It was a beautiful day as Lisa pulled her car into a parking spot located on the outskirts of a local college campus. Tim was excitedly looking out of the window from his car seat. Even though he had never been to this particular campus, the general college campus vibe sent waves of nostalgia through him. He replayed memories that seemed like they took place years ago of him taking long walks through the campus to get to classes and labs on time, and engaging with conversation at the student union. Really all this happened only a few months ago, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at Tim. Tim was stuck in the body of a child, and dressed like a toddler. He was reminded of this fact and abruptly broken from his nostalgic reminiscing by Lisa opening the car door.
“I figured you’d be taking a nap back there,” Lisa smiled and immediately pressed against Tim’s crotch. “Soggy baby!” Lisa sang out loudly.
“Lisa!” Tim hissed as he looked around. Thankfully it seemed no one was in this particular parking lot to hear the embarrassing statement, but that didn’t make Tim feel much better. Lisa unbuckled him and held him standing next to the car. Tim was wearing a very childish space themed shirt, it was white and had a light blue smiling moon on it that greeted a similarly smiling cartoon rocket ship. A pink pacifier with a cartoon princess on it was clipped to the collar with a pink and purple clip. Lisa pulled down the shorts that complimented this shirt to fully assess the state to Tim’s diaper. “Do you really need to do this?”
“I have to check if you need a diapee change silly,” Lisa ignored Tim’s complaints. “I bet it would be more embarrassing if you leaked in the middle of your little talk.” Tim just signed and let Lisa finish. Apparently, he was not ready for a change as his shorts were pulled back up. “Now do you want your leash or your stroller?” Tim frowned, not really a fan of either option, but he knew there was no arguing with Lisa. Tim remembered from his time at university that a lot of walking would be involved today. Even when he had an adult body, he found the walking tiring, it would no doubt be worse in his current body. Not to mention the stroller would be a free seat for the lecture.
“Stroller,” Tim said after his moments of thought.
“I thought so. It’s just too long for my little baby to walk huh?” Lisa cooed as she opened the back of her car. Tim sighed at Lisa’s phrasing. She retrieved the stroller from the back and unfolded before picking Tim up and strapping him in it. “I’ll bring your leash anyway in case you need some exercise.” Lisa talked mostly to herself as she placed the harness and leash along with a diaper bag into a small storage space under the seat of the stroller. As a final touch she handed Tim a baby bottle of water and extended the stroller’s canopy blocking the sun from Tim’s face.
The two made their way into the campus proper. As they got deeper into the campus, they saw steadily more and more people milling about. Thankfully none of them paid much mind to Tim or Lisa. Everyone had their own place to get to, and, while the site of someone pushing a stroller though campus was rare, it wasn't unheard of. Additionally, Tim looked like someone who belonged in a stroller so he didn’t get any second glances. In a lot of ways, he was someone who belonged in a stroller now.
“I don’t understand you sometimes,” Lisa said to Tim as she walked. “This thing we’re going to, it doesn’t seem very child friendly. Wouldn’t you rather go to the park or watch some cartoons.”
“I’m not actually a child remember,” Tim huffed in response.
“Are you quite sure about that sweetie?”
“I am! You promised me this remember? After I let you take me to the park in that … outfit.” Lisa lovingly thought back to that day. Tim was blushing profusely as he was led around the park on his leash while wearing a short and frilly princess dress that failed to cover his diaper. The pink princess pacifier that he suckled then was clipped to his shirt today. It had become his favorite pacifier, or, more accurately, Lisa’s favorite pacifier to give him.
“Oh, you were such a cute little princess,” Lisa mused happily. “It’s ok for boys to be princesses too you know.”
“Regardless,” Tim tried to move past the embarrassing memory. “I let you put me in that dress and parade me around the park and I didn’t complain the whole time. You agreed you’d take me to this lecture if I did.”
“You were a good boy,” Lisa admitted. “That deserves a reward. I just wish you had picked a different reward.” Tim didn’t respond and just suckled away at his bottle.
In some ways Tim sympathized with Lisa. They were headed to a very complex discussion on quantum physics. Quantum physics was Tim’s primary subject when he was in college and he was something of a subject matter expert. It was a quantum experiment that left him de-aged to begin with. He was working on the absolute cutting edge of his field, most lectures like this were beneath him. He could sympathize that, without the proper knowledge, such lectures would be two hours of boring gobbledygook. Despite how overbearing his aunt could be, she was willing to sit through a very boring two hours for her on his behalf.
The reason Tim wanted to go to this lecture was more than just his love of the subject, however. This lecture was being given by Tim’s old professor. Tim had a hope that by going to this lecture he might learn more about his predicament, and maybe even come up with some way to reverse it. Tim had somewhat lost hope that his college would come to the solution on their own. They were brilliant, but Tim was a savant. Sadly, given his state and the general panic his condition would cause, Tim had been sequestered away and barred from the information. It was a long shot, but maybe if he could just get some of the results from the experiment that left him in his current body, he could find a way to reverse it. Even if he couldn’t reverse his de-aging, he was curious about what was learned from his fateful experiment.
“I believe this is the building,” Lisa studied a small map she had brought with her.
“It should be in the auditorium,” Tim leaned forward in his stroller eagerly and pointed at the building.
“Ok ok we’re going,” Lisa giggled as she pushed the stroller toward the serious looking academic building.
