THE KELLY'S COME TO AMERICA

Chapter 21

	"When you guys are done eating, I want you to go get dressed so 
you and your sister can go over to pick up the items you ordered," Mrs. 
Kelly told her sons as the ate breakfast the next morning.
	"When did they come in?" John asked.
	"Kevin informed me last night when he and his brothers were over 
last night."
	"Cool! I can't wait to see some of the stuff I ordered."
	"Just remember, you'll be responsible for their care. I don't 
want to have to remind you about keeping them clean. And if I have to 
tell you more than once about any smell coming from them, they will be 
taken away for a undisclosed amount of time. Do I make myself clear?"
	"Yes ma'am. Would you mind showing me how to take care of them a 
few times first?" John asked.
	"Knowing what they cost you, that won't be a problem," Mrs. Kelly 
answered with a smile. The rest of the meal went by quickly. After a 
quick diaper change for each of the boys, they and Erin were soon 
headed to pick up DJ and then on to pick up their orders.
	"Hey Erin! I thought today was one of your days off?" one of the 
checkers asked as they passed by.
	"Hey Chelsea. It is, but my brothers, and their friend, needed a 
lift over to pick up an order," Erin replied. Chelsea just smiled and 
nodded at this.
	"Hey Erin. I figured you'd be by today," Steven called as he saw 
the group come down the aisle.
	"I'm sure you did. I thought Aaron was on duty today?" Erin asked 
as they came up to the counter.
	"He wasn't feeling too well this morning so Kevin kept him home. 
I offered to fill in so we wouldn't be short-handed. Besides, I can 
always use more OT," Steve replied with a laugh. Erin laughed as well.
	"I'll make sure to keep that in mind next time we need some extra 
help," Kevin called from the door behind his brother causing Steven to 
jump slightly.
	"I really wish you would quit doing that." Kevin just smiled and 
ignored his brother's annoyed statement.
	"Sandy will be ready in couple of minutes. She's with another 
customer right now. However, John, if you'd like to come with me, we'll 
check out your order and make sure everything is in good order with 
it," Kevin told the group. John nodded calmly at this, but the 
excitement in his eyes was unmistakable. As they walked past the area 
that Sandy worked in, John and Kevin both heard a muffled argument 
going on.
	"I take it someone isn't pleased with their order?" Kevin asked 
Sandy, who was standing nearby.
	"You could say that. The father seemed really pleased, but the 
son's another matter," Sandy said with a slight shrug.
	"Just as long as they know the policy on things like this," Kevin 
said as he led John into the receiving area.
	"OK, if I could have your receipt, please," Kevin asked as they 
came up to a holding bin. Without further prompting, John handed over 
his receipt to Kevin, who compared it to a copy that he had on a 
clipboard next to the bin. As Kevin pulled out a box cutter and started 
to open the boxes for inspection, John found the excitement too much 
for him and started to wet the diaper he had on. Kevin caught a glimpse 
of the goofy look John had on his face and knew what was happening. 
Chuckling slightly, he finished opening the boxes and pulled them open.
	"OK, let's go over everything," Kevin said as he pulled out one 
of the gleaming white diapers. John's hands were shaking slightly as he 
reached out to take the thick diaper from Kevin's hand.
	"Easy there, John, we don't need you passing out on us now," 
Kevin joked as he placed a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. It 
was then that John realized that he was on the verge of 
hyperventilating.
	"Sorry," he said sheepishly as he forced himself to calm down.
	"It's OK. You're not the first kid I've seen get excited over 
handling cloth diapers for the first time." John nodded at this and 
smiled. Kevin and John finished up checking the order over a few 
minutes later and headed out to rejoin John's group. As they passed by 
the Department 12 area again the door opened and they saw Sandy leading 
out an older man and his son. From the looks of the boy he lost the 
argument that had been going on a few minutes before. Kevin smiled 
slightly at the clothes the boy had on making him look like a rather 
large toddler. John smiled as well and suddenly recognized the boy as 
one of the biggest bullies in his class.
	"Hey Scott! Nice outfit," John called politely as the boy walked 
past. Looking up, Scott saw one of the boys he normally harassed 
looking at him. With a slight snarl he started to make a move on John, 
but before he got more than one step in a strong hand came down on the 
boy's shoulder.
	"Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend, Scott?" his 
father asked?
	"No," his son answered back. while giving his son a withering 
look, the older man help out his hand and introduced himself.
	"I'm Sean Elston, Scott's father, and you are?"
	"John Kelly," John answered while taking the offered hand.
	"Ah yes, Mr. Kelly," Scott's dad said after a second while the 
name sank in.
	"I'd like to take this time to apologize to you for my son's past 
treatment of you. I can assure you that this won't be happening again. 
Will it, Scott?" the older man said.
	"No sir," Scott answered through gritted teeth.
	"Thank you, sir. I accept your apology." With a smile and nod Mr. 
Elston led his son away.
	"Why don't you just wait here, John. I'll send everyone else 
back," Kevin said before walking off.
	"Who was that boy anyway?" Sandy asked once Kevin walked off.
	"One of the biggest bullies in my class at school," John told 
her.
	"I can't wait to spread this one around school," he added 
gleefully a moment later as Sandy led him into her office. Josh, Erin. 
and DJ joined him there a few moments later.
	"Was that who I thought it was?" David asked John as he sat down. 
John just smiled and laughed.
	"I'll need you boys to get undressed," Sandy told them after 
closing the door behind Erin.
	"Why?" John asked slightly stunned.
	"I need to make sure the clothes you ordered fit before you leave 
and we can't do that very well if you're still wearing your other 
clothes," the boys were told. With a shrug, DJ and Josh started getting 
undressed. John though, hesitated for a moment before he got a look 
from his sister and complied with the request. Minutes later all three 
boys were sitting on the couch wearing just their diapers and socks. 
Erin thinking that this was to good to pass up, pulled out the camera 
she had with her, and took several shots of the boys sitting there.
	"Mom is just going to love these!" she exclaimed. Just as Erin 
took one last picture, Sandy finished unpacking the boxes she had 
sitting nearby.
	"OK Josh, if you'll step over here for a moment we can have you 
try these on," Sandy said as she pulled out one of the onesies.
	"Hey Sandy, do we still have those backdrops set up?" Erin asked 
as Josh walked over and was helped into the garment Sandy was holding.
	"Sure. Why?" Sandy replied.
	"Well, my mom was wanting me to get some pictures for prosperity 
and I thought that using the back drops would be a lot better that 
having them standing against a blank wall."
	"That would be better. I know some of others that have come 
through have taken pictures during the final fitting. Give me a moment 
to clear the stuff off around them." With DJ and John helping the 
backdrops were uncovered in just a few minutes time. Thirty minutes 
later, the fitting and photo secession was completed and all the 
clothing was repacked in their boxes.
	"Hey Erin could I get a set of the pictures once you get them 
developed?" DJ asked as they finished loading all the boxes into the 
back of the Jeep.
	"Sure DJ. That wouldn't be any problem at all," Erin smiled, 
"I'll let you know when they're ready."
	They dropped DJ off a short time later and headed home 
themselves. Once they got home they found a note from their parents 
saying that they had gone out for a short while, but would be home by 
late afternoon. Not having anything else to do, Erin helped her 
brothers put their new clothes away and in John's case, his new diapers 
as well.
	"I'm bushed," John commented as he moved the last box of diapers 
into place in his closet.
	"Well, why don't you go ahead and take a nap then, but first 
let's get you into a dry dydee," Erin laughed. John was soon being led 
into Josh's room.
	"OK. Hop up and I'll get you taken care of," Erin chuckled as she 
patted Josh's changing table. With a smile of his own, John removed his 
pants and hopped up on the table. John was soon getting his massively 
soaked diaper removed and his balls and butt getting wiped down. After 
having rubbed a generous amount of lotion into her brother's groin, 
Erin pulled out a diaper that John hadn't seen on his order form. A 
Thickies Overnight Brief.
	"You can't be serious?" John exclaimed when he saw the thickness 
of the diaper Erin was holding.
	"And why not? I figure this will be good practice for after we 
get your cloth diapers washed and ready for you to use. Now lift up." 
Erin chuckled as her brother complied with her request. Once Erin had 
sprinkled powder over John's crotch, The diaper was pulled up and 
snugly fastened. Erin and John both started laughing as John left the 
room with a major waddle replacing his normal stride. John chuckled at 
the sight as well, once he caught a glimpse of himself in his bedroom 
mirror as he was climbing into a pair of his new sleepers.
	"How did everything go at the store today, Erin?" Mrs. Kelly 
asked over dinner that night.
	"Just fine, mom. I got some great pictures for the scrapbooks."
	"Well, if they are anything like how cute the boys look now, 
they'll definitely be worth seeing." John and Josh both turned a bit 
red at this. They both hoped that none of the pictures would get around 
to their friends.
	"I was kind of surprised, Erin, that you put John into some of 
his cloth diapers so soon," Mr. Kelly said with a smile.
	"Oh, he's not wearing any of his cloth diapers yet, dad. I put 
him into one of the Overnight briefs that they sent along with his 
order." Erin told him with a smile of her own.
	"Oh. I would have to say then that he won't need to worry about 
having any leaks happen." This comment got everyone, but John laughing.
	Once dinner was over, John went back up to his room to watch a 
movie. Several hours later, John's dad went up to let him know he had a 
phone call. On walking into his son's room, the elder Kelly, saw that 
John had fallen asleep with the TV still going. After turning the TV 
off, he turned to take a look at his son and found him curled up with 
an oversized teddy bear. Smiling to himself over this sight, Mr. Kelly 
walked over to his son and tucked him in. He shook his head slightly 
when he noticed the pacifier laying on the pillow by John's head. 
Chuckling softly, he picked the pacifier up and placed it lightly 
against John's lips.
	"You're not going to believe this one," Mr. Kelly told his wife 
after letting the person calling for John that he was already asleep.
	"What am I not going to believe?" his wife asked as her husband 
sat next to her.
	"I found John snuggling up with a teddy bear and there was a 
pacifier nearby as well." He informed her.
	"That isn't too surprising after all the stuff he's gotten 
lately. As long as he keeps it private and doesn't let it interfere 
with his other activities, then I don't see any problem." Mr. Kelly 
just nodded at this, but wondered what he might have done to have 
something like happen with his family.

