Casey was calling for her. Briana’s name echoed off the trees again, and again, and again. Briana lay behind and under the bush, wallowing in misery and mess. The smell had stopped bothering her a while ago. The mess felt caked on at this point. Finals were over but she couldn’t bring herself to care. Life didn’t seem worth it.
The bush shuddered and shed leaves all over her. Casey grunted as she pushed her way past it. She looked down at Briana, tears in her eyes. Seeing Casey cry gave Briana a guilty twist in her gut.
“Briana!” Casey kneeled and grabbed Briana’s shoulders. “I’m so glad you’re okay! What happened?”
“Everybody saw.” Briana looked at Casey hopelessly. “Everyone saw my diapers, and… and I had a big accident. A big, gross one!”
Casey gently lifted Briana’s skirt, nodded at the dark stain on the diaper. “Oh hon, I’m really sorry. Let’s get you out of here.” Briana shrugged in response. Moments later she was being lifted up as easily as a child.
“Casey don’t, I’m gross, I smell.” Briana whimpered.
“Do you think I care if you smell?” Casey pushed through the bushes with brute force, making sure she was stable with each step before taking the next.
“I’m a freak show!” Briana wailed.
“You are not!” Casey frowned. “Don’t say that.”
“That’s what they said. That’s what she said about me.” Briana sobbed and hiccupped.
“Who said that?”
“Lisa, in molecular bonds.” Briana found the motivation to wrap her arms around Casey’s neck.
“We’ll deal with Lisa later.” Casey said.
“It’s not just her, there were a bunch of people that saw.”
“We’ll deal with all of that later.” Casey said. “Right now we are going to get you home.”
Home meant a shower, and Veronica, and friends. It also meant everyone seeing her in a thoroughly messed diaper. It meant showing them all that she’d completely failed, the diapers had won. She lay against Casey, limp and staring off into nowhere.
She was as despondent when Casey carried her into the house, when Veronica stripped her down and washed her. She said nothing when she was diapered again, or put into a onesie with a pacifier in her mouth. She sat on the floor in the middle of another house meeting with her knees up against her chest, her lion Alanna held in her crossed arms.
“Briana isn’t talking right now but I think we need to go over a few things.” Veronica said to the rest of the roommates. She was looking extra authoritative in a black pantsuit. “We don’t need to go into details but she had a really rough incident at school today.”
“Oh, that’s what you’re going to call it.” Briana thought darkly. “What you mean is that I can’t control myself at all anymore.”
“When I found her she was really upset and kind of non-responsive.” Casey said. “I’m really worried about depression or worse.”
“What can we do to help?” Jane asked.
“We will need to watch her really closely. She can’t be left alone for a while. Even when she’s asleep. I know that some of us still have finals but between all of us we can make it work. We can also use Gary as a babysitter when needed.” Veronica said.
“Babysitter. Baby baby baby. I’m sick of being a baby!” Briana’s thoughts roiled angrily.
“I’m done with finals.” Casey said. “I can watch her as much as needed.”
“I’m done with them too.” Suzie said. “I still have evening commitments but I can watch her during the day.”
“I’m not sure how everyone else feels about it.” Jane said. “But I don’t have a problem if she has an accident like she did today. If that’s too much for you when you’re changing her, I can take over.”
“THAT’S IT!” Briana screamed. Everyone turned to her in shock. “I’m done with this!” She stood up and threw Alanna across the room. “I’m done being a baby!” She yanked the snaps of her onesie open, pushing her way out of the circle when Veronica reached for her.
“I’m done wearing diapers, and I’m done being a baby! None of this has helped!” With rage-driven strength, Briana tore her diaper apart and off. “We’ve tried all this stupid bullshit, and I still ended up laughed at by everyone at school! I hate it! I HATE IT!”
Erin, and Jane looked at Veronica. She sighed. “Briana, if you really want to stop this you can, but you need to be able to talk to us like an adult. I understand that you’re upset but you can’t scream at us like this. We have been trying to help you, and you’ve agreed to all of this so far.”
“SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!” Briana screamed. She wiggled violently out of the onesie, until she was naked and panting.
“Do you think this is… the meltdown phase?” Jane asked.
“It seems like it is.” Erin said. “It’s a partial break at least.”
“It’s worth noting that she waited to do this until finals were over.” Veronica said. “I think this is a very extreme ask.”
“I DON’T WANT ANYTHING!” Briana’s voice was ragged. “LEAVE ME ALONE!”
“Casey, Jane, grab her.” Veronica ordered. “Suzie, Erin, clear the coffee table. Put Briana facedown on it.”
Briana ran for the front door, only to be clotheslined around the waist by Casey. “We’re not letting you run out naked!” Jane joined in, grabbing Briana’s legs, holding them as best she could against Briana’s flailing. They carried Briana over to the coffee table and set her down with a pillow under her hips. Casey held Briana’s shoulders down, while Jane pulled back on her legs, immobilizing the girl with her bare butt sticking up.
“LET ME GO! LET ME GO! LET ME GO!” Briana screamed until her voice cracked shrilly.
Veronica crouched down by Briana, stroking her cheek. “I want to give you one more chance to snap out of this. That means talking to us in an adult way. If you can’t do that, we’re going to punish you and baby you until you recover.”
Briana screamed incoherently at Veronica in response.
