Diaper Days
Players
Bobby; Jeff; Bobby's mother Helen; Jeff's mother Rose; Bobby and Jeff's
friend Jennifer; Ms. Anderson, Jennifer's mother.
Synopsis
Helen was beside herself. It was guilt mostly. Guilt that she would
have to leave her son alone, at home, sick. More importantly she felt
bad for his embarrassment over wetting his bed. Poor thing, she
thought. He hadn't wet his bed since he was a toddler. He didn't have a
fever, but he said his stomach was upset. Could be a virus that was
going around she mused.
Story
There was always a virus going around.
Helen worried over that virus, if it was a virus, as she picked up the
phone. She was running late already and wanted to give her secretary a
heads up that she'd be in soon. Helen paused for that second it took to
get a dial tone before punching in the two digit code to speed dial the
number for her office. Helen's finger hovered over the numbers just as
she heard Bobby's voice.
Odd she thought hearing Bobby's voice and in a much chipper tone than
he'd used on her as he said, "Hey!"
Helen listened intently, silently, curiously when she heard Jeff's voice
asking, "so, did it work?"
"Like a charm! Man you would have thought I'd spilled my guts on the
bed. She was shocked then she got all motherly like she didn't want me
to feel bad that I'd wet. It was so amazing. You were right," Bobby
said.
"Told you it would work! Mom made me stay home again today. Listen, I
figure we can maybe even stretch this to the weekend. Anyway, is your
mom gone yet? I've got the web address for that game chat room and, get
this, the guy that wrote Tombs is going to be answering questions real
time at nine this morning! Did you get my email?" Jeff asked excitedly.
"Got it. This is so cool! Mom's making her lunch right now. I figure
she'll be gone in another five, maybe ten at the most. Soon as she
leaves I'll log on. Man is this wild or what?" Bobby asked.
"Best day of my life. OK, I'm going on-line right after I hang up.
Moms already gone. You got the chat room address, so I'll meet you in
there with the Tombs author," Jeff said and then laughed as he added,
"I'm logging on as homealone1, you come on as homealone2."
"Right on," Bobby said hanging up the phone happily.
Helen's heart was racing! She was furious! Helen, in her fury paused a
second more before hanging up the phone she held so she didn't risk
bobby hearing the click. A moment later she picked up her cell phone
punching in her two digit code for the office. She told Susan, her
secretary she'd be in later that day. A family emergency was going to
keep her home for the morning she told Susan. Nothing serious but she
wouldn't be in till much later. She thanked Susan for her concern, hung
up and walked to the hallway.
Helen took a breath to calm herself just before she hollered, "Bobby,
honey, I'm leaving now. I'll call you in a couple of hours. Are you
sure you're going to be OK by yourself?"
"It's OK mom. Really. I'm just going to stay in bed," Bobby said
letting his voice sound strained again. He smiled.
Helen smiled as well. Bobby didn't see his mother's smile as she said,
"I'll call you from the office. If you need me before then use my cell
number."
"OK mom," Bobby said as he stood looking out the window.
Helen's smile twisted a little, and she had a plan. All Helen needed to
do now was get a hold of Jeff's mother Rose. She drove to the end of
the block, turned the corner and parked the car, leaving the engine
running before reaching for her cell phone once more. She dialed Rose's
number.
"Rose! Hi, it's Helen," Helen said.
"Hi Helen! How are you?" Rose asked.
"I'm fine! Listen, We've got to meet for a bit. It's about our boys,"
Helen noted.
"Our boys? Sure, but Jeff is sick," Rose said.
"Actually, I know that. As it happens, so is Bobby. Listen, I don't
mean to pry, but did Jeff wet his bed last night?" Helen asked.
"Why yes, yes he did," Rose said hesitating slightly, and added in a
slightly different tone, "But how did you know that?"
"Did he wet his bed the night before?" Helen asked.
"Yes? Come on, Helen how can you know that," Rose asked. Jeff had made
her swear never to tell another living sole that he'd wet his bed. He
was almost inconsolable so she promised. Evidently that didn't bother
him that badly if he told Bobby.
"Well, it might interest you to know that Bobby also wet his bed last
night," Helen said.
"You're kidding? Good heavens, do you think it's something infectious?"
Rose asked.
"Actually no. In fact, Rose, I've just discovered we're being had,"
Helen said.
"What?" Rose said in a shocked voice and added, "Had? How? Why?"
"I'll explain how I know that over coffee if you've got time," Helen
said.
"I'll meet you at Cindy's, love her Coffee Cake," Rose asked and added,
"And I'll make the time."
"Cindy's works for me. I'm getting on the Parkway right now. I should
be there in five minutes, grab a table and put two sugars in my coffee.
Oh, and lets split that coffee cake. I don't dare eat a whole one,"
Helen said closing her cell phone before easing back into traffic.
Helen met Rose at the coffee shop and took the extra plate with half the
coffee cake Rose had picked up with the two cups of coffee. Rose was
curious on how she knew that Jeff wet his bed night before last and last
night.
Helen leaned in so she could whisper and said, "Your son Jeff wet his
bed on purpose. My son Bobby wet his bed this morning, also on purpose.
They did it to stay home from school today. They are both home to
attend some sort of on-line Internet conference with some guy that wrote
software for some kind of game."
There was a look of shock on Rose's face not too unlike the one that had
been on Helen's when she'd hung up that phone. Same angry response
after that as she sat there for a few moments before she said, "Well,
I'll promise you this, he's going to wish he really was sick when I'm
through with him!"
Rose was going home as soon as she left there and Jeff, she promised
through clinched teeth, would be going to school. Grounding was going
to be the least of his punishment. That, Rose said between an angry set
of her teeth, was a given!
"Or, if we plan this right, we can teach them both a very valuable
lesson," Helen said.
"A lesson? OK, I'm all ears," Rose said. It was that mischievous look
on Helen's face that made Rose pause.
"Concerned mothers! That's what we need to be at the moment. Not
angry, but very worried and very concerned mothers," Helen said and
added, "extremely concerned mothers while teaching our sons an object
lesson they are not soon going to forget!"
"Helen, they've lied to us! My son lied to me. I'm shocked. I mean he
actually laid in that damn bed of his and wet it just so he could stay
home today. Last thing he's going to see is my concerned mother side,"
Rose said.
"I know. Bobby did the same thing to me, so I understand! You didn't
let me finish! I said we must become concerned mothers. We are so
concerned over their little problem that I was going to add diapers to
this plan I'm proposing," Helen said.
The word diapers caught Rose off guard.
"What?" Rose asked and added, "You did just say diapers, right?"
"Diapers," Helen said again.
"As in diapers and baby? As in baby diapers?" Rose asked.
"Diapers! OK, now think about it for a second! So our son's have wet
their beds. They knew it would be so remarkably unique that we'd be
concerned right," Helen asked.
"Right. Trouble is I was," Rose noted.
"Me too. It's been years since Bobby has had that sort of accident. So
they played us. They knew we would be so surprised that we'd easily
believe them. OK, so what if we really do believe them or at least
make them think that. I mean what if we really believe them? What if
we're very concerned, very concerned?" Helen asked.
