Larry's Find

[liddlekitkat]

"I didn't go any where." she retorts over the section. " she browses the shirts in the teen section. as the size crept up they got more "adult like". She picks up a 3 pack of tank tops (meant to be worn independently not under a shirt) a shirt t-shirt with a design from Green Day and a half off the shoulder swearshirt just in case it was cold. She saw him still looking at stuff and grabbed Another t-shirt with a california oversized tsher design and a plain black shirt because she felt it would be practical. She knew he said 3 shirts but she was used to variety and choice and was confident the 3 pack counted as one. She walked back over and dumped them in the cart with Larrys selection not even giving them a look.
"this should tide  should be good"

[Ishigreensa]

Larry eyed the sweater and pack of three.  He looked over at the girl and pulled them out of the cart.

"Are these undershirts?" he asked her.  "And you are planning to wear a top under this one, aren't you?"

His frown was determined and certain.  He was set to go to bat with this.  He didn't know she was an adult.  Even as an adult, he would frown at her for these choices, but if she was an adult, he wouldn't really have any say, but as he believed she was just a kid being influenced by what mess she saw on social media and television, he figured his teaching her not to be a victim in this culture of sexualizing children may break a bad habit.

 

[liddlekitkat]

Sarah shook her head. "No theyre just tank tops and why would i where an additional shirt under a shirt its spring time and i'd get hot. she started at Larrys own wardrobe. He looked maybe around 30 maybe a little younger but her dressed like a man in his 40s loose fitting dress shirts and pants. "you really don't have much of a sense of style"

she looked through his selections. disney shirt, disney shirt, cartoon animals. "I mean i like cartoons or whatever but they should be faded so they look old not fresh like theyre new. I don't even watch current disney i'm more of a lion king person. maybe lilo and stitch"

[Ishigreensa]

"Well, then, the tank tops go back," he told her firmly.  "You're not leaving my house like that.  I don't care what is "in," because of a lot of what is "in" is wrong.  However, we can try to find something a little more faded, if they have it, and hey, I like Lion King, too," he told her.

His parents had raised him a bit old fashion, and she was right.  He had no sense of now-a-days style, nor did he really want it.  He didn't like what was going on now-a-days in many ways.

Larry shook his head.  "And the sweater stays, but it only gets worn when it is cold and over another shirt."

He frowned at her.

"My dad was right.  They are raising kids to like things more and more inappropriate at younger and younger ages.  I thought he was nuts when he told me that when I was about sixteen, but seeing you want these things at what?  Thirteen years of age at tops?  He was definitely right!"

 

[liddlekitkat]

Sarah rolled her eyes. "They're tank tops not lingere. I don't even want the character shirt i was just giving you a reference." She didn't budge as she didn't see anything wrong with her selections. "Or maybe youre just stubborn and think anything new and different is bad." 

"I'm not thirteen," she mumbles turning away snatching the tank tops out the cart and tossing them onto the nearest rack. And turning again to go look at other shirts. she was tired of him saying it because it stripped her of her ability to assert herself without giving away the truth. But i guess a 13 year old doesn't where tank tops around here.

[Ishigreensa]

He frowned as she said she wasn't even thirteen, and wanted stuff like this.

Where in the cursing blanks did she hear the term lingere from?  Now, he was certain he had to put a stop to this.  No child who wasn't even thirteen should have known the term lingere!

"You will not be wearing that garbage until you are old enough to leave my house," he told her.  "That's sick!  Putting a child in lingere?  What kind of people?"  he shut himself off.  That wasn't her fault.  But now, he was boiling and was thinking someone's head should roll.  You should not be exposing kids to that kind of stuff!

"Look, I'm sorry, baby," he told her.  "You're still a child, and someday, when you are old enough to make your own decisions, then what I think won't matter, but until then, I'm dressing you like a child should be dressed, baby."

He was now going to start calling her baby a lot more now that he was convinced she was under thirteen, maybe even eleven years old.

[liddlekitkat]

Pure confusion blankets her face, "Who said anything about putting children in lingerie, what you even talking about." she pauses still bewildered by his assumptions. "why do you make up worse case scenarios in your head all the time. that has to be stressful." she steps away to give them some distance as she eyes another shirt. It had a beach design and was a bit oversized to satisfy Larry "style". 

