Megan slowly, cautiously, climbed off the play place, her bare feet turning inward as they settled in the grass, toes pointed together. Slowly she turned to face them, now grasping at her crotch with both hands. Her face was red with shame and she wouldn’t make eye-contact with them.
“What is it Meg, you need the bathroom?” Brian asked.
She shook her head and closed her eyes tightly. “No, I don’t need the bathroom. Not anymore.”
Brian and Rachel shared a concerned look. “You mean…?” Brian began, letting the rest of the question hang in the air.
Megan nodded. “Yes. I went pee-pee in my pants!” she sobbed, tears running down her cheeks.
Rachel stood frozen where she was, a look of revulsion on her face. Brian recovered more quickly, reaching in and putting a hand on Megan’s shoulder. “It’s okay Meg, I’m sure your mommy will clean it up.”
Meg sobbed and hiccupped all the more. “I… I didn’t even feel it! I just tinkled myself and I didn’ even know it till I felt my pull-ups get all soggy.”
“Let’s just get you to your mommy okay,” Brian repeated, taking Megan’s hand and leading her towards the house.
As they trod towards the house Megan’s mom appeared and quickly headed towards her crying daughter. Her mom was a bigger woman than the other moms, overweight and frumpy. She had a look of deep concern on her face as she met them. “What is it sweetie-pie? What’s wrong?” she crooned, stroking the girl’s tear-stained cheek.
“I had an accident,” she sobbed.
“Oh honey,” the rotund mom crooned, wrapping her arms around her daughter and cuddling her close. “It’s okay Meggy, Mommy will get you all cleaned up and dry in no time,” she assured, rubbing Megan’s back.
“But, I didn’t even feel it happen Mommy! I’m supposed to be a grown-up, not a baby.”
“Oh Meggy, you’re not a baby. Lots of girls your age have accidents now and then. You’re only twenty-one after all. You’ll get the hang of it soon enough, I promise.”
Megan sniffled and stopped crying, feeling somehow comforted by her mother’s presence if not her words.
“Everything all right Amanda?” Brian’s mom asked, emerging from the doorway.
“Yes Sara, it’ll be fine, little Meggy just had an accident, that’s all.”
“Oh, poor dear. Was it just a pee-pee accident?”
“Well she’s not too stinky,” Amanda replied, making her daughter blush again. “Honey, did you make any poopy, or just tinkles?”