The Bet
by Karen Singer
Chapter 36 (Saturday - week 5)
In her dreams, she was holding a tiny infant... so sweet. The precious
baby felt soft and warm in her arms. And in her dreams, Sissy was
standing there right by her side - supportive, attentive, waiting to
hand her bottles or wipes, or whatever she needed for the baby.
But then, as so often happens in many dreams, the oddly unusual thing
occurred. The face of the baby in her arms became Sissy's face.
Confused, she looked back at Sissy standing beside her, he looked
exactly the same. Yet the baby in her arms was now him too! She felt
startled and very bothered by it. The baby in her arms was just an
infant... a precious infant - and the Sissy at her side was her servant.
Two Sissys! Yet in her odd dream she was sure that somehow they were
the same person - one being.
Over and over she tried to think of ways to prove to herself that she
was wrong, that they were different people, totally separate. They
acted completely different and separately, showing no connection to each
other at all. Yet something still convinced her that they were one and
the same. She frantically ordered the Sissy that was her servant to run
all over the place, bringing her things, taking care of things, handling
things. And while he did that, the baby in her arms behaved completely
as nothing more than - a baby. Yet the baby in her arms still had his
face!
Over and over she tried to figure out how they could be the same being,
while at the same time trying over and over to prove that they were
totally separate. Her frustration over the problem grew and grew. It
disturbed her more and more. The Sissy that was her servant... and the
baby that had Sissy's face. How could it be? Yet she knew that somehow
it had happened. They were one and the same! She just couldn't prove
it and couldn't understand it.
In her dream, her anger grew with her inability to reconcile the two.
Finally, she began yelling at Sissy the servant. The moment she did,
Sissy the baby began crying uncontrollably, as if yelling at one
affected the other. But it wasn't proof! Wasn't it normal for a baby
to cry when people were yelling around it?
She tried to console the baby in her arms, but the baby refused to stop
crying. Her dream changed into being one long nightmare of doing
nothing but searching for a way to stop the baby from crying. Becoming
more and more frantic, she tried everything to calm the squalling
infant. Bottles didn't help, changing it didn't help, holding it didn't
help. Nothing worked. The baby's desperate screaming cries were
getting to her more and more. She had to calm the baby! She had to
find a way to make it stop crying!
With a sudden gasp of breath, she finally woke from her nightmare. As
soon as she realized that she had been dreaming and was now awake, most
of the dream wiped itself from her memory, leaving only vague upsetting
feelings. What had she been dreaming about that was so disturbing? Why
did she feel so irritated? As she searched her mind, she remembered
that her period would be starting in a few days. Was that what it was
all about? But it shouldn't be affecting her too much yet! But her
period was coming soon - ugh!
Wanting to get moving to shake her irritated mood, she quickly got up
out of bed. Coffee! She had to have coffee! Coffee would help!
Chad labored to roll over on his tiny blow-up mattress and found that
the job was easier today than it usually was. The breast forms were
gone! Still half-asleep, he allowed his hand to rub his chest through
the onesie he was wearing where the breast forms had been. Pure bliss!
As he laid there slowly waking up, he realized he was once again sucking
on his pacifier - as usual. But he certainly didn't mind - anymore.
The thing brought a certain amount of comfort to his stressful life. He
thought again about how Mel had seemed to forget about making him use
the thing during the day lately. He hoped things remained like that.
It would be one less major humiliation in his already overly humiliating
life!
He concentrated on his diapers. Hugely bloated and messy again. As
usual. He was struck by how normal they felt that way now - who would
have ever thought!
He finally realized then that his alarm hadn't gone off... no loud music
to wake him up! Oh yeah, it was Saturday. No work... at least not his
regular job. There was no telling what Mel would make him do today!
Reminded of Mel and her never ending requirements, he rolled off of his
mattress onto the floor, scattering empty baby bottles as he went - they
were the required bottles he had drank last night before going to sleep.
He struggled to his feet, letting his body get used to the weight and
bulk of his super heavy diapers. He waddled his way out of his room
towards the kitchen where he knew that a note from her awaited him... at
least there usually was a note.
The note was right on his counter where it always was every morning. He
reached out to pull it closer so he could read it easier, but he paused
in the process as he noticed his purple fingernails... lavender. The
odd color looked strange and all too noticeable, yet he felt oddly
stimulated by it. Trying to put his purple nails out of his mind, he
pulled the note toward him.
Sissy,
Today is Saturday. As usual, you have the morning off to take care of
whatever personal business you need to. But today there has to be
something different! I need you to call me this morning the minute you
get out of the shower - before you put your diaper on. Take your cell
phone into the bathroom with you so you can be drying off while I'm
coming over. When I get there, I'll also be expecting to see three more
empty bottles that I want you to drink this morning. So drink up before
you clean up!
Make sure you buy plenty of diapers today - at least three packages
again. Make sure you have plenty of makeup and whatever else you may
need for the week too. This is your chance to take care of those
things.
At twelve o'clock, I'll be at your apartment. Then afterwards, you can
expect Sandy to come calling on you again. Yes, more baby lessons. I
can't wait to see what she teaches you today.
Enjoy your morning. I'm waiting for your call!
Chad grunted aloud as he finished the note, then read it a second time.
He had no doubt that Mel wanted to see him putting on only one diaper
again so she could time him. But if he had the morning off, then how
was she going to do that? And as to the rest of it? Last week's baby
lesson had led to him having to use nothing but his stupid sissy speech
all the time. He seriously hoped that this week wouldn't lead to
anything nearly as humiliating.
He waddled over to his refrigerator and pulled out three baby bottles.
Setting his pacifier on the kitchen counter as he walked past, he
carried all the bottles out to the living room and his single solitary
chair. He sat down in his super thick, messy diaper and put the first
baby bottle to his mouth. His eyes once again focused on the childish
drawing he had colored at the restaurant a few nights ago. At least Mel
hadn't added another one from last night to his wall. But it was hard
for him not to look at the picture since it was taped right at eye level
directly in front of him.
Closing his eyes to it, he concentrated on nursing on his bottle instead
- and just relaxing.
Mel had just poured her third cup of coffee for the morning when her
phone rang. At least she was finally feeling a bit better now. She
quickly answered her phone, expecting it to be Sissy. "Hello?"
"Hewwo, Mistwess," Sissy said in his sissy voice. "I just got out of
the showa." Since he had to speak in only a high-pitched voice and
wasn't allowed to use the letters "L" or "R" in anything he said, he
sounded mostly childish.
"Have you put your diaper on yet?" Mel asked.
"No, Mistwess. I'm stiw wet."
