Chapter 34 – Cabin Trip Round Two
That Sunday, the boys relaxed at the resort and caught a few last rays before preparing to head home. They spent the rest of the time in the arcade jumping on the spider stomp machine, where red buttons light up and require presses to register a 'stomp' and score points, racing on the motorcycle game and Alvin tried his hand at Virtua Tennis. The three boys slumped their shoulders when Roger and Rita called from outside to head to the cabin to gather their things.
"Aww, this was a great weekend, thanks to the new arcade and the things we can do around the resort, I wish it were longer", Alvin complained.
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself Alvin, but summer doesn't mean I get the same time off as you lot do, I still have to go to work", said Roger. "I get that time off at Christmas. Besides there are plenty of opportunities to organise another trip here soon anyway".
"Yeah and I have diapers to make for a couple of clients, I bet my inbox is flooded with orders", said Heidi.
"I know, I know, I hope it's soon".
"Me too", said Marvin.
When they got home, Alvin wheeled his bike to the garage before thanking Marvin's family for the weekend away and wished he could do it again soon. He walked into the house and was greeted by Simon and Theodore who both smiled with his return.
"Had a good time, Alvin?" Simon asked.
"Oh absolutely, brilliant time, thanks for letting me go".
"Ah you're back", Claire spotted him as she come in from the backyard. "Enjoy yourself?"
"Oh yes Mommy, it was awesome, there was tons of stuff to do and we went swimming, played pool, there was an arcade that was brand new and…" Alvin started explaining excitedly.
"Whoa, sounds like a blast, things have been normal around here, I go to work, Simon watched Theodore for me and that's pretty much it".
The next time that Alvin was invited with Marvin and his family to the cabin was a couple of weeks later. Roger planned for a 'boys only' trip this time around. He hoped that all the boys would be available for this one. Like last time, Simon and Theodore chose to stay back while Alvin went again, feeling that they shouldn't intrude despite his insistence that their presence wasn't bothersome. Cody and his friend Peter were invited too, however Cody's parents declined to drive them over due to logistics and they were too busy to do so. Carl and Mitchell were skimmed over since Alvin's resistance made the invite impossible without causing problems. This left Ryan; Roger called their house and invited Ryan to go with them. Reluctantly he agreed since he could use the trip to get away for a little while. The previous week, he put some contingency plans in place with his work to have a five-day weekend to spend with his boys.
While Alvin was with Marvin for the weekend, Simon was sat at the computer doing his usual stuff with playing the chess game on the computer when the phone rang. His mother answered as expected, but surprised when she said it was for him. Thinking it over, he knew it couldn't possibly be Steve as he was away. He bought the receiver to his ear.
"Hello".
"Ah hi Simon, it's uh Heidi", said the girl on the other end.
"Oh hi Heidi, what's going on?"
"Um, I know this is a strange request, but uh could you come over?"
"Uh… what, what for?"
"Well I don't know how, but this hobby of mine has kinda exploded and I'm swamped with diaper orders, I could really use a hand with filling them".
"Oh right, let me ask my mom then I'll come back, just hold the line".
He frowned to himself and placed the phone on the table as he wandered to the kitchen.
"Heidi is asking me to go over to her house to help her with something, can I go over? Apparently it's important".
"Well if it's important, I think you should and you have my permission".
"Thanks, hopefully I won't be too late back", he said as he returned to the phone. "Yeah should be okay, I will be over in a few minutes".
Simon left for Heidi's as soon as he possibly could and when he knocked, she practically smothered him in a hug of appreciation.
"Thank goodness you're here, I have been swamped in orders, I have no idea where they come from, and I don't think I advertised or anything, my email inbox just blew up".
"If no-one knows about your diapers, how the heck did you get so many requests?"
"I have no idea, but I'm just swamped in them".
"Hmm, I wonder, Heidi, can you log onto the computer a moment? I need to investigate this".
"Sure, but I don't know what you'll find that would explain how this blew up".
Simon checked Alvin's webpage and there was no mention of Heidi's diapers on there. He even went into the source code to see if the Meta tags had any mention of Heidi in them to anchor searches to or any of the content mention them, but came up short.
"Hmm nothing on Alvin's site, has Marvin updated his recently?"
"I don't think so, you can check if you'd like".
He brought up his site and combed it through and found a new section on the menu screen.
"I think I may have found a new tab on the page, he's pretty good at HTML and JavaScript, I'll give him that, hmm let's see", he said as he clicked the tab and inside was another page with a little blurb. "Ah ha jackpot, look at this, they added a blurb, I think they wanted it to be a surprise, but forgot to tell you before going away".
"So they low-key advertised that I make diapers like I did the others… huh, well that explains everything. Those cheeky little diaper boys, I thought the people got a hint of what I do and wanted a piece of it by harassing me about making them diapers, well mystery solved and I guess we have work to do huh?"
"I guess we do, I'll stay as long as you need me to complete these orders".
"Thanks Simon, I appreciate it, I actually was getting orders daily, I filled them, the next few days I began to get more and more orders, even Mom had to pitch in, but it's not fair on her, she has a full-time job already".
"Okay so how many do you have in the pipeline?"
"I uh received a single order for twenty diapers".
"Twenty in a single order, from who? That seems too many to be legitimate".
"I got sceptical, but when the order come in, I emailed them back keeping closely guarded and it was a parent".
"A parent needing twenty diapers? Couldn't she just buy some off the shelf?"
"I didn't want to believe this was legitimate, however when she explained the situation that the oldest boy had frequent bladder infections and needed them, I started to change my tone".
He rubbed the back of his head in confusion.
"What is it?"
"Has she not taken him to the doctor, antibiotics usually sorts it out, it doesn't require diapers".
"Yeah well, who am I to judge? Besides, if the doctor recommended them then I have to oblige".
"Come on, twenty seems excessive, I'm not questioning her judgement, but twenty is overkill".
"She uh mentioned that his brothers were jealous of the fact that he would be wearing diapers, I have the letter to prove it", she said as she shown the letter.
