An old rival

Vanessa swung the door wide open, revealing her and the diaper clad Lauren. Lauren let out a small gasp as she saw who it was standing at the door. It was Maria.

Maria Samson was an old rival of Lauren’s during high school. The two often competed for Maria's current boyfriend (and Lauren’s ex), Stephen. Apart from that, Lauren would spread vicious rumors around the school about her using enhancements to make herself more appealing. Basically, Lauren made her life a living nightmare any chance she got.

So, it was no surprise to the red faced Lauren when she saw that Maria burst out laughing the instant she laid eyes on her. After her laughing fit died down, Maria stepped though the door as Vanessa closed it behind her. She sat her bag down of Lauren’s sofa, then turned her attention to the little woman.

“Well hello, little Lauren.” Maria said with a smirk as she walked up to Lauren. Lauren flinched at the emphasis on little. Maria then turned her attention to Vanessa. “You know, Nessa, when you called me and told me that you had gotten your brat of an older sister trapped in this situation, I didn’t believe a single word of it. But now?”

Maria pulled on the back of Lauren’s diaper, snapping it back. This caused the little woman to jump in surprise, which in turn caused laughter from the other two. “Now, I see that it’s almost perfect.” She finished, smirking at the look of fear Lauren was giving her; she didn’t like the sound of that.

“Almost?” Vanessa asked in confusion. “What do you mean?”

“What I mean is,” Maria explained as she went over to the sofa where she sat her bag, “I think that we can do better and that a little makeover is in order.”

Vanessa’s look of confusion turned into a cruel smile. “Great idea!”

“What?!” Lauren shrieked.

“Hush you.” Vanessa ordered as she slapped Lauren on the seat of her diapered butt. Lauren jumped again, getting another set of laughter from the two. Maria and Vanessa then grabbed Lauren and dragged her to her vanity in the bathroom. Maria made sure to sit Lauren in a way that made her face the opposite of the mirror.

“Arms at your side!” Maria ordered.

“What?! I’m not going to-“ Lauren began. She stopped mid sentence when she saw Vanessa pull out her phone. Sighing, Lauren dropped her arms. This, of course, led to Maria’s third laughing fit.

“Okay,” Maria said, having finally stopped laughing, “first things first: the bonnet and bib have to go. The diaper is enough.” She reached over and untied the two articles of clothing (if one could even call them that) and handed them to Vanessa, who promptly put them on the counter.

“Next,” Maria said, turning to Vanessa, “Hand me my bag.” Vanessa did so, and Lauren gasped in horror at what Maria pulled out: a pair of scissors.

“Oh, no! You are NOT cutting my hair!” Lauren snapped.

“What did you say?” Vanessa asked with faux confusion, pulling out her phone. “'Please post my pictures on every social media outlet'? Okay, if that’s what you want.”

“No don’t!” Lauren cried. She saw the cruel smiles that both women were wearing and realized that she was trapped. She sighed again and whimpered, “Go ahead. Cut it.”

Maria beamed as she took hold of the scissors and went to work. Snip! Snip! Snip! Snip! Lauren could feel parts of her hair- which she considered her most adult feature- tickle her back as they fell to the floor. She then felt Maria tugging on side of her head to put something in her hair, before doing the same to the other side. Maria paused for a few seconds and nodded, motioning for Vanessa to come over to view her handiwork. Vanessa took a look at Lauren and nodded, struggling to keep herself from laughing. Before Lauren could ask what was so funny, Maria spun her around to face the mirror.

“Ta-da!” Maria said, “What do you think?”

Lauren’s eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. What did she think? She looked completely absurd, that’s what she thought! Her long hair, which came almost to mid back, barely made it to the back of her neck; and what remained was put into pigtails. PIGTAILS! Her face, without makeup, looked young and freckled. Combined with her small body and the fact that the only thing she was wearing was a diaper, she didn’t even think she looked like a twenty year old. She looked MUCH younger in fact. She looked like…like a…she didn’t want to think about it. She was so dumbfounded at her new appearance, she didn’t see Vanessa take another picture; making sure to capture her face, hair, body, and diapered butt.

