Ishigreensa

James smiled at the little mature lady. "Baby, I understand. But these are just for now, clothes. I'm going to be getting you more before the school year starts again next year. You don't have to be so careful, but I appreciate you taking care of your things." He smiled when they said they loved their food, but he went back and got a few little extras on side dishes and put them near the girls so they could try other things. "You don't have to eat everything," he told them. "I am just trying to get a sense of what you'll eat and what you don't like, so please don't worry about how much you eat. You will actually cost me more money by not eating enough, okay?" He turned to Ru-chan. *I know some American foods might be weird for you. Just try some, okay? Anything you don't like, you don't have to take more than one bite of, okay?* He settled down and ate some of the foods they chose, too, so they could see that he was willing to eat what they ate, too.

James put their chairs near closer to him, and he helped them where they needed it. He didn't talk about their choices of food. He realized that at least for Ruby it was probably just something familiar, and with Liz, it was probably that she had not been taught how to make healthy choices when she had a large selection of food of which she could get anything and everything she thought she could eat. He'd work on that in a more natural way, he hoped. "How's the burger?" he asked Liz. He put a little chicken on her plate from his, and a bit of potato salad. "Oshii?" *Is it good* he asked Ruby as he gave her a piece of chicken and some potato salad from his plate as well. James noticed the little girl trying to eat neatly, and he smiled. "Sweetheart, this is a family restaurant. No one is going to care if you spill a little bit of sauce or whatever. I just want you to enjoy yourself, honey." He rubbed her arm for a moment and then let her go back to eating. (King's table is like a large all you can eat buffet. It might actually not be around anymore. I remember it in Wyoming when I was about 12 and dad took me there one time. I think I had to see a doctor or something, maybe an eyeglass doctor, not sure, and my brothers and sister were at school.)

When they arrived at the "King's Table," James helped both children out of the car. He picked baby Ru-chan up and he held Lizzy's hand and walked them into the restaurant where he immediately paid the cashier before they were directed back to a table. From there, he started to walk the girls up to show them how to dish their food out for themselves, and helped them as much as they needed it. They walked back to the table three times, with a couple of drinks each, a plate with the main course and some good stuff to accent it on it, and then a smaller plate with bread and other smaller sides on it for each of them. "Go ahead and eat," he told Lizzy. "When you need another drink or something, just let me know, honey." He looked at Ruby. *Eat, sweetie.*

James frowned. Ru-chan was definitely in a bad way. He had been in Japan for a bit a while back, and even ten years ago, decent families and elementary schools taught children English. Even if she couldn't speak it much, she should have known a lot more than she seems to be showing. She could be shy, but even then, there would be other cues like a look or a silent nod. She seemed to register nothing. And of course, if she didn't know any English at all, it didn't matter how well she read Japanese, there was no way she'd know how to read English. The lettering is completely different symbols even for phonetic sounds. James sighed and shook his head about it. "Nutrient milk?" he asked her. "Can you show me what you are talking about if I take you around? I don't think it's a good idea to cut that until I talk to a doctor about her." So he would end up buying actually one more thing now. And she seemed to need a booster seat as well. He almost forgot about that. By the time they were back in the car, he had gotten Ruby a car booster seat, gotten some drinks that were specially formulated for young children that needed a little more weight, and a few other things that probably would be good for both kids. Now, they were finally on their way to a nice little restaurant called "The Kings' Table." It was a restaurant that was more like a buffet. They could get whatever they wanted, but it was a pretty penny for sure.

"Well, given that Ru-chan doesn't talk much and can't speak English yet, and you being shy and she had like ten other girls there, I wasn't sure if she had a chance to change you as often as she should. Especially Ruby who couldn't tell anyone she was wet because she doesn't seem to say anything in English yet." James was no expert, and for him to realize she was underweight, it scared him that she probably had not been eating well in a while. "Did you kids get enough to eat at the home?" James asked Lizzy. He helped Ruby into her sleeper and then he put her in lap for a moment. *You very good girl* he said in her language. Then repeated in English. "Good girl." He rubbed her legs for a moment with her in his lap and he reached over and rubbed Lizzy's shoulder. "You are my babies, now, girls. If you wet your pants or even poop them, I need you to try to tell me right away. I will check on you, as often as I can think to, but just because I checked on you doesn't mean you didn't just wet your pants thirty minutes later because that's when you had to actually go. You come and get me. If I'm busy, you can still ask. I'll let you know I need to finish something, but I'll change you just as soon as I can if you ask, babies."