As he read it, he shook his head, "Why yours?"
"I guess he has no control and therefore needs them to be thick I guess, so shall we get started?"
"Indeed we should".
Just as preparations were being made to fill the first large order, she went back to check her emails once again and she slumped at the desk seeing another sizeable order the next day. She thought about getting Simon over again, but quickly decided to do so with the scale of the order.
"Holy smokes, I need to calculate this", she typed the quantities and gasped that the order was for forty diapers. "No way, what have you boys got me into?" she sat overwhelmed, "Okay, I have twenty for this parent and forty for your diaper pals online, yikes this is getting out of hand, I need to call Simon again".
Her mother come to the computer and saw the panicked look on her daughters' face, "Another order?"
"Yeah, um a big one, forty diapers more on top of the twenty, ugh why did my brothers do this to me?"
"Okay, I have an idea, if I help and Simon helps then it'll be twenty each. If that still feels too much then see if Lani can help too, that'll reduce it to fifteen. I'm confident then that we could get them done over the coming weekend".
"Okay that sounds like an idea", she agreed as she perked up.
Rita located an outlet in town where she could purchase the materials in bulk; the local stores won't take orders for high demand. The materials arrived the next day and by the time Saturday rolled around, Heidi could begin working on the two large orders that she had received.
That Friday, Claire was surprised that Simon was once again asked for his services. That morning, he went out of the door and said that he might be late as he was going to fill orders for Heidi. Since it was the holidays, she didn't mind, she wondered how this would affect him in the long term though. He went over and filled some of the smaller orders that were finished up that evening. Heidi saw Simon and she thanked him for the help and she would see him tomorrow for the bigger orders. He nodded and headed back home.
"She seems busy, don't she?" asked Claire as he walked in.
"Yeah I just filled the smaller orders, but tomorrow is a start on two big orders, her Mom and potentially Lani will help too".
"I'm perplexed, I never did anything like this at your age, are you sure that you're okay with this?"
"Of course, Mom, I'm just helping her out, that's all, it's not like it'll get in the way of school, but when it starts back, don't worry I will make sure that I can cope".
"Alright then, but if it starts getting to you, you know you can come to me, okay?"
"Sure, thanks".
That night, Heidi contacted Lani to see if she would to help out.
"I would, but I have to watch Carl and Mitchell this weekend".
Heidi pulled the phone herself, "Curse those workaholic parents".
"Hmm okay, how about if they come here with you, they can do that, right? I mean my boys and Alvin aren't here, they're away and there won't be any tension".
"I suppose", she said hesitantly. "It's just that if their parents call and I don't answer, they'll know something's up, Mitchell's meant to stay here, part of my instructions".
"Doesn't seem fair that Carl can go wherever and Mitchell can't".
"Well given the circumstances, besides Carl is on house arrest too, probably self-motivated though from wearing diapers, but still".
"Look, Lani, I have sixty to fill tomorrow".
"Wait, sixty, how did that happen?"
"Well, my brothers advertised without telling me and I had one order for twenty and one for forty come over two days and I'm freaking out, I'm begging you, please come, I'll be paying to all three helpers".
"Hmm okay, so we going four ways on this?"
"I'll pay with the materials subtracted".
"Wow, that's way more than I make babysitting and that's one day… okay I'm in".
"Brilliant, thank you, I'll see you soon then, bye".
"Bye", she said as she hung up, she sighed, overwhelmed by the pay packet she'll receive in conjunction to the wage she'll receive for babysitting.
That morning after Carl and Mitchells' parents left for work, she waited ten minutes before telling them the plan for the day.
"Okay, bit of a field trip today".
"Uh… what? I'm grounded for the summer remember?" Mitchell pointed out.
"Yeah, I'm going nowhere today, Lani, I don't want to get you into trouble", said Carl.
"That's sweet of you to protect me, Carl. Okay, look I wouldn't have said this in front of your Mom, but I have been asked to help complete some orders for Heidi with her Mom and Simon".
"Sucks to be you, you have to watch two pre-pubescent babies though for the day, we can't leave or you aren't our babysitter anymore".
"I am aware I may risk losing my job, but I made a promise to Heidi as a friend, besides the boys aren't there so it should be okay".
"Well, don't say I didn't warn you", said Mitchell.
Lani and the two boys walked to Heidi's through the subdivision, drawing attention from the kids playing in the street, most of whom pointed and laughed at the boys for being in conspicuous diapers. They were diapered quite heavily, wearing six diapers each.
"They got their pants and shorts taken away for the summer", Lani explained to Heidi and Simon as she brought the two boys into the house.
Simon looked on with sympathy than anything.
"They didn't need them anyway and it was intended to make sure they wouldn't leave the house".
"So they've not done anything all summer up to this point? What is wrong with that woman honestly? Taking their things is one thing, but imprisoning them too, I have a right mind to report it to the authorities!" Heidi said bitterly.
"Please don't, I'll be fired if she knew I came here today".
"Why did you come?"
"To help you of course, but I couldn't leave them at home on their own, what if she came home early, I would've been sacked for abandonment".
"Okay, I won't tell the authorities, but this is a serious thing, I just hope they aren't affected by this".
Simon felt the tension in the room and decided to be proactive, "Okay shall we uh make a start?"
"Oh… yeah quicker we start, quicker we get done. It doesn't matter if we don't finish today, whatever we don't finish today, Mom and I will finish tomorrow unless you'd like to join us Simon".
"I'll be happy to help tomorrow if necessary".
"Right, well Carl and Mitchell as you probably are aware, the boys and my dad have gone for a long weekend so I'm afraid you'll have to occupy yourselves as best as possible", said Heidi.
"No problem, we'll find something", said Carl.
"I'm sure my boys won't mind if you guys played in their room", said Heidi.
"Sure, okay", said Mitchell as they waddled up the stairs.
"Mitchell seems different, very mellow", said Heidi.
"That's what effect his Mom has had on him", said Lani.
"Hmm I see", Heidi said as she opened the package of material to start the diapers in the sewing room.