"OK, so we're very concerned. So how does that translate to diapers?"
Rose asked curiously.
"OK, so here is my idea. I was so concerned that I called you and
discovering that your son had the same thing my son has scared us to the
core. With boy boys wetting we both became even more worried. I mean
very worried since both of our boys seem to have the same symptoms. OK
so far?" Helen asked.
"Very OK so far," Rose noted.
"We are so concerned that we've actually called and talked with a
doctor. As in together and this morning right after we talked. We
talked with a doctor and low and behold, that doctor told us about this
virus, new, that's running around at the moment. Not so serious as life
threatening but it clearly has some of the same symptoms our boys have,"
Helen said.
"What kind of virus?" Rose asked.
"I'm not sure but it's some kind of intestinal virus that may very well
lead to a serious bladder infection or something like that. Anyway,
that virus is what made them wet their beds and since they both hang
together, it's most likely why they both got sick at nearly the same
time," Helen said.
"Go on, I'm beginning to like this," Rose said.
"Me too. Anyway, so they've most likely have got this virus. Nothing
too serious, this virus, but it's definitely going to last for a few
days. Let's say till Sunday or even till Monday morning perhaps. Today
is Thursday! That leaves us most of today, Friday, Saturday and maybe
even Sunday. Now imagine our sons wearing diapers for that whole time.
Then imagine them discovering they've been had. Think that might make
them regret lying to us," Helen asked.
"But if their diapers stay dry, how are we going to push them till
Sunday?" Rose asked.
"That's the beauty of this. They've got to wet their diapers or their
cover is blown. They have to keep up this act of theirs because it's
going to be too risky not to," Helen noted with satisfaction and added,
"So what do you think?"
"Are you kidding? I love it! I know for sure that Jeff will be beside
himself over the prospect of wearing a diaper," Rose said.
"Even better, a baby's diaper," Helen noted.
"A baby's disposable diaper?" Rose said looking curiously at Helen.
"Honey, those two can easily fit into the toddler diapers," Helen noted
and added, "Not to mention those precious little baby panties if we can
find a pair that fits."
"I'm trying to imagine Jeff's face when he gets to see what he's going
to be wearing," Rose noted laughing and relaxing for the first time
since Helen revealed what had happened.
"Can you break away from work right now?" Helen asked.
"Definitely," Rose said.
"Good! So in about an hour or so we can be back home and five minutes
after that we can have our boys tapped into a nice thick disposable
diaper," Helen said.
"Actually, I like it all, but I'm thinking it might even be better if we
went just a bit further," Rose said and added, "Especially given their
sizes."
"Further? How so?" Helen asked.
"Why disposables? I mean why not cloth? I'm talking about real
diapers. Diapers that pin closed. Imagine their face when they have to
put their bottoms down on a nice thick cloth diaper that going to be
pinned on them. You know, soft sweet cotton diapers, diaper pins with
plastic heads and a cute pair of those plastic panties to cover them
with. Why not baby them to the extreme?" Rose said and added, "I mean
we're getting them baby pants so we might as well get them the rest of
it."
"Cloth diapers! Baby pants! Oh Rose, I like the way your mind works.
So let's do that, and don't forget the baby powder and oil, but why not
also add those disposables as well," Helen said.
"Why?" Rose asked smiling at the notion.
"Well, let's just say, for the sake of argument, that this virus is
going to last three to four days or so the doctor says. The weekend
takes care of the cloth diapers and those baby pants. However, let's
also say that he's cautioned us that it could even go on for another
three or four days after that. Now, what if they are diapered this
weekend in the cloth diapers and plastic pants, but we add a couple more
days, say Monday and Tuesday, so they end up going to school wearing
those disposables under their clothes," Helen noted.
"And we could even send them to school with a couple of extra diapers in
their backpacks, along with a note to the nurse," Rose added.
"I'm loving this. We could write them notes excusing them from gym and
that would eliminate the risk of them getting caught but they'd still be
wearing diapers. It's going to strengthen the lesson even more," Helen
said.
"Major lesson. You are a woman after my own heart," Rose said laughing.
"What's a package of disposables run? Can't be that much. And we can
maybe rent the cloth diapers through a diaper service. I know that
Health and Beauty carries more than enough stuff to pull this off. Now
imagine our boys spending say today, Friday, Saturday and the better
part of Sunday wearing cute thick cloth diapers and those plastic baby
pants. Then perhaps Monday they get tapped into a cute crinkly
disposable with an adorable baby motif before we send them off to
school. Think they will do this again?" Helen asked smiling.
"Definitely not! But what if this treatment scares them into
confessing?" Rose asked.
"Even better! We simple do the same exact thing we were going to do,
but then we do it as their punishment instead of a lesson," Helen said.
"Not sure if Jeff would do this very willingly!" Rose cautioned.
"Mine neither! However, I'm going to give him an ultimatum! If he
confesses and refuses his punishment, I'm going to tell him he either
wears those diapers and plastic pants, or I hang them on the clothes
line and tell whoever might ask that it's because he's wetting his bed.
I'm guessing Bobby is not going to want that kind of advertising," Helen
said.
"Perfect," Rose said.
Rose held a serious face for a bit then suddenly began laughing. It was
so elegant! So wonderfully poetic. The perfect form of justice. So
perfect in fact she had her cell phone open in another instant and told
her office she'd be home for the remainder of the day. A sudden
emergency. Her son was just too ill to be left alone.
"Cloth diapers! Baby Pants! What an excellent idea," Rose said closing
her cell. She picked up her coffee to take the last of it before
patting her lips dry except she paused doing that and laughed.
"Cloth diapers and baby pants," Helen said in her own amusing tone as
she sipped at the remainder of her coffee.
"And very large amounts of baby powder, some baby ointment first or baby
oil even. Yes, make that baby oil! No, make that baby lotion? Oh I
can't wait to have him laying there on top of a cloth diaper with his
legs spread as I slowly lather him like I did when he was a baby. He's
going to go ape over this! Yes, this is definitely a good plan," Rose
said.
"A woman after my own heart! Come on, Health and Beauty is just a few
blocks away," Helen said as she took the last bite of her coffee cake.
Meanwhile, across town....
"You on-line, homealone2?" Jeff typed after seeing Bobby's nickname
appear on the board.
"Hey, homealone1, I'm here. This is absolutely the best day of my
life," Bobby typed back.
"Tell me about it," Jeff typed happily.
Meanwhile....
"These!" Helen said holding two different pair of plastic panties to
compare one to the other.
"Which?" Rose said putting the package of cloth diapers in her cart.
Helen's package of twelve sat next to hers. The price wasn't bad for
buying diapers, and they could use those diapers as cleaning cloths when
this was over as Helen fondled the cute plastic panties.
"Here, feel these. Soft and these are just like Gerber Baby Pants the
package says. Wide crotch, forward facing leg openings so they don't
pull down at the back and made extra roomy for thicker diapers - even
soakers," Helen said showing Rose the package with a baby sitting on the
front of it.
