THE KELLY'S COME TO AMERICA

Chapter 51

	"Josh, time to get to bed," his dad announced a couple of hours 
later.
	"Do I have to go to bed now? It's only 8 o'clock." Josh stated 
after looking at his watch.
	"Yes, you do. You'll be going to bed early the entire time you're 
on ground. And if you say anything else, I'll start doubling what your 
mom gave you. So what's it going to be?"
	Seeing that his father was serious, Josh headed off to get ready 
for his shower. He stopped cold when he saw his mom waiting for him in 
his room.
	"Let's get you out of those clothes so you can get your bath," 
Mrs. Kelly said like she was talking to a toddler.
	"Is all this necessary, mom?" Josh whined as he was helped on to 
his changing table.
	"Of course it is. I mean, if you can't be trusted to follow a 
simple instruction as coming straight home then we certainly shouldn't 
think that you'll be able to handle something as complicated as getting 
ready for bed," Mrs. Kelly told her son in the same childish tone she 
used before. Seeing that it was no use to try and fight this, Josh lay 
back and allowed his mom to undress him.
	"I see that you're still a little soaker, aren't you?" Josh was 
kidded as his shorts were removed exposing a very wet diaper.
	"I guess we'll need to start checking your diaper as well if you 
don't know when you need to change yourself."
	"MOM!" Josh started to whine before he found a pacifier being 
placed in his mouth.
	"Now just lay back and let mommy do all the work." Josh started 
to cry a bit as his mom pulled out some wash cloths and started to give 
him a sponge bath right on his changing table. Once all this was done, 
Josh found himself being placed into several of his night-time cloth 
diapers. Mrs. Kelly chuckled a bit when she saw the trouble her son was 
having just trying to get his legs closed enough so he could get off 
the table. With a smile, she helped her youngest sit up as she pulled 
out an extra long T-shirt and placed it over his head. As soon as the 
shirt was on, Josh felt his mom pick him up and carry him over to his 
bed.
	"Now you stay right there and I'll be back in a few minutes," 
Josh was told after his mom tucked him in.
	"I hope she doesn't do what I think she is," Josh though to 
himself after his mom left the room. This wish was destroyed when 
Josh's mom came back into his room a few minutes later carrying a 
bottle.
	"Now I want you to be good and go right to sleep. I don't need to 
tell you what'll happen if I have to come up and have you settle down." 
Josh just nodded at this, as he took the bottle his mom was offering 
him. Josh drifted of to sleep a short time later.
	Josh awoke the next morning to the feeling of his diapers being 
removed.
	"Morning Thumper," Erin told her little brother cheerfully the 
next morning as she continued to remove his soaked night diapers.
	"Morning. You know, I'm perfectly capable of changing myself," 
Josh stated with a yawn.
	"I know you are. Mom though, had other ideas," Erin replied 
apologetically.
	"I guess this means mom plans on treating me like a little kid 
for the entire ground." Erin nodded at that statement.
	"You know, I wonder whether this is due more to what I did 
yesterday, or mom still being pissed about what happened over the 
summer," Josh commented while getting a fresh diaper put on him.
	"I would have to say the latter given what I had heard mom and 
Aunt Emily talking about after we got back to the hotel the knight you 
got knighted."
	"What did you hear?"
	"Aunt Emily said she was concerned about how you seemed to be 
acting more like an adult at times than a little kid."
	"Jeez. I try to live up to the expectations people placed on me 
due to the honors they gave me and they think I'm flipping out. Not to 
mention seeing someone get their head blown off and almost killed 
themselves would be enough to age anyone. I mean, look at how John acts 
at times now." Josh could tell that Erin had noticed the same changes 
in their brother that he had. The only difference being was that Josh 
recognized it earlier and understood it far better than anyone in the 
family ever could, with the exception of their uncle.
	"And please don't tell mom about this. She's liable to pull the 
same thing that she is with me with John and I get the feeling that he 
would be less inclined to accept it peacefully than I am." Erin just 
nodded at this and finished changing and dressing Josh in silence.
	"Be sure to put your dishes in the dishwasher before you leave 
for school and start the machine as well. I'll see you after school," 
Mrs. Kelly told her sons before she left for work.
	"OK, mom see you then." John replied between bites.
	"Mom sure seem to be laying all this stuff on kind of thick." 
John told his brother once he heard the car pull out of the driveway.
	"Tell me about it. Erin and I came up with a plausible reason as 
to why as well," Josh replied as he took his dishes into the kitchen 
and placed them in the dishwasher as requested. Once Josh got back to 
the table he started explaining to John what Erin had told him while 
changing him that morning.
	"That does sound plausible. I guess the things that have happened 
these last several months may have shaken mom up more than we thought. 
Do you think we should tell dad about this?"
	"I don't think it would do much good right now. If I were to tell 
him about this while on ground, he would probably just brush it off as 
mom doing this as part of the punishment."
	"You're probably right. We'll we better get going before we miss 
our bus," John said after checking his watch. Josh nodded at this and 
grabbed his book bag as he got up from the table. John joined him a few 
minutes later.
	"Hey Josh. Hey John," DJ called out as he saw them walking down 
the street to the stop.
	"Morning, DJ. You already for another fun day?" John asked with a 
grin.
	"Yeah, right," came the scoffed reply.
	"You'll never guess who I saw coming out of the changing rooms 
yesterday," John told his friend with a smile.
	"Who?"
	"Scott Elston.
	"Man, his dad really must have been pissed at him to still have 
him in diapers," DJ laughed.
	"Tell me about it. I guess this is one of those permanent set-
ups." John replied with a chuckle.
	"It's going to be priceless in gym today then. From what I've 
been able to gather, it seems like they've got all the diaper wearers 
in the same gym class."
	"That makes sense. It'll keep the harassment down to a minimum." 
John laughed as he saw the bus heading up the street.

Chapter 52

	Josh's day seemed to be going normal with little to no homework 
in any of his classes yet. He was even surprised that he was getting 
almost no comments about wearing diapers. His easy day though came to 
an abrupt halt when he got to his English class.
	"OK people, let's settle things down," Mr. Allison called as he 
walked into the room.
	"You've all got to enjoy a nice time away from school, but the 
fun is over starting now. So for your first assignment, I want you to 
tell me what you did over the summer and what you plan on getting out 
of this class. I want it to be at least four pages in length and ready 
to turn in by this time next week. And before any of you start 
complaining about it, I would suggest you think twice before you do." 
Josh caught the tone being used in the last part of the teacher's 
statement and kept his mouth shut. Several others, however, decided to 
ignore this.
	"C'mon, how can we possible get a paper that long done that 
quickly?" One of the boys in the back called out. The smile that Mr. 
Allison got while looking down at his roll sheet told everyone that the 
kid had just made a very big mistake.
	"I'll tell you what...Mr. Leighton, is it?", Mr. Allison asked to 
make sure he had the right name. When the kid nodded he continued, 
"Since you don't feel that a week is enough time for this project, you 
can turn it in by the start of class on Monday. Then maybe next time 
you'll feel a week is enough time. Also, I'll be lowering the grade of 
the paper by one letter grade over the one earned for each day that 
it's late." The class sat in stunned silence at this.
	"Now, if there are no further questions, we can get on with the 
business of the day." Most of the class was shocked when Josh raised 
his hand.
	"You have a question, Mr. Kelly?"
	"Yes, Sir. On papers like this do you allow the use of word 
processors?" Josh asked nervously, since he knew his handwriting left a 
lot to be desired.
	"I do allow for the use of word processors in this class. 
However, I still expect a handwritten copy of the paper to be turned in 
with it as well." Josh nodded at this in slight relief. Knowing that he 
would have a way to get around having to redo papers because the 
teacher had a hard time reading it. David was giving him a slight grin 
when he looked over at his friend. With this question answered, the 
class started with full force.
	"I bet that one kid is sorry he opened his mouth now." David 
laughed as he and Josh left the class.
	"Tell me about it. Though I have a bigger problem." Josh said 
glumly.
	"What's that? Mr. Allison already said we could type the papers 
out." David answered in confusion.
	"No, the problem is the subject of the paper. You and I both know 
that he's going to have a hard time believing what I put in that 
paper." Josh stated. Finally understanding what his friend was saying, 
David agreed.
	"Well, you could always have your mom send a signed note along 
with it if he doesn't believe you." David Joked to try and lighten the 
mood. He was shocked to see that his friend actually looked like he was 
going to suggest it to his mom.
	"How's the day been going so far Josh?" John asked as Josh joined 
them at their table.
	"Not bad, I have a bit of a problem with an assignment for 
English though. Though David did give me an idea to get around that." 
Josh told them, mentioning what the assignment was over and David's 
joked suggestion.
	"You're right Josh, Allison will never believe a word of it. 
Maybe you should give David's idea some thought." John answered 
laughing. Seeing the confused looks on everyone else's face, except 
DJ's and his brothers, got John laughing even harder.
	"You better tell them Josh. I don't think I can." John said 
through fits of laughter. After taking a deep breath, Josh started in 
on the events of the past summer.
	"You're shitting us, right?" One of the other boys blurted out as 
Josh was finishing. John and Josh both gave him a cold look.
	"You're not kidding, then?" The boy continued as he took in the 
look from several others at the table. The other kid shut up for the 
rest of the period after giving a hasty apology.
	Like the day before, Josh and John got up and headed off to the 
nurses office so they could change before the beginning of their next 
class.
	"I'll see you after next hour, Josh." John told his brother as he 
headed off to his next class. Josh just nodded at this.
	"OK people, sit down and pay attention." A loud voice call just 
after the tardy bell rang.
	"I'm Mr. Grissom, your friendly P.E. Instructor. I'm sure by now 
most of you know what you have in common with each other, aside from 
being boys. For those of you that don't have a clue as to what I'm 
talking about, you'll find out shortly. I don't want to hear any 
comments or harassment of any kind. If I do hear any uncalled for 
comments then you'll have to deal with me, and then you have to deal 
with the principal. Now when you hear your name called I want you to go 
through the door marked boys' locker room, find your locker, and start 
dressing down for the period." About half the boys listening to this 
little speech smiled a bit since this was the same one they had gotten 
in years past.
	"You got to be kidding me!" A voice called out from the doorway.
	"Hey Coach? Is there any way I can get transferred to another 
class. I don't want to be stuck with all the babies." Several of the 
older students near the kid looked like they were ready to go over and 
pound the kid flat.
	"Sure Rico, I'm sure they still have some room in the Special Ed. 
Class. Let me check for you. in the mean time Drop and give me 20." The 
kid just stood there not understanding what he was just told to do.
	"I didn't stutter boy. Drop and give me 20. NOW!" Once the kid 
was on the floor grunting out the requested push-ups, Mr. Grissom 
turned to address the rest of the class.
	"IN case some of you didn't understand what I just told you a 
minute ago, I'll tolerate no harassment of any kind in this class. The 
next time, I will be writing out office slips. You all now have 5 
minutes to finish getting ready for class!" Everyone started scrambling 
to finish getting ready for class.
	"Hey coach?" John called as he and Josh came out of the locker 
room a few minutes later.
	"Yeah? Oh, Hello John. How're injuries doing?"
	"Not bad. Still hurts like hell at times." John let slip before 
he could catch himself.
	"I know what you mean." Came the chuckled reply.
	"So what can I do for you?" John and Josh handed him their doctor 
orders preventing them from taking part in gym till further notice.
	"OK. I'm surprised you didn't just opt to take another study 
hall."
	"We thought about it, but decided it would be better to just come 
in and get used to the routine." John's answer caused their teacher to 
smile a bit.
	"OK. You're both expected to dress down each day and I'll let you 
help with setting things up." Both boys nodded at this and let the 
teacher get back to the class.
	"This could get to be a really interesting class." Josh mentioned 
to his brother as they followed the rest of the class outside to watch 
them run laps before starting the activity for the day.
	"Tell me about it. I just wonder how long it'll take me to get 
back into shape once the doctor releases me?"
	"Well, if you start doing light exercises now and slowly build 
them up it shouldn't take you to long to do it." Josh replied to the 
rhetorical question his brother just made with a slight smile.
	"You better not let mom catch you doing stuff like that or she'll 
really have your diapered butt in a sling."
	"She already knows. She walked in on me and David a couple of 
weeks back while we were using a weight machine he got over the summer 
with part of his GN money. Since I wasn't using the leg any and Tim was 
with us she didn't seem that upset. She just told me not to over do 
anything since I'm still growing and not to use the machine any unless 
an adult was present." Josh replied.
	"So that's why it looked like your muscles seems to be a bit more 
defined now. I wonder if mom and dad would be willing to let me do 
something like that?"
	"I doubt they would let you get a weight machine yet. But if you 
talked to mom about it first, you could probably talk her and dad into 
using those health memberships dad gets from work. I know they've been 
talking about using them, but didn't want to leave you or me alone till 
our injuries healed up." John just nodded at this and started thinking 
about a way he could run Josh's idea past his mom. Josh and John spent 
the rest of the period watching the flag football game that was going 
on.
	"OK everyone hit the showers now! That includes you too, Mr. 
Kelly." Mr. Grissom called thirty minutes later. With a nod, john 
headed off to the showers as well. While Josh just when to his locker 
and started to get undressed.
	"Man, I really need to see about changing to a different hour. 
This place smells worse than my little brother's room." Rico called as 
he entered the locker room after finishing up some push-ups that he got 
handed by one of the other teachers for his conduct during the game.
	"Please do. That way I don't have to listen to your comments 
anymore." Josh called out as he dropped his shorts.
	"You got something to say to me, diaper boy?" Rico stated in what 
he though was a threatening tone.
	"Not any more." Josh shot back in the same tone he used on his 
previous statement.
	"You better watch what you say to me, diaper boy. Or someone just 
might get hurt." Rico told Josh while giving him a small push in the 
shoulder.
	"Are you really sure you want to take this to the next level, 
Rico?" Josh asked calmly as he removed his shirt and Rico got the first 
look at Josh's build and more noticeably the scars he had. Seeing how 
calmly Josh was acting along with the scars he had made Rico think 
twice about trying to start a fight.
	"You better be glad that I'm in a good mood, or else there would 
have been trouble."
	"You're right there would have been trouble. Take a look behind 
you." Josh said as he turned back around to get a clean diaper and 
wipes from his locker and walk past the other boy to change in one of 
the stalls nearby. Rico went cold when he turned around and found half 
a dozen upper classmen standing behind him in various stages of dress. 
The two people John saw fastest was Josh's brother and Mr. Grissom. 
Rico's eyes was held captive by the number of still fresh scars John 
had and the more glaring fact that he was still completely naked and 
standing in the middle of the locker room with a teacher behind him.
	"Get your butt showered, dressed, and in my office in ten 
minutes." Mr. Grissom said coldly as Rico walked by him.
	"Sorry coach, but I have my mom picking me up and don't have the 
time to hang around." Rico stated as he headed for his locker.
	"Well, that works out even better. It saves Mr. Krueger the 
hassle of calling them in for a meeting about your attitude." Mr. 
Grissom told the boy with a purely evil grin. Several of the older boys 
that heard this last part started laughing and smiling.
	Twenty minutes later, the two brothers were climbing into their 
mom's car.

