This novel is set in the universe of the Whateley Academy. It takes
place after most of the current universes characters have graduated. As
such it is fan fiction for the Whateley Academy series. It may or may
not match the timeline, characters, and continuity, but since it's fan
fiction, who cares? Most likely it will not match the canon of the
universe. I believe this is the first work that has been written with
the ABDL community in mind. Please do note that it will have diapers
and other baby content. The inclusion of which is an integral story
device for the character. At no time is there any sort of abuse within
this story, other than a few necessary fights that any Whateley story
must have!
Please keep in mind this story is a work of total fiction, and
resemblance to real people or places is unintentional! If you would
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I'm posting two chapters in this post since I took so long to get
around to posting. Thanks to all of you who have made comments in the
reviews!
Chapter 4:
MOM WOKE ME the next morning and life began again. I managed to find
some time in between playing with Lily to work on my homework and
caught up with the stuff I missed Friday too. Sunday Hannah came over
and oohed and awed about my tiara and nursery. Sometime during all of
this Lily started to notice that I had a few more baby things like a
crib and started asking if she was going to be the big sister from now
on. I just groaned.
'I guess I'm going to have to accept that...' I admitted to myself.
Before I knew it Monday had come!
Lily and I were in our car seats with Dad driving and Mom up front. Due
to the secret nature of a lot of the work at Los Alamos National Labs,
the lab setup a testing facility in town for if any of their personnel
had kids manifest. Mom changed our diapers before we walked in with Dad
carrying Lily and Mom carrying me.
It seemed simply like walking into a doctor's office to me as we
approached a receptionist. "Do you have an appointment?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Name?"
"Nicholas Hammerstein," she said.
"Where is Nicholas?" she asked.
Mom patted my back. "Right here."
She stared for a moment before saying. "Whoa... that's different..."
She shook her head and then added. "Okay, please fill out this
questionnaire and we'll be calling... her back shortly."
We sat and filled out the forms together, essentially telling them the
various things that had changed about me, symptoms of powers, etc.
Under 'Any New Disabilities,' we wrote down incontinence. Embarrassing!
About fifteen minutes after our appointment time they called. "Nicholas
Hammerstein?"
Mom walked with me and quietly asked. "May I go back with her?"
He hesitated for a moment as he looked at me, but shook his head.
"Sorry, he's originally eighteen, correct?"
"Yes sir," she replied.
"In that case you'll have to wait outside. I promise we'll take good
care of her."
"Okay then," Mom said, hugged me. "Good luck."
"Thanks," I said.
I followed the gentleman dressed in military fatigues into an
examination room that looked like a standard doctor's office. "I'm
Lieutenant Commander Fields, let's get you weighed and measured," he
said.
"Okay," I responded.
We went through what would be a typical doctor's exam, including blood
work, before he asked. "So basically when you mutated your BIT turned
you into a two year old baby girl?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Well this is a first for me, maybe anywhere for that matter... I'm
sure this has got to be really hard on you. Your survey states you have
no ability to control your bladder or bowel movements?"
I shook my head. "And I have some really weird needs and addictions to
things like pacifiers." I told him about a few other things too.
"Well let's get going on the tests then. I have some different staff
members that will test you on different things for your levels for your
MID card."
The first room they led me to had a table of electronic components,
gears, and other things sitting in various piles. The tester sat me
down on the table so I could reach them. I played with them for about
ten minutes, probably looking like a typical two year old playing while
I was at it, but couldn't make anything useful from it at all.
"Okay then," the tester said as he opened a door and led me back down a
hallway. "Did you bring a more practical set of clothing?" he asked.
I looked down and thought about the fact a dress probably wasn't the
most practical clothing. "Oh... umm..."
"I'll take care of it," Caireen said.
In a flash my dress changed to an emerald colored leotard with a tutu
attached. "Really? A tutu?" I groaned at her. I could feel the edges of
my diaper sticking through the bottom of the leotard and knew I had to
look as adorable as my sister going to her beginning ballet class each
week.
I sensed laughter from her.
"That'll work I guess," the tester allowed with a smirk.
I was led into a room and he simply said, "Do your best to not get hit
and avoid the balls."
That was his only instruction. I sat there for several moments before I
heard a pop from behind me and ducked just in time to see a rubber ball
go flying past me. After that it seemed like they came non-stop.
Somehow though I could just sense them before they arrived and I kept
dodging for a long while before I finally got hit.
"Very good," the tester said when he returned for me. "Let's get the
rest of the physical tests done..."
I thought for a moment about a feeling in my stomach and groaned.
Without having any control of it I squated and messed my diaper. "Can I
get a diaper change first?" I said with a whine and a groan.
He looked at me in shock and said, "Umm... just a minute. Let me...
uh... Let me go ask what we should do."
I stood in that spot with a poopy diaper, made worse by the leotard
smushing it, for about ten minutes before Mom came in with the diaper
bag. She picked me up. "Where should I change her?"
The man led her to a medical room where she lay me down on the table.
She giggled as she did so. "You realize your poopy diapee just about
broke that poor man."
"Huh?" I asked sniffling, trying not to cry over the sticky state of my
bottom as she popped some snaps that were in the crotch of my leotard
"I don't think they've ever had a two year old mutant before... And I'm
certain if they did they were potty-trained." Her eyes were twinkling.
I groaned and did my best not to cry or beg for my pacifier. I wanted
to seem a little bit more grown up, so I had left it intentionally with
her in our diaper bag... One poopy diaper certainly ruined any hope of
that image!
"By the way, you look adorable in this leotard and tutu!"
After a few minutes of mom magic she had me cleaned up and ready to
move on with the rest of the testing. "All done?" a different tester
asked as Mom returned me where I was.
"Yes," I said.
"Ma'am if you'll please go back out to the lobby... we'll come get you
if she needs another change, otherwise please wait there." Mom sighed
but turned and left while I followed the tester to a massive room with
an obstacle course of ropes, beams, bars, and other things there.
It was like the world's biggest playground in my mind as the lady
described the path. It was really intimidating and scary with the
massive size of it! I began thinking of it like a playground though and
just started running. I'm sure there were probably some stunned looks
as I completed it in a respectable time, even with my size! I
discovered while I was going through it that I could now leap some
pretty large distances. Combined with the strength I already had
discovered, it meant I really was only held back by my short legs. I
certainly wasn't a speedster, but at least I could probably make it
faster through the course than a normal human.
This lady verified my lack of speedster ability by setting me on a
treadmill next. A ten minute mile wasn't too bad for a two year old I
thought! I was able to keep running for four miles before she told me I
could stop.
"Okay, final physical test," she told me skeptically as she took me to
a weird weight setup. "We're looking for single max reps." She started
the machine at my weight of twenty pounds.
"I can do this all day," I told her as I pushed up. "You sure there's
my weight on there?
"Yes... let's bump it up."
