My dad had called and wanted to know if Max and I would be available that Saturday to help him deliver some stuff he had made to a customer. He said it was up near where Max’s parents live, which I said was cool, as it gave us a chance to get up there and see them. Sadly when I called Maria to see if they were free, she said they were busy in the morning but should be free later around 4 PM, well I guess after getting done with dad’s stuff we can mess around and kill a few hours.
We were going to meet at my parent’s house at 8 AM so we could load the truck and then drive there. Dad needed help unloading the truck and setting it up and then we were free to do what we wanted to do.
Saturday arrived and we get to dad’s and he has everything on cardboard and shrink wrapped up, I wasn’t sure what it was, but it was big. Dad said it was a bed frame, but there was more to it than a headboard, footboard and bed frame. Nevertheless we helped him load it up.
I asked him where we were going to and he just said follow him, and if we get lost we can meet up at the grocery store. That was strange, you want us to follow you for 90 minutes but won’t give an address.
We get into Max’s town and pass the grocery store, and then continue a way we have went many times, this is going towards Carl and Maria’s…. OK maybe it’s somebody near their house.
We continued down the road and finally dad stopped at Carl and Maria’s and backed into the drive way.
“What did dad build for your folks?” I asked Max
“No clue, nobody said anything. It’s like this whole thing has been hush hush” Max said, beginning to wonder what is going on.
We got out of the Jeep and walked up to dad. “So why the secrecy about this all”
“Well because somebody does not know what they got, it’s a surprise, so radio silence” Dad said
Just then Carl came out of the house. “So this was the best help you could find Tim?”
“Hey you know good help hard to find, gotta take what you can get.” Dad said
“Lets get this stuff in the house” Dad said as he pointed to the stuff in his truck.
We loaded everything into the house and began to unwrap it. Slowly I realized what it was, though I kinda had a hunch when we loaded it up. This was a very large project and as we started unwrapping it, it was more than just one.
“Where’s mom and the twins and Maggie?” Max asked
“Well your mom and the boys left yesterday morning to go to Chicago with the school, and won’t be back until like 5pm today. Maggie is staying at Michael and Sarah’s till tomorrow. I got the other beds down pretty much as soon as they left for school, and got the painting done as quick as I could, put the second coat on last night, so it should be dry.”
“Ok you two the blue taped parts are unit 1, green is number 2. Start with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 first.” Dad directed
Slowly the furniture came to life. “So they don’t know they are getting these? I could see David wanting this, but you think Riley will go for this?”
“Well David had asked for one ever since he saw yours. I also heard about Riley sleeping in the RV crib (how?), and one day while David was at Will’s house I caught Riley in David’s bed with the rails on it. Let’s not mention that other than school he has been in diapers more often. David has decided that he was going to wear to wear all the time and that included school too” Carl said
“Oh Fuck! I thought I told him specifically not to do that, as it is literally social suicide in high school.” I said
“Well he tried to be discrete and not get caught, but last week somebody found out. He has taken it all in stride. He just doesn’t care, if people make fun of him he just laughs it off, and they won’t mess with him too much, as they don’t want to mess with Riley. I called the school the next morning after he came home and said he was found out. Let’s just say the school is well aware that we won’t put up with bullying” Carl said as we finished up.
It took a couple hours, but the last screw was put and it was time to get it all ready. We got the beds made with about 90 minutes to spare.
“Well our work is done here. You two wanna move your jeep so I can get out of here?” Dad said as he packed up his tools.
Max went out and moved the Jeep to let dad out and then came back in to get me.
“Ok, so we are going to run and get pizzas and come back, by then your brothers should be home. You mom said that they were just passing through Decatur, and then had to drop the other kids in her group at the school and will be home in about 30 minutes.” I said
We ran out and got the pizzas and got back right as Maria pulled up.
“Anybody order Pizza?” Max yelled as I grabbed the pizza from the back.
“Max, Jason” David yelled and ran over to us, followed by Riley.
“Nice Jeep, what made you come up here? We just got back from Chicago.” Riley said
“Well we missed your 16th birthday so we thought we would come up here and surprise you. Let’s get inside, go grab your bags.” I said
“Just leave your bags in the front room, let’s eat before it gets cold” Maria said as she ushered everybody into the kitchen where paper plates were awaiting.
“So you just could not hold him back from buying a new car could ya?” Maria said to Max
“I tried the best I could, he wore me down. I made him sell the cobalt, which sold really quick too” Max said
“OK, time for you two’s last birthday gift. This has been in the works for awhile now. Your mom and I hope that you like and appreciate it” Carl said
“Your surprise is in the room you two shared for years, and Riley we know that since Josh moved out this past fall you have been staying the night in your old room with David. Hope you like what we did” Maria said as she had the boys open the door and turn on the lights.
As soon as the lights turned on it showed the very soft baby blue paint on the walls, and two twin sized cribs against opposite walls. It took them both a moment to realize what they got. David was the first who said something, it was quiet.
