Changing reality

Chapter 3
Changing Reality Part 3

Chapter Description: The final part. Thanks goes to FoxingtonIII for allowing me to write his story

The three teenage girls sat and played in the playpen happily together. Playing a simple game of catch with a large red ball. Mostly the girls would miss catching the ball and they would go off crawling after it to bring it back. They amused themselves for a while with the game when a carer came and leaned over the playpen bars.

"Hey girls. Do you want to play in your baby walkers for a while before lunch is ready"

The ball was instantly forgotten as all three girls chimed "YES PLEASE!" eagerly. They crawled to the edge of the playpen and jostled with one another so that they would be picked up first. Molly was gathered up first, she kept her teddy bear close and was carried over to a large baby walker. She was eased into the seat. Her feet didn’t quite reach the floor properly so she found herself balanced on her tiptoes and as a result her crotch was taking the majority of her weight pulling her thick diaper up making it even more obvious than it already was.

She pushed herself along on her tiptoes. It was actually quite hard work. Molly tottered around the play area, really enjoying the haphazard way she wobbled around. Suddenly she was hit from behind and she swivelled round to see Sarah grinning sheepishly.

"Sorry Molly, didn’t mean to hit you. I was trying to go over there." she said as she pointed in completely the opposite direction.

Molly giggled. "Don’t worry about it Sarah. It’s pretty tricky."

"I can do it. LOOK!" Jennifer yelled happily even though she was close enough to the pair that talking would have been adequate.

Jennifer spun herself in a full 360 degree circle and giggled as her hair band fell from her head onto the baby walker tray in front of her. She picked it up and randomly began to chew on it. Molly could still tell Jenny was smiling. Molly felt happy. Clearly her friend was enjoying herself. It was rare to see Jennifer so smiley. The three of them toddled around in their walkers. Jennifer accidentally walked into a bigger girl who was trying to play a game of snap with her friends on the floor.

"Hey watch it baby, stay away from us bigger kids" The girl snapped as she gathered up the large playing cards that Jennifer had accidentally run over with her walker.

"Oh....sorry." Jennifer mumbled and wobbled her way back to where Sarah and Molly were, blushing slightly at her mistake.

Molly had been about to ask what had happened when suddenly she was hoisted from her baby walker from behind without any warning. She yelped in surprise but was then manoeuvred around so that she could see that a daycare worker had picked her up. She only just managed to grab her teddy bear in time. She flung her arms around the worker’s neck and held on as she was supported by her thickly padded behind. The worker gently rocked her up and down whilst smiling at Jennifer and Sarah.

"It’s time for you three to have lunch." She said as two other workers came and retrieved Sarah and Jennifer.

"I wanna keep playing in my walker. I’m not hungry" Jennifer pouted and kicked out at the worker who had picked her up, but her kicks were so feeble the worker just ignored them as all three girls were carried into the kitchen area and placed into oversized high chairs.

"I don’t want food. I wanna play. I WANNA PLAY!" Jennifer kicked and cried and pummelled the high chair feeding tray in a full fit of tantrum but being strapped into the high chair she couldn’t do much else and the worker assigned to feeding her just let her cry out her frustration as a cute baby bib was tied around Jennifer’s neck.

Molly and Sarah were getting similar treatment and Molly sat there quite happily swinging her legs back and forth waiting for food, playing with her teddy bear. She wondered what was even on the menu. Sandwiches probably, or perhaps soup? Her carer walked over to her high chair and Molly had to admit she was a little disappointed to see a bowl of mush coming her way. Baby food. She should have expected that really. It didn’t look all that appetising either.

The worker pulled the teddy bear from her grasp and sat it down on a nearby table. Molly felt panic well up inside her and she instantly began to whimper.

"Don’t worry Molly you can have your bear back once you eat up all your num nums okay?" The worker cooed at the teenage baby.

