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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Sep 19, 2016 at 5:18 AM
Content: Here goes my first story post:
Prelude
Sue sipped her coffee absentmindedly, listening to her sister Jenny's latest update. Jenny had moved back into the neighbourhood a few years ago, and while they were no longer as close as they had been as children, they did their best to catch up from time to time. This time it was Jenny's turn to play the host.
"And Brandon's doing really well at college", Jenny boasted. "He just got his first exam results back - all distinctions and high distinctions!".
"That's great", Sue replied, smiling. Brandon always had been a high achiever, and she was glad to see her eldest nephew was getting on so well.
"How are things going with Ally?" Jenny enquired, always keen for an update on Sue's only child.
"Not so well right now, I'm afraid", Sue exclaimed. "You know how Ally still wets the bed. Well, I think someone at school must have found at and spread it around".
"Oh, how awful for her. Still, you know how it is with kids - give it a couple of weeks and they'll all be talking about something else", Jenny sympathised.
"To make matters worse, she's now refusing to wear her diapers to bed. The teasing has really gotten to her". Sue elaborated. "I mean, I really do sympathise. There aren't many kids who still wear diapers at eleven, but all that washing is really getting to me, and worst of all her room is really starting to smell".
"Really? I would have thought she'd rather wake up in a wet diaper than a wet bed". Jenny commented.
"Deep down I think she would, but she's too upset to think it through clearly. She keeps saying that only babies wear diapers. I think she's hoping that if she doesn't wear them she'll somehow stay dry".
"Sounds like a real problem. Have you looked at pull-ups? Maybe she'd feel better about those". Jenny suggested.
"We tried them about a year ago, but they just leak right through. Ally really is a heavy wetter". Sue responded.
"And you've tried all the usual stuff, restricting fluids and all that?". Jenny was trying to be helpful, but Sue had been through it all before.
"Of course, none of it worked" Sue replied, exasperated. "We even spoke to her doctor. He did a few tests, but couldn't find anything wrong. Said it was just something she'd have to outgrow, but that in the mean time she was best to wear protection."
"I'll bet she didn't like that" Jenny quipped.
"No, not at all. She doesn't even want to talk about it." Sue continued. "She'll lie to me about wearing them as well - tells me that she's put them on when she hasn't"
"Maybe you'll just have to insist". Jenny had always been the stricter parent. "Don't give her a choice. Don't let her go to bed unless she shows you that she's got them on"
"I've tried that as well. She just takes them off as soon as I leave the room." Jenny grimaced at Sue's last comment. "Before you start, I've tried punishing her, rewarding her, nothing seems to change her mind. Did you ever go through anything like that with Dylan?"
Dylan was Jenny's youngest son. He was now almost sixteen, but his severe autism meant that he required constant care, and had never been toilet trained.
"Well, not the social side of it, obviously. But when he was about three he went through a phase where he would pull off his diapers and sift through the contents". Jenny replied.
"Eww, how disgusting!" Sue recoiled. "How did you handle it?"
"We put his sleeper on backwards!" Jenny laughed. "That way he couldn't unzip it to get to his diaper. Thankfully he got past that stage in a few months".
"Well, I don't think that would help me much" Sue laughed along.
"He actually had a bit of a relapse a few years ago when we first moved in here. Not sifting through his diaper, thankfully, but taking it all off. He didn't take it well, sleeping in a new room. I guess taking off all his clothes was his way of dealing with the sensory issues" Jenny continued.
"How did you handle that?" Sue queried.
"Much the same way as when he was little, actually. We did a bit of Googling, and came across these one piece pyjamas. They zip up in the back, and have this little tab that closes to stop him even getting at the zipper. He gave us hell for a few days, but settled down in the end. We actually only needed to use them for a week or so, until he'd settled in".
"That doesn't help me much either", Sue sighed. "Ally's difficult, but I certainly couldn't do that to her, much as I might wish I could when the washing piles up!"
"Maybe you don't have to". An idea brewed in Jenny's head.
"What do you mean?" Sue asked, eager for a solution.
"I've still got Dylan's pyjamas here. Maybe if you showed them to her, told her that she'd have to wear them if she didn't keep her diapers on, she'd realise you were serious even if you never do use it". Jenny suggested. "If she's so against wearing diapers because they make her look babyish, I'm sure she'd find the thought of those pyjamas even worse".
"I don't know, that might be going a bit far. Anyway, what makes you think they'd hold her? Dylan's autistic, but I'm sure Ally would figure them out" Sue wasn't keen on the idea.
"If it's just a threat it doesn't really matter whether they would or wouldn't. But I'm certain they would. Autism aside, Dylan's always been a little Houdini, and he never came close". Jenny explained.
"I still think it's a bit much" Sue replied, non-committally.
"Suit yourself, Sue, but whatever you do you can't just let her get away with it. I mean, laundry aside, she's been lying to you, disrespecting you and outright refusing your instructions. Doesn't bode well for when she hits her teens, particularly when her father's not around to help sort her out. Heck, if she were mine, I think I'd take her over my knee." Jenny said, never being one to hold back.
"I think that's a bit harsh" Sue replied, offended. "I can see it all from her point of view as well, and I know how upsetting it all is for her".
"Well, it's your decision. But take the pyjamas anyway. Dylan's well and truly outgrown them, so you may as well just throw them out or donate them somewhere if you don't end up using them". Jenny retrieved the aforementioned pyjamas and placed them in a bag for Sue.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Sep 21, 2016 at 4:34 AM
Content: Thanks all for the feedback. I should add that the prelude & chapter 1 are only really intended to establish some background to the characters, where the pyjamas came from, and how characters (Ally in particular) feel about them. The main story kicks off in chapter 2. I'll post chapters 1 & 2 together so you can see where this is going.
Chapter 1
"I'm not wearing a diaper, and that's that!" Ally shouted at Sue. She stood barely an arm’s length from Sue in her bedroom, gesticulating wildly to emphasise her point.
"I'm not leaving until you've put it on" Sue exclaimed. Ally could see the exasperated look on her mother's face. She hoped that Sue was on the verge of giving in, and leaving her alone. Couldn't her mother see that wearing a diaper at eleven years old was absolutely humiliating.
"NO ONE WEARS A DIAPER AT MY AGE" Ally shouted. Her mother could be so unreasonable at times. It wasn't like she wet the bed every night.
"Most kids your age aren't still wetting the bed" Sue snapped back, offending Ally further. "Now put it on this instant!" Ally could see her mother wasn't going to go away.
"Oh all right" Ally shouted. Sue looked away as Ally pulled the diaper on and taped it up. Having worn diapers at night all her life, Ally was an expert at getting them on and off, and managed the task in just a few seconds.
"There, happy now!" Ally exclaimed, throwing herself onto her bed, still as annoyed as ever. Sue didn't reply, not trusting herself to avoid inflaming the situation further.
"You know I'll just take it off again" Ally muttered under her breath.
Sue was shocked. She knew that Ally had taken off her diaper at night more than once only to wet the bed, and suspected she had avoided discovery by staying dry on other occasions, but this was the first time Ally had been rebellious enough to proclaim it to her in advance. Maybe Jenny had a point after all.
"Wait there" Sue instructed in a clear, no nonsense tone. Realising she may have gone too far, Ally obeyed. She sat gingerly on her bed, absentmindedly stroking her stuffed bear as she wondered what her mother had planned.
Sue retrieved the pyjamas from the cupboard where she had stashed them earlier and marched back to Ally’s room, still infuriated by her daughter’s defiance. She held the pyjamas up in front of her, letting Ally see them in detail.
"I've always said that wearing diapers and wetting the bed doesn't make you a baby, but your recent behaviour has been more like that of a naughty toddler than an eleven-year-old. So if I can't trust you not to keep your diaper on, you'll have to wear this to be sure of it". Sue threatened.
"What the hell is that?" Ally asked, unsure of what her mother was getting at.
"One piece pyjamas, like you used to wear as a toddler. But they zip up at the back so you can't get them off". Sue explained, ignoring Ally's language and praying she would get the message.
"Where the hell did you get those!" Ally asked. She couldn't believe her mother would have gone out and bought them for her.
"From Aunt Jenny" Sue admitted, "They were Dylan's and she thought they might help our situation".
"You've been talking about this to Aunt Jenny!". Ally was outraged. This was a deeply private matter, and her mother was practically broadcasting it to the world. Didn't she realise how much it upset her having to wear diapers, even when no-one else knew.
"I've needed all the help I can get" Sue emphasised.
"There's no way in hell those pyjamas would stop me!" Ally shouted back. She couldn't believe her mum would even entertain the idea. She wasn't some naughty toddler who could be thwarted by a misplaced zipper. "It's just like with the diapers. You don't seem to realise that I've grown up"
"Your certainly not acting very grown up right now" Sue commented in deep exasperation. "Now, are you going to promise me you won't take off your diaper before the morning, or shall we try on these pyjamas for size"
"Go ahead then" Ally quipped back, calling her mother's bluff. Sue had never really been one to follow through on her threats, and Ally fully expected her to back down now. As outraged as Ally was at the whole idea, part of her hoped that she would insist on her pyjamas. She would take them straight back off and prove to her mother once and for all that she was no longer a little kid, and couldn't be treated in this way. Maybe her mum would even realise that she was much too old to be told to wear a diaper.
"Fine" Sue stated, her patience exhausted. She had never intended to take it this far, but backing down now would destroy any parental authority she had. She still had no intention of forcing Ally to wear the pyjamas all night, but maybe a few minutes in them would make her point, provided of course they stayed on.
Ally froze, surprised at this development.
"Well, take those off then" Sue pushed, seeing the uncertainty on her daughter's face. "Unless you've changed your mind".
Sue held the pyjamas up in front of Ally, gesturing for her to move. Unwilling to back down now, Ally stood in front of them. Her modesty made her unwilling to strip down to just a diaper in front of her mother, so she carefully removed one leg from her pyjama pants before stepping it into the one-piece. Now more or less covered by the one-piece, she pulled off the other leg and kicked the pants away, stepping fully into the one piece. Ally then pulled off her top and pushed her arms into the sleeves. She saw her mother move around behind her, and felt the zipper being pulled up to her neckline. She heard the buttons being clicked into place, holding the tab over the zipper.
"There, all done" Sue said. "I'll leave you to get some sleep". Sue could see that the pyjamas were at least a size too big for Ally. They were designed to be tight-fitting, though, presumably for fire safety, and weren't really any looser than Ally's regular pyjamas. The sleeves and legs were both a little long, but both were elasticised at the ends, allowing the extra length to pool without slipping over her hands or feet. She hoped desperately that the pyjamas would hold and that Ally would be out of her room in a few minutes, apologising contritely and begging to be released.
Ally smarted. She would show her mother! She reached behind her back, feeling for the tab. The positioning was awkward, however, and while her hands were able to make contact, she couldn't get a grip to manipulate it. She wished she had seen how it fastened, then she might have a better idea of how to remove it. She tried to pull the tab to one side, hoping for a better grip, but that only made it quite impossible to reach with her other hand.
"Ungh!" she exclaimed out of frustration, losing her grip on the tab and finding herself back at square one. This wasn't how she'd expected it to work out at all. Sue could hear the frustrated cries coming from Ally's room, as well as what sounded like increasingly desperate gymnastic attempts to work her way out. She considered coming into Ally's room now to say her piece, but resolved to wait until Ally came to her.
Ally tugged hard on the pyjamas, hoping in one last, desperate attempt that should rip them off. The material was strong, however, perhaps to combat this very strategy. Finally, Ally accepted defeat. She lay on the bed for a moment, pondering her strategy. Going to her mother and begging to be released would be humiliating, and she was certain that her mother would rub it in given the way she had behaved beforehand. She considered doing nothing, just trying to sleep in these ridiculous pyjamas, but realised this wouldn't gain her anything - she would just be having the exact same conversation in the morning. Seeing no other option, Ally sought out her mother in the living room.
"OK mum, you win" Ally winced. "Now help me take it off". Sue smiled inwardly. She wasn't about to let her daughter get off quite that easily.
"So all that about you being too grown up, about those pyjamas never being able to hold you, what was that then?" Sue emphasised her point. Ally said nothing, keen to get this over as soon as possible.
"Well Ally, you can either promise me that you'll keep your diaper on all night, and that you won't give me grief about wearing it in the future, or you can go back to bed and sleep like that. Which is it to be?"
"I promise" Ally responded, her facing turning a bright shade of red.
"And you don't think that spending the night in those will help you remember your promise?" Sue prodded, wanting to drive her point home.
"Mum. Please." Ally responded, near to tears.
"OK, come here" Sue told her, seeing that she had made her point. Ally turned around to let her mother get to the zipper. Sue undid the tab and pulled the zipper down to where Ally could easily reach it. Ally ran back to her room before pulling off the pyjamas completely and changing back into her usual ones, still strewn on the floor. Sue followed a minute later and collected the one piece pyjamas Ally had discarded, folding them neatly.
"I'm going to keep these in my closet, in case you need them again" Sue told her, pointedly. "In fact, I'll write your name on the tag so we know they're yours". In truth, she had no intention of forcing her daughter to wear them, but wasn't about to let Ally to know that. She could see that bedtimes would go much more smoothly from here on out.
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-= TWO YEARS LATER =-
Chapter 2
Ally stepped off the plane, her mother close behind. Sue's long service leave entitlements had come due, and she had made sure they overlapped with the school holidays. This had given her a chance to take Ally with her on a month long European tour, which had been a resounding success, with Ally celebrating her 13th birthday in France of all places. Sue had fretted about the cost of the tour, but she had never had a chance to do anything like it before, and she knew that by the next time long service leave came around Ally would be all grown up.
"Hold up, I need to use the bathroom" Ally told her mother. Sue waited patiently outside as Ally found a stall in the women's. Ally took off her heavy coat, feeling the cold weather intensely. She pulled down her jeans and slid off the very wet goodnite she had been wearing, silently cursing that her bedwetting still hadn't resolved itself. She was thirteen now, after all, it seemed unfathomable that she still couldn't stay dry. She was grateful, at least, that she had thought to wear it, knowing that she would probably sleep on the plane.
Ally examined her jeans more closely, looking for signs of a leak. "Damn" she thought to herself, noticing a wet rim around the seat. A proper diaper would have prevented this, but she had dreaded having to change one in an airplane toilet, never having done so standing up before. "It would have been a better idea, though" she thought, as she hadn't had to change on the plane anyway. By the time she had woken up they were already preparing for descent, and it had seemed easier to wait until they were on the ground. She held her jeans up from a distance, hoping the leak wasn't noticeable. It wasn't like she had anything else to wear even if it was, as she certainly hadn't kept a spare pair of pants in her hand luggage.
Ally took a spare goodnight out of her bag and pulled it on. She was annoyed she hadn't included any regular underwear, but hadn't expected to be changing on the ground. She pulled her jeans back on gingerly, and threw the old goodnite into the trash before re-joining her mother. "All done" she said. If her mother had noticed the wet spot on her jeans she was polite enough not to point it out.
The late flight and long queue meant it was well after 10PM before Ally and Sue managed to pass through customs, but fortunately the process was relatively pain-free. They found their way to the luggage carousel and waited patiently for their baggage to arrive. "That looks like mine" Sue said, edging her way forward to grab the bag. The crowd around the carousel grew smaller and smaller as people moved up to take their bags, but Ally's was yet to arrive. "This is taking a while" she commented.
"Would the passengers from seats 69A and 69B please come to the collections desk" came an announcement from the loudspeaker.
"That's us" Ally informed her mother, a little worried. Had she done something wrong? Ally followed the clearly labelled path toward the collections desk, her mother in tow.
"I'm terribly sorry, but it seems that your luggage was never loaded onto the plane" the lady at the desk informed us. "We're still trying to work out what happened to it."
"Oh no", Ally replied, concerned. All her holiday mementos, and even her camera, were in that bag.
"The almost always turn up safely" the lady reassured her. "We have your contact details, we'll let you know as soon as it arrives. If we haven't located it in a few days you can put in a claim to the airline for compensation."
"There's nothing we can do, Ally" Sue told her, sensibly. "We'd better go home and wait to see. Hopefully they'll have good news in the morning."
Ally followed her mother out, thinking of nothing but the lost luggage the whole way home. What a way to upset a perfect holiday! She hopped out of the car, eager to shower and get to bed. Although she had managed to get some sleep on the flight, it had been shallow and interrupted and she really was exhausted. It was at this point that a more immediate problem reared its head.
"Uh, all my pyjamas were in the luggage!" Ally announced, checking her closet draw.
"All of them?" Sue asked, incredulously.
"Well, all except the light, Summer ones" she said, feeling them with her hand. Like her mother, she never really packed light, and taking all four of her pyjama sets had seemed sensible. After all, her diapers did sometimes leak, particularly when she was having to use some foreign brands they were buying on the trip, and not everywhere that they'd been staying had laundry facilities.
"They're no good, it's freezing tonight" Sue commented. "Do you have anything else". Ally looked through her closet, looking for some regular clothes that could double as pyjamas. Unfortunately, since the trip had involved a lot of sightseeing and outdoor adventures, she had packed everything remotely comfortable as well.
"Nothing I think I could sleep in" Ally replied. "I don't suppose any of yours would fit me". That was a long shot.
"No chance, but I might have one alternative" Sue told her. "I'll be back in a sec"
Ally wondered what her mum would come up with. Sue rummaged through her closet, certain the item she was looking for was in there somewhere. "Aha" she said, pulling out a bag. Ally opened it, revealing the back-zip pyjamas she had briefly worn two years earlier.
"You don't expect me to wear that!" Ally exclaimed, loudly.
"Why not?" Sue asked, surprised at her daughter's reaction. "It's warm, comfortable, and it's only for one night. We can buy you something else tomorrow"
"It's made for toddlers! You got it to keep my stuck in my diapers!" Ally shouted back.
"Oh, Ally, you're past all that now." Sue dismissed her objection, surprised that Ally would kick up such a fuss. She had thought her daughter had grown up enough now to look back on that incident and laugh. "Anyway, it wasn't like I was ever going to use it like that, I only ever took it from Aunt Jenny to make a point".
"And kept it all this time?" Ally queried. Had her mother still thought her so immature that she could be fastened into it if she misbehaved?
"You know how often I clean out that closet. I'd probably find your old baby clothes in there if I went back far enough" Sue laughed. "But of course, it's completely up to you. You choose whatever you want to wear".
Sue returned to the living room, leaving Ally to take a shower. Ally stepped into the shower, relishing the water running against her skin and immensely glad to be clean again after a long, sweaty flight. She dried off quickly, anxious to warm up. Leaving the unused goodnite on the floor she quickly taped on a regular diaper, knowing she would be going straight to bed. She wrapped herself in a blanket and considered her options. Although she was still annoyed that her mum had kept the back-zip pyjamas all this time, she did realise they were the most practical option. She still wasn't sure if she could bring herself to wear them again, and decided to take one more look in her closet. Finding nothing new, she picked up the pyjamas her mother had left on the bed. Maybe if she could get in and out of them herself it wouldn't be so bad, she reasoned.
Ally stepped into the pyjamas and put her arms through the sleeves. She hadn't actually paused to ask whether they would still fit, but that didn't seem to be a problem. With her extra two years of growth, the pyjamas fit snugly, just as they were intended to. She found the zip behind her and worked it up her back, managing to get it about half way up but struggling to make any further progress.
"Oh good" Sue said, walking back into the room. "Just thought I'd check on you, I was wondering what was taking so long. Do you want me to zip you up?"
"Why not?" Ally replied. Exhausted as she was, she had given up on getting them on herself. It wasn't all that different to when her mum helped her into a party dress, after all.
Sue stepped behind Ally and pulled the zipper up to its highest point. "There" she said, "all done". Ally collapsed into bed, falling to sleep mere minutes later.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Sep 22, 2016 at 11:17 AM
Content: No more time jumps, I promise!
Chapter 3
Ally woke late the following morning, feeling groggy and jetlagged. She felt her diaper squish as she climbed out of bed. Given how heavily and how long she had slept for, she wasn't surprised it was soaked, but was keen to get it off nonetheless. She tried to pull her top off, momentarily forgetting what she was wearing.
"Darn" she thought to herself. "That complicates things". Ally was a proud girl, and keen to demonstrate her independence by handling the pyjamas herself. She tried to find the zipper behind her back, but ended up running her hand along the tab instead. She must have been too tired to even notice her mum securing it last night, but was still somewhat irritated that she had done so.
"Might have more luck in the mirror" Ally thought to herself. She moved quietly to the bathroom and did her best to undo the tab from there. She turned her head awkwardly to try to see the tab in the mirror, but from that convoluted position it was even harder to reach. To make matters worse, every time she reached around to try to get to it she ended up obstructing her vision.
Sue heard the commotion and came to the bathroom in time to see Ally struggling. She struggled to suppress a smile at her daughter's efforts. She knew Ally would bite her head off if she were to ever say it, but her daughter did look so cute like this".
"Here, let me help" Sue made herself known. Realising her situation, Ally didn't object.
Sue easily undid the tab and pulled the zipper down to its base, noticing Ally's soaked diaper as she did so. "Good heavens", Sue said, "you'd better get out of that straight away".
"Mum!" Ally cried indignantly. She didn't need her mother to tell her that.
"Okay, okay, no need to bite my head off" Sue backed away. "Oh, and when you're done, Laura called when you were still asleep, she wanted you to come over and bring her up to speed on your trip".
Laura was Ally’s best friend from school. Ally had tried to keep in touch with Laura as best as possible when she had been away, but the Internet and even phone access had been spotty. Ally had a ton to tell her. She dressed quickly, and raced over to Laura's as she lived only a few doors down. She described in detail her trip, and explained that she would show her everything if the luggage ever turned up. In turn, Laura brought Ally up to speed on what had been happening back home, which wasn't a great deal.
"Ally, are you going stay for dinner?" Laura's mum asked.
"Dinner? What time is it?" Ally queried.
"Almost 5.30" she replied.
"Oh, wow, I had no idea it was so late." Ally told her. The jetlag had played havoc with her sense of time. "I'd better get back, I imagine mum's going to be cooking something."
"We'll have to catch up again soon" Laura prodded. "You've still got to show me all the photos! Provided you get your camera back, that is"
"Count on it" Ally replied.
"Not tomorrow, I'll be out with mum all day. How about the day after?" Laura asked.
"Sounds great" Ally agreed.
Ally raced home, hoping she hadn't missed dinner.
"Oh there you are" Sue commented as she raced in, "I was about to send out a search party!"
"You're not mad?" Ally asked. Sue normally wouldn't be pleased if she were gone for that long without asking permission.
"Of course not" Sue replied. "I knew where you were, and I knew you hadn't seen Laura in ages. Now sit down, dinner will be ready soon."
"Has there been any news on the luggage" Ally asked.
"Not yet" Sue replied. "The airline did call, but only to say they were still searching. They think it might have been sent out on the wrong flight, but they're still confident it'll turn up"
"Then we'll have to go out after dinner and buy some new pyjamas" Ally declared.
"I'm afraid not, honey, all the shops'll be shut by now" Sue replied.
"What? Why didn't you say something" Ally demanded. She was annoyed more at herself than her mother, as she had only intended to stay with Laura for a couple of hours.
"I assumed you knew the closing time. And I thought you'd rather spend the day catching up with Laura than shopping with me" Sue replied, sensibly.
"But you knew I needed pyjamas. You could have gotten them" Ally smarted, directed her frustration at her mother.
"Ally, you're not a little kid anymore. If you want to buy something, you have to go and get it. Or at least ask me to." Sue responded, reminding herself that it was probably the jetlag causing Ally's rudeness.
Ally finished up her dinner, and settled down to watch some TV. After a couple of hours she found herself struggling to keep her eyes open.
"I think perhaps you should have an early night" Sue commented, noticing Ally's condition. Ally couldn't argue with that. She took a quick shower before using the toilet then taping on her diaper. She realised she would have no choice but to wear the back zip pyjamas again, but assured herself that she would go shopping for replacements first thing tomorrow. She pulled on the pyjamas and went to find her mother.
"Could you zip me up?" she asked, with less resistance than she had done the previous day.
"Sure" Sue replied. She pulled up the zipper and, much to Ally's annoyance, fastened the tab over it.
"What did you do the tab up for?" Ally asked, a little annoyed.
"It just doesn't seem on properly without it" Sue shrugged. "Anyway, it'll be uncomfortable if the tab's floating around behind you when you're trying to sleep." Ally wasn't really sold on that justification.
"But it makes it harder for me to get out of" Ally complained.
"Honey, if you can't get the zipper up, you won't be able to get it down, even without the tab" Sue replied, reasonably. "Now go and get some sleep".
Sue might have had a point there, Ally decided, but having the tab secured still made her feel far more like a misbehaving child than the pyjamas otherwise would have. She would have much preferred it be left open, even if just to acknowledge the fact that they weren't being used to prevent her from getting them off. Still, she decided, it wasn't worth making a fuss over as this would be the last night she would be wearing them.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Sep 26, 2016 at 8:48 AM
Content: Thanks all, yes, I've got quite a bit more planned (actually, quite a bit more written but in need of some editing).
Chapter 4
Ally woke the following morning finding her diaper to be mercifully dry. Knowing she would be unable to get her pyjamas off herself she raced toward the living room to find her mother. Hearing conversation, she stopped. Careful to avoid detection, she pressed her ear to the door and heard the voice of Mrs. Livingston from next door. She had obviously come over to welcome mum back after her trip. Ally backed away slowly. The last thing she wanted to do was go in and ask mum to release her from her pyjamas in front of Mrs. Livingston! She crept back to her room and waited for Mrs. Livingston to leave.
Unfortunately for Ally, the two women seemed to have quite a bit to catch up on, and Mrs. Livingston wasn't in any rush to leave. Ally felt the pressure begin to build in her bladder. She needed to use the bathroom desperately. In frustration she tugged at the neckline of her pyjamas, but of course it was a hopeless endeavour. She crossed her legs and tried to think about something else, but the pressure continued to build. Seeing no alternative, Ally released the contents of her bladder into the diaper she'd been wearing. She felt mortified at the thought of knowingly wetting her diaper when she was awake, but also relieved as the pressure and discomfort gave way to warm release. No-one else would ever need to know she hadn't simply woken up wet, Ally reasoned.
Ally took a book from the shelf, trying to pass the time as her diaper gradually cooled into the soggy heap she was more familiar with. Eventually, Mrs. Livingston left, giving Sue a chance to come in and release her.
"Have you been awake long" Sue asked.
"Not long" Ally lied, not wanting to discuss the matter further.
It wasn't until after lunch that Ally and Sue made their way to the shopping centre. Of course, Ally was keen to get herself a new set of pyjamas as soon as possible, and practically dragged her mother to the nearest suitable store. As she was browsing through the selection, Sue's phone rang.
"Hello?" Ally heard her mother say into the phone. "Oh excellent ... That's great news ... Thank you very much"
"What was that" Ally asked, having only heard one side of the conversation.
"That was the airline. They've found your bag. They're going to deliver it to us at home tomorrow" Sue told her.
"Oh, that's fantastic" Ally was relieved. Not only would she be able to show off her holiday souvenirs, but she would have her wardrobe back as well!
"Now, which ones do you think?" Ally held up a two sets of pyjamas for her mother's opinion. The first was a plain red two piece set with a butterfly pattern, while the second featured a variety of cartoon characters.
"How much are they" Sue asked.
"They're both $30" Ally replied, checking the tag.
"Well, if want to get either of them you'll have to pay for it out of your allowance" Sue informed her.
"What?" Ally was incredulous. Her mother would often make her buy fancy or particularly expensive clothes out of her allowance, but had always bought the basics like pyjamas for her.
"You'll be getting all your other pairs back tomorrow. I don't think it makes sense to spend that much for one night, when you have plenty of others already"
"But, why didn't you say anything before?" Ally asked. Why would her mother raise her hopes only to dash them again?
"It was one thing when we didn't know when or if you were getting the others back. But now we do." Sue explained. Having just spent thousands of dollars on an overseas trip, she thought it was a bit rich of Ally to expect her to spend this much for one night, when she already had a perfectly acceptable substitute at home.
"I don't even have that much money with me" Ally tried.
"You can borrow it from me now, provided you pay it back" Sue told her, sternly. "Now, would you like them or not?"
Ally fumed. $30 was a lot more to her than it was to her mother, and her allowance was pitifully low as it was. "I guess not" she slouched, dejected. She would just have to put up with what she had for one more night.
Chapter 5
"Ally, time to get up!" Sue called out to her the following morning. "It's almost 11:00. I know you're on holidays, but this is getting ridiculous!"
"Hmmff" Ally responded, still feeling half asleep. The excuse of jetlag was now starting to get a little thin, but she did enjoy sleeping in when she had the chance.
She pulled her blankets up to her chin, not wanting to get out into the cold weather. She rolled over, feeling her wet diaper squish between her legs. "Better get up", she thought to herself. Her mum would be quite annoyed if she knew that Ally was just lounging around in a wet diaper.
"Knock knock" came a voice from just outside her room. Ally turned around just in time to see Laura walk through the door. The smile on her face changed to a look of surprise.
"Uh, your mum let me in" Laura explained. "We planned to meet up again today, remember?" Ally rushed to cover herself with a blanket, only realising after doing so that it probably just drew more attention to her current state. She hadn't forgotten, but also hadn't expected Laura to just pop over without calling. After all, they hadn't confirmed a time.
Ally prayed Laura hadn't noticed her diaper, but wet as it was under the tight fitting pyjamas it would have been pretty hard to miss. The pyjamas themselves, though, were impossible to miss. "Uh listen, Laura, about these pyjamas" Ally spoke after a moment of stunned silence.
"They're OK" Laura shrugged. "I mean, Kate always wears one piece pyjamas, I was at a sleepover of hers a couple of months ago. And I think Joanne does too"
"These aren't really mine" Ally explained. She realised that Laura hadn't picked up on the back zipper, and was keen to leave that part out. "All of mine are in my luggage"
"Oh, is that it" Laura understood. "I didn't really think they were your style. Still, they're probably not a bad idea what with this weather. I guess they're a lot warmer than your usual ones"
"That they are" Ally agreed.
"Still, have you heard anything about the luggage?" Laura prompted, now that the subject had been brought up.
"It's arriving today, actually" Ally explained.
"That'll be a relief" Laura responded.
"Too right" Ally agreed. "I'm pretty much out of anything to wear. I mean, I've got a few outfits in the closet, but they're all either too cold for this weather or they're really uncomfortable for wearing around the house"
"Why not just keep your pyjamas on?" Laura asked. "I do that all the time when I'm not going out anywhere"
"Sounds like you're the sensible one, Laura" Sue said, hearing the commotion and coming into the room. "Ally's been giving me grief about those pyjamas ever since we got back"
"Like I said, I don't think they're that bad" Laura added. Ally stayed quiet.
"Hey Ally, you've got Netflix, right?" Laura asked. "How about watching the Star Wars movies again. I want to remind myself what happened before the new one comes out." Laura and Ally both loved Sci-Fi, and while Ally was certain Laura remembered every detail of the storylines, she would always find an excuse to watch them again. Laura had been doubly keen to watch movies with Ally ever since Sue had bought a movie projector, often saying that it was better than the cinemas.
"OK, but not the prequels" I insisted.
"Agreed" she replied. "Are you coming?"
"I'll get you girls some popcorn" Sue offered kindly. "It might spoil your lunch a little, but why not". With that, she left.
Ally was conflicted. She was eager to get out of her diaper, but couldn't see a way to make it happen without alerting Laura to the fact that she couldn't get her pyjamas off herself. And if she did alert Laura to that there was a good chance she'd notice the diaper as well. She decided to bide her time. Her diaper wasn't uncomfortably wet, after all, and she figured that once Laura was engrossed in the movie she could make an excuse about needing to use the bathroom and get her mum to let her out of the pyjamas.
Laura brought up the movie and settled into an armchair, while Ally took the couch. She kept her blanket wrapped over her, hoping it would disguise the bulge around her waist.
"Here you are girls" Sue said, bringing over both popcorn and soft drinks. "Enjoy. If you need me, I'll be outside in the garden"
Ally sipped her drink carefully, while Laura gulped hers down. She hadn't counted on her mother going outside, and didn't know how long it would take her to come back in. She shifted about, uncomfortably, wishing she had refused the soft drink. The pressure continued to build. "Well, I guess it's already wet, a little more won't hurt" Ally thought to herself, letting go. She felt the warm stream leak into her diaper and hoped that it would hold.
Ally couldn't imagine that her mother could take too much longer, but there was still no sign of her as the movie ended.
"Hey Ally, could you grab the remote" Laura asked.
"Can't you get it?" Ally asked, not wanting to expose herself further.
"Oh come on, it's right next to you" Laura sighed. Reluctantly, Ally climbed off the couch, trying to shield herself with the blanket as she retrieved the remote.
"Um, Ally, I don't quite know how to say this" Laura started, unsure of herself, "but do you think maybe you should change out of that diaper. It looks really wet"
Ally's face instantly went as red as a turnip. "You mean you knew?" she managed to ask.
"Well, yeah. It's pretty obvious. I mean, I didn't want to say anything" Laura replied. "But I figured you'd just make an excuse and go change."
"I couldn't" Ally decided to come clean. She showed Laura the zipper on the back. "You see, I can't get these pyjamas off by myself, and mum's been outside the whole time"
"Holy crap!" Laura laughed. "Did these come out of the discount bin or something. The zipper's on backwards"
"Actually they're designed that way" Ally said, sombrely. "They were for my cousin, Dylan. He's autistic, and they stopped him taking off his diapers in the middle of the night"
"And now they're stopping you from taking off your diaper" Laura commented, still laughing.
"It isn't funny!" Ally shot back.
"I'm sorry" Laura responded, genuinely. "I guess that's why you don't like them. Don't worry, though, your secret's safe with me"
"Thanks" Ally told her, relieved that the story wouldn't be spread around the school.
"Can I help with them?" Laura asked, kindly.
"I think you'd better" Ally told her. "I'm not sure how long mum's going to be"
Laura stepped behind Ally and pulled at the tab. "Wow, this isn't easy" she said, tugging at it. Eventually, though, she was able to get the tab off.
"There, how's that" Laura asked.
"You'll need to help me with the zipper as well" Ally asked, embarrassed.
"Sure thing" Laura pulled it down easily.
Relieved, Ally grabbed a pair of underwear before running for the toilet. She pulled off her pyjamas completely before carefully removing the now soaked diaper and changing into her underwear. Not having grabbed any other clothes from her room, she pulled her pyjamas back on and zipped them up as far as she could manage. She took the diaper in her right hand, careful not to let it leak anywhere, and kept her left on the pyjamas just below her neck, not wanting them to fall off. After disposing of the diaper in the trash she returned to Laura.
"Thanks" she managed.
"No problem" Laura replied. "Do you want me to zip you back up?"
"I guess you may as well" Ally decided, having no more to hide. Laura stepped behind Ally once again and pulled the zipper back to its full height before securing the tab. Although a little dismayed, Ally chose not to comment on the tab, keen to end that line of discussion.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Oct 6, 2016 at 3:28 AM
Content: Chapter 6
"Ding, dong" Ally heard the doorbell ring.
"Just a minute" she glanced around, nervously. Secured as she was in her one piece pyjamas there wasn't a chance in hell that she was going to answer the door herself.
"Laura" she called.
"In the toilet" Laura called back.
"Can you come here for a moment" Ally asked.
"You'll have to wait a minute" Laura replied.
"Damn", Ally thought, running to find her mother. "There you are" she called, finding Sue in the garden.
"What is it?" Sue asked, surprised Ally would even come outside dressed as she was.
"There's someone at the door" Ally informed her.
"Well, why didn't you answer it?" Sue replied.
"Not like this!" Ally countered. Sue followed her inside and opened the front door, Ally staying carefully out of sight.
"No-one here now" Sue commented. "But there is this". She pulled out a small card out of the door frame where it had been wedged. On the top was written 'Sorry we missed you' followed by 'Will attempt redelivery tomorrow'.
"Looks like a delivery" Sue reasoned. "Must have been your luggage, we're not expecting anything else"
"Damn" Ally cursed loudly.
"Well, why didn't you answer it" Sue was a little annoyed. Now they would have to wait home the entire day tomorrow for when the luggage was redelivered. "It's not like you would have ever seen the delivery guy again"
"Well, I didn't" Ally responded, defensively. "Anyway, it's my luggage, why are you the one who's annoyed?"
"I have to get ready" Sue stated, not wanting to get into an argument.
"Ready for what?" Ally asked.
"I'm going out with Nathan tonight, don't you remember?" Sue replied. Nathan was Sue's new boyfriend, who must have been anxious to catch up with her after a month away.
"No" Ally answered. "Does this mean that Kristy's coming over?" Kristy had babysat for Ally for many years, and was now completing her final year of University. While Ally did feel she was a little old for a babysitter, she nonetheless liked Kristy immensely and was keen to tell her all about the trip.
"I'm afraid Kristie's away for the week." Sue informed her. "But my friend Merideth suggested someone. Her cousin, actually, her name's Lorraine. She's retired from work and has plenty of experience. Merideth's arranged it with her and she's going to call me back any minute."
"But muuuuuum" Ally groaned, not keen on this development at all. "I'm too old for a babysitter anyway"
"You didn't seem to mind when you thought Kristy was coming over" Sue reminded her.
"That's different" Ally argued. "I like Kristy, she's like a friend"
"Well, I'm paying her to look after you, not so that you can have a friend over!" Sue commented. "But as it happens, I've been thinking about it and you might be right. I'm still not comfortable with you being alone until late at night, but at times when I'm not going to be back too late maybe you can try staying home on your own."
Ally was pleased. Before the trip her mother had refused all of her arguments about staying home alone. She was glad that Sue could see she was growing up.
"But Lorraine will be here today." Sue insisted. "I could be out 'till quite late, and it's already been arranged in any case".
Ally was disappointed at this, but didn't push the issue. She had extracted one concession out of her mother, which would be enough. Barely a moment later she heard Sue's phone ring.
"Well, speak of the devil" Sue said, looking at her phone. "That's her now."
Sue picked up the phone, allowing Ally to hear her end of the conversation. "Hello ... Yes, that's me ... That's right, for my daughter. Her name's Ally and she's just turned 13 ... Oh good ... Anything special? well, she still wears protection for her bedwetting"
"MUM" Ally interjected, annoyed. That was supposed to be private.
"Well, she needs to know" Sue told her, covering the mouthpiece. Ally disagreed with that assessment.
"Sorry, where was I" Sue said, back on the phone. "Yes, that's right ... No, she can handle it herself". Ally's ears burned. She could guess what that last question had been.
"She will need some help getting in and out of her pyjamas, though." Sue added, almost as an afterthought. "They're a bit unusual. But we can discuss it more when you get here. I have to leave here by six, so how about you come at 5:30. You can meet Ally and we can go over the details ... OK, perfect see you then." Sue hung up the phone.
"She'll be here at 5:30" Sue confirmed to Ally. "That's just an hour away, so I really had better get ready." With that, she left the room to change.
Ally returned to the living room to find Laura waiting for her. "Hey Laura, can you help me get these off" Ally asked. "I want to change into something else before this new babysitter, Lorraine gets here."
Laura grimaced. Although she was only a few months older than Ally, she hadn't had a babysitter herself in almost two years. Quite the opposite, in fact, her parents were pushing her to earn a little extra money by babysitting for kids herself. She did know that Kristy came over to look after Ally quite often, but was very surprised that Sue would arrange another sitter.
"I don't know, Ally, are you sure your mum's OK with you getting another set of clothes dirty when you'll only be wearing them for a couple of hours?" Her own mother detested unnecessary washing.
"LAURA" Ally shouted. Her friend had a perfectly reasonable point, but Ally was fed up with not being able to remove the pyjamas herself. "This isn't the first impression I want to make on her!"
"OK, OK, I'm just saying" Laura retreated, unzipping her. Ally promptly changed into one of the few outfits left in her closet.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Oct 14, 2016 at 5:21 AM
Content: Chapter 7
"Where on Earth is she?" Sue complained, as the clock edged towards 5:45. Laura had already left, and Sue didn't want to be late. 6:00 passed and then 6:15.
"I'll have to call and cancel" Sue decided, annoyed and disappointed.
"You could just leave me here alone" Ally offered. Before Sue could reply she heard a car coming up the driveway.
"That'll be her now". Sue stated the obvious.
"I'm so sorry I'm late" Lorraine apologised. "I couldn't get the car to start, and didn't even have any charge in my phone to call"
"Well, I had wanted to go through the details before I left" Sue chuffed.
"Don't worry about a thing" Lorraine said. "You go, we'll be fine"
"All right" Sue agreed, leaving. She wasn't keen on leaving Ally with this woman without having had a chance to speak to her first, but Merideth had vouched for her and after all, Ally was thirteen now and not a helpless infant.
"I'm Ally" Ally offered after Sue had left.
"I'm Mrs. Haines" her babysitter replied.
"Um, pleased to meet you." Ally was a little taken aback, having expected her to use her first name. "Well, if you need me, I'll be watching TV"
"Oh, I don't think so" Mrs. Haines replied. "I don't approve of too much screen time for kids. Why don't you help me in the kitchen instead? We can bake a cake for after dinner"
Ally smarted. Did this woman think she was five years old? "I'd really rather" she started, before being cut off.
"This isn't up for negotiation young lady" Mrs. Haines replied. Not wanting to get off to a bad start, Ally reluctantly agreed.
Despite her reluctance, Ally actually ended up quite enjoying herself, and Mrs. Haines even let her lick off the beaters. By the time she had finished, though, she'd gotten a sizeable amount of the cake mix over her arms and face.
"I think I might have a shower now" Ally decided after the cake had been placed in the oven to bake. "I'm covered!"
"That sounds like a good idea" Mrs. Haines agreed.
Ally stripped off for her shower, noticing that some of the cake mix had found its way onto her dress, despite the fact she'd worn an apron. Her mother would be very displeased, Ally realised, but then again she rarely wore that dress anyway. She finished showering and covered herself with a towel, but had barely stepped foot outside the bathroom when she noticed Mrs. Haines waiting for her.
