“Come on, Megan. Can you honestly tell us that you’ve been happy?”
“OK, maybe I haven’t.” Megan confessed. “And I thought maybe me wearing diapers would fix it, but now I don’t think so.”
“It’s not a question of what you want,” Nancy explained. “It’s what you need.”
Now Megan was really confused. What were they talking about?
“I’ll admit, I wasn’t too keen on the idea at first,” Drew explained. “But when your mother called me…it really made me think.”
“What are you guys talking about?” Megan asked.
“Diapers, Megan,” Nancy replied. “And you wearing them full time.”
Her jaw dropped. There had to be some mistake. “But I don’t need to.”
“You’re an adult,” said Drew. “And neither of us can change that. And we’re not going to force you either. But, all things considered, and after a lot of thought, we think the best thing for you would be for you to let us baby you.”
“Because its for my own good? Is that it?”
“You are our daughter,” Nancy told her. “And you always will be. And we won’t lose you.”
Megan was beginning to wonder if they had gone nuts.
“Lose me?!” she exclaimed. “Jesus, I was beat up a little. It wasn’t like I was freaking shot!”
“What about the car accident? What about what might happen tomorrow? Or the day after that?”
“There’s so much out there that we can’t protect you from,” said Drew. “But we should be able to do whatever we can.”
“At least until you are yourself again,” Nancy urged.
Megan took a deep breath. As much of a shock as it was, it did make sense. They wanted to protect her and she knew that at least a part of her wanted to be protected. However, as her impromptu trip to the pool proved, it would be a difficult adjustment. But she felt she could handle it. Couldn’t she.
A”I don’t think so,” she said hesitantly. She’d file the damn report, but she wasn’t going to let her parents baby her again.
B”OK,” she relented, at odds ends with the alternatives. “Fine. Let’s give it a try.”
