AR Short Stories

Chapter 40
A New Family

Chapter Description: An unfortunate incident makes a family happier than before.

Jack was a cook in a school for kids for all ages, but he was placed during the preschooler's hour. He was very thankful for his job, but he felt like something was missing. Like any school, he had to make special plates and drinks for kids that can’t digest certain foods or need special ingredients. One day, as he was preparing for his shift, he was thirsty and opened the fridge to get something. The only thing he found was a drink for a kid.  As the drink was orange and had nothing different, he imagined it was only some low sugar orange juice, since the tag in it only had the name of the kid ‘Ethan’. He took a glass and poured some juice in it and he drank it, but he felt weird, and when he noticed, he started shrinking! He panicked as he got smaller and smaller, until he stopped at 3. He stopped shocked with only his shirt as a tent. He felt it became warmer, he looked down and saw that he had an accident, realizing he lost his potty training completely!

He looked around and ran to the bathrooms, since he knew there’d be diapers for him. He hid once he saw a teacher from preschool taking two kids to one of the bathrooms. He entered the other one, grabbed a diaper and, after a lot of effort, he managed to diaper himself, as he was leaving the bathroom, he stumbled over a boy his age in a diaper and blue shirt only. “Ga-” His scream was interrupted by the boy. “I’m sneaking out, be quiet!” He grabbed Jack’s arm and they ran to the kitchen. “The cook isn’t hewe, good. My name’s Ethan, what’s youw name? I nevah saw you on the cwasses, awe you visiting the schoow?” The boy greeted. “My name’s Jack…” He answered shyly. “Wike ouw cook! Whewe awe youw pawents?” Ethan asked. “Nowhewe, I’m youw cook!” Jack said. Ethan looked confused, until he looked around, saw the clothes that Jack shrank out of and the wet stain on the shirt said it all. “You dwank my potion?” He asked. “Sowwy, Ethan! I was thiwsty and I didn’t know what to do, and… and..” The former cook asked, desperate and crying. “It otay, I’ve shouwd’ve thought dat couwd happen.”

Ethan sat on a bench and invited Rodney to sit with him. Jack sat with him. “Bewieve it ow not, I was a man in my thiwties dat spent my whowe wife twying to find a way to be a baby fowevah! But to keep dat way, I need to dwink the potion evewyday.” He explained. “Dat’s coow, but what wewe you doing sneaking off the bafwoom?” Jack asked. “Da teachew wants to potty twain me without my daddy’s pewmission, so I sneak evewy time, but why wouwd I be a baby and miss dis again?” He pointed to his diaper as he showed his diaper getting yellow and his back getting big, which Jack giggled. “My daddy was my boyfriend befowe I shwank, but he accepted me since day one, I can caww him on the phone on my bag so I can get the antidote.” He said to Jack, but the kid  hugged him. “No, pwease, I wanna be a baby wike you?” Jack hugged back and smiled. “Otay otay, you can, my daddy wanted to give me a sibwing fow a whiwe, but you need to do something fiwst.” He grinned. “Anyfing!” Jack shouted. “Join the stinky diapee cwub!” Ethan pointed to his padding and Jack went to the ground and squatted, releasing a wave of pee and poop in his protection. Ethan hugged him. “Wewcome to dah family bwo.” But then, one of the teachers came in. “I found you, stinky fugitive.” She noticed Jack. “Who’s that?” She asked. “My bwodah! He entewed in eawiew and got wost. Wet him go to cwass wif us, pwease?” He asked and the teacher picked him up too. She took them to a bathroom so they could be changed. At the classroom, Ethan sneaked into his bag and got a phone in a colorful case and called his dad. “Daddy, gweat news!” After explaining everything, Jack was called, where Ethan’s dad said. “Welcome to the family, buddy!” Jack smiled and answered in a very big smile. “Fank you, daddy!”