Sam's Crawl To Adulthood

Chapter Description: Sam needs her diaper changed but that is just the start of her issues. When she gets back upstairs the girls decide it's time to get dressed for bed which presents a fresh challenge for her, especially when Caitlyn decides to help Sam get over her shyness...

Commissioned by: diaperboy187

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That evening was a blur of worry for Sam. She packed a small bag with pajamas and a change of clothes but constantly looked into the mirror behind her. The diaper under her pants felt so obvious. Even if they were the thinnest she had they still made her butt stick out far more than was normal. When Isabelle called her down Sam tried to think of any last minute excuses for why she shouldn’t go to the slumber party. She came up empty.

“All ready?” Isabelle asked as Sam carried her bag down the stairs, “Got everything you need?”

“Yeah, I…” Sam stopped when she looked up and saw a familiar bag over Isabelle’s shoulder. It was one she had hoped never to see again, “What the hell are you doing with that!?”

The long pink bag was obviously meant for a baby who would need diaper changes. It was a bag Sam recognized as being used in the earlier parts of her “re-training”, the bag Isabelle always kept with her when they were out of the house. Now it had been brought out of retirement.

“It has everything you need.” Isabelle said simply, “Powder, wipes, cream and diapers.”

“But… it’s a DIAPER BAG!” Sam exclaimed.

“I’m going to leave it with Becky’s mother.” Isabelle said shortly, “I phoned ahead earlier and she confirmed she would be able to take care of everything.”

“Oh my god, this is so embarrassing.” Sam hid her face behind her hands.

“You’ll be fine.” Isabelle said, “Now come on, you don’t want to be late.”

The drive was nerve-wracking and the nervousness was not helping Sam’s control. As she fretted about all the potential ways everything could go wrong she felt her bladder trickle urine into her diaper. She was so anxious that her bladder had seemingly reverted back to how it had been before all the training had started.

“You’re going to have a great time.” Isabelle said as she looked in the rearview mirror.

It didn’t matter how many times Isabelle said that it didn’t make it any more believable to Sam. She was certain that sooner or later her secret would be found out and it would be all over for her. As she panicked she started thinking wildly about whether any of this was right for her. If she couldn’t handle something like a little sleepover with friends then maybe she should just give up and accept that she’d be a baby forever after all.

“I believe this is the place.” Isabelle said as she stopped the car.

“I feel sick.” Sam said as she looked out of the window.

“You’ll feel better when you get in there.” Isabelle replied.

Sam got out of the car with a lot of hesitancy and slowly walked to the front door of the house where Isabelle was already ringing the doorbell. It was a nice neighborhood but as footsteps approached the door it was all Sam could do to not turn tail and run away as fast as her waddling legs would take her.

“Sam, great to see you!” Becky’s mom opened the door with a big smile, “I hope you found us alright, Isabelle.”

Becky was holding a baby, Becky’s younger brother, who was sucking on a pacifier and looking around at the strangers with a sort of bemusement only babies could have.

“I did, thanks.” Isabelle stepped over the threshold and Sam followed her in.

“The girls are upstairs in Becky’s room.” Becky’s mom said to Sam, “Feel free to head on up.”

Sam nodded her head but looked back at Isabelle. It wasn’t until she got a small encouraging push in her back that she started to walk inside with her backpack. She went over to the stairs but instead of going straight up she stopped just out of sight and listened to the grown-ups.

“About what you told me earlier on the phone…” Becky’s mom started in a low voice.

“It isn’t a problem, is it, Nikki?” Isabelle said.

“No, no, not at all.” Nikki said. There was a pause, “I was just wondering if she wasn’t capable of changing herself?”

“We’ve tried that but she hasn’t quite got it down perfectly yet.” Isabelle said, “Quite honestly I wouldn’t trust her not to leak.”

Sam scowled from her hiding place just out of view. Sure she wasn’t as good at changing herself as the adults but she bristled at the words Isabelle chose. It was only a few seconds later that Sam realised she was getting into the bad habit of not counting herself amongst the adults.

“We had some problems with Becky semi-recently.” Nikki said, “So I’ve had some practice in the not too distant past… but Becky was able to do it herself pretty quickly. She seems to have come out of that phase now though.”

