Lights, Camera, …What?!? Book 1 Chapters 28 and 29 by Sofia Hammerstein

Connor Slane has grown up to be one of the brightest kids in his dimension and one of the most ambitious computer science majors at his top university. Now, thanks to an exchange program between his university and his mother’s alma mater, Emerson University in another dimension. Connor has the chance to forge his own path in computers and his other love, filmmaking. Having seen still images of their amazing holographic films, he hopes go to Emerson, and then return to build his own empire - and maybe even find his true self, as his mother did.

Beth Sylvester is a Tweener herself and another child of influential parents in the other dimension. Her wealthy Big mom is the daughter of a disgraced former CEO, and her dad is the first and only Tweener to serve on the Supreme Court. Connor’s mom and Beth’s dad were good friends while she was in the dimension, and they’ll quickly discover that they enjoy hanging out with each other. They’ll also discover that if either is going to survive to the end of the semester academically or as mature adults, they’ll need to help each other out. If not, Connor could quickly find himself on the one-way road to being adopted by some Big, and Beth might not be far from that fate either…

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The Legal Stuff: Lights, Camera, …What?!? By Sofia Hammerstein
 

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Copyright © 2023-2026 Sofia Hammerstein.
 

 
 

Chapter 28: Back to...
 

SATURDAY NIGHT FLEW by for Beth as she made sure she was as ready as she could be for the semester to begin. She’d hung out with her siblings in an EdgeSphere game for a couple hours before staying up all night working on writing a novel she liked to play around with for fun. She was about eighty-thousand words into writing the book she never planned to let anyone ever see!

After returning to her dorm from lunch, she found a new nasty surprise outside her door.

Cassie was with her and couldn’t help but laugh.

“This is so not funny, Cassie!!!”

“It’s not, but their desperation is?”

Someone had ordered four boxes of diapers that were neatly stacked in front of her room like it was a delivery. A printed label said ‘Elizabeth Sylvester’ to ensure that any passersby knew it was no mistake that they were in front of her room. From where she stood, well away, they were covered in a collection of unicorns, princesses, and cartoon characters that would make any Big mommy coo about how cute they were! Also, from the large size range listed on the boxes, she had no doubt they would fit her!

“That stupid bitch!” Beth hissed.

“I’d watch that mouth if I was you,” Kelly said, standing up from the lounge couch where she had stationed herself to watch. “Any baby who needs diapees like those will get a mouth washing when they get moved to Sanders Hall.”

“Nevaeh filled you in, huh?” Cassie hissed back. “Why don’t you just back off bitch?”

“Nobody does things like that to my friend! Nobody!” She turned to leave, even as Penelope showed up.

“Kelly, what are you doing on this floor?”

“The couches on my floor were all taken, so I came down here to read for a bit.”

“Kelly, if I see you on this floor again, you’re going to Sanders Hall. I’m done playing!”

She pushed passed Penelope even as she came up to the girls. “Someone downstairs said there’s a big girl who apparently isn’t one?”

Beth sighed and pointed at the pile of diapers, “I’m pretty sure Kelly was only down here to ensure her delivery had maximum shock value.”

“You have proof she did this?”

“Unfortunately, no…” Beth said. “You have cameras here, right?”

“Not right by the rooms, only in the common areas,” she said. “I’ll get security to collect these and check the footage. Then, if Kelly delivers them on the recording, we’ll move her immediately! We should be able to see her carry them upstairs!”

Cassie hugged Beth a few minutes later while they waited for security. They took the boxes as evidence, even as the woman leading them looked skeptically at Beth and looked like she wanted to pull her pants down. “You won’t find anything wrong with my underwear Ma’am,” Beth found herself telling her when she tried to check her panties. “My father and President Barnes will not be pleased if you continue to push this!”

Penelope had shown up right then and managed to diffuse things, “Beth, have you ever thought about moving off-campus for housing?”

“My parents aren’t in favor of it until next year,” Beth told her.

“Well, if you change your mind, let me know, and I’ll expedite it from the university.”

