Chapter 14 – Bring on the turkey and surprises

“wake up sleepy head” I heard my dad say to me as he brushed the side of my face  “your mom sent me to get you ready for the day.”  My dad had helped mom get me ready before, and had changed me on the several occasions that mom was busy, but he had never did it all by himself.

He lowered the side of my crib and got me sat up with my legs over the edge of the crib. “OK, just put your arms around my neck” he said as he wrapped my legs around his waist and put his arms under my butt “I see mom put a cloth diaper on you”

“yeah, it is really thick, hope it held ok”

“well I don’t see any leaks on the sheets” he said as he sat me down on the changing table.  Dad made quick work of getting the sleeper and plastic pants off.  I am not sure the old man was prepared for what he encountered next….. I left a nice healthy load in my diaper while I slept.

“Oh lord you definitely left a load back there, lets roll you over”  he rolled me a little on my left so he could tuck the right side of the diaper under me, and then rolled me completely over on my side, and removed the diaper.  I could hear him still working back there, the sound of the wipes going across skin and being dropped into the trash can.  He rolled me over to my back and handed me wipes, as I tried my best to clean myself up.

“that is all I can reach” I said.

“it’s ok, your mother wants you in the shower anyway.”  Dad took a underpad and put it on my wheelchair and picked me up again and set me in my chair.  “here cover yourself up” Dad said as he threw me a towel and grabbed some diapering supplies.  “Cloth or disposable?”

“Huh?” I said as dad held up a folder cloth diaper and plastic pants and a disposable diaper in his hands.  “oh disposable is ok, I thought mom said she would only use the cloth ones at night”

“yeah I think I remember a conversations about that, I don’t pay attention sometimes”  Dad said as he grabbed other clothes.  “let’s roll.  When we get the shower done, I’ll just change you in our bedroom.  No reason to drag you back through the house just to dress you.”

“got a question for ya.  Cause this makes no sense.  Why is my bedroom on one floor, and the bathroom on the other floor. I mean if I had a room on the same floor, I would not have to go through the kitchen naked”

“uh yeah, we thought of that…. After we remodeled the house.  We were going to switch you bedrooms, but if something happened and you had to get out of the house, it would be better if you were on the main floor.  I think in the spring we will get a small bathroom added on to your room.”

The shower was good, and soon enough, my family members arrived.  My aunts and uncles and cousins were all mulling around the house. Just hope that nobody gets in my room.

It was great to see my cousins, I used to only see them at holidays and family events, but since the accident, not so much.

My cousin Jake was the one that I got along with the most, he was about 6 years younger than I, but we had the same interests; video games, computers, and techy stuff.

My other cousin Troy was a brat, he was a little older than Jake, but was the total opposite of Jake.  He was always in trouble, suspended from school for bullying, setting fires in trashcans, etc…. His mom and dad never thought that he could have done those things.  My other Aunt, Jakes mom never got along with Troy’s mom and dad.

Mom was showing people around the house.  My cousin’s wanted to ride the elevator, but mom said “it’s not a toy, it is for jay’s use only….. ok, and when I don’t want to bring the laundry up”

“what did they do to Jay’s  room” my aunt Rose said

“it was remodeled, but jay asked that nobody go in his room, it is his space, and he wants to keep it that way” mom said

I just hoped her explanation would be good enough.  An hour later I found out it was not good enough, as my cousin Jake and my other cousin Troy came running into the room with troy laughing, “Jay’s room looks like a baby lives in it, he has diapers and a crib”

Come to find out Troy somehow was able to grab the key that was hanging on my chair, figuring that my room with the locked door handle was what it went to.

My face got red, not with embarrassment, but anger “My mother told you that I wanted my privacy and you stole my key and went in there anyway.  So what if what I sleep in looks like a crib, and I do infact have to wear diapers.  What do you think happens when you have no feeling below here” I pointed at the numb zone  “yeah I bet you enjoy making fun of people having to wear them and sit around wet and messy, and be changed by other people.” That was directed mostly at Troy.  I was pissed off majorly, and I did not care.  In this week, I had been laughed at by people who I thought were friends, talked about behind my back with horrid rumors, treated like a vegetable at McDonalds, and now my one basic wish was not honored.