Molly stared over at her bear not taking her eyes off of it, so she was completely unprepared for the first mouthful of baby food that was put to her lips. She turned her head sharply shocked at the closeness of the spoon, which only resulted in the entire contents of the spoon being plastered over her face. The look of shock on Molly’s face must have been priceless because the worker chuckled quite loudly.

"Oh, you messy thing. Pay attention okay." The worker made no attempt to clean Molly up, instead she dug out another spoonful from the bowl and held the spoon up high.

"Here comes the aeroplane...neeeeeeeeyoooow!" She swooped the spoon down towards Molly and Molly, prepared this time, opened her mouth and the spoonful went it. She closed her mouth and swallowed, then gagged. It was disgusting. Whatever it was she didn’t want any more. She stole a quick glance at Sarah and Jennifer. Jennifer had quietened down by this point and was quite happily being fed, same as Sarah. Another spoonful swooped down towards Molly and she clamped her mouth shut, shaking her head. Her carer looked deflated.

"Awww does baby not like her num nums. Be a good girl Molly, you need to eat to be a big girl."

Molly shook her head more fiercely. The worker pushed the spoon into Mollys mouth but her teeth were clamped shut. The worker gently tickled molly’s feet and Molly let out a small giggle. Enough to let the carer push the spoon further in.

"There’s a good girl."

Molly spluttered the majority of the food back out. It dripped down her face and onto her overalls She really didn’t like it, she wished she could get hold of her bear with the reality altering device to make this bit over and done with but it was well out of her reach.

"If I eat Molly’s food will I grow up twice as quick?" Jennifer asked hopefully.

The worker shook her head. "No Jennifer, this is Molly’s food, it will only work on Molly, but if she just wants to be little forever then I can’t make her eat, she won’t be able to go to big girl school"

Sarah gasped in horror. "Molly, Molly you gotta eat"

Molly grinned. The carer was trying infantile persuasion on her, whilst that might work on Sarah or Jennifer, Molly was well aware of what was going on and she wasn’t about to fall for it. She shook her head defiantly.

The worker thought for a moment. "Molly, just eat three more spoonfuls and you can leave the rest. Okay?"

Molly looked at the bowl. Just three more spoonfuls and she would be done? That sounded like a compromise she could probably manage. Hesitantly she opened her mouth a little bit and smiling at her success the worker ploughed a spoonful into Molly’s mouth. Molly quickly swallowed trying not to taste the baby food. The carer spooned in another mouthful almost immediately and Molly struggled at the sudden barrage of food. She swallowed it down. The third spoonful was at her lips just as quick and Molly turned her face away needing a moment just to catch her breath but the worker swerved the spoon round to keep it at exactly the same place pressed up against Molly’s lips dripping some of the goop down her chin. Giving an inward sigh Molly opened up her mouth and the final spoonful went in. She gulped it down and breathed a sigh of relief that was promptly cut off by a fourth spoonful. It had been so unexpected that Molly swallowed it.

She glared at the carer for betraying her trust, but the carer smiled kindly at her.

"Look Molly, almost done. Who’s a clever girl." The daycare assistant showed Molly the bowl that was almost empty.

"Two more spoonfuls and it’ll all be gone, you might as well finish it" The carer said and Molly resigned herself to the fact that she had been tricked after all. She looked at Sarah who was sitting swinging her legs with her mouth open wide, her face covered in baby food. Jennifer too was in a similar state but had been given a spoon so was attempting to feed herself, rather unsuccessfully as it seemed to be everywhere accept her mouth.

With impatience Molly opened her mouth and let the carer feed her the last two spoonfuls. The carer then took the empty bowl away and came back with a bottle of baby formula which she placed on the feeding tray.

"Good girl Molly. I’m proud of you" The worker said as Molly grabbed up the baby bottle and started guzzling more to take away the taste of the baby food than anything else. She discovered to her relief that baby formula didn’t taste half as bad as baby food and was thankful for the drink to wash the meal down with. She drank it down in record timing and about two gulps from finishing it she suddenly got a large pain in her chest. She half yelped half hiccuped at the pain and her carer simply shook her head.

