At the mall/Page6

At the Mall
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Kimberly grins a little at seeing Jacob get a thump on his rump. She's a little surprised to see Suzie get one too. The dress her mother is so careful not to let her see peeks her curiosity btu she fights down. Best behaviour would require her not asking what it was, she'd do that home, maybe Mitchel would tell her.

Suzie smiles at Julia's question, "Oh that would be very nice. I'd like to come Ma'am, if Mum says it's okay."

Jacob gets a gleam in his eye but he asks, "do you want me to come Kimbers?"

Kimberly blinks, whether she wanted him to or not didn't matter. It ws ncie of him to ask though. "I'd like both of you to come, if it's okay with your parents that is." Turning to Julia she adds, "Thank youf or inviting them Mommy."

Jacob meanwhile has turned to his mother, "Can I go Mommy? Please?!?" Kimberly gives Isabel and Sarah, the two to her mothers, hopeful looks.

"It would eb very nice," Kimberly says and then to get back at him for talking about eh fitters she adds, "Jacob's a good spanker, not as good as Mommy or Uncle Mitchel but he's good."

Sarah laughs at Kimberly's comment of 'Get back at' replying between chuckles "As the Birthday girl, hun you'll just be giving him a chance for more at your backside!" Isabel on the other hand frowns at this, not totally sure what to say.

"Truth is" Isabel confirms, "My little Suzie doesn't have that much to do with Penitatas" she pronounces the whole word with purpose rather than use the common word, "My friend Jacob here is one thing - but a party for a Penitatas that I don't really know." Isabel turns to Julia for confirmation. "How well behaved is your child, seriously. I mean from what it sounds like she isn't exactly the well behaved sort now is she?"

Julia hesitates. "Its true" She conceded - "Today at least Kimberly has behaved very badly and was much in deserving of what she will be getting later tonight!" Kimberly's mother clearly looks put off at having been put on the spot here. "But well - she is usually very well behaved and..." The slightly flustered mother turns to her nappy-clad child, fully aware that this isn't making that good of an impression. "Well, Kimberly. Kimbers" she says, "Tell them that you will be on your best behaviour!"

Kimberly, realising this is important, straightens and clasps her hands before her. "Yes Mother," she says to Julia before speaking clearly, slowly and most importantly politely. "ma'am," he says to Isabell and Sarah, "As a hostess for my birthday party I would be expected to be on my best behaviour. As a Penetatas," Kimbers is careful to say it clearly and to use the full form as Isabel has done, "I am expected to be always on my best behaviour."

The 6yo pauses for a second. her knees are starting to tremble slightly as her nervousness builds. This is important to Mommy! Kimberly tells herself sternly before continuing. "I failed today, I rec-acknowledge I failed to meet that high standard and have requested that Mother Punishment," she's about to say severely but changes it to "sternly for my failure. I am quite confident that Mother is very capable in motivating me to keep the high standards of good behaviour a penitatas is expected to keep."

"Please," Kimberly voice cracks a little, "Having Suzie come would be a very nice and I would not do anything to spoil her visit if you permitted it."

Suzie turns and says, "Mum, please let me go? I good role model would help a Pennitatas and aren't I a good role model?"

While Suzie is saying this Jacob steps forward and gives Kimberly a hug and whispered, "If Mommy lets me go I'll practise on my Spanking Sam doll." this makes Kimberly giggle, which was his intention. Turning he says to Sarah, "Please? I think it wold be very nice."

With the polite response and the pleading from both sides, Isabel relents and waves the comments away with a sigh. "Alright, Alright." Isabel shoves her daughter back into the changing area and closes the curtain around her. "You can go but I expect you to BE that good example!" Suzie's mother comments, "Now change back into your normal clothes!"

Julia smiles. "Well that increases our number of guests!" "Oh I agree" Sarah interjects, "A Penni Party isn't much good unless there are lots of people there!" Sarah has finished organising her boy's uniform too while they were speaking, shorts, long pants, penni pants and a few identical shirts for his uniform Jacob is stripped down a final time and handed his normal clothes.

Sighing - Julia considers.... "Should I permit you your normal dress or not..." "Thank you!" Kimberly says with a huge grin. She watches Jacob getting changed. Both penni share a smile when Kimberly notices the level I bee-reifs he has. As he tugs them on he says, "kumin flavoured pancakes and pea meal bacon." he tugs on a pair of blue shorts witha white stripe. "Ever have pea meal bacon? It's disgusting stuff." Socks and shoes are next.

Kimberly shrugs, "Nope but if Mommy made it I'd eat it." Jacob snickers. Behind the curtain they can hear Suzie singing something softly to herself. She has a nice, if furry, voice. Kimbers watches as Jacob pulls on a bright orange t-shirt with black lettering that reads. "When spanking put this side down." Slowly he turns. On the back it reads, "Before spanking bare bum."

Kimberly laughs just as Suzie comes out of the curtained off section. "Oh you like his shirt? Mum let me buy it for him for his birthday." Kimberly only giggles.

