The J-Birds in Diapers
by Alex

Chapter 1: Learning to love diapers

	Joshua and Jared were eight and six years old when 
their lives changed forever. They had, up to then, been 
living the normal life of two boys in the city when their 
mother made a decision that would affect them deeply.
	Joshua and Jared had never 'lived' with their father: 
their mother had never married him. However, he adored them 
and they adored him, and they spent a lot of time together. 
When Jared had finally asked, at age five, why their daddy 
didn't live with them the way many of his friends' daddies 
did, his mother had explained that she and Warren were just 
good friends who had wanted children and decided to go ahead 
and have them.
	Their life was different in another way too: their 
mother wore diapers. She had worn them for six years, ever 
since the hospital had made an error when Jared had been 
born. It didn't seem to bother her, and she had answered all 
their questions about it.
	Warren, a lawyer, had sued for a lot of money, and 
Annette had won substantial monetary compensation as well as 
free diapers for life, which the hospital had to supply.
	But to the boys, Annette was just Mommy, and Warren was 
just Daddy, and diapers meant nothing to the two of them... 
until one Friday when their mother sat them both down on the 
couch and explained about Napidale.
	Napidale had been in the news a few months before when 
eccentric millionaire Wayne Raye had bought a huge tract of 
land and announced it was to be a 'diaper town'. Since he 
owned the land, nothing could be done when he began to build 
housing units - over a thousand of them - on this land. 
There had been the usual disgusted murmurs by various 
conservative and religious groups, but when Raye had refused 
to comment or stop the work, the antis had lost interest.
	"And it's a place where wearing diapers is thought of 
as a good thing," Annette told the boys. "The houses don't 
even have toilets, just a small chute for the disposal of 
fecal matter. And there's a laundry on every block for the 
residents."
	Josh, being the oldest, tried to get his brain around 
this concept. "A place for people who just wear diapers?"
	"Yes, honey. Now here's the thing... I called them and 
I can get a house with part of my Settlement Money. It'll be 
great to be in a place where I don't have to hide my 
diapers."
	"That's good, Mommy," Jared replied.
	"Yes it is. But there's a problem. Everyone who lives 
in Napidale - in England they called diapers nappies, it's a 
pun - has to wear a diaper. Everyone." She looked at them 
apprehensively.
	"So if we go, we will too?"
	"Yes." But Annette would never have dreamed of tricking 
or forcing her children into diapers. They'd been easily 
potty-trained and had never shown any interest in diapers at 
all. "But I don't want to make you do that if you don't want 
to, see? That's why I'm asking you what you think."
	"Will it make you happy?" Jared asked.
	"Yes, honey, I think so."
	"I'll wear one then," Jared said firmly.
	Annette looked at Josh, who was frowning. "Josh? Stop 
frowning, the wind will change and your face will stay like 
that." When the frown lines were gone she asked, "Can you 
tell me what you think?"
	"Well, I know that diapers aren't only for babies, 
but... I don't know, Mommy. I don't know if I can wear 
diapers all the time."
	"Fair enough. If you two don't agree, we won't go."
	"But I do want you to be happy," Josh added.
	"I won't mess up your lives just to feel like I fit in, 
honey."
	"I've got an idea," Jared said.
	"Hmm?" Annette asked.
	"We can wear diapers this weekend, to see."
	Annette hugged her smallest son. "That's a great idea." 
She turned to Josh. "Josh?"
	"Okay."
	"Let's do it now!" Jared scrambled off the couch and 
went into the Changing Room. It was the room where Annette 
kept her diapers and supplies.
	When Annette walked in, Josh in tow, Jared was already 
naked from the waist down and lying on the low bench that 
Annette used when she changed herself.
	Annette got out one of her disposable diapers and, 
hoping that it would fit, slid it up under Jared. "I'm going 
to tape it closed, okay honey?"
	Jared just nodded, so Annette taped the diaper on. It 
was a bit too large, but she taped it firmly and Jared said 
that it was fine.
	"Your turn," Annette said to Josh as she took out 
another diaper. Josh slowly took off his pants and underwear 
and lay down, allowing his mother to diaper him.
	"How's that?" she asked when she was finished.
	"It feels okay," Josh reported.
	They went back into the lounge, the boys now just in T-
shirts and a diaper each. "This is our experiment, okay?" 
Annette said. "You don't use the toilet at all this weekend. 
I'll change you if you need it. But after this weekend, if 
you don't like it, I'll never mention diapers to you again."
	The boys thought this reasonable, and agreed. They ate 
supper which their mother had made, watched Arnold kill lots 
of bad guys on TV, and then it was bedtime.
	After brushing his teeth, Josh was about to make his 
usual detour to the toiler before bed when he realised that 
he didn't need to, so he went into their room.
	The house only had three bedrooms - one for Annette 
(and Warren, when he came over), one for Changing, and one 
for the boys.
	Josh crawled into bed and waited for Mommy to come and 
tuck him and his brother in. As he lay there, he couldn't 
help concentrating on how the diaper felt. It was bulky, but 
it was also soft and felt good. "How does your diaper feel?" 
Josh asked Jared.
	"I like it," Jared confessed.
	"Have you done anything?"
	"No, but I really do have to go soon."
	"So?"
	"I want Mommy to kiss us goodnight first."
	Just then, Annette came in. "How are my boys? Either of 
you need a change?"
	They both said no, so Annette kissed them, tucked them 
in and turned out the light, leaving the door open just a 
crack because Jared was scared of the dark.
	Josh lay there feeling his need to pee increase, but he 
didn't want to do anything until Jared had - after all, he 
was older. Finally, after what seemed a long time, Jared 
whispered across the room, "I'm gonna do it."
	There was a brief silence, and then Josh imagined he 
could hear Jared peeing his diaper. "Jared?"
	"I did it," his brother said in a small, satisfied 
voice.
	"What does it feel like?"
	"It's all warm and wet. I like it."
	Silence. Then Jared spoke again. "You gonna do it?"
	"Yeah." Josh tried to pee, but nothing happened. 
"Nothing's happening," he whispered.
	"You gotta relax a lot," Jared advised.
	Josh relaxed and thought of running water. There! He 
began to pee his diaper! Since he was lying on his back, the 
pee went mostly up and forwards, soaking the front panel. 
Some, however, went down towards the back. Josh couldn't 
feel much, so he stopped peeing and turned onto his front. 
As Jared had said, the diaper was all warm and wet. It felt 
good, so he continued peeing, soaking the front of the 
diaper.
	"Does it feel nice?" Jared whispered.
	"Yeah," Josh whispered back. "Let's go to sleep now."
	He feel asleep easily, enjoying the new feeling of a 
warm, wet diaper. It wasn't quite so nice in the morning 
when he woke up, however. Parts of the diaper now just felt 
cold and clammy. "Eeeyuk," he opined.
	"If you pee a bit, it'll feel like last night." Jared 
had done that, and was enjoying it.
	"Okay." Josh began to wet his diaper again. It warmed 
up nicely, giving him a good feeling. Then he realised that 
he had to do something else, too. "Oh, no! I need to do a 
number 2." 'Number 2' was how their family referred to bowel 
movements.
	"I already did mine," Jared said smugly from his bed. 
"It's all squishy." He made that sound like a good thing.
	Josh had no intention of disobeying his mother's 
instruction not to use the toilet this weekend, so he 
figured he'd better just do the number 2 and get it over 
with. He couldn't seem to do it lying on his side, though, 
so he got out of bed and squatted. Finally, he unloaded his 
number 2 into his diaper.