Fortunately, no one had gone into her room. Unfortunately, the only people who had delivered the diapers were innocent delivery workers who had been paid by a local Little’s store to make the delivery.

Kelly got off scot-free, having somehow even managed to anonymously pay for the diapers and the delivery!

Her parents had been really worried when she called, and even though she tried to assure them not to be, she couldn’t help but worry more.
 

I HAD A great time hanging out with Shelby and later Meggy, but Ryan had made an appearance too. Even though Meggy was older than my moms, with the rejuvenation treatment, she seemed more like Shelby’s little sister. While Meggy would act like an adult, or at least a fellow teenager, part of the time, it was impossible to mistake her addiction to pacifiers and her mommy’s milk as anything but babyish.

I had turned completely red when I went to the bathroom and returned to find Meggy nursing from Aunt Megan!

“How can she still be doing that twenty years later?” I’d quietly asked Shelby.

“For some reason, Aunt Megan never dried up… she tried weaning Meggy off and went a month without nursing, but her breasts wouldn’t stop producing milk. So she finally gave in since Meggy was horribly addicted anyway and was getting pretty angry, I guess… So when Meggy had her rejuvenation treatment, Aunt Megan had her own done too, so being a nursing mother wouldn’t feel as awkward as looking like a grandma.”

I shook my head, thinking about that still as we approached the campus in Grandma’s car. Grandpa had joined us and was in the front passenger seat. We didn’t speak much as they drove me back, and I fought to not fall asleep from the smooth ride!

We took time to eat lunch before leaving, so it was a couple of hours into the afternoon when we pulled into the Emerson Faculty parking lot. I noted that Grandma still had a reserved space – showing how important she was to the university! She came around to the side and unbuckled me, setting me down on my feet. “Thanks,” I told her as she knelt beside me.

“You’re welcome, we’ll walk you back, but before then, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated you coming to our place this weekend! I was so glad to see you and Shelby make friends so quickly! So, if you’re okay with it, I’ll talk to Dean Northrup and pick you up after your last class Friday and just drop you off for your first class on Monday? After that, you can probably get more studying done at our place?”

I thought for a second, “I think I’d like that, but isn’t Meggy’s birthday party this weekend?”

Grandma laughed, “It is, but don’t worry, you and Shelby can babysit the little ones; no need for you to worry about joining them.” She paused, “Unless you want to, of course; I wouldn’t have a problem with that?”

I blushed, “No thanks… I’m getting enough of that treatment here! Unless something changes, that works for me; just let me know what she says.”

“Will do; now you have your phone, that should be easier!”

I nodded, “Thanks again for that, by the way!”

“You’re very welcome, but you can thank your mom, really. She’s the one who set up the account to help you out here.” She smiled.

I was wrapped in her arms then, “We love you, Connor, even though we’ve never had a chance to meet in person until now; your Grandfather and I have loved you since the first time your mom showed you to us at the portal communication station. But, if, for some reason, something goes wrong, we will move heaven and earth to protect you.”

“Love you too, Grandma,” I felt somewhat emotional at that, but I kept my tears at bay by biting my tongue.

“Now, let’s get you back to your nest; you probably have a lot of new nest mates to meet this afternoon!”

I nodded without speaking and walked beside her and Grandpa back to Sanders Hall. Grandma and Grandpa weren’t the only family members dropping off Littles then. Many Littles had Little parents with them, and others had Betweener-sized parents, but they were among the very rare Bigs. The elevator ride up to my floor took no time, and we walked down the hallway to the next room and found it… empty!

“Where is everyone?” I wondered.

“Probably out for a walk or something; I’m sure they’ll be back. You can take a chance to settle in without dealing with the other things. I’ll email Mackenzie and Dean Northrup the potty chart information for her records for the weekend.”

I blushed, “Even if I don’t have accidents?”

“Especially if you aren’t having accidents,” Grandpa said. He gave me a hug then too, and I watched them leave. I hit the restroom, returned to my still empty nest room, and went to work to prepare for the next day’s classes. I sort of noticed something seemed to be missing by the door, but I couldn’t quite remember what had been there before.