"Oh Molly you little guzzle guts." The carer stood and grabbed a cloth which she draped over her shoulder, then unsnapping the feeding tray from the high chair she lifted Molly clear and placed the teenager over her shoulder. Supporting her by her butt with one arm the carers free hand gently patted and rubbed Molly’s back whilst the carer bounced her up ad down slightly.

"There, there, it’ll be all okay, you just have a little bit of wind." Molly didn’t care what it was just just wanted the uncomfortable feeling to stop.

The patting and bouncing continued until suddenly Molly burped and spat up some of the formula down the carer’s back, which had been cleverly covered by the cloth draped there. Molly looked at the mess. She had just spat up! Like a real baby? She did feel better, the uncomfortable feeling was gone, but she felt a bit humiliated by what she had just done.

The worker cooed praise at Molly. "Well done sweetie. I bet that feels better doesn’t it!" The carer eased Molly back into her high chair and fixed the feeding tray back in place giving Molly the almost finished bottle of formula.

Molly decided she didn’t want any more. Her two friends were finishing their bottles too and whilst Jennifer didn’t get burped, Sarah did. Molly watched this realising her eyes were getting heavy. She felt really tired all of a sudden and she yawned. The yawn was interrupted by a cold baby wipe being wiped across her face. She randomly felt like she was about to cry because of the cold wake up but the smiling face of her carer stopped her from actually sobbing.

"There. I knew there was a pretty little girl underneath all that grub." Molly’s worker gently took one of Molly’s hands and cleaned it of excess baby food, and then did the same with the other.

Molly was about to ask to get out of the high chair when she suddenly flinched as Jennifer’s loud complaining broke through the remainder of her sleepiness.

"I’m NOT a messy baby. I’m NOT! I almost fed myself all by myself this time. And..and...I can walk loads almost without the walker now. I’m getting bigger all the time and I can talk good, so I am BIG. I AM!" Jennifer was pouting again.

Jennifer’s carer simply laughed as she kept trying to clean up the squirming teenager.

"I know you’re a big girl Jennifer. I was just saying you were a little messy that’s all" The carer tried to placate the whining girl as she wiped Jennifer’s face and hands.

"I’M BIG. I’M THE BIGGEST OUT OF ALLL MY FRIENDS." Jennifer began to cry.

The worker lifted the teenager out of the high chair. "My my. I think someone is a little cranky. It is nap time for you three anyway. Can’t have your parents coming to collect cranky little girls can we?"

The bigger girl who Jennifer had run into earlier came into the kitchen at that point holding a sippy cup of juice. She saw Jennifer having a temper tantrum and giggled walking up to the teenage baby being held by her carer.

"Is baby all poopy?" She asked the carer with a mocking grin.

The Carer didn’t realise that the girl was being mean and simply shook her head. "No, she just needs a nap, poor thing is tired."

The girl’s grin widened. "I don’t need naps any more. I’m going to kindergarten next week. I’m almost a big girl."

The carer again nodded. "That’s right Beth, but Jenny here still has a long way to go before she gets to go to big girl school"

Jennifer wailed some more at being reminded how small she actually was and she buried her head in her carer’s shoulder to cry whilst her carer patted her reassuringly.

Molly’s carer gently pulled Molly from her high chair, and grabbing the teddy bear she handed it to the teenage baby. Molly hugged the bear, thankful for having her reality altering abilities back.

Her carer then carried the teenager out of the kitchen following Jennifer’s carer who was carrying Jennifer over to the teenage sized cots. Jennifer was placed into one and tucked in snugly still sobbing but not nearly as much as sleep began to take over. Sarah was already asleep drooling on her carer’s shoulder as she was gently lowered into her crib and tucked in.

