The flower girl

The Flower Girl

Ashlie farmer stood staring at the empty luggage carousel. She knew a couple friends that had lost their luggage, but it had never happened to her, until now. She looked around and asked a clerk what she should do. She was directed to the lost luggage reporting desk across from the carousels. She pondered all of the business trips where she might have lost her luggage. But no, here she was taking a few days off to be in her friend's wedding and had none of her personal items or her clothes. Thank God her bridesmaid dress was here in town. But, what was she going to wear for the rest of the week. She needed to go shopping. This was not a complication that she or June (the bride) needed in the midst of a wedding. Ashlie was completing the paperwork for her lost luggage report when she hard, “There you are, I've been looking all over for you! What's holding us up Ashlie?” “Oh Leslie! thank god for a friendly face. The airline has lost my luggage!” Ashlie was exasperated. “I'm sorry for the delay. It's nice to see you.” Ashlie approached Leslie, June’s older sister, and stretched up to give her a hug. Leslie bent down and they exchanged a friendly hug. Leslie was taller than Ashlie at almost 5 foot ten inches tall. Ashlie, on the other hand was a little less than 5 feet, and always wore heels to add to her height. But even with heels, Leslie was a good 12 to 14 inches taller. Ashlie had met and bonded with June’s sister Leslie during the wedding planning visit this past summer. Ashlie had spent a 4 day weekend with June, her family and other bridesmaids getting measured and helping to iron out plans for the wedding. Leslie was the maid of honor and her daughter Maddie was the flower girl. Ashlie picked up her purse and the two women began to make their way out to the parking lot. “So, when will the airline get your luggage to you?” Leslie said in a cheerful tone. “They say it usually comes in on the next plane. If not on that plane, the chances of recovery decline pretty fast. I just wish I had brought a carry-on bag. I literally have nothing but the clothes on my back.” replied Ashlie with a small sigh. “I'm sure your stuff will arrive later today or in the morning. Until then, we'll find you something to wear back at the house.” said Leslie as she fished her car keys from her purse. Ashlie flashed a smile “Thanks. I appreciate you putting me up for the weekend. June and your parents are obviously overwhelmed and the last thing they needed was a house guest.” both woman got into the car and buckled in. Leslie fired up the engine and looked to Ashlie in the passenger seat “It's no problem and We have the room. It will be great for everyone this way.” booth girls smiled to each other and Leslie drove away. After a twenty minute drive, they arrived at Leslie and Bill Wilson's house.

Leslie mentioned to Ashlie that she was in for a surprise when they got to the house. Leslie indicated that Bill had redone their old guest room for Maddie and that Maddie's old room was now the guest room. “Bill, Maddie we're back from the airport! Come say hi to Ashlie!” Bill walked out of the kitchen and up to Ashlie “Hi Ashlie, how was your flight?” he said with a handshake. “The flight was OK. The luggage service leaves a lot to be desired.” said Ashlie with sarcasm. “I'll go get your luggage” Bill offered, but Ashlie cut him off “No, that won't be necessary. The airline assures me they will bring my luggage to your door, when they find it." She said as she rolled her eyes. “Ohhhh” said Bill, almost apologetically. He realized he had unknowingly stepped on a sore spot. “Hi, Annie!” a youthful voice arrived. Ashlie knew it was Maddie by the use of her middle name, but she was stunned as she turned and found herself looking up at 'little' Maddie. Maddie had continued to use the name Annie when only June, her friend from school was supposed to use that name. Ashlie bristled at its use but knew Maddie only did it to irritate her. But Maddie was less than 5 feet tall last summer and she now towered over Ashlie. “Wow, what happened to you?” she queried. Leslie answered her question, “Yes, it's a stunner. She has grown over seven inches since last summer! We had to buy her a whole new wardrobe and even had to replace her bed. This is the surprise I mentioned! I knew you would be surprised by the huge difference in her look. Maddie got height and some curves, referring to Maddie's obvious breast development.” Ashlie, trying to shake off the surprise said, “I guess I can't refer to you as little Maddie anymore?” Maddie responded snidely, “No little Annie, I guess you can't!” Ashlie sensed some hostility in Maddie's response. Ashlie had picked on her last summer, but she assumed there were no long term bad feelings. Ashlie wanted to get out of this moment and decided she should figure out a quick exit. “If you could show me to my room? I'd like to freshen up and use the restroom.” Leslie directed Maddie, “Maddie, show Ashlie to her room and show her where the bathroom and towels are."

Maddie grabbed some pink towels and showed Ashlie into her room. Since it was Maddie's old room, it was decorated for a young girl. The room was pink, everywhere. The furniture was youthful. There was a white youth bed with two matching dressers. One of the dressers had a padded top used for changing small children. In addition, in the corner was a matching crib. The crib had clearly been unused for a while. It had a fancy blanket on the back rail and was filled with a variety of stuffed animals. It was clearly a mother's way of turning the crib into a decoration while keeping it in case another child came along. “Mom cleared out a drawer in the dresser and there is room in the closet to hang your clothes.” chimed Maddie as she stood awkwardly close to Ashlie. Ashlie paused for a second as Maddie faced her, standing no more than two inches away. Ashlie had to look upward to Meet Maddie's eyes “I....I don't have my clothes, yet. The airline lost them” Maddie was looking down on Ashlie from her new found height advantage. “Bummer. Well, there's space when they catch up with you. The rest of the stuff is my old clothes.” Maddie beat a hasty retreat leaving Ashlie alone with her thoughts. Ashlie slipped off her jacket and her heels. Looking in the mirror, her coffee stained blouse and skirt were obviously not going to meet her needs for the rest of the week. Some turbulence on the flight resulted in her wearing both her own and her neighbor's cups of coffee. Of course, those stains would not be removed so easily. Sitting on the side of her bed, Ashlie pondered her dilemma. She called down to Leslie and told her she was going to take a shower. Leslie came upstairs and consulted with Ashlie regarding her clothes situation. Leslie indicated she would find some clothes that Ashlie could wear until her own clothes arrived. She gave Ashlie a short robe and told her to go ahead and get in the bath. Ashlie felt that Leslie was mothering her a little, but she needed a little support right now and it felt good. She began filling the tub. She returned to her room, slipped out of her clothes, donned the robe and entered the bathroom for a long soak.

As Ashlie lay in the tub, she shaved what little hair grew on her legs and underarms. As she entered the working world, one of her first treats for herself was to have laser hair removal on her legs and under her arms. With minimal follow-up, she was virtually hairless and required only a few moments to clear up the stragglers. Other than on her head, the only hair that remained was a small patch above her privates. Ashlie had often found that her dates enjoyed finding her totally hairless. In a moment of recklessness, Ashlie soaped up and quickly removed the remaining hair on her lower body. She felt clean and refreshed. Maybe she'd get lucky this weekend and find an unattached man at the wedding. With that thought in mind, she leaned back, closed her eyes and tried to release her concerns regarding her lost clothing problems. After a long soak, Ashlie felt fully refreshed. She exited the tub and dried her hair with a hair dryer and brush from the vanity. She had no makeup. She returned to her room and found Leslie waiting there. “Well, my dear, we have a situation here. My clothes are clearly way too big. Bill's won't fit you either. It may seem crazy but even maddie's clothes are way too big. But I have found some clothes that will fit. You're just going to have to work with me on this?” Skeptically, Ashlie said, “OK..... you're scaring me? But, I don't have a lot of alternatives I guess?” Leslie handed Ashlie some full cut panties that were decorated with little flowers. Clearly, they were children's underwear. She heard Leslie saying, “Look it's all we have that is going to fit. It's underwear, so it won't be seen.” Ashlie turned away, held up her towel and pulled the panties on. She then took the white cotton camisole Leslie proffered. Leslie handed her a pink t-shirt with scalloped collar, sleeves, and bottom. A picture of bell, from beauty and the beast, centered the front of the shirt. Ashlie slipped the shirt on. Leslie smiled and said, “The shirt fits well. It looks like we've identified your size! These pants should fit.” Ashlie slipped the pants on. They were Capri style pants that were tight but not overly. The pants had an elastic waist for comfort and easy fit. She sat on the bed and Leslie helped her with some ankle socks and pink tennis shoes. Ashlie felt uneasy as Leslie helped her with her socks and shoes. “Th...Thanks. I can do it.” Ashlie stated uneasily. Leslie responded. “I know you can. I just thought I could help. Everything seems to fit well. Now that I know your sizes, this will help me in finding other clothes that will fit you. We can only hope your clothes show up first thing in the morning. Till then, you'll have to get bye with what we got."

Ashlie realized that in the camisole and t-shirt, her chest was non-existent. “Leslie? I think I'll wear my bra instead of the camisole.” “That would work fine, except that I threw all your clothes in the wash since you only had the one set. I assumed you would want to wear your bra tomorrow. So, it is being washed. I didn't realize how much your bra contributed to your chest thou. I realize you are proud of your body and I don't want you to be embarrassed, but we're all friends here. You can throw on a fleecy top if you want something baggy to divert attention. No one will realize that your chest is a little smaller.” “That would be great. Thanks Leslie.” As Ashlie hopped off the bed, she realized that without her heels, Leslie was significantly taller in relation to her. This fact had not gone unnoticed by Leslie while they were dressing Ashlie. Leslie opened a drawer and pulled out a well worn fleecy with a hood and a zip front. Like her t-shirt, it was a faded pink. Leslie had been surprised to find that Ashlie's bra was so heavily padded, but she did need to wash her clothes. However, in her present outfit, Ashlie gave no outward signs of any chest, at all. In fact, Ashlie would be rather disturbed to find that she was wearing maddie's old clothes. Not recent clothes, but clothes maddie outgrew almost a year ago. Ashlie was wearing maddie's favorite outfit from third grade. They had gotten the t-shirt for maddie at Disneyland. Leslie decided it was best not to point this out to the short woman who stood before her. Ashlie was upset enough with the loss in clothes. However, Ashlie almost looked like a cute kid in this outfit. “Ashlie, let's go on down and let everyone get re-acquainted over dinner"

The two of them made their way back downstairs. As they entered the family room, maddie and Bill turned their heads and did a double take. As Bill searched for something to say, maddie jumped right in with a snide remark, “Annie! don't you look cute!” As Ashlie prepared for her next attack, Leslie grabbed maddie and dragged her into the kitchen. “Stop this right NOW! We have a long weekend ahead of us and you need to give it a rest. You can not be fighting with a friend of your aunt's just for fun. Ashlie is here for the wedding and she is our guest. She lost her clothes and she is embarrassed enough about having to borrow some of your old clothes."

“Yeah, but mom! those are MY old clothes. I grew out of them a long time ago. She looks like...” Her mother cut her off. “Stop it. She can't help that she is shorter than you and I. Anyone wearing those clothes would look odd. Whatever she looks like in those clothes, she is an adult and you will treat her as such. Again, she is our guest. Until her clothes get here, she has to have something to wear. She does not know they are your clothes and I'd just as soon delay her knowing as long as possible. Be nice to her and treat her as you would normally treat a guest in our house.” Maddie reluctantly agreed, “OK mom. I'll try to be nice.” As maddie made her way back into the family room, she was trying to figure out how she could embarrass Ashlie the way Ashlie had embarrassed her last time she visited. Maddie had a lot of pent up frustration from their last encounter. When Ashlie was last here, she had pointed out Maddie's small size at every chance she got. Maddie had tried to feel like a part of all the wedding plans, but Ashlie kept calling her squirt or pointing out how small or cute she was. Maddie could feel a little payback was in the offing.

Ashlie, Maddie and Leslie's family watched some TV and discussed the weekend wedding. Ashlie confirmed that the plans were to get final dress fittings tomorrow morning, Thursday. The rehearsal dinner was Friday evening and the wedding and reception were scheduled for Saturday afternoon. All of the women would spend Saturday morning at a salon getting their hair and make-up done. Ashlie had return tickets for Sunday afternoon. It would be an active few days but June was one of ashlie's best friends from school and Ashlie would help out as much as she could.

When they were sitting down at the table for dinner, Maddie pulled out a chair for Ashlie and said, “Hold on Annie honey; I'll get you a booster chair. That way you can sit at the table like the big people.” As she said it, she sneered at Ashlie. Ashlie sensed the attitude and she understood that maddie was trying to get some kind of payback for what happened in the past. Ashlie didn’t realize that Maddie felt like she was under attack when Ashlie had kidded her about her size. She paused and considered her response. “No thanks, Maddie. I don't think that is needed.” Ashlie's response was nice, congenial, and non-confrontational. This threw maddie for a loop. Maddie backed off and sat down. Everyone enjoyed their meal. Maddie offered to cut up Ashlie's food and was again rebuked. As everyone prepared for bed, Maddie told Ashlie that she had laid out a nightgown and robe for her. As Ashlie returned to her room, she saw a short, thin cotton Barbie nightgown along with matching panties and a matching robe. The robe was clearly a child's robe with a pink background and lot's of different Barbie poses over the entire garment. Ashlie groaned inside. Maddie appeared at the door behind her. “I know this is uncomfortable, but this is one of the better choices. If you want to pick your own; look in the bottom drawer of the dresser.” Ashlie had thought that the clothes she was wearing might have been Maddie's. But the full realization was a little unsettling. No wonder maddie was riding her earlier. Ashlie looked in the drawer and many of the gowns looked more like babydolls or other childish styles. Maddie was probably right about the selection. As Maddie was leaving she said over her shoulder, “Once you take off your clothes, you can put them in the hamper, Annie.” Ashlie realized that Maddie kept referring to her as Annie to upset her, and apparently maddie was getting influenced by hearing the name Annie all night long. Frankly, Ashlie was too tired to point out the error at this point. Annie began disrobing and slipped on the childish nightgown and panties. When she went into the bathroom for her evening routine, she was a bit unsettled by her reflection in the mirror. In her present outfit, she looked much younger than normal. She envisioned herself as appearing to others like a teenager wearing childish clothes. Ashlie frowned in the mirror.

After a fitful night of sleep, Annie woke up in an unfamiliar room decorated for a child and she was totally disoriented. Across the room she could see a baby crib and other pieces of child's furniture. It took her a few minutes to realize where she was. She got up and hit the bathroom. As she was returning to her room, maddie knocked on the bedroom door and cracked the door. “Annie, up and at 'em. I have breakfast ready. Put on your robe and get downstairs. We'll get you dressed after we eat. Then, it's off to try on dresses. Let's go. Let's go" Ashlie felt like she was back at home. This was how her mom used to wake her up. What a nightmare? Ashlie grabbed the robe and slipped it on. As she walked down the stairs, Maddie bounded past her. “Good morning little Annie. How'd you sleep?” These references to being little were beginning to wear on her. But, she told herself to be adult about it and Maddie would lose interest. At the table, Leslie handed a napkin to Maddie and appeared behind Annie. She slipped a bib over Ashlie's head and said, “We've got to keep the food off of our clothes.” Ashlie thought this was a little over the edge and as she looked at Maddie, she could see her snickering. Annie realized that Maddie was treating her like a kid. But, she was unsure how to address this issue. She ate her cereal and toast. Maddie chided her to drink her juice and asked if she would prefer a juice box. Ashlie tried to delicately put her off. She did not want to spend all weekend at odds with Maddie. Next thing she knew, Leslie was taking her upstairs to pick out clothing for today. She was presented with another pair of childish panties and a camisole top. Leslie went to the closet and pulled out a dress. It was simple with cap sleeves and delicate ruffles on the bottom and around the arms. It seemed very short to Ashlie but Leslie assured her that it was perfect. Some thin white anklets and a pair of black Mary Jane shoes finished the outfit. Ashlie insisted on wearing her bra. She had to get rid of this childish image. She wore the proffered clothes, including the camisole, but she put on her bra first. Leslie understood Ashlie's attitude. Ashlie did not realize that her chest looked manufactured inside the child's dress, probably because it was. It occurred to her that kid's always wanted to grow up to soon. Leslie suddenly caught herself when she remembered that her little friend was actually an adult. She smiled and said, “You look nice, head downstairs and we'll get going in just a minute.” As Ashlie walked down the hall towards the stairs, her short dress flipped up, occasionally giving observers a glimpse of her childish panties. Leslie smiled. When Maddie saw Ashlie she exclaimed, “Annie, you look great. I'm glad mom found some clothes to tide you over till your bags get here” Leslie came down the stairs and the three of them got into the car. Leslie told Maddie to get in the back seat and let Ashlie ride up front. Maddie wasn't happy but she obeyed her mother.