We sat there for a long while, probably longer than necessary due to
her caution, before I finally said we'd hit my limit after doing 550
pounds. "This should be impossible..." she told me.
"I know, right?" I shook my head. "Believe me, when you're an eighteen
year old thrown into the body of a two year old baby girl who's not
potty trained... it's starting to seem less impossible!"
She laughed. "Speaking of which, do you need a change?"
I felt my diaper and sheepishly nodded. Whether it was pee or sweat, I
did. "Can you get my Mom?"
"Or I could just change you?" she suggested. "I have one of my
daughter's diapers in my bag over there."
I groaned but decided it would speed things up. "I guess..."
She returned from her bag by a desk with a diaper that was a different
brand but the right size. "What's your name?" I asked.
"Lara," she said.
"Thank you for changing me," I said as she finished.
"You're welcome sweetheart. I understand you changed your clothes
yourself earlier?"
I nodded. "Sort of... that was Caireen."
"Who is she?"
I was cautious. "She's a spirit that I bonded with."
"Diapers beyond her?"
"I don't know, she and I need to have that conversation though." I
noticed she was staying silent.
'So?'
'I can do it... but I'd rather you be dependent on your mom or another
adult like a normal baby for now.'
"Apparently she's choosing not to," I told Lara.
"If you want to get back dressed to regular clothes, we're done with
the sweaty portions."
'Please?' I asked Caireen.
A moment later I wasn't dressed in the outfit from this morning, but
instead the first emerald dress from a few days ago. I could feel that
the tiara had made its way back on my head too. 'Any reason?'
'I think they're going to take a picture later, this would be a good
costume for you honestly.'
"You're so adorable!" Lara let out a squeal before looking a bit
sheepish. It was funny to see her act like that with her lab coat on.
"I know..." I sighed. "So where to next?"
She led me to another tester that tested magic ability with a bunch of
crystals and other devices. Things kept happening with every test so
I'm pretty sure the tester was impressed. I was asked some questions
and described seeing the lines and being able to interact with them.
"Whoa..." He said, and I guessed that was a big deal.
"Now about this spirit you bonded with?"
'Should I be honest?' I asked.
'Yes in this case,' Caireen responded.
"She's not really a spirit..." I started. "She's actually a goddess."
I watched the blood drain from the guys face as he kept making notes in
his computer. "Her name?"
"Caireen."
"Culture?"
"Irish."
I watched as he searched for several minutes and then he asked a dozen
more other questions. Finally he dat down his tablet. "Okay... let me
take you to the last stop."
The final part of the testing was my regeneration. They started by
pricking my finger and eventually making cuts on my arm that healed
quickly. This sucked as it hurt! I really wanted my pacifier by the
time he was done cutting me. Each time it didn't take too long for the
wound to heal. When they reached the point of wanting to cut off one of
my fingers I said, "No more!"
They made some final notes before I was led to an office with
Lieutenant Commander Fields again. "Okay, you want your new name to be
Sofia Elizabeth Hammerstein, correct?"
I nodded.
"Okay, just to explain a few things to you. Due to your father's work
for the lab you're being given a Military Mutant ID card instead of a
standard MID. Quite frankly it can save you a lot of hassle from the
MCO." He shook his head in disdain at that organization. "On your card
I'm listing your actual birthdate and age of 18, as well as your
apparent age of two years old."
I grimaced. "So which am I legally?"
"Both," he said with a smile. "I guess your parents can take advantage
of free admission and kids meal pricing at a lot of places with you!
But, in theory you could get your driver's license if you get a car
adapted to your size."
"Cool!" I said. "Somehow I don't think my parents are going to go for
that anytime soon..."
"I can understand that," he paused. "You'd probably get pulled over by
the police every other block!" He laughed and I giggled a little bit at
that picture. "I'd like you to go over the information we're placing
in your file, but there's one more thing we'll need and that's a code
name."
I thought for a moment and responded. "Emerald Baby."
"You don't think that might be a problem name?"
I shook my head. "I'm a baby, probably for the rest of my life. If I
embrace the nickname maybe I'll get less grief for it."
"Fair enough." He smiled a bit. "Okay, this is all going to be listed
on our file, but this won't be listed on your card. We choose not to
share everything with the MCO if we can avoid it."
"Okay," I said as I looked at the screen of the tablet he showed me.
Military MID 99-382385-3928-5
Name: Sofia Elizabeth Hammerstein
Code Name: Emerald Baby
Birth Date: 11-3-1997
Apparent Age: 2 Years
Height: 35" Weight: 20 lbs
Avatar: Level 5, Esper: Level 3, Regen: Level 3, Wizard: Level 4+,
Exemplar: Level 4
Legally recognized as both original birth age and apparent age per her
requests.
Additional information was stored about Caireen in the database, but
not listed the card itself. A picture that had been taken with me in my
'costume' was on the card. "Okay, now for some of the ground rules. You
must always have this card with you to show the MCO. If you don't they
will arrest you. Keep in mind that with your size I really don't think
you want to be dealing with them any more than you have to.
"Do they have any way of recognizing me as a mutant on sight?" I asked,
curious.
"Facial scanners will pick you up now that you're in the system, but
also sweetie I hate to tell you - those beautiful emerald eyes of yours
just aren't quite natural."
I nodded. "Am I done now?"
"Yes you are." He handed me a packet of information on some other laws
and resources. "Follow that hallway and it'll lead you to your family."
I skipped out of there, so happy to be done!
I leaped up to Mom when I saw her and showed her my card. "Good, glad
we have that done!" Mom said. "Do you need changed? It's been a long
time?"
I thought about it. "Probably, but I was changed again by a nice lady
that was testing me," I told her. "May I please have my pacifier?" I
asked in my next breath with the voice of an addict.
Mom smiled, put one in my mouth, before we found a bathroom that she
could change me in. I felt really embarrassed as another teenage mutant
with fur on her arms came in and went to the bathroom while mom had me
on the changing table. She just smiled at me though, probably thinking
I was a normal baby girl. After she had me changed Mom helped me put my
coat on before I was reunited with my dad and sister in the car. They
had to leave the waiting area because Lily was getting bored and
started to cause a scene.
"All done?" Dad asked me as Mom bucked me into my seat.
"Uh-huh."
We waited until we drove home and were inside on the couch before they
started asking me about the testing. "I can't believe I pooped my
diaper there..." I wrinkled my nose.
"Sweetie, your body is a two year old's body. Trust me, you'll be going
poopy at the most embarrassing times!"
"I wish Caireen would just change me or teach me a spell to do so
though!"
Mom laughed. "She said she will eventually last night when we talked to
her."
"She did?"
"You were asleep by then," Mom told me.
"Oh."
"So how did the rest of the testing go besides your poopie diapee?" Mom
asked with a smirk.
