“O-Okay,” Anna said faintly, hardly able to hear the words herself, to believe what she was about to do as she unzipped the new, see-through backpack, setting it down on the kitchen counter beside her old backpack. Whether it truly was a rule or not, she could see it being one, for the sake of safety. Maybe she’d get lucky, spot the nurse’s office on her way to the classroom…
Then again, if she remembered correctly – and it had been a long time ago, and in another country – when she’d gone to kindergarten, the classroom had been at the very front of the building so the kids wouldn’t have to wander through the whole place to get to them, and there tended to be teachers or assistants posted there to usher the students right inside. Maybe she’d be able to slip past… Maybe they wouldn’t know immediately what class she was destined for, and she could explore for a minute… The diapers clearly visible inside her backpack, however, would likely tip people off, and the less ‘big’ kids from higher grades she had to shuffle past like that, the better.
She could hear Kiki giggling away behind her as she watched, knew that there would be no avoiding the inevitable, but she saved the diapers for last, transferring everything else first, praying that Sara, at least, would get distracted and stop paying attention by then. It wouldn’t matter much afterwards, unless Sara left immediately, without looking in her direction… It was unlikely, yet theoretically possible.
Up until the moment she heard another giggle, anyway, felt somebody step in beside her, bumping against her side. “Oh, my God,” Sara snickered. “Are those…?!” And, before Anna could answer – not that she would have, to be fair – her replacement reached past her, grabbing one of the diapers, tugging it out of the bag. “Oh, my God!” she squealed again, practically bouncing in excitement. “This isn’t just a diaper, this is a Pamper! Are you wearing these?!”
Anna shrank back, mortified as Sara bent down to look at her eye to eye, fortunately not trying to lift her skirt, to check… Anna had a feeling that was only because she didn’t have to, because she could tell the answer already, without having to see it for herself. “I’m really going to have to recalibrate how I take your classes,” Sara teased. “I was going to try a little, but I have a feeling that would look suspicious… I can’t imagine someone who still has to wear Pampers at your age does well at school.”
“I-I do!” Anna insisted.
Sara raised an eyebrow, patted Anna on the head. “Sure you do,” she replied, obviously humoring her, not believing it. “Do you put as much effort into your schoolwork as you do into your potty training?”
“I-I have a condition,” Anna blushed, staring down at the floor. “I-It’s not my fault…” Under such close scrutiny, it was difficult to pull off that lie… Thankfully, she had practice now, and at least some of the awkwardness could be attributed to all this bullying.
“Whatever you say,” Sara sniffed, standing back up. “This is going to be even more fun that I thought,” she told Kiki. “I always thought high school would have been more fun if I could goof off the entire time.”
Anna whimpered, too overwhelmed to say anything, to beg her not to ruin her GPA. She had a little control, since she’d be doing the homework, but there was only so much she could do, and Sara could just decide to not turn any of it in, if she wanted. This had all been a fun fantasy until now; now, she was seeing the potential ripples, wondering if one bad semester was going to be enough to keep her from being able to get into the college she wanted, if her desire to wear diapers may have derailed all her plans for the future…
“Hey!” Karissa snapped, taking all of them – not least of all, Anna – by surprise. “If she flunks out of school, she’ll get sent back home, and then your fun will be over.”
Once again, Karissa had come to the rescue. Anna gave her a quick, grateful look, wishing she’d been clever enough to think of that. She wasn’t sure that was true, really… She’d had to have a certain GPA to join the program, but she didn’t think they’d make her leave mid-semester if she was doing badly. If her Mom and Doug found out, though, they might try to make her come back, assuming something was wrong. She didn’t know that it wasn’t true either, however.
“Hmm,” Sara eyed Anna, who squirmed beneath her gaze. “I suppose,” she shrugged noncommittally.
Kiki rolled her eyes. “Whatever,” she said, clearly not able to tell whether it was a bluff or not either. “Come on, let’s get going. I’m not going to let you make me late.”
Anna let out a tiny gasp as Kiki grabbed her by the hand, giving her a yank, making her stumble towards her before she could stop herself. “H-Hey!” she looked up at Karissa in a panic.
“I’m going to take her,” Karissa announced. “That way you won’t have to worry about it.”
“No, I don’t think so,” Kiki countered, giving Anna another tug, pulling her closer to her side. “I want her to tell all her new little friends about what a great babysitter I am, so they’re going to need to see me dropping her off.”
Anna shot Karissa a frantic look, but she knew there wasn’t much she could do, didn’t want to make her feel guilty, so she took a deep breath, mustering up all of her courage. “I-It’s okay,” she told Karissa. “I-I’ll be okay.”
“Good girl!” Kiki praised her, leading Anna outside to her car, opening up the back door, where a booster seat was installed and waiting.
Anna’s cheeks warmed as she saw it, unable to keep herself from wiggling, both embarrassed and excited as she asked, “I-Is that for me?”, not certain what she wanted the answer to be.
“Of course it is, silly,” Kiki smirked, taking Anna’s backpack off and setting it on the seat beside the booster. “I can’t drive the car from back here!”
She lifted Anna up easily, plopping her down on the waiting booster, then pausing. “What did I see there?” she teased, lifting Anna’s skirt before the smaller girl could react, or stop her, Karissa nowhere near her to defend her now. “Now, that’s cheating,” Kiki chastised. “Let’s get those off of you!”
