“You sure you don’t want something … different,” Janice said behind Maddy. Maddy could see her girlfriend’s face peering over her shoulder in the mirror that was reflecting a typical work outfit for her. It was simple brown cardigan with a respectably lengthed grey skirt.

“Someone on the board might see us in the airport,” Maddy turned around to face her similarly dressed girlfriend. Janice was pulling the look off with a bit more grace as she was more comfortable in business attire. Her white blouse was hidden underneath a sharp, black, short sleeve jacket, and her long and thin skirt matched. It was long enough that her black ankle socks were enough to form a seamless covering. The only misstep was her colorful shoes. She needed shoes that were comfy and she didn’t have any that were and that matched the outfit. “If they see me in a cute outfit and on a leash before my presentation, they’ll never be able to take me seriously,” Maddy continued.

“That’s a bit of a stretch dontcha think?” Janice more asked than said. “I mean you booked everything yourself. I figure the rest would use the company travel agent.”

“Most would, but not all of them. Plus, we’re all leaving out of the same airport, and there’s only so many flights leaving at a decent time. It’s likely I picked the same flight time as the travel agent.”

“Right,” Janice had to agree the logic was sound. “Are you sure you’re gonna be ok though? Have we ever flown anywhere where you didn’t have your leash on?”

“I’ll be fine. I work in these kinda clothes all day. I can manage.”

“If you’re sure,” the unease in Janice’s voice was clear, but it wasn’t something she was willing to force. Not only did Maddy have a point about possibly seeing other people from the company, but also Janice knew that she could be overbearing with Maddy sometimes. Janice tried to restrain herself from being overly mothering with her girlfriend and only put her foot down with her when it was really needed, or when it was fun. “Still need the diaper bag though, right?”

“Yeah. As bad as being on a leash would be that’s nothing if I wet myself,” Maddy smirked. “We ready?” Janice almost told Maddy to clip a pacifier onto her collar but stopped short just in time.

“I guess so.”

Maddy confidently slung a laptop bag over her shoulder and grabbed one of the two large suitcases with Janice grabbing the other and the diaper bag. They quickly packed their bags in the car. Janice couldn’t hide the look of disappointment she had when Maddy took the passenger seat and buckled herself in leaving both car seats in the back unoccupied. Thankfully, Maddy was too busy confirming their gate and departure on her phone to notice Janice's glum expression.

They were at the airport before too long and it didn’t take long for Maddy to miss the gentle tug of the leash she usually wore. Airports were always chaotic, and despite her planning Maddy struggled to keep up with everything. Thankfully, Janice was always a natural at navigating bureaucracies like this, so she picked up Maddy's slack. Eventually they got past all the most stressful parts and made it to the relatively relaxing wait of their plane’s arrival. Maddy only noticed that she was holding Janice’s hand as they moved to the gate’s seating area. She quickly removed it when she did with a bit of a blush. Maddy really needed something to relax and reflexively reached for a pacifier that wasn’t clipped to her shirt.

“That’s always a fun time,” Janice said sarcastically causing Maddy to refocus her attention. “We got a bit before the plane gets here. You need a change?” Maddy struggled to remember how often she had wet herself during the whole ordeal, and she was drawing a blank. So, she looked around to ensure there was no one looking directly at her as she quickly pressed her diaper against herself to judge how full it was. “That looks like a yes,” Janice gave a sympathetic smirk as she noticed Maddy’s face.

“Yeah,” Maddy admitted.

“Come on lets’ get that taken care of, or do you want to do that yourself?”

“They have private changing rooms here yeah?”

“They do.”

“Then I would much rather you help.”

“I had a feeling,” Janice smiled happily as she gently grabbed Maddy’s hand and they made their way to the closest changing room. The closest was occupied, but serendipitously the occupants left as they approached. A boy and girl exited the changing room. It looked like they were both still in diapers, at least judging by their clothes, the pacifiers dangling from their shirts, and the chest harnesses around them. The girl was the one holding the boy’s leash, a hint to which of the two had just gotten changed. They both gave Maddy and Janice an embarrassed look before they toddled off.

