The front screen door closed with a loud clatter, signaling the arrival of my sister's stepson, Brian, home from school.
I was over visiting in the afternoon, having agreed to babysit the boy while she went out to a company function that evening.
Wiping her hands on her apron, my sister stepped out of the kitchen to see her stepson standing just inside the door, sobbing uncontrollably, his face wet with tears.
She rushed forward to embrace him, throwing her arms around him and holding him tight.
"What's the matter, sweetie?" she asked him, full of concern.
He didn't answer immediately, but instead buried his nose into the protective cushion of her bosom, as I had often seen him do when he was distraught.
"Hey baby, can you tell me what happened?" she asked in her most soothing, motherly voice.
He wiped his face and sniffled, looking up at us for the first time.
"It-it w-was T-Tiffany again," he sobbed, "she was teasing me."
I sighed to myself and rolled my eyes, although my sister seemed unfazed by the news. Clearly, she didn't seem surprised that her boy of 14 could be brought to tears by a mere girl.
Ever since his parents had been killed in a car accident and he had come to stay with Julie, she had told me that Brian had been a godsend and yet, also a challenge to her limited parenting skills.
On one hand, having been without children previously, she seemed to cherish having a precocious little boy to mother over. He had never spoken a harsh word in his life, and she said she had never had a need to discipline him.
On the other hand, the boy, due to his timid and delicate nature, was frequently the target of bullies, both at school and around the neighborhood. They saw him (as did I), as being a delicate sissy and an easy target.
Tiffany Johnson, who had something of a reputation in our neighborhood and was about the same age as Brian, was one such bully.
As Julie hugged her traumatized stepson, her hand carefully reached down the back of his pants, apparently feeling for something. I was confused by this move until she pulled her hand out and rubbed her fingers together.
"Looks like mommy's baby soaked his trainers today," she announced.
"Come on baby," she said soothingly, "let's get you into some dry underwear."
"You have him wearing training pants during the day now?" I asked incredulously.
"Yes, sometimes Brian has accidents at school, so I've found this is the best solution," she replied casually, as if it were perfectly normal for a teenager to be wetting his pants during the day.
I shook my head in frustration.
"Have you ever tried disciplining the boy, instead of molly-coddling him?" I snapped.
I didn't mean for that to sound harsh and judgmental, but sometimes my sister frustrates me with the way she handles her boy. In my house, I've solved a lot of problems with a good old-fashioned spanking over my knee. My paddle doesn't get used that often, but when it does, I make sure it leaves a lasting impression.
My sister sighed with exasperation.
"He's just going through a rough period right now--I know you don't always agree with my methods, but in Brian's case, I just feel he needs a softer approach."
I shook my head as she took him by the hand, carefully leading him down the hallway and into his bedroom, which looked to me more like a baby's nursery. Already, Brian seemed to have calmed down, and his crying had been reduced to intermittent sniffles.
Taking him over to a two foot high changing table, Julie sat him down gently and began undoing his sneakers along with the snap on his trousers. In just a few moments, his pants had been removed and were folded neatly, laying on the floor, ready to be put away.
He looked away from me in embarrassment as he sat there, his wet trainers and plastic panties now fully exposed to us. I shook my head again as I looked down at his prissy plastic panties, which were yellow nursery print, just like that of a baby's.
Hooking her fingers inside the elastic waistband of his waterproof panties, Julie pulled them down along with his soaking wet trainers, depositing them in the large diaper pail next to the table. The pungent smell of stale, pee-soaked diapers surrounded us as she lifted the lid.
Looking down at his nearly hairless crotch, my brow rose in surprise as I spied a diminutive chastity device locked around his tiny, insubstantial package.
"Umm, what is that?" I asked in confusion.
"Oh, it's just a little something I got him for his 13th birthday. Back when I first started putting Brian into diapers again, I soon discovered that he liked the soft Birdseye cloth a little too much and he was masturbating in them on a regular basis. After a little research online, I found just what he needed--a secure chastity device, and now it prevents him from being able to play with himself anymore. It also won't allow him to get an erection so he's my good little boy again."
Brian's face blushed a bright red and he bit his lip in embarrassment as he anxiously looked away, bunching his fists in mute frustration.
Quite frankly, I was at a loss for words and I watched silently as Julie gently grasped his ankles and raised them up over his head to smear a thick, sticky coating of Desitin on his round little rump. Still blushing, Brian tried to keep his balance, and he reached over to pick up his teddy bear that was lying on the floor next to him, clutching it to his chest for comfort.
Taking three fluffy thick diapers from the cupboard next to the table, Julie positioned them under her stepson's upraised bottom before lowering him back down on the soft, waiting stack.
"Isn't it a little early to be putting him in diapers?" I asked finally, no longer able to keep my silence.
I knew about her son's bedwetting habit but I didn't think he needed them during the day too.
"Well, I've found that when Brian's had a hard day at school, it makes him feel better when I put him into his diapers when he gets home. I guess it's a sense of safety and security for him."
I shook my head but said nothing. If ever there was a bigger sissy in this world, I certainly didn't know of one.
"That Tiffany is a very bad person," Julie stated to no one in particular, as she sprinkled baby powder over Brian's private area, surrounding us with its fragrant, albeit infantile aroma, "she's nothing but trouble in this neighborhood."
Her effeminate stepson nodded in agreement as he clung tightly to his teddy bear.
While I didn't have a high opinion of her myself, I thought it was ridiculous that she could bring a boy like Brian to tears so easily.
"She always calls me a sissy," he whined in his high, prepubescent voice.