When they arrived at the bridal shop, June and her mother were waiting. After excited hugs and kisses, June asked about Ashlie’s choice in clothing. She and Leslie explained the loss of luggage and the limited choices they had in the way of clothing that would fit Ashlie. The lady from the bridal shop wanted to get things moving and she began to assign dressing rooms to each of the ladies. All the dresses had been laid out in a separate room so that the girls could ready themselves. Then last minute sizing would be handled by the seamstresses. June and her mother were sent to one room. One of the ladies pushed Maddie towards one of the dressing rooms and another one grabbed Ashlie. Leslie was sent to the only remaining room and everyone talked over the walls while they were getting dressed. June told them all of the plans for the wedding and the reception. A lady began helping Ashlie remove her dress and helped her hang it up. Ashlie was a little put off by the help but she assumed it was part of the bridal services? A lacy camisole was dropped over Ashlie’s shoulders and a set of petticoats were added. This surprised ashlie because the petticoats would hold the hem of the dress up pretty high and she thought the dresses were below the knee in more of a traditional pattern. A dress was removed from the dress bag and dropped over her shoulders. The lady helping her buttoned it up in back and it fit like a glove. But the waist went out from her waist at about a 45 degree angle and stood well above her thighs.

Ashlie realized the dress was wrong, she exclaimed, “Hey, this isn’t my bridesmaid dress?” The lady helping her get dressed ignored her talking and fluffed the dress. Then suddenly, she opened the curtains and pushed Ashlie out into the central area where she was surrounded by mirrors. June’s mother and Leslie were standing there looking at Leslie in her bridesmaid dress. Ashlie was trying to get her footing, Leslie and her mother noticed her. Leslie inadvertently started to snicker. Her mother immediately reacted, “ASHLIE! why are you wearing that dress. Maddie is supposed to be the flower girl.” On queue, Maddie stepped out of one of the other cubicles wearing a bridesmaid dress. The dress was actually a little short on her and a little tight in the chest. Otherwise, it looked pretty good. “This is not my dress!” Ashlie yelled. Pointing at Maddie, she stated, “That is my dress! Take it off.” June stepped out of her cubicle and stared at Ashlie and Maddie. The dress shop lady tried to calm Ashlie down, “Honey, only the bridesmaids wear those dresses. You get to wear this pretty white dress.” Of course, to the outsiders, Ashlie’s outburst seemed like the typical reaction seen every week when the little girls found out they were wearing different dresses than the big girls. In this particular case, their perception was of course wrong, but they did not know that. Everyone was talking at Ashlie like she was a child with no say.

Leslie realized this situation was spinning out of control and needed to be dealt with immediately. “Ladies, you need to give the family a few minutes. ALONE! NOW!” The ladies were stunned, but quickly left the area and closed the doors. Ashlie at that point was crying and Maddie was laughing. June and her mother were clearly upset. Leslie needed to keep

She turned to Maddie and said, “Maddie, shut up. Go back in the cubicle and remove that dress. Do not say a word. Mom, you and June just let me handle this. Ashlie, go back into the cubicle. Let me help you.” Her look and the way she said it caught Maddie off guard. Still snickering, she retreated to the cubicle. Leslie walked Ashlie back into her cubicle and comforted her. She helped her out of the dress. Leslie told her she would get things straightened out. After Ashlie had called down, Leslie asked her to wait a minute. Leslie quickly moved to Maddie’s cube and verified she had removed the dress.

“Maddie, honey, what happened?” Maddie sheepishly looked at her mom. “They told me to go in here and they gave me the dress. I knew it was probably wrong, but I thought maybe June had changed her mind about what I would wear. But, you have to admit, Ashlie sure looked cute in that dress. And besides, there is no way that flower girl dress is going to fit me!"

“Well Maddie that has yet to be determined. And either way, you have ashlie’s dress. Let me have it and we will figure things out in a little while. As an aside, my dear, you did look spectacular in the dress. You work with me on this dress thing and we’ll have to go shopping after the wedding. Your father will not be too happy about his little girl growing up"

Leslie took the dress over to Ashlie’s cubicle and helped her into it. She then took the flower girl dress over to Maddie. “There is no way this is going to fit.” maddie stated. “Fine, put it on any way. Remember what I said. Work with me and I’ll reward you with some shopping next week. Make this too difficult and you may find yourself going to school in this dress” Leslie was staring at her daughter to ensure she understood the importance of this situation.“Do you understand me?” “Yes I understand” Leslie then helped her daughter into the dress. It was of course a disaster. The hem of the dress made it look more like a tu-tu. Maddie’s underwear was below the dress. “Honey, I know this looks ridiculous. And, we will have to work something out. But ashlie has been through a lot in the last day or so. You need to work with me. Clearly, you can not wear this dress. But, I need you to walk out into this room and show my sister and your grand mother that you are a trooper and let them all come to the same conclusion. You also need to let Ashlie see that it does not fit and that it looks silly, since you had such a big laugh at her expense.” After some further haggling, Leslie convinced Maddie to come out since only the family was in the room. Ashlie had come out in her dress. June and Ashlie were talking. Ashlie’s dress was loose on top and the length was wrong. So some alterations were going to need to be made.

Maddie looked ridiculous. But she did walk out to the mirrors. “Gee grandma, do you think I’ve grown a little bit?” Maddie was camping it up for the mirrors. “Oh my goodness, Leslie, your little girl has certainly popped into a woman’s body. Maddie you look like a clown in that dress” Turning to June she said, “June, your niece can not wear that dress in the wedding. What are we going to do?” June was looking at everything and trying to figure out how all her wedding plans had gotten so screwed up at the last minute. “Mom, the dress was especially made. It matches the wedding dress. It matches the lace on all of the pews in church and it is designed to go with all the other decorations. My wedding is ruined.” June fell into that crying and heaving fit so common among brides in the days before their wedding. Leslie and her mother were trying to calm June down. “Ladies, let’s try to think about our options. But first we need the ladies from the shop to get their opinion on our options. Leslie go get the manager” Leslie left the dressing room and retrieved the manager. She briefed her on the mistake regarding Ashlie and Maddie. The manager was apologetic. Leslie assured her that it would all work out. The manager immediately chuckled when she saw Maddie in the flower girl dress that was way too small. “Well ladies, what do we need to do here? Clearly we need some major alterations or different dresses.” June’s Mother said, “As you now know, we had a misunderstanding regarding which dress went with each person. However, we need to figure out what to do for Maddie” The manager looked Ashlie and Maddie over in their dresses. She walked around each of them touching the dresses in different places and estimating the alterations needed. “The flower girl dress is of no use at all unless you have someone else to wear it. Unluckily, we went to extreme efforts to design this dress to match the other elements of the wedding ensemble. It is very unfortunate given what we have put in to it” The manager went on, “Do you have someone else that could wear the dress?"

June’s mother thoughtfully replied, “It would really be inconvenient to change the wedding party at this stage. Too many plans have been made. People have traveled far and it’s too late for that kind of change.” The manager looked to June’s mother, since she was paying for everything, and suggested, “Why don’t you, June and her sister come with me to my office and we can discuss our options. I’ll have some tea brought in.” She began to herd the mother and June out the door and said over her shoulder, “You other girls talk among yourselves for a few minutes while we talk.” Looking at Maddie, she directed, “Young lady, take off that ridiculous dress. I’ll send in some drinks for you girls.” Sitting in her office, the ladies were sipping tea. June had begun to calm down as they were working on a solution. The confidence of the manager helped calm her nerves. “I know we still have to review all of the dresses. But the dress that the smaller woman was wearing,” she turned to June. “Is it Ashlie?” June responded, “Yes. Her name is Ashlie. She went to college with me.” “Well, Ashlie’s dress should have fit her better. It will require alterations to length and in the torso. Whatever new flower girl dress we select will probably also require a lot of work” The Manager paused. She observed the ladies and considered her next statement. The manager began, “Ladies, my wedding was a special event. I asked all of the people that were important to me to be in the wedding. I assume that you did the same” June nodded. Her Mother and leslie also nodded. “All of my friends said to me that they just wanted to do anything that would make it a great day for me. Their favorite saying was, “Anything you need, I’m here for you.” Again, they all nodded. “Well, this may sound crazy but you spent a lot of money on that flower girl dress. And it is coordinated with everything at the wedding.” She paused again and then looked at June seriously. When those two girls had the wrong dresses on, they were almost a perfect fit. The amount of alterations is insignificant in comparison to what we need to do to maintain our original roles. If these girls are here for you, maybe they wouldn’t mind swapping roles to facilitate your having the greatest wedding possible. It’s something to consider” June was aghast. The mother was considering the costs. Leslie understood the practicality. They all sat there looking at each other. At length, after discussing the pros and con's, it was decided that while it was a horrible situation, they should at least ask Ashlie. Finally, June agreed to talk to her short friend.

Ashlie had been reveling in her first adult clothing in days. Even, if it was just sitting around a dressing room. The manager came and asked Ashlie to come with her. The manager returned with Ashlie and left the office to the four women. Everyone refreshed their tea. June made some small talk about college and a few of their friends. Her mom asked about Ashlie’s job. Ashlie quickly realized that there was something wrong and that she was the focus of the problem. June told the manager’s story about all of her friends wanting to do whatever was needed. And Ashlie found herself agreeing that the role of the friends was to ensure a smooth wedding by doing whatever was necessary. June followed up, “Well Annie, I’m glad to hear that because we have a problem And I need you to tell me if you can help me. Leslie has told me about your luggage problem. And, I am so sorry about the mix up"

“It’s not your fault the airlines are incompetent And Leslie has been as helpful as she can in finding me clothes. Although, I wish the clothes were more age appropriate” She chuckled half-heatedly. “Well,” June continued, “we still have a problem. Maddie’s dress was designed to match all kinds of things involved in the wedding. It clearly does not fit. So we are trying to figure out our alternatives. The store manager suggested we get a new flower girl. But we don’t have anyone else of the appropriate size. We can get a new dress for Maddie, but it won’t match everything else at the wedding” Ashlie nodded thoughtfully and considered the problems. “Wow that’s horrible.” June’s mother added, “Yes, and it is going to cost us a fortune to get a new dress on such short notice and all of the alterations that are needed.” June's mom and her daughters all nodded knowingly. June decided the moment had come. “Annie, the manager had a crazy idea of how you could help. I wonder what you would think?” “Anything. Tell me how I can help!” Ashlie said. “She said that she knows it was a mistake. But, if we could convince you to wear the flower girl dress, it would solve everything.” ashlie was aghast. This couldn’t be happening. June jumped back in, “Calm down. I told her it was crazy. I told her I wanted my best friend to be in my wedding as my bridesmaid. But, it was an idea that we thought we should talk about"

June’s mother said firmly, “You did say you would do anything to make the wedding a success? At least consider this? It would save me a lot of money and would keep the theme of June’s wedding intact. You could be the savior of the wedding.” Leslie, who had been mothering Ashlie for a few days, rubbed her shoulder and said, “annie, you’ve been a trooper through all of this. Maybe fate has interceded to solve our problems? She is your good friend and you are here for her. You’d be helping June! And isn’t that the most important thing?” annie felt like she was in a whirlpool. The world was trying to beat her up for being small in stature, again. June applied the final pressure. “Annie, this would mean the world to me. It would save my wedding! I would be in your debt forever. I would do anything for you. I love you. Please do this for me?” annie felt her control slipping away as she whispered, “OK, I’ll do it.” She knew she would regret this decision. But, it was done. Ashlie then asked, “Can we maybe not tell everyone I’m a friend from from school?" June asked, “What would we tell people?"

Leslie grabbed this idea and ran, “There is no problem with the name since most people don’t know her. Why don’t we just tell people that she is a niece? It would fit with the clothes I have that fit her. Most people don’t know everyone in the family. We could easily get away with it” They didn’t discuss age at all, but everyone understood that most flower girls were in early grade school. Leslie left the room to talk to Maddie before Ashlie and the others rejoined them. She instructed Maddie to be nice to Ashlie. She told her that Ashlie was doing this for June and that maddie needed to lay off on the kidding while they worked everything out. Maddie was so excited about being a bridesmaid that she could barely contain her glee. And no matter what her mother said, she knew she would extract her revenge on little annie before things were over. She quickly agreed with her mom and everyone rejoined them. Leslie didn’t even notice that in all of her conversations she was referring to Ashlie as Annie. She talked about her as a little girl she was protecting and watching. that attitude and subliminal message was heard by everyone without it even being spoken. Annie and Maddie exchanged dresses for a second time. Leslie helped annie put the dress back on. The ladies from the dress shop rejoined them and everything was finalized for the wedding.

After the dress shop, all the women went and had a nice lunch. The waitress tried to get annie to order a kids meal, but they chased her away. Everyone understood that annie would be put forth as a younger niece to avoid embarrassment. Maddie figured that their goal was guaranteed to backfire, because she was going to make sure that Little Annie was reminded of her status and age as often as possible. The gods had arranged for Maddie's nemesis Ashlie to become Little Annie for the wedding week. Yes, Last summer had pissed her off. And, Maddie was ready for some payback. On their way back to Leslie's house after lunch, a police car pulled them over. Leslie could not figure out what they had done wrong. After checking their registration and insurance, the officer asked if she knew why they had been pulled over. Leslie said she did not. “Well mam, you are in violation of the state seat belt law. I am willing to give you a warning this time. But, the girl in the front seat needs to be in the back seat. These laws are to protect the children from getting hurt.” He leaned in the window and said, “I’m sorry, honey. But you need to be in the back seat. Can you please get in the back seat?” Maddie couldn’t pass this up, “Little Annie you know you aren’t supposed to be in the front seat until you are bigger! Climb back here and I’ll get you buckled in. Officer does LITTLE Annie need a booster seat?” The officer laughed, “No that is really not necessary. We just need her in the back seat.” Leslie turned to Annie, who was clearly stunned and said, “Annie, honey, can you please just get in the back seat so we don’t have a big drama here?” leslie gave her an understanding look and her voice had a pleading tone to it. Ashlie felt more of her life slipping away. She just nodded and climbed in to the back seat. She did not allow Maddie to help buckle her in. By the time they got home the impact of the day was weighing heavily on Ashlie. She had agreed to help her college friend out by filling in as the flower girl in her wedding. To facilitate things, they were going to tell everyone she was a niece in grade school. And now she was playing her role so well that a police man wanted to give leslie a ticket for letting her ride in the front seat. She had only kid’s clothes and somehow they all seemed to fit. If she lost her purse, no one would believe who she really was. This was a nightmare. She just wanted to go home, get her own clothes, get back to her job and forget about this weekend.

