Memoirs of a Diaper Boy

 

Chapter 18

My First Sleepover with Jason

 

“So Jason, when are you going to have me over so I can see where you live and meet your cousins?” I asked a few weeks after the little bomb I had dropped on him about the trust fund I set up for him.

 

“Uh.. I don’t really know. I mean my family normally keeps pretty busy on the weekends. I’d have to ask them and let you know.”

 

“OK, I was just wondering.” I got the feeling that Jason was not telling me something but I couldn’t figure out what it was. I knew that he would probably tell me sooner or later so I just decided to let him have the space it seemed like he needed to come to terms with what ever it was that he didn’t want me to know. Little did either one of know it would come sooner than later.

 

“So are you boys ready to go home?” Jason’s aunt asked a few days later when she turned up to take Jason, David, and I home. I had assumed that she was just going to be dropping David and I off at home, I was wrong.

 

“Ian, David, your mom called and asked if I would mind watching you guys this afternoon. It seems she had something come up.” David just shrugged at this, but I saw Jason tense up dramatically on hearing this. I knew right then that I was going to learn why he always seemed to change the subject of my staying the night when it was brought up.

 

“Is there a problem, Jase?” I asked him.

 

“Not at all. What would make you say that?” I was asked nervously.

 

“Just a feeling. It’s nothing.” A short time later we pulled up to a house I assumed was Jason’s home for the time being. If Jason was embarrassed by it, I couldn’t see why. While it wasn’t even near to level of where I was living right now it wasn’t all that bad. It was a nice split level house and everything looked like it was well cared for. As we got out of the car, I heard David give a small huff as he looked at the house we were walking up to. Deciding to nip things in the bud with him, I placed a hand on his shoulder to slow him up a bit.

 

David, I’m only going to tell you this once. We are guests in there and I expect you to behave like it. If you do or say anything that disrespects them or our family you will regret it. Am I clear on this?” I asked softly while looking him dead in the eye.

 

“Yeah, but..”

 

“There, will be no “buts”. You will be on your best behavior or there will be grave consequences. Understood?” I repeated.

 

“Yeah.” I was told warily.

 

“Good now lets not keep them waiting.” I added seeing that Jason and his aunt were almost to the door.

 

“OH, Jason. I forgot to get some bags out of the trunk could you get them please.” His aunt called over her shoulder as David and I caught up with him.

 

“Sure. Ian could you give me a hand?” I was asked as Jason walked past me.

 

“No problem.” I said as I started to turn back.

 

“That won’t be necessary Ian. Jason can get them.” His Aunt said as she opened the door. David of course decided to let me walk through the door first.

 

“Jay-Jay!” I heard a slightly flat voice yell just before something heavy collided with my chest knocking me on my ass.

 

Daniel Bryan Murphy! You know better than that!” Jason’s aunt said sternly as we picked ourselves up off the ground. The first things I noticed was that Jason’s aunt was signing as she spoke and that David was trying his best not to start laughing.

 

“I’m really sorry about that Ian. It’s just that Danny here always gets so excited when Jason gets home from school.” I was told as I was helped the rest of the way to my feet.

 

“Sorry about that mom, Danny got away from me when saw the door open.” A teenaged boy said as he walked over to us and picked his brother up. As the younger boy’s shirt rode up a bit I could see that he was still in diapers. About this time Jason walked into the house.

 

“Why couldn’t you have kept better control of him!? Don‘t you know how embarrassing it is when my friends find out about him. ” Jason almost screamed when he saw that his youngest cousin was struggling in his brother’s arms.

 

Before his aunt, or cousin could react I spun around and slapped Jason hard across the mouth.

 

*“In Here Now!”* I said roughly in Italian as I dragged Jason into what turned out to be an office.

 

*“What the hell was that all about?!”*I asked coldly as I spun Jason around to face him.

 

*“It’s Nothing!”*

 

*“Bull Shit! You don’t go off on a family member like that if it’s nothing. Now What was that all about?”*

 

*“You wouldn’t Understand?”* Jason said starting to cry.

 

*“Then make me understand.”* I replied while calming down some.

 

“It’s everything OK. Finding out that my parents wanted to keep the fact that I have a brother a secret from me. Acting like they’re better than other people because they happen to have money. How my friends act around me now that I’m living with my aunt and uncle and they aren’t so well off. And especially how my friends and parents act when they’re around Danny. Do you have any Idea how that makes me feel?! And to top all that I don‘t think my parents got called up. I think they decided to leave me.” Jason yelled switching back to English.

