Weekend At The Smiths

Story by tugscarebear on SoFurry

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This was a commissioned story written by Blackflameheart for me.

Blackflameheart's Saber and Saber Jr. also featured in the story.


Meet The Smiths

Chapter One.

"Alright then I'm off to work. Come on Kyle let's go. I'll drop you off at school on the way. Caiden you behave for your mother today. I know you can be a good boy, so please do so." A tall well-toned Grey wolfman, with white paws and a white tip of the tail and green eyes, said as he picked up his briefcase and kissed his wife and toddler son on the lips and cheek respectively.

"Kay daddy lub you. Has fun. You has fun too Kyle." The toddler, Caiden, who had grey fur all over with white paws and a white tip of the tail and green eyes wearing a green t-shirt, thick crinkly diaper and a pair of shorts, said as he went back to eating his breakfast.

"Have a good day at work dear. Do you want anything added to the shopping list for me to pick up today?" The woman, a petite grey wolf with with white paws and a white tip of the tail and blue eyes said as she kept an eye on their youngest to make sure he didn't make a big mess.

Looking at the list on the fridge he nodded and walked over to her and whispered in her ear. "A case of oda say." Then he kissed her cheek again.

Hiking up his backpack which was very true to a typical first grader boy Kyle took his dads hand and followed him out to the car.

Once the door closed behind them the woman said, "Okay Caiden let's wash your face off and get you ready for going shopping with mommy." Then she went to the kitchen and got a washrag and rinsed it before coming back and wiping his face and muzzle clean with only a few squirms.

"Mommy I can get toy at store today?" he asked when she pulled away and went to put the rag in the sink.

"We'll see Caiden. You need to be on your best behavior and no grabbing things off shelves unless I tell you it's okay." She said picking the boy up and sitting him on her hip going to his bedroom to get the diaper bag and then to her room for her purse.

Taking him out to the car she set Caiden in his car seat and strapped him in smiling and giving him a good tickle eliciting a loud squeal and giggles of joy as he flailed about. Setting the diaper bag and her purse on the floorboards under his feet she closed the door then got into the driver seat and drove to the store. As she drove she turned on the radio to the radio Disney channel and she and Caiden sang along with a lot of the songs.

Eventually the woman pulled into a parking lot of a Paw-Mart and finding a spot close to the door she parked and got out. Picking up the purse and diaper bag she slung them over her shoulder first then unbuckled Caiden and picked him up and sat him on her hip before shutting the doors and locking it with the remote.

Going inside she sat him down in the first available kart and buckled the seatbelt around his waist, then put her purse and the diaper bag in the kart next to him as the kart stocker/greater said, "Morning Cheryl lovely day we're going to have no?"

"Morning Mr. McPearson, yes it is a lovely day." Cheryl replied.

"Mowning Mista McPewsom." Caiden said getting a smile and sticker on his chest. Giggling he added, "Thanks fow da stickew."

"You're welcome champ." He replied before Cheryl walked off and started going round the store grabbing things she needed as she went starting with diapers for Caiden and a couple bags of pull ups for Kyle as he was running low on his bed time pull ups. She also grabbed wipes, powder, a new bottle of bath soap for Caiden. Next she went to the food side of the store and she walked up to the butcher section and took a ticket to wait her turn and when she was called she got a full pork loin butterflied for cooking, 6 steaks, a dozen chicken breasts deboned and a pound and a half of fresh thick cut bacon. When the meat was done she put the two large bags in the kart and went over to the junk food section which made Caiden's eyes go wide.

"Mommy we getting snackies and fun noms?"

"No sweetie I'm just getting your father his soda he asked me to get." She said going to the soda's and finding his preferred flavor/brand she picked up a 24 pack case of cans and set them under the cart on the shelf then went to get milk, eggs, cheese, butter, and cereal by the time she had finished the basket was filled to capacity and she said, "okay baby you've been very well behaved so far you didn't reach out and grab you were very polite to Mr. McPearson and you have kept calm you earned a small toy." And she pushed the kart over to the toy section.

"Now if I say no you have to pick a different toy were not buying something really big or expensive today." she said as she walked slowly up and down the aisles for him to look around.

As she pushed he nodded and looked at the toys eventually seeing one he liked a lot. "Can I gets that one mommy?" and he pointed to a costume play kit of an old west Sheriff complete with hat, six shooter (silver with an orange tip to distinguish it as a toy) caps for the toy gun, holster belt, vest and badge.

"Hmmm..." the sounded looking at the price, "Well okay but you are not to run around inside while playing with it you play in the back yard in the grass where it's safe understand?"

"No running in house and only pway outside wif it." He repeated.

Nodding she put it in the basket then went to the front of the store to pay for the stuff.

As she put the items up on the conveyor belt for the cashier to ring up Caiden squirmed in the seat as his breakfast had made its way through him. When he finished he whimpered a little and said, "Mommy?"

"Yes sweetie I know, let mommy pay for the groceries then we can take care of it sweetie." She said kissing his head as she worked faster to get everything on the belt and then back into the basket as it had been rung up and bagged.

Once the goods were back in the kart Cheryl paid by swiping her debit card and after getting the receipt she pushed the kart to the front of store restrooms and parked it outside before picking up Caiden and said, "Okay sweetie let's get you all nice and clean." Then she grabbed the diaper bag and walked into the ladies room and over to the large wood changing table with a diaper dispensing machine. Hanging the bag on the hook for it she grabbed one of the disposable changing pads and laid it down then laid Caiden on it and buckled him in with the safety strap before getting out what she needed from the bag.

Pulling off his shorts she draped them over the diaper bag then cooed at him as she started removing the used diaper and clean him up.

As he was wiped down Caiden giggled and cooed back at Cheryl. "awe such a cutie boy." An elderly tiger woman said as she washed her paws in the sink.

"I is cutie." Caiden said cutely to her as his mother lifted him clear of the used diaper and moved it away.

