THE KELLY'S COME TO AMERICA Chapter 31 Over the course of the week following David and his family landing in Ohio, David felt like he had been run in circles. "You know, mom, while I have had lots of fun over the last week with doing the commercials and everything, I'm glad it's over. I honestly don't see how people last very long doing this sort of thing." Mrs. Kessler was told as they entered the Kimberly-Clark building one last time. "I'm sure it grows on them after awhile" ,David's mom replied, "I will say that I'm really proud of how you handled everything over the last couple of days." "Your mom's right, David. Who knows, maybe you'll get some other offers once the commercials, and the special you helped out with air," Tim commented with a smile towards his soon to be fianc�e. David just nodded at this. He was more than a little shocked when he was asked several days ago if he would be interested in taking part in a health documentary concerning bladder control problems in older kids. David was a bit hesitant at first to take part in it, but after thinking about it overnight he decided to do it. "I want to compliment you all on the outstanding job you've all done over the past week. I'm sure that some of you were a bit embarrassed at times with what we were asking of you, but you all came through like total professionals. Now if you would each come up to the podium when your name is called with the sealed envelope you given at the beginning of the week, we'll verify that the envelope's seal hasn't been tampered with and we'll validate the contents inside." Mr. Harris told the assembled group. Twenty minutes later the models and their families left the building for the final time. John was still going on about the contents of the envelope they had been handed. "David, I'm happy that you're so excited about the tickets they gave us for Cedar Point, but I think you can give it a rest now." Mrs. Kessler said in a tired voice several hours later. "OK. Would it be OK for me to go to the pool for a while?" David replied while turning a bit red. "Sure. Why don't you see if Caleb, and your brothers want to join you." David nodded at this and went next door to where his brothers and Caleb were watching a movie. "You guys want to go to the pool with me?" David asked as he walked into the room. "Sure, hold on while we get our suits on." Tyler and Brandon said almost in unison. "What about you, Caleb?" David asked as his brothers left the room. "I'd like to, but I didn't bring anything to swim in." He informed his friend in a bit of a gloomy voice. "We could see if you'll fit into some of Brandon's trunks, and swim pants," Caleb nodded at this since he didn't want to be left out of the fun if it could be helped. "You start getting undressed, and I'll be right back," David said with a smile. Minutes later David returned carrying two sets of swim pants and trunks. "Here you go." He said as he tossed one set towards Caleb who caught them easily. "How do they fit?" David asked as he finished pulling up his own swim trunks. "A bit tight, but they should work well enough," Caleb answered as he finished pulling up his own trunks. "Great, then let's get my brothers and head down to the pool." David stated as he walked towards the door. "So do you think your dad is going to finally pop the question?" David asked while Brandon and Tyler were in the shallow end of the pool and couldn't hear the two older boys. Caleb replied with a shocked look. "I wasn't aware that my dad had even mentioned anything to you about that." "Yeah, he asked me a couple of weeks back if I would have any problems with his asking my mom to marry him. I get the feeling that he wanted my permission or something on the matter." David with a shrug. "I know what you mean. He asked me if I would have any problems with it as well." Caleb said in response. "You do know, of course, that if they do get married and you piss me of I'll have to beat you like the red-headed step-brother that you'll be." This caused Caleb to get a bit of a frightened look to his face till David started laughing and dunked him under the water. A couple of hours later the boys returned to their room to get cleaned up for dinner. As David expected his brothers threw a minor fit over having to get dressed up. They quieted down a bit when David told them to shut up and explained that it was a special occasion and that he wasn't in any mood for dealing with their whining at the moment. A short while later the four boys exited their room and met up with their parents in the hotel lobby. David let out a low whistle when he saw his mom. "You really look nice, mom," he said as the boys came up to her. "Thank you, David. You want to tell me what's going on now?" His mom inquired while Tim was off making final arrangements for their dinner reservations. "No." David answered simply with a smile that told his mom he knew exactly was going on, but there was going to no way she would be able to drag it out of him. Tim came back over a minute later to inform the group that the dinner reservations were all set. With this they went out and climbed into the car that Tim and decided to rent earlier in the week. Mrs. Kessler and her sons were shocked at the how high class the restaurant seemed when they pulled up to it. "Tim are you sure this is the right place?" Carol asked as they walked towards the front door. "Positive. I want you and the boys to enjoy yourselves and don't worry about the cost. I have everything covered," Tim said simply. The boys just nodded at this, but their mom gave them a look that told them to take it easy on whatever they decided to order. This turned out to be rather difficult when the boys, and their mom saw that their menus didn't have any pricing information on them. In the end, David just decided to throw caution to the wind and ordered something that looked good to him. Most of the dinner conversation centered around how well David and his brothers during the past week's activities, and what they had planned for when they hit Cedar Point and Splash City the next day. "OK, all, now that we have finished a very nice and filling meal, and each others company I have just one last question to ask.", Tim started as he handed Carol a small box, "Carol will you marry me?" This announcement took Carol by surprise. Looking around the table she saw that Brandon and Tyler were just as shocked as she was but going from the look on David's and Caleb's faces she knew the two older boys had to have been in on this. "David?" His mom asked while still trying to get a grip on what was going on. With a big smile on his face, David nodded his agreement to the unasked question. Brandon and Tyler though, just shrugged when they were asked. Still choked with emotion over what was happening Carol was unable to speak, but managed to nod her acceptance to the proposal. The group left the restaurant a short time later since that had a bit of a long drive to get to the park in the morning. "OK boys, time to get up. We need to be on the road in the next forty-five minutes." Tim announced as he entered to room the boys were sharing so he and Carol could have some time to themselves. "Just five more minutes. OK Dad?" Caleb answered groggily. "OK," Tim answered with an unseen grin. Walking over to the bed his son was sharing with his soon to be brother, Tim grabbed on side of it and turned it over on the boys. "Your five minutes are up. Now strip off those wet diapers and hit the shower," Tim laughed as he walked out of the room. "Don't forget to pack some extra swim pants and diapers guys." David's mom told her son and Caleb as she checked in to make sure the boys were actually getting dressed like they were supposed to be doing. "OK, Mrs. Kessler." Caleb answered for them. "You could call me 'mom' now if you wanted to," Carol told the smaller boy, " Or if you aren't ready for that yet, Carol would work to." Carol added quickly on seeing the look on Caleb's face. "I think I'd like to go with Carol for now, if you don't mind." Caleb replied in a slightly choked voice. "Not at all. I know that it'll be some time before you're ready for the other one. Just take your time." Carol replied with a smile. Caleb replied with a smile of his own to this. "You have the tickets?" Tim asked David as they did a last minute check to make sure they had everything. "Yeah, I have them right here." "OK then, let's hit the road." "What about breakfast?" Brandon asked still half-asleep. "We'll stop on the road to get something quick to eat," his mom answered as she ushered the boys out into the hall. Just under two hours later they were parking the car at Splash City. "OK, boys let's set some ground rules before we get going. First, we aren't going to force anyone on to a ride that they don't want to. Second, I want you all to wear plenty of sun screen, and drink plenty of water. The last thing we need is to have any of you get sick because you get dehydrated. And finally, have fun. David if you and Caleb want to run off and do your own thing that's fine; just let me or your mom know first so we can arrange a time and place to meet. Any questions?" Tim asked as they got on the tram that would take them to the front gate. None of the boys had any question, since they had discussed the need for diaper changes on the car ride over. "Let's go get changed, boys," Tim told the group once they had entered the park. "I'll meet you guys back here in a couple of minutes." Carol told the guys while giving Tim a kiss. "OK, honey." Tim replied with a smile and kiss of his own. "Over this way, guys," David called as he headed off towards the men's changing area. After finding a relatively secluded area of the room, David, his brothers and Caleb took off their shorts and preceded to remove the wet diapers they had on. Tim chuckled to himself when he saw how wet the boys were, and wondered how they could manage to wet as much as they did in such a short time. In no time the boys had replaced their regular diapers and shorts with swim pants and trunks. Much to the displeasure of Tyler and Brandon, Tim started lathering the boys down with sun screen. The rest of the morning and into the early afternoon the boys and their parents had a grand time running around the park. Tim was the most surprised about how the boys were acting since he hadn't seen Caleb act like this since before the accident that had injured him and killed his mom. "Remember boys nothing rough, or fast till you've had a chance to let your lunch settle down." Carol called out to David and Caleb as they split off from the group after lunch. "Sure, mom, no problem." David called back over his shoulder as he and Caleb ran off. "So what do you want to try first?" David asked. "I don't know. Let's look at the map and see what's nearby." After a quick look the two boys agreed on the Magnum X-2000. "I don't think this was a very good idea for me." Caleb announced suddenly as the safety bar came down over his lap. "Too late now," David laughed as the car started to move forward. "This was a really bad idea!" Caleb said through clenched teeth as the car hit the top of the first hill. "Well, that wasn't too bad." David heard his friend say after a small drop. "I think you better look again!" David yelled back with a laugh as they hit the real drop. "Ah Man!!!" Caleb yelled as he opened his eyes long enough to see the drop that they had just started down. David laughed through the entire ride, and even harder when Caleb started yelling that he wanted off the crazy thing. "That wasn't so bad now was it?" David chuckled as they exited the ride a few minutes later. "Easy for you to say. I need to seriously change my dydee after that." Caleb mumbled as he looked around for the nearest men's room. David laughed at this while slapping Caleb on the back. "Well, it could have been worse. Think of what it would have been like if you didn't have on what you do." David joked. All Caleb could do was smile and nod his head at this. Fifteen minutes later, Caleb walked out of a restroom feeling like he was about five pounds lighter than when he went in. The rest of the afternoon the Jansen's and Kessler's had load of fun. The boys, of course, were less than pleased when they were told that it was time to leave. They managed to get back to their hotel shortly