“I’ll watch the show,” Janet sighed, not wanting to say its name, even if it was getting her out of a ridiculously early bedtime. Would it be worth the sacrifice? She guessed she’d find out… If she could get to her phone, and put an end to this, then it would.
“I thought so,” Hazel smirked, clearly taking this as a sign that she’d been right about Janet still watching, and liking, the show at ‘her age,’ whatever she thought that was. “Go on, then.”
Janet blushed deeply as she toddled through her house, bulky diaper on full display, down to the living room. The sun was still streaming in through the windows, making it all the more ridiculous that Zella had wanted her to go to bed… The windows! Janet’s cheeks somehow found a few more shades of red to run through as she stared at them, wide-eyed, realizing the curtains were wide open, giving anyone outside the perfect view of her infantile attire.
“Calm down,” Hazel chuckled. “The driveway is long enough nobody can see you… And even if they did, they’d just assume you were a cute little toddler, here on a visit.” She patted Janet on the head condescendingly.
“B-But…” Janet wasn’t entirely convinced. “C-Can we shut them anyway?”
“No, we cannot,” Hazel shook her head. “I think a little sunlight will do you some good, especially since you’re going to be sitting in front of the TV anyway.” She picked up the remote, turning on the television, turning it to a kids’ channel, where, indeed, a cartoon featuring the girl from the front of Janet’s shirt was on screen.
Janet wrinkled her nose, something that did not go unnoticed by her step-daughter. “Would you rather go outside and play?” she asked, Janet quickly shook her head. “Are you sure?” she teased. “You could go out in the backyard, on my old swingset… I could watch you from the kitchen window while I cook… And, if the neighbors are out, they probably could see you from back there, toddling around in your Pampers…”
Janet knew they weren’t technically Pampers, that she’d never seen the bright pink plastic or design in any of their ads, but hearing them called that still made her feel especially tiny and childish and timid. “Nooo,” she whined. “Please, Zella!”
“All right,” Hazel chuckled. “Then sit down and watch.”
Janet nodded, waddling over to the sofa, but her padded bottom hadn’t even hit the cushion before Hazel was snapping, “Nuh-uh!” The smaller girl frowned, pausing. “Little girls who piddle their pants don’t get to sit on grown-up furniture, even when they have protection,” Zella informed her. “Sit on the floor.”
Janet nearly stomped again, before her throbbing bottom reminded her why she didn’t dare do that. She sank down, leaning against the couch. “Is that better?” she sulked.
“Better,” Hazel nodded. “I can’t see you from the kitchen there, though. Why don’t you sit here?” she pointed to her feet, in the middle of the room. The answer, Janet felt, was pretty obvious… She had nothing to lean on there, and nothing to block her from anyone who was able to see in the windows from potentially spotting her. Since she was sitting, perhaps only the top of her head unless they were very close to the house, although even that was more than she wanted at the moment.
“Do I hafta?” Janet sighed, the look she got in return answering louder than any words could have. “All right,” she started to get up, then remembered the windows again, and, without thinking, crawled over instead, staying below their line of sight, hopefully.
“Somebody’s getting used to her new position quickly,” Hazel smirked.
“No, I just..!” Janet began to protest, then cut herself off, knowing that making excuses would only cause her to seem younger. “Never mind.”
“All right,” Zella chuckled. “Well, you stay right there, sweetie, and enjoy your show.” She sauntered off, Janet’s heart beating a bit faster as she glanced towards her phone, and the freedom it could grant her.
Unfortunately, without stopping, Hazel scooped it up as she passed. “You can have this back when you prove you don’t need those diapers,” she called. Janet’s jaw clenched, her hands curling into fists, but she stopped herself from launching into a frustrated tantrum. Had Hazel just spotted it while she’d been walking? Or had she known it was there all along? Either way, it didn’t matter… She had it now.
Without it, Janet had little else to do other than what she’d been told, sitting there in her fluffy, pink diapers and watching Princess Sofia. She knew from experience you could hear the television in the kitchen, so if she changed the channel, Hazel would know… And, she noticed after a moment, Zella had taken the remote as well, so, to do that, she’d have to stand up, walk over to the TV, her padded bottom on display to the window as she fiddled with the buttons on the side of the television, trying to remember which did what, since they always just used the remote.
Nibbling her bottom lip, she glanced back at the window, wondering if she’d misjudged, and people could see her anyway, even sitting down. What if one of her friends decided to pop in for a surprise visit? Perhaps Zella was right, and, from the window, they’d see her there and assume it had to be a little kid plopped there on the floor in her Pampers and ponytails, watching cartoons, only to come in and see it was her supposedly adult friend instead.