I was half tempted to throw my pacifier at her that I had a death grip
on, but I thought better of that. "Do you really want to know it all?"
I asked hesitantly.
Mom and Dad nodded.
"Okay.... Well they started off by showing me a whole bunch of
electronics that apparently were supposed to do something. Don't ask me
what!" I said a little embarrassed. "After a while they decided I was
clueless there they asked me if I had another change of clothes and
Caireen changed me into that leotard and tutu."
Mom grinned. "You looked soooooo cute!"
I stuck my tongue out at her. "I always look cute apparently!"
Lily laughed at that. She was sitting in Dad's lap right then while I
was sitting on the opposite side of the couch from Mom so I could look
at everyone.
"You do," Mom agreed. "As does Princess Lily." She smiled at my sister
to keep her from feeling left out.
"Anyway," I said with some exaggeration, "they took me into a room and
didn't really tell me what was going on other than, 'dodge the balls.'"
I paused for a drink out of the sippy cup of juice I was holding in my
other hand. "It took them awhile, I have a feeling they were re-
calibrating it for my height or something, but I sensed a ball coming
and dodged it. A whole lot more followed before I finally got hit when
there were a whole lot in the air at once."
"What was that supposed to test?" Mom asked.
"Danger sense and being able to tell the future or something," I told
her.
"After that he was going to take me to the next test when I embarrassed
myself... After you got done changing me I was taken into this room
that was a huge ropes and obstacle course. I didn't think I would
honestly be able to do anything with it due to my size, but it was no
problem at all. In fact other than the parts where running happened and
my legs don't give me a long stride, I apparently did pretty well above
average."
"You got to play?" Lili asked jealously.
"Sort of Lily," I told her. "It wasn't a lot of fun though," I lied to
her. "They had me run on a treadmill then. I've slowed down there as
I'm only running a ten minute mile... but I guess for my height that's
considered pretty good."
Dad nodded. "I think you're probably much faster than any other two
year old!"
"Well, and I was able to run the distance too. I think they had me run
like four miles without stopping."
"What else did they do?" Dad asked.
"Well, they ran me through a bench press test."
"How much?" He asked, he had sensed my smile.
"550 pounds," I said with a smile.
Dad whistled and Mom looked a little uneasy. "How is that even
physically possible I wonder...?" Dad said thoughtfully. "Within all
reason a 20 pound body should never be able to do that..."
"They were just as confused Dad," I smiled. "The lady there was nice
enough to change me then and Caireen switched my clothes back out to
this dress. Apparently she wanted me to look good for the picture on my
card." I felt her mentally smirk and nod to me. "They then did some
magic tests. Apparently I'm a weirdo there too because I got the
impression they couldn't really test higher than that." I debated about
the healing test, but said, "Then they tested my regeneration." Dad
flinched at that, he apparently knew what they did. Mom looked a little
lost. "They tested how well I could heal from cuts."
"They cut you?!?!?" Mom asked concerned.
"You can't even tell," I said as I showed her the underside of my wrist
where they tried. She spent several nervous moments examining it before
agreeing. "Apparently I have some regen ability too."
"So what did they list your powers as?" Dad asked quickly to change the
subject.
"Well I'm an Avatar Level 5 since I am hosting Caireen. I think that
might be higher, but that's what he put down. Apparently from the ball
attack test they decided I'm an Esper Level 3, I have Level 3 Regen
abilities, I'm a Level 4 Exemplar, and they put down 4 plus for my
Wizarding skills."
Dad whistled again. "They ran out of tests with you then on the magic
skills. You're a higher ability level probably than any of the people I
have working with me." I could see some wheels turning in his head.
"Rachel, we really need to send her to Whateley."
Mom nodded. "They were talking about sending someone out to see us when
I called them earlier."
"Sending someone out?" I asked surprised. "Isn't that really expensive
for a school?"
"Depends on who you're talking about sweetie, in their case they may
have a warper that can just bring the person on out here without even
getting on a plane or wasting too much time," Dad said.
Right then Mom's cell phone began to ring. "Hello? This is she." I
heard her say some uh-huhs and such for several moments before she
said, "Okay, tonight at eight would be fine for us." She ended the call
and looked at me. "Apparently they saw something on your testing that
bumped up their interview. They'll be here at eight."
I looked at the clock and saw it was almost four. I had missed lunch
and was suddenly starving. "I'm hungry..."
Mom laughed. "Tell you what, why don't we go out to eat?"
"Okay," I said. She proceeded to pick me up and told Dad. "You're on
diaper duty with Lily honey."
He stood up with Lily without a word and we were both taken to our
rooms for us to be changed. "You know, in most houses you two would be
sharing a room so we only had to keep track of one changing table," she
said as she looked down underneath. "We're going to have to go buy you
some more diapers."
I just sucked on the pacifier that had reattached itself to my face and
nodded. Mom had me changed quickly and asked. "Do you want a less
conspicuous outfit on now?"
I thought about it for a second and nodded. 'I hope you don't mind
Caireen,' I said.
I felt her laugh. 'Go for blending in.'
Mom picked out a purple one piece romper that had hearts and flowers on
the front of it and quickly undressed me and redressed me. "We need to
figure out how you're going to keep your MID on you sweetheart."
I nodded... I didn't know where though. 'Caireen you have any way for
me to keep it on me? I'm a little worried of losing it since most of my
clothing isn't about storing stuff...'
'Here,' she said and a cute purple purse decorated with Princess Sofia
appeared.
'Huh?'
'Put your MID in there,' she insisted.
"Mom, can you hand my MID to me?" I asked. She was of course staring at
me again.
"Here," she said.
I placed it inside there and asked, 'Now what?'
'Think 'put away,'' she told me.
I did and it vanished. 'How do I get it back?'
'Just imagine it back in your hand.'
I did so and then put it away a few times before realizing Mom was
glaring at me. "Sorry, Caireen was giving me a lesson and helping me
put it somewhere safe."
"Okay Princess, let's go then," she said a little bit on the cranky
side herself. I hoped she would get to be in a better mood. Mom held
the diaper bag on her shoulder while she carried me and Dad had Lilly
still. When both of us were strapped in our car seats we headed off to
our favorite restaurant in town. We walked into the restaurant and were
greeted by the hostess.
"How many?"
"Two adults and two high chairs please," Mom said.
I refrained from glaring at her since we'd talked about this. I'd have
a bib on too I was sure. My only real question was how I was going to
get enough to eat! Mom and dad set us in the wooden high chairs that
sat on opposite sides of the table and then Mom sat next to me and Dad
next to Lily. "Here you go sweetie," the lady said to us as she put a
coloring mat in front of us that I could just reach at the table. I
felt Mom push me in a little bit farther to be able to reach.
"Twins?" the lady asked confused.
"No, she's older," Mom said pointing to me. "Just hasn't started really
growing yet," Mom added.
"They're adorable, your waitress will be right with you."