after Nine PM, and after packing their things finally headed off to bed. Knowing that tomorrow was going to be another long day with the flight home. Chapter 32 "Josh, hurry up. We don't want to miss our plane!" Erin called back to her brother as they ran down the concourse to their plane. "I'm going as fast as I can!" Josh called back. Erin laughed slightly as she saw her brother trying to keep up with her in the thick diaper she had put him in just a short time before. "I still don't know why you decided to go with one of the overnights instead of one of my daytime diapers," Josh complained as they finally made it to their gate as the final boarding call for their flight was made. "I told you before, It'll be easier this way. This way we won't have to worry about having to and change you in one of the lavatories," Erin explained in a tired voice. While she didn't say anything, she was secretly glad that Josh was starting to regain control over his bowels. This lessened the possible need of him actually needing to change his diaper during the flight. Josh just nodded at this and didn't say anything else as Erin turned over their tickets so they could get their boarding pass. Erin and Josh were both surprised to find that their parents had set them up with some first class tickets for the flight over, though both of them were glad for this since it made the long flight more bearable. Ten minutes after taking their seats, the Kelly's felt the plane back away from the gate and move off towards the flight line. "Ladies, and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. On behalf of your crew and myself, I'd like to take this time to welcome you aboard British Airways flight 214 operating to London and Paris. We'll be cruising at an altitude of 35,000 feet with a flight time of approximately 7 hours. We ask that all electronic devices be turned off till further notice, and that this has been designated as a non-smoking flight. Again, we welcome you aboard and hope you enjoy your flight. Cabin stewards, please prepare the cabin for take-off." As the announcement ended, Josh heard the increased whine of the engines and felt the plane start to move forward. Soon Josh was being forced more against his seat back as the plane's speed increased and it slowly left the ground. Looking over to where his sister was sitting he saw that she had her eyes closed and had a white knuckled grip on the arm rest of her seat. Josh smiled a little at this knowing full well that this was the part of flying that his sister hated the most. Fifteen minutes later, the captain came back on the intercom and informed them that they were free to move about the cabin, but were advised to remain seated when possible with their seatbelts fastened. On hearing this, Josh loosened his belt a bit so he could get a bit more comfortable. He also took this time to remove the personal DVD player he brought with him from his carry-on bag. "Erin?" Josh stated softly while giving her shoulder a nudge. "Huh?!" came the startled reply. "We're about ten minutes out, and I need some help filling out my entry card." "Give them here, and I'll get them filled out," Erin told him while stretching to get the kinks out of her back. "How's your diaper doing?" Josh was asked quietly so not to be embarrassed by the question. "It's holding OK for now, but I'll need a charge as soon as possible after we land." "We'll see what we can get done once we get through custom's and get our luggage." Josh nodded at this and started to repack the items he had gotten out of his bag during the flight. "Ladies and gentlemen, We hope you've enjoyed your flight today. The current temperature is 65 degrees, and the local time is 7:55pm. For those of you continuing on with us to Paris we will have a one hour layover. For those of you wishing to deplane please remember to take your boarding pass with you. Again, we hope you have enjoyed your flight today, and hope you'll choose British Airways for your future travels. Thank You." As the announcement ended Josh and Erin heard a "thunk" behind them as the catwalk connected with the plane. Fifteen minutes later, the they were walking off the plane towards the Customs area, and twenty minutes after that were walking into the main terminal. "Excuse me, Captain Kelly?" A voice asked behind them. "Yes?" Josh replied in a surprised tone wondering why he would be addressed by a title he considered honorary only. "I'm Staff Sergeant Harrison. Your Uncle and his family was had something come up unexpectedly, and sent me to pick you and your sister up. If I could have your claim tickets, I'll retrieve your bags." the kids were told. "Thank you." Josh replied as Erin handed over the requested forms. "We need to take care of something first. I'll meet you at luggage claim area in 15 minutes," Erin replied as they passed a set of restrooms. "Very well," they were told. As SSgt. Harrison walked off, Erin herded Josh towards the nearby restroom. "What was that 'Captain' bit all about?" Erin asked a few minutes later. "Beats me. I was just as surprised by it as you were," Josh replied as he dropped his pants. "I hope it wasn't anything serious that held up Uncle James and Aunt Emily," Erin commented while she cleaned up her little brother. "I doubt it was," Josh replied with certainty as he felt his sister start to rub some lotion into his groin. "How can you be so sure of that? Lift up." "If it had been something serious, They would have sent an officer, and probably the base chaplain," Josh explained as he felt the new diaper being slipped under his butt. Erin accepted this answer and with in ten minutes they were meeting SSgt. Harrison by the baggage claim. Soon the trio were in a car heading away from the airport and towards the country. "We're here Captain." Josh was informed an hour and a half later after being roused from a nap. "Thanks, Staff Sergeant." Josh told the driver as he got out of the car. "You and the young miss head on up to the house. I'll bring the bags up in a minute." they nodded at this and headed towards the darkened house. "Uncle James? Aunt Emily?" Erin called as they walked through the front door. before they knew what was happening the front door slammed closed behind them and the lights came on suddenly. "SURPISE!!!" The assembled group yelled as Josh and Erin tried to catch their breaths. "I really wish you guys wouldn't do that!" Erin exclaimed as she finally got her pulse rate under control. "You OK Josh?" his Aunt asked seeing the look on her nephews face. "I think I need to be changed again," Josh answered softly in reply as the rest of the group broke up laughing. "Well, follow me and we'll get you taken care of," Josh's aunt told him with a smile. "You'll be sharing Kevin's room." Josh was told as he was lead upstairs toward his cousin's room. "He doesn't have a problem sharing a room with me, does he?" "You mean does he have a problem sharing a room with you because of your wearing diapers?" His aunt responded. "Uh... Yeah." "Not at all. He just stopped wearing them to bed himself a few months ago." "Oh." With that said, Josh and his aunt entered the room he would be sharing with his cousin for the next couple of months. As his aunt spread a changing pad out on the spare bed, Josh removed his shoes and pants. Emily started to chuckle a bit when she turned around and saw the condition of Josh's diaper. "I think you're right about needing a change," she joked as she had Josh lie down on the pad and started to remove his messy diaper. By the time Josh and his aunt rejoined the party everyone had moved into the dinning room for the dinner that had been set up. Over the next couple of hours Josh and Erin got caught up with what was happening with the rest of the family. Everyone was seemed to hang on every word when Josh started answering questions about what had happened to him earlier in the year. It was almost midnight by the time the last person left and the kids were sent off to bed. "You don't mind sharing a room with me, do you?" Josh asked his cousin once he had been changed over into the night diapers that had been ordered for him. "Nah, my mum explained everything to me a while back. Besides, I used to wear them to bed myself, so I don't have any room to complain about it." Kevin chuckled back. Josh mumbled a sleepy thanks to his 9- year-old cousin as they both drifted off to sleep. Chapter 33 Josh and Erin both slept in the next morning due to all the traveling and time zone changes they had gone through the previous day. As expected, Josh was soaked when his aunt finally came in to wake him up the next morning. "Did you have a nice sleep?" he was asked as his aunt pulled off his covers and started untaping his diaper. "Yeah, I did," Josh replied sleepily, as he felt the heavy diaper being pulled down between his legs. "That's good. Now I want you to go get a quick shower while I get your clothes set up." "Alright." After allowing himself to yawn and stretch for a minute Josh got out of bed and headed for the bathroom, not even noticing that he walked right past his cousin in the hall. "Josh doesn't have much modesty does he?" Vicky asked Erin as she walked into her room. "Not that I can really remember. Why do you ask?" Erin told her through a yawn. "Because he walked right past me stark naked and didn't even blink at it." "If he just got up, he probably didn't even realize that you were standing there. It happens all the time at home." Vicky just smiled at this explanation. "Well, I have to say that it looks like he'll end up making some girl very happy later in life," Vicky added with a smile and a wink. Erin just shook her head at this. "I'll be out in a minute!" Josh yelled to the person pounding on the bathroom door. "Took you long enough!" Matt stated bluntly as he pushed past his cousin and slammed the door. "Is he always like that in the morning?" Josh asked Mitch as the other boy came out of his room. "Pretty much. Though he normally isn't that rude," Mitch replied with a shrug. With a shrug of his own Josh headed back into the room he and Kevin were sharing. "OK Josh, lay down and we'll get you ready for the day," his aunt told him as he walked into the room. Just as he lay down Kevin walked into the room and started to get out of his PJs. Josh noticed though that his cousin seemed to be watching him get changed. During one of these times looked right at his cousin and smiled. Kevin looked away quickly and turned a bright red at being caught looking at what was going on. "There you go, Thumper. Your clothes are on the chair. Breakfast should be ready in a couple of minutes, so both of you don't take too long," Josh and Kevin was told as Kevin's mom walked out of the room. "Did you like what you saw?" Josh joked to his cousin as he walked over to the pile of clothes his aunt pointed out. "What do you mean?" Came the soft reply. "You know what I mean. I saw you watching as your mom changed me," Josh replied with a smile. "I don't know what you mean," Kevin stammered. "Sure you do, or you wouldn't be staring at my diapers right now," Josh laughed as he saw Kevin turning a bright red in the mirror in front of him. "Don't worry about it, though. You aren't the first person I've seen watch me get my diapers changed," Josh stated as he looked at the pile of clothes. "I think your mom made a mistake on my clothes," Josh added a second later as he picked up the BDU pants laying on the chair. "She didn't. Dad brought those home with him the other day. I think they plan on having you wear those over the summer," Kevin replied as he was pulling on his shoes still taking glances at his cousin's diapered butt. With some reservation, Josh proceeded to put on the clothes his aunt left out for him. Less than ten minutes later the two boys were sitting down at the table for breakfast. "I'm glad you boys finally decided to join us," James stated as the boys took their seats at the table. "Thanks," Josh quipped back with an impish grin. Josh's uncle just laughed at this as the boys helped themselves to the food-laden serving dishes in front of them. "Josh, after you're done eating, I'd like to see you in my office for a few minutes." James continued a moment later while giving his wife a guarded look. "OK," Came the reply, though Josh got the distinct feeling that