diaper dimension In-Between - Epilogue - 5-5-21 - Complete

[BabySofia]

7 hours ago, Guilend said:

can’t wait to see what happens next. 

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1 hour ago, Arendeth said:

Great chapter, thank for the chapter.

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26 minutes ago, BabyJilly_S said:

Great stuff, big fan of the courtroom drama, winner so far... 

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[Baby Billy]

A few readers have commented about a return of Addison in this story.  While I can not count out a return I don't think it will be a romantic interest.  It seems to me that last few chapters that Cameron is in love with Beth and waiting until he is settled and she is free. I don't like to guess your story but with how fast this is going I see a confrontation with Addisons parents company and Cameron in the future. But I am probably wrong there, never know for sure where you are going. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a few readers 

[BabySofia]

2 hours ago, Baby Billy said:

But I am probably wrong there, never know for sure where you are going. 

Huh? That makes two of us - I never know where I am going either!?‍♀️ ? 

Thanks for the comment Billy!?

[little dragoniusrex]

wow that was an amazing chapter again 

[BabySofia]

Chapter 23: Why?

 

WHEN WE WALKED downstairs an hour later to her car, I couldn’t help but wonder what she had been thinking. She opened the door in the back for me and I climbed onto the booster seat. It was a faded purple backless booster, and that morning she’d apologized that it was the only one she had still from her daughter. I had just shrugged, but noted in my mind that the padding was quite worn! She’d told me that until the end of Jenny’s eighth-grade year of middle school, she had forced her daughter to sit in it. It was only then that she had a final growth spurt that got her over the line further to eight-feet and fully legal to not use it.

I sighed.

“What’s that sigh about?” she asked me.

“Honestly, trying to process today? I really expected just to be watching some cases today and maybe getting to read briefs like this morning… Why…?”

She was at a stoplight and looked up at me in the rearview mirror, “Why what?”

“I guess there’s multiple… Why do we even have these slave laws as a part of our constitution? Why does someone like that have to live in fear of being kidnapped, and taken from her children as some sort of fake baby?” I grimaced, hoping I wasn’t offending her, “And… I guess I’m wondering, why did you help her?”

She nodded as she pressed the gas pedal. “Well, the constitutional amendment about slavery, as you refer to it, was a direct consequence of our country discovering the new race not long after the last century began… Unfortunately it only got stronger, while you were in elementary school, with some updates to terminology dealing with the new ‘maturosis’ buzzword to help justify it. I don’t disagree with you in the slightest that it should be gone. The problem is there’s no way to make that happen without yet another constitutional amendment. I am doubtful that enough of the states would ever consider ratifying that amendment given all but three approved the last update to strengthen it… Even if it did manage to pass through Congress…”

I sighed, “I’m definitely aware of that. I’m also aware of the recent maturosis decisions that have come down about Littles, and even Mids, but that doesn’t make it right?”

She shook her head, “It’s not. You asked, why did I help her?”

“Yes ma’am?”

She laughed, “You’re going to have to stop the ma’am stuff when we get in the car to go home Cameron. You’re too polite for your own good!” She laughed lightly.

We were heading out of the city proper and she engaged the autopilot in the car, before turning her seat around. A holographic display hovered in front of her so she could still monitor the vehicle, but it was a given like my car that it would drive itself just fine. “When I was about two years old my mom adopted a Little one day while we were at the park. I guess she tripped and dropped a drink on her dress, but my mom didn’t want to believe that story - choosing instead to say she wet her panties.” She shook her head, “Mom renamed her ‘Charlotte,’ and proceeded to diaper her and dress her exactly like I was dressed. At the time we were exactly the same sizes, so mom just bought two of everything and dressed us like we were twins. She even cut and had her hair color altered to match mine so we could be ‘identical twins.’”

“That went on for some time before Mom declared it was time for ‘us’ to be potty trained!” She sighed, “I was young, but I very much remember Mom making fun of Charlotte for having an accident while I sat on my potty and went like a good girl! Meanwhile Charlotte’s training pants would be soaked or messy, and Mom would spank her and berate her about being more of a baby than me.”

