THE KELLY'S COME TO AMERICA
Chapter 11
"NOOO!!!" Josh yelled as he jerked into a sitting position after
John touched his shoulder.
"Easy there. It was only a dream Josh," John told him as Josh
looked around the room frantically.
"It was so real," Josh whispered a moment later as he became
fully awake.
"It'll be OK. No one here is going to hurt you," John told him as
he pulled his brother into a protective embrace. Josh started crying
softly a second later.
"Just let it out," he was told softly by his brother. A moment
later the boys parent's came rushing into the room, having been
awakened by Josh's yell. Josh practically jumped into his mother's arms
the second she sat on his bed.
"You two can go back to your rooms now," Mr. Kelly told his two
oldest children a short time later as he herded them towards the
bedroom door. Both of the nodded at this sleepily as they did as they
were told.
"Dad, could I get a drink please?" Josh asked as he calmed down.
"Sure Josh. I'll be right back," He responded and walked out of
the room. While his dad was out of the room Mrs. Kelly helped Josh over
to his changing table so she could change his soaked diapers.
Josh's dad reentered his bedroom just as his mother finished
pulling some plastic pants on over his clean diapers.
"Josh, the doctor gave us some pills to help you sleep when
needed. I was hoping to not use them, but I think you should," He said
reasonably as he handed Josh some small white pills and a small glass
of water. After Josh took the offered medication he was helped back to
his bed where his father handed him a bottle of warm milk. Josh smiled
faintly at this. He fell back asleep a couple minutes later as the
pills took effect.
"Good morning, Josh," Mrs. Kelly stated brightly as her youngest
limped into the kitchen.
"Morning," Josh replied through a yawn.
"I'm sorry I was so much trouble last night," he added.
"There's nothing to be sorry about. Last night was no worse than
the other times you've had bad dreams," Josh's dad announced before his
wife could.
"I know, but.," Josh started to say before being interrupted by
his father.
"I don't want to hear any 'buts', Joshua. Your having nightmares
is to be expected. The doctor told us as much when he released you the
other day. Just give it time and I'm sure things will sort themselves
out."
Josh accepted this, but his doubts showed clearly on his face.
"You aren't going to keep having me take the sleeping pills, are
you?"
"We'll only use them when we feel that you need to get some
sleep," Mrs. Kelly told him as she brought out some sweet rolls. As she
did so, Erin came into the room.
"Morning," She said yawning.
"Are you feeling better this morning, Josh?" she continued while
she sat down.
"Yeah, I'm OK. Thanks." Erin was able to catch an underlying tone
to this statement but let it pass as she, too, took a roll.
"Well, as soon as John decides to join us we'll have some
breakfast and see about having a slightly belated Christmas." Just as
Mrs. Kelly finished saying this John entered the room.
"I heard someone mention my name?" he asked while taking a seat.
"You did."
"Well, now that we're all here let's eat before the food goes
cold," Mr. Kelly said while helping his wife bring in plates of food
from the kitchen.
After eating, Josh was taken back upstairs for a quick diaper
change before he and his family started their late Christmas
celebration. While Josh did enjoy the time spent with his family, he
was mad that he needed some help opening his gifts due to having an arm
that was still in a sling. Soon after the last gift was opened and the
mess cleared away, Josh fell asleep curling up with a fleece blanket
that he had received.
"I should be home in time for dinner," Erin told her parents
after helping clean up the mess that was made during the morning's
activities.
"That's fine, Erin. You have a good day at work," she was told by
her father as she finished getting ready for work.
"I will. I just hope I don't get into to much trouble for the
time I missed these last few weeks."
"Given the circumstances of it, I doubt much will be said," her
father said.
"I hope you're right," Erin replied as she put her coat on and
headed for the door.
"Erin, Kevin and Eric would like to see you in the office after
you clock in," Erin was told as she walked into the receiving area.
"Thanks Aaron," she replied.
"How's your brother doing?" Erin was surprised by this question
because she couldn't remember ever being asked any personal questions
in the time the two had been working together.
"He's doing better. The let him come home last night."
"That's good to hear. I hope everything works out OK for you
all." Erin accepted this with a friendly smile as she turned to head
into the back office.
"Enter," Erin heard a moment after she knocked on the closed
door.
"You wanted to see me?" she asked nervously as she entered the
room and sat in the offered seat
"Yes, we did," Eric, the store's General Manager, told her.
"Kevin just informed me of the reason why you had missed these
last two weeks of work. I want you to know how sorry I am about it."
Erin just nodded at this as Kevin started speaking.
"Is he doing OK?" he inquired.
"Yeah, they released him yesterday. Thanks for asking."
"Are you going to be OK working, or do you feel that you need
some more time off?" Eric asked, jumping back into the conversation.
"Now that I know that he's going to be all right, I feel that I
can do my job without any problems," she answered firmly as to leave no
doubt that she meant what she said.
"That's fine, I just wanted to make sure," Eric said with an
approving smile. Erin smiled back in relief at this.
"Well, I'll just leave you two alone so you can work out the
details for the shift today," Eric told them as he got out of his
chair.
"I'm glad your brother is doing better Erin. If you feel that you
need any extra time off, or just need someone to talk to about this let
me know," Eric told her with a friendly pat on the shoulder. Erin again
voice her thanks at this and told him he would keep it in mind.
The rest of Erin's day went by in a blur of customers. Most of
whom were happy to hear that her brother was doing well.
"Yes, can I help you?" Mrs. Kelly asked as she opened the door to
see a postal carrier standing in front of her.
"Yes, I have a package here for a Joshua Kelly," the carrier
stated after looking at a clipboard.
"I'm his mother. I'll accept the package," she told them. With a
nod she was handed the clipboard and after signing it was handed a
small package.
"Thank you. Have a good day," she told the carrier as they walked
off and she closed the door.
"Who was that, honey?" her husband asked as she walked back into
the family room.
"It was the postal carrier with a package for Josh," he was told.
"I wonder who would be sending Josh a package this late after the
holidays," Mr. Kelly wondered aloud.
"I guess we'll just have to wait for Josh to wake up and open
it."
"Actually, we could open it as well since it has your name on it
as well," Mr. Kelly continued with a grin.
"I swear, Arthur, you're almost as bad as the kids at times,"
Mrs. Kelly joked at her husband, but started to open the box anyway.
Inside she found a wrapped package and two letters. One addressed to
her, the other to Josh. Without a word said she opened her letter and
started to read.
Dearest Janet,
I hope this letter finds you and the rest of the family well. I was
pleased to hear from you the other day to let me know that Josh is
doing well and should be going home soon. With any luck, he'll be home
by the time you read this letter.
You'd be pleased to see the how the regiment is reacting to the news of
the incident involving Josh. Most of the people here remember Josh, as
well as John and Erin from all the times they spent visiting Emily and
the kids here. They all feel this is like an assault on one of their
own and are pretty worked up over it.
This brings me to the next part, after a long talk with both my
battalion and regimental commanders we have decided, with your
permission, to make Josh an honorary member of the regiment. Please
don't mention this to him we would like it to be a surprise, if you
agree to it. The enclosed box is a special gift from me to Josh.
Let me know as quickly as possible to your decision. Emily and the kids
send their love.
Your loving brother,
James
"Is everything OK, Janet?" her husband asked as she started to
cry.
"Yes, I'm all right," she replied with a shaky voice as she
handed her husband the letter she just finished.
"I think we maybe we might want to talk to Dr. Benton about this
first. I think it's a good idea, but he might have a better feel for
other things we haven't considered," Mrs. Kelly agreed with this
thought and reached for her purse to get the card she was given.
"Dr. Benton," The voice stated.
"Dr. Benton, this is Janet Kelly, Josh's mother."
"Yes, Mrs. Kelly, is everything all right?"
"Yes, everything is fine. The reason I'm calling is due to a
letter I had just received from my younger brother in Britain," she
started and then filled him in on what her brother was wanting to do.
"Hmm. That does sound interesting. I'll assume that you're
wanting my opinion as to whether this would be a good idea from a
mental stand point for Josh?" he asked.
"Yes, we were. My husband and I both feel that we should give our
consent for this, but we don't know how Josh would react, or whether
this would be a hindrance to his getting better," Janet told him.
"I don't think that this could hurt as long as it's done in the
right way. In fact, something like this could actually help him. In
past cases I've had like this with adults they've almost always gone
through a time to where they would second guess their actions. A
presentation like this could greatly reduce this with Josh by showing
him that he acted correctly. And that this is being handled by people
he knows and, I'll say, probably looks up to helps even more," He told
them.
"How's Josh doing?" he continued.
"He had a bit of a rough night, but he seems to be doing better,"
Josh's mom told him.
"That's good to hear."
"Thank you for your time, doctor, and I'm sorry to have disturbed
you on a Saturday.
"It's quite all right. Give me a call if any of you need to
talk," He told her before hanging up.
"What did he say?" Mr. Kelly asked as his wife set the phone
down.
"He felt that accepting would be a good idea," she told him while
looking over at her youngest son.
"He looks so peaceful like that. It to bad that he had to find
out just how dangerous this world is at such a young age," she thought
to herself as she got up to adjust the blanket that was covering him.
"I'm home," Erin called several hours later as she walked into
the house.
"We're in the kitchen. Erin," Mr. Kelly called back.
"Josh is still asleep, I see," Erin stated as she spied her baby
brother still sleeping in the same chair that he was in when she left.
"Yeah. I think this morning really wore him out," Erin's mom told
her.
"Have you given any thought about when school starts back up on
Monday?" Erin asked her parents.
"I was planning on keeping him home for another week so he could
get some more energy back. Plus the fact he has his first meeting
tomorrow with the psychiatrist. How did your day go?" Erin was asked.
"It was OK. Both Kevin and Eric were really supportive about why
I needed the time off. Aside from that, it was a steady day," Erin told
them.
"I'm going to go up and get into some more comfortable clothes."
"OK. Let John know that dinner will be ready in about Thirty
Minutes while you're up there."
"OK, I will."
"John, mom said dinner will be ready in about thirty minutes,"
Erin announced as she walked into his room.
"OK, Erin. Thanks for letting me know," John told her as he got
up to take out the movie he just finished. Little did he know that the
sweat pants he had on had slipped down in back some exposing the diaper
he had on underneath them. Erin did a slight double take on seeing
them, but said nothing as she left the room.
"Mom, can I talk to you in private for a minute?" Erin asked a
short time later.
"Sure. Let's go into the office," She was told as her mom led her
into the spare room they use as an office.
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Mrs. Kelly asked as
she and her daughter sat down.
"I'm not really sure how to say this, but when I went up to tell
John dinner would be ready in a short while, like you asked, I could
have sworn I saw John wearing a diaper," Erin informed her mom.
"Excuse me, but did you say you though you saw John wearing a
diaper?" Erin was asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I did. John had gotten up to pull out the movie he was
watching and the pants he had on had slipped down in back some and I
could swear he was wearing a diaper under them."
"Are you sure it just wasn't part of his shirt, or underwear you
saw?"
"Positive. He didn't have a shirt on at the time and we both know
that all John wears are colored underwear."
"OK. I just wanted to make sure. Don't tell him you saw this and
I'll take care of it," Erin was told as her mom stood up.