 

“In a way, I can understand. My father and his family treated me the same way during the time I spent with them. My grandfather however showed me that just because you happen to have money doesn’t mean that you’re better than anyone else. Now I want you to think about what you have here. You have a family that cares about you, you’re well taken care of. As for whether your family has money or not doesn’t matter to me what matters is that they care about you. Now I think you better get your head out of your ass and see what you actually have and quit worrying about what others think. I’m going to give you a piece of advice.”

 

“Save it I don’t want to hear it.” Jason said sourly. Before I could help myself, I had him pinned to a nearby wall by his throat.

 

“Listen here little bro, You better get that chip off your shoulder before I decide to knock it off. There are only Three people that you have to worry about as to what they think about you. One is the man upstairs, and he’ll love you regardless. Two is your family and they’ll also care about you regardless. And third, but most importantly, is how you see and feel about yourself. Now get your ass out of my sight before I do something we both regret.” I said as I let him fall to the ground and stalked out of the room. Without saying a word to anyone else I headed out back and started working out a bit to calm down. I walked back into the house about an hour later.

 

“I’m sorry about my reaction earlier. I have no excuse for it. Please accept my apology.” I said as I walked up to Jason’s aunt barely holding my emotions in.

 

“There’s nothing to forgive. Jason was out of line. I guess I should thank you. I’ve been trying to get him to open up for a while now but he wouldn’t say a word to me. At least now we know what’s bothering him.”

 

“Besides, brothers fight at times. It was only a matter of time before you two had a bit of a spat. Though I will ask that you keep the volume down a bit in the future.” I was told with a bit of a smile. With this said, I found myself being escorted into what I soon found out was Danny’s room.

 

“Climb on up here. I’m sure you’re way past due for a change.” Turning a bit red in the face, I complied. Half way through my change I saw Danny walk into the room.

 

“He has Cerebral Palsy.” his mom said when she saw me looking at how he walked.

 

“Oh sorry.”

 

“There’s nothing to be sorry about.” I was told as Danny’s mom finished taping my diaper closed .

 

“No, I meant sorry about staring.” I said as I hopped off the table.

 

“Oh, OK. Well get out of here and go join everyone else in the basement.” I was told as I felt a hand being applied to my butt. As I walked out, I saw Danny being lifted to take the spot I had just vacated.

 

“Hey Jason, I hear you really got it from your brother when you got home.” A boy about my age laughed when I walked into the Rec room the Murphy’s had set up in their basement.

 

“Uh, Seamus. That’s not Jason. That’s his brother.” His brother informed him

 

“Oh. Well, pull a seat up. And tell us about yourself. I mean other than what your brother has already told us.” Seamus said with a smile.

 

“What has he already told you?” I asked while giving David a look to see what I might find.

 

“Nothing much just some basic background.” I was informed. With a shrug, I sat down and started filling them in on my background. After about an hour of this Andrew stated he was getting bored and suggested we go outside. David and I paused long enough to get our pants back on. This was one thing that kind of threw me for a loop. With Jason mentioning that his parents were really anal about him being covered up at all times, I thought it was strange that his aunt didn’t even blink about having David, Danny, and I sit around in just a shirt and our diapers.

 

DOG PILE!!” I heard a voice yell from behind me. Seeing the kid racing at me I reacted on instinct and just about he was about to tackle me I grabbed his arm and shifted my weight to where he was tossed over my hip.

 

“UGGHH!!” The kid exclaimed as he came into contact with the ground and the air was forced from his lungs.

 

“Alex, I’d like you to meet Jason’s brother, Ian.” Andrew laughed as he walked over to see if his brother was all right.

 

“Pleased to meet you.” I said with a grin as I helped Alex to his feet.

 

“Likewise.”

 

“Boys, once you’re done beating up on each other, it’s time to come in and get your homework started before dinner.” Mrs. Murphy called from the back door about thirty minutes after Alex had joined us.

 

“Be right in mom.” Seamus yelled as we picked ourselves up from the ground.

 

Don’t even think about arguing David.” I said as we walked towards the house. Everyone else looked back at David and saw that he had his mouth open to say something.

 

“What are you psychic to?” Andrew joked.

 

“Nah, I just know him to well.” I answered as we entered the house.

 

“So are you ready to act your age?” I asked on seeing Jason sitting at the kitchen table.

 

“Yeah, I’m sorry about the way I acted. It’s just that…” I stopped him by putting a hand up.