"Thank you he is a cutie. A handful but still a cutie." She said rolling up the wipes and diaper together before tossing them into the bin under the table and then sliding the clean thick diaper under him.

As he was taped up inside the diaper the old tiger woman said, "All cubs are a handful from time to time, but such a joy to have. Would you like a hand so you can tape it around his tail dearie?"

"That would be nice thank you." Cheryl said and handed his legs to the old woman who held him up while she taped the diaper around Caiden's tail.

Caiden giggled and pawed at the tiger woman gently enjoying being fawned over. Once the diaper was secured around his tail Cheryl powdered his bottom thoroughly and took his legs back saying, "Thank you so much. Say thank you to the nice lady Caiden."

"Tank you miss tiger lady." He said as Cheryl powdered up his front before snugly taping the diaper shut.

"You're welcome dear. I know how hard it is to deal with that pesky tail tape from my kids and grand babies." She said before walking out.

Slipping his shorts back on him and making it snug Cheryl unbuckled Caiden then picked him up along with her purse and diaper bag then took him back out and put him in the kart again with the bags. Then she pushed it out to the car and loaded it up with everything before putting Caiden in the car seat and buckled him in. "You're being a very good boy today sweetie. Keep this up and daddy will be very happy when he comes home." She said before checking her watch. "Hmm it's close to lunch time I'm surprised it took so long to get groceries today. No wonder you were a stinky little guy hmmm...how about we stop by McFunals and get a happy meal for when we get home?"

"Yaay. I can has soda pop fow dwink mommy pretty please?" he said excitedly.

"We'll see sweetie." She said closing the door and putting the kart in the return.

Getting into the driver seat she put the diaper bag and her purse on the passenger seat since she would need to reach her wallet anyway and then started up the car and drove to the drive through of the restaurant and having a car in front of her she had time to decide what she wanted and said, "Your choice is the lemonlime soda or a chocolate milk for the drink."

"Awe I wanted a cola." He said with a tiny whine.

"Those are your choices Caiden choose quickly before I have to choose for you." she said.

"Chocowate miwk." He said after a moment's thought.

Ordering the food when she got to the box got Caiden a kids meal with chocolate milk and herself a large crispy chicken sandwich meal with a tea to drink then after paying at the window pulled up and put the food in the seat next to her and the drinks in the cup holder then drove home.

When they got home Cheryl pulled into the garage and took Caiden inside and sat him at the table then brought in the food and gave him everything in his meal except for the toy saying, "You can have your toy after you eat." Then she started bringing in the groceries and put them away. Leaving the box of diapers and bags of pull ups along with the changing items at the stairs she finally sat down at the table with Caiden and started eating.

Humming Caiden ate his nuggets and apple dippers behaving really well while Cheryl ate her chicken and drank her tea. By the time he was done Caiden asked, "I play cowboy in back now mommy"

Seeing he had finished his food completely Cheryl said. "Okay sweetie let's get it all set up on you." she then took his cowboy toy and slipped the hat on him and put the strap under his chin, helped him put on the vest and pinned the badge to it then she helped him out of his shorts as he was going to take them off eventually himself and then tied the belt onto his waist and loaded the toy gun with the caps and popped it into the holster then took his hand and led him outside to the back yard so he could play and made sure the gate was locked so he couldn't get out.

"Now you have fun dear I'm going to put the rest of the shopping away if you need me come inside." Then she turned and went in to take the diapers and stuff upstairs once there she proceeded to open the box of diapers and put them on the shelves of his changing table and added the wipes and powder to their proper shelf. Once they were put up she took the bath soap to the bathroom and then took Kyles pull ups to his room and opened the bags and took them out and put them into the drawer he kept them in.

As she did all this Caiden ran around the back yard pretending to be an old west sheriff and arresting invisible criminals and getting into gun fights. He got so wrapped up in it that he forgot that he was supposed to stay in the back yard when playing the cowboy role that he ran inside in "pursuit" of an invisible crook and not wearing his shoes he skidded on the tile floor and bumped into the stand that held Cheryl's favorite vase which was currently empty and continuing his pursuit he froze in place as there was a loud *CRASH* turning round he saw the vase in pieces on the floor and he stood where he was knowing he was in big trouble and didn't want to make it worse.

Cheryl running down stairs quickly saw him standing where he was and the shattered vase and walked over to him and picked him up. Taking him to the living room she put him over her knee pulled down his diaper and said, "I told you not to run around in the house and that your cowboy game was to be done outside. You knew better and now my vase is broken." She then proceeded to give him a very firm spanking on his bare backside and when she was done he was bawling hard as she pulled his diaper back up and then stood him in the corner while she went to clean up the mess.

By the time she had all the pieces swept up and the vase and pieces put into the trash and the bag with them taken to the outside can Caiden's tears had died down to sniffles and hiccups. Coming back she turned him round and he latched onto her saying, "I sowwy mommy I sowwy. I fowgotted."

Hugging him she rubbed his back soothingly saying. "I know dear but you know you have to start paying closer attention. You could have been hurt if the vase fell on you or by stepping on the broken pieces. I think it's time for your nap. Come on let's go tuck you into bed and you can have a nice long nap and calm down more." She then carried him to his room and sat him on the changing table then stripped him of his hat, vest, and holster leaving him in just his shirt and diaper then took him to his bed and laid him down on his stomach and covered him up before closing the blinds to leave the room in a twilight.

"N...nini mm...mommy." He hiccupped as his paw found its way to his mouth and he started sucking his thumb before falling asleep into a deep deep nap.

"Good night sweetie." She said closing the door behind her after she grabbed the receiver of the baby monitor.

Going downstairs Cheryl turned on the TV in the living room to the channel her "stories" were on then she quickly went and started some laundry. Once she had a load in the wash she went back to the living room and sat down to watch the TV for a while knowing Caiden would sleep for a while.

Meanwhile across town at the local A.M.R.I.I.D building...

"Mike you got the numbers for the quarterly report to the brass?" A large brown bear said to Caiden's father as he made his rounds around the office to check the progress of the employees under his watch.