After they had finished eating and the dishes had been cleared
Mrs. Kelly pulled out the package that had arrived that afternoon.
"Josh, this came for you earlier today," His mom announced as she
handed him the package that had arrived while he was sleeping.
"Who's it from?" Josh asked as he excitedly took the box.
"Why don't you read the note and maybe that will tell you," Mr.
Kelly suggested with a smile. Setting the box down in front of him Josh
opened the envelope that was with it and opened the note inside.
Dear Josh,
I hope this letter finds you in good spirits. With any luck you'll be
home by the time this note reaches you. I want to say how proud I am of
you and sincerely hope that you never have to go through something like
this again in your lifetime.
The gift enclosed with this note is a small token for a job well done.
I know you might be thinking that you didn't do anything special, but I
harbor no such thoughts as this. You've faced something that would have
frozen most adults, but you didn't let whatever fear you had control
you. For this, I salute you.
You might feel that you did nothing to earn what you are about to open.
I know that you had paid the dues for this with your very blood and
think that deep down you might feel this way as well.
I hope you get to feeling better soon.
Love,
Uncle John
"Well, what did the note say?" Erin asked to break the silence
that had fallen while Josh read the note. Without saying a word Josh
handed the note over for his sister to read to everyone else while he
took the package in now shaking hands.
On opening the package, Josh looked down and saw a framed silver
cross suspended from a deep blue ribbon. Mrs. Kelly let out a startled
gasp when she saw this.
"What is it, mom?" Josh asked not understanding the importance of
the object he was holding.
"That's you Uncle's George Cross. He earned that on one of his
first missions after joining the army. The only decoration in the
British Army higher than that is the Victoria Cross," Mrs. Kelly told
her son as she thought back to when her brother received the award her
son was now holding and remembered that she almost lost her brother in
the action that he was decorated for. Understanding slowly spread
across Josh's face as the true meaning of the note and this award hit
home. Josh started crying softly as this happened. Josh broke down
completely as his parents came over to comfort him. He was finally able
to compose himself after several minutes. After this the rest of the
night went by quietly.
Chapter 12
"So Janet, what did Erin want to talk to you about earlier?" her
husband asked as they got ready for bed later that evening.
"It's kind of hard to explain," she said, "but Erin said she
could have sworn she saw John wearing a nappy earlier this evening,"
when she went to tell him dinner was about ready.
"I see, and what do we plan on doing about it?"
"I haven't decided. I wanted to see if it was actually true
first. I'll come up with something after that," she replied.
"That's a given, but what I was meaning is how we're going handle
it?"
"I'm not entirely sure though, I have already decided to handle
it in a calm and understanding fashion."
"Well, we could always ask the doctor on Monday when we take Josh
in to see them."
"That would be a very good idea. Why don't you take the boys out
to the movies tomorrow afternoon. This will give me time to confirm
what Erin told me about John and Josh could certainly do with some time
outside of the house." Mr. Kelly nodded at this idea and after giving
his wife a quick kiss turned off the bedroom light.
As his parents set things up for the next day, John spent time
helping Josh get ready for bed.
"Do you want to use your sleepers tonight, or just a pair of
sweats?" John asked as he stripped Josh of his old diaper.
"I'd like to use the sleepers, but I don't think my leg is quite
up to it yet."
"Tell you what, we'll give the sleepers a try first and if it
causes you too much pain then we'll go with the sweat pants. How does
that sound?" John suggested as he wiped the poop off his brother's butt
and balls.
"That sounds OK," Josh replied with a small shiver as the cold
diaper wipe passed over his nuts.
"Sorry about that," John said as he finished cleaning Josh off
and placed the old diaper in the nearby Diaper Genie.
"It's all right," replied Josh with a smile as his brother
applied some lotion and powder to his groin. John smiled at this as
well.
"OK, up you go," John said a few minutes later as he finished
pulling the plastic pants up over Josh's diaper. Josh winced a little
as his injured leg touched the floor and weight was applied to it.
"Hold up there a moment, kiddo," John said as he got an arm
around Josh's waist and had his brother put an arm around his shoulder.
"There you go," John added a second later as he helped Josh into
bed.
"Which sleepers would you like to try?"
"The blue ones would be fine."
"And blue it will be. Now you just lay back and let me do all the
work. Let me know though, if your leg starts to hurt." Josh just nodded
at this as John unzipped the sleepers and started to bunch the legs up.
Josh was surprised at how skillful his brother got the sleepers
on.
"Now we'll have to leave your bad arm inside them since it'd be
to much trying to work it through the arm hole." Josh nodded at this as
John zipped the sleepers closed and cover him with his blankets after
handing him his teddy bear.
"Thanks John," Josh said sleepily as his pain medication started
to take effect.
"You're welcome. A paci is under your pillow if you want it
later." John whispered in his brother's ear as he gave him a good night
kiss to the forehead. Josh nodded sleepily at this. With one last look
at his brother John turned off the bedroom light and closed the door
softly behind him.
After making sure his own door was closed tightly John started
his own nightly routine. After taking his pants off, he untaped the wet
diaper we was wearing and laid it on the top of his dresser. He then
took a tub of wipes from his dresser and cleaned off his diaper area
with a shiver of his own. After taping the diaper closed he placed it a
diaper disposal bag, and got out a clean diaper from his closet. Once
he had some powder sprinkled over the inside of the diaper he poured
some lotion on to his fingers and spread it over his groin, giving
himself a few quick strokes as he did so. Soon he was pulling the
diaper up between his legs and taping in securely shut. With a smile he
started rubbing the front of his diaper thinking of how much better it
would be if he were wearing cloth diapers. John fell asleep soon after
climaxing.
"John, it's time to get up," his mom called softly the next
morning as she shook his shoulder.
"Uhhh!"
"Don't give me that, John, it's time to get up." She called again
this time pulling the covers off her son. On doing this, she took a
quick look towards he son's waist and noticed what was unmistakably a
diaper sticking out from under his PJ bottoms.
"Well, this pretty much confirms it," She thought as she gave her
son another prod to the shoulder.
"Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes, so hurry up," She
announced as she walked out of John's room and back into her own.
"Well?" her husband asked as she walked back in.
"He had one on. Erin was right," she answered sadly sitting on
the edge of her bed.
"Now Janet, it may not be that bad. We both know that John has
had bedwetting problems in the past. With all the things that have
happened lately it could be that he started up again and he decided to
try some of the larger diapers that Josh got as a way to make things
easier on us."
"I know that makes the best explanation, but something tells me
that there is more to it than that. This is almost like when he told us
he was gay. Only this time, I feel that he wants to keep it a secret
because he doesn't trust our reaction.
"You could be right, but it could be that he hasn't quite figured
things out just yet himself." Mrs. Kelly nodded at the logic of her
husband's statement and dropped the subject as she got up to finish
getting breakfast ready for her family.
"Boys, after breakfast I want you both to get a shower, get
dressed, and then come back down I have a surprise for you," Mr. Kelly
told his sons as they sat down to eat.
"OK dad, but what's the surprise?" Josh asked slyly.
"You'll just have to wait to find out, now won't you?" came the
chuckled reply. Josh just smiled at this. His parents smiled as well
since this was the first time since the incident that Josh had really
acted like himself.
"Where's Erin?" John asked a few minutes later.
"She had to go into work early today."
"Oh OK." Little else was said during the meal, but both of John's
parents had kept an eye on their eldest son.
"Come on Josh, let's get you into the bath," John told his baby
brother as he helped him up the stairs.
"Hey John, do you know why mom and dad kept looking at you during
breakfast?" Josh asked as he was laid out on the bathroom floor.
"You noticed that too, huh? To be honest, I have no idea why they
kept looking at me like they were," John lied as he helped Josh get
undressed. In truth, he had a very good idea why his parents were
looking at him like they were, but was hoping strongly that he was
wrong. He soon had Josh undressed and sitting in a tub of warm water.
"What are you doing?" Josh asked in surprise when John undressed
himself and stepped into the tub as well.
"Taking a bath. Why, does it make you nervous?"
"Well..." Josh started, but found he couldn't find the words he
wanted.
"Look Josh, if you're that worried about it, I'll get out. But
you don't have anything to worry about. I'm not going to do anything to
you except give you a bath," he was told plainly.
"OK, I'm sorry," Josh said while blushing slightly.
"It's OK. I understand." John told Josh while giving him a slight
hug. Within fifteen minutes, both boys were washed, dried and heading
down the hall to Josh's room.
"All right Josh, hop on up here and we can get you into a clean
diaper, and get a dry bandage on that leg of yours," John said with a
smile as he patted the changing table.
"So what do you think the surprise will be?" Josh asked as his
brother started rubbing lotion over his butt and balls.
"Your guess is as good as mine. We'll find out soon enough. Now
lift up so I can get this diaper under you," John said as he unfolded
an Attends diaper.
"Why are you using one of the disposables?"
"Call it a hunch. I have a feeling that whatever the surprise
might be, will have something to do with us leaving the house."
"How can you be so sure?" Josh asked, acting like the ten year
old he was.
"Because I'm your big brother and it goes with reason that mom
and dad will want to get you out of the house for a bit," John replied
with a smile while tickling Josh a bit. Josh's laughing could be heard
downstairs by his parents who smiled at each other knowing that their
youngest was getting better, but they also knew that his biggest hurdle
was still to come when he went back to school the next day.
"You boys ready for the surprise?" Mr. Kelly asked as Josh and
John came down the stairs forty-five minutes later.
"Yeah!" Josh called as he sat down. John nodded, but was smiling
as he did so.
"You know that new rated R movie that just came out?" their dad
asked.
"Yeah?!" Both boys answered in hopeful tones.
"Well, we aren't going to see that one," Mr. Kelly said with a
laugh. "What we are going to see is that 'Harry Potter' double feature
that's starting today," he finished with a smile. Both John and Josh
look stunned for a minute before John spoke.
"I thought that was a special screening and it was already sold
out."
"Well, that is true. But, let's just say that I have my sources.
Oh and one other thing, You both can bring one friend with you. So
decide who you want to bring with you and give them a quick call." This
really got both boys started. Without a second hesitation John bolted
from his seat and ran for a phone. Josh just sat there looking like he
was going to cry because he couldn't move fast enough like he used to.
"Don't worry about it, Josh. You can use this," His dad said with
a chuckle while handing Josh his cell phone. Josh smiled at this but
soon ran into a dilemma. Should he invite David or Caleb? He decided
that since he had been friends the longest with David he would give him
a try first.
"Hello?" David's mom asked after the second ring.
"Is David there? This is Josh."
"Oh hi Josh, Yeah, David is right her,." she said before handing
the phone to her oldest son.
"Hey Josh, How's it going?" David asked as he came on the line.
"Not bad. Listen, my dad landed some tickets to the 'Harry
Potter' showing they have at the mall and I was told I could bring a
friend. I though you would like to come," Josh said excitedly.
"I'm sorry Josh, I'd love to go with you, but my family already
has plans for the day," David said with convincing sadness though, it
wouldn't have been believed if Josh could see the smile on his face
when he said it.
"Oh OK. I just thought you would like to go, but since you
already have plans," Josh said glumly.
"I know. I hate to cut you off like this Josh, but my mom is
motioning for me to get off the phone. I'll see you later, OK?" he
said.