She wiped a tear from her eye, “I was potty trained in about a month from what Mom told me, Charlotte was given one last set of training panties from the package the day I was given my big girl panties. She was told if she could keep them clean and dry until bedtime, she would get to keep wearing training panties and using the potty like her big sis. If she didn’t, she’d go on a vacation from worrying about the potty.”

She sighed, “During dinner she begged to get out of her highchair and use the potty, but Mom told her ‘big girls can hold it…’” I watched as she shook her head, “She didn’t really stand a chance, my mom really just wanted a baby that never grew up – since she felt I had to. I felt so bad for her as she cried and was dressed in a diaper after dinner. One messy Pull-Up had doomed her…”

I watched her face fall into a grimace, and she wiped her eyes. “Ten years later, on my thirteenth birthday, we found her hung by the sheets in her crib having finally had enough and committed suicide.”

“That’s awful,” I told her, “I’m sorry…”

She said, “Thanks… I think the fact that I was officially a teenager, and really no longer a kid, finally pushed her over the edge. To this day my birthday is a day I mourn… I don’t celebrate it.”

“How did your mom take it?”

She laughed, clearly not thinking whatever it was funny for real, “She found herself another Little within the week of the funeral. Immediately removed her ability to walk, talk, use the potty… It was awful! She didn’t want to have to worry about Kelly following in Charlotte’s footsteps.”

“I’m guessing you don’t approve… That’s why you helped her?”

She nodded, “I’m okay with the Littles who genuinely give themselves up for adoption… I’m even somewhat okay with the Littles who are adopted out rather than spending the rest of their lives in prison… but some poor Little who managed to escape a life of Hell, after being sentenced to that life for no more than a skid mark in her panties?” She shook her head, “I can’t usually do much, but you gave me a path forward. Thank you for that!”

“You’re welcome… I hope it at least buys that family some time.”

We pulled up to her house about ten minutes later, parked her car in the garage, and both carried our briefcases inside the house. I smiled as I watched her receive a kiss from her husband to welcome her home. “How was your day?” He asked her.

“You know, with Cameron’s help, it was pretty good!”

“Huh?”

“Tell you over dinner sweetheart, just let us both go change into something more comfortable and we’ll join you down here. What’s for dinner anyway?”

“Stuffed salmon,” he told her with a smile. He looked down at me, “Hope you like fish?”

I nodded, “I eat just about everything.”

He laughed, “As a student I figured that would be the case! Our boys have always been the same way!”

Judge Jones and I went upstairs and I came back down dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I’d debated about putting on something more comfortable than that, but as much as I figured now that I could really trust her, I didn’t want to risk maturity signs!

When I walked over to the table, I discovered they’d dug up an old booster seat from somewhere that day. It looked like straps had long since been removed from it, so I deemed it fairly harmless in the big picture. The color was a pretty hideous faded purple, but given I knew it had to have been an old one of Jenny’s, I wasn’t surprised by that! With a sigh I climbed up onto it, blushing bright red, but was kind grateful since their table had been kind of difficult to reach the past couple of days! A plate was put down in front of me that could have come from a restaurant. “Wow! I thought you were an engineer…” I said with a smile, “not a professional chef.”

He and Judge Jones both laughed, “I joke that his retirement job is cooking for me and being my personal chef. It’s been a hobby of his all his life.”

“My mom insisted I be able to cook when I grew up so I could impress the ladies,” he joked.

“I may have to get some lessons, this looks amazing!”

I began eating the piece of fish, which I noted was smaller than theirs by a bit, and took an amazing bite of stuffing that must have had crab, mushrooms, and some sort of cheese! It was to die for! The dinner conversation was quiet to begin, but they started asking me about my own background some more.

“So, anyone special in your life?” Judge Jones asked. “You’re not married yet, right?”

I shook my head, “I have had some bad luck on the love front. I had a girlfriend from freshman year until the end of my last fall semester at Emerson. Just before the winter break I proposed... She turned me down because her parents had actually insisted that she break up with me before she came home for Christmas.”