something was going on from the look that he had seen pass between his aunt and uncle, but decided not to say anything until he knew more about what was going on. The rest of breakfast continued at a leisurely pace with most of the conversation being directed at Josh and the photo shoot he had just gotten done with. During all this Josh saw that Kevin was seemed to be hanging on his every word and had a slight look of jealousy in his eyes as well. "Have a seat," James instructed his nephew as they walked into his office forty-five minutes later. "Thanks. What is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Josh asked cautiously as he took the offered seat. "Well, I had been giving some though about what had happened to you earlier this year, and how you seemed to have a real interest in the military past and wanted to know if you still had these interests?" "Yeah, I still like to read about the military and stuff like that. I would have liked to have even tried it after some of the things you and everyone here had shown me over the years, but I've accepted that with my medical condition being what it is that this will never happen," Josh answered, a bit forlornly. James just nodded at this, as the respect he had for his nephew rose on seeing that he had learned to accept he current condition and the limitations that had been placed on him because of it. "What would you do if you were given the chance to experience what military life and training was like?" "I'd like to give it a try but you, and I both know that this won't happen as long as I need to wear diapers all the time." "You could be right about that, but then again, you never know," James told his nephew with a half hidden smile while looking at his watch. "Well, I'm needing to head out to the firing range, would you like to join me?" "I'd like to, but wouldn't you get into trouble for bringing me?" "Not really. You being a Captain and all," Josh was told with a grin. Grinning back Josh had to admit to himself that his uncle did have a point. "Emily, Josh and I are going over to the range. I'll have him back in enough time for his doctor's appointment," James told his wife, and added before she could say anything. "OK, just don't go shooting anyone in the foot this time," Emily laughed at her husband. "You be careful, Josh, and follow everything you're told." She add to her nephew while handing him an oversized fanny pack. Without even needing to ask, Josh knew it contained extra diapers and cleaning supplies for him. "So, how are we getting to the range?" Josh asked as they walked out the door. "Normally I'd jog over, but since you haven't been checked over by the docs yet, we'll be driving." "Why would I need to be checked over to do any running?" "Because I want to make sure your leg is healed well enough to handle the stress. I tried that once myself and ended up taking twice as long to heal than if I had followed to doctor's orders." "Oh, OK." Josh said as they climbed into a nearby jeep. "Before we go in, Josh, I need to explain something to you. One, they're letting you in as a favor to me, and that they see your commission as real not just honorary so don't let it go to your head when they treat you like an officer. On the other hand, I expect you to treat the people you might see with the respect their rank deserves, and that includes me when we are around others. OK? Second, I'll be turning you over to the range's Sergeant-Major so he can show you how to use firearms safely. You already know what they can be like when used incorrectly. And so there is no misunderstanding, I've already told the Sar-Major that if he feels that you're acting in an unsafe manner you're to be kicked off the range just like anyone else. I can assure you that if that happens you'll see what I can be like when I have to deal with someone because they weren't doing things in a safe manner." Josh nodded gravely at the last part, and knew that his uncle wasn't kidding. Josh made the decision right there to follow all the instructions he was given to the letter. Because, like his uncle had stated, he knew all to well what firearms could be like when used incorrectly. "Morning Sar-Major." Josh's uncle told the burly NCO as he and Josh walked up to the wire cage inside. "Morning Colonel. And who might this be?" the older man asked like a kindly grandfather, though josh got the feeling that the man's attitude would change in a heartbeat if you got on the wrong side of him. "This is the young man I was talking to you about the other day. "Ah yes, Morning Captain." "Morning Sar-Major." Josh answered in a much softer tone than his uncle used clearly intimidated by the person standing before him. Josh's uncle and the Sar-Major just laughed at this. "The men are already for you on the range." With a nod Josh's uncle walked off to join his men. "Now then, if you'll follow me, we'll see what we can do about showing you the proper way of using a pistol. Going from what your uncle told me, I'd have to say that you and your brother know all to well about what they can be like when used improperly." Josh was told. "You got that right, though I think I should be glad that the kid that got me didn't know how to shoot straight." "There is that. Well you take a seat right in here and I'll be back in a minute." Josh took the indicated seat setting his bag down next to him. The Sar-Major returned a few minutes later carrying several books and a small pistol case. "Josh it's time to head out." James said as he walled into the room. "But why? we just got here?" Came the ten-year-olds reply before catching himself. "I mean, yes sir." Josh's quick reversal caused both of the grown-ups to start laughing. "He been paying attention "Bear"?" James asked using the Sar- Major's nickname. "That he has sir. I figure give me another week with him and we might have him grounded well enough in the basics to allow him to try and put everything for real." James nodded at this and escorted Josh from the room pleased with what he had heard. "Uh... Uncle James, could we find a restroom?" Josh mentioned after they left the room. Knowing what was going on James steered his nephew towards a nearby restroom. Josh was more than a little surprised when they walked out of the restroom less than six minutes later. He couldn't remember the last time such a quick diaper change. he had his uncle got to the base hospital just as his aunt, sister, and cousins were pulling up. Chapter 34 "OK Captain, take a deep breath, let half of it out, and then gently squeeze the trigger." The Sar-Major told Josh softly after running him through the last of the safety courses he needed to before he was going to be allowed to handle any firearm. Josh nodded ay this and did as he was instructed remembering to keep the target centered squarely in his sights. After a brief hesitation to calm down his breathing Josh pulled the trigger three times as he been previously instructed to do. "Not bad, for a start. You got one miss and two in the "X" ring." "Are you sure about the miss? I could have sworn I hit it all three times." "I'm sure, Captain." The Sar-Major chuckled at his diminutive charge. "Load Ten more rounds, and we'll a fast string this time." Josh just nodded at this and did what he was told as a new target was put in place of the old one. "Not meaning anything by this, Sar-Major, but could we put up a catch box. I've got a feeling that I have to be hitting the target more than is being recorded." Even though the old sergeant felt a bit offended at the suggestion, he called down to the scoring pits and had a catch box attached to the back of Josh's target. "How's he doing, Bear?" Josh's uncle asked the Sar-Major several hours later when he came to pick his nephew up. "I'll tell you Colonel, I've never seen anything like this before." came the awe filled reply. "What do you mean?" James asked in confusion. "Follow me to my office and I'll show you. Corporal you want to take over here." Bear stated to a nearby man as he lead James off to his office. "Coffee's in the corner if you want some," the older man stated as he sat down behind his desk and organized some papers. "What did you mean by what you said before?" James asked again after taking a seat for himself. "Just that, sir. I've never seen anything like it before in all my years of training people how to shoot." "I still don't know what you're talking about." "Take a look at these and tell me what you see. Keep in mind that I was running him through our standard qualification course." Bear said in reply as he handed James his Nephew's targets. "Well, if it wasn't for all the misses, I'd say he was doing pretty good for a beginner." James stated after studying the targets for a few minutes. "That's just it, there aren't any misses on the targets. About half-way through Josh started questioning about all the misses being recorded and asked that I put up the catch box. I decided to humor him, though I was a bit offended at first," the sergeant admitted before continuing, "I also decided to start him over on his quals when I did this and he came up with these. His scores with a rifle are even better. With your permission, and if it's OK with the higher ups, I'd like to run him through our sniper course to see how well he does." James was in shock at this last statement since he knew how hard it was to get any kind of recommendation from the man sitting in front of him. "I'll look into it. Depending on what the tests come back as, I was planning on having Josh go through our Jump/Scuba course while he was here." The older man just nodded at this with a slight grin. Twenty minutes later Josh, and his Uncle were headed home. "Uncle James, is it OK if I go over to the base pool for a while?" Josh asked a while later. "I don't think there would be any problem with that. If you get you bag packed quickly enough, I'll be able to give you a lift over." Without another word, Josh turned on his heels and raced up to his room, and quickly packed a bag. "Your aunt and everyone should already be inside. Be sure to follow all the rules, and tell them I should be home by dinner time." Josh was told as his uncle dropped him off at the base's pool complex. After signing in with the front desk, Josh headed towards the men's locker room to change. "Hey, look, that kid's wearing a diaper!" a voice called out as Josh removed the shorts he had on. Ignoring the laughter that this caused Josh removed his shirt. Most of the laughter died off quickly when the others in the room saw the scars Josh was carrying. Still not saying a word, Josh removed the slightly wet diaper he had on and after running a wipe over himself pulled on a pair of swim diapers before putting on his normal swim trunks. He walked out of the locker room a few minutes later. But not before giving the kid that taunted him a very dirty look. "Josh! Over Here!" Kevin called as he saw his cousin walk past were their group was staked out. "Hey guys, been having fun?" Josh asked with a smile. "Oh, we've been getting by." Erin replied. Josh was a bit surprised at how much her accent had come back over the last two weeks. "Though, I'll bet you've been having more fun than we have been.", she continued, "and don't worry, I'm not about to tell mom about what you've been doing." Josh nodded at this. He knew that he and Uncle James would never hear the end of it if his mom found out that he had been shown how to use firearms, especially in light of what he and John and been through these last couple of months. "I bet you're looking forward to getting back to your job though." Josh said with a slight grin. Erin just scoffed at this. Over the next couple of hours Josh, Erin and their cousins had lots of fun playing around in the water. Emily was pleased seeing Josh being able to enjoy himself like a normal 10 year old. She didn't really approve of what her husband had set up for the boy for the summer, but since she knew that the final decision belonged to Josh. Though she had to admit that she had never seen such focus as Josh seemed to show these last couple of weeks. She realized that she and her husband would need to keep a close eye on the boy if he did start up with the other things planned for him. "Josh, I want you and Kevin to go up and take a short nap before dinner." Emily told her nephew