Chapter 22

	"David it's time to get up! We have to leave in Thirty minutes if 
we're going to make our flight!" Mrs. Kessler yelled through her oldest 
son's bedroom door.
	"What are you yelling for? I'm already up." David answered from 
behind his mom causing her to jump slightly.
	"I really wish you wouldn't do that. Now hurry up and get 
dressed. We'll get something to eat at the airport." She told her 
partly naked son before walking off to make sure her other sons were up 
and getting dressed as well.
	"This is going to be a very long weekend." David thought to 
himself as he entered his room to get dressed.
	"OK, everyone out to the car!" David heard his mom yell a short 
time later.
	"I'll be down in a minute mom! I need to use the restroom real 
quick." David yelled back.
	"Make it quick and lock up behind you. We'll be in the car 
waiting."
	"Do you have the information pack they sent you last week?" David 
was asked as he climbed into the car.
	"Yeah, I have it right here." came the reply as David opened the 
side pocket of the carry-on bag he had with him and pulled out the 
envelope his mom was asking about.
	"Let's get moving then." The boys were told as their mom put the 
car in gear and pulled out of the drive way.
	"OK guys, time to wake up. We're here." David called to his 
younger brothers as his mom pulled into the short term parking area.
	"Wha?" Brandon replied groggily.
	"We're at the airport you need to wake up now." David said again 
as he started to climb out of the car. With a small nod, Brandon 
reached over to shake his younger brother awake. Ten minutes after 
leaving the car David and his family were handing over the tickets they 
had been sent.
	"Do any of you need to be changed before we go through the 
security checkpoint?" the boys were asked. All three of them looked 
around a little at this to see if anyone had heard them being asked 
about needing a diaper change.
	"I'm a bit wet." Brandon and Tyler both answered.
	"David, how about you?" Being a bit self conscious about his 
problem, David only nodded in response to the question.
	"OK, I'll take Tyler with me. David you can help Brandon." David 
nodded at this as he herded his brother towards a nearby restroom.
	"In here, Brandon." David said as he walked into one of the 
handicap stalls.
	"We can't go in there..." Brandon started to say before getting 
pulled in by his big brother.
	"We're going to get into trouble for using this one."
	"No we won't. Now take your pants off so I can get to your 
diaper." David ordered. In a flash, David had Brandon's used diaper off 
and was wiping him down.
	"Use the toilet real quick while I take care of myself." David 
announced as he pulled down his own pants.
	"I thought you used GoodNites during the day?" Brandon asked when 
he saw the diaper his brother had on.
	"Normally I do, but I thought that with how short time was going 
to be this morning it would be easier just to use a normal diaper." 
David responded as he pulled off his own used diaper. Ten minutes later 
both boys were standing outside the restroom waiting for their mom.
	"Everyone ready" Mrs. Kessler asked a few minutes later as she 
and Tyler emerged from the Women's restroom. With a nod from everyone, 
she led them through the security point and waited for their flight to 
be called.
	"Mrs. Kessler?" a man asked as they stepped off the plane.
	"Yes?"
	"I'm Arnold Harelson. We spoke on the phone a while back."
	"Ah..Yes. Nice to finally meet you."
	"Like wise." He answered while taking the offered hand.
	"And you must be David." Mr. Harelson added while turning to face 
the boys. Shaking their hands in turn.
	"Well, if you'll follow me. I'll take you to the hotel and let 
you get settled in. They were told while their escort led them out side 
to a waiting car.
	"The other boys and girls will be arriving later in the day. 
There will be a luncheon held at 2p.m. in the hotel's meeting room. 
You'll be told everything at that time. The hotel has a pool and game 
room for the kids to use." The Kesslers were told as they were shown to 
their room.
	"Thanks, but I think right now all the boys are interested in is 
the bed." David's mom joked.
	"I can certainly understand that. I have a couple of kids myself 
and know what you mean. I'll see you downstairs at Two then." Mr. 
Harelson told them as he handed over the key to their room.
	Once they were alone, Mrs. Kessler went about checking the 
condition of each of the boys diapers. She was a bit surprised to find 
David wearing one, but on further thought figured it made sense. After 
changing her two youngest sons into dry diapers she had them lay back 
down for a few more hours sleep.
	"You boys hungry?" She asked them a few hours later. Since it had 
been a good fourteen hours since they had anything substantial to eat 
she knew what the answer would be.
	"Yes." came the coursed reply. The boys mom smiled at this.
	"Well, get changed if you need to and we'll go down to the coffee 
shop for a bite to eat. After taking off his used diaper, David wiped 
himself off with a baby wipe his mom handed him and started to rub 
lotion over his groin. Since David knew that he would be able to get to 
restrooms easier now he opted for one of his GoodNites instead of a 
diaper.
	Once all the boys were in clean pants Mrs. Kessler led them to 
the coffee shop for a quick bite to eat. While they were eating David 
was informed of what Mr. Harelson had told her earlier. David took all 
this in. After eating, The boys headed back up to their room and 
quickly climbed into their swim trunks and headed down to the pool.
	While they were swimming David struck up a conversation with a 
couple of the other boys that were down there. He found out that 
several of the kids there were in town for a photo shoot of some kind, 
but wouldn't say what it was for. Going off the looks they gave him 
when he asked what it was for, David got the feeling that they were 
there for the same shoot he was. All too soon David saw that it was 
time for him to head back to his room and get ready for the meeting.
	David was putting on the name badge, marking him as one of the 
models, when he accidentally bumped into another boy, making him 
stumble a bit.
	"Sorry about that. I wasn't watching where I was going." David 
apologized.
	"Well you should pay more attention then." The kid shot back 
heatedly as he turned around. Both boys stopped cold when they saw each 
other.
	"Seamus." David said.
	"What the hell are you doing here?" Seamus asked in shock.
	"Apparently, I'm here for the same reason you are." David 
responded with a slight laugh as he pointed to the name badge that the 
other boy was wearing.
"You better keep your moth shut about this." Seamus threatened as he 
turned and walked off to where his mom was standing.
	"I'll tell you, I'm certainly glad that they started making the 
pants more absorbent. Now I don't have to worry about whether or not my 
son is going have them leak or not with how much he tends to wet at 
night." Seamus heard his mom say as he walked up to her.
	"Mom! Do you have to tell everyone?" Seamus whined.
	"Oh, hush boy. It's not like it's a big secret with this group." 
His mom answered. As she was saying this David joined his mom, who 
happened to be the person Mrs. O'Connor was talking to.
	"I know what you mean. David here has the same problem. I have to 
admit that the improvements they've made has made handling his daytime 
problem a lot easier." Mrs. Kessler explained.
	"If I could have everyone's attention please" Mr. Harelson called 
over the chatter.
	"Thank you. Now as I call out your names I would like all the 
models to come up and take a seat at one of the forward tables." The 
group was told after the chatter died down. Inside of five minutes the 
two forward tables had been filled by the kids chosen to take place in 
the next day's photo shoot.
	"Now then, I'd like to introduce you all to Mr. Paul Albertson. 
Paul is the head of our marketing department." Mr. Harelson explained 
as he introduced the older gentleman.
	"Thank you Ron." Paul acknowledged as he stepped up to the 
podium.
	"I'd like to take this time to offer my thanks to all of you for 
taking the time to fill out the questionnaires that had been sent to 
you. I hope this is a pleasant experience for all of you."
	"Now then before I get started on what you'll be taking place in 
tomorrow, I want to know if there are any of you here that are having 
second thoughts of taking part in this ad campaign." The kids were told 
up front. Seamus was tempted to do just what he was being given the 
chance to, but knew that if he tried to his mother would have a royal 
fit about it. Figuring that the odds of any ad of him modeling the 
GoodNites being seen by someone he knew would be slim.
	"OK then, let's get going." Paul said after a brief pause.
	"As you each have been informed in your information packets, some 
of you will be modeling our normal Unisex style pants while others of 
you have been chosen to model our new designer style pants, or the new 
Aqua Pants." As he said this, Mr. Albertson motioned for the coverings 
to be removed from the two large displays to his right. There were 
several chuckles from the group as the assembled group got the first 
look at the new GoodNites.
	"I'm glad that my mom didn't sign me up for that." Seamus 
whispered to the kid sitting next to him. Not knowing that his mom had 
indeed signed him up to model both of the new style pants.
	"I'm glad you like them." the group was told as the noise died 
down again. Over the next hour, the models and their parents were told 
what would be happening the next day.
	"Now remember, you'll have a long day tomorrow, and an early 
start so I would suggest to the parents to make sure that the kids get 
a good night's sleep." Several of the kids started laughing at the 
unintentional word play that had happened.
	"You'll meet down here again at Six-thirty tomorrow morning for 
breakfast and then you'll be taken by bus to where the photo shoot is 
being held." On this final note, the meeting ended and all the kids 
started filing out.
	"So what do you think David?" His mom asked as they headed 
towards the elevator.
	"I think I really need to get a dry pair of pants on. But aside 
from that, I think this will be rather interesting." came the smiled 
response.
	"I'm glad to hear it." Mrs. Kessler told her oldest son as she 
led her family back to their room.
	"By the way, who was the boy I had seen you talking with before 
the meeting?"
	"He's one of other boys from my class. And a real pain in the 
butt at that. I can't wait to see what happens when these ads hit the 
papers." David chuckled.
	"Why's that? I thought you were worried about what your friends 
would say when they saw you in them." Mrs. Kessler inquired of her son.
	"I am a bit worried. But, I figure my friends won't be bothered 
by my being in them and if they are then they were never really a 
friend to begin with. No, the funny part to this is with the kid I was 
talking to. You see, he's also one of the biggest trouble makers in my 
grade. Once the people in the class happen to see the ads with him in 
it they'll never take any crap from him again." David laughed, knowing 
full well that somebody in his grade would end up seeing both his and 
Seamus's ads and pictures on the packages.
	"Well, I think you're going to do just fine tomorrow." Mrs. 
Kessler told her son as they reached their room.
	After quickly changing into a clean pair of GoodNites, David 
headed down to the game room. He then spent the next several hours 
chatting with several of the other boys and girls who had been chosen 
for the shoot. All to soon David was being called back to his room. 
Once he had been changed into a clean night diaper, David crawled into 
bed and was soon fast asleep.
	"David, time to get up. We need to be down in the conference room 
in forty minutes." His mom told him while shaking his shoulder.
	"OK, OK, I'm up." Came the groggy reply as David sat up and 
climbed out of bed. Mrs. Kessler smiled a bit to herself as her eldest 
son walked towards the bathroom with a seriously drooping diaper 
hanging off his butt. After one last chuckle to herself she turned her 
attention to her two other sons whose diapers were also in serious need 
of changing.
	"Hey mom have you seen the shirt I laid out last night?" David 
called while looking around for the shirt.
	"I put it back in your bag. Someone from Mr. Albertson's staff 
had dropped off a shirt while you were at the pool last night. They 
want you to wear that instead." David was told while his mom tossed him 
the T-shirt she had mentioned. David started laughing a bit when he 
opened up the dark blue shirt and saw an oversized picture of a pack of 
GoodNites with the same dotted outline, as he remembered seeing a 
couple of months back, on the front of the shirt and the "GoodNites 
mean Dry Mornings" slogan written on the back. Brandon and Tyler 
started laughing as well once David put the shirt on and they saw what 
was written on it.
	The Kesslers were soon heading down to the conference room where 
a Breakfast buffet had been set up. After getting a plate set up for 
himself David went over to join a group of other models, who had 
already arrived. All of the kids were laughing about the design of the 
shirts with a couple of the boys commenting that they'd probably wear 
the shirts to school the following Monday since everyone already knew 
they wore them. David joined in on the laughter that this comment made 
and looked around to see if Seamus and entered the room yet. He managed 
to catch a glimpse of Seamus's mom and little sister talking to his mom 
and brothers so he knew that his former nemesis was somewhere in the 
room. About thirty minutes later, Mr. Albertson arrived and after one 
last speech to the group he took them to the waiting bus outside. The 
bus ride took about Twenty minutes. Everyone could feel the tension 
rising as they pulled up to a non-descript office building and were led 
inside.
	After one last word of encouragement, Mr. Albertson departed 
leaving the group in the hands of Mr. Ross.
	"I'd like to take this time to thank all of you for being here 
today. It'll be a long day, but one I think you'll enjoy and have fond 
memories of. Now when I call out your names I'd like you to step over 
to Mrs. Clark here, and take the package she'll have for you. Once you 
have the package, you'll find that it has a number printed on it. That 
number matches up to one of the changing rooms off to my left. Once you 
have found the right dressing room go inside and change into the 
product that's in your package. Once all you have changed you'll be 
separated by the product you have on. Are there any questions?" Mr. 
Ross asked. From the back of the group a hand went up.
	"Yes?" the boy was prompted.
	"Will we be getting any restroom breaks?" the boy asked.
	"Good question, you will be allowed a few restroom breaks during 
the day. But, there won't be that many." Mr. Ross informed the kids.
	"What if we need to go really bad?" a young girl asked.
	"If you need to poop, then an exception will be made."
	"What about if we need to pee?" Seamus piped up from the back.
	"If you just need to pee, then the obvious solution would just to 
be use the pants that you have on at the time and you'll be allowed to 
change into a dry one during the next break." This statement caused a 
little bit of a stir with some of the kids but it soon died down. Most 
of the kids had already figured out that this is what was going to 
happen.
	"OK. Then if there are no further questions, we'll begin." Mr. 
Ross announced as he started reading off names.
	"Really funny mom." David thought as he opened up the package he 
was given once he was in the dressing room he had been assigned. With a 
small chuckle he pulled out the pair of Designer GoodNites for Boys and 
laid them on the bench he did admit to himself that the deep blue color 
of the pants really accented the red stripes that was crisscrossing it.
	"I can only imagine the ribbing I'm going to get when this ad 
comes out." David thought further as he took off his jeans, underwear 
and the somewhat damp pants that he already had on. He was a little 
surprised to see a Diaper Genie in one corner, but this just reinforced 
what Mr. Ross had told them about using the pants if they needed to go 
between the restroom breaks that would be given. Inside of five 
minutes, David was standing with most of the other kids wearing just a 
pair of socks, the T-shirt he had been given to wear and the GoodNites.
	On looking at some of the other kids that were going to model the 
Designer and Aqua pants, David saw that each size had a different color 
scheme and that there were several schemes in each size.
	"Boy Seamus, the girls are really going to get a kick out of 
seeing you in those." David laughed when he got a look at the Aqua 
pants that the other boy was going to be modeling.
	"Oh shut up. If it wasn't for my mom deciding that we needed some 
extra money around the house I wouldn't even be doing this." Seamus 
shot back.
	"Whatever, I still think the girls back at school will get a kick 
out of this." David replied before calling over to some of the girls 
nearby.
	"What do you think girls? Doesn't he just look so cute?" The 
girls' responding whistling and kiss blowing got most of the group 
laughing. Seamus for his part just turned a bright red.
	"OK, looks like we're all ready." Mr. Ross said as the last boy 
joined the group.
	"If you'll follow me, We'll get everyone set up. Now all the 
photo areas are numbered. Once you get done at a certain point the 
photographer will inform you of your next station. You'll be informed 
at that time if you're going to need to change to a different pair of 
pants. If at any time you need to get a clean pair of pants let your 
photographer know. The last thing we want is to have any of the ads 
showing a set of used pants." The kids were informed. Though in the 
back of his mind, Mr. Ross knew that this was going to happen a few 
times.
	Over the course of the next four hours, David figured he must 
have had his picture taken at least three to four dozen times in 
various poses and several stages of undress. He really got a kick out 
of the group photo that was done showing all the boy style products 
offered in the GoodNites line. What really made this shot funny was the 
fact that he and Seamus were standing right next to each other with 
each of them wearing nothing but their GoodNites. David was almost 
tempted to let the person taking the shot that it looked like Seamus's 
pants were wet at the time, but decided not to. While all this was 
going on, David was totally unaware of what was taking place in the 
staging area for the parents.
	"Dennis we have a problem." One of the directors informed his 
boss.
	"What is it now?"
	"The kids doing the new Huggies 6 and 7 run were just pulled out 
because their mom didn't think we were doing things right." the 
director explained.
	"That's just fucking great. Where am I supposed to find two kids 
out of thin air to finish that ad. It's going to be my ass if I don't 
have that commercial ready by Monday. Damned perfectionist stage 
mothers." Mr. Ross mumbled under his breath as he started pacing 
around. Just as he was going to start cursing again he happened to see 
Brandon bend over to pick some thing up causing his shirt to rise up 
and expose the top two inches of the diaper he had on.
	"Hold on a minute. I think our problems may be solved." Dennis 
said to a confused director as he walked over to Brandon.
	"Excuse me son, but could you take me to your mom." Mr. Ross 
asked the shocked boy.
	"I guess so. She's right over there." Brandon said pointing to a 
secluded corner where he saw his mom finishing changing his younger 
brother. Mr. Ross could hardly contain his excitement when he saw what 
was going on.
	"This is perfect. Now if I can only get her to agree to her boys 
showing up in the commercial." Dennis thought to himself.
	"Excuse me ma'am, I'm Mr. Ross. I wondered if I could have a word 
with you for a minute." Mrs. Kessler was asked as she finished pulling 
up her son's pants.
	"Is there a problem?"
	"In a manner of speaking, yes. And it might be something that you 
could help us out with, if you're willing. I happened to notice that 
your two boys are still in diapers."
	"Actually, all three of my sons need protection. What about it?" 
Mrs. Kessler asked.
	"All three?" came Mr. Ross's confused question.
	"Yes, all three. My oldest son David is taking part in the 
GoodNites ads that you're doing right now. And what was you wanted my 
help with?"
	"Well, I had just been informed that the two boys we were using 
for our up coming commercials and ads for the Huggies sizes 6 and 7 
were unexpectedly pulled out. And after noticing that your son here was 
wearing a diaper, I was wondering if you would allow for us to use them 
in the other boys place. I know this is rather forward of me to be 
asking this of you, but I'm in kind of a time crunch and I would really 
appreciate the help on this."
	"Let me talk to the boys about it. If they agree to it, then I'll 
allow them to be used for the commercial and ads." With this said, Mrs. 
Kessler walked over to were her two youngest boys were standing and 
told them what was going on. After explaining what would be happening 
along with the fact that once the ads and commercial came out then 
everyone at their school would know about their problem. After thinking 
about it both boys agreed to do the commercial.
	"OK, the boys have agreed to do the shots for you. However, I 
would like to be on the set while the filming is going on." Knowing 
that if he tried to talk her out of this point she would pull the boys 
without hesitation, Mr. Ross agreed to the demand made.
	"That's fine. We can work with that. If you'll follow Rick here, 
he'll get the boys set up and explain in more detail what's going to be 
happening. Your other son should be done with the photo session in 
about twenty minutes. I'll have him escorted over once he's done and 
dressed." With a nod to this, Mrs. Kessler followed her sons and the 
commercials director in to a closed area of the building they were in. 
David was surprised to not see his mom waiting for him when he came out 
of his photo shoot.
	"David Kessler?" Mrs. Clark asked as David looked around for his 
mom starting to get a bit worried.
	"Yeah?"
	"After you get dressed, I'm supposed to take you to your mom and 
brothers." David was told as he was offered a clean pair of the plain 
GoodNites.
	"OK, but could you tell what's going on with them?" David asked.
	"Your mom wanted to keep that a surprise." With a shrug, David 
accepted the clean pants and walked into his cubicle. Five minutes 
later he was fully dressed again and being led towards the closed area 
his mom and brothers went into thirty minutes before.
	"I'll need to insist that you keep quiet. This is the part of the 
building that they shoot commercials in. David nodded at this. He was 
more than a little surprised to see his brothers being filmed in just a 
diaper and their shirts. Quietly, his mom told him what was going on. 
It took all of David's control not to start laughing.
	Several hours later, the Kessler family had finally made it back 
to their hotel room. David quickly changed into a pair of the Aqua 
Pants that he had helped model earlier that day and headed to the pool. 
A couple of the boys that were also at the shoot saw what he was 
wearing and started laughing. The laughter got even harder when David 
informed them of what had happened with his brothers. David swam for 
another hour before he headed back up to his room. His mom started 
laughing when she saw the condition of the Aqua-pants her son was 
wearing.
	"Well David, I would have to say those swim pants they made 
really work well. The GoodNites you normally wear would have been to 
the bursting point by now and these look their hardly wet." David was 
told as he pulled off the wet pants.
	"I know what you mean. and this way I'll be able to wear my 
normal swim trunks and not have to worry about whether or not pants are 
noticeable due to them swelling up like a balloon." David laughed as he 
tossed the pants into a nearby trash can with a wet sounding thud as 
the hit the bottom of the can. After drying himself off, David rubbed 
some lotion onto his groin and pulled on a pair of his GoodNites. He 
was fast asleep in five minutes.
	The next morning was a hectic race to get everyone up washed and 
dressed in time to catch the bus that had been set up to take the whole 
group back to airport.
	David received a letter a few days later letting him know when 
the ads were going to be released and that he would be receiving a full 
set of the all the photos taken that day.