My mom and aunts came into the room to see what the commotion was all about “what is all this noise”

Troy started in, “Mom, he wears diapers and sleeps in a crib like a big baby, we saw them in his room”

Jake just stood there, he could sense that he was going to be in trouble

My aunt Rose spoke first, “so, you two went into Jay’s room, after aunt Karen (my mom) told us all not to go in there”  both Troy and Jake looked down at their feet

“More like they stole the key off my chair and went in there because the door was locked… I checked it when I left my room” I said angrily

“yes, we’re sorry”

Aunt Sharon who is Jakes mom said “Oh Jake, you will definitely be sorry.” she said as she went over to him and grabbed him by the arm “Karen, may I go in Jay’s room. So I can deal with jake”

I piped in “You might as well, everybody else knows what is in there”

Aunt Sharon drug Jake towards my room, as she opens my door, I hear an “Oh My!” and the door slammed shut.  A few minutes later we all heard arguing followed my a snap and a deadly silence then more snaps and crying.  Jake and Sharon emerged about 10 minutes later.  Jake looked like he had been crying.  He was dressed differently.  Looked like his mom has been through my clothes.

“Nice clothes wittle Jake” Troy said in a baby tone

“Now Troy, that is not funny” Aunt Rose said, not even being serious

Standing there was Jake in a visibly thick diaper, obviously one of my cloth ones, and a onsie with a teddy bear on it.  It was so hard for me not to laugh.

Jake plopped down on the sofa and grabbed one of the quilts off the back of the couch; in and effort to hide what he had on.  Troy kept looking at him and snickering.

When troy got up to go in the kitchen, Jake slid over to the side of the couch that I was near “Jay, I’m sorry, man I had no idea what you have to go through each day. It was not my idea to go in there.  Troy is just mean, he wanted to make more fun of you, but I told him no.  I don’t know why he is so mean. These diapers are so thick, but these diapers do kinda feel good in a unique way.  I don’t know why but something feels good about them.”

Just then Troy came back in, “mom said dinner will be ready soon, and we need to get downstairs at the kids table. I wonder if there is a highchair for you two”

I started off through the kitchen so I could get to the elevator, Jake followed me.  I was hoping to get into the elevator and to the basement without having to take anything downstairs… WRONG.  I got to the elevator only to find it was not on this floor, somebody went downstairs and left the door open, so it can’t come back up. Dad was the culprit.  After mom yelled at him the elevator started moving.

While waiting for the elevator mom and aunt Sharon got the food ready to take down, “Oh boys, why don’t you be dears and take this stuff down with you”,  as they brought bowls and trays over.  Troy got loaded down with stuff too.  “and when you get down there be sure to shut the door so I can come down with the turkey.”

Troy took the stairs, so in the elevator was just me and Jake.  I have always been more closer to Jake, as they only live 20 minutes away and Troy lives over an hour away.  “hey Jake, you ought to sleep over some night, we can stay up late and play sega”

“That would be cool, I was going to ask before Troy and I got in trouble, but mom probably won’t allow me to now”

“Well you can always ask her” I said as we got to the basement. “my mom would always be happy for me to have some more interaction than what I get”

“I will try and ask.” Jake said, not certain if his mom would allow him.

Dinner was great, we all ate at the same table like a big family.  About the time we all were done, Jake started squirming in his seat; I knew what was happening when he leaned over to his mom.  “Well go ahead and use it, you got it on” Aunt Sharon said.

He squirmed for a bit more and then finally got still and I heard a little fart and Jake’s face went beet red.  He just messed his diaper and it was noticeable to all.  Troy started waiving his hand in front of his face and pinching his nose.

“Why don’t you two head up to Jay’s room, and I will be up in a second to take care of you” mom said, as if I was the one who just messed themselves.  Granted I probably did need a change.