	"Lie back down," Jared advised. "It'll go squishy. It 
feels nice."
	Josh shrugged and did as his brother said, realising 
that it DID feel kinda nice.
	Just then, their mother came in. "Morning, boys." She 
kissed them on their foreheads. "Need a change?"
	Two young heads nodded vigorously. This time, Josh lay 
on the bench and was changed first. His mother didn't make a 
big deal out of the smell, she merely cleaned him up, put 
the dirty diaper into a plastic bag and slid a fresh one 
under him. "How was it last night?" she asked.
	"It was fine," Josh said, not wanting to let on that it 
had felt almost too good.
	Annette asked the same of Jared as she changed him, and 
Jared didn't hide his enthusiasm. "It felt really good, 
Mommy. It was all nice and warm."
	Annette smiled, and tickled him. "Good." They had 
breakfast: toast, eggs and sausage because it was a 
Saturday. The boys were excited because their father came 
over after breakfast each Saturday and played with them for 
a couple of hours. He'd then go off to play golf, but he'd 
return in the night with takeout for the family. Sometimes 
he even stayed over.
	The boys were just finishing up when Warren's car 
pulled up.
	"Daddy!" The boys got up from the table and rushed to 
the door.
	"The J-birds!" Warren yelled as he came in and was 
tackled by two bundles of energy.
	He lifted them up, tickling them, then put them back 
down. "Hey, Annette."
	"Warren." Annette smiled. She turned to the boys. 
"Boys, your father and I are going to have a talk, okay? So 
you two go out back and play for a bit."
	The boys went out, and Annette went into the kitchen to 
get Warren some coffee.
	"So you did it," Warren said.
	"Yeah."
	"I know you wouldn't coerce them, but if they say no, 
you could still go."
	"You know I can't do that."
	"I'd take good care of them. I'm their father. You 
shouldn't lose your chance at feeling normal again," Warren 
said.
	"Warren, we've had this conversation for six years. 
When you booked me into that hospital you had no idea what 
would happen."
	"It's my fault."
	"Do you want the boys to grow up normal? Is that it?"
	"You know it isn't. Diapers don't bother me, you know 
that."
	"I need to be with my sons, Warren. I love them very 
much."
	Warren went over and hugged her. "I know." The boys 
were playing in their sand heap with some plastic cars. "I 
need to pee," Jared said.
	"Me too," replied Josh.
	"Let's do it together!"
	"Okay. One... two... three!" Josh peed, loudly and 
volubly, into his diaper as his brother did the same.
	They played for a bit more, then Jared said in a small 
voice, "I like wetting my diaper."
	"Me too." Josh figured there was no point in lying.
	"I liked it when Mom changed me."
	"Me too."
	"I even liked doing the number 2."
	"Me too," Josh agreed for the third time, just as his 
father came outside.
	"J-birds, I want to talk to you."
	Two young faces looked up at him.
	"Do you two want to go with Mommy to Napidale?"
	"Yes," Josh said, then in a fearful voice he added, 
"You'll still come and visit us all the time, right Daddy?"
	"Of course I will. You're my best boys. But I want to 
know if you mind wearing diapers."
	Josh had drunk a lot of juice that morning, and he peed 
his diaper a bit more as he answered, "I don't mind, Daddy."
	"Jared?"
	"I like it," Jared answered, his six-year-old 
enthusiasm getting the better of him.
	"Think you can wear them all the time?"
	"I think so. It feels good," Josh answered.
	"Okay." Warren ruffled their hair. "How about you come 
inside and I slaughter you in Space Wars?"
	"Yeah!" Two diapered butts got up off the ground and 
rushed into the house. Because they were wearing diapers, 
the boys didn't feel like going anywhere in the afternoon. 
They stayed home, playing and watching TV and drinking juice 
and milk in larger quantities than they normally would have. 
Jared asked for his extra glass first, liking the feeling of 
peeing his diaper, and Josh followed suit.
	By two p.m. they were both soaked. "Mom, I think I need 
a change," Josh called.
	Annette came out of the dining room where she'd laid 
out her draughting equipment - she was a private architect. 
"You wet?"
	"Ah huh."
	"Done a number 2 yet?"
	"No."
	"Well, do you NEED to do a number 2?"
	Josh concentrated. "I think so."
	"Okay, well, let's wait until you've done it, then I'll 
change you." She went back into the dining room.
	This time, Josh didn't squat. He merely leaned forward 
and pushed, filling his diaper with his number 2. "Mom, I 
did it."
	Annette came back out. "Okay. Both of you into the 
Changing Room for a fresh diaper."
	Josh and Jared bumped into each other on the way, so 
eager were they to get their diapers changed. Annette came 
in right after, shaking her head at the antics of her kids. 
She felt happy, too, because it looked more and more as 
though they'd be able to move to Napidale where diaper 
wearing was normal.
	Josh was changed first, and as he lay there while his 
mother cleaned him up he decided to confess. "Mom, I like 
wearing a diaper. I didn't think I would, but it's really 
nice. I'll come with you to Diaperdale."
	"Napidale, hon," Annette corrected as she slid a new 
diaper under him and taped it closed. "That's great. Jar?"
	Jared got onto the bench so his mother could change 
him. "I like it a lot, Mommy."
	Annette smiled. "You liked it right from the first 
minute, didn't you?"
	Jared, being young, didn't get embarrassed. "Yeah! I 
never said anything before because it made you sad, but I 
always wanted to be like you and wear diapers."
	Annette felt a little sad at that. "You do know that it 
isn't considered 'normal', don't you, honey?"
	Jared nodded enthusiastically. "I don't care! I want to 
be like you and wear diapers! Please don't be mad!"
	Annette finished taping Jared's fresh diaper on. "I'm 
not mad at you, honey. I'm glad we're all going to be 
together in a new home."
	"Mom?" Josh was still standing in the room.
	"What, hon?"
	"Daddy will still visit us, won't he? He won't think 
we're babies now, will he?"
	"No, no, your father has always been very 
understanding. And he loves you, you know that."
	Jared got off the bench. "Will they let him in there if 
he isn't wearing a diaper?"
	"Yes. He'll have to show ID and sign in and out, but 
they'll let him in, don't worry."
	That set the boys' minds at ease. They asked their 
mother to show them the brochures she'd ordered which showed 
what Napidale was going to be like. "This is a typical 
housing unit," Annette explained to the kids, since Jared 
couldn't read too well yet. "It says that it has a kitchen 
with a dining room off to the side, a huge lounge area, 
three bedrooms and a Changing Room. And the Changing Room is 
all set up already!"
	Josh looked at the page. "Does it have a bathroom?"
	"Yes. One. It has a separate shower and bath, and two 
sinks."
	"But no toilet!" Jared yelled happily. He remembered 
that his mother had said these houses did not have toilets.
	"There's a guest toilet built onto each laundry, for 
visitors, but the houses don't have them."
	"What about school?" Josh asked.
	"There are three people qualified to teach school, it 
says here. They'll handle all the classes until we can get 
someone else. Maybe they'll get people from outside."
	"Ones who don't wear diapers?"
	"Yeah, maybe. It doesn't say."
	"How much does it cost?" Josh wanted to know.
	"I can use my settlement money to buy the house 
outright. It will be about $80,000."
	"Is that a lot?" asked Jared. It sure sounded like a 
lot!
	"Yes, it is, but the house has been specially built, 
plus everything is provided. Each family has their own 
washing machine and dryer at the laundry, and school will be 
free for the two of you if I pay that much."