"There you are, you forgot these" Mrs. Haines held up her pyjamas, still rolled up into a ball as they had been when Ally discarded them earlier.
"Uh, I think I'll change into them later" Ally decided.
"Well, you can't wear that dress again, it's covered." Mrs. Haines admonished. "And there's no point in getting another set of clothes dirty, it's after 7:00!"
She was right, of course, and Ally couldn't think of a reasonable objection.
"Now, your mother said on the phone that you'd need help with your pyjamas, but I'm not sure what she would have meant by that" Mrs. Haines said, unrolling the pyjamas.
"Oh, I see now" she said, holding them up and struggling to suppress a smile. "Well, I guess that's what your mum meant by unusual. Still, better get them on"
"It's not what you think" Ally tried to explain. "You see, the airline lost my luggage and it had all my pyjamas in it"
"And you just happened to have these ones lying around?" Mrs. Haines asked. It was a rhetorical question, as the older woman clearly didn't believe her.
"They belonged to my cousin" Ally explained.
"Then why do they have your name on the tag?" This wasn't going the way Ally had hoped.
"It was from a few years ago" Ally admitted, turning red. "Back then mum wanted to make sure I didn't take off my diaper at night"
"And she kept them all these years?" The tone of disbelief in Mrs. Haines voice was obvious.
"Look, I'm telling you the truth!" Ally insisted. "Call my mum if you don't believe me, she'll tell you!"
"OK, calm down" Mrs. Haines tried to defuse the situation. "Can we both agree that you need to wear them tonight?"
"Yes" Ally replied. "But"
"Then it really doesn't matter why, does it?" Mrs. Haines cut her off. "Now, is there any reason why you shouldn't change into them now?"
"I guess not" Ally replied. What must Mrs. Haines think of her?
"Good, then hop to it" Mrs. Haines insisted. Stepping back into the bathroom, Ally pulled the pyjamas on and did up the zipper as far as she could.
"Now let me get that" Mrs. Haines pulled the zipper up to its full height and carefully secured the tab behind Ally's back. "There, all done. Now, let's eat dinner"
By now it was very late for dinner, and Ally was starving. She wolfed down the chicken and vegetables Mrs. Haines laid out for her, before devouring a slice of the cake. Just as she was finishing, she heard the doorbell ring.
"Who could it be at this time?" Mrs. Haines asked, walking over to the door. Ally hung back, not wanting to be seen in her pyjamas.
"Yes?" Mrs. Haines prompted, opening the door.
"Pardon me, I just brought over a set my pyjamas for Ally to use. I thought she prefer to borrow these." Laura's voice came from the door.
"That's be great!" I said, walking towards the door, but Mrs. Haines large frame blocked my path.
"Well thank you for the kind offer, but Ally already has a perfectly good set of pyjamas" Mrs. Haines replied, talking over me.
"Oh, well, good night then" Laura replied. Mrs. Haines practically closed the door in her face.
"What did you say that for?" Ally was outraged.
"Because it's the truth" Mrs. Haines replied, calmly. "I don't know if you arranged that with her beforehand, but I'm not going to borrow clothes for you without your mother's permission"
"Listen here you bitch! I've played along so far but that's completely unfair. I want you to take these off right now!" Ally screamed, furiously.
"Don't you dare use that language with me" Mrs. Haines bellowed back. "Your mother will be hearing about this!"
"I'm sorry" Ally replied, realising she had gone too far and a little afraid of the much larger woman.
"If that's the attitude you're going to take, I think you should get ready for bed right now. I don't want to have this sort of argument trying to get your diaper on when it's bedtime" Mrs. Haines insisted.
Not for the first time this evening Ally's face turned a bright shade of red. "But it's not even eight o clock" she complained. "What if I need to use the bathroom afterwards?"
"Then all you need to do is ask politely" Mrs Haines told her. "Now, are you going to cooperate, or will I have to put it on you myself?" Ally couldn't tell if Mrs. Haines was bluffing or not.
"All right" she agreed, not wanting to risk it. Mrs. Haines led her by the hand into her room, undid the tab and pulled down the zipper.
"Now, I'm warning you, no funny business!" she said, threateningly. Ally pulled off her pyjamas and underwear and fastened on one of her diapers as Mrs. Haines waited outside.
"OK" she said to Mrs. Haines, pulling her pyjamas back on. Mrs. Haines stepped around her. She placed her hand inside Ally's pyjamas, feeling for her diaper.
"Hey!" Ally complained loudly, turning around.
"Just had to check" Mrs. Haines told her. "Now turn back around." Ally did as she was told and Mrs. Haines pulled up the zipper and secured the tab once again. Ally was frustrated. She hadn't worn a diaper, except to bed, for as long as she could remember. She considered simply going to bed now, but having gotten up so late she would never be able to sleep. Anyway, she felt that going to bed now would mark her as a naughty child, and she already felt enough like that.
"Can I just watch TV now?" Ally asked, wanting to be away from Mrs. Haines.
"I've already told you I don't support too much screen time." Mrs. Haines told her firmly. "But since you've been a good girl about getting your diaper on early, I'll make you a deal. If you clean up this mess of a room, I'll let you watch TV until bed"
Ally looked around. Her mother rarely insisted that she keep her room clean, preferring instead to simply shut the door and let Ally have her space. It seemed a monumental task thay lay before her. Still, it was something, she decided, and set about clearing the most obvious mess. It took her almost 45 minutes, but eventually the room met with Mrs. Haines' satisfaction, and Ally rushed to use her allotted TV time. Finding nothing good on TV she flicked to Netflix, where the final Star Wars movie she had started with Laura was still waiting. Sure that Laura wouldn't mind missing the end, she hit play.
Mrs. Haines stepped into the room in time to see the Ewok army dismantling what remained of the Imperial Stormtroopers. "What is that?" she asked.
"Star Wars" Ally said, pausing the film.
"And what's it rated?" Mrs. Haines insisted.
"PG" Ally answered, wondering why.
"And what does it say under PG?" Mrs. Haines asked.
"Parental guidance recommended for persons under 15 years" Ally read out, flicking expertly to the required screen.
"And are you a person under 15 years?" Mrs. Haines asked.
"Yes, but" Ally was interrupted.
"And am I your parent?"
"No, but" Ally was interrupted again.
"Then clearly I cannot provide parental guidance."
"That's ridiculous" Ally exclaimed. "I've seen it heaps of times before"
"When your mum's here, that's fine. But while I'm in charge, we'll follow the ratings" Mrs. Haines declared, taking the remote off Ally. She jumped back to the main menu, and loaded up the first cartoon she could find in the Kids section.
"There, try that instead" Mrs. Haines passed the remote back to Ally.
Ally fumed. First the pyjamas, then the diapers, now this. Did this woman think she was three instead of thirteen? The moment Mrs. Haines left the room she flicked back to Star Wars, watching with satisfaction as the rebel fleet began to advance.
Hearing the explosions and sounds of blaster fire, Mrs. Haines returned to the room. Ally wasn't quick enough to switch off the display.
"What did I say about that movie?" Mrs. Haines asked.
"But it's fine!" Ally insisted.
"I don't care whether you think it's fine or not, you disobeyed my explicit instruction." Ally had no clear response. "How would your mother punish you?"
"She wouldn't." Ally insisted. Aside from the fact that Sue would have no problem with her watching Star Wars, her mother rarely if ever had to punish her at all.
"Well, I don't believe that" Mrs. Haines insisted. "Come here." She pulled Ally up by the hand and half dragged her to the corner of the room.
"Now, I want you to stand in the corner until I tell you that you can stop. One minute per year of age usually does it, so I guess that's 12 minutes for you"
"13" Ally spat back without thinking, annoyed that Mrs. Haines would think her younger than she was. She regretted it immediately.
"13 minutes" Mrs. Haines clarified. "Now, legs together, hands on your head, facing the wall". Ally fumed. This was the sort of punishment you'd give a toddler.
She stood for a few minutes, her frustration building. "This is ridiculous" she spat back, turning around.
"Honestly, Ally, the way you're acting you'd think I was telling you to stand for 13 hours rather than 13 minutes." Mrs Haines was exasperated. "Now, face the wall - you've only got 13 minutes"
"That must have been at least five already!" Ally objected.
"It's 13 consecutive minutes, Ally" Mrs. Haines told her.
"Well, I'm not doing it." Ally spun around and went into her room. She slammed her door and picked up a book. She started reading to take her mind off Mrs. Haines, certain that her mother would support her when she returned. Before she had finished a single page, the power went out. Ally looked around, confused. Her room was pitch black, but looking out the window none of the other houses seemed to have any problem. She opened the door to find the rest of the house perfectly normal.
"Did you turn off my power?" She demanded of Mrs. Haines. She hadn't even realised that it was possible to turn off just one room.
"Yes, and I won't be turning it back on until you've done your 13 minutes" Mrs Haines informed her, calmly.
"Urgh!" Ally screamed, incensed that Mrs. Haines wouldn't just let it go. "All right, but I need to use the bathroom first. Undo the pyjamas"
"You can use the bathroom after your 13 minutes" Mrs. Haines wasn't going to compromise. "I have no doubt you can hold it that long"
Not finding any other option, Ally returned to the corner and stood in position. The time passed slowly, she felt she had been standing there forever. Surely 13 minutes must have gone by now? "Hasn't it been 13 minutes yet?" she demanded, turning around.
"That was 11 minutes" Mrs. Haines informed her. "Now you'll have to start again"
"Urgh!" Ally felt like giving up and returning to her room, with or without power, but she was becoming more and more desperate to use the toilet. Resigned, she turned back to face the wall, placing her hands back on her head. Having nothing else to think about, the pressure in her bladder seemed to grow and grow. Her hands tired from holding them on her head for so long, she shifted, moving them over her crotch in an attempt to make it easier to hold on.
"Start over" Mrs. Haines insisted, herself incredibly frustrated.
"What, I didn't say anything!" Ally complained, indignantly.
"You need to hold that position for 13 minutes." Mrs Haines restated. "Honestly, Ally, I look after toddlers who make this easier than you"
"But I REALLY need to go to the toilet" Ally insisted.
"Well, that's your own fault. You would have been done by now if you'd just stood still"
Ally turned back to the wall, placing her hands on her head. Holding them there seemed to increase the pressure on her bladder, but she had no alternative. She just hoped she could hold out long enough for this to be over. Her efforts proved futile. Barely five minutes later, she felt the warm stream enter her diaper. She pulled her hands back down on her crotch to try to stop the stream, but it continued unabated.
"Oh, Ally" Mrs. Haines sighed in frustration, not realising what had happened.
"This is all your fault" Ally cried, running back to her room, tears in her eyes. Realising now, Mrs. Haines followed.
"I take it you couldn't hold on" Mrs. Haines clarified, unnecessarily.
"It's all your fault!" Ally reiterated. "If you'd just let me use the toilet first, this would never have happened!"
"Ally, I only asked you to stand in the corner for 13 minutes. That was over an hour ago, and you still haven't managed it. You can't blame everyone else for your mistakes." Mrs. Haines was not at all apologetic.
"Anyway, you wear diapers to bed every night. You must be used to wet ones" Mrs. Haines added, unkindly.
"Undo these pyjamas right now, I need to change!" Ally spat back.
"I'd be glad to, as soon as you've done your 13 minutes". While Mrs. Haines felt sympathy for Ally's situation, she saw it as being entirely preventable. It would never have happened had the girl not made such a fuss about a simple punishment. Giving in now would send entirely the wrong message.
Not wanting to discuss the matter any further, and keen to change as soon as possible, Ally marched back to the corner of the living room and placed her hands on her head. She felt enormously uncomfortable as the diaper squished between her legs, cooling around her, but managed to hold her position for the 13 minutes she'd been allocated.
"There, that wasn't really so hard at all" Mrs. Haines commented, as if to rub it in. She undid Ally's pyjamas, and the girl ran to change into a dry diaper. Always thorough, Mrs. Haines made sure to zip Ally's pyjamas back up and secure the tab.
"Now, it's past time for you to go to bed" Mrs. Haines told Ally. "You can rest assured I will be telling your mother all about your behaviour tonight. I have no doubt she'll punish you herself, but as part of it I'll be asking her to set you 100 lines of 'I must respect my elders and obey my caregivers'. I hope that will reinforce the message." Ally didn't respond. She would find out her mother's reaction in the morning.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Nov 11, 2016 at 1:30 PM
Content: Thanks all, and sorry about the delay in updating. I've been terribly busy (work related), so haven't had the energy to move this forward too much. Sadly, that isn't likely to change any time soon, but feel free to BUMP if I'm letting this go for too long.
In the mean time, here's the next chapter:
Chapter 8
Ally woke early the following morning, pleased to find her diaper still dry. She got up to find her mother, eager to be released from her pyjamas, but also unsure as to what her mother's reaction would be.
"Uh, mum" she stumbled, finding her finishing up a coffee.
"Ally, I'm glad you're up. We need to talk about last night" Sue said. Ally tried but failed to read the tone in her voice.
"Mum it was horrible, she even made me wet my diaper!" Ally exclaimed.
"Lorraine's already told me all about it" Sue silenced her daughter. "And while I don't agree with everything that she did, I would have expected better from you as well"
"But mum!" Ally cried. This hadn't been her fault! "It all started because she wouldn't even let me watch Star Wars. She treated me like a little kid"
"Different families have different rules" Sue explained. "And since Lorraine didn't have a chance to talk to me beforehand, she thought it best to be safe rather than sorry. I would have thought you might have realised that and not kicked up such as fuss. Anyway, you've seen that movie so many times before"
Ally bristled, that wasn't the point.
"Then she made me stand in the corner for HOURS" Ally exaggerated. "She wouldn't even let me use the toilet"
"I heard about that too" Sue told her. "But she only asked you for 13 minutes, which you dragged on and on. And with the way you were behaving, I can understand why she thought you were faking needing to go to the toilet."
"I can't believe you're taking her side!" Ally exclaimed.
"I'm not taking her side" Sue replied, more gently. "Lorraine has apologised to me for her part in yesterday's events, and she knows that she won't be getting any further work from me". That was something, at least, Ally thought.
"But I'm trying to make you see that you're not blameless in this either. Nothing would've gone wrong if you'd just done as you were told." Sue reinforced.
"Nothing would've gone wrong if she hadn't been so unreasonable!" Ally exclaimed, not agreeing with her mother's line of thought one bit. "Did she tell you that even after everything that happened she still wanted me to write 100 lines for her!"
"Well, I'm disappointed in you. I had thought you might find it in yourself to apologise for your part" Sue continued. Ally bristled. "And as for the lines, yes, she did tell me. I told her no, of course, but given your reaction now I think it might be a good idea after all."
"WHAT?" Ally screeched.
"It's still early, you can do it before you get dressed for breakfast." Sue declared, in a tone that showed that this was not up for negotiation. "I might even send them off to Lorraine. Go on now."
Ally smarted. Her mother hadn't actually stated it, but the reference to getting dressed implied that she wasn't getting out of her pyjamas either until the task was done. She knew, though, that her mother wouldn't change her mind, and had nothing to gain by dragging it out. Dejected, she returned to her room and began to write as fast as she could. 'I must respect my elders and obey my caregivers', 'I must respect my elders and obey my caregivers', 'I must respect my elders and obey my caregivers', Arghh! this was the most frustrating thing she'd ever had to do. It took her about an hour, but eventually she presented the pages to her mother.
"There, happy now?" she asked, as annoyed as ever.
"Yes, that'll do nicely." Sue ignored her tone as she flipped through the pages, checking to see they were all there. Now, turn around and let's get that off. It's past time for breakfast. Relieved, Ally let her mother undo her pyjamas and changed into some more normal clothes.
"By the way, I'm going to meet Nathan again tonight" Sue declared later that day.
"OK" Ally agreed. Her bag had arrived a few hours earlier and little could dampen her mood because of it. Even the morning's events seemed almost trivial. "You're not getting Mrs. Haines back?" the dark thought crossed her mind.
"No, no" Sue reassured her. "But I have been thinking about what you said yesterday"
"You'll let me stay home on my own?" Ally was excited.
"No. After yesterday, I'm not sure that would be a good idea either." Ally was depressed, as much by the notion that her mother thought less of her as by anything else.
"No, but I remembered what you said about not minding Kristy because she was like a friend. Well, Laura's mum told me that Laura's been trying to find a job babysitting. We thought that she could stay with you"
"Mum!" I cried. That wasn't what she'd meant at all.
"What? I thought you'd be pleased" Sue was genuinely taken aback by Ally's reaction. "You did say you liked Kirsty because she was like a friend. Well, Laura's a friend"
"But she's the same age as me!" Ally exclaimed. "She can't be my babysitter"
"Well then, don't think of her as a babysitter" Sue told her. "Anyway, she's four months older than you and very mature"
"And I'm not mature?" Ally replied. Sue's platitudes didn't help.
"After yesterday, do you really want to ask me that?" Sue quipped. Ally had no answer for that. She was annoyed at her mum for arranging this without even thinking to ask her, but was even more annoyed at Laura for accepting.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Nov 20, 2016 at 12:52 PM
Content: Hi All,
I managed to get a bit of free time this weekend, so here's the next two chapters:
Chapter 9
Laura arrived promptly, displaying her usual jovial attitude. She seemed quite excited by the whole idea, although Ally of course was not.
"Now, are you sure you girls will be OK?" Sue asked, always the concerned parent.
"Yes, yes, of course" Laura chimed back, full of confidence. Still as annoyed as ever, Ally didn't say anything.
"What happened last night?" Laura asked after Sue had left. I tried to drop off some pyjamas for you, but that woman said you already had some. Did your luggage arrive at night or something?
"No" Ally replied, shortly.
"Then you didn't want to borrow them?" Laura pressed.
"That wasn't it" Ally replied.
"Then what?" Laura sounded confused.
"Look, Mrs. Haines made me wear the other ones. It was horrible all night, she treated me like a little kid. Even made me do corner time when I complained - 13 minutes!" Ally blurted out, not keen on Laura's constant questioning.
"Huh, you've got to give me the detail!" Laura pressed, smiling broadly. Under other circumstances Ally would have been chomping at the bit to complain to Laura about just how mean and unreasonable Mrs. Haines had been, but right now it felt to her more like complaining to one babysitter about another.
"I really don't want to talk about it anymore" Ally said, in a tone designed to shut down the conversation.
"OK, OK, but now that you've got your luggage back, you've got to show me everything from your trip!" Laura insisted, changing the subject. Laura was acting as if tonight was no different to any other time they spent together, which seemed to upset Ally even further.
"I'd rather watch TV, but take a look for yourself" Ally tossed the camera towards her nonchalantly.
"Oh, well, OK then" Laura replied, sounding hurt. Ally flicked through the various stations, not finding too much of interest.
"Come on Ally, don't you want to tell me what these were all about?" Laura asked. She was holding Ally's camera displaying the set of photos from the segment of the trip in Rome.
"Not really" Ally shot back, indifferently.
"Oh. Can you pass the remote then, maybe there's something better on that we'd both like?” Laura seemed to be ignoring the whole issue, which caused Ally's frustration to build further and further.
"Here" Ally replied curtly, not so much passing her the remote as throwing it. Laura was unprepared for the velocity of the flying remote, and it hit her squarely in the face.
"Oww, what did you do that for? Why are you acting like such a bitch all of a sudden?" Laura snapped.
"How could you just agree to be my babysitter like that?" Ally's temper had been pushed over the edge by Laura's words.
"What?" Laura responded, sounding genuinely confused.
"Don't give me that" Ally continued. "Mum told me that she was getting you to babysit for me after last night!"
Laura's began to grin as she tried hard to suppress a laugh. "Oh Ally, is that why you're so upset? I think you've got it all wrong."
"Well, what is it then?" Ally replied, still angry but now less sure of herself.
"You know how my mum has been trying to get me into babysitting?" Laura started. Ally nodded. Laura had told her of this several times before.
"Well, my biggest problem's been a lack of references. No one'll hire a babysitter my age without good references. So, my mum thought that perhaps I could spend the evening here and we could call it babysitting. That way, your mum could legitimately be a reference for me, and I can claim to have some experience as well. Your mum thought it was a good idea too. I mean, I know the idea was to tell anyone looking to hire me that I'd babysat for you, but I didn't think your mum would tell YOU that. That's all there is, I promise. It's not like I'm getting paid for it or anything."
Ally's anger turned to relief. This put the whole situation in a much more reasonable light.
"What, did you think I was really going to be babysitting you?" Laura asked, now laughing openly.
"Well, I guess I didn't know what to think. I'm sorry about the remote, by the way." Ally apologised.
"13 minutes in the corner!" Laura barked at her in jest, combining Mrs. Haines punishment with a passable impression of our strict Vice Principal, Mrs. Caplain. She pulled her watch from her wrist and exaggeratedly set the timer to 13 minutes, further absurdifying the situation.
"Yes sir" Ally saluted her, laughing along. Ally and Laura had always jokingly referred to Mrs. Caplain as Mrs. Captain between themselves, telling each other that her strict demeanour and uncompromising attitudes belonged more in the army than a school.
Ally marched to the corner, making a show of taking up the position Mrs. Haines had assigned her to. Laura laughed further.
"I'm going to take a shower here. I don't know if I'll have time after your mum gets back." Laura declared, leaving the room. "I'm glad we're still friends, though"
Ally continued to stand in the corner, contemplating her friendship with Laura and how she had almost ruined it over a simple misunderstanding. She was sorry she had thrown the remote at her, and immensely glad she had taken it all so well. She was tempted to run back to the TV, but was ashamed by her earlier actions and attitude. Even though the punishment Laura had assigned had been purely in jest, she nonetheless felt that shirking it would be wrong. Lost in thought and paralysed by indecision, she held her position.
"Beep beep". Laura had discarded her watch on the table before leaving for a shower, and the gentle but insistent beeping prompted her back to reality. She moved to turn it off, noticing Laura returning as she did so. She wasn't sure whether or not Laura had seen her standing there.
Chapter 10
"How did it go yesterday?" Sue asked Ally the following morning.
"Great" Ally replied honestly. The previous night had been enormous fun once Ally had found out the truth about the babysitting situation. To make things even better, it had been the first night she had been able to spend in regular pyjamas since she got back from Europe.
"Oh, I'm really glad to hear it. Nathan's keen to see me again tonight, so I thought we could do the same thing, if you didn't mind".
Three times in as many days, mum and Nathan must be getting pretty serious, Ally thought to herself.
"No, I don't mind" she replied. Why would she mind a night without adults around?
"Great, it's settled then. I'll call Nathan and tell him." Sue was pleased.
As arranged, Laura stopped in that night just as Sue had planned to leave.
"Ally, I've got some great news!" Laura exclaimed, unable to help herself.
"What is it?" Ally asked, excited for her friend.
"Well, I had an interview today with a Mrs. Spooner, a couple of blocks away. Looks like I've got a job babysitting her boys! I start tomorrow!" Excitement oozed off Laura.
"That's great!" Ally replied, genuinely happy for Laura. "You've got to tell me everything. Tell me how it went!"
"Well, I met the boys, they seemed nice enough. Dean's eight and Tommy's two." Laura started. "Then Mrs. Spooner asked me a bunch of questions. What would I do if such and such happened, that sort of thing. She seemed pretty pleased with the answers. But - and you'll love this, Ally - guess what really sold her on me? She told me that she was having all sorts of trouble with Tommy keeping his diapers on at night, apparently he keeps pulling them off. I told her that a girl I'd sat for had the same problem, that her parents bought her some back zip pyjamas and that they'd stopped her from doing it. They loved the idea! They didn't know they existed, said they'd buy them straight away!"
Ally didn't respond. She didn't at all like the idea of being talked about as a naughty child who couldn't keep her diapers on, even anonymously.
"What's the matter Ally? I thought you'd get a kick out of it" Laura asked.
"Nothing" Ally replied, not wanting to upset her friend. "I'm really happy for you."
The two girls played on Ally's PS4 for most of the night, pausing only to shower and eat.
"Hey Ally." Laura asked, unsure of herself. "I wasn't going to mention it, but there was one problem with the interview. After I'd told them all that about the diapers and the pyjamas. Well, naturally they assumed I knew how to change diapers."
"And don't you?" Ally asked, unable to comprehend this.
"Nope" Laura shook her head. "Never had to. Can you help me out? Please?"
"How?" Ally asked.
"Well, do you have a doll or something I can practice on? Can you show me how to get them on and off?" Laura queried.
"Nope, no dolls. I wouldn't have any doll sized diapers though even if I did." Ally told her.
"Shit, how am I going to learn by tomorrow?" Laura asked. "It'll be a disaster if I can't even get Tommy's diaper on". Ally thought about it. She wanted to help her friend if at all possible, but wasn't entirely sure how.
"I might have an idea. One sec" Ally answered, running to her room. Despite the cold weather, she changed into a pair of the lightest shorts she could find.
"I'll show you how they go on me." Ally offered.
"You sure?" Laura asked.
"It won't be so weird over the shorts." Ally agreed.
"OK, thanks heaps" Laura replied, relieved. Ally grabbed a diaper out of the closet.
"Now, it goes under the bottom like this" Ally instructed, sitting on the diaper. "Then pulls up like this. Then you pull the tapes over nice and tight. That's the hardest part. Too loose and it'll leak and you'll have a huge mess to clean up"
"Looks easy enough" Laura admitted.
"Maybe not with a fidgety two-year-old" Ally warned her.
"Hmm, you're right. Can I try?" Laura asked.
"Sure" Ally replied. She had gone this far, after all. She untaped the diaper from over her shorts, careful to put the tapes back safely. Laura pulled the diaper up gently and secured the tapes as she had seen Ally do.
"There, how's that?" Laura asked.
"Not bad for a beginner" Ally encouraged her. "It's a bit too loose, though, but that's probably because of the shorts underneath more than anything else"
"Is it really that different without them?" Laura asked again.
"It is a bit. How about if I put one on without them and you can do up the tapes?" Ally offered.
"You really don't mind?" Laura sounded grateful.
"It's for a good cause. Grab a fresh one, though, if you want it to go on right." Laura had seen where Ally grabbed the diaper and pulled one from the closet herself, handing it to Ally. Ally placed it underneath her bottom and pulled it up to its full height, leaving the tapes for Laura.
"There, give it a go" Ally prompted. Laura did as she was told, pulling the wings of the diaper forward and securing the tapes.
"You've done a good job" Ally encouraged, a little embarrassed to be sitting in front of her friend with nothing but her diaper below her waist.
"Thanks, Ally, you're a lifesaver" Laura told her. "One more thing, though. You know how I said they're getting Tommy some back zip pyjamas. I don't know if they'll have them by tomorrow, but I've got no idea how to get them on. I only saw yours once or twice, and that was just getting the zip up and down".
"Go on then" Ally agreed. She wasn't thrilled about the idea of wearing them again, but willing to do her part for her friend. Laura picked out the pyjamas from the closet, having seen them when she grabbed Ally's diaper.
"OK, how do these go on?" She asked. Ally thought about it. Well, with a toddler it'll probably be easier lying down. Start by getting his feet through the leg holes, then pull it up and get his arms through the sleeves, then turn him over and zip it up.
"Mind if I try?" Laura asked. Ally nodded her permission and lay down on the bed. Laura bunched up the pyjama legs and slid them over Ally's feet, pulling it up to her waist. Ally was actually a little relieved to have her diaper covered, and not on show for Laura to see.
"Umm, Ally, you'll need to take off your top" Laura said apologetically. Somehow, Ally had managed to completely forget about this. She hurriedly pulled off her jumper and T-Shirt. Feeling the cold almost immediately, she quickly offered forth her arms for Laura to pull the pyjamas over.
"OK, roll over" Laura instructed. Ally did as she was told, allowing her friend to zip her pyjamas up the back and secure the tab. The one piece pyjamas really were warm, she realised, more so than her regular ones or the clothes she'd been wearing. She stood up, examining Laura's efforts.
"Looks good" Ally encouraged. "Again, a squirming toddler might not be so easy, but you've done a good job with these"
"Thanks Ally. You sure they'll hold him?" Laura asked.
"If they can hold me, they'll hold him" Ally laughed.
"Great, and the diaper feels OK standing up? You don't think it'll leak?" Laura was starting to sound paranoid.
"I don't think so" Ally answered honestly.
"I guess with your recent hit rate we'll certainly know by morning" Laura teased.
"Maybe I'll change into a fresh one after you've gone." Ally laughed back. "Then you'll never know"
"Not with those pyjamas on you won't" Laura pointed out. "Maybe we should keep you in them, just to be sure?" Laura kept it up, expecting Ally to respond with mock indignation.
"Laura!" Ally didn't disappoint. "Come on now, you've had your fun"
"What fun? I'm going to watch some TV" Laura responded, intentionally oblivious. She left the room, obviously expecting Ally to follow.
"Oh, is that how you want to play it" Ally thought to herself. Two could play at that game. She remembered the diaper that Laura had used for practice and picked it up off the floor where Laura had discarded it. The tapes had lost their stickiness, but aside from that it was brand new. An idea formed in her head. She walked quietly to the bathroom and filled it almost to bursting point with water from the faucet, then returned to the living room.
"No need to worry, I got it all sorted out" Ally said, dropping the wet diaper in Laura's lap. Laura recoiled, arms flailing as she tried to get rid of it as quickly as possible. The look of disgust on her face turned to confusion as she noticed Ally was still wearing her pyjamas, and could not have removed her diaper even if she had wet it.
"Relax, Laura, it's only water" Ally chortled, tears of laughter streaming down her face. "You should have seen the look on your face!"
Laura wasn't impressed. "Look at what you made me do!" she screamed back, pointing to a broken glass on the floor. Ally hadn't noticed, but reasoned that she must have knocked it over while flailing about. Liquid pooled around the shards of glass.
"Oh, shit, Laura. I'm sorry. Do you think it'll stain?" Ally apologised.
"Not if I get it out quickly enough. Where do you keep your paper towels?" Laura asked. Ally pointed, and Laura quickly grabbed a roll and began blotting.
"Can I help?" Ally asked, leaning over her.
"There's no space" Laura responded, bumping into Ally's arm as she reached back to grab another length of towel.
"You sure?" Ally asked, feeling guilty at having caused the accident.
"I'm sure. Just give me some space here, Ally" Laura pleaded. Ally obeyed, and returned to her room so as not to interfere with Laura further. She lay on her bed, hoping the stain would come out. She definitely didn't want to explain to her mother how this had happened. Ally fidgeted with the tab on her pyjamas. She was keen to get out of them, but knew she couldn't interrupt Laura until she'd finished. Her efforts were once again unsuccessful, however, and she was soon forced to give up, throwing her head into her pillow with a sigh.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 3, 2017 at 10:59 AM
Content: Thanks for all the feedback. I'm sorry this part has taken so long, but now that I've finally bridged the gap between two parts of this story the next few chapters should come quickly.
Chapter 11
Ally woke with a start, noticing the light streaming in through her window. She had only intended to rest her eyes for a few minutes while Laura cleaned up, but must have nodded off completely.
"Oh good, you're awake" Sue observed, walking past Ally's room. Ally pulled her covers up to her chin. She didn't know if her mother had noticed that she'd slept with the back zip pyjamas on once again, but was keen to avoid explaining herself if she hadn't.
"I know I'm still technically on leave, but I'm going to have to run into work for a few hours today" Sue told her. "Laura said she'd stop past, so you might want to get dressed". Ally merely grunted in reply, not knowing what to say. Despite the now soaked diaper she was wearing, she resolved to wait for Laura to arrive rather than suffer the indignity of asking her mother to be release from her pyjamas once again.
Sue left a half hour later. She was a little miffed that Ally was still in bed, but decided not to make a big deal out of it. After all, if she didn't want to be up when Laura arrived that was her business. Upon seeing that her mother had left, Ally quickly jumped out of bed. Now that Sue had gone, Ally would have no choice but to wait for Laura to arrive before she could change into some fresh clothes. She hoped her friend wouldn't take too long.
Fortunately for Ally, Laura arrived less than 20 minutes later, giggling slightly when she saw Ally's attire. "Oh just hurry up and let me out of this" Ally chided, annoyed both that Laura had put her in these pyjamas last night and that she was now laughing about it.
"Sure thing" Laura replied, still trying to suppress a smile. "Looks like that diaper held after all" she observed, undoing the tab from Ally's pyjamas. "Wow, it's really soaked" she said, pulling the zipper down a little further than she needed to.
"Shut up, Laura" Ally shot back. Even though Laura knew all about Ally's bedwetting, she thought it was still a little mean of her to comment like that.
"Oh, lighten up" Laura responded. "And pop those pyjamas back on when you're finished, I've got a present for you". Ally didn't know what sort of present Laura had in mind that would require her to wear the pyjamas, but was nonetheless intrigued. She did as requested, replacing the diaper with clean underwear and zipping the pyjamas back up as far as she was able.
"This better not be some sort of practical joke" she warned Laura, as her friend pulled the zipper the remainder of the way up.
"No joke" Laura replied, "now close your eyes and hold out your hands". Ally did as she was instructed, still intrigued. She felt her friend slip something over her left hand, then her right.
"OK, you can open your eyes now" Laura offered. Ally looked down, surprised. Over each hand was a thick woollen mitten.
"Do you like them?" Laura asked. "I didn't get a chance to give you anything on your birthday, you were overseas, so I hope these make up for it. They're actually from the same company that makes those pyjamas - they're supposed to match. That's why I wanted you to wear them. I was looking up the pyjamas for Tommy and when I saw those mittens. I remembered how much you complain about the cold, and thought they'd be perfect for you!"
Ally examined them more closely, not sure what to say.
"Gee, they're pretty thick though" Laura observed, a little worried. "I don't think you'll be able to use your hands too well while wearing them"
"I think that's the idea" Ally observed
"What do you mean" Laura asked, confused.
"Um, you know these are special needs pyjamas" Ally thought she was stating the obvious. "I think these are supposed to stop you from using your hands. You know, hitting out or tearing at the pyjamas. You see those fasteners.
"Yeah?" Laura asked. To her they didn't seem all that different to the fasteners on any other pair of mittens.
"Try doing them up" Ally challenged. Laura did as she was asked, managing the task easily.
"Now, how do you think I'm supposed to get them off?" Ally held up her hands for emphasis. Laura stared at them closely. The fasteners looped around each wrist and were held in place with a fairly sturdy looking buckle. The excess strapping fed back into the mitten, making it impossible to hook around something or even grip with teeth. Laura realised that Ally was right. With the thick padding, Ally would not be able to manipulate her fingers to remove them.
"Geez, I'm sorry Ally" Laura apologised, sounding dejected. "I swear, that had all sorts of clothing on that website. I just assumed they were extra warm. Like maybe for poor circulation. Maybe I can send them back"
"No, don't" Ally told her, sad to hear the disappointment in Laura's voice. The mittens may have been a fairly lousy present, but it was the thought that counted, and Laura had clearly put a fair bit of thought into them. "They might not be designed for it, but if you just leave the fasteners undone they'll be easy to get on and off and really warm as well".
"Really?" Laura said, her voice lighting up. She realised that Ally was right, maybe they would be useful after all. She undid the mittens, allowing Ally to slip them off easily.
Ally led Laura into the living room and flicked on the TV, jumping around movies on Netflix. Her mother normally wouldn't approve of so much screen time, but since Sue wasn't there to have a say on the matter it seemed like a good idea. Ally had been tempted to ask Laura to remove her pyjamas again, but they were warmer and cosier than any of her other clothes on this freezing winter's day. Anyway, Laura already knew all about them, it wasn't like she had anything more to be embarrassed about. She fiddled with the mittens. Her justification to Laura had only been to assuage her friend's hurt feelings, but the more she wore them the more she relished the extra warmth and the more sense her explanation seemed to make. They slipped off very easily when unsecured, though, so Ally had taken to securing the left mitten, preventing it from falling off while leaving her right hand free to remove it as needed.
"I'm going to grab a drink, you want one?" Ally asked.
"No drinks on the carpet" Laura replied, firmly.
"Pardon?" Ally asked, surprised. This was, after all, her house and not Laura's.
"It's not my rule, it's your mum's" Laura explained, seeing the look on Ally's face. "She noticed that spill last night, and said we weren't to have any more drinks on the carpet. You can have it in the kitchen, of course". Ally made a face. She wanted to sip her drink while watching the movie, not to pause and gulp it down.
Just then Laura's phone rang.
"Hi Mum. Oh, OK. Sure. OK. Will do" Ally could only hear Laura's side of the conversation.
"That was my mum" Laura explained, hanging up the phone. "She wants me to run back home and put the washing out on the line. I'll only be a few minutes, wanna come?"
Ally thought about it. Normally she would have agreed readily, but she wouldn't be caught dead walking down the street in her current attire. Changing clothes seemed too much effort, so she politely declined. Laura stepped out the front door, leaving Ally to watch the movie alone. Still thirsty, she decided to grab a drink after all and carried it back to the TV. What Laura didn't know couldn't hurt her.
"Forgot my keys" Laura said jovially, stepping back into the room. Her smile turned to a frown as she noticed Ally with her drink.
"Come on, Ally" she said, taking the drink out of her friend's hand. "You know what your mum said"
"Oh, mum says those sort of things all the time" Ally replied, dismissively. "She was just a little annoyed last night that's all"
"That's easy for you to say" Laura retorted. "I'll be the one who’s in trouble, as I'm the one she told". Even if Ally wouldn't see the sense in her mother's request, Laura expected that her friend wouldn't want her to be the one to take the blame.
"Even better, then" Ally tried to lighten the mood. "I can have a drink, and you can be the one to get in trouble for it"
Laura's expression showed that she wasn't amused.
"Look, Laura" Ally started, not understanding why her friend was making such a big deal out of this. "If anything does spill - and it won't - you can always tell mum that you told me not to but that I had it while you were out. It's not like you'd have any way to stop me. Whatever I say now I can just grab it as soon as you leave"
"Actually, I certainly do have a way to stop you" Laura told Ally. Before Ally could even comprehend what she meant, Laura had reached for the fastener on her right mitten and firmly secured it.
Ally's face turned to outrage as she realised what had happened. "You can't do that!" she urged.
"Looks like I just did" Laura observed. "Now, are you going to behave while I'm gone, or would you rather wear those until I get back?"
"You can't blackmail me!" Ally shouted in anger.
"Suit yourself" Laura replied nonchalantly, stepping out of the living room and closing the door behind her. Ally tried to open the door to follow but her mittens prevented her from getting any grip, and she was unable to turn the handle. She tried to get around this by gripping the handle between her forearms, but gave up on the attempt as she heard the front door close as well. She wouldn't be able to follow Laura outside anyway.
Ally collapsed onto the couch, plotting her next move. She tried to bite at the mittens, using her teeth to undo the fasteners but that idea proved fruitless. In desperation she placed her left hand between her feet and tried to use them to pull the mitten off, but all she succeeded in doing was straining her arm. She kicked off her socks, trying to use her big toe to release the fastener, but this too proved futile.
Ally realised she was stuck. To add insult to injury the movie had finished, leaving a blinking screen waiting for her to select another title. With her mittens secured she was unable to operate the remote and was forced to sit idly and wait for Laura to return.
10 minutes passed, then 15. Ally paced backwards and forwards, unable to even leave the room thanks to her mittens. It was perhaps 20 minutes before she heard the front door open, signalling Laura's return.
"TAKE THESE OFF" Ally shouted at Laura the moment she stepped back in, punching her in the arm to emphasise her point. With the padding provided by the mittens Laura barely even felt the strike and chuckled softly, infuriating Ally even further.
"I MEAN IT, LAURA, TAKE THEM OFF NOW" Ally continued unabated.
"What, so you can hit me harder" Laura retorted, annoyed herself that Ally would think to strike her. "I'll take them off when you calm down and apologise for that!"
"You want ME to apologise?" Ally shot back. Laura sighed, realising there was no point in arguing with Ally in this state.
"Let's see how you feel in a little while" she said. She picked up the remote and flicked to the next title before leaving the room and closing the door firmly behind her. Ally fumed, her hands still firmly enclosed in the mittens. Having no other choice, she sat back down and devoted her full attention to the screen. She wasn't sure what title Laura had selected, but whatever it was it seemed to be intriguing. She felt her frustration ebb away gradually.
Laura gave Ally 15 minutes or so to calm down before coming back into the lounge. "Do you have something to say?" she asked, hoping not to provoke a confrontation.
"I'm sorry, Laura, I shouldn't have hit you" Ally admitted.
"And I shouldn't have forced you to wear those mittens either" Laura replied. The two girls hugged, in typical teenage fashion they were the best of friends once again. Laura undid Ally's mittens and slid them off. Ally ran to her bedroom and threw them into the back of her closet, keen not to have to wear them again.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 4, 2017 at 7:30 AM
Content: Thanks all! The mittens will definitely become important, but not for a little while. As promised:
Chapter 12
Sue sat at the kitchen table, sipping at a large mug of coffee. Her good friend Helen sat across the table chatting. Sue hadn't seen Helen since before the vacation, and she was keen to hear about the latest events in her life.
"And how's Zoe?" Sue asked. Zoe was Helen's only daughter. At 10, Zoe was two and a half years younger than Ally and so the two had never really been close friends. Nonetheless the two girls got along well enough. Each girl knew that the other still had bedwetting problems and Zoe looked up to Ally.
"Not terribly well, I'm afraid" Helen answered. "Some little terror at school found out that she still wets the bed and has been giving her hell about it. Now Zoe's refusing to wear her diapers at all! I just can't handle all the washing!"
A sense of déjà vu overcame Sue. This was exactly what she'd gone through with Ally!
"Ally had exactly the same problem when she was about Zoe's age!" Sue exclaimed. Neither girl would be at all pleased to hear their mothers discussing such private details, but Sue and Helen had been outlets for each other for many years. If anything, this shared challenge had kept them together as friends.
"Really?" Helen asked. "How did you deal with it?"
"Well" Sue chuckled, able to look back and laugh with the benefit of hindsight. "My sister gave me these pyjamas that zip up in the back. Ally couldn't get them off, so she couldn't take off her diapers either!"
"Did that really work?" Helen asked.