Chapter 23

	"Hey mom, I was wondering if DJ might be able to join us for 
dinner tonight since he's going to be sleeping over?" John asked his 
mom over breakfast.
	"I don't see a problem with it, but I'll need to check with his 
parents first. I'll do that and let you later today." As she said this 
Josh walked in to the room.
	"Are you feeling OK, Josh?" Mrs. Kelly asked her son when she 
noticed that he was looking a bit tired.
	"I just fell a bit worn out this morning." came the reply. With a 
slight frown Mrs. Kelly leaned over to feel his forehead.
	"You feel a bit warm. Do you think that you need to stay home 
today?"
	"I think I can make it. Besides, we have the reviews for the 
finals starting today."
	"OK, but if you feel like you need to come home have the nurse 
give me a call." Josh gave a small nod at this.
	"So DJ, you ready for the sleepover tonight?" John asked as the 
two boys headed to school.
	"You should know the answer to that by now." came the chuckled 
reply.
	"I know, but I still thought I should ask. Also, I talked to my 
mom this morning about you joining us for dinner tonight."
	"Oh?"
	"Yeah, my dad mentioned last night that they were taking us out. 
I guess he has a surprise he wants to drop on us or something."
	"How can you tell?"
	"He told us we would have to get dressed up for it."
	"If it's some place fancy, are your sure your parents aren't 
going to mind my tagging along."
	"Well, my mom didn't seem upset about my asking. Besides, I think 
she sort of expected me to ask since they knew we had a sleepover 
planned for tonight."
	"Good point. You ready for the school year to be over yet?"
	"Are you kidding, I've been ready for this year to end since it 
started." John laughed. The rest of the way to school the boys talked 
about what their plans for the summer were.
	David was greeted to a loud round of applause and laughter when 
he walked into his classroom. Before he could ask what was going on. 
Several of the boys stepped aside to let him see the blown up photo of 
him and Seamus standing together in just the GoodNites that had been 
modeling at the time. It shocked almost everyone in the room when David 
broke out laughing at this.
	"I, frankly, don't think they got my best side in that photo." 
David quipped as he went up to the poster.
	"If you guys want, I can sign it for you." he added a moment 
later as he pulled out a pen. As he stooped over to sign the poster, 
David felt someone grab his pants and pull them down exposing the Green 
and Black striped Goodnite he had on. The sight of this got several of 
the boys laughing and calling David a diaper boy.
	"That was totally uncalled for." David said coldly as he pulled 
his pants back up and turned to face the kid that pulled his pants 
down. Before anyone knew what was happening David unleashed a right 
cross at the kid that had pants'd him. Caught aware, the kid was 
flipped over a nearby desk.
	"Now does anyone else want to make something about my needing to 
wear trainers?" David asked the class. No one said a word to this 
confrontation after what they had just seen. Not even the boy that got 
hit said a word as he took his seat. The poster was quickly taken down 
and nothing more was said about it. A few minutes later Mr. Barrett 
entered the room with a still sobbing Seamus.
	
	"Unless I'm told right now who had put up that poster this entire 
class is going to stay after class until such time as the person or 
persons responsible step forward. With a short glance towards David, 
several boys raised their hands and admitted that they were the ones 
who had pulled the prank. The guilty parties were quickly sent up to 
the principal's office. And the matter was dropped.
	"I knew something like this was going to happen." Seamus told 
David during recess that morning.
	"Yeah, I know what you mean. Though, I wasn't expecting them to 
pull my pants down." David admitted.
	"You mean they got you too?" Seamus asked in shock.
	"Yeah, and I decked the kid that did it too." David informed the 
other boy.
	"I wouldn't let them get to you. What's done is done. And if you 
let them see that the jokes they make about the ads gets to you, then 
they'll never stop. Besides, how many people in that class do you think 
would have the balls to do what we did whether they need to wear them 
or not?" David asked rhetorically. Seamus just nodded at this and had 
to admit to himself that David was right, no one else in that class 
would have been caught dead modeling diaper pants like they did.
	"You feeling OK, Josh?" David asked when he saw his friend in 
class later that morning.
	"Yeah, I'm just feeling a bit run down." came the tired reply.
	"I hope you get to feeling better soon." David commented as he 
left to take his own seat as Mr. Barrett walked into the room. As the 
day progressed, Josh began feeling more ill, but was determined to 
stick the day out.
	"Mr. Kelly this note was delivered for you during the passing 
period." ,Mrs. Austin informed John as he entered the classroom, "And 
in the future, I would appreciate if you would let your mother know 
that I'm not a messenger service." she added coldly.
	"How do you know it's from my mother?" John asked as he took the 
offered note. It was then he saw that the seal the office normally 
places on private notes had been broken.
	"You opened the letter." He stated coldly.
	"Of course I opened the letter. How else would I know it was from 
your mother. Frankly, she should know better than to have a 
secretary's, and my time for that matter, time taken up over such a 
trivial matter as a sleepover. Now take your seat and we can start the 
class."
	"Fuck you." John said as he shouldered his back pack again.
	"What did you say to me young man?"
	"You heard me, and if you didn't, I'll be more than happy to 
repeat it for you."
	"Get up to the office right now!"
	"You better believe I'm going to the office! I plan on informing 
Mr. Hays that you like taking the liberty of opening private notes 
addressed to students." John told her coldly as he started for the 
door. Just as he hit the door DJ started to come through it.
	"Meet me at the front entrance after school." John informed him 
as he stalked out the door muttering under his breath. Seeing that Mrs. 
Austin was on the intercom, DJ assumed that they had another 
disagreement.
	"Mr. Kelly we really have to stop meeting like this." Mr. Hays 
said a short time later as he escorted John into his office.
	"I know what you mean sir. This time wasn't entirely my fault 
though." John answered.
	"I see. So your telling a teacher off was just a misunderstanding 
then?"
	"No sir, I meant that part. However, did Mrs. Austin tell you why 
I said that?" John asked calmly.
	"All she told me is that you became upset when she handed you the 
note we sent down to her."
	"Not exactly. I got mad because she had read the note you sent 
down for her to hand me, and the fact that she felt it was her place to 
say that her handing me the note was a waste of her time."
	"How do you know she read the note before handing it to you? The 
seal could have come open at some point.
	"That is true. Of course her stating that the note was from my 
mom and that the contents of were regarding a private matter that I had 
only talked to my mom and one other person about made it very clear 
that she had read it. She had also admitted to me, and in front of 
several other people in the class, that she had read it.
	"I see. Then you wouldn't mind if I called down to verify this 
with those people?" Mr. Hays asked seeing if maybe this was just a ploy 
John was trying to use to get out of trouble.
	"Be my guest." John replied as he gave him several names; looking 
his principal dead in the eyes as he did so.
	"I'll be back in a moment." John was told as Mr. Hays got out of 
his seat and walked out of the room.
	"Well Mr. Kelly, everyone of the people you named verified what 
you told me, so I'll just chalk your comments up as a misunderstanding. 
I will however, have a long talk with Mrs. Austin about this matter. 
You can have a seat out in the main area till your next class, If there 
is nothing else?" Mr. Hays added when he saw the slight hesitation.
	"Well, we were having a test today, and I was wondering if my 
missing the class today will prevent me from having a chance to take 
it?"
	"I see. Normally, I would have to say yes, but given the 
reasoning behind your walking out of the class, I'll give you the 
chance to make it up after school.
	"Uh..My family had plans set up that would prevent me from 
staying late. If it's possible, may I come in during my 7th hour Study 
Hall?"
	"That would be acceptable. See Mr. Riggs at the beginning of that 
period and we'll get it taken care of. And, I had better not find out 
that you took the time to find out any answers." John was told sternly. 
John nodded at this and after getting his book bag took a seat at the 
table in the front office. He decided to take the extra time given to 
him and study more for the test.
	"What the hell was going on with you and Austin last period?" DJ 
asked as John joined him for lunch.
	"She took the liberty of reading a note the office sent down over 
your staying over tonight. I got pissed at her and told her to bugger 
off." John replied.
	"That explains why you looked so ticked off when you walked past 
me. So what was the verdict on the sleepover anyway?"
	"You'll be coming home with me tonight. Everything has been set 
up for you to join us for dinner."
	"Cool. I'll need to stop by my house though so I can get some 
clothes." DJ said with a smile.
	"My mom already has everything taken care of." DJ nodded at this. 
As the lunch period ended both boys took their trays up to the drop off 
window and as they did so happened to pass their former tormentor.
	"Hey Scott, I'd be careful, your shirt is starting to ride up 
some." John said softly to the boy as he walked past. Both John and DJ 
got a laugh at how quickly Scott dropped one of his hands to check his 
shirt.
	"Gotcha." John chuckled as he walked off.
	"That was really mean you know that?" DJ commented as they walked 
away
	"I get to do it next time." he added with a laugh.
	
