79.
The journey from the café to Alice’s house seemed to Oliver to take hours – not the forty-five minutes or so it actually was. Yulya took her time, stopping to look in windows, and on two occasions going into clothes shops to look around. The girls did their part in Oliver’s humiliation, by chanting “we’ve got a baby, we’ve got a baby” and “baby’s wetted his nappy, baby’s wetted his nappy”, thus generating interest from passers-by, several of whom stopped to pet him, to pinch his cheek or to take photos. Nearly everyone commented on his plastic pants.
“Such pretty pants! I love those yellow flowers…”
“And see his nappy? A proper old-fashioned one, not a horrible disposable.”
Oliver, firmly strapped down, helpless and exposed, vacillated between anger and terror, and was unable to contain the rest of the wee he had been trying desperately to hold in, just as they were turning up Alice’s front path.
Alice had been looking out for them, and greeted their appearance at last with a mixture of excitement and relief. She had the front door open before they had had the chance to ring the bell.
“Come in, come in! You must be Yulya. Lovely to meet you. And this is Oliver – I mean, Olivia! What a sweet baby! And you girls…”
“I’m Marian.”
“And I’m Edith. Thank you for letting us watch.”
“And Yulya? Can we help change Olivia?”
“Yes, darling. He need changing now, I’m think. He very wet. Miss Alice…?”
“Of course. Follow me.” She led them into the lounge. “Look, I’ve laid out some thick towels here on the carpet. Will that be okay, do you think?”
“Perfect, Miss Alice. Now, Olivia, I unstrap you. You behave and do what you’re told, yes? Be good baby, okay?”
All Oliver’s enthusiasm for babyhood seemed to have disappeared. He lay rigid while Yulya unstrapped his ankles and wrists and waist. Perhaps he was contemplating escape, but if he was he must have realised it was futile. Yulya spread a plastic sheet on top of the towels, then lifted him out of his buggy and laid him gently on it. He immediately turned onto his tummy. Alice took a seat on the sofa while the two girls knelt opposite Yulya, their eyes sparkling with anticipation.
She took the changing bag off the buggy, opened it, and took out a box of latex gloves. She put a pair on.
“Now, Olivia, I get wet nappy off…”
“No!” (rebelliously).
“Now, baby, not be naughty. First, pants…”
With a sudden tug, she had his pants round his ankles. He whined and curled up like a hedgehog. But Yulya was not so easily foiled, and she soon had the safety pin out of his nappy. Then it was easy to pull it out from under him, despite his efforts to hang onto it, and then there he was, his little wet bottom uppermost, squirming and protesting. Edith and Marian had started giggling, and threatened to become hysterical.
“Girls?” said Alice. “Calm down, now. If you’re going to help to change baby, you need to be nice and quiet and gentle. Yulya? Maybe they could wipe Olivia’s bottom.”
“Yes, please…. Let us wipe her, Yulya…”
“Okay. Put on gloves please. Here are wipes. Each take two or three, and wipe carefully…”
“No! Yulya…don’t let them!”
In reply she merely handed him his pacifier. “Olivia no shout, please. suc-k pacifier and lie still.”
The girls, having donned their rubber gloves, started on Oliver’s bottom. They methodically wiped his clenched buttocks, his flanks, and the backs of his thighs.
“Unclench, please, Olivia,” said Yulya. But receiving no response, she forcibly held his buttocks apart so the girls could wipe in between, making him shiver. Then she took a tub of cold cream out of the changing bag, unscrewed the lid, and set it down between the girls. They needed no instructions. They each scooped up a dollop, and began to smooth it into his bottom.
“I think we need do his front, now,” said Yulya.
“No way! Don’t you dare!”
“Turn over please, baby.”
“No!”
“Olivia…”
“No. Shan’t!”
“I will report to miss Shirley…”
“Don’t care. Do what you fuc-king like!”
“Tut, tut, Rude baby. All right. Girls? Baby need some cream in there” – she pointed – “you know where.”
“No, no, no, no, no!” he wailed, as he felt the girls hands pushing between his buttocks. But clenched cheeks were no defence against little inquisitive latex-sheathed fingers smeared with slippery cream. Edith’s were the first to locate their goal. Her face lit up with delight. She slid her index finger in.
Oliver reacted as if he had received an electric shock. He twisted violently sideways. Yulya took her opportunity. She grabbed his shoulders and turned him onto his back, and held him down. He kicked wildly and swore in a very unbabylike fashion. Alice slipped off the sofa and grabbed his ankles.
“Now keep still, sweetie,” she said. “Please. We just ned to clean you up, then you can have nice cuddles and lots of lovely milk. Please, be a good baby and let the girls do their job.”
He struggled for a few moments, but the ladies were stronger than he, and eventually he gave in, and lay still on his plastic sheet. He shut his eyes tight, turned his head to one side, and tried to think of nothing. The girls got to work, wiping every bit, and then gently massaging the cooling cream into his skin, from his tummy to his hips to his thighs, and finally….
He bit his lip, but it did no good. The girls were seized with another fit of giggles.
“Oh, dear,” said Alice. “I don’t think we can get a nappy over that.”
“No. But in bag are spare pants. Maybe rubber? Pink ones? Here, Alice. Perhaps you could…?”
“Of course. Come on Olivia. Nice soft rubber panties for you. Feet in… That’s right. Now ups they go! There, the girls are helping. That’s right. Under his bottom first…yes…now stretch them over… Super. Thank you, girls – you’ve been such a help.”
For Oliver, just to have his modesty partially restored was an immense relief, even if the rubber baby pants were stretched taut over his little tentpole. He saw Edith surreptitiously taking a photograph, but he was so exhausted by now, all he could think of was lying in Alice’s arms feeding on her full breasts. She was adjusting the cushions on the sofa. Then she sat down, leant back, and motioned to him.
“Come on then, darling.” She unbuttoned her blouse and lifted one breast out of her bra. It was already oozing milk. “Are you thirsty, little girl?”
Without hesitation, Oliver climbed up onto her and, resting his head on her arm, allowed her to guide the swollen, milky nipple into his lips…