BabySofia

Aww... <hugs> Feel Better!

It would be nice if she ends with happier ever after hope. Hopefully her physical scars don't cause issues with the pregnancy! Hortensia probably did need checked in, but I hope things don't go too badly for her. Definitely something happening for her... 😥

She’s adorable! Looks like she may fight you for the bed though! 🤣

The giant one must be HUUUGE! Yours is already one of the larger stuffed animals I know of that's not a novelty teddy bear around Valentines... very cool!

Wow! That's cool! Is that the giant version I saw listed, or the regular one? If you don't mind, what was the ballpark pricing on it with their preorders? That's really cool! (The snow leopard was quite the design, that one's cute!)

Yeah, I had to think through that and the idea that 30 years in the future there will probably be some peppers bred to exceed Pepper X... With the fact things have seemingly doubled in the last ten to twenty years, there will probably be some insane 4,000,000 scoville pepper out there. (Which as much as I like spicy, I will not be eating! 🤣 ) 🤯 They're using pure capsaicin crystals I assume to get it that hot? That seems border line dangerous at that level... Sad you lost that certificate! You earned it! 😎 Glad you did! I had fun coming up with that one! Thanks! 🙂 By my calculations, it would just be a rear-facing car seat 🙂 Thanks! 🙂

Chapter 111: Date Night BETH SMILED WHEN she saw Carly and thought she looked absolutely adorable in her ‘date night’ outfit. As much as she knew Carly didn’t want to be a babied Little, she was stuck looking like a toddler, no matter what she wore. ‘I wonder if Amanda could adjust things to make her at least look like she’s a college girl?’ For the moment, she knew Carly would have to deal with ‘cute.’ “You look pretty,” she told her. “You do, too!” Carly responded as they met up outside of Sanders. “You sure you want to just take your car, Amanda?” Nikki asked. “Yes, it makes the most sense. There’s already a car seat for Carly installed, and I put a booster seat in for Beth?” “I don’t need a booster…” Beth complained. “Beth, you know the saying, ‘Booster until nine feet tall?’” Beth sighed, “I know, but it doesn’t even make sense? My dad doesn’t ride in one?” “He does when he’s in my car,” Amanda countered. “Wait… really?” She asked. Amanda nodded, “Really.” “Fine,” she grumbled. “What are you taking for a bag for Carly’s stuff?” Amanda asked when the door was shut after buckling in the two girls, and Nikki climbed in the passenger seat. “I figured I’d just take my backpack, Grandma?” Carly said. Beth looked over at her in the rear-facing seat beside her, feeling bad as she saw the girl was bright red. She reached her hand out and held Carly’s in support. “That will work, I guess? I would tell anyone at the movie theater it’s her diaper bag.” “Grandma…?” Carly did blush and complained. “I’m just trying to look out for you two?” “I don’t think our own moms do this much looking out now?” Carly complained. “Fine, I’ll back off. But you do need to be careful! Now, what restaurant is this again?” “Off-Forkway Stage?” Carly said. “What’s that?” Beth asked. “Good, it’s not a place you’ve been!” Carly smiled after the embarrassment, happy to see that. “It’s a fun place,” Amanda told them. “We haven’t been often, but it’s good!” Amanda programmed the car, and Beth asked Carly, “So what’s it supposed to have?” “Burgers, shakes? I figure that’s a pretty casual first-date meal?” Beth nodded, “Yes, it is. Sounds like fun!” “There’s more, too, but you’ll see?” “Okay, I’ll trust you. But if this date doesn’t work out for activities, I’m in charge from here on out?” Beth liked Carly’s smile then, “Deal.” It wasn’t a long drive to the restaurant, “Now, I know you two would probably like a private dinner, but I think, for the time being, it would be good to have Nikki sit with you?” Amanda told them. “We already expected that, Grandma,” Carly told her as the car self-parked. “We’ll be careful in public not to have any extra shows of affection. As far as everyone else is concerned we may just be sisters?” Beth nodded, “We’re not looking to get people to notice us; we’ll be careful. And if I didn’t have Nikki with me while we’re out, Mom would kill me!” “Glad we understand each other,” Amanda said to the pair. She unbuckled her seatbelt, and Beth did the same. Amanda approached Carly’s side and helped her from the car seat even as Nikki opened Beth’s door and offered her a hand to help her out. Amanda handed Carly her backpack, and Beth gathered her purse. “Everything you need? I’ll come pick you up in a bit over an hour to drive you to the theater?” Amanda told them. “Do you want to just come in?” Beth asked her. “No, I want you two to be on your own as much as possible. Nikki won’t put nearly the crimp in your night, I would. Don’t worry about me; I’m meeting Fred and the kids down the road for our own meal.” Beth nodded and found it humorous as Carly led the way inside the restaurant. ‘First date with a Little?’ She shook her head. ‘First date with a sweetheart,’ she amended. They went through the door, which a helpful giant man held open for them, and Carly led the way to the hostess stand, where a Tweener hostess stood a little shorter than Beth. Carly stood in front of her and waved at her. Beth was surprised to see her ask Carly, “How many?” “Three? We have a reservation for Carly Slane?” The girl did look a little surprised at the reservation. Still, given the half-dozen couples and families standing around the entryway, Carly had been wise to make one. “Gotcha! Are you all here, sweetie?” Beth wasn’t thrilled with her talking down to Carly, but at least it wasn’t taunting. “Yes, we are,” Carly spoke clearly. Beth watched the tweener reach up and work to grab menus from a station that was a bit too high for her. “Do you want a high chair or a booster for her?” She asked Nikki. Beth was more annoyed then, but Nikki said, “Why don’t you ask her? She’s the one who made the reservation?” The girl’s fishmouth motions told Beth she had just been humoring the girl before, not realizing she was Carly! “Umm… What would you like?” She asked Carly. She sighed before saying, “A booster seat, please.” “Of course,” she said, grabbing and placing one under her arm from a pile. “Right this way!” The three followed her into the restaurant and sat inside a booth that looked to have been made of clay terracotta pots. I HAD GROWN up with Mama, absolutely loving old Broadway shows. Our booth was set in a circle around the center where a hungry-looking carnivorous plant made me think the old musical Little Shop of Horrors must have been transported to this dimension or maybe just been developed somehow here, too? We stood for a second at the booth as the waitress set the menus on the table before sliding the booster in a little ways and saying, “Enjoy your meal!” Beth helped me onto the bench, and I crawled into the booster seat. Its plastic rear-end shape seemed cavernous to my tiny body. It got me almost up to table level. ‘I might have been better off with the highchair?’ I tried not to think about that, though! Just after Beth climbed in after me and Nikki sat on the outer part of the circle on the other side, the carnivorous plant bent down. It gave each of us a long gaze before creepily ordering us, “Feeeeed Me!” I laughed at that, even though if real, the plant could have eaten me in one bite! “How have I not been here before?” Beth asked, “This is cool!” I turned and smiled at her, “I hoped you’d enjoy it!” She leaned over and hugged me sideways. We were going to be careful about public displays, but I looked like a toddler girl who would typically get hugs. That kept it from being a real concern, we figured! “What are you going to get?” Beth asked, opening the menu. I had to really work to unfold and hold the giant menu. Barely managing it like a crazy science fair board or something back home! “Well, their specialties are their burgers, and I thought a shake?” “Are those safe?” Beth asked me. “They have good reviews?” I told her. “I can check before you both have them,” Nikki said, “I have a test kit with me.” I felt my blood grow a little colder at the realization she was pretty sure poisoning was in the cards at some point! “I guess that’s a go for it?” Beth asked her. Nikki nodded, “It’s part of why I’m here, guys.” I shrugged, “Guess burger and a shake it is?” “What kind though?” Beth asked, pointing out that there were some absolutely absurd ones on the menu. “That one!” I said with a smile, having found mine! “Breakfast and a burger sounds like a winner!” Beth wrinkled her nose at the burger that came with a scrambled egg, bacon, and some mix of really spicy chile peppers! It had five peppers next to it, the hottest item listed on the menu. There was a boring version, too, but who would want that?!? “One of these days, you’re going to actually find something too spicy,” Beth said. I shrugged, “I have back home, but you all have yet to get close to my upper threshold. That last hot sauce at the contest was starting to get there?” “Wait, you’re both being serious?” Nikki asked. I nodded. “Carly may be the size of a baby, but she has fireproof tastebuds!” I smiled, “Thank you, Beth.” Right then, a Betweener waitress walked up dressed in a costume that looked like it was meant to be a baby costume. “Well, hewwo everyone! You doing okay tonight?” ‘Hewwo?’ I wondered. “Yes,” I said. “Great! I’m Petra, your waitress tonight! Can I get you started with any appetizers?” She looked at Nikki, who motioned towards us. “No thanks,” Beth and I said at the same time. “Do you need more time, or are you ready to order? We’re just about to start a set, so I need to get your food in if you want it sooner?” “We’re ready, I think,” Beth said. “Great! Let’s start with mommy?” Nikki rolled her eyes but decided not to correct her for some reason, “I’ll have the Mushroom Stuffed Burger?” “Which kind of cheese…?” She took the rest of her order, then made it over to Beth and finally me. “And for the cutie?” she asked Nikki. “Ask her? She’s actually a college student?” A quick double-take was had, but she smiled at me with a turn, “For you?” “Firey Breakfast Burger?” “Umm… sweetie, that’s really spicy?” “I hope so?” I smiled back, “I mean, I’d hate to think you put four peppers on something bland?” “Is she for real?” she looked at Nikki. “I’m serious. I can’t eat that thing.” “I wouldn’t bet against her,” Beth told her. “Oooookay, how would you like the egg on that?” I finished giving her the order, and we ensured she had our milkshake order. “How much you want to bet a bunch of people come out with popcorn to watch me die?” I giggled when she left. “No bets!” Beth said. “What’s with her costume? I can recognize our table looks like a show from back home. She looks like she’s dressed like a baby?” “It’s from Crib Chronicles,” Beth answered. “Basically, a bunch of babies singing about their lives throughout one day of their lives?” Nikki added. “It’s a cute show if it’s done right.” We were about to say something to each other when the restaurant lights dimmed. “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the best Off-Forkway Stage there is! Tonight, we’re proud to present several numbers from musicals. The first is from the classic Witch!” I watched in the center of the room as a waitress in a witch costume who looked like Elphaba from Wicked began singing a song almost identical to the old song ‘Defying Gravity.’ There were a few twists and turns, but the melody and most of the lyrics were virtually identical. The waitress had some serious vocal chops, and she was joined by another waitress dressed as a Glinda character for a duet for much of it. At the end, the whole restaurant gave them the applause they deserved, and the volume of the conversations returned. After a while, our shakes arrived, and after Nikki gave us the all-clear, we started drinking what were delicious shakes! We were treated to a song from one that seemed like Annie before our food came out. “That was really good,” Beth said as the lights came up. “Yeah, they found some good vocalists,” I said. Right then, our waitress returned and must have heard my comment. “Why thank you, sweetheart. Do you sing?” I shrugged, “Not really. Played instruments growing up?” She nodded as she put a plate in front of me that was decorated with skulls made out of hot sauce in the front. “Are you sure you want this?” She asked me as she sat Beth’s down in front of her. I looked at the plate, saw a whole pepper, and decided to make a statement. BETH LOOKED ON with a cold pit in her stomach as Carly took the pepper larger than her hand and chomped the end of it off, staring at the waitress. Beth took a moment to look at the waitress and wanted to giggle at the look on her face. ‘She looks like she wants to dive in to save the little girl or something?’ Turning back to Carly, she swallowed, smiled, and asked, “Was that the mild part of the burger?” “Uh…” A man in a cape and a half-face mask approached the table and asked, “Do you need to order something else?” “Why? Do you have something spicier?” Carly said with a smile, munching on another piece of the pepper. “Actually, we do? But I meant something more Little friendly?” “I’ll have to try the spicier one sometime; what’s it called?” Beth giggled when the two finally left them to eat, and Carly began attacking what she could of the burger. It was bigger than her head, so she was definitely having to plan through how she was eating it! “You seriously don’t think that’s spicy?” Nikki asked. Carly shook her head. “No, we measure things in something called Scoville units back home. Mild