((due to the fact that Mistress is planning an assembly, we need to keep things moving. If Haley rejoins, she can post a catch-up post))<br/><br/>Celia finished marking the assignments and looked up, noticing that the silly girl's awful noises had at last subsided.<br/><br/>"Finally..."<br/><br/>She stood up and came back into her detention area, as she called it. "Now, if you will finally stop behaving like a spoiled three year old, and act like a mature eighteen year old who has earned a punishment and is willing to accept it, perhaps we can move on and put this nastiness behind us?"<br/><br/>She smiled sweetly at Effie, wiping the tears from her cheeks with her thumb, then leaned forward and kissed the girl on her lips, tenderly. "Are you sorry for that little tantrum, and will you behave more like an adult from now on, dear? I need you to think carefully before you answer, because if you are not sorry, I need to know now, so I can let you think about it more.... I will not be lied to, and if I hear of you throwing more tantrums, after you have said you will behave, then your punishment will be more severe."