Published: May 31st 2021, 2:01:02 pm
It was just a start, but Danielle knew from experience how easy it was to let things slide out of control. It might be different for Vivi, of course, it was hard to tell... She was only at the daycare for a few hours a day, a few days a week, instead of full-time, like Dani had been from the start.
Even that was in jeopardy after a couple times. Danielle knew Vivien was enjoying herself, had seen her embracing the carefree toddler lifestyle, while also trying to be a little nicer to Dani, in case she was watched. If nothing else, that was flowing over into their time back at home, too, with Vivien calling her a baby far less than she used to. Did she realize she was doing it? Or was it because she didn't want to get in the habit, let it slip while they were at daycare, and get in trouble? Either way, it was a nice break for Dani.
So, Danielle was pretty sure she could detect some actual regret in Vivi's voice when she told her, "I don't think I can come today... I have a test tomorrow, and I really need to do as much studying as I can. And I can hardly bring my books to daycare, so..."
"Aww," Dani pouted. "Are you sure? I bet you know it better than you think you do..."
"Dani," Vivi glared at her in the rear-view mirror. Danielle squirmed, wondering if she'd gone too far. "You wouldn't understand," she rolled her eyes after a second, before turning them back to the road as the traffic light changed to green, letting her continue on her way from Tessa's school to the daycare. "You wouldn't understand... College is way different from high school."
She really ought to be familiar with that by now, would have been, if only she'd chosen her diploma over diapers. "I'm sure you're right," she said. "But... I bet you could concentrate better if you relaxed first, instead of stressing over a completely different class..."
"I mean, yeah," Vivien had to admit. "That would be nice, but..."
"We could go to the daycare now, then go home early so you could study then... And I'll keep an eye on Tessa for you this afternoon," Dani offered.
"Yeah, right," Vivien scoffed. "I can't trust you not to pee your pants... Do you really think I trust you to babysit your far more mature sister?"
There was the old Vivi Danielle knew... She should have known she wasn't completely gone, no matter how she acted at the daycare. Still, she could see a thoughtful look on the girl's face in the mirror, and she suspected the reason she was making fun of her was because she was annoyed that she had come up with a good plan that she hadn't considered herself.
Vivien didn't tell her that she'd come around to the idea, but, when she parked at the daycare, she said, "I can have a few unexcused absences from this morning's class without it hurting my grade. And I think I know what they're covering, so I should be all right."
"I'm sure you will," Dani grinned, grabbing her hand as soon as Vivien opened the door for her and unbuckled her seatbelt. "Let's go!"
She could tell there was something bothering Vivi, however, almost from the time they arrived, as if she'd remembered something important just a half-second too late. Danielle had a suspicion of what it was, though she decided not to bring it up, to let Vivien be the one to say something. If she was right, that would be inevitable.
And, sure enough, after a little while, Vivien whispered, "So, uh... Wh-Where are the bathrooms in this place?"
"Right there," Danielle pointed to the potty chairs, all lined up at the front of the room, ready to go.
"No," Vivien blushed bright red. "The real bathrooms!"
"That's all there is," Dani shrugged. "Except..." She lifted the skirt of her dress, showing off her already damp diaper.
"Ew!" Vivi wrinkled her nose. "No way! Ugh, I should have known better than to ask you about this... Like you even know what a bathroom is!"
Clearly, she was pretty desperate, if she was carelessly insulting Danielle like that... Luckily for her, Miss Katie wasn't around, and, as fun as it would have been to see her be put in the corner now, Dani decided to take mercy on her and not tattle. Danielle hadn't really thought about it, but this hadn't come up for Vivi yet... She was only there for a couple hours at a time, and she probably used the bathroom at college before she came here. Seeing her reaction now, Dani suspected their abrupt exodus on Vivien's first day might just have been more about her needing to use the bathroom, rather than being upset at getting sent to the corner.
Vivien scrambled to her feet, stomping around to look for herself, Danielle gleefully watching her futile search, waiting for a worker to come by so she could point her 'friend' out and say, "I think she needs to use the potty."
From a distance, she could see Vivien bouncing in place, telling the worker what she wanted, then getting upset when she got the same answer Dani had given her. She crept closer as Vivi was led over to the potties, face red when her pants and panties were tugged down... And then even redder when the worker commented, "Oh, didn't quite make it, huh? That's all right, sweetie... We'll get you cleaned up."
"N-No!" Vivien shook her head. "I-I didn't... Y-You don't..."
"Go on, sit down," the worker urged, pushing Vivi onto the potty chair. "It's okay..."