"Good! Dry yourself off and I'll be right there." She hung up her
phone and grabbed her keys. A minute later, she was letting herself
into his apartment. She went straight to his bathroom. He was there,
still drying himself off. "Good morning, Sissy."
Chad did a partial little curtsey. "Good morning, Mistress," he replied
in his sissy voice.
She stood in the doorway and watched him finish drying. His body was
shaved smooth - good. His chastity device was still in place - as she
expected. His hair was soaking wet - well that was to be expected. He
would use the blow dryer and curling iron on it after she left.
As soon as Chad finished drying, he asked. "One diaper again?"
Mel nodded. "Yes! You got it!"
Chad mentally groaned but didn't show any other outward signs that he
was displeased - it wouldn't do any good anyway. He put the single
diaper on himself while standing up - taping it firmly into place.
"Good," Mel said from the bathroom doorway. She checked her watch.
"Two hours, Sissy. Remember that."
"But Mistress, if I have the morning off to get the shopping done that I
need to, how will you know if I'm leaking?"
Mel smiled. "I expect you to be knocking on my door with a leaking
diaper before your two hours are up! If you're out somewhere, plan on
getting back to me before that two hours. Then you can go out again if
you need to."
Chad wasn't the least bit happy to hear that. She was stripping away
any chance he might have today of ever trying to hold back - even for a
little while. But what could he do about it? Nothing! "Yes,
Mistress," he replied.
With a broad smile, Mel turned around and left him there. At work he
could try to hold back, try to regain more and more control, but on the
weekends she was in control - all the time. And if she was going to win
this bet, then he couldn't be allowed to exercise any control at all!
Chad stared at the shopping list he had made. He needed an awful lot of
stuff. His makeup was running low, he needed shampoo and conditioner.
He needed baby wipes and baby lotion. He needed pantyhose. And of
course three more packages of diapers. It would take a long time to
shop for all that stuff. Longer than he wanted to be out in public by
himself, dressed as he was.
Today he was wearing pants again... but they were the tighter pants this
time. With only one diaper on and knowing that he probably wouldn't be
wearing them for very long, they had seemed like his best option. It
actually felt a bit strange to be wearing pants again, even with the
high heels on his feet. He was also wearing his waist cincher to give
himself a bit of a better figure. His shape wasn't as good without the
all-in-one girdle he usually wore too, but the waist cincher did help a
lot. Naturally, he had added a bra and his breast forms as well - at
least they weren't glued on to him today... yet. A simple casual top,
his watch, ring, and necklace completed his outfit. Casual. Actually a
lot more comfortable without the all-in-one girdle. It gave him a huge
sense of freedom.
He checked his watch. Only a little over an hour to go before he would
have to be at Mel's apartment with a leaking diaper. His diaper was
already getting very wet, but it still had a long way to go so he dared
not hold back at all. Picking up his purse, he headed out the door and
down to his car to start taking care of business.
His first stop of the morning was at the ATM machine to get a pile of
cash to use during the week. The cash made life a lot easier, even
though he no longer had the super long nails on his hands. As he
punched the numbers into the machine with the tips of his nails, he was
again struck by the strange purple color. Would he ever get used to
them? They were kind of pretty though.
He needed diapers - three packages. But just thinking about shopping
for them reminded him of the two girls who had been all too interested
in him at his usual drug store for the last two weeks. Purposely, he
avoided that store and went further down the road to the next one. The
store was crowded as he went inside, but then he was a bit later getting
there than he wanted to be this morning. He ignored all the other
customers and went straight to the diaper aisle. He was glad to see
that they were fully stocked this time. He pulled three big packages
off the shelf, and holding two of them while trying to precariously
balance the third, made his way to the checkout counter. He realized
that the drug store probably also carried most of everything else on his
list too, but he didn't want to have to deal with buying all that along
with the diapers. And just carrying it all would have been impossible
anyway.
As he stood waiting in the short line, he saw some of the other
customers glancing at him curiously. But at least none of them said
anything or even looked overly long at him. He was glad. When it was
his turn to pay, the saleswoman simply rang him up quickly, dumped all
three bags of diapers into three different plastic bags, took his money,
and gave him his change. Quick and simple. Just the way it was
supposed to be. Things were definitely going better today - so far! He
made a mental note to use this drug store all the time from now on.
He checked his watch again as he got back into the car - just over forty
minutes to go. He was doing pretty good continuing to wet himself, but
there were still no leaks. If he was going to make Mel's deadline then
he had to keep drinking - and he had to keep trying to wet. He drove
further down the road to his favorite fast food restaurant and ordered a
quick breakfast with a large cup of coffee through the drive-thru. He
sat in his car in the parking lot while he ate, then got back on the
road again the minute he finished.
But where to go next? Time was running out before he had to be at Mel's
door with a leaky diaper. He could tell that his diaper was really wet,
but he still hadn't felt the telltale tickle of any leaks yet. He knew
that someplace like Target or Wal-Mart would have everything else that
he needed, but stopping at one of those stores would take too long. He
turned back towards home instead to wait until after he could get
changed before he continued his shopping. But halfway home, he noticed
the drug store he had just stopped at a little while ago. The
experience hadn't been bad at all, and most of the things that he needed
could be bought there. Trying to save a little time, he quickly pulled
back into the store's parking lot as he felt himself peeing yet again -
but he still didn't feel any leaks.
There were quite a few cars in the parking lot now, but he didn't think
it would be too crowded inside. He entered the store and grabbed a
small handheld shopping basket from a stack near the door. At first
glance, he was a bit worried about the number of people he saw inside,
but he kept going anyway.
The makeup section was first - several long aisles of it. All of which
had women looking closely at the various items - too many women for his
comfort since he wasn't all that sure about where to find what he was
looking for anyway. He continued on to the next section instead and
quickly found the shampoo, conditioner and other bath supplies that he
needed. There were only two women in this section, but in the long
aisle, that didn't seem like too many at all. His basket started to
fill up quickly, but as he turned from picking up one of the items, he
noticed one of the women had been looking at him rather closely. Well,
that was nothing new. At least she didn't say anything. He glanced at
his watch, time was running short. As he hurried to the checkout
counter, he was pleased to feel himself peeing again - a lot - probably
from the coffee he had just finished.
The store had two cash register lanes open now to handle all the
customers, with a short line at each one. Chad chose the line that he
hoped would get him out of there the quickest. He was aware, as usual,
of all the stares from everyone around him, but fortunately, nobody said
anything to him. But as he stood there waiting his turn, something
suddenly felt odd... then that something grew more odd. The odd feeling
was on his legs, just below his crotch, and it seemed to be expanding!
He reached down casually and felt his pants just below his diaper. Wet!
He was leaking, and the pants he had on were too tight to let any of it
just drip down his leg. They were quickly becoming wetter and wetter as
his diaper continued to leak!