"Forgot about the soakers. Yes, definitely going to need extra diapers
folded as soakers," Rose added.
"Definitely," Helen said with a wide smile.
"What about size?" Rose asked looking for that notation on the box.
"It says toddler, Cubby! Says it will comfortably fit a twenty inch
waist. That's almost three inches more than Bobby's waist. Jeff can't
be much bigger," Helen said.
"He's not! Actually, he's about an inch smaller than Bobby's. Grab two
of those boxes for me as well," Rose said smiling.
"OK, now we need the baby notions like baby powder, baby oil and diaper
pins," Helen said pushing the cart ahead of her.
"Baby wipes. Don't forget the baby wipes and we've got to make sure
they are baby powder scented," Rose added.
"Right! Baby wipes? Forgot about those. Been so damn long since I've
done this," Helen said snickering.
"Can't wait!" Rose added as they moved to the disposables.
"Oh yes, YES," Helen said suddenly. She was reaching for a package of
disposables.
"What?" Rose asked.
"Look at these," Helen said excitedly and added, "Pampers Cruisers has a
size 7 of all things."
"Size 7? Those going to be big enough," Rose asked.
"Sure are," Helen added as she tossed the package of disposables in the
cart. On the front a mom with a toddler clad only in his thick white
Cruisers running in a living room. Seaseme Street characters decorated
the front.
"Grab another package of those for me then," Rose said happily as she
added, "I'm not sure which I want to put him into first: Those adorable
Pampers or one of those 'cute and cuddly diapers'?"
"Decisions, Decisions," Helen added with a snicker.
"Thankfully they will be in diapers long enough for both," Rose noted.
"Now let's get our stories straight. Obviously it's a virus, can't
remember the name of it because it's too long to pronounce, but it's
most likely intestinal since they don't have fevers. Something to do
also with the urinary track according to Doctor Clark," Helen said.
"Who's Doctor Clark?" Rose asked as she pushed their loaded carts
towards their cars.
"Damned if I know, but he's an expert in these viruses. He's the one we
talked to," Helen said laughing.
"Oh! OK, now I remember who Dr. Clark it is," Rose said smiling.
"So, we get home, explain what we now know about this 'virus' and get
them into their diapers and plastic panties," Helen said.
"One minor problem," Rose said.
"What's that?" Helen asked.
"They are most likely going to say that their bed wetting is only at
night since they've only wet their beds," Rose said.
"You're right. What would make it logical that they have to wear
diapers during the day?" Helen asked.
"Let me think? Got it! I mean I know this will work for Jeff," Rose
said.
"What?" Helen asked.
"Well, we give them just a little more rope," Rose said.
"How so?" Helen asked.
"Before we show them the diapers or say anything about what we've got or
plan to do, we ask if they've had any problems with, you know, leakage.
Let's say sudden and uncontrollable leakage. It's one of the symptoms
that this Doctor Clark warned us about," Rose said.
"And they are going to obviously say yes since this actually helps them
perpetuate their own fraud," Helen said smiling.
"Exactly," Rose noted and added, "They will be so eager for us to
continue believing this that they can't help but say yes. Once they say
yes we've got them in diapers for both the day and night," Rose said.
"It's entrapment if we were police, but what the heck," Helen noted.
"It's justice," Rose said before adding, "Besides, they can always
appeal this to the supreme court."
"Love it," Helen noted and then, laughing a little added, "Only let's
take this a step further than that."
"Talk to me," Rose said enjoying this beyond reason.
"What if we get them together after we've diapered them. Imagine how
embarrassed they are going to be sitting together in their diapers and
plastic pants for the whole day," Helen said.
"How?" Rose asked.
"Concerned mothers again! Look, we've got two very sick boys and we're
very worried about them so we want to be with them," Helen said.
"OK?" Rose asked,
"Except we've also got to work sometime today, which is true enough for
both of us. However, we are simply too worried to leave them alone.
So, since we both have sons that are already sick and it's the same
symptoms, it's going to be perfectly logical for us to want to stay home
with them. We can argue that we'll simply be taking shifts watching
them. Besides, they might need to be changed and that has to be us,"
Helen said laughing.
"This is going to be hilarious," Rose said and added, "But lets actually
use the term baby sitting them and then apologize for using it."
"I'm getting very comfortable with this as well. So we are simply going
to share the 'baby sitting' chores," Rose noted and added, "Gosh, don't
you just love that term 'baby sitting'."
"More than anything right now! So it's settled then. You diaper Jeff
then walk him over to sit with Bobby and I. Then later on, say around
two you can come home and I walk them both back to your place so I can
go back to work till five," Helen said.
"Helen! You are a treasure," Rose said and added, "It's perfect."
"It's going to be really rough on them," Helen said.
"Very! And they deserve every minute of this," Rose added as they
started splitting up their purchases between their cars. Both women
were still laughing out loud as they stood by their cars. Each was
about to call their sons. Helen dialed first as Rose stood quietly
listening.
"Hello," Bobby said sounding terrible. He had recognized his mother's
number on caller ID.
"Bobby, honey, it's me," Helen said on her cell phone as Rose stood
standing by with her own cell ready to call Jeff.
"Hi mom!" Bobby said sounding decidedly weak on the phone. Obviously
his mother was calling to check up on him as Bobby clicked on the sound
icon of his computer to turn sound off.
Bobby had seen the "incoming call" on his computer screen and instantly
typed in the message to Jeff that he had a phone call. Most likely his
mother checking in. He'd be right back on-line when he got off the
phone.
"How are you feeling?" Helen asked.
"About the same," Bobby said.
"Honey, listen! I've just gotten off the phone with a Doctor Clark,"
Helen noted.
"Who is Dr. Clark?" Bobby asked.
"Doctor Clark specializes in viruses or something like that. I was
worried and called our doctor who had me call him. Honey, I've explained
your symptoms to this doctor, and it's most likely that you've got an
intestinal virus of some kind. Also, believe it or not, you most
likely got it from Jeff or he may have gotten it from you. We're not
sure about that. Did you know that Jeff was sick the same as you?"
Helen asked fighting back the snicker.
"Really? Jeff too? No mom, I didn't know that," Bobby said fibbing.
"Well he's sick as well! Called Rose to ask her for some advise and she
told me. Same exact symptoms as yours as a matter of fact, and believe
it or not he wet his bed as well. The fact that you both have the same
symptoms really worried Rose and I. Anyway, that's why this Doctor
Clark thinks it's this virus going around. Nothing serious, but you've
got to stay home and get lots of rest for the next few days. Could get
very serious very fast if we don't take care of it," Helen said fighting
to keep the laughter out of her voice.
Bobby was beside himself. It not only meant that his mother had bought
into the whole thing, but she was actually telling him to stay home for
a few more days. This was too good to be true and better still because
it also meant that Jeff was most likely in the same boat as him. He
couldn't believe his luck.
"OK mom. I'm going right back to bed right now," Bobby said.
