Larry's Find

[liddlekitkat]

Sarah shakes off the next couple attempts to fully awake her,  but something about the word diaper startled her enough to fully wake up, she stretches her body checking the pull up again. "Its not a diaper and its dry," she grumbles. Every part of her body was tired she looked at the clock 7am she only got at most 5 hours of sleep. she rubbed her eyes a few times. she slowly peels herself from the bed slightly disoriented with everything.

[Ishigreensa]

"Well, good," he said when she said it was dry.  "Because we really need to get going to catch the bus.  Just get dressed, and let's go."

He was running his hand through his hair because of nerves.

"Do you need to take a toy or a book or something?" he asked her.  "The Interview could take some time."

He rushed to get her clothes on her, trying to get her to hurry.  He was watching the clock like a hawk knowing if they missed this bus, he would not make it to the interview.

"Honey, the interview will be a loss if I turn up late.  You cannot turn up late for these things, so let's go," he kept harping on her until they were out the door, the stress too much for him to remember to check her diaper or anything as they took off.

[liddlekitkat]

She doesn't really process his sense of urgency as drags her feet around the room. She sees her clothes laid  for her on the couch she grabs them and heads for the bathroom. she briefly tries to use the bathroom but larry knocks on the door and tells her to hurry up. she groans doing everything with her eyes half closed she quickly takes a wash cloth and runs it over her sensitive regions then. She doesn't think twice when laid among the clothes was a pull up for underwear. she simply puts on the pull up the pants then shirt brushes her teeth. And what feels like Larry repeating every two minutes to hurry up she finally emerges from the bathroom. 

"I know i know.  be early for your intnerviews." she says with a yawn as the rush out the door she grabs her bag and tosses the deck of cards in it. They walk qucikly across the lot to the bus stop. and they make it with just a minute or two to spare.

[Ishigreensa]

"This is not about being early for your interview, Sarah.  If we miss this bus, I lose the chance completely.  Honestly.  You should have been up an hour ago!"

They get on the bus, and he shakes his head at her uncaring attitude.  He realized that he thought she was eleven years old though, so sighed and gathered himself.  Of course a child doesn't know any better.  For all he knew, she was never held to any kind of schedule because she was likely neglected or something.

"Just keep yourself dry," he told her as they got on the bus.  "If you do, we can start letting you wear your undies again instead of what you have on."

They took a seat, and he sat there wondering why the child was always being so selfish about things.  Was he being too soft on her?  She didn't act like a mistreated foster kid, to be honest, or at least, not the way he'd imagined a foster kid going through something like that would be.  If anything, she seemed to act like a spoiled princess all the time.  

He looked at her for a few seconds, shook his head and opened his notes.  He had to prepare for this.  This job was important.  Spoiled or not, he could correct that later.  Right now, he couldn't take care of her at all if he didn't get the job.

[liddlekitkat]

She didn't know how far or when the interview was but his demeanor says they're running late. She feels bad but he never told her when  the interview was or how far away. She shouldn't have stayed up so late but he didn't tell her not to. She yawns, "sorry i didn't know." She pulls her jacket over head and tunes out again. I guess if the ride is long enough i can get some sleep.
About halfway through the journey she wakes up with a sudden urge to pee. She darts her eyes at larry then at the surroundings. they Were far along the route way further than she had ever been. She watched him, he was still intently studying his notes. She tried to keep her body still she didn't want to bother him. she feels a squirt of pee go into the pull up that for once she was grateful to be wearing. She probably could have stopped it but she didn't see the point. but then she remembers, I need to stay dry so i don't  have to keep wearing this.  Hopefully it dries and he doesn't notice it'll be fine. if he asks i'll just lie he'll be to distracted to check anyway. she looks around again puts her jacket back over her head and goes back to sleep for the rest of the ride.

[Ishigreensa]

Larry had been too into his notes to notice when she first looked around and then went back to resting.  They had a ways to go, so he wasn't concerned if she slept a little bit.  As time went on, he thought she started to smell, but he wasn't sure if it was him just imagining things, or if she really was wet in her diaper.  There was nothing he could do about it on the bus though, so he just let her sleep.