	The next hour went by quickly for John, but at the appointed time 
he showed up at the Vice-principal's office. After being led into a 
private room, John was handed the test and was told to begin. He 
completed the test with time to spare so he got up and handed the test 
in so he wouldn't be tempted to go back and change any answers. Once he 
did this he finished the rest of the day in the same seat he had 
earlier that day. Once the final bell rang he joined DJ in the front 
hall and waited for his mom to get there.
	"Sorry I'm late boys. Josh called and wanted me to pick him up 
from school since he wasn't feeling well. I dropped him off at home 
first."
	"That's OK Mum. We weren't waiting that long." John replied as he 
buckled up.
	"Has my mom dropped off my things yet Mrs. Kelly?" DJ asked from 
the back seat.
	"I told her not to bother since you and John are about the same 
size." She replied with a grin. DJ just shook his at this. In the month 
and a half since him and John had gotten their private wardrobe, they 
had been sharing them more often than not during the few sleepovers 
they had.
	"So what is the big surprise dad has for us tonight?" John asked 
a minute later in a vain attempt to get some information.
	"I have no idea. For once, I'm as much in the dark as you are. 
All your father said is that we were going out to someplace really nice 
and we should dress for it. Which means suit and ties for both of you 
boys.
	"Aww mom not that." John complained.
	"Well, if you boys would rather stay home with a sitter, I'm sure 
we could set that up as well."
	"That's OK. I'm sure John and I can suffer through one night 
wearing a suit." DJ said quickly, before John could swallow his foot 
any further. Mrs. Kelly just laughed at this.
	"Did Mr. Kelly mention where were going to be going to?" DJ asked 
out of simple curiosity.
	"Yes, he said that it was a place downtown called the Peppercorn 
Duck Club."
	"I take it that's a very nice place?" Mrs. kelly asked when she 
saw the shocked look on DJ's face.
	"From what I've heard of it, it's the only 5-star place in town." 
DJ informed her.
	"Well then I guess suits are certainly in order." about this time 
they pulled into the driveway of john's house.
	"Now I want you boys to be quiet. Josh is resting and I want him 
to stay that way until your father gets home." Both boys nodded at 
this.
	"David this came for you today." Mrs. Kessler announced as she 
handed her son an envelope.
	"Cool, It's from the company that makes my GNs." David said 
excitedly as he ripped open the envelope and started reading the 
enclosed letter.
	"Well, what does it say?" David was asked. With a small frown he 
handed the letter over to his mom.
	Dear Mr. Kessler,
	This letter is to inform you that you have been chosen to model 
the boys' line of GoodNites products in our upcoming television 
commercials. If you are interested in participating in this event 
please call the number below no later than May 15th. If you choose to 
accept, and call the number in the allotted time, you'll be contacted 
with further instructions.
	David started laughing when he saw the look on his mom's face.
	"You little faker." She laughed as she threw the letter back at 
her son.
	"Had you fooled there for a minute there though." David giggled.
	"So do you want to go through with this then?" His mom asked 
seriously. David didn't hesitate at all with his response.
	"Yeah, I do."
	"Ok then, I'll give them a call tomorrow and get things set up. 
In the mean time, I think that this calls for a celebration." She told 
him before calling for his brothers. With a quick afterthought, She 
decided to give Caleb and his father a call to see if they would like 
to join them in the celebration. While all this was going on, David 
went up to his room to change into a dry pair of GoodNites and get some 
of his homework done.
	"Do you feel up to joining us Josh?" His mom asked a few hours 
after having picked him up from school.
	"I'm feeling a bit better. I think as long as I don't eat to much 
I should be fine."
	"I'm glad to hear that. I think the evening will be a lot better 
if you did join us." Josh was told with a smile.
	"Now why don't you go hop up on your changing table so we can 
take care of that diaper of yours and you can go get a shower before 
getting ready." With a nod, Josh got out of his bed and walked over to 
his changing table.
	As this was going on in Josh's room John and DJ were finishing up 
their own shower. The two boys walked out of the bathroom just as Josh 
was coming out of his room.
	On entering John's bedroom again both boys saw that a suit had 
been laid out for each of them.
	"I guess your mom wasn't kidding about this being a dress up 
dinner." DJ commented as he walked over to the bed to get a closer look 
at the suit he would be wearing. He and John both started laughing a 
bit when they saw that each suit was the exact opposite of the others.
	"You think my mom is trying to give us a hint on something?" John 
laughed as he walked over to his closet and pulled out two pairs of his 
trainers.
	"I think she just might be." DJ chuckled in response as he 
accepted the offered trainer and stepped into it after giving it a 
light dusting of powder. A short time later, John and DJ made their 
appearance downstairs, with Josh following a moment later.
	"You boys look absolutely stunning." Mrs. Kelly said after taking 
a closer look at each of them.
	"Thanks." DJ replied in a some what embarrassed tone. John and 
Josh just laughed softly at this.
	"I think you might be right, mom." Erin said as she walked into 
the room. On hearing this, DJ turned around and on seeing what Erin had 
on let out a low whistle.
	"You know Erin, wearing something like that is almost enough to 
make me go straight." Everyone laughed at this comment, and laughed 
even harder when John elbowed his boyfriend in the ribs a second later.
	"You better watch it DJ or I might get mad. And we both know what 
I can be like when that happens." John said in a joking tone of voice.
	"Yes, Dear." Came DJ's whined reply. This got everyone laughing 
again. Ten minutes later, Mr. Kelly arrived home and after a quick 
change of clothes ushered everyone into the Family Minivan and headed 
off to dinner.
	"Now I'm sure you all are wondering what the special occasion is 
for this little outing." Mr. Kelly said about two hours later.
	"Well, I had been informed several days ago that I had won the 
company's drawing for an all expenses paid Round the world cruise for 
two." Stunned silence greeted his statement about the trip.
	"After having talked it over with your mother, we thought it 
would be a nice change of scenery for you to stay with your Uncle James 
during the summer while we're on the trip. I know this might be a bit 
to take in all at once, but we feel this would be a lot more enjoyable 
for you kids than having a babysitter."
	"What about my job?" Erin asked still a bit stunned by the news 
she had just heard.
	"We're looking into that. We hope to get things set up that 
you'll be able to stay with Linda and her family over the summer so you 
won't have to quit your job. And before you boys say anything, your 
going to your Uncles is not open to negotiation." Mrs. Kelly said 
before her sons could say a word. looking slightly downcast, John and 
Josh kept quiet. The rest of the meal centered around what the trip was 
going to be like and the different countries that were going to be 
seen.
	Things seemed to be going fine till the bug Josh had picked up 
had chosen the trip home to make itself known again. With very little 
warning, Josh's bowels cramped up and let loose in one very violent 
outburst.

Chapter 24

	"Erin, when we get home would you mind taking care of Josh?" Mr. 
Kelly asked his daughter as he rolled the windows down a bit to try and 
dissipate the smell that was starting to emanate from his youngest 
son's diaper. Through all this, Josh just sobbed quietly while John and 
DJ tried to comfort him.
	"C'mon Thumper, let's get you upstairs and into a clean diaper." 
Erin said kindly while leading her little brother into the house. Josh 
said nothing during all this, but it could be seen what happened had 
embarrassed him greatly.
	"I'm really sorry about all this trouble Erin." Josh mumbled as 
he was helped up on to his changing table. Josh turned red again as his 
bowels let loose again with another slightly audible fart. For her 
part, Erin braced herself for what she was about to face when she 
opened her brother's diaper. She groaned slightly when she was faced 
with the full on slaught of what he brother had done.
	"Josh, I think this would go a lot easier if you just went in and 
got a shower to clean up. You might also try and use the toilet to 
empty out whatever you might have left in you." Erin said with a slight 
grin. Josh just nodded at this and after having his sister loosely pin 
a towel on him he got off the table and head for the bathroom.
	"Well that didn't take long." Mrs. Kelly commented as her 
daughter walked by with the old diaper.
	"It's not over yet. Josh did such a number, I though it would be 
quicker for him to just wash off in the shower than to try and use 
wipes on him." Erin replied as she walked past.
	"By the way mom, do we still have any Imodium?" Erin asked as she 
came back in from throwing out the old diaper.
	"I think we do. Check in the Medicine Basket. If we don't, let me 
know and I'll pick some up tomorrow while I'm out shopping." Erin 
nodded at this and after finding some medicine for her brother walked 
back up to his room to get things set up for Josh.
	"Anything I can help with?" DJ asked as he and John walked in to 
Josh's room after changing their own diapers and getting into some of 
the Summer PJ's that John had gotten about a month back. Erin smiled at 
the view of one teenager and one soon to be teen walking around in a 
one piece sleeper with a thick diaper under them.
	"I doubt it. I'm trying to figure out a way to diaper Josh so he 
won't leak all over the bed tonight." Erin responded.
	"He have the quirts?" John asked.
	"Yes, and a major case at that."
	"You could always Thick-stack him." DJ interrupted.
	"What's that?" Erin asked with interest.
	"Well, when my brothers or I get sick my puts us in a stack of 6 
or 7 cloth diapers. Though with the Thickies That Josh uses I would say 
that three or four would be about the same."
	"That doesn't sound like that bad of idea." Erin said after 
giving it some though. John started laughing at the thought of Josh 
trying to walk while wearing three Thickies. About this time Josh 
retuned from his shower and climbed back up on his changing table. With 
how sluggishly he was moving Erin figured he was probably getting a bit 
dehydrated.
	"Here take this." Erin told him as she handed Josh the medicine. 
While he half-way expected this to happen, Josh looked at the clear 
liquid with great distaste. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to get out 
of not taking it, Josh downed it with one fast gulp.
	
	"OK Josh, Lift up for a moment." Erin commanded as layered the 
three Thickies diapers together.
	"You're not really going to have me wear all three of those are 
you?" Josh asked when he saw the pile of cloth his sister was getting 
ready to slide under his raised butt.
	"As a matter of fact, I am. This was the only thing I could think 
of that might hold you through the night in case you have more 
trouble." Josh was told plainly as he got his butt and balls lotioned 
and powdered. Not feeling like arguing, Josh allowed Erin to put the 
triple thick diaper on him without a fuss. John and DJ both chuckled a 
bit when Josh tried to fit into his sleepers after getting down from 
being changed.
	"I guess you'll just have to use a T-shirt to sleep in tonight, 
Kiddo." Erin laughed as she tossed her baby brother one of the T-shirts 
he used during warm weather. With a nod of thanks, Josh pulled the 
shirt on and climbed into bed. Just as Erin finished tucking him in, 
Mrs. Kelly walked into the room holding a bottle of Pedialyte.
	"Erin mentioned you looked a bit dehydrated, so I thought I would 
bring this up to you." She told Josh while handing him the bottle and 
giving him a quick kiss on the forehead.
	"Thanks mom." Josh said as he took the bottle and dutifully put 
it in his mouth.
	"You're welcome. I'll check back on you a little later." Mrs. 
Kelly said while escorting everyone else out of the room.
	"I guess Josh must have been feeling off. I thought for sure he 
would have fought getting placed in that thick of diaper. " John 
commented as he and DJ walked in to his room.
	"I did too, but I think things will be better for him in the 
morning this way." DJ replied as he walked over to stretch out on the 
bed while John picked out a movie for them to watch.
	The rest of the evening went by quickly for the whole family. 
With the kids in their rooms for the night, Mr. Kelly and his wife took 
the time alone to make a list of the items them would need for the 
trip.
	"John this came for you while you were out back." Erin said the 
next afternoon as she handed John the letter that had come for him.
	"What is it?"
	"It's a letter, but that's not important right now." Erin shot 
back with a grim.
	"Haha." John deadpanned as he took the envelope from his sister 
and opened it.
	"YESS!!" John yelled a few seconds later after scanning the 
letter.
	"What is it?" Erin asked picking up on the excitement.
	"CKM choose me to take part in their upcoming ads and to help 
them model and field test a new product they're coming out with this 
summer." John answered while jumping around. With a huge grin John took 
off to give DJ a call with the great news he had received. While he was 
on the phone his parents had come home from their shopping and received 
the news from Erin. Both of them congratulated John on being selected 
for the ad shoot. By way of celebration, John was allowed to choose 
what the evening meal would be. As the Kelly's celebrated, they had no 
way of knowing the events that were already starting that would turn 
their lives upside down once again.