“That’s awful! Why would they do that?” she asked me.

I sighed, “She was much taller than me, and with the family being rich, didn’t want a lowly Mid marrying her.”

“How rich?” He asked me.

“Billions?”

“Whoa, what family?” He followed up.

“The Harris family?”

“SafeFoods?” Judge Jones asked, some scorn present in her voice.

“Yeah… Though Addy wasn’t like the rest of them.”

“I can see her family not approving of a Mid though,” Judge Jones said. “You may have been better off though…”

I shrugged, “I really did love her… and I think she probably really loved me. It was just tragic that her family was her family.”

She nodded, “So anyone since then?”

I blushed, “Well… yeah.”

“Who is she?”

“Complicated…” I said with a sigh. I debated about telling her, but after that day she’d earned some trust. “Her name is Beth… and I grew up down the street from her.”

“Ooh… high school sweetheart?”

“Could have been, but I never made a move back then. I guess I didn’t even really know I loved her until…”

“Until?” She asked.

“She was nearly demerited out, and chose to go the student services route and give herself up for adoption.”

“Demerited out?” Her husband asked.

I gave him a strange look, “I thought this was everywhere… Littles at Emerson are allowed a total of ten demerits a year for discipline infractions. If they run through them, then they are automatically demoted to the daycare until they are adopted…”

Judge Jones gave a grimace and a nod, “It’s not something that you see in Hartford, but Ames isn’t the only state with schools like that. So, she was close… and decided she was better off allowing herself to be adopted?”

I nodded, “When I saw her next, she’d talked the woman who ran the program into letting her say goodbye to me. I don’t think I really knew I loved her until then.”

“Love works that way sometimes,” she nodded, “So what happened to her?”

I explained how her dad had re-adopted her and dealt with the courts. I was a little leery of telling her how he had let her grow up, but since he was in a different state with her then, I felt a bit safer. “So, her dad moved her to somewhere in New Albany where he’s been helping her get her life back together so she can try for being emancipated.”

“You talk often?”

“Usually at least once a day if we can,” I told her.

“If she gets emancipated?”

“I want to ask her to marry me,” I told her.

“You know New Albany is right next to this state. Do you know which city she lives in?”

I shook my head, “Her dad is really paranoid about someone investigating them, so he hasn’t told me where they are to be safe more than the state.”

“You should invite him to bring her here over a weekend or something!”

I gave her a weird look, “You’re okay with this? Me having a relationship with her?”

“She’s what, an inch or so from being a Mid?”

I nodded.

“As far as I’m concerned if she’s emancipated again it’s perfectly legal. I’d love to meet this girl who managed to capture your heart though.”

I blushed, “I’ll mention it…”

“Do it!” she said with a smile.

We talked for a bit longer and then I helped with the dishes. While the meal was amazing, I was also amazed at how many dishes he managed to use to make the meal! When I finally had the dishwasher running most of it, and the rest drying in a rack, I went and joined them in the living room where they had a news channel on. His face looked nervous, and her face just looked angry.

“I’m here in Crescent City where protestors have gathered in front of the Courthouse to protest a decision that Judge Ruth Jones issued from the 3^rd Circuit Court of Appeal today…” I watched them talk about the decision, but from a decidedly more unhappy approach. An interview was played of a woman, Jennifer Bennett, “I’m here with Jennifer Bennett, the head of ELNAP. Mrs. Bennett, what are you all saying about this unusual decision to issue the warrant for a Fugitive Little’s return, but to put a time stamp on it for years in the future?”

“It’s unconscionable! How in the world would a judge in their right mind even consider that an adopted Little can safely raise two babies?!? All four of their ‘family’ should be getting on a plane in matching diapers and be headed back to Oak City to be with her mommy.”

Another picture pulled up, and I understood this was going to be a cluster of a panel. A tall Amazon, and a little dressed in a business suit joined on another corner of that screen. “With us now, I have Rebecca Washington and Nadine Key, both of the movement CAMOL. We’ve heard what Mrs. Bennett has to say, what do you think about this decision? I assume that you approve?”