I took the time to make sure my class schedule was marked in my calendar, complete with silencing alarms and any sounds that could come out five minutes before a class until five minutes after a class. I pulled out the tablet then and ensured the schedule was present. Still, I was grateful because the university used MelonCorp tablets that my calendar had already synced from my phone! I took a couple minutes then and emailed my moms and sisters.

I’d sent a separate email to Riley with the picture of Mom and Bella together and one with the family on Saturday, suggesting that would make a great birthday gift to her in a few weeks!

I’d just sent the final message when I heard voices and watched the rest of my nest come in.

I figured out what was missing then… The stupid rope ring line thing was being gripped tightly by the eight guys following Miss Mackenzie holding onto the end.

“Oh, Connor, you’re back! I hope you haven’t been waiting for us long?” She asked as she led them all the way into the room. She looked back at them and said, “You may let go of your ring now.”

There were sighs, blushes, and a couple muttered words that I hoped she didn’t hear as they did so. “Everyone, this is the other new kit in our nest! This is Connor!”

“Hi,” I said quietly.

The stares I was getting from the others were odd… I couldn’t determine what the others thought of me at first glance. Like everyone, I was dressed in the uniform when I returned. My hair was again pulled back into a low ponytail like I usually kept it.

“I’m not going to make everyone do circle time again like we did with Liam, but just so Connor has a chance, can you introduce yourselves?”

I felt transported back to the day we left suddenly as they took turns, “I’m Elijah,” a relatively beefy dark-haired guy nearly a foot taller than me said, “I’m a Psychology Major.”

“I’m Levi; I’m a Poli Sci major,” a slightly shorter blonde-haired boy said.

“I’m Logan; I’m a management major,” a guy with his hair completely shaved down said. He seemed to be a smidge taller than the first guy.

“Hey Connor, I’m Grayson; Electrical Engineering is my major.” Grayson was the tallest in the room, but I doubted he was more than five feet tall. His hair was in a short, white, and blue dyed style that seemed pretty edgy for a Little.

“I’m Wyatt, Journalism,” a rather portly guy who was still probably ten inches taller than me.

“Ben, Chemistry Major,” the second shortest guy in the room beside me said. He was nearly as skinny as I was but had a kind of messy brown hairstyle. “And I have to say it’s nice to not be the shortest anymore!”

“Benjamin!” Mackenzie scolded.

“I’m not being mean; it’s just the truth!” he told her. He was still almost a whole head taller than me!

“It’s okay, Miss Mackenzie; I understand where he’s coming from!” I tried to defend him. “No offense taken.”

“Thanks,” I heard him whisper.

“I’m Jack,” the last guy said, “I’m a business management major too.” I noticed he was barely shorter than Ben, but whereas Ben was a skinny stick, Jack looked like he still had plenty of ‘baby weight’ on him. ‘That could be dangerous,’ I couldn’t help but think!

“Well, now that we’ve all met, you all have about two hours to hang out and get to know each other before dinner. I need to check everyone’s pants quickly here, so please line up by the table.”

Liam looked the most uncomfortable while the others made resigned-looking faces as they lined up before Miss Mackenzie. I ended up in front of Liam but behind everyone else as they let her pull down their pants. I could smell some strong scents as I stood there and wondered if someone in the line really did need their pants changed.

“Uh-oh Elijah, this is the second Pull-Up you’ve wet since you got back earlier! Maybe we should look at something a little more absorbent?”

I watched the guy in front of me twist and turn a little nervously.

“No, thank you, Miss Mackenzie,” Elijah told her.

“Well, if you can keep your big boy pants dry and clean the rest of the day, I’ll let you have one more chance. But another accident is strike three, and we’ll have to take a step back to diapees.”

I heard him nervously ask, “For how long?”

“Oh, sweetie, I think at this point, based on your chart last semester, we probably should just be throwing in the towel on the potty for you. If I put you in diapees on the three strikes rule this semester, you’ll have to stay in them the rest of the semester.”