Chapter 25

	"You ready for the Finals today?" John asked DJ as they headed 
towards their school for the final day of the year.
	"Well, I'm not ready for the Finals, but I'm definitely ready for 
this year to be done with. " came the chuckled reply.
	"I know what you mean. This is one time I'm really looking 
forward to Summer break."
	"With what you have going on, I don't blame you. Though, what do 
you plan on doing if anyone happens to see the ads you'll be showing up 
in?" DJ asked his friend seriously.
	"You know, I haven't really gave it much thought. I guess I'll 
make something up if it happens."
	"That could work." The boys spent the rest of the time walking to 
school discussing what other things they'd be doing. John seemed 
excited to hear about the camp that DJ was going to be going to.
	Several hours later all the boys finished handing in their last 
tests, and cleaning out their lockers for the last time of the year.
	"Mom is it OK if I go down to the pool with DJ?" John asked 
shortly after he got home from his last day of school.
	"I guess that would be alright, but only if you have all your 
homework done first." Mrs. Kelly replied wondering if her son would 
actually fall for what she had just said.
	"Very funny. Hahaha." John said after a moments thought about 
what his mom just told him.
	"Is it OK if I go though?" John asked again hoping to get a 
straight answer this time.
	"Just be home in time for dinner." On hearing this, John shot up 
to his room and quickly changed into a pair of swim trunks and a pair 
of shorts.
	"Have fun John. I'll see you in a few hours." Mrs. Kelly called 
as her middle son headed out the door totally unaware of how fate was 
soon going to be tossing her family into turmoil once again.
	"Damn John do you think you could have found anything smaller to 
wear?" DJ commented when he saw the Speedos that John had on under his 
shorts.
	"Well there is one thing that comes to mind, but I highly doubt 
that they would let me swim like that." John replied with a small smile 
and a wink.
	"You have a real one track mind you know that?" DJ replied with a 
laugh. John and DJ spent the next several hours horsing around in the 
pool and only stopped once to watch a fight that had broken out in a 
far corner of the pool. Once the fight was broken up and the instigator 
of it expelled from the area, the fight was quickly forgotten.
	"Hey DJ, do have the time?"
	"Yeah, it's about five-fifteen. Why?"
	"OH shit! I have to be home in fifteen minutes!" John exclaimed 
as he head for the side of the pool and quickly got out. DJ decided to 
leave as well since he only had a couple of minutes left before he need 
to leave also. As the boys walked out of the front entrance to the pool 
they saw a couple of the people that had been involved in the fight 
earlier.
	"Hey John hold up a minute I need to tie my shoe." As DJ was bent 
over tying his shoe, John saw something out of the corner of his eye 
and turned his head to get a better view of it. Time seemed to slow 
down at this point when John realized that a car with a gun sticking 
out of the passenger side window was heading straight at them.
	"GUN!!" John yelled as he started to throw himself in front of DJ 
as the person in the car opened fire. It was over in a matter of 
seconds, leaving two people dead and several wounded. Minutes after the 
shooting the first ambulance and police officers arrived on the scene.
	"Dan, you better get over here!" one of the paramedics called out 
when he recognized who one of the people he was working on was.
	"I'll be there as soon as I can!" Dan called back.
	"You better get over here now. It's your brother." This statement 
caused Dan's blood to freeze. After getting someone else to take over 
what he was doing, Dan ran over to where the paramedic was and saw that 
not only was his brother one of the injured, John was the other one.
	"Aww, Fuck NO!" Dan swore as he knelt down to see what his 
brother's injuries were. Like a man possessed, Dan started yelling out 
orders to the medical personnel around him. Seeing that John was the 
more serious of the two, the decision was made to place him on the Life 
Flight Helicopter that was just landing.
	"Which hospital is he going to?" Dan yelled over the sound of the 
helicopter.
	"We're taking him to Shawnee Mission Med." Came the reply. Dan 
nodded at this and helped load John on to the helicopter. Once it was 
away, Dan saw to the loading of his brother into the back of his 
ambulance.
	"Shit! we're losing him!" the paramedic in back called a few 
minutes later as the heart monitor they had DJ attached to started to 
flat line.
	"Start CPR!" Dan called as he ripped open the conductor patches 
for the defibulator.
	"Charge to 150! And CLEAR!" Dan yelled as he triggered the 
paddles he had against his brothers chest.
	"Nothing, continue CPR and charge to 250!"
	"Ready! And CLEAR!" the call came again as DJ's body jerked from 
the current being forced through his body.
	"Charge to 350! And CLEAR!" Dan called for the third time. With 
this shock DJ's Heart restarted on a normal rhythm.
	"You do that again, and I'll fucking kill you myself!" Dan swore 
to his younger brother.
	Minutes later, the ambulance pulled into the unloading bay and DJ 
was quickly rushed into a Trauma room.
	"I'm sorry Dan, but you'll have to wait outside." Dr. Bass 
informed him.
	"Damn it Doc, that's my brother in there." Dan shot back 
heatedly.
	"I'm aware of that. That's why I can't let you in." Dan was told 
firmly.
	"All right. How's the other boy doing? He's my brothers friend."
	"I don't know. You can go in and find out. Then I would suggest 
you call your parents. I'm sure they would rather hear about this from 
you than they would the police." With a nod, Dan turned to go into the 
adjoining Trauma room. Just as he was about to enter the doors burst 
open and Dan was forced aside as John was rushed to a waiting elevator.
	"How's he doing Shelia?"
	"Hey Dan. He's not doing very well at the moment. They lost him 
twice on the way in, but if they can get the damage repaired quickly 
enough then he has a strong chance of making it."
	"Do you know if his family has been informed yet?"
	"No, we're still trying to get an I.D. on him."
	"Don't worry about it. I know the kid, and his family. I'll give 
them a call right after I call my parents.
	"Why do you need to call your parents about this?"
	"Because DJ was the kid they just brought in, That's why."
	"God Dan, I'm sorry I didn't know."
	"It's OK. If you'll excuse me, I have some calls to make."
	"You have reached 555-9806. We can't come to the phone right now, 
but if you leave your name, number, and a short message we'll get back 
to you as soon as we can." Dan heard the recording say.
	"FUCK!" Dan thought as he started leaving a message.
	"Mom, or Dad, This is Dan, give me a call at work as soon as you 
hear this message. It's important!" With this done, Dan closed the line 
out and called John's house.
	"Hello?" a young voice asked.
	"Josh? This is Dan, DJ's older brother. I need to talk to one of 
your parents right now."
	"Can I take a message? My mom is sleeping at the moment."
	"Then wake her up! It's important!"
	"OK, no need to get huffy. Hold on a minute." Josh said as he 
cover the mouth piece.
	"MOM! Dan's on the phone and says he needs to talk to you right 
now!" Dan heard Josh yell.
	"Hello?" A sleepy voice asked a minute later.
	"Mrs. Kelly?" Dan asked to make sure he was talking to the right 
person.
	"Yes. What do you need Dan?"
	"There's been an accident, and I need you to come up to the 
hospital."
	"Why? What happened?!" A somewhat shaky voice asked.
	"I'd rather not tell you over the phone.
	"You'll tell me now, Dan. Now what happened?"
	"John was caught in the middle of a shooting. He's being taken up 
to surgery now. The faster you can get here the better things will be."
	"We'll be there in ten minutes."
	"OK, I'll meet you at the E/R entrance." Dan told her as the 
connection was cut off.
	"Dear God, not again," Mrs. Kelly thought with a quick prayer.
	"JOSH, ERIN, Get your shoes on now. We need to leave in 2 
minutes!" Josh and Erin heard their mom yell. Sensing that something 
was going on they quickly did as they were told and were standing by 
the front door as their mom came charging down the stairs.
	"Mom what's going on? Does this have anything to do with Dan 
calling?" Josh asked. With only a slight shake of her head in answer 
Mrs. Kelly ushered Josh and Erin to the car, and was on the road in 
record time.
	"Arthur Kelly, please. It's his wife." the receptionist was told 
in a deceptively calm voice.
	"I'm sorry, but Mr. Kelly is in a meeting right now, and can't be 
disturbed."
	"I don't care if he's meeting with the Pope. It's a family 
emergency. Now get him on the phone." Barely a minute elapsed before 
Mr. Kelly was on the phone.
	"Janet, I hope this is important. I was in a meeting with the 
president of the company."
	"John's been hurt. I need you to meet me at Shawnee Mission 
Medical Center as soon as you can."
	"How bad?" Mr. Kelly asked with a shaken voice.
	"Not over the phone." was his wife's only reply. Unfortunately, 
these words spoke volumes about how grave the situation was.
	"Dan, your mom is on line three." the duty nurse said while 
handing Dan the phone.
	"Thanks." Dan mumbled as he took the phone and punched the button 
to bring up his call.
	"What's up honey?"
	"There's been an incident. I need you and dad up here as quickly 
as you can."
	"What happened?"
	"This isn't something I want to explain over the phone. Could 
you, please for once, accept that you need to follow my instructions?" 
Dan replied a bit tersely.
	"Fine, we'll be there as soon as your father gets home from 
work." Dan was told just before his mom hung up on him.
	"DAMN IT!" Dan cursed as he slammed the phone down. Just as he 
did this he saw Mrs. Kelly come rushing in the door.
	"Where's John?" She asked.
	"They took him up to surgery about five minutes ago." Dan started 
to say, when he saw the doors to the room his brother was being treated 
in swing open and the doctors pushing him out towards the elevator.
	"My god, DJ too? What happened?"
	"They were coming out of the pool complex and got caught in the 
middle of a drive by shooting." Mrs. kelly was told as Dan lead her, 
Erin and Josh over to an elevator so they could go up to the surgical 
waiting room.
	"Tina, when my parents, and Mr. Kelly get here could you send 
them up to Surgical?" Dan got a nod in response.
	"SHIT! MOM! GET IN HERE!" Donn called just as he heard his mom 
hang the phone up.
	"Donn, I already have a headache so would you mind not yelling." 
Donn ignored this and pointed towards the TV news report that had just 
come on.
	"Again, Two teens have been killed and four more wounded, two of 
them critically in an apparent gang related shooting. No names have 
been released at this time. I have just been informed that a home video 
was taken at the time of the shooting. It should be ready in just a 
moment." The reporter stated as the film started to run.
	"And what does this have..." Donn's mom started before she 
realized who two of the people in the video were.
	"Sweet Jesus. Donn, go get your shoes on, and get Paul in here 
now. I want you both to be ready to go in five minutes." Without taking 
her eyes off the TV, Mrs. Morrison picked up the phone so she could 
call her husband and let him know that he should meet her at the 
hospital.
	They arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later, and after 
being told where to go soon started one of the longest, and hardest 
waits they had yet to endure.