Maddy found herself staring as they left, lost in thought a bit. Suddenly her attire felt uncomfortable. She was missing her leash and even her pacifier even more than before. The whole experience had changed her mind on the soother somewhat, and she made a note to not fuss nearly as much next time Janice insisted on it. She still cursed herself about the whole thing though. She was supposed to be working on moving past leashes and pacifiers, not longing for them.

“You ready?” Janice asked bringing Maddy back to reality.

“Yeah, sorry just spacey I guess.”

“Flying right?” Janice said misinterpreting her girlfriend’s mood as from travel stress.

“Yeah,” Maddy let Janice believe that. The two moved into changing room and they went through the process of a diaper change like the routine thing it was.

“You enjoying your moment off of your feet,” Janice smirked while she changed Maddy out of her wet diaper.

“Yeah, I gotta lug all that extra weight around,” Maddy joked. “I get tired faster.”

“Well, that is a lot of extra weight,” Janice joked back as she got a new diaper out.

“It’s one of my most attractive qualities,” Maddy was joking, but the comment did elicit a more wistful laugh from Janice, who quickly finished the change with her expert speed.

“Let’s get back before all the good spots are taken,” Janice said helping Maddy off of the changing table. With a quick flattening of her skirt, she was back to looking professional and ready to head back out.

After a semi lengthy wait Maddy and Janice's plane arrived and they boarded without incident. Maddy had flashbacks as she rounded the corner of the plane to seeing a five-point harness booster seat, but, thankfully, no such seat was in her spot. She sighed in relief as she scooted in.

“Looks like you were right,” Janice said sitting next to Maddy. “I think I’ve seen quite a few people from the office.”

“I figured. Still worth it for me to book it myself, I have no doubt that if I didn’t you’d be buckling me in to a car seat right now.”

“You say that like you wouldn’t like it,” Maddy shot Janice a look at that comment and Janice dropped the subject.

“Since you aren’t though you get to have the in-flight wine with me,” Janice smirked while gently elbowing Maddy.

“I’ll probably still get the juice,” Maddy explained. “Never got the appeal of getting buzzed on a plane, but I’ll be glad the juice won’t come in a sippy cup this time.

The flight was uneventful. Maddy and Janice spent the time sharing a tablet that was playing an action movie where a grizzled vet of an unknown but undoubtedly very serious war saved a bunch of diaper clad teenagers from an overly complicated trap set by an ex special forces agent from the same war, followed by a trashy reality show until the plane finally touched down. Maddy could almost feel the change in the air as the left the plane. It felt like vacation, and she was eager to have that vacation, but until her presentation was over, she had to be on her A game.

“Ok first we need to check in to the hotel, and then we need to go out and get you some …” Maddy cut Janice off with a cough and waved with a professional smile as one of the board members walked past the two giving a knowing nod to them.

“Right sorry,” Janice blushed a little.

Thankfully exiting the airport was easier than entering it. Before long Maddy and Janice had their bags and boarded a bus to their hotel. In an equally short amount of time the two were in their room.

Once the door was shut Maddy flopped onto one of the two beds in the room with a long and loud sigh. Janice laughed and opened the curtains.

“Wow look at the view!” Janice exclaimed as the yellow-red light of the evening sun shone in. That setting sun looked like an oil painting as it rested on the ocean on the horizon and reflected off the water in a series of impossible colors.

“Looks great babe,” Maddy said still laying on her back.

“You didn’t even see it!”

“I can see it in my peripherals.” Janice scoffed as she made her way to the still flopped girl. She took advantage of her laying position to dramatically lift her skirt to reveal the soaked diaper underneath.

“Just like I thought.”

“It was a long flight. And if even if I were potty trained, I wouldn’t use those plane bathrooms.”

“That’s fair,” Janice giggled and wordlessly started changing Maddy’s diaper. “Those things are kinda scary. Like I was saying at the airport we gotta go buy you some diapers, this is your last one.”

“They aren’t going to have the prints I like,” Maddy complained.

“You never know until we look,” Janice said as she threw the wet diaper away in the hotel’s pitifully small trash can. “It’s your idea to buy diapers when we get to where we’re going, I’ll have you know.”