“But…”

“If you don’t want to return to diapees, just make sure you use the potty like a big boy!” She patted him on the head, “Now, just stay here to the side, and I’ll change you when we finish the other big boys.”

I blushed on his behalf then, feeling horrible for the poor guy.

Three others were wet ahead of me, including the ‘formerly shortest boy,’ Ben, and told to stand to the side too. She pulled down my pants and said, “And what a big boy! It’s such a shame you had that messy accident that first day; I think you might have had a chance at a gold star!”

‘Gee, thanks for announcing that to the world,’ I couldn’t help but think.

She pulled my pants back up and patted me on the butt, “Go ahead and go meet the others.”

Liam was behind me, and I remembered he was back in Pull-Ups if he behaved, so I wasn’t surprised to see him in the Pull-Up. However, I was surprised it was as babyish as any diaper I’d ever seen, with blue coloring and some brightly colored puppy characters on the back. I had just sat at my desk when she pulled his pants down and said, “Wet,” and then turned him around, “And it looks like poopy too?”

“What? I didn’t poop?” I watched him turn around and try and look.

“Liam, I don’t think you’re trying to lie to me, which means you must not know when you’re having an accident. I think it’s time for us to go ahead and face the fact that Pull-Ups just aren’t going to work for you at all. This, plus the three accidents yesterday, mean I should have already put you back into them.”

I watched in morbid horror as he cried as he was lifted up. “You can’t do this to me!!! Put me down, you witch!”

I expected him to be spanked then like he had before, and Noah before him, but instead, she stuffed a pacifier into his mouth. “It’s okay, Liam; I know you’re just experiencing some really big feelings! Suck on this while I get you into the diapee you need.”

One of the guys came over to him, “Connor, right?” He asked.

“Yeah, I’m sorry I couldn’t keep track of everyone’s names.”

“No worries, my name’s Grayson. Looks like your friend isn’t going to be around for long?”

I sighed, “I don’t really know him that well. It’s a big university back home, so I only met him when we left to come here, but I think you’re probably right.”

Liam was soon toddling back towards his desk with just a shirt and a diaper, still sucking on the pacifier, “No need to put pants on since we’ll be here for a while. I can keep a better eye on when you need to change then. That wasn’t a lot of poopy in your other diapee, so I’m sure you’ll need to go again before din-din….”

Grayson and I talked while I watched the other Littles who needed to be changed. One more was threatened with a third strike later, while another was admonished that ‘he’d been doing so good before break!’

I shuddered as I saw a new side to Miss Mackenzie that was more manipulative than sweet like she’d been with me, and I wondered which side was the real person…?
 
 

Chapter 29: Roped In
 

I SAT THERE for a few minutes with Grayson asking about my major before another boy, “Jack,” he reminded me, brought his chair over, and joined us.

“So, we asked Liam about you, but he didn’t know much. Where were you for the weekend? He said you’re from his dimension?”

I nodded, “I went home for the weekend with my grandparents.”

“Wait? Didn’t you just say you’re from Liam’s dimension? How are your grandparents here?” Grayson asked.

“My mom came here to go to college.”

“Wait, she made it back?” Jack asked in surprise, “Not to dampen your dreams here, but I haven’t seen an exchange kid last the full semester since I’ve been here without demeriting out.” He whispered the last part.

I nodded, “I’m not surprised… hopefully I’ll be the first you’ve seen then. My mom actually worked out a deal when she came that she was basically adopted by ‘parents’ that would let her keep going to school.”

“Wait… Who is your grandmother?” Grayson asked.

“She’s known as Professor Westerfield here?”

“No way!” Grayson responded as I heard Jack whisper, “No shit?”

Jack quickly glanced to ensure Mackenzie hadn’t heard. Luckily she was currently in her apartment, having changed all the wet and messy college students.

“So, wait… doesn’t that mean your mom was that famous Stacy chick?” Jack asked.

“I don’t know about famous here…”

“I do! At least she’s infamous here at Emerson. I know that was like 30 years ago, but everyone knows the stories of her escaping from the campus psycho Little mill!” Grayson said.