The boys waddled into the boys' bedroom and found two cribs, a changing table and a basket of toys labelled appropriately 'TOYS'.
"Well, let's see what Marvin and Max have to offer", said Carl as he opened the basket.
The basket revealed all the toys that accumulated over time, most of which are for younger kids.
"I am not playing with this stuff", said Mitchell.
"Why not?"
"You know perfectly well why, this stuff's for toddlers and well I am not going to so just forget it".
"Here we go again, fighting, this is exactly what Mom didn't want".
"I don't care what Mom and Dad want anymore".
"What?"
"I can't take it anymore Carl, Mom and Dad just up and leave for work even weekends and what do we do Carl? Nothing, because I'm grounded for the summer and somehow you got roped in, I'm sorry for that".
"What? I thought my involvement in the grounding was to do with the hospital thing?"
Mitchell sat on Marvin's crib and shaking as the guilt gripped him.
"Mitch, what's wrong?"
"Carl, you're being unfairly punished".
"What do you mean? I'm grounded for the hospital thing".
He shook his head vigorously, "No, technically you're not now, that ended a long time ago, it's just easier on Mom that you're also with me every time Lani is babysitting".
"I don't get it, Mom said that I was".
"I overheard them a week ago talking about us in their bedroom. She told Dad that she was only doing it to stop me going out for wearing diapers".
"Wait, so she lied", Carl ran his hand through his hair. "What the hell? I could've been free and all because you decided to wear one of my diapers, I can't".
Mitchell nodded, Carl continued, "You kept this from me, how long were you planning on keeping this from me? Just keeping it until the end of the summer would ruin my whole summer. That's messed up, Mitch".
"I know and I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier".
Carl sat on Max's crib and shook with rage, "I hate them! I bloody hate them!"
"Hey, at least we have each other".
"Yeah I guess".
"So uh no word from Alvin yet?"
"Nope, not one word, I tried emailing constantly, but nothing, he really hates me, you know for the hospital thing".
"I don't think he hates you, he just can't trust you".
"Yeah well I'll just have to live with that notion".
The boys continued to talk upstairs.
Meanwhile in the sewing room, the two girls, Simon and Rita were busy cutting, folding and stitching material for the sixty diapers they set out to get finished up. Other than a lunch break, they kept working on the diapers all day. They got most of them finished by the time Lani had to leave and return the boys ti their house before their parents got home. Both boys were wearing some very ripe and well-filled diapers by the time they finally went home and they couldn't wait to get cleaned up. Heidi thanked her for the help and sent her off on her way with the promise of when the diapers were shipped and received, the payment would be made to her in due course.
Lani walked with the two boys and as they approached the drive, they saw that their mother was already home.
"Um, uh oh, that's our Mom, oh she is going to be fuming", said Mitchell.
"Don't worry, I'll do the talking", said Lani.
Lani and the boys walked into the dining room and saw Lorraine sat at the head of the table with her arms folded.
"Where have you and my boys been all day?" She asked Lani sternly.
"Well, I had to leave".
"All day? I called here four hours ago Lani and there was no answer, you better start explaining yourself, young lady!"
"Okay, I went to go help Heidi with something. I didn't leave the boys alone here".
"So they seen Marvin and Max, I see".
"What, no, they're away with their dad, it was only Heidi, her Mom, Simon and I there".
"So you thought taking them without consent was going to be okay with me?"
"No of course not, Heidi called me last night and asked me for a bit of help".
"A bit? It took all day".
"Well yeah, you see, she makes diapers for clients and she had two large orders and I went to lend a hand".
"So what did my boys do all day?"
"They occupied themselves in Marvin and Max's room".
"I can't tolerate that, disobedience, I left you one simple instruction, the boys must not leave the house and today you broke that instruction. The idea of their grounding was for them to stay home. Even the fact that their pants and shorts have been confiscated wasn't enough to make sure you kept them home!"
"Our grounding, Mom?" said Mitchell.
"Yeah, your grounding, the both of you are, if you hadn't noticed".
"Really, Mitch has kindly informed me of a little conversation that you and Dad had a week ago in your bedroom", said Carl.
"Excuse me? That has nothing to do with…"
"Yeah actually it does Mom because he told me that you said he was only grounded so that Lani could watch me and Mitch together and stop him from leaving".
"We'll talk later boys, I need to finish some business, off with you".
The boys waddled off in a strop, "I guess we're getting someone new to look after us", they muttered fading as they went away.
"Well let's go to the formalities then", said Lorraine as she got that weeks' pay packet and handed it to her. "You know you broke the rules and I have zero tolerance on that, so I'm sorry, but due to your actions taken today, your services are no longer required. I'll find someone else to watch my boys for the rest of the summer".
With that she was led out of the house. Lani took a deep breath and sighed, "Great, now what do I do?"
She couldn't exactly go home yet, "Hmm, it would look too suspicious if I just went home, hmm actually I wonder if Heidi needs some assistance".
At the Oppenheimer household, Simon, Heidi and her mom were in the sewing room preparing the orders that weren't finished that day to be finished off tomorrow. They got a knock at the door; Rita frowned with confusion, "Were we expecting someone?"
Heidi shrugged, "I didn't invite anyone".
Rita got up and went to answer the door, "Oh Lani, I didn't expect you here so quickly, um aren't you meant to be babysitting?"
"Uh… yeah, um can I talk to Heidi please?"
"Yeah of course you can, I'll fetch her from the sewing room".
A few moments later, Heidi come out and saw her friend look to the floor and shifted uncomfortably.
"What happened Lani? I thought you were finishing off babysitting".
"Yeah… um… uh", said Lani.
"Come and sit down, you look troubled".
They sat at the dining room table and Heidi reached out and calmed Lani down. "Is everything alright?"
She shook her head almost in tears, "No… Lorraine fired me".
"What, for coming here?"
"Yeah, she rang at midday and no answer so she came back early in a panic thinking something happened at the house".
"What did she say was the reason for keeping the boys in the house?"