He moved up in line, only one other person ahead of him now. He had a
basket full of things to buy in his hand. He wanted to just drop the
basket and run out, but he had come so far already. He heard someone
grunt in surprise, then a moment later, someone giggled. He turned, two
women were looking at him. Then someone else noticed him. That someone
else grabbed her friend's arm and pointed at him. Damn! Why didn't he
think about this when he got dressed this morning? His pants were too
tight to let him get away with anything! Not only were the people
noticing him because he was obviously a man dressed as a woman, but he
was feeling extra embarrassed because he was now out with obviously wet
pants, and the growing wet stains were letting everyone know that he had
just wet himself! He was about to drop everything and just walk out,
but just then, the person ahead of him finished and it was his turn to
check out. He had come too far now to just leave.
As quickly as he could, he put everything up on the counter from his
basket and waited while the cashier rang everything up. Fortunately,
she couldn't see his wet pants. But he had no doubt that everyone else
in line was watching him. It took a few minutes to ring everything up,
pay for it, receive his change, and wait till it all got bagged before
he could finally leave. By then, there didn't seem to be any use in
hurrying too much. Everyone had already gotten an eyeful!
He didn't dare to glance down at his pants to see how bad they were
until he got out of the store and was standing next to his car. And
what he saw was shocking. Just from what he could see, he had large wet
splotches in several areas at the top of each leg, starting right at his
crotch. Some of those wet splotches were starting to grow together. He
couldn't see behind him, but he could now feel how wet he was back there
and it felt even worse than the front. He finally opened his car door
and threw his bags across onto the passenger seat on top of the diaper
bags. But as he started to get into the car, he stopped and noticed
that there was a small wet area on the seat already. He had been
leaking since before he went into the store and didn't know it! No
wonder some of the people in the store had been staring at him since he
went in.
Not wanting to make his seat any wetter, he grabbed one of the large
plastic bags that held his diapers and emptied the bag. He sat on the
plastic all the way home. He left all his purchases on the seat of his
car as he climbed the stairs up to Mel's apartment and knocked on her
door with just a few minutes left to spare. The door opened and he
immediately dropped his usual curtsey and recited his sissy greeting.
Mel smiled. "You just made it!" But then she stopped and stared at his
wet pants. "But by the looks of things, you could have been here
earlier. Turn all the way around. Let me see how bad it is." Still
outside where everyone could see him, Chad slowly turned all the way
around. "Why didn't you come back sooner?" she asked.
"I was out shopping when it happened."
"In the stores? With people around?"
"Yeah, the drug store."
Mel smiled. "I hope you enjoyed yourself."
That wasn't exactly the way that Chad would have put it!
"Let's go get you changed," Mel said as she grabbed her keys from her
purse and started toward his apartment. Chad followed behind, allowing
Mel to unlock his apartment door for him since her key was already out.
"Did you get everything you need today?" Mel asked as he was removing
his wet pants.
"Not yet," he replied. "I still have to find some of the makeup I'm
almost out of, and I need a few more pairs of pantyhose too."
"Some of that makeup you're only going to be able to get at the mall."
He groaned audibly. "That's the only place? Target or Wal-Mart won't
carry it?"
She shook her head. "Not that brand. You'll have to go back to the
makeup counter where you got it. Of course when you do, you can always
ask for another demonstration again," she teased.
Chad rolled his eyes as he pulled off his saturated diaper and let it
drop to the floor. "No thanks. Not today," he replied.
She smiled but said nothing as she waited for him to tape another fresh
diaper in place. "Two hours, Sissy," she said as she glanced at her
watch.
Chad glanced at his own watch too. "Yes, Mistress," he replied with a
small sigh.
She paused before she left him. "Tell you what. I was thinking of
going shopping today myself. I need a few things too. If you like, we
can go to the mall together and you can get your makeup then."
Chad thought about that for only a few seconds. It sounded like a
better idea to him - despite what she might come up with along the way.
Besides, if she was going shopping then he was probably going with her
anyway. "Thanks," he replied. "Maybe I'll wait till then."
Once Mel was gone, Chad went back to face his closet. Now what was he
going to wear? Pants were obviously out! Since he wasn't going
shopping till later with Mel, he was tempted to stay in just his diaper
until she came back at noon. And when Sandy arrived later, he had no
doubt that she would have her own ideas on what she wanted him to wear
today. But then he remembered that all the things he had bought earlier
were still down in his car and they needed to be brought upstairs. He
finally chose the most casual looking skirt and top that he could find
and the low-heeled shoes that he wore with his uniform. He might as
well be comfortable. Since he only had two more hours to go until he
had to be leaking again, he pulled another baby bottle out of his
refrigerator before going down to the car to get his purchases.
"I really appreciate this," Sandy said as she opened the door to her
apartment and she and Mel lugged the heavy highchair inside.
"No, it's me who appreciates it," Mel replied. "What do you have
planned for him today?"
"I was thinking of a couple of things. But mostly, I'd like to start
working on the way he does things... the way he moves. Babies don't
quite have the motor control we have, so they do things a bit
differently. I'd like to try a few ideas on that line today."
"Sounds interesting," Mel replied. "Actually, that's something I need
to start working on with him too, although in a completely different
way. He's still got too many masculine mannerisms."
Sandy giggled. "Well then, maybe between the two of us we can eliminate
a few of them." Mel giggled too.
It was still a few minutes before twelve when someone knocked on Chad's
door. Chad figured it would be Sandy, but he was a little surprised to
see Mel there since he figured she would just use her own key and simply
come in. He dropped his curtsey to her, "Hello, Mistress," he said in
his sissy voice.
"I know it's not quite twelve yet," Mel said, "but I just thought I'd
come over to see if you were busy."
Chas stood back out of the way to let her inside. "No," he replied. "I
was just giving my kitchen a quick cleaning. It was getting dusty." As
she walked in, Chad noticed the book she had in her hand - the child's
menu he had colored at the restaurant last night.
"Dusty? I guess you don't really get to use it much." She headed
straight for his kitchen and laid the child's menu out on his kitchen
counter. Chad watched as she started going through the pictures. "I
like this one... and this one the best," she said as she placed one hand
on one page to mark the place, and opened the book to the second
picture. "Which one do you like?"
Actually Chad didn't like any of them at all, especially since the ones
that she had picked out were the ones that looked the most childishly
colored. He had visions of having one of the pictures hung on his
living room wall, right next to the one that was already there. How
embarrassing... and what a terrible reminder of what he had been forced
to do. He took the book from Mel, careful to hold the place of each
picture, and turned back and forth between them a few times. The second
one was a bit more mature looking, but not by much. "I like this one,"
he said, indicating the second picture.
