Baby Talk

Hey everyone! This chapter is a little shorter and lighter than most of the other ones for this story, but I felt it was also necessary to include it before the ending plots start to truly unfold. After all, there are only three more chapters after this one. So, keeping that in mind, if everything goes according to plan, the final chapter should be posted sometime on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday at the latest of this week. I will likely quickly jump into my next story, but further details about all that will be posted with my final chapter. Also, just a small note here that I do reference the events of the other story (Dash’s Redemption), so everyone who read it should know relatively what had happened, but for those of you just reading this story only, basically, Nancy hit a kid and then assaulted the staff one morning, and as a result, Emma was removed from her care and placed into the temporary custody of the daycare. It’s a special rule, which I do mention with everything else, but it’s just temporary until Emma can find herself another caregiver. For those of you more curious about the events that unfolded with Nancy though, simply read Chapter 13: Abandonment By the Rainbow. Next, as a reminder, I’m now polling between two stories to figure out what I should write next. The two choices are listed out in chapter 2, so be sure to check them out and let me know. As I will announce my winner in my last chapter, that would be the deadline for you to make your opinion known. As usual, I hope everyone enjoys this next chapter! Chapter 13: Finding Those Who Care It's amazing how much a single day can change your entire life. Since I had left Mrs. Tatum’s foster home, I had lived with Nancy. It was all wonderful and I felt like I had even found a friend during that time, but my continued regression in this society only heightened Nancy’s emotional state to the point where she had become the worst kind of Big out there. Now, though, all that was done. I barely witnessed the whole incident, having been escorted out of the main lobby of the daycare right in the middle of it, but fresh off her frustration with my shown ability to read the previous night, Nancy was already highly irritable. Due to all my time in daycare with my magical stuffy, I hadn’t regressed as much as she wanted, but she remained firm that everything that happened the previous night would keep happening until I regressed once more. Fortunately for my own mind, despite last night hurting it a bit already, I was still cognizant when a fellow regressed Little here, Travis, saw her sour mood and offered her a cupcake from the tray that he had brought for his birthday. Again, I really didn’t see too much of what happened next, but apparently, Nancy smacked the cupcake down on the floor. Travis got angry and threw it back at her, and she then hit him. It was almost too terrible to be believed, but within minutes, Nancy had assaulted most of the staff and was then escorted out of the building and promptly arrested. Fearing what would happen to me with her absence, I had essentially broken down and was so distressed that I was temporarily put back in the Burrows room to ensure that I wouldn’t hurt myself in my distress. The staff’s caring devotion to my well-being was heartwarming, but also a little frustrating as they had been keeping me temporarily regressed until they deemed that I was more emotionally stable. It was a lot to endure, but they also had that power over me now. Since Nancy’s arrest, I had been staying with the daycare until I could be assigned a new caregiver. I guess some law existed where temporary custody could be granted to ‘safe spots,’ like the daycare, to ensure an easier transition with an already familiar environment with the Little. I was sad to most likely never see my home again but being with Patch all the time now quickly made up for that fact.    Still, things moved on quickly, and not long after I was deemed ‘calm enough,’ by the staff, I was immediately shown to my new potential caregivers. The first lady seemed a little too strict, and while the second man seemed nice and all, I felt the magic within my stuffy will me away from him. I was a little upset not ending up with him, but at that point, I just didn’t question whenever I felt a pull from my magical stuffy. So, when I met with Lilian and Jimmy, and Patch then kind of edged me toward them, I didn’t question it either. At first, we all seemed shy around each other, but as they came in one day a little while later to check on me, I almost felt an odd sort of shift with both Bigs. They had more confidence, sure, but there was something else. If I didn’t know