"She denied any reason, Carl tried to defend me because he wasn't technically grounded apparently, but she brushed it off and said my only role was to keep them at home and said if I had done that, I wouldn't have been let go. She gave me my last pay packet and said my services were no longer required".
"Does she have anyone else to replace you is the question? I mean, I speculate that she had no interest whatsoever from that advert on the pin-board apart from you, she'll be sorry to have let you go, they seem better around you, her loss in my opinion".
"Thanks Heidi, I feel humbled that you also noticed that. Still that was the last bit of money I'm getting this summer", she said as she sighed.
"Maybe not", Heidi tapped her chin.
"What do you mean? Have you seen other ads around looking for people?"
"Well, no, but I think I have an opportunity open if you like it".
"What, but I…"
"I quite like to work with someone, I mean it'll take the pressure off my mom for a start, she already has a full-time job of forty hours and I don't think it's fair on her to help me besides things are actually picking up around here and I already have new orders to take care of in addition to the sixty we're making. I would love it if you helped me out, that is if you'd like to".
"Is this for the rest of the summer?"
"Absolutely, I don't think it'll slow down, obviously I'll have to somehow slow the demand around school time, but I'll try not to let it affect our school work as much, so is that a yes?"
"Sure, this is perfect, thank you Heidi".
"No, thank you this is a big help and I appreciate it".
In the van, Alvin and the boys of the pack were en-route to Silver Shores once again. After having attended a cabin outing with his friends once without wearing anything, but diapers Alvin left his shorts at home on his own and his Mom had also bought some swim diapers of his own. They were just like the ones Marvin and Max wore, plain white and similar to a pair of pull-on incontinence briefs. Ryan, however, was still being a hold-out on going in just diapers and he wore shorts over his diapers in spite of reassurances that wearing just diapers was unanimously accepted at Silver Shores. Alvin and the two boys neglected to tell him about the nudists for a raw reaction from him. On their way up, they passed by the roadside stop where Heidi and her mother usually needed to get out and use the facilities. Roger drove by and inside him felt odd not doing the usual stop this time around. Before they got to the entrance to the Silver Shores area, the boys spotted a group of kids skinny-dipping in a creek just off the side of the road.
"Did you see that?" Ryan pointed out. "Those guys were totally nude!"
"You ain't seen nothing yet", the other three boys and Roger thought to themselves as they were about to turn into Silver Shores.
As they went along the main road, he looked out of his window and noticed more people swimming and wading in the lake without wearing any clothes.
"Is this like a nudist place, or what?"
"Funny you say that, Ryan. Alvin thought the same thing on his first time up here too. It isn't really a nudist resort, but people can away with it here, which is why the boys can go around in their diapers here", said Roger.
Marvin sucked his thumb as he gazed from the window in the front of the van as they approached the first grouping of cabins where he and the others met Mike and Todd from the last trip. As they drove past, he saw that the tent was still up behind the cabin. Just as they were about to drive out of view, he saw one of the two boys going around outside and he appeared to be in a diaper.
"Daddy, can you go back?" Marvin asked his father.
"What for?"
"I think I saw Mike, that kid we met last time and I think he was wearing a diaper! Can we go back and see?"
"Well, let's get up to the cabin first, we're here for a few days now. I'll change you boys then you can all go to the lodge to eat and go swimming. Maybe you'll see Mike there. If not, I'll run you down by his cabin when I pick you up later tonight".
"Okay", he agreed.
He sat in the front looking on as their cabin grew closer, but with the thought of Mike still in a diaper drove him crazy. He had so many questions he wanted answers for. When they arrived at the cabin and took their belongings in, the four boys all had their diapers changed by Roger. One at a time, he set the boys on Heidi's bed and took care of their dirty bottoms. He put each of them into their swim diapers. The diaper bin was quickly filled with a heaping pile of smelly diapers. Ryan sat on the crib in front of Roger, as he felt uneasy about having an older man change his diapers. He also had no father figure so it was alien to him.
"What's the matter, Ryan?" asked Roger gently.
"Nothing, I'm just…" he paused.
"You're embarrassed because I've never changed your diapers before?"
Ryan nodded. "It's kinda alien to me, I don't have a father".
"Ah I see, it's okay Ryan, I'm just going to change you, nothing else I promise, I will be gentle".
"So nothing will happen?"
"Good heavens, no, Ryan, please be assured that I will never, ever do anything malicious to anyone, absolutely not".
He let himself relax as Roger took off his big, baggy shorts then his tight plastic pants and the four thick layers of diapers that Lani put on him before he left. He wished he had only been wet, but he had to present to Roger a messy set of diapers. The diapers were merely dropped in the bin with the others. Instead of letting them soak, they were rinsed out and bagged right away, ready to be taken to the laundry facility.
"Uh, I don't have any swim diapers", Ryan said blushing.
"That's okay, you can borrow some of mine", said Marvin.
He put the diaper on and slipped over his swimming trunks to the disappointment of Marvin.
"Lose the swim trunks".
"Is that all you guys are gonna wear?"
"At least we're wearing something, half the people swim naked and some go in their underwear. There are those who wear swimming trunks. Take your pick, anything goes", said Alvin.
"I'll keep my swim trunks on", said Ryan as he pulled them up.
The four boys went out to the van with their towels.
"I hope that jackass of a lifeguard isn't on duty", said Marvin on the way to the pool.
"If he is and he gives you boys any trouble then just go to the lodge and ask to see the general manager, I wouldn't count on him being here though, when I talked to the general manager last week, he said he had received other complaints about him so I hope they canned him by now".
They stopped off at the lodge; Roger took the bag of diapers with him while the four boys went with him. Ryan couldn't quite believe the casualness of Alvin, Marvin and Max as they strolled into the lodge, each donning their swim diapers as if it were normal. He was glad he chose to wear swimming trunks over his swim diapers. He couldn't imagine himself walking through a public place in a diaper. He reached the laundry facility and he looked around as he followed the rest of the group back to the laundry facility in back. He saw a couple of people sitting at the counter without anything on, most people acting as if the fact that they were wearing nothing didn't phase them. A group of boys were playing pool in their underwear.