"Oh, beautifully" Sue confirmed. "I only had to use them once before she got the hint. As a matter of fact, I've still got them. Let me show you what they look like." Sue strode over to Ally's room and collected the pyjamas from her closet. She held them up for Helen to see.
"Well, they certainly look ... different" Helen wasn't quite sure how to describe them. And they go on and off easily enough?
"For the adult putting them on, very easy. For the kid wearing them - no chance. Ally still can't get them off herself." Sue explained.
"How do you know that?" Helen asked. Sue explained the recent mix up with the luggage to a much bemused Helen.
"You may as well see how they work" Sue offered, keen to help out her friend. "ALLY" she called out loudly, without waiting for Helen's reply.
"WHAT IS IT?" Ally shouted back from the lounge room.
"COME HERE" Sue called back. Ally did as she was told, not sure why she was being summoned.
"Ally, could you show Helen how these go on?" Sue asked politely. Ally's face went red. This wasn't something she particularly liked being showcased. "Just pull them on over your clothes"
"Oh Sue, she doesn't have to" Helen interjected, sensing Ally's embarrassment.
"Nonsense, she doesn't mind, do you Ally?" Sue replied. Her response was phrased as a question, but from her tone Ally could tell it was more of a command.
"No, it's fine" Ally replied, not wanting to sound like a petulant child by objecting and causing a scene. She tried to pull the pyjamas up over her pants, but the pants were too thick to allow it.
"Maybe get changed in your room?" Sue suggested, seeing the complication. Ally complied wordlessly and took the pyjamas into her room. She stripped down to her underwear and pulled on the pyjamas, zipping them up as far as she could manage. Ally returned to the kitchen gingerly. She told herself that she was just doing Helen a favour, but deep down she still felt a little foolish.
"Oh, good. Thanks Ally" Sue said, noticing her.
"Now, you just zip them up like this" Sue demonstrated, directing her instructions towards Helen. "And secure the tab like this"
While there was now no way that Ally could remove the pyjamas herself, she was actually pleased to have them zipped all the way up. The unzipped portion of the pyjamas had flapped against her back, giving her an irrational feeling of exposure.
"And they're comfortable?" Helen asked Ally.
"Yeah, I can't complain" Ally replied. The pyjamas were in fact extremely comfortable, but Ally didn't want to sound too enthusiastic about them.
"And you can't get out of them?" Helen asked the real question.
"No" Ally said. She moved her fingers around for the tab, demonstrating her reach. As before, she was barely able to brush her fingers against it, and certainly couldn't get a grip to release it or to undo the zipper.
"Do you mind if I try?" Helen asked, sounding interested.
"Sure" Ally shrugged. Helen undid the tab on the back of Ally's pyjamas and slid the zipper down a short distance. To complete her test she slid the zipper back up and secured the tab into position.
"Seems easy enough" Helen pronounced. "You know, it might be worth a shot!"
"You can have Ally's, if you like" Sue offered. "I don't think she'll be needing them again" Even though the comment was made in jest, Ally still blushed at the implication.
Helen chucked. "Thanks for the offer, but Zoe's a lot smaller than Ally. There's no way those would fit her."
Sue gave Helen the details of a place where she could order her own set of pyjamas before releasing Ally from her pyjamas. Helen left shortly after, leaving Ally to wonder how Zoe would react.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 5, 2017 at 5:08 AM
Content: Chapter 13
It wasn't until the following Thursday that Sue saw Helen again, during which time Ally had started back at school. While she'd greatly enjoyed the holiday, she was also happy to get back into something approaching a normal routine.
"How did it go with Zoe?" Sue asked, eager for an update.
"Terribly, I'm afraid" Helen replied, despondently. "I bought the pyjamas as you suggested, but she outright refused to wear them. I tried bribing her, punishing her, but there was simply no way she was going to let me put them on".
"Hmm, I never ran into that one with Ally" Sue replied honestly. "Really just the threat of it was enough to get her to behave; I never had to force the issue."
"Well it was worth a try." Helen replied. "I guess all I'm out is a pair of pyjamas".
"Maybe not" Sue replied, another idea coming to mind. "What if we have Zoe over for a sleepover and Ally wears hers as well? Maybe if Zoe sees Ally wearing them she won't have such a strong objection."
"Well, actually that sounds like a great idea" Helen replied. "But will Ally go for it?"
"Oh, I'm sure she will" Sue replied confidently.
Sue waited until Ally returned home from school before telling her about her plan.
"You want me to do WHAT?" Ally was startled.
"Calm down Ally" Sue replied, "It's only for one night, and you've been wearing them so often anyway."
"It's not the same thing!" Ally replied. "I didn't have anyone else over!"
"You had Laura over" Sue pointed out. "Anyway, you'll be doing Zoe a favour. I've already told Helen she can come, please tell me I don't have to call and cancel."
"I guess it'll be OK" Ally accepted, far from thrilled with the plan. She wasn't really sure how much of a choice she had in the matter.
"Great then, it's settled" Sue confirmed.
Helen and Zoe arrived around 7:00 the following evening, just in time for the four of them to share a late dinner. Helen and Sue conversed easily, but Zoe and Ally quickly excused themselves to play on Ally's Nintendo. Zoe picked the game, Mario Kart, which she'd obviously had quite a bit of experience at. Despite the fact that she was two and a half years older, Ally found herself struggling to hold her own and only managed to win three of their seven races. Zoe beamed as her character pulled past Ally’s just before the finishing line, winning the final decider.
"Haha, I won!" Zoe gloated.
"Rematch!" Ally declared.
"Not now, girls" Sue interjected. "It's time for you two to get ready for bed."
Ally knew that was code for 'change into your diaper and put your pyjamas on' and she knew better than to argue, particularly in front of Helen and Zoe. She'd already showered before Zoe arrived, so ran into her room, stripped down and taped on her diaper. She pulled her back zip pyjamas on and zipped them up as far as she was able before returning to the lounge. Zoe stared at her as Sue finished zipping up the pyjamas and securing the tab, taking in her attire. Ally wasn't sure whether Helen had remained silent about the pyjamas, or if Zoe was just surprised to actually see her wearing them.
"Your turn, Zoe" Helen declared. Doubt was evident in Zoe's face, and for a moment Ally thought she was going to refuse outright, but eventually she relented. Helen led Zoe into Ally's room and the two emerged a few moments later. Zoe's pyjamas were identical to Ally's but for the colour. Where Ally's were striped in green and white, Zoe's featured pink and white. Even though she'd had no input into the colour selection, Ally decided she preferred the green.
Zoe scratched at the top of the pyjamas as she followed Helen out. While she must have thought she was being surreptitious, it was clear she was trying to find the release to the tab. Ally knew that she'd have no success on that front.
"You're not going to laugh at me?" Zoe asked, half hiding behind her mother.
"That'd be pretty silly when I’m wearing the same pyjamas" Ally replied, sensibly.
"OK, time for bed" Sue declared. Zoe followed Ally into her room as Helen bid her goodbyes. Sue had set up a camping mattress on the floor with a spare duvet, which Zoe jumped onto. Ally took her own bed as Sue said goodnight and closed the door behind them. Unsurprisingly, the two girls were too hyped up to get to sleep easily. Ally found her iPad, which she had left in her room after returning from school. Sue didn't approve of electronics after bedtime, and Ally wasn't sure if she would made an exception for tonight or whether she'd just forgotten about the iPad. The two girls sat on Ally's bed, jumping somewhat randomly through YouTube videos. Ally kept the iPad volume on low, hoping that Sue wouldn't hear them.
The two chuckled loudly after bringing up a particularly hilarious cat video. They tried to cover their mouths, but Sue had clearly heard.
"OK girls, lights out" Sue announced, opening the bedroom door. She wasn't angry, but nonetheless took the iPad from Ally's hands. Ally did as instructed and lay down on the bed. From the floor beside her she could hear Zoe struggling with her pyjamas.
"You won't get out of them, you know" Ally informed her, the noise starting to become an irritation. Zoe sighed, realising Ally was right.
"I can't believe mum would do this!" Zoe complained.
"They're not that bad" Ally tried to comfort Zoe. "After all, they're warm and comfortable"
"And you can't take them off!" Zoe explained her grievance.
"Well, yeah, but it's not like you need to at night. Unless, you know, you're trying to take off your diaper - which is kinda the point." Ally explained pragmatically.
"It's not like I even need diapers!" Zoe shot back, now getting to the root of the grievance. "I hardly ever wet the bed!"
"Well, even if it's only sometimes, it's still a lot of washing that has to get done, and the mattress still stinks." Ally observed. "I'd rather wake up in a diaper than a wet bed"
"I'd rather not wake up wet at all" Zoe complained, ending the conversation. Ally didn't say it, but she was quite glad that Zoe was wearing her diaper and pyjamas - she didn't need her carpet to be smelling of pee.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 5, 2017 at 12:44 PM
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blablafreckenlover said:
You have an extra quotation mark at the very end. Now that I've noticed it I can't unsee it.
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Fixed, thanks for the pickup!
Also I kinda think Ally went along with this plan a little too well. She had objections to her mother sort of forcing her to do this. I'm wondering why she didn't spill the beans to Zoe as soon as they were alone together about what Helen and Sue were trying to do. If she didn't want to do it, then that would be the perfect spiteful way to make sure the plan fails. But I also want to see Ally and Zoe have hijinks in their pjs though so it's something I can deal with for it if that's the end result.
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Ally wasn't thrilled with the idea, but she didn't hate it or else she would've put up much more of a fight. Certainly not enough to do something that mean! And she remembers going through that stage herself and does want to help. At least, that's how I see Ally's thought processes right now.
And there's more coming with Ally and Zoe in the next few chapters, after which we'll be returning to them a bit later by which time the nature of the relationship will have changed considerably...
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 6, 2017 at 5:46 AM
Content: Chapter 14
The girls woke late the following morning, having had fairly little sleep.
"Come on girls, breakfast's ready!" Sue said, coming into Ally's room.
"We still need to get dressed" Ally replied.
"Are either of you wet?" Sue asked. Both girls shook their heads, with Ally blushing a little.
"Then let's eat first, before it gets cold". Sue had cooked bacon and eggs, which Ally and Zoe devoured eagerly. They looked a bit silly in their pyjamas, Ally reflected, but the bacon and eggs was too good to pass up.
* DING DONG * Ally froze momentarily as she heard the doorbell ring, before realising it would only be Helen here to pick up Zoe. Sue let Helen in.
"You girls are up late!" Helen commented upon seeing their attire. Neither Ally nor Zoe responded.
Sue and Helen unzipped their daughters' pyjamas once they'd finished, leaving them to get dressed.
"We must have Ally over at our house soon" Helen commented politely.
"How about tomorrow night?" Zoe replied, eagerly. Helen thought about it. Normally she wouldn't like two sleepovers in as many days, but she realised that it might help establish a pattern to convince Zoe to wear her pyjamas.
"Well, only if it's OK with you, Sue." Helen replied.
"Fine by me" Sue approved. "I'm going out tomorrow night anyway."
"It's settled, then" Helen declared. Ally realised she was the only one who hadn't had any input into the conversation, but decided against objecting. For one thing, she didn't want to upset Zoe, but she'd also quite enjoyed the night.
Sue dropped Ally off at Helen's early that evening and didn't linger, she had her own plans for the night. Ally fired up Zoe's Nintendo, keen to improve upon her performance the previous night. Much to Zoe's dismay, Ally managed to win five of their seven races, causing Zoe to throw down her controller in disgust.
"OK girls, I think it's time for bed" Helen interjected, hearing the sound of the controller being thrown. "And don't throw that, it's very expensive!"
It was not yet 9PM, but Helen reasoned from her daughter's behaviour that she must be overtired. She presumed the girls had had very little sleep last night, so an early night tonight might be a good idea.
"Oh mum, not yet!" Zoe objected.
"I mean it, Zoe" Helen said in a no-nonsense tone of voice. Zoe huffed, disappointed. Ally complied first, changing into her diaper and pulling on her pyjamas. Helen zipped Ally’s pyjamas up, which felt a little strange to Ally. After all, she didn't really know Helen all that well.
"Your turn" Helen declared to Zoe. Zoe had agreed easily enough the previous night, but now in her own home she was less cooperative.
"I don't want to wear them!" she declared angrily.
"Come on Zoe, you don't want me to be the only one, do you?" Ally asked, trying to defuse the situation. Zoe hesitated for a moment, seeming to relent.
"One more game, then I'll put them on" she offered.
"You promise?" Helen asked.
"Promise." Zoe declared. Helen wouldn't normally have given in to that sort of blackmail, but right now it seemed easier than getting into an almighty argument. She only hoped Zoe would keep her promise.
Zoe flicked the game back on, now keen for a rematch. Ally picked up her own controller, feeling just a little uncomfortable to be stuck in her diaper and pyjamas while Zoe sat next to her in her regular clothes. Zoe had selected a Grand Prix event, which stretched the definition of one more game, but Ally didn't say anything. The two were neck and neck until the final race. Realising that Zoe would demand yet another match if she lost, Ally intentionally swerved off the track in the final lap, allowing Zoe to overtake her.
"I won!" Zoe declared proudly, having no idea Ally had let her win.
"OK, DEFINITELY time for bed now" Helen said emphatically. Coming off the high of victory, Zoe put on her diaper and let her mother secure her pyjamas as promised and the three of them headed into Zoe's room.
Ally hadn't seen the room before, and was a little surprised by what she found. Zoe's large double bed sat in the corner of the room, half covered in plushies. Realising that they would be sharing the bed Ally hopped in, pushing the toys aside as she did. Zoe followed her right in after. Rather than leaving the girls alone, however, Helen pulled a chair to the side of the bed and took out a book - A Series of Unfortunate Events - and began reading. Ally was surprised, her own mother had quit reading to her well before she was Zoe's age, but Zoe seemed to enjoy it. Ally lay back, imagining the events in the book to Helen's soothing voice. She sensed Zoe starting to snooze beside her. Up until now, Ally hadn't realised quite how tired she was, and she fell asleep herself shortly after. Realising that both girls were asleep, Helen put down the book and quietly left the room.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 8, 2017 at 5:15 AM
Content: Thanks all, I really appreciate the kind comments!
I would like to read more about Helen and Zoe
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That's definitely coming!
Perhaps Zoe and Ally have a slumber party and are babysat by Laura
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I love this idea - will tweak to incorporate.
FeliDaKitten said:
As great as this story is (and it is!) Try not to burn out writing too much, too fast
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Thanks, I haven't actually been writing them at this speed - I've largely written the story in two separate sections, what's been missing over the last few months is some of the bridging chapters. So I've currently got up to chapter 30 written, with some tweaking / filling in / editing required. After that, I'm not sure. I know where I want to go next with it, but it's a matter of finding time and things will definitely slow down again.
PuppyDog said:
Awww! That was soooo adorable!. Hopefully this prompts both moms to baby them more.
Not to an unreasonable degree or anything, but a diaper change would be so cute!.
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Without wanting to give too much away, that will definitely happen, but not for a little while.
Here's the next part:
Chapter 15
"Wake up sleepyheads!" Helen called, coming into Zoe's bedroom the following morning. Ally groaned.
"Did either of you have an accident last night?" Helen asked
"I'm dry!" Zoe proclaimed proudly. Ally blushed. Her diaper was more than a little wet and she certainly wasn't used to discussing it so openly.
"That's OK Ally" Helen said, noticing Ally's red face and reluctance to respond. "Do you need any help cleaning up?"
"No" Ally replied simply, her face turning even redder. Helen unzipped Ally's sleeper and she ran to the bathroom to change. Helen repeated the process with Zoe's sleeper, and both girls switched into normal daytime attire. The two girls ate a fairly standard breakfast of cereal and toast before Sue arrived to collect Ally.
"That was fun" Zoe commented. "You've got to come over again soon."
"You're welcome anytime" Helen confirmed.
"Uh huh, sometime soon." Ally answered, noncommittally.
"How about Friday?" Sue offered. "I've got a late night conference call scheduled with customers in three different time zones. I could be working well into the night, so it would actually be really helpful if you could take Ally."
Ally wasn't keen on being talked about as if she were a child in need of a babysitter, but Sue's words were directed to Helen, not to her.
"We'd be happy to take Ally" Helen agreed.
The week proceeded rather uneventfully. Ally quite liked all of her teachers, and felt she'd made rather a good start to the new school year. Friday came around almost before Ally realised it. It had been decided that Helen would pick Ally up from school so that Sue wouldn't need to leave work before her meeting. Ally had packed her pyjamas and diaper in her school bag, which thankfully hadn't been noticed by anyone at school. She spotted Helen's car waiting for her as she left the school grounds and hurried over to meet her. She was surprised, however, to find that Zoe wasn't in there.
"Where's Zoe?" Ally asked.
"Her dad's going to be away on business for a couple of weeks, so he wanted to take Zoe this weekend instead of next." Helen explained. Ally knew that Zoe's father usually took her on alternate weekends, ever since he had split from Helen.
"Oh" Ally said. "You didn't say anything."
"He only told me about it yesterday, apparently it was quite last minute." Helen elaborated. "I would have cancelled, but I didn't want your mum to have to arrange something else at the last minute when she'll be working"
"I could have just stayed home on my own" Ally protested. In truth, Sue probably wouldn't have allowed this, but she didn't want Helen to know that.
"Maybe" Helen said. "But I'm sure she would have been worried about you. Tonight's important for her, she doesn't need any distractions." Ally understood, and resolved not to discuss the issue further.
"Zoe was very disappointed to miss tonight, she asked if you could come over next Friday as well" Helen requested.
"I guess" Ally replied, not wanting to get the evening off to a bad start.
"Hey, if Zoe's not here does that mean I don't have to wear those pyjamas?" Ally asked. Helen chuckled, surprised that Ally would ask for her permission.
"Of course you don't have to" Helen confirmed. "But did you bring any others?"
"No" Ally replied. Of course she hadn't had any reason to.
"Well, I suppose we could stop past your house. Do you have a key with you?"
"No" Ally replied again. Sue didn't like her taking keys to school when she wouldn't need them, just in case they got lost.
"Well then, I guess that's that" Helen told her. Ally was disappointed. Wearing the back zip pyjamas for Zoe's benefit wasn't so bad, but wearing them when she was alone with Helen would make her feel very childish.
They arrived back at Helen's, and Ally flicked on Zoe's Nintendo. Zoe's selection of games was limited, however, and mostly designed for younger children. Playing them with Zoe might have been fun, but playing them alone lost its appeal very quickly. Ally wandered out into the kitchen, looking for something else to do.
"Bored already?" Helen commented. "Why don't you get your homework done?"
Ally made a face. Friday night was meant for relaxing; she never started her homework until Saturday.
"All right, all right" Helen said, laughing at Ally's expression. "Tell you what, why don't you help me with dinner?"
That didn't sound like the most enjoyable way to spend a Friday night, but Ally had nothing better to do and didn't want to say no in any case. Helen was cooking stir-fry and Ally asked what she might do to help. Even though she didn't have a lot of experience cooking Ally was a bit put out at being assigned tasks like slicing the vegetables with a butter knife, that might normally be allocated to a much younger child.
"Now can you bring me the sauce?" Helen motioned. Ally picked up the pot of sauce, which Helen had left sitting on the far benchtop. She carried it carefully towards Helen, but her feet slipped on the recently polished floor. Ally reached out to steady herself, managing to avoid a fall. She stared down at the school dress she was wearing, half afraid to look. A sizeable amount of sauce had spilt over the top of the pot and was now running down her dress. Helen noticed only a moment later.
"Quick, get that off, I'll have to soak it before it stains." Helen proclaimed. "Run and have a shower, then get changed."
Pushed on by Helen's frantic tone, Ally did as she was told and ran to the bathroom. She left her clothes outside the bathroom door and took a long, hot shower, composing herself as best she could. Wrapping herself in a towel, she opened the bathroom door. Helen had thrown her underwear and dress into the wash. Only then did Ally remember that she hadn't packed a change of clothes as fitting them into her schoolbag would have been too difficult. She had planned to put her uniform back on for the trip home and change in the morning once she arrived.
With that no longer an option, she rushed into Zoe's room. She thought about her options but could only come up with one, so despite the fact that it wasn't even 6:00 she dug her pyjamas out of her bag. Without even a spare pair of underwear, Ally had no choice but to tape on her diaper before pulling on the pyjamas and returning to the kitchen. By now Helen had finished preparing the stir fry.
"Wouldn't you rather change into some normal clothes? It's not that late yet" Helen asked.
"I forgot to bring any" Ally said, apologetically.
"Oh, well. In that case, nothing wrong with getting your pyjamas on early. They're probably more comfortable anyway!" Helen replied kindly, trying to lift Ally's spirits.
"I guess" Ally replied, unconvinced. She didn't know if Helen had noticed the diaper, but hoped that she hadn't.
"Would you like me to zip you up?" Helen offered. Ally simply nodded as Helen pulled the zipper to its full height.
"I know, how about we make some cookies for desert, that'll cheer you up!" Helen offered enthusiastically. Ally doubted it, but appreciated the sentiment. Helen prepared the dough and Ally began to knead it, adding a healthy supply of chocolate chips to the mix. She felt a little silly baking cookies in her pyjamas, but quickly forgot about it and began to enjoy the task. Helen had been right, she realised. They placed the dough into the oven and began to eat dinner as the cookies baked.
"Careful now Ally" Helen admonished as she placed the bowl of stir-fry in front of Ally. "You don't have anything else to wear, so don't spill any on your pyjamas!"
"I won't" Ally promised.
"Let's just be sure" Helen stated, remembering how clumsy Ally had been with the sauce. She took a cloth from the linen press and tucked it underneath Ally's chin, into the neckline of the pyjamas forming a bib. Ally turned a little red, but couldn't reasonably object after the earlier incident. She finished her meal, careful to avoid spilling any.
"There, all done" Ally declared. Helen walked up to Ally and grasped at the cloth. Rather than simply removing it, however, she rubbed it against Ally's lips and around her face, collecting sauce.
"There, much better" Helen commented. Ally knew she was a messy eater but blushed further at this.
Ally polished off most of the cookies before returning to the Nintendo. She flicked through games, trying to find one she might like.
"Would you like me to play that with you?" Helen offered. Ally nodded, surprised. Her own mother never liked to play on the Nintendo.
"How about Wii Sports, I know that one" Helen suggested. They picked the Tennis game and each took a controller. Ally felt strange wearing her diaper while playing, as it made it just that little bit more difficult to move, but she greatly enjoyed the game. Helen might have known Wii sports, but Ally was far more experienced and won easily.
"I think it's time for bed" Helen declared, as she lost the final round.
"It's only 8:30!" Ally protested. That was far too early for bed on a Friday night.
"I know, but I've still got work to do." Helen declared. As a writer, Helen had a great deal of flexibility as to when she worked, but still had to meet deadlines.
"You can do your work, I won't interrupt" Ally promised.
"No, Ally, it's time for bed." Helen said, firmly. While Ally was certainly old enough not to need constant supervision, she was also likely to make too much noise for Helen to concentrate.
"All right" Ally relented, realising that Helen had done both her and her mother a big favour by taking her for the night. "Can I use the bathroom first?"
"Of course, Ally, you don't need to ask" Helen replied.
"Actually, I kinda do" Ally admitted, pointing to the zipper on the back of the pyjamas. Helen chucked, realising her mistake, and unzipped Ally's pyjamas. Ally carefully untaped her diaper before using the bathroom. The diaper featured a large landing zone, allowing her to retape it easily. She grabbed her iPad from her school bag and headed back to Helen.
"Does your mum let you use your iPad in bed?" Helen asked, zipping up Ally's pyjamas.
"No" Ally admitted.
"Then you'd best hand it over" Helen insisted. Seeing the reluctance on Ally's face, Helen made an offer. "I'll tell you what, if you'd like I'll read you the next part of that story we started last week."
"OK" Ally agreed. While she felt a little old to be read to, she had nonetheless enjoyed the experience the previous week and didn't want to reject Helen's offer either. Ally hopped into Zoe's bed as Helen pulled out the book. Helen spoke in quite an animated voice, and managed to make the story sound quite exciting. Ally found herself enjoying it despite herself.
"Good night Ally" Helen said, finishing the chapter. Ally fell asleep shortly after.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 10, 2017 at 4:42 AM
Content: A short one this time:
Chapter 16
Ally woke early the following morning, having had such an early night the night before. While she wanted to get the day started, she also didn't want to wake Helen who had been working until quite late. She resolved to stay in Zoe's room until Helen got up. Briefly she considered doing her homework, but it all required the use of her iPad. Helen hadn't let her keep it in the room, and going out to find it would undoubtedly wake Helen. Ally found a colouring book and pencils that Zoe had discarded on her bedside table, and decided to kill time by finishing one of the sheets. She carefully worked her pencils up to the edges of the lines, and didn't even notice Helen as she came up to the doorway.
"Uh, how long have you been standing there?" Ally asked.
"Not long" Helen replied, walking up to Ally. "You've done very well" she offered, looking down at the book.
"I was just killing time" Ally stammered, embarrassed at having been caught in such a childish pursuit.
"I know, I'm only teasing" Helen replied. "Any accidents last night?" Helen continued. Ally shook her head, embarrassed at how directly Helen was addressing the issue. She headed for the laundry to find her clothes. Unfortunately, Helen didn't have an electric dryer, and while she had hung Ally's uniform up to dry it was still much too wet to wear.
"Sorry, Ally, but you'll have to keep those on after all" Helen said, rubbing her hand against the uniform. Ally was disappointed, but realised there was no other option.
"OK, but I'd like to use the bathroom" Ally requested. Helen unzipped the pyjamas and Ally headed to the bathroom, taping her diaper back on as she left. Helen once again zipped up the pyjamas and poured Ally a bowl of cereal along with a big glass of orange juice for breakfast. Sue arrived part way through breakfast.
"Oh, you're not dressed yet" Sue commented, surprised.
"I spilt sauce on my uniform and Helen washed it, so I don't have anything else to wear" Ally admitted.
"Well, you'll just have to get changed at home then" Sue replied. Ally followed her into the car, waving goodbye to Helen.
"This isn't the way home" Ally observed.
"We have to stop past my office on the way back" Sue replied. "It was so late last night that I left some important documents there, which I'll need to work on over the weekend."
"Can't you go back later?" Ally complained, not wanting to be stuck in the pyjamas for any longer than necessary.
"No, I can't" Sue responded, a little frustrated. "I've got a ton of work to do as it is, it's not my fault you spilt food all over your uniform!"
Not wanting to provoke her mother further, Ally didn't respond. The trip to Sue's office took almost 45 minutes and she slouched down in her seat the entire way, hoping that no-one she knew pulled up beside them. By the time they arrived Ally was ready to use the bathroom again, but there was no way she was going to follow Sue into the office dressed as she was. She resolved to wait, hoping her mother would be quick. 10 minutes passed, then 20. By now the effects of the orange juice were starting to make themselves known and Ally crossed her legs in an attempt to squeeze shut her bladder. She realised that it was hopeless. Even if she held on until Sue returned, she wouldn't last the entire trip back and even if she made a bee-line for the toilets in the office she wouldn't be able to get her pyjamas off to use them. Left with no other alternative she released the contents of her bladder into the diaper, glad to be rid of the pressure even as she felt the warmth pool around her legs.
It was another 15 minutes before Sue made it back. She apologised, having been caught in a discussion with a colleague relating to the previous night's meeting. By the time they made it back home Ally's diaper was cool and soggy, feeling much like it did when she woke up wet in the morning. Ally ran into the house quickly, praying none of the neighbours would see her.
"Could you unzip me?" Ally asked.
"Sure" Sue complied. If she noticed the condition of Ally's diaper, she didn't say anything.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 12, 2017 at 1:33 PM
Content: Another short chapter:
Chapter 17
Sue dropped Ally off the following Friday, much to Zoe's delight. Zoe flicked on the Nintendo and the two played up until dinner time.
"OK girls, you'll have to get ready for bed soon" Helen declared after the girls had finished dinner. "I've got a lot of work to get done."
"Ohhhh" Zoe sighed. "Can't we stay up for a while longer? It's a sleepover!"
"What if we promise to be extra quiet?" Ally added, not wanting to go to bed at a time that qualified as early for a 10 year old.
"Well, all right then" Helen relented. After all, it wasn't often that Zoe had someone over, and she didn't want to ruin the night for her daughter. "But you'll have to put yourselves to bed, and you'll have to get ready now."
"Fine with me" Ally agreed.
"So long as you're in bed by 9:30. I don't want to have to come out and remind you!" Helen said, firmly.
"First night back in normal pyjamas!" Zoe declared. Ally looked surprised.
"What do you mean?" Ally's question was directed more towards Helen than Zoe.
"Oh dear, I texted your mum earlier but she mustn't have read the message" Helen apologised. "Since Zoe's been so good about wearing her pyjamas for the last two weeks, I told her she could go back to the regular ones as long as she doesn't try to take off her diaper."
Ally's face fell. No-one had told her about this, so she had only brought the back zip pyjamas she'd worn the last few times. Zoe put on her diaper and changed into her pyjamas immediately, proud to have them back. Ally was far more hesitant, but as she'd just agreed to get ready she didn't really have much choice. Helen zipped her up and left the girls to their own devices.
Zoe's expression was smug as Helen left the room, but thankfully for Ally she didn't comment. True to her word, Ally kept an eye on the time and the two girls hopped into bed as 9:30 hit. Zoe fell asleep easily, but Ally found it that much more difficult knowing that Zoe could get in and out of her pyjamas when she could not.
Ally woke in the middle of the night to the sound of loud groaning beside her. She bolted awake, trying to figure out where the noise was coming from her. As the fog of sleep lifted, she realised that it was only Zoe having a nightmare. Relieved, she rubbed the younger girl's shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"Ally?" Zoe said, still half asleep.
"Shhh, it's OK. You were just having a bad dream" Ally comforted. She adjusted her position in the bed, feeling as she did so that her diaper was mildly damp. It would easily hold another wetting, she knew, but was nonetheless irritating.
"Hey Zoe, since you're awake can you unzip me? I'd like to use the bathroom." Ally didn't particularly want to admit the state of her diaper to Zoe.
"Sorry Ally, I can't" Zoe apologised. "Mum made me promise before you came over the first time that we wouldn't try to undo each others pyjamas. She said I'd be in so much trouble if I did."
Ally had wondered why Zoe had never asked her to remove her pyjamas previously. Now she had her answer.
"I'm sure she won't mind" Ally pressed.
"No Ally, I can't!" Zoe started to sound angry. "Ask mum if you need to go."
Ally thought about it, but decided against it. Waking Helen over an only slightly wet diaper didn't seem like a great idea.
"Never mind" Ally said, defeated. The two girls quickly went back to sleep.
Zoe woke first the following morning, jostling Ally awake as well.
"Shhh, we'll wake your mum" Ally admonished, quietly getting to her feet. Thankfully, her diaper was no more wet than it had been when she'd woken during the night, but now she really did need to use the bathroom.
"Sorry" Zoe apologised, doing her best to remain quiet.
"Zoe, could you unzip me now?" Ally asked quietly.
"Ally, I told you last night that I can't!" Zoe replied, forcefully.
"I don't think your mum meant in the morning!" Ally shot back.
"You're just jealous that I don't have to wear those silly pyjamas when you do!" Zoe exploded. "You're just trying to get me into trouble! If you don't want to wear them then stop getting in trouble!"
Ally recoiled a little at Zoe's anger. She hadn't meant to upset her.
"I'm sorry" she apologised. She could hardly blame Zoe for thinking that she too had been forced into the pyjamas by her mother, after all that was the story they'd all spun to her in the first place.
"What's going on?" Helen bellowed, hearing the commotion and running into the room.
"Ally wanted me to take her pyjamas off" Zoe tattled. "I said no."
"That's a good girl" Helen praised. The look on Ally's face was indignant, but she could hardly criticise Zoe for obeying the very explicit instructions she herself had issued. Helen unzipped Ally's pyjamas and Ally ran to the bathroom to relieve herself. Zoe's anger ebbed away as the three of them ate breakfast, and by the time Sue arrived to collect Ally she was as happy as ever.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 14, 2017 at 11:53 AM
Content: Chapter 18
Another week went by of relative normality. Sue had planned yet another date with Nathan that Friday, only this time she would be staying out with him for the whole night. To this end she'd arranged for Laura to stay with Ally once again. She was a little apprehensive about leaving the girls alone for such a long time - she wouldn't likely be back until late morning - but reasoned that they had done well while she was out on her shorter dates so there was really no need to worry. For her part, Ally was excited at the prospect of spending an entire night without adults.
Friday morning came and Ally rushed home from school, eager to get the night started. An hour or so before Sue was due to leave she heard her phone ring.
"Who could that be?" she asked aloud, hoping it wasn't Nathan calling to cancel. It was Helen.
"Oh Sue, thank god you picked up." Helen said. "My mum's taken a fall and I really need to be with her tonight. Is there any chance you could take Zoe for the night?"
Sue grimaced. Under other circumstances she would have been more than happy to, but Nathan had purchased very expensive and non-refundable theatre tickets for the two of them. She couldn't cancel on him. Nonetheless, she wanted to help out Helen if she could, particularly given that she had taken Ally without complaint when she'd had to work.
"I'm going out tonight" she responded. "But Ally will be here. I'm sure the sitter won't mind looking after Zoe as well."
"Oh really, that would be great. You're a lifesaver, Sue" Helen responded thankfully.
Sue hung up the phone and told Ally about this latest development. Ally had been looking forward to spending the night with Laura, but she didn't really mind having Zoe around as well. Helen dropped Zoe off and Laura arrived shortly after. The three girls played on Ally's Nintendo while Sue finished her preparations and left the house. They only had two controllers, though, so had to share between them with each girl taking their turn to sit out the action. Rather than sitting on the sidelines and watching, they each took this chance to take a shower and change into their pyjamas. Ally was glad to be back to her regular ones, now that Helen was letting Zoe back in hers as well. Playing this way got dull after a while, though, so Ally flicked on Netflix and browsed through the titles.
Ally's room had been big enough for her and Zoe, but wouldn't fit Laura as well, so they pulled as many blankets and pillows as they could find into the living room and setup a makeshift sleeping area. It was messy, but they'd have time in the morning to pack it all up. Sue had a home popcorn maker which Ally flicked on, much to Zoe and Laura's delight. They all snuggled under the blankets as they watched the show. "OK you two, time to get ready for bed" Laura insisted as the clock ticked towards 9:30. She'd noticed Zoe's yawn and half expected her to fall asleep before the movie was finished. Zoe and Ally complied, changing into their diapers. The credits began to roll, but Ally wasn't yet ready for the night to end. Neither Zoe nor Laura objected as she flicked on another title.
Ally woke with a start a few hours later, feeling something rub against her side. She yelled out in surprise, loudly enough to wake Laura and Zoe.
"What's wrong?" Laura asked, sounding a little scared. Ally realised it had only been Zoe's foot, they hadn't exactly co-ordinated their sleeping positions. From the light still emanating from the TV, Ally realised they must all have fallen asleep before the second film had finished.
"Nothing" Ally noted, relieved.
"You scared me half to death!" Laura replied, standing up and walking over the blankets. After that adrenaline rush she needed to move around.
"What the hell?" Laura asked. It took Ally a moment to realise Laura wasn't referring to her yell. "Ewwww, it's all wet!" she said in disgust, picking up a blanket. She stared at Zoe and Ally.
"Which one of you wet the bed?" Laura asked, holding up the blanket. Sue had told her about Zoe's recent diaper refusal and associated bedwetting.
"Not me" Zoe and Ally insisted together.
"Maybe it was an accident, maybe one of your diaper's leaked" Laura said, offering a way out. Both Ally and Zoe shook their heads.
"I'm not wet!" Zoe added.
"Well, it had to be one of you. Let's check your diapers." Laura said.
"Laura!" Ally said indignantly. She didn't want Laura checking her diaper!
"See, see, it's her! She won't show you her diaper." Zoe chimed in.
"It is not" Ally said, turning red.
"OK, Zoe, you first" Laura requested. She knew that Zoe was by far the more likely suspect, but needed evidence before accusing her. Keen to prove her innocence, Zoe pulled her pyjama bottoms down to her ankles, showing Laura her diaper.
"Looks dry" Laura commented, although it wasn't all that easy to tell from the light of the TV. Laura placed two fingers against the diaper. "It is dry" she confirmed. Zoe pulled per pyjamas up with a huff.
"Your turn Ally" Laura commanded, starting to wonder if it had in fact been Ally. Realising that the burden of proof was now on her, Ally slid her bottoms down just enough for Laura to get a look. Laura placed her fingers against Ally's diaper as well. "Dry too" she confirmed.
Laura sighed. The only other explanation was that one of the girls had taken off their diaper earlier and put it back on to thwart detection after realising they'd had an accident. Again Laura was almost sure it would have been Zoe, but had no proof.
"OK, one of you must have taken it off earlier" Laura articulated her theory. "Which one of you was it?" She stared back and forth between Ally and Zoe, but neither girl had a guilty look to confirm her suspicions.
"Well then, if neither one of you will own up, you'll both have to wear your other pyjamas to make sure this doesn't happen again" Laura insisted. Helen had left Zoe's back zip pyjamas with Sue just in case, and Laura was confident Ally's would still be in her closet.
"That's not fair!" Zoe and Ally said at once, staring at each other.
"Then is someone going to own up?" Laura asked. Zoe and Ally shot smouldering glances at each other but both stayed silent. Laura retrieved both pairs of back zip pyjamas and handed them to Zoe and Ally. Both girls looked angry, but their anger was directed at each other not at Laura and they both changed pyjamas without further complaint. Laura zipped them both up and secured the tabs.
Laura left the room to soak the blanket and Ally and Zoe lay back down on their makeshift beds. For the first time in quite a while, Ally struggled at the neckline of her pyjamas, trying to get them off. Zoe smirked, causing a jet of anger to surge through Ally.
"Why didn't you own up you little shit!" Ally yelled, grabbing Zoe harder than she'd intended to. Ally had expected Zoe to deny it, perhaps even yell back, but hadn't expected the younger girl to burst into tears.
"I'm sorry, Zoe" Ally apologised, realising she'd gone too far. Zoe's tears only intensified.
"What's going on?" Laura asked, running back in.
"She hurt me!" Zoe insisted, pointing to Ally.
"Ally?" Laura asked, wanting her side of the story.
"I didn't mean to" Ally replied, weakly. Now it was Laura's turn to be annoyed. She realised Ally was upset, but for god's sake Zoe was only ten. What was Ally thinking intimidating a much smaller child?
"Wait here" Laura commanded. Zoe's tears gradually subsided as Laura returned with the mittens she'd bought Ally only a few weeks earlier.
"Laura, no" Ally insisted, realising what her friend had in mind.
"Then you shouldn't have hit Zoe" Laura replied, firmly. Realising she didn't have a choice in the matter, Ally held out her hands and let Laura secure the mittens in place. Zoe had stopped crying and was staring at the mittens, never having seen anything like them before. She poked at Ally's mittens, and Ally pushed her away in frustration. This time Zoe only giggled, the mittens were so soft that she barely felt Ally's push.
"Zoe, enough or I've got a spare pair for you as well!" Laura insisted. This was a lie, of course, but believable enough to send Zoe scurrying back under her covers. Ally did her best to pull her blanket back into place and tried to get some sleep.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 16, 2017 at 11:34 AM
Content: Quite a few of you guessed right! Here's the next part
Chapter 19
Light streamed through the thin living room curtains, waking all three girls up early the following morning. Ally was first to rise. Her hands were still enclosed in the mittens Laura had put on the previous night, and she was keen to get them off. She was about to ask Laura to remove them, but Zoe chimed in first.
"Laura, can you let us out of our pyjamas now?" she asked.
"That depends" Laura said. "Are either of you willing to own up?" Both Zoe and Ally shook their heads.
"Then you can keep them on until your mums get back" Laura insisted, laying down the law. Zoe sighed and threw herself back down on the blanket. She flicked the TV on and brought up some early morning cartoons. Ally, on the other hand, had a different battle to fight.
"Can you take off these mittens now?" she asked.
"That's up to Zoe" Laura replied. "She's the one you hurt, so she can decide when to take them off."
"Come on, Laura" Ally pressed.
"What do you think, Zoe?" Laura asked. She wasn't trying to punish Ally here, but simply to give them a chance to reconcile before the adults returned. Ally shot Zoe a pleading look, realising that it was going to be her decision.
"Not yet" Zoe decided. She wasn't above dragging this out to get her own back for last night.
"Bitch!" Ally said, giving Zoe a shove. Zoe laughed at the futility of it, barely feeling the push.
"In that case DEFINITELY not yet" Zoe concluded. Ally realised that provoking her wasn't the best course of action. She lay back down on the blanket, trying everything she could think of to pull the mittens off while watching the cartoon. Laura ignored her efforts, knowing they were futile.
"I'm going to get breakfast" Zoe declared after the cartoon finished.
"How about you let me out of these mittens now then?" Ally requested.
"Hmm. Still no" Zoe responded.
"Come on Zoe, I want to get breakfast too!" Ally pleaded. Zoe thought about it. She relished the feeling of power she had with Ally at her mercy, but didn't want her friend to go hungry either.
"How about I get you breakfast!" Zoe offered.
"No" Ally said firmly, "now take these off now!"
"Suit yourself then" Zoe bristled at Ally's tone. She left for the kitchen and grabbed a pack of cereal. Ally realised that she would need to go along with Zoe's plans if she wanted to get out of the mittens anytime soon.
"OK then, you can get me breakfast" Ally relented.
"Oh goody" Zoe sounded excited. She poured Ally a bowl of cereal as Ally sat down at the kitchen table. With her mittens on, Ally had no way of spooning up the cereal so Zoe took it upon herself to scoop up a spoonful and lift it up to Ally's mouth.
"Open wide" she commanded, nearly spilling it as she went. Ally complied and Zoe inserted the spoon into her mouth, causing milk to dribble onto her chin.
"Oh, what a mess" Zoe commented, looking at Ally's chin. She took a tea towel from the bench and tucked it into Ally's pyjamas underneath her chin, much as Helen had done two weeks earlier. Ally didn't say anything, realising it was probably for the best. After all she would be the one who got the blame if Sue got back to spilt milk all over the kitchen.
