The Diaper Store - Shopping

Kayla was half asleep.. ”Good night daddy.” She said groggily not sure if she was awake or a dream..   

Elizabeth

I feel like BetterDry has unfortunately gown down in quality and thickness over the years. Just a couple years ago I used to be able to go to bed in just a BetterDry, (without a booster), and wake up with a soaked diaper, and a dry bed. Nowadays, Just a BetterDry isn't enough anymore, they don't swell much anymore, and seem to hold a lot less pee. They're still very soft and comfortable, and have fantastic leak guards, but just seems like they don't hold as much urine. Maybe BetterDry is addressing these quality issues and that's why they went out of stock after the holidays.

Chapter 10: The Markets Arbitrio Sanguinis – LittleFallenPrincess       I walked alongside this very tall, very feminine, very gorgeous woman… feeling a bit out of place. Whilst I wasn’t as casual or ‘scruffy’ as Fiona, my outfit still seemed casual and cheap compared to Avery’s long red coat that stopped just above her ankles, her thick, cosy black woollen turtleneck sweater that just made her look even more huggable, and her long black suit pants that stopped just short of her high heels. This woman looked like a literal Goddess, whereas I was a pathetic, cursed creature of the night. And this just made me feel even worse about all this, as she’s only human, she doesn’t know what she’s getting into or even what I really am. I mean is it even fair I’m leading her down this way? If I end up choosing her… her mind will be blown, her world shattered… everything she thought was the thing of myth and legend… will be a reality to her. I’m potentially bringing her into a world she may not want to join or be part of… or may not want to even know about. But as she clutched my hand… whilst we walked towards the human market stalls where they sold all manner of weird food and knick knacks… and as she looked down at me and smiled… all my worries just didn’t matter. That smile of hers made all my worries an issue for future-Lucy, not present-Lucy. Present-Lucy can go on this cute, romantic date with this gorgeous woman who is waaaaaaay out of her league, and try to be cute and flirty. Future-Lucy can worry about who she’s going to choose, and if it’s Avery, then she can worry about how she’s going to introduce the human into her world.   “Are you okay, poppet?” Avery asked as she squeezed my hand. “Yeah.” I replied, smiling up at her. “You seem lost in thought. Good ones I hope?” “I… yeah. Something like that. So umm… where are we going?” “Well I figured we’d get a little bit of food here at the market? If you’re hungry, that is. It’s cute, and the lights make the little stalls seem even cuter, and I thought it’d be romantic to just walk around, get food, and maybe have a look at some stuff?” “Sounds like a plan! I like that!” “Figured restaurants would be overdone. A pretty girl like you must have been to every fancy restaurant in the city!” “I… no…” I sighed, staring at the floor. “No? But you’re such a cutie…” “F… fanks…” “Well maybe in the future I’ll take you to a nice restaurant. For now, we’ll do the markets. I think this is more up your alley anyway.” “Uh huh! It looks fun!” I replied, with my face starting to hurt from all this smiling. “What kind of food do you like?” Well obviously I couldn’t tell her the truth. At least I am capable of eating human food, though I gain very little sustenance from it. “What about that Turkish stall? The Indian one?” “I… you pick!” I replied, as I had no idea what was good or what was bad. Other than those human snacks I have whilst playing my games, I’ve not even tried much human food if I’m honest. I do like their drinks, but aside from that, and maybe a few basic English meals… I’m a beginner when it comes to human food. Despite my long lifespan. “How about… a little bit of everything?” She suggested, squeezing my hand. “Sounds good!” “Oh and sweetie…?” “Yeah?” “Obviously as we’re in a public place, no calling me Mummy…” My mouth dropped. “Ha! I’m joking! No, seriously little one, I’m joking. I just wanted to see your face, and my my… I was not disappointed. But don’t worry, I know Mummy is a special title, reserved for whoever you end up choosing to date. But if you want…” “...Yeah?” “You could call me ‘Miss Avery’. Or just ‘Miss’.” “I… umm…” “Oh dear… I think I broke the little one’s brain already. Shame… she was so cute… and I was planning on having so much fun with her before I intended to break her mind…” She teased, giggling to herself quietly. “I…” I began blushing heavily and quickly spun around, planting my face in her arm to hide the embarrassment on my face. “D’awww! You’re going to be so much fun to tease, little one! And don’t forget… if you need to go potty, or you need a change, you ask Miss, okay?” “Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!” I quietly screamed into her coat, stomping my feet excitedly.   