"Just finished actually I was just about to send it up." Mike said smiling at his manager.

"Great, then I need you to start on compiling the numbers for the new contract with the army for the production of the new vaccination line." He replied handing him a large file.

"Yes sir." Mike replied taking the file and hitting send on his computer email before going through the file and sorting things to his liking.

Once he had everything sorted and ready to go he looked at the clock and groaned. "Looks like I have to do some work from home again." He grumbled as he logged out of his work computer and put the files inside his briefcase before putting on his jacket and hat.

"See ya tomorrow Mike." One of his coworkers said seeing him leave.

"Later Frank." He replied as he headed to the elevator to get to the parking garage.

Getting down to his car Mike got in and put his briefcase in the passenger seat then started the engine and drove to the local grade school. When he got there he parked his car and waited a few minutes for the time to get to exactly 3:00 and then got out of the car and stood bye it so Kyle could see him clearly. After a minute there was a loud, "Daddy." And Kyle ran over and hugged his dad around the waist. "Guess what daddy." He said as Mike hugged him back.

"What's that champ?" he said.

"I got a gold start on all my homework from yesterday and teacher gave me two gold stars on the spelling test. I got all the words right even the extra credit word." He said eagerly tail wagging fast.

"That's great Kyle your mother will be very proud of you. Come on let's get you buckled in then we'll stop for an ice cream." Mike said smiling as he helped Kyle into his booster seat in the car and buckling him in.

"YAAAY ICE CREAM." He replied tail going a hundred miles an hour.

As they drove off to the ice cream shop Mikes Cellphone rang. Pressing the button on the dashboard to activate the paws free speaker he says, "Mike Smith speaking."

"Mike it's Saber how's it going?" a medium deep male's voice said through the speakers.

"Hey Saber it's been a few days. Not too bad I just picked my son Kyle up from school and am about to get him an ice cream for his excellent work. How're you?" Mike said smiling at hearing his old military colleague and work friend.

"Not too bad. Been worse...Therapy is helping me a lot. I hate to ask but I kind of need a favor." He said sounding truly regretful to call for a favor.

"What's up?" Mike asked.

"Well Kylea is at her Mother's to finish off her pregnancy with our second and I have Jr. But I just got a "job" offer I can't refuse. Would you be willing to watch Jr for me for the weekend?" Saber said making an inflection on the word "job" to let Mike know it was one of the secret jobs as a ghost and that is all he was allowed to say.

"Well it is short notice but yeah I don't mind when do you plan to bring him bye?"

"After I finish this bit of testing for the office, bleedin' project is drivin' me up the walls couple hours at least." Saber said meaning the regular job he did as a R&D scientist for their company.

"Alright then see you then. Is there anything I need to know about your boy beforehand so I can warn the misses?" Mike said.

"Well Jr still wears Nappies and he has an allergy to shellfish as well as a few others. I'll have his Epi-pen packed with a full list as well as his supplies. Also I don't know if you do it or not but if you do and Jr earns one I give you leave to tan his backside but he has a process we use to help him learn I'll include the process with his list of stuff as it's easier to explain with diagrams."

"We do. Caiden, bless his little heart, can't seem to go one day without at least one spanking. Even Kyle gets them occasionally right son?"

"Yes daddy." Kyle said blushing.

"Alright then I'll see you later. Take care, and enjoy your ice cream Kyle." Saber Said.

"Thank you Mister Saber." Kyle said politely as Mike hit the end call button to hang up. After a moment Kyle said, "What does Mister Saber do dad?"

"He does the actual research and development for stuff where daddy works. I just crunch numbers and sort things to make his and the other scientists jobs easier." Mike replied.

"Oh...How old is his son? I thought he was about my age?"

"He's only three but he is very big for a three year old. Tigers get much bigger than wolfs do quicker. So he will be about your size I think. Why do you ask?"

"Just wonderin...what's nappies? I thought that's what you say to me and Caiden when you want us to take a nap not something you wear?"

"Nappy is the singular, and they are the British way of saying diaper. Sometimes Saber forgets he talks to people like a British person instead of using American English." Mike said as he waited for the light to change so he could drive into the parking lot of the ice cream parlor.

"Oh...he and Caiden will get along a lot then." He said trying to be polite and not lose his ice cream since they were there.

"Speaking of which, we need to call momma and tell her to be ready for a guest." Mike said pulling into the parking lot and parking the car. Picking up the phone he dialed home and put it on the car's paws free set.

"Smith residence Cheryl speaking." She said.

"HI MOMMA." Kyle said loudly.

"Hello Kyle I take it you and daddy are leaving school now?" she said.

"We're stopping at the ice cream shop due to his really good marks on the homework he turned in yesterday and on his spelling test today." Mike said holding up a paw to silence Kyle.

"That's great. I'm so proud Kyle. Keep bringing home those gold stars and we won't have any room on the fridge." She said making Kyle smile widely and wag his tail excitedly.

"Yes well I just got a call from my friend Saber. He has to go out of town for the weekend and Kylea is at her mother's during the end of her pregnancy. He asked if we would watch Jr for him and I said it was okay. He is going to bring him bye in a couple of hours." Mike said

"Oh is that so. Well Caiden will be happy to have someone around his age to play with. Is there anything special I should make for dinner then?"

"Anything but shellfish as Jr is allergic to that he also said he gives us permission to spank Jr but he has a process that he want's kept to and will be giving us instructions on how to do it if he earns one." Mike said.

"Oh I wonder how that will look and turn out. Might work with Caiden might not." She said thoughtfully.

"anyway would you like me to bring home a bucket from the shop since were here?" Mike asked.

"Yes I couldn't get any at the store because the kart was full as it was. Vanilla and strawberry mixed please dear."

"Alright see you soon." Mike said.

"Bye momma luv you." Kyle said.

"Bye Kyle love you too sweetie." She said hanging up.

