Sorry this part took so long everybody, it's been an interesting time in my life and I haven't had as much time to sit down and write stories. Needless to say, I'm back at it now and hope to end this one with a bang.
The rest of Lilly's first day at the daycare would be, for the most part, the same as it had been up until the point that she was brought to Ms. Mabel's room for her feeding. She would spend the next few hours attempting to interact with the other babies in the nursery, learning their rituals and simplistic non-verbal forms of interaction so she could better fit in with her new contemporaries. The most difficult thing she would learn was that in order to become truly seen as one of them, she would basically need to unlearn almost two decades of what she assumed to be the basic rules of human interaction. To the other babies, there was no such thing as a cordial introduction. No "how do you do's" or "hi, my name is___". The infants seemed to come and go into each other's personal worlds as quickly as they pleased, moving on to whatever else would catch their attention in the blink of an eye. One second Lilly would be rolling a ball back and forth with another girl, only to immediately find herself staring off into the distance as the girl turned her back and started playing with a stuffed animal the next. It was far removed from what Lilly would consider to be polite adult society, but in some ways it felt much less stressful and more freeing.
Jessica, for her part, seemed to notice a distinct change in Lilly's behavior as she increasingly began to emulate the other children in their mannerisms and methods of interaction. She couldn't put her finger on what exactly was different about her dear baby sister, but as far as she could tell, Lilly's behavior was beginning to seem much less self-conscious and ever so slightly more like that of a real baby as the day went on. By the time Andrea arrived at 3:00 to bring her sweet sissy princess back home, Lilly was practically indistinguishable from the other children, save for her peculiar height. From the moment Jessica picked Lilly up off the floor and deposited her into her Mommy's loving arms, Andrea knew she had made the right decision in signing Lilly up for daycare, and looked forward to seeing what an extended amount of time in the presence of other toddlers would eventually do to Lilly's surprisingly malleable mental state.
Unlike the two of them, however, Lilly seemed to pay no mind to such matters. For the helpless little sissy who had been devoid of any real choices or mental stimulation for quite some time, philosophical quandaries into the state of her current circ-umstances seemed like a concept that Lilly felt less and less equipped for by the day. Such things were now firmly in the realm of "adult problems'' as far as Lilly was concerned, and besides, it had been such a long time since she used her brain for anything more complex than putting a square block inside of a square hole that even trying to comprehend the situation at hand in the most basic terms made her head ache. It was much easier to go with the flow and simply do what the adults in her life told her, and pretty soon she forgot what it was even like to have a voice of her own.
This gradual development of a much younger mindset would not happen overnight, but as the days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months, Lilly seemed to venture even more down the rabbit hole to complete and total infanthood at an exponential rate. The television programs she had been forced to watch that once bore her to tears were now an endless source of entertainment for the diapered little sissy, who's mommy would look on lovingly and giggle as she saw her little princess bobbing up and down and humming to the merry tunes of shows such as teletubbies and sesame street. Toys seemed to be another area in which Lilly had gained a new appreciation. Once merely set dressing that would surround her unused in her playpen, Lilly had learned to embrace the games of imagination that her peers seemed constantly involved in during daycare, and before she knew it she would find herself shaking her rattle or playing with blocks for hours on end. There was a small part of Lilly that wondered if she had gone mad and let her brain turn to mush, but she dared not listen to it. For all she knew she was trapped in this life forever, and the only way to get rid of the constant feeling of shame and humiliation she had once felt was to embrace it.
This is why Lilly felt absolutely giddy some unknown amount of time later when she would find herself sliding down a large plastic slide and into Ms. Mabel's lovingly open arms, who waited patiently for Lilly below. The daycare had recently had their entire playground renovated thanks to Andrea's generous donations, and much to Lilly's delight these renovations had included installing play equipment that was big enough for an overgrown baby like herself. "Gotcha you little stinker!", Lilly heard Ms. Mabel call out as her body came to a sudden stop directly in front of her chaperone's gigantic pillowy breasts. Lilly was very familiar with the feeling of Ms. Mabel's large, beautiful breasts, as she had nursed them almost every day for some time now. Even now as Ms. Mabel spoke, Lilly could feel the mass of milk from her last feeding sloshing around freely in her stomach, and knew that it wouldn't be long before her lunch would embarrassingly make its way into her big fluffy diaper.