James carefully removed her diaper and cleaned her up carefully making sure she didn't have any owies or rashes or anything. Her files said she peed her pants all the time, and also didn't communicate which meant she probably didn't get changed as often as she should have been. "How often did Ms. Cheryl check you to see if you went potty?" He asked Liz while he slid a new diaper under Ru-chan. "Did you see how often Ru-chan was checked?" He knew that with a lot of kids, and with these two being older, it might have been harder for her to keep up on it, but the reason he worried about it, was he wondered if he should take them to get them checked for infections or other things that could have resulted from wearing wet or messy diapers for too long. He gently applied powder, taped her diaper up, and touched her nose. *Feel good?* he asked her. Then he got her sleeper out and started to dress her in that, but to do so, he had to take the hoodie off of her and her undershirt off her so she wouldn't get too hot. It wasn't that cold out at the moment. Once she was undressed, he used a wet wipe to go ahead and wipe her stomach and back, too. It wasn't as good as a bath, but still made him feel like he was keeping her as clean as possible. *Okay, sweetie, I'm putting this on your legs, first, now.*

Little Lizzy would see it was one of her Hello Kitty diapers that he had gotten out. He would save the last one from the orphanage for an emergency if he somehow forgot to get diapers and would use this as a last straw to make sure the poor child isn't stuck without a diaper. He also got Lizzy one of her new skirts and tops so she could be comfortable and in nice things for when they went into the restaurant, and he helped her put those on too, since he was already changing her diaper. "I know you can do it," he whispered softly to her. "But let me be daddy right now. I'm already changing your diaper and I want you to feel nice when you go eat at the restaurant, so let me finish changing you, sweetie." Once Lizzy was changed he called for Ruby to come back around and then laid her in, with her head in Lizzy's lap. *Daddy change Ru-chan, too, and after we get a diaper on you, we can put your sleeper on you.* He smiled up at Lizzy. "I'm just telling her I'm changing her, too and then I'll put her sleeper on her because she had asked for it earlier." He wanted to make sure neither girl felt left out of the conversation, so he was doing a lot of translations at the moment, but he hoped that sooner than later, Ruby would start picking up on English herself. "Do me a favor, Lizzy, and tell Ru-chan she's a good girl? Just say it in English. She needs to get used to English. And hearing her big sister call her a good girl while cooing at her will probably help." He started to pull Ruby's diaper off of her once she was settled down so he could start. "You are both allowed to potty your pants until we get home," he told Lizzy. "When we get home, we'll figure out if one or both of you should try the potty or not, but I have a feeling you can't after what I read about you and what you said yourself. I'm not sure if Ruby is having the same kind of trouble though, or if people just don't know how to communicate with her and let her use the toilet."

James smiled and nodded and laid her back into the car and even put a bag under her head with clothes in it as a pillow for her comfort. "No one can see how bit you are, sweetheart, and you can just stay there when I get Ruby, and let her lay her head on your lap so no one will see you get out and confirm how big you are." He thought he saw a nervous look and a reddened face, but even if he imagined it, he knew a young teen would be embarrassed even if she did seem to need things that he was considering the more he thought about it. He pulled down her pants and immediately saw the tinged yellow diaper. "It's okay, sweetie," he cooed at her. "I know it's not your fault especially when I forbade you to go into the bathroom by yourself because I'm afraid of losing you since we don't know each other that well yet. But your file also says you'd been wetting for a while, and you told me yourself, sweetheart. You are going to need help to get back to normal..., probably. That's assuming there isn't anything medical complicating the problem." He hugged her for a second and then pulled her diaper apart. "You're allowed to pee your pants, sweetheart. I'm not going to be upset or mad, and I'm not giving my little babies back or away or whatever. You are MY baby, now, sweetie. You go ahead and pee your pants if you can't help it. Daddy will get you through it eventually and get things back to normal as soon as I can, but I'm going to go slow because more important than your body being potty normal, is you being happy and okay with how things are until we can help you get control, sweetheart." He was sliding a new diaper under her and putting powder on her while he was talking. She needed to be taken care of, so he didn't think it hurt that he changed her and took care of her body. After all, if not he, then who? There wasn't anyone else around and she had said she needed help with diapers earlier. He looked up at Ru-chan in the front while he was in the middle of sliding the diaper under Lizzy. *Lizzy needs help, sweetheart. You never say mean things to her about it. Understand? She is still the big sister. She just needs help.* He looked back at Lizzy. "It's okay. I just told your little sis that you are still the big sis, even if you need help. I think she gets it."