She pulled on the hem of the PJ shirt, desperate to find some way to hide the humiliating, bulky, crinkly thing around her waist. Only a baby, someone too young to care about dignity, or privacy, ran around with their diapers so visible, and she knew she wasn’t one of those… Even if Hazel might not.
She genuinely couldn’t recall ever feeling this self-conscious, this anxious about what she was wearing, even back when she was a teenager, and fashion was – to some people – a life or death concern. She wanted nothing more than the draw the curtains, give herself at least a hint of safety, but any time she turned to stare at them, when she looked back, she saw Hazel glaring at her from the kitchen, watching her like a hawk.
As the scents from the kitchen began to waft down the hall as well, Janet started to realize that she was, in fact, pretty hungry, at least for whatever she was smelling. In the rush of activity since Hazel’s arrival, it hadn’t had time to hit her, not even when Zella had brought up food… But now, just squirming in her diapers and watching mind-numbingly childish TV, it was quite obvious. She was definitely glad she hadn’t gone to bed.
Then again, she had given the impression she wasn’t hungry, although all she’d really meant at the time was she didn’t want to watch Princess Sofia. Was Hazel making her anything? Would she get mad if she ‘changed her mind’ and wanted food now? She’d almost definitely be more angry if Janet waited longer, until the food was actually done.
“H-Hazel?” she called.
“What’s wrong?” the girl asked, popping in almost instantly. “Did you have an accident?”
“N-No!” Janet squealed, horrified that she’d even suggest that, almost too embarrassed at the implication to say anything else, but, when Zella began to slip out, she forced herself to. “Umm… I-I might be a little hungry after all…” she mumbled.
“I had a feeling,” Hazel smiled. “Don’t worry, I’m making something for you.”
“Oh!” Janet was surprised at that, though she wasn’t sure why… Zella was a babysitter, after all, she was probably used to watching for those kinds of cues, from people whose words she couldn’t completely trust all the time. Then again, she was used to dealing with much younger clients than Janet. “Th-Thank you,” she blushed.
“Of course, squirt,” Hazel chuckled. “It’ll be done in a little bit… Do you think you can wait, or do you need a snack?”
Janet was hungry, but she didn’t want to trouble the younger girl any more than she already had. “I’ll be all right,” she said.
“All right, go back to your show, then.”
Janet didn’t have much of a choice, so she did, hearing her tummy growl more and more as the aroma of food grew stronger. She actually started paying attention to the TV, just to take her mind off of her growing hunger. By the time Hazel stepped into the living room to announce, “It’s ready,” she was embarrassingly engrossed, enough to jump at the sound of another voice, having not noticed the girl’s arrival. “Yeah, you definitely don’t like this show at all,” she mocked. “Come on, let’s eat.”
“I-I was just… I-I wasn’t…” Janet blushed, scrambling to her feet and toddling after Hazel, trying to explain herself, before interrupting herself at the sight of the table, utensils and dishes ready for the occupants to arrive. “I-I could have set the table,” she said.
“I didn’t want to interrupt,” Zella smiled. “Besides, you can be a bit of a klutz, and I didn’t want you dropping my plate and hurting yourself.”
Her plate… Janet found out why she’d only been concerned about that when she was led to her seat. Not only was the bowl there plastic, sitting beside a chunky, plastic spoon, there was a booster seat! “I don’t need that!” she whined.
Hazel ignored her, picking her up and setting her down, the hard, plastic seat compressing the poofy padding against her sore backside, making her even more aware of what she was wearing, even before Hazel tugged the strap up between her legs, and around her waist, clicking the pieces into place and trapping her there. “Seems like you fit there pretty well,” she observed.
She was right… It was a bit higher than normal, but not enough to be a problem… In fact, she could probably reach the center of the table, where the salt and pepper shakers were kept, without having to stand up, or ask Harrison to pass them, like she usually did.
Hazel stepped away, opening up the serving dishes, letting the delicious scent circulate freely, Janet’s stomach growling in response. She spooned out sauteed vegetables, some sort of rice pilaf, and chicken onto her own plate… Then spooned some disgusting, pale slop into Janet’s bowl.
“What is this?!” Janet demanded, staring at the actual food on the other girl’s plate longingly.
“Don’t worry,” Zella cooed. “It’s the same thing I’m eating, just in a form that’s a little more appropriate for the way you’ve been behaving.”
Baby food… Hazel had taken what looked, and smelled, like a delicious meal, and turned it into baby food for her. Her nostrils flared, her anger at the indignity of it nearly outweighing her desire to avoid any more punishment, especially when Zella added insult to injury, tying a large, plastic bib around her neck.
“Go on,” she urged. “Eat up! Or do you need me to feed you, too?”
Janet glared down at the bowl, then up at Hazel, trying to decide, in the heat of the moment, what she really wanted to do. Would she…
Feed herself, to prevent another spanking?
Or throw the bowl on the floor in protest?
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