Mom and I quietly talked before she agreed to order a combination plate
(chile relleno, taco, shredded beef enchilada, and cheese enchilada)
for me to split with my sister. She would only want the taco and a
little bit of the beans and rice Mom knew. I admitted my wimpy new
status when I agreed green chile on the side was a better plan than
smothering the plate. Once she had taken our orders mom asked her to
fill our sippy cups up with some milk and then put bibs on both of us.
I was sitting like that when I saw Jacob come in with his family.
"Oh no," I said quietly to Mom. "Jacob is here!"
"Relax," Mom told me.
I sucked on my pacifier fervently as he saw us and looked obviously for
the missing person, me.
"Hi Mrs. Hammerstein, Doctor Hammerstein," he said. "Where's Nick?"
"He's still at home sick," Mom said smoothly with a smile. "He's going
to be out for awhile I'm afraid."
"That's too bad... any chance I could stop by and see him?"
"Why don't you and Hannah come by tomorrow after school?" Mom
suggested. Jacob had a car and had long been designated as our trios
taxi driver.
"Okay, sounds good," he said and then stared at both Lily and I. As he
looked at me he asked. "Who's the other cute baby girl?"
"Oh, that's Sofia, she's a friend of Lily's that we had over today
while her Mom does some shopping in Albuquerque."
"Okay," he said. "Anyway, I'd better go join my parents, tell Nick
we'll see him tomorrow and bring his homework."
"Thanks Jacob!" Mom said.
"See, it's all fine," she said to me after he left.
"No it's not," I said trying not to cry.
"What do you mean?"
"I pooped my diaper again."
Mom laughed, picked me up, the diaper bag up, and told Dad, "We'll be
right back. Someone is a poopie pants."
I was so embarrassed to have my diaper changed in a bathroom that
seemed to have a long line of ladies and girls waiting for the stalls,
but a clean diaper was worth it I guess.
Mom carried me back and placed me in the high chair just in time for
the food to arrive. After she split off my sisters portion she left the
main plate in front of me. There were a few stares from the waitress as
she came by and saw my devouring the plate. Mom had been thoughtful
enough to provide me with the miniaturized silverware I made the other
day. "I can't believe she ate all of that," the lady said as she
dropped off the check.
I smiled.
"How is she so tiny?"
"High metabolism," Mom said and kind of glared at me. We were probably
going to have this problem on a normal basis though, she was going to
have to deal with it. As it was I was still hungry. On our way out Mom
stopped in the bathroom to change Lily and decided she could skip me
until we got home for me.
I thought we were heading home, but instead we stopped at Safeway.
"Honey do you want to stay in the car with the girls while I make a
quick stop inside?" She asked Dad. "I need to go buy Sofia some more
diapers and probably some more wipes and stuff for both the girls."
He nodded and I found myself watching Tangled on the cars DVD player
with Lily to kill the time. Mom came back out to the car not too much
later with a large box of diapers and a couple of sacks of stuff that
she put in the back.
I was glad to have been spared the embarrassment of going inside to
purchase diapers for me!
"Come play!" Lily demanded when we got home at seven.
"Okay, until our visitor gets here," I told her.
"Actually I'll be giving her a bath at 7:30, so you have thirty
minutes," Mom told us.
"Sorry Lily, I promise I'll play with you all morning tomorrow!" I said
as I knew today had to have sucked for her.
"Pwomise?" she asked.
"Pwomise," I smiled and said right back the same way.
In the end we sat and fed a couple of baby dolls and changed their
clothes and diapers before Mom came for her to get her in the bath. Mom
had just finished putting Lily to bed when there was a quiet knock on
the outside of our front door precisely at 8pm.
"Is this the Hammerstein residence?" a woman's voice asked.
"Yes, I'm Doctor Hammerstein," Dad said. "I assume you're from
Whateley?"
"Yes we are, my name is Elizabeth Carson, I'm the Headmistress, and
this is Elyzia Grimes, one of our mystic arts faculty members and the
head of our junior high program."
"Please come in," he said. I was sitting on the couch waiting for them
nervously when they came up I jumped down.
"And who is this pretty little girl?" the lady who hadn't really spoke
much asked.
"Sofia Hammerstein," I said with a curtsey I hadn't planned on but
seemed innate. "How do you do?"
"Wait a second," she said and her eyes opened. "This is the young lady
we're here to see?" She asked Mrs. Carson.
"You can see why I asked you?" she replied.
"I can't handle another one!!!" she told her in a soft but scared
voice.
"I promise I don't think she'll be like the others you had," she said
with a smile. "She doesn't need to go stealing essence everywhere."
"Where are our manners, please sit down, may I get you anything?" Dad
said nervously. "My wife will be right down, she's just putting our
youngest to bed."
"I'll take a glass of water," Mrs. Carson said and Mrs. Grimes agreed
with her. I had a feeling they did that just to give him a way out.
When they came in I forced the pacifier from my mouth, but it was still
clutched in my hand. I tried to put it on the couch behind me, but
couldn't seem to release it.
"So Sofia, what can you tell us about yourself?" Mrs. Carson asked.
"Well, until last week I was a skinny eighteen year old boy... I liked
playing in band and did well in my classes like most of the kids at
LAHS. I just tested for my second degree black belt last week in Tae
Kwon Do..." She nodded. "I also really loved helping take care of my
baby sister Lily - kind of hard to do now." I paused and politely
asked. "May I ask why you came so soon to see me?" After a second. "And
how'd you get here?"
Mom came in right then and Dad returned with the glasses in hand too.
"Hi, I'm Rachel Hammerstein," Mom introduced herself. "Elizabeth
Carson," Mrs. Carson stood and extended her hand. "and this is Elyzia
Grimes," she added as Mom also shook her hand before coming to the
couch where I was sitting, picking me up, and plopping me on her lap.
I sighed. "So?"
Mrs. Carson smiled. "You're a driven individual, aren't you? Well,
you'll definitely need that. I came so soon because the head of the
testing lab called me and explained your situation. He seems worried
that you are extraordinarily powerful and also may stand out a bit."
I blushed. "How can a baby stand out?"
She laughed. "Your size is certainly among the more unique mutations
I've seen, but in my experience I doubt that will hold you back in the
future. Just how much..." She seemed to be fighting for words.
"I think what Mrs. Carson is trying to ask is this, how much do you act
like a baby?" Mrs. Grimes prompted.
I really blushed then. Mom answered before I could. "The diapers are
something I don't think she's going to be able to help. As far as I can
tell she lacks any of the potty-training readiness that they tell you
to look for in babies. She's actually I think behind the age they
figure she is for that. Other than that she behaves pretty much like
she did as a teenager. Her only real babyish thing that she can't seem
to escape is a need for her pacifier," Mom said while holding my hand
up that was keeping it in a death grip.
"Intelligence hasn't changed, and maturity hasn't changed?" Mrs. Carson
asked.