Dani decided to give Vivien a little privacy, seeing that the girl was already mortified. When Vivi finally came to find her, she was looking much meeker... And her pants had a definite bulge to them. Danielle stayed quiet about it, while Vivien started to sit, pausing a couple times, blushing as she heard the crinkle, tugging at her pants as they tried to slide down, before giving up.
"Fine!" she grumbled, flopping down and unbuttoning her pants, showing off a very familiar waistband. "They put me in Pull-Ups, okay?!"
"I didn't say anything," Dani shrugged, speaking truthfully. "They aren't that bad, though, are they?"
"They're stupid!" Vivi sulked. "They're for little babies, not me! They're so thick, and hot, and..." She fumbled with the button. "And now I can't get my dumb pants back on! Everyone's gonna see!"
As tempting as it was to let her struggle, Danielle crawled closer to her, taking over, pulling the waistband tight. "Maybe you should start borrowing some of my clothes," she said. "Diapers fit way better under them."
"Th-They're not diapers!" Vivi sounded offended. "A-And I don't need them anyway! I-It was just a little skid mark, a-and she would have put me in panties, except my 'Mommy' hadn't sent any spares with me, so..." She poked at the trainers under her pants. "This is so humiliating!"
But she didn't insist they left, Dani noted. She stuck it out, complaining and whining about the Pull-Ups as often as she could, unknowingly ensuring that everyone, including people who otherwise might not have looked closely enough at her to tell, knew she was wearing them.
And then, she started to squirm, in a way that was very familiar to Dani. She let it go for a few minutes before asking, "Are you gonna go use the potties again?"
Vivien froze, ring toy in hand, looking over at the potty chairs in horror. That disastrous first trip had, possibly, been the best thing that could have happened for Danielle's plan, it turned out. "I-I really hafta pee," she whispered, one hand moving between her legs desperately.
"You can go ask for help," Danielle told her. "Or... There is one other option..."
There were, technically, two, but the fact that Vivi seemingly hadn't thought of the second, hadn't immediately made them go back home, was a good sign. Had she forgotten she could do that, or was she having so much fun she didn't want to leave yet? Either way, it worked in Dani's favor. "Wh-What?" she asked, eyes big.
Danielle lifted her skirt again, patting her diaper. "No!" Vivi whimpered. "I-I can't do that!"
"It's not that bad... Your Pull-Ups will just get a little warm, and squishy... Honestly, it feels kind of good."
Vivien wrinkled her nose. "That's gross!" But she didn't get up and go looking for a worker... And, after a few more distracted minutes of playing, she froze, closing her eyes... A couple moments later, she wiggled her bottom. "I-I guess it isn't awful," she confessed.
"Better than doing it in front of everyone on the potties, isn't it?" Dani asked, and Vivi quickly nodded her agreement with that.
She was less eager when they left, and she was handed a plastic bag with her panties in it, along with a note. "Have your Mommy read this," the worker ordered. Vivien read it as soon as they were in her car, face turning red as she did. She refused to tell Danielle what it said, but she got a pretty good idea the next time Vivi showed up at daycare, when she was immediately greeted by a worker who tugged down her shorts and gave her panties a check.
"What is this?" the worker asked, peering at the rear of the girl's underwear.
"Th-Those are old!" Vivien blushed. "I-I didn't have an accident!"
But she wound up back in Pull-Ups anyway. "It's not fair!" she complained to Dani. "They just had, like, a tiny skid mark stain on them..."
"Then why did you wear them?" Danielle asked. Vivien didn't have an answer for that... Were they the best pair she had? She'd still been wearing Pull-Ups in elementary school, Dani knew that... Was it possible she still had some potty issues, however slight, that had left all her underwear in less than pristine condition? Or had she chosen them specifically, wanting this to happen, despite her protests?
"I don't wanna get a panty check every time I come here," she sulked. "It's humiliating!"
"Well," Dani suggested, "there is one way to avoid that... I think we still have some of Tessa's old Pull-Ups at the house..."
It was definitely noticeable that Vivi didn't take issue with the thought of wearing them, that her complaint was, "If I go all the way there first, then back here, I won't have as much time to play!"
"You could always wear them to school," Danielle shrugged innocently.
"No way!" Vivien shook her head. "But... W-Well, maybe I can think of something..."
"I'm sure you will," Dani grinned. "You are a big girl, aren't you?"
Vivien blushed, glancing down at her shorts, the training pants bulging beneath them. "Y-Yeah, I am," she nodded. "I-I'm a very big girl..."