 

“I’m not the one you should be apologizing to. They are.” I told him while nodding my head towards his aunt and cousin who were now standing behind him. Without another word I walked past him so I could get my book bag and start in on my homework like I had been asked to do. Thirty minutes later, my dad showed up to pick David and I up.

 

“Ian, David says you got into a fight with Jason this afternoon. Would you like to talk about it?” my mom asked shortly after we sat down for dinner.

 

“We can if you’d like. What would you like to know?”

 

“How about what started it?”

 

“Jason started going off when his youngest cousin mistook me for him and ran into me.”

 

“And knocked you on your butt.” David chuckled.

 

“Yeah, that too.” I said with a grin of my own.

 

“So for that you decided to hit him and started chewing him out instead of letting his aunt handle it?”

 

“Kind of, I did apologize to Mrs. Murphy for my behavior after I had a chance to cool down .”

 

“And what about to Jason?”

 

“No, I didn’t feel like it was warranted.”

 

“I see. Consider yourself restricted ‘til Monday.”

 

“Yes, ma’am.” I replied calmly. I have to admit that being placed in hack wasn’t all that surprising. I could tell that everyone else was surprised by it. Once dinner was over, I headed up to my room while everyone else headed downstairs.

 

“I’m sorry for getting you into trouble, Ian.” David said walking into my room a few hours later.

 

“That’s OK. I knew they would have found out about this sooner or later. I can’t say that I’m too surprised by their reaction.” I replied after closing the book I was reading.

 

“Besides this gives me the chance to get caught up with all the reading I’ve been wanting to do.” I added with a smile. David gave me a wan smile before leaving the room A few minutes later Megan entered to get me ready for bed.

 

“I can’t believe you did what David mentioned at dinner.” I was told as Meg helped me onto my changing table.

 

“What’s so hard to understand. Jason was seriously disrespecting his family and needed an attitude adjustment. I gave him what he was needing.” I said plainly as I felt the tapes being pulled away from my sodden diaper.

 

“I can understand that but like mom said you should have let his aunt handle it.” I was told as Megan lifted my legs to pull my diaper out from under me.

 

“Megan, what would you do if Isaac started spouting off about being embarrassed about David and I needing to wear diapers and such in front of other family members and you were the closest to him at the time?”

 

“I’d probably do the same thing you did with Jason.” my sister admitted as she took a wipe to my now bare butt.

 

“OK, then I don’t see why you think it’s so hard that I’m incapable of doing something that you said you’d do if you were in the same situation” Megan just kind of shrugged at this ending the conversation as she finished getting some of my cloth diapers on me for the night.

 

“So what do you kids have planned next weekend for Halloween?” cousins and I were asked the next morning by my mom.

 

“I was wondering if I could have a party?” Megan asked.

 

“I don’t see a problem with it as long as your father or I don’t have plans” Since Megan didn’t argue this point, I guess this was an iron clad rule when it came to parties.

 

“What about you boys?”

 

“Justin asked me yesterday if I wanted to go trick-or-treating with him and his brothers then spend the night.” Brad said. Isaac and David mentioned something similar with other friends. I had been made the same offers by other friends myself but I had politely turned them down. In all my years I had never celebrated any holidays and I didn’t see a need to start doing so now.

 

“What about you Ian?” my dad asked when he saw that I had yet to say anything on the matter.

 

“I figured I’d just get caught up on that paper that Mr. Perez had given us a few days ago.”

 

“But, that paper isn’t due for another three weeks.” David stated at this.

 

“So, I want to get a head start on it.” I replied glaring at my cousin for butting in.

 

“We’ll talk about this later.” my mom said cutting off any fight that was about to start.

 

 Do you want to talk about why you don’t want to do anything next weekend?” I was asked when my mom can up to check on me a few hours later

 

“Not really, I just see next weekend as just another day.” I explained simply.

 

“Well, what did you do last year to celebrate it?”

 

“I just “hung” around the house.” I said stressing, hung. From the look on my mom’s face she picked up on what I was saying and let the matter drop for a few minutes.

 

“I may regret asking this next question ,but what about the other holidays?” I didn’t even bother answering this question verbally. I could tell though that by my silence, and the look I gave in response my mom understood entirely what the answer would have been.

 

“I see. Well, would you at least consider doing something for it.”

 

“I’ll think about it.” Little did I know something was already being set up for me on this matter. The rest of the weekend went by quickly. Since I had little else to do, I decided to work on the paper that had been assigned to my class earlier in the week.