“Well, Sam is a bit smaller than most girls her age.” Isabelle said, “She still struggles with it all...”

“It’s fine. I shouldn’t be prying.” Nikki interrupted, “You don’t need to worry. I can handle everything.”

Sam had heard enough. She crept upstairs slowly as thoughts swirled around her head. Apparently it wasn’t so long ago that Becky had some problems that required protection, Sam wondered if the other girls knew. Sam was also now pretty certain that Nikki didn’t know she was actually in her twenties just from the way Nikki had spoken.

As Sam crested the top of the stairs she heard high-pitched laughter and found the thoughts about the grown-up conversation downstairs disappearing. She felt a huge mixture of emotions. For a start she was excited to spend time with her new friends but that was heavily colored by feelings of shame. She was an adult, she shouldn’t be in a position where she was having slumber parties like this. The anxiety that was ever-present seemed to grow as she approached the door. Keeping her diapers hidden sounded like a very difficult task.

Once outside what she assumed must’ve been Becky’s bedroom door she hesitated. It felt like it was the last chance she had to turn around and run away. However as she looked back towards the stairs she heard Isabelle and Nikki saying goodbyes and a second later the front door opened and closed. Sam gripped her bag tighter. She was alone.

Sam reached up to the handle that was just above her head and pulled it down. The door swung open to Becky’s bedroom. It had a curious look and Sam almost immediately recognized the familiar décor of a little girl’s bedroom that had formerly been a nursery. The walls were still pastel pink but the rest of the room had been altered. Instead of a crib there was a regular bed, instead of a changing table there was a desk with a television and computer on it and instead of a potty training chart on the wall there were posters of boybands. It all looked perfect for a young girl but Sam could see where the changing table used to be, she could see the white shelves that were now filled with books and random trinkets that would’ve had changing supplies…

“Sam!” Becky squealed excitedly as she jumped up off the floor and practically launched herself towards Sam. Just as she was expecting a hug the beaming young girl pulled up short, “I’m so glad you made it!”

“Hi.” Sam said a little awkwardly as she stepped into the room and Becky closed the door behind her.

“We were starting to think you were going to flake out on us.” Caitlyn said from a beanbag on the floor as she flicked through the pages of a teen magazine.

“No way!” Sam tried to mask her anxiety with a smile.

“We’re about to watch a scary movie.” Becky said with a cheeky smile, “But don’t tell mom. She still thinks we’re children.”

“You are chi-…” Sam stopped herself before she gave too much away, “Cool.”

Sam sat on the floor next to Caitlyn as Becky brought out a DVD she had taken from her mom’s collection. As it started up the screen showed a sinister looking house with a tree in the foreground, a tire swing moving backwards and forwards gently in the breeze. Sam felt a little uneasy but told herself it would be fine. How scary could it possibly be if these teenage girls were watching it?

“Right, let’s turn the lights off and get the snacks out.” Becky said as she flicked the switch leaving the room lit only by the television screen. Becky sat herself down next to Sam.

“Do you want some?” Caitlyn asked from Sam’s other side.

“Hmm?” Sam turned to see a bowl of popcorn being held out, “Oh, thank you.”

Becky hit play on the DVD main menu and the film started up. Sam actually found herself relaxing a bit more. With the room dark and the volume on the TV quite loud she actually felt like her diaper was less noticeable than at any point since she had walked in. The bowl of popcorn was kept in easy reach and she helped herself to some more as the opening scenes started.

At first Sam joined in with the other girls making little comments and laughing at what was happening in the film. However it wasn’t long until Sam was feeling very tense and anxious by the strange ghostly apparitions on the screen. She’d always had a weakness for scary movies and she hadn’t thought about how her enforced regression may have affected her in that regard. So whilst the others continued having a good time Sam found herself increasingly scared.

“Are you alright?” Becky leaned in and whispered to Sam.

“Y-Yeah.” Sam stuttered in reply.

“We can turn it off if you’re scared.” Becky continued.

“I’m fine.” Sam said with a weak smile.

It was sweet of Becky to offer but Sam felt even sillier. The other girls were sitting and enjoying the movie without being so scared but she was the one feeling terrified. Becky gave Sam a pat on the back and turned back to the film. Sam was just hoping the film would end sooner rather than later but the longer it went on the more the tension seemed to ramp up until even the other girls were looking a little scared. None of them wanted to be the first to suggest they shut it off though.

