Sandhya Chawla and Katherine Dunlop were both aged sixty-one and had started their lesbian relationship at school as seventeen-year-olds. They had been together for the vast majority of the time since and had been married for eight years, getting married as soon as same-sex marriage became legal in England.
Sandhya's parents, in particular, had tried to split them up when their relationship first became known and they were successful in doing so for a couple of years after the two females left university, but ultimately Sandhya chose Katherine over her parents.
They also split up for almost a year when they were aged in their early forties and both had other female lovers, but they returned to each other.
The school that they attended was a very exclusive and very expensive all-girls school and, despite it being frowned upon, lesbianism was rife both among the girls and the teachers. It was very hypocritical, but girls caught in a sex situation at the time that Sandhya and Katherine were at school were likely to be caned but the caning would very likely be done by the lesbian headmistress, Mary Templeton.
Sandhya and Katherine had been caught naked from the waist down with each girl licking the other's vagina and they had been marched off to Miss Templeton. They had been allowed to dress first but in the headmistress' study, their knickers were lowered and they each received twelve savage strokes of the cane across their seventeen-year-old buttocks.
Despite the agony of their thrashings, or maybe because of it, the two girls pleasured each other that evening.
They were each caned by Miss Templeton as eighteen-year-olds but those canings were on separate occasions and did not involve lesbianism. Each girl had her recently caned bottom soothed by the other later on those two days.
Mary Templeton had recently passed away, aged in her nineties, and Sandhya and Katherine attended her funeral along with a lot of other former pupils and teachers from the school.
Miss Templeton was not much liked by the girls or most of the teachers, but she was respected and feared in almost equal measures. Attending her funeral seemed the thing to do and a lot of other ex-pupils and staff agreed.
After the funeral, Katherine and Sandhya chatted with various women that were in their age group at school. Some of them were lesbian then and were still lesbian, whereas some never were interested in all female sex.
They had not seen some of the women for more than forty years but none seemed particularly surprised that Sandhya and Katherine were still together.
Talk among the former pupils regarding Miss Templeton often turned to her legendary use of the cane and speculation as to whether she got sexual pleasure from caning a girl's bottom. The consensus was that she probably did.
"So you two are still together after all this time?" said a woman that neither Sandhya nor Katherine immediately recognised.
Realising that they were unsure as to who she was, the woman spoke again, "I am sorry, I am Sally Harris," said the woman, who looked slightly older than Sandhya and Katherine.
"Oh, Miss Harris," said Katherine, realising that the woman had been a youngish teacher when they were at school.
"Yes, I am not surprised that you did not recognise me," acknowledged Sally.
"How are you? it has been a long time," said Sandhya.
"I am quite well, thank you; I understand that you two are married," said Sally, who was six years older than Sandhya and Katherine.
"Yes, we are," said Katherine, squeezing Sandhya's arm.
"That caning did not deter you, then?" said Sally, making Sandhya and Katherine both remember that it was Miss Harris that caught them in their sixty-nine and marched them off to Miss Templeton. She had remained in the headmistress's study and witnessed their thrashings.
"No, I had forgotten that it was you who caught us, a lot of what happened that day is a blur," said Sandhya.
"Mary knew how to use a cane, didn't she?" said Sally, with a strange grin on her face.
"You sound as though you speak from experience," said Katherine.
"I do, once as a pupil and twice as a teacher," replied Sally.
"A teacher? she caned you as a teacher?" asked an incredulous Sandhya, remembering that Sally Harris was also a former pupil at the school.
"Yes, once instead of sacking me and once when we, um,..we were lovers," said a slightly embarrassed Sally.
"I didn't know that you and she were lovers," said Katherine.
"Although we did think that Miss Templeton had a fondness for women," added Sandhya.
"Yes she did, as did I..., and I still do," said Sally.
"I wonder how many female bottoms she caned in her time?" mused Katherine.
"Quite a lot but she liked to receive it too, I caned her once," said Sally.
"Well, we are learning some new things today," said Sandhya.
"Were you and Miss Templeton lovers for long?" asked Katherine.
"About ten years off and on, but Mary had lots of lovers including some of the other teachers," said Sally, who both Sandhya and Katherine were thinking was rather attractive. She was attractive forty-odd years before but neither girl thought of getting involved with a teacher.
"We used to wonder which of the teachers were into women and which were not," laughed Sandhya.
"Did you think of me as gay?" asked Sally.
"I don't think so, I don't remember thinking that you were," said Katherine.
"You should have joined us instead of taking us to the headmistress when you caught us," laughed Sandhya.