 

“What’s this?” Mr. Perez asked as I handed a folder over to him as I walked to my desk on Monday morning.

 

“The rough draft of the paper you assigned. You said we needed to have a rough draft turned in prior to doing the final copy.”

 

“Well, yes I did. But I wasn’t expecting anything for another week.” I was told in surprise.

 

“I can hold on to it for another week if you’d like.” I replied simply.

 

“No that’s OK. I’ll go ahead and take a look at it. You’ll have it back by the middle of the week.”

 

{“Brown Nose”} Ivan whispered as I walked past him.

 

{“Bite Me.”} I shot back as I took my seat. I knew for a fact that no love would ever be lost between us.

 

“Hey Ian, I hear that you and Ivan had a few words this morning.” Mikhail said at lunch later that day.

 

{“Yeah, very few words. He seemed to think I was being a bit of a brown nose when I turned in a paper a bit early.”} I explained. I was kind of surprised that Misha even wanted to still be friends when he found out about my real age and that I was now a grade below him. I was however liking the suggestion he had made about our conversations with him using English and wanting me to reply in Russian. I knew that the first couple of times a teacher had overheard us we got some strange looks but it didn’t seem to bother Misha so I didn’t let it get to me.

 

“Mind if I join you?” A voice asked from behind me Going from the voice and the look on Misha’s face I knew it had to be Jason.

 

“Sure, have a seat.” I said while pointing to an empty chair.

 

{“Misha, I’d like to introduce my brother Jason Alexandrovich”} I stated using the Russian honorific of his name.

 

“Pleased to meet you.”

 

“Like wise. Anyway Ian what I wanted to talk to you about last weekend.”

 

“Italia” I said cutting Jason off before he could say another word.

 

*“Why?”*

 

*“Because I could use the practice.”* I said with a smile before translating what had just been said into Russian.

 

*“Uh, right. Anyway, I wanted to apologize about last weekend and was asked if you’d like to spend the night this weekend if you didn’t have anything else planned.”*

 

*“Before I answer that, whose idea was it yours or your aunt’s and uncle’s?”* I asked.

 

*“It started off as my aunt’s but after thinking about it I felt that it was about time to return the favor of all the times you’ve had me over”* came the reply as my brother turned a bit red at this.

 

*“Let me check with my parents, but I don’t see a problem at this point. I‘ll let you know in the next day or two what the answer is.”* Jason nodded at this. The rest of lunch was spent going over normal things. I think I surprised both Jason and Misha at how well I was able to switch from one language to another.

 

“See, I told you Ivan was telling the truth when he said that he wore diapers.” A voice said loudly from behind Jason, Misha, and I while we were taking our lunch trays up to the window to drop them off. Placing a hand on Misha’s shoulder to keep him from doing anything, as I turned around.

 

“And this matters to you why?” I asked.

 

“Uh, sorry, it was our mistake, sorry.” the other boy said hurriedly as he grabbed his friend’s arm and dragged him away before anything else could be said.

 

{“Ivan better watch his ass when I see him next.”} Misha muttered darkly as we walked away with most of the people around us watching us. I knew right then that most of the school would know about this by the end of the day.

 

“Misha, do yourself a favor and don’t do anything. Just let your aunt know about it when you get home and let her handle it.” I said with a small grin. I knew almost for certain how she would handle this. Apparently, Misha did as well going off the grin he had on his face.

 

“OK, ladies and gentlemen. I’ve been sitting on a little surprise for you this afternoon. If you remember, last week I asked you to write down jobs that you’d be interested in learning more about. Well I’ve spent the last few days talking to people in those fields and I’ve arranged to have some people come in and talk to you about them and where possible they’ve set up a small demonstration. So, get your coats and follow me.” We were told by our teacher shortly after returning from lunch.

 

“I wonder what they’re going to be showing us?” David whispered as we made our way outside.

 

“I couldn’t begin to tell you but it’ll be interesting to find out.” I answered.

 

“Oh, this could get to be interesting. “ I said with a smile as we stopped near a roped off area and saw a police officer and dog waiting nearby.

 

“Is that who I think it is?” David asked

 

“Yep, it is. I just hope he doesn’t get a hold of my scent or things could get exciting.”

 

“Tell me about it.” David said before Mr. Perez started speaking.

 

“OK, listen up. I’d like to introduce you to Sgt. Ortiz and his partner for this afternoon Officer Heinrich. I want you all to give your undivided attention to Sgt. Ortiz.”