any better, I might have even called it a bond with them now. Regardless though, I was just happy to answer their questions and go along with everything as long as it was fun and not demoralizing or dangerous. “I heard you like princesses and pink a lot, sweetie. Is that true?” Lillian asked me as all three of sat around one of the smaller tables and colored together. The couple just seemed amused to join me and I found it hilarious when they first sat down and tried to sit as properly as they could in the tiny awkward Little-sized chairs. I nodded my head. “Uh-huh! Pwincess Poppy’s my favowite!” Both chuckled and smiled a little bit. “I’ll definitely have to remember that then,” Jimmy noted as he finished coloring one of the paws of the teddy bear picture in front of him. We all continued like that for a little while, but after they started asking me about my past, I started to get a little distressed. After everything that happened to me, I still wasn’t sure about a lot of things, and it didn’t take long for them to figure that out about me as well. “Hmmm… you know… you seem oddly familiar…” Lillian mused at one point a little while later. “I was actually just about to say that as well, dear,” Jimmy agreed with his wife. He then turned to me. “Do we seem familiar to you at all, Emma?” I racked my brain about as much as it could, but I could only scarcely feel a familiarity with the two. “Eh… maybe? My memowy isn’ dat gweat anymo’… sowwy…” Lillian smiled gently and rubbed my shoulder. “That’s okay, honey. We don’t expect you to be able to remember everything. That’s why we’re here. We both think you’re still a big girl though, right Jimmy?” Jimmy quickly nodded. “That’s right. We know you’ve been through a lot, but maybe… maybe we could help you out with a few things?” I could tell both wanted to ask me something, but I still wasn’t sure what it was. For now, their questions seemed pretty direct, so I just nodded and grinned. “Yeah… dat migh’ be nice. I’m weleawnin’ some dings… iss supah hawd dough…” Lillian smiled and rubbed my shoulder again. “I know, honey. This place is nice but some of the other Bigs you’ve met haven’t been that way themselves, have they?” I shook my head. Images of Kathy, Nancy, Mrs. Carter, Nurse Bee, or even Mrs. Mindy soon flooded my mind. I had gone through a lot to get here, and I knew it wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to blame several Bigs by now for my current situation. “It’s okay, sweetie,” Jimmy added. “We’re not those type of people. We just want to help Littles however we can. We can’t always promise that things will always go perfectly, but we will help you… if you want us to.” Before I could respond back, Lilly spoke first. “It’s no pressure, but Jimmy and I have been talking… See, we’re foster parents, but we’ve been looking for someone maybe in a longer-term kind of way, and that’s when we met you…” “Funny thing too… us meeting you that is…” Jimmy recalled. “We had almost literally just dropped off our last foster kid with their new home when we received a flyer in the mail about you and a few other Littles in need of a new home. What are the chances, right?” I immediately thought back to Omega Force or Agent Dawson. Both had promised that I would be safe and taken care of if I could just wait. I hadn’t waited for long, but I wasn’t sure how much I actually believed in coincidences around here anymore. “That’s right, dear,” Lilly continued, pushing her glasses back to the bridge of her nose and gazing back down over at me. “So, Emma… we were kind of wondering… would you like to maybe come home with us?” I should have known that type of question was coming, but when it did, I was still a little unprepared for it. I had been taken care of by technically three Bigs now; Mrs. Tatum, Kathy, and Nancy. While Mrs. Tatum was nice and fair in her own way, both Kathy and Nancy had turned into complete monsters that I had fled away from… both times to my detriment in their own way. I didn’t want to repeat that mistake yet again, but looking back at Jimmy and Lilly, now both intently staring at me and waiting for an answer, I knew I still had to take a second to think about the whole situation this time. It wasn’t easy just saying yes to a couple that I had just met only a week ago. Maybe two weeks would have been fine, but at one… I just felt like I was rushing things again. That being said, I saw my alternatives. If I told them no, I knew I was running the risk of scaring them off permanently. There were certainly other Littles out there, and with them seeming to reject me and then Nancy being an issue, other caregivers could see me as being a problematic Little. That was a one-way ticket