is around zero to twenty thousand on the scale. I start to feel alive in the four-hundred thousand range. The hottest I’ve had was over a million of the units. I think this is probably in the sixty-thousand range.” “Why?” she asked. Carly shrugged, “Honestly, I think it’s related to the size of the peppers? Back home, the smaller the pepper, the spicier it is generally. To me, this is as large as a poblano, which is really mild,” she said while holding up another pepper that had fallen out of the burger. “How big is a spicy pepper to you?” Nikki asked. Carly held her fingers open between her thumb and first finger, not that wide. “This would be about the size of one called the Carolina Reaper—that one is pretty spicy. It was the hottest pepper about twenty or thirty years ago? There were some others that were pretty tasty, about the size of a pea?” She shook her head, “Okay, I’ll stop interrupting your night now,” she said, feeling guilty. “Nonsense,” Beth told her, “You’re eating dinner with us; you’re expected to talk, not just be a stone statue.” “I agree,” Carly said with a smile. “Got lucky with you,” she smiled at Beth. “Same,” Beth said. Right about then, they watched their waitress become the star for her number from Crib Chronicles, ‘Two Timing Diapers.’ It was a song all about a blowout of a diaper and the mess all over the baby. “Change Me Mommy!” She said the most iconic line, placing a pacifier in her mouth right after it and freezing in place. The whole restaurant cheered louder for her than they had any others! When it came time to deal with the check, the waitress started to give it to Nikki, but Carly said, “Please give it to me?” “Umm…?” “Carly, I can pay?” Beth said. “You can do the movie if you want?” Carly said, “I want to pay for dinner at least?” Beth didn’t want to make a scene, so she said, “Okay.” The check was handled through the typical ultra-thin check portfolio. Beth was a little surprised to see Carly easily navigate paying with her phone on the portfolio and noticed she still left a good tip despite the odd looks. “I’m surprised you didn’t take off for the comments,” Beth said as they walked out to the front, where Amanda was waiting for them. “Why? I know I look like a toddler now?” “True,” Beth agreed, sighing. I wonder if we can fix that for you?” Carly shrugged, “I’m not sure; I do know I have to be careful how much more editing we do if I’m ever going home…” WE WERE PRETTY quiet after being buckled into my seat, and Beth went to her booster seat before departing for a nearby theater that was its own complex. “Umm… So there’s a few movies showing that sounded interesting?” I told Beth, “Glens Den is an action-adventure flick, or Harlsgate, which is a Sci-Fi film?” “No romantic comedies tonight?” Beth teased. “We can if you want?” “Which would you rather see?” “I asked you first?” “Seriously, which sounds better?” She asked me. “I kind of thought the special effects would be cool in Harlsgate?” “Then let’s see it!” Beth said, grabbing my hand and holding it even as Grandma made the short trip to the movie theater. “I’ll be here when you guys get out. Make sure you stay with Nikki at all times!” Grandma said. “Oh, and someone needs to change you, Carly; you’re soaked?” I blushed as I realized I hadn’t even noticed! “We’ll change her as soon as we get inside,” Beth said. “Let me just get our tickets really quick!” Beth began using an app on her phone to purchase the tickets. I couldn’t see what she was doing before saying, “All good!” They entered the theater doors and discovered a station manned by HoloAttendants to check for admission. “Good evening, Miss. What show?” “Harlsgate?” Beth showed her the image from her phone. “I’m sorry, Miss, but children under twelve are not allowed in that movie?” She said, motioning to me. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks for reading! Please press the 'Like' Button and leave me a comment! This week, I made a hard decision to pull my works from WattPad. First, they seem to be removing ABDL works anyway, but I also have some concerns about posting a site without any sort of child warnings, given recent laws being passed/allowed to stand. For now, this will be the exclusive site for this story, but I may look at starting a Ream or something with a low membership price to host, too. Thank you all for your support here! I prefer to keep my work available for free, so I will try that for as long as I am able! My completed works are, of course, available on Amazon through Kindle still. http://amazon.com/author/babysofia