“Well, that was pretty clear.” Veronica said. She stood and slipped the slim belt out of her pantsuit and doubled it over. Briana thrashed, getting nowhere against Casey, but nearly freeing her legs from Jane. Suzie stepped in to hold down Briana’s knees, reducing the thrashing to mere wiggles.
“You’ve been a very bad girl Briana.” Veronica said. “You’ve lost all your computer and phone privileges. You are grounded, and restricted to diapers until I say otherwise, but at least for a week. You are not to run off from whoever is assigned to babysit you even when you’re inside the house. You must do what you are told, eat and drink what you are told, and be quiet when you are told. If you break any of these rules, there will be more punishments.”
Briana whimpered, giving one last struggle. She cried out with a noise somewhere between a sob and a scream.
Jane brought the belt down on Briana’s butt. A resounding smack filled the room, with a crack from the two parts of the belt coming together after. Briana howled. The belt came down again, and again, and again. Bright red lines popped up across Briana’s butt, she heaved against Casey but it was useless.
Crack crack! Crack crack! Jane lashed Briana’s butt again and again, until she had painted both cheeks entirely in bright red. Briana hung her head and sobbed, no longer fighting her restrainers.
“Briana, are you ready to be a good girl?” Veronica asked.
“Muh-muh-muh-mommy!” Briana sobbed.
“Oh, sweetie.” Jane crouched by Briana again and stroked her hair. “I’m sorry I have to do this but you need it. Are you ready to start being good?”
Briana nodded, panting through her tears. “Yes mommy.”
“Okay. For that to work you have to accept a punishment, not be forced into it.” Veronica sat down on the couch. “Come sit over my lap so I can finish your spanking.”
Casey, Jane, and Suzie released Briana, standing by. Briana rolled off the coffee table and knelt by Veronica. “Mommy no, please.”
“Right now Briana.” Veronica patted her lap again. “Don’t be a bad baby.”
With a shuddering sob, Briana got up and draped herself over Veronica’s lap. The spanking started almost immediately, light but continuous slaps that worked their way all across Briana’s left cheek and then her right. Her butt went from bright red to a deeper, even red, fading pale at the edges. Briana cried quietly, tears pouring out the corners of her eyes and dripping down her nose onto the floor.
“You did that very well baby.” Veronica said. “I’m proud of you.” She rolled Briana over, and held her gently, kissing her on the cheek.
Erin set up a changing blanket on the coffee table and took Briana from Veronica, setting her down there. Despite Erin’s gentle touch Briana still whimpered when Erin rubbed medicinal cream across her rear.
“You’re a tough one.” Casey said, smiling at Briana. She leaned down to gently kiss Briana’s lips. “We’re going to take care of you, and it’s not going to be all punishments. You and I can still have some fun when you’re being good.”
Briana smiled weakly, reaching up to stroke Casey’s hair and face. They kissed again while Erin slipped a diaper and stuffer under Briana’s hips. “Casey.” Was all she said.
“If you need help you need to ask us.” Jane said, kneeling on Briana’s other side. “You can tell us if you have to go to the bathroom, or if you are hungry or thirsty. Even if all you do is cry, that’s something. Don’t be sad in silence.”
Briana nodded. She wiggled as Erin generously powdered her, and sighed, relaxing when the tapes closed firmly. Suzie returned from somewhere, Briana hadn’t seen her go. She looked up at her roommate curiously, Suzie had a bunch of pink cloth in her hands.
“I got you footie pajamas!” Suzie enthused. “They even have a hood! I’ve got some new pacifiers for you too, they’re really pretty.”
Briana nodded, smiling broadly. There was no blush, no feeling of embarrassment, even when she discovered that the pjs had mittens, and snaps that went all the way down her front, over her crotch and up her rear. She accepted it all, murmuring happily when she was passed back to Veronica.
“You did a great job finding these.” Veronica said to Suzie. “Where in the world did you find those pajamas?” She slipped a white pacifier with a rainbow-star bead handle into Briana’s mouth.
“Oh there are websites, if you know where to look and have kinky friends to ask.” Suzie grinned.
“We’re learning so much about you today.” Casey laughed.
“I’m not the one who set up a date with her. I’ll get you those links so you can do your own shopping, Casey.” Suzie smirked.
Everyone laughed at Casey’s blush, even Briana, though she went back to sucking her pacifier and snuggling Veronica after.
“I’ll watch her for now.” Veronica said. “Erin and Casey, would you mind setting up that furniture in my room?” Erin nodded.
“No problem!” Casey said, blushing when she got another laugh at her eagerness.
“I’ll help too.” Suzie smiled. “I can’t wait to help decorate.”
“Do you want to do the meals we talked about still?” Jane asked.
“I think it will make… certain things easier on us.” Veronica said. “If you don’t mind.”
“Not at all.” Jane stood up. “I’ll get a few started and then make sure we have a supply in the fridge.”
“As for you, little one.” Veronica turned to Briana, pulling the cat-eared hood of the pajamas up on her head. “I have a story for you.”
Briana smiled, snuggling into the warmth of the pajamas and being held by Veronica. Her rear ached, but it was a dull pain, far away at the moment. She rested a cat-paw mitten on Veronica’s breast and her head on Veronica’s shoulder.
“There was once a little girl who was scared all the time. She didn’t know what to do, and didn’t have anyone to help her. What this little girl didn’t realize is that she had a mommy that loved her very much…”