and son as they walked into the house a short time after leaving the pool. "Awww mom, I'm not even tired," Kevin tried to say through a yawn. Before Kevin's mom could reply to this statement, Josh took the younger boy by the shoulder and steered him towards their room. "OK, strip," Josh stated plainly as he tossed his cousin a pair of underwear, and some shorts. After making sure that Kevin was following his instructions, Josh pulled off his trunks and swim diaper. After placing his old swim diaper into the Diaper Genie that his aunt picked up for him he pulled a fresh night diaper from the closet and tossed it on his bed. Josh then cleaned himself off with a wipe before applying some lotion to his butt and balls. After this he cleaned his hands off, and opened the diaper he tossed onto the bed. Once he completed giving the diaper a dusting with some powder he sat down on it and brought the front up between his legs. Taking a minute to smooth the front of the diaper out a bit, Josh then pulled the back of it over the front and taped it closed. Smiling to himself, Josh felt that he didn't do too bad of a job for his first time. As expected, he saw that Kevin had been watching him the entire time. Kevin gave a half-way embarrassed grin at being caught staring at his cousin while he changed himself. For his part, Josh just shook his head and climbed into a pair of his own shorts. Five minutes later all that could be heard was that soft breathing of the two boys. Chapter 35 "Josh, Kevin, dinner will be ready in about ten minutes," Erin told her brother as she walked by their room. "Thanks, Erin. We'll be down in a minute," Josh replied as he pulled on a shirt. "C'mon Kev. It's time to get up; dinner's ready," Josh stated as he shook his cousin on the shoulder to wake him up. "Did you boys have a nice nap?" Kevin and Josh were asked by Kevin's mom as the two boys walked into the dinning room a few minutes later. "It was OK. I didn't realize how tired I really was," Josh told her as he took his seat. A few minutes later James came into the room and apologized to his wife for running a bit behind. She just nodded at this. After serving himself James looked over to his nephew. "Josh, after dinner I'd like to talk to you about your Qualifications scores from this morning along with a few other things." Josh nodded at this and jumped back into the conversation Erin and his aunt were having. "Make sure that you have everything packed for your flight home tomorrow," Josh heard his aunt tell his sister. "I already have everything packed and sitting by the front door. The only items left are those I'll need to get ready in the morning," Erin replied. "Will I be able to come with you?" Josh asked. "I'm sorry, Josh, I already have plans for you tomorrow. And I highly doubt you'll be wanting to get up as early as you'd have to. Besides, your aunt has some errands to run afterwards and I don't think you'd like it too much." James said to the boy with a knowing look towards his wife. What Josh didn't know is that John had arrived with his aunt earlier in the day and they planned on surprising him the next day when Emily went to pick him up from his aunt's house the next day after she saw Erin off. "You said you wanted to talk to me, Uncle Jim?" Josh asked after he helped his aunt clear the dinner dishes. "Yeah, Josh, take a seat." his uncle told him, while pointing to a nearby chair. "As you know, I was talking to Bear while you were cleaning your weapons earlier today." Josh nodded at this. "Well, I can't begin to tell you how much you impressed him over these last couple of weeks. He even expressed a thought about recommending to the higher ups about sending you through our Sniper course. And let me tell you, it is saying something getting any type of recommendation out of him. However, I told him that I already had plans for you this summer. What I had planned, if you want to accept it, is to go through our combined Jump/SCUBA school." James told the wide-eyed boy. "I think it would be fun to try that. What would mom say about it, though?" "Well, let's just say that what your mom doesn't know wont hurt us." James replied with a grin. "Good point, but what about the doctors?" "They already cleared you. That was the reason why you had so many tests done." Josh nodded at this. "I kind of figure what I'll be doing as far as the jumping goes, but what about the Scuba part?" Josh asked with some concern. While he felt that he was a good swimmer, he knew that he might be out of he league on that. And he didn't want to commit himself to something that he wouldn't be able to finish. James understood this and explained to the boy exactly what would be happening during both phases. After telling Josh about all this he handed over a packet of papers. "The base commander insisted that if you go through this that he have your signature on the forms stating that you've been fully informed of what would be happening and that you fully understand and accept the dangers inherent to this type of training." Josh nodded at this and started reading through the papers in front of him. On a couple of spots, he had his uncle clarify what was being said. Twenty minutes later Josh slid the signed papers back to his uncle, who also signed them. "By the way, you never mentioned how well I did on my quals?" Josh asked as he started out of the room almost an hour later. "You rated expert on both," Josh was informed proudly. Josh smiled broadly at this as he left the room. "And Josh," His uncle called, "be sure you get plenty of sleep tonight. You'll be doing a practice jump tomorrow morning to make sure you really want to do this." Josh nodded at this and headed off to a mid-evening diaper change. "Erin, Josh, time for you both to head off to bed now. You'll both be needing to get up early tomorrow so you need your rest." Their aunt told them a few hours later, in a tone that stated she wasn't going to brook any arguments. After doing a last minute check to make sure she had everything packed, Erin followed Josh up to his room so she should diaper him for the night, and have a last minute talk with him. "So you think you can replace me already, huh?" Erin joked as she walked in on her brother as he was getting ready to position himself on the diaper. "Well, I've been doing pretty good so far." came the chuckled reply. "That you have. But, I'll bet they don't feel as good." Josh shrugged at this comment, but said nothing in response. With a knowing smile on her face Erin came over to finish what her brother had started. Erin turned serious after as she brought the diaper up between Josh's legs. "Josh, Aunt Emily told me what Uncle James has planned for you during the rest of the summer. I know you've always had an interest in the military and all that, but I'd like you to reconsider going through with all this." "But, I want to give this a try. Uncle James is taking me on a practice jump and dive tomorrow just to make sure that this is something I really want to try. I promise that, if I don't feel totally confident about being able to do this, I'll back out. I do want to give this a try first though." Erin saw in her brother's eyes that he was serious about what he just said, and knew that if either he or her uncle were totally confident about all this he would pull out of the training. "Well, at least be careful and listen to everything they tell you, OK? I won't mention this to mom and dad either." Erin stated with a slight grin, but still being serious in her tone. Josh nodded at this an wished his sister a safe flight home. "Josh, it's time to wake up." his aunt told him quietly the next morning as she gently shook his shoulder. "OK, Thanks." came the sleepy reply as Josh got out of bed. "Head on in to the bathroom, and I'll bring you clothes into you so you don't wake Kevin up." Josh nodded at this, but with the room still being so dark he wasn't sure if his aunt saw the response he made. "Morning Erin." Josh mumbled as he passed his sister as they passed each other in the hall. Josh chuckled to himself as she grunted her reply to him. For one reason or another, Josh seemed to be the only morning person in the family and tended to take perverse pleasure in annoying the rest of his family with it. Once in the bathroom Josh quickly stripped out of his PJ bottoms and his wet overnight diaper. One thing Josh was beginning to notice was that he was rapidly regaining bowel control. He wasn't sure why this was happening, but he was happy over it. A knocking at the door brought him suddenly out of his thoughts. "I don't hear any water running in there. You have fifteen minutes to be in our room getting dressed." his uncle called. "Yes, Sir." Josh called back and hurriedly jumped in the shower. James smiled to himself as he walked off as he heard the shower start up. Just over ten minutes Josh was striding into his aunt's and uncle's bedroom where he found a clean diaper and uniform waiting for him. "Not bad." James said looking at his watch as Josh entered the kitchen just over twenty minutes after he knocked on the bathroom door to hurry his nephew along. "Thanks." the boy answered as he took his seat at the table. "You're not nervous about today are you?" Josh was asked by his uncle a short time later. "No, not at all." came the answer, but the older man noticed a slight undertone in the answer. With a smile, he just nodded and started letting Josh know what was going to be happening during the day. "You aren't going to have to worry about the first jump this morning. You'll be making the jump tandem. This means you'll be attached to the harness of another jumper. In this case, it'll be me. This afternoon you'll be taken over to watch part of a Scuba training class. I'll need to know by this evening whether or not you want to take part in this since I'll need to finish up all the paperwork to get you in to the classes that will be starting on Wednesday. Just so you know, all the people in the up coming class are all part of my battalion. Also, the training officers and NCOs have been told not to show you any favoritism. This means they'll be working just as hard to get you to drop from the program as everyone else." Josh was told seriously so he didn't get any thoughts in his head about being able to coast through the classes. Josh nodded at this, and his uncle saw the determined look in his nephew's eyes as he did this. A short time later Josh and James left the house to head over to the air base that the jump was going to be taking place from. "Morning Colonel, Captain." Josh and his uncle were greeted by the battalion X.O. "Morning Tom. Everything all set?" James asked after returning the other man's salute. "It could be better, a couple of the boys got down checked because of colds or sinus infections. I've already set things up for them to make the jump up as soon as they're cleared by the docs." James nodded at this as he lead Josh and Tom over to the staging area. "STAND TO!" Josh heard the Jump Master yell thirty minutes later. James patted Josh on the shoulder and motioned him to lean closer to him. "IF YOU WANT TO BACK OUT, NOW'S THE TIME!" James yelled over the roar of the plane. Josh shook his head in response to this. James nodded at this and motioned for Josh to stand up and turn around. As Josh felt his uncle finish attaching his harness to his own he heard a loud whining and saw the back of the plane open up, and started having second thoughts. Just as he turned to say that he changed his mind he heard the Jump Master shout "GO GO GO!!" Next thing Josh knew he and his uncle were running along with the rest of the people in the plane and before he knew what was going on his uncle jumped from the plane. "You can open your eyes now. We're on the ground." James laughed, as he unhooked Josh's harness from his own. "So, how'd you like it?" Tom asked as he came up to the two. Without saying a word, Josh puked into the helmet he had just taken off. "I guess he liked it." James joked. "Tell me about it. My first jump, I pissed my pants. I got kidded about that for weeks afterwards." Tom said as he handed Josh a canteen so he could wash his mouth out. Josh and his uncle ended up making two more jumps together that morning and by the third one Josh was screaming in excitement by the time they hit the ground. He