James smiled at the pull ups the children brought to him. Given some of Liz's choices, however, he started to wonder if she was mature enough to be going into middle school. Kids could be really mean at that age, and while the diapers are something he'd try to help her keep secret and not make a big deal over, if they saw the patterns of the diapers, even if they could explain it away enough that teens wouldn't laugh at her, there is no way they wouldn't laugh at her designs. He had to think really hard... about whether she belonged in eighth grade the next year, or perhaps looking for a special needs' school that could teach her at her level, but where kids wouldn't think anything about her wearing and getting changed into and out of diapers. It was probably something he had to look deep into. He wanted babies... he just didn't know he'd be getting babies that were so big. He patted Liz's shoulder and walked the girls to the front trying not to let on what he was thinking. Ruby was also in a difficult situation where she barely spoke any English if any at all, wetting her pants, and who knows what abandonment issues she had from being left by her family.... Maybe if he could get both girls in the same class, it might be good for them in more ways that one. Maybe they would bond a bit, too. He walked his little children out to the car, and with a sigh, as they stood outside the car, he having just put the packages of diapers in the back. "Lizzy?" he kept his voice even and as a steady as he could. He was nervous about it, but it had to be done. "I'm going to go ahead and check you. If you are wet, you get in the car first, and I'll change your diaper and if you got anything on your clothes, then we'll change your pants, too." He set Ruby in the front seat for the moment, on the passenger side. *Just for a minute,* he told her. *I need to see big sis diaper first. She maybe need change. We do it here, so no one judge inside. No one see you big out here. I know baby is wet.* He hugged her and then turned to see about Lizzy. "Crawl in, and lay down. I'm going to change your pants anyway even if you are not wet because I want you to wear some new clothes for once. I understand it might have been a while since you got to go anywhere in something nice."

"I think we should go ahead and get the pull ups now. We don't want you or Ruby to be caught short when I'm not around to help you." He looked over her diapers and smiled. "Those are cute, sweetie." Bluey seemed a bit babyish for a ten year old, but he decided not to say anything about it. If she likes it, then she's the one wearing them, so that should be fine. It's not like he's going to advertise or try to let anyone else know about what keeps her pants dry underneath. *Are you sure you want this one?* he asked his baby girl. Once they had the diapers situated, he took them down the aisle also getting baby powder and other things that would keep their skin soft and healthy, while he waited to see what pull ups they wanted.

"I knew I forgot something," James said lightly bopping his head with his palm. "Diapers! How am I going to change you kids if you don't have diapers?" He smiled at Liz. "You're right. I guess we'll have to go back in, so come on...," and he started to undo their seatbelts again. *Sorry Ru-chan. Silly daddy forgot to get diapers for you.* He heard her ask, and leaned in to better hear her when she asked again. *Oh, well...,* he thought a moment. She is ten years old, but then again, with her size and with her in diapers, Liz had a point that no one would know her real age if she as in the sleeper. *I guess it won't be bad. But I have to get you some diapers first. You're wet, honey.* He picked his little baby up and started to carry her again after loading the car with everything else, and nodded at Liz to get out, too. "I'm not used to buying diapers for kids your ages, so maybe you can help me find something that works for you, he told Liz. "Honestly, I'd be tempted to buy you something cute, and it would be my luck, it would be so juvenile that you'd hate it, so you can come in and pick it out." He touched Ru-chan on the nose. *You too, baby. You pick your diapers. I don't want to get something too babyish for you, but we do need something. They said you pee pee your pants. And baby? That's okay. I wanted a younger child, so pee peeing your pants makes it seem like you are younger child. So I don't mind. But if you can go potty, just let me know and I'll let you go when we get home, too. Just not right now, okay?*