“Well, I don’t approve that she would even theoretically have to go back to her mommy when her kids reach their majority,” the shorter Little, Nadine, stated. “I do however admire Judge Jones attempting to thread morality with the immorality of the constitution of this country that encourages slavery and abuse of Littles.”

“I believe it’s even more unconscionable to consider sending a Little back to a mommy that has so obviously physically abused and neglected the Little when she was under her ‘care,’” Rebecca, the big said.

“Those allegations, do we have any proof of them?” The reporter asked.

Rebecca nodded, “Medical exams and signed affidavits were submitted as evidence in today’s hearing…”

The TV turned off then, and I looked at Mr. Jones who was sitting in an armchair next to the couch I saw on with Judge Jones, “Well, you two upset the applecart today, huh?”

I nodded at that, but was happy when he told her he was proud of her! Before I went to sleep that night, I looked up more of the stories online about the case. E.L.N.A.P. was an extremist group in my mind, who believed Every Little Needs a Parent… In their view every single Little, and a majority of Mids like myself, needed to be safely dressed in diapers and cared for in a nursery according to their manifesto. They specifically believed that Littles should have teeth removed and mobility impairments to help care for them the best… Their site even referred to it as being as routine as spaying and neutering pets... I had just about vomited at that.

C.A.M.O.L., or Citizens Against Mistreatment Of Littles, on the other hand was decidedly against those procedures. They seemed to support total emancipation of Littles everywhere, but were more realistic on their efforts, and were currently focused on getting Little Rights Bills passed like were present in New Haven and Hartford. Both of those jurisdictions of course were part of the 3^rd Circuit.

As I went to bed that night, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride for whatever part I played in trying to help that family!

 

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[Baby Billy]

That was great, I was right about Beth, Cameron does love her and wants to marry her,  I feel judge Jones will help get her feel, that's why she wants them to come visit.  I like the little tie in with A little legal issue, not sure how many remember it.  Not sure but I thought it was EINAM?

[Edab123]

Thank you for another great chapter! I'm really enjoying seeing so many aspects of the dimension, rather than focus on one scenario. 

[BabySofia]

1 hour ago, Baby Billy said:

That was great, I was right about Beth, Cameron does love her and wants to marry her,  I feel judge Jones will help get her feel, that's why she wants them to come visit.  I like the little tie in with A little legal issue, not sure how many remember it.  Not sure but I thought it was EINAM?

Thanks for the comment Billy! ?

43 minutes ago, Edab123 said:

Thank you for another great chapter! I'm really enjoying seeing so many aspects of the dimension, rather than focus on one scenario. 

Thanks! I'm glad you appreciate that! Things do center at points in the tale, but I'm enjoying the idea of showing more of the world than most Littles perspectives have given. ?

[diaperboymi]

Another Fantastic chapter!!!!!!  I really hope the judge can help Cameron and Beth get together. 

[Baby Billy]

3 hours ago, Baby Billy said:

That was great, I was right about Beth, Cameron does love her and wants to marry her,  I feel judge Jones will help get her feel, that's why she wants them to come visit.  I like the little tie in with A little legal issue, not sure how many remember it.  Not sure but I thought it was EINAM?

I am sorry , I was wrong it was EINAP

[WBDaddy]

22 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

I am sorry , I was wrong it was EINAP

ELNAP, actually.  Every Little Needs A Parent.  

But credit where credit was due - ELNAP was a concept inspired by CAMOL, which came from an even older DD story (that was actually completed) - Wrong is Wrong. 

[Baby Billy]

21 minutes ago, WBDaddy said:

ELNAP, actually.  Every Little Needs A Parent.  

But credit where credit was due - ELNAP was a concept inspired by CAMOL, which came from an even older DD story (that was actually completed) - Wrong is Wrong. 

Yes and I have read them both, the reason I mention a little legal issue is because Baby Sofia has used that story in Exchanged before.

[BabySofia]

23 minutes ago, WBDaddy said:

ELNAP, actually.  Every Little Needs A Parent.  