 

“Thank you Mr. Perez. I’d like to start off by giving you some background information about the K-9 corp.” Sgt. Ortiz said by way of introduction. This started a twenty minute lecture of what he did during a normal shift.

 

“Now before I start the demonstration, I need to insist that none of you make any sudden noises or movement. To do so could cause Officer Heinrich to think that you’re trying to attack and respond to it in kind. Understood?” We were asked . After getting most of us nodding our heads, the demonstration started.

 

“ think fast, diaper boy.” I heard someone whisper into my ear before I felt myself being roughly pushed forward. Before I could stop, I stumbled forward several feet and fell flat on my face. As, I’m sure the person was hoping, Heinrich saw this and reacted to his training after a sense.

 

Before anyone really knew what was going on, Heinrich had steamrolled Sgt. Ortiz, jumped over me, and had the person that had pushed me pinned to the ground and was snarling at him.

 

“Well don’t just stand there give me a hand!” David called trying to pull Heinrich off the person.

 

Getting up, I took my time walking over to them. I started laughing when I saw that it was Ivan that was pinned to the ground.

 

“Well, C’mon. A hand would be nice.” David called again. Of course none of the other people wanted anything to do with the situation.

 

“OK if you insist.” I said before I started clapping.

 

“Ian!”

 

“Oh, all right. Killjoy.” I said before switching to German.

 

“Heinrich, Come!” I called. As I knew he would, Heinrich responded after a few more seconds

 

“Sit.” I said once he was standing beside me.

 

“Good boy.” I said scratching him behind an ear. A somewhat dazed Sgt. Ortiz came up a few seconds later and started to grab for Heinrich’s collar. This caused his hand to get snapped at.

 

“Heel!” I responded sternly while thumping Heinrich on the top of his head.

 

“You go see to Ivan. I’ll get Heinrich back into the car.” I said before giving Heinrich a few commands of my own and started taking off at a dead run, with Heinrich fast on my heels. I had almost made it to the car when I felt my legs go out from under me, and had Heinrich use my back as a springboard to jump through the open back window. I was still on the ground laughing my head off when Mr. Perez and the other officer came up to see if I was okay.

 

“I’ll get you next time and no cheating then either.” I chuckled to Heinrich once I had been helped to my feet and had gotten my breath back.

 

“God, Miller. Give everyone a heart attack why don’t you.” Mr. Perez said as we headed back to where the class was standing.

 

“What I was just having a bit of fun. I would have won to if he hadn’t cheated.”

 

“You call that a bit of fun. He could have seriously hurt you.”

 

“Nah, we were just playing around a bit. Besides it wasn’t any worse the last time. Ask David.” On seeing the bored look on my brother’s face, Mr. Perez kept his mouth shut.

 

“Well, You and David won’t mind taking Ivan up to the nurses office to get him checked out.” David and I were told.

 

“Ivan, I don’t know what kind of joke you were trying to pull out there but you’ve gone over the line.” I told him once we were out of earshot of everyone else.

 

“Who cares what you think. I’m going to make sure that damned mutt is put down for this; he’s a menace. And I already know that you won’t be able to do a thing to me either.” I was told shakily.

 

“Oh, I wasn’t going to do anything to you except let your aunt know about what you had done. Besides with the number of people that had seen you push me I doubt anyone will take your complaint against Heinrich seriously.” I could tell that my mentioning his aunt had brought Ivan up short.

 

“What’s going on with you boys now?” the nurse asked when she saw mine and Ivan’s grass stained clothes.

 

“Oh, it’s nothing. Just a small misunderstanding during class. Though Ivan here is going to need a change of pants.” I said with a chuckle as I walked over to get changed myself. David and I both started laughing softly when the nurse escorted Ivan to the front of the line of people waiting to get changed. It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud when Ivan was lead out of the room a while later sporting nothing but a diaper and a t-shirt.

 

“I guess Heinrich really did scare the crap out of him.” I told David in low voice as we entered the room to have our own diapers taken of.

 

“Ian, Mrs. Allison would like to see you in her office. David you can go back to class” I was informed as David and I walked out after getting our diapers changed.

 

“Mrs. Allison wanted to see me.” I told her secretary a few seconds later.

 

“You can go on in. They’re waiting for you.” I was told. With a nod, I walked over to the door and knocked. Once I was in the room and had closed the door behind me I took notice of everyone that was in the room. I wasn’t to surprised to see Mr. Perez and Sgt. Ortiz. Though seeing Ivan and his aunt sitting in did take me back for a second.

