"...at a bare minimum, you could change your own diapers. I already have my fill at work."
Leah let out an audible sigh of relief as she felt herself take over from Tina; most of the work was already done, so all she had to do was put the diaper on. Under Tina's watchful eyes, that static returned, and Leah was now alone with Tina standing in the corner of the bathroom.
"All done? Great. So glad you can change your own diapers." Tina comments. Leah glares at the woman with incredulity, wondering if she's reciting some cosmic script for the comedy her life suddenly became. She huffs through her nose as she vigorously sucks her pacifier; she's well aware that she shouldn't be, but for whatever reason she can't really bring herself to stop. It's like she now NEEDS to suck something to keep calm now, like a baby. Not to mention her clothing and potty training (or lack there of); she can still tell when she needs to go, but the warning is so sudden and urgent it's meaningless. She wanted to rip her hair out from how nonsensical everything suddenly was. She hopped off the changing table while Tina grabbed her (and Leah loathes to acknowledge, but it very much is *her*) diaper bag.
"Can we go now?" Leah practically whined behind her stupid mouth companion. She's already in a bad enough situation, she doesn't want it to get worse. She only hopes that the strange break down of reality only occurs within the store, and Leah would be free once they leave.
"Of course, we're done with shopping. Thank you for being so patient, Leah! For being such a good girl, how about a reward?"
Leah furrows her brow further, making veins visibly pop on her forehead. She wanted to calk up the patronizing behavior to Tina being Tina, but she's now terrified that's now how everyone would treat her.
"I'm good. I just want out of here, please."
Tina looked disgruntled, but agrees. Leah wastes no time in bolting towards the exit, firmly covering her ears just in case. She couldn't deter, else she'll have to acknowledge the fact that she's going outside without pants in a diaper and die from sheer embarrassment (especially in the likely event she uses it).
Leah can dimly hear Tina chasing after her, but is able to keep a lead all the way out of the store. The moment she passes the threshold, she let's out a loud sigh of relief. To her great misfortune, she also relieves herself loudly. She can't fight the rising blush as she feels her bladder completely empty, loud enough to be heard by those nearby. A few glances her way and have no trouble telling what she's doing, as her very visible diaper yellows and sags. She presses her palms tighter to her ears, but it doesn't fully cancel out the laughter and cooing. One family passing by had what must've been a toddler who was only slightly taller than her; that was apparently all he needed to avoid her height based curse, as he was also clearly not diapered. He even tugged at his mother's pants and pointed towards her, and Leah couldn't stand to watch any further. A literal toddler was allowed to be more adult than her just from an extra inch in height!
She started to bolt towards where Tina's car was, but was stopped as someone grabbed her shoulder. Turning her around, she saw Tina's angry face, no doubt about to lecture her about running off in a public space or something equally patronizing. Her face immediately drops, and it's only then that Leah realizes she's crying. Tina turns sympathetic immediately, and picks Leah up. Leah doesn't have the energy to fight, just desperately wants to be out of the area. It's only when Tina places her inside the car that Leah finally relaxes her hands.
"Oh Leah, what's wrong?"
"I just want to go home." Leah said through choking tears. She sucked her binky much more intensely, hating the fact that it actively made her feel better. Some good must've finally had pity on the teen, as Tina doesn't say anything further. She gets into the front, and starts the car as Leah finally let's all the humiliation settle in and allow herself to cry. So distracted was she, that Tina muttering to herself went unnoticed.
"Hmm...you know, even though Leah is big enough to not need a car seat, wouldn't it be safer if she were still in one? She's still so small."
Even less fortunately, it was just loud enough for Leah to hear. Before she could even begin to question Tina's incredibly bizarre priorities, she feels...