Larry was feeling ready as the bus pulled to the stop three stops from their stop.  He looked over at the little girl he thought was eleven years of age, and shook her a little.  

"Sarah, honey, wakey, wakey."

He kissed the top of her head and gently rolled her shoulders to wake her.  He hoped she'd open her eyes sooner than later.

"Our stop is coming up, and I need you to be ready to go.  We won't have much time to get into the place, and for me to change your wet diaper."

He still had no evidence that she had wet, only a suspicion and he thought she smelled like she had done it, but he wasn't going to ask anyone else if she smelled to confirm it because that would just be mean.  She was a child even if she was too old to be wetting her pants.  That fact that she was, probably meant she needed to see a doctor.  That was still on his to do list. 

[liddlekitkat]

Her sleep wasn't comfortable but she was definitely more alert. As she became more aware of her surroundings she wondered if they were near their stop she felt her stomach rumble. She realized she hadn't ate. She had no idea what time it was, how far away from the city they were, or how long it had been since they boarded. she now wondered how long this interview would take. She hoped there would be something nearby for them to eat.

But as she stretched she suddenly remembered wetting the pullup. Did he just say something about changing. He cant know that, it was only a little bit, and i'm hungry. She looked around and saw a mostly empty landscape. But as they got closer to the destination a few more buildings appear but it was clearly a small town. He wants to work all the way out here this would be so boring. hopefully theres something to eat nearby.
"How much further i'm hungry." she says watching larry still looking at paperwork.

[Ishigreensa]

"Oh, sweetheart!  That's why I tried to get you up earlier," he patted her lap.  "I'll see if there is something around the area when I figure out where I'm going.  Hopefully, there will be time to get something for you."

He saw the bus stop, and he stood up.

"Ready, baby?  We need to just check where the building is.  It's supposed to be close by, and then we can see if there is anywhere close by to get you something to eat and to maybe check and change your diaper."

He got off with a hand on her back and smiling at her, he saw the building right behind another one.  He could tell by an obvious mark on the building, so he did have some time, and luckily, there was a small shopping area just across the street with a little convenience food cart.

"Let's go see what they have?" he told her thinking more of her stomach at the moment than her wet diaper.  It wasn't wet through her clothes, so even if she was wet, she'd survive for now.  He did think he wanted to get her cleaned up though if she was wet, but time was quickly running out.  He had about 25 minutes to get somewhere he needed to be that would take fifteen minutes to get to.

[liddlekitkat]

She was happy there was at least something to eat nearby. I guess its not a super small town. She followed him to the shopping area. "It's not a diaper," she said with frustration. "and i'm fine i just want something to eat"

[Ishigreensa]

Larry sighed.

"Honey, you haven't been to the toilet in over four hours, and your little body isn't made to wait that long.  It's okay if you're wet, sweetheart."

But seeing how she was getting frustrated, he sighed and looking at his watch, he agreed that they didn't have time for that anyway.

"Alright, We need to get to the interview anyway.  But you need to go as soon as we get in the building, okay?"

He walked her to the little stand to get her a burger, hotdog, or something else they had there.

"Get what you want, and make it fast or I'll have to order.  We don't have time for you to take your time like you did at Subway Yesterday."

He tapped his foot at her to hurry her.

[liddlekitkat]

"I said i'm fine, i dont need to go we have time." she turns abruptly toward the stand and begins to look at the menu. It takes a couple minutes She sees a breakfast sandwich she felt matched her hunger and she missed breakfast.

"Can i have a bacon egg and cheese. and an orange juice" the man rings up the sandwich for $7 and she looks to Larry to pay. It takes a couple minutes for the sandwich to be made. 

[Ishigreensa]

Larry feels pressed for time.  seven dollars here and ten dollars there were adding up, and he was going to be unable to take care of her at all if something didn't give.  He might have to make her start eating things that they could put together at the motel.

