When Kimi had first become part of Chuckie's family (as a result of their parents marrying, and then officially adopting each others' children), she hadn't been jealous or envious at all of the fact that Chuckie was in potty training. In fact, he was doing so good with it that his father had decided Chuckie was ready to move to the "grown-up potty", although Chuckie hadn't felt he was ready for such a big step.

Still, Chuckie eventually did start to use that bigger potty instead of the old clown potty he'd been using when he started potty training. Kimi thought little of it or anything related to it, until at last both her mommy and her daddy felt she was old enough to start potty training too.

That was the trouble began for Kimi. She felt she and Chuckie were pretty similar in a lot of things, including age (relatively speaking). But it wasn't long before the differences in their potty training became apparent, particularly in regard to progress. Chuckie was so far along that he could actually go potty all by himself sometimes, something Kimi knew she wasn't anywhere close to having.

Try as she might, Kimi couldn't help but compare herself to her step-brother every time she tried to go potty (regardless of whether she succeeded or not). It just didn't seem fair to her that Chuckie should be so far along, yet she seemed to be making little to no progress at all. Not only could she not go potty by herself, but she couldn't even use the "grown-up potty" like Chuckie did. She was stuck with just that old, worn out clown potty that Chuckie had once used.

Chuckie, for his part, was slow to notice Kimi's feelings. Being swept up in the praise that his mother and father, along with many other grown-ups, it was easy for him not to consider how his step-sister might feel. Even him being held up as a role model, not just for her but for all his friends, he thought little of the possibility that she might be jealous.

Eventually, however, Kimi made such feelings known in no uncertain terms. She'd been silent about them for long enough.

Chuckie had just come back from successfully going potty by himself, even wiping up the way he'd been instructed to do by his dad. He felt very proud of himself, and was flush with pride. It made him feel more like… well… a big kid for lack of a better term. He even wondered if this was what grown-ups felt from time to time.

When Chuckie came back to the playpen he and his step-sister shared, however, he found Kimi sitting off in a corner and having grumpily turned her head. "It's not fair." She grumbled and muttered, apparently not caring if Chuckie overheard.

Chuckie slowly crawled (something he rarely did now) over to Kimi, hoping to find out what she was so upset about. "What's not fair?" He asked, wanting to help.

Kimi only humphed and continued to pout. "How come you're so much better at potty training than I am? I haven't been at it for much longer than you have, haven't I?"

Chuckie scratched his head, he was never good at keeping track of time. "I don't know. It kind of feels like it's been a long time since I started it. I haven't had to wear diapers for at least a year now. And I think you're gonna get out of them pretty soon too."

Kimi refused to turn her head around. "But look at how much you're able to do compared to me. You get to use that really cool grown-up potty, whereas I'm stuck with the potty you used to use. And you can go potty all by yourself. Heck, you even get to run around naked for a while. The last time I did that, Mommy scolded me and said I couldn't do that."

Chuckie blushed, remembering that memory. "I only did that because it was so hot out, and all my clothes were making me really uncomfortable. But you saw that eventually I had to put my clothes back on, right?" And then he apologized. "I'm sorry if you're not happy about your potty training. But it's something we have to do. It's like Tommy once said: Anybody who's anybody is potty trained. Even he's in potty training now, sort of."

"Yeah, and I'll bet he's just as good at is as you are!" Kimi protested. "I thought we agreed to do everything together, Chuckie. How come you get to do all the cool big kid things just because you're a bit better at it than me? Why can't I do all these things too?"

Chuckie sighed, crawling a bit closer so he could look his step-sister in the eyes. "Well, I wasn't always so good at potty training. For a long time, I didn't want to do it at all. I even insisted that nobody could make me do it."

Kimi blinked as she turned around, surprised by such a declaration. "Really?" Upon receiving a confirming nod she inquired further. "Well, what made you change your mind?"

Chuckie smiled as he got an idea. "Well, I could tell you. But first, why don't you do something for me?"

"What's that?" Kimi asked.

Chuckie turned and gestured towards the bathroom, the door still open from his recent trip to it. "Why don't we go into the bathroom together, and you can sit on your potty? It's been a while since you last tried, hasn't it?"

Kimi nodded, but then gulped. "But won't we get in trouble if we go into it alone?"

"Not if you're with me," Chuckie said with a smile. "Mommy and Daddy let me go into it alone all the time, just as long as I'm careful not to do anything or touch anything that I'm not supposed to do or touch."

Kimi couldn't argue with such logic. Intrigued by what her step-brother would have to say, she decided to agree to his request.

The two toddlers were soon in the bathroom, Kimi blushing a bit as she clumsily pulled down her pants and her diaper, and sat down on the well worn training potty as she focused her attention on Chuckie.

Chuckie wasted no time in beginning his story, recalling that fateful day (and night) when he'd come to the realization that potty training was not something to be afraid of or even to hate. "I'd only been in potty training for a few months, but I wasn't very good at it," He told Kimi as the memory flashed in his mind. "So my daddy took me over to see Tommy and his parents, and they decided to try to potty train me themselves."

Kimi was amazed. "Really? Daddy seemed so confident when he told me I had to start using the potty instead of my diapers."