"Here lets just get this and go"

[Ishigreensa]

He shook his head.  Was someone grooming this child?  She knew way too much for a little kid, and she just told him, though he twisted the meaning, that she wasn't even thirteen years old yet, and somehow, she doesn't think she's a child?

He shook his head.  She was so innocent, and though these were worst case scenarios?   He really had to watch her now.  The poor child must have either been on the streets way too long, or someone else had been grooming her to get her to run away.  Whatever it was, he was her only guardian making sure she was safe now.

He bit his tongue when she pretended that she didn't think of wearing lingerie.  She wouldn't have brought it up if she hadn't thought of wearing it.

He nodded and took her to the undershirts to make sure she had decent undershirts and some training bras.  Then he took her to pay for the stuff.

"Baby, I'm not mad you.  You probably got confused because I did get a bit excited, but you shouldn't even know a term like lingerie.  You are not ready for stuff like that, and anyone who said you were is not your friend."

He hugged her as they waited in line, a sideways hug.  "I'm just trying to watch out for you, sweetheart.  You are still practically a baby, even if you don't want to hear that.  You will not be meeting strangers anymore or wearing strange things to see people.  I should not have let you go to the library alone, and I certainly would not have, had I realized you weren't even thirteen years of age or if I knew you had been exposed to lingerie or what it means."

He rubbed her back.

"I know this is all going to be kind of hard for you, being confused and now thinking I'm keeping you from something, but the things I'm trying to protect you from..., you'll thank me one day when you really understand what it all means, sweetheart.  And Yeah, for now, I know you'll be disappointed, and you'll hate me for a while, but I'd rather you hate me than you get hurt, baby girl."

[liddlekitkat]

She pulls away as he tries to rub her back. she couldn't put her finger on why but it made her uneasy. "Please stop," she pauses. "look its your money and i'm just a guest. You don't know me or who i know So stop making assumptions. If thats what you want to spend your money so be it that's what i'll wear. But stop assuming things about me, my family, my friends," she grits her teeth. "You don't know anything so just drop it." she starts walking toward the registers. She was getting irritated and doubting if a couple pants and shirts she'd never wear again was worth all hoops.

[Ishigreensa]

Larry shook his head at what she was saying.  She was pretty willful.  

"Alright, look, let's just get you home," he told her.  "You're right, I don't know a lot about you, but I do know you know some stuff that a preteen or even a young teen shouldn't know.  I don't mind telling you that I don't like it."

He let her be though, and walked with her, first to get the stuff he left at the claims counter, and then out to catch the bus.  He couldn't put his finger on it, but there were a lot of things that was a little off about her.  But he couldn't tell if that was just because of grooming or if it was something else.

[liddlekitkat]

As they walked through the lot and to the bus stop she was very despondent. Larry wasn't saying much but she was basically in her own head. she would occasionally glance over at the bag of pull ups. They weren't uncomfortable as she walked but she knew they were there and she wondered if anyone else could tell. when they sat at the stop she flashed back to the last time she was here and had peed herself. she hoped all cleaned up no one would recognize her. Though the likelihood the same people were on the bus was almost zero.

She shifted in her seat slightly. Still dry  she smiled to her self. She began to bite her thumb nail again. She felt like a toddler for praising herself for being dry like she was being potty trained. Maybe it was the stress she reasons and finally talking to her dad cleared the brain fog that had stopped her from getting to the toilet before. she couldn't be sure until she went to a doctor but who knows when that will be. her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of the bus. 

[Ishigreensa]

Larry saw her shift in her seat on the bus, and he sighed.  There was nothing he could do if she was wetting herself again right now.  The child probably needs to be potty trained or something.  She definitely needs to see a doctor though, too.

He stayed quiet for the bus ride, not wanting to upset her anymore than she already was.  Preteen kids were hard to handle sometimes, especially when they were trying to prove they were big people, but kept making child-like mistakes.

