Broadway Baby (7 page)

Lily nodded and ignored Shelby, “Yup. Guess I’ll just have to have cookies instead. You wouldn’t want me to starve.”

“You are not going to starve. You liked the strawberry jelly on your toast yesterday, Lily. Eat your sandwich.”

“But strawberry is gross on peanut butter. It’s only okay on toast, nothing else. It’s even gross on bagels.” Lily rolled her eyes and began to get off her chair.

“Where are you going?”

“Um, to get the cookies?”

“Sit down, eat your sandwich, and drink your milk,” Shelby directed.

“But…”

“You are not having cookies, Lily Anne. If you don’t want the sandwich, then just drink your milk.”

“Fine.” Lily rolled her eyes again for good measure and quickly reached for the offending beverage being sure to reach a little too far causing the glass to tip and spill milk everywhere. “Look Mama, it made a milkfall.”

“A milkfall?” Shelby asked jumping up and grabbing a kitchen towel to begin clean up.

“Yep, like a waterfall only with milk,” she explained watching the last of the milk pour from the table onto the floor.

Sighing Shelby cleaned the last of the milk from the floor and table before pouring Lily another glass and placing it in front of Lily. Resuming her seat Shelby began to eat quietly, just watching Lily. She knew from Lily’s behavior that Lily wanted the cookies and was curious to know the lengths she would go to in order to get what she wanted.

“Eat your sandwich and drink your milk,” Shelby directed once more as she finished her sandwich.

“I don’t want it.” Crossing her arms in front of her Lily glared at Shelby before moving to pick Albie up from the empty chair. “Mama’s being mean, Albie. She won’t let me have the cookies and wants me to drink nasty milk.”

Holding her smirk Shelby stood and took her plate and Lily’s toward the counter. “You need to finish your milk and then I’ll tuck you in before I get ready for bed.”

“I don’t want the milk and I’m still hungry.”

“You chose not to eat what I made, Lily. You are not getting cookies. Now, drink your milk.”

Lily narrowed her eyes and began sniffling when Shelby dumped her perfectly good sandwich down the garbage disposal. Putting Albie back in the empty chair, Lily stood up and took the glass of milk in her hand as her tummy audibly growled. “Mama?”

Shelby put down the dishtowel and turned from the sink. Bending so she could look Lily in the eye she hoped that Lily was ready to drink the milk. “Yes?”

“I’m done with my milk,” Lily stated pouring the entire glass over Shelby’s head while smiling broadly.

Saying nothing Shelby stood to her full height and picked the kitchen towel back up. Wiping herself as best as she could, she then cleaned up the floor before heading to the laundry room. Slipping her shirt over her head she slipped off her pants as well and returned to the kitchen in only her bra and panties. Lily was standing on a chair and reaching for the cookies.

“Lily Anne Prescott, if you move one more inch I am going to spank you now and then again before bed with the hairbrush.” Shelby’s voice was deadly and Lily slowly turned on the chair to face Shelby.

“I’m hungry,” Lily tried explaining, dropping her hand from the top of the refrigerator where she was so close to liberating her beloved cookies.

“Get off that chair, get Albie, and come with me.”

“I’m hungry, Mama,” Lily whined again getting off the chair as slowly as possible.

“You had your chance to eat and chose not to finish your sandwich.” Shelby moved and grabbed Lily with one hand and picked up the stuffed bear in the other. “You are going to sit in time out while I get cleaned up and then we are going to have a chat about pouring milk on Mama.”

Lily gulped, the tears already starting as Shelby pulled her down the hallway to her bedroom. Taking the desk chair from its place she put it in the corner and pointed. “Sit down and do not move. I will know if you do and trust me, little girl, you do not want to disobey me right now.”

“But Mama…”

Placing her in the chair Shelby made sure to hand Lily her bear as she kneeled. “No Lily. You are in time out and I am going to get cleaned up. I love you, but you need time to think about why you did something that naughty.”

Lily sniffled again and Shelby stood kissing Lily on the top of her head. “I will be back as quickly as I can. Do not move from this corner.”

“Yes Mama.”

“Good girl.”

* * *

Hugging Albie tightly, Lily turned her head and watched as Shelby exited the room. Sniffling she buried her face in the bear and sighed deeply. “I’m in big trouble, Albie.” Her whisper was met with silence and Lily began to think about what she had done.