Chapter 26

	"Why didn't you tell me to begin with that DJ had been injured 
When I talked with you on the phone?" Dan was asked after filling his 
parents in on what had been going on.
	"Because I know what your driving is like when you're upset." He 
told his mother bluntly.
	"And at the time, I wasn't sure whether, or not, he was going to 
make it. I felt it was for the best to wait till you got here." he 
added heatedly before his mother could respond to his first comment.
	"Well, next time I ask you to give me some information, I damned 
well expect you to give it to me!"
	"Fine, but you might consider as well, that I just might know 
more about what is going on and that it's better handled face to face 
than over the phone." Dan shot back. Before the argument could go any 
further, Mr. Kelly and Dan's father stepped between them.
	"Dan, why don't you take a short walk, and let things cool down a 
bit." His father suggested. With a nod, Dan turned around and walked 
out the door.
	Without much thought Dan soon found himself in one of the O/R 
observation galleries. Looking down, he could see that it was John on 
the table in the room below him. After saying a quick prayer for both 
John and his brother, Dan sat down and started crying. Finally giving 
in to the emotions that had been building up ever since he had started 
working on his brother.
	"Dan?" A voice called softly behind him.
	"Wha?" Came the startled response.
	"Oh, hey doc." Dan replied quietly when he saw that Dr. Bass had 
walked in.
	"Just thought you'd like to know, your brother is out of surgery 
and is holding his own. Barring any complications, he should be just 
fine."
	"Thanks Doc. Have my parents been told yet?"
	"Yeah, Cheryl just spoke with them a few minutes ago. I heard 
about the argument you and your mom had. I think you guys should go 
talk things over. I would suggest, though, that you change into some 
clean clothes first." It was only with this comment that Dan had looked 
down to see that both his shirt and pants were covered in large 
splotches of blood.
	"I see your point."
	As Dan arrived back at the waiting room that his parents, and the 
Kelly's were in, he saw that a doctor was talking to the Kelly's off in 
a corner. Knowing that this was the post-surgery consultation, Dan 
walked over to where is mom was sitting and sat down next to her.
	"Mom, I want to tell you I'm sorry about some of the things I 
said earlier. I was too caught up in what was happening with DJ to 
really be thinking clearly." He told her with a slightly choking voice.
	"It's OK, Dan. I wasn't exactly at my best either. Just so you 
know, DJ made it through his operation just fine. The doctor said he 
should be able to come home in about a week or two."
	"That's good to hear. I was kind of worried when we lost him on 
the way in."
	"What do "lost him"?" Dan was asked by his mom.
	"Didn't they tell you, DJ flat lined for about two minutes on the 
way here."
	"You mean we almost lost him?" came the almost inaudible response 
to Dan's statement.
	"No, I mean we did lose him. Luckily, we were able to get him 
back." Mrs. Morrison collapsed into her son's arm as she heard this 
information.
	As his mom was crying, Dan saw the doctor depart and Mr. and Mrs. 
Kelly walk over to where his family was seated.
	"How's John?" Dan asked.
	"They said it was touch and go during the surgery, and he's still 
listed as critical, but they feel that he should recover." Mr. Kelly 
answered. Dan nodded at this.
	"Would you mind watching Josh and Erin while we go up and see 
John for a few minutes."
	"Yeah go ahead." With a nod of thanks, the senior Kellys walked 
out of the room.
	A short time later, Dan took The younger Kellys and his brothers 
to get something to eat. Know that it would be practically impossible 
to drag the two sets of parents away from their sons' bedside he 
decided to pick them up something to eat as well. Over dinner a thought 
occurred to Dan about not having heard anything been said about whether 
or not any of John's other family members had been told yet about what 
had happened.
	"Hey Erin, Do you know if any of your other family members had 
been told yet about what happened?" Dan asked.
	"I'm not sure if they've called my uncle yet or not." came the 
somewhat subdued reply.
	"OK, if you'll give me his number, once we get back to the 
hospital, I'll give him a call." Erin nodded blankly at this. Dan took 
this all in stride knowing full well the he was lucky to even manage 
this much from them.
	Dan was informed that both John and DJ had been moved to the 
Pediatric I.C.U. while they were out. Once he made sure that his 
brothers, Josh and Erin were as comfortable as they could be, Dan got 
Erin's Uncle's number from her and went to make the call that he knew 
was needing to be made.
	"Chamberlain Residence." A young voice stated.
	"Yes, may I speak with James Chamberlain, please." Dan answered.
	"Just a moment." Dan heard the voice say. Less than a minute 
later another voice came on the line.
	"This is Lt. Col. Chamberlain. May I help you?" The new voice 
answered.
	"Yes, my name is Dan Morrison. I'm calling on behalf of your 
niece, Erin."
	"What's happened?"
	"I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but your nephew, John has 
been seriously injured." Dan informed him.
	"How did it happen?" James asked in a gruff voice.
	"He was caught in the middle of a drive by shooting. He's 
currently listed as Critical, but is expected."
	"Why is that you're calling me and not one of John's parents"
	"Both of your nephew's parents have been more than a little 
preoccupied with how John's doing. I just recently found out from Erin 
that you had not yet been told of what had happened, and since it was 
my brother that John was protecting at the time he was shot, I felt 
that it was my responsibility to call you."
	"I see. How's your brother doing?" Dan was asked a second later.
	"He should be fine once his injuries heal. If you'd like, I'll 
put Erin on and she can give you some better information."
	"Yes, Please do." After a moment of silence, James heard his 
Erin's voice come over the line.
	Dan saw Erin hang the phone up a few minutes later. Several hours 
later both of John's and DJ's parents came into the waiting room.
	"How are they?" Dan asked quietly so he wouldn't wake up josh, 
Erin, or his brothers.
	"As well, as can be expected." Mr. Kelly answered for the group.
	"I just wonder what James will think?" Mrs. kelly thought out 
loud. It was then that she had realized that she hadn't yet call her 
brother the news of what had happened.
	"Arthur, I haven't called James yet." Mrs. kelly started, while 
looking around for a phone.
	"I already called to let him know. I know it wasn't my place, but 
when Erin mentioned during dinner that he hadn't been called yet, I 
felt that given the circumstances that someone should call and let him 
know what had happened. I hope you don't feel that it was out of place 
for me to do this."
	"No, Dan, it wasn't out of place for you to do this, and I thank 
you for taking it upon yourself to make that call given the condition 
that DJ is in at the moment." Mrs. Kelly however just nodded her thanks 
as she gave Dan a hug to show her appreciation.
	Over the next few weeks both the Kellys and Morrisons were 
regular fixtures in the P.I.C.U. waiting room. DJ made rapid 
improvement and was soon moved to a regular room and soon after that 
was released to go home. John's recovery was a bit slower, but on the 
day that DJ was released to go home, his condition was down graded from 
"Critical" to "Serious". John was also moved off the I.C.U. ward.

Chapter 27

	"Josh are you almost packed?" Mrs. Kelly asked one night shortly 
before he and Erin were due to fly out to spend the rest of the summer 
with his Uncle and his family in England.
	"I just have a few more things to pack," Josh stated, but seemed 
worried about something. Seeing this, Mrs. Kelly walked into the room, 
and after moving Josh's suitcase to one side, sat down on his bed.
	"Is there something else you wanted to talk about?" She asked her 
son gently.
	"I guess I'm just worried about Kelly, James, and Rich are going 
to take my needing to wear diapers," Josh said gloomily.
	"Or for that matter, how am I going to get enough diapers over 
there to last me the rest of the summer," he added quietly.
	"I've already talked to Maureen about that and she's set things 
up for you to get a couple of cases of the Tenas while you're over 
there. As for what your cousins will think, they've already been told 
about it and understand why you need them. Now why don't you go climb 
into the shower while I finish getting you packed. You'll be needing to 
get up early tomorrow for your flight." This last statement brought 
Josh up short.
	"What flight? I thought we didn't leave for Uncle James till 
Monday."
	"That's true, but you have that photo shoot in Boise over the 
weekend, remember?"
	"I thought that was cancelled since John couldn't make it."
	"Well, after a sense it was, but I also sent in a form for you 
just in case John was unable to make it for some reason. Now go hop 
into that bath, like I told you," Mrs. Kelly said with a laugh at the 
shocked look on her son's face. Josh Jumped slightly when his mom gave 
his bare butt a slight slap as he walked past.
	A similar scene was playing out with David and his mom.
	"Haven't you finished packing yet, David?" Mrs. Kessler asked on 
seeing her oldest son stretched out in bed reading a book.
	"Yes mom, I did. My bags are already out in the car, remember?" 
David replied with a smile knowing the real reason behind his mother's 
nervousness.
	"Then you better get in and get a shower before going to bed, 
since you won't have the time in the morning."
	"I got my shower right after dinner, remember? And before you say 
it, I just got done making sure that Brandon and Tyler have had theirs 
as well," came the tired reply.
	"Well, make sure that you all get to bed early tonight and don't 
give Mrs. Timmons any trouble, OK?"
	"Mom, will you relax already? This isn't the first date you've 
been on and Tim seems like a really nice guy," David replied with a 
smile. He started giggling a bit when his mom jumped when the doorbell 
went off.
	"Now, I want you kids to have fun tonight and try not to stay out 
too late," David quipped as his mom went to answer the bell. A few 
minutes later, Caleb entered his room.
	"I hope I don't act like that when I start dating," Caleb replied 
as David told him how his mom was acting before Caleb, his dad, and 
Aunt arrived.
	"I don't think we will, but I wouldn't be too shocked if our 
girlfriends do," While neither of the boys showed any real interest in 
girls yet, they both knew deep down it was only a matter of time. All 
four of the boys spent the next several hours playing video games. 
Shortly before Ten O'clock, Bev came in and announced that it was time 
for them to go to bed.
	"Josh, you better get a move-on. Mom's going to be really hocked 
if she has to come in again and tell you to get ready." Erin informed 
her little brother early the next morning.
	"I'm going as fast as I can," came the yawned reply, as Josh 
climbed out of bed. To save time, Erin escorted her brother over to his 
changing table and started to remove night diapers.
	"Well, this is a surprise," Erin stated as she pulled down the 
soaked diapers.
	"What's a surprise?"
	"For the third morning in a row, you've managed to not leave any 
extra packages for me to deal with," came the chuckled reply.
	"I guess the doctor was right about my regaining some of my bowel 
control," Josh mumbled sleepily.
	"It seems so. Why don't you go to the restroom real quick before 
I put a clean diaper on you," Josh was told as his sister finished 
wiping off the stale pee from the night before. While Josh was in the 
bathroom Erin laid out the clothes Josh would be needing for the day.
	Josh re-entered his room just as Erin finished laying a clean 
diaper out on the table. Without a word, Josh hopped up onto the table 
and spread his legs to allow Erin to apply some lotion and powder to 
his neither region. Minutes later, Erin was giving her baby bother a 
slight slap on the thigh to let him know he could get up from the table 
and get dressed.
	"I expect you downstairs in five minutes." Josh was told as Erin 
left the room.
	Caleb, David, and his brothers were going through a similar 
routine at the same time, though a bit more hectic since there were 
Three boys in need of changing instead of just one.
	"Mom, can you toss me one of Brandon's diapers?" David asked 
while his mom was in the process of changing her middle son.
	"Sure, but why?" Mrs. Kessler asked as she tossed over the 
requested diaper.
	"Caleb forgot to keep out an extra one for this morning and all 
the bags are in the car already." David explained as he caught the 
diaper and left the room.
	"Here you go, Tim," David said as he handed over the diaper he 
had in his hand.
	"Thanks, David," Tim replied as he turned back around to finish 
diapering his son for the morning. While this was going on, David took 
off the soaked GoodNite that he had on. After cleaning himself off with 
a wipe, he spread out one of his own diapers and sat down on it. He 
quickly taped it up after giving it a healthy dusting of powder.
	"OK Caleb, you're all set. Finish getting dressed and I'll meet 
you downstairs," Mr. Jansen told his son. David got a smile as Mr. 
Jansen walked by him and saw the diaper David was wearing.
	"I didn't know you wore diapers during the day, also," Caleb said 
as he reached for his pants.
	"Normally, I don't. I just find them easier to use when 
traveling," David explained.
	"By the way, I have to say that Brandon's diapers sure seem to 
fit you a lot better than the ones you normally use."
	"Tell me about it. The size I normally wear is really starting to 
get a bit snug. I've commented on this to my dad, but he wants to 
finish up the supply I have right now before he goes to the next larger 
size," David was told with a slight shrug. David nodding knowingly at 
this. Remembering how his mother was the same way at times.
	Inside of twenty minutes of each other, both families were making 
their way to the airport. Josh was a bit disappointed that his parents 
weren't going to be coming with him and Erin, but understood why.
	"Josh, I want you to be sure to mind what Erin tells you over the 
weekend. I also don't want to hear of you giving your Aunt or Uncle any 
trouble over the summer. Do I make myself clear?" Mrs. Kelly asked 
while giving her son "the look".
	"Yes, mum, I know," Josh replied with a tired tone, having 
already heard this speech several times before in the last couple of 
days. Letting the tone of the comment go Mrs. Kelly gave both of her 
kids a final hug, and promised to keep in touch during their cruise, 
before they entered the terminal.
	The flights were uneventful for both David and Josh. Of course, 
both boys had more on their minds at the time then what was going on 
around them.
	"Do you know if we're supposed to be met?" Josh asked as he and 
Erin walked off the plane.
	"I would have to say that we will be," Erin replied pointing 
towards a man holding a sign baring their names.
	"I'm Erin Kelly," Erin told the person holding the sign.
	"I'm James Carter. I'll be escorting you and your brother to your 
hotel. Do you have any bags to claim?"
	"Yes, we do," Erin replied as they were led to the baggage claim 
area. After getting their bags, Josh and Erin were led outside to a 
waiting car. Very little was said during the twenty minute ride to the 
hotel they were being lodged at
	"You'll find an itinerary for the next several days in your 
room," Erin was informed as James handed her the key to their room.
	"Thank you," came the reply, as Erin accepted the offered key.
	"Oh, and before I forget, you'll need to be back down in the main 
lobby by 12:30. A bus will be waiting at that time to pick Josh, and 
the other kids doing the ads, up for a luncheon at our corporate 
office. After which, they'll be given a tour of the production 
facility." Erin again nodded at this, as she escorted Mr. Carter to the 
door. Erin smiled a bit on seeing that Josh had already climbed into 
one of the beds and was fast asleep. After doing a quick diaper check 
on her brother, Erin climbed into the other bed and after setting the 
alarm fell asleep as well.