"I can't believe this", Ryan said.
"If you make a big deal out of it, people will notice that you wear diapers more than anything else", Marvin politely advised him.
After Roger dumped the load of dirty diapers into the machine, they went into the restaurant and grabbed a table with a view of the lake. Roger went into the washroom to wash up before returning to the table. He took a note from his pocket and placed it on the table. It was handwritten and signed by the general manager. It read:
"Dear Mr and Mrs Oppenheimer,
I am writing to formally apologize for the way my pool staff had treated your family and friend last week. The lifeguard in question had no right to eject your sons and their friend from the pool facilities as we follow an acceptance policy on all people regardless of their backgrounds and medical requirements. The lifeguard breached this code of conduct and therefore I would like to apologize sincerely for any inconvenience and discomfort this has caused you and your family.
The last thing I want is for any of our guests to feel excluded solely on their medical grounds. We at Silver Shores are not and will not discriminate against anyone for their medical requirements. If you felt this wasn't met, I am very sorry and to compensate, this letter encloses an offer of apology in the form of a free meal and beverage to every member and guest of your family at the restaurant. I hope this is sufficient in resolving your trust in us and we would like to assure you that this incident would not be allowed to happen again in the future.
To ensure this has been addressed allow me to report on the changes we have implemented, we have retrained our pool staff to be tolerant to all members of the public regardless of their individual requirements. This includes the use of swim diapers and underwear. We have updated and made clearer the guidelines of acceptable tolerances of body temperature externally from the pool to include individuals with fevers caused by viruses are not be permitted to enter the pool and a much stricter no tolerance 48 hour policy on admission in the pool after symptoms of food poisoning or stomach flu have ended, we will also scan the temperature of each person coming into the facility, this change is in order to ensure this policy is functioning correctly. We hope that the incident on the Fourth can never be repeated from this change.
We hope the trust in us was not irreversibly eroded by this incident and you continue to use us for your leisure.
Signed,
David Lohan
General Manager"
"Wow, you mean we all get to eat for free?" asked Ryan.
"All because of a lifeguard with an attitude", said Marvin.
"Well, I do carry a lot of clout here, too. Who do you think designed this facility?" Roger said.
There was a pause then Ryan looked at Roger, "You did, Mr Oppenheimer".
"You can just call me Roger, Ryan. Yes I did help design this facility".
"My dad's an architect, remember".
Alvin noted that Marvin had not called his father, Daddy as he normally did, but put that down to not embarrassing himself in public.
After the boys finished eating, they headed straight for the pool while Roger returned to the laundry facility to check on the diapers that were being washed. The boys dropped off their towels as well as their shirts and shoes. They did have to wear plastic pants over their swim diapers as per the new regulations. The boys were each checked for their temperature and admitted through when it passed them all as clear into the facility. Marvin knew that he would be alone if Ryan didn't want to join him since neither Alvin nor Max would be willing to play in the deep end with him. Before they went out to the pool, Marvin took Ryan to the side.
"How much of a swimmer are you?"
"I can swim a little, not much though".
"Do you go off the diving board?"
"No sorry".
"Ah man! At least when my sister and Mom are here, they swim with me".
"I'd join if I were a better swimmer, but you know I'm not a swimmer", said Alvin.
"I know".
"Look over there!" Ryan exclaimed as he pointed.
"You mean, those two girls wearing nothing, you see them all the time here, Ryan".
"No, that's not what I was looking at. Look underneath those trees. You see those two boys? They're wearing diapers just like you guys".
Marvin took a look and saw two distinctly diapered behinds as the two boys were standing before two other people, assumed to be the parents.
"See? What did I tell you? Don't be afraid to go around in your diapers here".
Max went behind Ryan and yanked his swimming trunks down, leaving his swim diaper exposed. He felt his face go red as he realised what had just happened as felt the elastic band of his swimming trunks quickly slide over his thighs then his knees before they dropped to his ankles.
"I got you!" Max said as he laughed at Ryan.
"Max!" he yelled as he reached down to pull his swimming trunks back up.
"Oh come on, Ryan. Just lose the swimming trunks and I think you'll feel better about yourself once you've gone around in just your diaper for a few minutes. How do you think I got to this point? Back when I first started wearing diapers, I didn't think I'd ever be doing this!" Alvin said.
"Yeah and there's already at least five of us here in diapers, six if we count you", Marvin pointed out trying to persuade him to loosen up and leave them off.
Ryan insisted on leaving them on.
"I betcha, that's Mike and Todd", said Max.
"You're right, Max, that is them! Let's go over and see them".
While the boys walked around to the opposite side of the pool, they went past the lifeguard, who was off his perch and carry on a casual conversation with two teenage girls who were flirting with him. They were the same girls that Marvin thought Ryan had his eyes on. The lifeguard was a different person than the boor of a lifeguard they had the time before. This one was obviously much more friendly.
"What happened to the jerk who was here a couple weeks ago?" Marvin asked the lifeguard.
"Oh, I think I know who you're talking about", the lifeguard replied in a friendly, laid-back voice. "He got too many complaints and they got rid of him because he was such a jerk, yelling at everyone and kicking people out of the pool".
"Just wondering, is it okay to wear diapers in the pool?" Marvin asked.
"I remember hearing what he made you guys do, he kicked out everyone who was wearing diapers. He had an attitude towards everyone for one reason or another, but he was really mean to all the diaper kids".
"How many have you seen here in diapers?" Alvin asked.
"Not counting babies and toddlers, I'd say at least a dozen. Is there some gathering for boys who wear diapers or something?"
"Just us three… well, four, counting Ryan", said Max.
"Don't tell him that", Ryan whispered to Max.
"Well, Ryan, your diaper is showing. So anyone who's seen you knows that you're wearing one".
He said nothing as he pulled his trunks up high enough to cover up his diaper underneath. He didn't realise how he looked having his swim trunks pulled up so high until Alvin pointed it out.
