This is my first attempt at writing a story so please feel free to provide me with any constructive feedback you may have.
Chapter 1
Laura was your average 15 year old girl. She was of a medium build, pretty without being stunning she was in the last year of secondary school, an all girls school, and was achieving good but not spectacular grades. She was perfectly normal and average in every single way accept one. She had always struggled to keep her bed dry at night. Her parents had taken her to see numerous doctors who couldn’t find anything medically wrong with her and when she started having accidents during the day her parents took her to see a psychiatrist as the last doctor advised it could be a mental issue rather than a medical one.
While at the therapy appointments Laura discussed a number of issues in her childhood and the stigma of being a bedwetter. She recalled the first time her friends found out about it. She was 11 years old and away on a school residential trip. Her mum had packed her Drynites for her that she new she had to wear every night to help keep her bed and bedding dry. However she couldn’t find a good time to sneak it out her bag and put it on before she fell asleep. She woke up the next morning to the sound of laughter and yelling as her roommates found Laura in a pool of her own urine and a very stained bed spread. Due to all the noise a teacher knocked on the door and one of Laura’s friends opened the door and explained to Mrs Smith that Laura had wet the bed. Mrs Smith told Laura to take a shower.
While Laura was in the shower Mrs Smith told the other girls not to make fun of her and help strip her bed so the camp site could wash it. After the bed was stripped Mrs Smith took the liberty of picking out some clothes for Laura to wear that day. As it was a crisp spring morning she laid out a grey and silver Nike tracksuit some knickers and a training bra for Laura to wear. As Mrs Smith was going through Laura suitcase she discovered an unopened pack of Drynites and realised this probably wasn’t a one off that Laura had wet her bed. She sent the other girls in her room to the canteen for breakfast and waited for Laura to come out the shower.
While Laura was in the shower she started to cry. How could she be so stupid? She knew she needed her Drynites but she was so worried about her friends finding out about her special night time underwear but now the situation was much worse. As she got out the shower she heard Mrs Smith tell the other 5 girls in her room to go to the canteen and have breakfast. She was at least relieved that she wouldn’t have to face them when she came out the sanctuary of the bathroom. She wrapped her towel around her and waited to hear the door shut as the other girls left. However she didn’t hear the door shut but she could no longer hear the girls voices so assumed it was safe to come out.
As Laura exited the bathroom she was a bit taken back to see Mrs Smith still in her room and sitting at the end of her bed with clothes laid out for her including underwear and the unopened pack of Drynites. She took a big gulp before thanking Mrs Smith for helping deal with the situation. “Don’t worry about it” said Mrs Smith “However we do need to talk about these and why you chose not to wear it last night” Mrs Smith pointed to the pack of Drynites.
“I know I need them Mrs Smith but I didn’t want the other girls finding out about them and I couldn’t find a good time to put them on discreetly” Laura said wiping away a tear from her eyes.
“Well because we’ve had this issue I’m going to give these to Mrs Applewhite who is looking after the medication and other medical needs for all the children on the trip. We need to make sure you’re wearing them every night so after you get ready for bed knock on Mrs Applewhite’s door and she’ll help you get them on. In the morning, after breakfast, line up with the other students for their medication and she’ll help you get them off and then you can get dressed for the day” Laura didn’t like the word help being in the sentence and while she knew breakfast was early and had been planned that all students would still go in their PJs she didn’t feel like eating in what was highly likely to be a very wet pull up. “Mrs Smith, can I not just put them on and off myself”
“No my dear, we need to make sure you are wearing them and the best way to do that is to get Mrs Applewhite’s help. Your mum had asked for us to update her every day on your situation so Mrs Applewhite needs to check you in the morning and report back to your mum.”
“Oh, ok” Laura sighed.
“Now I’ll go and close the door as I leave, get dressed and join us all for breakfast” and with that Mrs Smith left the room, pack of Drynites in her hand, and closed the door. Laura sat on her bed and had a little cry about how stupid she had been not to put it on before bed and now she was no longer in control of when she was wearing them and for how long. She cleared her mind, got dressed and started making her way down to breakfast.