"Honey, don't go to sleep yet. I'm on my way home. I'll picked up some
fruit juice. I want you to get some liquids into you. Doctor Clark
says that you risk dehydration with this sort of virus. Oh, and the
doctor told me to ask if you have you had any sort of bladder problems?
It's another symptom. You know, any more accidents or leakage," Helen
asked and added, "Don't be embarrassed about telling me precious, it's
not your fault."
Bobby, smiling, was quick on his feet as he said, "Yes, almost wet
myself a couple of times. That's why I'm sitting up right now. I was
lucky though that I woke just before it happened. Made it to the
bathroom just in time!"
"Thought so. That's another thing that this virus is known for.
Anyway, that's good that you are ok and don't worry if you wet yourself
or your bed. It's not like you can help it! Anyway, I'm going to be
home in a few minutes after I get that juice and a few other things.
I'll fix you some soup when I get there as well," Helen said.
"OK mom," Bobby said cursing his luck. He would have to log off before
his mother got there.
Although it was great about that virus thing. His good fortune, he
mused, as he sat the phone down. Bobby was back on the computer the
instant his mother hung up.
"Jeff!!! Mom's coming home! Says she talked with a doctor that says
we've got a virus. My mom knows that you are sick as well. Same thing
that I've got. Listen, your mother and mine talked to a doctor and he
says that we might also have bladder control problems with this virus.
If your mother calls, and should ask, tell her you've almost had at
least one accident. Anyway, I've got to be in bed when she gets here,"
Bobby typed.
Jeff, reading the words as they appeared, nodded and when Bobby stopped
typing Jeff started.
"Just did that. My mom just called me as well. She's coming home too.
Says she talked with your mom and knows that you wet the bed this
morning like I did. She really sounded worried and upset. Damn! Means
we don't get to talk to that programmer just yet," Jeff typed.
"But we're home and it's not going to be too long before we're alone
again," Bobby typed.
"There is that," Jeff typed.
"Better get our stories straight about these symptoms," Bobby typed.
"Like what?" Jeff typed back.
"If your mom should ask, like I said, make sure you've had or nearly had
an accident and perhaps you leak a little as well. My mom asked if that
was happening," Bobby typed and added, "Going to wet a pair of underwear
for just in case. Not much but I think it will make it sound more
credible if she sees them in the laundry."
"Roger that. It's a good idea. OK, so I'm leaking. Oh, Oh! She's
home. OK, got to go," Jeff typed. Bobby heard a car as well. It hadn't
been a full half hour yet.
Both boys were peeking out the windows as their moms turned into their
respective driveways and heard the doors closing. They were in their
beds at the same time before their mom reached the steps. Bobby
listened for the key and other sounds hinting at where his mother was in
the house and what she was doing.
"Honey! You awake?" Helen called out.
"Yes mom," Bobby said sounding as sick as he hoped he needed to be.
"Be right up!" Helen said smiling.
"OK mom," Bobby said listening to the sounds. He heard the sounds of a
grocery bag, then the clunk of something on the kitchen table, her keys
or purse most likely. Finally her foot steps out of the kitchen, silent
on the rug, then clicking again coming up on the steps. Bobby adjusted
his face to reflect his agony at the moment.
"Hello honey. How are you feeling?" Helen asked with a very concerned
look on her face as she automatically put her hand on his forehead.
That bag she held with her other hand was curious but whatever was in it
was beyond Bobby's view.
"Hi mom, I'm OK. A little tired I guess, but fine otherwise," Bobby
said sounding weak, but looking intently at the large plastic bag his
mother held when she came in. The bag went on the floor at the foot of
his bed as she sat on the bed's edge again putting her palm on his
forehead.
"I am so worried about you. Really, how are you feeling?" Helen asked
running her hand down his cheek.
"I'm a little dizzy," Bobby said deciding to push it a little.
"No fever still! That's good. OK, so here is the good news and bad
news. You're sick for sure, but it's not too serious the doctor says.
It could be though, so we've got to watch this for a few days. It's
definitely intestinal and the only thing we've got to worry about is
making sure you get enough liquids so you don't get dehydrated. You
should be over the worse of this by Monday. If not we've got to take
you in and get you an antibiotic," Helen said.
"Till Monday?" Bobby asked sounding sad, but wanting to shout for joy.
"Could be worse honey. The bad news is that it's having a field day
with your kidneys and bladder. Something to do with the nerve endings.
Honestly, I'm not sure what that all meant when the doctor told me that,
other than it's why you wet your bed last night. Same with Jeff as a
matter of fact. It's mostly going to happen when you sleep but as this
thing takes hold, it could happen at any minute as well. You said you
nearly had another accident right?" Helen asked drawing Bobby deeper
into what was coming next.
"Yes, almost didn't make it to the bathroom," Bobby said looking
concerned. He was happy that there was something out there that
actually matched his symptoms. It definitely made his symptoms sound
legitimate. He was thrilled but looking very sad as he added, "Sort of
wet a pair of shorts a little. I'm sorry."
"That's what I mean, it's worrisome," Helen said and added, "And don't
you dare apologize for being sick. You can't help it."
"I know and thanks mom," Bobby said and added, "Kind of embarrassing
that I might have wet myself."
"Don't worry about that, OK? Anyway, Doctor Clark says that you are
most likely going to have that happen a lot in the next couple of days.
Going to get a little worse because of the liquids. Can't be helped and
remember, it's not your fault! I mean that, I don't want you feeling
guilty about it. You're sick and that's what we need to concern
ourselves over. OK?" Helen said stroking her son's forehead.
"OK," Bobby said sounding even sicker than he had when she came in. He
was going to be home tomorrow for sure!
"Anyway, that's the other part that I'm concerned about," Helen said.
"What's that?" Bobby asked.
"You're wetting accidentally," Helen said.
"I'm sorry but I can't help it," Bobby said.
"I know honey, I know. In fact, it's to be expected. So, I don't want
you to think that you're being punished when I put you into those
things. Like I said, it's not your fault and it's only going to be for
a couple of days," Helen said trying desperately to keep her face
serious.
"What things?" Bobby asked remembering the bag his mother had walked in
with. She had sat them down at the foot of his bed so he couldn't see
what it was. He was curious before this, now he was very curious.
"Honey, I know you're not going to like this but again, it can't be
helped. Anyway, I'm going to have to put you back into diapers and
plastic pants for a couple of days. This way you don't risk wetting
yourself or your bed. Frankly, it's a lot easier on me as well," Helen
said bending back to grab the bag she had sat down.
"Diapers," Bobby said in a sudden panic. He almost bolted up at the
mention of diapers, but caught himself.
"Diapers and plastic pants," Helen said savoring the words.
"Diapers?" Bobby asked again.
"It's for your own good honey. Just till the worse part of this passes.
This Doctor Clark says it never goes past four or five days and, like I
said, you'll most likely be out of them by Sunday. Monday worse case.
I know it's very embarrassing for you, but it's a whole lot better than
waking to a wet bed. Right? Even worse if you had an accident while
you are awake," Helen said.