Leslie found a perfect party dress for the new flower girl in Maddie's old clothes. She needed it to go to the rehearsal dinner. Leslie helped annie curl her hair in an obviously more childish manner. She put ribbons in her hair that matched her dress. Leslie told her she was not allowed to wear her bra. Mary Jane shoes with ankle socks completed her outfit. Maddie, the new bridesmaid, wore a tight dress that flattered her figure and with a touch of make-up made her look years older. Ashlie was self-conscious about how childish she looked in her outfit. But, when Annie saw Maddie she wanted to curl up in a corner. Leslie and Bill were effusive in their compliments to both girls. Everyone climbed into the car and went to the dinner. At the dinner everyone was introduced. It was hard for annie to remember all of the names. There was a table for the wedding party. But when it came time to sit down, it turned out that there was not a seat for the flower girl. Annie was relegated to a table of kids off to the side of the room. While there were no little kids at the dinner, ashlie found that in her new status, she was perceptibly the youngest person there. There were some kids in late grade school. Most of the kids were from the groom’s side of the family. Ashlie was pretty much ignored. In the middle of the dinner, two of the boys were rough housing and as usually happens things got spilled. When ashlie realized that a red drink had been splattered onto her dress, she started screaming at the boys. Several mothers came running to calm down the kids. One of them yelled, “Don’t blame the boys if you can’t keep track of your drinks!” ashlie was agitated and tried to explain that it was not her drink. Leslie grabbed a napkin and began dabbing the spill. She maneuvered annie into the ladies room and calmed her down. “Look at my dress. I look like a fool! Those kids were fooling around and it wasn’t my fault. It wasn’t my drink. And after all I’ve been through I did not need one more problem!” leslie found herself using all her motherly skills to calm annie down. She had observed that as the situation had been deteriorating, that Ashlie was being treated by everyone as a kid and not the adult she really was. The result is that she was reacting to everyone in more and more childish ways. And given everyone’s perception of her age, they assumed that her actions and motives were those of a child. Annie finally stopped crying and Leslie convinced her that the stain was not that noticeable. They returned to the party. As soon as Maddie had a chance, she kidded Annie about her stained dress and her problems at the kids table. She asked her why she couldn’t get along with the other kids. Annie just sulked on the side of the room. She couldn’t really hang out with June. No one else was interested in her. As the party was breaking up, everyone decided that they would go out to a local nightclub for a few more drinks. Of course, Annie could not go. Maddie on the other hand looked old enough and would be with her parents. A number of the people attending the party had dropped their kids off at Leslie's house to be babysat during the rehearsal dinner. Emma, a friend of Maddie's, was babysitting the children. Leslie, Bill and Maddie dropped Ashlie off at the house on their way to the after party. Since Ashlie was not having a very good time to start with, she figured she might be able to relax if she went back to the house. Leslie and Maddie ran into the house with Annie to freshen up.

As they were preparing to leave, Maddie pulled her friend, Emma, aside. “Listen, Annie has been a little accident prone over the last few days. Keep an eye on her and get her to bed at a reasonable time. We want her to be nice and fresh for the wedding. I laid out a nightgown for Annie on the bed in her room.” Maddie thought it was great that she was arranging for Annie to go to bed early. Maddie thought of all the times in the last day or so that Ashlie had spilled food or drinks. By reminding her friend of Annie's accidents, she was making her sound more like a child that needed care. Emma assured her that she understood and that she would take care of little Annie. Unluckily, the words Maddie used suggested something totally different to Emma. Since Emma perceived Annie as a child, the message she got from Maddie was that Annie had a problem wetting her pants or the bed. Both Maddie and more importantly Annie were unaware of this misunderstanding. At 8:30, Emma approached Annie and told her it was time to get ready for bed. Ashlie looked at her in astonishment. “What? It's only 8:30? I'm not going to bed yet.” Emma put a stern look on her face and said, “annie, I am in charge while the parents are away and you will do as I say. You have a big day tomorrow. There is a wedding and a reception and it will be a long day. You have a special role and you need to be well rested. Now, get up.” ashlie felt like a berated child. But this was ridiculous. She was not a child. And, she certainly did not need a babysitter. And, she knew tomorrow was going to be more of a nightmare than a fun day. “Look, I know it’s a big day and I will get plenty of sleep. But I will go to bed in an hour or so.” Ashlie said trying to sound adult and well thought out. Emma only heard the prattle of a child trying to delay the inevitable. She reached down and grabbed Annie and easily picked her up. Ashlie was caught off guard and began fighting back. Emma made her way back to Annie's room. Ashlie was screaming, “NO! Put me down! Leave me alone! No. NO. No. What are you doing? Put me down. I'll go to bed when I want to. No..No!” Emma sat down on the bed and spun Annie around. Ashlie found herself lying across the lap of Emma with her butt perched up in the air. Ashlie started screaming and flailing more wildly. Just as quickly, her skirt was tossed up and she felt her little panties pulled down. As ashlie paused in astonishment trying to understand the implications of this development, the first of many swats began falling on her unprotected rear end. Annie tried to sound firm as she told her assailant to stop. But as the swats rained down, she began to cry and soon was begging Emma to stop. “Please, stop. Pleassssse.” Emma paused, “Will little annie do as she is told?” “Yes!” “Are you going to go to bed like a big girl?” “Yes,” she sobbed. “I'll get no more backtalk?” “No” Ashlie found her breathing beginning to return to normal. Emma stood up and placed Annie on her feet next to the bed. She began undressing Ashlie. “I can do it.” Swat. Emma rapped her backside reminding her who was in charge. “I don't want to hear a sound out of you!” Ashlie bit her lip as Her clothes were removed. Emma pulled off her socks and shoes. Then Emma started to pull off Annie's camisole. Ashlie again started to fight and again received a swat on her rear along with a stern look. But, when Emma started to remove Annie's little panties, her only remaining piece of clothing, ashlie decided she had had enough. She slipped from Emma's grasp and ran to the other side of the room. “What is the matter with you? Leave my panties alone. I can dress myself. Give me my night gown, you bitch!” Ashlie continued to unload, “I don't need some bimbo to help me get dressed! Do your mommy dearest routine somewhere else.” It was at this moment that Ashlie realized that the look on Emma's face was different. She was mad. And apparently, Annie was the focus of her anger. As Emma trapped her and grabbed her, ashlie again began to yell and flail around. She again found herself on the receiving end of a spanking and she was totally nude, now. Then Emma picked her up and carried Ashlie into the bathroom. She was crying uncontrollably and could not stop. Ashlie saw herself in the bathroom mirror, a little nude girl being man-handled by a baby sitter years younger than her. And as she realized how young she looked as she cried uncontrollably, Emma pushed a bar of Ivory soap into her mouth and began to berate her on her language. She was no longer dressed in the childish clothing, but she felt every bit as bad as any child in this situation. As she tried to regain control of her own actions, she heard Emma again tell her that there better not be another word from her. With the mouth-washing complete the nude little girl was again dragged back into “her” room. Emma looked around and found a little girl's nightgown on the end of the crib near the dresser in Annie's room. In the closet, she noted a stack of pull-ups. She remembered Maddie's warning about accidents. Emma placed the nightgown over Annie's head and Ashlie raised her arms to get the gown to come down. It was a short babydoll design that barely reached her waist. As Annie was reviewing her new night wear, Emma stood, reached up into the closet and grabbed a pull-up from the pile. When Emma lifter her leg to pull the pull-up onto her leg, ashlie could not see it and before she realized what Emma was dressing her in, she was firmly encased in the pull-up. Emma picked annie up and instead of placing her in the bed, she put her in the crib. Again, ashlie began to complain, but at this point all it took was one look from Emma and she again bit her lip. “I know you don't need the crib, but I was told to put you in this bed and your night clothes were laid out for you on the bed. Maybe someone else, an adult for instance, is staying in the other bed. I don't care. Frankly, the way you've acted, this is a more appropriate place for you to sleep tonight."

Ashlie cried softly. This was a nightmare. A few days ago, she was a marketing professional and now she lay in a crib, in a diaper, in a baby nightgown, crying and tomorrow, she was going to be the flower girl in her college friend's wedding. She has agreed to play the role of a child to help her friend out and yet not one person has questioned whether she is actually might be as young as 6 or 7 years old. In fact, as she has now been spanked, stripped and diapered, she is beginning to question her own reality. People seem to think she is younger not older than the role she is playing. The world seems to be slipping away. Ashlie cried some more. She stared at the Barbie night-light and eventually slipped off to sleep. When Leslie, Bill and Maddie returned from the party, Leslie asked, “How did everything go?” Emma smiled and said “Fine. The other parents stopped by a little while ago to pick up their kids. Annie seemed to ignore the other kids and just watched TV till I put her to bed.” Leslie was surprised by the wording and asked, “wait? you put her to bed?” Emma nodded big “Yes. I started to prepare her for bed at around 8:30.” Emma saw Maddie and Leslie looking at each other and snickering. “Well, I thought you wanted her well rested for tomorrow and she certainly was cranky. So I put her to bed” Leslie tried to reassure Emma, “No you did fine. It’s just that Annie often stays up later than that.” Emma gave out a small laugh “Oh she made that clear. But, I babysit a lot and I don't take backtalk from the little ones. Otherwise, they never respect you.” Leslie set her purse down and asked “What happened?” “Well she started yelling and threw one heck of a tantrum. I just gave her a spanking and...” Leslie's jaw dropped in shock “Wait, you spanked her?” Leslie was worried now. “Yes I did, then she threw a fit and started cussing. I washed her mouth out with soap, dressed her in the nightgown Maddie left out for me and put her in the bed. It was a good thing Maddie told me she put her nightgown on her bed or I wouldn't have known to put a girl her size in the crib. I guess you have other people staying in the real bed?” Maddie was laughing and Leslie was beside herself. Bill had almost forgotten that Ashlie was anything other than what she appeared to be, a small child. Leslie responded, “Well....yes, we expect some of the friends or relatives might need the bigger bed. You have to use what you have in these situations.” Emma explained that “The way she was acting, I figured she probably should have been sleeping in that bed anyway.” Leslie paid Emma and as Emma was leaving to go home she added, “Oh and don't worry about any accidents, I found the pull-ups in the closet.” With that Emma was gone. Leslie and Maddie were like statues staring at the door. Leslie looked at Maddie and asked, “What is she talking about?” Maddie shrugged in confusion “With all the spills and such I told her that Annie had been having accidents and to be careful.” As realization struck Leslie, she said, “Oh my God! I think She thought you meant that Annie had accidents wetting the bed. I think Ashlie might be in a diaper in the crib upstairs!” Both women dashed for the stairs. They quietly entered Annie's room and there they found her. Annie was curled up in a ball holding a teddy bear wearing a babydoll nightgown and a pull-up. The two barely got out of the room before they were laughing uncontrollably. Maddie got her camera and they took several pictures of Ashlie in the crib before going to bed. After everyone had gone to bed, Maddie quietly slipped out of her room. She went to the bathroom, got a small dish of warm water and entered Annie's room. With her experience from camp, she carefully placed Ashlie's hand in the dish and waited. Within a few minutes, she heard the sounds as Annie's bladder released itself into the pull-up. She quietly left the room and began thinking about how this could be used to further humiliate Ashlie. A few minutes later, Maddie returned to further document Little Annie's condition. The ballooned pull-up was featured in her new photos.