But credit where credit was due - ELNAP was a concept inspired by CAMOL, which came from an even older DD story (that was actually completed) - Wrong is Wrong. 

Wait... Wrong is Wrong was completed? I thought it ended rather abruptly? I think there was maybe one additional post after she testified? Either way both that work and yours to me were some of the most thought provoking works written there on the legal side of things.

2 hours ago, diaperboymi said:

Another Fantastic chapter!!!!!!  I really hope the judge can help Cameron and Beth get together. 

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[sparky_dude]

Amazing chapter as always. You have a done a great job with this story and I'm looking forward to more.

[SGTbaby]

Look out Cameron as it sounds like an exciting summer ahead 

[WBDaddy]

2 hours ago, BabySofia said:

Wait... Wrong is Wrong was completed? I thought it ended rather abruptly?

 

I may be off on that.  It's been a long time since the two of us were working in parallel on those two stories. 

2 hours ago, Baby Billy said:

Yes and I have read them both, the reason I mention a little legal issue is because Baby Sofia has used that story in Exchanged before.

Yes, she did.  And I was flattered that she wanted to reference it.  One of these days I might finish the damn thing. 

[BabyJilly_S]

Another great chapter, thanks. this looks like it may be heading for something very big  

[Baby Billy]

6 hours ago, WBDaddy said:

I may be off on that.  It's been a long time since the two of us were working in parallel on those two stories. 

Yes, she did.  And I was flattered that she wanted to reference it.  One of these days I might finish the damn thing. 

It would not take much, you last chapter pretty much could have been the end with one in court to conclude it.  When she said if she treated me like this I would have been happy to be her baby.

Baby Sofia I was reading this an thinking about the story the judge told Cameron about her mother.  You have put monsters in your stories before but I didn't think anyone could be that bad.  How could you take care of a living thing for ten years and when they die just say so I'll just get another one like a piece of equipment.  Even a dog owner would be upset if their dog was suddenly killed.

[Moon3ye]

23 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

It would not take much, you last chapter pretty much could have been the end with one in court to conclude it.  When she said if she treated me like this I would have been happy to be her baby.

Baby Sofia I was reading this an thinking about the story the judge told Cameron about her mother.  You have put monsters in your stories before but I didn't think anyone could be that bad.  How could you take care of a living thing for ten years and when they die just say so I'll just get another one like a piece of equipment.  Even a dog owner would be upset if their dog was suddenly killed.

For many Amazons, Littles are not even worth as much as pets. They are objects, dolls they can play with. At least when they have reached such an evil level as this mother. I also doubt, for example, that a Cassidy or a Chloe would grieve. While a Meg or Amanda would grieve.

[Baby Billy]

16 minutes ago, Moon3ye said:

For many Amazons, Littles are not even worth as much as pets. They are objects, dolls they can play with. At least when they have reached such an evil level as this mother. I also doubt, for example, that a Cassidy or a Chloe would grieve. While a Meg or Amanda would grieve.

I don't think Cassidy or Chloe a on the level of the mother, both had feelings when Bella was kidnapped.

[BabySofia]

9 hours ago, sparky_dude said:

Amazing chapter as always. You have a done a great job with this story and I'm looking forward to more.

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7 hours ago, SGTbaby said:

Look out Cameron as it sounds like an exciting summer ahead 

I think that's a given! Thanks for the comment! ?

59 minutes ago, BabyJilly_S said:

Another great chapter, thanks. this looks like it may be heading for something very big  

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53 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

Even a dog owner would be upset if their dog was suddenly killed.

This is exactly the example I was thinking of though. How many pet owners have one die, only to go get a new one to replace that one right away? I've known quite a few myself. I think the idea of the suicide though probably messed with the mother quite a bit. I think part how she 'coped' was getting the other little and making sure she couldn't do the same.

40 minutes ago, Moon3ye said:

For many Amazons, Littles are not even worth as much as pets. They are objects, dolls they can play with. At least when they have reached such an evil level as this mother. I also doubt, for example, that a Cassidy or a Chloe would grieve. While a Meg or Amanda would grieve.