"Not that I've seen. She's played with her sister a bit more and might
be enjoying it more, but that may just be because she knows it looks
normal now." Mom said.
"Can she take care of her own needs?" Mrs. Grimes asked.
I cringed as the conversation continued around me like I wasn't even
there... I had to jump in myself. "Well, I can change my clothes
magically and normally still," I answered. "Diaper changes seem to be
the one thing I have to be dependent on others for so far. Caireen
seemed to indicate she'll eventually teach me to do it with magic, but
she wants me to get into the role first or something."
I felt her nod before she said, 'I will teach you the magic to change
yourself in a few months.'
I sighed. "She said in a few months she'll teach me that."
"Okay, so when would you want to send her out to us?" Mrs. Carson asked
my parents.
"She's accepted?" Dad asked in surprise.
"Oh most definitely. We'll have to deal with the logistics of having a
toddler as a student, but I honestly think she'll do very well at
Whateley. Other than the oddity of her transformation she is pretty
much what we look for in a student that will excel at Whateley."
"What grade would I be in?" I asked timidly. "Assuming you run the
school by grades?"
Mrs. Carson sighed. "I don't honestly know yet. I brought Mrs. Grimes
with me because she has had a number of young ladies as Junior High
students the last ten years. Currently she has five that she takes care
of. There's not an elementary or preschool at our institution for us to
even think of those as options. I looked at the transcripts your Mom
faxed us over the weekend and I think you would normally be listed as a
sophomore on entry to our school."
"I have to go back two grades?" I groaned.
"Would it be better to go ahead and have her be in the junior high?"
Mom asked. I glared at her as she was not helping!
Mrs. Carson said, "Maybe, but I think the high school level is where
all of her classes will be, so we might do well to consider her to be a
high schooler. Or maybe we'll consider her an eighth grader to finish
out the year.... She's not going to grow I don't think, so it's not
like waiting for her to get older will do any good. I'll probably try
and find a high school junior to pair her up with or something..."
"And changes?" Mom asked.
"I'm going to look into what our best options are for her."
'You'll need space for a crib,' Caireen told me.
'Really?!?'
'Yes baby, that won't change.'
I sighed. "Caireen says I need space for a crib in my room instead of a
normal bed."
"She's the goddess that you've bonded with, correct?" Mrs. Carson
asked.
"Yes ma'am," I replied.
"May I speak with her?" she asked.
I said, 'All yours,' to Caireen and felt her take over.
"Good evening, I am Caireen," I heard her say through me.
"Good evening your majesty," Mrs. Carson said. "I assume you know all
of what we spoke about?"
"Yes ma'am I do."
"Do you foresee any issues with Sofia coming to our school?"
"No, she should be more than fine. I will ask that you either provide a
crib and changing table for her, or I can create them when we get
there. She will need an older student or adult to help her several
times through the day."
"You won't help her with that?"
"No, I believe it's in her best interest to learn to blend in by being
just as needy as any two year old is."
Mrs. Carson looked thoughtful. "Okay, would you let Sofia rejoin us?"
I came back from the closet it seemed like. "Yes ma'am?"
"Would you be okay if I basically assign an older student as a big
sister/caregiver?"
I sighed. "I hope I don't regret it, but I should be fine."
"Okay, I have a student in mind in Poe Cottage that should do well.
She's a junior, so she'll be able to be around next year too."
"So when do I come?" I asked nervously.
"Well, after Christmas Break seems wise right now. You have a month and
a half then to get used to things before coming out."
"Will she be safe around here that long?" Dad asked her.
"I'm not sure honestly. If it seems like it would be better for her to
come out sooner please let me know. We can get her in sooner, but there
are a lot of pieces we probably should have in place first. Not least
of which are Caireen's requests." She paused. "Best bet is pretend she
really is two anytime you're away. Any magic should be done only under
Caireen's supervision, and keep a low profile."
'Should be easy enough...' I thought sadly.
'Don't be so sure...' Caireen said, and I thought I could detect some
worry.
"Well, I guess we should be going. If we need to take her sooner please
call this number immediately." Mrs. Carson said handing her a card.
"It'll get to me no matter what and we can make emergency
arrangements."
"Thank you for coming to see us," Mom said to her.
"Our pleasure," Mrs. Grimes said and to me, "I look forward to seeing
you at school Sofia. You're going to turn a lot of heads!"
Once they were out the door Mom said, "Okay, bath time," and without
any hesitation picked me up and carried me upstairs. She started the
bathwater, stripped me, and washed me quickly. "What time is it?" I
wondered suddenly.
"Ten," she answered. "Time for baby girls to be in bed," she said as
she dried my hair.
"Oh."
Mom took the time to heat up a bottle and fed me just like the previous
nights. It had been a long day and I went to sleep during another story
before it had even really begun.
Chapter 5:
I WOKE UP in the castle crib with Caireen standing over me.
"There's my baby girl," she said with a smile.
"Hi," I said timidly.
"Let's get you changed and going for the day!" she told me with a
smile.
She changed the soaked diaper and then dressed me in a pale yellow
dress before setting me down on the ground facing a large dollhouse.
"Okay, I think it's time for you to start learning to play."
"Umm?" I said. "Huh?"
"Take one of your dollies," she told me with a smile.
I looked and there were a number of cute and lifelike dolls sitting by
the house. They actually seemed far more realistic that I imagined
appropriate for this time period; very anachronistic with the
surroundings. I picked one that looked kind of like me with red hair
and green eyes painted on her face. I was surprised to see she was like
Lily's dolls and the eyes opened and closed as I picked her up or lay
her down. She had on a pretty green dress similar to mine. I sheepishly
looked under her skirts and sure enough she had a diaper on too.
"Okay now you have to name her!" Caireen said with a smile.
I thought for a moment about some of the Irish names that I had come
across when researching who Caireen was the other day. I also thought
about my code name and said, "Emie."
"That seems perfect," she praised me in a voice like she was talking to
someone my apparent age. "Okay, now for the fun part, let's practice
changing her clothes."
I looked over at the box and saw there were other outfits there. I
wondered though if she meant this to begin my training. I pictured a
dress similar to the green one but fancier and with tights. I kind of
willed it to be so and the dress I pictured was now on Emie!
"Well aren't you a quick learner!" Caireen said as she leaned over and
squeezed me into a hug. That night she had me practice changing her
dresses to other ones that were appropriate, more modern baby clothes,
and so on before she finally had me work on her hair too. I was
starting to feel tired when she said, "I think it's time for bed here,"
she said with a smile.
"Am I actually getting sleep in the 'real' world?" I asked sleepily.
"Yes Sofia you are."
"Can I do this stuff there now?"
"I think you can safely. Stick to clothes on dolls and hair on dolls
for now though. The last thing you want to do is mess up your sisters
hair like you did Emie's a bit ago!"