“And making it through graduation and sending a Big to the hospital!” Jack added.

“She really made it home?” A new voice, who I vaguely thought might have been named Logan, asked.

I nodded, “It didn’t go smoothly when she went home… for some reason, she stayed the same size when she returned.”

“But I thought your dimension only has Littles?” Jack asked.

I laughed, “We do, but she was three feet tall. Even in our dimension, that’s a toddler!”

“She was that tiny?” Wyatt asked.

“That part never really gets told,” Grayson said. “I had no idea – I always figured she was like an inch away from being a Tweener.”

“Why in the world would she let you come here after barely escaping herself?” Jack asked. “You had to know everything about this place? Why would you even risk coming?”

I sighed, “I want to learn about your HoloFilm technology. I was also the size of a Betweener back home, so I hoped I wouldn’t be a Little here when I arrived.”

Wyatt nodded, “I can see that, I guess. Why not go to a university that’s friendlier to Littles? Surely your grandmother could pull some strings?”

I shrugged, “I kind of wanted to come to my mom’s alma mater.”

I found myself badgered with dozens of questions about our dimension and finally asked, “Why didn’t you ask Liam this stuff?”

Grayson laughed, “He had a chip on his shoulder as soon as we started arriving yesterday. Of course, him having ‘accidents’ like he’s developing a case of ‘maturosis’ right now isn’t helping.”

“Then he went and pulled a stupid earlier, so we had to use that stupid rope thing on our ‘walk’ Miss Mackenzie took us on,” Jack added.

“What did he do?” I asked.

“Idiot tried running away from the university campus,” Logan scowled.

I sighed, “Well, you missed Noah going out on the first day…?”

“First day?” Grayson asked, “That takes some work!”

“He sure did an impressive amount of it,” I told them and filled them in.

I enjoyed talking with the new guys and making friends when Mackenzie said, “Okay, boys, why don’t you all go use the potty? Then we’ll go get some din-din!” She was using the condescending high-pitched voice a mother would use to speak to a toddler right then, and I wondered if I’d just been lucky to not have to endure that before. “Liam, come here, and we’ll change your diapee; I can tell from here that you’re a soggy pants!” He drew near, and she said, “Oh, and a stinky pants again too! Good thing we put you in that diapee!”

Since Mackenzie had left him without pants like the first day, it felt like déjà vu. The only difference was that the diaper was no longer pink. Instead, it looked as genuine of a baby diaper as he could be wearing. Something like out of a Pampers commercial back home!

I was in the bathroom early enough to grab a stall, use it, and wash my hands. When I came out, Mackenzie mercifully pulled some pants over Liam’s diaper and set him down.

“Come here, Connor; let’s make sure your pants are still dry!” I walked over to her and dealt with her pulling my pants down and putting her hand on the Pull-Up, squeezing the padding. “Good boy! That’s two stars for you with my checks, and your grandmother also turned in a great report from this weekend!”

I just smiled, “I never had problems back home. Hopefully, I don’t here.”

Each boy dealt with slightly different levels of indignity as they were checked. When one boy who was wet earlier went up to her, she declared, “Levi, you made a little poopy here!” She said when she pulled back the Pull-Up. “What’d you do with the poop?”

“I put it in the potty,” he blushed.

“Well, that is where it’s supposed to go but remember, if you poop your pants, you still need a new Pull-Up! You can’t keep wearing stinky pants!”

“Sorry,” he mumbled.

“Well, since I can’t trust you to be honest with me, we’ll need to stop pretending you’re ready for big boy pants!” Mackenzie picked him up and laid him on the changing table. Quicker than a snake bite, she had the strap across his chest. Everyone else was exiting the bathroom at the sight of Levi losing his big-boy privileges. A baby diaper, just like Liam’s, was taped on before being covered with pants.

Whereas Liam had basically lost it, Levi just looked resigned. I heard him whisper, “It was bound to happen at some point this semester,” to one of the other guys I hadn’t talked to yet.

“Okay, my little Kits, put your little coats on, then let’s grab onto the rope so we can get your din-din!”