Chapter 53

	"And how was your day?" Mrs. Kelly asked her sons as she pulled 
out of the school parking lot.
	"Not bad. Things really got fun in gym." John said with a laugh.
	"Oh, how so?"
	"Some kid tried picking a fight with Josh because of his 
diapers." Mrs. Kelly Just groaned at this thinking that she was going 
to be getting another call because Josh had gotten into another fight. 
Seeing the look on his mom's face, John quickly filled her in on the 
rest of it.
	"Don't worry mom, no punches were thrown. That's what was so 
funny. The kid trying to pick the fight must have thought that since 
Josh was a couple of inches shorter, a good bit lighter, and wore 
diapers he wouldn't stand a chance against him. Normal bully thought 
process." John added before he continued the story.
	"Anyway, the kid gave him a small push and Josh just calmly asked 
the guy if he was really sure about wanting to take it to the next 
level while removing his shirt. It was great to see how fast the kid 
backed down when he saw the scars Josh has."
	"And what do you think would have happened if this other boy 
hadn't seen you and backed down?" Mrs. Kelly interrupted before she 
fully understood what had gone on.
	"That's just it mom, the other kid didn't even realize that he 
had people behind him till after he backed down and Josh pointed us 
out. Josh got the kid to back down on his own and without raising his 
fists at all." John said proudly.
	"Well, that is good to hear. Aside from that, did either of you 
have any other problems concerning your diapers?"
	"Nah, except for about a dozen other people, everyone else wears 
protection of some sort or another." Josh added matter-of-factly.
	"There is one thing I would like to ask you about mom?" John 
started a bit nervously.
	"Yes?" Mrs. Kelly asked, with the feeling that she had a sandbag 
getting ready to drop.
	"Josh mentioned that he had been working out a bit over at 
David's and I was wondering if that I might be able to do the same once 
the doctor takes me off the physical restrictions she has me on now?" 
Relieved that it was something so trivial, Mrs. Kelly gave a mental 
sigh of relief.
	"I don't think it would be a problem. But only after you get the 
OK from your doctor.
	"So Josh, besides the run in you had during gym, how was your 
day?" Mrs. Kelly inquired of her youngest.
	"It wasn't too bad. I do have a bit of a strange request to make 
of you concerning an assignment I got today." John started laughing at 
this as he knew what was coming next.
	"John would you kindly stop laughing and let your brother finish 
his question."
	"Go ahead Josh." Mrs. Kelly prompted once John got his laughter 
under control.
	"Well, I was wondering if you'd be willing to write a note to my 
English teacher about the paper he gave us to do."
	"Josh, I'm not about to write you a note to get out of a school 
assignment and you should know better than to even ask." Josh was 
scolded.
	"I guess I didn't explain it too well. What I'm wanting is a note 
to let the teacher know that what I put in the paper actually happened 
and I'm not just making stuff up." Josh clarified.
	"OH, I'm sorry. I thought you meant you wanted me to write a note 
so you could get out of doing the paper. Yes, I'll be happy to give you 
a note about it." Mrs. Kelly apologized to her son. Though she was 
figuring that she would probably end up getting a call from Josh's 
teacher even with giving him the note.
	"Do either of you need to be changed?" the boys were asked as 
they walked into the house.
	"Nah, I changed after gym." John told her as he headed off to his 
room to drop his books off and start on his homework.
	"OK John, we'll call you when dinner is ready." his mom told him 
since she knew what he was like when her started studying.
	"Follow me." Josh was told as his mom headed off to his room.
	"Up on the table." Josh followed the command. In moments, his 
shoes, shorts and shirt had been removed.
	"Well, it looks like you're still dry so let's get you dressed 
for the rest of the day." Josh was told with a smile as she pulled out 
one of the new snap-shoulder onesies she had ordered for him when she 
had seen how much he had grown over the summer. Josh soon found himself 
standing in front of his changing table as his mother finished snapping 
the crotch closed.
	"You get started on your homework and I'll bring up some snacks 
in a few minutes." When his mom returned with the snacks she made, Josh 
wasn't surprised to see that his drink was being served in a bottle.
	"I really hope none of the guys from school see me like this, or 
I'll never hear the end of it." Josh thought to himself as she sucked 
on the bottle while working on some math problems. While he never fully 
admitted it to anyone, he did find the baby treatment relaxing at 
times. Of course, this wasn't one of those times. But Josh knew better 
than to fight it.
	By the time the boys were called to dinner, both had their 
homework almost completed. Josh arrived at the table to find that his 
dinner had all ready been dished out for him and cut into bite size 
pieces. John and Josh recounted their day again for their father with 
Erin joining in on her day as well. John, of course, started laughing 
again when Josh told their dad about his English assignment. Mr. Kelly 
was laughing on the inside at the thought of the look this was going to 
generate on the face of his teacher, though nothing was said verbally. 
Mr. Kelly knew that this was still a major sore spot with his wife and 
probably would be for sometime to come.
	Once dinner was completed, all the kids' homework for the night 
was finished and checked, and Josh was given his last diaper change for 
the night and placed into some sleepers the Kelly's sat down to play a 
board game. This being a weekly family tradition that stretched back to 
when the elder Kelly's were kids.