Chapter 28

	"Wha...!" David exclaimed sleepily as he was jarred awake when 
his plane touched down.
"It's nothing ,David. We're just landing," his mom told him.
	"Oh OK," came the reply as David stretched as best he could in 
the tight confines of his seat.
	"You'd think that after having airplanes for so long they'd be 
able to make more comfortable seats," Mrs. Kessler chuckled a bit at 
this comment, but inwardly agreed with it totally. Fifteen minutes 
later the Kessler-Jansen group walked off the plane and was met by a 
driver for Kimberly-Clark. Everyone was more than a little shocked to 
find the car that was sent to pick them up turned out to be a limo.
	"Aren't we going to the hotel first?" Mrs. Kessler asked as she 
saw a group of buildings rise up as they crested a hill.
	"No, ma'am. I was informed to bring you straight here from the 
airport," the driver informed them. Knowing that it was useless to 
argue this with a person that was just doing what they were told to do, 
Mrs. Kessler sat back in her seat.
	"I'm sure they'll explain everything when we get there," Tim 
stated as he took her hand in his. Carol just smiled at this and 
relaxed some, but still wished they could have stopped by the hotel 
first so they could at least get the boys cleaned up for the meeting 
they were going to be having. Several minutes later the car rolled to a 
stop and was met by an older gentleman.
	"Mrs. Kessler, I'm Richard Harris, Head of Advertising," Mr. 
Harris told them while leading them inside.
	"I've had a small buffet set up for you and the three kids, and 
their families. They should be arriving in just a short while, and then 
I'll be going over what David and your other sons will be doing over 
the course of the next week," Mr. Harris started to go on, but was 
politely interrupted.
	"Sorry for interrupting you, but is there a place where the boys 
could get a chance to *freshen* up?" Noticing the extra stress placed 
on the key word, Mr. Harris nodded and showed them to a set of 
restrooms. Fifteen minutes later, the boys and their parents emerged 
looking a bit more comfortable than when they went in. By the time they 
got to the meeting room the other boy and two girls and their families 
had arrived. David started chuckling when he saw that the other boy 
happened to be the one who seemed to have caused the most disruptions 
at the last shoot.
	"I'd like to thank you all for coming here today, and to 
congratulate our four lucky finalist," Mr. Harris stated as David took 
his seat with the other kids.
	"You'll each find a packet with your name on it in front of you. 
Inside the packet you'll find an itinerary for the coming week as well 
as a list of certain rules that you'll be asked to follow while you're 
on the property. I must stress at this time that any of you found 
breaking any of the rules will be asked to leave immediately. While I 
hope this doesn't happen, I won't hesitate to do so if it is deemed 
necessary. Is this understood?" All four of the kids nodded their 
understanding. Over the next two hours they were walked through what 
was going to be happening over the course of the next week.
	"Now then, I'm sure by now you've all noticed the sealed envelope 
that was also in your packet this is a surprise for the end of the 
week. However, there is one catch. The contents of the envelope have 
not yet been validated. All you have to for it to get validated is to 
turn the envelope back over to us at the end of the week unopened," 
they were told with a grin.
	"Now if you follow Mr. Ross here we'll get started," Mr. Harris 
told them as he stepped off the podium. David and the other three at 
the table got up and headed towards where Mr. Ross was waiting.
	"David, Tim and Caleb will be going with you while you're here 
today. They've asked Brandon and Tyler to cut a few more print ads and 
commercials. This, unfortunately, is done in another building than the 
one you'll be in. They'll know where to get me if there are any 
problems," Carol told her oldest son. David accepted this since he knew 
it was going to be happening.
	"Josh, it's time to wake up," Erin said while shaking her 
brother.
	"OK,OK. I'm up." came the groggy reply. Josh was soon pulling off 
his diaper before jumping into the shower. He was a bit disappointed to 
find that he was a bit messy, but accepted it.
	After getting his shower and getting dressed he and Erin decided 
to look around the hotel a bit before heading to the lobby. They were 
both impressed by the size of the pool and game room that was offered 
and after playing games for almost an hour headed down to the lobby. 
Josh was surprised to see almost a dozen other boys standing around 
from some of the bulges he could see he knew they were hear for the 
same reason he was. He quickly made his way over to a group of four 
boys that looked to be about his age and started a conversation. Erin 
did the same with some of the older girls see saw. A few minutes before 
the appointed time a bus pulled up to the main entrance.
	"OK, as I call off your name I'd like you and your family members 
to step forward and board the bus after you've been checked off," Mr. 
Carter informed them. Ten minutes later the last name was called, and 
five minutes after that the bus was moving.
	"So how long have you been wearing diapers?" one of the boys Josh 
had been talking to in the hotel asked as the bus pulled out.
	"About six months. I was sick over last Summer and that caused me 
to gradually lose control. How about you?"
	"About six years. My parents got fed up with all the wetting 
accidents I had been having and decided that it would just be better to 
put me back into diapers." After looking around to see if his mom was 
out of earshot, he continued, "Actually, they weren't accidents at all. 
I was doing it on purpose hoping I would get put back in diapers. While 
I can't stand messing in them, for some reason I just love the way a 
wet diaper feels." Josh was told quietly. For his part, Josh started 
laughing.
	"By the way, that's a cool-looking scar you have. How'd you get 
it?" the boy asked.
	"Thanks, and I had a slight disagreement with a kid at my 
school," Josh answered politely, but toning his answer to request the 
kid to drop the subject. Getting the hint, the conversation was steered 
on to other topics. Thirty minutes later the bus pulled into the CKM 
building complex.
	Everyone was soon being led into a large conference room.
	"If I could have your attention please, I've just been informed 
that you'll be having a special speaker for this program. If I could 
have you give a warm welcome to Mr. Chris Barrett. Chris is our 
Regional Head of Advertising and Editor-in-Chief of DQ Magazine. Chris, 
the floor is yours."
	"Thank you, Jim," Chris stated as he took the microphone.
	"I'd like to start off giving a bit of history about the company. 
For those of you who are already familiar with this, please bear with 
me while I explain it to those present who aren't," Chris started.
	"CKM Inc. has been in business for almost Twenty-Five years now. 
They started off primarily making kids clothes. About fifteen years ago 
they started looking into expanding into other areas. One of these 
areas happened to be baby diapers. They began with cloth diapers and 
slowly edged into the disposable market. After several years of this 
they began taking note of all the requests they were getting from 
parents about the possibility of producing a larger sized diaper for 
older kids. The rest, they say, is history," Chris added with a smile. 
This line got polite laughter from the parents, but real laughter from 
the kids.
	"The rest of your day here will be spent taking a tour of the 
plant where the diapers are made. As well as a tour of the testing area 
where we make sure that Thickies are still one of the best and thickest 
diapers made in the country. Thank you and have a good time," Chris 
told them as he handed them back over to Mr. Carter.
	The next several hours were spent touring the plant. The area 
that got the most comments was the testing area where the kids got to 
see all of the current products as well as ones that were still in the 
planning stage. All to soon the group was boarding the bus again for 
the ride back to their hotel.

Chapter 29

	"You guys look like hell, you know that?" John stated tiredly 
startling his parents and DJ out of a sound sleep.
	"You should be talking," DJ shot back before he turned his head 
so John wouldn't see him crying.
	"It's OK, DJ, I'm going to make it," John said softly while 
taking one of DJ's hands in his own.
	"I know, but if it hadn't been for my stopping to tie my damned 
shoe then you wouldn't have been shot," DJ told his boyfriend before 
breaking down entirely.
	"I don't want to hear any of that crap, DJ. If it's anybody's 
fault, it's mine. Had I kept better track of the time then neither of 
us would have been near there when the shooting happened." Seeing his 
mom start to say something about his last comment, John held his hand 
up to stop her before continuing.
	"The fact of the matter is, DJ, that neither of us are at fault 
for what happened to us. It's just a matter of being in the wrong place 
at the wrong time," John stated plainly.
	"How are you doing otherwise?" DJ was asked.
	"I'm still a bit sore, but the doctors say my wounds are healing 
nicely and should heal with no lasting problems. I Just want to say..." 
DJ said quietly before he say John waving his hand again.
	"You don't need to say it, DJ. I already know. I also know that 
you would have done the same if our positions had been reversed." 
Before John could say another word DJ bolted from the room crying. Mrs. 
Kelly followed a moment later to make sure he was all right.
	"I'm sorry to have put you guys through all this," John stated 
quietly before breaking down himself.
	"There's no reason for you to be sorry. You were willing to give 
your life for the person you love. Your mother and I can't fault you 
for that. We both know how miserable you would have been had you not 
done what you did. I'm just glad that both of you are going to 
survive," Mr. Kelly informed his son with a choking voice as he 
gathered the boy into a tight hug.
	A moment later DJ and Mrs. Kelly reentered the room. Followed a 
second later by John's doctor.
	After giving john a quick exam and making a quick note on the 
chart he was carrying, he broke the news.
	Well, John, barring any further complications, we should be able 
to release you inside of the next week or two. You'll be very tired for 
while and I'll have to insist on complete bed rest for the first month 
after your release. I can't stress how important it is for you to take 
things easy during this time." John just nodded at all this.
	"Excuse me, doctor, but what about the other problem?" Mrs. Kelly 
inquired.
	"Yes, I was just coming to that part. The other thing John, is 
that due to some of your injuries, you'll have problems with your 
toileting needs." John was told cryptically.
	"What? I'll need to use a bedpan or something?" John asked. The 
doctor stammered for a few minutes trying to think of the best way to 
explain things.
	"Will you just tell what you're talking about!?" John asked in 
annoyance at the round about answers he was getting from his doctor.
	"What your doctor is trying to say John, is that for the time 
being you'll have little to no control over your bladder or bowels. And 
that you'll be needing to wear diapers again during this time," John 
was informed by his mom.
	"Why didn't you just say that to begin with? How long will this 
be for?" John asked his doctor pointedly.
	"It shouldn't be for more than a couple of months, but we have no 
way of knowing for sure. While we are almost positive that you'll 
regain total bowel control and most of your daytime bladder control, 
we're sorry to say that due to the damage your bladder received you'll 
probably never regain night time bladder control." John startled 
everyone, but most of all his doctor, by laughing at this news. While 
this was going on, the doctor was informed that John already had a 
problem with nighttime wetting and this was nothing new to him. The 
doctor nodded at this and quickly left the room while saying that a 
nurse would be in to give john his afternoon medication and to see if 
he needed to be changed. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly nodded at this and followed 
the doctor out so the boys could have some private time between 
themselves.
	"How was your visit with John?" DJ's mom asked as he walked 
through the door.
	"He's doing better. They expect to be able to release him in the 
next week or two. Unfortunately, I'll already be at camp by the time 
they get ready to send him home and he'll be back in England before I 
get back," DJ told her glumly.
	"I know that you're going to be missing him, but at least he's 
still alive. Now why don't you go up and rest a bit before dinner. I'll 
let you know when it's ready."
	"OK." came the reply as DJ turned and started up the stairs to 
his room.
	"What do you think you're doing in here!?" DJ demanded when he 
walked into his room and saw his younger brother doing something with 
his computer.
	"I wanted to try out a game that I got from a friend and when I 
loaded it the system shut down. I was trying to get the game disk out."
	"Damn it Donn, haven't I told you before to leave my computer 
alone without asking me first!" DJ yelled as he pushed his brother away 
from the keyboard.
	"Thanks a lot, you little shit! You just crashed my system! 
Didn't you do a virus check on the disk before you tried loading it?"
	"I didn't think I needed to worry about it. I trust the person I 
got the game from. It's not my fault it caused your system to crash," 
Donn shot back as he started to leave the room.
	"You're not going anywhere till you fix the damage you caused!" 
DJ shouted as he pushed his brother back down into the chair he had 
just vacated.
	"I'm going to yell for mom, if you don't stop pushing me around 
you damned fag!" Donn exclaimed as he got out of the chair.
	"What did you just call me?" Donn was asked in a low, cold voice.
	"I called you a fag. With what I saw you and John doing a while 
back, you must be a FAG." Donn shot back. Before Donn knew what was 
going on he was flipping over the bed he had moved in front of during 
the last few moments of the argument.
	"What the hell is going on up here?" the boys' mom yelled as she 
walked in and saw Donn getting up off the floor and walking back 
towards his brother.
	"My brother the Fag hit me," Donn announced without considering 
who he was responding to. Without a word being said DJ quickly advanced 
on his brother, and hit him with enough force to flip the younger boy 
over the near by chair.
	"Back Off DJ!!" his mother yelled as she went over to check on 
the younger boy.
	"DJ, you stay here while I get your brother taken care of." DJ 
was commanded tersely by his mother as she escorted the other boy from 
the room.
	"Now then, do you want to tell what the sam hill started this 
fight?" Mrs. Morrison asked her older son when she called him 
downstairs.
	"The fag hit me for no reason," Donn piped in before his brother 
could answer. In response to this, DJ put a right cross to the side of 
his brother's head making the boy fall out of his chair.
	"DJ! Donn! Both of you quit this right now! Donn, get an Ice Pack 
from the freezer for your eye and go to your room till you're called," 
Mrs. Morrison told her younger son
	"But..." Donn started.
	"Donn, get to your room. Now." he was told softly. Several 
minutes later they heard the door to Donn's room slam shut.
	"Now then DJ, do you want to tell me what the hell was going on?" 
His mom asked him. Over the next several minutes DJ explained to his 
mom what had happened to start the fight. About the time DJ finished 
this portion of the story his father and older brother walked through 
the door.
	"Pat we're home. Are you and the boys ready to go?" Her husband 
asked as he walked into the room.
	"Not quite. Donn, and DJ got into a slight disagreement and I've 
been trying to sort things out. Speaking of which, Dan would you mind 
going up and giving Donn a once over so we can decided whether or not 
we have to take him to the Emergency Room," Dan just nodded at this and 
left the room.
	"Pat I wouldn't call things a 'slight disagreement' if we might 
have to run Donn to the e/r. Do you want to tell me what happened now 
or later?" Mr. Morrison asked his wife.
	"I think I was just about to get to the main reason behind the 
punches that were thrown. Well, DJ you were going to add why you got so 
upset about some of the terms used."
	"I think you already know why," DJ mumbled softly through 
building sobs.
	"Anything wrong?" Dan asked as he came back into the room to see 
DJ crying softly.
	"I think we may have just gotten confirmation about that topic 
you, your father, and I had a while back," Dan was told while his mom 
nodded gently towards DJ.
	"Oh that, OK. Not meaning to change the subject, but I just 
thought you'd want to know that aside from a bloody nose, split lip, 
and a left eye that's swollen shut, Donn's doing fine. I don't think 
the eye is anything to worry about, but you might want to have Dr. 
Henderson look at it at Donn's check-up tomorrow."
	"OK, thanks Dan. Now, what to do about you and Donn," Mr. 
Morrison said as the initial shock of what had just been confirmed 
started to wear off.
	"DJ why don't you go up to your room for the time being, while we 
try to sort things out," Mrs. Morrison stated. With a nod, DJ got out 
of his chair and headed of to his room without being able to look 
either his parents, or brother in the eye as he walked past.
	Two hours later the boys were called back downstairs by their 
parents.
	"Before we start, I going to tell you both that I don't want to 
hear a word out of you while either I or your mother is talking. Is 
this understood?" Mr. Morrison told his sons sternly. Donn and DJ just 
nodded at this.
	"OK then. Donn, for using DJ's computer without his permission 
and causing it to crash, you're grounded from all of the computers for 
the next month. You'll also forfeit all your allowances until such time 
as the cost of the repairs to your brother's computer has been paid off 
along with an additional $200.00 penalties to hopefully teach you to be 
more careful about these sort of things in the future. Furthermore, 
you're grounded in the house for the next three weeks for the name you 
insisted on calling your brother," Mrs. Kessler informed her next to 
youngest son.
	"You can't be serious! I'm getting grounded for calling DJ the 
fag he is?!" Donn exclaimed in shock.
	"Six weeks, and watch your mouth," Donn was told by his father 
coldly.
	"This really sucks!" Donn yelled back.
	"Three months. And I would suggest you keep your mouth shut," 
Donn was told by his mom.
	"This is a major crock. Thanks a lot, queer bait," Donn shot to 
his older brother. Before DJ had a chance to respond to what his 
brother called him, his father was out of his chair and dragging Donn 
off to his room. Minutes later the whole family could hear the spanking 
that Donn was receiving.
	Ignoring the yells that were coming from upstairs, Mrs. Morrison 
turned her attention to her remaining son.
	"DJ, while your father and I can understand why you hit you 
brother, we can't condone what you did. For your part of the fight, 
you're grounded for two weeks without allowances. I know this wasn't 
the way that you wanted us to find for certain about your being gay, 
but I just want you to know that your father and I still love you, and 
we'll be here if you ever need to talk. OK?" DJ just nodded to this 
while crying softly. Saying nothing, Mrs. Morrison got out of her seat 
and went over to comfort her son.
	While all this was going at home, Josh, David, and David's 
brothers were finishing up their summer jobs.