"Honey, we need to get the diapers and pay for them and get all this stuff to the car first. It will be a lot easier to change you at the restaurant. Don't worry, I'll make sure it's private, and if it's not private enough, then we can just do it in the car." He patted her hand. "I know you are uncomfortable, but I just want to make sure we get all your things to the car and no one mess with it so we have everything we got you girls." He picked baby Ru-chan up again after they picked out the game and set her in the car. He did notice that her diaper was a bit stiff and warm as he picked her up, but didn't say anything to her. If he said he noticed, it might shame the little one. It took a bit for them to get to the front of the line to pay. Once they paid, he brought the stuff out to the car, and before putting anything else in the car, he put his girls in and buckled them in, and then he searched through the bags to give them each one of their dolls or stuffed animals they had gotten so they would know that they were allowed to play in the car as long as it was quiet play and not bouncing all over. "I'll put the rest of this up, and then go find a restaurant. When we get there, you can decide if you want to try to go in with me and get changed inside, or if you want to get changed in the car," he told Lizzy. He decided not to tell Ruby yet, until he got there. No point in filling her head with a decision she didn't need to think about at the moment.

"Well, you will be going into eighth grade next year, won't you?" James asked Liz. "And I do think parents know their kids best, and I know it's been a while since you had seen her, but I think maybe waiting just a little longer for a phone might be a good thing. It will give you a chance to get used to playing your video games on something else, so that you will see you don't need them on a phone." He walked around with them pointing out different ones because he could see they were looking at different things at the moment. "I can only get one game, Liz, so you two are going to have to somehow communicate and come to an agreement for the game you want for your switch." *Ru-chan, I can only get one game, and you both get to play. You choose game with Liz. You find way to tell her your likes so you find one you both want.* He did put Ruby down at this point so she could wander around with Liz so they could try to agree on a game. "After this, we'll go get diapers and then we'll put the shopping in the car and go look for a place to eat dinner. I think I'll change you girls at the restaurant's bathroom. I'm sure at least one of you has peed your pants by now."

James smiled when both girls looked very shocked to find themselves in the electronics section. Perhaps they were never introduced to them, but that would make it a lot easier to set rules for them because they aren't even used to having them yet. That was a good thing. "Well, sometimes, kids like to have video games. I know that you can get them on phones, but I don't plan on getting any games for your phones when you get them. The reason, Liz, that sometimes kids get too wrapped up in their phones for their own good, so I'm setting a limit that games are not played on the phone. If we need, later on, I'll see about a tablet or an ipad, but a phone is for communication only. I don't even want you using them for you tube or other things like that. It's just too hard to break an addiction to the phone when you think everything is on it." He led them to find a Wii consol. "So, all video games are going to be played in the living room on the television there, that way, no one gets too addicted to their phone. Especially you, Liz, you are approaching an age here not a lot of kids your age won't have their own, and even Ru-chan will know that most kids use their parents' phones if they don't have one of their own." He pointed out some other hand held game devices too like a DSIII. (I don't know what modern replacement that is as I don't have anything like that. I just have my computers and my phone and tablet. LOL) *Ru-chan, see?* He showed her some games where she can take care of "pets" of a sort on the game system, where she can play dress up on the system, and other games that he thought might appeal to a ten year old. He looked around trying to find the best game for them both to get that they wouldn't mind playing for a while because he was only going to get one to start. Sure, he knew they had subscription stuff, but he planned to buy physical games for his system because he really didn't like not owning and being able to put in a real tangible thing into a machine when the internet was down for whatever reason. They walked around a bit until he noticed both girls eyeing the same game or two....

James didn't see how they could hide it from everyone, especially if she was dependent on the nurse, and as sometimes happens, the nurse could end up missing a day or two of work in a year because she's human, and things happen. He didn't dwell on it though. Lizzy knew what he planned. James didn't see any of their toys as babyish, and actually, he started to wonder if Liz was avoiding certain things, so he went and picked up a couple of coloring books for them them both, one of them had an animals theme, and the other one had a princess theme, one of each for each of the girls. "You can get whatever you want," he reminded Liz. "The toys you get are for you, and no one cares what you play with, baby." He then led them from the dolls area and then bike area, and into the electronics area....