She's got that right, I reflected ruefully.
"I know baby," Julie said as she pulled the bunny soft cotton cloth up between his legs and gently pulled the corners around his narrow hips, "but now you're home and you can forget all about her."
I shook my head as I pictured the tall brunette girl in my mind.
I disliked her for skimpy, slutty clothing and her budding, adult figure, even though she was only 15. To be sure, her body was very mature for how old she was and I knew she used it to her advantage at school.
Brian was completely intimidated by her, and from what I had heard, she used her womanly figure and feminine wiles to push him around, along with a number of other weaker males.
"Here you are sweetie," Julie said as she began snaking a colorful pair of nursery print plastic panties up his smooth legs, "this will keep my baby dry for the afternoon."
He whimpered a little but dutifully lifted his bottom, allowing her to pull the crinkly waterproof panties up and over his big, bulky diapers. She took a little time to run her fingers all the way around the leg openings and his waistband to make sure all of the fat, absorbent cloth was contained within the shiny pink panties.
Lastly, she powdered between his thighs and the wide crotch of his diapers that were preventing him from being able to bring his knees together.
"Okay honey, I think you can put your shoes back on for yourself," she told him as she busied herself putting away his diapering supplies.
Her stepson, anxious to get away from my disapproving glare, hurriedly put his sneakers back on and made ready to leave the room. As he slipped past us to go out the door, Julie slapped him playfully on his thickly diapered bottom, smiling with affection at her babified boy.
She beamed with satisfaction as he waddled down the hallway.
"Thank you for agreeing to watch him tonight," she said as we walked out of his nursery, "He may be almost 15, but I don't feel he's ready to be unsupervised yet."
I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"Looks to me like he's not ready to be potty trained yet," I replied sarcastically.
"Stacey," she said in a tone of voice that did nothing to hide her annoyance with me, "you can raise your own boys in the way you want to and I will raise mine in my own way."
I said nothing and bit my tongue, not wishing to hurt my sister's feelings who I loved, even if I didn't agree with her methods. It's just that I felt she was only encouraging Brian's natural sissyish tendencies. Maybe part of the problem was that Julie was still a single parent. I was sure that if Brian had the firm hand of a father figure in this house, things would be quite a bit different.
Our methods of raising our children were not the only differences between my sister and myself. Physically, we were also quite different. Whereas Julie had kind of let herself go over the last 10 years or so, I had worked hard to keep the body that I graduated high school with. I worked out regularly, and I still sported a 24 inch waist.
And I have to say, I still get a lot of looks when I wear my skinny jeans out in public, despite being in my late 30s.
So it was that after Julie left for her meeting, I changed into my workout outfit and began doing my yoga exercises in the living room.
I've always suspected that Brian had some sort of childish crush on me, based on the surreptitious glances I would catch him making whenever he was around. This was particularly true when I happened to be wearing any kind of clothing that was revealing or snug fitting. His chastity device not withstanding, I would often catch him staring at my breasts in particular, a perverted habit I found extremely annoying.
This afternoon, I was stretching backwards with my arms over my head in a pose that I knew thrust my chest out in a prominent way. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Brian blatantly staring at me, apparently unaware that I could see what he was doing.
My head spun around and I snapped my fingers sharply at him.
"Stop staring at my breasts!" I barked angrily, "Or you'll find yourself with a very sore bottom."
His mouth, which had been hanging open as he gaped at me, snapped shut and he blushed hotly.
"I-I wa-wasn't staring," he stammered, but his bright crimson cheeks said otherwise.
"Why don't you go outside and play," I told him brusquely as I changed poses and put my back to the prissy, diapered teen.
Looking down at his shameful underwear, he shifted his feet and stared at the floor.
"Um, that's okay," he mumbled.
It was hardly surprising that he wouldn't want to be outside, what with his fat diapers and pink plastic panties so obviously exposed.
Still, I felt very self-conscious as I switched to Downward Facing Dog, knowing he was probably leering at my backside.
"Umm, aunt Stacey?" he inquired uncertainly.
"Yes, what is it," I replied curtly.
"Umm, I was wondering if, um, you could...you know...ah, maybe unlock my um...device?" he asked in a halting, unsure voice.
I didn't answer him immediately, although I knew deep down there was no way in hell I was going to do anything that would lead to his ultimate sexual gratification. Nevertheless, as I sat there stretching, a germ of an idea began to form in my head and I was quick to suppress a small smile before it had the chance to show on my face.
"You'd like me to unlock it?" I asked, as I turned around to face him.
Unconsciously, his gaze automatically dropped down to stare at the line of cleavage disappearing into my workout top before he realized I had caught him once again.
"Yes--please," he replied in his meek voice, staring at the furniture now.
"What do you think your mommy would say?" I asked him pointedly.
He blushed again, but did his best to try and cover his lapse.
"She-she wouldn't mind," he answered me, although his voice lacked conviction.
He must have thought I was born yesterday.
"Really," I quipped, the doubt obvious in my voice.
"Oh yeah, she really wouldn't mind," he said quickly, the excitement rising in his voice. Apparently, he really did believe I was foolish enough to take his word for it.
I looked at the sissy, with his big pink diapers bulging around his hips, making him look like an overgrown toddler. Here was an opportunity to give him the strict discipline he was so sorely lacking.
"Okay," I said nonchalantly, "I'll just go get the key."
"R-really?" he squeaked. He smiled big, looking barely able to contain his anticipation.
"Then again..." I said toying with him, an uncertain look on my face, "...Maybe I should just give your mom a call to make sure."