to Garden Gate Hospital, so, I felt like I needed to take a leap of faith this time with what I knew about them at this point. Stupid, perhaps, but I just hoped that maybe it would be the right decision for me as well. So, I nodded my head. “Yeth…” Jimmy and Lilly immediately burst from their chairs and hugged me close. It was a little weird at first, but it didn’t take long for my body to get used to theirs and ease right back into their embrace. After a minute even, the whole thing just felt natural, and I was relieved that I felt I had made a good decision. I knew though that only time would tell. So, with the paperwork going through and everyone else approving it, I left with Jimmy and Lilly to go to their house after three days. Many of the staff at the daycare bid me farewell and even though I would still be going there during the day, most of the staff likely understood that I would likely soon transfer to the Oasis room now that my caregiver wasn’t going to try and yo-yo with my mental age again. To top off the touching moment even further, I was beyond thrilled that Mrs. Gillies made it official and allowed me to finally take Patch home with me. Once she had said that, there probably wasn’t five minutes where he wasn’t by my side anymore. Rounding the curb later, Jimmy and Lilly’s neighborhood looked very much like Nancy’s had, but I noticed one giant difference. While Nancy’s had Littles playing around, each was closely monitored and controlled by a nearby Big. Here, though, it seemed that most Littles were very much free to do what they wanted with minimal interference from their Big. It was a small difference perhaps, but it was enough of a difference that I saw it and sighed in relief. Their house was also very similar to Nancy’s, but as we entered my room upstairs, I quickly noticed a major noticeable difference. Here, my room was blank. Concerned, I spun back around to Lilly and James. “Why’s da walls aww bwank?” Lilly smiled and picked up a nearby magazine from my bed, the once piece of furniture actually in the room. “Well, we didn’t want to force anything onto you, Emma. That being said though, we can look at this magazine together and choose what you want for a theme. Could be jungles, fantasy, sports, your choice! Does that sound good to you?” It did, but for now, the white walls were still a little unnerving and were the most pressing thing on my mind. “How lon’ do I hafta sleep wiff whi’ walls?” Jimmy chuckled. “Not long at all, honey. You choose now and it’s early enough that before it gets dark, most of it will be here. So, any idea on what you want?” I nodded and the three of us quickly dove into the design book that Lilly was holding. True to their word, there was just about every type of theme possible, but to no one’s surprise, my heart longed for the fantasy princess theme combo. Then, by that night, I was already pleasantly surrounded by turrets, knights defending against dragons, and even fairies. I was now the princess of my own realm and as I drifted off with Patch cradled snugly in my arms, I felt happy for the first time in a while. And things proceeded much according to the routine that was soon set in the house. As Lilly and Jimmy went about their morning routine, one of them would help me up and get me ready for the day. I was still very much who I was after a few weeks here, but Jimmy and Lilly were patient with me and gave me the support and understanding I needed not to feel like a failure when I still needed diapers or would spill my food occasionally, for example. Then, on the weekends, we started to set another routine of going to one of the larger somewhat nearby parks every Sunday. It was at least three times the size of the ones I had been to before and catered to all sizes and mentalities. Unlike Nancy though with these outings to the park, Jimmy and Lilly accompanied me and tried to participate with me whenever I asked them to. I was nervous at first, but I soon realized that both had their own talents that could make pretty much whatever I did even better. Today was no exception. “Hiyer, Jimmy! Hiyer!” I practically laughed out as he pushed me on the swings, Patch tightly tucked in my left arm beside me. I was currently competing with a Little named Jane and was determined to go higher than her. She was friends with Charley in the Oasis room, and we became fast friends once we were introduced a few weeks ago. “Easy you two,” Lilly chided us from the nearby park bench she was sitting on. She helped me with several other things, but I found out that Jimmy’s hidden muscles were far superior to hers and could push me higher and faster. For swings, nothing else was better. “Imma gonna beat you,” Jane teased as Suzanne, her mommy, pushed her higher still. Not wanting to be outdone, I shouted back without a second’s thought, “No! Hiyer, Jimmy! Hiyer!” I immediately became fearful of a swift punishment from either Jimmy or Lilly for saying no to them. Instead, Jimmy laughed, and I could quickly feel him slowing down. “Maybe later, honey. We don’t want you go launching off to the moon now, do we?” I shook my head, disappointed by the deceleration, but I knew not to argue with either Jimmy or Lilly and was just thankful neither had pushed my use of the word ‘no.’ We had a few rough patches to begin with, but they had mostly smoothed over by now and I was still getting used to their more lenient ways. They had their own rules, but both were also fair, and it didn’t take me long to realize that most of their rules were in place to simply keep me safe. It was a strange notion as compared to Nancy’s more dominance-based rules, but I was getting the hang of it and loving the relatively more freedom I had now.   Soon, satisfied with her win, Jane hopped off and waved goodbye to us to then go eat lunch. It wasn’t long before Lilly was calling Jimmy and I over for lunch as well. I was a little disappointed over having to stop, but Jimmy’s small little hug after reassured me that it wouldn’t be the last time he ever pushed me on the swings. “Alright you two, come on. It’s lunchtime and no one wants an empty tummy now, do we?” Jimmy and I both shook our heads adamantly, and as he hoisted me up to the picnic table that Lilly had snagged, she started piling out the various baggies and containers that held our lunch. “Okay, we’ve got sandwiches, some fruit, a few veggie sticks, and some juices to wash it all down. That sound good to you two?” It was simple, but it also showed me something I had started to notice with both Jimmy and Lilly. Any chance they had to treat me like an equal or at least older than a baby, they took it. So, Jimmy and I both nodded our heads in delight. All prepared, Lilly made up my plate and set it down in front of me. I knew to wait until both of their plates had also been served as well, and again, it just further reinforced the equality of my new dynamic here with them. Unlike now, Nancy had always seemed to place herself above me, even before her change in personality. With Jimmy and Lilly though, help was never forced, but was only offered. It was a minor difference in some ways to me, but a massive one in all the important ways as well. Hungry, I dove right into my sandwich. It had been cut into four parts and the condiments, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and meat all blended perfectly during the late fall day. I could tell winter was fast approaching and I wondered if our routine would change at all with the colder days. “Enjoying your lunch, Emma?” Lilly soon asked, pausing her own eating. I happily nodded, my mouth all full of food. As I swallowed and moved on, I could see that Jimmy often wanted to help me out with his tiny little hand gestures, particularly when I got to the fruit portion of the meal, but he refrained and just smiled whenever I was successful at actually getting the food in my mouth, quickly setting his hands back down. For a Little who had once struggled to hold even a bottle in their hands, I felt I was practically doing the impossible now. Still, even if Jimmy hadn’t helped me, I did appreciate that he was at least at the ready to help me if I ever needed it. Once lunch was over, Lilly then laid out a picnic blanket and we all laid down to digest our food. Seeing the time was getting late and that my movements had begun to slow, Lilly was prepared and pulled out a book, James and the Ogre. Though I only partially remembered it from before my regression, I did remember it being one of my favorites. Apparently, to further help my transition into their house, Lilly had asked all the daycare staff about what I was like with them. A love of reading came to the minds of most and Lilly had purchased several of my favorites. After letting me choose the design for my room, it was the next best sign that I had chosen my new caregivers well. We all got comfy and gathered around the open book as I cuddled with Patch right next to me. Just before we started though, Lilly temporarily closed the book and looked down at me. “I know you’ve been having some trouble with some of your words lately, but do you want to maybe try reading this one?” I had never been asked that question before and it took me fully by surprise. I had to will every ounce of inner strength I had to not just have a breakdown on the spot. I still couldn’t remember much about my life back on Earth, but what I could, I