"I will definitely have the nurse on standby," James told Liz. "But Lizzy, you do need to learn to take care of yourself eventually, and you aren't going to want to wear wet pants all day if the nurse is out of the building for some reason. The more people that know you aren't going to the toilet, the more chances something slips to the other children. I'm just trying to keep you from being bullied as much as I can, sweetheart." He hugged her. "Go find some toys you like, baby." *Sweetie, we'll go over there or anywhere you want to go,* James told Ruby. *I just want to protect baby Ru-chan. You speak little English and It hard that you find me if you lost, baby.* He took her by the hand, and started to let her lead. *You go, honey. Just my hand you take before you go to different place. Understand?* James did think having the nurse change Ruby all the time wasn't a bad idea. He'd just have to make sure her teacher and nurse knew that she needed help, and he'd ask the school for an alternative for Ruby if the nurse wasn't in or had too many kids in there, so she wouldn't have to be embarrassed or wear wet clothes all day until he could potty train her, too. Lizzy, being in junior high, he figured because she was older, thirteen they said, it would be harder for her. He really didn't want anyone touching her except the nurse. There were too many horror stories centered around young teenagers and strange adults. Ruby was young enough to be fifth grade, even if he made her repeat a year. She could use the extra practice anyway to pick up on English. Even if he made Lizzy repeat a year though, she's still likely be in junior high, so he had no choice but to make sure he set up safety nets for her and taught her to take care of herself to a small degree, and pull ups would help her with that.

James nodded at the shoes they got, actually liking that they got easier ones to put on because while he wanted to help them as much as possible, little girls' shoes often came untied at school, and he didn't need them struggling in front of their friends. That being the case, he would definitely save their two piece swimmers for when they had friends over, at least when he could so they wouldn't be embarrassed with him helping them in front of their friends. "Oh, sweetie," he sighed when she told him she only had one left. "Did the lady at the place you were at know it was your last one? From now on, I'd really like it if you told me when you are down to three or four if you think I'd been too busy and didn't notice. We can't have you running out and then peeing your pants in front of your friends. That would probably scare you or at least make you feel really bad." He knew it was his job though to keep up on her diapers, and besides, she said she needed help so he'd be changing her most of the time anyway. "Okay...," he softly said to himself while he looked in the cart making sure they had all the clothes the girls would need short term. "Let's see...." He saw panties, socks, undershirts, no bras yet... because even the thirteen year old didn't look like she needed one yet, shirts, dresses, pants, skirts, shorts, swimming trunks, sleeping clothes.... It looked like they had everything he could imagine at the moment. It as nearly summer, so coats wouldn't be needed until later.... "I think it's time for toys," he told Lizzy. "And I don't think you are too old for any kind of toy you want. Don't worry about judgment. You get what you like to play with, and if you are embarrassed to have your friends see, we'll put anything you want to keep private put up in case someone comes over. But when it's just you and Ru-chan, then you can play with any toy you like." He put Ru-chan in the cart and started to wheel her to the toys area. As he did so, he did do a quick pat on her diaper under the hoodie she was borrowing from Lizzy. *Toys* he softly said to Ru-chan as they arrived. *Get seven things you want to play with, and a set in a box is just one. Understand?* He hoped she understood what he meant. Maybe watching Lizzy will help. "You, too, Lizzy. You can get seven toys, and if it comes in a box with multiple things, then one box counts as only one toy. That means you decide to get some play dishes for your dolls, and there might be fifteen dishes, but it its in one box, then it only counts as one toy... and you still get six other toys. Is that clear enough?" He smiled at her. "Don't worry. We're going to get you some diapers after we get the toys. I've decided I'll change you before we leave the store but after we pay. I don't want you eating in a soaking wet diaper if you're wet. And of course Ruby hasn't said anything since we got here, but I also told her she can just wet her pants, so maybe she's just been too embarrassed to say anything like you, honey." He was whispering this to Lizzy so she'd know she wouldn't have to go eat in wet clothes. The last thing he wanted was for his babies to eat in pooped in diapers or pants. That would probably put them off from eating having to wear a mess while at the table. He didn't care if they pooped at the table or in their pants in public. But he didn't want them to be uncomfortable while they ate, or at all, if he could help it. "You're my babies, now," he told Lizzy again. "That means whatever problems you have, you need to come and get me if you can't solve it yourself. You said you didn't know how to sort your own diapers, so of course you can come and get me when you're wet or something. I will be getting you some pull up diapers for school though. That way, you can pull them up and down like panties. While I don't expect you to magically be potty trained, if somehow you do feel like trying to go potty, pull ups will make it easier when you are at school or somewhere by yourself, and even if you don't make it, you can change them yourself. But when you sleep and when I have you in public, until you are potty trained or almost trained, we'll just use the better tape diapers because I can take care of you while I'm there." He found the toys and then lifted Ruby out of the cart. "Lizzy, we are looking in this area right now," he pointed out the aisles. "You are not to leave these three aisles so I can easily find you, and when we are ready to move on, then we can go to three other aisles. You are thirteen, so you can keep track of where you are. Of course, if you just want to say nearby, that's good, too. I just didn't want to limit you as much while you are in the toy area because I know toys make kids excited, honey." He kept hold of Ruby's hand though. *Baby, you stay with me. We'll give Liz a little space so she can get what she wants, and that way, I can go where you are, so you don't have to wait on Liz if she's looking at something.* "Liz, I do want you to come back to the cart every few minutes though so I can see you are safe. Is that alright, or at least in line of sight of me, and I'll give you a thumbs up to show you that I've seen you." Then he turned her loose in the current three aisles which had mostly dolls and stuffed animals for the moment.