Molly was sleepy as she was tucked in. Her teddy bear was tucked in tightly beside her and she looked at the smiling bear face as the carers retreated away from the dozing teenagers. Her eyes grew heavy but she had a thought that she wanted to put into place before finally falling asleep. Something that Jennifer had said. She pulled the reality altering device from the hidden pocket in the bear and quietly pressed the button. She had thought about the wording of this one carefully.

She guessed it must be about 3pm give or take an hour so 18 hours should be enough.

"For the next 18 hours girls my age won’t have learnt how to talk yet"

Molly felt smug with herself. Originally she had thought to simply say "teenagers her age wouldn’t know how to talk" but then she had realised that come tomorrow when she would want to set everything back to normal she wouldn’t be able to. This way by 9am the effects of her new reality altering would wear off and she would then be free to set everything straight.

The thickening of the air was already almost receding as Molly stared up at the cot bars that surrounded her. She opened her mouth, butterflies in her stomach, not from the effect of the reality altering, but more from the nervousness of what she was about to hear.

She needed a simple word. CAT. That would do. She pulled herself under the cot blanket so that she wouldn’t wake up her two friends as she tried to say cat.

"Buh" She giggled. "baaa burrr suh" She burbled to herself knowing she was trying to say cat but it came out different every time. She found she was drooling down her chin in her attempts to talk, and her eyelids began to get really heavy. She yawned and stuck her thumb in her mouth as she cuddled into her teddy bear.

Now Jennifer wouldn’t be able to complain at all about anything. Well she could complain but no-one would be able to understand her. Molly would finally be able to enjoy the remainder of her little baby trip in peace whilst still playing with her friends. With that thought firmly in her mind and a gentle smile on her lips Molly fell asleep.

She woke to the sound of babyish wailing. Loud. Very loud, babyish wailing. Clumsily she sat up in her cot and rubbed at her eyes. She looked at the clock to see what time it was but couldn’t understand the numbers or what exactly they meant. She looked over to see Jennifer really crying her heart out.

"What’s the matter?" Molly asked only it came out as concerned baby gibberish.

Alerted by Jennifer’s crying one of the workers rushed over.

"Awww little one, wassa matta? Come here"

Jennifer was hauled out of the crib and rocked soothingly by the carer.

"There there, it’ll be all right. Don’t cry. Shhhh Shhhhh" The carer cooed at Jennifer, but Jennifer continued to cry.

The worker patted Jennifer’s bottom

"Ahhh. I know what the problem is. Someone has a stinky bum don’t they. Yes they do. Yes they do! Let’s get baby all cleaned up so she can be happy again okay?" The worker continued to baby talk at Jennifer as she was laid down on a nearby changing table and began to have her wet and messy diaper changed.

Jennifer continued to cry throughout the process, that was until the daycare assistant gently pushed a pacifier into Jennifer’s mouth. This stopped Jennifer sobbing and the teenager quietened down, sucking on her pacifier playing with her fingers as the worker lovingly changed her stinky butt. With a dusting of baby powder and a fresh diaper secured Jennifer was lowered to the floor where she crawled for a few seconds then sat on her padded bottom and grabbed at her feet.

Sarah had woken up and was also sniffling sadly in her crib. The worker plucked her out and stripped her of her wet diaper. Changing her efficiently but kindly then lowered to the floor to be with Jennifer. Molly watched her two friends playing with one another in a truly blissful and happy manner. They babbled to one another excitedly and waved their arms around, giggling. Molly had been so enthralled in watching her friends that it was only when she was being lifted out of the cot that she noticed the carer paying her attention.

"And how is little Molly after her little nap. Is someone a soggy little girl?" Molly shook her head. She didn’t think she was wet.

"Shall we find out? Shall we? Yes we shall! Yes we shall" The carer tickled Molly’s tummy and Molly squealed and gurgled in response. Loving the tenderness and closeness. She was lowered onto the changing mat and Molly kicked her legs up in the air. The poppers on her overalls were undone and as the diaper tapes were pulled open the smell became obvious. Molly had not only thoroughly soaked herself but she was messy too. Molly couldn’t believe she hadn’t even realised she was in that kind of state.