Pouring the milk on Mama seemed like a good idea at the time. What better way to voice her displeasure over being hungry and not being allowed to have her cookies. They bought those cookies at the store especially for Lily it wasn’t fair that Mama wasn’t letting her eat them! Then again Mama had made her one of her favorite sandwiches and she’d just let it go to waste and now her tummy was really grumbling and there was nothing she could about it.

“Hey now,” Shelby’s gentle voice startled Lily and she fell into the woman’s arms when Shelby knelt to hug her.

“I’m sorry, Mama. I just wanted my special cookies and now I’m hungry and my tummy hurts and won’t stop talking,” Lily wailed.

Standing up, Shelby lifted Lily, supporting her bottom with her hands. Lily’s head immediately sought comfort in the woman’s shoulder. Shelby’s hair was still damp from her quick shower and Lily inhaled the wonderful scent of honeysuckle that was all Mama.

Feeling Shelby sit in the rocker, Lily allowed herself to be turned and opened her eyes as Shelby cleaned her face with the ever present box of tissue from the side table.

“I thought you might like this,” Shelby said as she handed Lily a peanut butter sandwich.

“Thank you, Mama,” Lily mumbled around a mouthful of sandwich. “This is perfect.”

“I’m glad you like it.” Shelby allowed Lily to finish the rest of the sandwich before handing her a bottle of water. Lily drank it quickly and sighed in contentment before putting her head back on Shelby’s shoulder.

“Am I in really big trouble, Mama?”

“Yes you are. Pouring milk on me was not nice, Lily Anne. What did you learn from your time out?”

Lily sniffed. “That even though they’re my special cookies I can’t have any tonight and I should have eaten the sandwich cause I was really hungry and pouring milk on you is a really, really naughty thing to do cause you should drink milk even if it is gross.”

“That’s right,” Shelby agreed. “Now what do you think Mama ought to do with a girl who did such naughty things?”

Lily’s chocolate eyes looked into hazel in surprise. “You could, give her cookies and tell her not to do it again?”

“Try again.”

“Make her go to bed without her cookies?”

“You’re getting closer,” Shelby encouraged.

Lily sighed loudly, “I guess whatever you want because you’re the Mama.”

“Very good, Lily.” A kiss to the top of her head made Lily smile slightly. “I think a little reminder to your bottom before I tuck you into bed is just the thing you need tonight.”

“I don’t want a spanking, Mama.”

“I know, but you have earned this, Lily Anne.” Shelby stood and carried her to the bed sitting on the comforter. Lily stood in front of Shelby and sniffed slightly when Shelby took Lily’s hands in her own, “Do you know why Mama is going to spank you, Lily?”

“Because pouring milk over your head was naughty,” Lily sniffed.

“It was very naughty,” Shelby agreed. “Can you think of any other reason?”

“Because you’re the mama?”

Shelby smiled gently at Lily, “That’s right, because I am the mama and you need to do what Mama tells you to do without throwing such tantrums.”

Feeling herself being tugged by her hands Lily found herself face down over Shelby’s lap moments later. Shelby then moved Lily until she had a firm grip on her. Feeling fingers in the waistband of her panties Lily closed her eyes, wishing that her pants and panties hadn’t been pulled to her knees so easily. Hearing Shelby take a deep breath, Lily waited for the hand on her bottom to move. She didn’t have to wait long and as the spanks fell quickly, Lily kicked and squirmed.

“Mama, I’m good! I don’t need a reminder anymore.” Her sniffles and tears began during the plea. Feeling a rapid fire of zingers to her now flaming bottom, Lily waited for a few moments and then felt her pants and panties being pulled up once more.

“No more tantrums like that about food,” Shelby admonished as Lily finally sat upright in her lap.

Lily nodded and yawned loudly.

“Bedtime for you, little one. Are you going to sleep in here or with Mama?”

“With you, Mama.” Standing once more, Lily made sure that Albie was in Lily’s arms before walking the girl to her bedroom so she could fall asleep while Shelby got ready for bed.

* * *

Shelby and Lily’s life fell into an easy routine. Double shows on Wednesdays and Saturdays off on Monday, and one show every other day of the week were interspersed with at least one adult date night a week. Little Lily and Mama were becoming more comfortable with each other especially at the theater and in public, but adult Shelby and Lily were also becoming more comfortable with one another and in the month they had been together things truly seemed to be falling into place.