	"Will they change our diapers at the school?"
	"Of course they will. Everyone at school will be 
wearing them, even the teachers."
	The boys felt better about that.
	"When will we move, Mommy?"
	"Well, I was thinking that since you two decided so 
quickly that diapers would be okay, we'd pack everything up 
today and tomorrow and move on Monday."
	"I'll start now!" Jared got up excitedly.
	"No, no, wait, honey!" Annette called. "You'll need my 
help, or your dad's. Wait a bit. Come and sit down and 
listen to me."
	Jared obeyed, looking up at his mother trustingly.
	"Won't you be sad to leave your friends?"
	Josh did look rather sad about that. "Yeah."
	Jared shrugged. "I have some nice friends but I'd 
rather go with you. And wear a diaper," he added.
	"Do you want to invite anybody over and explain?"
	Josh shook his head. He'd miss his friends, but he 
didn't want to tell them anything about his new life. "I'll 
just call them on the phone later."
	Annette gave her son a hug. "All right." She got up. 
"Well, let's get started. "We'll pack up the non-essentials 
first."
	"What are nongestenshals?" Jared asked.
	"Non-essentials. Things we don't use all the time."
	"We can't pack the diapers away, then!" Jared chortled.
	"Indeed not," their mother laughed. They spent the rest 
of the afternoon packing up toys, most of their clothes, 
their CDs, and all their mother's nicknacks. In that time 
Josh peed his diaper, and Jared did his own number 2. 
However, they didn't say anything because they were having 
quite a lot of fun sorting out what went where, and dealing 
with packing tape and bubble wrap. They were resting on the 
couch (watching TV counted as resting) when Warren came in 
from golf.
	"Hey, J-birds, Annette. You look tired."
	"We've been packing things up. The boys are coming with 
me."
	Warren smiled. "Well, here's dinner." He began to 
unpack the carry bags on the coffee table. It was their 
custom to watch TV, eat and enjoy being a family.
	As he sat cuddling Annette on the couch, Warren 
realised there was a smell... He knew it wasn't Annette 
because she watched her diet carefully and he knew what she 
smelled like. "Someone did a number 2," he said.
	"I did," Jared said, uncaring.
	Annette began to get up. "I'll..."
	"No." Warren stood up. "I'll change him. I do still 
remember how. Come on, J-bird."
	"What about me?" asked Josh.
	"Do you need changing too?"
	"Well, I'm wet," Josh said.
	"Really wet, or just a little?" Annette asked.
	"Just a little."
	"Well, let your father change Jared now. I'll change 
you at bedtime."
	Josh settled back to continue watching the movie.
	Warren untaped the diaper. "Phew, J-bird! That's some 
smell!"
	Jared just giggled as his father cleaned him up, 
fetched another diaper and began to slip it under him. "You 
like having your diaper changed, don't you?"
	Jared nodded. "I like everything about diapers."
	Warren got the diaper on and taped it securely. "Do you 
know that in Napidale they're going to ask everyone to wear 
cloth diapers?" Warren had read the brochure thoroughly.
	"Why, Daddy?" Jared asked as he got off the bench.
	"It's cheaper to launder diapers than buy new ones all 
the time."
	Jared was still a bit young to be able to get this. 
"Will cloth diapers feel better?"
	"I don't know, J-bird. Maybe."
	They went back into the lounge where Annette was 
explaining the same thing to Josh. "... when these get 
finished."
	"What, Mommy?" asked Jared.
	"I was telling your brother that when this supply of 
disposable diapers is finished, I'll go to the hospital and 
get cloth ones, and plastic pants for us."
	"What are they like?" Jared asked.
	"They feel more snug than disposable diapers, but they 
leak. That's why you need plastic pants."
	The boys nodded. The family watched another movie and 
played Pictionary (to help Jared improve his spelling, 
Annette said) until bedtime. Warren promised to come over 
the next day and help with the packing of larger items. The 
boys were happy at the prospect of seeing their father again 
so soon. "Are you wet yet?" their mother asked as she came 
into the bathroom while the boys were brushing their teeth.
	"Nnmmm," they answered, which Annette understood 
clearly as "No," being a mother.
	"Okay. Get into bed when you're finished, and I'll come 
in and kiss you goodnight in a little bit."
	The boys still wanted to make their nightly toilet 
detour, and had to remind themselves that it was no longer 
necessary. They got into bed.
	"Do you need to go?" Jared asked.
	"A bit," Josh replied.
	"You know what? I'm not gonna go now," the younger 
brother declared.
	"Huh? Why not?"
	"I wanna see if I maybe end up going in the night, 
while I'm sleeping."
	Josh thought this was a good idea, but he didn't 
confess it to his little brother. He just grunted in 
approval as he waited for their mother's nightly kiss.
	"You two okay? Need a change?"
	"No," they answered in unison.
	"Okay," their mom said, kissing each child and tucking 
him in securely. It was a bit uncomfortable trying to sleep 
while needing to pee, but both boys had decided to see if it 
happened in the night. And it did, to one of them.
	Josh woke up to Jared's voice saying, "Hey, it worked!"
	"Huh? What?" Josh asked, not being completely awake.
	"I peed when I was sleeping. My diaper's all wet!" 
Jared said excitedly.
	Josh remembered now, and concentrated. Unfortunately, 
his diaper was as dry as it had been before he fell asleep. 
"Darn. I didn't." And it was now dawning on him that he 
*really* needed to pee. He was halfway out of bed, intending 
to go to the bathroom, when he realised yet again that he 
didn't need to. He got back into bed, pulled the covers up 
and lay there, able now to relax and pee his diapers easily 
after having gotten so much practice.
	"Are you peeing?" Jared asked.
	"Yeah," Josh said, concentrating on the enormous 
feeling of relief he got after having unconsciously held it 
the entire night. The warm pee filled his diaper and made 
him feel really warm and good.
	"Is it time to get up yet?" Josh asked when he finished 
wetting.
	"The small hand is on the nine and the big hand is on 
the two," Jared said.
	"So what time is it?" Josh asked. He could tell time 
easily and wanted Jared to be able to as well, so they could 
show off for their mother.
	"It's two past nine," Jared said.
	"You mean ten past nine," Josh laughed.
	"But the big hand is on the two," Jared said, confused.
	"You'll get it, honey," came their mother's voice as 
she came in. "How are my boys this morning?" Annette never 
called them her 'J-birds' as Warren did. That was his name 
for them, not hers. He'd wanted to name Josh "Jay", but she 
hadn't liked the name. She had consented to give them both 
names that *began* with 'J' instead.
	"I wet my diaper in the night," Jared said proudly.
	Annette wasn't sure she wanted him to be proud of that, 
but she nevertheless responded to his happiness. "Really? 
Good for you." She turned to Josh. "And you?"
	"No, I peed mine this morning," Josh replied.
	"That's fine, honey. Let me change the two of you 
quickly and then we can have breakfast." Breakfast was 
cereal this time, with a muffin each afterwards, and milk. 
"When is Dad coming over?" Josh asked around a mouthful of 
muffin and milk.
	"Close your mouth while you're eating," their mother 
automatically corrected. She waited for Josh to finish 
chewing his muffin and ask again before replying. "He's 
coming at about eleven. We're going to pack up all the big 
stuff. He's hired a moving van for us. Uncle Dan next door 
will help us get the furniture in." Dan was their neighbour; 
he and his wife sometimes babysat if Annette and Warren went 
out.
	"When are we moving, Mommy?" Jared asked.
