"Oh, Oliver, this stuffy old school gives me the creeps," said Dorothy to her handsome husband, the new schoolmaster of the dreaded upper sixth.
Oliver agreed with his beautiful wife, "It is a bit old-fashioned, Dorothy, rigidly maintaining the 'traditional' school values, as everyone keeps endlessly repeating."
They were alone now in the school master's quarters after spending a tiring day being shown around the ancient academy. The first term hadn't started yet, so the school was virtually empty, apart from a few staff members and the headmaster.
The headmaster was friendly enough and eager to help, but they'd both had to pretend not to notice as the doddering old boy constantly gawked at Dorothy's bottom with undisguised relish at every opportunity.
"The other teachers seem OK, I suppose, Oliver, but I hate the way the headmaster kept staring at my bum."
"Well, it is a rather pretty peach, Dorothy. Can you really blame the old boy for drooling over your beautiful bottom? I bet his wrinkly old penis stiffened and throbbed that time you bent over to pick up the duster you'd carelessly knocked off the blackboard," teased Oliver to lighten the mood.
Dorothy responded with a shocked expression before a big, sexy smile split her pretty face as she playfully slapped his arm.
"Don't you mind that the old codger was ogling your wife's 'peach' and mentally undressing me? His beady little eyes twinkled as he thought of lifting my dress, peeling my skimpy panties down, and feasting his eyes on my bare married bottom."
"Not at all," countered her husband with a cheeky grin in response to his wife's sexy teasing. "As long as I'm the only one actually lifting your dress above your lovely, shapely legs, right up over your scrumptious peach." He said this as he teasingly raised her skirt above her waist. She spun around and saucily wiggled her bouncy bottom for him, giggling at her naughty tease.
"Oh, my word, you weren't joking about the skimpy little panties, Dorothy. The dirty old man can ogle all he wants, as long as I'm the only one who'll enjoy the pleasure of your sizzling hot bot. Dorothy, you really are such a naughty schoolmaster's wife. Imagine walking around in this short swirly dress with only a tiddly tiny thong to hide your modesty."
The old four-poster bed was surprisingly comfortable, with not so much as a squeak from the bedsprings, which was just as well.
"It looks like it's just you and the headmaster today, Dorothy. I have to meet up with the other teachers in the assembly hall to go over the curriculum for next term, which I strongly suspect will be at least as boring as it sounds. You, on the other hand, Dorothy, have the pleasure of reporting to the headmaster's study. Apparently, he likes to meet the wives for a pep talk and no doubt emphasises the importance of the 'old traditional school values'.
"The old traditional school values are so important at this institution, Dorothy; I really cannot emphasise that enough," droned the headmaster as poor Dorothy nodded solemnly.
"We pride ourselves on maintaining standards and discipline here. I, for one, take great satisfaction in the fact that this is the only school in the country with a corporal punishment license. It's never taken lightly, of course, but when a caning is required, then a caning there shall be."
"I didn't know caning was still allowed, headmaster; I'm not sure I approve."
"Oh, I find it's a very effective deterrent, Dorothy, and I'm sure you'll agree that it's so much better to get the problem dealt with straight away, rather than detention, lines, or, God forbid, expulsion."
The headmaster eagerly produced a crook-handled cane from the cabinet behind him. He swished the rattan cane through the air with an evil grin on his wickedly beaming face before he cracked it down hard on the papers, lying on his desk with a fearsome 'thwack,' which made Dorothy jump.
"I find that six stinging strokes from this little joystick will sort out any problem once and for all. Now then, let me just check that I have all the correct paperwork here," continued the headmaster as Dorothy stared wide-eyed at the ferocious yellowed cane. The headmaster had donned his gown and mortarboard for their interview that morning, and seeing him eagerly swishing his cane with that wicked expression on his fearsome face scared the hell out of her.
"Well, this can't be right?" Said the headmaster, frowning and startling Dorothy out of her daydream. "Ten years is written down here, but it looks like your husband has only nine years of teaching experience. The advertisement and job description clearly stated that a minimum of ten years was required at the coal face, or chalk face, as I like to call it."