Mel smiled as she took the book back from him and opened it fully to
that page. Chad wasn't the least bit happy to watch as she carefully
ripped the page out of the book. She handed the picture to Chad. "I
think that Sandy would just love it if you gave that to her. And I want
you to tell her that you colored it - just for her."
Chad was shocked. "Give it to Sandy?"
"Unless you want to hang that one on your wall and give her the other
one instead."
Chad shook his head. "No, Mistress. I'll give her this one."
"Good! And don't forget, tell her you did it just for her! Now let's
go see if we can find something a bit more childish for you to wear for
her today. If you're going to give her a childishly colored picture,
then the least you can do is to dress a bit more appropriately."
Not happy about it in the least, Chad followed Mel back to his bedroom
where she quickly picked out the onesie he had slept in last night. As
he took his clothes off, Mel was careful to check the state of his
diaper. "You've only got about half an hour to get that thing leaking,"
she reminded him.
"I know," he replied. "I think it's getting close already. Can I just
change it now instead?"
"No, not till it's leaking. I don't want you to stop trying."
Chad wasn't happy about it, but there was nothing he could do about it
either. The sound of someone knocking on his door came before he even
got the onesie on.
"That will be Sandy," Mel said. "I'll get the door. You get dressed."
"Hi Sandy," Mel said with a big smile the moment she opened the door.
"Hey Mel. Is he ready?"
"Almost," Mel replied. "Come on in." Mel led her back to Chad's
bedroom where he was just stepping into the onesie. She noticed how wet
his diaper looked already. "I take it he hasn't leaked yet?"
"Not yet," Mel replied. She checked her watch. "But he still has
another twenty-four minutes to go."
"Then maybe we should just leave him in his diaper till then. That way
we can see when he's leaking. Besides, once he gets to my place, he
won't be able to tell us."
"That's true," Mel replied with more than a hint of amusement. "Take
that thing off again," she told Chad. "You can start out in just your
diaper today."
"For that matter, he can stay in just his diaper today" Sandy decided.
"Maybe just a pacifier to complete his outfit and that's all he should
need."
Mel smiled. "I like it!" She looked at Sissy. "Where's your
pacifier?"
"In the kitchen," he replied, fully unhappy that the thing should even
be mentioned.
"Then go get it. And hurry!"
Chad ran to the kitchen and came back a moment later with the pacifier
in his mouth.
"Now that's more like it!" Sandy declared. "Are you ready?" she asked
him.
Chad just shrugged. "I guess so," he said around the pacifier in his
mouth. "What else is there?" He wasn't taking any other clothes or
anything else.
"How about his diaper bag?" Mel suggested.
"Yeah," Sandy replied. "Good idea! I guess with him, it really is just
like taking care of a real baby!"
"Oh wait!" Mel suddenly said. "We almost forgot something!" She looked
right at Chad. "Isn't there something special you have for Sandy?" she
asked.
Chad blushed and Sandy looked a bit surprised. "I'll be right back,"
Chad said as he hurried out to his kitchen one more time to get the
picture he had colored. As he carried it back to the bedroom, he saw
Mel looking at him very intently. Her stare let him know that he had
better do this right - the way she wanted him to do it. Sandy just
looked quizzical since she was wondering what was going on. "Um..." he
said as he stood in front of Sandy and held the picture out to her. He
remembered to do a quick "sort-of" curtsey first. "I colored this for
you."
"For me?" Sandy replied in a surprised voice as she took the picture
from him. She looked at it and let out a small laugh. "You even color
like a baby! Thank you, I know that Cassie will just love this too.
We'll find a good place to hang it in our apartment... maybe on the
refrigerator. How will that be?"
Chad wasn't happy about that at all. Why couldn't she just take it and
put it away somewhere - like maybe in the trash can. In her elaborately
decorated apartment, it would stick out like a sore thumb - and
everybody who went in would notice it. But he replied, "That would be
great."
"So are you ready now?" Sandy asked.
"Yes, Sandy," he replied.
Sandy turned to Mel, "Are you coming with us now, since he only has a
few minutes to start leaking?"
"I'll be over in just a few minutes," Mel replied. "I have something
else I have to do first."
Sandy stopped before she opened the door and turned to Sissy. "Remember
the rules! No walking the minute you get to my apartment... and only
baby talk!"
Chad dropped a quick curtsey. "I remember." Ugh! Baby talk! What a
pain!
Mel stayed back in his apartment as Sandy and Sissy left. She went
straight to his refrigerator and checked it. As she suspected, he was
just about out of bottles. Well, she would fix that problem soon
enough. She went back to the child's menu that he had colored and
ripped out the other picture that she liked. She hung it right next to
his other picture on the wall so he could "enjoy" them both.
"Climb up," Sandy said as she took the tray off of his highchair. Chad
crawled across her kitchen floor and climbed up into the chair. She
fastened the safety belt around him, being careful to pull it tight.
She was about to put the tray back into place when she paused a moment
in thought. "Put your right arm down in your lap."
Chad was a bit surprised by her request. She usually made him keep both
arms in his lap where they would be trapped under the chair tray. He
said nothing about it though because protesting or even questioning it
would do no good. Besides, since he was limited to only baby-talk, he
had no way to ask her why. As soon as his arm was down, she put the
tray into place, locking his right arm under the tray where he couldn't
use it.
"That should work," Sandy mused to herself.
Chad watched as she began dumping baby food, straight out of the jars
onto the divided child's dish that she had gotten for him - colorful
baby food, that he had no idea what it was, even when he tasted it. She
set the plate down in front of him, then set a small rubber coated baby
spoon down next to the plate. "I want you to feed yourself this time,"
she told him.
Chad awkwardly picked up the spoon with his left hand. He started to
bring it toward the food, but she stopped him. "Not like that! Babies
don't hold anything like you're holding that. Close your fist around it
instead and grab it tightly."
Hold it in his fist? Ugh! He managed to get the spoon into his hand
the way she wanted it, which wasn't all that easy since he only had the
one hand to use. Then he dug the tiny spoon into the baby food on his
plate. He wanted to change the position of the spoon in his hand to
make it easier to bring it to his mouth, but with his fist wrapped
tightly around it, he couldn't do that. He had to awkwardly turn his
entire arm out to get it around far enough that he could get the food
into his mouth. Eating with just the tiny baby spoon had always been
difficult, not to mention embarrassing. Doing it this way made the task
twice as hard! He slowly reached out and grabbed another spoonful of
colorful food and managed to get it almost to his mouth before some of
it dripped off of the spoon and onto his bib. He quickly realized that
holding the tiny spoon the way he was, made it harder to keep it level.