"Yeah, I'll see you later." Josh mumbled as the connection was
broken.
"He already had plans," Josh announced before his father could
ask.
"Why don't you see if Caleb would like to go?" Josh was prompted.
"I guess it couldn't hurt," Josh said as he dialed his other
friend's number.
"Hello?" Caleb asked as he answered the ringing phone.
"Caleb? It's me, Josh."
"Hey Josh! How's it going?" his friend asked.
"Not bad. Listen, my dad landed some tickets for the 'Harry
Potter' special they have starting at the mall today and I was told I
could bring a friend. I was wanting to see if you would like to come
with us."
"Sure, I'd love to go. Let me go ask my dad really quick," Caleb
said in an excited voice. A moment later Josh heard his friend's
excited voice again.
"Josh, my dad said that it would be fine for me to join you. When
do you want me over there?"
"We'll pick you up on the way. We should be there in about ten
minutes."
"Great! I'll be waiting," Josh heard before the line was closed.
"Caleb said he would be waiting for us," Josh told his dad
excitedly. Mr. Kelly smiled at this and ruffled Josh's hair before
walking off.
"We shouldn't be too late, honey," Mrs. Kelly was told as her
husband walked into the kitchen.
"That's fine, but I don't want you letting the boys eat a lot of
candy during the movie."
"Janet, I'm shocked that you would think that I would let the
boys do something like that and spoil their dinner," Mr. Kelly said
with a grin.
"Oh get going you faker! I've already got some snack bags set up
for you and the boys," came the chuckled response. While giving his
wife one last quick kiss, Mr. Kelly accepted the offered bags and left
to make sure the boys were ready.
"John, let me see Josh's diaper bag for a moment."
"Here you go, dad," John said handing over the requested bag, but
giving his father a curious look as he did so. With a mischievous look,
John's dad held up the snack bags he had just gotten from his wife.
"Boy dad, that's some example you're setting for us," John joked
as he watched his father open the diaper bag and place the snack bags
in the bottom of it covering them back up with the clothes and diapers.
"What can I say. I learned this trick from my parents, so it's
only fair that I pass it along to you boys. Now let's get going so we
can still get some good seats."
Just as they stepped out of the house they saw DJ walking across
the yard.
"You didn't need to walk down DJ. We were planing on picking you
up," Mr. Kelly said.
"I know, but I felt this was just as quick." The point was
accepted with a quick shake of his head.
"OK then, let's get going we still have on stop to make." Mr.
Kelly announced as he herded the boys into the car. Minutes later they
were picking Caleb up and heading off to the theater.
"Uh, dad won't we get into trouble for parking here?" John asked
as they pulled into an open handicap parking slot.
"Not at all," came the response as john's dad hung a handicap
placard in the window. The boys just nodded at this got out of the car.
Mr. Kelly was smiling openly at the antics of the four boys as they
walked up to the ticket window.
"May I help you?" The cashier asked as they stepped up to the
window.
"Yes, I have a pass for five to the special showing," Mr. Kelly
stated as he handed over the letter he had.
"Just a moment please," they were told as the letter was taken
and the cashier walked over to a nearby manager. The boys saw the
cashier hand the letter over to her manager and softly mumble something
to him while pointing over her shoulder towards them.
"What's going on, dad?" Josh asked as they saw the manager head
towards them.
"I have no idea Josh, but I get the feeling were about to find
out," Josh's dad replied.
"Mr. Kelly?" the manager asked as he came up to them.
"Yes? Is there a problem?"
"I'm afraid that we can't accept this letter. If you and your
party will step over here for a moment," they were informed politely.
"I'd like to know why the letter is being refused first."
"I'll explain everything if you'll please step over here first so
we don't block up any further," they were asked more firmly. Rather
than make a scene Mr. Kelly and the boys did as they were asked.
Once they were off to the side the manager asked Mr. Kelly to
follow him into the nearby office. The boys were motioned to stay put
as Mr. Kelly followed the manager into his office.
"Would you now please explain why the letter is being refused?"
the manager was asked firmly.
"Before I do, I was wondering if the young boy with you on
crutches is the same one they had mentioned a few weeks back in the
paper?"
"Yes, he is the one. But what does that have to do with you
refusing to honor the letter?"
"More that you might think. You see, my three children happened
to be standing near Mr. Wink when he was killed by the one boy. I feel
that if your son hadn't done what he did they might have gotten caught
in any further shooting that might have taken place. Because of this, I
feel that I owe your son a bit of thanks. That is why I can't accept
this letter. What will be happening is that your party will be seated
in one of our private screening rooms. Your letter, of course, will be
extended to whatever showing you would care to see before it's
expiration date."
"I see. If this happens to be the case, then we will gladly
accept and please let me take this chance to thank you in advance."
"It is I who should be thanking your son, but let's keep this a
secret." Mr. Kelly nodded at this as he headed for the door.
"By the way," he asked before opening it, "how are your children
doing?"
"They're still a bit shook up, but are doing fine otherwise."
"I'm glad to hear that."
As this conversation was going on in the office the boys were
getting a bit worried about the delay, as well as the stares they were
getting from the other people.
"Hey Josh! Think quick!" A voice called. Josh turned around just
in time to see a hand coming right at him and stopping less than an
inch from his face.
"You're still pretty slow there, Kelly," David laughed as he
looked down at his shorter friend.
"Think so, David, then you better look down for a moment," Josh
replied with a grin. On looking down, David saw one of his friend's
crutches resting lightly between his legs and as close to his balls as
his hand was to Josh's face just a second before.
"I see your point," David said with a laugh.
"So this was the family outing you were telling me about, huh?"
Josh questioned.
"Yep. My mom won a drawing at work for the tickets. Besides, I
told you I would probably be seeing you later.
"That's true, you did."
"So, you want to sit together if we can?"
"I'd like that, but we seem to be having a bit of a problem at
the moment. You go ahead and get a seat. My dad will probably want us
to sit neat the back because of my leg."
"OK. Well, if I don't see you in the theater I'll talk to you
guys at school tomorrow." Josh and Caleb both nodded at this as their
friend walked off to join the rest of his family. Just as David walked
off they saw their dad come out of the office.
"Everything has been taken care of. It was just a slight mix-up,"
Mr. Kelly told the boy.
"If you'll follow me, I'll show to your seats," the manager told
them. All the boys were shocked to see that they were being taken into
one of the private screening rooms.
"There is a private restroom through the door there, and you'll
find a soda dispenser against the side wall. Enjoy the movie," they
were told as the manager walked out of the room and closed the door
behind them. The lights dimmed, and the previews started just as they
took their seats.
"Does anyone need a diaper change before the movie starts?" Mr.
Kelly asked since he knew that Josh was probably wet by this point.
"Yeah, I do," Josh and Caleb both said at the same time getting a
laugh from the rest of the group.
"John, you can change Josh, while I handle Caleb," John was told
by his father. Both boys were back in clean diapers and sitting in
their seats just as the first movie started.
Meanwhile at the Kelly household, Mrs. Kelly was finishing
putting Josh's newly cleaned clothes away and was getting ready to put
John's away. Normally she would have just laid the folded clothes on
her son's bed for him to put away later, but today she decided to put
them up herself. As she was doing this the first diaper related items
she came across were partly used bottles of baby lotion and powder. She
shook her head at this, thinking that he might be using the items for
another reason. The undeniable proof came when she was hanging items up
in his closet and she saw an ill-concealed diaper sticking out from a
box. On opening the box, Mrs. Kelly discovered herself looking at a box
that was filled to capacity with both diapers and disposable training
pants. After putting everything back as she found it she left the room
and went about the rest of her cleaning. An hour later she gave up
trying to concentrate on her cleaning. After a few moments of thought
she decided to give DJ's mom a call. she felt that since the other
mother had three sons in diapers she might have some insight about what
was going on with her son and what she might be able to do about it.
"Thanks for coming over on such short notice, Pa,." Mrs. Kelly
said as the other woman walked in.
"It's OK, Janet. I didn't have anything else to do. So what did
you want to talk to me about?" Mrs. Morrison asked as she took the
offered seat.
"I'm not even sure where to begin on this."
"Why don't you just start at the beginning, and go from there,"
Pat prompted as she took a sip of coffee.
"I'm not really sure where it began, but it all came out a few
days ago. I had sent Erin in to let John know dinner was about ready,
and when he got up to turn off his TV she told me that she could have
sworn that he was in a diaper at the time and when I woke John up this
morning I saw the same thing."
"I see. have you talked to John about this yet?"
"No, I wanted to see if maybe we were seeing things first."
"And were you?"
"Unfortunately, no. While I was putting some of John's things
away, I ran across a box full of some diapers and Pull-ups that Josh
had received when we got his cloth diapers in. They were the wrong size
for Josh to wear so we put them in storage until Josh would be able to
use them. I guess John decided to give them a try first. I just want to
know where I went wrong on this?" Janet asked herself out loud.
"Don't look at this as something you did wrong. Some kids just
have a natural tendency to want to wear diapers. In some, it's them
looking for something they missed while growing up. John could be one
of them," Pat told her friend.
"That is a possibility. We did force John through potty training
at a young age because we didn't want to deal with two kids in diapers
at the same time. And then there were all the years he had trouble with
night time control. And then all the things that had been happening
recently, I mean with our moving and then all the problems we had with
Josh getting injured."
"This could be John's way of coping with all the stress."
"But what about later, and he still wants to wear them? I mean
whoever heard of a twelve year old wearing diapers when they didn't
have a medical reason behind it?"
"I would think that your best course would be to talk it over
with John calmly and see what he has to say about it. And there are
some web sites that you could look up for more information. The only
thing you need to make sure John knows is that regardless of how this
turns out you still love him." Pat announced. The last part being said
sternly. Mrs. Kelly nodded at this.
"That I already planned to do," she said convincingly. The rest
of the afternoon the two ladies talked about what products worked best
for their boys and traded stores about what it had been like getting
them toilet trained. Mrs. Morrison was just getting ready to leave when
her husband and the boys got home from the movies.
"So how were the movies?" John and Josh were asked by their mom.
"It was great!" they said in unison starting to go into great
detail about the movies. Mrs. Kelly laughed at this as she held up her
hand to get the boys to stop talking.
"Don't tell me about it. I might want to see them myself, you
know," she said with a smile. She then turned to her husband and
started speaking to him.
"Arthur, would you mind taking Josh upstairs and getting him
ready for a nap?"
"But I'm not tired." Josh stated through a partially concealed
yawn.
"Well, you'll be taking one anyway," he was told as his mom gave
him a light swap to his diapered rear. With the mass that she felt when
she did this she knew her son had messed his diaper at some point
during the movie.
"Josh was right Janet, he wasn't tired. He was exhausted," Mr.
Kelly told his wife a short time later as he came back downstairs.
"I figured as much," came the smiled response. She then turned
her attention to her oldest son.
"John, there's something we need to talk about."
"What's that, mom?" John asked nervously.
"Why you had a diaper on when I came in to wake you up this
morning and why I found some of the diapers and training pants Josh got
in your room when I was putting away your clothes today?" she asked
softly. John's reaction was not what she was hoping for.
"You mean you went searching through my room?"
"John, you had been acting strange for some time and I was
worried," His mom started, but was cut off.