Kimberly shifts nervously as Jacob glances at her nappy. "Uh, Mommy. Could I wear my school uniform? My normal skirt won't hide the nappy. I mean if you wanted to give me clothes." She shifts and says, "I could just wear my t-shirt." The 6yo gives Julia a pleading look.

While the children are getting re-dressed, Mitchel disappears again - taking the selected clothing to one of the many cashier points around the store and coming back with several bags, possibly one or two more than expected. Julia meanwhile was checking her watch.

"Well - I suppose!" Looking through the bags of shopping, Julia tracked down the shirt that was part of the child's non-punishment uniform and pulled it down over the girl's head. "We have a little time to go up tothe top floor and get something to eat" Julia clarified, "Then we have to meet our appointment at the punishment booths."

"Oh!" Sarah's mum interrupted, you mean "For that?" Julia nodded and - on seeing Isobel's blank expression, whispered something to the other mother. After a moment she clued in. "Oh I see - and she doesn't know?" Julia nodded, shushing the other mums with a laugh. "But that's enough for now!" Julia got up, picked up all her bags - took a few from Mitchel and organised her daughter to leave.

"We'll see you four later!" Julia put in, turning to her child. "We're off to the food court - " she swung Kimberly's hands as they walked, "What would you like to eat?"

The 6yo felt happy. Her chest was covered, she was holding ehr mother's hand, she'd been a good girl so far and she had two kids coming to her party. Well, the little girl thought with a giggle, three if you count me but i don't get a choice! her amusement faded however. What is Mommy up to? Kimberly thought.

"Eat?" Kimberly asked a bit surprised, "Umm..." She'd been trying to remember what happened at the punishment booths but she couldn't "Vrachnia would be good... if that's okay." Kimberly said.

her tone was distracted. Okay the birthday secrets I get but what's happening at the punishment booths? Kimbers thought. Finally her curiosity drove her to ask, "Are you gonna blister me at the Punishment booth Mommy? That was the only thing she could think of. She looked at Mitchel hopefully, as if he'd tell her.

"Vrachnia..." Julia reflects, "interesting choice!" she goes up the escalators with her little 6yo baby in tow, listening to her daughter's question. "Oh Definitely!" Julia replies, "It will be the perfect chance - and that explains why you have the nanocream right now!" Julia turns and tweaks her daughter's nose. "You've already had two dozen lashes of a switch and cane - if I put a blistering on top of that then by the time we're done it could be a bleeding rump!"

"If I'm going to blister you and punish you properly for your behaviour earlier then you deserve to get it in a relatively fresh rump!" Leading the way up the second escalator to the food court, Mitchel walks backwards as he talked. "Leaving aside the subject of blistering!" the expression on the boys face showed his distaste, "I'm gonna have Chinese!" The trio go up to the food court - and the hubbub of talking people somehow increased. The foods, the smells, the walls of the food court were lined with stores, some selling obscure foods, historical foods and alien foods! Finding a free table - Julia put down her bags and took a seat, glad to get off her feet for a moment and Passed a purse to Mitchel.

"Kimbers, go with Mitchel and get whatever you want - nothing too expensive though." Oh my bummy is so going be sore! Kimberly thought as she stood in line. She was a little nervous. Mitchel had sent her to the next booth over with some money to place her own order. She could see him moving along the line out of the corner of her eye. Still she was a little nervous to be on her on. Kimbers you've really landed yourself in trouble today haven't you? She let out a little sigh and mvoed along the line. Well can't be helped now except take wht you asked for... not to mentioned earned!

"Whatcha getting?" The voice made Kimberly jump, turning to her left she found herself looking at a Space ball jersey. Craning ehr neck she found herslef looking at a boy of perhaps 9 or 10. He had dark hair to about his shoulders and green eyes. he was wearing a pair of jeans and sneakers. Immediately Kimberly checked the back of his hand and gulped a little.

"I... was going to get Vrachnia but I don't ahve enough." Kimberly explains as she shifts out of place to elt the Medicalos go before her. Whatcha getting sure beats get out of here! Kimberly thought. Smiling the Medicalos stays where he is and waves ehr towards where she had been.

"You were here first." "I'm a Pennitatas," Kimberly explained. he shrugged and pointed first to her and then to the spot she had been standing. The last thing she wnted was to cause a seen so she retook her spot. "I really wanted Vrachnia but... I can get a BBQ beef dumpling though."

"How can I help you young man?" the counter person asked. The boy might not want to assert his position but the booths staff weren't about to ignore it either. "I'll take the large summer sizzler special and a Vrachnia..." he glanced at Kimberly, "A small one." Kimberly gaped at him, so did the yong woman behind the counter. "You can't!" Kimberly explained, "Really, I'll just get a dumpling."

"Too late," the boy said with a grin, "I'm turning over a new leaf of sorts. You can get your dumpling if you want but I'm getting you the Vrachnia and that is my prerogative." Shortly a still stunned looking Kimberly arrives back at the table where her mother is with the Jalaxian equivalent of nachos. Putting the money in front of Julia she simply stas at her food as if she thinks it might vanish at any moment.