And the result was that more of the baby food dripped off of it than
usual. Just great!
"Perfect!" Sandy declared happily. "That's the way you should be eating
from now on."
Not likely, Chad thought. But just then, someone knocked at the door.
Chad quietly panicked inside while Sandy went to answer it. She came
back a few moments later with Mel.
"Keep eating," Sandy ordered as they got back to the kitchen.
Mel watched him eating awkwardly with the tiny baby spoon. "I must say,
you found a way to make even his eating look more childish."
"Babies don't hold spoons the way we do," Sandy explained. "And as far
as I'm concerned, the more babyish he does everything, the better!"
Mel laughed. "I couldn't agree more!"
Chad was about halfway through with the food. His face was a mess. His
bib was a mess. And so was the tray in front of him because the food
kept dropping off of the tiny spoon - not to mention that it was more
difficult than ever to accurately hit his mouth the way he was holding
the darn thing. He suddenly felt himself peeing again. Knowing that
the time was running out for him to be leaking, he waited until he was
done peeing, then he began trying to feel all around the leg openings of
his diaper with the one hand that was under the tray. He couldn't reach
the diaper on his right leg very well, but he could feel around the
opening of his left leg a bit. Nothing... Nothing... There! Was that
a bit of a wet spot near the bottom? He felt it again. Yes, it did
feel like it was starting to leak out. Since he had no other way to
express himself, he let loose a tirade of baby talk. But Mel and Sandy
were talking and mostly ignoring him. He tried again, harder. They
both looked over at him.
"What's the matter, baby?" Sandy asked. "You're not finished with your
dinner yet. Keep eating."
But Chad had to let them know that he was leaking. He tried more baby
talk instead.
"Was he asking for his bottle?" Mel asked. "You know, he does need to
be leaking very soon. Maybe he needs a bit more to drink."
Sandy got up quickly and got a bottle for him that was already filled
with baby formula. But as she brought it over to him, Chad very
emphatically let out more baby nonsense. Sandy set the bottle down on
his tray and turned back toward Mel. "I don't think that was it," she
said. "I think he's trying to tell us something else."
Mel came over to him and peered under the tray at his diaper. "Are you
leaking?" she asked.
Chad let out a shorter and happier stream of baby nonsense to let her
know that that was his problem.
"I guess that's it," Mel said to Sandy. "We can change him now and then
I can get out of your hair for a while."
"No problem," Sandy replied as she took the bottle back off of the tray
and also picked his food up too. "Wow, you're really a mess, baby," she
declared as she looked at him. "Just like a real baby!" She grabbed a
wet washcloth and spent several moments cleaning him up thoroughly
before she removed the tray that was holding both him and his arm in the
chair. She had to release the safety strap before he was able to climb
down to crawl on the floor.
Mel led the way into the living room where Sandy had laid out a large
blanket that was already covered with baby toys for him to play with
later. She moved some of the toys out of the way. "Lay down here," she
told him and waited while he crawled over into position. Sandy brought
the diaper bag over for her. With practiced efficiency, she quickly had
his overly soaked diaper off of him and a new one shoved in place under
him, ready to bring up between his legs. She reached back into the
diaper bag and brought out the jar of suppositories. With a wicked
smile on her face, she held the jar up where he could see it. "Your
favorite part, I know!"
Chad rolled his eyes and turned his head away. The suppositories were
his least favorite part. He hated the things - and especially what they
did to him.
Mel reached into the jar and pulled out - nothing. "Lift your legs,"
she ordered. Chad raised his legs up and she pushed them up even
higher, totally exposing his bare backside. It took her only a moment
to shove her finger way up inside of him - as if she were actually
shoving one of the suppositories up there. He would never know the
difference, and hopefully, the results would be exactly the same. She
brought his legs back down and a minute later the fresh diaper was taped
securely in place. She checked her watch. "Two hours, baby. Two
hours."
Since Chad had no way of responding in any recognizable way, he said
nothing. He already knew the drill.
Once Mel had left, Chad was again strapped into the highchair with his
right arm trapped under the tray while he attempted to eat what was left
of his baby food lunch without spilling too much of it - a mostly
impossible task! The sound of the door opening caught his attention
while he was still trying to eat. Once again fear froze him in place.
He was somewhat relieved when Cassie came in.
"Hi everyone," she said fairly calmly, despite not being able to take
her eyes off of Chad - and his mess.
"Hi Cassie," Sandy replied.
But Cassie acted like she didn't even hear her. She just stared at
Sissy instead. "You're looking rather colorful today," she noted,
referring to all the baby food that was spilled all over him.
Sandy laughed. "Simple little changes, and now he acts even more like a
baby than ever!"
"I'll say!" Cassie agreed as she watched Chad dropping more baby food
from his spoon onto his already messy bib. She put her purse down on
the counter. "Does Mel still want me to trim his hair again?"
"I guess so," Sandy replied.
"Let me know when he's done there and I'll do him before you let him
up." She walked off toward their bedroom and out of sight.
Get his hair trimmed? That was news to Chad. He wasn't sure how he
actually felt about it either. As soon as Sandy had decided he had
eaten enough, she took his plate and spoon away from him and again
washed him thoroughly with her washcloth - including the also messy
unfinished baby bottle that was still on the tray. Then she called
Cassie. Chad, unable to leave the highchair and consequently having
nowhere to go, just picked up his bottle and continued drinking - he did
have another two hour deadline to meet!
Cassie came back a few minutes later - scissors, comb, and brush in
hand. Chad put his baby bottle down as she ran the comb through his
hair a few times. "I think we're going to need to wet this before I can
do anything else," she declared. "You may as well keep drinking that
thing while I'm working here," she said to Chad. "You're not going
anywhere, and I'm not going to be doing anything that will get in your
way." Chad picked up his bottle again.
A few minutes later, Chad's hair was soaking wet as Cassie combed and
trimmed tiny bits off of his hair all over. He wondered how ridiculous
he must look as he sat there with wet, mussed-up hair, sitting in a
highchair, drinking from a baby bottle, while wearing only a diaper -
that was now wet. He was glad he couldn't see himself in a mirror just
then, he had no doubt that he made an absolutely ridiculous picture of a
baby.
As Cassie cut and combed, Sandy looked on closely and occasionally made
some suggestions. Cassie finally put her scissors down and picked up
the blow dryer and curling iron. Chad's bottle was long finished before
she was finished with his hair. Sandy looked at him critically and
smiled. "Looks great!" she exclaimed.
Cassie stepped back and looked at it too. "Yeah," she agreed. "It's
only been a few weeks, but it's starting to even out now as it grows
in." Chad had no idea what his hair looked like. It mostly felt the
same, but without a mirror he had no way of knowing anything.