Bobby had dug the hole he was now in. He'd even told her he'd almost
had another accident already and even wet his shorts once. The only way
out of this was to tell her the truth and that definitely wasn't an
option. She was missing work and worse, he'd lied. No telling what
would happen if it got out he was fibbing!
"Mom," Bobby started to say.
"What honey?" Helen asked.
"They sell pull-ups. You know, the kind of disposables that look like
underwear," Bobby said meekly.
"I know honey, but the woman at the health store suggested diapers for
bed, only because you're a little older and wet a little more than
someone young enough for pull-ups. Plus they are more absorbent and
will be a little more comfortable. And don't forget, you'll be taking in
a lot of liquids," Helen said and added,
"Oh, right," Bobby said softly cursing his circumstance.
"Come on, it's only going to help and I'm feeling bad enough already
that you're sick. Will you do this for me?" Helen asked.
"Yes ma'am!" Bobby said feeling his shoulders slump. He was trapped as
he watched the bag his mother now held.
"Good! Now do me a favor and go toss your robe in the wash. It needs
washing anyway and most likely that's the only thing you'll be wearing
with these things. These diapers are too bulky for pants or pajamas
bottoms. Go ahead with the robe and then take yourself a nice hot
shower while I get your baby things ready," Helen said.
"Baby things?" Bobby repeated.
"Didn't mean that. I meant your incontinent things," Helen said.
"OK," Bobby said.
"If you get dizzy again, sit down immediately and yell for me, OK?"
Helen said.
"OK," Bobby said
That little thing with the robe was Rose's idea. Cleaver little ploy
that would leave both boys without anything to cover what they were
about to wear. Those robes would be washed and dried and that meant
unavailable for at least an hour, maybe two. The women decided they
wanted at least that hour for show.
Bobby did as he was told walking slowly to the chair in front of his
computer to grab the robe. His computer screen saver was on. His time
on that chat board now only a vanishing dream. His diapers, he thought,
as he passed out of the room watching in utter dismay his mother opening
one of the packages. A puffy package of white was lifted from the bag.
"Six ply," Bobby's mother Helen noted.
"What?" Bobby stopped and asked.
"Sorry, I was reading from this package of diapers. Says they are six
ply down the middle, you know, an absorbent center, but I think I'll
double them anyway," Helen said.
"Whatever," Bobby said moving a little quicker out of the room. He did
not want to know how thick his diapers were or anything else about them.
Jeff was in the exact same boat only he was in the shower when his
mother tossed his robe in the machine. Both boys had almost the same
thing facing them when they returned to their bedrooms. On Bobby's bed,
as it was with Jeff's, were two cloth diapers neatly laid out flat one
laying on top of the other. Next to those already open were two diaper
pins. Next to those diaper pins was baby powder and baby lotion and
laying flat nearby a pair of plastic vinyl baby pants.
That baby lotion, instead of the baby oil, was another idea of Roses.
It was pink and read Baby Lotion on the front. The picture of the Baby
was what had attracted Rose to using it. It was also nicely scented
which she thought would be a bonus. Helen had agreed and that's what
was on Bobby's nightstand as well when he came back in.
The two diapers made a very thick pile that would make a very thick
diaper under those adorably Gerber style baby pants. Too thick for
pants and very "baby" looking when the boys would meet. With their
robes in the wash they would be wearing only tee-shirts, their diapers,
plastic panties and slippers. A fitting look for the two boys when the
mothers would bring them together.
"Just sit right on top of your diaper honey and then lay back before you
spread your legs. Oh, and when you spread your legs spread them as far
as you can," Helen said to Bobby who cringed first at the words and then
at the plastic panties laying at the far side of his bed. He almost
confessed right then, but bit his tongue.
"There we go. Now spread your legs nice and wide. Right to the edge of
the bed. Gosh, I can hardly remember when the last time I did this?
You had to be... What? Two or three... Must have been two. Yes, it
was just after your second birthday. OK, now if I remember this right,
it's baby lotion first, baby powder next then pin your diapers closed,"
Helen said making sure she kept up a nice dialog. Bobby had closed his
eyes as she added, "Although I guess you don't want me blowing on your
tummy like I use to do, do you?"
"Not likely," Bobby said in just a whisper. He couldn't remember the
last time he felt this humiliated or embarrassed. He was laying over
two diapers and his mother, smiling, was twisting open a bottle of pink
baby lotion.
Bobby forced his eyes closed tighter when his mother began adding that
baby lotion. He fought what was happening, but had little control over
it and his face, already red and warming, grew hotter still from his
reaction. He kept trying to remember that he would get an erection from
anyone doing that but even so, it was his mother and that made it worse.
His mother also was spending way too much time applying the lotion and
he almost reached a climax.
"Honey, it's OK. Don't be embarrassed. You used to do that when you
were a baby. Don't give it another thought. Baby's, like young boys,
like being caressed. It's part of the bonding process," his mother said
as she finished with the baby lotion and began with the baby powder. It
was way too much again as she kept shaking it over him. If she could
have, she would have emptied it on him. A moment later Bobby felt the
diaper move and grow snug and then taught between his legs.
Meanwhile...
"Front flap hugging the sides, back flap over that! Hey, I haven't lost
my touch. That's not bad considering how long it's been," Jeff's mother
Rose said as she pinned the second of the two sides together before
adding, "Now will you look at that! Perfect diapering! I've still got
it!"
Jeff opened his eyes, looked and nodded for no other reason than to at
least appear casual. He wasn't casual at all, but he also knew there
was nothing he could do about it.
"That's great mom!" he said sarcastically. He was looking at a
triangle of white starting from his waist to gather in a puffy triangle
that swept down between his legs. The two diaper pins were holding it
on him but it was thick. It wasn't a pretty sight Jeff thought which was
exactly the opposite of his mom's opinion.
"Oh stop! It's not like your being punished and it's for your own good.
Now bend your legs and hold your feet up for your baby... I mean your
plastic panties," Rose said as she gathered the baby pants in her hands.
Bobby, meanwhile, watched the baby pants go over his feet then slid down
his legs stretching some as they reached his thighs just as the elastic
caught. He could have stood then, but his mother said that the lady
suggested putting his baby pants on with the baby... with the boy
laying down which kept the diaper material flat between the legs.
Bobby's mother apologized for using the word baby again.
Both boys were in their double diapers and nearly opaque white plastic
vinyl panties at almost the same time. The plastic bloused nicely and
shimmered cutely reflecting the light coming into their rooms. It was
like some kind of soft white liquid glass as the folds moved when they
did, even slightly. The baby panties also crinkled a bit which added a
nice touch to the bulky look that the boys took on with no other
clothing.
"Go ahead and get into a tee-shirt," Rose said and added, "And your
socks as well. I'm going to call Helen."
"Socks? For what?" Jeff asked. There was still the risk that Bobby
might have confessed which was something Jeff thought of as well.