I felt like I needed to puke as I soon grabbed a pink ring towards the middle of the rope. She pulled us to the elevator and said, “Everyone stand in a circle!”

I found myself standing on the number five circle as everyone else found one too. “Wish she had just broken out the toddler harness for Liam rather than making us all do this,” Wyatt whispered.

Apparently, even for Littles, it was unusual at this time of the year to be led into the cafeteria like a bunch of preschoolers with a rope string. Thankfully she let us go on our own once we swiped our IDs to enter the dining hall. Seeing no signs of Beth or her friends, I looked for a place to sit once I had a plate of pasta on my tray. Ava and Amy waved me over to their table. I was surprised to see Doctor Benson sitting with them at one of the short tables right then.

“May I join you?” I politely asked, pointing to an open seat beside Doctor Benson at a long table.

“Certainly!” Doctor Benson said.

I noticed that she was dressed in a skirt suit that didn’t look overly tailored to her. “How are you doing, Connor?” She asked me as I sat down.

“As good as I can be?” I told her. “Been a bit of a weird afternoon.”

Amy snorted, “Afternoon?”

Ava nodded, “Yeah… I think we’re the only two in our nest that are wearing ‘big girl panties,’” she said while making air quotes.

“The undergarments are a bit weird here,” Doctor Benson agreed.

Right then, I noticed a bit of a crinkle while she moved, and I couldn’t help but wonder about her living arrangements. “Where are you staying while we’re here?” I asked.

“Well, they had a staff apartment set aside for me, but everything is so far out of reach they’ve insisted that I stay as a guest with one of the university doctors I’m working with.”

“Oh?” I asked, “Umm… that sounds… nice?” A pit was forming in my stomach, and I had a bad feeling her living arrangements may extend longer than our semester.

“It kind of is… I mean, it’s a little bit demeaning that I’m sleeping in what’s essentially a toddler cr… er… bed,” she said, “But it’s kind of nice not to have to cook. Doctor Daniels insists on doing the chores since I can’t reach… so I guess it’s kind of like a vacation so far?”

“That sounds…” Amy caught her voice, “…nice.”

Ava and Amy traded worried looks with me, but I just shrugged. “So, what do they have you working on so far?” I asked.

“Well, I’ve only been to the hospital on Friday so far. They’re pretty strict with their standards, so I essentially have to be in residency again with them. Given how cool their advancements have been with medical treatments, I guess I don’t mind learning more! So far, the only doctor who’s really been willing to talk to me, though, is another Little.”

“Oh…?” I asked, kind of surprised that a Little could be a doctor at all in Ames. “What’s he like?”

“She actually,” Doctor Benson smiled, “Doctor Nickerson is amazing from what I saw. She’s a couple inches shorter than I am, and she claims she’s sixty years old and came from our dimension.”

“Claims?” Ava asked.

Doctor Benson shrugged, “She looks younger than you!”

“Must have had a rejuvenation treatment,” I said.

“You’re right, Connor. How do you know about those?” She asked.

“My cousins and grandmother have had a couple of things done,” I told her just as Grayson and Wyatt joined us.

“Cousins?” Amy and Doctor Benson asked.

“Grandmother?” Ava asked.

I nodded, “My mom went to school here, remember?” They nodded, “She was adopted here… so we consider her adopted mommy my Grandmother.”

“That’s weird,” Amy said as several others nodded.

“This is Grayson and Wyatt,” I said to be polite to the two boys joining us. “Guys, this is Ava, Amy, and Doctor Benson, who came over from our dimension too.”

Everyone greeted each other some more. “So, you met these cousins?” Amy asked.

“That’s where you were this weekend?” Ava followed up.

I nodded, “I think my grandmother is trying to get me to be able to stay with her most weekends?”

“They’ll allow that?” Grayson asked.

“They did this weekend?”

“Remember, he’s Doctor Westerfield’s grandson. Anyone else would probably be told no, but the student union is named to honor her!” Wyatt said.

“Wait, really?” Amy asked.

I laughed, “You guys were introduced to her that first afternoon?” I reminded her.