wanted to go up with James for the last jump of the day, but his uncle flatly refused because Josh hadn't been properly trained yet for it. "Josh, I just got word that there was a problem with the Scuba class. I need to go over and check things out. I'll be dropping you off at home. You have the rest of the day off. Tell your Aunt that I'll be home just as soon as I can. And inform Vicky that she's in charge till your aunt gets home. OK?" James said as the two walked over to a waiting car. "Yes, Sir." Josh answered. Forty-five minutes later Josh was dropped off. Chapter 36 "That was a short day." Vicky stated when she saw Josh walk through the front door. "I know. Seems there was a bit of a problem during the Scuba class and your dad had to go check things out. He wanted me to let you know that you were in charge till Aunt Emily got home. I'm going to go up and change into something a bit more comfortable." Josh informed his cousin as he headed for the stairs. "Do you need any help?" she asked. "Nah. I'm just a bit wet. I'll do fine on my own. Thanks though." "OK, Just try and be a bit quiet. Kevin's taking a bit of a nap." Josh nodded at this. Thinking that his cousin was still asleep, Josh quietly opened the door to their room. What he saw gave him a bit of a start, though he was to surprised by it. "Comfortable?" Josh called as he walked in the door. The look on his cousin's face was like what one would expect to see on a deer caught in the headlights of an on coming car. "Uh, it's not what you think." Kevin stammered while trying to find some shorts to throw over the diaper he had on. "Actually, it seems exactly like what I think.", Josh laughed as he closed the door behind him, "I'm just surprised it took you this long to finally try one of them on." "So you aren't mad that I took one of your diapers?" came the nervous question. "Oh, I'm mad that you didn't ask me first, but I had a feeling that this was going to happen sooner or later. I'd suggest that you change out of the one you have on before your sister decides to come in and check on us." Josh told the younger boy as he removed his own pants exposing the wet diaper he had on under them. "She already knows about my liking to wear them. One of her friend's brothers needs to wear them and she found me over there a couple of weeks ago wearing one during a club meeting that they hold." "What kind of club?" Josh asked as he pulled off his diaper. "It's a club for boys that either need or like to wear diapers. It's run by the company that makes the diapers they wear." "Oh, what brand is that?" "I think they're called Thickies, or something like that." Josh started laughing at this point. Kevin just looked at him quizzically. "What's so funny?" "I know the club your talking about. They have something like it over in the states. John's been thinking of joining the local chapter." "Oh. Well, they're having a meeting this afternoon, and then me an a couple of the others are going to be having a sleep over. I could give them a call and see if you could join us." "I'd like to join the meeting if they're OK with having me." Josh told his cousin as he continued his diaper change. "Actually, I was thinking about seeing if you stay for the sleep over as well." "I'd like that, but I'd have to clear it with Uncle James first due to the classes he has me in." "I don't think that would be a problem. They hardly ever start training classes on the weekends." Josh was told. "I'll still need to check it out with your dad." Josh told Kevin. After finishing putting on a clean diaper the two boys decided to play some video games. "Kevin you better get out of that diaper. Mom just called and said she should be home in about 10 minutes." Vicky told her brother a couple of hours later. "OK, Vicky. Thanks." Kevin told his sister. Kevin got up as Josh put their game on hold. Inside of Five minutes Kevin had stripped off the wet diaper he had been wearing and just finished pulling on a pair of shorts as he saw his mom pull into the driveway. "Kids, we're back!" Emily called as she helped John through the door and to the couch in the living room. "You just rest there for a bit. Do you want anything to drink or eat?" she asked her oldest nephew. John just shook his head tiredly. About this time, Kevin and Josh came running down the stairs. Josh stopped cold when he saw who was sitting on the couch. "John!" he yelled happily as he ran over to his older brother and gave him a hug. "Hey thumper." John replied with a small wince of pain from the hug his brother. "Sorry.", Josh stated when he realized what he had done, "When did you get in?" "A couple of days ago. I was staying with Aunt Maureen, and Uncle Phil for a few days." "It's good to see you again." Josh told his brother in a husky voice and tears in his eyes. "It's alright Josh. I'll be fine." John said in a tired voice then started laughing softly. "What's so damned funny?" his brother asked as he wiped the tears from his eyes. "It seems that just a few short months back our roles were reversed. You were the one that was shot and I was the one crying my eyes out." came the explanation. Josh nodded at this, but still failed to see the humor in it. Before the conversation could go any further, the boys aunt came back into the room carrying a glass of water and a medicine bottle. "John it's time to take you meds." John was told in way that told him that his aunt wasn't going to take any arguments over it. Nodding in resignation, John took the offered pilled and water. Within five minutes he was out cold on the couch. After helping stretch his brother out on the couch, Josh took a near by blanket and covered him with it. With tears still in his eyes, Josh followed his aunt and cousin into the kitchen. "You going to be OK there Josh?" his aunt asked with some concern. "Yeah, I'll be OK." the boy assured her. She accepted this, but still decided to keep a close eye on him for the next couple of days. She then turned toward her son. "Have you packed yet for the sleepover you're having with Graham tonight?" "Not yet, but it shouldn't take me but a minute or two though. I was wondering, if it's OK with Graham's mum and dad could Josh come over as well?" "I don't know Kevin. I figured that Josh would likely want to spend some time with John tonight." On hearing this, Josh gave a bit of a laugh as he looked over some of the medicine bottles his aunt had out for John. "And What's so funny young man?" Josh was asked crossly. "I'm sorry. It's just that with some of the drugs you just gave John I highly doubt he'll be conscious long enough to say or do anything tonight." Josh told her sheepishly. "If you'd rather I stayed here to help out, I will." Josh added. After thinking of all the time Josh had put in with studying since he arrived she decided that he had earned a night off. "Alright, If Graham's mom says it's OK Josh can go, but I want to talk to her about it first." The boys nodded at this. "I'll give her a call now, and let you know what she says in a little bit." The boys nodded again and headed up to Kevin's room while all this went on. "Boys, I just got off the phone with Graham's mother and she OK'd having Josh go over. She also invited you both to dinner so you'll need to get your things packed." Kevin smiled at this announcement and started to throw things into a nearby duffel. Josh laughed at this, but followed suit once his aunt had gotten him a bag as well. After getting last minute instructions to be on good behavior, and do what they were asked, both boys were headed down the street. Chapter 37 "I think you'll really enjoy yourself this evening." Kevin told his cousin with excitement. "Though, I need to let you know that Graham, his brother, and sister actually live with his grandparents, so don't act to surprised by this." "What all do they normally do at these meetings anyway?" Josh asked in curiosity. "We sit around and talk about wearing diapers and other things like that. That reminds me of something I forgot to mention to you before. During the meeting we normally just wear diapers and maybe a shirt. Of course, that's only if you're comfortable doing that." Kevin added quickly once he saw the look he was getting from his cousin. "I'll have to think about it. I normally don't strip down to my diapers when staying at a strangers house." Kevin nodded at this and let the subject drop. Ten minutes later Kevin was ringing the bell on the front door to his friend's house. "Well hello Kevin, I didn't think you were going to make it in time. And this must be your cousin Joshua. It's so good to finally meet you." "Thank you." Josh acknowledged as he took the offered hand trying to keep the small shock he felt from showing at how young the lady looked. "Graham, Josh, and the other boys are out back you know the way. I'll take your bags for you." "Thanks." Kevin said as he handed Graham's grandmother his bag. After a slight hesitation, Josh did the same. "Hey, Kev. I wondered when you were going to get here." "I had some things I needed to do at home first. I'd like you to meet my cousin, Josh. Josh, this is my best friend Graham Henderson." Josh stepped up to the other boy and stuck out his hand while Kevin made the introduction. "Pleased to meet you. I've heard a lot about you from my grandfather already, and I was hoping to get a chance to meet you in person." "I didn't think I was that big of celebrity around here." "I have my sources.", Graham replied with a smile, "Kev, if you want to go make yourself more comfortable Sharon is in her room." With a grin of his own, Kevin nodded and headed back towards the house. "So how long have you been wearing diapers?" Graham asked while Kevin was getting taken care of. "I've been back in them since last November. I got sick last Summer, and it affected the nerves that control my bladder, and to a lesser part my bowels. How about you?" Josh asked in return. "I was born early and my bladder didn't form enough so it's really weak. I've been wearing them all my life because of it." After explaining all this Josh was introduced to the other boys. The oldest on present was Graham's brother. "I'm surprised you all feel comfortable having a 13-year-old in the group." Josh told his host as they chose sides for a game of rugby. Looking around quickly to make sure his brother hadn't heard the comment, Graham answered it in a low tone. "Don't let him hear you say that. He's actually 17, and he's really sensitive about how young he looks. Most of my friends have been around him long enough that it doesn't bother them. Besides, he's the one who started the group. He part of another group for older teens in the area. He just helps out with ours as a favor to our grand parents." Josh took all this in quickly and offered an apology to his host. "It's OK. We'll now that Kevin is back we can get this game on the road." On hearing that his cousin was back Josh looked over his shoulder and started laughing when he saw at how thickly Kevin had been diapered. "I'm shocked you can even walk in diapers that thick." Josh chuckled, giving his cousin's padded posterior a swift slap as he walked by. After asking for as quick rule refresher Josh said that he was ready to join in. About Ninety minutes later as the boys were taking a small break and talking about their experiences with diapers a loud voice called out. "Joshua!" Without even thinking both Josh's responded. Josh spun around as he stood up, and was surprised to be standing in front of the Sar-Major. "Not you Captain. My grandson." With a relieved nod Josh sat back down. Most of the group looked at him with quizzical looks. "I thought you looked familiar!" One of the boys announced suddenly. "He's the one of the models from the new Thickies ads. I read about him in the new issue of DQ." With this the boy ran over to a bag he had on the porch and pulled out the magazine in question. This caused a bit of a stir as the magazine made its round through the group. Seeing that there was no way around it, Josh started telling the group about his commission. Most of the kids thought it was cool. Only Kevin, and to a lesser part, Graham truly understood what everything Josh said meant. "OK boys, it's time for you to be heading home now." Graham's grandmother told the group about thirty minutes later. With this said, the