No one seemed to pay either of them any attention as they rode on the bus together, and before they knew it, they were back at the motel.  On their way in, Larry looked over at her as he unlocked the door.

"When we get in, I want you to go straight to the toilet, and then I want to check your diaper.  I don't know what is going on with you, but I do know you are having accidents a bit much."

He went in and started to put her things away that they got for her.

[liddlekitkat]

Over the course of the bus ride as they arrive at the motel she for the first time since before meeting Larry she feels the need to go to the bathroom she needs to poop. and she also feels like she is able to hold it. She smiles maybe it was all stress she hopes. She shrugs at his instructions. Finally confident every thing is getting back to normal. upon entering the room she drops her bag near the bed and heads to the bathroom. She didn't want to say anything because now she could finally act like an adult. 

when she reaches the bathroom and finally pulls down the skirt and pull up. All dry. like she believed. she sits on the toilet. she knows she needs to poop but it feels like it takes forever to work its way out. In total she is probably sitting for 5-7 minutes before she feels her bladder and bowels fully release. A wave of relief rushes over her. she can do it. she makes sure to wipe really well so Larry wont have any reason to doubt her. she pulls up the pull up and skirt. And after washing her hands she emerges from the bathroom 10minutes later. "Im dry" she dryly announces to the room. 

[Ishigreensa]

Larry smiled when she announced that she was dry, but that wasn't enough.  She was caught wetting her pants a few times, so he had to check.

"I'm sorry, but I need to see for myself, honey.  You've been having too many accidents."

He motioned for her to come and stand in front of him.

[liddlekitkat]

She stands her ground. "Why would i lie" she said sternly She felt like a child again and she felt the need to assert her self. 

[Ishigreensa]

"I don't know, sweetheart," Larry said to her.  "But a lot of things don't make any sense to me right now, and I'm taking care of you, so I need to make sure.  Maybe you'd feel like if I knew you'd peed your pants, that maybe it was too many times, and I just don't think you can get to the bathroom at all or something.  Maybe you might think I doubted you being able to notice that you are wet or something.  I don't really know.  What I do know, is you've peed yourself now, three or four times."

Larry frowned at her.

"Just come here and let me see, sweetheart.  I can't leave you in wet pants.  That would not be comfortable, and I wouldn't really be doing my job."

He reached over to bring her in front of him to look at her in the eyes.  "Are you promising that you didn't wet or anything?"

He knew that she was probably tired of him hovering over everything she did.  "You look me in the eye and tell me you're not wet, and I'll drop it this time, but I'm keeping an eye on you, honey."

 

[liddlekitkat]

She looked down, i did have a bunch of accidents didn't i she concedes that the treatment is justified and walks over. to him. She looks him in the eye. "I'm dry i used the bathroom. everything is good"

She felt happy being able to say that was everything back to normal she hoped. 

[Ishigreensa]

Larry pulled her pants slightly down so he could look in her diaper, but hen he found it was dry, he hugged her.

"Good girl.  And you went potty, too.  Maybe it was just the stress of not having a place for a while, but now you know you are safe at my place, we can probably let you take the diaper off, but it kind of feels wasteful to take it off right now, so as long as its not soaked in the morning, I'll let you go back to panties in the morning."

He let go of the hug.

"You can go do what you want for now, sweetheart."

[liddlekitkat]

She hated that being praised for being dry made her feel good. She was an adult that should be the norm. But for now she just was happy to feel good about herself finally if he was right she was sure it was finally speaking to her dad. But he doesn't need to know that. so she hugs back. 
She releases and goes to sit on the bed. She looks around for the remote. and begins flipping through the channels its not like there was much else for her to do. I just have to stay dry through tomorrow and everthing will be back to normal.  she keeps telling herself. the benefit of the pull up was if she was wet she could tell without much effort. still dry she would say to herself after shifting in her spot to check.

[Ishigreensa]

Larry relaxed on the other bed, and he watched whatever she was watching.  Whatever her problems were, and he wasn't really sure what to think about it, he hoped that maybe the wetting was behind her.  The child had been through way too much in his mind, and he knew that even an eleven year old child couldn't feel good about being wet all the time.