"Wait a sec!" Sandy suddenly exclaimed. "It needs something..." She
ran off towards her bedroom and came back a few minutes later. Chad saw
a large pink bow in her hands. She clipped it to his head just off to
one side and stood back again. "There! I love it!" she exclaimed
happily. Cassie just smirked.
Sandy released Chad from the highchair and sent him into the living room
where all the toys were. Since she had left him alone and didn't follow
him, Chad didn't bother to "play" with any of the toys. Instead, he
just laid down on the blanket and tried to rest. Curiously, he wished
for his pacifier. He was very tempted to stick his thumb into his
mouth, but he resisted that impulse furiously.
"I don't hear you talking to your toys!" Sandy's voice called from the
kitchen.
Chad groaned and sat up again. He picked up a plastic toy block and
babbled at it. Then he switched it for another toy.
Sandy came in to see him a few minutes later. She had another baby
bottle in her hands. "Since you're on a time limit now to make your
diaper leak, I brought you another bottle."
Chad took the bottle gratefully, even though he could really have done
without more to drink... but if he was going to meet Mel's deadline,
then unfortunately, he really had to keep drinking. And besides, while
he was drinking, he didn't have to babble at the toys!
Sandy knelt down on the blanket with him and picked up a small doll that
was there. "Here," she said, "hold this." Chad started to grab for the
doll, but she immediately pulled it back away from him. "No, no! Put
your bottle down first and use both hands. Babies need two hands to
hold something this big." Chad thought it was stupid, but he did as she
wanted - he really didn't have a whole lot of choice in the matter
anyway. "Now," Sandy continued as soon as he was holding the doll in
both hands, "stick it into your mouth."
Chad's eyes bulged. Stick it into his mouth? She had to be kidding.
But Sandy quickly went on to explain. "Babies try to stick everything
into their mouth to taste them or teethe on them. They often slobber
all over most of their toys. So from now on, before you talk to any of
your toys, I want you to stick it into your mouth first and make sure
that part of it gets good and wet. Chew on some of them a bit if you
have to. Since you have to keep drinking from your bottle today, then
that should help."
Chad couldn't believe it. She really wanted him to do that? Obviously
she did! As crazy as it sounded, she meant it. But then of course,
Chad had seen babies doing exactly that many times. Now she was simply
making him do it. Ugh! He took the doll he was holding and stuck part
of the head into his mouth - yuck! It was dry and tasted awful. He had
to chew on it for a moment before he thought it felt even a little bit
wet. Then he gratefully removed it from his mouth again. He looked at
it - yes, the head and part of the hair was just a little bit wet. He
babbled at it for a moment, then put it aside and grabbed his bottle.
He really needed to wash the taste out of his mouth.
"Now do that with all your toys," Sandy told him.
Chad picked up the toy block he had been talking to earlier and stuck
the corner of it into his mouth. He made sure that part of the block
got good and wet before he pulled it back out and babbled some nonsense
at it. Then he put it down again and grabbed for his bottle.
"That's it! You've got it," Sandy declared as she stood up again. "Now
just keep doing that till Mel comes for you later."
Till Mel came back for him? When was that supposed to be? And he had
to keep doing it? He picked up another toy and stuck it into his mouth.
Yuck!
Mel took the cover off of the huge pot on the stove, looked inside,
stirred it with a spoon for a bit, and then turned off the heat
underneath. She picked up the heavy pot and with a great deal of
effort, poured the tea that she had been making into a large pitcher.
The pitcher made things much easier for her to pour the tea into the
small opening at the top of his baby bottles.
She refilled the big pot with water and stuck it back on the burner
again to start making more tea. Keeping him drinking it meant that she
had to keep making it. She added half a dozen of her green tea bags to
the pot and left it alone. It would be a while before it was done. In
the meantime, she had a lot of empty baby bottles all lined up on her
counter that needed filling. She picked up the now heavy pitcher and
started filling the first bottle. So many baby bottles - for such a big
baby. Yet she didn't really mind making the tea for him like this.
Something about doing it was kind of fun... and maybe relaxing. It took
very little thought, yet it kept her busy. And... it was directly
helpful to winning the bet between them.
When the pitcher was empty, she set it down and checked the pot on the
stove, not ready yet, but getting there. She took the bottles she had
filled and set them into her refrigerator to start cooling. By the time
she was done today, a good bit of her refrigerator would be filled with
the bottles - and Chad's refrigerator too.
Chad noticed that he was peeing yet again. Since the bottles were a lot
better in his mouth than the taste of the toys, he was drinking even
more than usual. But the result was that he was also wetter than usual.
He looked up at the fancy clock on the wall. He still had more than
half an hour to go before he needed to be leaking. But just thinking
about his diaper made him realize something else, the damn suppository
was about to do its thing. He never even thought about stopping it or
even trying to hold it back. As the mess quickly started sliding out of
him, he simply got up from his sitting position into a crawling position
to make the process easier - physically... emotionally, he still hated
it. But as his backside finally finished emptying itself out, his front
side resumed. He looked down under him and noticed that he was dripping
onto the blanket under him. Uh oh! Trouble. He was sure that Sandy
wasn't going to be too pleased to see that! But what could he do about
it? He let out a rather loud stream of baby babble, trying to get
Sandy's attention, where ever she was. But after almost a minute, he
still got no attention from her. He figured that he had only one avenue
left to quickly try to bring her attention to his problem. He did his
very best to fake a baby crying.
"What is it Sugar?" Sandy asked as she came running out of the bedroom.
Chad only looked down at the wet spot on the blanket below him. Sandy
suddenly sniffed the air. "Oh! Pew! You stink!" Then she noticed
the wet spot under him. "Oh darn!" she exclaimed. "Now I'll have to
wash the thing. You stay right there baby and I'll call Mel."
A few minutes later, Chad was crawling in his very messy and leaky
diaper toward the door while Sandy fussed about how wet he had gotten
the blanket. Serves her right, Chad mused to himself, happy that for
once he had a way to make things unpleasant for her. Mel opened the
door for him and he crawled outside, then stood up again. Finally! He
immediately felt more pee running down his leg. Oh well, he was about
to get changed anyway.
Mel opened his apartment door for him, but on the way through, he felt
himself peeing yet again, which let loose even more pee running down his
leg. He hurried into his bathroom and carefully ripped off his messy
diaper as quickly as possible and jumped into his shower to get cleaned
up. When he came out again, Mel was leaning against his bathroom door
to watch him. He quickly dried himself, then grabbed only one diaper -
knowing that it was what she wanted. He quickly taped it in place
before he might have to pee yet again. Safe!
"Two hours, Sissy," Mel declared with satisfaction. "Or less, if you
can make it again." Then she laughed as Chad's face turned red.