The two made their way to the front of the building, a small sign advertised the lecture that was about to take place. A tired looking student was waiting outside of the building and directing other students to the correct place. She seemed to suddenly wake up on seeing Lisa pushing the stroller with Tim in it.
“Hey uh ma’am,” the girl said unsurely. “I don’t think children are allowed in this presentation.”
“What?” Tim said from the stroller. “That’s not fair! I need to go,” Tim wiggled in the stroller’s restraints.
“Sorry little guy,” the student was clearly confused as to why a child would even want to attend much less be upset about being turned away.
“Oh, it’s fine dear,” Lisa smiled. “We’ll go find something else to do.”
“No! Lisa!” Tim yelled but he was ignored by Lisa as she walked away. It was only after they were out of earshot that Lisa leaned into the stroller and forced the pacifier into Tim’s mouth.
“We are not going to have a tantrum now little boy.” It was only after Tim suckled the pacifier and calmed down some that he realized how upset he had gotten. He blushed a bit at just how upset he had gotten and how childish he must have looked. “There. Pacis really do work wonders.”
“Aunt Lisa,” Tim said removing the pacifier. “I’m sorry I got mad, but I really really wanted to go to that lecture.” Tim gave his best puppy dog eyes to Lisa as he spoke. “Pretty please can we go.” Lisa sighed as the cute begging visibly affected her demeanor and softened her expression.
“Ok sweetie,” Lisa sighed and put the pacifier back in Tim’s mouth. “Keep that in and let your aunt take care of it.” Time obeyed suckling the pacifier as Lisa returned to the tired student. “Hi ma’am,” Lisa spoke to the student again in a calming tone. “I’m really sorry about little Timmy here you know how kids can get.” The student smiled in a way that betrayed she really didn’t know how kids can get. “Listen, I really need to get into this lecture. I’m not doing great in physics and my professor promised me some extra credit for attending."
“Oh,” a flash of sympathy went across the student’s face.
“I know kids aren’t allowed, but my sitter couldn’t make it today. I’m really in a bind.”
“I’m sorry but …”
“Look he’s got his paci in,” Lisa didn’t let the student finish. “In a few minutes he’s gonna be out like a light especially in a lecture. Please help me out here.” Sympathy visibly tore at the student for a moment.
“Well, if you can keep him quiet,” the student began. “There’s some space on the second floor of the auditorium. Children still aren’t allowed so just keep your head down and keep him quiet.”
“Thank you so much I really appreciate it,” Lisa quickly sped off into the building before the student could change her mind.
“Lisa …” Tim started to say but Lisa cut him off.
“Keep your paci in sweetie we need to be quiet.” Tim obeyed and suckled away at the pacifier.
The two made their way to a quiet corner on the second-floor balcony as a small crowd of students shuffled in, all comfortably fitting on the floor below. Seeing that they were alone, Lisa wheeled the stroller to the edge of balcony, next to the railing, so Tim could get a good view of the lecture. Tim leaned forward eagerly in the stroller as the familiar professor took the stage and the lecture began.
Unfortunately, the lecture did not really give Tim any new information, but he did enjoy it. Listening to a lecture from his old professor made him feel normal again, despite the straps of the stroller, the nipple of the pacifier, and the growing dampness in his diaper reminding him otherwise. After two short hours for Tim and two long hours for Lisa, the lecture ended with only a few q and a questions. There was a general murmur as students filed out and the professor started to pack his things.
Tim suddenly saw his chance. He didn’t really learn anything from the lecture but he could still learn something from his professor. He let the pacifier in his mouth drop out as he fiddled with the buckle keeping him stuck in the stroller. He got very frustrated at how long it took him, but he eventually did free himself. He clamored out of the stroller and started to make his way toward the first floor of the auditorium. He didn’t make it very far.
“Where are you running off too?” Lisa scooped Tim up and spun him around.
“Let go! I need to talk to him!” Tim squirmed.
“You need to calm down; how did you get out of your stroller?” Lisa put the pacifier back in Tim’s mouth.
“Lisa! Let go!” Tim found the pacifier pushed back into his mouth more forcefully.
“Your behavior today has not been very good,” Lisa chided. She was easily able to handle Tim while she reached under the stroller to get the baby leash. “You are clearly ready for a nap.”
“Ah nah,” Tim complained over the pacifier in his mouth. Lisa didn’t understand him and she didn’t care too.
“There,” Lisa said as she tightened the harness around Tim and clipped on the leash. “Let’s see you get out of that one.” Tim fumed because he knew he couldn’t get out of it. Unlike the stroller the release for the baby leash was on his back and he couldn’t reach it as easily, especially with Lisa having a better eye on him. “Maybe walking back to the car will burn of some of this energy too.”
With the leash secured on Tim Lisa sat him back on the ground. Tim tried his best to free himself from the leash, or escape his aunt’s grasp while still on the leash. Both were easily thwarted by Lisa who was able to shrug off any attempted escape attempt.
“Lets go home sweetie,” Lisa tied Tim’s leash to the stroller and walked off. Tim was, of course, forced to walk along as the leash tugged him in the opposite direction he wanted to go.
“No! No! Go back!” Tim sobbed. Lisa expertly ignored the outbursts of emotion, walking calmly ahead and forcing the tantruming Tim to follow.
“Yeah, someone definitely needs a nap,” Lisa smiled happily as she and Tim continued walking back to her car.
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