	"If we get everything packed up in time, tonight."
	"Can I have some more milk, Mommy?" Jared asked next.
	"Are you thirsty, hon?"
	Jared nodded, even though that wasn't the reason he 
wanted more milk.
	Annette got up. "Josh? You also want some?"
	"Uh... yeah." Josh knew what his brother was doing. 
After all, they'd both done it yesterday.
	They got their extra glass of milk each, but it took a 
while before they needed to pee. In the meantime they packed 
up everything that needed packing. All that was left out in 
the end was their supply of diapers.
	Warren arrived later than expected, at around 2.30, but 
still ready to help with the move. By now both boys were 
really needing to go, but they had held off because it was 
still fun for them to get desperate and then pee. Josh 
realised, being older, that if they continued to use diapers 
all the time, they would eventually not even have to think 
about it. So he wanted to enjoy his control while he still 
had it, and Jared went along with it, seeing who could wait 
the longest before wetting his diaper.
	Eventually, though, Jared couldn't wait any longer. 
Their father and Dan were packing their beds into the van, 
and Jared went out back and sat on the small bench that was 
built into the wall. Josh followed, knowing what was coming. 
"You gonna pee now, Jar?"
	"Yeah."
	"Me too." Josh sat down next to his brother and they 
deliberately filled their diapers. "Did that feel good?" 
Josh asked.
	"Uh huh."
	"Are you sorry we're moving away?"
	"No, I want to be somewhere where I can wear diapers 
and not care!" Jared chortled.
	"Me too." Outside, Dan and Warren spoke about the 
situation. Dan had seen the boys in their diapers, but 
having been warned by Warren not to say anything, he had 
refrained. "And you really don't mind Annette doing this to 
them?"
	"No. They're fine."
	"Look, I know Annette can't help it, but these are two 
normal, healthy boys. You're gonna turn them into freaks, 
you know."
	Warren sighed. "Look, I love Annette, always have. 
She's unhappy that she had to hide her problem from most 
people. This place is the best thing for her. And try as I 
might, I can't even think about depriving my sons of their 
mother."
	"Maybe it would be better."
	"No. She loves them, and she needs this."
	Dan shrugged. "It's their life. I just hope they don't 
end up resenting the two of you."
	Warren sighed. "Me too, Dan. Me too." After everything 
was ready and Dan had left, Annette called the manager of 
Napidale to let her know that they'd be arriving later that 
night. It was all arranged.
	Since all their stuff was packed up, Warren called for 
pizza for supper and they sat out back on the stone bench 
and ate it. "You boys ready to go?" their father asked.
	The boys nodded.
	"You wet?" asked Annette. "I think we could all use a 
change before we go."
	"I'll do it," Warren offered.
	"Sure?"
	"Yeah. I've done it before."
	Once again Warren found himself changing his sons' 
diapers. "Looking forward to seeing the new place?" he asked 
as he taped a new diaper into place on Jared.
	"Yes, Daddy. Mommy said there'll be other kids to play 
with, other kids who wear diapers!"
	"That's right," Warren replied as he began to change 
Josh's diaper. It didn't take long. "There you go. Good as 
new. Now let's get out of here so your mother can use the 
bench."
	They wandered back outside, and the boys strolled 
around the garden, saying an unconscious goodbye to their 
old home.
	Soon, Annette came out. "Everything ready?" She hoisted 
the last bag onto her shoulder.
	"Yes!" chorused the boys.
	Annette put the bag in the front seat with their other 
odds and ends, and the boys squeezed into the back seat next 
to piles of towels, bedding and curtains. Warren, of course, 
got into the moving van.
	Napidale was only a few miles out of town, and it 
wouldn't take long to get there, but on the way Josh had a 
sudden urge to wet his diaper. He didn't say anything to 
Jared, he merely peed. But then he heard a muffled sound, 
and caught a naughty look on his brother's face. Jared was 
peeing his diaper as well!
	Somehow, it was appropriate that they arrived at their 
new home in freshly peed diapers.

Chapter 2: Settling In

	They drove up to the security checkpoint at Napidale at 
around 9.30 p.m. The manager was there along with the 
security guard who checked everyone who came in and out. The 
place was more-or-less a huge, secure housing complex. It 
was still newly built and looked great, even in the dark. 
The boys were excited.
	"Annette?" the manager, Robert, asked.
	"Yeah, hi," Annette said as she got out and shook 
hands.
	"Are these your boys in the back?" Robert came closer 
to see Josh and Jared, and they stared right back, noticing 
right away the bulge in his pants which announced that he, 
too, was wearing a diaper! The boys grinned at him.
	Annette indicated her oldest son. "That's Joshua, 'call 
me Josh', and that's Jared," she said, indicating her 
youngest son.
	"Hey, boys, please to meet you," Robert said.
	"Hi," they chorused back.
	Just then, Warren drove up in the van.
	"This is your..."
	"Friend," Annette supplied. "And the father of my boys. 
He won't be staying here with us."
	Warren got out and came over. It was obvious that he 
wasn't wearing a diaper. "Hi. Warren."
	"Robert."
	Robert motioned the security guard over. "This is Paul. 
He'll need to check you."
	Annette had been told that Napidale was *only* for 
people who wore diapers; no exceptions. They didn't want 
reporters or weirdos getting in. And Robert had told her on 
the phone that everyone was checked as they came in. They 
were checked the first time, and then randomly for a while. 
If they were found without diapers their money was refunded 
and they were asked to leave.
	Paul pulled on surgical gloves and came over. His 
diaper bulged out of his light blue uniform pants quite 
obviously. Annette just lifted her skirt enough on the side 
to allow him to see the diaper. Paul prodded it. "Okay."
	Annette turned to her children. "Boys, get out and come 
here so Paul can check you."
	Josh and Jared scrambled out, glad to be out of the 
cramped car. They both had baggy shorts on. Jared pulled his 
right down instantly. "I'm wet," he told Paul. "Wanna feel?"
	Paul just smiled. "No." He turned to Josh.
	"I'm wet, too," Josh said, not sounding happy, but he 
didn't sound unhappy either. Paul pulled down the pants just 
enough to see the diaper.
	"So you are. All done," he announced to Robert.
	Robert produced the sale agreement (pre-read and 
checked by Warren weeks back) for Annette's signature, and 
the sign-in sheet for Warren. Each signed in the appropriate 
place and then Robert said, "Right, let's get you settled!" 
He handed the keys to Annette. "It's number 7, Pine Row. 
That's the third street along. Take your time unpacking 
tonight, and tomorrow I'll be by at 9 a.m. to fill you in on 
what you still need to know."
	"Great. Thank you," said Annette.
	Warren shook the man's hand and got back into the 
moving van as Annette piled the boys back into her car. They 
turned in at the third street and found number 7 quite 
easily.
	Warren got out of the van and helped Annette unpack the 
smaller things, including their sleeping bags. He'd be back 
the next day with Dan to unpack the van and get all the 
furniture into the house.
	By the time it was 11 p.m. they were all tired and in 
need of a change and some sleep. Warren kissed Annette 
goodbye and hugged his boys. "See ya tomorrow, okay?"
	"Yes, Daddy," Jared answered.
	The boys could now look around the house properly. 
There was a huge lounge area, kitchen and dining room, as 
promised, a large bathroom (without a toilet, as promised), 
a huge master bedroom ("I'll be able to set up a desk in 
here and do my work here instead of always cluttering up the 
dining room," Annette enthused), a Changing Room (complete 
with low changing table and shelves for diapers and 
supplies) and two smaller bedrooms ("You can each have your 
own room," Annette said). The boys and their mother loved 
it.