"Hurry and find something to wear. I'd like to get to the mall before
that diaper gets too wet."
Chad curtseyed. "Yes, Mistress," he replied as usual. "Is there
anything specific you want me to wear?"
"Whatever you want," Mel replied, knowing that the only clothes he had
to wear were all women's clothes. Then she looked at the bow in his
hair and added with a small laugh, "Something pink might be
appropriate." She left him then to get ready herself.
Chad didn't know why she had been laughing, but he found a pink skirt
and a patterned top in his closet that he put on, over his bra with
breast forms and waist cincher. Since he was wearing only the one
diaper and was on another two hour time limit to make it leak, no girdle
or pantyhose were allowed. It wasn't until he looked in the mirror to
start his makeup that he noticed the bow that was still in his hair. He
had forgotten about it. He was about to pull it out, but decided to
leave it. Mel had said that pink would be appropriate, probably because
of the bow in his hair.
He stood back and looked at his hair more critically. It mostly looked
the same as it had, only neater than it was before. But he could
defiantly notice now where it was looking a bit longer at the sides and
back then it had looked before Cassie trimmed it. He decided he liked
it. Besides, since it was basically the same hairstyle, he knew how to
take care of it. He quickly finished getting ready and headed out the
door to Mel's apartment.
Mel was ready and waiting for him when he knocked. She grabbed her
purse, and his diaper bag and opened the door. She was immediately
greeted by him with his usual curtsey. She smiled and simply pushed
past him.
Chad was a bit nervous about going to the mall. The last time he was
there was when she had dressed him up in one of his super sissy dresses
and made him act like a super sissy inside. So embarrassing! Would
anyone remember him from that? Quite possibly! Since he was still
recognizable as a man wearing women's clothes, he figured that it would
be very easy for anyone to make the association. Not a good thing as
far as he was concerned!
Mel parked the car. Chad hesitated a moment before getting out, as if
he was trying to find the courage within himself to go into the mall
again, but he delayed only for a moment. Then he followed Mel inside
where she handed him his own diaper bag to carry so she wouldn't have to
lug it around.
Whenever he had been out with her before, dressed in his maid's uniform,
it was obvious to everyone that he was her servant. Now, strangely, she
was walking beside him and chatting with him about things she saw in the
display windows as if he was her best girlfriend. It seemed so strange.
He often didn't know how to properly reply to her comments but
fortunately, she didn't seem to mind the times when he said nothing.
She led him into many stores, always telling him to look to see if there
was anything he wanted to buy for himself. But Chad wasn't really
interested in looking at anything for himself. He did get the
"privilege" of holding her purse often while she tried on different
outfits. Somehow, dressed as he was, holding her purse didn't seem to
matter much at all.
When they finally got to the department store where he had bought his
makeup, Mel again teased him about asking for another makeup
demonstration, but again Chad politely refused. He did have to ask for
all the makeup items he needed in his stupid sissy voice though - since
Mel was standing right next to him - which gave the makeup girl quite a
shock at first, then sent her into fits of laughter. Embarrassing! But
fortunately, Mel didn't make him do anything else there to embarrass him
further.
It wasn't until they left the store and headed out into the mall area
that Mel paused and stopped. There was a store stuck in the corner,
just off of the entrance to the department store that had been there a
very long time. But it was one of those stores that she had never
bothered with before, so she barely ever noticed it. But now... now it
sparked not only interest, but also, fantasies! Much to Chad's horror,
she headed straight for it.
The dancewear shop that they entered wasn't huge, space wise, but the
store was so packed with display racks that it was hard to move without
constantly brushing against something. The moment they entered, Chad
started to hang back neat the entrance. Horrible visions of her sending
him to work in a pink ballet outfit were constantly running through his
mind.
Mel walked right up to the woman behind the counter. "May I help you?"
the woman asked politely.
Mel smiled. "I'd like an outfit for..." She looked around for Sissy,
but he wasn't there. She finally spotted him half hidden by one of the
racks near the door. "Sissy! Get over here!"
Chad hated it, but he grudgingly moved toward the counter.
Mel returned her gaze back to the saleswoman. "I need it for... her!"
The woman looked Chad over carefully. Her surprise showed obviously in
her eyes. "You're serious?" she asked Mel.
"Of course," Mel replied, slightly put off by the woman's attitude.
Chad lowered his embarrassed gaze down to the floor, searching for that
hole that never appeared to swallow him up.
The saleswoman finally shrugged and replied. "What exactly did you have
in mind?"
Mel smiled again... wickedly, but she smiled. "I think a pink leotard,
white tights, a white tutu, and pink toe-shoes."
The woman looked at her for a moment to take it all in. "Okay," she
finally said. "The tights are the easiest." She moved out from behind
the counter and went directly to a display rack against one of the
walls. "How many pairs?" she asked.
"Just one, for now," Mel replied.
The saleswoman looked at Chad once again to gauge his size, then
selected a package of white tights in his size from the rack which she
handed to Mel. "Now, as to the leotard..." She led the way to a rack
of them in all different colors. "Let's just get the style you'd like
first. I've probably got the color in the back somewhere."
Mel picked out a fairly simple leotard with a scooped neck and short
sleeves. After glancing quickly at Sissy again, the saleswoman excused
herself and went to the back room where she found one in pink and
brought it out. "That's the easy part," she said to Mel as she handed
the leotard over. "Now, what style tutu?"
"What's available?" Mel asked. "I'd really like something that is wide,
but not too long."
"Classic or pancake style?" the woman asked.
Mel thought about that for a moment. "Probably pancake," she replied.
"Do you have any that I can see?"
Chad suddenly didn't have a clue as to what they were talking about.
The woman led them back up to the counter where she opened a book and
started going through the pictures with Mel. Mel quickly pointed to one
of the pictures. "That! That's exactly what I'm looking for."
The saleswoman smiled. "In white, I think you said?"
Mel nodded. "Definitely in white."
The woman returned to the back room. She was gone a while, then she
came back again. "I'm sorry," she said as she returned. "But we've
sold out of everything we had in that style. We should be getting some
in next week or the week after if you'd like to check back then. Of
course, we can always order you one if you like."
Mel considered it, but decided to delay her decision. "How about the
pink toe shoes?"
The saleswoman again looked at Sissy. "What size shoe do you take?"
"Ladies size nine," Mel replied for him.
Chad winced. Size nine was fine, he could wear shoes in that size, but
they were tight.
The woman went back to the back room again. When she returned, she was
once again empty handed. "It seems were out of those too," she
apologized. "I'm afraid the dance schools all have their recitals this
time of year and we've been selling out of some things as fast as we can
get them in."