After she got her food, and they started to walk, again, he looked at her bottom.  It looked bulgy, but not wet.  A diaper was bulgy anyway, he supposed, not realizing that it was bulging from being wet in as much as it was.  He looked to her and whispered as they walked.

"I can take you into the bath room so you are safe," he told her as they walked.  "You have got to have to go again by now?"

He didn't have time to argue with her though, and so when they went in, he really only had time to ask her once, and then he would just have to drop her off where she could be watched.

"Honey, last chance, are you sure you don't need to go?"

[liddlekitkat]

"I'm fine go do the interview okay you don't have to worry about me i just want to eat my food." She also didn't want him taking her to the bathroom everything was already weird enough as it was. She knew the diaper was a bit wet but she figured it should last.

She only had one job she ever had to interview for, and that was the Retail job she had lost prior to being homeless and that took maybe 15minutes. Every other job was given to her by friends of her dad and rarely took more than 20minutes as it really was mostly a formality.

[Ishigreensa]

He sighed and nodded.  He took her to the front, where he told them that she was his niece that was suddenly dropped on him just a couple of days ago.  The school was a bit sympathetic knowing he was stuck at a motel, so they told him that the only staff on hand to watch her were in the nurse's office.

"Now, I want you to behave for the Nurse.  You have your deck of cards and your bag, so don't bother her unless you really need something.  You're eleven years old," he decided she couldn't be any younger than that.  "...So you can be quiet and play by yourself until I come back.  It shouldn't be that long."

He had no idea she had had interviews that were so quick.  He was used to taking anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour depending on what they were looking for.

Larry went to the restroom himself before he went in to the interview, completely ready, but not as confident as he'd like to be.

In the Nurse's office, there were two other kids in there, a little sick, and one boy with a hurt arm from playing at recess.

The nurse started to notice a smell, and of course, she wouldn't have suspected the older kid, the eleven year old in the room to be wet and besides her pants looked dry, so she went and checked on one of the other kids behind the curtains.

The Interview was taking a lot longer though as they wanted to make sure he wasn't going to just leave them within a month, so they were more detailed than usual, taking nearly two hours before they were satisfied he wasn't just going to up and quit the minute he heard of a better school.  They even decided to sweeten the deal by giving him a house to rent that had the starting costs paid for and a small car.  It was dumpy, but it was dependable enough to get him from the small town to the city when he wanted.  Then they gave him a $500 sign on bonus so that he would stop looking for work.  They were that desperate for teachers.

He thought the extra time was sort of them looking for weaknesses to not give him a job at first, and so he got more and more nervous, so that when he came out of there, he was very happy that they told him he was hired on the spot and finally broke it to him that he was their only candidate in the last year to try to fill the position permanently.  That's why they were so careful not to just give him the job before knowing his long term plans.  They didn't need someone that would just up and leave suddenly on them.  

He understood the situation, and realized it must have been hard to find teachers, but honestly, he wanted to live in a small town.  The city was always crazy, and it frustrated him to drive in the city in every day traffic.  He came back not knowing what he was about to discover. 

[liddlekitkat]

Sarah sat and ate her meal and drank her juice occasionally she would glance up at the clock. she watched as the little boy was taken behind the curtains then the other kid is directed toward the bathroom who's door appeared to be behind her desk. The women appeared to look at her with suspicion but she wasn't sure why. Does she know she wonders. At the 30 minute mark the hurt boy was given a sling and sent back to class. The nurse again looked at her with suspicion. Sarah avoided her gaze and hoped the interview would be over soon. 
Sarah passed the time by playing with the cards practicing her shuffling and a game of solitaire. she placed the cards on the seat beside her. around the hour mark. She started to worry the interview wasn't going well should this take this long, she wondered. She looked up at the nurse who seemed to be busy with paperwork probably for the student. She suddenly feels the needs pee again. Her leg begins to bounce. She has no idea how long she has, to get to the bathroom. she looks at the nurse again who seems to be paying her no mind. She couldn't risk walking pass the nurse she already seemed to know and she didn't want to confirm it by being next to her. But within a minute she felt another jet of pee go into the diaper. 