“Wait?” Lauren asked, finally coming out of her stupor. “Why did you call Maria over, Vanessa? Apart from humiliating me, of course.”

“I’m glad you asked, actually.” Vanessa said, “See, now that I’m moving into this place, I need to grab my stuff from Mom’s and bring it over. That will most likely take all day, and I needed someone to make sure you keep up your end of the deal and maybe nock you down a peg or two.”

“That’s when she called me.” Maria chimed in with a smirk. “I told her I would love to keep an eye on her sister while she’s out.”

Keep an eye on- Lauren thought. The thought died immediately when she finally put two and two together. “Wait?” Lauren asked, her face going white as a sheet as she gulped. “You don’t actually mean she’s…?”

“Yep!” Vanessa said with a smile, “Lauren, say hello to your new babysitter!”

“A…a…a baby…” Lauren stammered, trying to figure out at what point of today led to her life turning completely upside down.

“Ooh, look at the time.” Vanessa said, “I better get going if I want to get all my stuff before mom tosses it outside.” Vanessa then walked up to Lauren and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Then she ruffed her hair.

“Have fun.” She said with faux sweetness. “Oh, by the way. I am giving Maria full discipline over you while I’m gone, meaning that if you misbehave she will make your little diapered butt regret it. So be good.” She then turned her attention to Maria saying, “I should be back around ten thirty. See you later!” And with that, she walked out the door.

Ten thirty?! Lauren thought. She looked up at the clock on the wall for the current time: Eleven-o’ clock. Vanessa would be gone for over ELEVEN HOURS?! Their mom only lived twenty-five minutes away from her apartment! And Vanessa didn’t even have that much stuff to move in order to take that long.

A chill went up Lauren’s spine as a shadow loomed over her. Looking up, Lauren cowered as she saw Maria looking down at her; wearing the most evil smile Lauren had ever seen in her life.

“Well, Little Lauren,” Maria said, her voice sickeningly sweet yet venomous at the same time, “Let’s have some fun.”

“Now, Maria,” Lauren began, backing away slowly. “I know that I may have said and done things that I might regret, but can’t we discuss this like responsible adults?”

“Big talk, given your current wardrobe.” Maria chuckled as she slapped Lauren’s diapered rear. Lauren jumped again, this time with a yelp; that actually stung a bit.

“As to the answer to your question, I believe that we’re a few years past that.” Maria explained, “See, you made my high school years a living nightmare. If it wasn’t the rumors you spread around the school about me, it was the constant teasing and pranks you influenced other students into pulling on me.”

Maria then pulled Lauren forward, looking the smaller woman in the eye. “So now, I’m returning the favor. And while eleven hours doesn’t make up for all those years, I’ll take what I can get.”

Lauren gulped. “Also,” Maria added, “since I’m in charge you are to call me ‘Ms. Maria’; not just ‘Maria’. However, since I’m in a good mood right now, I’ll let it slide; but let it happen again, and your sorry behind will feel my wrath.”

“W-what are you going to do?” Lauren whimpered.

“Like I said, we’re going to have some fun.” Maria said, her voice venomous yet sweet once again. “And you get to pick; A, B, or C?”

“What are you-?”

“A, B, or C? Pick one.” Maria stated again. Little did Lauren know that all three choices were means to humiliate her even more.

Option A: Maria would take Lauren out to a public location; though she hadn’t decided whether the best option would be the mall, the carnival, or the water park. She decided that she would let Lauren “decide” if she picked this option. Either way, there would be no doubt that her being seen in her current attire in such a public place would demolish any pride she had left.

Option B: Maria and Lauren were to stay home, but Maria would invite over some of her high school friends and her boyfriend, Stephen. No doubt they would get a big laugh out of the former ice queen in such a reduced stature.

Option C: Maria would take Lauren out to lunch were she worked, thus ruining her reputation should any of her coworkers recognized her.

Lauren didn’t really like the sound of this, but she had to pick one. She thought about it for a second, and sighed, making her decision.