"Give it up, Ryan".
"Don't they look cute in diapers?" One of the girls said to the other.
"Yeah, though I've never seen anyone older than a baby in diapers before", the other girl replied naively. "Do you guys wear diapers because… you just wear them, or…"
"No potty training", Marvin told them.
"So you really use them, too?" the first girl asked, somewhat surprised after she thought the boys merely wore them for the sake of having something to wear.
"Of course! We pee and poop in them!" Max exclaimed cutely.
"Max", Marvin groaned in embarrassment.
The girls just giggled and thought Max was cute in them and acted like a cute toddler in front of them.
"Come on, let's go see Mike and Todd", Marvin said hoping to get away from the girls.
The four boys walked over to see their newly-found diaper buddies at Silver Shores, eager to find out how they managed to get into wearing diapers in the presence of the adults who were accompanying them.
"Hi guys", Marvin greeted them.
"Hello", they both said at the same time.
They both seemed content and the fact they were wearing diapers didn't seem to bother either one of them.
"You're in diapers now, both of you!" Marvin said to them.
"Are these the boys you were telling us about, Mike?" the lady asked Mike.
"Pleased to meet you all", the two parents, said to the other boys.
"So what happened? How did you guys end up in diapers?" asked Marvin.
"Well, my Aunt and Uncle found out about you guys and they got mad at us and they told our parents. They talked it over and they all decided drugs were worse than this so if Todd and I wanted to wear diapers, fine, just as long as we change ourselves and keep ourselves clean and wash our own diapers".
"You got some cool parents! Most kids aren't as lucky as you guys".
"From what you told me last night, you guys are really lucky", said Mike.
"Well, from the way your potty training went, Mike, I was beginning to wonder if you'd end up wearing diapers all the time; turns out I was right in the end".
"Wanna come swimming with us?" Marvin offered.
"We're gonna be heading back soon. We just changed ourselves and we're resting before walking back", replied Mike.
"You walk down here in just your diapers?" Alvin asked him.
"No, we just went swimming in them", Mike replied as he held up his blue shorts before slipping them on.
After Mike and Todd left with their parents, the four boys returned to the pool. Marvin told the other three that he was fine with them keeping to the shallow end, but that he was going to be at the deep end and using the diving board. He went to the deep end while the other three went to the shallow end. The three boys climbed into the shallow end and joined in an impromptu game of water polo with several other kids. None of them noticed nor cared that Alvin and Max were wearing swim diapers. Marvin wasn't alone for very long, as he had met up with the two girls again. He stood at the top of the ladder of the high diving board and saw the girls ahead were in their swimsuits. He saw their slim butt and he felt his inner feelings bubble in him. He felt the front of his swim diaper tent.
"Oh crap, I hope they don't see this", he thought embarrassingly. "I don't even have their names and I'm getting aroused".
The girl in front of him bent over as she prepared her dive, he had to conceal the tent by pushing it down and succeeded.
After they made a few rounds, the girls let him go first. They saw the involuntary action of the boy's inner feeling through the front of his swim diapers and they quietly giggled. He bent over to prepare his dive and the view of his diapered butt aroused them too.
"Wow, his padded butt is so cute, I had to resist patting it", one of the girls said to the other after he made his dive.
"Me too", the other girl agreed.
About an hour later, Roger returned to pick up his boys and their friends from the pool and run them back to the cabin. He appeared at the entrance of the pool complex and the four boys spotted him. Marvin turned to the girls to let them know he had to go back to his cabin.
"There's my dad in the entrance, he'll probably be expecting me, my brother and our friends to be heading back now".
"Oh that's okay Marvin, we had a good time playing with you, you're adorable by the way", said one of the girls.
"Uh… okay… um… thanks… uh", Marvin stuttered in awkwardness and went rosy cheeked.
"Oh look we made him blush", said the other girl as they giggled.
"I uh… didn't get your names", said Marvin twirling his foot in an embarrassed way.
"My name's Katie", said the one girl that told him that he was adorable.
"And mine's Michelle, her friend".
After a few awkward moments, he snapped out of his seductive trance and remembered his dad was waiting at the entrance.
"Uh… oh I um should be going, my dad's waiting to take us back to our cabin".
"Okay Marvin, we should meet up again sometime", said Katie.
"We should, definitely".
"Good, I would like that", said Katie.
"Okay, I'll see you around girls, bye", said Marvin.
"Bye Marvin, cutie-butt", said Katie.
He walked back to his father with a blush and he went in the shower first and showered the chlorine off his body as he exhaled.
"Man she was pretty", said Marvin to himself.
The others joined in the communal shower and rinsed themselves too, before drying themselves with their towels. They returned to Roger and took them back to their cabin.
The first item on his agenda upon getting back to the cabin was diaper changes. He figured that at least one of the four-diapered boys were messy by now for as long as they've been swimming. Not to mention that Heidi wasn't here to check them and take care of them. As the four boys filed into the cabin, he watched them and figured there had to be a dirty butt amongst the four, as they trot in through the door. It turned out that there were three out of four who were poopy when checked. By the time he got to change Alvin, he realised just how much Heidi did for his boys and their friends.
"Phew, this is actually hard work, doing two times my boys, you boys are getting good at messing your diapers all at the same time".
After Alvin was changed into the same amount of diapers as Marvin and Max. He came to Ryan who shimmied down his trunks to reveal only a wet swim diaper.
"Hmm three out of four messy… interesting, still got control then, huh Ryan?"
"Well, yeah, I don't really go in them as much as an incontinent person would", he replied.
"I know this is an odd question, but how do you go then?"
Seeing the embarrassment on Ryan's face, he asked the three if they could privately discuss this, they obliged and left them to it.
"Sorry, I was too forward there, I'm just so used to that with my boys. Hope I didn't make you uncomfortable".
"Don't worry you didn't… um I sort of… well I enter my bathroom at home and I unpin my diapers and go on the toilet".
