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Ally woke the following morning finding her diaper to be mercifully dry.

Knowing she would be unable to get her pyjamas off herself she raced toward the living room to find her mother.

Hearing conversation, she stopped.

Careful to avoid detection, she pressed her ear to the door and heard the voice of Mrs. Livingston from next door.

She had obviously come over to welcome mum back after her trip.

Ally backed away slowly.

The last thing she wanted to do was go in and ask mum to release her from her pyjamas in front of Mrs. Livingston!

She crept back to her room and waited for Mrs. Livingston to leave.

Unfortunately for Ally, the two women seemed to have quite a bit to catch up on, and Mrs. Livingston wasn’t in any rush to leave.

Ally felt the pressure begin to build in her bladder.

She needed to use the bathroom desperately. In frustration she tugged at the neckline of her pyjamas, but of course it was a hopeless endeavour.

She crossed her legs and tried to think about something else, but the pressure continued to build.

Seeing no alternative, Ally released the contents of her bladder into the diaper she’d been wearing.

She felt mortified at the thought of knowingly wetting her diaper when she was awake, but also relieved as the pressure and discomfort gave way to warm release.

No-one else would ever need to know she hadn’t simply woken up wet, Ally reasoned.

Ally took a book from the shelf, trying to pass the time as her diaper gradually cooled into the soggy heap she was more familiar with. Eventually, Mrs. Livingston left, giving Sue a chance to come in and release her.

“Have you been awake long” Sue asked.

“Not long” Ally lied, not wanting to discuss the matter further.

It wasn’t until after lunch that Ally and Sue made their way to the shopping centre.

Of course, Ally was keen to get herself a new set of pyjamas as soon as possible, and practically dragged her mother to the nearest suitable store. As she was browsing through the selection, Sue’s phone rang.

“Hello?” Ally heard her mother say into the phone. “Oh excellent … That’s great news … Thank you very much”

“What was that” Ally asked, having only heard one side of the conversation.

“That was the airline. They’ve found your bag. They’re going to deliver it to us at home tomorrow” Sue told her.

“Oh, that’s fantastic” Ally was relieved. Not only would she be able to show off her holiday souvenirs, but she would have her wardrobe back as well!

“Now, which ones do you think?”

Ally held up a two sets of pyjamas for her mother’s opinion.

The first was a plain red two piece set with a butterfly pattern, while the second featured a variety of cartoon characters.

“How much are they” Sue asked.

“They’re both $30” Ally replied, checking the tag.

“Well, if want to get either of them you’ll have to pay for it out of your allowance” Sue informed her.

“What?” Ally was incredulous.

Her mother would often make her buy fancy or particularly expensive clothes out of her allowance, but had always bought the basics like pyjamas for her.

“You’ll be getting all your other pairs back tomorrow.

I don’t think it makes sense to spend that much for one night, when you have plenty of others already”

“But, why didn’t you say anything before?” Ally asked.

Why would her mother raise her hopes only to dash them again?

“It was one thing when we didn’t know when or if you were getting the others back.

But now we do.” Sue explained.

Having just spent thousands of dollars on an overseas trip, she thought it was a bit rich of Ally to expect her to spend this much for one night, when she already had a perfectly acceptable substitute at home.

“I don’t even have that much money with me” Ally tried.

“You can borrow it from me now, provided you pay it back” Sue told her, sternly.

“Now, would you like them or not?”

Ally fumed. $30 was a lot more to her than it was to her mother, and her allowance was pitifully low as it was.

“I guess not” she slouched, dejected. She would just have to put up with what she had for one more night.

“Ally, time to get up!” Sue called out to her the following morning. “It’s almost 11:00.

I know you’re on holidays, but this is getting ridiculous!”

“Hmmff” Ally responded, still feeling half asleep.

The excuse of jetlag was now starting to get a little thin, but she did enjoy sleeping in when she had the chance.

She pulled her blankets up to her chin, not wanting to get out into the cold weather.

She rolled over, feeling her wet diaper squish between her legs. “Better get up”, she thought to herself.

Her mum would be quite annoyed if she knew that Ally was just lounging around in a wet diaper.

“Knock knock” came a voice from just outside her room.

Ally turned around just in time to see Laura walk through the door.

The smile on her face changed to a look of surprise.

“Uh, your mum let me in” Laura explained. “We planned to meet up again today, remember?”

Ally rushed to cover herself with a blanket, only realising after doing so that it probably just drew more attention to her current state.

She hadn’t forgotten, but also hadn’t expected Laura to just pop over without calling.

After all, they hadn’t confirmed a time.

Ally prayed Laura hadn’t noticed her diaper, but wet as it was under the tight fitting pyjamas it would have been pretty hard to miss.

The pyjamas themselves, though, were impossible to miss.

“Uh listen, Laura, about these pyjamas” Ally spoke after a moment of stunned silence.

“They’re OK” Laura shrugged.

“I mean, Kate always wears one piece pyjamas, I was at a sleepover of hers a couple of months ago. And I think Joanne does too”

“These aren’t really mine” Ally explained.

She realised that Laura hadn’t picked up on the back zipper, and was keen to leave that part out.

“All of mine are in my luggage”

“Oh, is that it” Laura understood.

“I didn’t really think they were your style. Still, they’re probably not a bad idea what with this weather.

I guess they’re a lot warmer than your usual ones”

“That they are” Ally agreed.