Zoe offered up another spoonful, and Ally opened her mouth to accept it. This was fun, Zoe thought. A little like feeding her dolls, but for real! Zoe's gestures became increasingly animated with each spoonful, and by the end she was making aeroplane noises as she circled the spoon around Ally's mouth. Ally began to laugh, Zoe looked so silly sitting there in her back zip pyjamas zooming the spoon around, and she imagined she must look even sillier receiving it! Ally's laughter was infectious, and Zoe began to laugh as well. Unfortunately for Ally, this didn't do much for Zoe's aim, and by the time the bowl was finished her face and the tea towel were both covered with milk.
"Glad we used a bib" Zoe commented. She pulled the tea towel out of Ally's pyjamas and began to thoroughly scrub the milk off her face.
"Look Zoe, I'm really sorry about last night. Can you take these off now?" Ally said, holding up her hands. Ally's request was fair, Zoe thought, but she wasn't above making her beg.
"Say please" she insisted.
"Please" Ally offered.
"Say pretty please" she continued.
"Pretty please" Ally complied.
"Say pretty please with sugar on top" Zoe demanded.
"Come on Zoe, enough is enough" Ally said, getting frustrated.
"All right then" Zoe relented, undoing the mittens from Ally's hands. Relieved, Ally pulled them off and placed them on the table next to her. Zoe poured her own bowl of cereal and Ally sat with her as she ate it, chatting about school. Zoe had some of the same teachers' that Ally had had years earlier, and was keen to hear her stories. Zoe's eyes kept darting to the mittens as she talked, and Ally could see that she was intrigued by them.
"Do you want to see how they feel?" Ally asked after Zoe finished her cereal.
"What?" Zoe asked, embarrassed that her attention to them had been noticed.
"The mittens." Ally said simply. "You can try them on if you like" Ally's encouragement built Zoe's confidence and she gave a slight nod.
"Promise you'll take them straight off?" She asked, seeing Ally's assurance.
"Promise" Ally replied. Zoe held out her hands and Ally secured the mittens into place, first the right then the left. "There, how do they feel?" she asked. Zoe giggled as she tried to pick the spoon back up, failing completely.
"OK, take them off now." Zoe requested.
"One thing first" Ally responded.
"What's that?" Zoe asked, surprised.
"This" Ally said running up to Zoe and starting to tickle her.
"HAHA ALLY HEHEHE STOP HAHAHAHA" Zoe laughed, rolling to the floor and curling up. She tried to push Ally away, but now it was Ally's turn to laugh of her attempts as she barely felt Zoe's blows strike. Zoe had had her fun making her stay in the mittens until breakfast, now it was Ally's turn!
"What's going on?" Laura asked, hearing the commotion and running into the room.
"HEHE LAURA HAHAHA HELP!" Zoe giggled.
"Oh, I'll help" Laura laughed, getting in on the action and starting to tickle Zoe as well. Finally, Zoe managed to roll out of their reach and the older girls decided enough was enough.
"Oh no" Zoe said, clambering to her feet, which was more difficult than normal with the mittens still on.
"What is it?" Laura asked.
"Uh, nothing" Zoe replied, sheepishly. Ally was perplexed, but Laura seemed to know exactly what was going on.
"You wet your diaper, didn't you?" Laura asked.
"Well, you two were tickling me!" Zoe said, defensively.
"It's OK, Zoe, that's what it's for" Laura responded sensibly. "Did you bring a spare?"
"It's in my bag" Zoe said. Laura removed the mittens and Zoe led them back to the living room. "Hey, where's my bag?" Neither Ally nor Laura had the slightest idea and all three girls looked around trying to find it.
"There it is!" Zoe said hunching down and spotting it hidden underneath the couch. "Hey, it's all wet!" Zoe opened the bag, mystified by what had happened.
"My drink bottle broke, someone must have stepped on it" she observed.
"So that's what it was, nearly broke my foot last night!" Laura said, regretting that statement as soon as she said it.
"So that 'bedwetting' last night was just the drink bottle?" Ally said, incredulously.
"And you made us wear those terrible pyjamas for nothing?" Zoe elaborated, direction her attention towards Laura.
"Because YOU stepped on Zoe's drink bottle" Ally continued the train of thought
"And because YOU can't tell the difference between water and pee?" Zoe kept it up. Laura backed away, sheepishly. Zoe and Ally were united against her, which didn't bode well for Laura.
"Oh, the pyjamas aren't that bad" Laura tried and failed to diffuse the situation. "Here, let me take them off now" she unzipped Ally's pyjamas, but this was a case of too little too late.
"How would you know, you've never worn them!" Zoe complained.
"Well ... I ..." Laura spluttered, not knowing what to say.
"Hey, that gives me an idea" Ally said, her eyes lighting up.
"Ally, no" Laura realised immediately what she had in mind.
"You made us wear them when you thought one of us was responsible. Turns out it was your fault all along!" Ally pulled off the pyjamas entirely and advanced on Laura, holding them up in front of you.
"All right, all right" Laura said, realising that neither Ally nor Zoe was going to give up. She slipped off the pyjamas she'd been wearing and took Ally's back zip ones from her. She stepped into them and Ally took great pleasure in zipping them up completely and securing the tab. Ally and Zoe changed back into the pyjamas they'd been wearing earlier the previous night.
It was still early so Ally flicked Netflix back on and the girls pulled the blankets back over themselves. Ally grinned. She could hear Laura struggling with her pyjamas. Evidently getting them off was more difficult than Laura had thought. Ally could hear her sigh as she gave up, realising she'd have to wait until Ally or Zoe relented.
"Hey, how about some more Nintendo?" Zoe asked as the movie finished. Ally readily agreed. Laura acquiesced somewhat more reluctantly. At least while watching Netflix her pyjamas had been covered by the blanket, but now they were on full display. Still, she was a good sport about it, recognising that she'd made Ally and Zoe put up with the pyjamas all night. Her wearing them now seemed to even the scales. They played a few games after which Ally realised it was time to let Laura out. Sue and Helen would be arriving home soon.
"How are they pyjamas?" Ally asked, unable to resist rubbing it in a little further first. To her credit, Laura hadn't complained about them the whole time.
"They were so easy to get on and off when you were the one wearing them!" Laura commented. "I was sure I'd be able to get out of them."
"Not so easy, is it?" Ally snickered. She undid the zipper on the pyjamas for Laura and all three girls changed into their regular clothes. Together they packed up the blankets and pillows, managing to finish just in time before Sue returned.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 20, 2017 at 4:34 AM
Content: Thanks all, I really appreciate the feedback and I'd love to hear your thoughts, particularly as we get deeper into the next segment.
Tina said:
What a nice story. I started this morning and now I´m a bit unhappy that it is over. Hope to read more.
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Thanks, more coming I assure you.
babycakes said:
This is definitely one of the most enjoyable stories I have read on this site. Definitely all within the realm of possibility even if it is less probable that a mother would use a babysitter her own daughter's age though not beyond the pale given Ally's proclivity to remove her diapers in the past.
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Thanks, I'm trying to keep it as believable as possible, although obviously things will need to develop further for it to remain interesting.
Love the interplay among the girls, especially with Laura having to wear the pajamas. If it was earlier in the evening would she have needed to wear a diaper also rather than wake someone to release her from the pajamas?
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I did briefly consider doing something like that, but it seemed to be going a bit far. At this stage, I don't intend for Laura to wear diapers, but of course we definitely haven't seen the last of her!
maximilian said:
Thank you for this fast updates. I am sorry that I hadn’t any chance to comment since last week after chapter 12. Seven chapters is quite a lot in one week and they were absolutely wonderful to read also. :clapping:
First off I’d like to recap my favorite parts: SNIP
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Thanks, the detailed feedback is great and helps me decide what to focus on in the future.
"Sue had planned yet another date with Nathan." <- I would like to read more about Nathan. Does he have children? Is he going to meet Ally? What is he saying to Ally needing a diaper at night (and long car trips)? Will he be introduced to the Pyjama? :detective2:
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I'm still trying to figure out how to include him and what part he might play. I have a few ideas, but nothing that seems quite right at the moment. The next segment will move from Zoe & Helen to focus on Aunt Jenny (although we'll return to Zoe later on), and Ally will find a bit of a change of circumstances after that, so I'll probably wait until that's settled down before bringing him in.
In Chapter 10 Laura gets a babysitting job from Mrs. Spooner, because of the recommendation from Ally’s mom. I would like Ally’s mom to recommend Laura to other Mothers and perhaps that Ally overhears it or that Laura is retelling the new recommendations? :scratchchin:
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My current plans do involve something similar to this, but it's not for a little while yet.
Here's the next part:
Chapter 20
"Oh, Ally, I've got some news. I've been asked to deliver the keynote at a conference for work in a couple of week's time." Sue informed her daughter as they drove home from school the following week.
"That's great!" Ally exclaimed, excited for her mother.
"Unfortunately, I'll be away for over a week, though. The conference is overseas". Sue continued. Ally thought about this. Aside from school camps, she had never actually spent that long away from her mother and wasn't quite sure how to feel about it.
"Does that mean I can stay home on my own?" Ally asked, suspecting she already knew the answer.
"Don't be silly" Sue chortled, putting an end to that line of thought. "You can't stay home on your own for that long! But Aunt Jenny's agreed to look after you while I'm away". Ally's heart sank at that news. She'd never liked Aunt Jenny terribly much.
"Could I stay with Laura instead?" Ally asked.
"No, honey, I can't ask that of Laura's mum" Sue responded. "You'll be fine with Aunt Jenny".
Sue hoped this would be the case, as truth-be-told Jenny hadn't sounded too keen at the idea either. Dylan was due to spend an entire fortnight at camp, which, while fun for him, was really intended to give the parents some respite from the pressures of looking after a special needs child. Sue knew that Jenny had been looking forward to a childless fortnight, but Jenny had seen her sister's desperation and relented. Sue had reassured Jenny that Ally wouldn't be any trouble, and she'd barely even know she was there. Jenny had almost pulled out upon hearing that Ally still needed diapers, as dealing with Dylan's mess was one of the things she found hardest about special needs parenting. She vividly recalled the complaints Sue had made over the years about Ally's reluctance to wear them, but after a great deal of effort, Sue had managed to convince Jenny that Ally could manage them entirely on her own and that those days were firmly in the past. For her part, Jenny hoped that Sue was telling her the truth and not just what she wanted to hear, and further that Ally would be as cooperative with her.
The next few weeks went past quickly, and the date of the conference fast approached. As well as taking care of Ally, Jenny had kindly agreed to drop Sue off at the airport, avoiding the need for car parking or public transport. While Sue's flight didn't leave until midnight, the airport was almost an hour's drive away, and with the airline advising passengers to arrive three hours before departure time they'd agreed it would be easier for Jenny to pick Sue up from work.
Jenny arrived at Sue's house shortly before 6PM as arranged to pick up Ally, who had finally been allowed to stay at home alone after school. She was keen to see her mother off, though, so would be accompanying them to the airport.
"Ally, we'll need to get going soon" Jenny called out to her niece.
"All ready" Ally replied. She'd dressed up in a new pair of jeans, wanting to look her best for her mother's flight, and was wearing a thick woollen jumper over her T-shirt.
"I think you should have your shower now, before we go" Jenny advised. "We probably won't get back until well after midnight, I don't think you'll be in the mood for one then". This was good advice, Ally considered, not having thought past the flight itself.
"You may as well change into your pyjamas as well" Jenny continued.
"Why?" Ally asked. "I don't want to be seen roaming the airport in pyjamas!"
"We're only dropping your mum off" Jenny advised, "so you won't even get out of the car. That way you can go straight to bed when we get back"
"All right then" Ally sighed. She could see the sense in this plan, even if she didn't completely agree.
"And one more thing, I'd like you to wear your diaper in the car as well" Jenny continued.
"What?" Ally asked loudly. Surely Aunt Jenny realised she only wore them at night.
"Don't bite my head off" Jenny tried to calm the situation. "But given how late we'll be back and how long the trip is, you'll probably fall asleep in the car. I'd just rather avoid any accidents". Ally was irritated that her Aunt would think she'd have an 'accident' in the car, but decided it was best not to start a fight before her mum had even left.
"All right" she shot back through clenched teeth.
Ally went to have a shower and taped on her diaper as requested. She picked out a pair of Hello Kitty pyjamas and stepped back out into the living room. By the time she'd done so it was well and truly time to leave, and she jumped into the back seat of the car. She moved back and forth, not used to feeling the padding of her diaper in the car. Jenny drove to Sue's office building, which was only a short distance from her home. By the time she arrived, Sue was already waiting patiently for them.
Ally, Sue and Jenny chatted about Sue's upcoming trip, and the journey to the airport seemed to pass in a flash. They arrived with plenty of time to spare and Jenny set about trying to find a spot for the car.
"Shall I drop you off right near the terminal" she asked Sue.
"Oh, I thought we might all go in and have a quick bite to eat before I have to board" Sue replied. "A last meal, since I won't be seeing Ally again for ages". Ally froze. She didn't want to refuse her mother's offer, but really didn't want to be seen in the airport dressed as she was".
"Uh, I'm not really dressed for it" Ally said apologetically. Sue glanced back, noticing Ally's pyjamas for the first time.
"Oh, you're wearing your pyjamas. Well, that won't matter. People are flying in and out to all different time zones, there are bound to be plenty of kids wearing pyjamas. Come on, let's go in".
Jenny parked the car in the short-term parking and helped Sue pull her bag out of the boot. Not wanting to be left alone, Ally hopped out as well. Despite her mother's reassurance, she felt supremely uncomfortable. She wished she'd at least thought to bring some shoes, or even a jumper to go over her pyjama top. Worse yet was the feeling of her diaper. The loose cotton pyjamas she was wearing made it feel completely exposed and she wondered if anyone would notice the bulge. Her mother hadn't commented on it, though, and she rationalized that if Sue didn't notice it would be unlikely for anyone else to.
Ally followed Sue and Jenny into the airport, and they settled on dining at McDonalds. Ally and Sue grabbed a spare table while Jenny waited in the long queue to order their meals. Ally was relieved to be seated somewhat out of sight. Contrary to her mother's assurances, the kids wearing pyjamas were almost exclusively toddlers. The queue moved quickly, though, and Ally wolfed down her meal without delay. She sipped on the large Diet Coke that had come with her meal, hoping that having such a big drink so late wasn't a mistake. Even though she knew it was unlikely, she would have liked to show her Aunt Jenny by staying dry throughout the fortnight.
"Crap" she exclaimed as she accidentally knocked her drink onto the floor. She reached down and scooped it up. The lid had stayed on, so the spillage was minor.
"Ally, you might want to cover up" Sue whispered to her. Ally looked down, noticing that her pyjamas had slid part way down her waist as she'd bent over, exposing the waistband of her diaper. She instantly hitched them up, her face turning bright red as she looked around to see if anyone had noticed. Fortunately, no-one seemed to be looking in their direction. Embarrassed, Ally changed the subject quickly.
Jenny and Ally waved goodbye to Sue as she passed through security and began the long drive home. "Wake up, we're here" Jenny said gently as they pulled into her driveway. Ally was startled. She had only intended to rest her eyes for a little while, but had ended up sleeping for almost the entire trip back to Jenny's, just as her aunt had predicted. Thankfully, though, her diaper was still dry.
Ally followed her aunt inside. They had moved into the house only recently, having decided to downsize after Brandon graduated college and moved interstate. After all, he only came home a couple of times a year so keeping a bedroom for him seemed inefficient. The house was an older, period design with two small bedrooms on the upper floor and the master downstairs. What it lacked in space inside, it more than made up for outside with a big backyard. It even backed onto an unkempt wooded reserve, which seemed to stretch on for miles. Ally could only guess her Aunt had bought it with Dylan in mind, she knew her autistic cousin loved the outdoors.
"You can stay in Sarah's room" Jenny told her. Sarah was Jenny's only daughter, who had just completed her first year of college. She had decided to spend the college break holidaying with friends, which disappointed Ally somewhat. Sarah had often looked after her, starting from when Ally had been only six or seven but becoming less frequent during Sarah's high school years. She hadn't seen her at all since Sarah had started college, and would have liked to catch up.
Ally ran upstairs to Sarah's room. The death metal posters hanging on the walls weren't at all to her taste, and she didn't even know what the electronic equipment haphazardly pushed under Sarah's desk was for, but she realised she would only need to stay here for a fortnight. She collapsed on the bed, asleep almost before her head hit the pillow.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 22, 2017 at 12:00 PM
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nray999 said:
Thanks for another chapter and a new direction. I'm really looking forward to events with Aunt Jenny, and this change of circumstances.
Regarding the last chapter, I really wanted to see Laura put in mittens as well as the back zip pajamas, to get even more of her own medicine, but that could still happen.
Thanks for a well written and regularly tended story.
After thinking a bit, you could do with a bit of character development and description. While I understand the story is primarily a vehicle for series of vignettes, the characters feel a bit flat, 20 chapters in and what we know of Ally is that she wets the bed, plays video games and is a bit short tempered. I want to know more, is her mom divorced or widowed, what sort of books does she read, what is her relationship with Laura? I would not go heavily into description but add an occasional embellishment to fill things out.
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Thanks for the feedback, I probably won't make any significant changes to the chapters that have already been written, but will keep that in mind for the future ones.
maximilian said:
So I am guessing: Is there a leakage coming? Which results in a switch into Dylan's room because of the "bedprotector" and one of his Pyjamas?
I would like to read more about Dylan's room.:
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Very close :smile1:
You'll definitely see more about Dylan's room fairly soon.
Chapter 21
Ally woke with a jolt, alarmed by the scratching noise coming from her bedroom window. As the sleep cleared from her mind, she realised it was just the possums. They were much louder on Aunt Jenny's colorbond roof than back home. "3:14" she whispered to herself, glancing at the clock. She adjusted her position in bed, noticing as she did so that her diaper was completely soaked. "Guess that Diet Coke was a bad idea after all" she thought.
She slid down her pyjama pants and pulled off the soggy diaper, dropping it in a trashcan that Sarah helpfully kept beside her bed. She got up to grab a fresh diaper, realising too late that her suitcase was still in the car. "I can hardly go get it at 3AM" Ally thought to herself. Aunt Jenny would be furious if she woke her, as even without the interruption she was only likely to get a few hours sleep before getting up for work. "Well, I guess I've already emptied my bladder, I'm unlikely to wet the bed again" she reasoned. She pulled her pyjama pants back up and quickly fell asleep.
"Ally, time to get up, you don't want to miss your bus" Jenny called out, coming into her room. Ally woke with a start, having been soundly asleep. "What on earth!" Jenny exclaimed, noticing the huge wet patch on Ally's doona cover. Ally stared down silently, scared and ashamed at the same time.
"You were supposed to be wearing your diaper" Jenny accused, disgusted.
"I did, but it got soaked during the night" Ally explained. "All my others are in the car and I didn't want to wake you since you're so busy"
"I bought a spare pack and put it on the desk!" Aunt Jenny exclaimed, not knowing how her niece could be so shortsighted. Ally looked over, noticing them for the first time in the midst of Sarah's junk. In the light of day that seemed obvious, but during the dark night they had escaped her attention.
"I didn't see them" Ally stammered.
"Well, I'm going to be even busier now cleaning this up, aren't I?" The anger was clearly evident in Jenny's voice.
"I'm sorry" Ally apologised. "I didn't think this would happen"
"That's the problem" Jenny shot back. "You didn't think"
"I'll clean it up" Ally offered.
"No, you've got to go to school" Jenny rebuked. "Just get out of those wet pyjamas and throw them in the washing basket and leave me to deal with this"
Ally did as she was told, grabbing her school uniform and getting changed in the bathroom. She was keen to be out of range of her aunt's anger, and managed to sneak out to school without catching her eye.
Ally struggled to concentrate on her classes that day, knowing that her aunt's mood was unlikely to improve by that afternoon. As planned, she caught the bus back to Aunt Jenny's after school and was grateful to find her aunt had not yet returned. As the hours moved on, that gratitude turned to concern that her aunt hadn't yet returned. She dreaded the conversation that was to come, fully expecting to be castigated for her thoughtlessness.
It was well after 7PM by the time Aunt Jenny finally arrived home, evidently having had a long day at work. She walked past Ally into without saying a word, still upset by the morning's antics. Having had to clean up Ally's mess before dropping Dylan off for camp, she'd ended up being quite late for work and had nearly missed a very important meeting. While Sue might have expressed her displeasure by yelling at Ally, Jenny's preferred strategy was to give her the silent treatment.
"You'd better have a shower and get ready for bed. I think tonight should be an early night" Jenny finally broke her silence, her tone bordering on icy. Ally wasn't sure if Aunt Jenny was sending her to bed early as a punishment or simply because the previous night had been so late, but decided against asking. She complied quickly, eager to avoid upsetting her aunt further.
She stepped out of the shower, wrapping the towel around her body. She entered Sarah's room, which directly adjoined the bathroom and started looking for her pyjamas without success. After a while she gave up on finding them there. "Aunt Jenny" she called out, hoping her Aunt might be in a better mood. "Have you seen my pyjamas?"
"I put them in the wash this morning" Aunt Jenny replied, walking up to Sarah's room so as to avoid yelling across the house. "Did you unload the washing machine?"
"No" Ally replied. Sue always handled the washing back home, Ally hadn't thought to do it. She realised now that, left in the machine, her pyjamas would still be wet and would take quite some time to dry.
Jenny sighed, annoyed that her niece could be so thoughtless. The least she could do would be to help out with some basic chores, Jenny thought, given that she would be looking after her all fortnight. "Well then, it's a good thing I stopped past your house to pick up some spares" she informed Ally.
"Here you go" Jenny held up the back zip pyjamas Ally had worn only a few weeks earlier. She had been surprised to have found them hanging up in Ally's closet when she stopped past, and reasoned that Ally's diaper removing days hadn't been as far behind her as Sue had led her to believe. Taking them had seemed a good contingency.
"Those are the ones you chose?" Ally replied, incredulously.
"I thought they might be handy if you wet the bed again tonight" Jenny told her. Ally blushed, realising her Aunt hadn't chosen them randomly.
"I told you last night was an accident" Ally tried. "I really don't need those"
"Well, they're the only dry ones I have for you right now, so you'd better wear them" Jenny answered. She did feel sorry for her niece, but was also secretly pleased to know that there wouldn't be any problems that night.
"Maybe I could just wear some of my regular clothes?" Ally asked.
"No, I'd rather you wore those" Jenny replied, firmly. Ally was infuriated at her aunt's implication, but after the morning's events she really didn't want another big argument. She nodded curtly, signalling her consent.
"Oh, and you may as well put on the diapers I bought you and keep your own for when you get home" Jenny noted. "After all, I won't have any use for them once you leave".
With that, Jenny left the room. Ally did as she was instructed; taping on the diaper Aunt Jenny had provided and stepping into her back zip pyjamas. She pulled the zip up as far as she could manage, then went downstairs to find her aunt to finish the job. She found Aunt Jenny sipping a cup of tea while watching the TV. Not even needing to be asked, Jenny expertly pulled up the zipper to its full height and secured the tab, pleased that her niece hadn't made a big deal about wearing it. Somehow the pyjamas felt tighter and more restrictive to Ally than they had when she'd chosen to wear them, as if this new context was having a physical effect. She pulled at the collar, trying to adjust the fit, regretting now having capitulated so easily.
"You can watch TV for another 15 minutes while I have my shower" Aunt Jenny told Ally. This seemed a suitable reward for not having kicked up a fuss about the pyjamas. "But then it's time for bed". Ally sat down in front of the TV, unused to doing so while wearing a diaper - she normally only put it on right as she was going to bed. Just then, she heard the doorbell ring.
"Who could it be at this time of night?" Ally thought to herself. She looked around for her aunt, but the sound of water running in the nearby bathroom let her know that she was still in the shower. Reluctant to answer the door at this time of night, and even more reluctant to answer wearing the back zip pyjamas, she ignored it.
"Ally, it's Laura" came a voice from the door. Ally sprang up. Answering the door for Laura was a different matter.
"Just a minute" she called out, hurrying to the door. She opened it to find her friend standing outside on the dimly lit porch, wondering what she was doing at this time of night.
"Hey Ally, I must have grabbed your phone by accident at school" Laura apologised, holding up the aforementioned device.
"I know how worried you must have been. I didn't have your aunt's number, and obviously couldn't call you, so mum drove me down to drop it off". She continued, pointing to her mother's car down the drive. Ally actually hadn't noticed her phone was missing, having assumed it was still in her school bag, but didn't want to make Laura's trip for nothing by telling her this.
"Thanks, Laura" she replied, "I thought I'd lost it". She stepped forward to grab the phone, the porch light better illuminating her as she did so. Laura giggled.
"Why on earth are you wearing that again?" She asked.
"I didn't have any clean pyjamas in my suitcase" Ally told her. "So my Aunt stopped past home and picked these up. I guess they were the first ones she found". This was stretching the truth, but the last thing she wanted to do was admit to Laura that her aunt was forcing her to wear them.
"Wow, she sounds pretty thick" Laura observed, not sure how anyone could think that those were the best option.
"Actually, could you unzip me? My aunt's still in the shower and I need to use the bathroom" Ally asked, seeing an opportunity to change into something more normal for the night.
"Sure" Laura complied, removing the tab and pulling the zipper down to where Ally could reach it.
"Thanks" Ally expressed her gratitude.
"I'd better go, I didn't realise you were getting ready for bed." Laura observed before jogging back to the car.
Ally flicked off the TV and ran upstairs. She changed quickly into a regular T-shirt and shorts from her suitcase and jumped into bed before her Aunt was even out of the shower. Aunt Jenny came up the stairs moments later.
"Oh, you're already in bed" she noted. Ally nodded, holding the covers up to her chin to disguise the fact that she'd changed her pyjamas.
"Well, goodnight" Jenny offered.
"Goodnight" Ally replied, relieved her aunt hadn't noticed. She knew that Aunt Jenny would find out for sure in the morning, but reasoned that keeping her diaper on and the bed dry all night was the best way to show her that she didn't need the back zip pyjamas. She relaxed, trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in. Given the relatively early hour, she wasn't all that tired which made falling asleep difficult. She rolled over again, still unable to sleep. The diapers Aunt Jenny had bought were a low quality store brand. They felt uncomfortable and even slightly itchy against her skin. Ally reached into her pants and adjusted the tapes, loosening them slightly so they wouldn't press so tightly against her skin. Feeling better, she finally fell asleep.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 24, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Content: And the (very brief) aftermath:
Chapter 22
"Ally, time to get up" Aunt Jenny called out, stepping into Sarah's room to wake her niece. She stared at the bed, noticing the tell-tale dampness on the covers. She wondered whether Ally's diaper could have leaked, or if her niece had found a way out of the pyjamas and taken it off. She pulled off the covers violently, intent on finding out. Ally's attire gave her all the answer she needed.
"ALLY, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING" Aunt Jenny bellowed, well past being able to control her temper. She understood now why Ally had capitulated so easily to wearing the pyjamas so easily, as she was clearly able to get them off herself.
"It's not what you think" Ally stammered, hastening to stand. She felt the wet diaper sliding down in her shorts as she did so and grabbed clumsily at it to prevent it from pulling her shorts down entirely. She realised immediately what had happened - the cheap store diapers her Aunt had bought didn't have refastenable tabs, and she had in fact gauged large chunks out of the plastic when adjusting them during the night, preventing them from holding together.
"Please, let me explain" she tried, but her Aunt was in no mood to hear an explanation.
"Explain? What could there possibly be to explain?" Aunt Jenny shouted back. "I told you to wear those pyjamas to stop you playing around with your diaper during the night, and yet you pull them off and do just that as soon as I turn my back". Ally's face turned even redder. Aunt Jenny was making her sound like a naughty toddler, and that wasn't what had happened at all.
"You're supposed to be past this stage by now!" Aunt Jenny continued, venting her anger. "Don't you realise I'm doing you and your mum a favour by looking after you for the fortnight. Why do you have to make it as difficult as possible for me?"
"I'm sorry" Ally replied, meekly. Tears were beginning to well in her eyes, and she didn't know what else to say.
"Get dressed and go to school" Aunt Jenny commanded, waving Ally away. "Let me clean up this mess, I'll decide what to do with you when I get home tonight. Now I'm going to be late to work for a second day in a row!"
Ally did as she was instructed, keen to escape her Aunt's anger. She changed hurriedly into her school uniform and ran for the door, fearful of what she would be in for that night.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 26, 2017 at 8:26 AM
Content:
maximilian said:
I have a question concerning the transition/continuity between chapter 20 and 21. Where did Dylan come from
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Sorry, Dylan was first introduced in the prelude. Bringing him along to the airport wouldn't have been a good idea, so Jenny left him at home (and he would have been fast asleep by the time they got back). Of course, he would have needed a sitter to supervise, but this wasn't something Ally would have noticed and I've tried to stay with her perspective where possible.
What’s coming next – let me speculate: Aunt Jenny did see the Mittens but didn’t bring them with her. So she picks them up. Perhaps the fitting of the night diaper is some kind of checked or done by Aunt Jenny.
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Great guess once again!
Chapter 23
It was after 8PM by the time Aunt Jenny arrived back home. Ally was starting to wonder whether something had happened to her, having returned from school hours ago. While she was in no great rush to see her Aunt after the morning's events, the tensions caused by having to wait for Aunt Jenny’s reaction was worse in many ways.
"Go upstairs and have a shower" were the first words out of Aunt Jenny's mouth. It had been a long day at the office, and she was somewhat annoyed that her niece hadn't thought to do so on her own given the time.
Ally complied without commenting. Her Aunt's tone had been curt, but she still had no idea what sort of punishment she would be in store for, if indeed there would be any at all. She showered quickly, not wanting to upset her aunt further by wasting water. She dried off and changed into her Hello Kitty pyjamas before coming back downstairs to face her Aunt.
"Not those pyjamas, Ally" Aunt Jenny sighed, irritated. After the events of the previous night did Ally really think she could act as if nothing had happened.
Ally paused, surprised and disappointed. She could understand why Aunt Jenny would want her to wear the back zip pyjamas if it weren't for the fact that, as far as her aunt knew, she'd managed to get them off herself the previous night. Surely that should have rendered them pointless. The one redeeming thing about the previous night's antics, Ally thought, would be that Aunt Jenny would realise she couldn't physically prevent her from removing her diaper, and perhaps acknowledge her maturity.
"And you're not even wearing your diaper" Aunt Jenny continued, irritation turning to exasperation. After a long day's work this really wasn't something she wanted to deal with.
"But it's not even 8.30!" Ally protested.
"And you'll be going straight to bed just the same" Aunt Jenny replied in a no-nonsense tone of voice.
Ally turned red. The previous night she'd been able to think of the early bedtime as a way to compensate for the earlier late night, but this time it was impossible to look on it as anything other than a punishment, and a rather childish one at that. "I'm really sorry about last night" Ally tried, hoping her aunt would be receptive. "I didn't take off my diaper, I swear, those crappy tapes must have just popped open". That was only partly true, but she didn't think explaining how she'd tried to adjust the tapes would help her cause. She glanced at Aunt Jenny's face, hoping for a positive reaction but finding only barely repressed anger. It was clear her aunt didn't believe a word of it.
"Get changed, NOW" Aunt Jenny shot back. Defeated, Ally ran back up to Sarah's room. She was upset that her aunt refused to believe her, but not really surprised. Still, Ally thought, it could have been much worse. If an early bedtime and another night with the back-zip pyjamas was to be her only punishment then maybe she'd been worrying herself too much. Ally taped on another of the diapers Aunt Jenny had bought and pulled on the back-zip pyjamas before descending the stairs once again. She presented her back to Aunt Jenny, allowing her to pull up the zipper and secure the tab.
"And these too" Aunt Jenny said, holding up the mittens that Laura had bought weeks earlier. Assuming that Sue had encountered this problem, Jenny had stopped past Sue's house on her way back from work, hoping to uncover her solution. When she had noticed the mittens in Ally's closet, she realised they must have been it. She silently cursed her sister for leaving Ally with her without telling her about this problem. She knew how important the conference had been to Sue. Had she not been willing to take Ally for the week Sue may not have been able to attend, but that was still no excuse for covering this sort of thing up!
"I don't need those" Ally stammered, "I can't get these pyjamas off myself. The only reason I got them off last night was that Laura stopped past to give back my missing phone while you were in the shower and unzipped them!"
Even after uncovering them in Ally's closet, Jenny had been somewhat reluctant to use them on her niece, but her obvious lie about the tapes coming off themselves had convinced her that Ally's apologies weren't sincere, and that she'd certainly repeat her antics that night. This most recent lie cemented in her mind that this was the right course of action. Did Ally really expect her to believe that story, she hadn't even mentioned a missing phone! Perhaps wearing the mittens for a night would be enough to convince her niece that she was no pushover.
Ally held her hands behind her back in an effort to prevent her Aunt from putting on the mittens.
"Ally, enough" Aunt Jenny said, her tone firm but controlled. "I've taken you in for a whole week while your mother's been away, despite this being about the only child-free time I should get. And rather than being mature and helpful you've so far repaid me by refusing to keep your diaper on, pissing in Sarah's bed and making me late for work twice! I can't handle a third day like this! Now, if you cooperate and let me put these on now I'll let you stay up for another half hour, but you're going to wear them one way or another!"
Near to tears, Ally realised that her Aunt wasn't going to back down. She held up her hands tentatively. Aunt Jenny took them firmly one by one and secured the mittens around them. Realising that the mittens would prevent her from doing most activities, Aunt Jenny flicked on the TV, leaving Ally to sit in front of it while she went upstairs to take her own shower.
Ally didn't bother trying to pull of the mittens, she knew it would be futile. The TV wasn't terribly interesting and she paid little attention to it, replaying recent events in her mind instead. As the minutes passed, her feelings turned from remorse to anger. After all, she hadn't done any of this intentionally, and Aunt Jenny was refusing to even listen to her side of the story! With renewed vigour, she plotted her next move. She knew that after the last two nights her Aunt would insist on her wearing the back-zip pyjamas, and quite possibly the mittens as well, for her entire stay. Perhaps if she could convince Aunt Jenny that the tapes had indeed broken free without her interference she would rethink things.
The store brand diapers she was wearing were a kind that Ally had worn before. While the tapes on them were normally quite strong, Ally knew from experience that they could sometimes break open when the diaper was filled to capacity. Maybe if she flooded the diaper and moved around vigorously that night she could cause that to happen.
Eschewing her regular policy of avoiding drinks close to bedtime, Ally tiptoed into the kitchen. Aunt Jenny had a mixer tap with a large handle that was easy enough to operate despite her mittens. She realised that she'd struggle to hold a glass while wearing her mittens so instead placed her mouth directly under the faucet and drank deeply. She stopped drinking only when she was convinced she could take no more and pushed the tap back into its closed position before returning to the TV.
She began to feel the effects even as her Aunt came downstairs. Rather than hold it in or ask to use the bathroom, she relaxed her bladder and allowed the contents to flow directly into the waiting diaper, for once pleased about the feeling of warmth around her groin. It was nowhere near enough to flood it to leaking point, she realised, but it was a start.
"Time for bed now, Ally" Aunt Jenny called out.
"OK" Ally replied, hoping she didn't sound like she was up to something.
Aunt Jenny followed her upstairs, surprised at Ally's change of attitude. She pulled forth the bed covers, aware that Ally's mittens would make it difficult for her to do so herself. Ally climbed into the bed, finding it a little more difficult than usual without her hands free.
"Ally, is your diaper wet?" Aunt Jenny asked, astonished. She had noticed an abnormally large bulge inside Ally's pyjamas but could scarcely believe that could be the reason.
"No" Ally lied unconvincingly, her face turning bright red. Recognising the lie immediately, Jenny grabbed her by the arm and hoisted her to her feet. With her free hand she deftly unzipped Ally's pyjamas down below her waistline and placed two fingers inside her diaper, checking Ally as one might do a toddler. Ally squirmed, unaccustomed the feeling of someone else's cold fingers down there. She didn't remember the last time she'd had her diaper checked, but she couldn't have been older than two or three.
"Ally, you're soaked." Aunt Jenny exclaimed. That might have been a bit of an exaggeration, but Ally wasn't about to debate it. Embarrassed and ashamed, she simply stared at the floor. "You're not supposed to have accidents when you're awake!" her Aunt continued. "What happened?"
"I must have fallen asleep in front of the TV." Ally's lie was weak, but she hoped her aunt would believe it.
Jenny wasn't at all convinced by this explanation. After all Ally had been alone in front of the TV for only minutes, hardly enough time to fall asleep and have an accident. Moreover, her niece's evasive tone convinced her something else was going on. Nonetheless, Ally was clearly upset and pushing it further seemed pointless. She reached to release Ally's mittens to allow her to change but paused with her hands still on the fasteners. Could this have been Ally's plan? Get her to release the mittens only to refuse to have them put back on again? Jenny didn't want to risk a long confrontation by removing the mittens, but she could hardly let her niece go to bed wearing a wet diaper. She decided on a third alternative.
"Lie back down" Jenny commanded. Ally did as she was told, unsure what her Aunt had in mind.
Aunt Jenny whisked Ally's pyjamas down to her knees leaving her wet diaper fully exposed. Ally moved her hands instinctively to cover it, but Aunt Jenny simply batted them away. With her hands enclosed in the mittens she had no viable way of resisting. Aunt Jenny undid the tapes on her diaper one by one and slid it out from under her. Defeated, Ally simply let her head fall back onto the pillow, wanting this to be over as soon as possible. Only after bundling up the old diaper and dropping it in the trash did Aunt Jenny pick a fresh one from the pack on the desk. She slid it gently underneath Ally's backside, pulling the wings up in front and firmly securing the tapes.
Ally clambered to her feet and stood wordlessly as her aunt zipped her pyjamas back up. The experience had been mortifying, and she wished she had never come up with her foolish plan. Above all, though, she was relieved that it was now over. She climbed back into bed as Aunt Jenny left the room, closing the door behind her.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 28, 2017 at 1:47 PM
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maximilian said:
Now we know that Ally is really bad at lying. She could have lied that she didn’t want to interrupt her Aunt while showering, but she went the wrong way.
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Perhaps, but this would mean claiming that she couldn't hold it for the few minutes it took Aunt Jenny to take a shower ... which, aside from being embarrassing, probably wouldn't have gone down any better.
Let me guess again:
Spoiler
The 8:30 bedtime, the pyjamas and the mittens are settled now. Probably Aunt Jenny will continue to put the diaper on Ally. But the cheap diapers will leak, but I don’t know where this points to.
I hope to read more from you soon :cloud9:
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Not a bad guess!
babycakes said:
Also anxious to see what happens next. Interesting that Ally drank from the faucet until she couldn't hold anymore. The release into her diaper immediately thereafter couldn't have removed all that fluid from her system so one might think leaks are still possible. But what would that get her, thicker diapers? I think Ally's digging herself a deeper hole.
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Not a bad guess either ... and pretty accurate on the deeper hole!
Again, thanks for continually updating given what I expect are many other demands on your time.
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Thanks, this will definitely slow down a lot after chapter 30 though.
Heckle said:
after all the little injustices and lack of understanding Ally has been though, i would completely understand if she went full "The Cask of Amontillado" on everyone.
perhaps it is just me, but if i were in Ally's place, I would be livid. Yet I don't get that feeling of raw emotion from her, which makes here come off as slightly distant in the story. I just cant imagine that between her moms irrationality, her aunts strong-arm tactics, and her friends demeaning attitude, she would not be incensed. I would love to have a bit more on her thoughts and feelings as this is going on.
I Love the story and I really hope Ally gets some justice in the end, she deserves it.
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Thanks for your feedback. Let me outline my perspective of the characters here, as my focus on Ally means that I probably haven't been as clear on everyone else's viewpoint as I should have been. Feel free to agree or disagree with my assessment of the characters, though.
I never really intended Sue's attitude to be a major source of conflict (yet), but looking back I may have overdone it a little in chapters 12/13. It isn't that Ally really despises wearing her pyjamas for Helen/Zoe, but more that she's irritated that Sue would simply assume she's OK with it without really considering her feelings on the matter. Afterall for a mature and dignified 13 year old (which Ally considers herself to be), wearing the back zip pyjamas in front of other people could be quite embarrassing, a fact that Sue doesn't even consider pertinent. That's not to imply that Ally wouldn't have been willing to help if the matter was approached in a different manner that regonised her viewpoint as a legitimate one.
For Laura (so far), the whole situation is (mostly) quite funny, for example her reaction to the babysitting situation in chapter 9 and leaving Ally in her pyjamas in chapter 10. The exceptions to this are mainly when emotions run high (e.g. the mittens in chapter 11). To Laura, this is a supportive reaction. Making light of it is a shared acknowledgement that Ally is far too old for the pyjamas/mittens to be taken seriously. This is particularly important in the first segment when Ally feels that her maturity is being threatened by having to wear the pyjamas due to her missing luggage. For the most part, Ally is happy to go along with this (e.g. the jokes around the previous babysitter, the 'wet' diaper she dropped on Laura. It's only when Laura goes a bit too far (e.g. the mittens when Laura went home for the washing) that she pushes back. In chapters 18-19, Laura realises she's gone too far requiring Ally to wear her pyjamas, which is why she consents to wearing them herself to make things even. And Ally does get her own back there, so doesn't hold a grudge towards Laura.
For Aunt Jenny, it's a whole different equation. Obviously, Ally doesn't like Aunt Jenny but she's also acutely aware that her aunt has all the power here. She knows that getting violent is going to make her situation much worse than it already is. And she's a little scared of Aunt Jenny. I don't think it's unreasonable for a somewhat sheltered 13 year old, away from home for the first time, to comply with Aunt Jenny's demands in this case. Perhaps moreover, from a writing point of view, a violent reaction from Ally would require Jenny to take more extreme steps in order to continue progressing the story. Aunt Jenny making (perhaps unreasonable) demands which Ally reluctantly acquiesces to is something I'm comfortable with, but if Aunt Jenny were (for example) to hold her down and force her into the mittens? To me, that would be crossing a line. As for Aunt Jenny's view on the situation, I've explained that a little more in my reply to blablafreckenlove.
blablafreckenlover said:
Why did Jenny come to the conclusion that Ally had an accident at the end? I mean she left the kid with the weak bladder in a diaper with back zip locking pajamas and mittens, what did she think would happen if Ally had to use the bathroom?