"In that case, order a pair for me... the tutu too."
Words that Chad very much didn't want to hear. He could already see her
dropping him off at work in the outfit and stranding him there. And
curiously, for the first time in a while, he was aware of how sexually
arousing the concept was... not that his main sexual member was even
capable of reacting to it anymore.
"You'll have to pay in advance, I'm afraid," the woman said to Mel.
"No problem. That should be fine." She turned to Sissy. "Get over
here and pay for all this stuff. It's all for you anyway."
Chad was forced to pay for everything, but Mel gave the woman her own
phone number and address so that she could pick the missing items up
when they arrived.
Feeling slightly disappointed that she couldn't get everything now, but
still very happy and excited about what was soon in the future, Mel led
the way back out of the store. Chad now had another bag to carry along
with his bag full of makeup, his purse, and his diaper bag. Mel seemed
happier than she had been all day.
Chad was more worried than ever! "Mistress," he said in his best sissy
voice. "I thought I've done everything you wanted. And now you're
still going to send me to work in the ballet outfit?"
Mel was amused. "I haven't decided yet," she told him. "Yes, you've
done everything I've asked, but I can't very well decide to send you
like that in the future if we don't have the outfit first." She decided
to let him stew on that thought for a bit. Besides, it was true!
But Chad's fears were only partially allayed. No, she wasn't planning
on sending him to work that way... yet. But there was still the future
to worry about.
A little while later, Chad checked his watch. His two hour time limit
was quickly drawing nearer. He was very wet, but not yet wet enough for
his diaper to be leaking any time soon. "Mistress," he said in his
sissy voice. "Maybe it would be a good idea if we went home soon. My
two hour limit is almost up."
"Are you leaking yet?" Mel asked, not even bothering to look away from
the display window she was staring into.
"Not yet, Mistress. But something to drink would be a big help. I
haven't had anything in quite a while now."
Mel realized that it was true. She wasn't really helping matters by
ignoring that fact. And keeping him wetting had to be her first
priority. "Let's stop and get a drink first," she suggested.
Chad would have been a lot happier if they had just gone home first. A
short while later, he was sipping on a very large soft drink while Mel
continued shopping. Not being able to carry the drink into the stores,
Chad was forced to stay out in the mall area while Mel went inside.
During one of her trips into a store, he took the opportunity to sit on
a bench and take the strain off of his tired and aching toes.
"Didn't I see you here last week... doing some kind of dance and singing
some crazy song?" a voice from nearby asked.
Chad, horrified by the sudden question, turned and saw an older man
sitting on the next bench looking at him. He realized that the area he
was sitting in was the same area he had "performed" in when Mel had
brought him here in his super sissy dress.
But when Chad had turned to look at the man, the man definitely
recognized him. "That was you!" the man added with a slight laugh.
"You were wearing some crazy outfit too. I got a real kick out of it!"
"Uh... thanks," Chad answered, not knowing what else to say. "I'm glad
you enjoyed it."
"Most interesting thing I've seen here in ages!" the man replied. "Are
you going to do it again?"
"I hope not!" Chad stated, fervently hoping that it would be true.
"Pity," the man said. "I rather enjoyed it."
Unfortunately, that was the point where Mel walked up. "Enjoyed what?"
she asked.
"His little show last week," the man replied.
"We're glad you enjoyed it," Mel said to him with a broad smile on her
face. "We're considering doing it again, only maybe something better
next time."
The man's face showed his complete interest. "When?" he asked
anxiously.
Mel shook her head. "I don't know yet. We haven't decided."
"Well, I'm here most days about this time," the man replied. "Got
nothing better to do, just getting out of the house for some exercise
and people watching. I hope you do it while I'm here!"
Mel smiled at him. "We'll try."
Chad was beside himself. Do it again? Something better? Where was
that tidal wave that was supposed to come through and wash everything
away?
Mel's next stop was a jewelry store. Chad first thought they were going
to walk right past it, but suddenly Mel stopped and quickly headed
straight for one of the display cabinets. Since the store didn't seem
to have too many walls on the outside, Chad carried his drink right up
to the display case with her. "Gee that's pretty," Mel said, pointing
to one of the rings in the case.
Chad looked at the ring. It had a rather large diamond in the middle of
a cluster of smaller diamonds. He looked at all the rings in the case.
They were all diamond rings. Wedding bands? Why would Mel be looking
at wedding bands? Not knowing what else to say, he replied. "Yes. It
is."
But while Mel was busy perusing the rings in the case, Chad's attention
was caught by a slowly revolving display case on top of the main case.
He walked over to it and looked inside. Earrings. Actually, very
pretty earrings. He had always fantasized about getting his ears
pierced and wearing such things. The thought that he could do it now
made him stop and really consider it.
"What are you looking at?" Mel asked, noticing that his attention was
solely on the case in front of him. She walked up next to him and
looked. "Oooo. Pretty. Are you considering getting your ears
pierced?"
Chad thought about it a moment more before he answered. The women at
work kept telling him he needed to get them pierced. He had always
fantasized about it. And now would be the perfect time - now, before he
won the bet and his situation would change so that it would no longer
seem... appropriate. But there was still just... something... holding
him back. "I don't know," he admitted. "What do you think?"
Mel knew she could have easily told him to have his ears pierced and it
would be a done deal. In fact, she had considered it in the past. But
this one thing, she had always wanted to be his decision. Why, she
didn't know. "I think you're the one who needs to decide."
Chad wasn't really glad to have the decision left all up to him. For
everything else, when he had been told or forced to do something, there
was always that little bit of an "excuse" that he could rely on. But
this time, there would be no background excuse. She was leaving the
decision all up to him.
Mel watched him. She could almost see the gears turning in his head as
he thought about it. "What's really stopping you?" she asked.
Her question seemed to change something in his head though. "I'll do
it!" he finally declared, taking the huge leap.
Mel silently wanted to applaud.
Chad looked around the jewelry store. "I don't see a sign saying they
do ear piercing here."
Mel looked too. "I don't either. But we can ask." But just then
something in the rotating case caught her attention. She looked closer,
then quickly reached out to press the button to stop it from turning.
She pointed at a pair of the earrings. "I like those! And they'd be
perfect for you."
Chad looked to see what she was pointing at. He should have known.
Pink crystals - of some kind. They matched all his other jewelry. But
he had to admit, they were kind of pretty. Could he see himself wearing
them? He wasn't really sure. "Um..." he stammered. "I really like
them, but all the women at work have been on my case lately to start
wearing other things besides the same stuff I always wear."
That was news to Mel. "So why don't you?"
"Because you told me I had to always wear what I've got now. Besides,
what I'm wearing is all I've got."
Mel realized that it was