Undercover Family

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Chapter 26.

The next morning, Aaron wakes up and looks around, he remembers the day before and although he was hungry and needed to be changed, he decides not to yell to wake the others. He sits in his crib and plays with his puppy until momma comes in or someone wakes up.

Momma wakes up and feels that there is something wrong, she doesn't hear anything. She gets up and goes to the boys' room, checks on the three on in their beds and then goes to the crib.

"Well, you seem a bit calmer than yesterday."

"I woke up in a strange place yesterday and you weren't there."

"Haven't you realized that I'll always be near you somewhere?"

"No, yesterday it didn't feel that way." She picks him up and changes his diaper. Taking the bottle out of the small refrigerator, she goes back to her room, where she sits in the rocking chair there. She proceeds to give Aaron his morning bottle. After he finishes his bottle, momma props him up to stand on her lap.

"I'm not happy with you right now Aaron. Your behavior yesterday concerns me. Today is supposed to be a special day for you and I am not sure that you can handle it. I know I encourage you to stay in your roles in as much as possible. But yesterday, you went overboard in being clingy and young. At this age, you have adults who will have authority over you and it won't just be me. Your grandparents and Uncle Bob have that authority, whether you like or not. They have the right to change you, feed you and anything that is necessary for your safety and care. By not allowing one of them to change you yesterday, you risk getting a rash on your bottom and it is just not a good a thing to wait."

"I wanted you. You said you would be back later and you never came back. They wouldn't tell me where you were and I wanted to know. I might have a role as a baby, but that doesn't mean that you keep me out of the loop. I don't need to be coddled or lied to or not told when something happens. I don't need that kind of protection. All they did was tell me that you weren't available and you are always available. They kept lying to me and wouldn't tell me where you were and I didn't appreciate it. If I went baby commando, it was because they didn't treat me like I could take the truth. If they told me that you had to take Derek to the hospital because he had injured himself. I would have understood why someone else needed to take care of me. But they lied and I don't deserve to be kept in the dark about my team or my family." Momma brushed his hair with her hand and finally understands his behavior from yesterday, but it doesn't excuse it.

"Aaron, I know that being a baby is hard on you, it is not been easy for you to deal with the feeling s of dependency, helplessness and fears that can come because everyone is so much bigger than you are. You are used to being tall and strong and capable of doing for yourself and others. It has been frustrating not to able to do that, you can't even get out of bed by yourself, let alone anything else. But, I need to see the adult man once in a while coming through and not just the baby. I was pleased this morning, when I found you just sitting in your crib waiting for me. That gives me hope that maybe you can go out today and behave yourself while out. I want you to think about whether you can or not and let me know. I need to talk to the other members of the family, but I would like you to stay here." She puts him down and leaves the room.

Downstairs she sees most of the family around the dining room table eating breakfast; Derek is confined to bed.

"I will be out all day with Aaron and JJ; I hope that the rest of the children will behave themselves for grandma and grandpa. Try to spend some time with Derek, he will probably get bored quickly, but I do want him to rest most of the day. Spencer, you ask for help when you need something. David, I expect you to be a big help in taking care of the little ones. Stay in the house or garden areas only. Try to do things as a family. The children and I will be gone until very late. I expect those of you staying to be in bed by then. I love you and JJ lets go." Momma leaves the room and JJ does get up to follow her.

"JJ, I want you to go to the girls' room and wait for me."

While momma was downstairs talking to the family; Aaron was snooping around her room. He climbed up the chair to her vanity/desk and sees her appointment book open to that week. He sees the under today's date is just two names, Henry and Jack. What does this mean? He hears momma coming back and crawls off the chair. She enters the room and sees her little man by the chair. She goes to the closet and takes out some clothes and a bag along with a single umbrella style stroller.

"Momma?"

"Yes, baby."

"I do want to go out with you today; I would like to see Jack." She turns around and looks at her little man.

"Are you sure that you will be able to handle yourself like an adult man? Jack needs to see his daddy not just someone who looks like him."

"I can handle myself."

"Then let us get you dressed." She puts him on the bed and removed his diaper and cleaned him up. Leaving him naked, she puts him on the floor and places a set of clothes on the bed. She leaves the room to go to see JJ about getting dressed to see her son Henry. When she returned to her room, she sees the man holding a pair of underwear in his hands.

"I don't want to wear these."

"It's those or something that is pulled up between your legs."

"I said I can handle myself."

"For four months, you have no control or likelihood of getting any control. Your muscles have weakened, they haven't atrophied, but they have weakened. Those will help keep your clothes dry if you are not able to have full control. It is only a precaution."

"I do not want to wear disposable underwear."

"Would you rather show that you may not have full control of yourself? Would you rather show wet pants in front of your son?" He looks at her with anguish in his eyes about this, but he sees her viewpoint and pulls on the disposable adult pull-up, he then puts on the docker pants and shirt. Momma goes to JJ and explains to her what the day will be and gives her an outfit to change into to see Henry.

Ten minutes later, the Doctor and her two adult 'children' leave to see the children of those adults. They arrive at an amusement park and head to the gateway where they see the people most important to them. Hayley stood with Jack and Will stood with Henry waiting for their missing parents. Jack sees Aaron and runs toward him.