"Of course you will," he agreed. "And we are working that way, but you won't find something like that in the clothing area. We are working our way around though, and after we get you two pair of shoes and some sandals or flip-flops, then we'll get you some toys, and after that, we'll get your other things like that. You will no doubt need more diapers. I believe you told me yourself that you only had one more diaper left." He picked baby Ru-chan up and carried her for a bit in one arm on his hip while he pushed the cart with his other hand and he kept a careful eye on his other baby. In the shoe area, he set Ru-chan down again so she had the freedom to wander about and find the shoes she liked.

"Those swimmers are cute, girls, but you'll each need two more. I don't know how often I'll be able to do laundry in the summer and how often you'll want to swim, so you do need three so if you accidentally poop or pee in one, you will have a clean one to wear the next day if you want to play in the water again." He sort of wished they had chosen one piece swimsuits, not because he was old fashion or didn't think girls shouldn't be pretty, but because he imagined that if they'd need help, it would be with a one piece. It was probably a little selfish for him to want to help them so much, especially since one of them was a young teenager. But that was one of the reasons he wanted to foster or adopt a child. That was why he had wanted younger children to begin with. He walked over towards some cute one piece swimsuits and looked through them. Of course, he didn't expect the girls to want them. He was sure they had decided on the styles they like, but still... he kind of wished at least the little one would get one.... It would be wrong to manipulate them or tell them what to like. They had little minds of their own. He still held up one suit to the baby girl, just in wishing, but he didn't ask her to take it, and he started to put it back not wanting to force anything on either of them. He especially like the floral one and the Hello Kitty one, but also the pink and blue one would be so cute on Lizzy. He sighed as he resigned to putting them away to see what else the girls picked out themselves. Again, he thought there was nothing wrong with the two pieces, it just meant there was very little chance either girl would need his help at all when it came to something like that.

James didn't see that as an immediate red flag. Sometimes accidents happened especially if you were new at something and had no experience with it, but he wondered what age he tried to teach her. There were some clubs in Japan that taught kids as young as two, though, to survive in a pool if they fell in, and started from there. However, what was a red flag, was that she was abandoned. Her file was cryptic, at best, but there were innocent little things that happened that if you were a darker person or had any experience, you'd see signs that not all of this could be accidental. James wasn't a dark person, just yet, so all he knew was that she had had an accident swimming from what she said. *That is scary* he told her. *Maybe we start with a play pool in the yard. That's safe. It has very little water and you can play to keep cool.* "You're right, you will need sandals," James told Liz. "But I'm not sure you'll be going to the pool this year after all. I just... I am not sure Ruby feels safe there, and the last thing I want to do, is take either of you where you don't feel safe." He reached over and hugged Liz. "I'm really sorry about that, and please don't think I'd break a promise lightly, honey. I just... I don't want either you or Ruby to be scared or hurt, baby." He didn't care if anyone saw him suddenly hug the little teen girl and try to explain with actions that showed he cared. He cared more about the children in front of him than what others thought.