“I’m first” I said as I got into the room first, and so did my changer

“Where is my mom at” Jake said looking uncomfortable with the mess in his diaper

“she is still downstairs, do you not think I can handle the task.  I am changing him 4 to 6 times a day” Mom said as I laid back and helped mom with my track pants and the snaps of my onsie.  Sure enough I was wet and messy, but my poop don’t stink.  “OK Jake hop up”

Jake moved over to the changing table and as he sat down the mess smashed in ever more.  The look on his face was priceless.  “eeewwww”

Mom got him laid back and unsnapped his onsie and got his plastic pants and diaper off “woah boy that is smelly.  Jay’s don’t smell that bad”

“Hey mom can Jake spend the night?” I figured I would start by asking my mom first

“Jay, we really don’t have the guest room anymore, so he would have to sleep on the air mattress” Mom said as she was cleaning the mess off Jakes backside

“That’s OK aunt Karen, I don’t mind”

“You will have to ask your mom Jake”  Just then his mom walked into the room

“ask me what?” aunt Sharon wanted to know

“Jay wanted Jake to spend the night” Mom said “lift up Jake”

“do I have to wear another one” Jake whined

Mom and Aunt Sharon both said “yes you do”

“I don’t know Jake, Aunt Karen probably has her hands full taking care of Jay, plus I wanted to go shopping tomorrow morning also”

“please mom, I don’t want to go shopping at 6AM, and aunt Karen said it was ok already”

“Oh alright, but you will be in diapers and expected to use them the whole time you are here too” Aunt Sharon said

“hey Sharon, do you think I can grab a ride with you shopping tomorrow, I don’t want to drive James’ truck, and the only other vehicle is the van and I don’t want to take that and leave James and Jay without the chair lift”

“Sure!, do you trust James to change diapers and such”

“Actually he is quite good at it.  OK Jake all done” Mom said as she helped him up and snapped his onsie and patted him on the bottom

By this time, everybody else had dug into the desert, which was pumpkin pie cheesecake. Yummy.  We all sat around for awhile longer till about 8 PM when my cousin Troy and aunt Rose decided to go home.

Mom and aunt Sharon were in the kitchen plotting where to go shopping first. I was getting tired, which was funny as I kept dozing off and hitting the joystick on my chair and moving the chair and waking myself up.

“ok time for you to go to bed, and you too” dad said while pointing to me and Jake  “lets go, in the elevator”

Back upstairs my dad got me changed, and got jake changed.  “so where are you going to sleep at” dad said to Jake

“I dunno, aunt Karen said that there was an air mattress”

“ya know dad, my bed is big enough for two people, it’s not like I am going to fall out of it.  He can sleep at the one end and I can sleep on the other end”

“works for me” dad said as he was finishing up on my diaper “ok, into bed” dad said as he picked me up and put me in the crib, and then jake climbed in.  It really was not that crowded.  I grabbed my pooh bear and snuggled up with him

“good night dad”

“see you two in the morning, if ya need changed, just hit the button” dad said as he turned off the light and shut the door.

“So Jake, why didn’t you put up a fuss about having to wear another diaper?” I asked, seeing that any normal person would have issues with having to wear a diaper if they did not normally need them.  I know I would not want to wear them if I did not have to.

“Well my mom said I was being punished, and it would have done no good.  I dunno, I kinda like the way they feel, they are all soft and thick and comfy; why, does it bother you that I don’t mind wearing them?” he said

“I don’t know, I just know that if I did not have to wear them, I probably would not like to.  I guess it is different when you have a choice”

“well remember my mom said I had to wear them as long as I stayed here, for punishment for coming in your room when told not to.  Though it sucks that troy did not get treated the same way.  He was just as guilty as I was”  Jake lamented

“Yeah Aunt Rose lets him get away with anything sometimes.  I’m sorry you got in trouble”  and I was, I should have been open and honest with my family about how my life has changed.

“Ya know, about all I regret is the spanking, that hurt, but I deserved it.  I said something to my mom that made her mad.  Well I am tired so I am going to try to sleep”

“me too, I just gotta find a comfortable position, which is sometimes hard to do” As I lay there I kinda smiled, I now have a cousin who I am even closer to through a connection of diapers.

Little did I and Jake know, but our moms were listening to the monitor system in my room, and heard the whole conversation

“well I guess little jake is going to probably get some diapers.  Think the medical supply shop is open tomorrow”  Sharon said

“Oh I think it is, maybe you can get him a nice crib like Jay’s too” Mom said while laughing.

“we’ll see” Sharon said smiling