“No!” Anna pouted, but it didn’t matter, Kiki sliding the shorts down her legs, tossing them into the floorboards of the car before buckling Anna in.
“That’s better,” Kiki declared, closing the door, walking around to the other side of the car to get in herself. Anna groaned, trying in vain to bend down far enough to pick the shorts back up, kicking her feet, neither her arms or legs long enough to get the job done.
Kiki giggled to herself as she adjusted her seat, peering into the rear-view mirror and seeing Anna’s sour expression. “Oh, don’t get grumpy with me, little miss,” she said. “You’ll just have to be careful when you’re out on the playground! You’re a big enough girl for that, aren’t you?”
Anna gulped, giving up on her shorts, hands sliding upwards to tug at her skirt instead. “I-I’d feel better if…” she protested.
The engine roared to life, Kiki’s signal that she didn’t care, wasn’t paying attention. “Now, like I said,” Kiki told her as she checked her mirrors, backing up out of the driveway, “you have a very important job while you’re at school. You’re going to tell everyone how much you love your babysitter, and how much fun I am, and how they should tell their parents to hire me.”
“And what if I don’t?” Anna crossed her arms defiantly.
“I’m going to be dropping you off every morning,” Kiki informed her. “I’d be more than happy to pick you out some new outfits to wear to school.”
Anna squirmed in her seat, the threat unspoken, yet clear. It wouldn’t make a difference how careful Karissa was at choosing clothes for her that would hide her diaper as much as possible if Kiki was the one to take Anna to school, if she decided to switch her into other clothes.
“And don’t think I’m going to take your word for it,” Kiki warned. “I know there are at least a couple kids in your class already that I look after, and I’m sure they’d be happy to let me know if they heard someone bad-mouthing me at school. And if I hear that, I might just have to tell them that the only reason you don’t like me is because I follow your Mommy’s orders to keep you in diapers since you can’t keep your pants dry, no matter how much you think you’re a big girl. Or maybe I could bring some suppositories along one morning to slip into your bottom before I buckle you into your booster. I bet they’d hit right about the time we got to your school. I wonder if you’d have time to get all the way to the bathroom before you had an accident?”
Her experience with suppositories was quite limited; from the one time she’d had them used on her, however, she suspected the answer was no, that she’d barely make it through the school’s doors before her body gave in, filled the seat of her Pampers, leaving her feeling so tiny, so helpless, for the rest of the day, whether she got changed immediately or not. And if anyone from her class saw her?! She might die of humiliation on the spot.
She couldn’t risk that… Kiki had her exactly where she wanted her, and there was nothing she could do about it. From the smug look on the other girl’s face, which she caught a glimpse of in the mirror, she could see that Kiki knew it, too. “Do you understand, Anna?” she demanded.
Anna didn’t see any choice, any way around it. “I get it,” she grumbled. “I’ll lie and tell everyone how great you are.”
“That almost hurts my feelings,” Kiki said haughtily. “Keep that up, and I might have to assume you’re in a bad mood because you need some of those suppositories now. That would make for quite the first impression, wouldn’t it?”
Anna blushed, wiggling down in her seat like she was trying to hide from Kiki’s eyes, glaring back at her from the mirror, knowing that there was no real escape… And that, really, she wasn’t sure she’d want one. This was definitely going further than she ever would have dared, but it wasn’t that far off from her fantasies…
It was a relief, seeing the school come into view, even if the sight brought with it a whole new wave of anxieties, particularly when Kiki skipped the drop-off line, pulling into a parking space instead. “I-I can walk myself in,” Anna offered. “I-I don’t want you to be late…”
“How sweet of you to think of me,” Kiki scoffed. “But I want to talk to your teacher and explain everything to her.”
“Y-You don’t have to…” Anna gulped, before getting distracted, looking out the window as Kiki got out, walked around to her door, seeing other students being led inside carrying normal, non-transparent, backpacks. Maybe Kiki had been mistaken, gotten schools mixed up, or maybe those students would get in trouble once they got inside… Or, maybe, Kiki had been lying after all.
Kiki opened up the door, unbuckling her from her booster seat and setting her on the ground, holding out her backpack, making her put it on rather than just handing it to her, which might have allowed her to hug it to her chest, possibly make an effort to hide the contents a bit. Then, Kiki turned back for a moment to adjust the booster.
Anna’s heart began to pound, sensing the opportunity. She had a chance to make a break for it, rush into the school on her own. Would Kiki bother to follow her, if she did? Or, if she saw that she was at least going in the right direction, not attempting to run away, would she be satisfied with that, let go of the idea of telling the teacher whatever it was she’d had in mind?
And, if she did go on her own, if she managed to keep from being caught, where should she go? She hadn’t been told which classroom she’d be in, but surely there would be someone around to help out new students… Or, she could attempt to circumvent them, go straight for the nurse’s office so she could drop off her diapers. She could even, technically, head to the bathroom, dispose of her diapers that way… She obviously didn’t have anything else to change into, however, and, while the nurse likely had some diapers of her own on hand, in case of an accident, it was probably going to be obvious that they weren’t the same ones she’d been sent to school in.
She only had a split second to decide. What was she going to do?!
Should Anna…
…Stay and let Kiki take her to her classroom?
…Go in by herself and try to find her class?
…Go in by herself and look for the nurse’s office?
…Or go in by herself and find a bathroom to get rid of her extra diapers before anyone can see them?
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