 

“I’m sure you can figure out why you’re here Mr. Miller.” I was told after having taken a seat.

 

“Yes, Ma’am.” I replied.

 

“Perhaps you can clear up some of the things that have been discussed.”

 

“I’ll try.” I said as I started in on my version of what had happened.

 

“That’s a lie!” Ivan stated heatedly about twenty minutes later.

 

“Quiet!” Ivan was told sharply by his aunt.

 

“I agree with your aunt, Mr. Romanov. After hearing everything that’s been said so far, I’m more inclined to believe Mr. Miller’s version of what’s happened. From what Mr. Perez and Sgt. Ortiz said half the people that saw the incident were saying you pushed Ian and the other half are saying he tripped I’m not going to do anything. I’ll leave any punishment given to you to your guardians. Ian you can head back to class.”

 

“Yes ma’am.” I said as I go to my feet. As I got to the door, I turned back and started talking to Ivan’s aunt.

 

{“If possible you might want have a talk with Misha before you leave it seems that word has gotten out about his condition.”} I told her with a pointed look towards Ivan who turned a bright red. His aunt did as well but for a different reason.

 

“Thank you Ian. I’ll handle that as well. You get back to class now.” Mrs. Romanov told me while giving her nephew a truly evil look.

 

“Yes ma’am” I said before leaving the room.

 

Twenty minutes later, Ivan walked back into our class room sporting a very noticeable diaper bulge in his pants. I didn’t say anything as he walked past me. Though I did let him see the large smirk I had on my face.

 

“Ian, a package was dropped off for you while you were at school. I took the liberty of placing up in your room.” Anita told me when Brad and I walked into the house after getting dropped off from our Kendo class.

 

(“Thanks Anita.”) I replied as I walked past her. Anita just smiled at this. I guess she was starting to get used to my using Spanish around her. Once I had grabbed a bottle of water, I headed up to my room to see what the package was.

 

Once I had the box opened, I saw that there was a smaller box and letter inside of it. After a moments thought I decided to read the letter first to see if it help some clue as to what the other box held.

 

 Ian,

 

 I’m sorry I’m unable to present this gift to you in person. I found this a few days back while I was getting things organized around the house. Your uncle used to wear this when he would get invitations to costume parties. I never found out where he got it from. I do know that the first time his mother saw him wearing it scared her half to death. Of course it did the same to his sisters. The time you spent with me made me see how much I missed having him around. In a lot of ways, you remind me a great deal of him. That is why I felt that you’d like to have this.

 

 Love, Gramps

 

 I didn’t even realize I was crying as I finished reading the letter my grandfather had sent with the costume. As I laid the letter down and wiped my eyes, it hit me that I couldn’t recall ever having been told that I had an uncle from my step-mom’s side of the family. I decided to send off an e-mail to my grandfather’s attorney to see if he knew anything about this. Once I was done sending the e-mail, I went to see what was in box.

 

I started chuckling once I had everything out of the box and spread out on my bed. On seeing how detailed the mask and gloves were that went with the costume I could see how my step-mom and her sister would get scared by seeing the costume being worn. Especially, if they weren’t expecting it.

 

“So Ian, I hear that you had a little excitement at school today?” My aunt commented when I came back downstairs after changing out of my school clothes.

 

“A little bit. Yes ma’am.” I responded while looking at David as I did so.

 

David wasn’t the one who told me. Mrs. Romanov called me earlier to let me know what was going on incase the school called. She wanted me to know that you weren’t to be punished for something you didn’t do. So how about you tell me what happened.” I was asked as my aunt pointed to the seat next to her. Since I didn’t feel like I had done anything wrong I went ahead and told her everything that had happened, including my clapping when David had asked me for a hand. Though I did receive a disapproving look at this.

 

“Well, other than that how was your day?”

 

“Not bad, Jason asked if I wanted to have a sleepover this coming weekend. I told him that I didn’t see a problem but I was going to need to ask you and Uncle Brian about it first.”

 

“I think that it’s a good idea for you to go since everyone else has something planned. Now all we have to do is get you a costume set up.”

 

“Actually, that’s already been taken care of. My grandfather sent me one of my uncle’s old costumes. So I was going to wear that.”

 

“I didn’t know you had any uncle’s on your step-mother’s side.”

 

“I didn’t know either. I hope you don’t mind but I sent an e-mail off to my grandfather’s attorney to get some information about him.”

 

“No, I don’t see a problem with that. I just hope you don’t get you hopes up about what he may be like.”

 

“I won’t.”

