"Say thank you to Auntie Rita," Tina says. Leah waves goodbye from her car seat with her free hand; she's currently sucking on her thumb. Rita waves back. Tina closes the car door.
Once Tina gets in the driver's seat, she looks at Leah in the rearview mirror.
"Okay Leah, you can be a teen again," she says. Leah feels lightheaded as all her teenage skills and abilities come rushing back to her. Along with the knowledge that she needs to poop.
Leah grunts around her thumb as she pushes a log into her diaper. Tina looks at her in a panic.
"Did it not work?!"
"No, it did," Leah grunts out. Now that she has her potty training back, it's difficult to fill her diaper while she's in a car seat. She didn't have this problem the many times Rita took her out and about. "I prefer this."
"And by 'this' you mean...?"
"Being a pottypants, like Rita kept calling me. Sucking my thumb. Toddling around in a diaper. Talking cute like a little kid."
"So you liked it!" Rita says, sounding delighted. Leah pulls her legs in to try to improve her angle for pooping.
"Y-yeah. Sort of."
"Sort of?"
"I don't like not having my reading and writing. I also wouldn't mind changing my own diapers. And even though I like talking like a little kid, I don't like not having my full vocabulary."
"But other than that, you're fine with how you were during the week?" Tina verifies. Leah grunts loudly, finally pushing out the stubborn log with an enormous fart.
"Yeah! I guess I want to be sort of a baby, but sort of a teenager."
"I can do that for you, sweetie."
"Then do it."
Leah smiles as Tina says a phrase to her. Her potty training, talking, and walking go out the window. But she can still read!
"Thanks, Tina," Leah says softly. Warmth spreads through her diaper as she pees. "I- I really want this."
"I'm so glad you do," Tina says. Leah gets out her phone and begins to scroll on it, catching up on social media. She's unaware that Tina left her hypnotized with something else...