And yeah Ally lied about it, but Jenny also knows that Ally would be embarrassed by having to use her diaper on purpose or at the least be embarrassed that she couldn't get it off in time.
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I think it's reasonable for Jenny to assume that Ally could hold it for more than a few minutes, and then ask her after her shower if she needed to use the bathroom.
Then again she also jumped to the conclusion that her sister was lying about stopping Ally from taking off her diaper when she had like no evidence to support that.
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The 'evidence' is the pyjamas and mittens she found in Ally's closet. Why would they be there if Ally didn't need to wear them? And why would Ally need to wear them if she weren't taking off her diaper? Couple that with the wet bed she's woken up with in the last two days and it paints a pretty clear picture.
Not that any of this is negative mind you, the fact that I'm just as mas at Jenny as Ally is means you're doing a good job.
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While we're certainly not meant to like Aunt Jenny, I also didn't intend for her actions to be entirely unbelievable or unreasonable from her perspective. As far as Aunt Jenny believes:
Sue regularly makes Ally wear the pyjamas/mittens at home to prevent her from removing her diaper, as evidenced by the fact they're hanging up in her closet and clearly recently worn.
Ally is removing her diaper here against Aunt Jenny's explicit instructions, as evidenced by the wet bed the previous night.
It therefore makes sense that Ally should also wear the same pyjamas/mittens here.
To add to the matter, Jenny is angry at both Sue and Ally. Sue has apparently tricked her into looking after Ally under circumstances she wouldn't willingly have accepted (the diaper removal). We know from the prelude that Jenny believes in clear rules and strict punishments, and that she believes that Ally's disobedience is a result of Sue's lax parenting. As such, Jenny isn't minded to cut Ally any slack here and even feels she's acting in Ally's best interests by imposing real consequences for misbehavior.
Please feel free to agree/disagree with my assessments!
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Now for the next morning:
Chapter 24
Ally woke early the following morning, having been sent to bed so early the previous night. She glanced at the clock sitting on Sarah's desk. The display showed 6:55. Ally groaned, momentarily forgetting the mittens she was wearing as she tried in vain to wipe the sleep from her eyes. She clambered to her feet, feeling her diaper squish as she did so. Given how much water she'd drunk the previous night she was not at all surprised to find the diaper wet, but it felt full almost to bursting point. For a minute she wondered if she could make the previous night's plan work after all. She bent her body around awkwardly as if she were trying out for cheerleading, hoping to dislodge the tapes, but without success. Ally frowned. Given the obvious weight of the diaper she was quite surprised it was still in place. Either the quality of these diapers had improved substantially since she'd tried them, or Aunt Jenny had done an amazingly good job of taping them. Disheartened, she tried to pull the tapes free with her hands but between the mittens and pyjamas that was quite impossible.
Knowing it would still be a half hour before Aunt Jenny came in to wake her, Ally decided to go downstairs and ask to be released. That idea failed at the first hurdle, however, as she was unable to operate the bedroom door handle through her thick mittens. "Aunt Jenny" she called out tentatively, but heard no response. Dejected, she lay back down on the bed feeling keenly the cold soggy mess around her groin.
"Oh good, you're already awake" Aunt Jenny chirped, coming into the room a half hour later. "See, isn't it so much nicer waking up in a dry bed?" she asked, noticing Ally's pyjamas were still unsoiled for the first time this week. Embarrassed, Ally didn't respond.
"Before you get ready for school, we need to talk about the punishment for your behaviour. Sit down" Aunt Jenny's tone was calm and considered as she motioned for Ally to sit down on the bed next to her. Ally did so, feeling her diaper squish underneath her. She really didn't know what more her Aunt wanted to discuss, but wished she would let her change first.
"The mittens?" Ally asked.
"No dear, the mittens are just to help you stay dry during the night" Aunt Jenny explained patiently. "A little like your diapers or your pyjamas. We both know there won't be any more wet beds while you're wearing them” Ally turned red at this comment.
"But your disobedience over the last couple of days still needs to be punished. So you're grounded until further notice." Ally didn't say anything. Being grounded was never fun, but neither did it seem entirely unreasonable.
"Now, so that there's no misunderstanding" Aunt Jenny continued matter-of-factly. "In this house being grounded means you come straight home after school and stay in your room unless you're given permission to leave. It also means no TV or other electronics". Ally nodded. Those rules weren't all that different to her mother's.
"Good" Aunt Jenny replied, pleased that her niece was being cooperative. "There's one more thing. Sarah's coming home tonight, she'll be here for a few weeks so she's going to need her room back. I thought you could stay in Dylan's. He won't be back from camp until after you leave."
Ally nodded at this too. After all, she didn't have any particular connection to Sarah's room and all her things were in her suitcase.
"Then it's settled" Aunt Jenny confirmed. "I'll move your things into Dylan's room while you get ready for school. Aunt Jenny undid the mittens with a calm efficiency and unzipped the pyjamas, allowing Ally to run into the bathroom to change.
"Oh, and just so you know" Aunt Jenny called out offhandedly through the bathroom door. "I keep a baby monitor in Dylan's room. Sometimes I have to keep an eye on him with his Autism. So if you're thinking you can watch TV until I get home and that I can't do anything about it, don't. I expect to see you in that room after school, and I'll be checking from my phone."
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 2, 2017 at 1:38 PM
Content: Chapter 25
Ally took her time leaving school that afternoon. She was tempted to stay in the library and finish her homework before returning to Aunt Jenny's but knew her aunt would consider that a reason to punish her further. Upon arriving, she was surprised to find her aunt's car sitting in the driveway. Had her aunt simply gotten off work early to compensate for the inordinately late finish the previous night, or had she left early to keep an eye on Ally? Ally didn't know which was the more likely explanation.
After opening the front door for her, Aunt Jenny led Ally up to Dylan's room, saying little aside from a some curt directions. She opened the door to Dylan's room and motioned for Ally to enter. Ally stared, taking in her surroundings. The room itself seemed decorated more for a toddler than a teenager, with soothing pastel shades and toys cast around the floor. Ally vaguely recalled her Aunt once mentioning that, like many autistic children, Dylan loved trains and she could certainly see that influence here. If there was a prevailing theme for the room it was Thomas the Tank Engine, with posters of Thomas and Gordon lining the walls and a toy train set taking up much of the floor space. Dylan's dresser sat on one side of the room, with a large mirror hung above it, but it was the other piece of furniture that caught Ally's attention the most - an enormous special needs crib pushed against the wall. Ally stared at it intently. The base and the mattress were low down, only slightly above the floor but the wooden sides were high, stretching well above Ally's head and looked to be solidly built. One side of the crib opened with a hinged gate, allowing entry and exit.
"You don't expect me to sleep in that do you?" Ally asked, shocked.
Aunt Jenny laughed at here niece's indignation. "If you leave the gate open it's really no different to any other bed" she reminded Ally, "But of course if you prefer you can sleep on the floor. Sarah's got a camping mattress I can bring in.
Ally thought about it. She hated camping, and didn't think she'd be able to sleep on a camping mattress - she had always had a great deal of difficulty doing so on school camps. "I guess I'll see how it goes with the gate open" she decided. She could always change her mind later.
Aunt Jenny left the room, but not before insisting that Ally hand over her phone and iPad. Ally had hoped that her aunt would forget about these, but hadn't really expected that to happen. With her aunt gone she looked around the room more thoroughly, but found little to interest her. All of Dylan's toys were too childish to attract her attention. With nothing better to do, she decided to make a start on her homework and pulled her books out of her school bag. Dylan had no desk in his room, which made it more difficult than normal to get any work done but she persisted anyway, spreading out her books on the floor. Given her lack of electronic devices she was fortunate that none of her homework involved research, just some math and English questions that she was able to plough through fairly quickly.
She had barely finished when Aunt Jenny called her down to dinner. She was glad to get out of Dylan's room for a while, but Aunt Jenny was still annoyed enough to give her the silent treatment and they ate dinner without a word being spoken.
"I'm going to have a shower" Ally declared after clearing off her plate. It was very early to do so, but she wanted to avoid returning to Dylan's room for as long as possible. She took her time showering, and then changed back into the clothes that she'd been wearing. She certainly didn't want to put on the back-zip pyjamas any sooner than necessary, and feared that Aunt Jenny would be annoyed if she created more washing by putting on something else.
Ally returned to Dylan's room, and surveyed it for something to do. Dylan's toys attracted no more of her interest than before. His crib was probably the most interesting thing about the room and Ally had never seen anything like it before. Standing in front of it, she pushed the wooden gate closed, hearing a firm click as she did so. She tried to pull the gates apart again, but they didn't move. Ally examined the locking mechanism more closely. It consisted of a simple metal plate that featured two round finger sized holes. She placed her fingers inside them, pulled the plate towards her and twisted, causing the gate to spring free immediately. It seemed simple enough to Ally, and she knew she wouldn't have had any more trouble release it from inside the crib than outside, but guessed that it was a sufficient deterrent for most special needs children.
"Perhaps not in Dylan's case, though" she thought to herself, noticing for the first time a second latch situated well above the first. The workmanship showed that this one had clearly been added later on, presumably after Dylan had figured out how to open the first. Unlike the main latch, it didn't close automatically with the gate, but featured a small knob to turn it into the lock position. It would have been even easier to open and close than the first latch, were it not for the large wooden plate mounted behind it, which made it impossible to reach from inside the crib.
Ally sighed. Her inspection of the crib having reached it's conclusion, she once again found herself searching for something to do. In desperation, she began rummaging through her suitcase and struck on her copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Ally was relieved. A keen reader, she only recently started the series but was enjoying it greatly. She normally read books on her iPad, and had forgotten she'd even packed any physical books. Given the limited furniture in the room, she plonked herself down on the crib mattress and set about discovering Harry's latest adventure.
Aunt Jenny's words from that morning played through her mind as she read. "I keep a baby monitor in Dylan's room" she had warned. Ally assumed this meant a video monitor. Had Aunt Jenny been checking on her earlier as she did her homework? Was she watching her right now? Had she even been telling the truth, or was it just a bluff to convince her to behave? After all she couldn't see a monitor anywhere. Ally told herself it didn't matter, that she wasn't doing anything her aunt would disapprove of anyway, but she still felt uncomfortable.
Ally decided to do something about it. Standing up, she opened Dylan's cupboard and found what she was after - a huge spare blanket. She grabbed her torch out of her suitcase, carried both it and the blanket back to the crib and stepped inside. After making doubly sure that she could operate the latch from the inside of the crib, she closed the gate and threw the blanket up over the top of the gate. The effect was as she desired. The blanket completely blocked her view but also prevented anyone from looking in. For the first time since she'd arrived, she felt as if she had her own private space that she could do with as she pleased. It also blocked out much of the light streaming down from the ceiling, but her torch solved that problem easily. Satisfied she returned to her book and was soon captivated by the story. Reading it by torchlight somehow made it feel more real, like she was actually there experiencing the events in the book.
"Ally, time to brush your teeth!" Aunt Jenny called up from downstairs. "I'll be up in twenty minutes to help you get ready for bed". Ally blushed. She knew that 'help you get ready for bed' was just a euphemism for 'zip you into your pyjamas' and it had only just gone 8.00. She did as she was told, however, and moved to the bathroom to brush her teeth, managing to open the crib gate almost effortlessly. After brushing her teeth and using the toilet one last time for the night, she returned to Dylan's room. She knew her Aunt would expect her to have put on her diaper by the time she came up, so grabbed one from the pack Aunt Jenny had bought and stepped back into the crib. She secured the gate and made sure the blanket was in place. She really didn't think her aunt would be watching now, but wanted the extra privacy just in case.
She pulled the diaper into the position and was about to secure it when she had a thought. Her previous attempt to convince her aunt the diapers were at fault for the wet bed had failed because she had used the diaper beforehand. Ally realised that she really didn't need to - if she secured the tapes loosely enough it was bound to leak anyway. Ally thought about it. On one hand, she didn't particularly want to cause Aunt Jenny any further inconvenience, nor did she relish to prospect of waking up in a wet bed once again, but she also didn't know how long her aunt would insist she wear the mittens and pyjamas. It might only be a day or two to teach her a lesson, but what if it were for her entire stay? She REALLY didn't want that to be the case.
"Blow it", Ally decided. Aunt Jenny hadn't exactly been understanding towards her, so why should she think too much about Aunt Jenny's inconvenience. She decided to give it a go, loosely taping the diapers and pulling on her pyjamas. She sat against the side of the crib and returned to her book.
Perhaps 10 minutes later Aunt Jenny made good on her promise and knocked on the door. "Come in" Ally called, surprised her aunt had bothered knocking at all.
"What are you doing, building a blanket fort?" Aunt Jenny laughed, noticing the blanket hanging over the edge of the crib.
"Something like that" Ally replied, blushing a little. That was essentially true, although she didn't really want to tell her aunt the reason why.
Aunt Jenny lifted the edge of the blanket and looked in on her niece. "I see you're all ready" she said approvingly. After last night she had been afraid her niece would kick up a fuss, but Ally seemed to be cooperating.
Ally presented her back to Aunt Jenny, hoping she'd zip her up and leave quickly without getting suspicious. Aunt Jenny reached between the slats and pulled the zipper to its full height then secured the tab.
Ally held forward her hands without even being asked and allowed Aunt Jenny to put the mittens in place.
"Goodnight Aunt Jenny" Ally said, prompting her aunt to leave.
"Goodnight Ally" Aunt Jenny replied, her voice sounding kind for almost the first time since Ally had arrived. Ally almost felt bad about her plan, but between the mittens and the pyjamas she couldn't re-adjust her diaper now even if she wanted to.
Aunt Jenny flicked off the bedroom light before leaving the room. Ally interpreted that as a pointed hint that it was time to stop reading, but her torch was still on and she decided to continue anyway. Leaving the book propped open on the mattress, she read up to the end of the page. She tried to turn the page through her mittens, but she wasn't able to get any sort of grip. Annoyed, she resorted to scrabbling at the page with her elbows, and was finally able to turn it. She read through the next two, but when she tried to turn the page once again she lost her grip and the book snapped shut. Realising that this wasn't going to work, she kicked the book away. Turning off the torch proved more difficult, but the button was large and she managed to hit it with her toe.
Not wanting to sleep with the gate closed, Ally stood up to open it. She pushed at the blanket and managed to dislodge it easily, causing it to fall to the floor outside of the crib. It was only when she reached for the latch of the crib that the realisation hit her - with her mittens in place there was no way she'd be able to open it. She pushed hard at the gate, but knew even before doing so that her efforts would be futile.
"Aunt Jenny!" she called out, but heard no response. The old house had excellent soundproofing between the upper and lower floors, and Ally doubted her aunt would hear her at all. She paced back and forward inside the crib, hoping her aunt would come up after all. She was only able to manage a couple of steps in either direction before reaching the end, which made her feel particularly constrained.
"Aunt Jenny!" she called again, but by now she knew it was futile. Realising she had no other choice Ally lay down and tried her best to sleep.
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Timestamp: Mar 4, 2017 at 1:28 PM
Content: Thanks all, I love reading all your comments. I can see there's plenty of different opinions over Aunt Jenny, and I'm very interested to read what you all think of her.
PuppyDog said:
Except it was already stated that she views Ally's wetting with "disgust".
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To be fair, I intended the disgust 'disgust' here to refer to the lack of hygiene associated with wetting Sarah's bed rather than using appropriate 'protection' and not the continence issues themselves. Kinda like sneezing into a handkerchief is perfectly OK, but sneezing over someone's food is disgusting.
LittleOne said:
One of the things I like best about this story is that none of Ally's problems are due to meanness. Except for some good natured teasing from friends, who do realize when the line is crossed, everything comes about due to misunderstandings and believing that they are doing the best thing to rectify a specific problem. From Ally's point of view, Aunt Jenny is easy to be angry with (or even hate). But from Aunt Jenny's point of view, she's not doing anything to deliberately humiliate Ally or to embarass her. She's just doing what's necessary to keep the bed dry.
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Thanks, that's absolutely what I was going for. I don't like reading stories with caregivers that are one-dimensionally mean or unreasonable beyond believability, and I've tried to avoid that when writing Aunt Jenny.
FeliDaKitten said:
I recall seeing one with a latch like that awhile back actually. Totally want one! http://www.kayserbetten.eu/site/index.p ... annah.html :3
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That's exactly the sort of thing I had in mind, and I second the sentiment!
nray999 said:
Ally has a Wile E. Coyote level talent for failed plans. As much I would like to see her catch a break, I marvel at the author's ability to find a way for every cunning stratagem to fail hard.
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Thanks, I wouldn't count on Ally catching a break in the immediate future .
Chapter 26
Ally woke with a start, her body covered with sweat. She had had a nightmare, she knew, but even now the details were fading leaving only a lingering feeling of dread. She wanted to get up and get a glass of water, but the after-effects left her too scared to even pull away the covers. She adjusted her position under the covers, feeling the wetness in her diaper as she did so. She lay silently that way for several more minutes, before she was able to convince herself that she was being silly. The nightmare, whatever it had been about, hadn't been real. She was 13 years old, she wasn't about to lie there, cowering from the dark in a wet diaper! She hoisted her legs out from under the covers, hearing a thud and feeling her foot bang against something.
"Fuck!" she exclaimed, out of frustration rather than pain. Not until that moment had she remembered that she was in Dylan's crib at Aunt Jenny’s rather than home in bed, and that the thud had been her foot banging against the slats of the crib. She also remembered how loosely she'd taped her diapers. She couldn't see for sure whether they'd leaked or not, but in her mind they had and, be it real or an illusion, she felt as if she were soaked from the waist down. The prospect of waking up in wet pyjamas hadn't seemed so bad, but lying here until morning with them seemed far worse. Still, Ally knew there was nothing she could do about it and moving around too much was only likely to cause further leaks. She lay back against the pillow and tried to ignore the wet diaper around her waist. Surprisingly, she felt somehow safer in the crib, as if the same slats keeping her from getting out would also prevent whatever had caused her nightmare from getting in. She knew how irrational that was, but couldn't help feeling it anyway. Gradually, she drifted back to sleep.
In her dream someone was opening the gate of her crib. She felt scared, but a calm hand on her shoulder reassured her that everything would be OK. She couldn't make out the face that went with that hand, but felt as if she should trust it nonetheless. Now that hand was unzipping her pyjamas. She still had them on, but with the zipper undone the hand was able to untape the diaper from around her waist and put a fresh one in its place. Ally smiled at the dry feeling. Things were going well for her in her dreams, at least.
Ally woke early that morning, smiling as she saw the sunlight streaming through the slats in the crib. The nightmare seemed such a distant, foolish memory and the dream that followed left her feeling good about the day ahead. Then she noticed her diaper was dry.
She stared down at her pyjamas. Had the dream been real, or had she only dreamt that she'd woken up wet? She tried the crib gate again, hoping she would have more success in the light but that proved to be just wishful thinking and she plopped herself back down on the mattress, defeated. She considered calling out for Aunt Jenny, but didn't know what time it was. She didn't want to set herself up for an unpleasant day ahead by waking her aunt at sunrise on a Saturday morning, when she would doubtless want to sleep in.
Ally was saved from a long wait as she heard the door open just a few minutes later. It wasn't Aunt Jenny that entered, though, but her cousin Sarah.
"Hi Ally" Sarah said cheerfully, not commenting Ally's attire.
"Hi Sarah" Ally replied. "Could you, um, let me out?" Ally was embarrassed at having to ask.
"Sure" Sarah replied, opening the gate to the crib easily. Ally held out her hands and waited patiently as Sarah removed her mittens.
"Sarah, did you come into my room last night?" Ally asked, trying to fathom the previous night’s events.
"Sure did" Sarah replied. "I got home late and heard you cursing, sounded like you'd had a nightmare. You were fast asleep by the time I got in, though. Looked like you'd had a bit of a leak. I didn't want to wake you so late, so I took care of it for you". Ally blushed. Sarah had changed her before, but not since she was much younger.
"How did you manage that without waking me?" Ally asked, surprised.
"Well, I've had plenty of practice with Dylan" Sarah replied, sensibly.
Not wanting to discuss the matter further, Ally waited in silence as Sarah unzipped her pyjamas. She removed her diaper and changed into a T-shirt and shorts.
"Remember, you'll have to stay in your room until mum says otherwise" Sarah reminded her. Ally scowled. She'd hoped that Aunt Jenny would lift her punishment by the weekend, but she seemed determined to drag it out.
With little else to do, Ally returned to her book. She read for much of the morning but soon grew bored. Reading could only keep her occupied for so long, and she was keen for some physical activity. Wanting to burn off some energy, Ally decided to practice her handstands. She managed four successfully but overbalanced on the fifth, her feet kicking out trying to find a solid surface.
CRASH
Ally's feet collided with the mirror, sending it flying from the wall to break apart into a thousand tiny pieces. She landed with a thud on the remnants of the mirror, wheezing heavily.
Sarah ran into the room immediately, having heard the sound of the mirror falling. "Ohmygoodnessareyouok?" Sarah's words rolled into one in her panic.
"I think so" Ally said, trying to move into a sitting position.
"Don't move!" Sarah yelled. "There's glass everywhere, you'll cut yourself!" Thankfully Sarah was wearing solid shoes, and she walked confidently over the broken glass towards Ally. Grunting with the effort, she lifted her cousin up off the floor and put her down on the crib. Only then was Ally able to survey herself. She brushed some strands of broken glass off her T-shirt. The glass of water she'd left on the dresser below the mirror had broken, spilling its contents over her shorts, but other than that she seemed completely unharmed.
"I'm OK" Ally confirmed, much to Sarah's relief. "Um, sorry about the mirror, I'll clean it up" Ally promised, reaching for a nearby piece of glass.
"No, you'll cut yourself" Sarah grabbed Ally's wrist.
"OK, what do you want me to do?" Ally asked. Sarah thought about it momentarily. Ally was likely to be more of a hindrance than a help when it came to cleaning up the remains of the mirror, and her cousin was already behaving quite recklessly.
"I'll take care of it. You, take a nap” Sarah instructed.
"A nap?" Ally exclaimed. This was about the last thing she'd expected her cousin to say. "I'm not tired".
"Perhaps, but I think you could use a bit of time to calm down and reflect on your decisions, don't you?" Sarah chided. Ally blushed, feeling like a naughty child on a time out. She had expected a punishment of some sort, though, so sat on the crib mattress without complaint.
"One more thing." Sarah continued. "I'm not going to make you change into your pyjamas, but I do want you to wear one of these in case you have a little accident." Sarah held up a goodnite that she'd retrieved from Dylan's closet. "Dylan wears them during the day, and I'm sure they'll fit you".
"I'm not going to go to sleep, or wet the bed!" Ally protested. Sarah sighed. Normally she wouldn't have created an argument with this request, but her mother had told her about how Ally had wet herself after snoozing for only a few minutes in front of the TV just two days before. She didn't have the energy to clean up both the mirror and a wet bed.
"Just in case" Sarah half told, half pleaded. Realising she was in a poor bargaining position Ally pulled down her shorts and underwear and pulled on the goodnite while Sarah carefully collected some of the larger shards of glass. Ally was about to pull her shorts back on when she realised just how wet they were thanks to the spilled water.
"I'm just going to grab some fresh shorts from my suitcase" she told Sarah, stepping down from the crib mattress.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Sarah screamed, aghast, causing Ally to stop in her tracks. "There's broken glass everywhere"
"It fell over there, not here" Ally pointed at the larger shards dismissively.
"The small pieces will spread all over the floor" Sarah tried to remain calm in the face of her cousin's stupidity. "Do you want to be pulling shards of glass out of your feet?"
"No" Ally said, chastised.
"Then give me those and let me grab you some fresh ones" Sarah whisked the wet shorts from Ally's hand. Making a snap decision, Sarah drew the crib gate closed and almost instinctively flicked shut the second latch. Ally might not like it, but at least this way she wouldn't cut herself, Sarah thought.
Ally realised Sarah's aim as soon as she heard the latch close. Secured as it was, the crib made an effective playpen and Ally knew she was stuck until Sarah released her. Part of her wanted to shout at Sarah, to demand that she release her immediately, but she thought better of it. Even if Sarah did let her out, her eventual punishment would no doubt be more severe. Sarah was busy collecting glass, and hadn't yet retrieved her shorts but Ally decided it wasn't worth it to interrupt her now.
Realising how conspicuous she looked standing up with only a pull-up below her waist Ally sat down in the corner of the crib and covered herself with the bedsheets. She wished she had left the Harry Potter book inside the crib, then at least she'd have something to take her mind off the situation. She watched silently as Sarah collected and disposed of as much glass as possible, left the room, and returned with the vacuum cleaner. Sarah flicked Dylan's toys out of the way as she pushed the vacuum cleaner over the carpet, causing a small bag to land near the crib. Ally reached through the slats and pulled it into the crib with her. She looked inside to find it filled with Lego blocks, which Dylan evidently enjoyed playing with. She had never really tried Lego herself, but right now beggars couldn't be choosers. At least it might take her mind off what was going on around her, Ally thought.
By now Sarah had left the room to empty the vacuum cleaner, leaving Ally alone in her crib. She stood up and looked around. When she'd been stuck in the crib last night she'd had her mittens on, but maybe without them she'd be able to get herself out. She reached between the slats in an attempt to grab the latch, but its design prevented it from being reached from the inside. She tried to climb up the crib's slats, hoping scale the gate, but there was no grip and she lacked the upper body strength to pull herself up over the high sides. Ally fell back down on the crib mattress, landing next to the bag of Lego. Sarah had left without remembering to provide her with fresh shorts, and even though she was alone in the room she was embarrassed. Not since she was a toddler had she worn nothing but a T-Shirt and diaper, even in private. Ally was thankful that at least it wasn't a tape on diaper, but the colourful cartoon patterns on the front made it feel in some ways even more childish than her usual ones.
Ally pulled pieces out of the bag of Lego. She wasn't sure what exactly to make but settled on an aeroplane, which seemed a simple enough design. She set to work constructing it.
Meanwhile Sarah finished emptying the vacuum cleaner into the garbage bin, taking care to avoid spilling any glass. She returned to the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water. Her mother had told her to keep an eye on Ally, as she expected to be out all day, but Sarah hadn't expected something like this to eventuate. She gulped down the glass and refilled it, trying to decide what to do next. She realised that she needed a few minutes to calm her nerves while she planned her next move. Ally would no doubt be frustrated at being cooped up in her crib, but she was safe in there at least and Sarah knew she couldn't really dislike it that much, as her mother had told her that Ally had voluntarily spent most of the previous afternoon in her 'blanket fort'. She flicked on her computer and checked her Facebook page as she thought things through.
Sarah knew that her mother's first instinct would be to punish Ally further, perhaps even to call Sue back from her conference to collect her, but Sarah herself disagreed. She had seen the look on Ally's face as she lay in front of the broken mirror and knew that it had been an accident born of boredom rather than deliberate misbehaviour. If her mother was going to keep her grounded in Dylan's room without any way to burn off energy, an incident like this was inevitable. Sarah sighed. She knew her mother would disapprove, but her priority was to avoid a repeat of the day's antics. The only way she could do that was to give Ally an outlet and perhaps tire her out.
Her mind made up, Sarah returned to Dylan's room. She couldn't help but crack a smile as she saw Ally standing in the crib, her hand stretched high above her head as she pretended to fly her Lego plane. Holding the plane up like that had caused her T-Shirt to ride well above her pull-up, leaving it fully exposed. Sarah chuckled as she heard Ally muttering faint engine noises. Ally turned red as she finally noticed her cousin's presence. She dropped the plane over and tried to pull her T-Shirt down to cover the pull up.
"That looks like restricted airspace" Sarah joked, causing Ally to blush further. Sarah retrieved a fresh pair of shorts from Ally's suitcase, realising she'd completely forgotten about it before. Ally gratefully slipped them on as Sarah released the latch on the crib.
"You know I only left you in there so you wouldn't hurt yourself?" Sarah said. Ally nodded. She didn't agree that it had been necessary, but now that she was out there was no point in arguing over it.
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Timestamp: Mar 6, 2017 at 11:36 AM
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Heckle said:
Sarah is a brilliant addition to the story; and her changing Ally was adorable! I do particularly like you made it a dream for ally, very well presented.
just for clarification: Jenny left early, and Ally thinks she is still sleeping in correct?
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Thanks! Either Jenny left early before Ally woke up or while Ally was reading. Ally wouldn't know which.
maximilian said:
Ok, I am going to repeat myself, but thank you for this update 100% on time after breakfast
You wrote us the description of 4 wonderful nights (2x wet, 1x dry, 1x the actual one) so I was wondering if it all started on Monday or Tuesday. Now we have our answer with a wonderful weekend to come :biggrin:
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Thanks!
So the leak was not so big because Ally still wears the same pyjama, I assume :detective2:
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Correct. Sarah caught it pretty quickly, so not big enough to warrant waking Ally in the middle of the night.
Where did she leave the diaper? Hint: Diaperpail:eek!:
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Presumably disposed of, but not so much of an issue a it was dry.
No breakfast? The last time we read about Ally eating something was in the airport McD and there she nearly spilled her drink, if the lid hadn’t stayed on properly izza:
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We can assume she's eaten since then! I never eat breakfast myself (nor did I at Ally's age), so I guess I didn't really think too much about this one.
A new info about Dylan. And on top it probably is a boys goodnite :detective3
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Yup.
Where did the water come from :chin:
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I guess I didn't mention that - assume Ally brought it up with her the previous night before she went to bed and hasn't drunk any.
A (special needs) babysitting pro, Sara is. Again as Aunt Jenny not in a mean way but in a caring way atpat:
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Yes, that's what I'm after with Sarah!
Spoiler
Well, as you stated there will be some failed plans and so Ally’s downward spiral will go on. That is a pity for Ally but nice for us to read. So in the last scene she is wearing a boy’s goodnite under her shorts with a t-shirt that is showing the complete pull-up when Ally is lifting her arms up. I am wondering if Sarah is taking Ally to the playground where the top of the pull-up is clearly visible when she is brachiating along the monkey bars :wub:
She also needs to eat and drink something. The spilled water could have been an implicit indication that she ate in Dylan’s room, but I doubt that she would have been given a glass and normal porcelain. There probably is a “no food in the bedrooms” rule.
The question is: Will she be using the goodnite for the intended purpose and will the goodnite be a part of the precaution daytime attire, like Dylan’s :ninja:
Another pair of Questions: Did Sarah discern the poorly taped diaper and will or did she tell her mothereach:
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She'll definitely be having lunch. This isn't quite where I'm going, but not a bad idea to hold onto. I'll hold off answering the other questions for now, as I don't want to give away spoilers right now.
Chapter 27
"How about we go for a bushwalk?" Sarah asked Ally mere moments later, hoping this would give her a much needed chance to burn off some energy. Calling a trip through the woods at the back of the house a bushwalk might have been a bit of an exaggeration, but they did stretch on for quite a distance, and even Sarah wasn't 100% familiar with their whole area.
"I'd love to" Ally said honestly. Being cooped up in Dylan's room all morning hadn't at all been an enjoyable experience and she was itching to get out. "But won't Aunt Jenny mind?"
"I'm sure it'll be fine" Sarah replied. Her mother mightn't like the idea, but she had left Sarah to supervise Ally all day, so she could hardly complain about it.
Sarah reached into Dylan's closet and collected a small backpack that she always took with her whenever she took Dylan out into the woods. It contained a number of essentials like a first aid kit, just in case anything went wrong. She quickly cut a handful of sandwiches as Ally waited and deposited them into the backpack as well.
"OK, let's go" Sarah said enthusiastically. The two set off into the woods with Ally leading the way. Full of energy, Ally ran ahead and Sarah had to struggle to keep up. The trees were thick and obscured Sarah's vision more than a few metres ahead. She clambered over tree roots, doing her best not to trip.
"Hold up" Sarah called. "Don't get too far away, I can't keep up!"
"Oh, come on" Ally said, impatiently. Ally was smaller and nimbler, and found it far easier to navigate the treacherous terrain.
"I mean it Ally, you've got to stay in sight. I don't want you to get lost" Sarah marshalled her firmest tone.
"Hey, I've got an idea" Ally called back, mostly ignoring her cousin. "This place is perfect for a game of hide and seek. I'll hide first!"
"No Ally, that's not a good idea" Sarah replied, but Ally had already gone. "Ally, Ally" Sarah called, trying to follow her cousin's tracks. Ally didn't respond, either out of hearing distance or not wanting to be found. Sarah's frustration grew as she searched for Ally. This wasn't what she had in mind at all.
"ALLY!" She called loudly. Still no response. Finally Sarah caught sight of Ally's tracks and followed them to find her cousin crouched down between two thick trees.
"There you are!" Sarah called, taking Ally's arm in her hand.
"OK, you found me, your turn to hide!" Ally replied, failing to realise this wasn't a game to Sarah.
"No" Sarah stated looking Ally directly in the face. "No more hide and seek. What would you have done if I couldn't find you?" Sarah implored, hoping to alert Ally to the potential consequences.
"Pfft, I would have just met you back at the house, silly" Ally replied.
"Do you even know which way it is?" Sarah prompted.
"Of course I do, it's that way" Ally said, pointing out a path some 90 degrees away from the actual direction of the house.
"No, it's that way" Sarah said, pointing out the correct direction. Sarah's mind spun. She knew that Ally was excited, but hadn't expected her to be this immature. The woods weren't a playground designed for complete safety. "I think we should head back" Sarah said, realising that this had been a bad idea.
"Oh, already?" Ally asked, disappointed and not fully understanding Sarah's reasoning.
"Yes, already" Sarah confirmed.
"OK, I'll race you. Last one back's a rotten egg!" Ally called, running in the direction Sarah had pointed out. Sarah ran after her and managed to grab her shoulder before she got too far away. Ally stopped and turned to look at Sarah.
"Ally, I've asked you not to run away from me. It's dangerous out here!" Sarah said, her patience exhausted.
"Oh, it can't be that dangerous" Ally replied, dismissively. "Otherwise how would you be able to take Dylan out here safely?"
"I'll show you how I take Dylan out here safely" Sarah replied. Sarah's tone sounded mildly ominous, but Ally was intrigued. Sarah opened up her backpack and reached for something inside.
"Turn around" Sarah instructed. Ally did as she was told as Sarah slipped something over her shoulders. She looked down and noticed a set of firm black straps around her chest. Sarah pulled them around behind her and clipped them together behind her back.
"It's a child harness, for special needs kids like Dylan" Sarah informed her. "He can't get away from me when he's wearing it."
Ally took a few steps forward, testing this theory. On the third step she felt a tug around her back and realised she was being pulled back. Ally stared at the harness in amazement. She hadn't even realised such devices existed. Ally reached behind her back for the buckles, intent on removing the harness now that Sarah had shown it to her. To her surprise, however, they didn't open. Clearly the designers had expected that kids who needed to wear the harness would likely try to remove it and had taken precautions. She tugged at the straps, trying to pull them up and over her head but again found no success. Ally realised she wouldn't get the harness off without Sarah's help.
"OK, you've shown it to me, now time to take it off" Ally prompted.
"I'll take it off once we get back" Sarah replied, partly to teach Ally a lesson about running off in the woods but mostly to make sure they'd get back safely. Ally considered refusing and simply sitting on the ground until Sarah decided to take it off, but decided against it. She was in enough trouble as it was, and embarrassed enough that her actions had led Sarah to think that she needed such an extreme safety measure.
"This way" Sarah directed with a gentle tug on the leash. Ally complied, keeping a steady pace as she walked in front of Sarah. The leash attached to her harness was long, perhaps 5 meters in total, but Sarah made a habit of pulling Ally back if she got more than half that distance away. She didn't want it to get tangled around the thick bushes obstructing their path. For her part, Ally quickly got used to the harness. It was comfortable enough that she didn't even notice it most of the time, although she received a brief reminder with each tug Sarah made on the leash. While Ally was the one walking ahead, it was Sarah who controlled their direction via the leash.
"Are we back yet" Ally asked, fidgeting with the straps on the harness. It seemed to Ally to be taking much longer to get back than it had to get out in the first place.
"Oh, I thought we'd have lunch first" Sarah replied. Ally could guess what had changed her mind about heading straight back. "But we can go straight back if you prefer" Sarah offered.
"No" Ally said, thinking about it for a moment. She didn't particularly relish wearing the harness for longer than she had to, but going back to Aunt Jenny's would see her grounded in Dylan's room for the rest of the afternoon, a prospect that seemed far worse. "Let's have lunch."
They arrived at their intended destination a few short minutes later as the trees broke to reveal a small clearing. "I think this is a lovely spot for a picnic" Sarah said exuberantly. It was her favourite part of the woods, and she had often taken Dylan out here just as she was now taking Ally. She took a sheet out of her backpack and spread it out on the dry grass.
"Stay here Ally, I just need to use the bathroom before we have lunch" Sarah said.
"There's a bathroom around here?" Ally asked, surprised.
"Yes, just behind those trees" Sarah said.
"Really?" Ally asked. She couldn't see a thing.
"Of course not, silly. You go bush style. Dig a little hole to use then fill it up once your done." Sarah laughed, surprised that Ally had believed her.
Ally made a face. That idea sounded disgusting to her. "Gross. I'd rather use a diaper!" she shot back.
"Well, if you prefer" Sarah said, sounding serious.
Ally was a confused by her cousin's tone. It took her a moment to realise she was still wearing the pull up diaper Sarah had given her before they left. "I didn't mean that literally!" she shot back, turning a little red.
Sarah turned towards the tree line, intent on finding a little privacy to do her business, but paused mid-step. Ally seemed happy enough for the moment, but she was still full of energy. Would she still be sitting here when Sarah got back, or would she decide to explore a little on her own, perhaps even start an impromptu game of hide and seek? Sarah decided not to take any chances. She unclipped the leash from the back of Ally's harness and looped it around a nearby tree before clipping it back on. Ally was too busy inspecting the sandwiches and trying to decide which ones to claim to even notice.
Having selected her preferred sandwiches and left the remaining ones in a pile for Sarah, Ally decided to stretch her legs. She hadn't been allowed to move far from Sarah's side on the trip here and was keen to look around a little now. She barely made it five steps from the blanket, however, before she felt herself being pulled back. Ally turned around. Had Sarah come back without her realising and grabbed the leash? Her eyes followed the leash back and she finally noticed what her cousin had done. She walked up to the tree she was tethered to and inspected the end of the leash. The leash had been looped around though the handle, making it impossible to remove from the tree without first unclipping her end. She reached around her back, managing to find the buckle. She struggled with it, pushing and pulling in all different spots but was still unable to open it. Annoyed she made one final attempt to escape by running at full speed away from the tree, hoping to break free. The leash and harness were more than strong enough to withstand this, however, and she was firmly jerked backward, loosing her balance and falling backwards onto her behind.
Even though no-one had seen her, she was somewhat embarrassed by her un-coordinated fall to the ground after this failed attempt. Finally giving up, she returned to the blanket. Sarah returned only moments later.
"You're still here I see" Sarah observed, never doubting that would be the case.
"Why did you do that?" Ally demanded, placing her hand on the tether.
"Why was it a problem?" Sarah asked in return. "I asked you to stay here anyway."
"I just wanted to explore around a bit" Ally said, surprised at how easily Sarah had turned the conversation against her.
"Well, that's exactly why I did it" Sarah informed her, feeling vindicated. Ally didn't know quite how to respond to that, so stayed quiet. To Ally's disappointment, Sarah didn't immediately move to release the tether, instead grabbing one of the sandwiches Ally had left for her and taking a bite. Ally wolfed down her sandwiches quickly, while Sarah took her time, savouring every bite. Sarah was only half way through her selection by the time Ally had finished.
"Aren't you planning on eating those?" Ally asked, noticing how long it was taking Sarah to get through her sandwiches.
"Why are you in such a rush?" Sarah replied. "It's a beautiful day and so peaceful out here, enjoy it!" Ally realised that Sarah had a point. It was much nicer out here than it would be back in Dylan's room. Sarah handed Ally the backpack she'd brought with her. As well as the essentials, it also contained a few things to keep Dylan occupied and entertained while they were out. Ally fished through them, wondering what she might find. She fished out a small collection of finger paints. Dylan clearly enjoyed the tactile interaction they allowed, but Ally fancied herself quite the budding artist. While they might not be the ideal medium, they would certainly do. She sat in the shade underneath a particularly large tree as far from Sarah as her leash would allow and began to paint. The tree bark made a workable canvas and she was soon engrossed.
Sarah finished her own sandwiches and was pleased to see Ally having fun. She lay back on the sheet, basking in the warm sun. This might not be the beach, but as far as sunbathing went it was the next best thing. She relaxed and closed her eyes, knowing that Ally couldn't go far.
Sarah woke with a start as a bird chirped beside her ear. She rubbed her eyes. She hadn't intended to fall asleep, but must have dozed off without realising. She glanced around. As expected, Ally remained constrained to the area permitted by her tether, and was still painting away happily on another tree. Sarah walked up to her.
"Ready to go now?" she asked.
"Just let me finish this" Ally requested. She hated to give up on an unfinished work. Sarah waited patiently as Ally put the finishing touches on her painting then moved to see it. The finger paints were an imprecise instrument, but Sarah could clearly make out the painting as being of herself and Ally.
"Do you like it?" Ally asked, nervously.
"I love it" Sarah responded. Realising that the paints would dissolve in the next good rainfall Sarah pulled out her phone and snapped a picture to look back on. "Now one with the artist" she said, taking a step backwards to increase the size of the frame. Ally stood next to the painting, smiling broadly as Sarah took another photo.
"Let me see" Ally requested. Sarah brought up the photo on her phone and handed it to Ally. Ally grimaced. The harness she was wearing was obvious on the photo and made her look ridiculous.