Getting out of the car Mike helped Kyle out of his booster seat then held his paw as they walked inside and he got him a single scoop cone of gummy bear graveyard and himself a single scoop on a sugar cone of mint chip. Then he got a gallon bucket of what Cheryl said to get and after paying for it he took Kyle back to the car and put him in his seat and buckled him back in. Then he set the bucket on the passenger seat near his briefcase and drove home one paw on the wheel as he ate his cone with the other.

A short time later they pulled into the garage and Mike helped Kyle out of his seat again and handed him his backpack. "Alright champ, go set your bag at the table and get ready to do your homework, though you can go potty if you need to."

"Don't need to go potty yet dad." Kyle said going to the kitchen and climbing into a chair and plunking down his bag on the table before opening it and pulling out his graded work as well as his homework for the day.

Mike coming in behind him walked up to Cheryl and gave her a peck on the lips before setting down his briefcase and putting the ice cream away.

"How was work Honey?" she asked helping him slip his jacket off and putting it on the coat rack.

"Nothing to complain about, it was rather easy to finish up the assignment and send it off. I got a new project I will have to work on a little this weekend but I can do it from my office." He said going into the kitchen to pour himself some water.

"Alright then I'll keep the kids out of your hair as long as possible." She said smiling.

"Speaking of the kids where's Caiden he usually tackle hugs me when I get home?"

"Resting in bed after the spanking he earned. He was well behaved until after lunch when I was putting away his and Kyles supplies. He got wrapped up playing cowboy with his new cowboy outfit and broke the vase at the bottom of the stairs after I told him not to run inside." She said.

Sighing Mike rubbed his temple and turned round setting his empty glass on the counter and then went to check on his toddler son.

"Dumb baby." Kyle muttered under his breath.

"What's that Kyle?" Cheryl said having heard it well enough given her exceptional hearing.

"Sorry momma." He said ducking his head.

"That's your only warning tonight Kyle you are a big boy and know better than to badmouth your little brother or anyone for that matter. And with our guest coming over this weekend you will behave or you can show him that we do indeed spank naughty bottoms and even wash out bad mouths with soap." She scolded.

"Yes mama I'll be good promise." He said shrinking into his seat.

Getting to Caiden's room Mike walked over to the bed and pet his son's head gently causing him to murr as he woke up. "Hey there sleepy head, did you have a good nap?"

Sitting up Caiden whimpered from his sore fanny and hugged his dad. "I sorry I broked mommies vase." He said

Pulling Caiden into his lap and hugging him Mike said, "I know son and you were punished for what you did. Do you know WHY you got a spanking for doing what you did?"

"acause I coulda gotten hurted?" he said sniffing.

"That's right. Dry your eyes little pup and let's get you changed. Daddy's friend is bringing his son over to stay with us a few days and it wouldn't do well to greet him with a full diaper now would it?" he said snuggling Caiden to his chest and standing up taking him to the changing table where he quickly got him cleaned up and changed into a clean diaper.

"Will I like your friends son daddy?" Caiden asked tail waging a little out of curiosity.

"Well I don't know son you have to meet him first. But his daddy and I talk often when were at lunch when he is at the office. Normally his daddy works from home but we are old friends from when daddy was in the army. We served together at one of daddy's jobs way way way back before you and Kyle were born so we are friends."

"does he wear diapies too?"

"Yes he still wears them. He is a few months older than you but when he and his daddy arrive you be very nice. His daddy has to wear them too and it's very rude to stare." Mike said figuring he better get Caiden warned ahead of time so he didn't offend his old friend.

"They make diapies for big peoples? Why he wear them didn't he get potty trained?" Caiden asked confused and curious.

"Yes they do and he wears them because he got hurt a few years ago that made him need them. So what are you going to do when you see daddy's friend?" Mike asked.

"No stare at his diapy and be nice to him and his son?" Caiden said.

"That's right or no desert at dinner." Mike said picking Caiden up and carrying him down to the dining room on his hip.

Getting there he set Caiden down in his booster seat and pushed the chair in enough to keep him from slipping out and then he got his crayons and coloring book to play with while they waited for Cheryl to finish dinner and Saber to show up with his son. "Kyle, Caiden do either of you want something to drink?" he asked.

"Can I please have some juice dad?" Kyle said as he scratched his head trying to figure out the math problem he was working on.

"Me too daddy? Please." Caiden said.

Going to the kitchen he poured a regular glass of juice for Kyle and a Sippy cup full for Caiden then he grabbed one of his soda's from the fridge and went back to the table handing the drinks to his boys and sitting down next to Kyle to look over his shoulder and help him as needed on his homework.

"No Kyle you got this one wrong. Here let me help you." he said pointing to the third problem and causing him to erase the answer and work with grumbles as he hated getting things wrong.

"Okay daddy...but let me do it myself. Only tell me stuff if I'm making mistakes." He said before verbally walking through the problem.

Chuckling Mike said, "Alright." And he watched Kyle work the problem through. "Much better I knew you could do it right. Just take your time son there's no reason or need to rush." He said ruffling his hair once he got the right answer.

Giggling Kyle batted his dad's hand away right as the doorbell rang.

"Ah that must be them." Mike said getting up and walking to the door. Opening it he saw a large well-built Maltese tiger man wearing a forest green shirt, a tactical vest, and a dark green and rather thick diaper with nothing else. On his hip was his son, a spitting image copy of him minus the black rings around his eyes. Junior was wearing the same outfit as his dad except for the tac-vest and he was watching interestedly. On Saber's left shoulder was a large duffle bag which had all the stuff they would need for Junior without having to worry about getting extra diapers.

"Saber come on in. Such a handsome little guy you have there." Mike said stepping aside to let Saber in.

"Thanks Mike, I hate having to ask on such short notice but that other job can't wait for me to find another sitter." Saber said walking in.

"Honey bring the kids to the living room." Mike said as he showed Saber to the living room where they sat down for a bit.