Leslie was a mother. Maddie knew there was one thing that really got her mother mad. She hated when older kids wet the bed. Maddie wanted to maneuver her mother to be the one that found the new bed wetter. Everyone was up early since the girls all had a spa day before the wedding. But, Annie was not one of the first up. Maddie mentioned this to her mother. Leslie, with Maddie in tow, went to wake up Ashlie. “Annie, time to get up.” Leslie reached into the crib and nudged Ashlie. Ashlie started to awaken. Maddie acted surprised and said, “Oh my god! Mom, look!” Maddie pointed at the middle of the bed where there was a large wet spot from Annie's leaking diaper. Also, the clearly overloaded diaper was visible now that they were both looking at it. “Annie! what have you done?” Leslie's nerves were suddenly on overdrive. “Is this your way of teaching us a lesson for yesterday? Well little Missy, you have another thing coming. I don’t put up with this type of behavior from small children and I am certainly not putting up with it from you!” Ashlie was suddenly forced awake. The tirade was blistering and Leslie was really mad. Ashlie was suddenly aware that she was wearing a very wet diaper. She did not know how it happened but Apparently, Leslie thought she did it on purpose. As she moved to stand up in the crib, leslie grabbed her and lifted her out. She was marched into the bathroom. Ashlie had not been able to articulate a thought yet. Now, Leslie had the shower on and she was taking Annie's clothes off. Ashlie started to complain and say that she could do it herself. Leslie swatted her on the butt and Ashlie was reminded of the previous night. The area was still tender. Maddie was observing and taking clothing from her mother as she handed it out. Annie was shoved into the shower. Leslie and Maddie were a little stunned to find that Ashlie was totally hairless everywhere. Maddie thought it was hilarious. It turned out that little Ashlie looked an awful lot like a little girl without her clothes on. As Ashlie reached for the soap, Leslie reached into the shower and began to wash her hair. When she objected, another sharp swat quieted her down. Ashlie washed her body as Leslie washed and conditioned her hair. While Ashlie finished washing, Maddie reminded her mom of the rule they had regarding bed wetting. Leslie had always had a rule that if the kid wets the bed, that they were required to wear a pull-up the next day. Leslie told Maddie that it seemed kind of excessive. Maddie pointed at the wet baby diaper in the trash and raised her eyebrows. Maddie looked at her mom and asked "why shouldn't someone acting like a brat, be treated the same as everybody else?" Ashlie was unceremoniously pulled out of the shower. Leslie dried her off and dragged her back into the bedroom. Ashlie began to complain. Leslie looked at her and stated, “Do not say anything! I am so mad right now I don’t know what to do!” annie took a deep breath and tried to figure out what was happening. Yesterday, she agreed to be the flower girl instead of a bridesmaid. She was then delivered to a babysitter, spanked, diapered and put to bed in a crib. Lying in bed last night, she figured there was no way anything worse could happen. Then, she apparently wet the bed and now the new day was proving that things could get worse. Leslie produced another childish camisole which flattened out what little assets Ashlie had. A cute child’s sun dress was dropped over her shoulders. Maddie was brushing Annie's hair and Ashlie looked in the mirror as Leslie stepped in front of her and bent down to help her step in to her panties. But Ashlie quickly realized something was wrong. Before she even began to complain, Ashlie found herself wearing a new pair of pull-ups. This was too much. “No, no, no. Leslie what are you doing? I’m not wearing a diaper again!” Ashlie yelled. Leslie placed a sharp swat on Annie's inner thigh. Annie began crying. She couldn’t believe this was happening. “Now YOU listen here young lady. We have a rule in this family. When one of the kids or a friend who stays over wets the bed, they wear a pull-up or a diaper the next day. Now, you are wearing a pull-up, not a diaper. If you had had a diaper on last night, I would not have to wash all the bedding from the crib because your accident would have been contained. If you can behave yourself, we will get you into some real underwear for the wedding. Otherwise, I have no problem sending you to the wedding in a diaper and plastic pants. GOT IT?” ashlie was trembling. She was so honestly scared that She was whimpering. “Also, I don’t think it is appropriate for someone acting like a little girl to call me by my first name. From now on, you should call me Aunt Leslie or Mrs. Wilson. Now put on these sandals and let’s go down for breakfast.” After breakfast, Leslie finished getting ready. Leslie told maddie to grab a small carryall and put annie's underwear that matched her camisole in it along with any additional clothes she or annie might need. Being a total optimist, maddie figured there had to be some way to keep ashlie in pull-ups for the wedding. Maddie grabbed the underwear and stored it in the side pocket of the bag. She also grabbed some other items Annie might need if her plan worked out. Maddie brought along some baby powder, additional pull-ups and a bunch of cloth diapers and plastic pants. Leslie, Maddie and Ashlie then climbed into the car to go to the salon. Ashlie begged to put on her regular underwear that matched the camisole, but Aunt Leslie would not relent. When Leslie wasn’t with them, Maddie turned to Ashlie and said, “Wow Little Annie, I never thought I’d see you begging to wear your little girl panties!” Ashlie sat quietly, in the back seat of the car, of course, pondering Maddie's mocking statements. She hadn’t even realized it until maddie pointed out that she was actually begging for the children’s underwear. Of course, that’s all there was to wear. But still it felt ridiculous for a marketing executive like her to be making such a childish request. As they pulled up in front of the salon, Ashlie hoped that things could get a little bit back to normal. When they headed inside, the rest of the wedding party was already there. Ashlie said hello to June and her mother. Everyone complimented her on her dress. Ashlie's spirits began to rise. She felt a little better seeing her friend. Leslie and Maddie were talking to the manager because they wanted to do something different with Maddie's hair now that she was a bridesmaid. All of the bridesmaids were getting similar hair-dos. Maddie had some follow-up conversations with the manager regarding some other issues. Each of the ladies was sent to a room in back to put on a smock. Ashlie was reluctant to change clothes due to fact she was wearing a pull-up. Aunt Leslie slipped into the room and helped her change. Aunt Leslie pointed out that the pull-ups looked like underwear other than the princess picture on the front. She assured her no one would notice. Then Aunt Leslie told her to act like a big girl and not ruin this for everyone. Since Annie was shorter than most of the women, the smock was long enough that she felt it might cover her secret. Ashlie reluctantly donned the smock and they turned themselves over to the hairdressers. Ashlie found herself thinking of Leslie as Aunt Leslie. It turned out that the bridesmaids were getting their legs waxed. Since Ashlie had no hair on her legs, she did not feel left out. They all were getting pedicures, manicures, hair and make-up. All of the women were getting trims and their hair was being put up in curlers. The women were chatting with each other and discussing the wedding. Annie's hair was washed and trimmed just a little. Then they started to put her hair up on some small curlers. All of the girls were getting their hair put up. It wasn’t until she smelled the permanent solution that ashlie realized she was in line to get a perm. She noticed everyone had curlers in their hair and they had discussed that everyone was getting similar hair-dos. She was upset, but figured she could deal with it next week when she was back at work. Big body curls would be an interesting new look for her. While she was under the dryer, her finger nails were done in a sort of bubblegum pink. While she was unhappy with the color, she assumed that the bridal party colors had been selected by her friend June. As the lady began working on her toe nails, she patted Annie's knee and asked her if she needed to use the potty. Ashlie looked down at the woman sitting at her ankles and realized she was looking between her knees at the pull-up. Ashlie's good mood was deflated and she shook her head no. Across the room, she could see them removing the curlers from Maddie's hair. The big bouncy curls really looked nice on her. As they began styling her hair Ashlie could see that Maddie would look much more adult with this hairdo. This lifted her spirits and she was looking forward to seeing how the new doo would look on her. When the dryer was done, annie was moved to the styling chair. They faced her away from the mirror and began removing the curlers. The stylist used a pick to separate the curls and the tray filled up with the many small curlers. Ashlie had never had a perm before and was surprised by a couple of the curls that fell in front of her eyes. The stylist asked annie to wait for them to do her make-up before looking in the mirror. The make-up lady spent only a little time on her face. A light foundation was followed by adding some color to her cheeks. The lady complimented her on her skin and how cute she was going to look. A light pink lip stick was added and they were ready. Maddie was standing behind the stylist talking to her. Maddie looked beautiful. June and Leslie approached and June put her hand to her mouth in surprise. Leslie seemed a little surprised also. All three of them looked great. It seemed that annie would be the last one done. Ashlie was getting excited as everyone seemed surprised by how good she looked. This began to lift her spirits. She asked if she looked good. And everyone agreed she looked great. When it was time for the unveiling, she closed her eyes and stood up before turning around to the mirrors on the wall. When she opened her eyes, ashlie was bewildered. She saw the entire wedding party and they looked great, but there was a young child with bright pink lipstick, bright pink fingernails and a head full of tight ringlet curls like Irish dancers or Shirley Temple wore. Suddenly, she realized that she was the child in the mirror. Everyone was smiling but she was aghast. She put her hand up to her mouth. To everyone else that looked “so cute.” She began to cry. Everyone thought they were tears of joy. June and Leslie were unclear how or why Ashlie had this cute child’s haircut. But, even they had to admit she looked beautiful. On the other hand, Maddie was very excited with the look they had achieved. That special conversation with the stylist had paid off. Leslie and Maddie stepped over to Annie. Leslie offered a handkerchief and begged her not to ruin her make-up. Maddie began herding her towards the door. Ashlie had not even been able to speak. As she tried to say something, Maddie shushed her. Ashlie was sulking in the car. Ashlie thought they were headed back to the house, but instead they headed for the dress shop. Annie did not realize where they were until everyone piled out of the cars. They were in such a hurry as the entered the store that Leslie forgot about Ashlie and her pull-ups. Ashlie was still in a funk from the hair salon. Each of the girls was pushed into a room to get dressed. It was only as Annie began to disrobe that she realized she still had the pull-up on. The lady from the store seemed oblivious. Annie said, “I need to talk to Aunt Leslie, Mrs. Wilson.” Ashlie felt defeated having to refer to Leslie as if she was some adult years older than herself. “Honey, give us a minute and you can talk to anyone you want. But I have to get you out of here so we can stay on schedule.” She pulled Annie's dress over her head and removed the camisole. Ashlie crossed her arms over her chest. The woman thought that was very cute and said “Soon, you’ll grow up and have something more to cover up there.” ashlie wanted to respond but realized it was pointless. She found herself just going with the flow wondering how she got here. A new camisole was pulled over her head. Next the dress was carefully dropped over her arms. The woman removed her sandals and helped her into little white anklets and some white low heel mary-janes. Then she grabbed a pair of bloomers which were a bit oversized and covered with ruffles. “Honey, these go with the dress. We didn’t try them on the other day. They’ll cover up your special panties.” Ashlie realized she was talking about the pull-ups. She expected to get her underwear, but anything to cover them up at this point was a bonus. And that was how Ashlie ended up letting the woman pull a pair of large white ruffled bloomers up her legs. They reminded ashlie of the diaper covers you put on small babies. Of course, they were much bigger and had much more lace. The bloomers emphasized the bottom and they were easily visible from behind in the flower girl dress. Because the dress flared out, annie was not really aware of just how visible they really were. With her hairdo, the childish dress and the bloomers, people might expect her to waddle or toddle down the aisle. Before all the women had been dressed, the shop ladies had asked them if they needed to use the restroom. Since annie had on a pull-up, her assistant had not bothered to ask. Soon everyone was hustled out to the waiting limousine. June was beautiful and everyone was fawning over her. When they arrived at the church, it was time for pre-wedding pictures. All of these pictures were only of the women in the wedding. They sat near flower beds and under shade trees. Annie was seated with her dress fluffed up around her. When she stood for pictures they had her stand sideways or with silly childish poses. What ashlie did not realize was that the dress which flared out beginning just below the bust area stopped with its crinoline so that the lace panties often showed in the pictures. Along with her childish poses with her hands in her lap or a finger under her chin, she was the perfect image of the little flower girl. June was taken with her mother into the church for last minute preparations. Leslie had gone with them. But Maddie stayed behind with Annie. Ashlie was being photographed with the ring bearer. Marvin was 10 years old and clearly a little trouble-maker. Marvin arrived with two other boy cousins about the same age. Ashlie was getting tired of the pictures and wanted to go find a bathroom. The photographer kept telling her to smile. She was not performing up to expectations. He talked to her like the child she appeared to be. He told her she should be proud to have a nice looking boy her own age. Marvin was getting bored and wanted her to smile and get it over with. So, Marvin, who had is arm around Annie for the picture decided he would help things along. When Marvin began to tickle Annie the photographer thought it was ingenious. Therefore, the photographer encouraged it as he danced around shooting un-posed pictures of the two kids tickling with Annie trying to fight him off. Ashlie was squealing for him to stop and actually forgot about the photographer. However, Marvin was relentless and in the middle of their tussle Ashlie's eyes grew wide as her bladder suddenly let go. Her scream stopped Marvin. But everyone nearby knew what had happened. The boys started teasing her and Maddie quickly grabbed her to hustle her towards the church. Ashlie was crying in deep heaving sobs. Maddie put her arm around her and said in a voice she knew everyone could hear, “Thank goodness you had on a pull-up or your dress would be ruined.” That, of course, triggered a new round of teasing as they made their way into the church. Leslie heard Ashlie crying and ran to help. Luckily, June was in another room with her mother. When Maddie explained what had happened

Leslie lost it. “What are you three years old? What are we going to do now? I can’t believe that a big girl like you can’t tell the adults when you need to go to the bathroom?” Maddie realized that her mother was talking to Ashlie like she was a little kid. Then she remembered the bag she had brought. “Mom, I brought supplies in my extra bag. Let me grab it.” Leslie pulled Ashlie into the bathroom and told her to stand still. Still treating her like a little child who had disappointed her. She said, “We have to get you cleaned up before the service begins. Work with me.” Annie was still crying. She kept repeating, “I’m sorry Aunt Leslie.” How could she be in this situation? Thank god she had the pull-up on. What was she thinking? Why did she have a pull-up on? What was she going to wear now? How could she be grateful for having a pull-up on? Leslie picked up Annie's dress and pulled down the bloomers. Then she removed the wet pull-up. “Sit on the potty and I don’t want to hear a word out of your mouth young lady.” At that moment, maddie returned with the bag. Ashlie wiped herself and was trying to use the toilet paper to wipe the area covered by the diaper. “Look, just stop. You’re going to ruin your dress. I can deal with this faster.” There was a large couch in the lounge. Leslie quickly threw a towel on the couch and pulled Ashlie over to it. She helped gather up the dress and then pulled Annie's arms around the bundle. “You hold up your dress and I’ll get you cleaned up.” With that she pushed Ashlie into a sitting position on the couch and then leaned her back so she was lying on the couch. Maddie observed Ashlie who was lying on her back on the couch while holding her dress up to her face. Leslie grabbed a wet wash rag from the sink. Maddie placed the bag near the couch and started taking things out. She pulled out the plastic pants and cloth diapers first since they were on top. Then she reached in for the pull-ups. She remembered the underwear was in the side pocket and started to reach for it. Leslie was finishing washing Annie's privates while she lay there whimpering and crying. Leslie looked over at the pile of items and something snapped. She pointed at the pull-ups and said, “We won’t need those.” Maddie stopped going for the underwear and looked at her mother. Her mother gave her a conspiratorial look and Maddie handed her the baby powder. As an experienced mother, once Leslie was in motion events unfolded quickly and decisively. Leslie had taken care of Maddie and other babies for years. As she smiled at Ashlie over her piled up petticoats, she sprinkled the baby powder on Annie's crotch saying, “We need to make sure you don’t get a rash down there.” Ashlie seemed like she was off in another world. Maddie had stacked up four old style Curity diapers (The kind you fold to fit. Unfolded, they were easily big enough for Ashlie). Picking Ashlie's legs up off the couch, Leslie quickly slid the diapers under her bottom. She then grabbed the plastic pants and the bloomers together and indicated Maddie should feed them onto Annie's feet. Maddie put the plastic pants and bloomers together and fed them on to Annie's left foot and then her right foot. She was holding them on the sides waiting for her mother’s direction. Leslie pulled the diapers up between Annie's legs and had one side pinned before Ashlie could process why that did not feel right. As she pinned the far side of the diapers with the pink bunny pins, Maddie quickly pulled both the plastic pants and bloomers up and over Ashlie's newly diapered bottom. The actual cloth diapers were much larger than the pull-up had been. But, the bloomers still covered them.

“What are you doing? Leslie?” Ashlie was yelling. Swat. Swat. Leslie pulled up Ashlie's legs and swatted her tender inner thighs really hard. “Shush. Not another word. And I told you to call me Mrs. Wilson or Aunt Leslie. You are clearly not old enough to deal with me on a first name basis.” She swatted her thighs again. “Ow. What? Stop that you bitch. You can’t..” Ashlie was yelling again. Suddenly, Leslie lifted Ashlie's legs and sat on the couch. She pulled Ashlie's legs back down across her lap and flipped her over so she was face down on the couch. She quickly undid the near side of the diapers. She pushed bloomers and plastic pants below Ashlie's bottom and began to spank her. Swat. Swat. Swat. “I am sick and tired of you little girl! First you cause trouble for the babysitter! Then you wet the bed like an infant. And as if that was not enough, now you decide to soil yourself at the wedding of my sister. If you are going to act like an infant, I will treat YOU like one!” The spanking continued. Ashlie's yelling turned to sobs. And eventually she was whimpering that she was sorry. She was not really sure what she was sorry for, but she was broken. She was a bad little girl and she needed to say she was sorry. “I’m sorry. Aunt Leslie, I’m sorry. I’ll be good. Tell me what to do.” Maddie had witnessed this and was feeling sorry for Ashlie. She had been broken like a horse. Annie was no longer some friend of her Aunt June. She was a broken little girl. Leslie re-pinned the diaper and pulled up the plastic pants and bloomers. She checked to make sure the diapers were not sticking out to prevent leaks. She held Ashlie while Maddie got some tissues. They dabbed Annie's face and she still looked angelic. June stuck her head in the bathroom to find out what all the noise was about. Leslie looked at her and said, “Oh it was nothing. Little Annie had an accident. I think we have it all worked out now. Don’t we Annie?” Ashlie responded meekly, “Yes. I guess.” June’s mom said from behind her, “Good, then let’s get this marriage ceremony going.”

Leslie and Maddie helped Annie to stand up off of the couch. Ashlie was standing funny. She couldn’t put her legs together. The cloth diapers were so thick that they held her legs apart. “I can’t put my legs together.” leslie looked at her seriously, “Are we going to have another incident little girl? Walk slowly. You’ll be fine. We don’t have time for this.” Some lady from the church pushed a large basket with flowers into Annie's hands. There was a pile of rose petals in the middle. She was supposed to sprinkle the rose petals all along the aisle in front of the bridal party. She found herself waddling out of the room. As ashlie walked she found that if she swung her legs and her bottom, she could walk in a waddling gait. Of course, that just emphasized her now voluminous bloomers which called attention to themselves under her skirts. As she passed each pew the mothers and kids all noted how cute the flower girl was and wondered why she still appeared to be wearing diapers. She could hear some of the whispers and she cried as she waddled up the aisle. Everyone assumed that she was shedding tears of joy. They did not realize they were tears of shame and embarrassment at her loss of adult status and her own childish behavior. Ashlie sat at the head of the aisle at the foot of the altar. There everyone could see her along with the bride and groom. There was no where for her to run. After the ceremony, she followed the new couple down the aisle along with the rest of the wedding party. Outside, she was part of the receiving line. She stood next to Maddie for protection from the taunts and teasing. The ring bearer and his friends kept up a quiet ongoing teasing. They kept calling her baby Annie. They asked her if she was wet or dry. More pictures were now taken. These included the entire wedding party. Pictures were taken both in and outside of the church. Again there were pictures which the photographer knew would highlight the little flower girl and her cute rumba panties. Soon everyone moved into the limousines to go to the reception. Ashlie had dreamt of June’s reception. She wondered if she might meet a cute guy and get laid after the wedding. Who knew where it might lead. Now she was sitting on a pillow which was the diapers on her bottom. Maddie was sitting next to Becky. “Hey, Annie do you remember when you were here several months ago to try on dresses? I wanted to tell you that I was wrong.” Ashlie looked up at maddie trying to understand what she was talking about. “Wrong, about what?” “Well last summer you kept saying how you thought the flower girl dress should be very frilly. And you liked that it matched the wedding dress. Remember?” ashlie felt like this was a set up and warily said, “Yes!” “And you insisted that the flower girl should have ringlet curly hair with flowers in it. You also insisted that lots of lace was needed. After they shortened the dress at your suggestion, they added the lacy panties in case they showed. Luckily, the bloomers cover up your diapers. But, I just wanted to tell you I was wrong. Now that I see it, I realize this is the perfect flower girl outfit. And the only thing that could have made it better was that you are wearing it instead of me.”