Chapter 54

	"Hey Josh, you want to come over after school today?" David asked 
as Josh and John walked up to their bus stop.
	"Yeah, but I'll need to check with my mom first," Josh replied 
thinking back to his recently ended grounding and baby treatment.
	"I kind of figured you would, having just gotten off ground and 
everything," Came the chuckled reply.
	"You have the paper ready for Allison?"
	"Yeah, I finished up last night. My mom attached a note to go 
with it this morning."
	"You mean you actually took my suggestion?"
	"Yeah. Though I still think that Allison is going to think that 
I'm making the whole thing up."
	"I wouldn't be surprised. But you know what they say, Fact is 
often stranger than fiction," David joked as the bus pulled up to the 
stop.
	"You think Rico has learned his lesson over the last week?" Josh 
asked with a smile as he and David took their seats on the bus.
	"Well, if not, I sure they can find another spot for him in the 
Special Ed. gym class."
	"There is that. I have to admit that it was kind of funny seeing 
him run around with the Spec Ed class. Especially when he had to do the 
Hokey Pokey," Caleb called from across the aisle.
	"Tell me about it. I can't remember a time that I've laughed so 
hard. I almost thought I was going to wet myself," Josh called back. 
The rest of the bus trip had the trio joking about the rest of the 
things they had either seen or heard Rico being told to do. Josh of 
course, laughed while he could since he knew that once classes started 
for the day he wouldn't have much time for it since he had both of his 
most hated classes.
	"Ok, everyone. I want you to take out the papers that are due and 
pass them to the front of your row. Then I want you to pull out the 
worksheets I had handed out last Friday so we can go over them," Mr. 
Allison called.
	"Was there another problem over the weekend Mr. Leighton?" Mr. 
Allison asked when he flipped through the papers and didn't find the 
paper he was looking for.
	"There was no problem. I didn't see the need of doing the paper 
when you're already going to fail me on it," The boy replied plainly.
	"I see. Then you won't mind giving your parents this," The boy 
was told as the teacher handed over a sealed envelope.
	"And I wouldn't try to not give it to your parents. I've already 
contacted your mother to let her know that you'll be bringing her a 
note." With this said, their teacher headed back to the front of the 
class. As Mr. Allison headed back towards the front of the classroom, 
Josh wondered if he would be getting a similar note to take home 
himself in a few days. With a mental shrug he figured it wasn't worth 
getting worked up over since he and his parents knew that everything he 
put in his paper was true.
	"So Josh, has Allison said anything yet about your paper?" John 
asked as his brother joined their group for lunch 45 minutes later.
	"Not yet. I figure it'll be a few days before he gets to mine," 
John was told.
	"Man, I wonder where these people learned to cook?" Josh asked a 
moment later as he took the first bite of his lunch.
	"I'm not sure. Though I think they're using stuff left over from 
the Gulf War," one of the others at the table interjected.
	"I could believe it. I think I'm going to have to start bringing 
my lunch if it's going to be like this."
	"At least they didn't offer the Grape bug juice today," DJ 
offered. All the older boys at the table agreed with this statement.
	"I'll see you in gym," Josh told his brother as he got up from 
the table. John just nodded at this as Josh walked off to do a quick 
diaper change before his next class.
	"So nice of you to join us Mr. Kelly," Mr. McThorton said snidely 
as Josh walked into the room after the final bell rang.
	"Sorry sir, I was unavoidably detained," Josh stated has he 
handed over the pass he got from the nurse.
	"Well, maybe next time you should have the nurse help you if you 
can't change your diaper by yourself quickly enough to make it to class 
on time." Several people started chuckling at this comment, and as Josh 
expected, his teacher didn't try to put a stop to it. For his part, 
Josh ignored the comment made by his teacher, but gave the people 
chuckling a withering glance.
	"Well, now that our resident toddler has managed to take his seat 
let's continue our discussion over the Roman Empire." It took all of 
Josh's willpower to keep his mouth shut.
	"Oh, and Mr. Kelly I would suggest you start paying better 
attention if you want to pass this course," Mr. McThorton called out as 
he held up the last assignment the class had done and Josh saw a "D" 
written boldly across the top. This shocked Josh because he had double 
checked all of his answers against the text book before he turned it 
in, as well has having his mom double check it also. With a silent nod, 
he accepted the paper and decided that he was going to have his mom go 
over the assignment with his since he had the feeling he was getting 
shafted. This class put Josh in such a foul mood for the rest of the 
day most people wouldn't come near him. To top all this off, David 
mentioned in gym that something had come up and he wasn't going to be 
able to have any company after school.
	"So, Josh what crawled up your butt?" John asked as they walked 
into their house.
	"McThorton was being a prick again," Josh stated as he told his 
brother what had taken place during class.
	"And how long has this been going on?" Josh's mom asked suddenly, 
causing Josh to Jump because he didn't realize that she was around.
	"Pretty much since the beginning of the year," Josh informed her.
	"Why didn't you tell me about this before now?"
	"I was wanting to take care of it myself."
	"OK. I can understand that. Now We'll see if I can get some 
better results. Could I see the worksheet you were telling John about?" 
Josh was asked while his mom was holding her hand out. Josh nodded and 
dug the requested paper out of his backpack.
	"Isn't this the same paper you had me double check after you went 
through the textbook?" Josh nodded at this.
	"You go on up to your room and get started on any homework you 
have from today and I'll give over this again.
	"OK."
	"And Josh, the next time you start having trouble with a teacher 
like this I want to be told about it sooner than this. Understood?" 
Josh nodded at this and headed up to his room.

Chapter 55

	"Josh, dinner is ready," Erin called on her why past his room.
	"OK. I'll be down in a minute," Josh replied as he finished the 
last of his math homework.
	"Josh, after dinner I'd like to talk with you about the 
assignment you showed me earlier," his mom told him as he took his seat 
at the dinner table.
	"OK," Josh replied.
	"Have you heard anything back yet about your English paper yet, 
Josh?" His father asked a short time later.
	"It was just handed in today, so I doubt I'll hear anything back 
about it before Wednesday. Speaking of which, mom, I still get the 
felling that you may be getting a call or a letter over it even with 
the note you wrote for me on it," Josh said. His parents kind of nodded 
at this since they had the same feeling.
	"How's gym class going for you boys? Any more trouble over your 
diapers?"
	"Not really. I mean, there's some joking around about it, but 
nothing that could be considered harassment," John told them.
	"Well, if there is any more trouble let us or your teacher know 
about it."
	"We will," Josh answered.
	"And Erin, how did the Chemistry test go for you? I know that 
you've been worried about your grade on since Friday," Mrs. Kelly 
asked.
	"I got a low A on it. Aaron and I have been tossing each other 
questions over it all week in preparation for it. It seemed to help. I 
was also wondering if I might be able to borrow the car this Saturday 
night?" Erin asked. John and Josh chuckled a bit about this since the 
only time she asked to use the car was when she and Aaron had a date, 
and she needed the extra room to change him.
	"I don't think that this would be a problem. We'll let you know a 
little closer to then," Mr. Kelly told her with a slight grin of his 
own. Dinner ended a short time later, and Josh was escorted into his 
parents' office.
	"Josh, I looked over the paper you handed me earlier and found 
that it had been graded correctly. However, almost all of the wrong 
answers seem to be done in someone else's handwriting. Because of this 
I called your principal and asked for a meeting between him, Mr. 
McThorton, and myself. Since I'm not sure how this meeting is going to 
turn out, there are a couple of things I'd like you to do. First, I'll 
need one of your other graded papers so I can show them the difference 
in the handwriting. Second, I want you to start making copies of all 
your assignments as a backstop to this sort of thing. And lastly, I 
want you to start writing down any instance of uncalled for comments, 
and such from your teacher," Mrs. Kelly told her son.
	"Do you want me to include comments made by other students?" Josh 
asked?
	"Only if he fails to do anything about it." Josh nodded at this.
	"And Josh, next time this happens I want you to let me or your 
father know about what's going on sooner than this." Josh nodded at 
this and left the room.
	"Hey Josh, if you have your homework done you want to play a 
couple of video games before bed?" John asked.
	"Sure let me go get my shower really quick and change into my 
night diapers and I'll be right in," Josh said with a grin. Josh 
hurried into his room and quickly striped off the wet diaper he had on 
and went to jump in the shower. What he didn't know is that while he 
was doing this, Erin was in his room getting things ready for his final 
diapering of the night.
	"Erin, what are you doing in here?" Josh asked in surprise as he 
quickly covered himself with the towel he was using to dry his hair off 
with.
	"What are you covering yourself for, Thumper? It's not like I 
haven't seen you down there plenty of times before," his sister said 
with a laugh as she pulled the towel off him and helped him hobble over 
to his changing table. With an embarrassed grin of his own, Josh went 
along with this.
	"So what did mum and dad want to talk to you about?" she asked 
while pulling several of Josh's thick night diapers out from under the 
table and started to layer them together.
	"I've been having trouble with a teacher and it seemed like he 
was messing around with the answers on one of my papers," Josh told his 
sister as he lifted up so she could place the dry diapers under him.
	"You're kidding, right?" Josh just shook his head with a slight 
smile as Erin rubbed a generous amount of lotion into his diaper area.
	"Well I hope she plans on doing something about it," Erin stated 
as she dusted his butt and balls with powder.
	"Erin, this is mum, remember?" Josh replied with a slight 
chuckle.
	"Of course, what was I thinking?" came her answer as she pulled 
the diapers up snuggly between her brother's legs and fastened the 
Velcro snuggly.
	"That's not too tight, is it?" She asked while getting out a pair 
of snap-on plastic pants.
	"No feels just fine," Josh stated in a high Soprano. Erin just 
laughed as she gave Josh's diapered crotch a slight slap as he lifted 
his butt again so she could get the plastic pants under him. Josh 
laughed even harder at this.
	"Well you're all done now. John's waiting for you in his room," 
Erin said while giving he brother's padded rump one more slap as he put 
a T-shirt on.
	"I see Erin got to you, too?" John said with a laugh seeing how 
thickly his brother was diapered.
	"Yeah you could say that," Josh stated as he climbed onto the bed 
opposite his brother and saw how thickly he was diapered as well.
	"What, you don't what to lay by me?" John asked in a slightly 
hurt tone since he was so used to him and Josh laying next to each 
other when playing games.
	"Are you kidding? With as thickly as we're diapered and how much 
you move around on this game, I'd end up on the floor in no time. It's 
safer over here," Josh said with a grin to let John know he shouldn't 
take the comments to seriously.
	"OK boys, time for bed," Mr. Kelly called from the doorway."
	"Aww, just ten more minutes, please?" John and Josh pleaded 
together.
	"Not this time boys. Besides, I already gave twenty extra minutes 
already. I give you any extra and your mum will have my hide. Now save 
the game and you can finish it tomorrow," the boys were told. Seeing 
that there was no way around it, John saved the game, then shut the 
console down.
	"Night John, Night dad," Josh told them as he left the room.
	"Night Josh," John called.
	"Night son. Your mum will be up in a few minutes," Josh nodded at 
this and limped into his room.