	"You need a change?" Annette asked, looking for the 
huge box in which they had packed the diapers.
	"Yeah," Josh said.
	"I'm wet *and* I did a number 2," Jared answered.
	"Okay, lemme just get some diapers out." Annette 
quickly packed the remaining diapers onto one of the shelves 
and put the powder and other supplies on another. "Right," 
she said, unfolding a diaper onto the changing table, "who 
wants to be first?"
	"Me!" Josh exclaimed, lying down. His mother just 
smiled as she untaped the diaper, put it in the built-in 
stainless steel diaper receptacle, and cleaned him up. 
"Here's your clean diaper." Annette quickly taped it on. 
"There you go."
	Then it was Jared's turn as Josh went out to explore 
the house a bit more.
	The mother and sons decided to sleep in the living 
room. They spread out their sleeping bags and were soon in 
dreamland. The next morning Josh woke up feeling a bit 
uncomfortable. He squirmed, realising that his diaper was 
wet. But when he'd fallen asleep it had been dry... He'd wet 
in the night! Josh felt ambivalent about it, but he figured 
it didn't matter either way as he'd never be using a toilet 
while he lived here.
	Annette felt the squirming next to her and stirred. 
"Josh?"
	"Ah huh."
	"What is it, honey?"
	"Nothing, I just peed during the night."
	"Oh. Want me to change you?"
	"No, it wasn't a lot. I'll need to go soon, you can 
change me after that."
	"All right, honey. What time is it?"
	Josh looked at his watch, which he hadn't taken off the 
night before. "It's just after eight."
	Annette sat bolt upright. "Heck, better get changed 
then!"
	She opened a box that was labeled, in six year-old 
handwriting, 'Mommy Cloths.' Jared hadn't gotten the hang of 
spelling 'clothes' yet obviously.
	Josh lay there for a bit longer, enjoying being able to 
laze around on a Monday. His bladder felt a bit full... 
Before he could even really think about it, he was peeing 
his diaper. The warm pee was absorbed by the diaper and left 
only a warm sensation as Josh sat up, taking care not to 
jostle his brother, who was still sleeping, looking cute.
	"Mommy?" Josh called as he went into the Changing Room, 
"could you change me?"
	His mother had just finished taping on her own diaper, 
and realised that she had never had to worry about the 
children coming in unannounced before: they had always had 
strict instructions to stay out of the Changing Room in the 
old house. "All right, honey."
	Josh hopped onto the changing table and his mother 
pulled away the soaked diaper.
	"Joshua, I think we need a rule here."
	"What, Mommy?"
	"You must always knock before entering if I'm in here."
	"But we all wear diapers," Josh said confusedly.
	"I know. But I'm a girl and I like my privacy, 
understand?" She was being gentle as she cleaned and 
powdered him, and taped on a fresh diaper.
	Josh nodded. 'Privacy' was a word he understood. It was 
the same word that Mommy had used when telling him and his 
brother to stay out of her bedroom on the nights that Warren 
stayed over.
	"Good. Now go and wake your brother. You two can look 
at the back yard."
	"Cool!"
	Jared was awake as Josh came into the living room. 
"That was fun, kinda like camping," the younger brother 
said.
	"I s'pose," Josh agreed. "Mom said we can go out back 
and see what's there."
	They went out back. The yard wasn't particularly big, 
but it wasn't tiny either. There was enough space for a sand 
pile like they'd had at their old house, and there was a 
washing line as well, plus enough grass to play some ball 
games if they wanted to.
	"Boys!" came their mother's shout from the house. "Come 
in and put on some clean clothes. Robert is coming over 
soon! Jar, I need to change you."
	The boys went inside, and Annette changed Jared. "I 
peed while I was sleeping," Jared announced.
	"You're getting good at that," his mother answered.
	"Yeah," her son smiled. "I hardly even have to think 
about it when I'm awake, neither."
	"Either," Annette corrected.
	"Either," Jared parroted.
	Just as Annette was washing her hands, the doorbell 
rang. It was Robert.
	"Hullo," he said.
	"Come on in," Annette replied. "I'd say have a seat if 
we had any furniture."
	"Oh, don't worry," Robert responded. "I thought I'd 
take you three to breakfast at the community center. They 
serve breakfast there while school is out. Makes it easier 
for families to spend time together that way."
	Annette shrugged, looking at her sons. "Sounds fine."
	Robert pointed out various places on the way. The 
laundry, he said, had a washer and drier for each family, 
and a two-stall toilet at the back, for guests. There were 
also two superstores in the community, franchised by people 
from Napidale. "And there's the school," he pointed out as 
they drove past. "Looking forward to it?" he asked the boys.
	"NO!" they both said forcefully, making the adults 
laugh.
	Robert addressed Annette. "We now have three teachers 
living here. One will be taking first to fourth grade, the 
other will do fifth to eighth, and the last will do the 
rest. We don't have that many children here yet, but we're 
confident that as we grow as a community, we'll get more 
people to teach."
	"I could help out," Annette said, surprising both 
Robert and her sons.
	"You could?"
	"Yes. I'm an architect, but I'd be happy to come out a 
couple of times a week. I minored in English."
	"That's wonderful!" Robert enthused. "Well, we're 
here."
	The family followed him into the community center. It 
was their first good look at the other people with whom 
they'd be living. There were four families sitting at 
tables, and some men and women on their own. Robert steered 
the family over to the side, where food was being dished up.
	The boys were thrilled at the selection: cereal, toast, 
bacon, two kinds of eggs, and sausages. They piled their 
plates, Annette being more selective, and Robert grabbing a 
little of everything.
	They sat down at a table next to another family. It was 
patently obvious that the two boys and a girl and their 
parents were all wearing diapers. "The first breakfast is 
free," Robert said. "After that, $7 per person."
	"That's reasonable," Annette said. She just might make 
use of the community centre while school was out.
	Josh and Jared ate happily, knowing they were being 
stared at. But it wasn't the fact that they were wearing 
diapers that made people stare at them, it was the fact that 
they were new. They, in turn, stared back at people, noting 
potential friends and playmates among the children scattered 
around.
	Robert was explaining the rules of the community in 
more detail to Annette. Everything was as she had explained 
it to the boys. People who resided in the community did not 
need to sign in and out, not if they had the community's 
sticker on their car. The sticker was a small, blue teddy 
bear which was placed on the windshield. For the first few 
weeks of residence, Paul and the other three security guards 
would do spot checks to make sure people actually did wear 
diapers. "It's not enough to wear them inside Napidale," 
Robert explained. "This place is for people who need or want 
to wear them all the time. We had to turn down some great 
people because their families refused to wear diapers."
	"It's the issue of fitting in, I suppose," Annette 
said.
	"Not really. It's the fact that people without diapers 
generally look on those of us who wear them as odd, even 
people who have family members who wear them out of 
necessity."
	"That makes sense," Annette said, watching as her boys 
went to collect juice from the table.
	"How are they handling it?" Robert indicated Josh and 
Jared.
	"Very well. They love it. That surprised me," Annette 
confessed.
	"You'd be even more surprised to know how many people 
take to diapers, how many love wearing them for the simple 
pleasure of it."
	"Are you one of them?" Annette asked.
	"Absolutely. Here, I can be myself."
	"I'll drink to that," Annette said, holding up the 
glass of juice which Josh handed to her.
	"Mommy, can we go in the games room and play?"