Great chapter! I'm continuing to enjoy this and look forward to him having his proper care from his loving mommy! 🙂 I was thinking I'd missed something there on the clothes myself. (I'm so worn out right now that I might have just missed it though I figured!)

Hang in there with finals, I remember what those were like! Hopefully you have a good chance to rest on the other side! Great chapter, and great to see him break down as he realizes he is seriously in a bad/scary medical situation that he could potentially die from. (Though I suspect you are not the kind of author to actually kill your character... <crossed fingers>)

From what I remember it's incomplete.

Privacy. Most people do not want their embarrassing secrets out there. Many times sites/databases, even for companies like CapitalOne, AT&T, and others, get hacked, and their names, email addresses, driver's licenses, social security numbers, etc., get out. I know I've got at least two of those breaches that have happened to me recently. Imagine a site like this probably wouldn't have as solid of security as a major corporation like that, which means it's one hack from everyone knowing your real name and what you're into. To be fair, I have that same paranoia when I buy diapers and ABDL gear... Still, I'm sure you can see how that would cause a lot of pause there! I'm guessing a 3rd party might be able to come up with a solution (and I think there are some out there already).

Most notable in recent memory was Patreon kicking off nearly every ABDL author. (There's a couple still somehow that I'm not sure how they survived....?) WattPad is only the next one. Patreon was probably related to investor issues it seemed like. I truly think WattPad is making changes to be in line with some of the 'decency' laws that are being put into place. In the US, Texas is one state that is making it mandatory that adult content be only allowed after checking ID is verified for age. There's a suit that the Supreme Court refused to grant a stay while it runs through the appeals courts today. Any site that has any US ties is likely to get sued by that State AG with as much of an aggressive stance as he's taken. Case in point: a site like WattPad, if they have adult content, could inevitably end up in the middle. The odd thing for WattPad is they are a Canadian-owned site, though. I don't think AO3 will initially get caught up in the suits, but this site might draw attention. I don't think many people even consider hosting things like this in a state like Texas, but they'll go after people out of state. They've already tried doing that for medical records of transgender patients that they think are underage and getting treatment. The annoying thing to me is I don't ever go into detail on sex in my works so that I consider my novels to be way less steamy than most romance books. That being said, we all know how it goes when ABDL sites get attention.

I went ahead and pulled all of my works today. I think the Texas case that's making its way through the courts points to liability of them going after someone who has posted something. Since the Supreme Court denied the motion of stay today, I think there's some serious potential for liability of anyone not meeting that 'verify' standard. I'm actually a little concerned on this site and archiveofourown potentially too. I know Amazon will do verification for 18 over content, so with proper marking that site is okay. This site at least has an agreement that has to be clicked... Anyway, just for clarification if anyone goes looking for my works there. I'll be solely on here for the time being.

Jones, Jenson, Jefferson, Jennings all come to mind as possible replacements. Like I said, minor thing 🙂 Just wanted to throw it out there though, really enjoying your tale! 💜

So I really do enjoy this tale. If I have one criticism (and it's minor!) is that I kind of wish you had used another name for the sisters instead of Jenner. You're coming up with a tale that is too good in my mind to be limited to the first thought being that 'real' family. Something you might consider down the road on an edit when you finish? If you keep up the good work, I could see this being marketable on Kindle or other platforms. Looking forward to more as you have time! 🙂

This is an old BabyButt story "Snuggles and Tears." Since the fall of the Abdlstory forum I'm not sure there is a copy of this. His own website cratered long ago as he is said to have passed away. His works are actually some of the better ones that are now lost forever as far as I'm aware.

Thanks for the comments! 🙂 🙂 Happy to give you a lunchtime treat there then! I wouldn't pity someone like that too much... they would get what they deserve. Thank you for all of the comments! I'm looking forward to sharing the next weekend of the story with you all! 🙂