James thought that they both had the cutest little choices for their ages, and thought they both were both going to look like little angels in those things. One last thing he almost forgot about.... "Lizzy? Can you swim?" he asked her. Even if she said no, though, he figured he'd have a plastic pool by the start of July for them, so they'd still need a swimsuit. "I think it's going to be a bit hot in the summer, so we should get you both three sets of swimmers. That way, if you just played in the water the day before, and we end up going swimming, you'll need at least a second set, and if you have an accident, then you'll want a third to change into not to mention, at public places, they wouldn't let you swim in you'd pooped in your swimmers." He squatted down by Ru-chan, too. *Swim this summer? Need Swim clothes. You get three. Okay?* Then he led them to pick out some swimming suits. "After we get your swimming clothes, then we get you both two pair of shoes, and then a few toys. We can't get too many because the car will be full of your clothes we are buying this time, but we will get you more toys probably in a couple of weeks anyway, so you're not done, even after you get a few toys today." He was talking to Liz just before they came into the swimming suits area.

James walked along getting the little one three skirts, two pair of pants, two pair of shorts, and a pair of overalls. Then he brought them both to get panties and undershirts as well as socks. "I hope that you are both feeling good about things. I know I'm being a bit overprotective at the moment. But I've decided after we get the shopping done, I will take you both to the bathroom at the restaurant, but you'll both come in with me. Even if you don't use the toilet, I'll probably have to change your diapers by then." He wheeled the cart around to the pajamas. "Okay, you can each get two sets of pajamas, or a gown and set of pajamas, your choice. Then we'll get you some toys." *Ru-chan? Pajamas? Toys? Okay?* He motioned at the pajamas. *Two pajamas or one pajamas and one nightie?*

"Well, I'm sorry, sweetheart, but I need to make sure. It'd be my fault if I got you something that didn't fit, so you are going to try your things on for me, too, at least one of each thing except your undies. That, I'll have to take your word for." He smiled at Ruby. *You get three more shirts, and then we'll go look at skirts, shorts, and pants* He had remembered looking back at them, and remembered that he couldn't see Ruby through the rear-view mirror no matter how much he adjusted it, unless he angled it down away from the traffic, but that was dangerous. *You'll need some thing for car and for table, too.* He walked slowly along, but as long as Ruby didn't go off on her own and stayed near him or Liz, and Liz was in eyeshot, he didn't scold them or try to control them. He hoped the little one was having fun looking at the clothes. When she revealed she wasn't sure about something as simple as S, M, or L... he didn't leave it to chance. *Then Lizzy help you. She knows sizes.* And when they came out for her to find three more shirts, he spoke to LIzzy. "Honey, she's not from America, so our sizes confuse her. Help her out? She wears S in Intermediate kids' sizes, and I think that's a 5. You both don't want me hovering over you, I'm sure. So this way, you can both feel a little bit free. Is that okay?"

I am less a diaper writer, though I still find the innocence of a child being caught short due to fears, out of their control, or simply just things they don't understand to be something that makes my characters alive. The only story I've been able to finish to date, She Didn't Know It Could Be Like This, she wore diapers too, and the reason she was in them was out of her control, but it was not a diaper story. It was a story about finding a place she belonged and a family that loved her. My mind doesn't work the way a lot of people on the site does. I need a logical explanation for a diaper, whether it is fear, control, or other things that invoke the "need" to wear them rather than the "desire" to wear them. I know these stories are all fiction, and still, I cannot suspend disbelief enough to think that anyone over 7 would willingly wear one to bed, even, and anyone over the age of 4 would want to wear one in the daytime.... unless it was less embarrassing than the problems the diapers hide. That's why I need villains like Auntie Jenny. who isn't a mean villain, just to be mean. She's kind of whacked in the head, for sure. But she's not thinking she's doing anything mean to her "Little Angels." I guess, though I use the idea of potty accidents and diapers as a theme in the stories, which is what makes only this site appropriate for them, they are not usually the main theme of my stories.

Yeah, unfortunately, men learn to fear quickly, and we learn to trust very slowly. We hurt each other all the time because of our prejudices and our fears. I'm sorry we are like that. Thank you for your kindness. yeah, the paranoia is what makes this a story. If we could just go by fact alone, this wouldn't even be a story. However, the story is supposed to cause each of us to explore our own feelings as we watch Corinna come to terms on how to deal with the problems this creates for her.