knew that reading was one of my favorite things. Ever since Nancy though, it had taken on a different and more sinister meaning. Book topics had changed to stories where the moral of the book was that Littles needed to be taken of by Bigs. Without fail, I could almost always guarantee that regardless of genre, the main character would end up in the care of a Big by the end. Space wars, time travel, fantastical other worlds, and even tales of lost treasure all ended with the main character ending up the exact same way. So, to be even asked if I wanted to read today was almost beyond my comprehension. “I… I…” I took a breath in and tried to calm myself. I didn’t want to ruin the moment and have Lilly think that I was incapable of reading. I felt it would have slammed those doors shut forever, and I couldn’t let that happen. So, I exhaled and looked at her right in the eyes. “Yeth… I wan’ ta twy aleast…” Lilly only smiled and reopened the book. “Perfect. Whenever you’re ready, sweetie.” I stared at the relatively enormous amount of text in front of me. It was extremely nerve wracking and I wondered if I could even do it or not anymore, but I just breathed deeply and began. “Lon’ ago an’ in a lan’ faw fwom anywhew you evuh dweamed of, dere lived a boy cawed Jack…” I will fully admit, there were several points where I nearly tripped over the words from almost not understanding them anymore. It was frustrating, but Jimmy and Lilly were both patient and helped me through any of them. I felt a tiny bit of shame at each point, but a reassuring smile from either and a smidge of praise in some form always pushed me through. That being said, I was still a Little and not even halfway into the first chapter, I began to doze off. Rather than get frustrated, Jimmy and Lilly only smiled at each other and helped me to my feet and then started to clean up our little site. Moments later, I was in the car, buckled safely into my car seat with Patch nestled gently in my arms. I was out cold before the engine even turned on. I came to later just as Jimmy was pulling into the driveway. Lilly quickly saw that I was awake. “Mornin’, sleepyhead. Have a nice nap?” Yawning, but smiling over my pleasant rest, I nodded my head and waited to be fetched. I used to try and figure out the buckles with the car seat, but I knew my hands just weren’t nimble or strong enough anymore to do something like that. It was a small acceptance of my fate, but with Jimmy or Lilly, I never felt that the seat was a punishment. Instead, it just felt like something to keep me safe and elevated during our car rides together. Lilly soon got out of the car and came over to me. She made quick work of the buckles, but her eyes quickly shot down to my crotch. “Okay, sweetie. Just need to check you really quick, okay?” I nodded and let her prod around my diaper. It was a little awkward at first when they started helping with my diaper issue, but both Jimmy and Lilly had been gentle and reassuring in any of their motions. I never felt in danger with either of them, and we all knew that for now at least, diaper checks and changes were just part of my personal package deal. “Oh, would you look at that. Best get you changed, sweetie. No need for a leaky diaper, huh?” I passively nodded and let Lilly unbuckle me the rest of the way before being gathered up and taken inside. The house always smelled fresh or even sweet or savory when either of them cooked. It was pleasantly decorated, but only to the point of taste, rather than looking like a museum. ‘Homey’ was about the best word I could use to describe their aesthetic, and the part of me that had been through everything since coming here, it was the best word I could hope for in my new home. Going up the stairs, Lilly soon had me in my nursery and laid me on the changing table. I gazed over my pristine pink and purple nursery and still marveled over how the fairies around my ceiling seemed to almost emit a magic of sorts. Still, it wasn’t even close to what Patch did for me, and I only hugged him closer as Lilly began to change my sopping wet diaper. Soon taped into a fresh You-Ni-Corn diaper, Lilly helped me back up and paused for a moment. Fearing the worst, I gripped tightly onto Patch. Biting her lip, Lilly began slowly. “You know… Jimmy and I were talking the other day… we want to help you out as much as we can. I’m not sure if it’s even possible, but…” She then trailed off and looked toward my closet before holding up a finger to me. “Hold on. Just one sec.” She quickly went off and started to retrieve something from my closet. My heart raced and I could feel myself even starting to sweat and breathe deeply from how nervous I was. I used to love surprises, but after Nancy… I felt in this dimension that any surprise was always followed by some awful or frightening event. I knew I had to start getting myself used to the notion that I was with new Bigs now, but that fear from my time with Nancy persisted.   