"Dad." Reaching him the two males grab each other and Aaron swings Jack around and then gives him a great big hug. Aaron continues to walk toward the gate and says hello to Hayley, who responds in kind. JJ reaches the gate and picks up Henry and gives him the biggest hug, she smiles at Will and gives him a hug. The two families enter the park and start to see the sights and enjoy the children's antics at what they are seeing and for the next eight hours they enjoy the company of each other.

Twice, Jack had to go to the bathroom and both times Aaron took him and was able to go himself. He actually felt pleased that he was able to make it through the day with control over himself. It showed to him that he was still the agent that the four months of being a baby hasn't dimmed who he was. He was so glad to see his son that he didn't see the concern in Hayley's eyes during these times. It is as if she knew something was a little out of control, but couldn't put her finger on what it was.

The park closed at 5:30 and the young families had to part from each other. There were tears and hugs and kisses as they said goodbye to each other. With promises of videos and attempts to continue to communicate, they separate. Momma picks up her two agents and they head to a shopping mall to change back into their undercover roles. They enter the mall and head to a women's' bathroom of which Aaron does not want to enter, after all he is still looking like an adult male. Momma takes his hand and leads him in to the bathroom and once he entered the room, he changed and stepped out of the adult clothes, which fell off his now 19 month-old-body. Momma picks him and proceeds to diaper and dress her little man.

JJ's body changed and he dress she was wearing looked like a sack and she changed into the clothes that momma had brought for her. Momma took the adult clothes of the agents and packed them in the bag. The family of three left the bathroom, Aaron asked not to go in the stroller, so he walked out with them and they went to some shops and to the food court where they look for something to eat. Aaron sees something and immediately wants to hide, because he sees Hayley with Jack coming towards the food court as well.

Of all the malls in the area, they came to the same one. Aaron grabs momma's hand and tries to pull her away from the area; he does not want to confront his ex-wife or his son in the form of a baby. But momma continues to check out the food that the court has to offer. JJ hasn't noticed Hayley and Jack and goes to one of the shops. Aaron tries to pull on momma again; she looks down at him questioning what he wants and what he is trying to do.

"I want to go now."

"Aren't you hungry Aaron?"

"No, I want to go now." His voice raising and getting louder, momma looks at her little man wondering what was up with him and why he was so upset.

"Sweetheart, what is wrong? Why do want to leave before having something to eat? "

Another voice says, "It sounds like you're having a problem with the baby."

Momma looks up and says, "Yes, it seems he was hungry and now he no longer is, he just wants to leave. It doesn't make sense." She bends and picks him up and turns around to talk to the woman. It is Hayley. Aaron looks at her hoping she doesn't recognize him.

"He's a cute baby. How old is he?"

"He's nineteen-months and his sister is twelve." JJ comes up and stands beside her. "He's my youngest of seven."

"Seven! That's a lot of children, I barely have enough energy for just one, and this is Jack."

"Hello, this Is Aaron and JJ."

"Aaron, that's my dad's name too."

"Well, it's a good name."

"Would you like to join us after you get your food?"

"That would be great, thank you. Come on JJ, let us get some food."

Aaron hides his head in her shoulder and says, "I don't want to eat with them, please don't do this."

Momma ignores his whining about this and gets some food for them. They walk over to where Hayley and Jack are eating. JJ and momma sit down in chairs and momma puts Aaron into the stroller and gives him some French fries and pieces of hotdog to eat.

Momma and Hayley actually talk about children and the difficulties of being without an adult male in their lives. Momma tells her the story of the family and that once a month she tries to take each of them out to spend time alone.

"But, it is not just the two of you."

"That's true but we're visiting my parents and I didn't think they could handle all of the other six, so I brought the baby with JJ and me." Momma bends down and gets Aarons bottle out the bag and hands it to him. He takes it and looks at her with a look of irritation. And with that irritation, he throws it back at her. The bottle rolls away and Jack gets down from his chair and gets the bottle. He brings it back and hands it to Aaron. Father and son look at each other. Aaron takes the bottle from Jack.

Jack asks, "Can I feed him his bottle?" Both mothers look at each other. Momma says that it doesn't bother her and Hayley tells Jack to do so carefully and don't push it on him. Jack takes the bottle and puts the nipple in Aaron's mouth, who with internal frustration starts to drink the bottle that his son was holding. Jack was smiling and so proud to be considered big enough to feed the baby.

JJ speaks up with "I don't mind sharing momma with the baby. He's usually well-behaved and its fun sometimes to see his opinion of what momma and I do.

Momma says to Hayley, "On Saturday, we are having a small garden party at the house, why don't you bring Jack and meet the rest of the family."

"Why thank you, I'll think about it, but right now Jack and I need to head home. It is getting late and we do have a bit of a drive." Jack looks up from feeding Aaron and says, "I am not finished yet." Momma smiles at that, but looks at Aaron, who has actually fallen asleep while drinking from the bottle.

"Sweetheart, he has fallen asleep and won't be drinking anymore." Jack looks at Aaron and sees that momma is right. He agrees then to go home with his mother and he and Hayley leave.

Momma turns to JJ and says, "I think it is time we left at well."