“Still, have you heard anything about the luggage?” Laura prompted, now that the subject had been brought up.

“It’s arriving today, actually” Ally explained.

“That’ll be a relief” Laura responded.

“Too right” Ally agreed. “I’m pretty much out of anything to wear.

I mean, I’ve got a few outfits in the closet, but they’re all either too cold for this weather or they’re really uncomfortable for wearing around the house”

“Why not just keep your pyjamas on?” Laura asked.

“I do that all the time when I’m not going out anywhere”

“Sounds like you’re the sensible one, Laura” Sue said, hearing the commotion and coming into the room.

“Ally’s been giving me grief about those pyjamas ever since we got back”

“Like I said, I don’t think they’re that bad” Laura added. Ally stayed quiet.

“Hey Ally, you’ve got Netflix, right?” Laura asked.

“How about watching the Star Wars movies again.

I want to remind myself what happened before the new one comes out.”

Laura and Ally both loved Sci-Fi, and while Ally was certain Laura remembered every detail of the storylines, she would always find an excuse to watch them again.

Laura had been doubly keen to watch movies with Ally ever since Sue had bought a movie projector, often saying that it was better than the cinemas.

“OK, but not the prequels” I insisted.

“Agreed” she replied. “Are you coming?”

“I’ll get you girls some popcorn” Sue offered kindly.

“It might spoil your lunch a little, but why not”. With that, she left.

Ally was conflicted.

She was eager to get out of her diaper, but couldn’t see a way to make it happen without alerting Laura to the fact that she couldn’t get her pyjamas off herself.

And if she did alert Laura to that there was a good chance she’d notice the diaper as well.

She decided to bide her time.

Her diaper wasn’t uncomfortably wet, after all, and she figured that once Laura was engrossed in the movie she could make an excuse about needing to use the bathroom and get her mum to let her out of the pyjamas.

Laura brought up the movie and settled into an armchair, while Ally took the couch. She kept her blanket wrapped over her, hoping it would disguise the bulge around her waist.

“Here you are girls” Sue said, bringing over both popcorn and soft drinks.

“Enjoy. If you need me, I’ll be outside in the garden”

Ally sipped her drink carefully, while Laura gulped hers down.

She hadn’t counted on her mother going outside, and didn’t know how long it would take her to come back in.

She shifted about, uncomfortably, wishing she had refused the soft drink.

The pressure continued to build. “Well, I guess it’s already wet, a little more won’t hurt” Ally thought to herself, letting go.

She felt the warm stream leak into her diaper and hoped that it would hold.

Ally couldn’t imagine that her mother could take too much longer, but there was still no sign of her as the movie ended.

“Hey Ally, could you grab the remote” Laura asked.

“Can’t you get it?” Ally asked, not wanting to expose herself further.

“Oh come on, it’s right next to you” Laura sighed.

Reluctantly, Ally climbed off the couch, trying to shield herself with the blanket as she retrieved the remote.

“Um, Ally, I don’t quite know how to say this” Laura started, unsure of herself,

“but do you think maybe you should change out of that diaper. It looks really wet”

Ally’s face instantly went as red as a turnip.

“You mean you knew?” she managed to ask.

“Well, yeah. It’s pretty obvious. I mean, I didn’t want to say anything” Laura replied.

“But I figured you’d just make an excuse and go change.”

“I couldn’t” Ally decided to come clean. She showed Laura the zipper on the back.

“You see, I can’t get these pyjamas off by myself, and mum’s been outside the whole time”

“Holy crap!” Laura laughed. “Did these come out of the discount bin or something. The zipper’s on backwards”

“Actually they’re designed that way” Ally said, sombrely.

“They were for my cousin, Dylan. He’s autistic, and they stopped him taking off his diapers in the middle of the night”

“And now they’re stopping you from taking off your diaper” Laura commented, still laughing.

“It isn’t funny!” Ally shot back.

“I’m sorry” Laura responded, genuinely. “I guess that’s why you don’t like them. Don’t worry, though, your secret’s safe with me”

“Thanks” Ally told her, relieved that the story wouldn’t be spread around the school.

“Can I help with them?” Laura asked, kindly.

“I think you’d better” Ally told her. “I’m not sure how long mum’s going to be”

Laura stepped behind Ally and pulled at the tab. “Wow, this isn’t easy” she said, tugging at it. Eventually, though, she was able to get the tab off.

“There, how’s that” Laura asked.

“You’ll need to help me with the zipper as well” Ally asked, embarrassed.

“Sure thing” Laura pulled it down easily.

Relieved, Ally grabbed a pair of underwear before running for the toilet.

She pulled off her pyjamas completely before carefully removing the now soaked diaper and changing into her underwear.

Not having grabbed any other clothes from her room, she pulled her pyjamas back on and zipped them up as far as she could manage.

She took the diaper in her right hand, careful not to let it leak anywhere, and kept her left on the pyjamas just below her neck, not wanting them to fall off. After disposing of the diaper in the trash she returned to Laura.

“Thanks” she managed.

“No problem” Laura replied. “Do you want me to zip you back up?”

“I guess you may as well” Ally decided, having no more to hide.

Laura stepped behind Ally once again and pulled the zipper back to its full height before securing the tab.

Although a little dismayed, Ally chose not to comment on the tab, keen to end that line of discussion.