"Okay… do you feel like you can't control when you pee?"
"Yeah Roger, I am not confident in wearing underwear since Alvin's party, I wet myself there".
"I see, how come you don't want to use them fully though? They're designed to hold it, you know?"
"I just feel uncomfortable that's all, I mean I still can feel and hold it in unlike the other three boys and so I feel like I should at least go in the bathroom and I can pin them back on when I'm done wiping".
Roger nodded, "I see, I just feared that you were withholding and that wouldn't be any fun, believe me, it's painful and can make you sick".
"Oh no, I am going regularly… just not in my diapers".
"Right, I see, I know it's not my place to say this, but when you're wearing diapers they are designed for both functions and I won't mind one bit changing them in any condition, just like I did when we arrived, you were messy, remember?"
"Oh yeah I was".
"Did I recoil or anything when I changed you?"
Ryan put his head down, "No you didn't".
"Look I know you're apprehensive about being messy and I can understand that, but that's all part of wearing them, okay. Don't let them bother you".
"Okay, Roger thanks, I think I get it now".
"Oh good, I'm glad I helped, you going to be okay with using them all the time?"
"I think I can cope with that".
Roger nodded and asked him to lie on the changing table and he pinned his diapers from his own luggage bag on his body and pulled on his plastic pants.
"There you go, Ryan. All diapered up", he said as he dismissed him.
"Thanks for talking and easing my worries".
"My pleasure, I hate to see people in distress so I try to help as best I can to put them at ease. I hope you can get better about messing too, just because it's simpler to handle… well it's easier than taking off your diapers and repining them on that is".
"Thinking about it, it sounds a lot simpler, I just didn't want to deal with it on my own".
"Ah it'll be easier and I am here to clean you up anyway so don't panic".
Ryan nodded and walked from the boys' bedroom.
Marvin and the two other boys were outside on the rear porch looking out to the lake when Ryan joined them.
"Hey Ryan, sorry we intruded on you and our Daddy", said Marvin.
"Ah don't worry, we um just talked about my dislike of messing my diapers still".
"Whoa, wait you still don't? Where do you go then?" asked Max.
"Max, please have some empathy, I don't think that's a question Ryan would want to answer", Marvin mildly scolded him.
"No it's fine, I had that conversation with you dad and he helped me with that aspect. To be honest, at home at least I go into our bathroom, remove my diapers, go in the toilet, clean myself and re-pin my diapers and put my plastic pants over again", said Ryan.
"… That sounds like a lot of work just to go to the bathroom, almost like potty training, but I thought you couldn't hold your pee", said Marvin.
"I can't", Ryan began. Marvin raised an eyebrow. "I just feel uncomfortable about doing it in my diapers, that was all", he finished.
"Hmm right so what did my Daddy say to you?" asked Marvin.
"Well to put it concisely, he reasoned with me that going where I am was much easier than taking them off every time I needed to poop, you're right I was essentially trying to keep potty training myself, but it's hypocritical of me to do so when essentially I can't control my bladder so… yeah the idea of keeping to diapers eventually sunk in and I have your dad's wisdom to thank for that".
"I'm glad you're comfortable answering with what we discussed, it's okay to feel a bit embarrassed still, but you'll get there", said Roger as he walked out with an apron on with the word 'Chef' on it.
"Daddy's wearing his famous chef apron again, he's swapped his architect job for chef again", Max remarked giggling at his usual joke.
"Gets me every time, I'm just a temporary chef, someone has to cook for you boys, I'll return to my usual job when we get home", said Roger chuckling at his sons' joke.
"So what you cooking, Chef Daddy?" asked Marvin chuckling again with Ryan and Alvin.
"Tonight my diners, I'll be preparing juicy hamburgers, chargrilled on an open barbecue, toasted buns and condiments to serve", replied Roger impersonating a passionate chef much to the amusement of the four boys.
He grinned as he watched his humour translate to amusement from the four boys as they giggled.
"So how was the swim, boys?" he asked while he was preparing the hamburgers to go on the barbecue.
"Fun!" Marvin replied with a big grin on his face.
Alvin said he enjoyed his swim too, but was more reserved on the expression, but still held the same enthusiasm.
"How about you, Ryan?" Roger asked him.
"It was okay", Ryan replied, sounding less enthusiastic than the other boys.
"Really, you don't seem to sound like you had very much fun", said Roger puzzled by his reply.
"Well… I just don't swim very good and… well, seeing you three trot out in just your swim diapers and I held back and put my trunks over mine made me feel like I wished I hadn't been such a wimp and not gone around in just diapers especially after seeing two others that we talked to".
"Oh Ryan, you're not a wimp, it's just this is your first time here so it is going to feel strange, you can do what you feel you're comfortable with, we never judge", said Roger as he placed his hand on his shoulder comforting him.
"Hmm I can use an analogy here. Hey Ryan, remember that big hill I told you about last time I was up here?" asked Alvin.
Marvin knew where this was heading as he looked at Alvin, but let him have the platform to help Ryan.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I thought about doing it for a while, but I was afraid to because of what the big hill back home did to me. When I was here I did so and it was similar to it and after I did it, I felt so much better for doing it. I watched everyone else go for it and I knew I would have the same feeling of regret as you have now if I didn't go for it and I did. I think I am potentially ready for the one back home again one day", said Alvin.
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Well, you said you'd like to go around in just your diapers, right?"
"Well", Ryan hesitated. "Yeah, I mean, I like wearing them and I kind of felt funny still wearing my shorts when all of you guys were only in diapers".
"Okay, so this is your hill and after you take that big ride down it and discover that you can safely make it to the bottom, you'll feel better and more confident".
Roger stood listening and thought, "Wow, that was really smart".
"Okay", he said as he took this in and pondered the analogy.
Marvin looked at Alvin with awe, "Wow, I never ever thought of a challenge could be translated to something else… hmm okay, how about we do it tomorrow, when my Daddy goes fishing, just wear your diapers, leave the shorts here so it's cemented that this is all you wear. My Daddy will probably diaper you too heavily for you to wear them anyway".