"So instead of talking to me beforehand, you decided to go
looking through my stuff. You had no right to do that!" he nearly
screamed.
"John..." Mr. Kelly started, but didn't get a chance to finish as
John got up and ran from the room. A few seconds later they heard John
roughly closing his bedroom door. Mr. Kelly was just about to go after
his son when he felt his wife put a hand on his shoulder.
"Let's leave him alone for awhile," she said softly.
"He did have a point, we should have talked to him about it first
before invading his privacy." Her husband just nodded at this and sat
back down. They talked about what they planned on doing about this turn
of events for several hours.
"Mom, dad, I'm home!" Erin called as she walked through the door.
"What's for dinner? I'm starved," she continued while taking off
her coat.
"We decided that we were going to go out instead. If you want to
go get the boys up and changed we be on our way." Erin gave her mom a
curious look with the statement she heard, but didn't say anything.
"John, time to get up. We're going out for dinner." Erin called
through the closed door.
"Go away! I'm not hungry," came the muffled reply catching the
tone her brother was using she didn't press things and went to wake
Josh up and get him changed.
"Josh, it's time to get up now. Mom and dad are taking us out to
dinner," she announced as she shook her brother's shoulder.
"Huh?" came the sleepy answer from under a pile of blankets.
"I said, we're going out to dinner and you need to get up," Erin
laughed as she pulled off Josh's covers. After helping him over to his
changing table, Erin removed the sweat pants her brother had on and
started untaping the Thickies diaper he was wearing.
"Looks like dad was the one who put you down for your nap."
"How could you tell?"
"Easy, dad is the only one of us that will use the disposables at
home," Erin told him with a smile as she finished untaping the diaper
and pulled it down exposing Josh's groin to the cold air. Josh shivered
slightly at this, but the feeling didn't last long as Erin started
running a warm diaper wipe over the area.
"I'm really glad that mom picked up that wipe warmer. You could
get a cold from constantly having a cold wipe run over that area," Josh
said through a small yawn.
"I'll take your word about that," Erin replied with a laugh.
After making sure Josh was thoroughly cleaned and lotioned, Erin
reached under the table to grab one of Josh's Attends and opened it up.
"Lift up a moment." she said as she shook out the diaper a little
more. Josh soon felt the diaper being slipped under him and after
judging that it was at the right spot he lowered himself down on it
with a slight sigh.
"I have to say Josh, you're doing a lot better now than we first
started this," Erin commented as she sprinkled her brother's groin with
powder and brought the diaper up snugly between his legs, taping it
closed afterwards.
"OK, now that that is over with, let's get you dressed," Josh was
told as he was helped down from the table once his sister had placed
the old diaper in the Diaper Genie.
"Would it be OK if I dressed myself this time?" Josh asked as he
limped over to his bed.
"I don't think that would be a problem. Just call if you need any
help, though," he was told as his sister tossed him some pants and a
shirt.
"What about my socks and shoes?"
"I'll be taking them down with me. we don't want you trying that
just yet. Just come down when you're done," Erin told him as she took
the shoes and sock with her leaving the bedroom door open as she left
the room.
"Where are the boys?" Mrs. Kelly asked as she saw Erin come down
the stairs.
"Josh is getting dressed, and John said he wasn't hungry."
"Not meaning to sound nosey, but what's up with John anyway? He
sounded like he was upset," Erin told her parents.
"After what you told me the other night, I decided to wake John
up this morning and I too, found him wearing a diaper under his pants.
Well, while the boys were out at the movies today I looked through
John's room and found out that we weren't seeing things. Anyway when
they got home we tried to talk to John about it, but when he found out
that I had gone through his things he got mad and stormed off to his
room." Mrs. Kelly informed her daughter. Before Erin could say
anything, Josh came into the room.
"I'll go up and get John while you help Josh on with his shoes."
Erin was told by her mom.
"Actually mom, with the mood John is in right now, I think it
would be best if we just left him home and brought something back for
him." After giving this a moments thought, Mrs. Kelly nodded and took
an offered shoe and sock from her daughter. Once they had Josh ready
the three of them headed out to the car that had been warming up.
"Where's John?" Mr. Kelly inquired as they got in the car.
"He decided he wasn't hungry," he was informed by his wife. With
an understanding nod he put the car in gear and off they went.
On returning home about two hours later they found John asleep
in his room.
"John we brought you home some dinner if your hungry," Mrs. Kelly
said softly to her son.
"Listen John, I'm sorry for what I did earlier today. You were
right I should have come and talked to you first about it. It's just
that I didn't know how to react to what I saw this morning. Did you
start having accidents again? Is that why you were using the diapers?"
John was asked softly. John barely nodded his head in response at this
question before he started crying again.
"It's OK, John. Your father and I understand why you were doing
this. I will say though, that I'm slightly disappointed that you didn't
feel that you could talk to us about it and felt that it would be
better to try and hide this from us," Mrs. Kelly told her son as she
pulled him into a hug
"I would like an honest answer to my next question, OK?" she
added while moving John around so she could see his face. Again, all
John did was nod in reply. Taking a deep breath, Mrs. Kelly asked the
next question.
"If you stopped wetting tonight, would you still be wanting to
wear diapers to bed?"
"Yes." came the barely audible answer, but something in John's
eyes prompted her to go further.
"What about during the day?" She asked. John dropped his head to
avoid eye contact but nodded his head. His mom accepted this without
saying anything, but pulled John closer to her.
"It's OK. We'll work something out," she murmured to him.
"You're not disappointed, are you?" John asked a few minutes
later in a scratchy voice.
"Only in that you felt you had to hide this from us. Now you go
ahead and eat your dinner before it gets to cold," John was told as him
mom pointed to the box she had placed on his desk. As John got up, she
noticed the top of some Pull-Ups sticking out from under his pants.
"Are you wet?" she asked him as he sat down to eat. The red color
that rushed up her son's neck was all the answer she needed.
"As soon as you're done eating, I want you to get out of that wet
trainer and get a shower. I'll be up later to help you get ready for
bed." John was told as his mom gave him a kiss in the head and left the
room.
"OK kids, time for bed," their mom announced a couple of hours
later.
"Aw mom. Can't I stay up just a bit longer?" Josh whined.
"No you can't, you have school tomorrow young man, Now come on
and we'll get you ready for bed," Mrs. Kelly said while giving her
youngest a light slap to his rear.
"Erin, would you mind taking care of Josh tonight. I need to help
John with something."
"Sure mom, that won't be a problem." She said with a knowing
smile.
"C'mon squirt let's get you into a clean diaper," she added while
pushing her brother towards his room.
"OK John, let's get you ready for bed," John's mom said as she
walked into her son's room.
"MOM!! What are you doing?!" John yelled as he quickly grabbed a
shirt to cover up his groin.
"Well, I think I'm coming to help you get ready for bed," she
stated, ignoring John's outburst as she walked up to him and pulled the
shirt he was holding over his front down.
"I think I'm perfectly able to get ready for bed."
"Normally that would be true, but I think that rash you have
makes it obvious that you aren't doing nearly as good job as you
think," she informed her son as she lead him over his bed.
"Now you stay right there and I'll be back in a moment," John was
told after his mother took a quick survey of the rash John had gotten.
"What are you going to do?" John asked nervously.
"I plan on getting some cream for that rash of yours," came the
reply as she walked out of the room.
"Everything going OK, mom?" Erin asked as her mother walked into
Josh's room.
"Oh just fine. John's gotten a bit of a rash and I was going to
get some cream for it. Erin was told as her mom walked over to the
cabinet that they kept Josh's extra diaper supplies in. Erin just
grinned at this and started back to her task of changing her younger
brother.
"What was all that about?" Josh asked after his mother left
holding a bottle of diaper rash cream. Figuring that Josh would know
soon enough about what was going on she told him.
"John's been having some nighttime accidents again and instead of
telling mom and dad about it he tried to hide it by using some of the
larger diapers you got a while back. I guess he wasn't doing to good of
job on the clean up."
"Sounds like it," Josh said with a laugh, thinking that this
would be a great way to have some fun with his older brother.
John was still lying on his bed when his mom returned a minute
later.
"OK, now let's get you ready for bed," John was told as his mom
stopped by his closet and opened the box that he kept his diaper stash
in. Knowing that his mom knew where he kept them caused john to turn a
beat red. Seeing how this was embarrassing her son, Mrs. Kelly decided
to do this as quickly as possible. She had John cleaned and diapered
within five minutes from the time she started.
"Sleep tight honey," Janet Kelly told her son after John had
slipped into a pair of sweat pants and climbed under the covers of his
bed.
"Goodnight mom. And mom, thanks for understanding," he added as
his mom walked out the door.
"You're welcome, John," she said as she turned off his bedroom
light and closed the door. After tucking in her youngest son, she
headed downstairs for some time alone with her husband.
"I take it he didn't try to fight you helping him get ready for
bed," her husband commented as Mrs. Kelly sat down next to him.
"Well, he put up a bit of a fuss, but I think he realized that it
was a losing battle and just accepted it," she responded with a smile.
Her husband laughed at this. The rest of their evening went by quietly,
though they were both worried about what would happen the next day when
Josh returned to school for the first time since the shooting.
Chapter 13
"John, time to get up!" his father yelled through the bedroom
door while giving it a few firm slaps.
"All right! I'm up!" John called back sleepily as he threw off
his covers and sat up in bed.
"I really hate Monday mornings," John mumbled to himself as he
climbed out of bed and started pulling off the sweat pants he had on.
Like on all the previous mornings to this one John saw that his diaper
was wet. With a small sigh, he untaped the soaked diaper and wiped down
his groin with a diaper wipe. Just as he finished doing this and
pulling on some clean underwear his mother walked into the room without
knocking.
"Can't a guy have any privacy around this place anymore?" he
fumed.
"I was just wanting to make sure you were up," Mrs. Kelly stated
as she picked up the rolled up diaper that was laying on the top of
John's dresser.
"I can see that, but you could have knocked first," John replied
as he pulled on his pants.
"Don't take that tone with me, young man, or you just might find
yourself wearing a diaper to school instead of those briefs," John was
informed sternly. From the look in his mom's eyes John could tell that
she was serious about the threat. John quickly said he was sorry and
continued getting dressed for the day. With a small nod of her head
John's mom left the room and went off to help her youngest get ready
for school.
"Josh, It's time to get up now," Josh was told softly as his mom
lightly put her hand on his shoulder. Though, the second Josh felt the
hand on his shoulder he bolted off the bed like a coiled spring being
released.
"I'm sorry honey. I didn't mean to startle you," Mrs. Kelly
gasped as she tried to get her breathing back under control. Josh
nodded at this with a faint grin at seeing how shaken his mom was by
this.
"It's OK," Josh replied as he climbed out of bed and limped over
to his changing table.
"I see John had another wet night," Josh stated as he saw his
mother place the wet diaper she was carrying into his Diaper Genie.
"Yes he did and I don't want you saying a word about it," he was
told as his mother snapped the lid closed and turned her attention to
him.
"OK, I won't," Josh told her as he got his diaper changed. Within
a couple of minutes of Josh's mom walking out of his room the whole
family was downstairs having a quick breakfast.
"You already for the day, Josh?" John asked as his little brother
sat down.
"Sort of, but I'm a bit nervous because of all of Billy's friends
being around," Josh said while looking down at his plate.