Lily had pushed some boundaries for sure, but Mama pushed back and all had returned to normal. Grown up Lily had also been pushing to see where Shelby’s stand on certain things were. She had yet to truly be punished as an adult but the idea was becoming more and more interesting. Lily often wondered what would happen if she pushed Shelby a little more than usual.

Slipping into her dressing room, Lily jumped at the voice coming from the couch, “Where have you been, young lady?”

“I was hungry so I went to grab a snack before the show.” Lily held up the bag from the deli two blocks away and then proceeded to try and ignore Shelby as she unpacked a huge piece of chocolate cake.

“Do you really think that’s the best snack you could have before the show?” Shelby asked suddenly standing next to Lily.

“It looked good, Shelby.” Lily reached in the sack and handed Shelby another container. “Here’s yours.”

Shaking her head Shelby took the container and placed it in the small fridge Lily had in her dressing room. “This will be nice to have later. I’ve already eaten. Thank you.”

Lily nodded and shoved a huge bite of cake into her mouth not able to protest when her piece of cake followed Shelby’s into the fridge. Swallowing Lily narrowed her eyes, “What the hell? I’m hungry and I was eating that.”

Reaching in the mini-fridge once more Shelby pulled out an apple and some peanut butter. Placing them in front of Lily she smiled, “Enjoy.”

“I want the cake,” Lily huffed.

“And I want you to be able to keep up your energy without crashing halfway through the first act. Eat this and then get ready for the show. Then we’ll go to my dressing room while I finish getting ready.”

“I’ll wait here for you, thanks.”

“Eat your snack, Lily.” Shelby raised an eyebrow and Lily sighed. Giving in, she polished off the apple, dipping it in the peanut butter and then grabbing a large bottle of water from the mini fridge, she opened it and drank half before getting ready.

When done she followed Shelby into her dressing room not surprised when the makeup artist directed Lily into Shelby’s chair and began to do the makeup for the show.

Sliding out of the chair, as her makeup was finished, Lily flopped onto Shelby’s couch and watched while the older woman had the finishing touches put on her own makeup. Hearing the knock at the door indicating they only had fifteen minutes until curtain call Lily stood and finished the rest of her water. She had warmed her voice up earlier and now continued that with a few more vocal exercises.

“I’m going to wait for my cue,” Lily said.

“Break a leg, baby.”

“You too, Mama,” Lily responded already moving into the headspace she easily fell into every night before the first curtain call.

Lily was putting everything she had into the song before intermission. Her scene with Shelby that caused the woman to give her a few swats was coming up; in fact, it ended act one. Lily had been pushing all evening on stage. Her anger more real, her teenage emotions not being held back. She was still upset about the cake, even though she knew Shelby was right and she shouldn’t eat like that before a show.

Hearing Shelby’s powerful voice as she came onto the stage Lily hit every note with hot emotion, as did her onstage mother. Lily and Shelby had finally come to
the
scene, as Lily had taken to thinking of it, and she threw herself into it full force not noticing the one set change of a straight back chair in the back of the stage.

Not feeling the swats as expected Lily turned when she heard the chair being pulled into center stage and before she could bolt Shelby had her grasped firmly by the arm. Sitting on the chair she had Lily over her lap in one fluid motion, Lily’s skirt flipped up, and her hand coming down on Lily’s panty clad bottom faster than Lily could process.

The audience was silent as Shelby stood Lily on her feet. Lily ran from the stage and the lights dimmed to thunderous applause. Moving off stage quickly, Shelby was given the thumbs up by Marvin and Lou as she hurried to Lily’s dressing room. Lily had pushed too much, and Mama had taken control back.

Slipping into Lily’s dressing room, Shelby closed the door and made her way to the couch. Sitting down on the edge of it, she rubbed Lily’s back. “Lily?”

“You spanked me!” Lily wailed.

Sighing Shelby got Lily to sit up. Moving so she was sitting properly on the couch, Shelby pulled Lily onto her lap. “I did and you deserved every swat, Lily Anne.”

“But, but…” Lily trailed off and Shelby rocked her gently.

Putting her thumb and finger on Lily’s chin, Shelby made Lily look into her eyes. “You pushed tonight, Lily. It wasn’t just the show either, little girl. You were angry with me and you used your character to voice that displeasure.”