"Honey, Helen and I have talked this over. While you're not terribly
sick, you could be. We just think it's going to be better that someone
is with you at all times and we've still got to work. Anyway, we're
going to share baby sitting chores for the day. Sorry about that! I
didn't mean it like you are a baby. Bobby is coming over here when he's
ready. You two can do homework in the family room together, after
lunch. Remember, it's still a school day."
"Bobby is coming here?" Jeff asked in a panic.
"Yes. At least for some part of the day. Helen's going to go into work
then she'll come back and relieve me so I can go in and do the closing,"
Rose said as she stood and added, "Come on and I'll start lunch for you
two."
"Bobby is coming here?" Jeff asked again in a panic and added, "Mom,
he's going to see me like this?"
"Obviously. Honey, Bobby is coming here wearing the same exact things
you're wearing! Helen and I got the same exact things! Look, we did
that on purpose so you both would be wearing the same stuff. No
advantage or disadvantage. That way neither of you can tease the
other," Rose said.
"Where's my robe?" Jeff asked in a renewed panic as he went to the back
of his door.
"It's in the laundry remember. You'll be needing it for the next few
days and it hasn't been washed since heaven knows when," Rose said.
"MOM! Bobby is going to see me like this!" Jeff said almost in tears.
"And you are going to see Bobby in the same exact things so stop your
whining. Maybe I should stop on the way home and pick up a pacifier,"
Rose said sounding suddenly angry.
Jeff closed his mouth. There was no sense in pushing this any further
than he had. He was trapped and he knew it. Rose picked up her cell
phone after walking into the living room. Jeff was in his room putting
a tee-shirt and pair of socks on. He was going to wear his tennis shoes
and that was it for clothing.
"Helen! It's me! We're all set here!" Rose said.
"How did it go?" Helen asked.
"Are you kidding? I nearly fainted when I pinned him into his diapers.
He looks so adorable! How about Bobby?" Rose asked.
"Same here. Soaked him in baby lotion and I must have used a third of
the baby powder," Helen said happily.
"Excellent, me too on that baby powder. He smells like a baby even from
several feet away. OK then, I'll see you in a couple of minutes. Oh,
does Bobby like Vegetable Beef soup?" Rose asked.
"Yes," Helen said.
"Great. I'm starting the soup now," Rose said changing her tone on the
phone when Jeff came in and sat at the kitchen table.
Bobby too was looking for his robe.
"Oh hell! That's right! I forgot about the robe," Helen said when
Bobby became alarmed that his robe was still in the wash. She thought
for a second and added, "Well, for now grab that throw your grandmother
knitted and put it around your shoulders. It's big enough to cover your
diapers and plastic pants! You're only going next door!"
Bobby gripped the blanket around himself for all of his worth as his
mother opened the front door. She had her pink gym bag now filled as
Bobby's temporary diaper bag and had chosen that one on purpose. There
were the extra diapers, another pair of his baby pants, the powder,
lotion and wipes. She'd said each of them out loud as she put them into
the pink bag.
"Ready?" Helen asked.
"No!" Bobby said standing at the door. He felt like some kind of weird
baby going off to the sitters with his mother holding a diaper bag of
all things. That damn diaper bag he cursed under his breath and again
when he felt the blanket move over the mound of baby pants and diaper he
wore.
"Come on and let's get this over with. I should be back by three and
then Jeff and you can come over here to play, if you're done with your
studies that is," Helen said fighting the smile that was creeping up on
her face.
Bobby stepped out into the bright sun with the blanket almost down to
his knees. He was holding the blanket closed with one hand, his books
in the other. He kept hoping that the breeze didn't raise the blanket
past the edge of his plastic pants. That would be a disaster. It was
bad enough that the blanket poked out nearly as far as Jennifer's butt
did when he stood at the door looking at the hallway mirror. Bobby
moved faster than his mother toward Jeff's house but slowed fearing he'd
get there and the door wouldn't open.
Jeff nodded at Bobby solemnly who nodded back silently when Rose let him
in and then waited for Helen. Both boys flushed nearly crimson seeing
each other, and knowing that they both had on the same things. Last
thing Bobby wanted to do was take that blanket off.
"Put your blanket on the chair in the family room Bobby and come have
some lunch," Rose said.
Bobby did so, reluctantly, as Jeff stood there. They both were wearing
just their tee-shirts and their diapers under the bellowing plastic
vinyl panties. Those diapers were too thick for the shirts to hang
loose and cover them.
"I've put together a diaper bag for Bobby, and I've added the scale and
note pad. So, I'll see you at three then?" Helen said giving Rose a
quick kiss on her cheek. She bent and kissed Bobby as well, telling him
to be good and not to hesitate to tell Rose if he needed to have his
diaper changed. She didn't want him getting a diaper rash. Bobby
dropped his eyes, blushed and nodded.
Helen almost had said be a good baby for Rose but caught herself now
regretting she hadn't made it come out as another mistake.
Bobby had asked about going to the bathroom when the urge hit since he
could at least do that when he was awake. Only his mother vetoed that
grabbing up a pad, pencil and the scale she used for packages. She had
said that the doctor suggested keeping track of what Bobby took in and
what came out. She wanted to make sure he was getting enough liquids
she'd said.
It was crucial, she had said, that more stayed in so he didn't risk
getting dehydrated. Helen had weighed his diaper dry as the base.
Bobby was going to have to use those diapers from now until three in the
afternoon at least. Bobby had almost cried over the thought of wetting
into a diaper or being wiped and changed.
"See you!" Rose said at the stove.
"Oh, and I've added the weight of his diaper dry and he's already had
eight ounces of juice. Make sure he takes another bottle... I mean
another glass of juice now and eight ounces on the hour, every hour,"
Helen said as she headed for the door. She was luckier than Rose
because in a moment she could let loose the laughter she'd been fighting
back.
"Got it," Rose said not daring to turn from the stove.
The boys ate their soup in silence. Both boys saw what the other was
wearing and each wondering if he looked as bad as the other did. They
looked like boys trying to look like babies.
"Hello?" Rose asked picking up the phone and heading for the patio door
and out before closing it. Rose knew it was Helen even before she saw
the caller ID.
"How's it going?" Helen asked.
"Are you serious? Helen, this has got to be their worse day ever!
Believe it or not I've got them both laying on a large pink satin spread
in the family room reading their History assignments. Called the school
and got their homework assignments. I wish I had a camera but didn't
dare," Rose said as she laughed and added, "I told them that I was
worried about having accidents so I put a plastic paint tarp down under
the spread first. It crinkles a lot when they move."
"They laying down or sitting?" Helen asked.
"Laying down. Both are on their stomachs. They've got these two cute
puffy white butts sticking up like little babies, but I think they
thought it was better than me seeing the front," Rose said.
"You're kidding? That's great! Gosh I wish I was there to see that,"
Helen said and added, "Got to figure out how to get pictures? It would
be wonderful to get a couple of pictures of those puffy bottoms. Tell
you what, before I call them over here, you know, when it's my turn,
I'll set up the digital camera somewhere. At least we'd have that DVD
for some future use. It's small enough to hide."