Her bladder relaxed and her leg stopped bouncing. she resumed her game and basically forgot about her pull up it didn't feel any different. At the hour mark the mother of the sick boy came and retrieved him. Leaving just Sarah and the nurse in the office. at the hour 30 mark she started to worry again. and begins to bite her thumb nail for a few minutes What could be taking him so long. She tries to shuffle the deck like he showed her this time and half the cards end up on the floor. she bends over to get them but as her butt raises she feels the cooling breeze that lets her know shes definitely wet she also feels it on her back thigh which makes her think her pants might be wet too. as she's gathering the last couple cards she hers an unfamiliar womanly voice, "Hey sweetie do you need anything or would you like a hand." says the nurse. 
Sarah grabs the last card and quickly sits back down, "No, no i'm fine just dropped a few cards." She didn't know if it was visible that she leaked and she hoped the nurse was just being nice. But she didn't have another pull-up or anything to change into and she definitely didn't want to walk pass the nurse if it was visible. 

The nurse had been watching her from her peripheral the whole time though her head faced the computer. Did she just suck her thumb, she had wondered 11 is much to old for that. And with the girl's butt clearly in the air grabbing the cards she could see and even get another clear whiff that the girls pants were damp right around the seat like she had wet and it began to dry. She watches her. He said she's 11 right she would certainly be one of the tallest 11 year olds. not the tallest but atleast top 5 in the school. I'll have to ask again when the man returns. She looks to the bag, either way she is way to old to be wetting her self and not able handle it, let alone lying about it. She should be carrying her own change of clothes and protective underwear. She shook her head and returned to her work. She checked her clock it was taking a while which was a good sign. Most of the applicants didn't last 15minutes. 

Sarah looked at the nurse, She assumed that it wasn't noticeable because she didn't say anything. so it should be fine. when Larry returns maybe as hes talking she'll be distracted and i can go to the bathroom, but at the hour 45 mark she began to worry again  where could he be. every heavy adult like footstep she heard near the door made her turn her head toward the door. She had stopped playing with the cards and just anxiously bit her nails. But at 2 hour mark she heard footsteps, but also a familiar voice talking to another adult voice right outside the door.  But simultaneously she felt heavy pressure on her bladder like she had been holding it for hours. Her leg began to bounce drawing the eyes of the nurse.
When the door knob begins to turn and a figure she recognizes begins to walk in the door she's relieved and hops up out of her seat. "Youre finished!," she says with almost a child like glee. But then as she stands she feels a warm sensation around her crotch. She stands there frozen as the feeling spreads not only around her crotch but down her leg. she even hears what could be best described as the pattering of water hitting concrete as her now soaked pants and pull up allowed pee to just drip onto the floor creating a huge puddle. Mortified she looks down with shame and embarrassment she watches the puddle grow until she is finished unable to move from her position.

[Ishigreensa]

Larry was talking happily with the principal and one of the teachers that were in the interview, just before the door opened.  They had just told him about the car and where he could pick it up in a couple of days.  He would start work that Friday.

Larry turned to see his little baby saying that she was glad that he was finished, when he then saw her peeing through her pants and all over the floor.

"Sarah, honey!"  He ran over and hugged her.  He didn't have the heart to scold her.  He could see that she was mortified at what she had done.

He turned to the nurse, and frowned.  "I'm sorry.  She's been having some personal problems at home, and I think she's got some kind of bladder infection or something, but I couldn't get it checked until I can get her covered under a medical plan."

He patted the baby girl on the back.  "It's okay, baby.  It's okay.  We'll just see what we can do to get you cleaned up, sweetheart."

He looked at the nurse.  

"I'm really sorry about the mess.  I can have her clean it up, or I can do it, but I really don't think it's completely her fault.  She sometimes doesn't seem to notice when she's peeing her pants."

He rocked with the baby girl on their feet.

[liddlekitkat]

Sarah sobs into his chest for a minute, she wanted to run away all these eyes looking at her soaking wet. 