I blushed as she changed a wet diaper, thinking about the tangled mess
of hair - Caireen had to help get it back to normal. She then held me
in a rocking chair and rocked me to sleep with a lullaby.
I WOKE UP on my own when I heard Dad starting to move around the house
to get ready to work. I smiled as I realized that Caireen had brought
Emie into the real world for me and she lay next to me.
This was the first time I had woken up on my own so I wasn't quite sure
what I should do. I tried saying. "Mommy? Daddy?" Quietly for them to
hear. The last thing I wanted to do was wake up my sister early if we
could avoid it.
Finally I couldn't help myself anymore, I reached up to the rail of my
crib with a short hop and pulled myself over like I had a wall
yesterday.
'You are so going to get in trouble for this,' I heard Caireen sigh.
'I'm not really a baby...' I told her.
'I know, but will your Mom appreciate the difference?'
'She's going to need to, how else am I going to get out of bed at
school?'
I heard her sigh and I decided to just face the music. I opened my door
quietly and walked downstairs where dad was reading the paper.
"Well good morning Sofia..." he thought for a second. "How did you get
out of your crib? Your mom is still in the shower."
I blushed but decided to spit it out. "I climbed out."
He sighed and I could tell he was mentally trying to decide what to do.
"Well we didn't say you couldn't do that. Be ready for your mom to get
mad about it though."
"Mad about what?" Mom asked from behind me.
"She climbed out of her crib," he answered.
I turned towards Mom. "I'm not really a baby mom, and it was way
smaller of a climb and jump than what I was doing yesterday."
She picked me up and I suddenly worried I was going to get a spanking.
She sighed. "I guess we're going to have to get used to finding a
balance between you being a baby and not being a baby, huh?"
"You're not too mad?" I asked, kind of scared.
"I probably should be, but you're not a regular baby. Of course if you
were this would be the sign we needed to get you in a big girl bed or
spank your bottom. Since Caireen doesn't really want you in a regular
bed maybe..."
I trembled. "Please no?"
Mom smiled and tickled me. "Like I said, you're not a regular baby. At
least if you get hurt you'll get better quick. Don't expect to come
crying to me about it though!"
I smiled. "Okay."
She felt underneath my nightgown and said, "I guess I get an early
start on diaper changes today, huh?"
"Please?"
Mom changed me into a knit dress that had a few tiers of ruffles on the
skirt. Lily had one similar that she wore all of the time. As if
Caireen had felt like there should be some sort of constant joke with
my name it had a picture of Sofia the First on the front.
"Okay, shall we get breakfast?" she asked as she set me down.
"Umm... can you actually get Emie for me? I left her in my crib by
accident."
Mom looked in the crib and saw my baby doll. "She's beautiful," she
said. "Where did you get her?"
"Caireen gave her to me in the castle last night, I guess she decided
to bring her with me to the real world." I hesitated, but then said,
"Watch this!" I changed her dress into one identical to mine.
She grimaced but said, "Cool. I actually think I liked the other one
better."
"Okay," I said and changed it back.
"This ability doesn't work to change your diaper?" Mom asked.
I sighed. "I asked Caireen that last night. In theory it works exactly
like that, but she's blocking me from it."
Mom carried me down the steps and then let me down on the ground and I
walked on my own to the dining table. "Pancakes?" Mom asked.
"Really?" I asked surprised.
"Well, it's worth celebrating that you're up before the afternoon!" She
said semi-sternly.
She sat me on the counter a few minutes later and I stirred the
ingredients. She had to stop me before I went too far in mixing it, my
extra strength had a practical application of helping me mix better!
She paused long enough to go wake my sister up and bring her down in a
nearly identical dress to mine, before actually cooking the batter.
"We twins!" Lily said when she saw what I was wearing.
I giggled. "Sort of, I'm taller!"
"Well I'm heavier," she said.
Mom laughed. "That'll be the only time in your life I think I'll hear
you brag about being heavier Lily!"
"Well, it's the only time in my life I'll probably still be taller than
her too," I told Mom.
"I get taller than you?" Lily asked me.
I sighed. "Lily, by the time you hit your next birthday you'll probably
be taller than me," I added. "You'll grow up but I'm always going to be
a baby."
Her eyes widened and I think she must have grasped that wasn't normal
because she toddled over and hugged me. "I love you, even if I bigger!
You bestest brother sister ever."
I smiled and hugged her back. Mom put us in our high chairs and then
put bibs on both of us. I watched her cut up Lily's pancake after
putting some syrup on it, and then she did the same with mine. "You
don't have to do that..." I said.
"Shhh..." Mom said with a smile. "If you complain too much I'll feed
you!"
I gulped and just ate the mutilated pancakes. She had given me a stack
of three that I easily finished before also finishing the sippy cup of
milk she had given me. Mom attacked Lily's face with a baby wipe and
then me as well. "You two go play, I remember someone made a promise
last night."
I nodded and said, "Come on Lily, let's go down to the playroom."
I stopped for a moment though and Mom seemed to have read my mind
because she had a pacifier ready to go that she attached to my dress
with a clip. "This way you can't lose it!"
I blushed and sucked on it.
"Mine Mommy," Lily said. She produced it and I had a feeling Mom was
wondering how she was going to get the baby sister to break a habit her
older sister was never going to break.
As soon as we hit the playroom I let Lily take the lead. She ended up
deciding we should have a tea party that morning. She made certain to
teach me how to play right. I had fun with her and even amused her by
changing the clothes of several of her dolls with magic. I also let her
play a little with Esmie. It was strange because I had to fight a
strange possessiveness I felt about her.
Mom came down and watched us off and on through the morning. She
changed another messy diaper on me during the morning and a wet diaper
on Lily, but mostly just let us play. When lunch came she made us wash
our hands and gave us PB&J sandwiches.
"Okay, nap time girls," Mom said as she lifted Lily out of her high
chair and then came for me.
She changed both of us and then let me have my cell phone and Emie in
my crib. I had a number of messages from Hannah and Jacob, as well as
some other friends. I just responded to Hannah and Jacob though telling
them that they could come over that afternoon. With Hannah we debated
how I should tell Jacob, but a couple of his messages from last night
made me wonder if he hadn't already put two and two together.
I couldn't help but think back to last night when I asked Caireen about
changing my own diapers the same way as the clothes. As soon as she
said I would be able to I tried. It was pretty funny when I suddenly
ended up with this weird not diaper thing hanging half off of my body
and the rest of my clothes went away too.
'I say you would be able to, not that I would let you yet,' she had
said laughing. 'I think given your situation, size, and lack of potty
training it would be best if you get used to being taken care of for a
while...' As if to emphasize the fact it was a bad idea I felt urine
trickle down my legs without the diaper to collect it.
I tried to argue and negotiate with her for twenty minutes, but in the
end I had ended up with another diaper, outfit, and been put back to
play some more with the doll's clothing.