Agreed! Thanks for the comment! ?

32 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

I don't think Cassidy or Chloe a on the level of the mother, both had feelings when Bella was kidnapped.

Or at least they said they did? I think part of that though was just the empathy of not wanting their own stolen. 

7 hours ago, WBDaddy said:

One of these days I might finish the damn thing. 

I would be cheering up and down! ? 

I know how things can go though with writers block! Thanks for commenting! ?

[BabySofia]

On 3/5/2021 at 6:38 AM, little dragoniusrex said:

wow that was an amazing chapter again 

I meant to come back and thank you for this comment yesterday. Thanks! ?

Since you all have been generous with comments and likes, I'm going to be generous with an extra chapter this afternoon. Look for it about 4pm CST.

[the diaper mike]

Awesome story as always Sophie I could definitely see an adoption in the future under special circumstances if need be

[BabySofia]

1 hour ago, the diaper mike said:

Awesome story as always Sophie I could definitely see an adoption in the future under special circumstances if need be

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[BabySofia]

Chapter 24: Guests

 

THE NEXT WEEK was an intense time around the courthouse. Protestors gathered on the steps and the large grassy area in front of it to protest and counterprotest all week! I watched several reports on the news where the ELNAP protestors tried to adopt some of the Littles protesting with CAMOL. Fortunately for the Littles, they were in Hartford, which kept them from being just adopted right there. Most of them managed to get released over the course of a day or two when their ‘parent’ tried to take them to the adoption clinics. The ones that didn’t, unfortunately were dragged over state lines to a nearby state to our west that was more like Ames.

I soon discovered most of Judge Jones’ days were not as momentous as my first! Most of them dealt strictly with evaluating if a technicality of a law was broken, and what that effect might have on the verdicts in the lower courts. That being said, I felt like I learned more from Judge Jones, and sitting in her office and car talking to her, than I had my entire time in law school so far!

I had waited a few weeks for the protests to die down before asking Mr. Fehler and Beth about her idea, “Hi Mr. Fehler!”

“Hi Cameron, it’s good to hear from you! I know Beth was wondering if you would call today!”

“I wanted to call her all week, but it’s been crazy around here. Speaking of that… Judge Jones, the woman who I’m staying with and interning, suggested since you’re not far from here you could come and stay the weekend sometime before I leave to go back to New Haven in August?”

He looked thoughtful, “Where would we stay?”

“She has a huge house! She has several guest bedrooms…”

“I’m guessing we’d only need one, I know where Beth would want to stay.”

“Until…”

He nodded, “Beth mentioned your concerns. How about next weekend?”

“Let me check with Judge Jones really quick, I’ll call you back in ten minutes?”

“Sounds good!”

After confirming with her, I’d confirmed with him, and that led to an excited conversation with Beth! We hadn’t seen each other in person now for nearly two full years!

The next week was the slowest moving week of all time! Each day the minutes seemed to take forever to pass, and the days themselves were just serving as obstacles to the weekend! I had spoken to Dad, and he had reminded me as long as Beth was still adopted, I had to be careful around Judge Jones since she was legally bound to deal with indiscretions. Having already been forever paranoid that anyone would ever find out about our last time together, I had agreed.

The day finally arrived and Mr. Fehler pulled in driving a midsize sedan. It was just before dinner time, after we had come home a little early to meet them. Judge Jones and her husband joined me outside to greet them. I watched as Mr. Fehler opened the door, waved at me friendlily, and turned around to open the back where he pulled Beth out of a car seat.

The first thing I noticed though was her clothes.

They looked like a normal woman in her twenties should be dressed!

My eyes stared at her wide smile as I took in slow motion her being sat down on the ground and bounding towards me. She wore a conservative short sleeved striped top, that emphasized the small curves she had. Her shorts looked like they were an appropriate length, but there was something missing underneath them!

She reached me and pounced on me, “Cameron!!!!”

I hugged her back as she clung to me and I felt tears come out of my eyes at being reunited finally.

“Here Cameron,” she said to me a moment later as she handed me a piece of paper she’d been carrying.