At the reception, the bridesmaids were seated at the head table. However, there was not a place for the flower girl. Luckily, there was not a kids table. Ashlie was assigned to sit with Leslie's husband Bill. There were other people assigned to the table but they were friends of the groom’s family. Ashlie sat at the table in a trance. She was pondering her situation. My relationship, with June and her family, is ruined. I feel like I am sitting here with a huge pillow under my bottom and pulled up between my legs. This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. Thank god no one outside of this town knows what is going on. My god what am I going to do when I have to go back to work next week. What will I tell people about the wedding? Everyone I work with knew I was going to a wedding. They’ll all ask. What about my hair? People were arriving for the reception. Two men approached the table. “Alright, this is great. I had no idea they were providing dates for the wedding. I get to sit with the flower girl. Hi honey, my name is Joshua. What’s yours?” At that moment, Ashlie had her second accident of the day. And she was suddenly crying again. Josh was very apologetic. Maddie ran over to find out what was wrong and took Annie to the bathroom to clean up her face. Bill told Josh that the flower girl’s name was Ashlie farmer and that she had been having a hard time the last few days and He probably just scared her. Josh gave out a small chuckle and said "funny thing? I wok with a Ashlie farmer." Maddie had no idea what the problem was. She asked Annie and she was reluctant to answer. Ashlie decided she would rather wear a wet diaper than admit to having another accident. But that was not the problem. She looked up at Maddie through bloodshot eyes and said, “This whole week has been one terrible thing after another. The only thing that got me through it was the knowledge I could go back to work next week and no one would know!” Maddie felt a little sympathy, but did not understand. “So?” “So! So! That guy that just came up to the table works with me. He is one of my chief rivals at the company. He is a loud mouth jerk. And if he figures this out, my life is ruined. Totally!”

Joshua was very apologetic when they returned to the table. He offered to get Ashlie a drink from the bar and brought back a glass of lemonade. Annie was trying to just get through the reception. She sat at the table in her wet diaper wondering how she got here. Josh and his buddy would drag annie out on the dance floor for every few dances. They thought it was hilarious to dance with the little flower girl. The photographer got lots of pictures of them dancing. There were pictures at the tables and Josh just would not go away. Her attempts to get him to go elsewhere were perceived as a child trying to sulk. They would have none of it. Any time Annie tried to move towards the bathroom, either Maddie or Leslie would jump up to escort her. They would ask her if she needed to use the bathroom and offer to help her with her outfit. She would tell them she was trying to avoid Joshua. Ashlie didn’t want them to know she had wet the diapers but she hoped to get rid of them. Ashlie was unable to ditch the diapers but she had clean hands. As the afternoon and early evening passed, Ashlie's diaper became more and more uncomfortable. She grew desperate to use the toilet. It seemed like she could not think for herself. Joshua and his buddy along with several other men had made it their mission to keep annie on the dance floor. She did enjoy the dancing, but was constantly worried about detection of either the diaper or who she actually was. Then Marvin, the ring bearer, and his buddies showed up. They were pulling her hair and teasing her. Ashlie did not know where to go. Now when she needed them Josh and his buddy were no where to be seen. No Maddie. No Leslie. Ashlie moved to a corner of the room and was trying to avoid the boys. They were trying to tickle her and tease her about wearing diapers. Ashlie was laughing when tickled and or crying. Then her bladder let go and she had her third accident of the day. No one seemed to notice it this time. She just kept crying. But it was devastating for ashlie to realize that she had just had another accident at the wedding. She could not believe that she had reused the wet diaper she had now been wearing for hours. And the only positive thing that came to her mind was that at least her diaper was no longer cold. What was wrong with her, she wondered. Someone got the boys to leave. A lady helped her wipe away her tears. Ashlie moved back over to the table and sat down. She was sitting on a drenched diaper. She felt the wetness all around. The party was winding down. As everyone started gathering up their things to leave, Maddie came looking for Annie. The two of them made their way over to where her mother and dad, Leslie and Bill, were waiting. Ashlie still had that waddle due to the diapers. But Leslie detected something else. They pointed to the door and Leslie walked behind annie. And that was when she saw the telltale sag that went with the waddle indicating that the person she was following had a totally soaked diaper. Leslie was incredulous.

When they got to the car, Leslie told Ashlie to hold up. She reached into the trunk of the car and retrieved an old towel that Bill kept there. She placed it on the back seat. Then she looked sternly at Ashlie and said, “Well miss potty pants, it looks like you decided to use your diapers instead of the big girl potty. I don’t want to hear any excuses. Nothing can possibly justify this. Sit on this towel so I can change you" Bill just shook his head. He could not figure out what was happening. Maddie was thrilled at taking Annie down another notch. Maddie stuck her fingers in the side of Annie's plastic pants and exclaimed, “Her diaper is totally soaked! don’t leak on our car. Do I need to get you a booster seat?”Ashlie was devastated, again. She was crying as they drove home. Leslie continued to lecture her on her juvenile behavior. Ashlie realized things were not going to get better when they got home. One more night in this hell, she thought. Leslie and Maddie marched her right up to the bedroom. Leslie picked her up put her on the plastic covered changing table. Ashlie began to complain and leslie put an immediate stop to that with a quick swat to her inner thighs. She quickly pulled her dress over her head and handed it to Maddie. She then laid her down and began removing the bloomers and plastic pants. She was dealing with Ashlie like a real baby. And Ashlie was about ready to give up. Her Diapers were soaked and they had been soaked for hours. “I can’t believe this. Did you just sit around and wet yourself all afternoon?” Ashlie was crying. She did not even respond. As Leslie removed the diaper, she gasped. Annie's crotch was red. “Well, miss potty pants you have earned yourself a really good case of diaper rash. That’ll be around for a few days. It serves you right. Maddie grab the diaper rash crème."

Maddie was stunned. She grabbed the crème. Her mother washed the area with a damp cloth and dried her off with a clean dry flannel. Ashlie was wearing nothing but her white anklet socks and a childish camisole. Leslie then picked ashlie up and moved over to the bed. Whereupon, she placed Ashlie across her lap and began to spank her with great force. “I have NEVER been so embarrassed by anyone in my entire life! Imagine a girl your age can’t get to the bathroom. Don’t you know every mother there had to have noticed your condition? I am astounded someone else didn’t offer to change you. You have an important role in my sister’s wedding and YOU behave like a spoiled child. Well you won’t be sitting down comfortably for a while young lady!” Leslie continued to spank Ashlie's bottom. Ashlie cried and just whimpered, “I’m sorry. Aunt Leslie, I’m sorry!” She repeated it over and over again. Leslie continued to chastise her as the spanking continued. Ashlie continued to cry and her breathing was in heaving choking breaths. When she was done, Leslie put Ashlie back on the changing table and applied the diaper rash crème everywhere. Turning to the closet, Leslie retrieved a new set of super thick cotton diapers and efficiently bundled Ashlie up in them. She then put a clean pair of plastic pants on her. Sitting on the changing table in a huge cloth diaper wearing nothing but white socks and a child’s camisole, Ashlie looked like an overgrown 2 year old. Maddie grabbed the camera and took a quick picture. Ashlie was still crying.

Ashlie begged Aunt Leslie to let her use the bathroom. Leslie just laughed. “Now you want to use the big girl bathroom? I don’t think so. You wanted this. You‘ve got it. After tomorrow, you’ll be gone. I wonder if the big girl will return or if you will just keep acting like a little girl.” Leslie left the room for a minute and returned with a blanket sleeper that Maddie had used a couple of years ago. It resembled the sleepers baby’s are put in. She slipped it onto Ashlie and zipped her up. With her ringlet covered head, she looked like a Shirley Temple wannabee. Ashlie was moved to the crib. Leslie looked at ashlie and stated, “Don’t you dare get out of that bed for anything. I’ll send Maddie up with something to drink and you can just go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow you can try to explain your actions?” Leslie did not want to deal with Ashlie any more. Leslie told Maddie to get Ashlie some juice or something out of the refrigerator and take it up to her. Make sure she hasn’t gotten out of bed and then leave her alone. Maddie found an old sippy cup in the cupboard and filled it with prune juice. She took it up to Ashlie. Ashlie was still whimpering and ignored her. Maddie left the cup on a table at the end of the crib. She pulled the side up and left. Maddie couldn’t help herself. She slipped in several hours later with another warm bowl of water. In the morning things were not much better. Maddie reported to her mother that Ashlie was in bed and that she was soaked again. Leslie fumed for a little while before going to take care of their “little girl”. “As far as I’m concerned you are a little girl who has no control her bodily functions. Therefore, you will leave my home appropriately dressed to protect your clothes and those around you. I will put you in a nice matching outfit and we will drop you off for your flight. Then, we will be done with this horrible chain of events.” Leslie and Maddie dressed Ashlie in clean thick diapers. Leslie asked Maddie to apply more of the diaper cream to ashlie's diaper rash which was not getting any better. Maddie did her crotch and then greased up a finger with diaper cream and picked Ashlie's legs up. She slid her finger along the crack of Ashlie's bottom. As she did, she slid the finger along with a strong overnight suppository into Annie's anus. Ashlie let out a gasp and said "watch what your doing!" Maddie acted as if it was an accidental slip and said sorry. It seemed that Ashlie was unaware of what really happen. It was Maddie's final secret gift to Ashlie. As Maddie wiped cream around Ashlie's Butt hole, Ashlie began to complain but a quick slap from Maddie on her still red buttocks silenced her.

The diaper pins had a metal clasp. Maddie pinched the clasp with a pair of pliers to make them virtually impossible to remove. She explained that Ashlie could deal with it when she got home. Annie slipped on a crisp white blouse followed by a brown pleated skirt. Maddie tied a little tie around her neck. She said it went with this outfit. She wore knee high stockings and brown oxford shoes. A brown headband that matched the skirt held her hair out of her eyes. Maddie held a coat which matched the skirt. In its pocket was a small beret that matched the outfit. Maddie packed up what few belongings Ashlie had arrived with in a bag which had some school logo on it. She told Ashlie that since she lost her luggage, she could have this bag. Ashlie's bra and adult underwear were put in the trash. Ashlie tried to tell Aunt Leslie she was sorry for all the trouble. Leslie seemed unfazed. Becky climbed out of the car with her ticket in one hand with her coat in the crook of her arm and carrying the school emblazoned satchel in her other hand. When the plane landed ashlie was getting uncomfortable. She had visited the lavatory on the plane and she could not loosen the diaper pins. She needed to pee and her body was telling her that it wanted to do other things too. She refused to use the diapers. Ashlie just wanted to get home as soon as possible. She wanted to forget this ordeal. Ashlie got off the plane and was waddling/walking with the other passengers when she heard a woman call her name. “Annie. Ashlie? I’m your driver. Come on over here honey.” ashlie looked around. She had not ordered a driver. “Mrs. Wilson called and let me know what flight you were on.”

Oh. How strange Ashlie thought? Maybe Leslie wasn’t really that mad. She walked over towards the lady. “ashlie, I am Mrs. Prentice.” “Hello Mrs. Prentice. I wasn’t expecting to see you.” “I know honey. Listen, its chilly outside. I’ll hold your bag while you put on your coat.” Great she’s another pandering adult thought Ashlie. Mrs. Prentice took the bag "Ashlie put the coat on." It was a fitted coat with no collar. It seemed odd. But hey, given Leslie's and Maddie's attitudes, it was some kid’s clothes they did not want. Something was better than nothing if it was cold. She was just looking forward to getting back to her place, getting out of these clothes, USING A BATHROOM, and putting her own clothes back on. As they walked out the door to the airport, Mrs. Prentice guided her over towards a passenger van. There was a man standing near the back door. He had the doors open and as they approached, he nodded to Mrs. Prentice and said, “Hello little lady. Let me take your bag.” And he held out his hand. Ashlie was stunned there were two of them. “Why are there two of you?” Mrs. Prentice chuckled “We always travel with at least two escorts. Let me help you in” Ashlie thought there was something odd. This did not seem like the normal limo service. But, she was in a hurry to get home and she overlooked the odd issues. She carefully climbed into the second row of seats. Mrs. Prentice got a good view of her diapered behind. Smiling, Mrs. Prentice climbed into the third row behind her. “Don’t forget your seat belt?” The driver said as he closed the doors. Ashlie didn’t notice the logo on the side doors since they were not visible when the doors were open. Otherwise, she would have been surprised to see the same logo as was on her bag. Also, that logo was on the breast of the coat she had just put on. “Ashlie we were very excited to hear from Leslie Wilson. She is a great benefactor to St. Tinian’s. Yes, your aunt was very insistent that we pick you up today. She and your Aunt June both went to our school. She mentioned you would have the St. Tinian’s bag.” She was pointing at Ashlie's bag on the floor. “That’s how I knew who you were.” “What are you talking about? What is St. Triniar? What is gong on here?” ashlie was trying to understand what was happening. She realized that Mrs. Prentice had on a jacket with the same logo as the one on her bag. That’s strange. “St. Tinian’s. As I’m sure Aunt leslie explained, we are the best girl’s school in this part of the country. And I assured her that we would cure your bed wetting problem and any other behavior issues before we let you move on to the high school. That way you won’t have to wear those bulky diapers anymore. Of course, that gives us a few years to work on our problems. Luckily, your uniform hides the diapers from most observers.” Ashlie shook her head in confusion “I’m too old for school? Years, what grade do you think I’m in? I don’t have to wear diapers. I have to go to work.” Ashlie was stunned. She couldn’t be going to some girl’s school. She was an adult, not a grade school student. Had Leslie and maddie set her up? What did she mean saying I’m wearing the school uniform? Suddenly, the last week totally caught up with her. She couldn’t control it anymore. Her mind went on autopilot. The suppository finally completed its task. All self control was lost. She began to cry. Ashlie's system totally voided. The smell filled the vehicle. “There, there honey. We’ll make a lady out of you before you know it. Bill you’ll need to pull over so I can change our new young lady’s diapers. Oh my god? She smells like she filled them to the brim. I brought some clean diapers after they told me your condition. I’ll bet you can’t wait for your older cousin Maddie to get back to school in a few days. She’ll be a good example for you.” Ashlie continued to cry as the van pulled off the road so her diapers could be changed by some stranger who picked her up at the airport. She was apparently going to be enrolled in grade school instead of going back to work. She was so confused all she could do was mumble to herself and wonder what else could possibly happen.

Ashlie goes to the pool

Ashlie farmer arrived at her late brother's home on Saturday morning, around 9:30 AM. As the taxi pulled away from the curb ashlie took in a deep breath. "Today seemed like it was going to be a good day" she thought to herself as she walked towards the front door. following ashlie's light rapping on the door. She looked up just in time to smile as her sister in-law Kelly answered the door. Since Kelly was five foot ten and ashlie less than five feet, she had to look almost straight up to face kelly. Ashlie in her shoes and with her hair appeared to be a little less than five feet tall, but in actuality was closer to four and a half feet tall. “Good morning ash's!” kelly was wearing a nice cotton shirt and casual flowery skirt. “Good morning kelly. I see you are dressed and ready for a day at the spa?” “Yes! I've been looking forward to this all week. I appreciate your paying for this, even if I did win our bet. The lady I spoke to said it will take about 5 hours for the full treatment and my new hairdo.” “No problem. You deserve it. I know things have been tight since scotty passed.” kelly thought about her husband who passed on a little over a year ago. Scotty's older sister ashlie had been helpful. She continued to want to be part of their lives. Sometimes, she forced herself into situations where kelly would just as soon not have her. She used her control of the farmer family trust as a weapon to try and influence how kelly and her 16 year-old daughter Mary dealt with her. Kelly loved scotty, but frankly ashlie was a pain in the ass. She had no family of her own and seemed to want to be the dominant figure in kelly and Mary's lives. If it weren't for the trust, kelly might even have moved away. She often felt anger that her brother had not dealt with this trust issue while alive to avoid her constant interaction with ashlie.