'I know you think I'm being unfair,' Caireen said to me then.
'No...' I said, 'I guess I don't mind Mom changing me. I wouldn't even
freak out too much over Hannah changing me later. It's the thought of
going to school with all of these superheroes and villains and being
unable to handle something like changing my own poopy diaper.'
'I promise you it'll work out.'
'I hope so...' I told her.
After an hour or so, during which I was on my phone playing games and
surfing the internet, Mom came in. "Didn't feel like a nap today?" Mom
asked.
I shook my head. "I think I still have the circadian rhythm of a
teenager. Or mostly at least."
"Are Hannah and Jacob coming over?"
I nodded. "I'm guessing they'll be here in a bit over an hour."
I let her pick me up out of my crib and walked downstairs with her. I
decided since I was going to Whateley there was no point in doing my
homework. Apparently I was going back at least two grades anyway, so
what was the point? I turned on the TV and used Netflix to find Sofia
the First episodes. I had watched a couple with my sister, but I
usually was doing homework and ignoring it. Somehow I thought it would
be wise to actually know what happens in the show!
Three episodes in, my sister had joined me, the doorbell rang and I
knew it would be my friends. "Lily, would you please give me and my
friends some privacy for a while?" I asked.
I could tell she wanted to be annoyed, but I was really proud of her.
She said, "Sure, I play downstairs!"
I would have hugged her, but she ran downstairs so fast I couldn't
catch her. I instinctively knew my pacifier was still in my mouth and
decided to let it dangle from the clip instead. 'On second thought...'
I pulled the clip from my dress and then the little purse I had my MID
in from that other space. I looked in the purse and easily fit my
pacifier in.'
'That's my baby girl!' Caireen praised me.
I smiled.
Mom came to the front door and I decided to stand behind her.
"Hi Mrs. Hammerstein, may we see Nick?"
"Come in Jacob," Mom said instead.
"Is he okay?" Jacob asked.
"Hi Jacob, Hannah," I said as I came out from behind Mom when the door
shut.
"Hi Sofia," Hannah said. She couldn't seem to help herself, she leaned
down and picked me up. I hugged her before she said, "Come on Jacob, we
need to talk."
"Let's go to my room?" I suggested.
"Your room?" Jacob asked, but dumbly followed. "Hey this is Nick's
room, why is it a nursery...?"
Hannah sat down on the floor with me on her lap.
"Jacob this sort of is still Nick's room, but you were sort of right on
your guess that I was a mutant..."
"Holy Fuck! Nick?!?!?!?" he said, finally getting it. "What the Hell
happened to you?"
"I manifested," I said, "unfortunately my body decided to play a trick
on me."
He looked around with an intensive stare at the crib and changing
table. "So you're like a baby now?" he asked. "Not just in size?"
I sighed. "I'm no longer potty trained and have a bonding with a
goddess who prefers I continue to act my appearance for a while."
"Diapers?"
"Unfortunately."
"That sucks." He thought for a moment. "Hannah, why aren't you
shocked?"
"His parents needed a babysitter for Lily when he changed. They were a
little bit panicked for some reason," she said with a smirk and
squeezed me against her tighter. "It was kind of impossible to hide it
all from me."
"How come you didn't tell me before?" he asked.
"Honestly, I'm scared to let anyone know about this! The fact that I
let you know to come over was a big step Jacob."
"So did you get like any super powers?"
I smirked. "Yeah, I did."
"I mean besides super stinky diapers."
I momentarily wondered if I hadn't gone again, but he was joking. In
revenge I decided to turn his socks bright pink and add some ruffles.
"That's not fair," he told me looking down.
"I think they're cute Jacob," Hannah said.
"Change them back please?" he begged.
"Or?"
"Umm... tickle?"
I squirmed against Hannah. "Oh no you don't," she said, "She's all
mine." All of the sudden out from nowhere she started tickling my sides
and couldn't help but giggle non-stop until she finally let up. My
dress had ridden up during the tickling and my very soaked diaper was
on display.
Mom came in just as it was ending. "I see you three seem to be doing
okay..." Mom said and hesitated before adding. "Umm Hannah, seeing as
how I assume you just helped her make that wet diaper, would you mind
changing her?" With that she walked away and I found my mouth open.
"Well, your mommy's right," she said and I was up in the air before I
knew it. she carried me flat in her arms outstretched in front of her.
"You know I think you're lighter than a lot of one year olds I've
babysat.
I blushed.
"How much do you weigh?"
"Twenty pounds."
"I'm going to the restroom, I'll be right back," Jacob said, clearly
not wanting to be present for my change.
"Wow, that's light!"
Hannah sat me down on the table. "How do we do this?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean you're my best friend turned into a two year old baby. Do I
treat you like your sister when I'm changing her diaper, or do we do
this different?"
I shrugged. "Caireen seems bent on me getting used to embarrassment and
diaper changes. Change me the same way you do Lily."
She smiled. "Okay!" The next moment she had me laid back on the table
and used the strap to keep me from going anywhere. She pushed my dress
back up to where she could see my diaper. "Wow, you're one soaked baby
girl!" She said in that baby voice all girls have.
My thumb found its way to my mouth then and she noticed. She reached
underneath the table. "Here, why don't you use your paci," she said
with a smile and put it in my mouth. I nursed it as she undid the tapes
of my diaper and pulled it out of the way, putting a new one in its
place. She wiped me really good, powdered me, and then taped it back
on. The next part was a surprise as she blew a big raspberry in my
exposed belly button.
I giggled.
"Oh, do we have the giggles again?" She asked as she tickled my feet a
little. Hannah undid the strap, pulled my dress back down, and then
picked me up and held me in her arms. "You do realize you've stolen my
heart at this point?"
I looked at her, slightly confused. "You have got to be the most
adorable baby girl known to mankind. I so want to take you home with me
instead of leaving you here!"
I knew she was joking, but a part of me would have been okay with that
too. Jacob came back in then once he determined the coast was clear.
The three of us sat back down then. "So are you going to go to
preschool now?" He asked, trying to start up the conversation.
"No silly, I'm going back to high school!" I told him.
He laughed. "Seriously, what are you doing?"
"I'm going back to high school."
"You're joking, right?" He paused. "I know LAHS is weird, but even that
would be too much for us."
I laughed. "I am going back to high school, just not here."
"Where are you going?" Hannah asked nervously.
"There's a private school in the Northeast that is just for mutants.
It's some sort of superhuman high school I guess..." They both gaped at
me for that. "Anyway, I'm going to be a sophomore... or maybe in junior
high for the rest of the year after Christmas and they're supposed to
get me through all of their other work as time goes on."
"A sophomore again? Or back in junior high? That sucks!" Jacob said.
I nodded, but said, "It beats daycare?"