Chapter 56

	"I won't have time for breakfast, mum. I'm running late for the 
bus," John called as he came rushing downstairs the next morning.
	"You aren't running late, John. I'm giving you boys a lift this 
morning since I have to meet with your principal about something. Now 
sit down and eat before your breakfast gets cold," John did as he was 
told and was glad to be having something other than cold cereal or Pop 
Tarts for breakfast.
	"OK boys let's get going," Mrs. Kelly announced twenty minutes 
later.
	"You have a good day, John. I'll be picking you up after school 
for your doctor appointment.
	"OK. mum. Have fun," John said with a grin as he walked off.
	"Let's go Josh, we don't want to keep your teacher and the 
principal waiting. Josh followed her but hadn't felt this nervous since 
his first solo jump.
	"May I help you? the secretary asked.
	"Yes, I have an appointment to see Mr. Krueger. The name is 
'Kelly'," Josh's mom told her.
	"Mr. Krueger is in with someone else at the moment and he should 
be done in just a few minutes.
	"You may have a seat over there if you'd like," Josh and his mom 
were told.
	"Thank you," Mrs. Kelly stated as she and Josh went over to the 
offered couch. A short time later a lady and her son came storming out 
of his office. Josh recognized the boy at once as John Rico.
	"Mrs. Kelly? I'm John Krueger. Sorry it took so long to get to 
you, but the meeting I just had came up unexpectedly.
	"That's OK. I know how these things happen."
	"If you'll follow me into my office we can get to the bottom of 
what you told me the other day," Mrs. Kelly and Josh followed Mr. 
Krueger into his office.
	"Janet would please have Mr. McThorton join us," The receptionist 
was told before Mr. Krueger closed the door to his office.
	"Now, Mrs. Kelly, why don't you tell me a bit more of what you 
started to on the phone yesterday while we're waiting for Mr. McThorton 
to arrive," the principal asked as he took his seat. In concise terms 
Josh's mom explained what she had been told by Josh and what she had 
discovered for herself.
	"You do have proof of all this?" Mr. Krueger asked once she was 
done.
	"I don't have any real proof about what Josh has told me of his 
treatment in class, but I have no reason at this time to doubt him on 
it. As for the second part, this is a worksheet that Josh had shown me 
last night. This is the same one that I had double checked for him just 
a few days before. I had noticed that a couple of his answers could 
have gone either way depending on how they were looked at. However, 
several other answers had been changed and then marked wrong."
	"And how can you tell they were changed?"
	"One you can see some slight eraser marks on the paper and the 
changed answers are in a different style of handwriting," As she 
finished this, a knock on the door let them know that Josh's teacher 
had arrived for the meeting.
	"You can go on to class now, Josh. Mrs. Circle will get you a 
pass written out," Mr. Krueger told him. Josh nodded at this, got his 
books, and left.
	"So how did the meeting go Josh?" John asked when they met for 
lunch later that day.
	"I don't know. I got dismissed just after Mr. McThorton arrived 
for the meeting," Josh told him.
	"I guess that explains why he was so pissed earlier," One of the 
other boys at the table stated.
	"What do you mean?" John asked.
	"Well, he just seemed a bit more anal than normal. I'd watch your 
back Josh. I think he may be out for blood after this," Josh nodded at 
this.
	"Josh. The office just called. Mr. Krueger wants you up there 
right now. John, they want you as well," Mr. Grissom told them as they 
walked into the gym for their last class of the day. The boys nodded at 
this and turned around to head for the office.
	"I'll bet this has something to do with the meeting this 
morning," John chuckled.
	"I wouldn't be to shocked if it was," Josh responded a bit 
nervously. Even though he knew he wasn't in trouble, being called to 
the principal's office gave him butterflies.
	"Mrs. Circle? Mr. Krueger asked to see me," Josh informed the 
receptionist
	"Yes. Mr. Kelly right?" she asked for verification.
	"Correct," Josh answered as Mrs. Circle buzzed him in. Josh 
wasn't all that surprised to see his mom already sitting in the office.
	"Mum. Mr. Krueger," Josh stated in greeting as he took the 
offered seat.
	"Josh, your mother and I talked at great length this morning 
about what has been going on in your English class. I'm going to tell 
you what I've told her. Without solid proof of wrongdoing on your 
teacher's part my hands are tied as to what I can do. I have looked 
over the paper she offered earlier and compared it to the other 
worksheet you provided and could tell that someone had changed the 
answers. Mr. McThorton had said that he would be willing to raise the 
grade to a "C" since he can't tell what the previous answers were," 
Josh nodded at this even with being certain that the paper would have 
actually gotten him an "A" had it not been changed.
	"The next point is," Mr. Krueger continued," that I'll be keeping 
a closer watch on your teacher. To be honest, we've heard rumors of 
this going on but never had anyone come forward until now. You mom has 
told me what she plans on having you do with your assignments. What I 
want you to do is to come have Mrs. Circle make a copy of any 
assignments before they get turned in and we'll grade the copy here in 
the office. If you think that your grade was lowered or changed in any 
manner come see me about it," Josh nodded at this and thanked his 
principal for taking the extra steps that he was. Josh figured that 
with McThorton knowing that he was being watched he would stop all this 
BS. He would be proven wrong later in the year.
	"Well we should just have enough time to get you boys to your 
doctor appointments," Mrs. Kelly announced as she led Josh and John out 
of the school.
	By the time they got home, John had been removed from his 
restrictions and given the good news that his bowels were almost fully 
healed though he bladder still was extremely weak. Josh was even 
happier since he had finally gotten the cast off his leg. Josh however 
was told to take it easy for another couple of weeks to give the bone 
extra time to heal.