Kelly was 34 and worked an easy office job that allowed her the freedom to be available for Mary and for school activities. The trust paid her enough money to allow them a nice lifestyle without worry. Ashlie constantly wanted to review financial information that was none of her business and offered advice on how kelly and Mary should save money or make decisions. When questioned, ashlie would point out that she controlled the money and when it would be dispensed. If kelly didn't like things, ashlie would be happy to do a more thorough review and withhold funds until she felt they were needed. This was a threat that could affect her daughter's life and their lifestyle. Overall, ashlie was not a bad person. She was just a 23 year old know-it-all that wanted to tell everyone else how to live their lives. She did care about kelly and Mary. She just had a bad way of handling it. Kelly realized all of this, but she still harbored a great deal of resentment. She figured that as time went on, things would smooth over and work themselves out. Snapping back to reality, kelly responded, “Your help and money from the trust have been timely in keeping things going. I have not had a lot of opportunities to do things for myself. So, today will be a welcome respite from day to day life. What do you and Mary have planned?” “I thought we would go biking and then go to the pool and catch some rays.” “Sounds like everyone will have fun today.” Turning, she shouted into the house, “Mary, Aunt ashlie is here. Grab your stuff and let's all get going!” “Oh kelly, I hope you don't mind, but I arranged for my date, Joshua, to pick me up here later today?” “No problem. Is this the Josh we talked about last week?” “Yes he is!” As kelly pulled out of the driveway, ashlie and Mary were mounting their bikes to go on their outing. “Mary, I thought we would bike along the nature path and back on Highway 43 to the pool. We can take our things with us, stop at the pool and catch some sun. Then afterward we will just head home.” “Sounds good aunty annie” “Mary, my name is ashlie.” Mary responded as she always did, “My dad always called you annie and I always call you that. What's wrong?” “You're a little older now and at sixteen I think it is more appropriate for you to call me ashlie” “Okay. I'll try. But I've been calling you that for a long time. You often feel more like my older sister than an old Aunt.” Mary watched to make sure her pandering had not been overdone. The blush on ashlie's face told her she had the situation in control.

As kelly drove to the spa, she remembered ashlie going on and on about her date with Joshua. Ashlie has been telling everyone including kelly that she really needs some sexual relief. She stated to kelly that, “After that man eats dinner with me on Saturday night, I'm going to get naked with him and then I am guaranteed to get laid.” kelly had lost a lot of bets to ashlie over the last couple of years. Most of them followed stupid statements like this from one of them. However, kelly had won their last bet. Ashlie had told her that if they planned an outside barbecue on Memorial Day, it would rain. It had been humid and overcast leading up to the weekend. On the Friday before Memorial Day, kelly bet ashlie that it would not rain on their Memorial Day picnic. The loser paid to send the winner to a day at the local spa for a total body makeover. The rain never came and in fact the sun had come out for the main part of the party. While they had some fun bantering back and forth, kelly thought ashlie was pretty full of herself. Ashlie and scotty had been close, and therefore, ashlie had been around a lot. For kelly, it was like having your spouse's little sister around all of the time. Ashlie was always trying to act worldly; giving advice to Mary or telling Mary and kelly how to dress. Since ashlie was on the short side, she virtually always wore heels, usually 3-4 inch heels. With these heels on and a puffed up hairdo giving her an additional 2 inches, ashlie appeared to the casual observer to be on the shorter side of average women because she would appear to be about 4' 10”. She often wore hats or hair adornments which also tended to give her height. Ashlie had been going on and on about her date, josh. He was about 6 feet tall, muscular and good looking. Joshua worked at the same company as ashlie and he would walk past her cubicle. He began stopping to make small talk and had quickly asked her out. Ashlie was a little concerned because joshua had only talked to her when she was in her cubicle working or in meetings where everyone was seated. He had never had an extended interaction where they were both standing near each other. Ashlie was well aware that many men didn't want a woman that was too short. She had to make sure that before her height was an issue, he would be aware of all of her other great attributes. Kelly kept trying to imagine a 6 foot guy with ashlie at 4'6”; her head would be just a little above crotch high. It just did not feel like a guarantee. Of course, if she gets naked in a room with him, some horny bastards would simply ignore the oddities and get themselves off. She sometimes wondered if that was the typical ashlie date. None of them seemed to be around for too long. Kelly and ashlie negotiated a new bet. Ashlie bet that if she had dinner with josh tonight, she would get naked and she would have sex with him. If ashlie wins, kelly will have to come to ashlie's apartment for three weekends and ashlie has promised that she will make kelly clean the apartment and wear an appropriate uniform. Ashlie kept saying, “You should always wear clothes that are appropriate for your station in life.” Then she would laugh. If kelly wins their bet, she had two choices, either ashlie will come to kelly's house for three weekends under the same terms or ashlie would babysit Mary for a week while kelly can go on vacation. Yes, kelly planned to win this bet. Maybe she could find some way to help her bet prospects when joshua picked ashlie up tonight.

Mary and ashlie biked around for an hour or so and then headed for the pool. Ashlie and Mary pulled their bikes up outside the pool and parked them in a bike rack. They gathered up their bags, locked the bikes and entered the pool. The pool building was a split level and people approached the registration desk on a floor above pool level. Swimmers went down a stairwell and entered the locker rooms to come out to the pool on the lower level. As the ladies looked out over the pool area, ashlie gasped. “Oh my God!” Mary asked, “What's wrong?” “josh, my date from work is down in the pool area. I have tennis shoes on and he has never seen me flat footed. He has no idea how short I am. Oh, this is horrible.” “Why is it horrible?” “Let's face it. I'm a little shorter than average and I try to correct for that. With clothing, hair and shoes, I can get myself into the average height range. It scares average guys away before they get a chance to know the real me. Once they get to know me, the height is never a real issue.” Sure, thought Mary. She laughed to herself as she considered the statement “a little shorter than average.” I was taller than her when I was in third or fourth grade. And, mom seems to think the reason she can't keep a guy is specifically due to her height. Although her attitude and the way she treats people has to be a factor. “Mary, maybe I'm looking at this wrong. If I could disguise myself, I could watch joshua and learn about him? That would give me a better chance of making him happy on our date tonight. Let's go to the locker room and talk about our options.” The two quickly descended the steps and entered the girl's locker room. The more she thought about it, ashlie liked the idea of spying on josh. Mary asked, “How many disguises can we come up with at a pool?” ashlie and Mary thought for a moment. Mary said, “Hey, why don't we undo some of your tricks and use your size to our advantage? If you flattened your hair and we did not have heels, you would be much shorter than he thinks, right?” ashlie acknowledged, “Yes, So?” “He might not recognize you because you would be shorter than normal. If we could then get you a different suit that might make you look like a college or high school student he would not recognize you.” ashlie thought about this. She spent all her life trying to look older than her body seemed to indicate. Once she got into later grade school and for the rest of her life she had fought with her height. She was constantly trying to appear older than her body indicated. Now, maybe she could temporarily use her body to her advantage. Yes, she thought this might work. “What do you think we should do?” “You take off your clothes and jump into the shower. You can rinse off the sweat from our ride and wet down your hair. I'll go out to the desk and see what suits they have in the lost and found. They wash all of the suits when they find them. I'm sure they have something.” Mary picked up their bags while ashlie took a towel and went into one of the private showers. Ashlie liked this pool because they had private showers with a curtain instead of group showers. Mary glanced in ashlie's bag and noticed her bikini. As she picked it up, she was surprised to realize that it was very heavily padded. She had never realized how much of ashlie's chest was manufactured. While ashlie was showering, Mary went to the service counter and asked if she could look through the lost and found swim suits. She said that her mom had asked her to look for her sister's swim suit. As usual, the number of abandoned suits was large. Mary initially figured she would look for some weird one piece suit or an old lady type suit to help ashlie hide. But as she fingered through the pile, the answer to her prayers popped to the top. It was a Barbie two piece swim suit designed for a girl of 6-9 years old. It looked reasonably new. The bottoms were of the full cut style little girls always wear. The top was a bikini, but all of the straps, sides and back were also full cut. It looked more like a cut off tank top but it would flatten out the wearer because it was designed for a child with no breasts and was designed not to roll up or uncover the child during rough housing and swimming. And lying next to it was a pink child's swim cap. Mary was developing a plan in her mind. This was a real opportunity for her to embarrass ashlie and get back at her for the way ashlie treated her. Mary always felt that ashlie treated her like a little kid. Now here was an opportunity for her to treat ashlie like the kid. And it was all ashlie's idea. While ashlie was in the shower, Mary stuck her head in and grabbed ashlie's clothes. She took ashlie's clothes and valuables and placed them in her bag. She then placed the bag in a locker and extracted the key. Mary had a towel and nothing else. Mary now had her suit on, a towel and a child's swim suit. She thought to herself, I'll have to sell this suit as older than it clearly is. In this situation, ashlie will have to do whatever I tell her. As ashlie came out of the shower wrapped in a towel, Mary lied, “The choices were really limited. I found a suit designed for teens and I think it will allow you, if you are careful, to pretend to be in high school and he will never figure out who you are.” “Where'd my clothes and other stuff go?” asked ashlie. “I locked it up in a locker. We need to get you clothed before anyone realizes that you are older than this suit. Otherwise the disguise will not work.” “Let me see it.” Mary held up the suit. Ashlie said, “That's a kid’s suit. I'm not wearing that.” “Then you go naked,” exclaimed Mary. “You wanted a disguise. I got one.” Mary exaggerated, “We needed a suit that will hide your adult curves. Otherwise, no one is going to believe you are a student. Put the suit on and let's get going or I will leave you here with nothing. No ID. No clothes. You are as old as you feel or look. Any suit not designed for a voluptuous adult, looks like a little kid’s suit.” And Mary grabbed her towel and started for the door. “Wait! Give me the suit.” She looked the suit over again. “This is not a teenager suit” Mary knew that it was a kid’s suit. But she had to press her advantage. “Put it on.” “OK.” And ashlie pulled on the suit bottoms under her towel. Mary was astounded. The suit looked like it was made for her. “Now, drop the towel, put on your top and let's go swimming.” ashlie turned away from Mary and pulled the top over her head. She adjusted the top over her breasts and turned to face Mary. Mary was unable to talk. She was speechless. Apparently, ashlie had virtually no breasts and she had never realized it before. The suit fit like a glove and ashlie did not look like a teenager, she looked about 8 or 9 years old. “What happened to your breasts?” ashlie looked at the floor and fidgeted, which only contributed to the childish impression. “I have never been overly endowed. I wear bras that enhance my figure and I often add a little padding. This top flattens what breasts I have and spreads them out eliminating any impression of breasts. I can't go out there like this. Everyone will know.” Mary laughed. “No one will know. This is perfect. You can sidle up to him and he will never suspect who you are. I am telling you, this is the greatest disguise you could ever try.” “Here put on this pink bathing cap. It'll cover your hair and add to the age illusion.”

