Change of scenery

Lauren turned beet red as she continued to dance in front of the audience in only a diaper, the little woman on the verge of tears. They were all laughing at her, just like they all had fifteen-years ago. Lauren closed her eyes, wishing to escape this horrible memory.

Once Lauren closed her eyes, however, she heard the roaring laughter slowly shrinking in volume until it sounded less like the audience of an elementary school, and more like a small crowd of people. Opening her eyes again, Lauren gasped in horror as she saw that she was no longer in her old elementary school’s gymnasium. Instead, she was now standing in the middle of her living room. Lauren immediately stopped dancing as she saw that the room was filled with her coworkers and her sister; all of which were laughing at her. Lauren looked up and saw a banner that read “Happy 21st Birthday, Lauren!”, but she was still confused as to what everyone found so funny…at least, she was for half a second.

“That’s what she looks like?! To think I was actually jealous of her at one point!”

“I can’t believe it! She’s so…small!”

“She doesn’t have anything up top!”

“Is she even old enough to work at the restaurant? I mean, given the way she’s dressed and the way she looks, I’d be more likely to believe she’d be sitting in a high chair and playing with her food!”

That last comment made Lauren pale. Gulping, Lauren looked down…only to gasp in horror as she saw that she was still wearing only a diaper. The little woman shrieked as she covered her nonexistent, flat chest, her sister and coworkers erupting into laughter.

“H-hang on,” Vanessa said through a series of belly laughs, “l-let me do something really quick…”

Pulling a marker out from her pocket, Vanessa went up to the banner and crossed out the number two, making said banner now read, “Happy 1st Birthday, Lauren!” She then went over to the cake on the table, blew out the candles, and removed twenty of them. This left only one candle on the cake, which Vanessa proceeded to relight.

These actions caused the guests to erupt into even more laughter at the expense of the diaper clad Lauren. The little woman in question bit her quivering lip, once again on the verge of tears. This couldn’t possibly get any worse!

That’s what Lauren thought, at least. At that very moment, Lauren’s front door opened…her mother stepping through the doorway. Lauren gulped as she and the older woman made eye contact, fearing just how her mother would react.