"Oh that would be perfect. OK, so I'll see you at three then. Just
call when you are ready and I'll walk them both over," Rose said.
"Will do," Helen said hanging up the phone.
It was five minutes to three when Helen pulled into the driveway of her
house. Bobby and Jeff had been in their diapers and plastic pants since
eleven. Rose changed each boy individually on the living room floor
giving each the opportunity to see the other getting his diaper changed.
She didn't use the lotion, but lots of baby powder before putting them
back into their fresh diapers and plastic panties.
Rose dutifully noted the weight of their diapers after putting each into
a plastic bag first. She did that little chore after she'd changed them
and on the coffee table so both boys could see their wet diapers.
Rose had also decided to forget to put Jeff's robe in the dryer and
would apologize for that when the time came. He hadn't asked about it
after a while. Both boys were going to have to walk to Bobby's house
with just their blankets again.
Meanwhile, Helen was putting the Digital camera on the shelf near the
television. She taped over the small red light showing it was recording
so it wouldn't show. She had two hours of disk as she pressed the
button and moved the books and plant back in place. It was the clutter
and small lens that would keep it hidden as she punched in Rose's
number.
"All set," Helen said after Rose answered.
Jeff was angry that his mother had forgotten to put his robe in the
dryer, but there wasn't anything else to be done about it as he wrapped
his own throw blanket around his shoulders. He had suffered the
indignity of being changed before watching his best friend get his
diaper changed. They had avoided eye contact with each other and went
back to their homework in silence.
Rose justified another change by telling him that she knew he was dry,
but that it still gets warm with those plastic panties on and that he'd
feel better in a nice fresh diaper with more sprinkles of baby powder.
He didn't. Bobby and Jeff would get their diapers changed one more
time. Helen had promised Rose that.
"OK, I'm going to work!" Rose said after both boys were again sitting
on the large satin spread over that same thin plastic tarp that Rose
carried in with her. They were directly in front of the digital camera
running silently a few feet away. There was a speaker not too far away
and Helen had put on what she called her background music tapes she
enjoyed while reading. It would mask what little noise the digital cam
made and add music to the tape background that was recording the boys
still doing their homework.
An hour passed before Bobby was led to his room, then Jeff followed a
few short minutes later. Both boys had their diapers changed by both
moms when they returned to the spread. Helen was going to do this at
least two more times before she diapered him for bed. She had twelve
diapers and four pair of plastic pants. She would use ten diapers
leaving her a set of two for tomorrow morning while she washed the ones
he'd been in already.
This time Bobby's mother, as Bobby had feared, used a baby wipe having
Bobby hold his legs up with his hands while she wiped him. She had him
stay that way when she began using the baby lotion and finally after
that she sprinkled his diaper liberally with baby powder before he
rested his legs on the bed again before spreading them. It was about
the worst thing he'd ever had happen to him when he spread his legs wide
once more. It was second only to wetting his diaper and having to ask
to be changed.
It was agreed between Helen and Rose that they would do the same sort of
thing tomorrow with Helen watching them till noon then Rose till four.
Saturday they'd watch the boys at home, individually, since both women
were off. It was then that they would spring the disposable Pampers on
them. Bobby was walked back into the family room after he'd been
changed. He was sullen as he sat back down on the satin spread and
picked up his history book.
It was a fresh embarrassment on Bobby's face since his mother had used
that baby wipe on him before the lotion and powder again... Way too much
powder Bobby thought. Jeff knew why Bobby's face was so red. His had
been that same color for the same reason. Helen sat on the chair next
to the couch with a book as Bobby went back down on the satin spread.
It was hard not laughing as Helen moved the book to cover her face. The
too boys were facing the television doing homework with their large
padded bottoms facing Helen. Like two babies minus the baby toys. It
had been years since she'd had to sit for babies and she smiled again.
She smiled this time over the memories of Bobby, a bit smaller, but in
that same spot almost looking identical to those times.
It was five after five when Rose walked over with Jeff's robe to bring
him home. Jeff, with a great deal of relief, slipped his robe on. His
relief didn't last given the size of his bottom as the robe flowed out
and over the large mound under it. It was the reason he hurried as they
walked towards the house. Jeff had suddenly seen Jennifer walking down
towards them from the bus stop.
Bobby was changed right after his shower which he took just after Jeff
left. His double diapers were waiting for him on his bed when he walked
into his room. His robe, also now dry, hung over the back of his chair
at his computer desk. He flushed crimson once more as his mother poured
baby lotion onto her hands.
Jeff was changed on the family room floor after his mother spread the
blanket out once again. He felt like a baby in those moments as his
mother teased the diaper left and right before laying it over him. She
took way too long, or it seemed like she did, in pinning it closed and
just as agonizing long for his baby pants again. Jeff didn't like that
pat he got either and his mother apologized. It was a habit she had
from years ago she said, from when he was a baby, she added.
Of that package of twelve diapers that both mom's brought home only two
remained by the time the boys made it the safety of their rooms that
night. Each was on their computers almost instantly...
"This is too weird!" Jeff typed.
"Bizarre!" Bobby typed back.
"It's like I'm suddenly a baby! I mean mom is beside herself over this.
Believe it or not, I think she is really enjoying this. She keeps
telling me how wonderful it is to sort of have those baby days back
again," Jeff typed.
"That's nothing! My mom used a big powder puff for the baby powder
after my shower! She was actually humming some kind of lullaby and she
powdered me almost to my neck. I don't think she was even aware she was
doing it," Bobby typed.
"I know! I smell like a baby. I mean I really smell like a baby. Mom
must have used half the baby powder on me when she diapered me for bed,"
Jeff answered.
"Really. Well, try this then... Mom even sprinkled powder over my damn
sheets! Said it made my room smell... get this... 'baby fresh'," Bobby
noted.
"What are we going to do?" Jeff wrote across Bobby's screen and added,
"We've got a whole day of this again and worse, this weekend besides!"
"Damned if I know? I know we can't confess now. They've spent a
fortune on that stuff. And there is one other thing I just thought
about..." Bobby typed back.
"We can't wake up dry either," Jeff typed in before Bobby could finish
his sentence.
"Exactly," Bobby wrote.
"I'd already thought about that. Would look too odd both of us suddenly
dry after all of this," Jeff noted.
"No choice... we wet into diapers tonight," Bobby said.
"That or try and explain how we got better so fast. Besides, I guess it
beats wetting the bed that's for sure," Jeff wrote.
"Remind me again why we did this," Bobby asked on Jeff's screen.
"It was supposed to be a day's worth of play," Jeff typed back.
"Some day off," Bobby noted.
"Major downer," Jeff wrote.
There was no response from Bobby.
"You there?" Jeff finally typed.
"Yes," Bobby typed back.
"What's up?" Jeff asked.
"Nothing," Bobby wrote.
"Come on man! It's me! Tell me! What's wrong?" Jeff typed.
"OK, so laugh if you want but tonight... I mean after mom powdered me
and diapered me I felt... I felt so relaxed. Can't explain it, but it
really felt sort of nice," Bobby typed almost regretting what he'd just
wrote as he added, "I guess it was when she hugged me. Very weird."