"What a stinker. Are you a stinker? Are you? Yes you are" The daycare worker talked to her in that happy go lucky way that adults reserved for babies. Molly enjoyed this and found herself gurgling happily in response. The carer grinned and tickled Molly’s tummy as she lay there on the table exposed. The tickling made Molly wet herself a little bit more and quickly the assistant pulled the diaper up to stop herself getting covered in baby wee. Molly felt really embarrassed but she had wanted the real deal and this was probably as real as it could possibly get. She was stuck being unable to talk at the moment so she would just have to ride out whatever would happen in the next 18 hours. Still she did feel pretty mortified that she had just almost peed all over the poor worker.

The worker cleaned Molly up and fixed a new diaper on.

"There we go cutie. Now you can play with your friends until your Mommy comes to collect you."

Molly suddenly felt dread well up in her. Molly’s mother was quite cold and distant. She loved her mom but they would never really be that close. Molly always felt like she disappointed her mother, like she was never good enough for her mother’s approval. Mom had always been quite stern and Molly guessed that Mom’s love had gone the day Molly’s dad had walked out of the family. All Molly had ever wanted was a hug and some praise from her mother and it had never come. Molly suddenly wished she could put things back normally now. She hadn’t thought this through properly. She didn’t want her mom seeing her like this.

Molly had been lowered to the floor by this point and she crawled over to one of the colouring tables and crawled under. She would hide, then her mom wouldn’t be able to find her. Sarah crawled in after her, closely followed by Jennifer. The two girls giggled and clambered on top of Molly. Molly wanted to talk to her two friends about how she was feeling but she couldn’t. More importantly her two friends were making so much noise that they were going to give away her hiding place. She untangled herself from them and crawled out from under the table to head to the next nearest table when she was suddenly hauled off of her feet and into her carers arms.

"There you are. Your mommy is here sweetie. It’s time for you to go home."

"Burrrrbaaaaa fftt" She blew a raspberry at her carer causing spittle and drool to run down her face. Her carer just laughed.

"Say buh bye to your friends. You’ll see them tomorrow" Jennifer and Sarah were looking up from their sat positions on the floor, waving sadly at Molly. Molly felt sad that she was leaving her friends so soon. It must be later than she had imagined. She waved as the worker carried her to the hallway where her mommy waited.

"Awww there’s my little cupcake. I missed you soooo much" Her mom, a blue eyed, long haired brunette, gathered up Molly from the carer’s arms and hugged her daughter tightly.

"Mommy hopes you’ve been a good little girl.." Molly’s mom smiled at Molly and then looked over Molly’s head to talk to the worker.

"Has she been good?" She enquired.

The worker nodded. "Yep, as good as gold, like always. You’re daughter is a real pleasure to look after. She very rarely fusses, although she didn’t like her din-dins this afternoon did you Molly" the worker chuckled as she ruffled the teenager’s hair. "But she ate it eventually, so nothing else to report really"

"Did you eat up all your din-dins like a good girl. Well done. You’re such a sweetie" Her mommy gushed at her. Molly felt strange. Embarrassed but elated that her mom was paying her so much positive attention. She had never seen her mom like this. Ever. She felt hot tears prickling her face and she buried her face in the comforting darkness of her mommy’s shoulder.

"Awww sweetie what’s the matter?" Molly’s mom stroked Molly’s hair and made shushing noises in her ear. Molly had dreamt of a moment like this. Even in her dreams it had been an impossibility and here she was getting the attention she had always craved. Her tears of happiness fell freely.

"She’s just woken from a nap and I changed her a few moments before you arrived." The worker seemed perplexed as to why the teenager was crying.

Molly’s mom simply shrugged.

"Babies can get like this though can’t they, where they fuss for no reason. I guess she just wants mommy hugs don’t you baby!" She cooed happily as Molly.