Chuckie grinned. "Well, I think Mommy really rubbed off on him. She's made him a lot more confident now than he was before," Then he explained as he remembered a rather embarrassing moment. "Anyway, Tommy's Mommy and Daddy tried to get me to go on the potty. But I didn't really want to, so I didn't really try. Then, when I thought I didn't have to go, I got up from the potty," A blush formed on his cheeks. "But I actually did have to go, so I did. I went next to the potty, not into it."

Kimi couldn't help but giggle. "Really? That's not something I ever did. The worst that happened is that I'd have an accident and would need to be changed."

"Yeah, well unfortunately I wasn't so lucky," Chuckie confessed. "So the grown-ups had to clean up the mess I made. And that just made me not want to use the potty even more. Tommy, Phil and Lill all suggested things I could do instead, but I'd already tried them. That's when Angelica found out. She was already potty trained, and she decided to take advantage of that fact to mess with me and make fun of me."

Curiously, Kimi inquired. "What did she do?"

Chuckie recalled. "She started making me think I had to go when I didn't, or that I didn't have to go even if I maybe did. One moment I thought I had to go, the next I didn't. Then, she said that if I wasn't potty trained, I'd never be able to do all these cool grown-up things like drive a car, or join the army. It just further made me not want to potty train at all, I didn't want to have to put up with her teasing me."

"So, what made you change your mind?" Kimi asked, wondering if maybe there was some secret to potty training her step-brother had discovered.

"I had a dream," Chuckie remembered, the details still vivid and fresh in his mind. "It was a really weird dream too," He shut his eyes, recalling every detail as if the nightmare was happening all over again. "I was in some kind of jail, on a bed. And Phil and Lill were some kind of police people, they were wearing police hats and had keys on a ring. They unlocked the door to the part of the jail I was in and said it was time for me to go. They mentioned 'the chair' and said it was waiting for me."

"The chair?" Kimi pondered.

Chuckie nodded. "Yes, and somehow I knew what they meant by it. It wasn't my potty either, it was something much bigger," He kept his eyes shut as he recalled. "They took me past these grown-ups wearing diapers, they weren't like those other grown-ups you told me about: They were actually wearing diapers, not just towels that looked like diapers. And they were all looking at me with these scary looks."

"How awful," Kimi murmured. "But what did that have to do with potty training? It just sounds like a dream to me."

Chuckie continued to recall. "Well, Phil and Lill took me to see Tommy. And Tommy was wearing this weird outfit. He asked me if I had 'any last requests', and I pleaded with him not to make Phil and Lill 'make me do it'. But he just told me to stop being a baby because of what 'the little people' would think. They were like the grown-ups we know, except they were smaller. Looking at them, something inside of me convinced me to 'try' for their sake, but I didn't really want to. Especially not once I was led to 'the chair'."

A realization seemed to strike Kimi as she looked up, eyeing the nearby "grown-up potty" Chucke so often used. "Were they talking about… that?" She struggled to remember what it was actually called by the grown-ups. She thought it was something that began with a t.

"Yes," Chuckie confirmed. "It was like that, only even bigger. And Angelica was standing by it, wearing something that hid her face. She had a plunger, and was standing next to a chain," The next part he recalled in vivid detail. "I had a bad feeling as soon as I saw that giant potty, I just knew something bad was going to happen if I sat on it. I tried to run away, but Phil and Lill just grabbed me and carried me up to it while Tommy watched. Then, once I was on the seat of that giant potty, I tried to plead for mercy," He shuddered. "Angelica didn't grant me any."

"Yeah, I don't think Angelica would show mercy to anyone in any situation, dream or no dream," Kimi agreed. "She's not very nice."

Chuckie nodded backed, and shuddered. "Yeah. So she just laughed at me while saying 'Everybody's gotta go someday!', then she took off that thing that was covering her face and grabbed the chain. I knew then what she was going to do, but there wasn't anything I could do to stop it from happening," As if it were happening again he dramatically stated. "She pulled the chain, and then…" He gulped and swallowed hard. "That giant potty flushed me down it! I was launched into the air, fell into the bowl and went down the drain! Then I spun through some pipes, before helplessly spinning and shrinking in a circle, until I disappeared!"

All Kimi could do was gasp! Even though she knew such a thing was impossible in real life (her mother had specifically emphasized this fact before), it was still shocking to think that her step-brother had experienced a dream where such a thing was possible.

Chuckie opened his eyes slowly, taking a few deep breaths to calm himself. "Then I woke up. I realized it was just a dream, a bad dream. But I also realized something else, I had to go!" In a calm tone of voice he explained. "So I got out of my crib, went to the bathroom, and used my potty. Tommy's Mommy and Daddy were proud of me. That's when I realized that potty training wasn't such a bad thing after all. I couldn't run away from it or go on not doing it, I had to do it whether I wanted to or not. And I did."

"Wow!" Kimi remarked once Chuckie had finished his story. "I never knew that all of that happened to you. That dream of yours sounds pretty scary," She shuddered. "I hope I never have a dream like that."

"I'm sure you won't," Chuckie smiled. "Especially since you actually want to potty train," Then he strolled over to Kimi. "And it looks like you actually did it!"

"I did?!" Kimi asked, not feeling any different.

Chuckie nodded. "Just look in your potty."

Kimi did so, and was greeted with a sight she had not been expecting to see! "I… I did it! I actually did it!" He gave Chuckie a hug! "Oh thanks, Chuckie! You're the best step-brother ever!"

Chuckie blushed anew. "I just figured you'd do better if you had something to focus on other than trying to go potty," He explained. "It always seems to work for me."