"Hey! YOU LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING," Jeff typed in capitals.
"Heck no! What are you NUTS," Bobby typed back. There was a pause
before letters began to start across Jeff's screen as Bobby wrote, "It's
just... Oh hell man never mind."
"OK, just remember, we're not supposed to like these things or what's
happening right?" Jeff typed mostly to calm himself or perhaps convince
himself.
"Right," Bobby typed back.
"Anyway, I've got to log off. Mom wants me in bed by eight," Jeff
wrote.
"Me too," Bobby responded and added, "I guess I'll see you tomorrow.
Bye."
Jeff hit the exit as Bobby's "bye" came across his screen. He moved to
his bed passing his mirror and stopped. He put his hands on the back of
his diapers and baby pants lightly pressing the mass against his bottom.
That mass didn't compress much because the diapers were really that
thick. The baby pants were also warm to the touch and softer because of
it.
Jeff twisted right, left, then shrugged. It did feel kind of cool Jeff
thought as he climbed into bed. Looked sort of cool he mused as yanked
the covers to his neck. Felt odd, but not so odd as he thought about
it. Jeff had been afraid to admit to Bobby how he felt as his hand slid
over the soft baby pants and a very powerful erection that suddenly
formed.
Bobby spent a long time in front of his own mirror. It was terribly
exciting, for him at least, and in spite of Jeff's protest. He wasn't
sure why that was but it was. He felt so babyish. So innocent or
something. He also felt bad about that lie he was living. That was his
last thought before he climbed into bed. Although it wasn't his last
thought for that night as his hands also moved over the soft plastic
panties and diapers.
Jeff woke wet! Actually he woke, then wet. There was something about
doing that in his diapers that left him feeling odd. Kind of a good odd
if that was possible. It hadn't been easy the night before and just as
hard now as Jeff tried to relax. The diaper grew warm suddenly and that
warmth spread. A very good odd.
Bobby woke wet but remembered how that had happened. He was having a
kind of dream that he was in his crib. His mother was above him,
leaning on the rail and smiling down. She was holding a diaper, baby
pants and baby powder. In his dream, she said, "Come on precious and
wet your diaper! Mommy can't change you if you're not wet."
In Bobby's dream, he wet and his dream merged slowly with reality as his
mother real voice settled over the one in his dream.
"You up?" Bobby's mother asked peeking in the door after knocking once.
"Yes," Bobby said quietly.
"How are you feeling?" Helen asked.
"Better today," Bobby said but feeling his face flush.
"Are you wet honey?" Bobby's mother said.
"No," Bobby said. Something about confessing that he'd actually wet a
diaper was unnerving.
"Listen, it's OK if you're wet honey," Helen said.
"OK, I'm wet," Bobby said in frustration.
"Honey, it's really OK," Helen said smiling sympathetically.
Bobby sat there in silence but looking eager to talk.
"What is it honey? Please precious, it really is OK," Helen said
feeling slightly guilty.
"No! No it's not! Mom, look, I need to tell you something," Bobby said
feeling his mouth go dry.
"What honey?" His mother said coming to his bed and sitting next to
him. She put her hand on his forehead then clasped both hands in her
lap.
"Mom, listen, I lied! OK! I lied. This.... all of this is a lie!
Mom, I'm not sick! I never was. I faked it! I faked it so I could
have the day off yesterday. Jeff and I came up with it. It's not his
fault. It's mine and it was stupid! I just wanted to be off for a chat
board. Mom, I'm so sorry," Bobby said blurting it all out quickly and
inside of a couple of minutes as he added, "And I'll pay you back for
this stuff."
His mother was looking at him but she was smiling slightly.
"Did you hear what I said?" Bobby asked.
"Yes Sweets I did. And, just so you know, I know," Bobby's mother said.
"You know what?" Bobby asked confused.
"I knew you were doing this on purpose! As it happens, I overheard you
talking with Jeff yesterday morning. I called Rose after that and we
cooked up this little scheme to punish you guys!" Helen said stroking
Bobby's cheek. As always her son never ceased to amaze her at times.
He didn't have to confess this, but did.
"You knew?" Bobby said thinking back at all that he'd been through as
he added, "you knew from the very start of this?"
"Yep! When I heard what you were planning I decided to trap you into
these things. More as a Be Careful What You Wish For."
"You knew," Bobby said shocked.
"I did. So, the big question for you is did you learn your lesson?"
Helen asked.
"Did I? Are you kidding? Mom, I never want to go through this again,"
Bobby said not sure if he actually meant that or not.
"Well, between you and me, I've had about the most fun I've had in a
long time. It's really been great having my baby boy back," Helen said
wistfully.
"Right! As in punishment," Bobby said.
"No, not at all. I mean it. It felt great as in having my baby boy
back," Helen said.
"You want another baby?" Bobby asked.
"Heavens no but it's nice having the reminders of those times when I
did," Helen said.
"It has?" Bobby asked thinking he'd heard her wrong.
"Of course! Once you guys grow up and get all macho it's all a mother
can do just to get a hug now and then. To actually be a mom again, like
I was when you were a toddler, was really wonderful. So yes, it was
very nice," Helen said.
Bobby was stunned silent watching his mother drift away to wherever it
was at that moment. His mind was in overtime suddenly. That wasn't all
he wanted to confess. Bobby swallowed.
"Mom?" Bobby asked almost in a whisper.
"What honey?" Helen asked.
"Never mind," Bobby said.
"What?" Helen asked reassuringly.
"It's OK, too weird," Bobby said.
"Honey, you're laying here in a diaper and plastic pants and I'm
guessing you've wet it as well. So let's not worry too much about weird
for now," Helen said.
"Mom, but this is going to sound really weird," Bobby said.
"OK, I'm listening," Helen said.
"Mom I sort of liked it," Bobby said almost cringing over what he
thought might come from his mother with a claim like that as he quickly
added, "Not at first but later after I sort of got use to it. I can't
explain it."
"I know that too precious," Helen said taking hold of Bobby's chin as
she smiled down at him.
"You do? How?" Bobby asked. That, he decided, was actually
impossible.
"Honey, I used the digital and caught you two yesterday while you were
on the blanket doing your homework. Rose and I were going to use it
somehow or just keep it for memories sake. Not sure? Anyway, I spent
a delightful two hours watching you both on that DVD after you went off
to bed. Got to watch you without you knowing you were being watched,"
Helen said.
"You filmed us?" Bobby asked.
"I did. Sweetheart, it was those hands of yours sneaking around your
baby pants that hinted at it," Helen noted.
"You've got us on DVD?" Bobby asked shocked.
"Sorry about that but, like I said, Rose and I wanted pictures," Helen
said.
"Mom, this really is weird isn't it," Bobby said.
"Yes and no! I mean not really! You were simply regressing. All of
your senses were telling your brain about things that you hadn't
remembered till now. Nice things, so your brain was gathering in some
hints and then finding what you remember of this. A baby having his
diaper changed is a