boys started pulling their pants back on as Graham started thanking the boys for being able to come and set up the date for the next meeting. After the last member left, the remaining boys were told that dinner would be ready in about twenty more minutes. And it strongly hinted that they should take a shower, and get some clean diapers on before this happened. Josh and Graham took the not so subtle hint and headed off for the bathroom to wash up, dragging Kevin behind them in the process. Chapter 38 "So, Josh how did you like your first jump?" Josh was asked by the Sar-Major as they ate dinner. "It was fun. I can't wait to give the rest of the training a go. It'll be fun with the Scuba training as well." Josh commented as he took a bite of his dinner. "Did your uncle mention to you that I had recommended you for our Scout/Sniper course?" "Yeah, he did. I want to thank you for that, but I decided to go with the Jump/SCUBA course my uncle told me about." "I can understand that. Of course, you never know when things might change?" Josh was told. Though nothing was said out right, Josh got a funny feeling that something was going on behind his back. "OK boys, I want all of you to head up and get ready for bed." Graham's grandmother announced as she and her husband cleared the table. "We'll be starting the movies in twenty minutes so don't take to long." the boys' grandfather added as they got up from the table. "Don't worry. I'll go up to give them a hand, so it won't take as long." Sharon added as she herded her brothers upstairs. While Graham's older brother headed off to his room to change, Josh, Graham and Kevin were taken into Graham's room. Josh stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the room. If he hadn't known better he would have sworn he walked into a replica of his own. "Is there a problem?" Kevin asked as he saw his cousin stop. "Nah, It's just that this looks a lot like my own room back home," Kevin nodded at this and finished walking into the room. Being used to having a bit of privacy, Josh closed the door behind him. "Well, don't just stand there. Start getting your clothes off," Sharon said to Josh and Kevin as she started to remove the diaper from her brother. As Graham was getting changed, Josh pulled off his own clothes, and not surprisingly found saw that he was wet. With a shrug, he headed over to his bag, and pulled out one of overnight diapers and a pair of sweat pants. "Oh, you won't be needing that. Gran told me earlier that she wanted you all to be placed in cloth diapers." Josh was about to comment that he didn't have any cloth diapers with him then realized that he would be wearing some of Graham's. After having gone to the bathroom to relieve himself, Josh soon found himself laying on the changing table getting cleaned up. "Sharon, have you seen my sweat pants?" Josh asked after looking around for the pants he had set aside before he had headed off to the bathroom. "Oh, you won't be needing them so I hid them," she answered with a grin. "Could you get them for me, please?" Josh replied in a bit of a cold voice. "Why? I think you'll be more comfortable without them. Besides, you look so cute in just your diapers." "I appreciate the comment about how cute I look, but I would be more comfortable with them on. Could you get them for me, please?" Josh responded more firmly this time. This of course was lost on Sharon since she was used to be told what to do by a 10 year-old. "Oh c'mon, Kevin just wears his diapers over hear all the time. My grandparents don't mind at all." This comment pushed Josh to far and he walked over to Graham's sister and made one final request. "Sharon, this is going to be the last time I ask. Will you kindly get my sweat pants. If I don't have them in my hands in fifteen seconds, I'll bring your grandfather in on this and I don't think that either one of us wants this to go that far." Without further comment Josh looked at his watch and started counting. Having seen the look in his eyes, Sharon knew that this wasn't some bluff and left to get the pants. "Here!" she spat ten seconds later as she threw the pants in Josh's face and stormed off. "Thank you," Josh replied as he put on the pants. "I didn't think I would ever see something like that in my life," Graham commented as his sister stormed off. "It's all in how you phrase the question." Josh commented as he finished pulling on his pants and headed downstairs. Kevin and Graham nodded at this and followed the other boy down. "I was wondering when you boys would make it," Graham's grandmother stated as the boys entered the room and took seats on the floor. "I had to take care of something upstairs. Graham and Kevin decided wait for me." Josh explained as the previews on the movie started. "What movie is it, Gran?" Graham asked. "You'll just have to wait a few minutes for the title." came the chuckled answer. Seeing that it would be useless to try and needle her for more information Graham let things drop. All four of the boys became excited when the title of the movie came up, and they saw that it was the last movie in the Harry Potter series. Sharon, on the other hand, give a small snort of disgust and without saying another word left the room. Her Grandparents shrugged at this and settled back to enjoy the movie with their grandsons, and their guests. "Capt. would you mind giving me a hand with the snacks?" Josh's grandfather asked between the two movies that had been rented for the night. Josh realized that his rank had been used so he knew it was him and not the Sar-Majors grandson the was being addressed. "Sure." Josh said as he got up off the floor. "I heard the little discussion you and Sharon had earlier over your sweats. I have to admit that I was pleased at how you handled it. I guess that Sharon has never seemed to realize that not all boys that need to wear diapers enjoy parading the fact of it around. Especially around strangers. If you want, I'll have a talk with her about it." "That's OK. I don't think it's necessary to talk to her about it. With her mood right now, I doubt it would do much good. But I thank you for the offer." Josh replied as he took the offered drinks. With a nod of his own, the Sar-Major let the subject drop. He was amazed though at how mature Josh seemed to act. He knew that he could act like a typical 10-year-old when he wanted to having seen a display of this earlier in the day. Before heading out with the rest of the snacks he decided to have a talk with Josh's uncle about his behavior. "OK boys, it's time for you to head on to bed," Graham, Josh, and Kevin were informed as the second movie of the evening ended. "I'm not tired, though," Graham protested through a barely suppressed yawn. His grand father just smiled at this as he stood up to herd the three younger boys off to bed. "I'm sure you aren't, but you'll be going to bed now anyway," Graham's grandmother told him as her husband walked them upstairs. After making sure that all three boys brushed their teeth he took them into Grahams room, and to Graham's embarrassment, tucked each one of them in. The Sar-Major wished them a good nights sleep as he closed the door behind him as he left the room. "Damn! I thought I was over this," Josh thought to himself as he bolted awake several hours later. After looking around the room to make sure he hadn't woke anyone up with his dream, Josh climbed out of bed and as quietly as he could left the room. "Having trouble sleeping, Capt.?" Josh was asked by a quiet voice behind him as he was filling a glass with some water. With a startled gasp, Josh almost dropped the glass in his hand as he spun around. "Sorry about that. I didn't mean to scare you," Graham's grandfather said. "It's OK." Josh replied a bit shakily as his heart rate and breathing slowly returned to normal. "Having trouble sleeping?" "Nightmare." "Do you want to talk about it?" Josh was asked as he was waved over to the kitchen table. "I guess so," Josh mumbled as he took a seat. Over the next thirty minutes, Josh explained what he remembered of his nightmare. "What do you think started them back up?" "Probably having my brother show up." Josh said shakily as emotions he had been holding since John had first been injured came busting through. In moments, Josh had broken down completely. Reacting more like a concerned grandfather, the Sar-Major took the smaller boy into a protective embrace and comforted him as Josh finally released what he had been holding in for almost Two months. At some point during the next hour, Josh fell back asleep. With a small smile, Graham's grandfather carried the smaller boy back upstairs and tucked him back into bed. "You feeling better this morning?" Josh was asked by Mr. Henderson as he walked into the dining room the next morning. "Yeah. Thanks for putting up with me last night." Josh replied as he started to take a seat. "Hold on there a minute, young man," Josh was told in a commanding voice by Mrs. Henderson. "I want you out of those wet diapers before you sit anywhere," she added while coming over to shoo him back upstairs. "Sharon, would you mind changing Josh into some clean diapers, please." With a nod, Graham's sister escorted Josh back into her brother's room and in moments had him laying on the changing table. Noticing how she didn't say a word to him, Josh figured that she was still mad about him not going around in just his diapers the night before. Not that any of this mattered to him. Sharon had Josh completely changed in just over five minutes. And ten minutes after this, Josh was pulling his shoes on getting ready to head back downstairs. Not surprisingly, he found Graham, his brother, and Kevin all sitting around in just a T-shirt and their diapers watching Saturday cartoons. Breakfast was severed about twenty minutes later. Josh was glad that his having a nightmare and crying fit was never brought up. Kevin and Josh left Graham's a short time after this. Chapter 39 "Mom, we're home," Kevin called as he and Josh came through the front door. Josh was a bit surprised to see John try to cover up the diaper he had on. "Feeling better, John?" Josh asked his brother. "I'm still a bit sore, but doing better than I was. How'd the photo shoot go?" Josh was asked as John motioned for him to sit down next to him. "It wasn't too bad. I got into a spot of trouble with one of the photographers, but everything got worked out," John was told as Josh told him what had happened. "That reminds me. Chris Barrett had given me something to give to you. Sort of a get-well-soon gift. Let me go get it." With this Josh got up and ran off to get the CD that he had been given to give to John. "He wanted me to tell you to treat the pictures in the Private area as DND. He said you'd know what that means." John was told as he accepted the CD from his brother. John was a bit shocked to see some anti-tamper tape on three of the edges, but figured that this was just so that it would have been impossible for anyone to open it without it being noticed. About this time the boys aunt came in to the room. "OK boys, get upstairs and get your trunks on. We'll be leaving for the pool in ten minutes. That means you also, John." his aunt added once she saw that he wasn't following the other boys. "But.." John started to say before he was cut-off. "I don't want to hear it. The doctor said that you needed to exercise that shoulder as much as you could. Swimming will be the best type you can get without overtaxing it," his aunt explained to him. "Couldn't we just go later in the day when it won't be so crowded?" John pleaded. Knowing that this had to do more with his embarrassed about needing to wear diapers during the day again, John's Aunt sat down next to him and explained things to him. She finished doing this just as the other kids came back downstairs. "I still think it would be better to wait till later," John replied totally ignoring the frustrated look he was getting from his aunt. Josh started shaking his head at this display and then remembered something John had done to him soon after he started wearing diapers again. With a slight smile on his face, Josh handed the bag he had with him over to Kevin and motioned for Vicky to lean closer to him. Vicky also started smiling as Josh explained his plan to her. About the time Josh finished his