Regardless, Lilly came back over with a large purple package nestled in her arms. “Do you know what these are?” I squinted and tried to make out what the package was. It seemed oddly familiar, but I just could quite place it. Oddly, a bunch of the words just looked like a bunch of squiggles to me. “Aw dey fo’ me?” I asked, not really sure what else to say and attempting to cover up the fact that I couldn’t read what they were. Nancy grinned and nodded. “Yes, you silly goose. Here.” She then moved closer and held up the name printed on the front so that I could see it plainly. Unfortunately, the words still just seemed to jumble together. “I can’t… I can’t wead ih…” I finally said feeling utterly stupid and defeated. “I’m sowwy…” Lilly’s face quickly saddened, and she started to rub my back for a moment. “There, there. It’s okay. It’s not a test, Emma. I think Nancy might have messed with your comprehension of certain words, but I’m not sure. These though,” she said, holding the package back up, “are pull-ons or pull-ups. Whatever you want to call them, but Jimmy and I just want to let you know that we’re willing to give them a try if you are.” I stared back at the package in disbelief. It almost seemed like a long-forgotten treasure or gold at the end of the rainbow. I didn’t think this day would ever get here, but I was also faced with a sobering reality. Lilly had just changed my diaper, which I also had no knowledge of even wetting in the first place. So, I said about the only thing I could. “I wan’ to, buh… I don’ know if I can…” Lilly placed the package down and rubbed my back again. “That’s okay, Emma. No rush, but we just wanted to let you know that the option is available to you if you ever want it. Maybe one day, right?” I smiled and nodded before giving her a giant hug. It seemed like such a small thing, but even their offering of that option was more of a sign to me that I had chosen my new caregivers right. No pressure or agenda, but just a mere option if I wanted to. My decision. It felt so strange to think about, but as Lilly carried me back downstairs before dinner, I just luxuriated in the feeling. The feeling, however, soon went away as I then saw Jimmy staring down at a letter in his hands with a pale look on his face. “Hun?” Lilly asked worriedly. “What is it? Bad news?” Jimmy sighed and held up the letter. “I don’t really know. Could be either I guess, but… it’s Nancy… it says she’s getting sentenced next week after her trial date.” My stomach dropped over hearing that name out loud again. Sure, her name played over and over again in my head dozens of times every day, but to hear it out loud… I felt a fearful chill creep up my back. Still holding me, Lilly could feel something was wrong and rubbed my back. “It’s okay, Emma. No need to worry. We’ll protect you no matter what.” Jimmy nodded in agreement but there was still a part of me that was tremendously nervous. See, Nancy had lost all rights to me forever and always. That court date had been straightforward and was considered a no-brainer to even the most pro-Big judge out there. Problem was though, this next and final trial and sentencing date… all that was still very much up in the air. In Virgan, many of the courts often seemed to side with Bigs on most issues like these where criminal intent was involved with the care of a Little. What most of Earth could consider abuse, the wrong judge around here could just consider as ‘strict care.’ So, while Nancy would never take custody of me again, her mere presence causing issues for me or any reprisals to me wasn’t out of the question still. “Don’t worry, Emma,” Jimmy reassured me, setting down the letter. “No matter what happens, we’ll watch out for you and Nancy won’t ever hurt you again.” I nodded and appreciated his confidence, but I still saw the letter. My nerves weren’t so bad with both my new caregivers’ reassurances, but the letter remained a pivotal point of contention. It existed still, so the trial and Nancy’s possible release still loomed in my mind. At one point in my life, I might have just brushed those feelings aside, but like so much else I had lost, my resolve and courage seemed to have vanished as well. For now, though, all I could do was cling tighter to Lilly and Patch. Against Nancy, I wasn’t sure how they would match up, but for the moment, they gave me comfort, and that was something.

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