way that it could change behavior.” Callie said. “This is a challenge because of Tommy.”

“Do you all need reassurance that Tommy is the good guy in this scenario? I don’t want you to think I’m just standing up for him because he is my brother.” Becky asked the group.

Cindy looked at Sam. “Do you believe Tommy is blameless?”

“I’ve seen the texts he sent Becky. He even admitted he would be tempted to join Mark in a peeping adventure but he drew the line when Mark said he was going to take pictures. And I’m sure Becky would have no problem showing you the texts to see for yourselves.” Sam answered.

Becky nodded. “I can show you all if you want.”

“The rest of you can look at the text but not only do I believe Becky and Sam, I’ve had dealings with Tommy in the past and he’s a straight up guy.” Amy said, winking at Becky. Becky smirked and nodded.

Cindy nodded. “OK. I’m leaning towards teaching a lesson. That would be easy by itself but we have to spare Tommy and I don’t know how we would do that.”

Nay said, “We have to let him in on whatever our plan is.”

“What do you mean?” Maddie asked Nay.

“He’s warned us so he’s sort of on our team already. If we let him in on whatever we are planning, he can guide Mark along as an inside guy, so to speak.”

Becky spoke up. “And if he is not comfortable with what we are planning, we can give Tommy an out and we just threaten Mark with telling his parents what he was going to try to do.”

Heather turned to Cindy, “How severe a lesson?”

Cindy turned and looked at her. “Severe?”

Heather nodded. “Subtle but clear? Humiliating so there is no doubt?”

Cindy nodded. “I want to get the message across with a touch of punishment. I suspect he’s tried this before.”

Becky nodded. “Tommy texted me earlier this evening that Mark had mentioned spying on you and Maddie in the past when you were sunbathing next to the pool and hoped he would be able to catch us all naked tonight. Tommy told me that he would try to talk Mark out of it but if he couldn’t he would warn me. That’s the text we just received.”

Maddie asked, “Why doesn’t Tommy just refuse to drive him?”

“I don’t want to make him out to be a hero. Tommy said he was afraid if he said no, Mark would just find someone else who maybe wanted pictures as well.” Becky answered.

“He may not be a hero but he certainly is coming through this evening.” Amy said.

There were nods all around.

“What’s the plan then?” Nay asked.

Amy sheepishly raised her hand. They all turned and looked at her and she said, “Well, you know my favorite form of punishment.” Her face reddened and she looked down.

Sam stood up ignoring her nudity. “Spank them!?!?!?!”

They all gasped.

Cindy nodded and said thoughtfully, “That may be what it takes.”

Sam looked at Becky, “But would Tommy go along with that?”

Becky looked at Amy. Sam caught the look between them but held her tongue.

“If we do what Nay said and clue him in ahead of time, I might be able to convince him with some incentive.” Becky said.

“Why do you think that you can convince him?” Sam asked as she sat back down in the water.

Becky sighed. “Maybe I can promise him some shots of me from the tennis court today with Cindy cropping my face out of the picture.”

There were shocked faces all around that turned to gasps when Amy said, “If that doesn’t convince him, maybe you can offer the group shots, appropriately cropped and if we all agree.”

They all sat silently for a full minute before Nay raised her hand.

“What, Nay?” Maddie asked.

“If it’s necessary, I’m OK with him having a cropped group shot.” Nay answered.

They all exchanged looks. Then hands started going up until all eight were in the air.

“Well isn’t this interesting.” Maddie said. “We have turned into quite the tight-knit group, haven’t we? And I for one, love it!”

“Back to the plan.” Becky said. “Tommy may text me at any moment that they are on their way.”

Cindy held up her hand and thought for a moment. “Mark will probably think going to an upstairs window is his best bet. For proof, we have to catch him at it.”

“What if you and I happened to be upstairs to get something from your room? We can wait in there and when we get the word from Becky that Mark and Tommy are in position, we can ‘happen’ upon them from behind and take a picture and then get all indignant and start yelling.” Maddie suggested.

They all nodded. “I like this.” Sam said.

“We bring them downstairs and out to the patio to allow all of us to confront them.” Maddie continued.

“How are we dressed?” Nay asked.

“Let’s be sitting around the table wrapped in these fluffy towels. It would make sense for Cindy to have gone upstairs to get her hairbrush because we had all just gotten out of the water.” Callie suggested.

Heather chimed in, “What are we wearing under the towels?”

“Nothing” said Amy with a devilish grin. “That might keep Mark off balance if he thinks we are a slipped towel away from revealing something.”

