This is another short story contest entry I never posted. I've always been intrigued by the story possibilities of an adult wearing braces. -- I. BRACES by Imreadonly "Run!" I ran with the other hooligans across the orchard, an apple in each hand. I tripped. Jason Bigg, the orchard's handsome young owner, lifted me by my ear.... The summer I got braces was the worst summer of my life. Although I'm a 27-year-old investment banker, I'm also quite petite, and my silver braces effectively transformed me back into a teenager. No one at my Wall Street job took me seriously. Even with my ID, I couldn't buy beer or go into a casino. Store owners thought I was a shop-lifter. Mall security accused me of loitering. In desperation, I took some time off and accepted my friend Julie's invitation to stay at her place in Iowa. Everyone assumed that I was her niece, and I didn't fight it. I resigned myself to a lazy summer of swimming, creative writing, and playing softball. Then I saw Jason Bigg, owner of Bigg's Orchard. Jason was 27, tall, and handsome. And I fell in love. My friends thought I was crazy. He was a hunk, true, but a kinky one. A few months before, he had paddled the backsides of two sorority pledges he had caught stealing from his orchard. That did it! Every night, I fantasized about being spanked by Jason Bigg. And now I was standing in his living room and calling my "Aunt Julie" to get permission for him to spank me. I had dreamed about this moment, but now that it was actually happening I was terrified. Unfortunately for me, my friend Julie was delighted. "It seems like your little plan worked," she chuckled. I murmured softly so that Jason couldn't hear. "I've changed my mind. Tell him that...." Julie's voice hardened. "I'll do nothing of the sort. Stealing is wrong, and I'm going to tell him to spank your bottom as red as those apples." "But...." "No arguing, young lady," she said. "Give the phone to Mr. Bigg. NOW!" In a daze, I handed Jason the phone. I stared helplessly, mouth agape, listening to them parley my dignity away. "Bare? Underpants too? Yes, I suppose bare is best. You're right -– humiliation is important." This couldn't be happening. I was mortified. I tensed as his fingers wormed into the waistband of the childish Spiderman underpants my "Aunt Julie" had thoughtfully laid on my bed that morning. I pushed down and clenched my thighs to prevent their descent...and to hide the wet spot. I blushed crimson as Spidy twisted around my knees. SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! Tears formed in my eyes as I promised to be good. I pleaded. I sniffled. I whined. As the flurry of spanks rained down, I squeezed my thighs together...and had a shattering orgasm. The summer I got braces was the best summer of my life. ____________________________ Author's note: If you'd like to see Spiderman as he should be seen, there's a scene in "Charlie's Angels 2000" where Cameron Diaz cranks up the music and disco dances around her apartment in her Spiderman underpants. As she dances, she actually gives herself a few play spanks before answering her door in her scanties to flirt with the UPS man. It's a good thing she didn't lock herself out. With no money or ID, and dressed in her childish underpants, the naughty little minx would have no way of proving her age. It would be simply dreadful if one of her cranky, nearsighted old neighbors turned her over his knee and paddled her cute little buns for playing the music too loud. He'd have to get her underpants out of the way first, though. After all, it wasn't Spiderman who was naughty. Edited by C. Lakewood