The nurse looks supportively at the pair. Regardless of her suspicions right now they needed some help. "hey i didn't introduce myself but my name is Ms. Williams or Nurse Kathy okay. How about i take her in the bathroom and get her cleaned up we should have some spare clothes and such for just this kind of thing. Don't worry it will all be okay." her tone soft. She walks over to Sarah and taps her on the shoulder.

"Hey sweetie you mind if i take you to the potty so we can get these icky clothes off you," she says as if shes talking to one of the kindergarten or pre-k students.

Sarah just nods and releases from Larry following Nurse Kathy to the bathroom.
Kathy turns back to larry. "I'm just gonna get her out of the clothes real quick Then i'll be back I have to get her some clothes from the locker anyway. So you can clean it," She says pointing toward the utility closet on the opposite side that holds cleaning supplies, "or i'll get to it after i take care of her."

Sarah goes in the door and its a full size handicapped bathroom even has a drain on the floor and a  flexible hose with a shower head. As a school with small children they do occasionally have to deal with these kind messes or worse. A couple seconds later Nurse kathy comes behind her and shuts the door. 
"hey kiddo do you need a hand," she says reaching out to pull down her pants. 
Sarah just nods, she wasn't feeling independent or in control anymore. she felt like a child and the gently tone which she was asked made her comfortable. 

Nurse kathy pulls down her pants and sees she was in fact wearing a pull up. An 11 year bladder couldnt have both filled this and made that big of a mess. maybe she has had it on since last night. She takes off Sarah's shoes and pulls the pants and pullup out from her feet and ankles. After tossing the tossing the pull up in the trash. She sees that even the bottom of her shirt had gotten wet. She returns to her. "Alright kiddo hands up we're going to need to get you a new shirt as well." 

Sarah raises her arms and as the shirt is pulled over her head and tossed with her other clothes she crosses her arms over her chest as she stands there fully nude except her bra in front of a stranger after wetting all her clothes. She felt embarrassed her eyes began to water and her cheeks flushed red.

Nurse kathy looks at her with sympathy. "Oh no honey its okay these things happen its gonna be okay." she grabs a tissue to wipe her eyes. After she does that she puts the tissue in her hand. "I had to get you out of those clothes pretty quick but i'll be back we should have a uniform that fits you so don't you worry okay." She takes another glance at the fully nude child in front of her. She has underarm hair and pubic hair i know she couldve started puberty early but it all just seems to far along for 11 but i'll double check with her guardian Her demeanor does say child though. She grabs one of the towels and wash cloths from the cabinet. She moves her in over top of the drain  and in front of the Showerhead. 

"You know how to shower right"

Sarah Nods still unable to speak.

"Alright you clean yourself up and i'll be right back." Nurse Kathy says leaving the room She meets larry at the utility closet as next to it is the storage closet where they keep spare uniforms. She grabs the largest one they have. 
She begins to chat, "Hey sir i didn't catch you or her's name,"
 

[Ishigreensa]

Larry saw the nurse take his baby into the bathroom to help her get sorted, and so he walked over to the utility closet and started to get things together to clean the floor up.  One thing he had learned about how hard it was for them to staff the school, was that though this was a K-8 school, and had the rooms they needed for it, the lack of staff meant they only had one custodians, so teachers had to clean up their own rooms as much as they could, and Sixth to  Eighth graders had one teacher to share among the six classes of students, so they used a lot of assistant non-certified staff to support the teachers, one non-certified staff member per classroom, and the certified teacher took turns visiting each of the classes over the course of three days, getting to see each class once.  For a while, the fifth graders had one teacher to share between two classes in the same way, but now he was there, they were going to have one fifth grade teacher for each class.

They had asked him if he could help out the middle school teacher, but he told them he wasn't endorsed for middle school, so they had to put him in the fifth grade position for this year.  He did promise to do some extra training so he could be endorsed within the next year, and he said that he'd be happy to help out the middle school teachers when his own class was at music or something where they usually had a planning period.  That was one of the things they liked about him, and though he wasn't endorsed for it, at least he could give the middle school kids three extra hours over the course of the three days of having an extra teacher in the classes, so the teacher asked that he helped with the sixth graders.  He had papers that let him teach K-6.