Molly smiled. Her mom didn’t know quite how right she was and in response Molly threw her arms around her mommy’s neck and hugged tightly, causing her mom to chuckle, her eyebrows raised in surprise at the daycare assistant.

"I guess I was right, huh. Anyway, I best be off. Thanks once again." Supporting Molly by one arm the mother waved with her free hand and then left the building.

She walked to her car and opening the back passenger door she seated Molly in a teenage sized car seat. She buckled molly into the five point harness. A loud click signified that Molly was securely fastened in. Molly watched as her mom got into the drivers seat and pushed a nursery rhyme CD into the CD player and pressed play.

"You like this CD don’t you sweetie. It’s your favourite. You always giggle when its on." Molly’s mom talked to Molly, but obviously wasn’t expecting the teenager to answer her back. She talked more for the company. Being a single parent was difficult, and she looked forward to the day when Molly would be able to talk back. She drove home.

Molly was content in the back, a smiling and happy little girl. She kept giving her mommy the most adorable of smiles. Full of such love and happiness as she played with her pink teddy bear. Soon they arrived home and the car drove up the drive way and parked.

Molly’s mommy gathered the teenage baby from the back seat and carried her diapered daughter into the house.

"Mommy has to get the groceries in okay sweetie. So you can just play in your baby bouncer whilst mommy works" She said as she strapped Molly into one of those baby doorway bouncers. It was the doorway between the lounge and the kitchen. Molly didn’t even know these things existed and she kicked out her feet squealing excitedly as the springs above her sprung up and down bouncing her in the doorway. It was really fun and she jumped up and down, still holding onto her teddy bear and giggling repeatedly as her mom made several trips in and out of the house to bring the shopping in.

Once the shopping was packed away Molly’s mom started chopping some vegetables whilst keeping an eye on her giggling daughter.

"My my someone is in a very good mood today. So smiley and happy." Molly’s mom said with a large content smile on her face as she watched her daughter play.

Soon Molly’s mom had made herself a nice stew and she placed it in the oven turning it down low.

"Right sweetie. It’s time for sleepy bye byes for little babies." Molly looked up at her mommy. She didn’t want to go to bed yet.

"No I don’t wanna sleep I wanna play" She whined but she just gurgled at her mommy, who simply chuckled as she lifted Molly from the bouncer and carried her through to her bedroom. Molly kicked her legs out feebly in mid air, holding onto her teddy bear as her mommy carried her.

They entered Molly’s room and she just stared at it in shock. She should have seen it coming really what with all the other pieces of equipment being her size. Her room, which had once been adorned with school books and her desk and her T.V and laptop was now a full sized baby nursery. Complete with cot, changing table, rocking chair and shelves stacked with age appropriate toys for a young baby. The room was pale shades of pink and yellow. It was far to girly girl for Molly’s liking. Molly wanted her old room back. The shock at seeing her room like this made her break out into a quiet sob. She had to remind herself that she could put it all back to the way it was tomorrow. She would fix this. She had enjoyed being a baby but she had had enough.

Her mom took Molly’s bear from her and placed it in the cot then carried Molly over to the large rocking chair noticing Molly’s pained expression.

"Awww is baby hungry. Mommy can fix that all up for you. Yes she can. It’s time for your feed anyway, then you can go to bed and mommy can have her dinner can’t she. Yes she can."

Molly wondered where her bottle was as she was settled into her mom’s lap. Her mom was undoing her blouse and with horror Molly recognised a nursing bra underneath. Her mom was seriously NOT going to breastfeed her was she? She wouldn’t. Molly wouldn’t dare breastfeed from her mom. That would just be too weird. Her mom was humming a gentle lullaby, using her feet to gently rock the rocking chair she released one of her ample breasts from the bra and edged Molly closer to it.