We were on our way to try the first food stall, but the twinkle of a stall’s jewellery made her stop in her tracks, and as if a tractor beam was pulling her in… she dragged me along with her over to it. “Oh I like this!” Avery said, holding up a little handmade pendant, one made of spiralling strips of metal, encircling a small, azure teardrop jewel.  I wanted to buy it for her, but a small voice within warned me that you can’t just go buying a girl jewellery on a first date. But then… her face lit up at the shining silver that spun around the glimmering jewel in the centre, her delicate fingers gently twirling it in the air in front of her. She seemed so enamoured by this simple piece of jewellery and whilst I’m not sure what her financial situation is… though her nice clothes seem to indicate she’s not struggling for money… I myself wasn’t struggling for money. I’m not well off like other vampires who have lived for hundreds, if not thousands of years… but I make do. It helps that I don’t have any expensive hobbies outside of gaming and the little stuff. And the bank interest over a hundred years builds up… so yeah… I could afford this little trinket if I wanted to. No… this was too early for a gift like this. BUT… it would be very cute if, later on in the relationship, if I choose her over Fiona… to give it to her then, as a memory of our first date. So as soon as Avery put the pendant back and turned to our next stall that we were going to head to, I quickly snatched it up, held it up in front of the seller’s face, and handed the cash over. The stall owner was so baffled at how quick I managed to do all of it, he just stood there, dumbstruck as I pocketed the pendant in my coat pocket, smiled at the man awkwardly, and turned to face the same direction as Avery. “Where now?” I asked, trying to act as innocent as possible. “I want to get you a little something. But nothing is quite right…” She replied, frustration on her face. “M… Miss… I mean… Avery…” I couldn’t bring myself to call her that, it was too embarrassing right now, and I wasn’t feeling little enough. That’s not to say Avery wasn’t pushing all my buttons to get me into littlespace, but my anxiety about not only the surrounding people, but also the date I was hopefully not screwing up, made it so I couldn’t feel properly little. “You don’t have to get me anything.” “Sweetie, I want you to have a reminder of our first date.” It was like she was reading my mind. But still, she’d have to wait for her gift. And hey, if I don’t choose her, I get a cute necklace that I can remember her by. “Seriously, it’s okay.” I replied. “No… I’m going to get you something. Something suitably little. Ooooh!” She suddenly flicked her head in a direction and her smile grew as she must have noticed something perfect. “Come on, sweetpea…” She said, squeezing my hand and pulling me off to a stall in the distance.   “Which one do you like?” She asked, pointing at the cute little handmade toys on offer at this market stall. “I… umm…” “Don’t be shy, hun. You pick out a toy you like and I’ll get it for you. Okay?” I felt bad that she was spending money on me like this, but they weren’t very expensive and it seemed like this would really make her happy, so I looked carefully and tried to make a decision. “I… I like… umm…” There were a bunch of handmade wooden dolls, a few stuffed animals, some toy cars and an assortment of very old school toys. Sort of like the stuff I used to play with as an actual kid. Which was a very long time ago now. “I like… the doll.” “Which one?” Avery asked. “The… Red Riding Hood one.” I must admit, most of the toys here looked creepy as hell. Very traditional toys with very traditional faces. Meaning they were perfectly suited for a horror movie. The Red Riding Hood one was the only doll that wasn’t creepy, and I already had like twelve teddy bears at home so none of the stuffies on offer were of any interest to me. “She’s cute. Like you!” I blushed at the comment, clutching on to her arm as she used her free arm to grab the doll and pay for it, before handing it to me and bending down, planting a little kiss on my forehead. “F… fank you… Miss Avery…” Okay… maybe she was making me feel more little than I thought. “Good girl, and you’re very welcome. Now, that’s enough distractions, we were planning on getting some food!”   The next twenty minutes or so was just Avery and I walking to each stall, her asking me which food I’d like to try.  