Mary and ashlie strolled out into the pool area looking to the entire world like a high school girl and her younger sister. Mary guided them to the shallow end of the large pool. They found two lounge chairs and deposited their towels. The pool was a newer design with three separate areas. The large pool was 50 yards long with diving boards on one end. One side of the pool was cordoned off for lap swimming. The second pool was a 1/3 fan design. The outer portion of the curved pool was a walk in from nothing to 4 feet. The outer edges had spray fountains and showers for children to play in. In the deeper area there were two large water slides. Off of the side was a canal to the third area which is a looping lazy river. In the corner of the pool, there were four water jets that were located in 1 foot of water, about 3 or 4 feet in from the waters edge. They shot straight up about a 12 to 18 inches out of the water. There, joshua and a young girl were playing in the fountains and tossing a ball to each other. Mary and ashlie approached the pool about ten feet from josh and waded into the pool. Ashlie tentatively entered the water while trying to casually watch josh and the young girl. Mary saw ashlie gawking at them and realized that she needed to get ashlie to stop staring and just play in the water. To that end, she jumped towards ashlie and unexpectedly dunked her. Ashlie popped out of the water horrified and yelled, “Mary what are you doing?” Mary just laughed and splashed ashlie. “What's the matter annie? We came to the pool to get wet and relax. Stop being so boring.” ashlie was trying to get her bearings and was chasing Mary into the deeper portion of the pool. She would put Mary in her place. Suddenly, Mary stopped running and jumped back towards ashlie. “annie?” she whispered, “Remember that you are a kid. You can't just stand a few feet from your man and stare at him. Pretend like you're having fun. You need to act more like that girl with your date than like an adult.” ashlie was initially taken aback as she realized that she could kill her entire plan by acting wrong here. She reminded herself that she was here to learn more about josh. “Thanks, Mary. You're right.” Mary suggested, “We should play around near them and maybe we can join them in their game.” “Don't you think we should just stay nearby and see what we can learn? I don't want him to recognize me.” “Little annie, and I mean that in the nicest way, no one on this planet that knows you could possibly identify you at this moment. I know you find this hard to believe, but, you look like a child, not an adult.” ashlie was bothered by Mary calling her annie. But, now was not the time to push that issue. She had to remember, she was in disguise and apparently Mary thought it was working. That was good. She wondered how much of a girl she looked like; Late high school maybe? There were certain aspects of a woman that you could not hide. But with her outfit and her body, maybe she looked even a little younger; Early high school? That would be pretty unbelievable. “Okay, let's go back near them and see what happens.” Mary started splashing ashlie again and then ran in the direction of joshua. As they approached josh, the ball they were throwing bounced over to Mary. Mary threw the ball to the girl with josh and said, “Here you go. If you're interested, my sister and I would be happy to join you in a game.” ashlie was stunned. Suddenly, she was in a group playing catch with her co-worker and date joshua. Surely, he would recognize her. She tried to be quiet and play catch. To the others, she appeared as a shy girl. Everything she did to try and remain inconspicuous contributed to her image of a shy little girl. And the longer they played, the more relaxed everyone became. The more relaxed she was, the more comfortable she felt in her role as a girl playing in the pool. Soon, joshua introduced his sister Kathy and everyone else introduced themselves. Mary identified ashlie as her little sister, annie. No age was given and ashlie felt that she was now pigeon-holed in an age bracket she was not overly comfortable with. The way Mary said it did not suggest that she was near Mary in age. It made her sound years younger. Initially, it seemed unimportant. But, it bothered her. Kathy moved closer to ashlie and as they tired of the ball throwing, Kathy started an ongoing dialogue with ashlie. Ashlie was awed by Kathy's ability to talk virtually non-stop about almost nothing. Just a nod or a single word answer from ashlie and Kathy just kept the banter going. Mary had actually moved away, back to the lounge chairs, and was talking with some other friends she knew. Periodically, she would check back with joshua and annie to see how things were going. Josh mentioned to Mary how convenient it was that Kathy had met Mary's little sister. He said they were getting along great and that was surprising since his sister did not usually get along with girls younger than her. Both Mary and ashlie (who had overheard the remark) were now stunned. Mary quickly asked, “How old is Kathy?” “She's eight almost nine. I figure annie to be what seven, maybe a small eight?” ashlie was trying to absorb what was happening as she heard Mary say, “That's right, annie is just a little past her eighth birthday. She'll be going to third grade this fall.” “Really, Kathy is in the third grade too. That's why they're getting along so well.” Kathy and annie were playing in the fountains when a couple of other girls approached. Kathy introduced them to annie. April and Julie were just as chatty as Kathy. Ashlie found that a lot of their conversation was questions and observations. She had to concentrate on everything they were saying to avoid looking foolish. As time went on, she became more and more comfortable and she slipped into the role she was playing. She actually forgot that her main goal was to learn about joshua and she spent her time trying to satisfy her playmates. Soon the four girls were giggling and talking about the pool and their day. April had just had a birthday and the girls were all talking about her gifts and her party. Ashlie had obviously not been at the party so all three of them pelted her with details and everyone laughed and giggled. April reached into her pool bag and took out a pack of pictures of Barbie. April explained, “These are the coolest thing I got. They are Barbie tattoos.” Soon, each of the girls was putting on a Barbie tattoo. Ashlie was having fun helping the other girls put a tattoo on Julie's shoulder when Kathy and April ducked behind ashlie and put a tattoo of Barbie's name in large script on annie's back between her shoulder straps on her suit. They all laughed and ran back into the pool. Ashlie had become so comfortable that she actually forgot her mission. Suddenly, josh dropped by the group and checked to see how things were going. The girls were all playing in the lazy river and joshua was kidding the girls. April and Kathy began splashing josh. Soon everyone was splashing each other. The four girls were all splashing joshua and he was clearly losing. Then he grabbed his sister Kathy and started tickling her. The other girls attacked josh and started trying to tickle him. Annie having a little more experience knew the right pressure points and was having a bit more success attacking joshua when he let go of Kathy and turned on her. Ashlie jumped up on the side of the pool trying to get away from josh and the three girls. He reached up and grabbed her leg. Ashlie found herself on her back on the side of the pool and suddenly everyone was tickling her. Joshua attacked her ribs and ashlie was laughing and screaming. Annie felt something she had not felt in a long time. She was yelling “Stop stop!” But josh and the girls were ignoring her. Ashlie was the little minx that was attacking him. He decided to push it and let all his fingers do the walking under her ribs. Suddenly, ashlie felt her bladder let go. Joshua noticed the telltale liquid and her embarrassment. Her three friends came to her defense and they all started yelling at josh for pushing things too far. Joshua was suddenly all apologetic and called for Mary, who was across the pool from them. Unluckily, the ruckus had drawn the attention of one of the lifeguards. As Mary approached, she heard ashlie crying. The girls stood up to move back to the locker room to clean things up when the life guard instructed them to go to the main pool desk. When asked why, the guard said it was policy when there was an accident near the pool. Joshua took command and escorted the five girls to the desk. At the desk, the supervisor told them that it was pool policy that swim suits that had been soiled had to be washed before they re-entered the pool. In addition, children having accidents were required to wear a swim diaper for the remainder of the day. Ashlie was aghast. “Forget it,” she said. “I'll just get dressed and go home.” Mary said, “annie, you wore your suit to the pool and my BIG clothes won't fit you.” Her emphasis on the word 'BIG' caught ashlie's attention and she realized that her clothes might look a little too old for her image with her new friends. She looked at josh and was lost. She did not know what to do. The desk supervisor handed josh a swim diaper and told him to get annie into it immediately or they would throw her out. In addition, the desk needed to hold the bottoms to her suit until they left the pool for the day. That was how they would ensure it did not return to the pool. Joshua suggested that Mary and Kathy escort annie to the locker room to help her. April and Julie found the situation with their new friend rather funny. Kathy told them to go back out to the pool. Kathy was becoming annie's new friend and protector. She told annie everything would be fine. They could ignore everyone and no one would probably notice. In a fog, ashlie was escorted by Mary and Kathy into the locker room where ashlie entered a bathroom stall. She took off her suit bottoms and cleaned herself up. As she softly cried to herself, wondering how she had gotten herself into this situation, she slowly pulled the bulky swim diaper up and over her hips. Unluckily, it fit like a glove. Mary asked Kathy to take the suit bottoms out to the pool desk and to give her a minute with her sister. Ashlie was sitting on Mary's leg, crying, with her head on Mary's shoulder. Mary consoled her and kept telling her it would be alright. Finally, Kathy returned. Ashlie stated, “I'm just going to stay in here until we leave.” “No you're not.” stated Kathy. “I talked to April and Julie and no one will say anything. Actually, it just looks like you have a bottom that does not match your top. C'mon!” Mary encouraged her and said, “Hey, we need to let josh know he didn't hurt you and that you're okay.” ashlie was reluctant. But, Mary and Kathy dragged her out to the pool. They wrapped a towel around her waist and you could not see the swim diaper. Joshua was waiting and he kept apologizing and saying it was his fault. Annie kept telling him everything was okay. If anything, ashlie was more reserved now. The four girls sat near the side of the pool and talked and giggled. Annie again began to relax. But it was impossible to forget the diaper between her legs. The bulk of the diaper made it so her thighs wernt able to touch. Mary hovered near the girls like a diligent babysitter. Josh and Mary talked a little and Mary mentioned that they had ridden their bikes to the pool. Soon, Mary had told him where she lived. Within minutes, joshua was trying to explain that he had a date on the same block later this evening. It only took a few more minutes of banter and careful guidance from Mary before he realized that he was picking his date up at Mary's house. Yes, Mary told him, annie was named after her aunt ashlie. Josh and Mary laughed while trying to figure out the odds of this type of coincidence. Soon, clouds began to move in and everyone realized the day at the pool was drawing to an end. Josh offered to give the girls a ride home to avoid the rain. Mary collected their things from the locker and joshua loaded the bikes in his trunk. The desk clerk handed ashlie her soiled swim suit bottoms in a plastic bag. As ashlie walked out of the pool with Mary and Kathy holding her hands, she had become so comfortable that she had placed her towel on her shoulder. A mother and her small children were walking by and their five year old daughter, said, “Look mommy, that girl is wearing the same swim diaper I wear!” annie started crying and running to the car. As she ran she heard the mother say, “Yes dear, some girls have trouble controlling themselves even when they are older.” joshua held the door for her and then helped put the seat belt on her, making her feel all the more inadequate. Ashlie pondered to herself. What am I? I thought I was a 23 year old marketing manager with plans for a big date tonight. Was it all a dream? Was my life just a dream? Or, Am I an adult caught in a web of my own making? It was my idea to make a disguise. I went along with the kid’s swimsuit. Why? I knew it was a kid’s suit and not a teenager's suit. Did I want this? And now I don't even seem capable of controlling my bodily functions. Here I sit wearing a diaper, clutching my pee stained swim suit, dressed in a Barbie swimsuit, and my new best friend is apparently at 8 years old older than myself. My boyfriend(?) just buckled me into his back seat. I guess I'm lucky he didn't put me in a booster seat like his sister. And Luckily....my older sister Mary is here to protect me? Ashlie yearned to get home. Home? Sister? What in the hell is happening to me? As she sat in the back seat of josh's car, in her seat belt, she wondered why she had done this to herself, why she was going along with it, how was she going to get out of this situation. Ashlie quietly cried and wondered what was next.

Responding to the door chimes, kelly answered the front door. There she found a handsome gentleman and two little girls. Mary was walking up the walk with her bag and some towels. Kelly asked, “Hi, can I help you?” As she did, she was looking for ashlie. As she scanned the car, Mary, the gentleman and then the two little girls, she was stunned to realize that the smaller of the two girls was ashlie in a child's swim top and a...a...a....a SWIM DIAPER? Suddenly, ashlie jumped forward and said, “Mommy?” Bewildered, kelly looked up at Mary and asked, “What happened?” Mary explained that annie had had an accident at the pool and that the pool life guards had insisted that she was required to wear the swim diaper for the rest of the day. This obviously did not answer all of the questions, but seemed to explain the attire. Still stunned, kelly looked at the gentleman and asked, “And who are you?” “It may sound crazy, but I am joshua Martin and I have a date with your sister-in-law ashlie. Annie and my sister have been playing all afternoon in the kiddies’ pool and when it began to rain I asked them how they were getting home. Earlier in the day, Mary and I had realized when talking to each other that I had a date with her aunt and planned to pick her up here. When the rain began I offered them a ride. Mary checked my ID and my business card to verify I was who I said I was. She was very protective of her little sister as I am of Kathy.” Looking at annie's shoulders, josh continued, “annie seems to have gotten a little more sun than I thought? If I had realized it earlier, I would have put more sun screen on her.” kelly was totally lost trying to figure out how this situation had developed. “Well, ashlie is not here at the moment, why don't you come in and wait? I'm sure she'll be here soon?” “annie, you go up stairs to the bedroom on the right so we can deal with your sunburn.” ashlie quickly moved up the stairs to the old nursery. “Mary, I need to talk to you in the kitchen. Josh, you can wait in the living room. Turn on the TV and I'll be back in a few minutes.” In the kitchen, Mary explained how ashlie thought that pretending to be a kid would allow her to spy on her boyfriend. As the two of them laughed, Mary explained how she found the child's swim suit. She told of how ashlie's date thought annie was younger than his 8 year old sister and he suggested that they could play together and Kathy would make sure annie did not get into any trouble. Holding their sides, Mary then told her how josh had tickled them until ashlie had wet herself and the following degradation to the swim diaper. Kelly told Mary to offer their guests drinks while she dealt with "annie". Kelly grabbed the video camera off of the kitchen desk and headed upstairs. Ashlie was shuffling around aimlessly waiting for kelly. She was still clutching the soiled swimsuit bottoms. As kelly entered the room with camera running, ashlie said, “What are you doing?” “Oh, you can't be serious. This moment has to be caught for posterity. I guarantee, you will look back on this and laugh some day. Now, before you object, you have to tell me how this happened. But first, turn around for me.” ashlie pirouetted in a circle before starting her explanation. Kelly asked, “Did you think the way to win our bet was to dress up as a kid?” “Of course not! I was trying to gather information on him and things seemed to spin out of control. It was like I was on a ride I had no control of.” “Go on. But first, I think we should confirm our bet for the camera. You bet me that if you had dinner with joshua, that you would get naked with him and then you were going to end your sexual drought; all this evening. Right?” “Yes, that sounds like our bet.” “And the loser will either do the bidding of the winner for three weekends, including wearing what ever outfits are deemed necessary or in the alternative; you will participate in a babysitting exercise for a week with Mary. Does that sound right?” “Yes, that sounds like the terms we negotiated.” ashlie was getting a little agitated. “What are we going to do now?” “First, tell me how you, an adult, ended up dressed in a kids swim suit and a swim diaper? I don't know if you realize it, but you make a very convincing 8 year old; maybe younger?” ashlie summarized the bike trip and told how they saw josh as they entered the pool. Ashlie then told how she decided that she should try to figure out some way to spy on joshua to learn more about him. She had asked Mary to help her devise a disguise. Mary and ashlie had quickly gone into the women's locker room. Mary suggested that ashlie take a quick shower to flatten her curly hair and Mary went searching for a “disguise”. When ashlie exited the shower in her towel, all of her clothes were gone and Mary had this kid’s swim suit. She convinced her to wear the suit and they went out into the pool area. At first, ashlie figured she looked like a young teenager. But, Mary introduced her to joshua as her little sister in third grade. Suddenly she was not a teenager; she was supposed to be 8 or 9 years old. Josh's sister was excited to have a new play buddy and Mary abandoned her in the kiddie’s pool area with them. After playing in the pool for a while, ashlie kept trying to extract herself from the kids playing to hang out near josh. Joshua, being a playful older brother had begun tickling his sister and then suddenly ashlie was in the tickling. Ashlie pointed out that in her rush to develop a disguise and spy on josh that she had forgotten to use the bathroom. She tried to get him to stop, but since he perceived it as a big game, he kept on tickling them until ashlie had an accident. Joshua was all apologetic, but one of the life guards immediately blew her whistle and ashlie was escorted to the service counter. Mary was called to the counter where josh and ashlie in tears explained what had happened. The life guards pointed out that a swim diaper was a requirement for the rest of the day. The next thing she knew, Mary and Kathy had taken her to the bathroom where she replaced her Barbie swim suit bottoms for a swim diaper. They reported back to the guard desk and were sent back to the pool area. Ashlie had begged Mary to let them leave. Mary had said that this was ashlies fault and it was here idea. Mary was having a good time and they would leave in a little while. In the meantime, josh had assured Mary that he would babysit ashlie and make sure she did not get into any more trouble. Ashlie was in tears as she related the story and kelly was laughing and crying along with her. Kelly made sure it was all on tape and then set the camera down on a dresser across from the changing table. Ashlie looked at Jean and asked, “What am I going to do now? I've got to get out of here and come back to meet him for our dinner date.” “Well first we have to do is deal with your sunburn and get you out of these clothes. I think we should continue this charade for just a little while longer and I'll figure out a plan to extract you from the situation” Suddenly, kelly's voice became very firm, “But, if you do not do exactly as I tell you, I will stop helping you and I will tell joshua exactly who you are and what your plan was. How do you think he will react to knowing he was being spied on and taken for a fool?” ashlie suddenly felt the world beginning to move out of her control again. “You can't tell him! Besides the date, I work with him! I'd be ruined!” “Then let's get to work and make sure he does not find out. Even if things don't go exactly as planned tonight, we have to protect your secret.” The combination of the day in the sun, lots of exercise, and loss of control in her life was beginning to catch up with ashlie and she started to feel dizzy. “kelly, I feel dizzy.” kelly picked ashlie up and put her on the changing table. Ashlie objected and kelly quickly silenced her. Kelly acted like she heard a noise and ran over to look out the door. “Shhhh. I thought I heard something. You don't want them to hear us. And you need to refer to me as Mommy, not kelly.” Adrenaline started pumping in ashlie again and she whispered, “Nooo.” kelly told ashlie to be quiet so they can think the situation through. Kelly slips the child safety strap across ashlie, telling her it is in case anyone looks in. Kelly goes to the bathroom to get some supplies and returns to the bedroom. She tells ashlie they have to continue this masquerade for a little while longer till joshua leaves. Ashlie nods and agrees. Kelly says let's get this swim diaper off of you and get you cleaned up. Ashlie whispers, “Thank God, I am hot and I itch all over.” kelly tells her to work with her and they will get through this. Kelly pulls the swim diaper down to ashlie's ankles and says, “Oh my, you are all red. Let me put some medicine on that will stop this from developing into a rash.” kelly's concern and ashlie's rising fear level causes ashlie to quickly agree. Kelly runs into the bathroom and grabs a tube of Aloe Vera and stops. She reaches under the counter and grabs another tube. Returning to ashlie, kelly proudly shows her the green tube of Aloe Vera and says “Aloe Vera, it may hurt for a few minutes but after that you'll thank God we had it. Let's do your back first. Turn over.” ashlie says, “I can do it.” “No, you can not. First of all, you can't reach half your back. It will be faster for me to do this, so we can get back down stairs to your man.” Reminded of josh, ashlie is again embarrassed, but sees some logic in kelly's plan. She needs to get back into this situation to save her relationship with josh. As she turns over, kelly is greeted by ashlie's temporary tattoo saying “I Love Barbie.” “So, you are playing with Barbie’s again?” “Oh God....Kathy, josh's sister put that on my back. A bunch of the girls at the pool were playing with temporary tattoos and I thought I'd look silly not playing along with them. Take it off will you?” “I need to take off this swim top to get the tattoo off. I know it's embarrassing. But it seems much less than other things that you have been through today. Let me help you and we can quickly get back down to your man so you can win that bet.” kelly retrieved a hot wash cloth and some soap. It took little work to get the tattoo off, but ashlie began to complain about the hot cloth. In addition, kelly was greeted with a surprise. The sun had not penetrated the tattoo. But the areas around the tattoo were heavily burned. Christina would be proudly boasting her love for Barbie for the rest of the summer. This was clearly going to leave a readable mark. Kelly quickly covered ashlie's entire neck, back and legs. “I'm going to just get everything so I don't have to be careful where my hands run. Afterward, I'll wipe any excess off and later we can get a shower or bath so you can feel fully refreshed.” “OK” ashlie suddenly felt tired. She had not realized how much the sun and the long day had taken out of her. It was nice to feel someone rubbing lotion into her body. As kelly finished, she said, “Turn back over. It's a good thing this table has a water proof cover or this would be a terrible mess.” “Yeah, I feel all thankful you had a baby changing table that I fit on.” kelly told ashlie to close her eyes as she began to apply the Aloe Vera to ashlie's face covering her eyelids, forehead, and the rest of her face. Kelly wiped it away from her mouth and nose before applying more to ashlie's ears and neck. As she worked her way down ashlie's body, ashlie mentioned the conflicting cool and painful tingly feelings from the gel. Kelly let ashlie know that she is badly burned all around the seams of the swim suit she was wearing since its pattern was different than her other outfits. All the while, kelly is laughing to herself because ashlie has a perfect tan that does not look like a bikini, but is clearly a child’s two piece suit. Kelly finishes the torso and jumps down to the legs and feet. She works her way back up towards the top of ashlie's legs. As she reaches the top of her legs, kelly mentions that ashlie has a bad burn along top of her legs. She tells ashlie this is embarrassing, but she needs to spread her legs and let kelly apply some gel to her inner thighs. Kelly gets the second tube ready and spreads a white cream over ashlie's pubic area and along her inner thighs. The aloe gel is applied to the really burned areas. Ashlie was really relaxed when she felt kelly working the gel into her lower stomach and pubic bone area. It seemed strange. But the overall feeling was overwhelming and relaxing. So she just laid there and enjoyed it. “Now you need to sit here for a few minutes to let this work. Then I'll get a few wash clothes and clean away the excess. The longer your skin can absorb this lotion, the better you will feel in the long run.” “With this goop on my eyes, I can't open up my eyes?” “I know. Be careful because it would be bad if you got it in your eyes. It is important for you to lay still and let this work.” kelly went into the bathroom and prepared a small basin of warm water. Looking at herself in the mirror, she pondered the last few minutes. She wasn't sure what had come over her. Seeing ashlie in a swim diaper, looking to the entire world like a 7 or 8 year old child made her giddy. In her wildest dreams of how to embarrass or put ashlie in her place, something this wild had never crossed her mind. But, how could she pass this up. She had grabbed a tube of depilatory when she retrieved the Aloe Vera. And with ashlie lulled into a sense of comfort, she had applied the depilatory throughout her pubic region. In just a few more minutes, ashlie body would to all outward appearances return to that of the 7 or 8 year old that spent the day swimming with her supposed “boyfriend's” little sister and came home just a little while ago. The power kelly felt emboldened her as she wondered how she could continue to keep ashlie trapped in this charade. She had to convince ashlie that it was necessary to keep playing the child’s role. Kelly checked the closet and could hardly contain her excitement. She found one of Mary's old skirts from when she was younger. A more perfect outfit for this situation did not exist. It was a flared blue jean skirt with pink lace piping and a big Barbie patch. Along with it was a child’s halter top with Barbie's picture on an action background. It tied behind the neck and back. It would give full view to ashlie's Barbie love proclamation on her back. It would also be a perfect fit with this outfit. Kelly heard ashlie starting to complain that some of her salve was beginning to itch. “kelly, can't we move this along? I'm beginning to itch and almost burn.” “Hold on. I'm getting things together. Don't touch your face or we may have to go to the hospital to get your eyes washed out. And call me mommy. What if someone hears you?” “Oh, OK. But let's get moving. I feel ridiculous.” You should, thought kelly. But, she was confident, it will get worse. Kelly ran over to her room and grabbed a bottle of fruit punch she had been sipping on while working in the house. Returning to the bathroom, she crushed up a few muscle relaxants and a diuretic pill. Returning, to ashlie, she said, “Hey are you thirsty?” “I'm dry as a bone. Anything would be wonderful.” “I have some fruit punch. Let me help you sip some and we'll get to cleaning you up.” kelly lifted ashlie's head up and helped her drink some of the punch. Ashlie wolfed down almost half the bottle. “Man that is great. I guess I haven't had anything to eat or drink in hours.” “You know, when you are at the pool or playing you should always remember to get enough liquids or you could hurt yourself.” “kelly, you're sounding like my mother.” “Then don't act like a child. And call me Mommy. You should have known better than to not have anything to drink or eat for that length of time.” ashlie was beginning to feel like a kid that had screwed up. But, man that drink sure tasted great. “Can I have some more of the punch?” “Sure. Here.” kelly helped her to hold her head up again and ashlie wolfed down the rest of the drink. “Let me get you cleaned up.” kelly had several wash clothes and as she wiped the cream from ashlie's pubic area, every hair came with it. “Ooh, thank God. That was really beginning to itch.” “Give me a few minutes and we'll have you all cleaned up.” kelly found a few places where there were large daubs of Aloe Vera and she rubbed it in further or wiped away the excess. And finally, she cleaned off the excess from ashlie's face. The sunburn was really beginning to show now that she had been out of the sun for a while. “I'm going to put some lotion on your face. It's really dry. We’ve got to avoid those wrinkles.” kelly said cheerily. Kelly then grabbed a baby wipe from under the table and used it to wipe up and clean up the areas where the depilatory had been applied. Ashlie was starting to really relax. It was a combination of lots of playing in the sun and water along with the pills she just gave her. She didn't even complain when kelly slipped some child's cotton panties up her legs and pulled up the skirt. Ashlie seemed to almost be in a daze. As she helped ashlie into a sitting position, she fitted the halter top around her neck and tied it in back. The child’s halter was thick cotton that eliminated any idea of actual breasts. A few sweeps of the brush and a pink head band completed her look. Ashlie still seemed out of it. “Hey, we need to get back down to your boy friend.” “Oh! I was almost falling asleep.” ashlie hopped down from the table and slipped on the sandals she had been wearing when she returned home from the pool. Kelly beamed. It could not have worked out better. And she didn't even have a plan.