 

“OK, well go on outside and join your brothers. I’ll call you guys when dinner is ready.” I was told as I felt a light slap being applied to my rear.

 

“Boys, once dinner is over I want you to go get cleaned up and get dressed into your costumes” Jason’s uncle announced half way through dinner.

 

Dad would you mind if we wore our normal costumes?” Alex asked.

 

“I’m not sure if Father Paul would like them very much but why not. He did ask that costumes have some sort of relation to a story from the bible if you wanted to be in the contest.” Jason’s uncle said with a smile.

 

“We normally go to a party set up by our church. Mom and dad feel it’s safer that way.” Seamus added when he saw my lost expression.

 

“Oh OK.” The remaining time for dinner was filled in by Jason and his cousins filling me in on the activities that were normally held at the party.

 

“C’mon boys hurry up or we’re going to be late.” Jason’s aunt yelled as I came out of Danny’s room.

 

“Ian, I’ve taken the liberty of placing a couple of your diapers in Danny’s bag. That way you don’t need to worry about carrying around a bag yourself.” I was told as I walked past.

 

“That’s fine. Thank you for thinking of it.” I said as I walked into Jason’s room.

 

“This is going to be great. I haven’t been able to wear this costume for a couple of years. My dad had a fit last time I tried it on.” I was told as Jason started to pull some pants up. I got two quick shocks before I started getting dressed myself. First was the fact that Jason was wearing some pull-ups and second was when I saw the rest of the costume in question laying out on his bed. I started laughing after a few seconds.

 

“What’s so funny?”

 

“You’ll find out” I replied as I started pulling out the pieces of my own costume and putting them on.

 

“Boys, I want you to get fully dressed so your mom can get a picture for the scrap book.” Mr. Murphy yell as Jason and I finished getting dressed.

 

Dad’s really going to freak when he sees you.” Jason chuckled as we heard his uncle yell.

 

“You don’t know the half of it.” I thought to myself thinking back to the package I had gotten from my grandfather’s attorney the day before.

 

“Jesus.” Mr. Murphy muttered as he backed up and sat down hard on the couch behind him when he saw me coming down the hall.

 

Brandon what is it?!” His wife called out in shock at seeing the look on her husband’s face.

 

“It’s nothing. He’s just in a bit of shock about seeing my costume.” I answered seeing how Mr. Murphy was still speechless.

 

“How could seeing a costume put someone in shock?”

 

“Because I haven’t seen that particular costume in over twenty years.” came the shaky answer as Mr. Murphy finally found himself able to speak.

 

“You mean that’s the costume that..” Jason’s aunt started to ask before getting cut off by her husband.

 

“Exactly.”

 

“The costume that what?” Jason asked in confusion not getting the looks on his aunt’s and uncle’s faces.

 

“The costume my uncle was wearing when he died.” I answered bluntly. This statement caused Jason’s uncle to jump like he had just been shocked.

 

“Yeah, I know all about what happened. After I read the note my grandfather had sent with the costume I contacted his lawyer to find out more about the uncle I never knew I had. I got the response back yesterday. In fact, a letter came back with it. I think you might be interested in it.” I said as I walked over to him and handed him a letter that my grandfather had written some years before.

 

“Let’s go out to the car and give you dad a few minutes alone.” Jason’s aunt said while herding us all toward the front door. Mr. Murphy came out a few minutes later and without saying a word climbed into the car. The trip to the church was a silent one.

 

“This could get interesting.” I whispered to Jason as we pulled into the church’s parking lot and saw all the people standing around some in costume and some not.

 

“I want you boys to behave yourselves. I won’t hesitate to take you home if any problems arise is that understood?” we were all told by Jason’s aunt. We all nodded our understanding as we opened our doors to get out of the car.

 

“Ian, I’ll be down the hall by the classrooms if you need me.” I was told as we headed into the building.

 

“So, I see that you have an extra person with you tonight.” an older gentleman commented to Jason’s uncle when we walked into the building.

 

“Yes we do. Ian, could you come over here for a minute?” Mr. Murphy called as the rest of the headed down some nearby stairs.

 

“Yes sir?”

 

“Father O’Malley, I’d like to introduce you to Ian Miller, Jason’s older brother.” Mr. Murphy said in introduction. Trying to be as cordial as possible I removed the hood of the robes I had on and stuck my hand out.

 

“Father.” I said respectfully. The Father said something I didn’t understand then I realized his reaction was from the mask I had on.