"Now one without the harness" Ally said.
"Nice try" Sarah chuckled. She unclipped the leash from Ally's back and unwound it from the tree before clipping it back on. They made their way through the woods back to the house before Sarah finally removed the harness.
"There, that wasn't so bad was it?" Sarah primed. Ally had to admit it hadn't been.
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Timestamp: Mar 8, 2017 at 11:38 AM
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nray999 said:
It's interesting to see both insight into Dylan and a guided tour of the special needs lifestyle as Sarah keeps controlling Ally with the same tools she uses with Dylan. I'm wondering what Ally will end up in next, not mention what happens when her mother returns.
Also the "restricted airspace" joke was great.
After all that walking is it naptime for Ally, and what to wear?
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Thanks! I'm glad someone picked up on the joke!
babycakes said:
Once again, thanks for the update. Interesting how immature Ally is at times though 13 is the turning point between pre-teen and teen when the brain physically changes to support the emerging adult. What I really like about this story is the way Ally's actions can be interpreted in opposing directions. E.G., from one perspective, Ally's exuberant exploration of the forest could be very mature for a young adult interested in nature and botany. On the other hand, Ally's exuberance could be interpreted as reckless and immature, which is the way Sarah decided to view it. I really enjoy the different perspectives you employ, which explains Sarah's and Aunt Jenny's reactions to Ally's actions. After all, reality is always viewed through our own perspective. Personally, I consider this a brilliantly crafted story as there is always opportunity for misinterpretation and, hence, the story dynamic. Hope I didn't overstate your objectives.
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Thanks, I've always enjoyed writing about this age group as there's so much space for tension between being a child who acts in childish ways and also becoming a teenager who's more insightful and wants to be taken more seriously. That's equally true of the adults around them who are caught between treating their child as the kid they've always been and respecting them as a teenager who's becoming more mature and who has their own independent viewpoint that deserves to be considered seriously. Many of my favourite situations in this story have come about when Ally takes a more mature viewpoint but the adults around her still treat her as a kid, and that will continue to be the case. Of course, Ally's still young as well and will absolutely misbehave and make mistakes from time to time and she'll have to bear the consequences of those. And whether those consequences are targeted at 'child Ally' or 'teenage Ally' is another source of tension (and will be to a greater extent once we get past chapter 30).
I've definitely aimed for all the character's actions to be reasonable from their own perspectives, and I'm glad to hear you think that's been successful.
Chapter 28
Ally glanced at the clock as they re-entered the house, surprised at how much time had gone by. After their long walk it was now almost dinner time. They only just made it back inside the house before Aunt Jenny returned, carrying with her three big containers of KFC chicken. Normally Jenny wouldn't have gone for such an unhealthy dinner, but having been out all day the last thing she wanted to do was cook.
"Come on girls, time for dinner" Jenny called, sounding more pleasant than she had all week. Ally looked down at her clothes. Having been out in the woods most of the day she was covered in dirt and would have liked to have showered before dinner. Nonetheless dinner was here now and if she took a shower first it'd be cold by the time she got out so she made do by thoroughly scrubbing her hands in the bathroom sink. Flakes of paint peeled away from her fingers but they'd need to soak for much longer if the paint stains were to come off completely. Ally decided this would have to suffice for now.
Ally devoured the chicken hungrily. The sandwiches Sarah had made for lunch had been tasty, but not terribly filling and after all that walking she'd built up quite an appetite.
"Maybe you'd like a bath tonight instead of a shower?" Sarah asked after they'd finished.
"Yes please!" Ally replied, enthusiastically. She was still covered in dirt and dry sweat and a long soak in the bathtub sounded much nicer than spending what remained of the night in Dylan's room. "How did you know?" she asked.
"Well, I did have to sit downwind of you at dinner" Sarah said, holding her nose with mock indignation. Ally gave her a playful punch and ran upstairs to the bathroom. She noticed her phone sitting on the bench as she did so and scooped it up. Aunt Jenny might not permit it, but what she didn't know wouldn't hurt her.
Stepping into the bathroom she noticed that Sarah had already run the water for her and even thrown in some bubble bath for good measure. She closed the bathroom door and stripped off, depositing her dirty clothes as well as the goodnite she was still wearing beside the bath. The water sloshed around as she hopped in, spilling a little over the side of the bath. 'Blast' Ally thought to herself. Aunt Jenny wouldn't be pleased if she left the bathroom in a mess.
She reached for the towel but couldn't quite reach it from where she sat in the bath. Not wanting to get out of the warm water, she looked around for an alternative. She spotted the goodnite where she'd discarded it and grabbed it, wiping it back and forth across the spilt water. By the time she was finished, no-one could ever tell there had been a spill at all. Ally put her headphones in and relaxed, propping her head against the end of the bath as she picked out her favourite playlist.
Time passed, and for the first time since she arrived Ally felt truly relaxed. That feeling didn't last long, however, as Sarah pushed open the bathroom door.
"What's going on, it's bedtime and you've been in there for ages? I've been calling and calling!" Sarah asked. Ally's rush to pull the headphones from her ears was all the answer Sarah needed. She hadn't heard her over the music she'd been playing.
"Oh Ally, you haven't even washed your hair" Sarah admonished, pocketing Ally's phone.
"It's fine the way it is" Ally responded hurriedly, not wanting to cause further problems.
"The hell it is" Sarah said. "You've got dirt all through it!" She grabbed a small bucket from the edge of the bath and filled it with bathwater before pouring it over Ally's head, wetting her hair. Ally blinked her eyes repeatedly to clear the water, not having been ready for this at all. Sarah poured a dollop of shampoo and began massaging it into Ally's hair. Ally tried to move her hands into position and take over the shampoo, but Sarah was in a rush and continued unabated.
"OK, close your eyes" Sarah instructed as she refilled the bucket. This time Ally was prepared and did as she was told as Sarah washed the shampoo from her hair. "There, all done" Sarah confirmed, getting to her feet. She saw Ally's discarded goodnite for the first time and noticed that it was soaked.
"I see you decided to use the diaper after all" Sarah observed, referring to their earlier conversation at lunch.
"It's just water that spilled over the bath" Ally said defensively, her face turning red.
"Uh huh" Sarah said, disbelievingly.
"It's true!" Ally insisted.
"Oh Ally, it's OK. That's what the diaper's meant for" Sarah replied, not believing a word of it. She picked a towel off the rack and held it up for Ally. Realising that she had nothing to gain by arguing, Ally stepped out of the bath. Sarah wrapped the towel around her and Ally set about drying herself off. Sarah tentatively picked up the goodnight from the very edge of the elastic and dropped it into the nearby bin.
"Time to ged ready for bed" Sarah insisted. Realising that she hadn't brought her pyjamas with her into the bathroom, Ally headed over to Dylan's room wrapped in the towel, with Sarah following just behind.
"Grab your pyjamas and I'll grab your diaper" Sarah instructed. Ally did as she was told and sat down on the crib mattress waiting for Sarah. Sarah carried the diaper over. "Lie down" she instructed, holding out the diaper.
"I can do it myself!" Ally protested. Surely Sarah would realise she could get changed herself.
"You didn't do such a good job of it last night" Sarah observed. Ally turned red. She could hardly admit that her poor taping job had been deliberate.
"Look, it's OK, I know you're probably just not used to this brand" Sarah comforted, noticing Ally's embarrassment. "How about you put it in place and I do up the tapes?"
That sounded better than nothing to Ally and she nodded her acceptance. Sarah handed her the diaper and she pulled it into place. After she was done, Sarah pulled open the tapes and secured them firmly. Finally, she held up the pyjamas in front of Ally's feet. Realising what was intended, Ally lifted up her legs and let Sarah slide the pyjamas up and over her waist. She adjusted her position to allow Sarah to pull them all the way up and over her arms before turning to allow her to secure the zipper and tab.
"Last part" Sarah said picking up the mittens from the floor. Ally sighed.
"Do you really have to put those on?" she asked, suspecting she knew the answer. "I can't even read when I'm wearing them and I'm really getting into Harry Potter"
"Mum saw the mirror" Sarah said simply. The implication of this was enough for Ally, she clearly wouldn't be given any special consideration after that. "Look, I'll tell you what. Let me put them on and I'll read Harry too you." Sarah offered, noting Ally's continued hesitation.
Realising this was the best offer she was likely to get, Ally extended her hands and let Sarah put the mittens in place. Sarah picked up the book. Realising that Ally would have some difficulty manipulating the bed covers with her mittens, she pulled them up to Ally's chin and tucked her in before starting to read where Ally had left off. Exhausted after the day's events, Ally quickly fell asleep.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 10, 2017 at 11:12 AM
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kerry said:
Cew435, I don't know if I have mentioned it before or not, but you are doing a remarkable job on this story. It and Raquel are simply the two best and most consistent pieces we have going at the moment. (As much as I admire both Write and Left's and Baby Samantha's stories, they have not been updating them with the consistency you guys have.) It's a shame that blablafreckenlover didn't get nominated for a NAPPY. I do love "Back to Diapers"—though not so much its title—and consider it one of the best we've had, but of its 28 chapters only 3 were posted this year. I have to be pulling for you this time. FWIW.
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Thanks, I've actually only just started reading blablafreckenlover's story, and I'm very impressed with it. Unfortunately, there's no way I'm going to be able to keep up this pace once I get past Chapter 30 - these 30 chapters have actually been written (not entirely sequentially) over about 18 months.
BabySamantha said:
Great story. I was not expecting Sarah to read to Ally, but I wonder if the bedtime stories are going to start getting more suitable for a younger child...
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Thanks, that is something I intend to come back to, but Ally's time with Sarah and Aunt Jenny is fast coming to a close (at least for now).
Chapter 29
Ally woke late the following morning, which was hardly surprising after yesterday. She raised her head from the pillow and looked around, realising that Sarah had closed the crib gate after she'd fallen asleep last night. Under any other circumstances she would have been annoyed by this, but with her mittens on she wouldn't be able to do much even if she could get out! She noticed a note that Sarah had left next to the crib and strained to read it.
'Ally, I'm sure you're tired after yesterday so I won't come in to wake you. Just yell out when you're ready to get up' it read. Ally thought about it. On one hand her diaper was wet and she wouldn't mind getting her mittens off, but on the other she would still be grounded in Dylan's with nothing anything else to do all day. The bedding was nice and warm so she snuggled under the covers and decided to wait a little while longer.
After a brief snooze she realised she needed to use the bathroom. 'I guess I'd better get up' she thought to herself, but couldn't bring herself to call for Sarah. 'Screw it, the diaper's wet already' she concluded lazily and gradually let her bladder empty into the diaper.
Finally, Sarah came into the room. "It's almost midday" she admonished. "You must have seen my note."
"Not like Aunt Jenny's going to let me do anything else today" she shrugged.
"Point taken" Sarah said sympathetically. She opened the crib door and removed Ally's mittens and pyjamas, allowing her to get changed. By then it was time for lunch.
The afternoon was tedious, with Ally finding little of interest to do in Dylan's room. It wasn't until dinner that Ally was permitted to come downstairs once again. Sarah had already left the house to see a few of her friends.
"Aren't you having anything?" Ally asked Aunt Jenny, surprised that her aunt had only made enough food for one.
"I'm going to have dinner with a few friends tonight. As a matter of fact, I'll be leaving pretty soon" Aunt Jenny explained. "Your mum said there's a girl from your school, Laura, who sometimes babysits for you so I gave her a call. She'll be looking after you tonight." Ally didn't like that characterisation, but wasn't going to start an argument over semantics. She would be happy to see Laura again.
Ally heard the doorbell ring. "Speak of the devil, that'll be her now" Aunt Jenny observed. She opened the front door, surprised by what she saw. Aunt Jenny had assumed that Laura would be a much older girl, perhaps in her final year of school, but this girl couldn't have been much older than Ally herself.
"Laura?" she questioned, wondering if she could be mistaken. Laura nodded.
"Have you had any experience babysitting?" Aunt Jenny asked.
"Oh yeah, I've been doing it for weeks" Laura responded proudly. Aunt Jenny grimaced. That wasn't exactly the stellar resume she'd been hoping for. Perhaps Laura would have done an reasonable job if Ally were in a co-operative mood, but given Ally's recent behaviour Aunt Jenny doubted that Laura was up to the task. How would Ally react when Laura gave her a direction? Would leaving these two girls alone in the house lead to even more havoc? Jenny was tempted to send Laura away, but that would mean cancelling her own plans.
"OK, new plan" Aunt Jenny dictated. "Ally, get ready for bed right now. I want you in bed by the time I leave." This way Laura could sit downstairs, and would only have to be on hand in case of an emergency. Surely there was no way she could screw that up.
"What, it's not even 7:00!" Ally protested loudly. She'd been looking forward to a nice long night with Laura ever since her aunt had announced that she'd be coming.
"And after your recent behaviour, you're in no position to complain about it!" Aunt Jenny insisted. Ally blushed. She didn't like being criticised in front of Laura. "Now go upstairs and get ready while I speak with Laura." Aunt Jenny commanded.
Ally did as she was told and ran upstairs to shower, grabbing a spare diaper on the way. She washed hurriedly, not wanting to give Aunt Jenny and Laura any more time to talk than she had to. She dried off and taped on the diaper as quickly as she could manage, hearing a knock on the bathroom door as she did so.
"Ally, it's Laura" Laura called from behind the door. "I've got some good news and some bad news for you."
"The good news first" Ally called back. She could certainly use some.
"The good news is that I told Aunt Jenny that it was me that took your pyjamas off a few days ago" Laura offered. "She believed me when I told her that you can't get them off, so you don't need to wear your mittens anymore!" Laura hoped that would cheer Ally up, but Ally remembered that she'd only heard half the news.
"What's the bad news?" Ally said, dreading to hear.
"The bad news is that she wouldn't budge on you going to bed now. Or on wearing the pyjamas. Here, I brought them for you." Laura reached her arm through the door and dropped the aforementioned pyjamas on the bathroom floor. Ally picked them up and put them on. She hadn't really expected any different. She stepped out of the bathroom to meet Laura. Laura barely supressed a giggle as she zipped up Ally's pyjamas. Of course she felt sorry for Ally, but she really did find it funny that Ally was being made to wear them.
"Oh, wow" Laura said, following Ally into Dylan's room. "This is ... different." Ally sighed, collapsing onto the mattress with a thud. She realised that Laura had probably never seen a special needs child's room before. Aunt Jenny joined them a few moments later.
"Oh good, you're all ready I see" she praised, pleased that Ally had let Laura zip up her pyjamas without a fuss. She stepped up to the crib Ally was still sitting on and pulled the gate shut, securing the latch for good measure.
"Oh come on Aunt Jenny" Ally protested gripping the slats of the crib. "Surely I can just stay in Dylan's room!"
"I'm sorry Ally, but that's the rule. You're up here to sleep, not to play. Otherwise what's to stop you getting out and causing trouble?"
"I'm not going to 'cause trouble'" Ally protested.
"Well, you've certainly done a good job of it over the last few days!" Aunt Jenny responded, already walking out of the room. Debating the issue would be pointless, Ally realised. She heard the front door slam shut as Aunt Jenny left a couple of minutes later.
"OK Laura, you can let me out now" Ally requested.
"I'm sorry, Ally, I can't" Laura said apologetically. "Your aunt made me promise that I wouldn't."
"Laura! She'll never even know!" Ally exclaimed, not quite believing that Laura would refuse her request.
"That's not the point Ally" Laura replied, patiently. "She's paying me good money to follow her rules." Ally pounded her hands against the side of the crib in exasperation, but of course it didn't budge.
"We can still do something, though. Play a game maybe?" Laura offered as a consolation.
"No, I don't want to" Ally pouted, still angry. "Just go"
"Fine" Laura responded, fed up by her friend's lack of understanding. She left the room. Ally turned, looking for something to do. The inside of the crib was quite bare, with no toys or books to amuse her. She noticed the Harry Potter book she'd been reading discarded on the floor near the crib. She reached for it, stretching her arms out as far as she could manage between the slats of the crib but couldn't quite make contact. Realising it was futile, she pulled her arm back inside the crib.
"Laura" she called, realising it had been a mistake to send her friend away. "LAURA"
"What is it?" Laura said, coming back into the room.
"Look, I'm sorry about before" Ally said, swallowing her pride. "Is there something we can play?"
"Well, I found this old scrabble board downstairs" Laura replied. She'd realised that Ally had nothing to do in the crib, and had been expecting her call.
"OK" Ally replied. She wasn't a huge fan of scrabble, but it sounded better than nothing. Laura placed a small table next to the crib and set the board up on top of it. Ally could easily reach the board through the crib slats and set about grabbing her letters. The two girls chatted as they played, with Ally filling Laura in the events of the last few days. Laura found the whole thing hilarious, and struggled not to laugh on more than one occasion. Somehow, that helped Ally relax as well and by the time they were halfway through their first game Ally almost forgot she was stuck inside the crib.
Unfortunately for Ally, Laura's vocabulary was much better and she ended up winning the game quite easily. Ally requested a second game, and Laura was happy to oblige. Ally managed an early lead, and actually thought she was going to win right up until Laura placed 'squeeze' on a triple word score, getting rid of all her letters in the process. Ally didn't even want to count the score on that one.
"Another game!" Ally declared, realising she had lost that one.
"No, your aunt will be home soon" Laura declared, checking the time on her watch. "And she'll be expecting you to be asleep. Or at least trying to sleep"
"Come on Laura, just one more" Ally pleaded, not wanting to end the night on a losing streak.
"Good night Ally" Laura declared firmly, flicking off the light and leaving the room. Ally stuck out her tongue to express her displeasure, but with the lights out Laura didn't notice. She fell back on her pillow. With nothing else to do, she pulled the covers up over her. With her hands free of the mittens, sleeping in the crib didn't seem quite as bad. Eventually, she managed to fall asleep.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 11, 2017 at 12:56 PM
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maximilian said:
Well this update is a nice start in the Weekend – Thank You :biggrin:
That means after chapter 30 the update interval goes from 2 days up to 18 days:SHOCKED:
I am sure your chapters will be worth the wait :sleep1:
It was nice from Laura to tell the truth concerning the pyjama and therefore releasing her from the Mittens. I always like these babysitting scenes and Laura seems to get more practice, which is good :blushie:
Tomorrow it is back to school for Ally, I wonder what is the next surprise for her :rollseyes:
Well, I’m looking forward for the next update :catsmile:
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Hopefully I can keep up some sort of a schedule! My work commitments tend to be quite variable, so there are likely to be some frequent updates followed by long delays. Actually, tomorrow's a long weekend (for Ally) - meant to add that in somewhere, so she'll have another day at home (although a more enjoyable one).
blablafreckenlover said:
Man Aunt Jenny is kind of the worst. She doesn't feel comfortable with Laura so her solution is to lock Ally up for the night. It just seems kind of harsh especially after Laura admits that she is the one who let Ally out of her pajamas that one time, and since Ally has been for the most part compliant with this whole weekend locked up.
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Thanks, I always appreciate hearing the different viewpoints and I particularly wanted to address this outside of the usual posting schedule. Since starting this segment with Aunt Jenny, I've realised that I've done a pretty bad job of explaining her point of view throughout the last 10 chapters. Obviously I never intended you to like her, but the degree to which everyone dislikes her is stronger than I intended. I'd planned to edit in a lot more explanation after seeing people's initial reaction, but ran out of time. You've interpreted those events exactly as Ally did, but let me explain this chapter from Aunt Jenny's perspective:
The only real change that's occurred because of her discomfort towards Laura is the early bedtime (a bit over an hour before she'd planned). That's not at all an unreasonable change given both her concern about Laura's abilities and Ally's continued misbehavior the previous day (breaking the mirror). Now, of course, the crib: Ally chose to sleep in the crib despite being offered another alternative (the camping bed), and never once requested a change. She secured the gate herself two nights ago and let Aunt Jenny put her mittens on while she was in the crib (leaving her unable to open it) without first opening the gate herself or asking Jenny to do it (Aunt Jenny doesn't know that Ally simply didn't think this through). As far as Jenny knows, Ally did exactly the same thing the previous night (Aunt Jenny doesn't know that Sarah closed the gate after Ally fell asleep, and Sarah was just leaving the crib the way she found it the previous night). Ally then stayed in the crib that entire morning without calling for Sarah the way she was supposed to. Clearly, she couldn't have an aversion to being in there, and that's not all that surprising to Jenny - after all, her son Dylan happily sleeps in there every night. So if Ally's objecting to the arrangement, it can only be because she doesn't want to go to bed an hour early. And that's not an objection that Jenny's going to entertain.
Of course, I'm not saying that's the correct interpretation, just that I think Aunt Jenny's actions are, to her, justified and defensible. From her point of view she's being strict to Ally but not mean, and she doesn't feel she's done anything wrong. I'm keen to hear what people think of her as I haven't completely decided what will happen to her character.
As for Laura's admission, that doesn't change Ally's culpability in any way. Ally still asked Laura to remove her pyjamas despite knowing that the rule was that she wear them. She then covered that up from Aunt Jenny when she went to bed and, by far the worst of all, proceeded to pull her diapers off during the night when this was the very reason she'd been made to wear the pyjamas in the first place (Aunt Jenny was neither told, nor would have believed, that it was a simply a tape adjustment gone wrong). The only thing it does change is that Jenny knows that Ally can't remove the pyjamas herself, and hence doesn't need the mittens (which Aunt Jenny used only to prevent Ally from removing her diapers and wetting the bed again, not as a punishment).
That being said you can get away with Jenny being the worst as long as someone calls her out on it or she apologizes for it at the end of this. That's not me projecting, or at least I'm not trying to, that's just genuine advice. I'm just worried that at the end of this ark Sue will come back and just pile on to Ally even more or that she will end up apologizing to Jenny for how Ally misbehaved instead of sticking up for her and that would just end up being kind of frustrating. Where as if there is some kind of confrontation or apology even if it's a little one the you essentially get to have your cake and eat it too.
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My current plans (minor, non-specific, spoilers follow)
Spoiler
Aunt Jenny won't give Ally a formal apology but her actions in a couple of chapters' time will be (intended & interpreted as) at least a recognition that some of these measures were somewhat misguided and unnecessary, and perhaps provide some compensation as well.
Sue won't side with Jenny, and certainly won't punish Ally further, but she will understand Jenny's perspective. I haven't entirely decided what details Sue will find out and when. There are good reasons for both Jenny and Ally not to go over the whole thing given that explaining the pyjamas, mittens, etc... would also require explaining the details of Ally's misbehavior. The above not withstanding, Jenny firmly believes that Sue would see her actions as reasonable given the circumstances (as from her point of view they were). From Jenny's point of view, she doesn't want Sue to feel bad by thinking that she's put Jenny through too much by leaving Ally with her. She also doesn't want to get Ally into any further trouble, which she thinks is a distinct possibility as Sue would find Ally's misbehavior an embarrassment to her family. From Ally's point of view, she knows that Sue would side with her over the pyjamas, mittens, etc... but that Sue would also be very upset by her other misbehavior (e.g. the mirror). She doesn't know whether Sue would punish her for that and doesn't want to admit everything in order to prosecute her case against Jenny.
This leaves Ally with some rather unresolved issues about the rather juvenile way she's been treated over the past week, which motivates the rebelliousness that will come shortly.
And again it's not like I'm unhappy with the things that have happened, you're not going to get to the harness without a steady decline and I liked the harness bit.
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Glad you liked that part! I'm very interested to hear which elements of the last few chapters everyone liked/disliked (e.g. harness, crib, etc...) as this will definitely motivate what will be included in the future.
babycakes said:
Once again I'll repeat myself; this is an amazingly well orchestrated story. If judged by nothing else, look at all the readers so heavily invested in the story and characters.
I'm not sure where you are going now but I'm dying to find out. "Last" chapter should be one heck of a cliffhanger. Agree with others that Aunt Jenny has been overly harsh but what has she got to apologize for? Ally has been her own worst enemy throughout. Also love the babysitting "scenes" but I wonder if Laura is rally fulfilling her true role? Could Sue have an extension of her business trip causing Ally to have further conflict with Aunt Jenny and what would ensue from that situation?
Many thanks again for wonderful writing.
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Thanks, Ally will be leaving Aunt Jenny's in a couple of chapters' time, so we'll be back to Ally and Sue primarily.
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After re-reading the harness chapter, I can see I've done the same sort of thing with the scene where Sarah first puts on Ally's harness in not explaining Sarah's viewpoint clearly at all. Let me go through what was in my head for Sarah at the time.
Firstly, this shouldn't be interpreted as a punishment. Sarah is Ally's cousin, and while she certainly sees herself as a carer she doesn't see herself as an authority figure. She hasn't actually punished Ally at all throughout the story (Ally interpreted being told to nap in the crib after she broke the glass a punishment, but Sarah's just trying to keep her safe while she cleans up the mess).
Sarah puts the harness on Ally after Ally rebukes Sarah's warning that the woods are dangerous. Sarah, of course, is disturbed by the fact that Ally's not taking her warning seriously and concerned about Ally's safety. By putting the harness on, Sarah's delivering a not-at-all subtle hint that she's quite serious. What does she expect here? For Ally to take the hint. If Ally's as mature as she thinks herself to be, she'll apologise and reflect. Sarah doesn't really expect that, though. Sarah expected Ally to complain and pout that she's not a little kid who can be treated like that, and perhaps even refuse to move. Either way, Sarah would know that Ally had got the message about how serious she was. And either way, she would have taken the harness off again and kept on going.
What does Ally do instead? Virtually nothing, she just says that now she's seen the harness Sarah should take it off. She's missed Sarah's hint altogether, and seems to think that Sarah IS just showing her Dylan's harness. And so Sarah leaves it on for two reasons. Firstly, she wants to reinforce her point with the expectation that after a few minutes walking on the harness Ally will internalize the message and ask Sarah to remove it. And until Ally recognizes the seriousness of the situation, Sarah wants to make sure that she does in fact stay safe. Of course, that doesn't happen, and Ally even wants to have lunch out in the woods, so Sarah can't really take it off without being right back to square one. And the kicker is that Ally herself feels that she's showing maturity by not having a tantrum over the 'punishment' she believed Sarah to be implementing, which is exactly what Sarah wanted her to do.
And none of that came across in the chapter. I think I've rushed these last few a bit quickly.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 12, 2017 at 12:33 PM
Content: Chapter 30
Ally woke early the following morning, and was relieved not to have to wait too long for Sarah to let her out of the crib. After the previous night, Aunt Jenny finally seemed to realise that she'd been punished enough. While she would still be required to wear her back zip pyjamas at night, she was no longer grounded. As an added bonus, today was a public holiday so she wouldn't have to go to school either. Realising this, Sarah asked Ally if she'd like to join her on a fishing trip that afternoon. Ally wasn't a big fan of fishing, but she did want to spend more time with her cousin so agreed readily.
Ally changed into an old T-Shirt and skirt appropriate for a fishing trip. Sarah made the necessary preparations and confirmed with Aunt Jenny that it would be all right to borrow her car for the afternoon. Jenny's car was an older Ford model, mass produced and popular. The only unusual thing about it was Dylan's car seat which occupied one of the back seats. Clearly intended for special needs children, it stretched almost to the roof of the car. Sarah had placed the fishing rods, tackle and bait on the other seat so Ally tossed her bag on top of Dylan's car seat and hopped in the front passenger's seat, excited.
"Hey Sarah, where exactly are we going?" she asked as Sarah drove.
"A river, not too far from here" Sarah replied. "I used to go there quite a bit with my dad, but haven't actually been back in years."
"Do you know the way?" Ally queried.
"That's what the GPS is for" Sarah said. At the next red light, she pulled her phone from her pocket and handing it to Ally to type in the location.
"Looks like you're out of power" Ally observed. "Don't worry, mine's in my bag." She reached towards the back seat for her bag, but couldn't quite reach it.
"Blast" Ally said. She unbuckled her seatbelt to give herself a longer reach.
"Ally wait, I'll pull over" Sarah insisted, but Ally had already climbed over the console into the back seat. Ally heard a car honk behind her. The lights had changed to green. Ally braced herself against the seat as the car lurched forward. Just then she heard the tell-tale sound of a police siren echo behind her, signalling them to pull over.
"Blast!" Sarah said, annoyed. "I really can't afford a fine. Ally, just keep quiet and let me do the talking." Ally sat down on Dylan's car seat. It was the only free spot in the back of the car and she didn't want to risk clambering back into the front.
"Good afternoon, officer" Sarah said sweetly as the police officer made his way over to the car.
"I saw your girl climbing over the seat while your car was in motion" the officer said plainly. "As the adult in charge of the vehicle it's your responsibility to make sure she's wearing a seatbelt. I'll have to write you a ticket"
"I'm terribly sorry, officer" Sarah apologised. "I'm taking my cousin out fishing and she's terribly excited." The officer looked into the back of the car, noticing the car seat for the first time along with the sticker on the back of the car that read 'special needs child on board'. His expression softened a little.
"I've got an autistic nephew myself" he replied. "I know how difficult it can be to keep him in his seat. I'm sure it's the same with your cousin, but it's for her own safety." It took Ally a moment to realise that the officer assumed the seat was hers. She was about to say something, but Sarah got in first.
"I know, I promise you it will never happen again." Sarah apologised. The officer was clearly weighing up whether to write her up.
"Well, since you're doing a good dead for your cousin, strap her in securely and I'll let you off with a warning" the officer offered.
"Thank you so much, sir" Sarah replied. She got out of the car and opened the door nearest to Ally's seat. Realising that it would get them off a ticket, Ally said nothing as Sarah used the seat's 5-point harness to strap her in and tightened up the straps. Satisfied, the officer returned to his car and waited for Sarah to drive away.
"Phew, I can't believe that worked!" Sarah sighed as she drove off. She'd had time to put the destination into Ally's phone and was now following its directions.
"OK, pull over and let me out" Ally requested.
"Not yet, if the officer drives past while I'm doing that I'll be in so much trouble" Sarah replied, sensibly. Seeing the sense in her reasoning, Ally simply nodded. Sarah had tightened the straps firmly around her, making it difficult for her to move about at all but the seat was nonetheless quite comfortable. She waited patiently for several minutes until she was sure the police officer was nowhere nearby.
"How about now?" she asked, fidgeting in the seat.
"We're on the freeway, there's nowhere to pull over. You'll have to wait until we get off" Sarah informed her. Ally sighed, feeling a bit like a naughty child strapped in the seat. If Sarah wasn't able to pull over, she would simply unstrap herself. She looked closely at the buckle near her waist. The release mechanism was covered with a hard plastic shell, with only a small opening to reach through. With a key, or something similarly slender, she would have been able to push it through the opening to trigger the release, but she had nothing suitable within her reach. She pulled at the straps, trying to loosen them enough that she could slip out. Sarah laughed, hearing her efforts.
"You don't think it's that easy, do you?" she observed. "After all, it has to hold Dylan." Ally stopped, realising her cousin was right.
"Anyway, it's probably a good thing you can't get it off." Sarah continued. "What if there's another police car nearby?" Ally blushed a little at that implication.
It was perhaps another 10 minutes before they pulled off the freeway.
"OK, now will you let me out?" Ally asked as they pulled off.
"Relax, we're almost there" Sarah replied. It actually took more than 20 minutes more before they finally reached the river. Ally considered demanding to be released more forcefully, but didn't want to ruin the fishing trip by getting on Sarah’s nerves, so stayed silent until they arrived. Sarah used the car key to trigger the release on Ally's seat and Ally jumped out, glad to be free.
They baited their rods and cast off, with Sarah instructing Ally each step of the way. Fishing gave them a lot of time to sit and talk, and chatted about everything from Sarah's college experience to how Ally was finding the new school year. Ally enjoyed the conversation much more than the actual fishing, but was nonetheless thrilled when she felt a bite on her rod. Sarah helped her reel in the fish, their first catch of the day.
Only when it started to get dark did Sarah suggest they return home. Together they'd managed to catch three more fish to go with Ally's initial catch, which struck Ally as quite a good result. Ally yawned as they packed up their equipment.
"Tired?" Sarah asked.
"I think I'll sleep the whole way home!" Ally affirmed.
"In that case, I think you should wear a pull-up." Sarah said, seriously. "Just in case you have an accident while you're asleep."
"Sarah. I won't, I promise" Ally replied. She didn't appreciate that line of discussion.
"Ally, you've wet the bed almost every night and had accidents during the day as well" Sarah replied, remembering both the accident she’d had in front of the TV and the wet pull-up she’d had to retrieve from the bathroom two nights ago. "Mum will kill us both if she has to try to get pee out of the car!"
"All right, all right" Ally accepted, knowing that she didn't have much of an argument to offer and wanting that conversation to be over. Aunt Jenny always kept a spare pack of pullups in the boot of her car, just in case Dylan had an unexpected accident. Sarah took one and handed it to Ally who promptly changed into it. Ally was glad that she was wearing a skirt rather than shorts, as it made it much easier to change.
"If you're going to sleep, you'd better sit in Dylan's seat" Sarah suggested. "It'll be more comfortable and the seatbelt won't fall out of position." Ally realised this wasn't really a request. Not wanting to make a fuss, she sat in the seat and let Sarah secure the straps. She kicked off her shoes, which by now were starting to feel quite tight. The seat was more comfortable than she remembered, and with the gentle rocking of the car she soon drifted off.
BANG
Ally lurched hard against the straps of the seat and screamed in terror as she was suddenly jerked awake. The car was pulling hard to the right and Sarah struggled to control it. After what seemed like an eternity, the car drifted to a stop.
"What happened?" Ally cried.
"Relax, we blew a tire" Sarah replied, sounding anything but relaxed. The experience had shaken her as much as it had Ally.
"What now?" Ally said. She tried to pull herself up in her seat but the straps prevented her from moving much at all. She noticed the warmth in her pull-up. From the fright of the tire explosion and having been jerked awake so suddenly she must have wet it without realising. She didn't mention that to Sarah.
"I'll take a look" Sarah replied, still shaking slightly as she jumped out of the car. "Yep, definitely blown" she confirmed, looking at the tire. Ally strained against her straps to see out the window, without much success.
"Sarah, let me out, I can help" Ally offered.
"You can help by staying put" Sarah rebuffed. The last thing she needed was a shocked 13 year old wandering onto the road and into traffic. Sarah stared up at the sky, weighing up her options. The morning weather report had forecast a severe storm for that night, but Sarah had been sure they’d make it back before it set in. Now it was rapidly becoming dark and she could see thick clouds gathering on the horizon. She was no longer sure that they’d have made it back in time even without the burst tire. Roadside assistance seemed to be her best option, but Sarah knew from experience they could often take an hour or more to arrive, and she really didn’t want to get stuck out when the storm hit. Fortunately for Sarah, a car pulled up behind them.
"Are you OK?" the driver asked, stepping out.
"We blew a tire" Sarah called back.
"OK, relax" he replied, noticing the quiver in her voice. "My name's Jake, what's yours?"
"Sarah" Sarah replied. "And this is my cousin Ally" she motioned to Ally's seat in the car.
"Hi Sarah" Jake said, trying to calm them down as he walked up to the car. "Hi Ally" he waved through the car window. Ally looked down, realising her skirt had ridden up during the impact exposing her pull-up. Embarrassed, she rushed to cover up.
"OK, Sarah, I take it you've never changed a tire before?" Jake asked. Sarah shook her head.
“Well then, it’s a good thing I came along. You don’t want to be stuck out here in this weather!” Jake replied. Sarah nodded her agreement. She hovered around Jake as he pulled the spare tire from the boot of the car, not sure of what she could do to help. In truth, anything she tried to do would probably just get in Jake’s way, but she didn’t feel right just waiting around while a complete stranger fixed her car for her. Jake noticed Sarah’s indecision and offered her a solution.
"It looks like your cousin needs to be changed as well, so why don't you take care of that while I get the tire?" Ally blushed at this observation. The pattern on her pull-up had faded away as it was supposed to do when wet, but she still hadn’t realised it had been that obvious. Relieved to have something productive to do, Sarah undid the car seat and Ally stepped out, following Sarah around the side of the car. The car provided some cover, but Ally still felt quite exposed and tried to pull down her pull-up without bending over. She managed to get it as far down as her knees but couldn't reach down any lower. She tried to shake her leg to make it fall down, but the elastic prevented that.
"Here, let me help" Sarah said, noticing her predicament. Ally was grateful as Sarah lowered the pull-up to her ankles so she could step out of it easily. She held a fresh one down near the ground and Ally stepped into it. Sarah pulled it all the way up to her waist and gave her a comforting tap on the bottom.
"There, all done" Sarah confirmed. By now Jake had finished changing the tire. Sarah thanked him profusely for his assistance, offering to pay him for his time but Jake was too chivalrous to accept. Ally sat back down in the car seat, still shaken. She didn't object at all as Sarah strapped her back in. They completed the trip home in relative silence, but Ally was still too shocked to fall asleep again. Aunt Jenny hadn't gotten back yet, so Sarah heated up some leftovers as Ally took her shower. By now the storm had well and truly set in and Ally could hear the thunder getting closer and closer as the pounding rain intensified. Once they'd eaten, Sarah suggested that it was time for bed. Even though it was still quite early, Ally was tired out from the fishing trip and the excitement on the way back, so didn't object.
"Thanks" Ally whispered as Sarah zipped her into her pyjamas. She knew it was irrational, but she’d always been scared by the sound of thunder and after the evening's events, her nerves were already on edge. She was grateful for Sarah’s companionship. Sarah must have picked up on that, as she followed Ally into Dylan's room without being asked and picked up the Harry Potter book they'd been reading two nights ago. Even though Ally could easily manage herself without the mittens, Sarah began to read from the book. Perhaps she didn't want to be alone either.
Sarah read steadily, but Ally only took in half of it. Each time she saw the crack of lightning through the window and heard the thunder roared overhead she lost her focus. Aunt Jenny’s colorbond roof made the thunder sound even louder and more threatening than usual.
“You know there’s a trick you can use” Sarah said, noticing her trepidation. “Count the time between the lightning and the thunder. If it gets closer together, the storms coming towards you. If it gets further away, then the worst of it’s over.” Ally tried her best, but didn’t really need to count to know that the sound of thunder was intensifying. Just then the lights went out, signalling that the power had failed. Ally screamed in fright, feeling a little trickle run into her diaper as she did.
“Don’t panic” Sarah replied, managing to keep a calm voice. She flicked on the flashlight on her phone, which she’d fortunately remembered to charge while they were having dinner. “See, it’s just the power. I’m sure it’ll be back in a few minutes”.
Ally retreated into the crib as far from the window as possible, feeling far from reassured. "Sarah, could you put the side up?" she asked. She felt silly for asking, but somehow felt safer with the side up, as if nothing outside could get to her. Sarah complied and continued reading the book, wanting to distract Ally as much as possible. Eventually, the storm began to retreat and Ally began to relax along with it. Sarah didn’t stop reading until she was sure Ally was asleep.
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So, I'm curious, what has everyone liked and disliked about the last 10 chapters or so? What would you like to see more/less over in the future? E.g. harness, mittens, crib, car seat, etc...
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 14, 2017 at 12:47 PM
Content: Thanks all, I really appreciate the feedback. Bigbabybret, I love all of those ideas. I'll need to give them some more thought, particularly as to where I can fit them in in my overall plan, but I'll definitely come back to them. Right now my 'things to write' list for this story is much longer than my 'things already written' list, so there should be plenty more to come!
This is the last chapter with Sarah & Aunt Jenny for the time being, so it's a little different to the earlier ones. I figured it was time for Ally to catch a break. I hope you like it.
Chapter 31
Despite the fact that she was still required to wear her back zip pyjamas, the remainder of the week proceeded far more smoothly for Ally. Sarah was able to act as a buffer between Ally and Aunt Jenny, taking responsibility for Ally's bedtime routine. Aunt Jenny was more than happy with this arrangement. Not only didn't she dislike dealing with wet diapers but she also hated having to be the disciplinarian, something that she'd had to do all too often at bedtimes during the first few days of Ally's stay. Freed of that responsibility, Aunt Jenny was actually starting to enjoy having Ally stay for the week. After all, since Sarah had left for college she normally had only Dylan for company and that left her wishing for conversation and companionship. This week she'd had both Ally and Sarah and the two girls lit up the house in a way Jenny hadn't seen for some time.
The arrangement worked well for Ally too, as she was more comfortable with her cousin and far more willing to comply with her directions without complaint. Bedtime had become Sarah and Ally's special time together, as it gave them a chance to talk openly. Sarah wasn't really a grown-up, and Ally felt comfortable bringing up any issues she had with school or friendships without worrying about being judged, in a way she never would have been with her mother or another adult. Sarah would listen to her without interrupting, and offer helpful advice where she felt she could.
The day after the storm Ally had expected Sarah to zip up her pyjamas and leave her in Dylan's room, but Sarah had other ideas.
"All set for bed?" Sarah asked after Ally had put on her pyjamas. Ally recognised that as code for 'have you got your diaper on' and nodded her agreement.
"OK, I'd better just make sure it's on properly" Sarah said, remembering the leak a few nights ago. With all the excitement the previous night she had quite forgotten to check, but Ally had only been slightly wet that morning and Sarah wanted to make sure that Ally's taping job would hold up to a heavier wetting. Ally didn't object as Sarah reached into Ally's pyjamas and pulled gently at the waistband of her diaper, testing the fit.
"Looks good" Sarah confirmed, zipping Ally's pyjamas up.
"Ally, would you like me to read you more of Harry Potter?" Sarah asked. Ally thought about it. Although she hadn't said anything to Sarah, she'd been extremely grateful that Sarah had read to her the previous night, it had really helped take her mind off the storm. She'd actually enjoyed the experience, but was embarrassed to ask. Her mum hadn't read to her in years, and it seemed to Ally to be quite childish.
"You don't have to" Ally replied. She was surprised to see Sarah's face fall a little.
"Are you sure? I was quite enjoying the book. I've actually never read it before" Sarah replied.
"Where have you been, under a rock for the last decade!" Ally quipped, surprised that anyone Sarah's age hadn't read it before.
"Oh very funny" Sarah replied. "Maybe we can read it together then, or I can borrow it after you're done?"