"My name is Larry Hauches (Hawks)," Larry told her.  "I'm so sorry about little Sarah.  She's been having problems, but doesn't like to admit she's having trouble staying dry.  I've been trying to work with her at an easy pace because before she came to stay with me, I hadn't seen her.  My sister and I don't talk a lot, but it seems she's kept having a baby from me, and now, she can't seem to take care of her anymore."

He frowned and looked at the nurse.

"You're not going to give my sister or me a hard time, are you?  I think she's out on the streets which is why she put her daughter on the bus suddenly and only told me about her when she was already on her way.  She figured since I had just come back to the states from Japan that I should have money to provide for her, but it just doesn't work like that, and the girl was already on the bus, so what was I to do?  Send her on the streets?  Send her to strangers in the Welfare system?  I wouldn't do that to her no matter what the situation was, not unless I really had to, you know?"

Larry frowned but knew he had to lay stuff out on the table, even though it was all a lie, if he was to protect this little lady from going back into the system and likely getting back with people that didn't care, or worse, with people that would actually hit her for stupid things that were not her fault, like the toileting problems she was having.

[liddlekitkat]

The nurse smiles and shook her head, "Honestly way out here we get a lot of transient kids and kids with no paperwork and being way out here we don't get as much support from the state as we should. But we make due the best we can." She says sorting through a few bags of sBefore locating the bag the held the skirts.

"Oh no kids should be with their family as much as possible. as long as a kid is being taken care of and properly trained, no one around here is going to ask to many questions." When she pulls out the second largest skirt she had she holds it up and nods that it should be big enough.

"And you said she's only 11 right? she'll definitely be one of the more developed 11 year olds as most of them havent hit puberty so she must've started super early. When she first came in I thought she was a teenager at least. but, her demeanor just now in the bathroom was almost like a small child, poor thing has probably been through a lot she might not be mentally at 11 all the time"

She starts to go through the bag of shirts. "She really soaked through everything she needs a fresh shirt too. big bladder for an 11 year old" She pauses, "But i guess trauma or stress could do that to a kid. I guess that could explain some of the bladder problems." her tone shifts to slightly more serious, but realizing he Just got little Sarah he probably didn't know much about kids. so she doesn't want to alarm him but rather inform him with the experience she has.

In a hushed tone she says, "But that doesn't explain the lying. and you can't let that become a habit. Now i just met you but i know a lot about caring for kids so don't overthink it. But, she was wet at least an hour ago, she got up to pick something up. And her pants were just starting to be wet and she had to have felt it. But when i asked her if she needed help she said "no". Now i see she was wearing a pullup i wasn't sure she was then but you should let her carry them with her so if she needs to change herself and youre not around she can. She needs to learn some responsibility." She digs through the bag and finally grabs a good sized shirt.

She takes both items and turns to him with a comforting smile. "I think you mentioned something about a bladder infection. Now i'm no doctor and we share a community doctor with 2 other towns so he's only here Wednesdays and Friday, so you should probably get it looked at before you come out here. He's a nice guy but he's really only for referrals and prescriptions and the occasional broken bone. But from my personal experience that would explain the steady wetting i saw earlier but not the accident just now."

She takes a deep breath putting a hand on his shoulder, "She seemed a bit anxious biting her nails and what not as your appointment went long and when you arrived, maybe she was so relieved that she just maybe subconsciously relieved her bladder as well. However i'm not a doctor. But, if youre coming from the big city you should be able to take her to a community clinic and get her checked out for little to no cost even without insurance."

She smiles and moves her hand to his arm supportively and gives it a rub, "But just keep doing the best you can okay, kids just need a safe place and some structure and it will all work out." she reaches in the the closet and grabs some socks and  blue jelly gladiator sandals that would match her backpack that she should be able to fit. "her shoes will need some time to dry out. A lot of kids wear uniforms at least Mondays and Wednesdays So she can just keep these so she has a set. Oh and do you happen to have another pull up for her you have a long ride back and if it is a bladder infection she definitely can't hold it that long even if you send her to the bathroom before you head home."