Coming into the living room with Caiden on her hip and Kyle holding her hand. "Saber, Jr, this is my wife Cheryl, and my sons Kyle and Caiden." Mike said pointing to the boys in turn.

"Hello boy's I'm Saber Blackflameheart and this is my son Saber Junior. He goes by Junior for short though so it's not confusing when were at home." Saber said smiling as Jr waved at the two.

"Mister Saber why do you have a diaper on and no pants?" Kyle said not having been told to NOT ask about it.

"Kyle." Cheryl said in shock that he would ask.

"No it's okay Cheryl. He is a pup still and it's good to encourage curiosity. It's how we learn and grow. I don't mind he asked." Saber said to her before turning to Kyle. "When I was in the Marines, that's a different branch of the military than your dad served in, I was given command of a group of people and we were very good at what we did, which was rescuing people from Prisoner of War camps. My job was as a sniper. I would stay very far from the camp and make the bad guys go nite nite with my big gun. One mission we had I was doing just that then working as a lookout but I was a bit careless. And I got injured very bad by a bad guy who had snuck up on me. I can't control when I go potty anymore so I wear these so I don't ruin furniture. The reason I don't wear pants is sometimes I don't even FEEL when I go potty so I go without pants so I can keep an eye on the wetness strip."

"I'm sorry you got hurt sir. You must be a really big hero like dad is to have done so much." Kyle said sadly ears drooping and tail tucked between his legs.

"No son. We're not the heroes you will never hear us claim that title. The true heroes are those who never made it home from war." Mike said with Saber nodding in agreement.

"Your dad is right. We did our jobs to make sure fewer people got hurt and were able to come home. Though I do outrank your dad if we were able to go back in but that is because I was in longer than him and had more missions. If he had stayed in he would surely outrank me by now since I had to leave the military after my injury." Saber said.

"I don't regret leaving when I did. Nor do I begrudge you the rank. So you mentioned you had to show us a "process" when you called?" Mike said.

"Right I did. One second let me dig out the diagram so you can have it on hand right off but Junior did earn a punishment on the ride over and I told him we would do it when we got here." He said opening the duffle bag and pulling out a folder that had not only the diagram but Jr's allergy list and a signed consent form to let them have so they can be covered if they had to punish him in public.

"Daddy pwease I sowwy." Jr said burying his face in Sabers chest again.

Handing the folder to Mike Saber says, "It's called a four step and I know you're sorry but you also broke a big rule so you have to do this." He then set Jr on his feet and turned him to face him taking both paws in his and said, "Go on Junior do your four step."

Mewling sadly he says, "Daddy I was bad."

"What did you do that was bad?"

"I used naughty words and tantwumed when you said you hads to go bye bye for da weekend."

"That was naughty so what needs to happen?"

"I needs a panking to hewp me member to be good and not use bad wowds and not tantwum. Pwease gib me a panking I deserb." He said sniffing sadly.

Picking Jr up Saber laid him across his lap and untapped the tail hole tape and pulled the diaper down just enough to reveal Jr's cheeks and gave him five smacks which had him crying hard though they were pretty mild swats. Then he pulled the diaper back up and taped the tail hole shut again, and hugged his son who cried into his chest.

"This is the four step. I included a list of what kind of punishments he usually gets for certain behavior but since it's your home you can augment them to fit your rules. Saber said as Kyle and Caiden hid their faces in their moms leg and chest.

"Where did you come up with this?" Mike asked as Cheryl sat down in a chair and listened.

"One of the "jobs" I had to do was babysit the princess of china while her father the Emperor was in the country on a diplomatic mission. This was how he preferred her to be spanked and I'll tell you...she tried to get away with a lot but after two spankings, the first being just taking right over my knee the second with the actual four step she was a perfect angel. I did research on it and found it has a HIGH rating of approval for use on children between ages 2 and 12, who are still learning to take responsibility for their actions, and is approved by the APA." Saber said as he pet his son's back soothingly to calm him.

"Interesting." Cheryl said thoughtfully.

"I think it is innovative yes but you will forgive us if we choose to discipline in our way. We of course would allow you to do it in your preferred method should you watch our boys of course." Mike said.

"Of course, I felt it necessary to show you though in case you would find it more useful." Saber said nodding. "I packed everything he would need this weekend including his own nappies. We've had to get special ones for him." Saber as Jr nuzzled his chest with a whimper finally calming down.

"Alright then don't worry we'll keep him happy and safe." Mike said as Cheryl nodded.

Nodding Saber pulled Jr away from his chest and looked him in the eye. "You behave for mister and misses Smith Jr. Do what you're told, mind your manners and do your best to stay out of trouble. I know you can behave and meet your goal for the weekend."

Lip trembling Jr says, "no go...no want you go nite nite foeber."

"I'll be okay junior it's not that kind of job. I just have to leave the state I promise." He said reassuring Jr.

He just nodded and slid off Sabers lap going over to Mike and saying, "I pwomise to do my bestest to be a good guest."

"I know you will little guy." He said ruffling his hair and picking him up.

Standing up the three adults shake paws and Saber says, "Thank you...I should be back Monday morning at the latest, Sunday night late at the earliest. I owe you both for this."

"You just make sure you come back in one piece Lieutenant. Or I'll have to kick your butt." Mike said jokingly.

Chuckling Saber nodded and gave Jr a kiss on the head and said, "bye champ." Then he left and moments later the sound of Sabers truck faded.

Sniffing Jr snuggled into Mikes chest and he pet his back saying, "I know your daddy really well Jr. he is very good at what he does he'll be back soon enough. In the meantime it's dinner time so let's go get some numnum's in your tummy."

"Okay mista Smiff." Jr said as Mike carried him and Cheryl carried Caiden to the dining room.

Once the kids were set in their seats, Caiden and Jr on booster chairs, Mike and Cheryl set the table and dished out the dinner then Cheryl asked, "Jr do you use a Sippy cup and what do you want to drink? Milk or juice?"