Kelly led the way down the stairs and turned into the living room where joshua, Kathy and Mary were talking. “josh, I'm sorry for the delay. I had to get little annie cleaned up.” “It's no problem. You have a lovely home.” “While we're waiting for ashlie, would you like a glass of wine?” “Mary, why don't you take annie and Jerry's sister Kathy outside to play while I fix dinner? Make sure they don't get dirty. You are responsible, so keep an eye on them.” annie whined, “I don't want to go outside. I want to stay in here with you guys.” Look, I don't need kids under my feet while I try to put a nice dinner together. Please be a big girl and go outside and play for a few minutes while I get things going. Facing away from josh, kelly gave ashlie a serious look. Ashlie and the others exited into the back yard. The girls wanted to play tag and annie reluctantly agreed to play. They ran back and forth around the swing set and the lawn furniture. Ashlie's mind wasn't all there and she sort of relaxed and tried to have some fun. Meanwhile, kelly and joshua were on their second drink getting to know each other. With no sign of ashlie, “The Date”, kelly suggested to josh that she would set the table for three adults and the kids and when ashlie showed up, she could join them. Since they had not heard from ashlie, joshua was not sure how to handle the situation. This released some of josh's tension and he began to relax more. The two of them were soon in a nice banter about local politics, movies and television. Kelly grilled up a nice sirloin, a mixed green salad, some hot dogs and tater tots. Kelly called the kids and everyone sat down to the table. She served up a prepared plate of hot dogs and tater tots to annie and Kathy. She sliced sections of the sirloin and served them to joshua and Mary. Ashlie was at a loss of what to say. Here she was playing the kid. But, she did not want to eat a hot dog. She started to ask kelly a question when she was cut short. “annie, you know the rules. You eat what is put in front of you. No complaining.” kelly and josh continued to talk and get to know each other while annie and the other kids ate their dinner. Ashlie was fuming. She nibbled at her dinner and watched kelly and josh. She was getting more and more upset. But Mary kept interrupting her thoughts. Mary was watching her mother, josh and ashlie. Mary could tell ashlie was upset but she was hiding it well. Mary kept up banter with Kathy and annie asking questions about school and other activities. Ashlie had to pay attention to keep her answers in character. That was difficult since, annie was unsure exactly what her character was. Mary attended a public school and, apparently, so did annie. Kathie attended St. Catherine’s parish grade school.

In the midst of an animated description of some of today’s activities at the pool, Kathy swung her arms around and spilled red Kool-Aid on the table, herself and of course annie. The girls screamed. Kelly and Mary jumped up. Mary grabbed the glass and tried to minimize the damage to the tablecloth or the floor. Kelly grabbed a couple of kitchen towels and was drying off the two girls. Josh sat helplessly by watching the melee. Gesturing towards Kathie and annie, kelly told Mary, “Now that we have these two blotted down, let’s get them into the bathroom and get them cleaned up.” “Okay you two, let’s go upstairs and get changed.” Mary herded the two girls up stairs and into the bathroom. “Off with your clothes!” She directed. Mary leaned over and started the water in the huge jet tub. Kathy had removed her shorts and shoes and was working on her socks. Annie was standing there in a daze. Suddenly, Mary grabbed her and said, “Honey, let me help you.” She unhooked the now red halter top. Annie grabbed it to cover her chest and Mary tugged her skirt down. Ashlie was caught off guard and let go of the top in an attempt to block Mary. It turned out that ashlie's panties got caught with her skirt and she was now nude. “Stop, what are you doing?” “Mom wants you two cleaned up. You’re covered in sticky Kool-Aid.” As she threw the halter and skirt into the corner, Kathy was dutifully climbing into the huge tub. Mary grabbed annie and put her in the tub standing. Annie immediately yelled at her but sat down to get some protection. “This is crazy. I’m not a kid! I’m getting out of here.” Kathy was beginning to get agitated. “Why are we both in the tub together? Kelly stepped into the bathroom. “Honey, I know you are a big girl now, but (emphasis) MOMMY wants you to work with me in this emergency while we get you two cleaned up. KNOCK IT OFF.” She was glaring at annie. Ashlie choked on her last outburst. She was staring at kelly. Kelly was staring at her. “Tell mommy you are going to get cleaned up and show josh and Kathy what a big girl you are.” ashlie took a deep breath. She remembered that josh was here and who she was. “Okay mommy.” ashlie tried to relax. Kelly grabbed some washcloths and the soap. Annie let me help you and Kathy with your shampoo. We need to get the chlorine out of your hair from the pool. She poured shampoo on Kathy’s head and then put some in her hands. She began a scalp massage of annie's hair. At that moment, josh popped in the door and said, “Hey, let me give you a hand with the girls. Annie's head was covered in lather and her eyes were closed as she sucked in a gasp of air. Could this nightmare get any worse? Josh knelt at the other end of the tub and began lathering up Kathy’s hair. “I help Kathy with her baths all the time.” “You know there are people that might suggest there was something wrong with that.” kelly suggested. Josh retorted, “You know, I don't understand men that can look at a young body and get turned on,” josh pointed with one hand at annie and then towards Kathy “I mean what could someone possibly see in these two children’s bodies that would interest a real man? Myself, I think it is disgusting. I prefer women, like you. I hope I am not speaking out of place.” annie, looking through the soap on her face, sees josh looking at her and realizes that he has no interest in her body. Ashlie is losing any remaining self confidence and is totally embarrassed. She can not understand how this day has come to this. Looking to kelly, annie notices kelly is blushing. “No josh, every woman appreciates a compliment. And I prefer a man, like you. I'm very glad we got to meet this evening.” What was happening? Her sister in-law was flirting with her man while she was in the room. Just as suddenly, she had the realization that she was at this moment to all appearances a child. A naked Child! And her “Man” had just declared her body disgusting and unappealing. Annie could no longer hold back and broke down in tears.

When the girls were done with their baths, kelly suddenly grabbed annie under her arms and pulled her out of the bath. She placed her standing nude facing josh. A towel was quickly wrapped around her and she continued to whimper as her life seemed to be slipping away. Josh was drying off Kathy when Mary entered the room carrying two blanket sleepers and some juvenile underwear with Barbie on it. As both girls were dressed, Mary said, “Let’s get the girls dressed and I’ll read them some stories before bed.” “What? Is Kathy sleeping here?” “That is a great idea.” kelly said. “You two can sleep in the second bedroom. Josh and I will wait for ashlie to arrive. I am really starting to get worried about her. Won’t you girls have a good time? It’s so great making new friends.” kelly was looking straight at ashlie. Kathy cheered and was obviously excited about the sleepover. “Mary, take Kathy into the bedroom. I need to talk to annie for a minute in my bedroom. Josh is this all okay with you?” “Yes, great. I’ll wait for you downstairs. Good night Kathy.” He kissed his sister good night and went down to the family room. Annie and kelly moved into the master bedroom and closed the door. Annie was standing in an all over flannel blanket sleeper with pandas. Her hair was combed straight and she looked like the perfect little 8 year-old. “kelly what is going on?” “It’s Mommy not kelly. And I think we need to discuss a couple of things right now. First, I think you can agree that you lost the bet. Right?” “I didn’t go on the date.” “The bet was that you would be naked with josh and you would get laid. In case you missed it, you were naked with josh and you will not be getting laid. Right?” “Yes, I guess.” “Well, annie, I think we need to clarify the bet and what is going to happen in the near future. Otherwise, I am prepared to be totally honest with josh and tell him exactly what is going on here. What are your thoughts on that?” ashlie was looking up at kelly (mommy) while dressed as a child and was beginning to feel trapped. In fact, she was at a loss at this moment as to what she should say. She felt what little control she had slipping away. Kelly said, “We need to document this.” kelly turned and set the video camera on and aimed it at ashlie in her outfit. “now ashlie...for the camera, please tell us exactly how we got where we are now.” ashlie again walked through all the details of the day. Kelly prodded her for more detail on several issues including documenting their bath and her present outfit. They discussed the sleepover with her new 8 year old friend and then moved on to their bet. Kelly said, “As I remember from earlier, we agreed the bet was that if I won, either you would come to my house for three weekends and be my maid or you would babysit Mary for a week while I can go on vacation. You also emphasized that “You should always wear clothes that are appropriate for your station in life.” Does that sound about right?” “Yes kelly that sounds right.” “It’s Mommy and don’t make that mistake again. I think that it is inappropriate for you to be my maid and I have come around to your thinking regarding wearing clothes that are appropriate for your station in life. I believe that you will agree that I can not have a little girl baby sit for a big girl like Mary. Right?” ashlie was getting apprehensive and tentatively answered, “Yes I guess that sounds right? But, I’m not a little girl.” “Have you looked at yourself in a mirror? I think that I want the week. But, for that week, you will be annie; just like you are now. In fact, I want my week to start right now. You will remain annie for the next seven days starting tomorrow at noon. Today and tonight was your own fault. You have admitted that on tape already. Do you agree?” “Now, wait a minute, kelly?” Slap. Annie was knocked backwards by the hand slap to her face. “I told you to call me mommy. Every time you call me kelly instead of mommy, I am going to add a day to your penalty for losing the bet. Starting, now.” “Do you agree to these terms?” “What about work? I have a job.” “I think that ashlie is in the bathroom at her apartment throwing up with shivers and a fever. You are going to call the office and tell them you have the flu and you will be out for a few days. Frankly, I want you to remain as you are so I can ensure you live up to the penalty.” “I want you to agree, now. Or we are going to go down and tell josh everything. What is your decision?” ashlie felt like her reality was spinning away. How could she get out of this? She couldn’t see a way out. She needed to pay the bet and get this over with. “Okay, I agree, I guess?” “And you agree that you will extend your penalty for one day for any transgressions like calling me kelly? You are an 8 year old girl named annie. You are nothing more than that for the penalty period. I am the mommy. You are the child. Do you understand?” It felt like the terms were evolving. “Yes I understand..…Mommy.” It seemed like she almost had to choke out the words. “Just to be clear, if you misbehave, your penalty will be extended, but I will feel free to discipline you as any 8 year old should be. Now you need to stay in character and get going to your little slumber party with your new best friend.” As annie was trying to absorb the discipline aspects of that statement, kelly opened the door and pushed ashlie out. They walked across the hall and into the other bedroom. Mary had gotten several Dr. Seuss books out so the girls could practice their reading before falling asleep. Kelly quickly returned to her room to take the tape out of the recorder and hide it away. She grabbed her digital camera. She looked in on the girls to see them reading the “Cat in the Hat” together while sitting next to each other on the bed. Kelly quickly grabbed a few shots of the girls to add to her expanding collection of documentation of ashlie's demise. Kelly left Mary to take care of putting the girls to bed. With a smile on her face and ideas flying around her head, kelly went down stairs to work on the man awaiting her. With an evil grin, she thought, maybe josh will get laid tonight.