Chapter 57

	"Take your seats everyone." Mr. Allison called as the tardy bell 
rang a few days later.
	"I want to take the time to say that I found most of your papers 
were very well written and it seemed that you had some exciting things 
go on over the summer for you. For others of you though, while I found 
the papers well written, and entertaining, I expect for you to follow 
the guide sheet I hand out for the assignment." he continued. Even 
though Mr. Allison didn't say anything out right, Josh knew that it was 
more than likely his paper that generated the last comment to be made. 
Josh knew what was coming when he turned the paper he was given over 
and found out that it was a note from Mr. Allison telling him to meet 
him after school. Josh just shook his head at this since he knew 
something like this was going to happen. The rest of the class went 
smoothly with little being said about the papers directly, though most 
of the class noticed an increased amount of points being made on 
sentence structure and punctuation. Josh was glad that he didn't have 
McThorton today or things really would have been lousy.
	"How did things go with your paper, Josh?" David asked when Josh 
met up with him at lunch.
	"About what I figured. Allison wants to talk to me after school 
about it. Speaking of which, John could you let mum know that I'll be a 
bit late getting home because of this chat, and I'll tell her about 
when I get home." Josh asked on turning towards his brother.
	"Sure, I'll let her know. Just in case she asks, were any 
uncalled for comments made about it?" John asked seriously.
	"A comment was made following the guide sheets in the future. I 
have a feeling that he was making reference towards my paper, but 
nothing was said about it directly. And he handed me the note like he 
was giving me back my paper." Josh replied knowing that this would keep 
his mom from going ballistic over it. John just nodded at this and 
steered the conversation towards other matters.
	After his after-lunch diaper change, Josh headed off for the gym. 
This seemed to be one of the few classes that people didn't give him 
any about his diapers in. Of course, Josh felt this was mainly because 
almost everyone else wore them as well, so it was pretty much a non-
issue. John Rico still gave him problems over it at times but said 
nothing about it openly since he was sure he would end up back with the 
Special Ed. class if he pushed things to hard.
	"Hey coach! Why do we always have to wait for the slow pokes to 
finish their laps before we start the class?" Rico called out, showing 
his usual intolerance for people that couldn't do things as well as he 
could.
	"If things aren't going as fast as you'd like them to, I can 
always find something for you to do while were waiting for the rest of 
the class." John was told by the assistant coach he was talking to. 
Playing it smart, John kept his mouth shut to the coach, but made snide 
remarks to other people in the class concerning the performance of the 
slower students. Hitting mainly on Josh.
	During these times Rico never realized at how close Josh's 
brother, John, was coming to going off on the him. While most of the 
class figured that Josh was slow the people that knew him already had 
figured it out that Josh was holding back on purpose so he could help 
the less skilled runners try and keep up also giving his leg a bit more 
time to heal. Mr. Grisham blew his whistle and motioned for every one 
to gather around once the last runner had come in.
	"OK everyone, I've decided to have a bit of fun with you guys for 
the next couple of weeks. As a treat to our overseas guests, and if 
enough of you agree to join in, I've decided to give you a choice of 
either playing Soccer, or Rugby." ,John and Josh got evil looking grins 
on their faces when this was announced., "For those of you who choose 
the second option, we'll just be going over the rules today and start 
playing tomorrow." The Kellys were pleased to see that enough people 
opted for Rugby. They were even more excited when Rico stated that he 
would be going for Rugby. The rest of the period had the boys being 
split up into teams and the rules being explained to them.
	"I can't wait to get Rico out on the field." Josh laughed as they 
were heading off to the showers.
	"You aren't going to do anything to him are you?" John asked with 
some slight concern.
	"Me? I wouldn't think of doing anything to him. Or at least, 
nothing that's against the rules anyway." Josh replied with a grin. 
Several people who heard the comment and saw the look on the younger 
boys' face decided that it was probably a good thing that they had 
decided to opt out for Soccer, or were on the same team as the Kellys.
	"Sorry I'm late Mr. Allison. I need a shower after Gym today." 
Josh explained as he walked into the classroom.
	"That's OK Josh. I'm running a bit behind myself. I'm going to 
guess you know why I asked to see you."
	"I was assuming it's about the paper you had us turn in."
	"That's correct. As you know, the paper was supposed to be about 
what you had done over the Summer. Now while I found your paper very 
well written, I was extremely disappointed that you turned in an 
obviously made-up story." Mr. Allison told him calmly.
	"Why do you feel that the story I turned in was made up? And did 
even read the letter I asked my mom to include with the paper?" Josh 
asked just as calmly. Though he was seething on the inside.
	"I did read the letter after a read your paper, and I found both 
rather hard to swallow. Now I'm going to make you a deal if you wish to 
take it. I'll give you till Monday to write the real paper over what 
you had really done over the Summer."
	"I see. And what would the grade be like should I accept this 
deal?"
	"It'll be lowered by two grades over what you had received on the 
one you turned in." Before Josh could answer the cell phone he had with 
him started vibrating.
	"Excuse me for a moment." Josh stated when he saw that the call 
was from his mom.
	"Yeah, mum?" Josh answered as he opened the phone.
	"Have you finished meeting with your teacher yet?"
	"I'm in the middle of it right now. He's offered to let me 
rewrite the paper over the weekend and lower it by two grades if I can 
turn it in by Monday." Josh told her matter-of-factly.
	"What did he say about the paper that you already turned in?"
	"He said that while it was very well written, he found it very 
hard to swallow."
	"I see. And what about the note I sent with it?"
 "He.. Uh.. found that kind of hard to swallow as well." Josh 
stammered, before pulling the phone away from his ear quickly. Mr. 
Allison was able to hear the static generated by the yelling several 
feet away.
	"My mum would like to talk to you for a minute." Josh said while 
rubbing his ear a little.
	 After getting off the phone with Mrs. Kelly. Mr. Allison handed 
the phone back.
	"I'll be giving you a ride home Josh. It seems that your mother 
wants to have a few words with me about your paper." Josh just nodded 
at this. Thirty minutes later, Josh and his teacher was pulling into 
the driveway of his house.
	"Mum! I'm Home!" Josh yelled.
	"Would you like anything to drink?" Josh asked as he directed his 
teacher to a chair.
	"I'm fine, thank you." a moment later Mrs. Kelly entered the 
room.
 "Mr. Allison, I'm Janet Kelly. Thanks for meeting with me on such 
short notice."
	"I didn't feel like you were giving me much of a choice." Mrs. 
Kelly Just nodded to this and then turned to Josh, who was still 
standing nearby.
	"Josh, please go up to your room. I'll call you if you're need 
for anything." Josh nodded, and started up the stairs as his mom showed 
his teacher into her office.
	Once they were seated in the office Mrs. Kelly started in on 
Josh's teacher.
	"Mr. Allison, I'd like to know why you find Josh's story and My 
letter about it so hard to swallow?"
	"It's simple really. I don't see how it's possible for an Eleven 
year old to do the things he wrote about. I'm kind of amazed that you 
decided to go along with this ploy."
	"Mr. Allison, I'll have you know that I'm not in the habit of 
helping my kids lie, or covering up for them. I'm going to show you 
some things and you tell if Josh is still making things up." Mrs. Kelly 
told him sternly while placing some items on her desk.
	"How do you think things are going down there?" John asked his 
brother twenty minutes after he came upstairs.
	I have no idea, but I hope things work out OK. I'm still a bit 
steamed that if I do end up rewriting that paper it'll be mostly lies." 
Josh answered. John just nodded at this and put a game in for them to 
play to try and get Josh's mind off what was taking place downstairs.
	"How did everything go with Mr. Allison?" Josh asked at dinner 
that night.
	"We got everything worked out. You won't be needing to rewrite 
the paper and your grade won't be lowered." Mrs. Kelly answered while 
handing her son the paper in question. Josh smiled a bit at seeing the 
A written in the upper corner of the report.
	"To be honest Josh, I'm surprised, and disappointed, at how low 
toned the paper was." his mom continued.
	"Disappointed? In what way?"
	"Your mother and I are disappointed in that you made it seem like 
you played such a minor part in what you had done." Mr. Kelly announced 
joining the conversation.
	"Told you so." John tried to tell his brother.
	"What was that, John?" his mom asked while giving her son a glare 
stating that he had better not leave anything out of his explanation.
	"Well, Josh had me look over his paper before turning it in. Like 
you and dad, I noticed how Josh had toned the part he played down. I 
told him that you guys would be upset if you ever found out he had done 
so." John explained. Josh nodded his agreement to this before his 
parents could ask him to confirm what his brother said was true.
	"So why are you disappointed with me?" Josh asked his parents 
after a few minutes of silence.
	"Because you feel that you needed to down play what you had done 
over the Summer." Josh was told by his dad.
	"But you've always said that you didn't like people that make a 
big fuss about things they've done."
	"That's only partly right Josh. What I don't like is people that 
make it seem like they played a bigger part in things than they really 
did. It's something else entirely when the person in question has 
actually done something important but doesn't accept the full credit 
that is due to them by trying to make it look like they played a 
smaller part than they did. In cases like that, I feel the person is 
doing themselves a disservice by not taking the credit that is due to 
them." Josh nodded to what his father had just said and finished his 
meal in silence. Once the dinner was over Josh quietly headed up to his 
room for the night.
	"Everything OK Josh?" Erin asked a few hours later when she came 
in to let him know that it was time to get ready for bed and saw him 
staring out of his bedroom window while holding his teddy bear.
	"I don't know any more." Josh stated in a shaky voice. Sensing 
that there was something he wanted to get off his chest, Erin sat down 
next to her brother and pulled him onto her lap and gently held him 
till he was ready to talk.
	"Since mom and dad had that talk with me about needing to grow up 
and accept more responsibility for myself I've been trying to live up 
to what I thought they expected of me. I mean I'm trying to act mature 
enough to handle the things that have happened so far since we moved 
here, but I'm just not sure any more. Most kids would probably have 
been telling anyone that would listen about the things they've done. 
I'll admit I've been tempted to do this at times. I've held back 
because I know how dad feels about that. I mean I don't even have a 
spot in my room displaying any achievements and such like you and John 
do. I figured that mom and dad would be proud about how I've just 
accepted the awards and things I've gotten over the years with the 
least amount of showing off and now I find out that they're 
disappointed in me for it." Josh lost his composure at this point and 
started crying softly.
	Erin was shocked herself because till this point she never really 
noticed that Josh didn't have any of the awards he had earned on 
display anywhere in his room. What scared her even more when she 
thought about it was the fact that Josh did tend to act a good deal 
more mature that most kids his age, or her age for that matter. She 
started crying herself as the reality of what her brother had told her 
sank in. Erin decided right then to have a long talk with her parents 
about this before things went to far and her baby brother turned into 
an adult before he was really ready for it. It was several minutes 
before she noticed that Josh had cried himself to sleep. After changing 
him into a dry diaper, Erin tucked Josh into bed and after kissing him 
lightly on the forehead she left the room.
	By the time Erin got back downstairs John had turned in for the 
night as well.
	"What's wrong Erin? Is it Josh?" Mrs. Kelly asked worriedly.
	"Yeah, I think there is something wrong with Josh."
	"Not physically, but I think there is something wrong with him 
emotionally." Erin stated quickly as her mom started to get up so she 
could check on her youngest son. As calmly as she could, Erin told her 
parents what Josh had stated to her a short time before and her own 
observations. Neither of the elder Kelly's knew how to respond to what 
they were being told by their daughter. After an hour, they thanked 
Erin for what she had told them and sent her on to bed. Before heading 
off to bed themselves, Josh's parents decided to call the psychologist 
Josh had been seeing the next day and get some guidance on this.