	"Where's that?" Annette asked, her head swiveling 
around.
	"It's over there." Robert pointed. "There are lots of 
great games for the kids, and there's only that one door. No 
chance of your losing sight of them."
	"Okay, honey," Annette said to Josh, who scampered off 
with his brother. There were six other children in the games 
room, all of them quite obviously wearing diapers. Two 
little girls were playing with some Barbie dolls over in one 
corner, another boy was playing with a Gameboy, one was 
building things with Lego blocks, and a boy and girl were 
playing table tennis on a child-sized table. They all looked 
at Josh and Jared expectantly when they walked in.
	The brothers took in the rest of the room. There were 
books in a shelf along one side, some board games stacked on 
a table, a child-sized pool table, plenty of toy cars, GI 
Joe figures, and what seemed like a dozen Barbie and Ken 
dolls. Jared went over to the boy who was playing with the 
Lego blocks. "Hi."
	"Hi," the boy responded.
	"My name's Jared. What's yours?"
	"Adam."
	"Can I play too?"
	"Sure."
	Josh watched as his brother made a new friend. He went 
over to the pool table and racked the balls, figuring that 
he could practice a little by himself.
	As he bent over, the two Barbie doll-playing girls 
giggled. Josh started, feeling self-conscious, and turned to 
see if they were giggling at him. His diaper was, after all, 
pretty obvious. But the girls were intent on their game. 
They had taken strips of cloth (provided for impromptu 
dress-up sessions) and improvised diapers for Barbie and 
Ken. "Barbie, I wet my diaper," the one girl said, 
brandishing the Ken doll.
	"I guess I'll have to change you then," the other girl 
said, brandishing Barbie.
	Josh forgot his pool game as he watched the little 
girls playing diapers with Barbie and Ken. It seemed odd, 
and yet comforting. He went over to them. "Hi. I'm Josh."
	The girls giggling at having a boy talk to them. "I'm 
Annie," the older-looking one said, the one playing with 
Ken. "This is my sister, Melissa."
	"Hi," Melissa said, waving Barbie at him.
	"Why are you playing diapers with the dolls?" Josh 
asked.
	Both girls shrugged. "It's just fun," Annie said. She 
then proceeded to talk for Ken. "Barbie, I really need this 
diaper changed now!"
	Melissa managed to sound like a blonde bimbo. "Oh, all 
right! You men can't wait for a minute!"
	Josh went back to his game, keeping one ear open to 
listen to the girls' game. When eventually Melissa wandered 
off back outside, Josh went over to Annie. "How long have 
you lived here?"
	"A month," said Annie.
	"Do you like it?"
	All he got was a shrug.
	"Do you like wearing diapers?"
	Another shrug.
	"Do you have to wear diapers?"
	That got a response. "No! My father made us come. But 
it's not really so bad. It's fun, mostly." She leaned closer 
to ask Josh her own question. "Do you have to wear diapers?"
	Josh just shook his head. "But I like it."
	Annie smiled. "What grade are you in?"
	"I'm in third grade."
	"I'm in fourth grade," Annie announced proudly. "I can 
even spell 'Mississippi'."
	Josh was about to answer with his own tale of what he 
could spell, but he suddenly felt an urge to pee... and this 
time, there was no thinking about it, he just peed into his 
diaper without any preamble. The warmth made him realise 
where he was and what he was doing.
	"Did you just pee your diaper?" Annie asked 
conspiratorially.
	"Yeah," Josh said, blushing a little.
	"You got that look on your face, y'know, like you were 
having a good time," Annie said.
	Josh's blush deepened. He didn't expect people to 
realise that he liked peeing his diaper.
	"Don't worry," Annie said quietly, "I won't tell."
	Josh felt really relieved and was about to ask Annie 
where she lived (okay, she was a girl, but she was *nice*) 
when his mother came in. "Josh, Jar, time to go. Your father 
will be here soon with Dan so we can get our house sorted 
out."
	Josh just said, "Bye," but Jared practically had to be 
dragged away from the Lego castle he was building with his 
new friend, Adam. Warren and Dan arrived right on time and 
began to unpack their furniture. Josh and Jared mostly 
stayed out of the way on their mother's instructions while 
the men were moving the large furniture. But, finally, all 
the furniture was in the house and everything looked more 
livable.
	Annette and Warren were arranging Annette's bedroom, so 
Dan offered to help the boys get their bedrooms in order.
	Josh wanted his bed along the wall by the window, and 
his dresser against the opposite wall next to the door. 
Jared wanted his bed away from the window with his dresser 
next to it. Dan complied, then helped them make each bed.
	"So, you boys think you'll like living here?" Dan 
asked.
	"Yeah," said Josh. "We met some nice people at the 
community center."
	"Are you sure you'll like wearing diapers?" Dan sounded 
concerned.
	"Yeah!" Jared said, not hiding his enthusiasm. "It's 
great! I love wearing diapers!"
	Dan turned to Josh. "And you, Josh?"
	Josh blushed, but answered truthfully. "Yeah, I like 
it."
	"I'm peeing now," Jared announced as he filled his 
diaper with warm, wet urine.
	"Oh," Dan said, looking uncomfortable.
	Josh finished putting the Star Trek pillow cases on his 
brother's bed. "All done!"
	"It looks good, boys," Dan said, glad for the 
distraction.
	"Thanks, Uncle Dan," Josh said, one brother at least 
remembering his manners.
	"No problem. Glad to do it. Just remember, you can come 
over anytime and hang out."
	"You just want our Playstation," Josh teased. Sometimes 
when Dan and his wife babysat them, they would take their 
Playstation over. Dan was addicted to Mortal Kombat-type 
games.
	Dan ruffled their hair and went out of the room.
	Josh turned to Jared. "Did you really pee?"
	"Yeah." Jared looked proud of himself.
	Josh went over and sat on the bed (on top of Captain 
Kirk's head). Lowering his voice he said, "Can I ask you 
something?"
	"Uh huh." Jared came over and sat next to him.
	"Did you ask that boy at the center about diapers?"
	"Yeah. He's nice. His name's Adam."
	"What did he say?"
	Jared lowered his voice even more than his brother's. 
"His parents both like wearing diapers. They promised to buy 
him a computer if he came here and wore them, too."
	"Does he like it?"
	"Yeah. We were taking turns peeing."
	"What?"
	"Like a competition. We wanted to see who would run out 
of pee first."
	It sounded rather childish to Joshua, but he didn't say 
so. "Who won?"
	"I did." Jared was proud of that accomplishment.
	Josh gave his brother a noogie. "Good for you." He sat 
back and peed, for the third time that day. He was peeing a 
lot more than he used to, he knew. But he also knew why: it 
was because he no longer needed to hold it in, so every time 
he felt even a slight urge, he just peed. The diaper, which 
had been a bit clammy after the soaking it had received at 
the Community Center, warmed up as Josh filled it with warm, 
wet pee. Josh also felt the need to do a number 2, and he 
just did it, sitting there like he was. He knew he was 
getting good at this. He didn't even need to lean forward 
anymore. He knew he'd need to be changed soon. When the boys 
came out of the room, the three adults were sitting in the 
lounge having coffee and a snack.
	 "Got everything sorted out?" Annette asked as the boys 
came in.
	 "Yes, Mommy," Jared answered.
	 "Good."
	 "I need to be changed," Josh said.
	 "Me too!" Jared sounded rather eager.
	 "I'll do it in a few minutes, hon," Annette said. "You 
boys go out back and play for a while."
