"Something your father should really be doing, but since he isn't going too---someone needs to!" He raised his hand and let it hand solidly on her clothed backside with a SMACK that echoed in the room.
"NO!" Elizabeth screeched shocked. "OH, how DARE you strike me! Release me now William Turner!" With one small fist she socked him in the leg.
He responded with two more quick spanks. "You are hardly in the position to make demands! And for someone who cares so little of what the consquences could be for running around like this, why would this even phase you?"
SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK after a dozen solid spanks to her upturned rump, he tugged down the pants, and gasped as her bare bottom came into view.
Elizabeth howled loudly, partly in pain and partly in embarrassment. "Will, stop it this instant! Don't you dare go any further! You have no right what so ever to correct me in such a way!"
"I have every right! You are my friend Elizabeth and I know you'd do the same damn thing if you were me and I was you!!" Firming his resolve, he began to spank her again, peppering her slightly pinkened bottom over and over again with his work-rough hand. SMACK MSACK SMACK SMACK
"I would NOT do such a silly thing to anyone, much less a friend!" Elizabeth screamed, her mind racing with pain and shock. She could not believe Will was spanking her! She had not been spanked in ages!
Will ingored her and continued to spank her bottom as it turned to pink and red, and finally a rosy red that almost seemed to glow. By then, she was crying and almost limp, and his heart went out ot her.
Raising her pants, he turned her over in his arms, to rock her as he would a small child, like his mother used to rock him. "Shhh, you're ok, it's all over. I'm sorry that I had to do that Liz, but it is so dangerous to do this. I would---I would be devastated to lose you" he whispered.
She sobbed on his shoulder, barely hearing him. Ohhh, her bottom sure did hurt. She had never been spanked that hard as a child! Actually she really never got what most people would call a spanking. Her father had given her a few swats with his hand, and that was it. And never on her bare bottom!!! Her face flushed a bright red. She was horrified that Will had seen her naked bottom.
He continued to rock her. "Shhhhh, tis alright. I treasure you Elizabeth---you saved my life, remember? Maybe now I have saved yours from being ruined." He ws filled with rage at even the thought of what could be done to her by men and even boys his own age, if they found her to be a girl out on her own. And such a beautiful girl at that.
She cried hard and loud. "My life was not even close to being ruined Will Turner!" She said between sobs. "How...dare...you...do that to me!!!" She moaned. "Oh, it hurts!" She whimpered. "Your hands are so rough. Stupid black smith hands." She pouted and slapped at one of his hands.
Hurt clouded his beautiful brown eyes, but then it was replaced by anger. "Elizabeth, you are my friend, but you are so naive at times," he half growled. "YOu have seen so little of the cruelty of this world. Thank god, for it would always haunt you, as some I have seen will forever chase me and lurk around corners"
He took her by the shoudlers and looked deep into her eyes. "I do not know if you knew Susan, the man I work for, tis his niece. She was such a lovely girl, so bright and happy and full of life. She is 14. Half a year ago, she convinced her uncle to send her on several errands, because I was ill with the fever, remember?"
She sniffled and nodded, her eyes wide at the look in his eyes. "Yes, I remember." She said softly as she wiped a few tears away. "And have you seen her lately?" he whispered, his own eyes filling with tears She shook her head, shocked at the sudden tears in his eyes. "No." She whispered.
"While the doctor was here, and I was so sick, the poor blacksmith, he was desperate to fill the orders and have them delivered. Susan talked him into letting her dress in my clothing and make deliveries. So he did. She came back----nine hours after being sent to make the first one." He paused, his voice growing thick with emotions as well as disgust. "
"I refuse to go into the details that I was told, but I will say this. Elizabeth---she came back, and she is now six months with child" he whispered. "And that is why he is drunk nearly every day, because he blames himself. She was sent to the country, to live with some relatives, so she would not be shamed by her condition. Do you understand what I am saying?"
For a very long time all Elizabeth could do was stare at him, her mouth slightly open. She felt her stomach twist up painfully, and she put a hand over her delicate mouth. "Dear Lord in Heaven." She whispered. "Dear Lord." She squeezed her eyes shut as a wave of nausea swept over her. She began to cry for Susan. She wrapped her arms around Will's neck and cried, so horrified.
Will rocked her in his arms once more, tears stinging his eyes, and he was barely able to hold them back. "I am sorry to be go--gruesome Elizabeth by sharing this. But I thought you needed to know why I did this. And I swear to the Lord Elizabeth, if I ever EVER hear or see of this happening again, I shall take my belt to your bottom, do you hear?" he asked sternly. "Lord knows I do not want to do such a thing, to hurt you with another spanking, but I will, for I will not allow such a thing to befall you as well."
"You are too precious for your life to be ruined in such a horrifying way" he whispered, clutching her tighter. In that instant, he knew, he wanted to hold her and protect her for the rest of his life.
She continued to cry for many reasons. She cried for Susan, she cried from the pain of the spanking she got, and she cried for the terrible thing she had done, and she cried because of the threat of the belt should she be caught again!
But as she cried she thought about his last words, about her being too precious for her life to be ruined like that. His voice had been so low and full of passion....it stirred something up inside her, and for a moment she was confused and even a little scared. She looked up at him, her face red from crying and her eyes puffy. "I'm sorry." She whispered.
"I know Elizabeth" he whispered, planting a soft kiss to her forehead. "I know--and you are forgiven. But I meant what I said. Please, don't make me follow through on that. I know you are much smarter then to try something like this again" he hugged her close. "When you are ready, I will walk you to the gate of your father's house, and you will be safe past there to sneak back in"
She gave him a sad look, though part of her wanted to tell him what she thought about his belt threat. She sighed deeply. "I never thought about it being so bad." She said softly. "I never went anywhere with strangers, and I always make sure I stay in a crowd of people. It was fun, being someone else. I could be free for a while, and I liked that."
Will sighed. "I understand your reasons. And I shall make you a deal. The next time you feel like having such freedom, come to me, and we shall be jolly boys together, hmm?" he asked with a wide grin.. She blinked at him, surprised. "Really? You mean it?!" Will nodded. "If you are with me, then you can be safe, and I won't have to spank you, and you can still ahve your freedom. Is that a deal?"
She thought about it. "As long as you don't hamper my fun any." Will threw back his head and laughed, then hugged her tight. "Alright, I agree! As long as no drinking is involved, I am not a fan of that, it makes my stomach turn awfully. Otherwise, I am at your service, good lady--- or sir" he winked. She laughed and playfully swatted his arm. "You are awful Will."