"I don't think you'll have as much to worry about as you think,"
Josh was told by his father.
"You think so?"
"I can assure you of this. I don't think that Billy had too many
'friends' to begin with and those that might try to give you a hard
time will have to deal with your teacher and friends," With a smile
Josh thought about this and figured that his father was right. All too
soon, though, he was being told that it was time for him to be heading
off to school.
Josh's nervousness grew as he walked towards his class from the
first time in almost three weeks.
"Hey Look! The diaper boy is back!" Seamus O'Connor called as he
saw Josh walk into the class room. Josh felt his blood boil a bit on
hearing this, but was happy to see that the only people that looked
like they were laughing belonged to Billy's gang.
"Thank you for letting us know that, Seamus," Mr. Barrett stated
from his desk, "That just cost you your recesses for the next week."
Seamus looked stunned at this and started to open his mouth to protest
this. before he could though, he was cut off by Mr. Barrett's next
statement.
"And if you say one more thing you'll lose them for the rest of
the year. This goes for the rest of the class as well. I'll say this
one last time so there are no misunderstandings. If I hear anyone
harassing another student either physically or verbally they will be
punished severely. Is this understood?" Everyone in the class nodded
their understanding to this. Turning his attention back to Josh who was
still standing in the doorway, Mr. Barrett addressed him.
"It's good to have you back in class, Josh. If you'll kindly take
your seat, we can get to work." Josh nodded to this and quickly hobbled
over to his desk after stopping long enough to hand his teacher the
packet of homework he had finished the night before. The rest of the
morning went by quickly and with no incidents.
As the lunch period came closer Josh once again found himself
becoming nervous. Seeing this Mr. Barrett pulled Josh aside as he was
having the class line up to head to the lunchroom.
"If you'd rather have lunch in the room Josh, I can arrange to
have David bring your lunch back down to you," Josh was told softly.
"Thank you, but I'd rather eat with the class," He responded
softly. Mr. Barrett smiled at this and with a small pat on Josh's good
shoulder he sent the younger boy to get in line with his class.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Josh?" David asked when he saw
how tense his friend was.
"Yeah, I'm sure. If I don't do this now, then I'll never get over
what happened," he replied softly to his friend, but with conviction.
David accepted this, but decided to keep an eye on Josh anyway.
After getting their lunches, the two boys went to the table that
Caleb was holding for them. Josh was surprised to see Tim and Eric
sitting at the table as well. he knew that they were friends with
David, but had never struck up any conversation with them. Josh nodded
a hello at them as he took his seat, but didn't say anything to them.
"I'm glad you guys are here," ,David said, as he sat down as
well, "I talked to my mom the other night and we have things set up for
the slumber party to happen this weekend. You guys interested?"
"I'm game for that!" Tim said excitedly.
"Me too," Eric echoed. Caleb was nodding, but looked a bit
apprehensive about it.
"How about you, Josh?" David asked when Josh hadn't answered.
"I'd love to come, but I'm not sure how much fun I'll be on these
damned sticks."
"Don't worry about that. We'll make sure you get in on the fun,"
Eric said before David could.
"Well, if you're sure I won't slow you guys down any, I'd love to
come," Josh said smiling. The rest of the lunch time went by with them
talking about what they had done over the last couple of weeks. Josh,
however, noticed that nothing had been said of the shooting and was
happy about this since he was still coming to terms with what had
happened himself.
All to soon the boys were having to herd back to their classes.
As Josh started to walk out of the lunchroom he felt one of his
crutches being kicked out from under him.
"SON OF A BITCH!!" Josh yelled as his bad shoulder caught the
edge of the doorway as he tried to keep himself upright.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Kelly. My foot slipped," Josh heard from behind
him. With a blinding rage going through him, Josh spun around and
pushed his attacker to the ground. before the other boy could even
figure out what was happening, Josh had flipped the crutch he was still
holding on to and brought it down like a rifle butt into the other
boy's face, giving him a bloody nose in the process. A pin drop would
have been heard in the silence that followed. With a sudden realization
of what he had just done Josh dropped the crutch and slid to the floor
sobbing. About this time Mr. Hadley, the new vice-principal, came into
the room. One of the lunchroom workers intercepted him and told him
what had just happened. While this was happening David noticed a
bloodstain growing on the shoulder of Josh's shirt.
"Mr. Hadley, I think we better get Josh to the nurse. I think he
might have pulled some of his stitches," Giving Josh the once over, he
gave David his consent to take Josh to the nurse's office, while he
herded Seamus off to his office.
"What happened this time!?" Mrs. Timmons asked in surprise as she
saw David helping Josh into her office while Caleb followed them
holding Josh's discarded crutches.
"Seamus kicked one of Josh's crutches out from under him and Josh
hit his shoulder on a door," David told her as he helped Josh on to a
couch.
"OK. Get a pass from the office and get back to your classes.
I'll take things from here," Mrs. Timmons sighed as she knelt down to
cut Josh's shirt off him.
"I'll call you tonight, Josh," David called as he left the room.
"I must say Mr. Kelly, you are certainly making sure I earn my
pay this year."
"Sorry, but this isn't exactly what I expected this year to be
like either," Came the reply through gritted teeth.
"Well, it doesn't look serious, but you will need to get some new
stitches. I'll give your mom a call and she can run you to the ER to
get fixed up. About this time, Mr. Hadley walked in to see how Josh was
doing.
"You seem to have a knack for getting in trouble, don't you,
son?" he stated
"If you say so. By the way, who did I hit and how are they
doing?" Josh received a slight chuckle from that.
"You happened to hit one of your classmates and he is doing fine.
All you did was give him a bloody nose. I will say though, you should
be glad it wasn't worse than that."
"I'm sure, but at the time I was hoping that it would be," came
the all to honest reply.
"I see. Well, right now the principal and I are still trying to
figure out what to do with you. As things stand right now, you seemed
to be acting in self-defense. We'll give your parents a call later on
tonight and let you know what we decided." Josh nodded at this. He
figured that he would end up getting some form of punishment from this,
but just wasn't sure how bad it would be. His mother was absolutely
livid when she arrived at the school a short time later and after a
quick conference with both principals she took Josh back to the ER.
"We really must quit meeting like this, Mr. Kelly. People might
start talking," The doctor said she walked into the exam room. Josh
chuckled at this.
"It doesn't look like it's very serious," Mrs. Kelly was told a
short time later.
"We will need to put in some fresh stitches and it should be
fine. I'll send in a nurse in a minute to clean the wound some more and
get the stitches put in," Dr. Dawson said as she pulled off the exam
gloves she was wearing. Mrs. Kelly nodded at this and sat back down
near Josh's head.
"Uh, mom? Did you by any chance bring any clean diapers with
you?" Josh asked with some embarrassment.
"I'm sorry Josh, I didn't think to bring any with me. You stay
there and I'll go see if I get one." Josh gave his mom a funny look
when she asked him to stay there since he knew he wasn't going to be
going anywhere for a while. While his mom was out of the room, the
nurse came in to take care of his shoulder.
"DJ? What are you doing here?" Josh asked when he saw the nurse.
"I'm sorry, you must have me confused with some one else," the
nurse replied as he bent over to take care of Josh's shoulder.
"Sorry, it's just that you look like one of my brother's
friends," came the sheepish reply.
"Oh, you must be talking about my younger brother. I get that all
the time," the nurse replied with a chuckle. As he started cleaning off
the blood around the injured site Josh's mom walked back into the room
carrying a clean diaper along with some cleaning supplies.
"How's he doing?" she asked as she set the things down on the
edge of the bed.
"He'll be fine." At this time Mrs. Kelly got a better look at the
nurse who was sewing Josh's shoulder up.
"You wouldn't have a relative named DJ, would you?" she asked.
"Yes, I do have a younger brother named DJ. Your son already
asked me about that."
"I must say that the family resemblance is remarkable."
"I know," came the chuckled reply.
"Well, that should about do it. The doctor will be back in a few
minutes to take a final look," the nurse told them as he stood up.
About this time another nurse came into the room.
"Dan, I just thought I'd let you know that your brother is being
brought in and should be here in a couple of minutes."
"Do you know which brother and what happened?"
"I think it's DJ, he fell down some stairs at his school and
broke a leg."
"That dumb shit," Dan responded with a chuckle. As he turned
around and knew from the expression on Josh's mom's face she had heard
his comment.
"Sorry about that, but DJ is always doing something like that,"
he explained with a smile and left the room to await the arrival of his
brother. Once Josh and his mom were alone again she opened the snaps on
the legs of Josh's pants and pulled them up around his waist so she
could get to his soaked diaper.
"I must say Josh, you're getting to be quite a pro at finding
trouble," he was told with a smile.
"I know what you mean and..uh..speaking of trouble, there's
something I think you should know," Mrs. Kelly looked up with a bit of
a frown when she heard this.
"What did you do, Josh?"
"I..uh.. sort of hit the kid that tripped me..," Josh started
before being interrupted.
"That's not surprising. I'd be stunned if you hadn't hit him, or
is there more?" she asked on seeing the look on her son's face.
"I kind of hit him in the face with the stock of my crutch," Josh
answered sheepishly.
"Oh god, Joshua."
"I know. It just sort of happened before I even knew what I was
doing."
"We'll talk more about this when we get home," Josh was informed
as his mom continued to remove his soiled diaper and clean him up. The
doctor returned just as the new diaper was pulled up between Josh's
legs.
"Would you like me to come back in a moment?"
"No, that's all right. I was just finishing up," Mrs. Kelly told
her as she went about taping Josh's diaper closed.
"I see that Dan did his usual excellent job of sewing," the
doctor announced as she took a look at the now closed wound. After
writing out some care instruction the Kelly's were told that Josh could
go home. Just as they hit the entryway to the ER waiting room they saw
DJ being rolled by on a gurney. DJ, though, was in too much pain to
recognize them. With a shrug they walked out to their car and headed
home. While back in the ER DJ was getting his leg tended to.
"DJ, if you don't stop that cussing right now, I'm going to tape
your mouth shut!" Dan told his brother crossly. Figuring that his older
brother was serious DJ stopped the cussing that he was doing.
"That's better. Now what happened this time?" Dan asked as he
started filling in a treatment form.
"Slipped on a wet spot on the stairs. Didn't catch myself in
time," came the gasped answer. The doctor entered the room just as DJ
answered this.
"Morrison, what is it with your family? Wasn't one of your other
brothers in last month with a busted collar bone and a week later your
other one came in with a sprained wrist?"
"Uh, yes sir, I believe it was."
"I think we might have to start offering your family a volume
discount with all the business you send our way," he joked.
"I'm sure my parents would enjoy something like that," This managed to
get a small laugh from DJ.
"Well, let's get these off and take a look at that leg," Dr. Bass
said as he pulled a pair of scissors from his coat and cut most of the
way up the left pant leg on DJ's jeans. After doing this, he unfastened
the pants and with Dan's help he pulled the pants off his patient.
"It seems that you have managed to break the tibia in your left
leg in what seems to be two different places. We'll get some X-rays
just to make sure," Dr. Bass said after a quick look at the leg and
then turned to Dan and continued, "I assume you'll want to take
personal charge of this?"
"Yes, if it's OK."