As she entered the dining hall an audible hush fell throughout the hall. Word had clearly got out about the girl that wet her bed and as she was the only child fully dressed it was obvious who it was. She put her head down and headed to the buffet to select her food. She filled her plate with sausage, egg, bacon, mushrooms and Hash Browns. She got a glass of water and went and found a seat on the table assigned to her room. She sat down had a quick look at all her roommates and exchanged some awkward smiles and again she put her head down and focused on her food. Just as she finished her last bite Mrs Smith announced that breakfast was over and everyone was to go back to the rooms and get ready for the day.
Once back at the room with the other girls Laura just sat at the end of her bed and watched as the other girls took it in turns to get showered and then dress for the day. The first girl to get ready was Laura’s best friend Amy. After Amy was ready she motioned for Laura to join her on her bed and gave her a big hug. “I’m sorry” said Amy “I tried to stop them telling people at breakfast but they wouldn’t shut up about it and now everyone knows”.
“It’s ok” Laura said solemnly. “It’s my own fault”
“How?” Asked Amy
“I should have put my protection on. Then no one would have known!”
“Protection?” Amy asked looking confused.
“Well it’s not the first time I’ve wet the bed” Laura confessed to Amy “so my mum has me wear these things called Drynites. They are basically pull ups for older kids who still wet the bed. I know I need them but didn’t want you all to know about them but now the situation is much worse”
Amy gave her friend a hug “Don’t worry, everything will be fine. We’ll have a fun day and you’ll forget all about last night and this morning” and with that Amy grabbed Laura’s hand and ran out the room to the meeting point to start the days activities.
Laura had a fun day doing rock climbing, archery and air rifle shooting. She stayed close to Amy all day, hardly leaving her side. Some children in the group activities did stare at her and some tried to call her names but Laura tried to just shut it out and Amy would hold her hand when she caught wind of it. Laura felt a strange feeling whenever Amy took her hand. She felt protected and safe and Laura started to enjoy that feeling. Amy noticed every time she held Laura’s hand she felt Laura relax and knew it was helping her friend.
That evening after dinner Mrs Smith announced everyone was to get ready for bed and then meet at the meeting point as they were going to have a camp fire that night. Laura’s felt her tummy tie up in knots. A whole camp fire while wearing all her night time clothes didn’t sound fun. She managed to get Mrs Smiths attention and asker her when she had to see Mrs Applewhite and Mrs Smith confirmed that she would need to see her as soon as she had her PJs on. It was not the answer she was looking for. Once back in the room she found that her bed had been made with fresh bedding. She was glad that she didn’t have to make the bed herself. As she sat down it made a loud rustling noise. Amy looked over at Laura and both girls looked confused. Not knowing what it was Laura stood up and started getting ready for bed. Once in her PJs she announced she was going to Mrs Applewhite’s room to get some medication. Amy gave her friend a knowing wink and off Laura went. As she reached Mrs Applewhite’s door she took a big gulp and started to knock.
“Come in” Mrs Applewhite announced from behind a closed door. Laura pushed the door open and was greeted to the sight of Mrs Applewhite and Mrs Smith smiling back at her.
“Ah Laura my dear I’ve been expecting you. Sit on the bed while I get your supplies ready.” Laura did as she said at sat at the end of the bed while Mrs Applewhite went to her bathroom and returned with a Drynite.
“Stand up and remove your bottoms please Laura” Mrs Applewhite instructed.
“Miss, why are both of you here?” Amy asked as she started following the instructions Mrs Applewhite gave her.
“To protect all of us Laura. To make sure nothing happens to you and to protect us if you try and make any allegations against either of us. It’s also why I left the door open when it was just us two earlier today.”
“Oh ok” Laura said now standing naked from the bottom half down infront of her teachers. “Also my bed now makes a rustling sound, do either of you know why?”
“That would be a plastic sheet, now step in” Mrs Applewhite said as she held out the oversized pull up for Laura to step into.