“I don’t really remember that day much,” Amy said. “I was too embarrassed after…?”

“Someone pulled the old poison the Littles trick that day?” Grayson asked.

I nodded, “Something in the dessert, I think.”

“Jerks,” Wyatt said, “I get really tired of having to watch out for poisoned food.”

“Poisoned food?” Doctor Benson asked, suddenly concerned. “Is that why…?”

I suddenly realized how naïve she was. “Did you have an accident after lunch that day?”

She blushed, “They told me it was probably just travel stress…”

“And some others after that?” Grayson asked.

“Not the first day, but yesterday I had several?”

I sighed, “This Doctor you’re staying with, she hasn’t been offering you any milk, has she?”

“Yes, she has, actually?”

I was just debating about telling her something when Miss Mackenzie suddenly stood over the top of us. “Did you boys make some new friends? Who is this?” she asked.

“Oh, this is Doctor Benson; she came over to help oversee our exchange program,” Ava said matter-of-factly.

“Well, aren’t you a good little professor checking up on your students!” Mackenzie said.

I noticed she blushed, “Thanks. I know their days are about to get a lot busier, so I just wanted to make sure they’re all doing okay.”

“Well, if you ever want to spend the night, I know we’ve got a couple of open pods in the girl’s nests you could visit overnight? Maybe over the weekend?”

“I’ll talk to my… host about that,” she said.

“Well, boys, we need you to stop chatting so much and get eating. We need to make sure you get your rest before your big day of classes tomorrow!”

“Yes, Miss Mackenzie,” Wyatt and Grayson said. I just nodded.

I was about to try and warn her about milk, but Grayson asked, “So what are your majors?”

“I’m an archaeology major,” Ava said.

“Wow, that’s cool!” Wyatt said. “The rest of you?”

“Physics,” Amy said.

“Connor, you said something about Computer Science and Film, right?” Grayson asked.

I nodded, “Yep,” and took another bite of food. I had a feeling Mackenzie wouldn’t leave us long.

“I’m an electrical engineering major, and Wyatt’s a journalism major,” he added for the girl’s benefit.

“So, what classes do you have tomorrow?” Amy asked.

I thought, “Tomorrow is Computational Intelligence in the morning, Holo-Field Theory after that, then Mathematical Analysis?”

“Whoa, that sounds heavy!” Grayson said, “How are you already in Mathematical Analysis? Didn’t you say you’re just a fourth-semester student back home?”

I smiled, “I tested out of everything else? They actually said I could take anything pretty much in the department.”

“I’m jealous!” Amy said, “I couldn’t believe it, but no matter how much I argued, they put me back into Calc I!”

Grayson nodded, “That’s pretty normal for your dimension. Apparently, you all use some weird Base 10 math back home?”

“Weird?” Amy asked. “That’s normal!”

As I scarfed my food down, I listened to a nerdy debate between Amy and Grayson about Base 10 versus the Base 60 used in this dimension. To my surprise, Ava joined in the discussion stating that from an anthropology standpoint, Base 10 made more sense due to having ten fingers and ten toes!

Doctor Benson’s possible doom was forgotten in the conversation, and soon Miss Mackenzie said, “Our group is just about done eating, so eat those last few bites, and we need to get going!”

“Can’t Connor come back with us instead?” Ava tried, even as Wyatt and Grayson wasted no time obeying her.

“Silly, he’s not a little Kitty in your nest!”

Amy blushed then, and I realized their nest must have been Kitten themed while we were Fox Kits.

“It’s okay,” I said. I quickly scarfed the last few bites and, unfortunately, had a bit of sauce splatter on my face.

Before I could go for it with my napkin, Mackenzie was there with a baby wipe she’d magically found. “Going to have to watch you for making a mess on your clothes!” She giggled, “Ready then?”

I nodded and gave an apologizing stare at the two girls. “I’ll see you tomorrow sometime?” I looked at Doctor Benson and leaned in for a spontaneous hug, “Hopefully, see you soon too, Doctor Benson?”

