Second Chance by Libra and Jeff

Chapter 3
Dinner

Chapter Description: Holly gets a bath then dinner.

It seemed only minutes passed, but Holly was being picked up again and before she could react the blanket she tucked over her body fell away.

“Come on sweetie. You slept half the day away. ” Her father said holding his naked daughter in his arms.

“Wait!” Holly protested and attempt to reach for the blanket, but it slid from her grasp at the last second. Instead she pushed her legs together then put a single arm over her nipples while clutching with the other at her father for support. Covering her nipples was silly since the hospital sent her home without the gown, but Holly did it anyway.

“Looks like someone picked up an old habit. Remember back when she use to run about the house naked all day. ” Her mother said chuckling at the sight of her daughter without a diaper.

“No matter. We will give her a bath before she will eat. Come here my shy girl. ” Her mother said a moment later and took Holly from her father.

“Bare naked, we used to say. Then we changed it to Holly Bear. ” Her father amused and Holly blushed even more.

Holly suffered further embarrassment in the form of standing naked in the half filled tub with the door wide open as her mother bathed her. Holly settled for showing her backside to the open doorway just in case someone walked by.

“I have to get you some new bath toys. Maybe some stuff to make bubbles. ” Her mother said gently and used a wash cloth to wipe down Holly.

“Mom, I’m not really a little kid. How long do you think toys could interest me? ” Holly protested to her mother’s suggestions.

“Oh, I was only trying to make the best of things. Do you think it is easy for me to have my teenage daughter turned into a toddler or my youngest child suddenly becoming a woman? Fine, you can stay in there until dinner is on the table an hour from now. ” Holly’s mother huffed then drained the water from the tub and left her daughter in the empty tub.

“Mom, wait!” Holly shouted after her, but she didn’t stop. Holly remembered she had problems slipping out of this tub at the age of six. Her father had bought this tub because the sides were so high. It added a level of privacy in case someone walked in through an unlocked door.

Fifth teen minutes passed and Holly started to shiver from the AC air coming through the open doorway.

“Mom, I’m sorry. Get me out of here. ” Holly shouted, but no one came. Holly huddled down and started sobbing. Then a hand touched her cheek and then arms were lifting her out.

“Mom?” Holly asked softly blinking away her tears, but the face wasn’t right.

“Close, but no cigar. ” Karen answered and Holly was standing on the close toilet lid as Karen was drying her off with a fluffy towel. The best part; it was warm.

“Fresh from the dryer. Did you have a fight with mom? ” Karen asked wrapping Holly in the towel as her chattering teeth stopped.

“She is trying to treat me like a baby. ” Holly said in her own defense.

“Well, mom keeps saying it is ashamed I missed out on my childhood and dad has become a little reluctant to give me a hug lately. ” Karen said pretending her life was hard.

“At least they are not putting you in diapers and making you take afternoon naps. ” Holly said finally feeling she was getting back to being normal again.

“Tell you what. The first chance I get I will talk mom into buying some pull-ups for you. They are a lot slimmer and you can pretend they are just really thick panties. For now I do have this and one of my old shirts for you to wear. In fact you can have all my old clothes. The shirts at the very least you can use as night shirts. ” Karen said and showed Holly something that looked like a very small pair of panties.

“A cloth diaper?” Holly asked seeing the extra padding to absorb urine then she was wondering where her sister had gotten it.

“I had a few in the back of my closet for my old dolls. I’m in your room since my bed is too small for me. Don’t worry about your more personal stuff. It is sitting in a box in my old room. The way mom and dad are talking that is going to be your playroom slash sewing room. ” Karen said and helped her sister into her cloth diaper. Then an oversize t-shirt was pulled over her arms then her head to drop down to her ankles.

“You look silly in one of my old shirts. ” Karen said standing back after putting Holly back on the floor.

“Better then wearing mom’s clothes. ” Holly replied with a grin.

“That reminds me, mom mention we are going shopping together when you are strong enough. Mom wanted to get more baby stuff and clothes for us. Let’s go see if dinner is ready. ” Karen said and led the way to the kitchen.

Holly had to adjusted to the old clothes, but found walking a lot easier with the thinner diaper around her waist. When she came into the room her mother only looked at her, but didn’t say anything.

Her father smiled at her and helped her into the high chair. Holly swallowed her pride when he locked the tray part of the high chair into place trapping her into the chair.

“Since everyone is here I think we will have a family meeting. ” Her mother said once everyone had taken their seat.

Holly wanted to groan at the words family meeting. The last time they had one it was to discuss how to get her out of trouble. At least this time the family lawyer wasn’t here. He was the one who suggested they should go for the Second Chance program.

“Because of the bills I will have to take an extra shift at work. Your father will ask for overtime. Karen has shown some interest in babysitting. A good way to earn a little extra cash and I have tested her on what to do. Honestly she seems more prepared then I would believe. That is why I’m putting Karen in charge when we are not at home. I will allow her to babysit one other child besides her sister. ” Her mother announced

“Mom, I don’t need a babysitter. ” Holly said protesting this latest bit of mollycoddling.

“You young lady can considered yourself grounded. Besides you are too young and small to do anything on your own. From here on out you can consider your life under micro management. Your potty training will start today as well. You will spend most of your time in the Superyard in the living room. That is the octagon shape playpen in the living room. Your father secured it to the wall and floor so you can forget about moving it or lifting it up to escape. ” Her mother said some anger coming into her voice. Holly realized all her mother’s fury was coming out all at once because all of the trouble she had caused in the past few weeks.

“You are gonna put me in a cage?” Holly asked not believing they were going to treat her like a naughty puppy.

“It is for the best. ” Her father said coming to the rescue before a shouting contest could start.

“But daddy. ” Holly said hopeful he could at least do something.

“That is enough. ” Her father said sharply and Holly was shocked by his tone she fell into silence.

“I think dinner is ready. ” Karen said quietly into the silence and her mother got up and started to set the table with the dishes of food.

The few attempts at conversation was short and the tension could be felt.

Holly was careful to eat as carefully as she could. Holly thought she was being good when she didn’t say a word when her mother cut her food into very small pieces then put them in front of Holly to eat.

After dinner her mother took a wash rag and wiped Holly’s face clean. Holly jerked away at first since her mother had snuck up behind her to do it.

“All clean now. Karen, take your sister into the living room and put her in the Superyard. ” Her mother ordered and Karen obeyed right away.

Holly stayed quiet showing everyone she wasn’t going to protest anymore tonight. The one advantage the Superyard had was it was placed so she could see the TV at the very least.

While everyone else sat on the sofa or lazy boy in her father’s case. Holly was forced to sit on the floor and lean sideways on the wooden bars of the Superyard to get comfortable.

As it turned out her father had bought a pirated copy of The Help from a friend at work. The movie was funny, but sometimes you could hear people in the theater or someone walked by the screen while the movie was being recorded in secret.

Holly cringed hen the little baby girl was being potty trained and again when the baby girl was being spanked. Holly feared the point when her parents would get the idea in their heads she was young enough to be spanked again.

The last time Holly could remember ever getting a spanking when she was eight and that was by her mother. Her mother was a firm believer in bare ass to open palm method.

By the time the movie ended Holly was feeling sleepy again and she needed to go. Karen helped her on the toilet and then saw she was put to bed in her crib.

“We have to remember I’m the big sister now and you’re my baby sister so people in public don’t give us funny looks. ” Karen said as Holly was laying down for a full night’s rest.

End of Chapter 03