Thanks for the comments! 🙂 Thanks for commenting! 🙂

Chapter 110: Pre-Date Planning BETH HAD BEEN surprised to leave class and find Carly waiting for her in a chair not far from their classroom. She had her head in her hands and looked like she was one step from breaking down. “Hey,” she said, walking up to her, “are you okay?” Carly looked up at her and noticed that there were some tear tracks. She scooped her up and hugged her, “What’s wrong?” “Nothing,” she tried to say. “You look like you’ve been crying; that’s not nothing?” Beth asked. “Fine, I’ll tell you later… can we get out of here?” “Sure, let’s go get some food.” “Would you please put me down?” Carly asked her. “Sure,” she said, worried about this change from the past couple of days where she didn’t seem to mind when she held her. They walked beside each other to the Union, and Carly led her to a line at a chain that served chicken. They both ordered chicken nuggets, and Nikki picked up her own chicken sandwich, too, behind them, joining them at a table. “What’s wrong, Carly?” Beth asked. She sighed, “Who says something is wrong?” “You? Your body language?” Beth insisted. “Ugh… I just had, I think, the most mortifying experience of my life so far!” She said, dipping a piece of fist-sized chicken into it, “I don’t want to talk about it, though,” she told her. Beth considered pushing, but a shake of Nikki’s head was advice she decided to heed. “Did your test go okay, at least?” Carly tensed up but released a little bit as she said, “I think so… I mean, I’m nervous about my first real test here in this dimension, but I think I answered everything correctly.” She nodded, “When do you find out?” She asked. Right then, there was a ping from Carly’s bag, and she reached in for her phone, “Right now, apparently?” Her face was unreadable, Beth decided to ask, “So…?” “Perfect score? A Hundred?” Carly said. “Great job!” she told her. “Thanks,” Carly said sheepishly. “You ready for your test? That’s your next class, right?” “Yeah,” Beth told her. “Not looking forward to it, but I don’t think I can do any more studying?” Carly looked at her phone. “There’s a studio available for editing; want to go edit for an hour before our classes?” “Do you think we can actually finish that last scene?” Carly shrugged, “Not sure, but we can probably get close if not?” Beth looked at the clock on her phone and said, “Let’s do it!” It was a brisk walk for the three of them, but they made it into the studio and loaded the project. Carly was moving faster than anything she’d seen her do so far. ‘Is she trying to burn something from her memory from earlier?’ She thought. She certainly didn’t help Beth with that if that was her goal! Carly moved through the selected takes for the last two pages of the script at a rapid pace. Beth watched as Carly argued with the HoloCharacter about being the baby before getting fed some fake baby food by Beth. “All done! What a good baby!” she watched herself say. ‘I could have been saying that to a real baby,’ she thought. Right then, she grimaced as she watched herself squat down. Per the script, the camera angle briefly showed her filling her diaper before Isabella came in and sniffed beside her. “You’re poopy, sweetie!” was amongst the top ten most embarrassing lines said towards her while they filmed. She turned red as Carly manipulated the footage to show her ‘walk of shame’ back inside the daycare. ‘Brings a whole new meaning to walk of shame, actually,’ Beth thought. Carly practically jumped a moment later as she watched herself ‘poop’ her own diaper. She turned to look at her and noticed she was kind of shaking. “Are you okay, Carly?” She shrugged, “I hate seeing myself doing it, even more than doing it?” Beth nodded at that, “I’m not a fan of those scenes of pooping myself either? I think I have more than you, actually?” “You probably do…” Carly said, “But I’m the one who keeps living it right now?” “What happened this morning?” She asked, reaching over and squeezing Carly in a side hug. I TENSED AT the question but knew this was like when my mom or sisters asked me similar questions on bad days. I decided to rip the Band-Aid off as I manipulated the final camera angle and faded to black. “Done!!!” I said excitedly. She smiled, “Good job,” she said. “I’ll text Charlotte and let her know. Now, this morning?” I saved our work, locked everything back up, and turned to her. “I… I pooped my diaper in the test?” She hugged me again, “Nothing bad happened, right?” I shook somewhat, then said, “Well… I guess at least I didn’t get punished or demerits?” “But…?” “Someone complained about how I smelled bad, and so one of the girls in my class offered to change my diaper behind the desk.” “Why didn’t you just leave for the changing station?” “If we left, they considered us done. I guess the professor is being cautious about cheating?” She nodded at that, “I’ve had a couple of those morons…” She moved me onto her lap, then, “So, what did you say?” I blushed, “I accepted?” “So everyone saw you get changed?” “I don’t think so…?” I shrugged, “I had my eyes closed most of the time, though.” “Sorry, Carly, that’s pretty embarrassing.” She squeezed me, “Come on, we still have ten minutes to get to class. And I don’t think you can edit us out of being late?” “I could try?” I told her. She tickled my side then, “Let’s not push our luck?” We walked quickly to Euler, where we both had our class. She hugged me, “It’ll be okay, and we’ll have a great time this weekend! Try to relax in that voodoo you call math.” “Good luck with your basic calculus,” I razzed her. She stuck her tongue at me, and we split off to our classes. I spent the class going through the date that night in my head and all that I hoped would go right while contemplating what could go wrong! I really didn’t want to wear my uniform. Still, I also knew from the student handbook that if you wore it, the police and LPS would be more likely to believe you were a student and not just making up stories… Given that we’d have Nikki with me, I contemplated risking it, though! ‘It’s not like I want to dress up like a princess… just jeans and a sweater?’ I thought to myself with a sigh. Professor Nash began class with new variations on the content we’d discussed so far in the week. It was really cool to see the possibilities of using this process to further astronomy and portal physics calculations! While I was entertained, I noted several class members hadn’t made it in that day, and several others were propped up on their tablets, taking a nap. Professor Nash wasn’t a fool, so she said, “Okay, I think that’s as much of this as any of you will absorb today! Remember you will have a test on all we’ve discussed this semester on Friday of next week. I’ll have a study guide on my site this afternoon that you can use to review.” With that, I was helped down from the table and shouldered my bag, realizing it was at least an hour until Beth’s class was usually done. I didn’t know how an exam would affect that, so I just sat in the lobby outside her lecture hall to wait for her. As I approached, I saw Nikki sitting there already. “Not watching Beth?” I asked her. “Hi, Carly, skipping class?” She countered. “The Professor saw several absent students and several passed-out students and decided the math added up to early weekend! So… watching Beth?” I asked. “There’s only one way in or out, and they didn’t want me in the room during the testing?” “Sounds like an opportunity,” I frowned. “I’m going to be addressing it later. Right now, I’m not overly concerned. We’re more likely to deal with problems tonight. Speaking of which, tell me all of your plans!” I felt nervous as I said, “Well, I was debating about some place fancier, but I think it would be better to keep it casual for a first date.” “First date?” “Well… first official date?” I told her with a blush. “Anyway, my cousin Shelby told me about this place called Off-Forkway Stage that does burgers and shakes. They entertain you randomly with show tunes from musicals, too?” “Cute,” Nikki said. “What else?” “We’re just going to go see a movie. There are a couple of movies; I thought I would give Beth a choice.” “For your own sake, avoid the animated ones?” I nodded, “Shelby told me that, too. I was thinking either Glen’s Den, which is an action-adventure flick, or Harlsgate, which is some sort of science fiction film?” “No romance movies?” “I think there’s also one of those called Cupids Rise, but it didn’t sound as good to me?” “It hasn’t gotten very good reviews from anyone I’ve seen,” she conceded. “So, how are you getting there?” “Grandma?” “Romantic ride?” I shrugged, “Practical, I need to get her our overnight bags to go home with her?” She nodded, “Well, you definitely have a good head on your shoulders. What’s your end goal for this, though? Aren’t you supposed to be going home at the end of…?” She was about to finish when a series of students began escaping the room where Beth was taking the test. Nikki and I saw her come up behind a few Bigs and walk beside Livy. “Hey, Conn… Carly!” Livy said a moment later. “Hi, Livy!” I said. “Ready to change and head out?” “Are you dressing up for this?” Beth asked. “You’re safest with your uniform on?” She reminded me. I held up my wrist with the Student ID band we’d updated earlier in the week. “I have this, you, and most importantly, her!” I said, pointing at Nikki. Beth nodded, “So, how dressy are we talking?” “Casual, don’t go getting a ballgown on?” I told her with a smile. “Casual dinner and a movie; I just want to wear jeans and that purple sweater Aunt Bella made for me?” “That really soft and fuzzy one?” She asked me. I nodded. “I’ll be petting you all night long…” she said, turning red, “You two did not hear that!” Everyone laughed and walked me to Sanders. “Meet you down here in half an hour?” Beth asked. “Sounds good!” I said, racing upstairs to change out of the jumper outfit. I was tired of wearing the same outfit for the past week! It was infinitely more comfortable and loose-fitting than the fake tie and suit I had to wear as a boy, but I wanted to cover my legs more until it grew warmer! BETH HURRIED UPSTAIRS and discovered Rachel had again already packed her bag for her. She checked it for anything missing but decided she’d done a great job this time. Rings was even carefully laid on top of her clothes and pillow, so she closed the bag again and walked to her closet. Knowing Carly was going to wear jeans and a sweater made her want to do something similar. She found a pair of darker-colored jeans and a light green sweater that would probably look okay with Carly for any photos they might take while they were out. She took the time to change, brushed her hair, and was thinking of styles when Rachel appeared. “May I help you with your hair?” “Umm… what did you have in mind?” “I can do anything you can think of. Or show me a picture, and I can go from there?” Beth thought that was kind of cool and hadn’t thought about using her ‘nanny’ as a hairstylist. ‘I probably should have thought of it, though. They do kids’ hair all the time?’ she said. She thought for a few moments and said, “Can you just put it into a half-pony with the pony curled?” “Certainly!” Rachel said to her, moving behind her and seeming to pull all of her hair accessories that were needed from across the room. It was a bit dizzying, but also quite impressive, how quickly Rachel could style her hair. She momentarily looked at herself in the mirror and said, “This is great, Rachel. Thanks!” “You’re very welcome, Beth! Have a good time on your date!” With that comment, Rachel faded from existence. ‘She knows too much!’ she griped. She took one last look in the mirror at her makeup, and she decided to change the