"Fuck! I was so turned on; I watched you for a little while before breaking you up," confessed Sally.
"You pervert," teased Katherine.
"Yeah, and you watched us get our arses caned," pointed out Sandhya, smiling.
"Mary and I made love in her study after you two had gone, and again later that night," confessed Sally.
"Ha, we fucked later too; but fuck, our backsides were on fire," said Katherine.
"Yes, she certainly gave you two a thrashing," remembered Sally.
"Shit, thinking back to that day is making me wet," admitted Sandhya.
"And me," said Katherine.
"Me too," said Sally.
There was a brief silence whilst all three women thought of what had been said, and all three wondered what to say next.
"You said that you and Miss Templeton were an item for about ten years, what have you been doing since?" Katherine asked Sally.
"I have had a couple of long-term relationships with women but I am single at the moment," replied Sally.
There was another brief silence before Sally spoke again, "Have you two used a cane in your relationship if you do not mind me asking?" said Sally.
"No, we have done some spanking but no caning," answered Katherine.
"Thinking back to school canings is exciting though," added Sandhya.
"The cane has been a big part of my life, both giving and receiving," said Sally.
Whilst these conversations had been going on, other women that had attended the funeral were milling around but the three women were oblivious to everyone else.
"This does not seem right getting turned on at a funeral, would you like to meet us away from here, Sally?" said Katherine.
"Yes, please do, we have a lot to talk about," pressed Sandhya.
"I would like that very much," replied Sally, wondering if meeting these two attractive women would lead to sex.
Katherine and Sandhya gave Sally their address and phone number and they tentatively arranged a date and time for her visit," Shall I bring my cane?" smiled Sally.
"Yes, bring it," replied Sandhya, glancing at Katherine to see if she approved.
"Bring it; maybe you would like to stay the night," said Katherine, leaving all three women thinking of the possibilities.
Katherine and Sandhya both had high-pressure office executive jobs during the week but liked to unwind at weekends, Sally was now retired but comfortably off financially.
It was arranged for Sally to visit the other two women on a Friday evening with the intention of staying that night and possibly Saturday night. She was to bring her cane with her but there were no guarantees that it would be put to use, they would just see how their time together developed.
Sally arrived at Sandhya and Katherine's house and they were both at the door to greet her. Sandhya gave her a big hug and kissed her on the cheeks, "Might kiss your other cheeks later," smiled Sandhya.
"Promises, promises," laughed Sally.
Katherine then hugged and kissed Sally, "So might I," said Katherine.
"This looks like it will be a great evening," replied Sally.
"Did you bring your cane?" asked Sandhya.
"Of course, shall I get it out of the car now?" responded Sally.
"Yes, please do; and your overnight things," said Katherine.
Sally took her overnight bag and the cane from the boot of her car and Sandhya and Katherine both inspected the cane.
"Last time I saw one of those Miss Templeton was bending it before caning me as an eighteen-year-old," said Katherine.
"Yes, me too," said Sandhya.
The couple escorted Sally to what was in theory her room for the night although sleeping arrangements might be flexible. The cane remained downstairs for now.
The three women sat and drank some wine, Sandhya and Katherine next to each other on the sofa and Sally in an armchair. They chatted generally about what had happened in their lives in the forty-three years since the two younger women left school but then the subject got on to Mary Templeton and her cane.
"You said the other day that Miss Templeton caned you as a teacher as an alternative to sacking you, what was that all about?" Katherine asked Sally.
"Well it was a set-up really, I think she just wanted an excuse to cane me; she caught me in the senior girls changing room and said that I was spying on them naked in the showers," started Sally.
"And were you?" asked Sandhya, with a smirk.
"Well, I was in the changing room and there were naked eighteen-year-olds there; she said that I should not be there," continued Sally.
"Maybe you shouldn't have been; were you looking at their arses?" chuckled Katherine.
"I might have been; anyway, we went back to her study and she told me that I must accept a caning or dismissal," remembered Sally.
"Did you protest your innocence?" asked Sandhya.
"Yes, but it did no good; she said that I would be sacked and the reason given as showing an interest in naked girls," said Sally.
"Which was basically true," laughed Katherine.
"I suppose; anyway, I chose the caning," said Sally.
"How many did she give you?" asked Sandhya.
"Twelve on my bare arse," replied Sally.
"We both know what twelve on the bare arse felt like," said Katherine, gripping Sandhya's hand.
"Did you and Miss Templeton have sex after she caned you?" enquired Sandhya.
"Not then, but about three weeks later she made it clear that she wanted us to go to bed together, so we did," recalled Sally.