Ally realised that Sarah was serious. "OK, if you're going to read it anyway, may as well do it out loud" Ally said, handing the book to Sarah.
"Oh, good. Shove over" Sarah replied. Rather than perch on a chair as she'd done before, Sarah lay down on the crib mattress next to Ally. Ally complied with Sarah's request, scooting further into the crib to give Sarah space. Sarah pulled the covers over both of them and starting reading aloud. Ally giggled at Sarah's impressions of the characters, Sarah exaggerated each to an almost comical extent. She made it through the entire chapter before putting the book down.
"Oh, don't stop" Ally exclaimed without thinking, not wanting to finish the night on a cliff-hanger.
"See, I knew you'd like it!" Sarah said, pleased. Ally couldn't deny it.
That night set a pattern for each night that would follow. After her shower, Ally would ask Sarah to zip her up, which would be Sarah's cue to follow Ally upstairs. Ally didn't have a lot of things to do after school at Aunt Jenny's, so bedtime quickly became her favourite part of the day. She even started taking her showers earlier without being asked to maximise the time she and Sarah had to read.
Saturday came around almost before Ally realised it. This was to be Ally's final night with Aunt Jenny, as Sue would arrive back to pick her up the following morning. To celebrate, Aunt Jenny had booked dinner at a very expensive restaurant nearby. Even though Aunt Jenny had already sent Ally $50 as a birthday gift, she still offered to buy Ally a new dress for the occasion as an extra present. Sarah took Ally shopping for the day, and Ally thought she must have tried on every dress in the shopping centre before finally coming to a decision. Sarah was nonetheless patient and helpful, pointing out options she thought Ally should try and giving her opinion as requested. After Ally had made her choice, Sarah offered to do Ally's makeup for her, and Ally gratefully accepted. Sarah did an exceptional job of it, and Ally felt very special as they headed out to the restaurant.
Ally ordered the filet mignon. She actually mispronounced the name, but the waiter interpreted the order correctly and Sarah and Jenny were too polite to comment. The three of them talked easily throughout the meal, and Aunt Jenny regaled Ally with stories about her childhood with Sue. Ally suspected that her mother wouldn't have been too happy at hearing some of her more embarrassing childhood memories retold, but Ally was genuinely interested and laughed along happily. They ordered desert after the meal. Ally selected a nice cheesecake, and joined Sarah and Jenny in requesting a coffee to go with it. She didn't really like coffee, but felt very grown up sipping at her along with Sarah and Jenny.
They returned to Aunt Jenny's after finishing their coffees, and Sarah decided to have the first shower. Ally hung back with Aunt Jenny.
"Thanks for dinner Aunt Jenny, I really enjoyed it" Ally said honestly. Dressing up nicely and having a more mature evening had been the perfect way for Ally to finish her stay.
"You're welcome, Ally" Aunt Jenny responded. "I know we had a bit of a rocky start, but you've been a real angel this last week. Sarah said she hasn't had any trouble at all getting you ready for bed."
"You know, I was telling the truth about the wet bed those first couple of nights. It really was an accident" Ally blushed a little as she said this.
"I ... believe you" Aunt Jenny replied, hesitating just a little. She had been so sure of herself at the time, but such a miraculous transformation in Ally's behaviour didn't seem likely.
"Thanks Aunt Jenny" Ally said, surprising even herself by giving Aunt Jenny a hug. She'd needed that validation more than she realised.
"Oh, and you don't need to wear those pyjamas again tonight. You can tell Sarah I said so." Aunt Jenny declared. "Actually, I'm surprised you've had them on this long. I told Sarah on Monday that it was up her what to do if you asked."
Ally hadn't actually asked Sarah this week whether she could have her normal pyjamas back. It was only last weekend Aunt Jenny had insisted that Ally would be wearing them for her entire trip, and Ally hadn't wanted to spoil her nights with Sarah by asking when she'd assumed Sarah wouldn't be permitted to change that decision. Bringing it up had seemed like a bad idea, one that was only likely to remind Aunt Jenny of what had happened those first few nights. Still, she though, Sarah might have said something, even if it was just a hint. She'd certainly forged a closer relationship with Sarah this last week than at any other time in her life, maybe Sarah just hadn't wanted to jeopardise that.
Ally took her shower as soon as Sarah got out. As soon as she was finished, she wrapped a towel around herself and headed into Dylan's room. She'd barely had time to tape her diaper on when Sarah knocked on the door.
"Ready for bed? It's getting late" Sarah asked. Ally realised Sarah was right. The hours had ticked by so quickly while at the restaurant.
"Sarah" Ally said, still wearing just her diaper and covering herself with the towel. She'd planned to tell Sarah what Aunt Jenny had said about not needing her back zip pyjamas tonight, but found herself hesitating. They'd been so comfortable with each other the last few nights. Sarah had hopped into bed with Ally and read to her each night without either of them feeling strange about it, even though Ally knew she was more than a little old for it. Would Sarah still be so keen if Ally could take care of her own bedtime routine? Or would she interpret it as a request from Ally for some independence, perhaps even a rejection of the routine they'd established over the last week?
"Yes?" Sarah asked, noticing that Ally hadn't finished her sentence.
"Nothing" Ally responded. "You'd better zip me in."
"OK" Sarah said happily. Ally hopped into Dylan's crib as she'd done for the last few nights and let Sarah get started on the book. They'd paced it out carefully, and managed to finish the last of the book that night. Ally was both happy and sad to hear the conclusion.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 17, 2017 at 12:55 PM
Content: Thanks a lot all, Ally will definitely end up back with Sarah & Aunt Jenny, but there's plenty more to happen before that.
maximilian said:
It also has the side effect that Ally doesn’t view the pyjama as bad or punishment any more but as a normal piece of cloth, which she is willing to wear if she receives therefore more attention from her cousin
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Ally won't be so happy when she next finds herself in the pyjamas, but I think they can have different connotations depending on who's getting her to wear them and why.
LittleOne said:
I do have to wonder why Ally never cut the tabs from the sleeper or the mittens, though . Cut off the tab and add a bit of string to the zipper pull and she could get in and out of the sleeper by herself. And she found the mittens comfortable, too, so just remove the tab and she no longer has to worry about not being able to get them off. That being said, I like the way Ally decided to stay in the sleeper the last night to preserve the closeness with Sarah
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This is something I've tried to be aware of throughout. In chapters 1-10, at each stage, Ally was only going to wear the pyjamas for one more night. It wasn't really worth the effort trying to modify them just for that. In chapters 11-19, her modification efforts would have been obvious to Zoe, defeating the whole purpose of her wearing them and probably creating a massive argument when Zoe realised she'd been lied to. After that, she was being required to wear them by Aunt Jenny. Of course, she could have tried something like this but if would have been very obvious to Aunt Jenny / Sarah, and she would certainly have ended up being punished for it.
As for the mittens, we've seen in Chapter 11 that they slip off easily when they're not secured. So cutting off the fasteners would make them quite useless. Realistically, Ally never really intended to wear them again after that - she was only wearing them then to avoid disappointing Laura.
Chapter 32
Ally woke a few hours later. It wasn't even midnight yet, but her diaper was soaked. She thought she'd heard voices coming from downstairs - it sounded like Sue, but surely that couldn't be possible. Her mother wasn't due back until tomorrow. She crept downstairs quietly, wondering who it could be. Sarah and Jenny were both there and next to them stood Sue.
"Hi honey!" Sue cried out, noticing Ally at the foot of the stairs and running up to hug her daughter. She planted a big kiss on Ally's forehead. Ally grinned widely, excited to see her mother again after so long.
"I didn't think you were coming back until tomorrow?" Ally asked.
"We managed to get an earlier flight, we both wanted to get back as soon as possible. Sorry I didn't call, I wasn't able to charge my phone on the plane. By the way, this is Ted from work. We went to the conference together and we shared a taxi back from the airport." Sue said, pointing out Ted. Ally hadn't noticed him before standing near the door. "Ted, this is my daughter Ally"
"Ally, what on earth are you wearing!" Sue continued, only now taking in her daughter's attire. Ally blushed. With the excitement of seeing her mother again she'd completely forgotten she still had the back-zip pyjamas on, but it was much too late to try and cover up now. Jenny grinned in surprise, but didn't say anything.
"Uh, umm" Ally couldn't find anything reasonable to say. The last thing she wanted to do was discuss the matter in front of Ted, who was a perfect stranger to her.
"We had some issues early on, but Ally's been great this week" Sarah jumped in, hoping this was sufficiently cryptic not to embarrass Ally further.
"OK, well we'd better get going, you can tell me all about your stay later on" Sue said, taking the hint.
"OK, I'll just run upstairs, pack my bags and get changed" Ally agreed.
"No time for that, the taxi's waiting and the meter's still running" Sue decided. "You can change when we get home, it's not too far. I'll pop back tomorrow to collect your things."
"But ..." Ally started, about to declare her wet diaper. She was sure Sue wouldn't mind her taking the time to change given the circumstances, but she didn't want to admit it in front of everyone, particular Ted. "... OK" she finished instead.
"Good girl" Sue said, kissing her on the forehead once more.
The three of them entered the taxi, with Ally and Sue sharing the backseat while Ted took the front. Ally grimaced, feeling her diaper squish beneath her bottom as she sat down. It was quite wet, but she was sure it would hold until she got back. Even though the back of the taxi was dark and the driver hadn't given her a second glance, she still felt conspicuous wearing her pyjamas. She looked out the window, trying to focus her attention elsewhere. The taxi was headed towards Ted's house rather than Sue's, as he lived quite a bit closer. They arrived at Ted's mere minutes later and Sue helped Ted collect his luggage from the boot.
"Mind if I use your bathroom Ted?" Sue asked. She hadn't had a chance at Jenny's and was now getting desperate.
"Of course not" Ted confirmed. The taxi meter was still running, though, and the trip from the airport would be expensive enough as it was. "Why don't we let the driver get back to his night, and I'll drop you off?"
"You sure you don't mind?" Sue asked. Ted nodded his confirmation, and helped Sue pull out her luggage as well. Ally wasn't thrilled by this development, she just wanted to get home as soon as possible, but reasoned that Ted had already seen her pyjamas so there wasn't much else to lose. Ted paid the driver and Sue promised to reimburse him for half the cost. Trying to be as helpful as possible, Ally took one of Sue's bags and followed Ted inside.
Ted unlocked the front door and flicked on the lights. He directed Sue towards the bathroom and headed into the kitchen. Not quite sure what to do, Ally followed him.
"Hi Ted" came a voice from the hallway. A middle aged woman emerged, obviously Ted's wife. She was wearing her own pyjamas and the misty look in her eyes told Ally that she'd only just gotten out of bed herself.
"DADDY!" a much younger voice called out mere seconds later. A little girl, perhaps 3 or 4 years old, bolted towards Ted and jumped into his waiting arms.
"Hello pumpkin" Ted said kindly, hugging the girl. "Did you miss me? Shouldn't you be in bed?" The girl looked a little sheepish at this last comment, but she'd clearly been fast asleep until Ted opened the door and flicked on the lights.
"Sue, Ally, this is my wife Claire and my daughter Angie" Ted said, finally putting Angie down. Ally turned to see that her mother had returned from the bathroom.
"Please to meet you Claire" Sue said.
"Hi Angie" Ally bent down to bring her eyes levels with the younger girl.
"Would you like something to drink before we go? I was just about to put on some tea?" Ted asked. Ally would have preferred to leave immediately, but Ted was going to be the one driving so she could hardly insist on it.
"Tea would be lovely" Sue confirmed. They sat down around the kitchen table, but Sue was too tired after the flight to make small talk. It was Angie who broke the silence.
"I had jammies like that" she said to Ally, feeling the fabric of Ally's pyjamas. "But not after I stopped having diapers." Ally blushed. She supposed it was natural that Angie would transition to two piece pyjamas when she was dry at night. After all, the one piece ones would be difficult for a child her age to get on and off if she needed to use the bathroom, but it really wasn't the topic of conversation she would have liked.
"Does that mean you have a diaper?" Angie continued, with all the tact one could expect from a child her age.
"Angie!" Claire interrupted. "I'm sure she doesn't, and that's not a nice thing to ask. I'm sorry about that, Ally."
Rather than accept her mother's rebuke, Angie seemed to take it as a challenge. Before Ally could even respond, Angie placed her hand on Ally's crotch, determined to satisfy her curiosity.
"She does mummy!" Angie declared. "It's wet too!" Ally turned bright red at this comment.
"Come on, let's get you back to bed" Claire said to Angie, looking almost as embarrassed as Ally felt. She led Angie by the hand back into the hallway at breakneck speed.
"But it's true!" Angie whined as she was led away. Ally looked at the floor, having no idea what to say.
"Uh, would you like a place to change ... her" Ted spoke up, not sure whether to direct his words towards Ally or Sue.
"No thank you" Sue replied, the only person managing to stay nonchalant. "All her things are either back home or at my sister's. We'll take care of it when we get back. Speaking of which…" Grateful for the prompt, Ted led Sue and Ally out to his car. They returned home in silence, with none of them knowing quite what to say.
"Why don't you pop off to bed and I'll come in after I've spoken to Ted?" Sue whispered to Ally as they stepped out of the car. Ally would have like her mother to unzip her first, but didn't want to ask in front of Ted. She was hoping he hadn't figured out that she couldn't get out of the pyjamas by herself. She ran to her room and lay down on her bed, pulling the covers over herself. Even though she really wanted to wait for her mother, it was now well after midnight. Now that she was back in her own warm bed for the first time in over a week Ally struggled to keep her eyes open and she fell asleep before Sue returned.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: May 7, 2017 at 6:38 AM
Content: Hi All,
Just a quick update to say that I know it's taken too long to get the next chapter out, but I haven't abandoned this story. I've got some key deadlines coming up next month that have involved a great deal of sitting in front of a computer typing (even more so than usual!), and I really haven't had the energy to do even more of that in what little free time I've had. I'm not sure when the next chapter will come, but rest assured it will come.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Oct 21, 2017 at 2:39 PM
Content: Firstly, thank you all! I'm blown away by the amount of feedback this story's received, I can't believe so many people have read it let alone are still following after this long gap.
Unfortunately, it's been one thing after another IRL, and I'm not sure when that's likely to end. I certainly won't be able to keep up the posting schedule I had earlier this year, but will try to keep updates coming when possible.
That said, here's the next part:
Chapter 33
Sunday came and went quickly. Never having been away from her mother for so long, Ally and Sue had a great deal of catching up to do. Sue told Ally all the details of her trip, which seemed to Ally to be incredibly boring, but Sue assured her it had all gone to plan. Ally listened intently, but struggled to elaborate on her time with Aunt Jenny. She still felt that Aunt Jenny's actions had been over the top, but she had to admit that her own behaviour had certainly contributed, and she felt too embarrassed to explain it all to her mother. When Sue asked her directly why she'd been wearing the back zip pyjamas the night before, she just muttered something about running out of clean pyjamas. She was pretty sure that Sue didn't believe her, but thankfully her mother didn't push the issue. Ally spent most of the afternoon shopping with her mother, enjoying reconnecting after their time apart.
Sunday night arrived, and Ally was grateful to be back to her normal routine, not to mention back in her normal pyjamas. She'd enjoyed spending the time with Sarah, but now that Sarah wasn't there any more she appreciated feeling more like a teenager and less like a little kid. Putting her diaper on as she hopped into bed made her briefly question that feeling, but at least at home she was able to take charge of it on her own, with on-one reminding her to put one on or checking that she'd taped it up correctly.
Ally woke early for school the following morning, relieved to find her diaper dry after so many wet nights. She couldn't help but wonder whether part of the problem was psychological, and that perhaps the way that Sarah and Aunt Jenny had treated her like a little kid had prompted her to regress somewhat. Changing into her school uniform, she dismissed that thought and started to consider the day ahead.
The day proceeded smoothly enough, up until the period before lunch.
"Now, everyone pop your assignments on my desk before you leave" Mr. Lloyd, Ally's science teacher, requested. Ally froze. With all that had been going on at Aunt Jenny's, she'd completely forgotten about the assignment. She tried to sneak out of the room without Mr. Lloyd noticing by hiding behind Laura, but Mr. Lloyd noticed her.
"Ally, your assignment please" Mr. Lloyd insisted.
"I don't have it." Ally admitted. "Mum was away all last week, and I guess I lost track of it staying with my Aunt."
"That's no excuse Ally" Mr. Lloyd rebuked. "Where is it?"
"Well I haven't bloody well done it now, have I?" Ally shot back, surprising even herself with the strength of her response. She was annoyed at herself, getting into trouble like that at school just as things were getting back to normal at home, but hadn't intended to vent that on Mr. Lloyd.
"Ally!" Mr. Lloyd reprimanded. "I won't have you talk to me like that." Given that Ally had always been a good student he'd planned on giving her another few days to finish it, but he couldn't tolerate a student talking to him like that, particularly in front of the entire class. "You've got a detention tomorrow after school."
Not wanting to make things worse, Ally left the room without responding. She dreaded telling her mother about the detention.
Ally attended the after-school detention as instructed, still frustrated. There were perhaps 10 other students of varying ages, and Ally took a seat next to two girls from her year level, Alice and Evelyn. They were both part of the 'popular' crowd, and Ally wasn't surprised to see them here - between the two of them they'd probably received at least a dozen detentions this year alone. Ally had never really spoken to them, but she at least knew their names.
"All right everyone, take out your dictionaries and start copying" the supervising teacher insisted. "I want to see at least 50 definitions in your workbooks or you'll be back again next week." Ally made a face. Copying out of the dictionary was an incredibly boring activity, but she supposed that was the point. By the end, her hand was aching but she'd easily exceeded the 50 words.
"I heard you with Mr. Lloyd in science yesterday." Alice commented approvingly as they left. "I always thought you were such a teacher's pet, but it's about time someone said something to that windbag."
"Wish I'd been the one to do it" Evelyn agreed.
"Heh, with your record, you would've been suspended!" Alice pointed out. Ally didn't quite know what to say. Part of her wanted to admit that it had just slipped out accidentally, but another part of her relished the attention she was getting from the popular girls.
"Hey, we're having a party on Friday night, starting at 8. Wanna come along?" Alice asked.
"Sure!" Ally replied, thrilled at the invitation. "Will there be games?"
Alice and Evelyn chuckled, but Ally couldn't think why her response had been so funny. "I'm sure we'll think of some." Alice declared.
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"So can I go?" Ally asked Sue when she arrived home, explaining the invitation.
"Absolutely not!" Sue declared, insistently. "For one thing, I just can't believe you'd come home after a detention and ask to go to a party! And for another, I don't even know these girls, or their parents!"
"But I kinda already said I'd go" Ally begged.
"Then you can kinda say you're not going tomorrow!" Sue insisted.
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"Sorry, I can't come after all" Ally told Alice and Evelyn the following morning. "Mum said no"
"So? Come along anyway." Evelyn replied nonchalantly.
"I ... don't ... " Ally stammered, having been completely unprepared for that response.
"Do you think either of us asked our parents?" Alice replied, incredulously. "Heck, the only reason we're having a party at all is that my boyfriend Gary's parents are away for the weekend."
"I don't think I could do that" Ally replied, regaining her composure. She hadn't even considered that there wouldn't be any adults present, much less that there would be boys there as well!
"Suit yourself" Alice shrugged. "Maybe you could ask mummy to take you to the playground instead, that might be more your thing." She continued, meanly.
"Don't be silly" Evelyn added, and for a moment Ally thought Evelyn was on her side. "We don't start until 8PM, she'll be fast asleep in her crib by then!"
"Snuggling her teddy bear" Alice elaborated, keeping up the theme.
"Sucking her pacifier" Evelyn continued.
"Wearing her diaper" Alice kept going yet further. Both Alice and Evelyn laughed at the absurdity of that image, their creativity exhausted.
Ally turned a deep shade of red. The other two girls were intentionally being mean, but there was no way they could have known how close to home they'd struck. "Fuck that" she swore, as confidently as she could muster. That sort of language didn't come naturally to her, but it seemed like the only thing that would get their attention. "I'll be there."
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Oct 25, 2017 at 7:12 AM
Content: Chapter 34
By the time Friday arrived, Ally had started to regret agreeing to go to the party. Alice and Evelyn had taunted her into it, but she had never snuck out without permission before, and was nervous at just the thought of it. Still, she knew if she wimped out she'd never hear the end of it at school, and after having been treated like a small child at Aunt Jenny's she was keen to do something to make her feel like a teenager again. She resolved to attend just for a little while, and head back home before it really got too late.
Ally took her shower early that night. She dutifully cleaned the shower and threw the towels into the wash after doing so without being asked. This was a chore she was required to do every Friday, and she wanted to make sure that Sue would have no reason to come into her room after she'd left to demand Ally finish her chores. Ally headed to her room around 7:30, making a show of changing into her pyjamas. Sue was surprised that Ally would go to bed so early on a Friday night, but Ally simply said that she had a headache and wanted an early night. She waited a few minutes to make sure her mother wouldn't pop her head in to check on her. 5 minutes went past, then 10. Satisfied, Ally pulled off her pyjamas and strode to her closet as quietly as possible. She wanted to wear something that would make her fit in, and did her best to recall the sorts of clothes that Alice and Evelyn usually wore. None of her clothes in her closet really fit the bill, but she settled on a pair of skinny jeans and a short tank top that didn't really leave much to the imagination. Sue would practically have a heart attack if she saw Ally going out at night wearing that, but that probably meant it was a good choice.
Knowing that she couldn't get out through the house without her mother noticing, Ally slid open her window, wincing at the audible sound of metal scraping against metal. She froze for a moment, wondering if Sue had heard. Hearing nothing from her mother, Ally climbed carefully through the window. Her heart raced as she did so, and she felt simultaneously nervous and excited. She crept through the garden, and her heart began to settle as she reached the street.
Gary's house was surprisingly close to Ally's, and at a brisk walking pace she made the journey in less than 10 minutes, using her phone's GPS to guide her. By the time she arrived the party was already in full swing. She hesitated slightly at the front door, hearing the raucous music emanating from inside. Before she could knock on the door, however, it opened. Alice waved her in, having clearly seen her coming.
"Glad you could make it!" Alice called over the music. "Evelyn bet me $10 that you wouldn't show!"
"Sorry to disappoint" Ally chided Evelyn, struggling to make herself heard.
"Grab something to drink!" Alice offered, pointing to a punch bowl sitting on a nearby table. Ally gratefully accepted the offer. Her jeans didn't have much pocket space, so she put her phone down on the table before pouring herself a cup. The walk over had made her quite thirsty and she gulped down the entire cup before pouring herself a second. Alice poured herself a cup as well, then paused to snap a selfie with Ally.
"Nice photo" Ally commented, secretly thrilled that a popular girl like Alice would pose for a photo with her.
"Thanks, I'll text it to you" Alice replied. Ally heard her phone ding from the table as the text came through.
"The punch tastes a bit weird" Ally commented, making a start on the second cup.
"Yeah, I thought so too" Alice agreed. "Gary tossed in a bit too much Vodka for my taste."
"VODKA?" Ally asked, resisting the urge to spit out her mouthful. She looked over at the punch bowl, only then noticing the two empty vodka bottles sitting next to it.
"Gary's got a fake ID" Alice explained, mistaking the shock in Ally's voice. Ally headed for the kitchen and grabbed herself a glass of water, keen to wash the taste from her mouth. She'd never even tasted alcohol before, but was already beginning to feel a bit woozy. She didn't know how much of that was due to the overly-strong vodka punch, and how much was her mind playing tricks with her, coupled with the unnaturally loud music coming from the living room. She was already regretting having come, but couldn't leave so soon without admitting to everyone that she was out of her depth. Trying to find some respite from the music, Ally headed down the hallway and stepped into one of the bedrooms, closing the door behind her. That served to drown out the worst of it, and Ally was glad to have a moment alone to collect her thoughts. She lay down on the bed, trying to work up the courage to go back out. She hadn't really known what to expect from one of Alice's parties, but this really hadn't been it. She closed her eyes, wishing she was back home in her own bed.
Ally bolted upright, hearing the bedroom door pushed open.
"Sorry, didn't realise anyone was in here" an obviously drunk girl commented, slurring her words. The girl leaned against a boy who had come in with her, who promptly resumed kissing her neck as only a sloppy drunk teenager could manage. Ally winced at the sight of it. This definitely wasn't the sort of party she'd envisioned. It took her a moment to realise that she'd fallen asleep, only to be woken by these two interlopers looking for a place to make out. Wondering how long she'd been asleep, she clambered awkwardly to her feet. She noticed with horror the wet patch on the crotch of her jeans. She'd managed to thoroughly soak them.
"Looks like you had a little too much to drink Ally!" Alice called out, having come into the room to see what the commotion was about. Ally winced, turning bright red. Alice had obviously had quite a bit to drink herself, and she'd shouted that observation loudly enough for just about everyone in the house to hear.
"I'd better go" Ally said, running for the front door.
"You'll get better at holding your liquor with practice!" Alice called after her, before bursting into laughter. Ally didn't stop running until she was halfway down the street. She leant against a mailbox, panting as she tried to catch her breath. She felt perfectly sober, but was relieved that Alice had attributed her little accident to alcohol consumption rather than bedwetting. Hopefully that would at least mitigate the ribbing she was likely to receive about the whole incident. She arrived back home and clambered back in through her window, hoping to change back into her pyjamas and sneak into bed. That didn't go to plan, however. Sue was waiting for her at the foot of her bed.
"YOU SNUCK OUT TO A PARTY AFTER I EXPLICITLY FORBADE YOU FROM GOING" Sue shouted, loudly enough to wake the neighbours. "AND ... Have you wet yourself?" A tone of disgust entered Sue's voice. She could scarcely believe what her eyes were telling her. Unable to think up a single thing to say, Ally burst into tears. This reaction seemed to mollify Sue a little.
"Go have a shower and get changed" she instructed. Ally ran for the shower as fast as her legs could carry her. She knew the conversation was not over, but was grateful for an excuse to get away from her mother. She stripped off after entering the bathroom and stepped into the shower, grateful for the warm water and the cleanliness it brought. She took her time, soaping herself down thoroughly and hoping that the extra time would help her mother's anger abate.
Ally stepped out of the shower. Having put the towels in the wash earlier that night she resorted to using her tank top to dry herself off. It was awkward, but relatively effective. It was only after having done so that she realised that in her haste she'd forgotten to bring her pyjamas. They were still back in her room. Under other circumstances she would have simply run to her room and grabbed them, but she knew that Sue would still be there waiting to berate her for sneaking out, and she didn't dare ask Sue to bring them to her. The bathroom cabinet contained spare diapers, so Ally took one out and taped it on, knowing she would be going to bed anyway. Not wanting to confront her mother wearing only a diaper, she picked up the top that she'd been wearing. It was the same one she'd used to dry herself off, but even though it was now quite damp it seemed better than nothing. She reached for the jeans as well, before remembering just how much she'd soaked them with her accident earlier. She wasn't going to put those back on again! She glanced at the bathroom mirror and winced. The short top ended an inch or two above the waistband of her diaper, leaving it completely exposed. Pulling it down to cover even part of the diaper would be completely impossible. If anything, the top only served to draw attention to her diaper. Resigned, Ally headed back to her bedroom.
Sue was standing at the door to her bedroom, waiting for her. "Now, explain to me what you were thinking!" Sue insisted, almost as angry as before. If she was surprised by Ally's current attire, she didn't let it distract her.
Ally hang her head in shame, staring at her feet. "I just wanted Alice and Evelyn to like me" she managed. She didn't remember the last time her mother had seen her wearing just a diaper and top, and standing before her mother dressed like that made her feel even more like a naughty child. Part of her wanted to ask Sue to step aside and let her put on her pyjamas first, but she worried that a further distraction might just make her mother angrier.
"If they don't like you for who you are, they're not worth having as friends" her mother declared. Ally shifted her position, trying unsuccessfully to find a stance that made the diaper less noticeable. That sounded like a meaningless platitude, but Ally nodded her agreement anyway.
"And you snuck out in the middle of the night, went to a party with god-knows-who, and walked back in the pitch black where anyone could have grabbed you! Do you have any idea how dangerous and irresponsible that was! I'm very disappointed with you!" Ally began to cry again, and Sue felt she'd gotten the point across. "Promise me you'll never do that again"
"I promise mum" Ally sniffled. "It was a horrible night anyway" Ally stopped herself there, fearing her mother might be even angrier if she knew what had transpired at the party.
"In that case, you're grounded for two weeks" Sue declared, deciding on Ally's punishment. Ally nodded, knowing it could have been much worse. "Now run into bed and get some sleep" Sue continued, stepping aside to allow Ally to enter her room.
Ally complied, literally running into her room and pulling on her pyjamas. Despite what had happened, Sue couldn't help but grin. She'd gone to her fair share of parties without permission as a teenager, but the thought of her daughter sneaking out and being the rebellious teenager while still running down the hallway in nothing more than a diaper and tank top brought a smile to her face. It also made her even more worried, as sneaking out to parties was clearly something that Ally wasn't ready for. In that instant, Sue saw the same chubby legged little girl who had happily shown off her diaper to the world a decade ago. She wasn't ready for Ally to grow up, she realised wistfully.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Nov 1, 2020 at 2:58 PM
Content: Hi, first off let me say that I'm really chuffed to hear that there's still interest in this story after so much time. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere near as much free time these days as I did some years ago when I was posting this more regularly. I just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about it, and I do intend to come back to it although I can't promise when the next installment will be.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 15, 2022 at 2:03 PM
Content: Wow, I just looked at my last post date and I can't believe it's been over four years since I posted an update here. I really did intend to get back to Ally's story sooner than this. I'm not sure if there's still any interest after all this time, but I do finally have some more for you. I'd originally intended Chapters 33 - 36 to start off a new segment, much like the ones with Zoe or Aunt Jenny, but I was never able to really get my head into this segment, and after all this time I don't even remember all the details I'd planned. So there will be a bit of a change of pace between Chapters 36 and 37.
Abdlchriscrinkle said:
I WANT A PAIR OF THOSE LOCKING PAJAMAS!
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They are fun - the original premise where 'the airline lost my luggage so I only had these pyjamas to wear' was actually something that happened to me (as an adult; and it didn't take much to convince me to wear them!).
Without further ado:
Chapter 35
Sue woke Ally early the following morning, much to Ally's dismay. Sue was no longer as angry as she'd been the previous night, but she was absolutely intent on following through with Ally's punishment. In Sue's house, being grounded meant being assigned a whole host of extra chores, and Ally knew she'd be allowed to do little other than chores and homework for the next two weeks. Nonetheless, she was keen to regain her mother's approval so set to work on the chores earnestly. Between the chores and the late night, Ally was exhausted by the time evening came. She took her shower as soon as dinner was finished, savouring the warm water after a long day's work. She changed into her comfortable pyjamas. Since it was barely 7:00PM, she decided against putting on a diaper just yet. Even though she was quite tired, she still didn't think she'd be able to sleep for a while yet. She returned to her room and instinctively reached for her phone. Using her phone while grounded wasn't permitted, but Sue hadn't yet asked Ally to hand it over as she inevitably would. The phone, however, was nowhere to be found.
With a sickening feeling Ally realised she'd left it on the table at Gary's. She'd always intended to grab it back before she left, but after her accident she'd run out of the house without thinking about anything else. Panicking slightly, she headed back to the living room and grabbed the landline. Thankfully, Sue was now in the midst of a conversation with Aunt Jenny in her bedroom on her own phone, so Ally was able to dial phone's number without being interrupted. She prayed the phone would still be there, and that someone would pick up.
"Hello?" a voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hi, this is Ally, I think you've got my phone" Ally said, as politely as she could.
"Oh, it's Gary" the voice on the other end of the phone replied. "You must've left it here last night. You can pop around and grab it if you like."
"I can't" Ally replied. "Mum caught me sneaking out, and now I'm grounded. Can you give it to Alice? I'll grab it from her at school on Monday."
"No can do" Gary replied. "We broke up last night."
"Sorry" Ally replied, wondering what had happened at the party to cause that. "Do you think maybe you could drop it off to me?"
"Look, I'm not in the habit of doing favours for my ex's friends" Gary replied, insulted that Ally would even ask. "If you want it, come and get it."
'Shit' Ally thought to herself as Gary hung up. Her first thought was to ask Sue to bring her down to Gary's to collect the phone. She didn't really want to bring up the previous night's events again, but she did need her phone back. Then she remembered the photo Alice had taken of the two of them drinking the vodka punch. She knew that Sue would insist on checking her phone as soon as she got it back, and that she would never believe that Ally hadn't realised the punch contained vodka, with the empty bottles so clearly visible in the background. She might have gotten away with only a two week grounding for sneaking out, but Sue would undoubtedly come up with a much harsher punishment if she knew Ally had been drinking as well. She had to get hold of the phone first and delete the picture.
Ally grimaced. She hadn't intended to sneak out again, but right now she seemed to have little choice. Sue and Aunt Jenny weren't known for having short conversations, so with any luck she could get to Gary's and back before the call finished. Even if she didn't, Sue had no reason to expect that Ally would sneak out again and would probably never notice she'd been gone.
Her mind made up, Ally quickly changed into jeans and a T-Shirt, as she certainly wasn't about to walk to Gary's in her pyjamas. She quietly opened the front door and headed out. She remembered the way clearly enough from the previous night and managed to jog the entire way. By the time she arrived she was quite puffed, but she'd made very good time. She knocked nervously on the front door. She hadn't actually met Gary the previous night but was keen to get her phone and get home as quickly as possible before Sue noticed she'd gone. Gary opened the door. He must have been expecting Ally to come over, as he had her phone in his hand already.
"I'm Ally, we spoke on the phone a minute ago" Ally began. Having already guessed, Gary handed over the phone. "Thanks!" Ally called back, running towards home without waiting for a response.
She arrived back quickly, pausing only to delete the incriminating photo and catch her breath a little before walking up to the front door. She guessed she'd only been gone for 15 minutes and hoped once again that her absence hadn't been noticed. That hope was dashed, however, when she noticed the door opening in front of her.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN" Sue shouted, causing Ally to recoil with fright.
"I was just getting my phone, I left it behind last night. I was only gone a few minutes." Ally tried to defend herself.
"Don't give me that, you know you're grounded and you're not allowed to leave the house" Sue shot back. "And after you promised yesterday that you wouldn't sneak out again. Well, now you're grounded for three weeks instead of two. And hand over that phone as well."
Ally did as she was told. She looked at the ground, ashamed.
"Now go to your room and put your diaper on, it's an early night for you tonight." Sue declared. Ally winced. Sue normally wasn't so direct about her diaper, preferring to use some sort of euphemism to spare Ally's feelings. Ally could feel the depth of her anger from that statement alone. Ally complied quickly, running to her room. Even though it was only just after 7:30, which was very early for a Saturday night, she really didn't want to spend any more time with her mother while she was so angry. She pulled off her jeans and taped on a diaper, then glanced around her room. She'd left her pyjamas sitting on her bed before she'd left, but now there was no sign of them. She pulled open her closet and glanced inside. They weren't there either.
"What's all that commotion?" Sue asked, stepping into the room without knocking. Ally was embarrassed to be caught once again with nothing but a diaper below her waist. She reached for a blanket quickly, trying to regain some semblance of modesty.
"I can't find my pyjamas!" Ally declared.
"Put these ones on" Sue replied, holding up the back zip pyjamas she'd worn at Aunt Jenny's so recently.
"WHAT? THAT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY" Ally shot back, amazed at the suggestion. She could understand why Aunt Jenny would make her wear them to try to stop her taking off her diaper at night, but if this was to be some sort of extra punishment it was in no way related to the offence of sneaking out.
"It's not funny at all" Sue replied, calmly. "You've snuck out at night two nights in a row. I don't know what else I can do to stop you, but I know you're not going to sneak out wearing these and I know you can't get them off on your own either."
"But I won't sneak out again, I promise" Ally said, realising with a sinking feeling that her mother's logic was sound. As her time with Aunt Jenny had proven, she had no way of getting out of the pyjamas herself. The pyjamas covered her body quite completely, right up to the neckline. Even if she could find clothes that would cover them, there would be no way to disguise the fact she was wearing a diaper underneath either.
"You made that same promise last night, and I believed you" Sue rebutted. "This isn't up for debate, put them on now." Emphasising her point, Sue snatched the blanket away from Ally, leaving her diaper exposed once again. She held the pyjamas up in front of Ally, waiting for her to step into them. Defeated, Ally stepped into the pyjamas and let Sue pull them up past her waist. While she hated the thought of having to wear them again, she was at least glad to have something covering her diaper. Turning away from Sue, she pulled off her T-Shirt and put her arms into the pyjamas before letting Sue do the zipper up to it's highest point. The soft 'click' of the tab echoed ominously in Ally's ears as Sue secured it. Ally's head spun as she sat down on the bed. At least when she'd been made to wear the pyjamas in the past she'd been able to take comfort in the fact that it had been under false pretences, but this time she had no such consolation.
"But what if I have to use the bathroom?" Ally asked, desperately.
"Then you can come and find me and I'll unzip you" Sue replied, sensibly.
"How long do I have to wear these for?" Ally asked, despondently.
"Each night, until you show me that I can trust you again" Sue declared, leaving the room. Ally tugged at the neckline of her pyjamas. They felt more constricting than ever. Even though she knew from experience that she wouldn't be able to get them off, she nonetheless tried her very best to undo the tab. As expected, her efforts were futile. Dejected, Ally let her head fall against the pillow and waited for sleep to find her.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 17, 2022 at 1:58 PM
Content:
Chess said:
Hi cew435. I am so glad to see your story continued. I have never commented on it before because I wasn't on the forum yet when you posted it until now, but I found it when I joined here and have read it several times since. I am a big fan of Ally's Pyjama Experience and really like both the idea of clothes you cannot take off, and how it is always because of Ally's own actions that she ends up in the pyjamas, rather than due to abuse or similar. The story is also very well told.
PS. I know the experiences often start with external circumstances (e.g. the delayed luggage and Sue voluntering Ally to use the pajamas with Zoe etc.), but she always finds ways herself to make the situations worse and dig deeper holes for herself. It's the way these circumstances develop that I like so much.
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Thanks! Yes, that's very much what I'm going for. Ally making seemingly reasonable (if somewhat immature) decisions and having them backfire on her.
What a pleasant surprise. I didn't think the story would be continued, but after reading the new chapter I'm completely sold on it again. (Does that make sense in English, or is this a strange translation from my mothertongue?)
Of course I'm really looking forward to the next chapters.
For some reason, this kind of pyjamas is something that really fascinates me. I have one of this kind myself, but unfortunately I (just) manage to put it on and off myself, which of course takes a lot of the fun away.
If I ever find one with a guarantee that I can't take it off myself, I wouldn't hesitate and buy one like that.
In the meantime, a story like this helps to keep dreaming about it.
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Ye,s that makes perfect sense. I agree about the pyjamas, I find the littlekeepersleeper ones very easy to get in and out of. I'm sure I've seen some special needs ones with a more secure mechanism rather than just a tab, but they didn't look particularly childish. I also have a pair of https://www.baby-pants.com/jammies.php, which you definitely can't get out of if the zipper is locked, but nothing is quite the same as pyjamas designed for actual kids like the littlekeepersleeper.
Hey cew435! When you said just over a year ago that you were planning on coming back, I immediately got super excited. While it was a bit of the wait, all I can say is that I'm so happy you're back!
Like chess, I was a bit "late to the party" and joined during the hiatus, so I never commented before now (to avoid the unnecessary bumping).
Ally's Pyjama Experience is one of my all time favorite stories, and I've read it several times since finding it. The premise was just so fun and original, and I love the dynamics between the characters and the various situations Ally gets herself into. It takes skill and patience to tell these stories while keeping it within the realm of realism, and I think you've done an amazing job on making this story both believable and enjoyable.
You and your story were one of the few that inspired me to begin writing and sharing my content here on ADISC. My story does/will have some similarities to yours, as it was one of the core inspirations. I hope you don't mind me 'borrowing' some of the ideas, although I do hope to present some unique ones as well. While my writing, story line, and skill are far from yours, if you have the time, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it as well
Enjoyed the latest chapter, I had anticipated she would immediately be grounded and have to put on the pyjamas, but the additional "sneak out attempt" with the phone to really solidify her punishment was a nice touch.
I'm certainly excited to see where this goes! While I realize you are busy, I do hope you are somewhat inspired by the several enthusiastic commenters already on the new chapter. I will come out and say that I'll be waiting patiently for the continuation, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Finally, as an aside - as I think the site rules may have changed since then - but are you open to critique on the chapter (and ones preceding?) I did have a minor question on the latest chapter but I'll keep it to myself for now
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Thanks! I try my best to walk the line between keeping thing fun and interesting without going overboard. But I'd always appreciate a nudge if I go too far in one direction. I'm definitely keen to take a look at your story as well! I'm very keen for feedback and critique.
I'll post the next chapter now, this is the last one I wrote years ago, and so ends the segment more abruptly than I'd originally intended. I always write a couple of chapters ahead of what I post, as I usually go back and edit things for continuity.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 17, 2022 at 1:58 PM
Content: Chapter 36
Ally woke early the following morning, feeling her diaper squish underneath her as she rolled over onto her side. Still half asleep, she reached down to her waist, intent on untaping it. It was only as her hands ran against the smooth fabric of her back-zip pyjamas that she remembered the events of the last night. Ally sighed, glancing at the clock. It wasn't even 7AM yet. She supposed she shouldn't be surprised at how early she'd woken, given that she'd gone to bed so early the previous night, but was nonetheless annoyed. Sue wouldn't be awake so early on a Sunday morning, and while part of her wanted to wake her mother to ask her to take off the pyjamas, she feared that Sue would think she had done so intentionally to make a point about how inconvenient the pyjamas were and react accordingly. Besides, she knew that once she was up she'd be required to do even more chores, which she wasn't looking forward to. She rolled onto her back, trying to find a position that made her soggy diaper less noticeable.
Perhaps an hour later she heard her mother getting out of bed. By now, Ally's wet diaper was starting to feel extremely uncomfortable and she was keen to get out of it. She knocked on Sue's door, hoping she would have calmed down from last night.