Sam thought the worst of it might be over when the main characters had escaped the house and were driving away. She was just breathing a sigh of relief when the monster popped up suddenly from the backseat. The scare made all the girls scream but for Sam there was a much wetter reaction. As she screamed and hid her face behind her hands her bladder released and she flooded her diaper.

As the other girls started giggling at their reaction Sam felt the fresh warmth blossoming in her underwear. There was no way she could ignore that she really needed a change now. As the main characters finally defeated the monster and got away for real Becky turned the light back on. Everyone excitedly started talking about what they had seen as Sam stood up and felt her soggy padding sagging between her legs. She started walking towards the door.

“Where are you going?” Chloe asked.

“I… I just need the bathroom.” Sam replied as she reached up and pulled on the handle.

“Me too.” Caitlyn said as she stretched and walked across the room.

Sam started walking down the hallway towards the stairs as Caitlyn walked out behind her.

“Erm, Sam?” Caitlyn said, “The bathroom is this way…”

“I’ll… I’ll use the one downstairs.” Sam said. Her cheeks were turning red but she did her best to act normally as she hurried down the top few stairs. Her legs waddling thanks to the thickness between her thighs.

“There isn’t one downstairs…” Caitlyn muttered as she frowned.

Sam didn’t hear Caitlyn as she struggled slightly with the steps. Her lack of height already made stairs hard work but when she was so thickly padded it was only made harder. After just a few stairs Sam gave up and dropped on to her butt. She was a lot quicker bumping down the stairs like this and the soaked diaper did a lot to protect her rear. A few times she looked behind her hoping none of the other girls came to see her.

“Sam?” Nikki’s voice came from the bottom of the stairs.

Sam turned back to face forwards just as she bumped down another step. Nikki was standing at the bottom of the stairs frowning at her strangely infantile behaviour. Too late to save her blushes Sam got back to her feet and walked down the final few steps as best as she could.

“Erm, I… I need…” Sam stuttered as she looked at the ground between her and Nikki, “I need an, erm… you know?”

“Alright, come with me.” Nikki said.

Sam followed Nikki through to the living room that was just opposite the stairs. The changing bag was on the couch and she noticed that the wooden table in the middle of the room appeared to have been cleared of anything that might’ve been on it. Nikki laid a towel on the table and then the changing mat was taken out of the bag and flattened on top.

Sitting in a baby bouncer next to the armchair opposite the television was Becky’s baby brother. Sam had only heard her friend talk about him a couple of times and had almost forgotten he existed. He was looking at Sam curiously.

“Alright, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” Nikki said with a smile, “We’ll quickly get this done and then you can go back upstairs and have fun.”

It was difficult to believe there was nothing to be embarrassed about when there was an actual baby in the corner. Sam was going to have her diaper changed in exactly the same way the baby would.

Sam turned to look at the closed living room door. There was no lock on it, anyone could just walk in mid-change. She had to hope the other girls were too distracted and that none of them came looking for her. She nervously walked across to the table and started undressing. Half of her wanted to go as slow as possible to delay the embarrassment but the other half wanted it to happen as soon as possible before her friends missed her and came to see where she was.

“Your mommy says you’re getting good at this but need a little more time.” Nikki said idly, “I’m sure you’ll be able to do it yourself by the next sleepover.”

Sam was too embarrassed to say anything. She supposed Isabelle must be introducing herself as Sam’s mom now, it meant less questions at least. As much as Sam liked the other girls she hoped there would be no second slumber party. On the one hand this was all incredibly nerve wracking as she tried to keep her diapers secret but it was mostly because she wanted to keep progressing and reach adulthood again. Another slumber party would mean weeks at middle school.

Sam couldn’t delay things forever and eventually she was forced to pull down the pants she was wearing to reveal her very clearly wet diaper. She didn’t look at Nikki who she was sure would be staring at her in disgust. Instead she awkwardly clambered on to the makeshift changing table and laid down. She had been changed by several different adults by this point but for some reason having one from Becky’s mom felt even more embarrassing. She wasn’t a care giver or a nurse, she was just a regular woman.