aunt got up and forcibly removed John's shorts intending to put him in his trunks the hard way. "It's OK. I've already got John's trunks," Josh told his aunt as he and Vicky came up behind his brother. Without warning, John felt Josh and Vicky grab his arms and pulled him to a standing position and started heading him towards the door in just his shirt and diapers. Trying as hard as he could, John was unable to break away from the others. "Let me go, Josh. I'll tell mom when I talk to mom," John yelled as he tried to break free. "I don't think she would mind to much on this. Besides, remember her reaction when you did something like this to me when I had to start wearing diapers again." "That was different. Mom was in a hurry to get somewhere at the time and you were acting like a brat," John complained while starting to cry from embarrassment. "Yeah, I was acting just like you are now. So quit complaining," Josh shot back getting some enjoyment from turning the tables on his brother. Less than five minutes later the group was headed towards the base pool. "Here're your trunks." Josh said as he handed his brother a pair of swimming trunks. John grabbed the offered garment and put them on without comment. "Oh Man, not another damned diaper boy!" A voice called as John and Josh were switching over to their swim diapers. "Yeah, another one. What about it?" Josh shot back as he finished pulling up his swim diapers. "I don't want people like you swimming in my pool. So you better just take your diapered butts back home." the boy said snidely. "I'll stay here if I feel like. And it isn't your pool," Josh stated calmly. "Oh yeah?!" Josh was asked as the other boy came over and pushed him into a set of lockers. Before either John or Josh could respond to the a beefy hand came down on the other boy's shoulder. "Is there a problem here?" A gravely voice asked? "Just a slight disagreement," Josh answered. "And one that isn't any of your concern!" The boy shot over his shoulder as he used his free hand to push Josh in the chest causing him to stumble and fall over a bench. "That's it, you're out of here!" The man stated as he looked over his shoulder to a person Josh couldn't see. "Josh, please go get the desk Sergeant." John heard the other boy leave and a few moments later the boy returned. "What's the problem, Sar-Major?" The Desk sergeant asked the older man. "This young man tried to start a fight," Mr. Henderson stated and told the other man what all he had seen and heard. The sergeant nodded at this. "OK, I'll contact the boy's guardian and get things taken care of." the group was told as he escorted the boy out after having him clear out his locker. "You OK, Captain?" Josh was asked by the Sar-Major. "Yeah. Just a bit pissed off," Josh answered. "Oh, I'd like you to meet my older brother. John, this is Sar- Major Henderson. He runs the base shooting range. Sar-Major, this is my older brother John." Josh said in introduction. "Pleased to meet you finally. Your uncle told me you'd be coming soon. I'd like you to meet my grandsons Josh and Graham." John shook each of the offered hands when the introduction was made. Josh saw that Josh was a bit surprised to see that both Josh, and Graham were both sporting diapers under their shorts. "You boys here by yourselves?" John heard the Sar-Major ask. "Our Aunt, and Cousins our here also." Josh answered. "Well, you best not dawdle to much longer or they'll come looking for you," the boys were told with a smile. Josh chuckled a bit at this as he nodded his agreement. In moments, John and Josh both had their suits pulled on and were heading out to the pool area. "I'm sorry about not trying to help you in there," John mumbled. "It's OK. I'm sort of glad you didn't. I wouldn't want you to take the chance of reopening any of your injuries because of a few insults," Josh told his brother while giving him a pat on the arm to let him know that he meant what he had just said and not to feel bad over it. "Was it me, or did the two boys with the Sar-Major have diapers on?" John asked, after accepting what his brother had told him. "Yeah, they did. Graham wears them due to a medical problem, and Josh needs them due to an injury. Graham is Kevin's best friend and he explained all this to me when Kevin and I slept over last night." John nodded at this, and realized that he had been acting embarrassed ever since he had been told he was going to need to wear diapers all the time for a while. He now had a better understanding of the adjustment that his brother had gone through when his parents decided to place him back in diapers again for his own problems. John decided right then and there that he would stop feeling sorry for himself over this and to try and make up to Josh for the way he had acted towards him at times earlier in the year. "You guys get lost or something?" Vicky asked as John and Josh set their towels down. "Nah, some kid tried to start a fight with us in the locker room because John and I had diapers on." Josh explained. "You're kidding, right?" Came the stunned response. "I wish," Josh told her in a serious tone. "Luckily, an adult came in and broke things up before it could go any further than Josh being pushed back a little." John added. "That's good to hear." "What's good to hear?" Vicky's mom asked as she walked up to them. "John and Josh had a bit of run-in in the locker room," Vicky informed her mom. "Really. Why don't you tell me what happened." With a shrug, John and Josh started explaining what had happened in the locker room. Just as they were finishing up, Sar-Major Henderson, Josh, and Kevin walked up. "Hello, Emily." Mr. Henderson called out as they came by. "Hello, John. I understand you were a bit of help to my nephews a little bit ago." John's and Josh's aunt called back. "It was nothing. I just happened to come along at the right time." The older man answered with a shrug. "Well, I want to thank you for helping out anyhow. Have they contacted the boy's parents yet?" "Yes, they did. He's already been picked up. And I must that that she looked less than thrilled. If I miss my guess they'll probably ban him from using the base facilities for a while." Mr. Henderson explained. "Well, I won't hold you up any further. I'll see you all later tonight." Emily smiled back as he said this and thanked him again. "What did the Sar-Major mean by he'll see us later tonight?" Josh asked as the Henderson's walked away. "It's nothing. Just a figure of speech," his aunt replied while turning him towards the pool and gave his rump a light slap to send him on his way. "I really hate it when people do that," Josh said to Kevin as the two boys walked over to the pool. "I know what you mean. My mom used to do that to me all the time when sending me to bed before I outgrew my problem," Kevin said with a smile. Josh smiled in return knowing full well that his cousin would probably keep wearing what ever diapers were left once he and John left for home. Over the next several hours the boys played around in the pool. Emily was glad to see Josh acting like a normal ten year old. She worried at times with how much older he tended to act. She did notice that John seemed to stay in the shallower and less crowded area of the pool, but she chalked this up to his injuries still being to sore and wand to give them more time to heal before getting back to the rougher things. "OK, I want all you boys to get out of those wet trunks and take a short nap," The boy's aunt and mom announced as they walked through the front door. With only light grumbling the boys headed upstairs to do as they had been instructed. "Hey Josh, would you mind if I borrowed a diaper?" Kevin asked while John was out of the room. "I don't think that would be a problem. Just don't get caught." Kevin's cousin chuckled in reply as he tossed over one of his overnight diapers. With a nod of thanks, Kevin quickly donned the offered garment and climbed into bed before John walked back into the room. Josh himself was just starting to climb into bed as John re-entered the room. Josh was a bit surprised to see John pull a pair of plastic pants on over his diaper. Seeing the look on his brother's face John answered the unasked question. "My night diapers haven't come in yet, so Aunt Emily is having me wear these over a Day-time diaper." Josh nodded at this. Within minutes, the only sound heard in the room was the soft breathing of three pre-teen boys. "Time to get up, boys," Kevin's father called after having knocked on the door. "We'll be out in a few minutes dad." Kevin called back. "I want you each to take a shower after you strip off the diapers you have on. Your mom will have your clothes laid out for you." "OK." Kevin responded, but seemed a bit shaken by the comment that his father about each of them taking a shower once they pulled off their diapers. After some discussion, John and Josh decided to save some time and shower together. Kevin came into the bathroom as they were drying off. "Hurry up guys!" Vicky called through the door as she walked by. "We'll be out in a second." Josh called after spitting out a mouth full of toothpaste. "You better not take too long, Kev. Sounds like your parents waited too long to wake us up," John called out after having rinsed his mouth. "Sure sounds that way. I shouldn't be to much longer though." came the disembodied reply. "Last call guys, you have ten minutes to be out of the shower and getting dressed." the boy's uncle and father called out. "We're coming now dad!" Kevin called as he shut off the water and stepped out of the stall. "I guess they weren't kidding when they said that we had to dress up for the evening," John said as he saw the suits laying out on each of their beds. Josh just shrugged a this, and started unfolding the diaper that was laying on top of his suit. He noticed that John was doing the same. Kevin walked into the room as his cousins were pulling on some plastic pants over their diapers. "Looks like mom thought of everything." he chuckled. "Oh Shit!" Kevin added a few seconds later as he saw a pair Thickies Trainers laying atop his own suit. "What was that, Kev?" John asked as he walked over to his cousin. "I think you've been busted." John added a moment later when he saw the trainers also. With a laugh, he slapped the younger boy on the shoulder and went back to getting dressed. Josh was laughing to the by play between the other two. For his part, Kevin stepped into the trainers after dusting them with some of the baby powder John offered him. He was almost tempted to leave the trainers off, but figured he'd be in trouble if his mom, or dad checked for them and they weren't there. "You boys ready?" Kevin's mom asked as she entered the room several minutes later. The boys just nodded at this and headed downstairs after being motioned to lead the way. Before closing the door, Kevin's mom took a quick look around to see if Kevin had tried to hide the trainers she had left out. Not seeing them, she figured he had put them on. "Here Kevin, let me help you with that," his mom told him as she took the neck tie out of his hand. After showing him how to put a tie on correctly, she showed made the motion of straightening out his jack. As she did so, she let he hand brush lightly against the back of his pants. She smiled to herself as she felt the extra bulk of the trainers. She nodded to her husband slightly at the unasked question when they made eye contact as he helped Josh with his own tie. "Oh Josh, Just one more thing before we go,." James told his nephew. With a bit of flourish, he pulled a small pin from his uniform jacket and affixed the pin to the left lapel of Josh's jacket. "But, I thought the medal was just honorary, like the commission was." Josh stated as he fingered the pin. "To you they may seem honorary, but to us they're quite real," James said seriously. Josh nodded at this and let the subject drop. "So where are we going anyway?" John asked as they pulled out of the driveway. "We're having our Regimental Commander is having his annual open house for the Battalion Commanders, Staff NCOs, and our families tonight. And seeing how I'm the acting CO for my battalion, it's only proper that I attend with my family. This includes you and Josh." James explained. He caught Josh smiling at this and got the feeling that