I began shaking and crying as I hugged her again. “I’m so glad you’re free!!!!”

I felt a little embarrassed as I realized everyone had all watched that display, but didn’t care as I finally regained my composure and remembered my manners.

“Sorry about my manners here Judge Jones, I’d like to introduce you to Beth Fehler, and her father Jerome Fehler.” Just then I realized there was someone else there, “And Mrs. Fehler?” I said in surprise as I saw her standing there.

“Hi Cameron. Surprise!” She said with a smile. Her mom was a hair under eight feet tall, so while she was taller than me, she was still pretty short.

“I thought…” I stammered.

“We’ll explain in a moment,” her dad said, “This is my wife Ashley. Why don’t we get everything unloaded first and then maybe we can all sit down and discuss things?” He looked at Judge Jones, “I hope you don’t mind that we brought one more person than Cameron expected?”

She laughed, “Not at all, Cameron told me about everything that happened with Beth at Emerson and afterwards… so I’m curious to hear this story too!”

Beth squeezed my hand and said, “Where am I staying?”

“In his room,” Judge Jones said. At Beth’s open eyes she said, “You’re emancipated, and as an emancipated adult now, I don’t care. You can sleep there or I do have another room with a bed for you too.”

She blushed, “With Cameron, would be fine.”

I helped Mr. Fehler and Mr. Jones grab luggage for the family and carried Mr. and Mrs. Fehler’s upstairs to the second floor, before continuing up with Beth’s stuff to my room.

She smirked when she got there, “I bet you were worried she was matching your hair to the room when you moved in here?”

I blushed, not thinking about the color much anymore, “It did occur to me. I don’t know why you, and Addy before you, all love me having long hair…”

She leaned up on her tippy toes and kissed me before running her hands through my hair. “For me at least I love having your long hair to run my hands through…”

She pulled my head down to her level and then really kissed me, with absolute unbridled passion! Our tongues played in each other’s mouths for a moment before I pushed her back and said, “We should probably get downstairs so everyone can hear this story.”

She smiled, “I think you’ll be proud of me!”

I hugged her again, “I already am!”

She ducked into the bathroom for a moment, and then I held her hand to walk downstairs together. We came down the main stairwell and saw that her parents and the Jones were already sitting down at the dining room table. All of them were staring up at us. “Now that is an adorable sight!” her mom said.

We both groaned, but joined them at the table. I smiled as I saw Beth sitting on a simple portable booster cushion on her chair beside me. We sat with her mom on her right, her dad across from her, Mr. Jones at the head, and Judge Jones beside him opposite me. Before us we each had a beautiful steak dinner that I knew he had cooked. “Thanks,” I told him after tasting it, “it’s exceptional as always!”

He smiled, “I’m going to miss you when you go back to school! Compliments every time I cook?”

Judge Jones punched him on the arm, “I give you compliments too you dolt!”

Once we had mostly all finished our food, we sat with empty plates and I asked Mrs. Fehler, “So what happened?”

She smiled, “Well… We knew that if Beth was to have a chance we would have to separate. Together we were pretty sure the court would rule that I was too immature of an influence and might corrupt Beth further. In the past some of the courts in Ames have ruled that the Betweener mother suddenly needed to be considered a Little too…” She wiped some tears from her eyes, “I didn’t want to leave Beth and her father, but it was her best chance. Long term we figured that New Albany would be the safest place to try and get her to and grow her back up so to speak… So, I moved there and found a house out in the country with our divorce settlement money. I worked remotely anyway, so nothing had to change with my job.”

“When we decided it was finally time to leave at the same time you did,” her dad said, “I left without calling her from Ames. We just showed up a couple days after I called you to let you know we made it to safety.”

“I was so excited to see Mom! Dad had never even told me where we were going!” Beth said, grabbing her hand.

“So at least I know where you’ve been… What have you been doing? You’ve always been kind of cagey about it,” I told her.