Molly wanted to shake her head, she wanted to refuse but as a single drop of milk dripped from the nipple Molly found to her horror that she was latching on and sucking down the sweet liquid. She wanted to gag but as a young infant she wanted to milk more and so she found herself nursing as her mommy stroked the back or her hair tenderly. The pair of them rocked there for what seemed like an eternity. With her tummy soon filled Molly pulled herself away from her mothers teat and lay on her head on her boob dozing. Feeling strange for what she had just done, having to remind herself over and over that in the morning this would all be put right and no-one would ever remember this had ever happened. Hell she might even make this bit erase itself from her own memory, she’d never be able to look her mom in the eye again after this little incident so maybe it was for the best if she forgot about it too.

Her mom stood, patting Molly’s back gently as she walked back and forth across the nursery floor, being rewarded with a resounding burp from the teenager.

"Who’s my good little girl. Growing all big and strong for mommy."

Molly found herself being lowered onto the changing table and her mom checked her diaper which surprisingly was still dry. Molly was then stripped of all her clothing and dressed in her pink footed sleeper which now also sported poppers in the crotch.

"All fluffy and snuggly for beddy bye byes." her mommy cooed content that her baby was ready for bed. She put Molly in the cot. Molly was happy that her bear was in close range as her mom switched on a cute little mobile with zoo animals attached. It played a tinkling lullaby version of ’in the jungle’ Molly looked up at it, mesmerised for a moment as her mom leaned over the cot bars and gave Molly a kiss on the forehead.

"Sleep tight sweetie." She said as she switched on a baby monitor close by. Then with a final look backwards to make sure her baby wasn’t about to start fussing, she left the nursery.

Molly pushed herself up into a sitting position. Looking around the room. She really didn’t like this any more. Perhaps the device would work on thoughts as well as words. She didn’t have an instruction manual so it was a possibility. She dug the reality altering device out from her teddy bear and looked at it. She pushed the button hoping on hope and thought "Everything is back the way it was"

She opened her eyes already knowing it hadn’t worked because the air hadn’t thickened like usual. Sure enough the nursery greeted her open eyes. She looked at the device. Maybe talking out loud would work with her thoughts. She thought the same question and tried to say it but baby babbled into the device. Again nothing happened. She pouted at it. Glared at it. She guessed she would just go to sleep and sort it all out in the morning.

"Is someone being a chatty little baby?" Molly’s eyes shot towards the door, her mommy was walking right up to the cot, obviously the baby monitor was on and her mommy must have heard her talking. She squeaked in surprise as her mommy leant over the bars.

"What is that you have there sweetie?" her mommy asked confused as she tried to take the device from Molly’s hands.

Molly held tight to it, as Molly’s mom tried to remove it. Molly’s mom accidentally pushed the button. Because there was only two of them in the room neither one would have noticed reality pausing.

"Sweetie, you’re just a little baby, you can’t have things like this." Molly’s mom said sweetly. Molly still holding onto the device felt a sickening drop in her stomach. What had her mother done, what was about to happen?

The air thickened and Molly suddenly felt something strange happening to her. She didn’t recognise anything, she couldn’t understand what was happening, she looked up at her mommy, the woman who provided everything for her and she grinned happy that her mommy was here.

Was it feeding time. She burbled excitedly up at her mommy, forgetting that she had ever been about to attend college, forgetting about the device and about everything she had ever learnt. All of a sudden, this room was her life. Her eye’s glazed over and her grip loosened. Her mommy took the device.

"Wonder where she even got this?" Her mommy held it up to the light, then shrugged and dumped it in the bin.

Molly cooed and dribbled down her chin wavering her arms up in the air wanting to be picked up. Molly’s mom chuckled.

"Awww you little rascal, I should have known it was too easy putting you to bed today." Molly’s mom lifted the baby teenager from her cot and gave her a hug rocking the teenager back and forth.

"I love you sweetie"

Molly didn’t understand the words her mommy said but enjoyed the tone as she laid her head on her mommy’s shoulder allowing herself to be rocked into blissful sleep.