A startled Dorothy remembered the discrepancy on the job application for this post. She blushed guiltily, recalling how she'd tried to persuade her husband to apply anyway. The starting salary was so generous, and the thought of all those lovely long holidays was just too tempting.
Despite Dorothy's pleas, Oliver had said no. He'd talked to a few of his fellow teachers, and they'd been adamant that the application would be flatly rejected and might jeopardise any future job offers.
'Future job offers' might take forever, thought Dorothy, with a self-righteous smirk as she secretly sent off his application, stating that Oliver had actually been teaching for ten years.
An interview with the board of governors was arranged, and her 'super smart' husband passed with flying colours. Oliver applied for so many teaching posts that he didn't realise this was the position that demanded ten years of experience.
Dorothy was relieved and actually felt a little tingly thrill at how clever she'd been. The ten-year requirement was never mentioned again, and until this moment, she'd forgotten all about it. 'We're here now anyway, so it's no longer an issue,' Dorothy thought reasonably, 'so I'll just say it was a silly mistake.'
Dorothy didn't know why she was saying it, even as she was saying it, and she was the one saying it, but she just blurted out the same blatant lie.
"Oh no, Oliver definitely has ten years of teaching experience, headmaster."
The headmaster stared at Dorothy with his piercing blue eyes. Dorothy felt her face redden with shame and embarrassment at this silly lie. 'God, what was I thinking? Surely it doesn't matter now if it's nine years or ten; Oliver's already got the job. Why didn't I just admit the 'mistake' and laugh it off?'
"Was your husband teaching before he left university?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry, headmaster. I was confused. It's been nine years, yes, you're right, Oliver has been teaching for nine years."
"I'm very sorry, Dorothy, but the school tradition is quite clear on this: The master for the upper sixth must have at least ten years of teaching experience. I think I know how this awful mix-up happened."
Dorothy's heart raced as she stifled a gasp. 'Oh my God, he knows, he knows what I did,' but she breathed a huge sigh of relief as the headmaster continued.
"It's our new secretary, we had so much trouble with her when she first arrived. She should have rejected your husband's application, it's basic mathematics, and instead, it appears she sent off an interview request, and the rest, as they say, is history. Of course, you can both stay here tonight, and we'll arrange transport for you back to the station in the morning.
Dorothy was horrified. Oliver had already left his last teaching job for this very well-paid position, and it was clearly too late for him to apply for another post before the start of term.
"Oh, please, headmaster, surely that isn't necessary, Oliver so deserves this job." Dorothy was desperate now, clutching at straws but determined to find a way out of the horrible mess she'd made.
"And really, it was the secretary's fault; you said so yourself, headmaster. Of course, I don't want her sacked or anything, but surely she should be punished for this and not my husband?"
"I don't know about that, Dorothy," frowned the headmaster, deep in thought, "Well perhaps." He tapped his fingers on his desk with a faraway look in his steel-blue eyes. "Yes, OK, then. I'll talk to the secretary and see what she has to say about this unfortunate pickle. Report back here at three o'clock sharp, Dorothy, and I promise I'll have a solution for this fiasco."
Dorothy's heart was thumping in her chest as she built up her courage outside the headmaster's office. She couldn't help feeling like a naughty schoolgirl, anxiously waiting to hear the headmaster's decision.
Tap, tap, "Ah yes, do come in, Dorothy, and have a seat."
"I've spoken to the secretary and told her that you felt she was the one who should be punished for the lie about the ten years of experience and not your husband."
Dorothy's face blushed bright pink. God, this was so awkward. Talking about lies and punishments and who's to blame had her heart racing like a naughty schoolgirl again.
"Good news, she accepted that she should have rejected the application and agreed to her punishment. Yes, it was a careless mistake, and she paid the penalty in full. Here's the signed punishment slip."
Dorothy took hold of the sheet of paper the headmaster handed her with growing unease. She gasped when she read the 'penalty' meted out to the unfortunate secretary, as dictated by the 'punishment slip.'