"I suppose we can spare you for a short time. I will suggest that
you get him into a clean diaper and a gown before taking him over to
Radiology."
"I'll see to it," the doctor was told. DJ turned a bright red
when his brother asked a couple of student nurses in to assist with the
diaper change.
"Was that really necessary?" Dan was asked as the students left
the room and DJ was rolled into the hall.
"Yes, it was. If I had tried doing it alone it would have jarred
the leg too much," Dan told him bluntly. DJ was back in the exam room
twenty minutes later. Dr. Bass and his brother came back in a short
time after that.
"Well, bug, you really messed things up this time," Dan announced
as DJ's X-ray was placed on a viewing board.
"How's that?"
"The doc was right, you managed to break your leg in two
different places. The good news though, is the breaks were clean," Dan
said with a slight chuckle. A few minutes later DJ found himself laying
on a hard table in another room with his doctor and brother putting
some rubber gloves on.
"Now DJ, I want you to relax as much as you can while I set your
leg," Dr. Bass said as he took hold of the injured leg. DJ started
whining lightly at this point.
"Don't worry DJ, This will only hurt a lot," Dan joked as he
nodded to Dr. Bass. Before DJ could say anything, he heard a sharp
popping sound and a wave of pain hit him hard.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled as he grabbed his
brother's offered hand. Even over DJ's yell a sharp crack could be
heard.
"You OK there, Dan?" Dr. Bass asked looking up.
"I think my brother just broke my hand," Dan stated through
gritted teeth. This got both DJ and the doctor laughing softly.
"Go have Dr. Lewis take a look at it and send Janice in to help
me here," With a nod Dan left the room, but not before he gave his
brother a withering look.
"I think it might be a good idea if you stayed away from him for
a few days," Josh was told with a smile.
"I think you might be right," came the laughed reply. As things
turned out DJ had broken Dan's wrist when the doctor set his leg. Try
as he might DJ was unable to keep from laughing when his brother joined
him in the waiting room about an hour later.
"I'm really sorry about that, Dan. It was a complete accident,"
DJ told his brother through fits of laughter.
"Yeah, right. Let's just get home. I'm sure mom and dad are
wondering what happened to us."
The rest of the week went by quickly for both Josh and John. As
Friday evening came along both boys started getting ready to head out
for sleepovers. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly were pleased by this because Erin
was also going to be out for the night so they were getting some much
needed time to themselves.
Chapter 14
"Josh, I talked with David's mom last night and we set it up that
you would just go home with David after school. I'll drop David's
present off once I'm done dropping you off at school." Josh was told as
he finished breakfast.
"Thanks, mom."
"You're welcome. Now, I'll only tell you this once. I want you to
listen to what Mrs. Kessler tells you."
"Yes, mom," Josh answered with obvious boredom. Mrs. Kelly
decided to ignore this and went about eating her own breakfast. Inside
of the next hour, Josh found himself walking into his classroom.
"You guys already for tonight?" David asked his friends during
the first recess. Every stated that in some way they were.
"What time should we be over?" Caleb asked a moment later.
"Yeah, I guess that would be helpful, wouldn't it? David
chuckled.
"Come over about Six and everything should be set up by then."
All the boys nodded at this and after a few more minutes Tim and Eric
walked off to join some of their other friends.
"Are you sure nothing will be said about my problem?" Caleb asked
after the other two boys walked off.
"Don't worry about it, Caleb. I can assure you that nothing will
be said about that either during the party or afterwards." David told
his smaller friend with total confidence. This calmed Caleb down and
nothing more was said about it. For the remainder of the morning Josh
concentrated on his classwork, thinking to himself how quieter the
class was without Billy or Seamus in the class anymore. Josh was still
a bit nervous about the letter he had gotten the other day stating that
he was going to be summoned as a witness in Billy's trial that was
going to be starting in a few short weeks. He was planning on bringing
this up at his next doctor's appointment on Monday.
"Class it's time to get ready to go to the assembly." Mr. Barrett
called shortly after the class got back from lunch. At this
announcement everyone started to put their work up and got in line to
head to the gym.
"Do you have any idea what this is about Josh?" David whispered
"Not a clue. I guess we'll find out in a bit won't we." Josh
replied, also whispering.
"I'm sure you're all wondering what this assembly is for." Mr.
Tiergardt stated once everyone had taken their places on the gym floor,
except for Josh, who was provided with a chair.
"I was contacted about a week back from a group of gentlemen that
wished to present one of our students with a commendation for his
actions during the incident that occurred here just a short time
before. With no further hesitation I would like to turn the floor over
to Colonel John Wainwright and Major James Chamberlain. Gentlemen, the
floor is yours."
"Thank you, Principal Tiergardt. I was pleased when you agreed to
our coming here so quickly after our contact with you." Col. Wainwright
said as he stepped up to the microphone.
"As you all know, one of your classmates was recently injured
during an attack on your school. The young man is well known to both
myself and most of the people under my command. For the courage he had
shown just a few months ago I felt the need to make an official record
of that courage. Joshua Kelly would you please join us up here please?"
Josh turned a deep red at the sound of his name being called out. With
a little trouble he managed to get to his feet and limped up to the
front of the gym. Josh gave a small grin as he looked up at the older
gentleman looking down at him. Continuing in a voice that would have
carried even without help of the microphone, Col. Wainwright started to
read from a folder he was carrying.
"Attention to Orders! Let in be known from this the 3rd day of
February, Two Thousand Nine, Joshua Scott Kelly is hereby granted the
honorary rank of Captain in the Twenty-second Regiment Of her Royal
Majesties Special Air Services with all the responsibility and
privileges thereof. Along with this commission, I have the privilege to
present Captain Kelly with the George Cross for Valor. Congratulations,
Captain." Josh stood there in stunned silence as the colonel took a
medal and plaque from his uncle and after pinning the medal on his
shirt handed the plaque to him.
"Thank you, sir." Josh replied in a highly choked voice as he
accepted the offered plaque.
"No son, thank you for remembering some of the things you had
been shown. Though, I would suggest that if the time ever comes again
you'll know better than to turn your back on a potential enemy." Josh
was told softly as he was lead away from the podium. Josh just nodded
at this. He seemed rather surprised when he finally looked up and saw
his family standing off to the side of the gym.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked is amazement.
"Did you really think we would not be here to see you get your
commission?" his father joked while giving his son a hug.
"I didn't even know I was going to be getting it."
"Well, we've known about it for a couple of weeks now." his
mother said while giving her youngest a hug as well.
"And you didn't even tell me about it? Thanks a lot," Josh said
with a smile.
"James you look stunning like that." his sister informed him as
he joined the group a moment later.
"Thanks, sis. I have to say that you guys look a great deal
better yourselves over the last time I saw you," he answered with a
laugh as he gave his sister a hug. Then he turned back to his nephew.
"Josh this is something I wanted to give you in private," he said
as he pulled out a rather beat-up looking beret.
"This was the first beret I was issued after joining the
regiment. I'd like you to have it," Josh was told as his uncle placed
the beret on his head.
"Those Captains pips used to be mine as well," he added with a
grin.
"Thanks," Josh said simply, but his uncle knew the true feelings
underneath that one small word.
"You're Welcome."
After this exchange, Josh was able to catch the last portion of
the citation that David was getting for his part in the incident. After
a couple of other non-related awards were given out the assembly ended.
About thirty minutes later, David and Josh were heading back to class.
"Why didn't you tell me about what you did after I passed out?"
Josh asked his friend.
"I don't know. I guess, I just didn't think it was that big of
deal."
"David keeping my butt alive may not be that big of deal to you,
but it sure as hell is a big deal to me."
"I just didn't want to have a big deal made of it."
"I know what you mean. I didn't want that big of deal made out of
what I did either. I guess we both failed about that." Josh said with a
chuckle.
"Ain't that the truth," David replied, chuckling as well.
"Seriously though," Josh stated "I owe you one for keeping my ass
in one piece."
"You're welcome." With the assembly over the rest of the day went
by quickly for the two boys and they were soon waiting out front of the
school to be picked up by David's mom.
"Do any of you need to be changed?" Josh, David, and his brothers
were asked as they walked into the house.
"I'm doing OK for now mom." David replied while he set his
backpack down.
"What about you other boys?" both of David's brother also
responded in the negative. Josh however turned a bit red at this
question. Mrs. Kessler took this as a yes to her question and motioned
for Josh to follow her.
"There's no reason to be embarrassed Josh. everyone here knows
that you wear diapers and as I'm sure you have already guessed, the
others do as well."
"I know, it's just that mentioning that I need to have my diaper
changed around young kids is still taking some getting used to." Josh
told her as she unfolded David's changing pad and motioned for Josh to
lay down on it. Josh soon found himself being stripped of his pants,
and his wet diaper being untaped.
"It sure looks like you loaded this one down there kiddo." Mrs.
Kessler joked as she pulled down the front of Josh's diaper. Josh
turned red at this, but smiled a bit as well.
"Lift up a moment, please," Josh was told as David's mom started
to roll up the front of his diaper. Josh soon felt the comfortable
feeling of a warm diaper wipe being run across his butt and balls. Mrs.
Kessler smiled a bit as she saw the contented look on Josh's face as
she ran the wipe over him. The look was soon accompanied by a small
sigh as Mrs. Kessler applied lotion to the just cleaned area.
"Lift up again, Josh" Mrs. Kessler told him after sprinkling
powder over his groin. Josh sighed again as he lowered himself on to
the familiar bulk of a clean diaper. Seconds later, Mrs. Kessler had
the front of the diaper pulled up snuggly between the young boy's legs
and was taping it securely shut.
"OK, you're all done. You can go play now," Josh was told as he
was helped back into his pants, and to his feet.
"Just let me know when you need to be changed again, OK?" Josh
was told as David's mom walked into the bathroom to wash her hands and
dispose of the old diaper.
"Feeling better now?" David asked with a grin as his friend
walked in to the family room.
"Yeah, lots. " Josh replied with a grin of his own. For the next
several hours Josh, David, and David's brothers played video games
while waiting for dinner.
"David, would you like to stay in your Goodnites, or change over
to a diaper before everyone else arrives?" David's mom asked his as
they finished up dinner.
"I'll stay in the Goodnites for now. Those aren't quite so
obvious and I don't want Caleb thinking I'm making fun of him." His
mother gave him a pleased look on hearing this.
"I would suggest then that you go up to your room and change into
a clean one, if you need it, before the other boys get here. I'll get
everything set up downstairs while you're taking care of that."
"OK mom, thank you," she was told as her oldest son headed up to
his room with his friend in close pursuit.
"I can see why you have underwear on over those. They would have
fallen off long before now if you hadn't been." Josh laughed on seeing
the condition of the Goodnites his friend had on.
"I wouldn't be talking Josh. You haven't been doing much better
with some of the diapers I've seen you leave behind here at times." his
friend shot back as he ran a wipe around his groin to get the stale pee
off him. Turning serious for a moment, Josh turned back to his friend.
"Do you think Tim and Eric will be cool about the fact that Caleb
needs to wear diapers?"
"They don't have a problem with it. I already talked to them
about it and they didn't seem to care one way or the other. Besides,
they both wear diapers to bed also."
"Really? How do you know?"