Ms. Mabel giggled and wrapped her plump, soft arms around Lilly's body, picking her up in one fellow swoop. Lilly had never been particularly hard to carry, but the months she had spent being weaned off of solid foods had made her light as a feather and extremely easy to manhandle. Ms. Mabel planted a kiss on Lilly's forehead and began to carry her towards the swingset, where in addition to the normal swings for toddlers that one would expect at a daycare, a larger plastic swing also stood. It was pink and colorfully adorned with pictures of elegant unicorns and rosebuds. In case there was any confusion as to who the swing was for, it also quite literally had Lilly's name written on it in bright purple letters. Lilly felt the cushiony bottom of her diaper touch down on the warm plastic of the swing as Ms. Mabel slowly set her into it, before pulling down the leg fixtures which would hold Lilly in place.
"Alright sissy, time to swing!", Ms Mabel cheered, walking behind the large plastic swing and beginning to push it back and forth. The seasoned daycare veteran seemed to be growing more and more attached to Lilly the longer they knew each other, and by now had taken over some of Lilly's care duties from her sister Jessica, who had her hands full from watching all of the other toddlers in her care. Lilly would still spend the majority of her time in the Teddy Bear Room playing with the other children, but for matters such as feeding, nap time, and visits to the playground she had been delegated exclusively under the care of Ms. Mabel. A gentle enthused smile appeared on Ms. Mabel's face as she watched her dear sissy swing back and forth merilly in her pink cinderella t-shirt and denim blue overalls, suc-king on a bright pink pacifier with her hair tied into adorably girly pigtails. In truth she had originally looked down on the sissy as a pathetic failure of a man deserving of great contempt, wondering to herself how anyone could possibly let themselves be dragged down to such a pitiful level that they would willingly crawl around on all fours in a dirty diaper and be carried around like a newborn by their own step mother, but as time went on her nurturing side would take over and she would begin take great pride in treating Lilly just like any other baby girl (well, except for the occasional teasing of course. She just couldn't help herself in that regard). By now she was totally enamored with the little fairy, almost wishing she could have Lilly entirely for herself.
"Are you having fun little girl?", she called out with a teasing infection as she pushed Lilly higher and higher into the air, "Because you certainly don't sound like it. If you're bored I can always bring you back inside and we can begin naptime early." Lilly knew the game her caretaker was playing with her very well. For whatever reason, Ms. Mabel seemed to love making Lilly act as adorably sissyish as possible at all times, and would relish in making her truly indulge in whatever activity she had forced the pathetic sissy into. Lilly immediately threw her arms up into the air and gave Ms. Mabel the response she knew she wanted. "WEEEEEE! WHEEEE!", Lilly suddenly yelled out in excitement, kicking her legs performatively like an exaggerated caricature of an elated toddler. Ms. Mabel gave Lilly a small chuckle, obviously happy with the fact that she had so much power over the infantilized little brat.
It was then that Ms. Mabel heard the sound of the gate surrounding the playground opening, and turned her head to see Jessica strolling casually towards them with a big smile on her face. She was dressed much more elegantly than usual, almost as if she was headed to some sort of important party or function. Her bright red party dress was accentuated by a striking pair of tall black heels, topped off by her beautiful blonde hair which had been neatly tied into a bun. In addition, she was wearing two large gold hoop earrings, which gave off an equal air of both elegance and opulence, a rarity for the usually much more casual and free spirited woman. Lilly looked over at her sister questioningly from the confines of her swing and wondered why she could possibly be dressed so extravagantly. Furthermore, she wondered where she had been, because she certainly had not been at the daycare that day like usual.