“Why does it have a plastic sheet on it?” Asked Laura as she slipped each leg into the leg holes of the Drynite.
“It helps protect the mattress if you leak onto the bed. The activity centre said it was mandatory because of your accident last night” Mrs Applewhite said as she pulled the pull up over Laura’s bottom gave her a quick check of the leak guards and a pat on her bottom and told her she was good to go. Laura felt the smallest she’s ever felt. Almost like a toddler having her pull up put on her for the first time that she can remember. She was just about to open the door to go back to her room when Mrs Smith coughed “Are you forgetting something Laura?” She said.
Laura was just about to step outside wearing only her PJ top and her pull up. She has forgotten to put her trousers back on. She quickly turned around grabbed her bottoms and put them on before hastily thanking both teachers and running back to her room.
As she made her way back to her room she could feel the padding on her bottom as she walked but wasn’t sure if it was obvious to everyone what was underneath her PJs. She opened her bedroom door and all the girls were now ready in their PJs and about to head out. Laura forgot that she hadn’t used the toilet all day and set out with the other girls to the meeting point and onto the camp fire. She whispered into Amy’s ear “is it noticeable?” Amy had a quick look and although she could see it a little bit it wasn’t to noticeable and decided to lie to her friend and tell her she couldn’t see a thing. After a short walk a clearing in the woods came into view with a big open fire and logs placed all the way around for the children to sit on. As they all took their place and were handed a cup with hot chocolate in and a pack of marshmallows and a stick to roast them over the open fire Laura felt a tingle in her bladder telling her she needed to pee badly. Her arm shot up in the arm and Mrs Smith acknowledged it. “Can I use the toilet please Mrs Smith?”
“No Laura, toilets are back at the rooms and I can’t let you go off on your own without adult supervision and I can’t leave Mrs Applewhite here alone with this number of children. You’ll have to wait till we all go back in about 30 mins”.
Laura was in trouble, she wasn’t sure she could last the 30 minutes without having an accident.
After about 20 minutes of struggling to stay dry Laura stood up to get her rubbish that just blew away in the wind. As she bent down to pick it up a stream of urine hit her pull up causing Laura to jolt back up in shock. She stood there frozen in fear as her bladder continued it’s involuntary release into her pull up. Laura couldn’t believe it. She had never had a day time accident since she was potty trained at 3 but here she was wetting her pull up like a toddler. She quickly tried to regain focus and control but her bladder had already emptied and the absorbent padding of the Drynite was getting to work soaking it all up. As Laura put her rubbish in the bin Mrs Smith declared the camp fire over and started walking all the students back to their rooms. She caught up with Laura and reminded her to use the toilet before going to bed. Laura looked a bit embarrassed especially as she had just soaked her pull up but lied and said she would. Laura didn’t tell Mrs Smith as she didn’t want anyone to know she had a daytime accident. She figured she could hide it as a night time accident in the morning and no one would know.
While everyone was walking back to the room Amy looked at her best friend and looked at her bum as they were walking back to the room. This time she could make out the outline of her pull up a lot more and it seemed to drop a bit lower. It looked to Amy as if she had already used it but she knew Laura didn’t have accidents in the day so guessed her mind was playing tricks on her.
As Laura was walking back to the room she could feel her pull up was bulkier than before and caused a bigger gap between her thighs. While it didn’t make her waddle she could notice the difference and thought it must be obvious to everyone she was now wearing a wet pull up.
Laura struggled to get off to sleep in an already saturated pull up but after what seemed like an hour of tossing and turning she finally drifted off to sleep. Laura woke up to the early spring sunshine creeping into the room through a crack in the curtains. As she rolled over she rolled directly into a huge wet patch in the middle of the bed that startled her awake. She felt all around her and realised she had completely soaked the bed and her PJs. It appeared as if the Drynite didn’t do a thing to help her last night. Then she remembered she went to bed already wet. There must have been no capacity left in it. She waddled over to Amy and woke her up. “Amy” she whispered “can you get Mrs Smith for me please”.