"They were two of the people I had asked over for the first
party, and I overheard my mom talking to their moms about it. We also
had a couple of sleepovers while you were in the hospital and they both
had some on when they went to sleep. Though, don't tell them that I
told you. They're kind of shy about that." Josh just nodded at this.
"David, your other guests are here!" he heard being called
upstairs by his mom.
"OK, Mom. I'll be down in just a minute!" David called back as he
stepped in to a pair of clean Goodnites and quickly put his underwear
and pants back on.
Soon the house reverberated with the sounds of seven Pre-teen
boys. Since David's younger brothers were not going to be able to join
the older boys Mrs. Kessler thought it wise to get the cake and
presents out of the way first. David was surprised to see that his
friends had gotten him several games to go with his new PlayStation 5
system along with several music CDs. Once most of the cake and ice
cream was gone and the wrappings from the presents cleaned up, Mrs.
Kessler ushered her younger boys upstairs to watch the movies she let
them pick out to watch during the party.
"I'll let you boys know when it comes time to get ready for bed.
And Josh, just let me know when you need to be changed." Josh mumbled a
quick reply to this. Slightly embarrassed by the open remark about
needing his diaper changed.
"OK, Now let's try out some of these games!" David announced
excitedly as he set up one of the games at random. While all this was
going John was getting ready to head over to his own sleepover.
"I want you to make you listen to DJ's parents while you're over
there tonight John." His mother told him while getting out some clean
clothes and handing them to him.
"You know I will, mom," John replied as he stuffed the offered
clothes into a duffle bag.
"About what time do you expect to be home tomorrow?" John was
asked as he headed over to his closet.
"That depends on whether they ask me to stay for breakfast, or
not. It shouldn't be any later than eleven or twelve," he replied as he
grabbed several diapers and trainers from the shelf that had been
recently put up to hold them. Given the space that was still bare, John
had the feeling that his parents would be filling it up with certain
items soon enough.
"OK, but no later than noon. You'll still have chores to do and
don't think you'll get out of them by staying up all night."
"Now Mom, do you honestly think that I would do something as
underhanded as that?" John replied with a smile.
"In a heartbeat," she laughed back while giving her son a light
slap to his rear. Not surprisingly, she felt her hand connect with a
training pant, or diaper. She couldn't tell which.
"I'm going now. I'll see you guys tomorrow," John called a few
minutes later.
"Have a good time John, and stay out of trouble!" his father
yelled to his son's retreating back. As John headed up the street he
saw a dark colored car stop briefly by a nearby storm drain toss
something out of the back and then speed off. John was almost tempted
to go see what the car threw out, but figured he was already running a
bit late and the item was probably just trash.
"Hey David, I'll be back in a moment." Josh called out about an
hour later.
"Aww, does wittle Joshy need his dydee changed?" Eric joked on
hearing this.
"Why, do you want to come and watch or something, Eric?" Josh
shot back smiling as he was the other boy turn red at his comment. With
a laugh, Josh headed up the stairs.
"Hold up for a second, Josh, I need to use the bathroom." Caleb
called while he got up to join his friend.
"Mrs. Kessler?"
"Yes, Josh?"
"I need to be changed." Josh told her sheepishly.
"OK, head up to David's room. I'll be there in a minute. Do you
need some help also Caleb?" She asked a second later on seeing the
smaller boy with Josh.
"Yes, ma'am." came an equally sheepish reply. With a nod, David's
mom got up from her seat and followed the two boys into her oldest
son's room. Within ten minutes both boys were sporting clean diapers
and were heading back down to join the party.
"Great! I was wondering when we were going to start a game of
pool," Josh called out on seeing Tim racking the balls up.
"We just needed to finish that one round of video games," Eric
called out while taking a healthy swig from his bottle of pop.
"OK. The game is Eight-ball. Tim and David will be on one team,
Josh and I will be on the other. Caleb you can float between both
teams," Eric called out.
"That's OK Eric, I've never played the game before. I'll just
watch for now." Caleb replied. With a nod Eric accepted this and after
lining his shot up he broke the racked balls up and the game started in
earnest.
"All right Caleb you've watched long enough. Time to get into the
game." David told the smaller boy thirty minutes later.
"But..."
"No buts. We want everyone to join in on this party. Hey Tim, why
don't go get the step stool out of the bathroom so Caleb can get a
better view of the table." David interrupted.
"You got it."
"I don't want to cost you guys the game," Caleb mumbled to Eric.
"Oh, you mean like this?" Eric called back as he purposely
knocked the Eight-ball into a nearby pocket.
"Now that that game is over, It'll be a free for all. You keep
shooting till you miss or you knock in either the Eight-ball, or the
Cue ball. Knocking either of those in will take you out of the game.
the first person to be the first to knock out the Eight-ball after all
the other balls are off the table is the winner," David informed
everyone as he racked the balls up. Tim returned a few seconds later
with the requested step-stool. The other boys took the next couple of
minutes to show Caleb the best way to hold the stick and how to aim
with it. Little did the smaller boy realize that every time he bent
over to aim his shirt would rise up, exposing the top couple of inches
of his diaper. Tim and Eric both saw this right away, but kept quiet
because they knew Caleb would find out soon enough that they wore
diapers as well, at least to bed, anyway.
"I think I know someone who needs to have their dydee change,."
DJ said with a smile several hours later.
"And who might that be?" John replied with a laugh.
"I think, that would be you." DJ laughed as he caught the
waistband of his friend's pants and pulled them down. John laughed as
his friend exposed his soaking wet trainer.
"See, I told you it would be you." John laughed even harder at
this.
"Well, I bet you're wet also." John laughed as he grabbed DJ's
snap-away pants and pulled. Both boys laughed even harder as the snaps
gave way and John ended up rolling onto the floor.
"WILL YOU GUYS KEEP IT DOWN UP THERE?!!" DJ's older brother
yelled from the living room a second later. Grabbing a couple of the
diapers he brought with him, John climbed back onto the bed and started
untaping his boyfriend's wet diaper. After giving DJ's crotch a quick
wipedown, John decided to give DJ his special treatment. This had both
boys groaning with pleasure inside of a couple of minutes.
"Thanks, I needed that." DJ sighed a few minutes later.
"I'm glad you liked it." John panted as he started back in on
getting DJ into a clean diaper.
"Now, It's my turn." John said as he secured the last tape onto
the front of his friend's diaper, and started pulling off his wet
trainer. After propping himself against the headboard of his bed, DJ
pulled John in closer to him and reciprocated what he had just had done
to him. Twenty minutes later the two young lovers were snuggled against
each other watching a movie.
"OK boys, it's time to get ready for bed." David's mom announced
an hour later.
"Can't we stay up a little longer, mom?" David pleaded.
"I just said it was time you boys to get ready for bed, not that
you had to go to bed." she laughed while setting down the basket she
had with her.
"Who's first?" She added a second later while shaking out her
son's changing pad.
"Who's first, for what?" Eric asked with feigned ignorance.
"You all know what I mean. I'm sure you've all figured out by now
that you all have one thing in common aside from being boys," Mrs.
Kessler stated while reaching into the basket again.
"I'll go first," Josh said knowing full well what was about to be
pulled from the basket.
"Very good. The rest of you can start getting undressed, while
I'm taking care of Josh." With all the boys turning red except for
David, they complied with the request. Caleb and Tim were both so
embarrassed they couldn't even look at the others. David's mom managed
to have all five of the boys diapered and into their PJ's inside of
thirty minutes. With a final good night and warning for the boys not to
stay up to late she headed upstairs for the night.
"I'm really sorry about that guys. I thought my mom would have
pulled us aside one by one when this came." David apologized to his
guests.
"It's OK. I knew the rest of you would have found out anyway, so
I guess it's not that big of deal." Tim told the rest of them.
"Yeah, same here. At least now we don't have to worry about
hiding them. Speaking of which, Would you guys mind if I took off my PJ
bottoms? I'm not used to wearing them." Eric asked.
"I don't have any problem with that. You guys can do whatever
you're comfortable with." David told them as he dropped his pants
exposing his diaper. Soon the only one that still had his bottoms on
was Caleb and even he ditched them after a short while of seeing his
friends going without theirs. The boys finally fell asleep around One
o'clock the next morning. As he fell asleep, Caleb felt that this night
marked a big change for him.
Chapter 15
"Time to get up boys!" David's mom called the next morning,
smiling a bit when she saw that the family Rottweiler laying over the
top of one of the boy's sleeping bags.
"Just a few more minutes mom, please?" David mumbled sleepily as
he turned over in his sleeping bag.
"You said that five minutes ago, now get up or other methods will
be used," On hearing this, David's eyes came open as he scrambled to
get out of his sleeping bag.
"That's better," David heard his mom say with a chuckle.
"I'll get the other guys up, just give us a few minutes."
"OK, but don't take to long. Breakfast is almost ready," David
was told as his mom headed back up the stairs.
"All right guys, time to get up," David said through a yawn. Tim
and Eric stirred at this and slowly woke up. Josh, and Caleb, however,
kept on sleeping.
"C'mon Caleb, time to get up!" David told him a bit louder and
shook his shoulder as he did so.
"All right, I'm up already," Caleb said as he brushed David's
hand from his shoulder.
"Oh boy, do I need a change!" Caleb mumbled as he got out of his
sleeping bag and started to stretch to get out the kinks that set in
while he was sleeping. On looking around, he could see that the other
boys around him were in the same boat. With all the noise going on
around him Josh soon started to wake up as well.
"So nice of you to join the land of the living," Eric laughed as
Josh poked his head out of his bag.
"Well, it's kind of hard to sleep with all the noise you guys are
making. It's even harder when you have part of a two hundred pound dog
laying over the top of you," Josh commented while trying to push the
dog off him.
"David, would you mind getting this four-legged carpet off me?"
David laughed at this while calling out to the dog.
"C'mon Cujo, It's time to go out! Let's go boy!" On hearing its
name being called the dog's head came up off Josh's chest, and he
bounded off, barely missing Josh's bad leg.
"I think David's mom is going to need to fumigate down here," Tim
announced as David walked off to let the dog out.
"I know what you mean. It is a bit ripe in here," Eric laughed in
reply.
"Well, I know that Caleb and I are probably adding more than our
fair share of the aroma," Josh added, then looked over to the smaller
boy.
"Let's go get a quick shower before we make these guys ill,"
Caleb just laughed a bit at this and followed Josh into the bathroom.
Within minutes both boys had removed their dirty diapers and were
standing under a spray of warm water.
"Hey Caleb, would you mind soaping down my leg there. I can't get
to it."
"Sure, I can do that," Josh soon felt the soapy cloth being run
over where he had gotten shot and winced a little. Caleb stopped when
he saw this but Josh motioned him to continue.
"It's OK," Caleb nodded at this and kept up with what he was
doing. Ten minutes later they came out of the bathroom to find the rest
of their group in different stages of getting changed.
"I was wondering where you two wandered off to. Have a seat and
I'll be with you in a minute," They were told by David's mom as she
pulled the front of a clean diaper up between Tim's legs.
"All done," she announced a few moments later as she gave Tim a
light slap to his padded behind. With a small smile he got up off the
changing pad and started getting into some clean clothes.
"I think we can leave the bandage off for a while, so your wound
can get some fresh air to it," Josh was informed as David's mom
finished taping up his diaper and handed him a pair of shorts. Soon all
the boys were sporting clean diapers and were heading upstairs for
breakfast.