look before she left. It wasn’t an over-the-top night-out look, but it did look a little bolder than she usually kept her day look. She tossed her backpack, overnight bag, and purse over her shoulder before closing and locking the door. Nikki was waiting for her outside her door, “Ready?” “Yeah, let’s go get Carly!” I MADE MY way upstairs to the nest and quickly packed anything else I had missed in my overnight bag. Sure that I had toiletries and clothes, I also took time to embarrassingly load some diapers into my backpack and add some to my overnight bag. I was sure Grandma had a fully loaded changing table back at her house. Still, after being stuck in that monstrosity the other day, I didn’t want to risk a repeat! I then moved to my clothes and found the jeans and sweater I’d told Beth I wanted to wear. Lilly walked over right then, “Ready to head to your Grandma’s?” I nodded, “Beth and I are going to do a couple of things first, though.” She looked around the room for a moment, then picked me up and said, “Let’s chat in my room?” I still held my jeans and the sweater as she carried me into her apartment and closed the door. It was only the second time I’d seen it closed so far, and I was a bit worried! “What’s wrong?” I asked her as she carried me to the couch and placed me an arm’s length away from her so we could look at each other. “Going out with Beth?” I nodded, “Uh-huh?” “It’s kind of risky for you two to be a couple?” She said gently. I nodded, “We know, and we’re careful?” She sighed, “I just don’t want to see anything happen to you?” Shrugging her shoulders, “So what’s with this outfit if you’re going out somewhere off campus?” I shrugged, “I didn’t want to go on the date in my uniform?” “You know that uniform is a bit of protection, right? If you’re wearing it they have to check with Emerson?” I held up my wristband. “They have to deal with this first? Not to mention how many Littles just get ripped out of their clothing, and they claim not to have known?” She looked at my wrist, “Portal Littles can’t get those? How did you?” “There has to be a family member with them, right?” I shrugged. I have an adopted grandmother here. I doubt any other Portal Littles have ever had that.” She smirked, “Probably not! I’m still shocked that your grandma let your mom go home; then she was crazy enough to let you come here?” I smiled, “It’s a family tradition thing?” “Huh?” “For at least a few centuries, probably longer, Slane men have always gone on adventures. They were some of the first to come across the ocean to our continent to settle the ‘New World,’ as they called it. They were also some of the first to go several places on Earth, and my mom came on her adventure here.” “Wait… Slane men?” I felt a bit bad then, but just said, “Yes, Mom was a boy when she came?” “Another tradition?” she smiled. “Seems like it might be becoming one,” I nodded. “So, this sweater and jeans, huh? What’s the plan?” “So it’s okay?” “I heard Beth has a bodyguard now? She’ll be with you, right?” I nodded, “Yeah, Nikki goes with her everywhere.” “Then I can’t imagine her letting someone adopt you. Word is also that you took care of yourself with that lunatic last week…? Try not to get arrested while you’re out, at least?” I smiled, “I’ll agree to that!” “Good, let’s change that diapee. You’re soaked, so let’s get you dressed, and I’ll do your hair for you.” “Thanks!” I said to her. Twenty minutes later, I had a dry diaper, jeans, and a sweater on. Lilly had curled the bottom of my hair. She made a couple of mini-braided ponytails to keep the rest of my hair tied back in the middle and attached a medium-sized bow. I would have complained about looking like a toddler, but the truth was that with the fat being adjusted in my face, head proportions, and body proportions from the nanites, I wasn’t going to get away from that look. I knew I would probably look like I was the youngest daughter out with Nikki, our babysitter or mom. With a shrug, I smiled and said, “Thanks, Miss Lilly.” “You’re welcome, Carly.” “Oh, and I’m coming back to pick up a few of the girls for a shopping trip tomorrow?” She blanched, “Is that safe?” “We’ll have plenty of supporting Bigs?” “You be careful, no taking too big of risks?” I smiled, “I won’t.” Grandma showed up right then, and we headed downstairs together, where Beth and Nikki waited outside the hall. She looked cute in her sweater and jeans combo. I was glad it was warm enough to leave the coats off as we climbed into Grandma’s car and headed for what I hoped would be a memorable date night! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks for reading!!! Please press the 'Like' Button and Leave a comment! Real life is definitely raging right now, so sadly, I'm at a standstill with writing. Fortunately, I have a 15-week lead, so hopefully, that will let me have another writing spurt before I run out of completed chapters. 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Just a heads up in case anyone looks earlier tomorrow, I will probably post a few hours later tomorrow than I normally do. Thanks for your patience! 🙂

I really love how you weave this tale! It's very enjoyable to read! Looking forward to more!

Whelp, myself and several other authors have started receiving removal notices. I did put an appeal in, but I doubt it's successful. For now I'll keep posting LCW there since it doesn't seem to have attracted that attention yet, but I'd bet it's a matter of time. (I hate that, I really do think it's easier to read stories on that site!)

Somehow I suspect the next words from her mom's mouth will be, 'I refuse to do that to her...' without even giving her a chance to agree. Looking forward to more of this!

Can't wait to read about them! 🙂

I pretended with towels, but never used them! I didn't grow up with cloth diapers, so I only ever learned about those in stories.