"Mommy and Daddy let me have 2 bottles a day but I aweady had dem. I'm apposed to use Sippy cups now. An' juice pwease." He said crossing his arms on the table waiting and laying his head on them sniffing.

"boys?" she asked knowing what her sons used.

"Milk please momma." Kyle said.

"Milk pease momma." Caiden said causing Kyle to growl inside his head at how Caiden always chose the same thing as him.

"Chu wanna pway pwetend after noms Joonior?" Caiden asked as he pet Jr's back in a friendly way.

"No fanks...can we pway wif my game mista smiff?" Jr asked.

"What kind of game?" he asked.

"Daddy packed my Nimtemdo. I gots nuff twollers for ebewy one to pway."

"I'll have to see what games you have but if it's a Nintendo product I doubt that you have anything unacceptable. But you only get one hour after I set it up if we do it because it will be bedtime an hour after dinner." Mike said.

Jr smiled a little. "Daddy ony wet's me pway an howa at a time anyway. And he no packed his games ony mine. Mawio and um...umm...the monkey guy I no can say his name easiwy."

"Donkey Kong?" Mike asked.

"Unhunh him. I got da new game wif him. An I awso got Mawio Kawt." I awso got games down...down...dat fing when you make it stay on da compooter by da intanewts."

"Downloaded." Cheryl said kindly coming back with the cups for everyone and setting them out.

"Unhunh..." he said sitting up fully and looking at his plate finally face falling into a confused and worried look.

"Something wrong Jr?" Mike asked.

"Wha in dis?" he said poking the food which was baked chicken breasts with onions peppers and a white sauce on it.

"It's chicken with a cream based sauce with onions and red and green bell peppers." Cheryl said.

"Oh okay." He said picking up his fork and started eating as Mike had cut his and Caiden's chicken for them.

"Don't worry Jr. Cheryl and I won't make you eat anything on your list of allergies. We won't even make them so as to be sure you are okay. But if you have a reaction that's not on the list we will take care of you fast okay?" Mike said kindly.

"kay...I pomise to twy and eat awe you gib me. Ebem if I fink it yucky."

"Such a good boy you are." Cheryl said sitting down and cutting up her chicken as Kyle tried his best to do his own.

"Kyle you want me to cut it up for you?" she asked looking at him.

"No I can do it myself momma. I'm a big kid I don't need help." He said managing to cut it up but the pieces were larger than he should try.

"Okay but cut those pieces again they are too big." She said as she started to eat.

Mike opening the folder next to his plate read the papers inside to learn about Jr's needs and medical status and what he knew in regards to unacceptable words and behavior. As he finished each page he handed them off to Cheryl to read so she would be equally in the know about him. "interesting..." they said when they read how he was already doing Kindergarten grade work which even Caiden hadn't started.

"What's interesting momma?" Kyle asked.

"Jr, do you have your workbooks you need to keep practicing your reading, writing and math?" Cheryl asked.

Kyle looked over at Jr shocked as the latter said, "I...I have my maff book. Daddy no wants me to do weading dis weekend. I gots my hewper items too." He said ducking down to try and hide from Kyle's look.

"Alright well Cheryl and I will think about things tonight after you three go to bed then We'll talk in the morning about how we will go about doing things with you." Mike said before finishing his meal and reading the last of the care instructions for Jr.

Quietly the boys finish their food making sure to clean their plates and finish their drinks. Getting up Cheryl picked up the plates and cups and took them to the kitchen to wash as Mike tucked the papers away in the folder and said, "okay you three let's go see about setting up Jr's game system." And he lead them to the living room after having wiped their faces off with a rag.

After opening the box as Saber had put it in the original packing and kept all the stuff including the setup instructions Mike read them and smiled as he hooked up the WiiU and got it ready. "Alright let's see...okay these are all acceptable to play." He said after looking at the games that were in their boxes as well as on the system itself.

After setting up the Mario game he helped the boys put the safety strap for the nunchuck controllers on their wrists and said, "You can play for one hour. Then it's bedtime." And he sat down in his chair and watched them play the game with Jr explaining how to play it with the controllers.

The three had a blast playing the game though they were all horrible at it. At least they were having fun and not having gamer fits like was common for most kids whose parents let them play video games.

After an hour Mike says, "Alright that's time boys. Take off the controllers and turn off the game.

"Awe but I was having so much fun daddy." Caiden said whining a bit.

"You were told one hour Caiden. If Jr's dad won't let him play more than that at a time

why should I let you when it's his toy? You can play some more tomorrow if you behave." Mike said getting up and helping him take off the strap. And put the controller in the charging dock that he had plugged in for it.

Jr and Kyle didn't argue at all or complain but took the strap off themselves though Jr did the shutdown since he had the first player controller and he made sure it was safely off before putting the controller in the dock. Cheryl coming in picked up Kyle and took him to his room whispering to him so the others couldn't hear that she had got him more pull ups and that she was very proud he was behaving so well and not arguing about wearing them to bed.

Shifting on his feet Jr started Mewling and crossed his legs though it didn't stop his using his diaper to capacity on both sides. Slipping the duffle bag over his shoulder Mike picked up both boys and said, "Don't cry Jr. it's okay. That's why you have it on so you don't make a mess on the floor and furniture. We'll get you cleaned up and back into a nice fresh diaper then put your jammies on for bed."

Jr didn't say anything but continued to mewl unhappily. This would be his first change by a total stranger when his mom or dad wasn't around. Apart from that his first night where they were both out of the building and without him it made him even sadder.

Getting to Caiden's room Mike set Caiden on the floor and laid Jr on the changing table before setting down the duffle bag and pulling out a fresh diaper from it along with a special powder and wipes to use on him. Setting the items on the utility shelf he untapped Jr's diaper and used one wipe to clean off his front then lifted him by the ankles and wiped him clean on the back and tossed both into the diaper and one handed untapped the tail hole and slid it away before rolling it up one handed and tossing it in the bin. Setting Jr down he unfolded the new diaper and rolled him on his side and taped the tail hole around his tail first then rolled him back over and powdered him up before snugly taping the diaper in place and cleaning his paw off with a wipe.