[Ishigreensa]

Larry nodded.  "I've had a word about her lying once, but yeah, we are getting used to one another, so I didn't want to start being heavy handed before we got to know each other.  You are right though, there is no excuse for lying."

He nodded along and when she told him that she needed to be responsible for herself, he shook his head.  "No?  I don't think that is going to go well right now.  I picked her up at the bus station in worse condition, actually.  She needs help to get herself cleaned up and changed because she's scared, it seems, to admit when she's wet.  I'd rather let you change her than trust she will change herself."

He looked at her intently.

"Look, I don't know everything she's been through, but she's very immature, like you said, sometimes not even close to being as mature as a fifth grader, so I really think she should get help changing her diapers until she gets a little more confident and mature."

Larry pulled out a diaper, a pull up that he called a diaper.

"I could go in there and do it for her, but she might appreciate you doing it more.  I had let her take care of her own pull ups through the morning, but she kept saying she didn't need to go on the way here, and never once said she was wet, so I haven't honestly helped her yet.  I think it would be better if you did it this time until I explain things a little more to her."

He looked at the nurse pleadingly.

[liddlekitkat]

The nurse gives a sympathetic half smile. "Sure Larry right, I can help. but i really think youre underestimating her ability and that could really stunt her. We do our best but she has an accident like that around some kids they might pick on her." But she remembered she had to think of him as a new dad, super overprotective of his little girl thinking shes a little princess that needs all his help. "But she'll be with you most of the time so don't worry about it and i'm here everyday to give a hand. But if she is a little behind developmentally or struggling in a class spending time in the lower grade classes might be good the kids tend to care less they'll just think shes tall."
She takes the pull up from him and heads back to the bathroom to find Sarah sitting on the toilet with the towel wrapped around her. "hey sweetie i'm back are you done or do you need a minute." 

Sarah shrugs she had taken a full shower and decided to sit on the toilet just in case She still felt defeated she just wanted her life back and for everything to normal but that was looking less and less likely. She gets up off the toilet and wipes her self flushes and goes to wash her hands. Occasionally glancing at the nurse. who was standing patiently. she walks over to her to receive the clothes thinking she would be allowed to dress her self she reaches out for the bundle of clothes the lady was holding. 

"oh no honey i'm going to help. Your uncle tells me your name is Sarah right"

Sarah nods. 
"That's a pretty name my name is Nurse kathy or Ms. Williams whichever youre more comfortable with." She lays the clothes on a small bench in the room. "I'm just gonna give you a quick look over" 
Sarah nods again,
Nurse kathy checks behind her ears and pats her legs. and checks her feet. She did a good job cleaning herself for a child I just know he's underestimating her. "Alright little lady you look very clean now good job." She picks up the pull up and holds it open for Sarah to step into. "Alright step in. Your uncle says this is new to you so i know its a little upsetting but you have to do your best to stay dry pull ups aren't designed to hold much so when its wet you have to get changed soon. you understand." 
Sarah nods again, "I'm sorry i just didn't know so much was coming." 

"I bet but now  we know it might be a lot so we need to take precautions ok" 

Sarah nods, "i understand" she says stepping into the pull up.

Nurse Kathy smiles and pulls it up. she decides she can handle dressing herself. She grabs the rest of the clothes and passes it to her. "So we wear uniforms on Mondays and Wednesdays, You'll be in 5th grade more than likely so you'll be in a grey shirt this year and next. You get dressed and i'll wait right here. and we can show your uncle. I'm so glad we could give such a nice man a job to take care of you"

Sarah takes the clothes and her heart sort of drops. They're going to put me in school with kids in a uniform, a used uniform at that. I have got to take the chance and clear it up as soon as i get a moment to talk to larry privately. But did she say the job is to take care of me. Oh no am i in to deep. She takes the clothes and begins to dress under the watchful eye of the nurse. When shes done dressing she stands in front of the nurse. 