Chapter 58

	"CPS Inc., How may I direct your call?"
	"Dr. Chen please." Mrs. Kelly responded to the request.
	"I'm sorry Dr. Chan is in with a patient at this time. May I take 
a message?"
	"Yes. Please tell him that Janet Kelly called and would like to 
set up a meeting with him as soon as possible concerning my son 
Joshua."
	"Is this an emergency?" The receptionist asked.
	"No, but it is something that I need to get some advice on as 
quickly as possible."
	"I see. A spot did open up a few minutes ago for 2 p.m. this 
afternoon. Would this be OK?"
	"Yes. I'll be there then. Thank you." Mrs. Kelly replied before 
hanging up the phone.
	As Mrs. Kelly was finishing up her call with Josh's doctor, Josh 
was walking into his World History Class.
	"Take your seats please." Mr. McThorton called as he walked in 
with a boy following close behind him.
	"Before we get started, I want to take the time to introduce a 
new student here. Mr. Neil Harris. I'd like you each to introduce 
yourselves after Mr. Harris tells us a bit about himself." Josh looked 
up in shock when he heard the new students name and was even more so 
when he realized that it was the same person that he used to share 
classes with at his old school.
	"You're next, Mr. Kelly." Josh heard his teacher say bringing his 
attention back into focus.
	"Hello Neil. Long time no see." Josh stated coldly.
	"Sir Josh." Came the equally cold, and snide reply.
	"Since you two obviously know each other, I'll let you skip the 
introduction." Mr. McThorton stated. Cutting through the tension that 
was building up in the classroom. As Josh sat back down so the next 
person could speak, he saw that most of his classmates had confused 
looks on their faces at Neil's use of his title. Once everyone had 
greeted the new student, the class started in earnest. Josh was pleased 
for once no comment had been made about his diapers during the class. 
Though this was short-lived once the class was over.
	"You better watch your back, diaper boy." ,Neil started once they 
were both out in the hall, "Because of what you pulled back in Mr. 
Roberts' class my mom had me wear diapers to school for the rest of the 
semester, and I know that you wear them. Unless you want me to start 
spreading it around you better make it worth my while to keep this a 
secret." Neil concluded, not knowing that he was making an empty 
threat.
	"Neil, I know you were a bit slow picking up on things at times 
at Hallow brook, so I'm going to use small words you can understand 
everything. Go. Bugger. Yourself." Josh said calmly as he pushed by the 
other kid. Before he had gone very far, Josh felt his pants being 
pulled down and a someone giving him a shove to the back. To Neil's 
amazement, Josh was able to turn the push into a roll of his own and 
instead of landing flat out on the floor, like was Neil's intention, 
Josh ended up in a crouch a few feet away. After pulling his pants back 
up, Josh calmly gathered his books up off the floor and headed off to 
his next class. Neil was about to do the same when a hand stopped him. 
Turning around and found him looking up at a very angry looking 
teacher.
	"Let's go." was all the teacher said as he escorted Neil up to 
the office.
	"Mr. Kelly. They want to see you up in the office for a few 
minutes." Josh's math teacher told him. Josh nodded at this and started 
to pack his books up.
	"You won't need to do that. You won't be gone that long." Josh 
nodded at this. He did hear a few jokes about being in trouble as he 
took the hall pass his teacher was holding.
	"I was told the principal wanted to see me about something?" Josh 
told the secretary after giving his name.
	"Go to Mr. Hamilton's office he's expecting you." Josh was told. 
Josh was a bit nervous since he had never been to see the school's 
disciplinarian before.
	"You wanted to see me, sir?" Josh asked as he entered the office.
	"Have a seat Mr. Kelly. And relax your not in any trouble. This 
is concerning the slight altercation you had during the last passing 
period. I'd like you to tell me exactly what happened and what might 
have caused it." Without preamble, Josh stated what had happened and 
what he felt had caused it from what was said. Mr. Hamilton, for his 
part, just took notes and asked for Josh to clear up a few points. 
Fifteen minutes later Josh was heading back to his math class.
	"Hey DJ. Where's John?" Josh asked as he sat down at their normal 
lunch table.
	"He came down sick and went home for the day. What was going on 
with the fight I heard you got in earlier?" Josh was told.
	"There wasn't any fight. Some kid I knew back at my last school 
just started here and was still carrying a bit of a grudge over 
something he thought I was responsible for. I doubt he'll cause any 
more trouble." Josh explained as he started eating his lunch.
	 Mrs. Kelly was wondering the same thing as her son's boyfriend 
when she saw Josh walk out of Mr. Hamilton's office. Since she was in a 
hurry to get John home and settled in before heading of to her doctor's 
appointment she didn't bother trying to stop him to find out what was 
going on.
	"Mrs. Kelly. The doctor will see you now." The receptionist 
called a few minutes after she sat down.
	"What can I help you with today, Mrs. Kelly. Is everything going 
OK with Josh?" Dr. Chen asked after sitting down in a chair across from 
where Mrs. Kelly was sitting.
	"I think so, but I'm not sure. My daughter told my husband and I 
that Josh had a bit of a breakdown last night when she went in to have 
him get ready for bed." Mrs. Kelly stated before going on about what 
she had been told the previous night.
	"And what do you think might have triggered this?"
	"Well, earlier that night Josh, my husband, and I had gotten into 
an argument over a school paper of his. The paper was over what he had 
done over the summer. I'm sure you remember us telling you what Josh 
had done over the summer." Mrs. Kelly added.
	"I do remember." Dr. Chen agreed before asking Josh's mom to 
continue.
	"Well, Josh had seriously downplayed his part in what he had done 
and this upset my husband and I a bit." Mrs. Kelly added before telling 
the doctor what exactly was said, including an argument that had taken 
place almost a year before about Josh needing to take more 
responsibility and act more mature.
	"I think it might have been that first fight about him needing to 
act more mature that could have caused this." Mrs. Kelly concluded 
looking at the doctor.
	"You could be right. I have dealt with cases like this before. 
The best thing I can suggest, is for you and your husband to sit down 
and talk all this out with Josh and see where that leads you. I'll also 
talk to him about it in our next session. Aside from that I don't see 
what else might be done at this time." Josh's mom nodded at this and 
stood up from her seat.
	"Thank you for your time doctor. I'll let you know how everything 
goes before Josh's next appointment."
	"This what I'm here for." Dr. Chen stated as he walked Mrs. Kelly 
from his office.
	"You better watch out, diaper boy, or you're going to get hurt 
out on the field." Rico stated to Josh as he passed him during their 
warm up run.
	"Keep dreaming, junior." Josh mumbled to himself while looking at 
Rico's diminishing form.
	"OK, you guys, form up your teams! Does anyone need a run down of 
the rules again." Coach Grissom called as the boys.
	"OK then, let's get started. Charlie they're all yours." The boys 
heard as Grissom walked off to supervise the people that decided to go 
out for soccer.
	"Your butt is mine now, diaper boy." Rico announced in what he 
thought was a menacing voice once the coaches were out of earshot.
	"Really, Junior? Well, I hate to tell you this, but I prefer 
girls. Besides I don't think this is the time or place for something 
like that." Josh replied with a wink causing most of the boys on both 
teams to start laughing. What made the exchange even funnier was the 
confused and cross look on Rico's face at Josh calling him junior.
	Minutes later the game started and Rico didn't seem to waste any 
time in taking a cheap shot at Josh while everyone was scrambling for 
the ball. Since the coach didn't see the shot nothing was called on it. 
While spitting blood out of his mouth from a cut lip, Josh figured two 
could play at this game. By the time the last play started both teams 
were trying to keep Josh and Rico away from each other since it seemed 
the game had taken on a semblance of a grudge match between the two. 
With Josh having a black eye, bloody lip, and slightly bloody nose. And 
Rico also having a bloody lip and black eye. Surprisingly enough the 
assistant coach seemed to either not see the damage or was just 
choosing to ignore it.
	"OK Josh, if we can make this play we'll have a chance to win the 
match. Watch out though, I think Rico is still going to try something." 
Josh just nodded at this while he took up his position. Once the ball 
was in play, Josh saw what the other boy was talking about when he saw 
Rico heading right at him as he was getting near the goal line. Seeing 
that Rico was going for a full tackle and not for one of the flags like 
he was supposed to, Josh turned his body so Rico was heading right at 
him. Just as contact was made Josh lowered one shoulder and shoved hard 
into Rico's chest. While this was happening, Josh quickly straightened 
up causing Rico to fly up over Josh's shoulder and land flat on his 
back behind him. Josh didn't even bother looking back as he crossed the 
goal line. When he turned back around he saw the Coach Grissom and 
several other players running over to Rico's still prone form.
	"Congratulations Josh. I think you managed to either bruise or 
break two of Rico's ribs with that move." Coach Grissom said in 
disgust.
	"Go get cleaned up, changed and then wait for me in my office 
while I handle things out here." he added while turning his attention 
back to the injured boy. Josh, feeling a little guilty at the possible 
injury he may have caused, headed off to the showers as he was told. He 
was surprised at the number of people that quietly thanked him, or gave 
him a discreet thumbs up for what he did. Josh nodded at this. He was 
more worried about what might happen to him Fifteen Minutes later Coach 
Grissom walked in to his office.
	"C'mon Josh let's go." he announced while handing Josh his book 
bag. Several minutes later, he and Coach Grissom were sitting in the 
principal's office going over what had happened. On first seeing Josh's 
face, the principal thought that Josh might have come off worse in what 
had happened. The principal did send Josh down to the nurse's office to 
get an ice pack for his eye. By the time Josh returned the principal 
had been told what the coach had seen and learned from the people on 
both teams.
	"OK Mr. Kelly, Mr. Grissom has told me what the other players had 
told him and what he had seen for himself. I want to hear what happened 
in your own words."
	"There isn't much to tell. John has had it in for me since the 
semester started. You already know about his views about people that 
need to wear diapers. We've had a few minor altercations since the 
first one this year. I think he was using the match today as a way to 
get back at me for him getting sent to the Special Ed. gym class. 
Anyway, he had been taking shots at me the entire match. With how he 
was coming at me on the last play, it looked like he was going for a 
full tackle and not just after the flag like we were supposed to. I 
took the steps I thought were needed to keep myself from getting 
injured. I hope you both believe me when I say that I was not meaning 
to cause any harm to Rico. I thought that the most that would happen is 
that he would get the wind knocked out of him and maybe get his bell 
rung a little bit." Both the principal and the coach had no problem 
believing Josh was telling the truth.
	"Alright Mr. Kelly. Going from what I've just heard from you and 
Mr. Grissom I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you 
were defending yourself. However, I still have to assign you to the 
next week of in-house suspension. I'll be calling your mother to let 
her know what happened and what is being done about this matter. This 
will end the school's involvement in the matter. You may need to have 
your parents contact their lawyer about this in case the other boy's 
parents decide to press charges. Josh nodded at this, wondering what 
kind of hell he would get at home. Josh wasn't to surprised to see John 
Rico's father sitting in the waiting area when he came out of the 
Principal's office. He did get a big surprise at what happened next.
	"Josh Kelly?" The older man asked
	"Yes?" Josh answered nervously.
	"I'm John Rico's father. May I have a moment of your time?" the 
older man asked while offering a chair across from him.
	"Uh, I'm running a bit late at the moment for my bus." Josh 
answered. hoping that this would get him off the hook.
	"I'll give you a lift home. I'd really like to talk for a moment 
and I'd like you to be in on the meeting I'm about to have with the 
principal." Seeing that he didn't have much of a choice, Josh took the 
offered seat. Josh talked to Mr. Rico for several minutes going over 
what had been happening since the start of the year. The principal was 
a bit surprised when came out to greet Mr. Rico and saw that Josh and 
the older man were talking. He was even more surprised when Mr. Rico 
stated that he would like Josh to be in on the meeting for the parts 
that concerned him. Ushering both of them into his office the second 
meeting of the day started.
	"Do you really think this will work?" Josh asked on the ride 
home.
	"I'm not really sure. His mother and I have been thinking of 
doing this since the school year started. At the very least, it might 
get John to understand what you and the rest of the boys in your gym 
class have to deal with on a daily basis. Not to mention it might get 
him to change friends. I have a feeling the ones he has now will drop 
him like a hot potato when they found out he's back in diapers." John's 
father answered with a small grin.
	"I think you could be right. I hope you don't take this the wrong 
way, but I've gotten the feeling that John and I might have been able 
to become friends if he wasn't being such a jerk about my wearing 
diapers all the time."
	"I know what you mean. I would have thought that he would have 
been more understanding about that since he wore them at night just 
before his birthday last year and the fact that his younger brother 
still does. Though I figure, if having him wear diapers full time for a 
while doesn't straighten him out then maybe the loss of his jump 
privileges will." Josh's ears perked up at the mention of the last 
comment.
	"Jump privileges?"
	"Yeah, I run a local Jump school. Why you interested in 
learning?"
	"Actually, I was more interested in keeping current."
	"Oh. I guess that explains what seemed so familiar about you. Who 
taught you to jump? I mean what school?"
	"The 22nd Reg. SAS."
	"I'm sorry. I didn't quite catch that."
	"My uncle is a colonel with the 22nd Special Air Service 
Regiment. He taught me how to jump over the summer."
	"OK. So you're static line certified?"
	"That plus Freefall, and HALO."
	"They really must have put you through the whole routine then." 
Mr. Rico laughed.
	"And then some."
	"Well, if your parents are OK with it I wouldn't mind having you 
come along on some jumps. I have a class that deals with younger kids."
	"I'd have to ask them, but I don't see any problems. Here's the 
turn for my house. It's seven down on the left." Mr. Rico just nodded 
at this.
	Mrs. Kelly heard the door open and Josh call out that he was home 
about twenty minutes after the time he normally got home.
	"You're late, mister, and why did I get a call from your 
principal that you had gotten into a fight at school? I better not hear 
from the boy's parents over this." Mrs. Kelly called on her way out of 
the kitchen.
	"Uh, mom I'd like you to meet Mr. Rico. John Rico's father." Josh 
stated with some embarrassment.
	"I see. Josh why don't you take your books upstairs, change if 
you need to, and then get some more ice on that eye of yours. I'm 
guessing that Mr. Rico and I need to have a bit of a chat. Please." 
Mrs. Kelly told her son while motioning for Mr. Rico to have a seat.
	"Would you like anything to drink?" she asked her guest.
	"I'm fine. Thank you." With a nod, Mrs. Kelly sat down herself 
and the two started going over what had happened earlier that day.
	 Since Josh was still clean and didn't have any homework he 
decided to check and see how john was doing.
	"Hey bro. How're you feeling" Josh asked as he entered his 
brother's room.
	"Could be better. I guess I managed to catch that bug that's been 
going around school." came the somewhat weak reply.
	"How come you're home so late and what happened to your eye and 
lip?"
	"I had a bit of a run-in with Rico during gym today. Mom's 
talking with his dad about it right now. And starting Monday I have a 
week of in-school suspension."
	"Man that really sucks. I hope mom and dad don't go to hard on 
you about it."
	"I think how hard they go depends on what mom and Mr. Rico hash 
out."
	"Well, I think you better leave now I don't want you getting this 
stuff, too." John told his brother before suddenly turning his head 
over the side of his bed and puking into the trash can his mom had 
placed there in case he couldn't make it to the bathroom in time. Josh 
nodded at this and headed off to his own room.
	Twenty minutes later, his mom came in and started gathering up 
some of Josh's clothes and disposable diapers.
	"Is there something I can help you with, mom?" Josh asked as she 
placed the collected items into the gym bag that Josh used for 
sleepovers.
	"No, I'm fine. Mr. Rico has invited you to spend the weekend with 
them. While we were talking he mentioned you showed some interest in 
the jump school he helps run and thought you'd like to join them."
	"So you aren't mad about what happened at school today?"
	"Oh, I'm still a bit upset about it. But from what both your 
principal and Mr. Rico told me you were acting in defense. And that you 
weren't meaning to hurt his son, though Mr. Rico wasn't all that sure 
if the same was sure about his son. Anyway, you don't want to keep him 
waiting. Also, he told me what he had planned for his son. I told him 
that you'd be able to help him out in that area." Josh's mom added with 
a smile. Josh smiled a bit at this as well. And after taking the now 
filled gym bag headed downstairs where Mr. Rico was talking to his 
wife.
	"I see you're all ready. We'll stop by the store you mom 
mentioned and then go pick up my wife and John. My wife already knows 
you'll be with me and they stop that's being made first." Josh nodded 
at this and after giving his mom one more hug he followed John's dad 
out to the car and climbed in.