"Do you have a preference for your PJ's in the bag?" he asked.

Jr just shook his head and said, "No mista smiff...can I pwease have my pwush and paci."

Getting out one pair of his PJ's Mike saw a plus doll that looked just like Saber and a pacifier clipped to the vest and pulled them out as well and set them on the shelf before dressing Jr. Once he was dressed he clipped the paci to Jr's PJ's then handed him the plush and laid him down in Caiden's bed before picking up his son and laying him on the changing table.

"Fank you." Jr said before popping the pacifier in his mouth and rolling onto his side snuggling the plush hard.

"You're welcome Jr." Mike said as he removed Caiden's diaper and wiped him clean with his own wipes and then after he had the diaper totally removed and binned he bent over and grabbed the thicker bedtime diaper on the shelf and rolled Caiden onto his stomach so he could tape the diaper in place around his tail and then rolled him over and powdered him up and snugly taping the diaper in place. Getting Caiden's jammies out of his dresser he put him into a pair of blue ones with rubber ducks on it before giving him a kiss on the head and tucking both boys in and giving Jr a kiss on the head as well. "Sleep tight boys." He said as he put Jr's powder and wipes in his duffle bag and then shut off the light with the night light turning on automatically and shutting the door after taking the monitor with him.

Going back to the living room he sat down in his chair and turned on the news and waited for Cheryl to come down after tucking in Kyle

When she did she slid onto the couch next to his chair and said, "So what do you want to do about his homework. I never expected a 3 year old to be on kindergarten level stuff yet?"

"Why not just do what we do with Caiden and Kyle on the weekend. After breakfast they will do one hour of work or work until the piece they are on is done. Playtime until lunch and then naps after lunch, after naptime a 30 minute homework time followed by more playtime, if they are behaved enough they can play video games for an hour during that time. Dinner then snuggles in the living room to watch TV and then bed. And, if they need it, a bath before bedtime."

Nodding Cheryl said, "Sounds reasonable. I just hope they behave enough and don't earn a trip over our knees this weekend." And she yawned before laying her head on the arm of the couch and he started petting her.

"One can only hope...but knowing Caiden he will get at least one." Mike said before yawning too.

Chapter Two

Cheryl walking into Kyles room in the middle of the night crept up to him and slid her paw under his blanket checking his pull up and smiled finding it dry then put a star on his private chart about it and slid it back into the drawer he kept his pull ups in then crept out of the room and went to Caiden's room where both he and Jr were whimpering and mewling in their sleep. She could smell they both had gone the second she got close to the bed and carefully picked up Caiden first and laid him down on the changing table and got him cleaned up then changed into a clean bedtime diaper causing his whimpers to subside and after laying him back in bed she popped a pacifier between his lips to help him into a deeper sleep so she could take care of Jr peacefully.

Sliding her arms under Jr she picked him up and he rolled in his sleep nuzzling close to her chest and mewled a little harder. Once she had him on the table she got out a fresh diaper from his bag and then popped the changing flap open on his PJ bottoms and got him out of the full diaper and cleaned him up really well before sliding the clean diaper under him and the used one in the bin. After using his powder and rash prevention cream on him she snugly tapped his diaper back onto him then closed the flap and picked him up again. Unfortunately for her when she did he grabbed into her night dress and refused to let go.

Recognizing this from Kyle and even Caiden from their even younger selves she knew he wasn't letting go anytime soon so she sat down in the rocking chair and gently started rocking while petting his back to get him to relax. After a while he let go and she was able to tuck him back into the bed next to Caiden and popped his pacifier back in his mouth then slid his plush into his grasp before leaving the room.

As she slid back into bed with Mike she yawned and closed her eyes snuggling him as his arm snaked around her shoulders and held her to his side.

"I take it somebody was clingy or fussier than needful?" he whispered. As he knew it usually only took a few minutes to change Kyle or Caiden.

"Jr latched onto me and refused to let go after he was changed. He did it subconsciously." She whispered back.

"Do you think he will calm down more, relax, and be more sociable with Caiden and Kyle if we gave him a third bottle during the day and nursed it to him?" he asked.

"I don't know dear. We'll talk with him in private in the morning." She yawned and kissed his cheek nuzzling into his side before passing back out.

A few hours later Mike woke up and went to the kitchen to make breakfast as Cheryl checked on the boys again. Kyle having woken up a half hour after she had checked him kept his pull ups dry through the rest of the night and was surprised when he saw the gold star on his chart and gave her a big hug and got one in return with a, "I knew you could do it." From her.

Caiden and Jr were both still dry and clean from their change so she left their diapers on and told Kyle, whom she had brought with her, to take Caiden to the dining room so she could talk to Jr in private. Nodding sleepily both boys walked out of the room holding hands and Kyle helped Caiden down the stairs carefully.

Yawning Jr said, "Wha chu wanna tawk about misses Smiff?"

"I know you're really sad and want your papa to come back quickly but we also want you to be happy and sociable with our boys. You said you are only allowed 2 bottles a day at home but Mike and I thought you might relax more if we gave you a little treat and nursed you an extra bottle of your choice at any time during the day here." She said petting him as she rocked him in her lap in the rocking chair.

"I can has aww bottles an no Sippy cups?" he said sleepily not really catching on yet.

"No sweetie I mean you can have three bottles instead of two. And if you wanted me to, or Mike we would cradle you in our arms and nurse it to you if it would help you calm down and be more active with the boys."

"Buh...why you do dis? I am big boy bottles are not apposed to be as many anymowe." He said.

"Sweetie we know you're sad. We give Caiden a bottle sometimes when he is extra sad. When I changed you and him last night you latched on so hard after you were clean that you left claw marks in my chest. And before you apologize and think you are being punished you are not and don't need to dear. You didn't do it on purpose and I'm not mad. You were just that scared and lonely.