'I confirm that the application error was my fault and agree to my punishment of six strokes of the cane on my bare bottom, to be administered immediately.'
Dorothy read the punishment slip with mounting horror as she shifted her bottom nervously in her seat and stared in astonishment at the headmaster, eyes wide as saucers.
"Yes, she received those stripes very well, I must say," said the headmaster, smiling at the memory as he idly fingered the crook-handled cane, still lying across his desk.
"But, but, but she's a grown woman." stammered Dorothy in a state of shock and bewilderment and a gnawing sense of guilt and shame that she'd been the architect of the poor secretary's six-stroke caning.
"Oh yes, she is; she is indeed a grown woman, very much so," said the headmaster lecherously as he licked his lips. "She took her punishment accordingly, a six-stripe thrashing on the bare, without a single complaint and scarcely a whimper. So that explains how the erroneous application passed through our most rigorous standards, but alas, it doesn't excuse your husband from lying on his application form, I'm afraid."
"No, don't say it, headmaster. Please don't say it. It was my fault. It was me... I was the one. Oh, dear God, headmaster, I did it. I sent in the application for Oliver. He knows nothing about it, and it was only a tiny little mistake, and I'm sooo sorry."
"You're sorry? How dare you, how dare you, Dorothy? 'I'm sooo sorry,'" mimicked the headmaster in a whiny, pleading voice that made Dorothy cringe.
"Sorry doesn't cut it. Now get out, get out of my office, Dorothy, and don't you dare come back in here until you've thought about what you've done and are ready to atone for it."
Poor Dorothy slumped back against the headmaster's door, her face burning with shame and embarrassment. She could still hear the headmaster muttering to himself in his office, 'Never in all my years.'
Her urge to walk away was overpowering, but she knew she wouldn't. She just couldn't let Oliver down, not her Oliver, not her clever, handsome husband. There was no way in hell she'd ever let him down.
"Please, headmaster, I'm truly sorry. I've been such a fool; this is all my fault. Please forgive me, and I beg you not to fire my husband."
"Well, that's more like it, Dorothy. You seemed to have learned your manners and a little contrition, so I'm prepared to make an exception. Now then, Dorothy, I have your slip here somewhere; ah, yes, here it is." Said the headmaster as he nonchalantly handed her a sheet of crisp white paper.
Dorothy's breath caught, and she groaned out loud as she read her 'punishment slip,' with her heart pounding and blood rushing to her ears.
"But, but, but I'm a grown woman."
"Yes, yes, as is the secretary. I think we've already established this, Dorothy. Of course, we could still arrange for your transport to the station.
"Oh God, oh God, please no, I don't want to be caned, headmaster. I'm a grown woman; I can't be caned. You can't cane me; I'm, I'm a woman, fully grown." blubbered Dorothy.
"And why shouldn't a 'grown woman' be caned?" said the headmaster sternly as he gazed deep into Dorothy's pleading eyes.
"Oh, dear God, you're going to cane me, aren't you, headmaster? Oh no, no, no, I don't want to be caned, caned on my bottom. Oh Lord, no, you're going to cane my bottom, my bare bottom, but that's, that's, that's just so embarrassing, and six strokes too. Oh, Lord, will it hurt, headmaster?"
"A firm, round, plump bottom like yours, Dorothy, will really feel the sting of my cane. But I'm sure you'll agree that it's so much better to get this over and done with. We'll tear up your horrible, blotted copybook and wipe the slate completely clean. You'll have a nice, fresh start, Dorothy, and no one will ever know what you did. You're lying, and cheating will be completely forgotten, Dorothy and your devious deceit will never be mentioned again; it'll be our little secret."
Dorothy's heart thumped alarmingly as she squirmed in her seat. The thought of bending over to be caned, caned on her bottom, her bare bottom, was simply mortifying, but she didn't want her husband to find out what she'd done behind his back. He'd forgive her, of course. She knew Oliver was mad about her, but she just didn't want to let him down or for him to be disappointed in her. She couldn't bear the thought of his lovely puppy dog eyes looking so sad as they packed their bags after telling him what she'd done.