	Annette had said that because Dan had said he had to 
go, but he'd been talking to the parents about how it seemed 
to him to be child abuse, or at least psychologically 
incorrect to 'condition' the boys into liking diapers, which 
was how he saw it.
	Annette and Warren walked out with Dan. "I didn't force 
them. I asked them. I said that if they didn't want to, that 
would be the end of it. It was entirely their choice," 
Annette defended.
	"Maybe they like it now because it's a novelty," Dan 
responded. "What if they get tired of it, but they have no 
bowel and bladder control anymore? Did you ever think of 
that?"
	Neither Annette nor Warren had thought of it, but 
Annette didn't think it mattered, since if they lived here 
they've have to wear diapers all the time anyway.
	But Warren answered Dan's question. "We've spoken to 
them about controlling what they do in their diapers. We 
don't want them to become incontinent."
	This seemed to satisfy Dan, and he drove off after 
promising to babysit for Annette in the future, should she 
need it. He would still get together with Warren for golf 
games, too. As soon as Dan's car had left the driveway, 
Annette turned to Warren. "You lied to him for me. Why?"
	Warren kissed her. "Because I know the boys love you, 
and want to be with you. The diaper thing is part of that. I 
don't think the 'novelty' will wear off."
	Annette spoke seductively. "Wanna fool around?"
	Warren grinned. "Okay. But change the boys first."
	They went back into the house, where Annette changed 
the boys. She noted as she did so that she only had about 
ten diapers left. She'd have to go to the hospital and get 
more - but cloth diapers this time. "Boys, Warren and I are 
going in my room now, for some *privacy*, okay? Why don't 
you rig up the Playstation and have a few games?"
	"Are you gonna *shag*?" asked Jared, having learnt a 
new word from watching the new Austin Powers movie.
	Warren burst out laughing, although Annette hadn't seen 
the movie and looked puzzled. "Yeah," Warren said. To 
Annette he said, "I'll fill you in later."
	The parents went into Annette's room and closed the 
door. Warren lay on the bed. "Do I make you horny, baby?" he 
asked, grinning.
	"What?" Annette laughed.
	Warren proceeded to explain to her about the movie, 
which he had taken the kids to see one Saturday afternoon 
when it had rained and golf had been canceled. Josh and 
Jared set up the playstation, both enjoying the feel of new, 
soft diapers.
	"I want to pee mine right away," Jared said, "but 
nothing's coming out yet."
	"Wait for a while, then we can pee them at the same 
time," suggested Josh.
	They got stuck into playing various games on the 
playstation and forgot their bargain. By the time their 
parents came out of the bedroom, both boys had tired of the 
games and were watching a Star Wars tape.
	Their father kissed them both on top of the head before 
leaving, and it was only when their mother went to see him 
out that Josh remembered. "Did you pee?"
	Jared concentrated. "Yeah. I didn't notice."
	"I also peed," Josh said, feeling the wet diaper around 
him. "But that must have been earlier. Wanna do it now?"
	"Okay."
	The two boys sat there and peed their diapers for the 
second time, making them even wetter.
	Annette came back in, surprised when they asked to be 
changed. "Again? So soon?"
	"We drank sodas while we were playing, Mommy," Jared 
explained.
	"All right. But first thing tomorrow I go to the 
hospital and get us more diapers. And cloth diapers this 
time, remember?"
	The boys, having only started wearing diapers, didn't 
know what cloth diapers would be like, but they agreed. 
They'd seen some smaller kids wearing cloth diapers and 
plastic pants at the Community Center. The next morning they 
had breakfast at the Community Center again, and Robert came 
over again to see how they were doing. "Did you get moved in 
okay?"
	"Yes, thank you," Annette replied.
	"Good," Robert said, not sitting down with them this 
time. "You boys okay?"
	Since both boys had mouths full of food when he asked 
the question, they just nodded.
	They were drinking their juice when Josh noticed Annie 
and her sister come in with their parents.
	Annie came over. "Hi!"
	"Hi," Josh said, swallowing his juice quickly in order 
to answer.
	"Mommy, this is the boy I told you about," Annie said.
	Josh and his family stared as a tall, beautiful woman, 
obviously wearing a diaper, greeted them. Behind her came a 
rather good-looking man who greeted them as well. "Have a 
seat," Annette said, since the tables were long and sat 
eight people. The designers of the center had planned ahead.
	"I'm Mary, this is my husband Ian, and our daughters, 
Anne and Melissa," the girls' mother introduced.
	"Annette," said Annette. "Joshua and Jared. We just 
moved in," she said to Mary as Ian and Annie went off to get 
food for the family.
	"We moved in three weeks ago," said Mary.
	"What's it like?"
	"Great," replied Mary. "There are two malls, each with 
a large diaper store - of course - and we have takeout 
places and parks, basically everything one could want."
	"We'll explore a bit today," Annette said. "We're still 
getting everything in our house into its proper place."
	"So, Annette, what do you do?" asked Ian as he placed a 
tray in front of his wife, sitting down next to her.
	"I'm an architect," Annette said.
	"I'm an engineering consultant," Ian told her. "Mary's 
a schoolteacher."
	"You're going to be our teacher?" Jared asked Mary, 
sounding quite happy.
	"One of them. We're still not completely sure yet if we 
can get extra people from outside. If not, I'll handle three 
grades. Luckily there aren't that many kids yet, so it 
shouldn't be a problem."
	"Mom, I need a change," Josh said when there was a lull 
in conversation. He was getting bored. Their family had 
finished, and now his mother was discussing boring grown-up 
stuff with Annie's folks.
	"Maybe you should think about teaching your boys to 
change themselves," Mary said. "Not to step on your parental 
toes, of course, it just might make things easier for you. 
My girls can change themselves easily now."
	"You have a point," Annette said, getting up. "We're 
going home now, I'll change them there. I'm sure we'll see 
you soon."
	"We're here every day during the vacation," Ian assured 
her.
	"See you around then," Annette said. "Bye." The boys 
said goodbye as well. Annette proceeded to change Josh as 
soon as they were back home. He just lay there and seemed 
content to let her clean him up and put a fresh diaper on.
	"Would you rather change yourself?" Annette asked as 
she taped the diaper up.
	Josh blushed. "No, Mommy."
	"No?"
	"I like it when you change me."
	"Me too," said Jared from the doorway.
	Annette turned to her younger son. "Jar, do you need a 
change?"
	"No, I'm still dry," Jared said.
	"Okay. Up you get." Annette patted his bottom as Josh 
got off the changing table. There were only three diapers 
left, and Annette knew she had to go to the hospital and get 
more. "We'd better make a quick trip to the hospital before 
we do anything else," Annette mentioned before Josh could 
exit the room. "We need lots of diapers."
	"Aw, Mom, do I have to go with?" Josh had been on these 
trips with his mother before, and he hated them. The 
hospital was large, and white, and cold, and people always 
stared at his mother, and by extension, him, when she went 
to the supply section and asked for the diapers.
	Annette felt sorry for her boys. This would be the 
first time they'd be outside in non-diaper-wearing public in 
their own diapers. The diapers - even her own - were not all 
that noticeable, but she remembered from personal experience 
what it was like to be wearing a diaper and positive that 
everyone could tell you had it on. "No, you don't, honey. 
Robert said the Community Center is safe, so I'll drop the 
two of you there and you can hang out until I get back."
	"Cool!" The boys rushed for the games room as soon as 
they were dropped off. There was no one there whom they 
knew, but there were three boys of varying ages playing a 
card game at one of the tables. "Hey," Josh said as he and 
Jared approached.