I leaned over and whispered in her ear, “Watch out for the milk; it’s probably your host’s breast milk.”

She made a horrified face as I found myself joining the other ‘Kits’ being humiliated by grabbing onto our colored ring rope to be led back to the dorm. Several Amazons cooed loudly at the ‘cute little Griffins.’
 

BETH AND HER friends had a pizza delivered that night and were enjoying a night of girly time. They’d gone together to each of their rooms that afternoon and picked out their ‘first-day’ outfits before heading back to Cassie’s floor’s lounge to take turns doing each other’s nails.

“This feels like we’re back in middle school,” Livy laughed as Beth painted her toes. “I think you’re tickling me intentionally!”

Cassie giggled while doing Desiree’s, “I don’t think it matters if it’s intentional or not; you are so super ticklish it’s cute!”

Beth laughed then, “Yeah, you are pretty ticklish, Livy! Don’t worry; we don’t let anyone else find out, right?”

Desiree laughed, “Riiight!”

“You guys are horrible sometimes, you know!” Livy pouted as Beth painted the last of her toes a vivid teal color that matched a blouse she planned to wear the next day. Her fingers were already drying.

“That’s why you love us!” Cassie smiled.

“You’re right, though; this does feel like a trip back,” Cassie said. “I remember my friends and I having a sleepover the weekend before school started each year of middle school and doing this. I don’t understand why we stopped, actually; it’s relaxing!”

“And who knows when we’ll get the study monster to come out of her cave after this again, huh?” Livy said, looking over at me.

“I’m not that bad!” Beth whined.

“Yes, you are,” her friends disagreed in unison.

She did the only thing one could do then as she put the cap on the nail polish and stuck her tongue out.

“It’s a really good thing you’re not shorter, Beth,” Desiree said, “I could so see you fitting in with the Littles.”

“Well, I think we all know she’d like to have one at least around,” Livy made a kissing face at her. “Connor?”

Beth sighed, “I’m never going to hear the end of it about him, am I?”

“Probably not,” Cassie said. “But if it really bothers you, we’ll stop teasing you about him.”

Beth blushed, “It’s okay… I’m sure we’ll find a boy to harass you about sometime this semester!”

They all laughed at that.

The quartet hung out until midnight, when they headed to their rooms.

Beth got ready for bed that night and hoped her classes would go well this semester. She certainly had her work cut out for her that semester!
 

I WAS CURRENTLY on my back on the changing table and couldn’t help but blush as I realized most of the guys in their pods could probably see me there. Mackenzie had a gloved hand spreading diaper cream on my butt. She had a diaper already under my bottom that she lowered it onto.

“So, do you still want to go swimming tomorrow morning?”

“Please?” I asked.

“It’s a good workout for me, and it’s fun seeing you enjoying yourself in the water.”

“Will anyone else come?” I asked.

“No one else has earned that privilege, sweetie.”

“How did I earn it?” I wondered aloud.

“By being one of the sweetest portal Littles I’ve had, actually,” she said, smiling as she pulled the second tape on the diaper shut. She dressed me in a footed sleeper that matched the other ‘Kits’ she’d already dressed. Apparently, she’d found fox sleepers over the weekend that were ‘gifts’ to all of us to start the semester.

I blushed and wondered if this attention was a good thing as she sat me on my feet, “Umm… thanks,” I said.

She patted my diapered butt and said, “Now go get up in your pod so you can get some sleepies before morning.”

I could feel some stares and saw several of the nest staring at me. Before turning off the lights, I watched Mackenzie go to each pod and talk to the occupants. I couldn’t help but notice that she was quite insistent to several that they should take the pacifier she offered them. I figured that special treatment would also come to me, but she just lowered the front and asked, “All good?”

I nodded, “Yes, Miss Mackenzie.”

“Well then, you have a good night, my little Kit.”

She pulled the side up, and I felt relieved that I had nothing else done for or to me then. I turned to face the wall away from the open window and closed my eyes. The diaper wasn’t the worst thing in the world, but I was really hoping I would make it through the semester without ending up in them full-time!

 
 

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