"I don't know, naptime, playtime, snacks - daycare was pretty sweet,"
he said.
I laughed. "I guess... of course at this rate I'll probably find out
since I'm not going until after Christmas. Mom occasionally has to drop
Lily off at a daycare and do some errands and things. Especially with
me no longer being able to babysit her."
"I'll babysit you two if you need one," Hannah said.
"We'll definitely be taking you up on that Hannah," Mom said from
behind me, making me jump. "Are you two staying for dinner?"
"Sure if you don't mind?" Jacob said.
Hannah nodded. "I don't have anywhere to go."
"Let your parents know though," she told them.
"Will do," I heard them answer in stereo.
I watched them both pull their cell phones out and text their parents.
Neither parent would be surprised with them being at my house. My new
appearance...
"Hannah, have you said anything to your parents?" I asked nervously.
She looked sheepish. "I told my parents... They promised to keep it a
secret, but I was worried they might ask some really embarrassing
questions until I had no other choice."
I just nodded. "I don't see how you could have kept it a secret."
"That being said my mom really wants to see you!!!" She laughed.
I stuck my tongue out at her.
"Sofia, you realize you're just like all of the other exemplar girl
models right? You're just the ideal baby model!" Hannah said while I
shot her daggers. "No seriously, have you thought about it? You would
be like their perfect toddler model since you could behave and listen
to directions so much better!"
"So what you're saying is that I should be modeling Pampers?"
She laughed at me. "If it pays, why not?"
"I don't think so..." I said. In my mind I had to admit that money is
nice though...
We managed to talk about some things other than my new status as a
baby. My missing in action status was hurting the flute section Hannah
told me - apparently they were lost without me. There was absolutely
nothing I could do on that front unfortunately. I hadn't even had a
chance yet to see if I could still play a piccolo. I had no doubts that
holding a regular flute would forever be beyond me now.
"Dinner is ready guys," Mom said to us.
"Okay," Hannah said in stereo with me. I had been sitting in her lap
for a while and she stood up and picked me up at the same time. "You
are so light!"
"How light is she?" Jacob asked.
"Here," Hannah said and handed me towards him. It was like a deer being
caught in the headlights, the idea of holding a baby scared him to no
end. Not to mention that I used to be his normally tall teenage best
friend.
"Umm..."
"Boys!" Hannah huffed. "Here, put your arms out and let her grab around
your neck, you grab her right here along her waist." She made sure he
was holding me right, I made sure I could use a death grip to hold onto
his neck if I needed to! "See, how hard is that?"
I giggled.
Mom must have heard some of it too and she ended up taking a picture of
him holding me and standing there with Hannah. Three musketeers and all
that...
Mom had made nachos for dinner. For those of you who may be thinking
those gooey things with fake cheese you get at the movies that's not
what I mean. Mom makes them with corn tortilla chips, then some refried
beans, lots of shredded beef, and then real grated colby jack cheese.
The beef is cooked in plenty of red chile based sauce so it has a bite.
Much to everyone's amusement I insisted on my 'me size' silverware.
"What? I really hate eating with my hands!" I said to them. I still had
to touch my food some though, the stuff doesn't stay on the chip. It
was a good thing she'd insisted on the bib though, my smaller mouth
made it much more difficult to eat with big chips than it used to! I
forced myself to continue eating the meat even though it tasted as
spicy as a ghost pepper to me now!
"How are you still eating?" Jacob asked in shock after my second plate.
I blushed. "I don't know, it's not like it adds any weight to me..."
"I wish I could eat that much and not gain weight," Hannah said.
"Me too," my dad affirmed.
When I finished eating Mom let me down from the highchair. I think she
kind of was trying to help me be discreet, but just like the last
couple days Lily pooped first, and I was right behind her. I sighed and
scrunched my face up.
"I'll take one of them," Hannah offered.
"Umm thanks," she said and Mom looked at me. I just went ahead and
pointed my head towards Hannah as okay. "Which one you want?"
"I'll take this stinker," she said with a maniacal laugh and picked me
up in such a way to avoid smushing the mess anymore. I was getting
upset, she could tell, and she pushed a pacifier in my mouth. "There,
that's better," she said with a smile and teased my nose with her
finger.
I always knew Hannah was great with Lily because she liked her, but now
I knew why she was great with babies in general. She got me changed and
kept me giggling the whole time. Before she even pulled the tapes down
she had blown some raspberries on my belly and tickled me to make me
smile around my pacifier. She cleaned me up quickly and never once made
a real face about it. She made some fake ones of course about me being
stinky. Well, sort of fake, you know what I mean. I'm sure it did
smell! For some reason the smell of my poopie diapers didn't seem to
bother me.
She had just finished washing her hands and thrown the dirty diaper
away and I hugged her.
"Thanks," I told her.
"Anytime Princess," she told me. She looked at her cell phone. "I guess
I need to get going home. If I can find a ride out here would you mind
if I came out again sometime this week?"
"You want to?" I asked amazed.
"Sure, you're still my best friend."
As they were walking out the door Mom asked Hannah. "We're going to
Albuquerque to go shopping for some things on Saturday, would you be
able to come and help with Sofia and Lily? It was nice having an extra
set of hands for diaper changes today," she smiled. "And, I'm sure
Sofia wouldn't mind some time with a normal teenager."
"Sure," she said, "I'd love to. Let me just check with my mom."
"Let me know and we'll pick you up on the way out of town."
"Cool," she said. "Bye Lily, bye Sofia."
As they left Mom came up to Lily and I and grabbed our hands. "Okay
girls, bath time!"
It was soon bedtime and Mom once again gave me a bottle of warm milk.
"I guess with your regenerating I don't have to worry about tooth
decay," she said as she kissed my forehead. "I don't know how I'm ever
going to break your sister of her bottles and pacifiers though with you
around."
I pulled it out of my mouth for a moment. "Just wait until I go to
school?"
"That means getting through Christmas and your grandmother complaining
about how her kids were done with bottles and diapers before they were
one!" She laughed and so did I.
"Have you told them about me?"
Mom shook her head. "They're supposed to come down for Thanksgiving...
I think it's best to tell them in person."
"And Grandma Wendy?" That was mom's mom. The other two were Dad's
parents.
"Well, she wants us to go to lunch with us on Saturday..."
"Oh..." I said. I sat up and hugged her as well as I could. Mom's
mother was her only family left as her dad died when she was just a
little girl. The biggest problem with her mom though was that she was
nearly a Humanity First member with her rhetoric. "Are you sure that's
a good idea?"
Mom shook her head. "No, but you're my baby girl and if she can't
accept it then that will finally be it," she said. Mom grabbed the
bottle from my hand and pushed the nipple of the bottle back in my
mouth. "You don't worry about any of that sweetheart, I promise you'll
be safe."
She didn't read me a story that night, instead she held the bottle for
me, stroked my hair, and sang a lullaby.