	The oldest boy looked up - Josh guessed he must have 
been about 13. "Hey," the boy said.
	"Can we play?" asked Jared.
	"You guys know how to play this?"
	"What is it?"
	"Poker," said the boy. "We're just playing for fun."
	Warren had taught them, so the brothers nodded.
	"Okay."
	"What are your names?" Jared asked.
	"I'm Gareth, and these are my brothers Ben and Nicky."
	"I'm Josh, and this is Jared," Josh said. They joined 
the boys at the table and were dealt in.
	"How long have you guys been here?" asked Ben, who was 
about Josh's age.
	"This is our third day. We arrived the day before 
yesterday," Josh replied.
	"We've been here for a month," Nicky said.
	"Is it cool here?" Jared asked. Nicky was about his 
age, maybe a bit younger.
	"Yeah, it's cool," Gareth said. "So, why are you guys 
here? Does one of you need diapers, or are your parents 
kinky?"
	"What?" Both brothers asked the question, confused.
	"You know," the older boy said, "some people just like 
wearing diapers for fun."
	"Um..." Jared said. "No, it's... our Mommy..."
	"The hospital screwed up when Jared was born," Josh 
said.
	"So you two don't need diapers?"
	"No," Josh said. "What about you?"
	"Our parents are kinky," Gareth said.
	"They wear diapers for fun?"
	"Yeah. And so do we. Got a problem with that?" The 
older boy glowered at them, looking dangerous.
	"No, we don't have a problem," Josh said. "We like 
wearing diapers too."
	"Do all of you like it?" Jared asked, seeing that Nicky 
looked uncomfortable.
	Nicky turned red and looked unhappy.
	"It's not that he likes it or doesn't like it," Ben 
said. "He has to wear them."
	"That's okay," Josh said quickly. "It doesn't matter."
	"But you could take yours off!" Nicky said, upset. "You 
could take yours off and people wouldn't laugh at you!"
	"No one's laughing, Nick," Gareth said.
	"They used to tease him at our school, before we came 
here," Ben told them. By now the card game was long 
forgotten. "He's still waiting for someone to tease him 
now."
	"We won't tease you. We all wear them," Jared assured 
the boy.
	"I'm peeing my diaper now," Josh added.
	Nicky looked mollified. "Really?"
	"Yeah. Wanna feel?"
	Nicky stuck out a finger, but didn't actually touch 
Josh's pants or diaper. "Nah. I believe you."
	"I'm peeing too," Gareth said, feeling sorry for his 
brother.
	"I just peed, sorry," Jared said.
	"Me too," Ben replied.
	"See?" Josh said. "Everything's okay."
	Nicky seemed to feel better about it. "Okay."
	The boys went back to their game. Annette arrived over 
an hour later, looking rather tired. "Boys!" she yelled into 
the games room where Josh was busily winning.
	"Mom?" Josh asked.
	"Time to go."
	The boys said goodbye, saying that they would see the 
three brothers in school soon.
	"Did you get the diapers, Mommy?" Jared asked.
	"Yes, honey." And it had been a bit of a nightmare. The 
hospital administrator had wanted to know why the sudden 
change, and was not mollified by Annette's explanation that 
she now had a dryer and it would save on diapers. The man 
had finally agreed, but had refused to provide the plastic 
pants that would be needed. "Our contract with you only says 
diapers," he'd said smugly. It hadn't bothered Annette that 
much.
	Annette turned the car onto a street the boys didn't 
know. "Where are we going?" they asked together.
	"The hospital wouldn't give me any plastic pants, so 
we're going to the mall to buy some."
	"Cool! We can choose our own!" Jared said happily. The 
store was extremely large and airy, and mother and sons felt 
right at home. A pleasant-looking woman wearing a silk shirt 
on top and nothing but a diaper on the bottom came to help 
them. The boys had occasionally seen their mother in just a 
diaper, but never anyone else. They couldn't help it; they 
stared. The woman just smiled. "First time in here, huh?"
	"Yes," Annette said, introducing herself and her 
children.
	"Well, no problem. I like to advertise our products. 
I'm Cassandra, by the way, Cass for short. So, tell me what 
you need."
	"Just some plastic pants," Annette said. "I have loads 
of diapers."
	"Right." Cass took them to an aisle that stocked 
nothing but plastic pants. There were plastic pants of every 
kind. There were ones with elastic in the legs, there were 
ones with snaps on the side, there were even ones that were 
sewn into ordinary shorts. There were ones with ruffles. 
There were transparent ones. There were coloured ones, 
patterned ones, ones with pictures on them. "What do you 
need?" Cass asked.
	"I'm not sure," Annette said. "We're used to 
disposables."
	"I'd recommend the ones that snap on. We have the most 
sizes, and they fit well."
	"Can I try one?"
	"Sure." They went into the back while the boys looked 
around, choosing the ones they liked best.
	Annette had to agree with Cassandra that the snap-ons 
did fit very well. "I'll take eight pairs of these plain 
ones," she said as they came out of the back room.
	"Mommy, can I have the one with Bart Simpson on it?" 
Jared whined.
	"It's not a snap-on," Cass said, "but it'll be fine at 
his age."
	"Okay, honey. Josh, what do you want?"
	Josh chose a few pairs that had racing cars, airplanes 
and motorbikes on them. Annette added some plain snap-on 
pairs to the ones her sons chose, plus two pairs each of the 
sewn-in type.
	The cost was quite high, but at least it was a one-time 
outlay, and it wasn't like she couldn't afford it. "Thank 
you so much," Annette said to Cass as they left.
	"No problem. Hope to see you again!" "Can we put ours 
on, Mommy?" Jared asked as soon as they got home. "Can we?"
	"Do you need to be changed, honey?" Annette asked.
	"Yes," both boys answered.
	"All right."
	Their mother got out the new pre-washed cloth diapers 
and folded them as she had when they had been babies. Her 
way of folding had always guaranteed maximum absorption. 
"Who's first?"
	"Me!" Jared already had his disposable diaper off - 
having ripped the tapes in his hurry - and in the diaper 
bin, and was up on the table.
	Annette pinned the diaper on, then stood back. "I don't 
think this is thick enough. It will hold one wetting, but 
not more. You need another one." She pinned on a second 
diaper, then snapped on a pair of plastic pants.
	"Can I have my Bart pants, Mommy? Please?"
	Annette was dubious. She'd bought the snap-ons thinking 
they'd have to wear two diapers, but there'd only been one 
size of Bart pants which Jared had so desperately wanted. 
"Let's see if it fits, Jar, okay?"
	"Uh huh." Annette unsnapped the one pair, then pulled 
the other up. They fitted - just. "There you go, hon."
	Jared dashed into the bathroom to look in the mirror. 
"It looks cool!" he opined.
	"How does it feel?" Annette asked.
	"It feels okay."
	"Right, next," said their mother as Josh got onto the 
table, not having removed his disposable yet.
	His mother cleaned him up quickly, then pinned on two 
new diapers, snapping on the plastic pants. "Josh?"
	"It's fine, Mom."
	"Okay. You two go out and give me some privacy now." 
Josh joined Jared in the back yard. "How does it feel?"
	"It's all tight. It feels like a towel."
	"Yeah."
	"Do you need to pee yet?"
	"No, I peed earlier."
	"Me too. Darn."
	"Let's drink some juice, then we'll pee faster."
	"Cool!" The boys went into the house and got themselves 
a glass of juice each. End chapter 2.