They all looked at Cindy for her thoughts. After a few seconds she simply said “Yes.”

“After we’ve had a chance to say our piece, we give them the ultimatum. Cindy and Becky will show the picture to both sets of parents to get them in trouble or ... they get spanked on their bare bottoms, right here, right now.” Amy said with a satisfied grin.

Nay added: “And we take a picture of the spanking as insurance that they stay in line.”

Becky wondered if she was going to be able to actually convince Tommy. Given their history, she was pretty sure that she could.

Heather looked at Becky as if she knew what Becky was thinking. “Do you think you can convince Tommy?”

“If he trusts me, I’m sure of it. And I believe he will trust me.”

After about a minute of silence where they were all deep in thought, Sam said: “I sincerely hate to interrupt the planning but I’m turning into a prune. Can we follow Callie’s suggestion and get out of the water and wrap ourselves in the fluffy towels?”

They scrambled out of the water and each grabbed a towel. After drying off they all did the famous female “boob-tuck” and secured the towels under their shoulders and around themselves and sat down.

Cindy took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. “To review, Becky will text her brother and see if he is on board. He will warn us when they are on their way. Hopefully, he can tell us what Mark is planning and we can be in position since we are only guessing that they will go to a second floor window. Maddie and I will be in position upstairs and you six will be sitting around the table. Maddie and I catch them and take a picture and march them down here. You six vent your outrage at them and then we present them with the ultimatum: Spanking or exposure. If Becky is right, Tommy will convince Mark it is their only choice. We take a picture of them with pants down, bare asses up, getting spanked. Have I got that right?”

“That sounds right.” Maddie said. “I think we need a vote. If anyone wants out, they can leave or hide in the basement and not take part. Again, no hard feelings. If enough of us vote ‘no’ we catch them in the act with a photo and then merely threaten them.”

Just like with the possibility of Becky having to promise the cropped group shot of them bottomless on the court, all eight hands went up to proceed.

“One last thing.” Sam said.

“What?” Cindy asked.

“If we are making them go over someone’s knee with their pants down...” Heather said.

“ ... who is doing the spanking?” Nay finished.

They sat looking at each other for a long time. Then Amy said something but it was so softly they couldn’t hear.

Callie looked at Amy. “What did you say?”

Amy spoke barely able a whisper. “They get spanked by their sisters.”

This stunned the team into silence.

“Explain.” Cindy finally said.

Amy took a deep breath. “It will be something they never forget. Mark will remember it as a warning and punishment to clean up his act meted out by his sister. He will be reminded of it every time he looks at her and thinks of exploiting her body without her consent. And Becky, take this as you will, Tommy will remember this as a huge favor he did for you, us, and Cindy.”

“Given that,” Sam said, looking at Becky, “do you trust him not trying to continue to collect on it? You said if he trusts you he will play along. Do you trust him?”

Becky slowly nodded. “Completely.”

“Will you be able to do it?” Sam asked her.

“Yes” Becky said, nodding.

Sam turned to Cindy, “You?”

The look in Cindy’s eyes was the same look that she got on the tennis court when she had her opponent on the ropes and was on match point. She looked around at the seven of them and said through gritted teeth, “With pleasure.”

“I don’t want to make light of the situation or of what we want to accomplish but I just want to say this is the turning out to be the best pajama party ever!” Nay gushed.

After a beat of silence they all shrieked with laughter having to wipe the tears from their eyes. It took a minute or two for them all to catch their breath and regain composure. It was a welcome tension breaker.

Cindy looked at Becky. “Ready?”

“Yes.”

“Text your brother the plan.”

Becky started her text with, “I know you may have shut your phone off because you are in the middle of a tournament session, so reply when you can.” She then laid out the entire plan, finishing with, “I will make it worth your while. The whole team is behind this. You may even be able to name your reward, within reason. Are you in?”

Becky put her phone down and looked at the rest of them. “Now we wait.”

They only had to wait about five minutes when Becky’s phone buzzed. She picked it up and read Tommy’s message.

“I’m in. We are leaving in about 5 minutes. We are going to park down the street and walk the last 50 yards to the house. Do you want me to text when we are there?”

Remembering that Cindy could track Mark on “Find My Friends” she replied he didn’t have to, just to text if they did anything different than going upstairs.

Becky looked at the others. “It’s on. They are on the way.”

Amy got up and rearranged some chairs. She turned to see the others looking at her quizzically. “I don’t want it to appear this was pre-planned. I also want it to be easy to get it set up for the punishment. I figure have them head to head across their sister’s laps so we can see their faces while the deed is done.”