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.