Nurse Kathy smiles and looks over the child. In a uniform she could pass for 11 she still looks older in some ways but also child like in others. She was still suspicious but regardless she'd pass in looks or behavior at this points. She smiles and adjust her shirt a little bit to straighten it. "You look great now lets go take you to your uncle" She opens the door and leads sarah out "Everything fits Larry she's ready."

[Ishigreensa]

Larry saw them come out, and he had a few things to think about as the nurse had gone in, and what the nurse told him.  Maybe she was a little bit more capable of taking care of herself, but then again, as he remembered her at certain times, he wasn't so sure of that.  Maybe the nurse is talking about a normal kid, and he didn't think she sounded or acted as mature as most middle school kids or even upper elementary ones.  

He went straight to his baby as she was walked out with the nurse and the nurse told him she was ready.

"Honey, it must have been so scary to have it happen in front of everyone," he reached out to hug her.  "Are you okay?"

He put a protective hand on her shoulder.

"I have the position, and they want us to register you to start next Monday.  I've told her about you being put in my lap because your parents don't have anywhere to go and are going to be on the streets for a while," he said it all out like that, one so that the school thinks he's telling her it's okay that they know, and two, so she'd know the story he told the school about her situation.  "Your mommy may have a hard time getting a job right away with her problems, but you will be welcome to stay with me for as long as needed, like I said, though the school is waiting for your mommy to send them transcripts."

He smiled at her and winked.

"Don't worry about wetting your pants at school, sweetie.  We'll keep you in better diapers at school, and the nurse said she'd be there to help anytime you need to be changed."

[liddlekitkat]

At first she sinks into the embrace. He was right it was scary but that was the least of her concerns as the conversation wore on. He's still on this whole school thing. Her eyes widen in fear as he details the whole storyline he's somehow convinced them of. She looks back at the nurse who seemingly supports this work of fiction. Even if i were a kid this is crazy they aren't even going to check. 

She begins to shake her head, she whispers "I can't go to school. "she shakes her head again, " I really can't go to school" she says pleading with her eyes

[Ishigreensa]

"Don't worry about school right now," Larry told her.  "You don't start until Monday, so we'll talk about it and what scares you about it, and then hopefully we'll have all the issues you have about it taken care of before it starts, baby."

He smiled up at the nurse.

"Well, I better get her out of here so we can talk.  It seems she has some issues or fears about going to school, like maybe she's just needing some extra help or something, but when I figure it out, of course, we'll talk to whoever," and he turned back to his little one.  "Don't worry, sweetheart.  Whatever has you scared about going to school, we'll fix it so you are not so scared, and so you don't have to face whatever issues you have with it alone."

He picked his baby girl up, and patting her bottom, he started to walk out of the school towards the school parking lot.  It seemed the principal had been so serious about hiring him for any but the worst possible reason not to, that she had even had the car there in the parking lot waiting for him.

"Baby?" Larry turned her to face him.  "The nurse said that the drive is pretty far for your condition.  She thinks you might have an infection or something, so I'm going to tell you this right now.  If you need to pee, just do it, even in the car, sweetheart.  You have a diaper on, and have a doctor look into your problem as soon as we can, but meanwhile, no more lying about wetting your pants, baby.  If you lie about it again, I'll be checking you all the time and even changing you, understand?"

[liddlekitkat]

When he talks to the nurse about school she covers her face with her hand briefly. She can't believe they think shes a child an elementary school child at that. Surely that nurse suspected something. When she is picked up she buried her face in his chest, she couldn't bare being seen like this. It is nice to be carried sometimes. Crazy he is strong enough to do so hes so unassuming.  
As shes carried outside when they stop at a car she's shocked. She listens to larrys instructions Theres a car now???? She nods, an infection well that would explain it i guess but if its an infection shes had it probably well over a week maybe almost two as she starts to calculate when getting to the bathroom seemed to become more urgent before the accidents started. I have to get to the doctor i hope it can be fixed maybe then everyone will stop seeing me as a child. She looks at the car puzzled again
"Whered the car come from"