his nephew knew what was really going on. Several minutes later, they pulled up to the base Officers Club. Josh got completely embarrassed going through the receiving line as several senior officers greeted him. He and John bumped into Josh, Sharon, and Kevin a few minutes later. Sharon seemed a bit more friendlier than the last time they saw each other. Josh was even more surprised when she offered him an apology about what she had done the previous night. Over the course of the next few hours Josh ran into several kids from the club meeting the night before. John was sure that if it hadn't been for the Henderson's sharing their table he would have fallen a sleep from boredom from a the shop talk. "Ladies, and Gentlemen, May I have your attention please?" Brigadier General Wainwright called. The room almost instantly quieted down at this. "I hope you all have had a pleasant time this evening, but before we adjourn, there are a few announcements to hand out. Will the following people please join me on stage as their name is called." While James and his family knew about John being called up, there was stunned silence for a few seconds when James heard his name called a second after his nephews. "As most of you know, earlier this summer Col. Alberts had entered the hospital for health reasons. I'm sorry to say that earlier this week Col. Alberts was placed on Medical Retirement because of those health concerns. I am however pleased to announce that the higher up have decided to accept a recommendation I had made at the time of Col. Alberts entry into the hospital. Lt. Col. James Edward Chamberlain front and center. Mrs. Chamberlain would you care to join us up here as well?" Once James was standing next to his C.O and his wife had joined him. "Lt. Col. James Chamberlain, it is my proud duty to promote you to the rank of Colonel with all privileges and duties there of. I'm also have the pleasure of turning command of the 2nd Battalion to you. Emily, would you care to do the honors?" James wife was asked as she was handed the box containing her husbands new rank. She kissed him on the cheek moments later with tears in her eyes as she finished pinning the devices on. "The actual change of command ceremony will take place two weeks from today, and I'll let you have the duty of handling the last award." James was told in a whisper from his Commanding Officer. With a nod of his head James stepped forward to the podium. "Jonathon Octavius Kelly, Front and Center." John cringed a bit at the mention of his middle name, but stepped forward. He almost fainted when he realized what was about to happen. The shock was so great that he never even listened to what was being said. Thirty minutes later the Chamberlains and Kellys were entering their house for the night, when Josh finally broke the spell. "Hey John, you realize that I now out rank you so you'll have to show me some respect now." Josh joked. With a playful grin John responded. "Keep dreaming Thumper." He laughed as he pushed his brother into a near by chair. The group laughed at this. The boys were chased upstairs to bed a few minutes after this. Chapter 40 "David, do you really think I'm doing the right thing?" the boy was asked as his mom paced around the room. "Yes, I think you're both doing the right thing," came the tired response. "Maybe I should talk to Tim and set things back a bit," David's mom mumbled more to herself than to her son. "Mom, I know that you must be nervous about this wedding. Setting the date back will only make things worse for when you do finally get around to it. I can tell that you and Tim both love each other, and that you've become attached to Caleb as well. But for the love of God, will you stop all this second-guessing about whether this is the right thing! If you and Tim weren't both sure that this is the right thing to do you wouldn't have set a wedding date up this quickly. Now, I want you to finish getting ready for your date and stop worrying." Carol looked at her son in shock having never seen him go off like this. Before she could say anything in response to this, the doorbell rang. "That's probably Tim and Caleb. You hurry up finish getting ready and I'll go let them in," David said as he walked out of his mom's bedroom. "Hey guys, I thought it would be you," David asked once he opened the front door and saw his stepfather and brother to be standing there. "Hey David. Your mom ready yet?" Tim asked as he and Caleb stepped the door. "She'll be down in a minute. She's just finishing up," Tim just nodded at this and looked around. "the sitter not here yet?" he asked while taking a seat on the couch. "She should be here any time now." As David announced this the bell rang again. "Hey Kara." David announced as he opened the door. As he let her in he called out over his shoulder. "Mom! Kara's here!" "Ok, David I'll be down in a minute." Came the disembodied reply. Go ahead and make yourself comfortable. I'll be back down in a minute." On saying this David turned and started to head for his room. Before he got two steps, he felt Kara's hand come in contact with his slightly padded rear. David saw her grinning when he looked over his shoulder. "Hold up. I'll join you." Caleb announced as David head back towards his room. A second later David heard another muffled slap and knew that Kara had given Caleb the same treatment. "I hate it when she does that," Caleb mumbled as the boys headed up the stairs. "I know. It annoys me a bit as well. Maybe she'll get tired of doing it one day." The look David got in reply to his last statement told him how much his friend believed it. "We shouldn't be too late, boys!" David's mom called as she and Caleb's father left on their date. "OK mom. Have fun," David called back down. Once he heard the car pull out of the driveway he put his full attention back into the gave he and Caleb were playing. "David! Caleb! The pizza's here! Kara called up almost an hour later. "Let me shut the game off and we'll be right down!" David yelled back has he saved the game they were on. "Once you guys have your pizza and drinks I have a surprise for you." Kara told the boys as they walked into the kitchen. "Hold it both of you. Back upstairs." Kara stated suddenly as the boys walked passed her. "What?" Caleb asked as he felt a hand come down on his shoulder. "It smells like both of you need to be changed." came the reply as the two boys were steered back up to the changing room that had been recently set up in one of the spare bedrooms. "Well, this is cute," Caleb laughed as they walked into the room. The room had been done up like a nursery for older boys. The walls had been painted a medium blue with forest green trim around the windows and door frames. Along one wall was an adult-sized changing table, fully stocked with everything needed to perform a diaper change. The wall to the right of the changing table had four full-sized cabinets painted a different color with each boy's name on it. Caleb stopped cold when he saw this. Seeing the look on his soon to be brother's face, David started explaining what was going on. "I guess your dad hasn't talked to you yet about this. I heard them talking a couple of weeks ago that once they get married that it would be better for you guys to move in with us since we have more space." Before another word could be said Caleb bolted from the room and David heard his bedroom door slam a second later. Kara started after him when David started speaking again. "Why don't you get me changed first, and then I'll go talk to him about this." Sensing that David would probably be the more effective of them she shrugged and helped David on to the table. "Aww, How cute." Kara chuckled as she pulled David's pants down and saw that he was wearing a pair of Red and Blue striped GoodNites. After she finished pulling off the younger boy's pants and regular underpants she tore the sides out of the GoodNites and started cleaning David off with a baby wipe. David shivered a bit as the cold wipe hit him. "Sorry about that." "It's OK. You get used to it after a while." With a smile, Kara turned and opened the cabinet with David's name on it and removed several Thickies Overnight cloth diapers along with a pair of deep blue colored plastic pants. "Uh, Kara, I normally only need one of those to get me through the night." David told his sitter when he saw that she had several of them. "I figured that if you wore two of them you wouldn't need to be changed before you head to bed tonight." Came the response as she motioned for David to raise his behind so she could get the diapers under him. Once she had the diaper positioned correctly, Kara started to rub a generous amount of lotion onto David's balls and butt. David responded to this stimuli in true boy fashion. "You want me to leave you alone for a few minutes while you take care of that?" Kara laughed. She laughed even harder when David nodded yes. Still chuckling she handed him a wipe from under the table and left the room. While David was taking care of himself, Kara headed downstairs and put the now cold pizza into the oven for a bit to reheat it. Five minutes later, David called out that he was ready. After reapplying some more lotion, Kara sprinkled a great deal of powder over the lotioned area. Once this was done, David felt the thick cloth diapers being pulled snuggly into his crotch, and pinned tightly. "Those feel tight enough?" Kara asked before pulling up the plastic pants. "Yeah they feel just fine." David replied with a smile. Allowing David to pull up his own plastic pants, Kara busied herself with getting the items she would need for Caleb's diaper change. "I'll just change Caleb downstairs once you've had a chance to taslk things over with him. "OK, and thanks for understanding about all this." "It's all right. I've helped friends through things like this before so I know a little of what it's like." Kara told him warmly as she walked from the room. "Caleb, You OK?" David asked as he walked into his room. He saw Caleb curled up on the far corner of his bed, holding a stuffed animal. Without a thought, David climbed onto the bed with him and pulled the smaller boy into a hug as he explained what he and his mom had talked about on what he had heard. "I know this must be tough on you, and it must hurt that you had to find out about it like this. I know your dad and my mom didn't reach this decision lightly or quickly. They felt that for a while it would be easier to move into one house that was already set up than it would be to try and sell both houses." "But why didn't my dad even ask me about how I would feel about it!?" Caleb cried." "I have no idea. I guess maybe he was trying to find the best time and way to break it to you." "I just think he doesn't care about how I feel about things, or all the memories I'm going to be giving up by moving." Came the sobbed reply. "I don't think that it the case at all, and I don't think you really believe that either. I'll bet your dad is having just as hard of time having to let that house go because of the memories as well, if not more so." "You really think so?" David just nodded at this as Caleb started crying again. A few minutes later the crying slowed down. "I'm sorry about all that." David was told in a shaky voice. "It's all right. Just do me a favor, and try to listen to your dad when he does tell you about it. OK?" David asked as he started to tickle his friend. "OK, OK." Caleb laughed while trying to get out of the grip David had him in. "Now that we have all that straightened out, let's get you downstairs and into some clean dydees before you start leaking all over my bed." With a final laugh the two boys head downstairs. David chuckled a little when he saw Caleb carrying the stuffed animal he was holding with him. While Kara was taking care of Caleb's diaper change, David decided to get their dinner severed up. Both boys perked up when they saw that Kara had rented several of the Harry Potter movies to watch. David and Caleb both were getting ready to fall asleep as the final movie ended. With David walking ahead of her, Kara picked Caleb up and carried him into David's room. Both boys were fast asleep before Kara even finished tucking them in. Little did any of the Kesslers know about the surprise that was in store for them the next day.