Julia sat, not ordering anything and holding their table while her charges went off to order their food, keeping a close eye on both of them in the line. She was not surprised in the least to see her daughter do the right thing culturally and offer an older boy her spot in the line but the reaction from the boy was more than surprising to say the least! Julia's eyes raised five stories on her face as the boy not only didn't take her position but clearly and blatantly ordered something and gave it to the young girl in a large bowl.

Mitchel on the other line wasn't so lucky, the Chinese stall was busy to say the least and noisy, the boy having to talk over loud hub-bub of several voluntaris who were trying to order over-top of him and ignore the rules. This was a hazard of these kind of shopping experiences, too many people and too many classes - although the Drakonian lady (Julia assumed it was a lady from the frilled apron) was definitely a professional when it came to the wok.

Julia sat up straight as her youngest child came back, toting a plate of grasses and leaves soaked in a kind of goat-cheese sauce that was the common variation for the dish used on earth. It was a bland meal but opulent - with even a small dish taking up a relatively large plate. Julia waited to see if her little girl would remember to hand back the money and smiled when she did.

"So who was that handsome boy who bought you lunch!" Julia teased, having watched the boy move to a table not far from them. "What boy?" Mitchel suddenly put in, turning up at the table with a tray of several bowls, enough for both him and Julia together. Oddly - one of the noodle-boxes looked more like fried worms. Mitchel picked one out and ate it with a crunch. "Anyone we know?" "Not that I know!" Julia stared at her daughter. "Do you know him from anywhere?"

Kimberly looked up at Julia's question and then giggled. "Thank you for letting me get something Mommy." She says and then with gusto digs into her food. She chewed for a moment before saying, "Mark IS cute isn't he Mommy?" She shot a look in the boy's direction before turning back to Mitch and Julia. "I mean Jacob is nice but Mark... that's his name, he is C-U-T-E!" She spelled out the last while bouncing slightly in her seat. "And he's only three year's older then I am..." She take another bite of her Vranchia, "Do you think I'm too young for a boyfriend?"

Without even really pausing Kimbers starts explaining, "i was gonna get a stuffed dumpling cause I didn't have enough then mark came up beside me." she continues telling the story while taking bites of Vranchia. The 6yo is obviously excited and happy and probably oblivious to the expression on Mitche's face, having kept up her solemn vow to ignore him as much as possible so they wouldn't get itno anymoe trouble.

"He's a Medicalos and said he was turning over a new leaf of sorts. I guess he didn't like Pennitatas but now he does!" She pauses, "At first I did't think I knew him but now that I think about it, I think I've seen him at the aquatic center a couple of times when we've gone."

She considered for a moment and then took another bite of food. "And you should see his eyes Mommy! and with that long dark hair... When he gets older and bulks out a little more the girls will definitely want him and maybe even some of the guys." She pthinks about that for a second and gets a very serious look on her face. Kimberly starts tapping her lip as she mutters, "Maybe I was gay when i was a guy." After another considered second or so the little girl shrugged, she was a girl now. The 6yo dug into her food again "i guess when we're done here we'll go get my Blistering done Mommy?"

Julia sits and smiles with her hand on her chin as he child rants that little bit about the boy she'd just met. "Mark." She replies, enjoying her daughters confusion but not listening properly, just saying "ah huh!" "I saw him!" Mitchel puts in, eating his crunchy worms, pasta and pork balls. "He was kinda handsome but he also looked a bit weeny!" Mitchel chuckled at Kimberly's reactions.

"Well he definitely sounds like a good role model then!" Julia put in. "Rolemodel?" "That's right Mitch," Julia grinned, "Since her coming to live under us she hasn't made a huge number of friends and a couple of Voluntaris and Medicalos kids could be good influences!" Mitchel frowned at that - "Maybe." Mitchel wasn't looking at Julia or Kimberly but instead tracking three familiar voluntaris girls across the courtyard who had caught his eye.

"Definitely!" Julia was putting in, she'd completely not heard any of Kimberly's worries about her past selfs sexuality. "And yes - you will be being blistered after this - But I'm glad right now that your noticing boys so effectively!" Julia's grin is going from ear to ear.

Kimberly grinned and then asked, "Oh are you gonna invite him to my party Mommy? That would be nice." She giggles again, "But if you do I'll have to be careful of Suzie! She'll probably want him!" Then she sees Mitchel's face. At first she thought he was mad at Mark but hen the little girl turns in her chair to see what the older boy is looking at. uh oh... Kimberly thinks as she sees the three girls. Ignore them! you don't want to make a seen here!

Turning back she says to Julia, "I'm finished eating, may I put my garbage in the trash?" Kimberly gets up and puts the disposable plate and her napkin in the trash. She considers, briefly, going over and telling mark about her party but then decides against it. That would be up to her mother.

And what is wrong with Uncle Mitchel? the 6yo thinks as she walks back to the table. I mean besides those three girls?