“We’ll have this sorted in no time at all.” Nikki said as she went over to the bag and retrieved the needed changing supplies.

Sam hoped so. She looked away as her face blazed with embarrassment. The tapes on the front of her diaper were pulled away and soon she felt her most private areas exposed to the cool living room air. She closed her eyes tightly and felt so much heat rising in her head that she thought she was going to explode. Nikki remained silent as she wiped Sam clean, the diapered young woman noticed that her friend’s mother was cleaning certain areas very gingerly. This was an awkward situation for everyone involved even if Nikki tried to act like it was normal.

“Are you girls having fun?” Nikki asked as she pulled the soaked diaper away.

“Uh huh.” Sam replied with a vague grunt.

“What have you been doing?” Nikki asked.

“Watching a movie.” Sam answered.

Sam appreciated Nikki trying to make small talk but this was all so embarrassing she just wanted it over and done with. The new diaper was unfolded and slipped underneath Sam’s bottom. When it was pulled up and taped closed a few moments later she breathed a sigh of relief.

“There we go.” Nikki said as she balled up the used diaper.

Sam hurried off the side of the table and pulled her clothes back on. She wasn’t sure what to do next. It seemed right to thank Nikki but at the same time thanking a person for changing your diaper was only a little less embarrassing than the change itself.

“Enjoy the rest of your evening.” Becky said with a smile, “Tell the girls I’ll be ordering pizza for you all.”

“I will.” Sam said as she looked at the door, “Thank you.”

Before Nikki could say anything Sam practically ran from the room. The new diaper was so much thinner than the wet one she had just been wearing, moving was a lot easier. She hurried back upstairs and went back to the bedroom.

“Geez, Sam.” Becky said as Sam closed the door behind her, “Where have you been?”

“Just using the bathroom.” Sam said warily.

“You went downstairs.” Caitlyn said.

“Yeah, I…” Sam hesitated as the others looked at her quizzically. She stumbled over her words before deciding distraction might be her saving grace, “Oh, Becky’s mom said she’s ordering us pizza!”

“No way!” Chloe exclaimed, “Your mom is so cool, Becky!”

Sam’s objective was achieved. The girls stopped interrogating Sam on where she had been and instead started excitedly looking forwards to pizza. As the others were talking about favourite toppings Chloe went to her bag and started pulling some clothes out.

“Oh yeah, we should get into our PJs.” Becky said, “It’s not a slumber party until we’re in our PJs!”

The others agreed. Sam wasn’t sure if it was an in-joke between them or not but as the others started getting changed in front of each other she looked at her bag nervously. She had pajamas with her but getting into them was going to be impossible with the others right there. Not to mention how much harder it would be to hide a diaper under the much thinner material.

“Come on, Sam.” Becky said encouragingly as she pulled on a pastel pink pajama top, “We should do it before dinner gets here.”

Sam nervously fiddled with her shirt and bit her lip. Just after she thought she had got through the most embarrassing part of the evening another problem rose up in front of her. The other girls seemed to have little embarrassment about getting changed in front of each other though Sam guessed they did it fairly often in gym class.

“What are you waiting for?” Caitlyn asked. She was already in her pajamas. A mostly light blue outfit with the logo of some teen heart throb boyband on the front.

“I, erm… I just…” Sam walked over to her bag and slowly pulled out her sleepwear.

“Come on!” Chloe said, “We’ve got more movies to watch, games to play and gossip to spread!”

“I know…” Sam felt frozen. She was the centre of attention and really didn’t want to be.

“Girls, don’t pressure her.” Becky said to the others. She turned to Sam and put a hand on her shoulder, “It’s OK. We’re all friends here.”

“Remember what we did the first time Becky stayed over with us?” Caitlyn asked Chloe with a mischievous smirk.

“Caitlyn, don’t-…” Becky started but it was already too late.

Sam still had her back to the other girls. She didn’t see Caitlyn rush over, she didn’t have time to defend herself. Caitlyn grabbed the waistband of Sam’s pants and yanked down. Sam felt as if her brain had short-circuited. The only thought she could form was the memory of what had happened in elementary school. She tensed up and waited for the mocking laughter and the cruel jibes. There was silence.