“For me?” Was all David said
“Yes baby for you” Maria said
“But you and daddy said no” He replied
“I know but we wanted to surprise you, we had been working on this since before the summer” Carl said
“But why one for me?” Riley inquired
“I’ve caught you in Davids old bed with the sides up more than once, you think I don’t know what happens around here, like how I am washing more cloth diapers with an R on them than I ever used to, or that you crinkle all weekend, or that you run straight to your room as soon as you get home some days.” Maria said. “I also have a pretty good handle on how many diapers are being used and how often I need to order them and who’s I am ordering”
“Now you both have the other bedroom that Riley shared with Josh, it has 2 twin beds in there too, so you can pass it off as your room if you need to. I have one last project that comes in this week, a smart lock for the door to keep prying eyes out.” Carl said
“What about Mags?” David asked
“Well that is up to you two to tell her, but she’s pretty smart and will figure it out” Maria said.
“I’m guessing this one is mine?” Riley said pointing to the one that had the padding on the inside.
“Just in case you have a seizure, it can be removed if you need it to be.” Maria said.
The conversation was boring David who had already went over to his crib and was checking out how it worked. It was simple, the rails were a two piece system, one flips up the other flips down, a spring loaded latch that can be locked open so the latch on the other end can be opened as well was on each of the railing sections. Then there is a latch on the post of the bed to keep the top rail section flipped up.
David climbed into the crib and pulled the bottom rail up and then pulled the top rail down, effectively locking himself into the crib. “Yep, this is what I needed” David said.
“Go ahead and hop in Riley, see how you like it.” Carl said planting a gentle smack to Riley’s diapered butt. Prompting him to move closer to the crib.
“Does it need both rails?” He asked as he climbed in.
“Nope, top rail can be removed, little latches right here, but you will need a second hand to do it, or get crafty.” I said
“Why don’t you two get changed if you need to, then unpack your bags and put your dirty clothes in the hamper and bring them to the laundry room. Then you can either come out and watch TV or go to bed for the night” Maria said
We all left the room and went back out to the kitchen and talked for a bit. The twins were back and forth getting their bags and stuff. Finally the hamper rolled down the hallway, through the kitchen and to the basement door as a well padded Riley carried it down the stairs. David came out with a small bag from the diaper pail and put it out in the large trash can in the garage before walking back into the house.
“Ok, I got the trash out, Riley took the laundry to the basement and is starting it. We got our clothes put away, is there anything else we need to do?” David asked Maria
“No honey, thank you two for getting those things done” Maria said as Riley had came up from the basement.
“Brought this up so you didn’t need to” Riley said as he set the clothes basket full of cloth diapers, onsies and such.
“Bring them here and then you two go get something for dessert, we got ice cream in the freezer” Maria said as she started folding the laundry.
The boys ended up dishing out ice cream for everybody and we played a game of cards before we had to head back home. I was out like a light before we got even 20 miles down the road.
After we left, Riley and David went back to their room.
“Don’t ever speak of this to anybody outside of this house, or I’ll deny it forever and throw you to the wolves.” Riley said to David.
“Fair enough, I know you want to keep it quiet, and I appreciate you standing up for me. I know that you must have gotten shit for me wearing diapers.” David said
“Yeah, but you’re my brother and it’s my job to defend you. Plus in some strange way I do actually enjoy this stuff. It just keeps me happy and secure.” Riley said as he climbed into his crib and tried to get the rail up.
David walked over and folded the railing up and the top railing down. “Night night brother, love you”
“You too” Riley replied
“Alexa turn the lights down for bed with a timer for 1 hour” David issued to the Alexa and got a confirmation and the lights dimmed very low.
Both of the teenagers lay in their cribs that night and reflected on how they got to this point. Riley wondered why he was on some level content with this, wondering if he would always be like this; to which his mind wondered to what he would do if it was ever found out, then it went back to the overwhelming feeling of being safe. He was safely and snuggly pinned into his diapers, and confined in his crib.
David on the other had was wondering if he was confident enough to be out about his diapers and worried that at sometime he may need to stop all this and grow up. Growing up, that’s what scared him the most.
After what felt like an eternity, but was more like 20 minutes, both drifted off to sleep.
The morning sun creeped around the blackout curtains of what shall now be know as the twins’ nursery. David was the first awake, but he quietly lay there savoring the moment with his stuffed animal. He looked over, but could not see if Riley was yet awake as the padded bumper around the bottom rail obscured his view, so he just laid there quietly until he heard movement and saw Riley sit up.
“hey you awake?” Riley whispered “What time is it? So do we have to wait for mom or dad to let us out?”
“Alexa what time is it?” David said barely above a whisper.
Quietly alexa said “the time is 8:14 am”
“You can open it up yourself” David said
“How?”
“Where the rails meet on each end there is a little wooden knob. Slide it towards the center and then down, like a sideways J” David said
“ok on both rails right?” Riley asked
“Yes, then the top rail folds all the way up and latches, you almost got it” David said as Riley pushed the top folding rail up and heard a click. Followed by lowering the bottom rail.