Chapter 59

	"Were you wanting John's diapers to be just obvious, or really 
obvious?" Josh asked as he led John's dad into Klothes for Kids.
	"Since John likes to go for the baggy-looking pants I would have 
to say that really obvious would work. Though he'll need to have some 
less obvious ones for when he has to wear normal fitting pants." Josh 
just nodded at this as he led them back to where the diapers of older 
kids were displayed.
	A salesperson came over to them.
	"May I help you find something?" The person asked. Recognizing 
the voice, Josh turned around to see his sister standing behind them.
	"Yeah, Erin, we could use a little help," Josh started to say 
before his sister freaked a bit at the condition of his face.
	"Jesus, Josh. Don't tell me that you got into another fight. 
Mom's going to be pissed when she sees this. It was that little shit 
Rico that started this wasn't it?" Josh cringed a bit at his sister's 
last statement.
	"Uh, Erin. I'd like you to meet Mr. Rico. John's father." Erin's 
face went pale when she was introduced to the gentleman standing next 
to her brother.
	"I'm really sorry about that last comment. It's just that with 
all the hassle Josh has been getting..." Erin started before trailing 
off when John's dad held up his hand.
	"I'm going to ignore the last comment you made about my son. As 
for the hassle he's been giving your brother, what I have planned for 
him will hopefully cure him of that. Now that that is settled, I'm 
needing some help in choosing what the best brand of diaper would be. 
They'll be for 24/7 use and I want them to be obvious."
	"I see. We have several different brands that would be of 
interest to you. Is this going to be for long or short term use?"
	"That's undecided at this time. Why?"
	"If it's short term then disposables will be best. However, if 
it's going to be long-term then cloth diapers would be more 
economical." Erin explained.
	"At this time, I think going will be the best." Erin nodded at 
this and led them over to a side office. These are the brands that we 
carry. The ones with a star by it are brands that we keep in stock. The 
three thickest diapers we carry are the Molicare Super Plus, Abena X-
plus, and the Thickies line. Of the three, the Thickies line would be 
the most cost effective since they are made here in the U.S. where the 
others come in from Europe. We do have some brochures on each of the 
products if you'd like to read more about them. Now we also started 
carrying the Dipes line as well. While not as obvious as the other 
brands, the Plus, Ultra, and Ultra-plus styles are still very 
noticeable."
	"I would like to see some of the brochures that you have." Mr. 
Rico told Erin.
	"I'll be right back with them. Feel free to look over book for 
the other brands that we carry. Josh should be able to answer most of 
your questions about how well they hold up." Erin said while getting 
out of her seat. Josh turned a bit red at the last statement his sister 
made but said nothing over it.
	"What brands do you normally use?" Josh was asked a few moments 
later.
	"I've worn the Attends, Dipes, Tenas, and Thickies lines," Josh 
stated.
	"The Attends are OK, but they aren't very obvious under pants, 
unless they happen to be rather tight fitting. They also tend to start 
leaking after two moderate wettings. Same with the Tenas. Also with the 
Tenas now having a cloth-like outer cover they tend to chaff a bit if 
the person wearing them moves around a bit. The best I've tried are the 
Thickies and Dipes. Both have a plastic cover so chaffing isn't a 
problem. They also hold up very well to numerous wettings."
	"What kind do you use the most?"
	"I normally use the regular Dipes during the day and either the 
Thickies Overnight or the Extra-plus at night when I use disposables."
	"Well, if you have on one of the regular Dipes right now then I 
would have to say that those won't work for this plan." Mr. Rico said 
with a smile after looking at Josh's pants. Josh just smiled at this. 
Erin reentered the room about then and handed Mr. Rico the requested 
brochures along with several samples of diaper styles that she felt Mr. 
Rico would be interested in.
	"Well, you weren't kidding when you stated that some of the 
overnight ones were on the thick side." John's dad commented after 
examining one of the light blue colored diapers in front of him.
	"Actually, that was one of the day time diapers. The overnight, 
or higher capacity diapers tend to be a darker color. At least they are 
in the small size." On hearing this Mr. Kelly got a really evil grin on 
his face.
	"Even better. If you could give me a few minutes to look over the 
brochures and compare them to the samples you brought out with them I 
should be ready to make a purchase." Erin nodded at this and stood up 
motioning for Josh to do the same. Once they were out of the room, Erin 
led Josh into the back room.
	"So you want to tell me what the hell is going on. If his son 
gave you that black eye and fat lip what are you doing here with him?" 
Erin started heatedly.
	"Erin, cool your jets for a minute will you? First off John's dad 
was just as pissed about this as mom was that is why he's putting John 
back in to diapers and not pressing any charges against me."
	"What do you mean he's not going to press any charges against 
you?"
	"Well, mine and John's injuries happened during a rugby game in 
gym. On the last play, it looked like John was coming in for a full 
tackle and not just for one of the flags so I changed position a bit 
and flipped John over my shoulder when I stood up after having him hit 
that shoulder. I was only meaning to knock the wind out of him, but 
ended up breaking a couple of his ribs and giving him a very slight 
concussion," Josh told her with more than a little embarrassment.
	"Josh, what are we going to do with you?" he was asked 
rhetorically.
	"You should be glad the school did suspend you for that."
	"They did. Kind of. I have a week of in-school suspension 
starting Monday." Erin just shook her head at this and stated back 
towards the room Mr. Rico was in.
	"Sorry it took me so long to decide."
	"That's Ok. I needed some time to talk with my brother about some 
things," Erin said as she pulled out an order book.
	"Ok I'd like one case of the Dipes Ultra and a case of the 
Thickies Extra-plus. Both in the small size and then a case of the 
Dipes Ultra-plus in the Youth size.
	"OK. Let me go and make sure we have these in stock at the 
moment. I'll be back in just a second." John Sr. and Josh both nodded 
at this.
	"I want to thank you for coming with me on this Josh. I doubt I 
would have been able to make as good of decision as I think I did 
without your input. I also have to say that I was kind of surprised 
Looking through the Thickies brochure and saw you several times 
modeling the products. I wonder if they still might be looking for 
other models," Mr. Rico said more to himself than to Josh.
	"I'm not sure about the needing models for the Thickies but they 
seemed to need some models for the line of clothes that they do. I did 
some of that as well." Josh told him just before his sister came back 
into the room. We had it all in stock. I have someone bringing it over 
now. I'll see you tonight Josh.
	"Actually Erin, I'm spending the weekend at the Rico's." Josh 
told her with a look telling her not to say anything here about it.
	After doing some shopping for other items, Josh and Mr. Rico left 
to pick up John and his mom from the hospital.
	"Mr. Rico, I hope I'm not being to forward, but who are the youth 
diapers for?"
	"Alex, John's younger brother, still wets the bed and wears cloth 
diapers for it. I felt that he might like to have something that he 
could use if he's to tired to use the cloth diapers or maybe use them 
and finally except some of the sleepover invitations he gets from his 
friends."
	"I take it none of his friends know about his problem?" Josh 
asked.
	"Most of them know about it actually, and he's had them over to 
our place for sleepovers. He just doesn't like to go over to friends 
homes and take the risk of his diapers leaking or having them start to 
smell while he's there."
	"I don't think he'll have a problem with leaks with the type of 
diapers you got for him. One of my friends uses that style himself and 
I've yet to hear him complain about leaks." Josh stated. Mr. Rico then 
started asking Josh about his Jump training and if he had his 
certification card on him. Josh acknowledged that he did and would show 
it once they got to the Rico's house. He then spent several minutes 
answering questions to show that he knew what he was talking about. 
Josh then realized that they were close to the hospital and got a 
little nervous about John's reaction to his being there.