Chapter 30

	Early the next morning the boys were getting roused from their 
beds so they could get ready for the coming day. As expected, all the 
boys were proving hard to get out of bed at such an early hour.
	"Josh, if you aren't out of the bed by the count of ten other 
actions will be taken," Erin told her baby bother for the last time. In 
response, Josh just turned over so his back was facing her. Without 
saying a word, Erin went over to the bed picked her brother up, and 
carried him into the bathroom. After setting the still sleeping boy in 
to the tub, she turned to cold water on full. Had anyone been passing 
by the room at that moment all they would have heard was the high 
pitched yell made by someone getting sprayed with ice cold water.
	"Now then, you have fifteen minutes to get cleaned up and dried 
off," Erin said as she walked out of the room so her brother could get 
out off his now overflowing night diaper and get cleaned up for the 
day.
	While this was going on, David's mom was having a similar problem 
getting her youngest boys to wake up.
	"Brandon, you and Tyler have one minute to get out of bed before 
I come in their and drag you out of I," Mrs. Kessler called from the 
sink area just off the main room as David came out of the bathroom.
	"I'll get them up if you want to finish getting dressed, mom," 
David informed her as he walked past.
	"If you don't mind, that would be helpful."
	"It'll be my pleasure," came the chuckled reply. Less than a 
minute later she heard both of her younger sons start yelling as they 
were bodily pulled from the bed.
	"All right, quiet down in there! Brandon, Tyler, stop your 
yelling and get in here and get cleaned up. We've got a long day ahead 
of us and we're running behind already," Mrs. Kessler said as she 
walked in the room. Giving their older brother one last dirty look, the 
two boys trudged into the bathroom to get the shower they had been told 
to. David just smiled a bit at this and started to get dressed.
	A short while later all the boys were heading down from their 
respective hotel rooms to begin a long day of fun.
	"OK boys, as you have probably heard, Thickies has a new product 
being tested. Three of you have already been chosen to model and field 
test the new item. With your feedback we hope to have it ready to be 
released in time for next summer. As you all know, Thickies has a tape-
on swim diaper. Well, we've recently been looking into a pull-up 
version of the same thing. Aside from being a pull-up, the another 
major difference with these pants will be the fact that they are 
designed that they can be worn either alone, or under normal swim 
trunks." Josh and the other boys were being informed while having 
breakfast in the same conference room. On hearing this, Josh commented 
to the boy sitting next to him how better something like this would be 
since he wasn't all that fond of having people find out that he needed 
to wear diapers. The boy nodded in agreement to this.
	"Since we were having a hard time trying to decide who would get 
the privilege of getting to be the first to model this product we 
decided to do it the simple way. I'm going to ask you all to open up 
the envelope that you were handed when you got here this morning. 
Inside you'll find a normal 3 by 5 card. If your card has an orange 
sticker on it, then you'll be one of the people to model and test this 
new item. You may open the envelopes now." Josh was shocked to find 
that his card had the aforementioned sticker as did the boy next to 
him.
	"I guess this means we're in," Josh said with a small laugh.
	"Looks that way. I just wonder what the swim pants look like."
	"I'm sure we'll find out soon enough," the owner of the third 
card mentioned. A short time after this the breakfast broke up, and the 
kids were separated into their individual groups depending on whether 
they were going to be modeling the cloth or disposable versions of 
Thickies.
	"OK, Joshua, we'll need you to take off your shirt for the next 
shot," The photographer informed him.
	"Uh, is there a way I could skip that one?" Josh asked
	"No. Now please take the shirt off," Josh was asked sternly.
	"I'm sorry. I can't," Josh responded. Knowing full well that he 
could be asked to leave the set for what he was doing.
	"Listen kid, If you don't take the shirt off right now, I'm going 
to come over there and remove it for you. Is that understood!?" The 
photographer told him, clearly losing his temper. As before, Josh 
refused to remove his shirt. With this, the cameraman lost his temper 
and came over to try and forcibly remove the T-shirt Josh had on. The 
commotion this caused got the attention of several of the senior people 
that were nearby to see how things were going.
	"What the hell is going on over here?" One of the men that had 
come over yelled.
	"Sorry, Mr. Barrett, but the little brat wouldn't remove his 
shirt like I asked him to, so I was trying to remove it for him," The 
cameraman replied a bit too heatedly.
	"I'll ask you kindly to lower your voice and to watch what you 
call the models. Understood?" Chris told the photographer in a slightly 
cold voice.
	"Yes sir, but..." The man stopped speaking when Chris raised one 
of his hands.
	"Steve, would you take Mr. Kelly up to my office. I'll be there 
in just a few minutes. And ask Mrs. Stevens if she would mind doing a 
quick diaper change," Chris added when he saw the condition of the swim 
pants that Josh had on.
	"Yes sir," Steve replied to his boss and motioned for Josh to 
follow him. Figuring that this would be where he got released from the 
photo shoot, Josh quietly followed the other man. After getting a quick 
diaper change. Josh found himself sitting in a rather large office that 
overlooked the area where the photo shoot was taking place.
	"Would you like to explain your actions, Mr. Kelly, and why we 
shouldn't send you home for this?" Josh was asked when Chris entered 
his office a few minutes later.
	"I can't think of any reason why you should keep me on for the 
rest of the shoot," Josh replied softly, totally ignoring the first 
part of the question.
	"I see. Would you mind telling me though, why you refused to 
remove your shirt when you were asked?" Josh was prompted. Thinking it 
would just be easier to show why he was reluctant to take his shirt off 
for the picture, Josh removed his shirt.
	"It's all right Josh, you can put your shirt back on," Chris said 
after several long seconds.
	While Josh put his shirt back on, Chris looked down at the file 
in front of him and all of a sudden made a connection as to why Josh 
seemed so familiar to him.
	"Josh, I know that this is probably none of my business, but 
would you mind telling me what school you go to?"
	"Pawnee. Why?"
	"And do you know a Matt Simmons?"
	"There's a Matt Simmons in one of the other classes. Why do you 
want to know?" Josh responded a bit confused at these questions.
	"I was just curious. Matt happens to be one of my nephews. He 
told me what happened at your school earlier this year, and after 
seeing the scars you have, I figured out why your name seemed so 
familiar to me." Josh nodded to this, as Chris continued talking.
	"I heard about what happened to your brother last month. How's he 
doing?"
	"He's doing fine. They expect to be able to let him come home in 
another week or two. He was the one who was originally chosen to do the 
ads."
	"Yeah, I know. I was the one who had picked the models. I was 
looking forward to meeting him after having read some of the letters he 
had sent in. Which reminds me, I have something here I would like you 
to give him when you see him next." Chris said with a smile as he took 
a stack of CDs from his desk.
	"I think that maybe these will help cheer him up some. Just tell 
him that the pics in the private section are not to be distributed in 
any way," Josh was told firmly as he was handed the disks.
	"So what's going to happen to me now?" Josh asked as he accepted 
the disks.
	"We'll just chalk this up as a misunderstanding. In a sense, I 
should be thanking you. I've been trying to find a way to fire that guy 
for some time," Chris stated as he got up from his chair. Several 
minutes later, Josh was joining the other models and their families in 
the dining hall.
	"Where have you been? I was told you had some trouble with one of 
the photographers, and had to have a talk with one of the people 
running the shoot," Erin asked her brother as Josh sat down.
	"Yeah, I kind of refused to talk off my shirt for one of the 
pictures and the guy taking them tried to remove it forcefully," Josh 
told her.
	"Everything has already been handled though," Josh added quickly 
when Erin started to get out of her seat.
	"All right, but what about you having to talk to the person 
running the shoot?" Erin inquired of her brother.
	"That's true also," Josh said as he started to fill his sister in 
on what happened in Chris's office.
	"You know, that you could have been sent home for what you did, 
don't you?" Erin said tiredly a few minutes later.
	"Yeah, I know."
	"OK, because you weren't, I'm going to be nice and not mention 
this to mom. I just have to say that you better get used to people 
seeing those scars of yours because you're going to be carrying them 
around for a very long time. Aside from all this, how has everything 
been going?" Erin asked.
	 The rest of the day went by smoothly for Josh and the rest of 
the models. The word had been passed around that Josh wasn't to be 
forced to remove his shirt if he didn't want to. In the cases where his 
shirt would have been taken off, Josh was handed a under-sized T-shirt 
with the Thickies logo on it to wear instead. Erin was more than a bit 
surprised when Chris came down to see them both off at the end of the 
shoot, and told Josh that he would send a copy of the pics to him once 
they were developed.
	"C'mon Josh or we're going to be late getting to the airport," 
Erin called as she finished closing her suitcase.
	"I'll be right out." Josh called in reply. Several minutes later 
he exited the bathroom naked from the waist down.
	"Well, let's get you padded up and get going," Erin said as she 
quickly went about getting a clean diaper placed on her brother. Once 
the last tape had been fastened, Erin tossed josh a pair of slacks to 
put on as she did a final check of the room to make sure nothing had 
been forgotten.
	"Looks like we have everything. Let's go," Erin stated as she 
tossed Josh his bag and headed for the door. Five minutes later they 
were in the lobby checking out.
	"You stay here while I go see if we can get a cab," Erin said as 
she started for the front door.
	"I don't think we'll need to worry about that, look." Looking the 
direction Josh was pointing, she saw a person holding a sign with her 
and Josh's name on it. Shrugging, she lead Josh over that way.
	"Erin Kelly?" The man asked as they drew closer.
	"Yes."
	"If you and your brother will follow me please. I have a car 
waiting to take you to the airport." They were informed.
	"I'm sorry, but I think a mistake has been made. I didn't order a 
car to pick us up." Erin tried to explain as the driver walked towards 
a waiting limo.
	"There isn't a mistake. This was set up by Chris Barrett." On 
hearing Chris's name being mentioned Erin dropped any further debate 
and got in the car as the driver took their bags and placed them in the 
trunk.
	 Thirty Minutes later, the Kelly's were dropped of in front of 
their airline terminal. After checking in, Erin and Josh head towards 
their departure gate, stopping long enough to get something to eat. 
They managed to get to the gate just as they were starting to board.
	Twenty minutes later, they were on their way towards Washington 
D.C.