“I… I…” Caitlyn had backed away a few steps and had been left speechless just like everyone else.

“That’s a… diaper?” Chloe sounded more interested than anything.

Sam started sniffling. Tear were springing from her eyes unbidden. She had been certain this moment would come and now here it was. It was happening all over again. The friends she had made would abandon her as some sort of freak that they would be ashamed of knowing. She couldn’t move, her diaper was exposed and she felt like she couldn’t even bend down to pick her pants up.

“Oh, Sam, don’t cry.” Becky said as she placed a hand on Sam’s back, “It’s OK.”

“W-What?” Sam gasped out through her shame. She couldn’t understand what Becky was saying.

“Yeah, it’s OK.” Chloe said as she stepped forwards, “My big brother had problems with bed wetting for a while too.”

Sam had been prepared for a lot of different reactions but she absolutely hadn’t been ready to handle her friends being… supportive. This had to be some sort of trick or something. They were just trying to lull her into a false sense of security and then their insults would cut all the worse.

“God, I’m sorry, Sam.” Caitlyn sounded deeply remorseful, “I had no idea. It was just something we did before and…”

“How about we give Sam a little time to get dressed?” Becky suggested to her friends, “Come on. We’ll get the pizza and bring it up whilst Sam puts on hey pajamas.”

“Good idea.” Caitlyn said.

Sam kept waiting for the other shoe to drop but it just didn’t. The only possible explanation left was that the girls were actually OK with the diapers. It didn’t make any sense to her, she didn’t know how to react. Tears continued to fall down her cheeks and she still hadn’t moved. She’d barely dared to breathe. Could it be that these teenagers, barely more than young children themselves, actually liked her for who she was? Did they actually possess empathy?

“We’ll be back in a bit.” Becky said quietly to Sam, “Don’t worry. We don’t think any differently of you.”

The girls left the room and the door closed behind them. Almost as soon as Sam was left alone she dropped to her knees. The crinkling disposable between her legs pressed against the floor as she started sobbing. It was a confusing mess of emotions. She was embarrassed, of course, but there were happy tears in there as well. Tears borne from feeling good, of being accepted even with her shameful flaws.

Sam covered her face. She had been so desperate to hide her diapers, she had never considered that the reaction to them could be anything other than overwhelmingly negative. The weight that lifted itself off her shoulders felt so incredibly liberating.

After a minute or so trying to digest everything that had happened she pulled herself together and stood up. The girls would only be gone until the pizza arrived so she should probably get on with changing. She stripped down to her diaper, something that felt very strange in these unfamiliar surroundings, and pulled her creamy yellow PJ bottoms up her legs. She pulled her top on as well and took a deep breath.

It was probably a good thing her friends had already discovered her crinkly secret since these pajamas weren’t going to do anything to hide what was underneath. The thin material bulged out around the front and back, when Sam twisted her body or raised her arms in the air the shirt lifted and showed the waistband of the diaper underneath.

A minute later the doorbell went and Sam could only assume that was dinner arriving. She sat on the beanbag in the middle of the room quietly and wondered what the girls had been talking about now that they were out of earshot. Maybe they were changing their minds, maybe they were grabbing their phones and…

“Stop.” Sam told herself.

These lines of thought didn’t lead anywhere good. She was assuming the worst without reason. When Sam heard three pairs of legs hurrying upstairs excitedly she forced herself to clear her mind of negativity and wiped her eyes of any lingering tears. She was still getting herself ready when the door opened and Becky led the others in.

“It smells so good!” Becky said excitedly.

Chloe and Caitlyn followed her in and were carrying boxes containing the food. Sam was still on the beanbag when the boxes were placed on the floor and the girls gathered around. She felt shocked that no one was talking about the crinkly elephant in the room. They didn’t even seem to be looking at her strangely.

“Tuck in.” Becky said as she opened the boxes, “Whilst we’re eating I’ll put on another film.”

“Erm, can it be something less scary?” Sam asked.

“Sure.” Becky replied, “Let’s see…”

Sam took a slice of pepperoni pizza as Becky looked through her collection of movies. Eventually the girls settled on a silly comedy film. Abby hadn’t seen it before and, to be honest, she preferred older films that were made before the girls were born but she wasn’t going to complain.

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