Jessica gave them a friendly wave as she got closer to the swingset, before stopping directly next to Ms. Mabel and beginning to speak. "Hello April", she said casually to her esteemed colleague, using her first name in a manner which none of the children at the daycare would dare ever dream of, "We're all set up at home so Andrea sent me to come pick Lilly up. Sorry if this is poor timing. You two look like you're having so much fun!"
Ms. Maybel took a second to stop the swing before turning her attention back to Jessica. "Oh! is it that time already?", she responded with an air of excitement in her voice, confusing Lilly a great deal. "Well I'll just go get her things packed up and let you handle everything from here. I'm so excited for her. You guys are going to have so much fun. I wish I could join you!"
Lilly's face scrunched up into a mildly confused expression as her caretaker slid the swing's leg fixture up and removed her from her seat. She then handed the perplexed sissy to her sister before excitedly jogging inside to grab Lilly's doll and pacifier. Handing them both to Lilly, she wished them luck as Jessica said her goodbyes and carried Lilly back to her car. Lilly felt a burning desire in that moment to learn what was going on, but dared not ask because she knew that as a diapered little sissy girl, her place was to be seen and not heard. Months of being banned from even speaking so much as her own name had pretty much ensured that. Instead she decided to communicate non-verbally and turned her head directly towards Jessica's, making eye contact with her step-sister in a way that needed no further explanation.
Jessica giggled and patted her baby sister's back. "I know, I know", she uttered in a mildly teasing manner, "You're surprised to see me aren't you Lilly? Well, don't you worry your pretty little head sis, because I promise that I didn't interrupt your playtime for no reason. Mommy has a surprise for you back home that she's just dying to show you! Just wait puddle pants, you're going to squeal like the little sissy you are when you see what we have in store for you!"
Once they reached Jessica's car, she wasted no time in plopping Lilly down into her thick oversized car seat and securely strapping her in. After entering the car herself, she turned the car on and inserted a cd of childish baby songs that she played for Lilly almost every time she drove her somewhere, often insisting to others that it was Lilly's "favorite album", despite no real evidence that this was the case. She further adjusted her mirror so that she could see the quiet, submissive sissy behind her before starting the car and quickly driving off into the distance. Eventually they would find their way back to Lilly's house, which Lilly immediately noted had an alarming number of cars in the driveway compared to normal. Despite the fact that she was used to being babied around practically everyone she had ever met by now, her fear of strangers had never quite disappeared, and she began to get a bad feeling about things to come. Jessica stopped the car at the end of the driveway and smiled to herself as she got out and began to remove Lilly from her seat. She quickly took notice of the fact that as she picked the poor sissy up into her arms, the anxious little thing began to hold on for dear life with shaky, trembling hands. Jessica shook her head and gave Lilly a quick, loving kiss on the cheek. "Relax sissypants", she cooed to him in a reassuring voice, "You're going to have so much fun today that you'll hope it never ends. you'll see..."
They soon made their way over to the front door, which Jessica slowly opened with dramatic pomp as the interior of the house steadily came into view. Everything seemed eerily quiet inside, which began to greatly concern Lilly, who's grip on her sister's shoulder was now growing tighter and tighter by the second. In an instant however, a mass of noise emanated from the room around them as a well hidden crowd of people suddenly jumped into view, nearly stopping Lilly's heartbeat and causing her to unwittingly flood her diapers in the process. "SURPRISE!!!", the crowd shouted at the top of their lungs. Party streamers and laughter began to descend all around them, further confusing the poor sissy who was already quite confused to begin with. Eventually, however, Lilly was able to make out exactly who these people were and what they were doing here. All around her, she was able to make out the images of Andrea, Sophie, Jane, Alexa, and Samantha, as well as various members of Andrea's extended family that she had not seen for years. Reeling in from this shocking revelation, she was further disturbed to see a gigantic pink banner strewn across the ceiling featuring the words "HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY BABY LILLY!" in a glittery adorable font. As Lilly slowly recovered from her near heart attack, she began to feel the full force of unwanted attention weigh down on her, and feared what the rest of the day might bring.