"Mum, I need you to unzip me" Ally called through the door.
"You'll have to wait a minute, I'm getting dressed" Sue called back.
"But my diaper's wet" Ally called back, realising that her mother would find out soon enough anyway.
"Ally, a couple more minutes in a wet diaper won't kill you" Sue replied, tersely.
"But mum, you were the one that insisted I wear these. If you can't undo them when I need you to then it was a really bad idea." Ally tried, trying her best to convince Sue. That approach, however, went down like a lead balloon.
"Ally, enough." Sue shot back. "I'm not going to discuss it with you any further. Go back to your room and wait while I get dressed. Once I've gotten dressed and once you're ready to ask me nicely, I'll help you out of your pyjamas."
Ally returned to her room and sat down on her bed, staring at the clock as she waited for Sue to finish. After what seemed like an eternity, Sue arrived.
"Finally" Ally commented, rolling her eyes.
"Ally!" Sue said, not used to that level of disrespect from her daughter. "Remember what I said about asking nicely?"
"Well, you took your sweet time getting here" Ally said, defensively.
"I'll try again in 15 minutes" Sue said, refusing to engage with Ally as she left the room.
"Wait!" Ally called after her, but Sue had already left. She punched her pillow in frustration, but that did nothing to improve her situation. She considered running after her mother, but thought better of it. That would only make things worse. With nothing better to do, she looked through her wardrobe, picking out the clothes she'd wear later today. Eventually, Sue returned.
"I'm sorry" Ally offered, pre-empting her mother. "Would you please take my pyjamas off now?"
"That's better" Sue replied, "now turn around." Ally did as she was instructed and turned to let Sue access the zipper. Much to Ally's relief, Sue pulled it down. Ally had expected her mother to unzip her only far enough that she could get to the zipper herself, but Sue took the zipper all the way down below her waist. Under normal circumstances, the pyjamas helped hold Ally's diaper in place, but with the pyjamas unzipped the full weight of it fell on the tapes, and Ally found herself grabbing at it, fearing momentarily that the tapes wouldn't hold.
"Wow, you really are soaked" Sue commented, surprised the diaper hadn't leaked. Ally turned red. She wasn't used to her mother commenting on the state of her diaper.
"I blame the pyjamas" Ally replied. "I've been dry every other day since I got back from Aunt Jenny's"
"Nice try Ally" Sue chuckled. "Your pyjamas aren't making you wet the bed, and you're not getting out of them that easily."
Ally frowned. She was disappointed by her mother's reaction, but not surprised. Ally changed into her regular clothes after Sue left the room and set about the day's tasks. As expected, she was given more chores to do and by the afternoon she was actually looking forward to doing her homework. She continued to hope that Sue would change her mind about the pyjamas, but when she found them sitting on her bed that evening she knew her hopes had gone unanswered. Ally sighed as she took her shower and taped on her diaper. Knowing she wouldn't win by arguing the point, she stepped into the pyjamas and let her mother zip her in.
The school week passed slowly, with Ally being required to return home immediately after school each day and to wear her back-zip pyjamas each night. She'd also found herself wetting the bed each and every night, and although Sue dismissed the notion whenever she brought it up, she was certain her pyjamas had a lot to do with it. By Saturday, Ally was well and truly fed up with it. She'd never been grounded so strictly in her entire life, and it felt terribly unfair. Afterall, she was a teenager now, why shouldn't she be going to parties? She knew she should have asked first, but even so her punishment seemed excessive. Even just being grounded she might have understood, but being forced to wear her back-zip pyjamas as well made her feel like her mother saw her more like a small child than a rapidly maturing teenager. Nonetheless, she had complied with the terms of her punishment all week without complaint, hoping it would earn her a reprieve. When Sue popped a list of chores in front of her that morning, she realised the reprieve wasn't coming.
"I've got to run down to the office for a few hours" Sue said curtly. "I expect all those to be done by the time I get back." Ally sighed, throwing the list down on the kitchen table as her mother left. Aside from school, she hadn't been allowed to leave the house all week and it was starting to drive her crazy.
"Fuck it" Ally said to herself. Using that language in front of her mother would undoubtedly earn her a swift rebuke, but there was no-one home to hear her. The local milk-bar was only a 5 minute walk away, and while she knew that Sue would disagree, she felt that she at least deserved an ice-cream after the week she'd had. Sue wouldn't be back for hours, she'd never know that Ally had left. Making an impulsive decision, Ally locked the door behind her and set off for the milk-bar.
She savoured the fresh air as she walked, and ordered herself a double scoop of rocky road, her favourite flavour. Ally sat down at a table outside the milkbar, enjoying every bite. Somehow, rocky road always made everything feel better. Thankfully, she managed to get back home without Sue noticing she'd been gone.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 19, 2022 at 3:10 PM
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Chess said:
3 weeks of grounding without a break and with constant duties and no social contacts, as well as wearing the back-zip pyjamas from early evening to morning seems like an unreasonably harsh and perhaps harmful punishment. I hope Ally and Sue have a good talk about what really happened and that the rest of the punishment is forgiven or at least mitigated.
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I agree. The reason I like writing about the tween/early teen age group most is that they can be on the one hand childish and appreciative of being taken care of, and on the other hand want to be mature and independent. I find that tension very interesting to write about. Ally's been in a very childish mode in the Aunt Jenny segment, and my intention with the aborted segment had been to flip that around and have her want to be more mature (at least in a stereotypical older-teenish way), but still end up in similar situations. The harsh punishment had been intended to fit in with this - I felt it very believable for Ally to reject and rebel against an unduly harsh punishment. The problem was that although I had some interesting ideas for scenarios Ally could find herself in, I couldn't really make it happen without making the tone of the segment very punitive, which I didn't find particularly enjoyable to write about. I considered not posting the previous two chapters, or even removing the one/two before, but decided to post them as they were already written.
I also miss hearing more about Ally's relationships with friends and other people. So I hope we'll hear more about Ally's interactions with others in the next segment of the story, and that we do not have to wait so long again. I found Ally's stay with Aunt Jenny among the best parts of the story, including both the close relationship that developed between Ally and Sarah, and Ally's use of Dylan's room and equipment. It would be nice to see something in that direction again.
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I think you'll enjoy the segment to come.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Feb 19, 2022 at 3:10 PM
Content: Chapter 37
Ally served out the rest of her grounding with good grace, determined not to do anything that would cause her mother to extend it. Fortunately, Sue only insisted on the back-zip pyjamas for two more nights - enough to press home her message but not to drive a bigger wedge between her and Ally. The grounding, on the other hand, seemed to last forever. By the end of the three weeks it felt as if it had been years since her adventures with Aunt Jenny.
Sue officially lifted Ally's grounding on a Friday night, and by this point there was only one school week left before the term break. Keen to enjoy a fun weekend for a change, Ally made plans to catch up with Laura. Not having been allowed to see her friends outside of school had perhaps been the hardest part of the previous three weeks. The weather was warm and sunny, and Ally selected a nice new summer dress to wear to celebrate her first day of freedom.
Sue dropped Ally off at Laura's hours the following day, and the two girls chatted freely until lunch. After lunch, Laura suggested they take a walk to the local park. Ally happily agreed, glad to be outside on such a beautiful day after three weeks stuck inside. The park was mostly empty - although it was green and spacious there was very little in the way of play equipment, so most parents preferred to take young children elsewhere. As a result, it was more popular amongst teenagers willing to make their own entertainment, which suited Laura and Ally just fine.
Laura and Ally spotted a group of older teens fiddling with a large petrol scooter.
"Oh wow, is that a petrol scooter?" Ally asked, running towards them. Ally had begged for one for her birthday, but Sue was adamant that they were too dangerous.
"Yeah, I just got it" one of the teens responded. "You can have a go if you want."
Ally didn't need to be asked twice. "Are they even legal?" Laura interjected.
"Not to use on roads, only on private property." came the response. The park certainly wasn't private property, but Ally wasn't about to let that stop her. Eschewing the need for a helmet or other safety gear, Ally jumped onto the scooter. She started off gingerly, practicing moving and turning at low speeds, but eventually gained in confidence. Keen to see how fast the scooter could go, Ally pushed the acceleration to its limits.
"Woohoo!" Ally squealed as the wind rushed past her face. Her excitement was short-lived, however, as the scooter hit a bump. At lower speeds this would have been nothing more than a sharp jolt, but at the speed Ally was now travelling she was unable to retain her grip on the handlebars and fell from the scooter.
"Arghh!" Ally screamed, as she fell. The pain of the fall pushed her to the verge of tears, but she suppressed them, keen to avoid further embarrassment. Laura ran towards her with the group of teens just behind.
"Shit Ally, that looked bad" Laura proclaimed, stating the obvious. "Do you think you can stand?" Laura tried to help Ally to her feet, but Ally winced in pain the moment any weight was placed on her right leg.
"It might be broken" one of the teens suggested.
Realising that they weren't going to make it home on their own, Laura took out her phone and relayed the situation to Sue. Ever the concerned parent, Sue immediately jumped into her car and drove down to find Ally.
"Does this hurt?" Sue asked, moving her hand around Ally's ankle. Sue was not doctor but had taken first-aid training before and had some idea how to diagnose a break.
"No ... No ... Ow!" Ally said.
"I don't think it's broken, but it might be a fracture." Sue suggested. "We'll need to get you to a doctor. Do you think you can make it to the car if I help you?"
Ally nodded her agreement, keen to get out of the situation. As soon as Sue took her arm, however, she felt a jolt of pain shoot through her.
"I guess your arm's not so good either" Sue said, noticing Ally's reaction. Ally shook her head.
"All right, I guess we'll have to do this the hard way." Sue said. She placed one arm behind Ally's thigh and another behind her back and hoisted her up. A sense of bewilderment overcame Ally's pain. She hadn't been carried like this by her mum since she was an infant. Sue walked back to the car holding Ally firmly in her arms. Ally was surprised that Sue was able to support her weight, but Sue didn't seem to have too much trouble. Clearly her mother was stronger than she'd thought.
Although embarrassed to be held like this, Ally was nonetheless comforted by her mother's warm embrace. She lent into her mother, pressing her head against Sue's arm. Having her mother so close to her made Ally feel a little better, and she allowed Sue to load her into the car and buckle her up without complaint.
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Although the pain had rapidly subsided, Ally's doctor had insisted on taking X-Rays. The X-Rays revealed small fractures in both her right wrist and ankle, and both would need a cast. Ally tried to object that she felt better, but the doctor insisted it was essential for the bones to heal properly. Sue consented to the doctor's recommendation immediately, leaving Ally with little choice but to go along.
The two casts proved more cumbersome than Ally had imagined. If she'd only needed an ankle cast she would have been able to use crutches to move around, but the doctor had insisted that crutches weren't an option with the fractured wrist as they would cause Ally to put too much pressure on the wrist. After the doctor's visit was done, Sue drove Ally home. Momentarily forgetting the effect of the casts, Ally opened the car door and tried to step out while Sue was occupied unlocking the front door.
"Hold on Ally!" Sue called, sounding a little worried. "You can't put any weight on your leg. Let me help you"
"OK, how do you want to do this?" Ally asked, not in a mood to argue. Sue thought about it. She crouched down in front of Ally's seat.
"OK, put your legs around my waist" Sue requested. Ally did as she was told. She felt her mother's left hand push against her back as her right hand slid under her bottom. Sue hoisted Ally out of the car, holding her against her chest. Ally giggled, imagining how ridiculous she looked. Sue carried her inside and plonked her down on a chair at the dining table.
"Is there anything for dinner?" Ally asked, gingerly. She knew her mother had spent most of the afternoon with her at the doctor's, but by now was absolutely famished.
"I'll reheat some of last night's soup." Sue promised. She didn't have the energy to cook something fresh, nor did Ally seem in a mood to wait. Ally sat while Sue prepared the meal. Reheating only took a couple of minutes, and soon Ally licked her lips as a bowl was placed before her. Unable to use her right hand because of the cast, Ally took the spoon in her left and started to dig in. Ally wasn't used to eating with her left hand, and she managed to spill a sizeable spoonful on her dress. She looked at Sue to assess her reaction.
"It's all right Ally" Sue reassured her. "I know it must be hard with your left hand, and that dress is already pretty stained from the fall. Better not make it any worse, though. Just wait a moment." Sue took a hand towel from the linin press and tucked it under Ally's chin, forming a makeshift bib. "There, try that."
Ally continued to take spoonfuls of the soup, but before too long she spilt another spoonful. "Urgh!" she exclaimed.
"Here, let me help you" Sue said, sensing her daughter's frustration. She took the spoon from Ally's hand and started feeding her the rest of the soup.
"Thanks mum" Ally said between spoonfuls. She was grateful that her mother had been so kind and accommodating, and hadn't even chastised her about the scooter.
"And maybe some water?" Sue asked, holding Ally's glass up to her lips.
"Mum, I can handle the glass!" Ally objected. That was easy enough to do one handed!
"Of course you can, my big girl" Sue said, kissing her on the forehead. Ally laughed, realising what she might look like.
Now that their energy levels were refreshed from the soup, Sue felt better about letting Ally explore her mobility. Afterall, carrying her everywhere wasn't a sustainable option. Sue helped Ally stand on her left foot and supported her right side as she hopped towards her room. Ally sat down heavily on her bed, relieved to have made it.
"Better get that dress off" Sue instructed. Ally looked down. Between the soup stain and the stains from her scooter accident, the dress looked like a complete mess and she doubted she'd ever be able to wear it again. Ally reached for the buttons, trying to undo them. This proved difficult to manage with just her left hand, so Ally brought her right up arm to assist. She winced in pain as she did so, evidently having aggravated the fracture.
"Here, let me help" Sue said. Without waiting for Ally's agreement, she undid the buttons and pulled the dress up over Ally's head.
"Mum!" Ally protested. She wasn't used to standing in front of her mother in just her underwear. Sue ignored the protest.
"Better get ready for bed" Sue instructed. "I think an early night is in order". Exhausted from the day's ordeal, Ally nodded her agreement. Sue handed her a diaper and left the room to allow Ally to change.
Ally slid her underpants down carefully over the cast. With her ankle injury she certainly couldn't stand to put the diaper on, so instead unfolded the diaper and lay down on top of it. She opened the tapes to prepare to secure them, but the right tape caught on the cast on her wrist.
"Argh!" Ally exclaimed in frustration. Getting the diaper off the cast was easy enough, but dust from the plaster had stuck to the tape. In that condition the tape would never hold, making the diaper useless.
"What's wrong?" Sue asked in alarm, coming back into Ally's room. Clearly she thought Ally had injured herself further. Ally showed Sue the condition of the diaper.
"Let me help." Sue replied, taking a fresh diaper from the pack. Ally reached out her hand, expecting Sue to pass it to her. Instead, Sue slid the new diaper underneath her bottom and pulled it up in front of her, sliding the old one out of the way as she went.
"Mum!" Ally protested once again. By moving one diaper out of the way at the same time as putting the other in place Sue had managed to avoid exposing her at all, but Ally was nonetheless embarrassed at having her diaper changed like a toddler.
"Oh don't be so up-tight. I'm your mother, I've changed your diaper plenty of times before" Sue said, pulling the wings inwards and taping them closed. "Now pop on your pyjamas and get to bed". Ally did as she was told, relieved to be able to do that herself.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Mar 10, 2022 at 1:30 PM
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musicaldiaperdude said:
If you need some editing, I'd be glad to edit for you if you want. I'm a pretty good editor, so if you want me to, let me know and I'll give you my email
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Thanks, but that was written back in 2016 when I had several dozen chapters written that I needed to work through for consistency and spelling/grammar. I don't have that backlog anymore (I'm two chapters ahead of what's posted, but won't post them yet as I often need to make minor changes to earlier chapters to make the continuity work). So the current delay isn't because of editing, rather because I'm back at work and don't have as much time to devote to writing as I did a few weeks ago.
I'll keep it in mind, though!
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Apr 26, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Content: Thanks all for the amazing feedback. When I started writing this I never really expected it to get much interest, I'm truly blown away to see that it's now had over 100K views. I just want to reassure everyone that I haven't forgotten about it. Unfortunately these days I only really have the time and motivation to keep working on it when I'm on leave from work. I'd hoped to do so over the last few months, but that has been complicated by some family health problems.
I promise that more will come and I do have a very detailed plan for how the next 10ish chapters will evolve, but I don't have an ETA at this point.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Jan 12, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Content: Once again apologies for the long delay in getting another chapter to you all, but I haven't forgotten about this. Thanks to those who have read and commented. I have a little time off, and hope to get the next few chapters out over the next few weeks. There's one I'm particularly keen to write, but it won't come for a little while in the continuity. Here's the next one:
Chapter 38
The final week of school progressed slowly. As a result of the casts, Ally was completely dependent on her mother for mobility. Even getting out of bed required Sue to help her. In her condition Ally hadn't been able to attend in-person but her teacher had helpfully emailed homework packets for her to do instead. Although she despised homework, she was actually grateful to have something productive to do. She couldn't exactly go outside on her own, and there was only so much time she could spend binge-watching Netflix before wanting to throw the remote through the television.
Sue had been fortunate to be given permission to work from home for the week. Although she tried to be as sympathetic as possible for her daughter, Ally's constant interruptions made it difficult for Sue to get much work done. Ally needed Sue's help for everything from delivering a drink to manoeuvring her into the bathroom to use the toilet. Sue had requested a wheelchair to help move Ally about, but her claim was still listed as under review by her insurance provider. Sue hadn't pushed too hard on that, though - with her broken wrist Ally wouldn't be able to manoeuvre the chair herself, and Sue doubted it would fit through her home's narrow hallway in any case.
Laura had come to visit Ally almost every evening that week. Sue had been particularly grateful for that, as it had allowed her a chance to catch up on some of her work. Sue would still pause her work to do the heavy tasks like helping Ally into the toilet, but Laura could handle the incidentals like bringing drinks and snacks.
It seemed like an eternity before Sunday morning finally arrived. Ally had been looking forward to it, as it meant she could spend some more time with Laura. Although she'd been grateful to her friend for coming around after school during the week, she'd never been able to stay for very long and hadn't been able to come on Saturday at all. Ally pulled off her rather wet diaper and discarded it in the trash can beside her bed. Normally she would throw it out herself, but given her inability to walk she knew that Sue would take care of it for her. She debated whether to change out of her pyjamas, but decided against it. Changing clothes wasn't all that easy with the wrist cast, and she wouldn't be leaving the house. Laura had seen her in her pyjamas before, and she knew her friend wouldn't judge her for it.
As promised, Laura knocked on Ally's door shortly after and the two girls decided to play Monopoly. Normally Ally would have preferred video games, but she'd had so much screen time the previous week that a change of activity was very welcome. Laura dragged a seat into Ally's room to play, while Ally sat on her bed. This seemed much easier than manoeuvring Ally out into the family room.
"Blast!" Sue proclaimed, checking her phone. "I have to run into work for a little while. Some sort of emergency, apparently. I've texted your Aunt Jenny, she's happy for me to drop you off for a while." Ally's heart sank. Laura had only just arrived, and now her visit would be cut short.
"I could look after Ally while you're at work" Laura offered.
"That's very nice of you Laura, but with all the help Ally needs I'd prefer a grown-up around." Sue replied, rejecting Laura's offer.
"I'm sure we can manage, please mum?" Ally begged. Sue thought about it. Even though she would have felt safer leaving Ally with Jenny, she knew how difficult Ally's week had been and how much she'd been looking forward to spending the day with Laura.
"All right." Sue agreed, hesitantly. "But be sure to call if there's any trouble." Laura and Ally both nodded their agreement.
Laura and Ally finished their game of monopoly. Ally had taken an early lead, and was gently teasing Laura about their wealth disparity until she landed her token on Mayfair. Not only did Laura own that property, she'd even managed to build a hotel on it. Ally's heart sank as she calculated how much she owed.
"Uh, can you help me to the bathroom?" Ally asked.
"Sure" Laura replied, having expected the question to come up at least once during the day. Actually doing it proved more difficult, however. While Laura was able to support Ally in her room, the narrow hallway made it impossible for the girls to move side-by-side. Laura alternated between supporting her from behind and in-front, not sure which was easier. Getting her into the small toilet was even more difficult. Ally had to turn around to sit on the toilet, and Laura managed to catch her hand in the door while helping her do so. By the time they'd made it there and back Laura was puffing heavily and nursing her hand.
"Ally, I know you're not going to like this, I don't think I can manage to get you to and from the toilet each time you need to go. How would you feel about wearing one of your diapers instead - just until your mum gets back?"
"What?" Ally shot back, surprised. "Laura, I can't use a diaper during the day". Ally screwed up her nose at the thought. "Anyway, it wasn't that difficult to get to the toilet and back."
"Not that difficult for you" Laura replied. "I had to do all of the heavy lifting. Maybe your mum was right, maybe we do need a grown-up here. Someone a bit bigger and stronger than me." Ally realised her friend was deadly serious.
"OK ... I suppose" Ally replied, hesitantly. She didn't like the idea, but the last thing she wanted was for Laura to call her mum or Aunt Jenny for help. That would spell the end of their day together.
"Perfect" Laura replied, relieved. She handed Ally one of her diapers and stepped out of the room to give her a chance to change in private. Ally grimaced. Because of her trouble with the cast, Sue had helped her into her diaper each night that week. She hadn't actually changed her since that first night, but instead had let Ally position the diaper while Sue did up the tapes. Having her mother help was still embarrassing, but far less so than the alternative. Laura didn't know any of this, of course, and Ally wasn't about to admit it. She slid the diaper underneath her backside and did the tapes up as best she could. It was nowhere near as good as it would have been if she'd had both hands free to work with, but Ally reasoned that she was unlikely to wet the diaper at all, and even if she did it wouldn't be a heavy overnight wetting. It wasn't likely to leak.
"There, all done." Ally called, signalling that it was OK for Laura to come back into the room. Laura glanced down at Ally's midsection, and Ally wondered if she were checking to see whether Ally had actually put the diaper on as requested. Laura didn't say anything about it, though.
Ally and Laura switched from Monopoly back to scrabble, with Ally eager to reverse her losing streak from the games they'd played at Aunt Jenny's. Much to her surprise, Ally actually ended up winning the game.
"I'll make us some lunch" Laura offered, getting up from the board. Ally nodded her agreement, hungrily. Without the mental stimulation of the game to distract her, Ally noticed the pressure in her bladder building. She tried to ignore it, hoping that Sue would return before the situation became dire. She knew she couldn't ask Laura to take her to the toilet again, but despised the thought of using her diaper in the middle of the day. 15 minutes of inactivity was enough to convince her that her plan wasn't going to work. The pressure was building more quickly than she'd anticipated, and she doubted Sue would arrive in time.
"How difficult can it be to get to the toilet myself?" Ally reasoned. Even though she couldn't ask Laura for help, Laura could hardly object if she went on her own. Realising that it would be easier to remove her diaper here in her room than in the small toilet, Ally reached into her pyjama pants and untaped her diaper, sliding it out from under her. She carefully secured the tapes back in their storage position. She knew she'd likely need to put a diaper back on after using the toilet and didn't want to waste the unused diaper if she could avoid it.
She hopped out of her room, careful not to put any weight on her injured ankle. Ally had assumed the hallway would be the most difficult part to navigate, but she was able to balance herself against the wall and move more easily than she'd expected. After what seemed like an eternity, she reached the toilet. Her bladder now full to bursting point, Ally tried to turn around to sit down. As she attempted to pirouette on her left leg, Ally felt her foot slide out from underneath her. "Shit" she thought to herself, grabbing at the air to try to prevent her fall. It was already too late. Ally landed hard on her bottom, mercifully managing to avoid hitting her injured wrist or ankle. The shock from the impact caused Ally's bladder to give way and she emptied the entire contents into her pyjama pants. Tears welled in Ally's eyes as she noticed the puddle spread over the toilet floor.
"What's going on?" Laura asked, hearing the noise and running to find Ally. "Oh, Ally, what have you done?" Laura asked, dismayed.
"Just help me, please" Ally pleaded. Laura hoisted Ally up by her good arm. She grunted with effort as she helped Ally back to her bedroom.
"Don't sit down!" Laura insisted, as Ally moved towards her bed. Ally's pyjama bottoms were now soaking wet, and Laura didn't want to have to change the bed covers as well. "Wait here for a moment". Ally perched on her good leg, using the bed frame to support herself as Laura ran to the laundry. She picked up a pack of wipes, grabbed a towel from the linen press and laid it down atop Ally's bed.
"There" she said. "Try it now." Relieved to be off her feet, Ally sat down in the middle of the towel. She reached to pull down her wet pants.
"No Ally, let me get them." Laura insisted, wanting to prevent any further mess. Ally nodded hesitantly, realising how difficult it would be to get her wet pants past the cast on her leg. She lay her head back against the pillow and let Laura slide her pants down. Laura took a handful of the wipes and started cleaning Ally's diaper area.
"Let me do it" Ally said, reaching for the wipes.
"It'll be over faster if I do it" Laura insisted, gently batting Ally's hand aside. Ally realised she was right. With the cast on her wrist, she wasn't entirely sure she'd be able to do a decent job anyway. After finishing with the wipes, Laura took the diaper Ally had removed and slid it under Ally's backside. Eager for it to be over, Ally rested her head back and let Laura pull the front up and secure the tapes firmly. Laura paused to review her handiwork. "Looks like you've managed to wet your top as well!" Laura commented. Ally looked down, realising that Laura was correct. The bottom of her pyjama top was indeed damp. Laura took hold of the top and pulled it up and over Ally's head, leaving her in nothing but her diaper.
"Now, wait there for a moment. I'll grab you some fresh pyjamas, but I need to clean up that puddle before it spreads." Laura insisted. Laura slid the towel out from under Ally's diapered bottom and discarded it along with her wet pyjamas into the washing machine and starting the wash cycle. Ally did as she was told, not wanting to cause any further problems. Feeling the cold, she pulled the bed covers up and over herself. It felt odd as her diapered bottom slid freely along the bed sheet, leaving only a faint sound of crinkling plastic. Even in the warmest summer nights she never went to bed wearing just a diaper, it always felt too childish. She could hear Laura clambering around with the mop, but continued to wait patiently.
"There!" Laura said, wiping sweat from her brow. "Let's get you dressed." Ally nodded eagerly. To Ally's great surprise, Laura held out Ally's back zip pyjamas.
"Laura!" Ally complained. "That's not fair."
"What isn't fair is that I've just had to half carry you to and from the toilet - twice - do your laundry and mop up your pee. Please Ally, make SOMETHING easy for me." Ally's upper lip trembled as she thought of all the trouble she'd caused her friend.
"I'm sorry Ally" Laura said, seeing her friend's reaction. "I know you didn't ask for the scooter accident, and I know you're as frustrated as I am. But I honestly can't keep going like this. Besides, I know it must be difficult for you to use your diaper during the day after years of being told not to, but maybe being in the pyjamas will help. Afterall, if you can't get them off, you can't really blame yourself for using them."
Realising the depth of her friend's feeling, Ally nodded reluctantly. Laura pulled the bed covers aside and carefully slid the pyjamas up Ally's legs. Ally extended her arms and allowed Laura to help slide them into the arm holes. The arms and legs stretched tight over her casts, but her limbs inside the casts couldn't feel the pressure at all. Finally Laura rolled Ally gently onto her side and did up the zip and tab.
simbydiap said:
Would you allow this story to be translated into other languages and posted with the source and author's name?
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Yes, I'd be very happy for that.
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Author: cew435
Timestamp: Jan 25, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Content: Chapter 39
Sue returned a few hours later, having been held up at work for longer than she'd expected. Ally could hear her talking with Laura as she arrived, but couldn't make out the details from her bedroom. After a couple of minutes, Sue headed into Ally's room. Ally glanced nervously at her mother, not sure what her reaction would be.
"I think the pyjamas are a brilliant idea" Sue affirmed. "I would have suggested it myself, but I didn't think you'd go for the idea."
"But wetting my diapers during the day?" Ally queried. The idea of doing so deliberately felt wrong to Ally, and she'd expected her mother to be even more strongly against it.
"Just while you're recovering." Sue said. "It's a lot easier than getting you to and from the toilet." Ally grimaced, not really sure how to react. In a practical sense, she knew that her mother was right. The diapers were a lot easier to manage with her casts. Nonetheless it wasn't easy to overcome 10 years of potty training to even contemplate the idea.
"I've got some good news and some bad news" Sue said, moving the discussion away from the topic. "The bad news is that I'll have to go into work as normal from tomorrow. Unfortunately they won't let me work from home forever. The good news is that one of my colleagues recommended a babysitter who can look after you while I'm at work."
"But muuuum!" Ally objected. She really didn't want a stranger seeing her like this.
"Well it's not like you could stay home on your own." Sue replied patiently, having expected this reaction. "You can't even get out of bed without help."
"Maybe Laura could stay with me?" Ally asked. She no longer had anything to hide from Laura.
"I'd be happy to" Laura offered. "It's the school holidays, so it's not like I have much else to do. Heck, I'd probably just be babysitting for another family anyway."
"Hmm". Sue hummed. Normally she wouldn't have considered the idea - given Ally's condition she felt much safer with an actual adult who could move Ally about more easily. On the other hand, Laura had shown a level of grace and maturity that Sue would never have expected from a 13 year old and had done so much Ally over the past few hours. Ally's eyes lit up - she could see her mother was seriously entertaining the idea.
"There would be a few ground rules." Sue declared. Ally nodded excitedly. "Firstly, I want to put in a camera so that I can check up on you throughout the day." Ally and Laura both nodded, this seemed reasonable enough. "Secondly, you're to call me immediately if anything goes wrong. I know you handled the fall in the toilet well today, Laura, but I still want to hear about it straight away if anything like that happens again." The girls continued to nod. "Thirdly, I want you to stay in your diaper and in those pyjamas." Ally paused, surprised at this condition. "I mean it Ally" Sue continued, sensing Ally's hesitation. "I don't want you to take risks like you did today with no grown-ups around. If you fall again it could be a lot worse." Ally screwed up her face.
"Of course it's completely up to you Ally - these are the conditions if you want Laura to stay with you, but I'm just as happy to hire an adult who can manage the situation instead."
"OK" Ally agreed, a little hesitantly. "I'll follow the rules. What about when you're here, though?"
"I think it's better if we stick to the same arrangement. At least for now." Sue said, thinking it through. It wasn't so much that she minded taking Ally to the toilet, but she worried that Ally would kick up a fuss for Laura if she were asked to use her diaper after being able to use the toilet the rest of the time. If there were any complaints, she'd rather hear them herself. "It'll just be confusing switching between using the toilet and using your diaper" she summarised.
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Ally did as she was told that night, not raising a word of complaint about wearing her diapers and pyjamas in case her mother reconsidered the arrangement. Laura arrived early the following morning, well before Sue needed to leave for work. Sue smiled, pleased at Laura's reliability.
"Ally's still asleep." Sue told Laura, quietly enough to ensure she didn't wake Ally. Laura waited patiently as Sue left for work, occupying her time playing Angry Birds on her phone until she heard Ally stir.
"Hello sleepyhead." Laura jibed, coming into Ally's room. It was still quite early in the morning, but Laura couldn't resist pointing out how much earlier she'd been up. Ally pulled herself into a seated position on the edge of her bed, kicking off the bed covers as she did so. "Do you need to be changed?" Laura asked, jumping straight into the role of caregiver. She figured it was better to dispel any awkwardness by tacking the subject directly, rather than wandering around it.
"Um" Ally stammered, shocked to receive such a direct question.
"Or checked?" Laura teased, having not received an answer.
"No!" Ally shot back. She could tell the state of her diaper herself!
"No to the checking or the changing?" Laura asked.
"What?" Ally asked, confused. Laura placed her hand against Ally's crotch, checking the state of her diaper.
"I think that's a yes to changing" Laura pointed out. Ally turned red. "Come on lie down, let's get it over with." Ally struggled to suppress a retort. Afterall, she had agreed to this. Laura undid the tab on Ally's pyjamas and slid them down before taking a fresh diaper from the pack on Ally's desk and picking up a handful of wipes. Ally paused, not sure what to do next. On one hand she would normally change her diaper herself, but Laura had done it for her the previous day. With her arm and leg in casts, that had been much easier. Laura noticed Ally's hesitation and took charge. She untaped Ally's diaper, gave her a quick wipe down and taped on a fresh diaper. Ally marvelled at how quickly her friend had managed to do it. It seemed only yesterday that she'd been showing Laura how to do up a diaper, now Laura was more proficient at it than she was.
"There, all done" Laura said, sliding Ally's pyjamas back up. Ally allowed her to secure them without complaint.
Laura prepared a bowl of cereal for herself and one for Ally and brought them into Ally's room. Normally Sue wouldn't approve of them eating in her room, but under the circumstances it was much easier than trying to bring Ally into the kitchen. Ally ate carefully, keen to avoid spilling any.
"I've brought a series you might like. The Vicar of Dibley." Laura said. "I saw the first episode last week and thought we might watch it together." Ally nodded her agreement. She'd never seen it before and in her condition there weren't a ton of things she could do. Laura took her iPad an perched it on the desk in front of the bed. The two girls perched on the bed next to each other, laughing heartily at the jokes. Although Ally had watched a lot of TV over the last week, watching a series with Laura was a different experience entirely as they could chat about what was going on and poke fun at the characters. Ally quickly found it to be one of her favourite comedy series and even started to forget about her injuries.
Laura made them sandwiches for lunch, washed down with a glass of orange juice. With so little physical activity, Ally hadn't managed to build up much of an appetite but nonetheless managed to finish her sandwich. She guzzled down about two thirds of her orange juice, but couldn't manage the entire glass. Not wanting to waste it, she put the glass on the shelf above her bed. Laura flicked on the next episode of the series, keen to find out what would happen next.
Ally reached for her glass of orange juice, but was distracted by the interplay happening between the Vicar and Owen on the iPad. Her hand knocked against the side of the glass, spilling its contents onto both her and the bed.
"Oh Ally!" Laura exclaimed, pausing the video. "Look at what you've done!"
"I'll clean it up" Ally offered, embarrassed.
"No Ally, please don't try to help." Laura exclaimed. Ally wasn't likely to be useful in her current condition. "I'll have to change your sheets. Do you think you can stand up while I do that?" Ally nodded and Laura helped her to her feet. Ally supported herself against the bedframe, balancing on one leg as Laura pulled the sheets off and discarded them haphazardly into the washing machine. She fitted a new bedsheet then turned to Ally.
"OK, we'll need to get those pyjamas off. They'll have to be washed." Ally turned around to let Laura access the tab. Laura undid the tab and zipper and slid the pyjamas down and off Ally's legs. Ally stayed standing next to the bed, waiting for Laura to bring her some fresh clothes. She didn't want to try hobbling over the wardrobe herself. "Do you need a change while you've got your pyjamas off?" Laura asked.
"What? No!" Ally shot back. She would know when she needed a fresh diaper, she didn't need to be asked. Laura furrowed her brow. She could clearly see Ally's diaper as her friend stood in front of her, and it was clearly wet. Laura slid her finger into the waistband of Ally's diaper, confirming her suspicion.
"Laura!" Ally exclaimed.
"Ally, you're clearly wet." Laura replied, explaining her actions.
"I know" Ally said, her face reddening. "But this diaper isn't anywhere near full, changing it now would just be a waste" she explained. Laura thought about it. On one hand Ally was probably right, she certainly knew her diapers better than Laura. On the other hand, she knew Ally wasn't keen about having her diaper changed and might try to stretch one diaper for longer than she should.
"Let's change it now." Laura declared, deciding to play it safe. Afterall, potentially wasting one slightly used diaper seemed safer than risking a leak. "You've already got your pyjamas off. Besides, you're wearing your diapers far more often than you normally do - got to be careful not to get a rash."
Ally reddened further, embarrassed at having Laura overrule her decision. Aware of the trouble she'd caused with the orange juice, she lay back and let Laura change her without complaint.
"All done" Laura said, helping Ally into a regular pair of Helly Kitty pyjamas. "Ally - you didn't do that deliberately did you?" Laura asked, hesitantly.
"What? Of course not. Why would you think that?" Ally exclaimed, offended.
"Well, I know you weren't keen on wearing those pyjamas all day. Now I'll have to wash them, you'll be out of them all afternoon." Laura replied.
"Laura" Ally responded, hurt that her friend would think such a thing. "I know how much you've done for me. I swear I wouldn't deliberately make things harder for you."
"OK, I believe you" Laura replied, seeing her friend was telling the truth. "I'll have to let your mum know - remember the second rule. I just hope she's OK with it. Wearing those pyjamas was the third rule."
"Well, there's not much we can do about it" Ally replied, a little annoyed. "But I'm not going to take off my diaper, I promise."
"I believe you, it's just ... well ... those were the rules she set for us to stay here without an adult. I know it wasn't anyone's fault, but it just goes to show that an unexpected situation can force us to do away with the rules. And those rules were the only way she felt safe leaving us on our own. I hope your mum doesn't decide we need a grown up after-all."
Ally furrowed her brow. Laura seemed genuinely concerned. While Ally wouldn't have thought of it herself, Laura's concern proved infectious.
"The whole point of that rule was to stop me taking off my diaper and trying to go to the toilet myself, right?" Ally asked, stating the obvious.
"I know" Laura nodded, "but I think it'll take more than your promise to convince her after yesterday."
"Then we just need another way of achieving the same result." Ally mused, thinking back to her time with Aunt Jenny. "Remember those mittens you bought?"
"Yes, but I can't ask you to wear those!" Laura said.
"They're actually not that bad." Ally said, turning red once again. "I kinda wore them a bit when I was staying with my Aunt Jenny."
"Why?" Laura asked confused.
"Well, she kinda insisted." Ally stammered. Laura giggled. "Look, the point is I don't mind wearing them while my pyjamas are in the wash. It's not like they'll stop me watching TV anyway! That way you can tell my mum that you had a solution that still satisfied the intent behind her rule, and hopefully she won't make me have a babysitter tomorrow."
"All right" Laura shrugged. It was Ally that would have to bear the consequences, both of the mittens and of the babysitter if Sue changed her mind. She retrieved Ally's mittens from her closet. Ally put out her hands and Laura secured the mittens around them. Ally tested them, a little disappointed to see that Laura had put them on tightly enough that she couldn't slide her hands out. She'd secretly hoped her friend might loosen them, allowing her to claim she'd satisfied the rule while still leaving Ally the option of sliding her hand out if she wanted to. Nonetheless she didn't dare ask.
The two girls went back to watching the series, and Ally quickly forgot about the mittens on her hand. "Laura, could you get me a drink" Ally asked. After spilling her orange juice she was now getting thirsty again. Laura furrowed her brow.
"I don't think your mum would be too happy about me bringing a drink into your room after the juice spilt" Laura responded.
"Well, maybe we should go out to the kitchen." Ally said. That didn't sound too safe to Laura either.
"I think I've got a solution" Laura said, her eyes lighting up. She headed out of Ally's room and Ally waited, keen to see what Laura's idea was. "Here we go!" Laura said, holding up a baby bottle she'd filled with juice. "I bought it for Tommy, his mum was going to reimburse me. But I can always get another one."
"A baby bottle?" Ally asked, querulously.
"Well, that way you can't spill it. Anyway, it's not like you could drink from a glass with the mittens on." Ally looked down, realising Laura was right. "But you can wait for your mum to get back if you prefer."
"I'll give it a go" Ally said, nervously. She tried to grasp the bottle between her mittens but it slipped out of her hands and fell onto the bed with a gently thud. Thankfully, it didn't break.
"See, it's a great idea!" Laura complimented herself. Realising that Ally wasn't going to be able to drink from it herself, Laura picked up the bottle and held it up to Ally's lips. Ally sucked at it gently. The nip was designed for a baby's mouth and the flow was less than Ally had expected. She sucked the nip further into her mouth, trying to create more suction.
"Woah, slow down!" Laura jibed, surprised at how enthusiastically Ally had taken to it. She adjusted her grip on the bottle to better align it with Ally's mouth.
Ally finished the bottle just as the episode was nearing its end. "Another episode?" Ally asked, unable to work the iPad herself with her mittens on.
"Not right now" Laura said. "Your mum said she might not be home until late, I thought I'd make dinner for us. You could watch one by yourself, though." Ally screwed up her face. Watching it on her own just wasn't the same. "Why don't you take a nap?" Laura asked, not sure what else Ally could do to entertain herself.
"A nap? I'm not tired. Ally complained.
"You looked ready to nod off in that last episode." Laura commented. "Have you been sleeping much at night?"
"Not too well" Ally admitted. "The casts just feel so weird."
"I might have something that'll help." Laura replied. She left Ally's room, returning a few minutes later holding something in her hand.
"A pacifier?" Ally asked, shocked.
"It's something my grandmother said her mother used to do when she was small. Dip a pacifier in whiskey for a little while - great for teething, apparently, but also helps you relax a little and sleep. The idea is that you keep sucking on it, so it's delivered more slowly. And, of course, isn't enough to get you drunk. " Laura replied.
'Whiskey?' Ally thought to herself. Even in small quantities that was something her mother would never allow. Nonetheless the prospect of a little harmless rebellion excited her. Even though the pacifier was undeniably babyish, having it deliver hard liquor somehow made it seem like a very grown-up idea. "OK, I'll try it" she decided.
"Great, open up then" Laura instructed. With her hands still in the mittens, Ally was unable to pick up the pacifier herself. She opened her mouth obediently, allowing Laura to place it between her teeth. The pacifier was attached to a short fabric cord with a clip at its end, undoubtedly to stop it falling onto the ground. Laura clipped it onto Ally's pyjamas. Ally thought that was unnecessary, but didn't complain. She sucked gingerly on the pacifier, absorbing the unfamiliar taste of the whiskey Laura had dipped it in.
"I'll let you try to get some sleep" Laura said, closing the bedroom door gently as she left the room. Ally lay back against her pillow, the taste of whiskey lessening as time went by. She began to suckle more vigorously, trying to get the last of the whiskey. She quickly began to feel its effects. 'I'll just rest my eyes' Ally thought to herself.