Snuggling up he says, "If I gets bottle so do Caiden? Is onwy faiwe. Kyle too if he wants too." Jr was very practical. He knew he was a guest and he didn't want his new friends to feel like he was getting special treatment they didn't have a chance to have.

Smiling she said, "I doubt Kyle would accept being nursed a bottle but we will ask him and Caiden if they want one when you have them."

He just nodded and looked over to his plush. "Can I keep daddy with me all day pwease." He said pointing to it.

Getting up she walked over to the bed and picked up the plush and raised her eyebrows at how much it actually looked like Saber. Then she handed it to him and took him down to the dining room and sat him in the booster chair next to Caiden before tying a bib on him. Kyle and Caiden had already started their food and were halfway through before Mike brought out a plate of bacon and eggs for Jr and a pair of larger plates of them for him and Cheryl.

"Boys after you finish I want to talk to you both in private." She said sitting down on Kyle's left as Mike sat down at the head putting him between Kyle and Caiden.

"Okay mommy." Caiden said before he took a big drink out of his Sippy cup.

"Yes mama." Kyle said using the straw on his cup to drink his orange juice.

"And after your talk you and Jr will sit at the table and do some homework. Just like you normally do Kyle, and then you can play until lunch once your mother determines you did well enough on it for both of you." Mike added.

"Yes Papa." Kyle said instantly.

"Yes Sir Mista Smiff." Jr said as he tore into the eggs and bacon though he was as clean as possible.

Shortly after she and Jr had sat down Caiden and Kyle finished and Cheryl picked them up and sat them both on her hips and walked them to the living room before saying, "Now you both saw how sad Jr was last night when his dad had to leave. Your papa and I decided that if he needs his comfort time, that his dad detailed in the notes he left us about Jr, today and tomorrow he will be given it. That being said we are not going to leave you both out so if you two wish, and before you get rude Kyle remember what I said yesterday about your rudeness, can have a bottle too and snuggle up to Papa and I for us to hold them for you."

Caiden's tail wagged happily at that and he snuggled hugged her saying, "thanks mommy."

Kyle pausing long enough to stop himself from saying the first thing that came to his mind says, "I'm a big boy. I don't need or want baby bottles...but snuggles are okay I guess."

"Mommy can we watch a movie when it happens?" Caiden said sticking his nose into her neck.

"Perhaps, it all depends on how bad Jr is feeling. Now you stay here and play with your toy's Caiden I need to go get Kyle and Jr's workbooks." Cheryl said setting Caiden down on his feet gently by his toys.

"Kay mommy." He said snuggling her leg for a moment before plopping down with a 'oophf" at his toys.

"Momma I am a big boy I can get my own workbook." Kyle said trying to struggle out of her hold now so he could walk on his own.

Setting him down she said, "Alright then go get your workbook and sit at the table again."

Nodding he walked quickly to the stairs and took them quick enough to get to his room and grabbed his backpack and started towards the stairs but feeling his tummy rumble he ran into the bathroom first and used the small stool to get up on the toilet.

Cheryl having followed him up heard him shut the bathroom door as she started going through Jr's bag to find his workbooks and pencil box and finally finding them took them and his Epi-pen and surprisingly a paddle that had his name on it and stuck the pen and paddle in her apron pocket. She had seen in the notes that if Jr was bad enough he would get a paddle spanking instead of a paw spanking so it didn't really surprise her that he had his own paddle for it. Mentally crossing her fingers she hoped she would not need to use either on him.

Getting to the dining room she opened the pencil box and set it in front of Jr, his plate and Sippy cup already gone, and then opened the math book and looked over his work on the previous pages he finished and was surprised not only at the neatness of his writing for his age but also how all of the problems were correctly answered. Turning to the first unsolved page she says, "Okay Jr tell me how many you normally have to do a day?"

"Mommy makes me do two pages in each book a day when I do all ob dem. But daddy makes me do fowe pages ob work when he wants me to do onwy one fing at a time." Jr said.

"Okay so what we're going to do Jr is this. You do two pages now then you can go play. After naptime which will be after lunch you do two more. If you need help I'll be right here as I'm going to help Kyle too, though I will be going to check on Caiden a couple of times since Mr. Smith has to do some homework of his own for his job." She replied ruffling his hair as well as Kyles.

Batting her hand away playfully Kyle says, "I'm not a baby momma I can do my homework on my own."

"Are you sure Kyle? Do you want me to grade your homework myself and risk getting a spanking for doing poorly at it when you could have asked for help instead?" She said.

Ears going flat he says, "No momma I don't. But I do want to do it by myself I don't get to have help on tests."

"This is true you don't. But a test is to see how much you retain sweetie not to teach you the process or force the knowledge into you." she said.

He nodded and opened up his social studies book and pulled out his assignment and started working.

Jr looking at the page picked up his Green Lantern mechanical pencil and clicked it until he had enough to write with and then pulled out his helping items, a bunch of beads, from the pencil box as well and then started working with them to figure out the answers.

As Kyle and Junior worked on their tasks, Caiden played with his toys in the living room and watched cartoons happily humming as he did so. Getting up after a bit he walks over to the couch and grabs the remote off the arm of it and goes back to his toys and turns the channel to find something that was more interesting than the current cartoon finds his favorite show and leaves it there then goes back to playing with his toys and making do with his time while he waited for his new friend and brother to finish their big kid stuff.

As Jr worked on his math he kept one arm wrapped around the plush of his dad and kept looking at it silently then going back to work. Cheryl looking over his shoulder at the work book nodded and pat his head then went to look at Kyles work. "You spelled America wrong dear...and you also answered this question wrong." She said pointing to the two errors.

Growling Kyle went back and fixed the spelling error by adding the 'I' he had missed and went to the wrongly answered question and tried to find the answer in his book again growling more as he failed to find it. "Stupid book why do you not have the answer." He said slapping his paw on it.

"Calm down Kyle and take a breath. I'll help you find it." Cheryl said with a hint of a warning in her voice to let him know that he was treading on thin ice.