Leah immediately comes up with a plan to trick Tina into keeping her dressed like this. It’s a bit embarrassing, but she doesn’t think Tina will go along with it otherwise. She takes a deep breath, then pees herself. Urine floods the diaper, turning it yellow and making the designs on it fade.
“All right, Leah, you can come out of the stroller now,” Tina says, unbuckling Leah and putting her on the floor. She gasps. “Leah!”
“What?” Leah asks, feigning ignorance.
“You wet yourself!”
“I did?” Leah looks down at her diaper. She pretends to be shocked. “I did! I had no idea!”
“You didn’t realize you were peeing, and after, didn’t notice you were wet?” Tina asks. Leah shakes her head. “That’s not a good sign, sweetie.” She thinks for a moment, then puts Leah back in the stroller. “Let’s get you changed and into a fresh diaper.”
“Another diaper? Why?” Leah whines. She knows she has to pretend not to want this in order for her plan to work.
“You wet yourself without realizing, and didn’t notice until after I pointed it out. I’m sure it’s just a fluke, but we need to cover all our bases,” Tina says. She pushes the stroller to the bathrooms at the back of the store, then brings Leah into the bathroom and changes her diaper.
“If I have to wear a diaper, can I at least not be in the stroller?” Leah asks, putting the second part of her plan into play.
“Fine. Just make sure you keep up.” Tina sets Leah on the floor. Leah follows her out of the bathroom. They go down a few aisles before the perfect opportunity arises. Tina comes to a stop to inspect canned vegetables.
Leah walks a little further, toddling slightly due to the diaper between her legs, then stops within Tina’s sight. She bends her legs into a squat and begins to push. A small fart escapes, but Tina doesn’t notice. To make sure she gets her stepmother’s attention, Leah grunts forcefully. Finally, Tina looks up. She gasps again, horrified by the sight of Leah messing herself.
“Leah!” she says in shock. Leah grunts in response, pushing as hard as she can, filling her diaper up with poop. When she finishes, she straightens with a sigh and looks at Tina with confusion.
“Is something wrong?” she asks.
“You just messed yourself!”
“I did?” Leah asks.
“Yes, you did!” Tina says. Leah can feel a little bit of urine still in her bladder, so she pees again. “And you just wet yourself again! That’s it, you’re staying in diapers until you get back on track.”
“What? But-”
“No buts!” Tina picks Leah up and brings her back to the bathroom for another change. “And since you can’t tell when you go, I don’t think you should go back to wearing your old clothes. You should keep wearing something that makes it easy to tell when you need a change, and has easy access for changing.”
“Easy access?”
“Can you change yourself?” Tina asks. Leah thinks about it.
“…No,” she says, deciding that is the best route to continue her plan.
“Then, I’m sorry, sweetie, but you’d better get used to wearing the kind of outfit you have on now,” Tina says, laying Leah down for a change. Leah resists the urge to cheer.
“…Oh,” she says, pretending to be upset. Distracted by her glee at pulling off her plan, she almost misses the next thing Tina says.
“And since you can’t change yourself, you can’t go back to high school.”
“Wait, what?” Leah asks. This wasn’t part of the plan!
“They won’t let a student who needs diapers, can’t tell when they’ve gone, and requires someone else to change those diapers, attend high school. Until you get back on track, are able to tell when you’ve gone, or can change yourself, you’ll be coming to work with me.”
“You want me to go to daycare?” Leah squeaks.
“Yes.” Tina wipes Leah down and tapes a fresh diaper on. “I’m sorry.”
“I understand.”
“Thank you for going along with it,” Tina says.
“I mean, it’ll be nice to have a break from high school,” Leah says. At first, she’s not sure, but after a moment, knows exactly how she feels about going to daycare.