"I don't know", Ryan hesitantly pondered.
"Remember, think of a big hill", Alvin reminded him.
"We're not actually going down here to the lake to go fishing, too many people fish there and do other things anyway, it's not a high hitting catchment area for fish because of this", said Marvin.
"Where we going then?" asked Ryan.
"It's a place called Trapper's Lake and it's my Daddy's secret fishing spot, almost nobody thinks of going there to fish. We've never seen anybody there".
"Let's head outside again, Daddy's probably almost done cooking the food", suggested Max.
The four boys proceeded to walk out to the deck and sit on the chairs that faced the lake.
"You know, Ryan, you've come a long ways", said Marvin.
"Hmm not really…" he disagreed.
"You have though, you like wearing diapers, just like the rest of us do and you may end up in them all the time. You have accepted that perhaps wearing them to poop in as well as pee is easier which then entails going completely full time anyway, so you might as well learn to get the most out of enjoying having them on", said Marvin as he shook his head.
"I know. It's something I have to work on", said Ryan.
"Well, tomorrow we'll initialise that step in confidence by leaving your shorts behind and you'll be diapered heavily".
"Okay, Marvin", said Ryan, agreeing to take the next step he felt was necessary to building his confidence.
A few minutes later, Roger appeared before the four boys with a spatula in his hand.
"Right then, who wants a burger?"
"Me!" came four simultaneous voices of varying pitch.
"Come and get it!" he told the boys.
The four diapered-donning boys charged back into the cabin and each of them grabbed a hamburger and fixed it to their own tastes. They also had potato chips and pop, served in baby bottles of course. Ryan took his without hesitation this time. A few minutes later, Toby and Jared were seen walking past, wearing just their diapers, which appeared bluish in the dim light of the setting sun. April was with them too.
"Hey guys!" Marvin called out to them and waved. "Where you going?"
"Down to the pool", Toy answered. "We wanna get in a swim before it closes for the night! Wanna join us?"
"We just got back a little while ago. We've already been to the pool", replied Marvin.
"Okay, well, we'll see you tomorrow".
"That depends".
"What do you mean?"
"We'll be gone fishing most of the day".
"Oh really, where are you going?"
"Trapper's Lake", Marvin replied.
"Now don't you be givin' away my secret fishing spot!" Roger told him lightly.
"I know where that is, my Dad used to take us there. Well, good luck, see you all later", Toby said as he and Jared left and starting running to catch up with their sister.
"Huh, someone knows my spot", said Roger to himself as he fixed himself a burger too.
After Roger finished assembling his, he joined the boys on the deck to eat his own. He and the boys shared a conversation about wearing diapers and what it meant to him to be a diaper boy most his life and how he hoped the boys would have the same, enriching experiences as he had when he was growing up. He took a stack of paper and began reading the boys some stories that he brought along, reading from the glow of a yellow bug light surrounded by dozens of moths swirling around it. In the background, the bug zapper was going full steam and the crickets chirped in harmony out in the darkness. The trees were silhouetted against the fading light of the evening sky, the lake reflecting its final glow for the day. A nearly full moon started rising over the mountains to the East. The scent of pine from the trees filled the cool air. It was the perfect summer evening, everyone concurred. The boys all listened to their dad as he started to read aloud a favourite story of his. The boys had never heard it before. They hadn't come across it when finding them on the Internet; perhaps it's a brand new one. As he continued, it was beginning to be familiar to Marvin and Max. They thought about the words and it sounded like one that their father had written about himself, but the names were all different. When Marvin could no longer stand it, he asked his Dad where he had gotten the story, as it sounded too similar to what he knew about his own father's experiences with diapers.
"Alright, you caught me", he confessed to his son. "This is a story about me. I've been working on a story of my own, since you two boys inspired me to write it. I finished it just before I planned this trip and I meant to use this outing with you boys to surprise you with it".
"I like your story, Daddy", Marvin said.
"Me, too!" Max agreed.
"Nice story. Please read some more", said Alvin.
Ryan didn't comment on his own, but when asked he agreed with the three boys.
"Well since we're here for a few nights, I'll have time to read the rest of it to you, it's pretty long".
"When did you work on your story, Daddy?" Marvin asked.
"Well, you think I only use my laptop for my work? My laptop comes in handy on my lunches too".
"Can I put your story on our own web page when we get back?" Marvin asked.
"Sure, son, I was hoping you'd offer to do that. I'm glad you inspired me to tell the world that I am still a diaper boy, just like you all are".
The five of them stayed and talked more and Ryan opened up about his feelings on diapers, the further he got into the want; it made his hesitation less evident. Marvin knew he was getting him to come round to the idea of wanting as much as needing to wear them. He hoped that tomorrow would cement it fully. By the time the moon was high enough in the sky for the water to reflect it, they went inside for the night. Roger had already planned to be up at the crack of dawn so he put the boys to bed. Marvin and Alvin took one crib as they had got used to doing. Max climbed into his crib. Roger knew that he needed to be delicate with Ryan's emotional wellbeing.
"Now then normally Heidi would have the bed and it would be sort of mandatory for you to bunk with Max in his crib, however I will make it optional for you because she isn't here. Would you like to sleep in Heidi's bed or would you like to sleep with Max in his crib? Whatever one you choose, we'll be fine with, right?"
"Of course, it's totally up to you Ryan, I won't be offended if you chose the bed", said Max.
"No Max, I think I'll sleep with you in your crib, the bed is Heidi's, I wouldn't feel right sleeping there", said Ryan to everyone surprise.
"Okay then crib it is, climb in Ryan", said Roger.
Ryan climbed in and was tucked in like the three others were. "Okay, we'll be up early tomorrow so get as much rest as possible, it'll be a long day, goodnight boys", said Roger.
"Good night, Daddy!" Marvin and Max said cutely.
"Good night, Roger", said Ryan and Alvin.
The lamp was switched off and the sound of sighing and silence enveloped the boys' room as they fell asleep for the night.