Chapter 60

	"What's he doing here?!" John almost yelled when he saw Josh 
sitting in the front seat of his dad's car.
	"He's here at my request. And to hear the apology that you owe 
him for that stunt you tried to pull earlier today." John Sr. told his 
son sternly.
	"I don't know what you mean dad I was just trying to flag him out 
when he did what he did." John tried to lie to his father as they 
pulled out of the parking lot.
	"John, don't lie to me. Over half a dozen people plus two 
teachers were telling to close to the same story for them all to be 
lying. Besides, this seemed to be to close to the type of stunt that 
got you kicked off your football team and banned from the rest of the 
league a couple of years back. I'm also to well aware of friction that 
you and Josh have been having since the year started. This was final 
straw. It was all I could do to keep the principal from expelling you 
from school. So starting right now, and until further notice, your Jump 
and bathroom privileges are revoked." John Jr. was told by his father 
in a very calm voice.
	"You can't do that!" I have that Jump contest in two weeks. And 
you can't stop me from needing to use the bathroom!" John yelled.
	"I'd watch your tone, young man. I don't care about the contest 
you're in. Your Jump status is revoked. And I didn't say that you had 
to stop needing the bathroom I said that you using it is."
	"So what do you plan on doing then!?"
	"You'll find out when we get home," John's mom said.
	"You'll pay for this, Kelly." John mumbled under his breath.
	"What was that, young man?" Mrs. Rico asked sharply.
	"Nothing," John shot back.
	"You go straight to your room when we get home," Mrs. Kelly 
replied. The rest of the ride to the Rico's house was in silence.
	"What are those for?" John asked loudly when he saw the cases of 
diapers for the first time.
	"I think you know what, and who, these are for. You just got out 
of them at night a short time ago if memory serves." John's mom stated 
coldly.
	"Josh, would you mind taking these inside with you," Mr. Rico 
asked kindly holding out the bags containing the other items he and Mr. 
Rico had picked up at the store.
	"Yes sir," Josh answered politely as he took the offered bag. The 
entire time keeping a close eye on John. before he even got half way 
across the yard he felt John come tearing after him. Before either of 
John's parents could react, Josh had John pinned to the ground with his 
knee pressing against the side of John's neck.
	"John this is the last time I'm going to warn you. The next time 
you come at me like this some one will get hurt and I promise you it 
won't be me. Do you understand what I'm telling you?" Josh asked 
roughly adding more pressure to John's neck. John just nodded.
	"I want to hear you. Do you understand that I'm not going to hold 
back next time?" Josh repeated.
	"Yes," Came the croaked reply.
	"Thank you." Josh stated as he got up and offered a hand up to 
the other boy. John just slapped the offered hand away and ran off 
towards the house.
	"I'm sorry about having to do that. If you feel you need to take 
me home, I understand," Josh stated still shaking a bit.
	"Why? John was the one that tried to attack you. All I saw was 
you defending yourself." Mr. Rico stated and walked off. Josh just 
nodded at this and followed John's parents into the house.
	"Mom, what's going on with John?" Alex started to ask when he saw 
Josh step into the house.
	"Oh crap," The ten year old mumbled as he took off for his own 
room. Josh just chuckled at the sight of a heavily diapered boy try 
running down the hall.
	"I take it that was Alex?" Josh said with a smile.
	"It was," Mrs. Rico stated with a smile of her own as she took 
the bags that Josh still held in his hand.
	"You can have a seat on the couch there while I go get an ice 
pack for that eye of yours." Josh did as he was told. Mrs. Rico 
returned a few minutes later with an ice pack hand held it out to Josh.
	"Thank you," Josh said politely as he placed the pack on his eye.
	"I do want to apologize about the scene in the front yard a bit 
ago."
	"It's OK. I'm sorry that my husband or I weren't able to stop 
John before he tried what he did. I know from the letters that have 
been sent home that John has had a hard time dealing with being in a 
class full of boys that wear diapers. He always had a problem about 
them when he needed to wear them to bed. Now, why don't you tell me 
what exactly happened this afternoon." Josh spent the next several 
minutes going over what had happened. Alex came back downstairs just as 
Josh was finishing his story. Josh was able to tell by the condition of 
the shorts the younger boy had on that he was no longer diapered.
	"So mom, what's going on with John? It sounded like he was crying 
when he came running in a while ago, then dad carried a box into his 
room and it sounded like it did when you guys used to get John ready 
for bed."
	"John got into a bit of a fight with our guest out in the yard 
and lost. And your dad is getting him ready for bed like we used to."
	"Does this mean you guys are finally doing something like you 
read about on the web page dad found?" Alex asked with a smile.
	"How do you know about that? We never talked about that in front 
of either of you boys." Mrs. Rico asked in surprise.
	"Dad forgot to clear out the memory of the site when he used my 
machine to research it. And I knew it wasn't for me." Alex replied with 
an even bigger grin.
	Mr. Rico came down a few minutes later.
	"I've already explained to John how this is going to work. He'll 
be spending the rest of night in his room. Josh, I want to say that I'm 
sorry I didn't manage to stop John before he tried to attack you."
	"It's OK, Mr. Rico. In a way, I should be thankful. John will now 
hopefully leave me alone since he knows that I won't hold back next 
time he tries anything. I just want you to be assured that I won't 
start anything." John's parents just nodded at this.
	"Uh... could you show me where the bathroom is? I'm needing to 
change," Josh said with a bit of embarrassment.
	"It's the second door down on the left. Though if it would be 
easier, you could use Alex's room. That's the first door on the right. 
There's a can in the closet you can use when you're done." Josh nodded 
at this and grabbed his duffel bag. He did notice that Alex turned a 
pale white when he heard his mom.
	"It's all right Alex. I already know and I wear them as well." 
Josh told the younger boy on his way past.
	"Man, this looks like my room did a few years back," Josh thought 
to himself with a smile. On seeing that the cloth diapers Alex had been 
wearing when he first entered the house were scattered about the floor 
and a changing pad was still spread out on one of the beds Josh now 
understood why Alex reacted the way he did. With another smile, Josh 
opened his bag and started pulling out a clean diaper. Seeing wipes, 
powder, and lotion still on the night stand Josh didn't bother removing 
those items from his bag.
	"I'm surprised the tapes held," Josh thought when he pulled down 
his shorts exposing a heavily soaked diaper. Making sure he was over 
the changing pad, Josh started undoing the tapes holding the diaper on. 
After wiping himself off with a couple of wipes, Josh placed those in 
the used diaper and wrapped it up. Once he placed the old diaper in the 
Diaper Genie that was mentioned, Josh decided to pull his shorts up and 
use the restroom since he felt a BM coming on and hated doing that in 
his diapers when he could avoid it.
	"Are you all right?" I came to see if you needed an help and you 
weren't here." Mrs. Rico asked with a little concern.
	"I'm fine. I just use the toilet whenever I can for BMs. It makes 
for an easier clean up than using my diapers." Josh replied to his 
hostess.
	"That makes sense. Do you need an help getting the fresh one on?"
	"No. I'm fine. Thanks for asking though." With a smile, Mrs. Rico 
left the room so Josh could finish getting a clean diaper on. Josh was 
pleased to see that Mrs. Rico had already opened the new diaper and 
sprinkled it liberally with powder. Once he had spread a generous 
amount of lotion over his butt and balls, Josh cleaned his hands off 
and sat on the new diaper. After a small bit of moving the diaper 
around, Josh had it centered and pulled the front up snuggly between 
his legs and put tapes on firmly. Making sure everything looked OK in a 
nearby mirror, Josh pulled his shorts back up and went back into the 
living room.
	Josh became a bit nervous when he saw a quarterly skydiving 
magazine on the living room table that had his picture on it.
	"No need to be nervous about that, Josh. Your mom told me about 
your last jump when we spoke earlier." Mr. Rico said when he saw the 
look on Josh's face. The let Josh react a little. Mrs. Rico entered the 
room a few minutes later announcing that dinner was ready.
	"Alex before you sit down I'd like you to take your own diapers 
into your room and put the cloth ones that you had on earlier either 
back in your closet or in the diaper pail." Alex turned a bit red as he 
set about to do as he was told.
	"Do you want me to let John know that dinner is ready?" Alex 
asked as he walked past.
	"No he's spending the rest of the night in his room." Alex was 
told by his father. with a bit of an insiders grin, Alex started 
pushing the case of diapers down the hall to his room.
	"I'm surprised he left his diapers on the floor of his room like 
he did with how he reacted when he saw you Josh. Normally he's a lot 
more careful about that. Of course with how often he goes around in the 
afternoon and evening in just his diapers and a shirt, I'm surprised he 
even bothers taking them offs, Mrs. Rico stated with a grin once her 
youngest son was out of earshot.
	"Josh, after dinner, I'd like to talk to you about something 
concerning your jump qualifications," Mr. Rico told the younger boy 
seriously. Josh nodded at this and made some other small talk with the 
elder Rico's while they waited for Alex to return. This seemed to take 
a bit longer than they thought it would. On seeing how puffed out 
looking Alex's shorts seemed to be, Josh understood why.
	Once dinner was over, and Josh and Mr. Rico had finished the talk 
about Josh's Jump quals. Josh and Alex headed downstairs to play some 
video games.
	"How long have you liked wearing diapers during the day?" Josh 
asked as Alex set a game up.
	"What do you mean? I know my parents told you about my needing 
them at night, but I don't need to wear them during the day." Alex 
replied going a bit red.
	"I didn't ask about you needing them during the day. I asked 
about you liking to wear them during the day." Josh clarified with a 
smile.
	"What makes you think I like wearing them during the day?" Came 
the lame reply.
	"The fact that I saw you wearing some when I walked into the 
house earlier. And the fact that you have one on right now."
	"I'm not wearing a diaper right now." Alex shot back, though both 
boys knew this was a lie. Josh didn't press things any further and let 
the subject drop.
	Several hours later Mrs. Rico came down to let the boys know that 
it was bedtime. As Josh figured he would, Alex threw a minor fit about 
it, but did as he was told once he knew that his mom was serious.
	"Josh would you mind waiting outside while I get ready for bed?" 
Alex asked as the boys were herded upstairs by his mom.
	"Why should he wait out in the hall? You both wear diapers to bed 
and if I'm not mistaken you're both diapered right now. So there isn't 
any reason to be modest about it." Alex's mom stated as she had both 
boys enter Alex's room and strip down. As Josh suspected, Alex was 
indeed wearing one of the Dipes that his father had picked up earlier 
that day. Josh and Mrs. Rico both weren't surprised to see that the 
diaper was soaked. Josh knew that Alex wanted him to wait out in the 
hall so he wouldn't get caught in a lie. Josh Just gave Alex a knowing 
look but said nothing about their conversation from earlier. Josh 
started preparing his own diaper as Alex was getting taken care of by 
his mom. Within ten minutes, both boys were thickly diapered, Josh in 
one of his Thickies Overnights, and Alex in several cloth diapers and 
some powder blue plastic pants. Since the nights were still on the warm 
side, Josh and Alex both just opted to wear T-shirts to bed.
	"Josh, thanks for not telling my mom that I lied earlier about 
not having a diaper on." Alex said softly once his mom left the room.
	"Don't mention it. I figured it wasn't really a lie since I was 
certain you were diapered at the time." Josh replied sleepily.
	"Well, thanks anyway. I hope you have fun tomorrow." came the 
yawned reply. Soon both boys were sound asleep.