Riley then walked over to David’s crib and opened the side of it for him. “Wet night for you too?”
“Every night, looks the same for you.” David replied as he swung his legs over the side and hopped out.
They both waddled to the kitchen where Carl was making breakfast of oatmeal and toast. “We’re going to church this morning, so eat up and get showered, shaved and changed. Your mom is getting ready”
Both made up their oatmeal, put jelly on their toast and got a glass of juice. They were about done when their mom came out to the kitchen and sat down.
“Good morning, did you both sleep ok?” Maria asked
“Um Hum, yef” David said while taking a bite of his toast.
“Great, now when you are done, go get shaved and showered and then dressed for church” She said
Both boys finished at the same time and got up from the table and waddled off towards their room, stopping at the linen closet to grab towels and wash cloths.
Both stood at the sink in just diaper and plastic pants and shaved what little stubble they had before hopping into separate shower stalls. They emerged and headed to the nursery where they both got diapered back up.
At this point Riley realized he had no clothes in the nursery, just diapers; so he crinkled out of the nursery down the hall to the bedroom that he used to occupy. He grabbed some nice dockers and a button up shirt before heading back to the nursery and finished getting dressed.
“So you wearing to church?” David inquired
“Might as well, not like anybody really notices as long as you don’t flaunt it” Riley said as he pulled his pants up over a plain white onsie and grabbing a polo and heading to the living room. David followed shortly after attired the same way, carrying his (diaper) backpack
Out the door to the van they went. Halfway down the road Maria said “So Riley, you decided to wear a diaper today? That’s fine, but you may need some bigger pants if you plan to do it often” She said
They got through church without much of an incident, Riley was quick to get in and get a seat and stay there. Michael and his wife Sarah brought Maggie with them to church. After church they all went into Decatur for Sunday dinner.
Before they left Maria asked either of them if they needed to go to the bathroom before they left, code for ‘do you need to change your diapers?’.
They both replied no, which was a lie, but David was already somewhat wet, and riley had slowly been releasing a pee. “Ok, well we are going to be driving, so you need to make sure you can hold up till we get back home in a few hours.” Maria said, to which both boys acknowledged
However probably an hour into driving Riley was looking a bit worried. “Can we stop somewhere I need to change. David did you bring spares?”
“Yeah I got about 4” He replied.
Carl pulled off the highway and found a truck stop. “Ok, both of you should probably change” he said as he pulled into a spot and both boys got out with David carrying his backpack.
Riley went in first with the backpack. He was not used to changing outside of the house often, but eventually got the job done. He came out and threw away his sodden diaper as David entered the stall. David was more adept at changing his diaper anywhere.
As they climbed back into the van, David asked “So, where are we going?”
“Just for a drive, your mom and I are looking about something.” Carl said
Soon enough they pulled up to a house and it became clear, their parents were looking for a pull-behind trailer. It was no where as big as the RV max and Jason toured around in, even the old one, just enough for a double bed, 2 bunks and a sofa bed. Carl and Maria looked it over well to see if any work needed done, any signs of water damage or anything and Carl said that they would take it. He would be back down the next day with a cashier’s check if they could do the title and paperwork then. It was small enough that they could pull the camper with the family van, but would be better served by Carl’s F-250
The ride back home was full of talk about trips they could take, what they wanted to do, etc… at some point each of the children dozed off only to awaken when they arrived home.
That night played out much the same as the previous night, with tomorrow being a school day both were in bed by 9:30 pm, a rule that Carl and Maria always enforced unless it was due to an activity or job.
The next morning they both got ready for school, with Riley thinking about wearing a diaper but deciding not to at the last moment. Someday that may change, but that day wasn’t today.
The next day Carl got the new lock for the boy’s room in. The lock could be undone with a code, or an electronic key on their watch or phones.
Eventually curiosity killed the cat, and Maggie asked why the room had a lock. Her parents simply said that the boys want to have their privacy and she was not to go in there unless invited.
That Friday David was having his friend will coming over, so the plan was that Riley would stay in his normal room, and Will could stay in the other crib in the nursery, which was agreed upon early that week.
Friday rolled around and Riley cleared out what little stuff he kept in the nursery, mainly his stuffed animal, and the few cloth diapers and clothes that he kept in there. Will came home on the bus with David and Riley, and pretty much as soon as they entered the house David went to his nursery with Will, and emerged two obviously diapered boys.
Riley did not want to tip off that he wore more than at night, so he did not diaper up until bedtime.
The next afternoon when Will’s parents came to pick him up it was all normal teenager attire again, as Will’s parents did not know that will liked to wear and would wear around David and Riley only. So it went for most weeks, Riley spent most nights in his crib, some nights with just the bottom rails closed, some nights he was fully closed in. Other nights he decided he wanted the solitude of being in his ‘grown up room’, though he was still diapered at night, as he needed it. Some days he would come home and get straight into a diaper, staying in them until he had to get ready for school, including weekends. Other days he would just wear solely at night.