“I know. Diapers just take up so much space in the suitcase. Still sucks I can’t have any cute prints.”

“Don't be so defeatist I'm sure you'll find something you like,” Janice said taping the new diaper on tight. “I’m gonna have to get a diaper pail up to the room, you want me to get you a crib too.” Maddy visibly struggled with the idea. “It’s just in the room sweetie, no one’s gonna look in.”

“A crib might be nice,” Maddy admitted.

“I thought it might,” Janice smiled. “Remember once that presentation is done, you’re in vacation mode, which means no more stuffy Maddy.”

“Right right, I didn’t forget.”

“Good. Come on, let’s get you diapers before you go through that one.”

There was a small convenience store within walking distance of the hotel and Maddy did manage to find diapers with a relatively cute print of simple letter blocks across the landing strip. Janice was a little chuffed that this convenience store also sold swim diapers. Significant space in their suitcase was taken up by swim diapers they had special ordered thinking there wouldn't be any at their destination, and Janice was cursing herself that she could have saved space in the suitcase for souvenirs. In retrospect it made sense that a tourist beach side town would have swim diapers ready to buy.

With diapers in hand, Maddy and Janice made their way back to the hotel. Maddy was acutely aware of the pack of diapers in her hand and the very childish packaging they came in, as well as what it meant that she was carrying them. It was unfortunate that in this compromised position Maddy and Janice heard a familiar voice.

“Well fancy that, we got the same hotel,” the haughty voice of Marie Shcwartsman echoed across the lobby. Maddy and Janice both winced before putting on their professional faces as they turned to face their boss. Despite the tropical climate, Marie was still fully covered with a nice-looking brown leather pants suit. If she was hot under there, she showed no signs of it outwardly. “Glad to see you made it, and that you’re prepared,” Marie said noting the pack of diapers Maddy was carrying.

“Maddy is a pretty capable travel agent,” Janice answered quickly.

“So it seems. I could have gotten you a suite if you had let the company handle it though.”

“We’re fine with the room we have. We plan on being out most of the day anyway.”

“Indeed,” Marie looked over Janice to her daughter. “Are you still giving a presentation dear?”

“That’s the plan,” Maddy said tensely.

“Oh, how fun. The board is looking forward to hearing it.”

“Fun isn’t really what I’m going for.”

“I’m sure you tried you’re best and it will be very good,” Marie said dismissively.

“It is very good actually,” Maddy responded defensively but politely. “I think you’ll be surprised, though it seems like with the expectations you have for me, you’d be surprised if my presentation wasn’t about cartoons.”

“As prickly as ever,” Marie said, some of the jovialness leaving her voice. “You certainly have your hands full it seems,” she directed toward Janice.

“I manage,” Janice said quickly, not wanting to get in the middle of the heated family drama. Marie made a sound that was something like a giggle.

“Well, I’m sure we both have a lot to do before tomorrow,” Marie’s usual smile returned. “I’ll be retiring to my room. It’s the presidential suite if you want to come visit. Despite what you may think of me Maddy I do enjoy when you come to visit.” Maddy’s response was to turn away from her mother with a pout.

“We’ll keep that in mind ma’am,” Janice answered politely for Maddy. The two stood for a moment as the matriarch slowly made her way to the elevator. “Guessing you don’t want that crib anymore?”

“Nope,” Maddy said angrily.

“Well, I still gotta get the pail,” Janice said with a sigh. “Go ahead and head up and relax. Don’t let her get into your head. She’s not the only one on the board you know.” Maddy didn’t respond but took the opportunity to leave. Janice made her way to the concierge to order the diaper pail to the room, and to order the crib anyway just delayed a day. She had a feeling Maddy would change her mind after tomorrow.

AUTHORS NOTE: New chapter everyone. Maddy and Janice are making their way to their coporate meeting/vacation and Maddy is having a hard time playing the role of business lady, relatable. Hope you all enjoy. If you did consider subscribing over on ream https://reamstories.com/bigred0603 or subscribe star https://subscribestar.adult/bigred0603