Just as Leah was beginning to come to terms with the fact that she had wet herself, the door opened. Gina, carrying Holly, walked into the room.
“Oh!” Gina said in surprise. Leah looked up at her friend, who now seemed like a giant. “Where did you come from?” Leah opened her mouth to explain herself. All that came out was baby babble. Gina chuckled. “I guess I can’t expect you to explain, cutie pie.” Gina stuck her head out of the bedroom. “Ryan!” Footsteps sounded. Ryan, Gina’s teenage son, appeared in the doorway. “Ryan, sweetie, I have to change your sister. Could you hold this little girl in the meantime?”
“Fine,” Ryan groaned, rolling his eyes. He picked Leah up off the floor and sat on the edge of Holly’s toddler bed. Gina walked over to the diaper changing station against the wall and began to change Holly’s diaper. “Why do I need to watch this baby?”
“She was in here when I opened the door.”
“Wait, she was in here with the door closed?”
“Yes. I guess she must have crawled in here and then someone closed the door without realizing where she was,” Gina said. Leah suddenly let out a loud fart, accompanied by something mushy entering her diaper. Ryan pinched his nose shut.
“Ew, I think she needs a diaper change, too.”
“Good thing I’ve got some extras from when Holly was that size,” Gina said. She set Holly on the floor and held out her hands. Ryan quickly handed Leah over. Gina placed Leah on her back on the changing station. Uncomfortable and upset with the situation, Leah began to fuss instinctively. “Aw, it’s okay.”
“Want me to grab one of Holly’s pacifiers?” Ryan asked.
“That would be great, thank you,” Gina said. Leah continued to squirm and fuss until something was popped into her mouth. She suckled on it instinctively, already calming down. Though now calm enough to withstand the diaper change, Leah wasn’t any happier about it. She winced as Gina took off her messy diaper and threw it in the trash. She shivered from the coldness of the diaper wipes and squirmed slightly when Gina applied baby powder to her sensitive parts. Thankfully, Gina was fast, and Leah was soon in a fresh diaper.
“Go ahead and bring your sister downstairs,” Gina instructed Ryan. Ryan nodded, picked up Holly, and left the room. Gina picked Leah up. Leah suckled on the pacifier nervously. The way that Gina was looking at her made her feel like she knew something.