I sighed as I looked at the work I'd been assigned. Being stuck in detention really wasn't the way I had wanted to spend my Friday afternoon, but my wishes had not been taken into consideration. The teacher had caught me with a pack of cigarettes, and though I was old enough to smoke, I'd been given detention for smoking on school grounds. I pointed out that I hadn't – I'd gone down to the nearby lake instead. In consideration of this, the charges had been dropped, and I'd been given detention for leaving school grounds during the school day instead.
I started to work on the assignment, fuming to myself. This was so unfair! I was eighteen – a woman, not a girl, and shouldn't have to sit in detention. It was bad enough that I still had to wear this stupid school uniform. I was also the only student in detention today – it was just me and the teacher.
Mister Page was sitting at the front of the classroom, throwing me the occasional scowl to remind me to feel sorry for my misconduct. That meant there was at least one bright spot to being here; I had something nice to look at. Robert Page was a tall, handsome, dark-haired, well-dressed man in his early thirties, and he seemed to be completely unaware of the way some of the girls would giggle and flutter their eyelashes when they saw him. I had to admit I found him quite fit as well.
"Still, there are better things I could do on a Friday afternoon," I muttered. I had a bad habit of talking to myself; mumbling the thoughts that other people would leave as internal monologues. It had gotten me in trouble a few times, but fortunately, Mister Page was too far away to hear me.
As I continued to write, my eyes rested on the ring I'd found on the shore of the lake, and which I now wore on my right hand. It looked to be a beautiful silver ring with a small, red gem on it, but I assumed it was a cheap fake – in real life, you didn't stumble upon valuable jewellery on the beach during a smoke break.
I glanced over at Mister Page, who was writing something in his notebook. "You're just as unhappy about being here as I am, I suppose," I mumbled just as quietly as before. "You poor thing. I wish you'd take me over your lap and spank me instead – then we could both go home." I had always had a secret interest in spanking, and the thought of being placed over Mister Page's knee was far more appealing than being stuck doing schoolwork all afternoon.
Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I could see a flash of light from the ring, and I frowned, looking down at my hand again. What had just happened? Had I held it at just the right angle to reflect the sunlight? I tried to wriggle my hand back and forth to repeat the exact circumstances, but couldn't get another flash like that. With my mind occupied, I hadn't noticed that Mister Page had risen to his feet, and looked up to see him standing next to my desk, scowling down at me.
"Not focusing on your assignment, Miss Pacelle?" he said in a disapproving tone. "I don't think detention is having the intended effect on you, young lady. Maybe it's not the right punishment for sneaking off school grounds." He furrowed his brow as if considering something. "No, I think we should try something else. Maybe a good spanking would teach you the error of your ways."
I stared at him in shock. He couldn't have said what I thought he had said, could he? My handsome teacher could not just have threatened to spank me; I must have misheard him. But he grabbed my arm, pulling me to my feet.