"DJ, if you and John want any breakfast before I head to work you
better get your butts down here now!" Dan called from the bottom of the
stairs.
"We'll be down in a minute!" John called back down as he turned
over to wake his boyfriend up.
"It's time to get up DJ," John announced softly while blowing
into DJ's ear.
"Will you quit that?!" John was told while his friend patted at
his ear. John laughed as he got out of bed and headed towards the door.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Down to breakfast. Why?" John asked with a smile as he reached
the door.
"Well, not to be a prude or anything, but don't you think you
should get some pants on?"
"Why? I'm sure your brother has seen kids our age wearing diapers
before." DJ shook his head and laughed at this as he too got out of bed
and joined his friend at the door wearing just a long T-shirt and his
obviously wet diaper. Soon both boys were sitting at the table eating
the meal that DJ's older brother had made.
"So, DJ, have you told mom and dad yet about you being gay?" Dan
asked plainly as both boys were taking a drink. As expected, both of
them started choking when they heard this statement.
"What do you mean?" DJ asked nervously.
"I think you know exactly what I mean. Besides, I've seen how you
two tend to look at each other when you think you're not being
watched."
"I'm not sure what you mean."
"Right. If this is how you want to handle it for now, that's
fine, but you guys should at least keep the volume down when you decide
to have a little extra fun," John and DJ both turned a bright red at
this last statement. They turned even redder as Dan continued his
little speech.
"I'll promise you now that I won't say anything to mom and dad
about this, but I'll be there if you need my support when you tell
them. Also, I want you both to start using protection when you decided
to have sex with each other. If, you guys are too embarrassed to get it
yourselves let me know and I can get the supplies for you. Or you can
talk to John's parents." John started to say something when he was
interrupted.
"I've already talked to your parents about this, John, and
they've agreed not to make any comments about it if you ask. Going from
the talk I had with your mom, I believe it's safe to assume that you've
already told them," Dan stated. Even though John knew this was more of
a statement than a question his nodded his head that it was correct.
"I'm going to tell you guys this only once, if I find out that
you're not using protection when having sex, I'll come down on both of
you like a ton of bricks. Is all this understood?" Both boys looked at
DJ's brother and could tell he wasn't kidding. After all this was said,
the rest of the meal was finished in silence. It was only as John got
up from the table that he could tell that his already wet diaper was
almost to the point of leaking and from what he could tell, DJ's diaper
was doing much better.
"Well, I need to head to work. If you guys ever need to talk to
me about what was said feel free to do and don't worry, anything that's
said will be kept private unless I think that doing so will prove to be
a danger. And DJ, you two can clean the dishes before you go out," Dan
said with a smile as he walked out the door.
"Jeez, DJ! I thought we were toast when your brother started
talking down there," John stated as they entered DJ's room and
collapsed on the beds.
"Tell me about it. I didn't realize that we were being that
obvious."
"I guess it was more obvious than we thought. I don't know about
you, but I really need to get a shower," John smiled as he started to
untape his soaked diaper. With a smile of his own, DJ joined his friend
in removing his diaper and they soon were headed into the bathroom.
"Damn, Josh how did you do that?" David asked in amazement as he
watch Josh dispatch his game character.
"Oh, did I forget to mention that one of my friend's dad works
for the company that makes this game and he sent me a copy of it while
I was in the hospital along with a game manual that has all the hidden
codes in it," Josh said with a large smile on his face.
"Yes, as a matter of fact you did forget to mention it. Why
didn't you bring it over some time I would have loved to have played it
before it was released," David replied with a bit of disgust in his
voice.
"I wanted to. But they said that I wasn't to mention it to anyone
before it was released over here," Seeing that his friend was being
honest about this he dropped the subject.
"Well, you think you could show us some of the other things that
you can do," With all of the boys grinning, Josh changed over to a
secret screen that none of the other boys knew was there. Over the next
several hours Josh showed them all the things that the game was able to
do if the person knew the right codes.
"Hey John, I think we better start back to your house. I need to
be home soon," DJ told his friend after taking a look at his watch.
"OK, but there is something I want to check out on the way
first."
"I guess that would be OK. I don't think that would get me into
to much trouble."
"So what was it that you wanted to take a look at?" DJ asked as
they started up the street to their houses.
"I saw someone throw something into the drainage ditch last night
and I was wanting to see what it was."
"Oh, OK," A few minutes later John was lowering himself into the
drainage ditch and quickly located what he saw thrown out of the car
the night before. After a few minutes, John was carrying a black case.
"Damn, this thing is heavy. I wonder what's in it?" John wondered
aloud.
"I don't think it would do any harm to open it up," DJ suggested.
"Yeah, I guess we could. You can call from my house and let your
brother know you'll be a little late."
"OK. I don't think he'll mind." Several minutes later both boys
were taking off their wet clothes and leaving them by the front door as
John's mother always insist they do. After doing this, John lugged the
heavy case into the dining room and after laying out a towel on the
table he set the case down.
"I wonder what the combination to this lock is?" John mumbled
after several minutes with no luck in opening it.
"This might be a wild guess, buy why don't you try the number
that's stamped on the case," DJ said as a smart-alecked suggestion.
With no better ideas, John tried this and surprised both of them when
the latches popped open when John tried them again.
"And let's see what's behind door number one," John chuckled as
he opened the case. nothing could have prepared either of the boys for
what the case held.
"OH SHIT!!" DJ mumbled loudly as he stared into the case.
"MOOOMM!" John yelled out as he reached his hand out to see if
what he was seeing was real. After not hearing a response to his yell
John called out again, just as his parents came through the front door.
"What is it, John?!" Mrs. Kelly demanded as she raced into the
room thinking that someone was hurt.
"I think you better call the police," John said in a soft voice
while pointing to the case he had just opened.
"Oh My!" Mrs. Kelly exclaimed as she looked into the case her son
was pointing at and saw that it was to the top with money.
"I think you might be right," She replied after a moment of
stunned silence.
"What was all that yelling about?" Mr. Kelly asked as he came
into the room while his wife was on the phone with the police.
"John found a case full of money," DJ announced like a little kid
on Christmas morning. Seconds later, Mrs. Kelly rejoined the group.
"The police suggested that we take the money in to the nearest
station. They can't spare any cars at the moment unless it's urgent,"
the group was told.
"DJ, you might want to call and have your parents meet us at the
station."
"My parents took my younger brothers out for the weekend. Dan is
the one watching me," DJ told them.
"Well, call him and have him meet us at the station then," DJ
nodded at this and dialed the number to the hospital where Dan worked.
"OK, I'll see you later then," DJ said a few moments later as he
hung the phone up.
"Uh, Dan was wondering if it would be OK if I slept here tonight.
Something happened downtown and they got called into help. He's not
sure what time he's going to get home."
"That shouldn't be any trouble," Mr. Kelly said.
"Before we head out, let's wait for Josh, and Erin to get home.
That way we can just go out and get something," Mrs. Kelly suggested.
Mr. Kelly agreed to this. Josh and Erin both arrived home ten minutes
later and were informed that they were going to be going out to dinner
after making one short stop. They were both a little confused when they
saw their father pull into the police station parking lot.
"Why are we stopping here?" Josh asked as they pulled into a
parking spot near the door.
"John and DJ found something earlier today that they want
returned to the owner, and the police would be able to help on this,"
Josh was told by his father.
"You all might as well come inside with us, I have no idea as to
how long this might take," Mrs. Kelly announced as she opened the side
door to the mini van allowing the kids to get out.
"May I help you?" The desk officer asked as the group stepped up
the her.
"Yes. My son and his friend found this case earlier and we wanted
to turn it in so the owner of it might be found," Mr. Kelly informed
her.
"All right. If your group would like to have a seat over there.
I'll call someone out to help you," she told them while pointing to a
set of benches along the far wall. Ten minutes later, an officer came
out to get them.
"Sir? I'm Officer Davidson. I was told that your son found
something they would like to turn in," Mr. Kelly was told as he shook
the officer's hand.
"Yes, that's correct."
"If your group would like to follow me, we'll get the paperwork
started on this," they were told as they followed the officer into a
squad area.
"Now, which of you boys found the case?" Officer Davidson asked
while Mr. Kelly placed the case on a table in front of them.
"I did," John said.
"I was with him, as well," DJ piped in.
"OK, and where did you find the case?"
"In a drainage ditch down the street from my house," John replied
while giving the officer their house address. John also added what he
had seen the night before as well.
"OK, and did you boys try to open the case before bringing it
here?"
"Yeah. We thought that maybe there would have been some sort of
ID in the case that would help us find who the case belongs to," John
answered.
"The combination for the locks are those numbers on the handle,"
DJ added, while the officer was still writing.
"I see. Well, let's open the case again and see what we have on
our hands," The officer said with a slight smile as he put some rubber
gloves on so he wouldn't add any more prints that were on the case. His
smile quickly faded as he looked into the case. He quickly closed the
top of the case and called over to a sergeant that was nearby.
"Uh...Sarge. Could you come over here for a minute?"
"What do you need, Aaron?" he asked as he stepped over to them.
"These boys brought in this case they found earlier, and I think
we need to get some more people over here for it," the officer replied.
Having his interest aroused, the sergeant also put some gloves on
and opened the case himself. Nothing could have prepared him to be
looking into a case filled with thousand dollar bills.
"I think you're right," he replied in a stunned voice. In seconds
though, he had regrouped his senses, and started calling out some
orders. While he had the first officer finish filling out the report.
"Mr. Kelly, if it is all right with you, we'd like to fingerprint
both boys so when we check the case we will be able to tell which
prints are theirs." With a nod, Mr. Kelly gave his permission. Soon
John and DJ were having their fingerprints taken. Twenty minutes later,
Officer Davidson and the unnamed sergeant came back out to them.
"We'll need you to sign the report, please," Mr. Kelly was told
as he was handed a clipboard.
"Did you find out you it belonged to?" he asked while he signed
the form.
"There was a note in the case, and we're already checking into
it," the sergeant replied.
"If you can say, how much was in that case?" Mr. Kelly asked as
he signed the last page of the report in his hand. Without saying a
word, the younger officer pointed out the line that had an amount
written in on it.
"Is that for real?" came the astonished reply on seeing the
figure that was written in. The look that he got in return answered
that question.
"I see. Well, thank you very much for your time," Mr. Kelly said
as he handed the clipboard back and took the offered hands.
"We'll be in touch when we find out anything. And just so you
know, if no one claims it in the next thirty days it's yours, or rather
your son's and his friend," Mr. Kelly nodded at this still trying to
sort everything out.
"How much was in the case, dad?" John asked as they all walked
back out to the van.
"I'll tell you in a month, but let's just say it's more than
enough for you to go to college on," the tone John heard in his dad's
voice told him not to press any further.
"So, how much do you think was in the case?" DJ asked, as he and
John lay in bed that night.
"I have no idea, but going from what my dad told me it would have
to be a couple of hundred grand at least."
"I just wonder if I should tell my parents about it when they get
home tomorrow?"
"I think it would be better if you did. That way they don't get
any major shock if we do get the money we found," John said sleepily as
he snuggled up against his boyfriend. DJ nodded at this, as he leaned
over to turn the night stand light off.