The journey to Anna's house is uneventful while Kaitlin explains the events of the day. Once inside though, Laura is surprised as she is placed inside a playpen.
"Up up," Laura says around the pacifier.
"No, I have stuff to do so you need to stay in there."
"The'th not a real baby," interjects Kaitlin.
"No, of course not she's just a 2 year old adult who needs diapers and sucks on pacifiers."
"But."
"No buts little lady. You stay here and amuse yourself. I'll be back in a little bit."
The woman heads up the stairs and the two girls exchange concerned looks. After a few minutes, Laura decides to start playing with some of the plush toys. She expects Kaitlin to make fun of her but looks to see she is lying on her belly in front of a doll house. They aren't too sure how much time has passed when Anna returns.
"Bath time you two."
"Uh, I don't think I need a bath."
"Well I do and it's my house. Come on."
The two are brought to the bathroom where the tub is already full of bubbles. Anna without hesitation strips Laura and places her in the tub. She looks over to Kaitlin.
"Are you waiting for an invitation?"
"Uh thouldn't we take theperate bathth?"
"Why?"
"Well the ith a baby and needth help and I don't. And what if the peeth or thomething."
"I believe you said she's not a baby. Besides it's way past your bedtime, so hurry it up."
Kaitlin reluctantly steps out of her clothes and into the tub. Laura sticks her tongue out and says, "You no gooder than me."
Anna scrubs the two girls clean to her satisfaction. When she's done she dries the girls off and leads them to a bedroom. Inside they find a room suitable for two kids their ages. Laura is dressed first in a thick overnight diaper and a pair of footie pajamas then deposited in a crib.
Kaitlin is next and she looks in disgust at the underwear being held out for her.
"I don't need diaperth."
"It's not a diaper it's a goodnite. And I don't want to risk you having an accident."
"But..."
"What did I say about buts?"
Kaitlin closes her mouth and steps into the padded underwear. She then pulls on a offered nightgown. Anna tucks her into bed steps out for a few minutes and returns with a bottle of warm milk for Laura and a sippy cup for Kaitlin. Laura opens her mouth to speak but has the bottle stuck between her lips instead. Like with the pacifier the sucking instinct takes over. Kaitlin isn't so easily tricked.
"I'm five I don't need thippy cupth."
"I thought you were 39?"
"You know what I mean."
"Well a five year old wouldn't argue with a grown up. And a 39 year old woman wouldn't pout."
Sighing Kaitlin accepts the cup. Satisfied, Anna turns off the light, leaves the room, and locks the door. Kaitlin looks over to the crib hoping to talk to Laura, but in the light of the nightlight sees she has already fallen asleep. Kaitlin wants to stay up and think about how they're going to find the dice, but soon drifts off to sleep as well.