 

“Sorry about that.” I said as I removed the mask. The reaction this time was one I’d come to expect from people that knew Jason but were meeting me for the first time.

 

“Sorry, Father. I guess I forgot to mention that Jason and Ian are twins.” Jason’s uncle said with a slight grin.

 

“It’s quite all right. I was just taken aback for a moment. I’m pleased to meet you Ian.”

 

“Likewise sir” I replied.

 

“Go ahead and join everyone else Ian, there’s something I need to talk to the Father about in private.” I was told. Knowing what it was probably concerning I just nodded at this as I put the mask back on and pulled the hood back up. After taking my leave of Mr. Murphy and Fr. O’Malley, I headed downstairs to join everyone else.

 

“What was that all about?” Jason asked me when I finally joined back up with them.

 

“Your uncle wanted to introduce me to Fr. O’Malley. Though I’m not sure which startled him more me with my mask on or off.” I said with a chuckle.

 

“Both I bet. Well, enough standing around let’s go have some fun.”

 

Several hours later the party was starting to wind down. I have to say that I was glad that I had come with them. Even better was the fact that I only needed to stop to get changed once. Though that was kind of embarrassing since I ended up getting changed on one of the changing tables in the Nursery. Even better was the fact that Jason, Seamus, Alex, and I managed to win First place in the Religion category of the costume contest, and Second place over all.

 

“Once we get home, I want you boys to get out of those costumes and get ready for bed.” We were told as we climbed back into the car to head home.”

 

“But, it’s only nine o’clock.” Seamus whined.

 

“I didn’t say you had to go to bed. I just want you to get ready for bed.” his mom replied.

 

“You won’t need the pants if you don’t want to wear them.” Jason informed me after I had come back from getting my night diaper put on by his aunt and started putting on the sleep pants I had brought with me.

 

“What do you mean? I figured your aunt and uncle would insist on pants being worn from what you told me of your parents.”

 

“Yeah, but that’s my parents. My aunt and uncle are a lot more lax about that. My cousins and I normally go around in just our underwear or diapers after we get ready for bed. Feel free to dress how you’re most comfortable though.”

 

“OK, thanks.” I said as I took the pants off and replaced them with a shirt that only cover about the top third of the diaper I had on. Jason I saw did the same. This didn’t surprise me though because this was how he normally dressed for bed when he stayed over at my place. In fact, I was kind of surprised at how much he had loosened up over the past couple of months.

 

“Well, lets go see what movie they decided to put in for tonight.” I was told as my brother walked out of the room.

 

I got a bit of a shock when I walked into the family room to find that Seamus and Andrew were both wearing just a pair of briefs, while, Alex was wearing a pair of what I soon recognized as a pair of Jordon Sleep Briefs. I raised an eyebrow towards Jason when I saw those.

 

“Yeah, Alex still has some problems at night. He’s a bit like Brad in that he doesn’t like wearing full diapers. I have to say that my aunt was happy when she found those pants since Alex tended to max out the GoodNites he used to wear.” Jason whispered. I just nodded at this knowing what he meant. I was a bit shocked that he knew about Brad wearing the sleep briefs since Brad tended to keep them covered up anytime we had someone sleeping over. I guess after seeing Danny and Alex going around in diapers and GoodNites Jason knew what to look for. Once Jason and I had made ourselves comfortable on the couch, Andrew lowered the lights and started the chosen movie. I started smiling when Hocus Pocus started playing A few moments in to the beginning scenes, felt the couch move a bit and saw Danny climbing up on to it. I was a bit surprised when he crawled over and curled up next to me. I could tell Jason was a bit surprised at this as well but didn’t say anything.

 

I guess at some point I must have fallen asleep since I woke up the next morning with Danny still curled up beside me. I smiled a bit at this. After pulling the blanket, that someone had placed over me, off, I climbed over Danny and after replacing the blanket over him I headed upstairs for a diaper change and to get ready for the day. Seeing the rain that was coming down I knew that the trip to the amusement park was going to be a no go.

 

All of us boys ended up just lounging around the house in our skivies since we couldn’t go out due to the weather. I did notice that Alex had decided to keep wearing his Jordon pants for the day. Megan picked me up later that afternoon. I think she was a bit surprised to see the state of dress, or maybe I should say undress we all were in when she arrived. Jason kept saying how glad he was that he had finally had me over as he helped me pack. This one weekend was the turning point in our relationship when he finally realized that I couldn’t care less about how much money his aunt and uncle had just as long as he was happy.

 

Chapter 19

And Then There Was One