“Well… for safety sake when we moved in for the first year, we had her continue to act like a baby outside the house. We had a nursery for her to be safe in case any inspectors happened to come by. When we were pretty sure that no one was following us to check up on her we started really focusing on the potty training even more. We were able to enroll her in a community college to earn an associate’s degree - she just finished in May, and prepared her for the testing center.”

“Testing center?” I asked curiously.

“It’s easier in New Albany to earn your freedom,” she told me, “But the test is pretty intense.”

“What do they do?” Judge Jones asked, just as curious and making herself still known.

“Well, it’s a three-hour test. Part of the requirements of passing it is to show you won’t wet or mess your panties during that time. They give you a test that is something like a high school exam, and then also you have an interview with someone who asks you really personal and embarrassing questions.” She squirmed a bit, “At the end of it they check your panties in front of the room of test takers… Then you have to use the potty in front of them to do both things…”

“That’s got to be horribly embarrassing,” I said.

“You have no idea Cam!” She smiled though. “But when I was done pooping in the potty, wiped myself, and had one last panty check, they gave me the certificate that let us go to the court. Dad had to testify, I had to testify, and then it became official!”

“I’m so proud of you for getting through all of that,” I told her with a smile.

“Me too! I didn’t think I would ever be an adult again…” She said morosely. “Now what’s new here…?”

The next hour we had dessert, I did the dishes with Beth’s help, and her parents and the Joneses ended up having a very cordial conversation. I had been watching Beth for any sign that the early bedtimes were still a thing, but she was wide awake as it approached the time that I normally called it a night. Everyone excused themselves about that same time and went upstairs to their rooms.

When Beth and I reached my room I said, “You don’t have to sleep with me if you don’t…”

She launched herself at me and kissed me.

Really kissed me! I could feel my insides curling with passion right then as she broke it off and pushed me gently away.

“Shut up Cam… Let me get dressed for bed, and then I’ll make sure you know exactly what I do want out of you!”

I felt my arousal at that statement making my pants uncomfortable, and decided to get dressed in the pair of soft pajamas I had bought in the hopes of such a reaction from her. They were just a pair of plaid pajama pants and shirt, but they were the softest fabric I’d ever felt. I thought she might enjoy feeling me through them.

When she exited the bathroom, I wondered why I had bothered getting dressed!

She wore a sheer nightgown that showed through to her lacy bra and panties underneath. ‘Real panties,’ I noted! “I hope you have some condoms?”

I nervously nodded, “Yes…?”

“Well then, let me show you what I want after being locked in diapers for most of the last seven years…”

That night we definitely did what she wanted! We made up for the lost years multiple times that night before finally falling asleep.

We spent Saturday hanging out, went for a walk around their property together, and eventually had a great meal outside with everyone. I spent some time talking with her parents too, and things seemed pretty much perfect. After dinner I nervously looked at Beth, and got down on one knee with her parents and the Joneses watching.

“Beth Fehler, years ago I never knew what I had with you… I was too caught up in trying to get to college and avoid being seen as a Little. The day you gave yourself up was one of the worst days of both of our lives. After everything that’s happened, I know for a fact there’s only one thing I want in this world. I don’t want mere inches to come between us ever again. Beth, would you make me the happiest person in the world and be my wife?”

The world stopped then, as I waited to see if things would end the same way as with Addy.

The ring wasn’t the same as Addy’s, I had taken that back with Amanda’s help all those years ago, but it was just as valuable. It was a solid platinum band, with a separate wedding band that would eventually intertwine with the beautiful blue sapphire in the center, with two high grade diamonds set beside it. The band itself had more diamonds and sapphires alternating inset around it. I looked into her eyes, afraid of what she would say.

Instead, she looked at the ring in my hands, placed her hand out, and let me slide it onto her perfect finger. “Yes!” she said to me before wrapping me in the tightest hug I’d ever felt!

We kissed tenderly then and I heard clapping from the onlookers, before we were both mobbed with hugs.

That moment as I looked at her beautiful face, and held the hand with a ring on it, I was the happiest I had ever been in my life! I called Dad and shared the news with him right away. He had been as ecstatic as her parents had been too, and insisted on talking with his future daughter-in-law himself to welcome her to our family.

 

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