And the whole time she was using that condescending voice you use when talking to babies and little ones… which was driving me insane. In the good way. And I must admit… the food wasn’t too bad. It wasn’t fulfilling in any sense, it wasn’t satisfying any cravings or making me squeal in joy at the taste of it… that was one of the downsides of being a vampire, but it was still kinda yummy. I honestly didn’t even know human food was that good! I liked their energy drinks and their disgusting unhealthy snacks, but I haven’t branched out and tried to eat human food in a long time. Not stuff like this anyway. I especially liked the Indian snacks, like the pakora… which Avery insisted on feeding me, holding it up in front of my mouth to bite. It was so much fun and I genuinely loved spending time with her. She was like the perfect Mummy. She knew how to make me feel little and special and very very blushy. She was a tease and loved to see me blush as she commented about how cute I looked nomming on a pierogi. I felt bad because I knew that if I did actually want to pursue a relationship with Avery, I’d not only be letting Fiona down… who was also amazing in her own way, but I’d have to break Avery’s mind when I inevitably have to introduce her into the monstrum community… revealing the hidden world that was under her nose the entire time. I think that’s one of the scariest things about getting close to this amazing woman. I didn’t want her to run in fear when she finds out I’m a member of the undead. Even if vamps have been romanticised so much in human media over the years, in reality… humans don’t react well to the supernatural. I’ve seen the people Susie and Beth help, and a large amount of them are needing help because they were discovered by humans, disowned by their human families, or tried to come out to a human they liked and it ended badly. And here I was, about to try the same thing with this amazing woman. Would I end up needing Susie and Beth’s help again? My internal conflict was disrupted as Avery grabbed my hand and smiled down at me. “Penny for your thoughts?” She asked. “Just… It’s been nice tonight. I…” “Go on, sweetpea… Be honest with me.” “I’m just scared of ruining it.” “You won’t ruin it.” She replied, squeezing my hand. “You don’t know that.” “I do. You can’t say or do anything to scare me off. Unless you go around killing people. Then maybe I’d need a heads up if you need to hide a body.” She joked, laughing. Even her laugh was adorable. “You barely know me. What if I did go around killing people?” I asked, seriously. “You don’t.” “How do you know?” I asked again. “I can tell. You’re not a killer. Now… is there anything else you want to get off your chest? Some deep dark secret that you want to tell me to try to get me to run off? Or do you want to continue our date?” “I…” “Seriously, sweetpea. There’s nothing you could say to scare me off now. You’re too cute. The only thing that could make me leave is if you wanted to choose someone else. Then I’d be devastated… but I’d understand.” “D… Deva…” “Oh hun! No! I’m sorry! I don’t want you to feel guilty over that. I’m just saying I’d be disappointed, but I’d understand. I just want you to be happy, no matter who that's with. You’re such a sweet girl, you couldn’t hurt a fly. You can’t even stand to think of upsetting someone, let alone actually hurting anyone. I knew this from the moment we started talking.” “I…” Tears were starting to form in the corners of my eyes and I was on the verge of a complete emotional breakdown. “Come here, silly.” She grabbed me and pulled me close, squeezing me tightly as I sniffled into her coat.   After a minute of this silent embrace, she stroked my hair and whispered down to me. “Now, do you want to carry on this date? I know you’ve mostly been here for my benefit. How about we go somewhere you’d enjoy more?” “Huh?” I asked, pulling myself back slightly so I could look up at her beautiful face, but not so far back that she would stop hugging me. “How about we go to the other markets?” “Huh? What other markets?” I asked, confused. There was only one human market in town at this time of year, and we were currently standing in the middle of it. “The ones for your kind, silly!” She replied, smiling at me.         ======================================================= *sets up a chair and starts eating popcorn, awaiting your replies* 😊 -------------------------------------------- Thinking of finally opening up short story commissions now too finally, now that my writers block seems to have subsided. If you haven't seen, I'm now up and running on Subscribestar! (Sorry for the reminder again, trying to get my subscribers back after the Patreon rubbish!) ======================================================== I hope everyone enjoys this chapter! Please leave likes and comments and all that fun stuff, I love reading them! 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