"Do you know any solitaire games?" Larry asked her while they were watching television.  "You know, card games that you play against the deck rather than other people?"

While traditional games were a thing of the long past, he knew that some computers and smart phone programs existed that not only mimicked the traditional solitaire game and a few other versions of it, but also mimicked Vegas card games, by dealing for more than one person.

Larry went and got a deck of cards from his things and brought them over to her.

"I can teach you, if you like," he told her.  "It's not the same as having an electronic device, but it is something that can be fun when you don't have an electronic device to play with."

[liddlekitkat]

She would play card on her phone but she usually played regular phone games. and wasn't to familiar with playing them with an actual deck. "I mean i know a few but i usually don't play with a physical dec but on the computer or something." She picks up the deck. "I don't even know how to actually shuffle" 

[Ishigreensa]

And as he suspected, it seems kids don't need real things in their hands anymore and seem to just be immersed in the computer and phone very quick rewards like points for getting a card in place.

"Well, it's not that hard to shuffle," he told her.  There are three standard ways I know of, and there are a lot of other ways that people have picked up over the years.  The easiest way to shuffle, is just cut the cards, and then place some of that cut deck on top of the rest, cut it again from the top half, and put those on top and so on.  You can also just push some cards out from the side, and put them on top, or you can hold the cards sideways, and alternate letting cards fall in front or behind a point of origin."

She showed her what he meant.

"The real fun shuffle though, is like this...," and he shuffled the cards like you see in card tricks where you lay two piles on top of one another in alternating sequences, and then you bend them up and let them fall into your hands as the cards straighten themselves out.

"This one takes a little practice though.  Can I?"

He reached for her hands to show her how to hold the cards.  It wouldn't be easy to get the first time, but if she let him work with her once a day a few times, she should get the feel by the fifth or sixth time.

[liddlekitkat]

She let him show her how to shuffle a few times. But she could never get them to fall as smoothly as he did. Eventually shrugged and didn't feel like trying anymore. "You can just shuffle what game do you want to play."

[Ishigreensa]

He took the cards and started to shuffle them.  

"Have you ever heard of Eukre?" he asked her   "It's an easy game that can be played with 2, 3, or 4 players.  When you play with four players, you usually play partners."

He smlied at her willingness to try.

"I'll show you this game, and after that, I'll show you two variants of solitaire that you can play by yourself when you don't have someone to play with."

He dealt her 3 cards and himself 2, and then her 2 and himself 3 cards.  But before he did that, he had removed all the cards that ere eights and below except for the deuces.

"Now, you know the Jacks are usually lower in power than the queen, but in the suite that is called trump, the right Jack, or the Jack of that suite is the highest card.  Then the other Jack of the suite that is the same color as trump is second highest, then the A, K, Q, jokers, 10, 9, and 2.  The 2 cannot be taken by any card, but it cannot take another card either unless it is a trump card.  Points are Jack-right, Jack-left, Ace, Joker-high, Joker-low, ten, and deuce of the suit that was bid in.  There are 7 points in one hand.  You bid on the suit you want to be trump based on how many you think you can take...."

As he explained the rules, he was really getting into teaching her.  There were some qualities of a teacher she could see, how he didn't let her just give up, but talked her through how to bid, and how to figure out how much was a solid bid for her hand.  He taught her how to preserve her mid-high cards so that she could use them to the most advantage, and taught her to sacrifice a Queen if she had an A but didn't know if he had Jacks or not.

They played to 21, but the first three times she made a mistake, and over-bid her hand, he let her keep the points she did take, but the fourth hand, let her see how bidding above what she couldn't take would set her back.

He didn't notice her acting in anyway to give away if she was still having trouble, so he didn't say anything when they were done, and went to get ready to take her out for a cheaper meal for dinner.

[liddlekitkat]

She had never heard of this game she was used to things like solitaire, hearts, or spades. or games like uno. She kinda understood but she basically just guessed on her bids and hoped for the best. To many rules for a game that used half of a card deck was her reasoning. When she finally got a hand right she was happy she wasn't really sure how she did but it was close enough to a win for her. 
"so what are we doing for dinner" she asked as he began putting up the cards.