What do you do when you look 7 years old, but you're actually a college student in your late teens? For Kathleen's entire life, she had fought against people treating her much younger than her actual age. Feeling obligated to grow up fast to show people she wasn't the age of her size, Kathleen never let her inner child out. Tired of fighting against the world, she explores the adult submissive world. What she finds, however, is an enjoyment of regression. Had she made a mistake? Would life be better if she just let people treat her how she looks, 7 years old?

Edited November 2023 to fix grammar issues.

The next morning Katie Ann rolled over and tried to figure out how she got from the car to being in bed complete with the bedrail up. Still laying in her bed hugging her new mouse, she tried to figure out if being regressed constantly was a good thing. She wondered if being her real age of nineteen was even possible for her anymore. She was soon distracted from her thoughts by the noise of the bathroom door opening.

“Morning little girl, you sleep well?” Allison answered, putting the bedrail away.

Katie answered, “Yes, I did. Hey Ally?” After getting a reply, she continued, “I would like to grow up to possibly go home to my folks.”

Ally questioned the possible nature of the trip.

Continuing, Katie replied, as she got out of bed, “I haven’t called them to see if they are busy yet.”

“Kath, as previously discussed, nothing is stopping you from growing up. I will notify Tiff you have grown up. Would you still like me to take your padding off?”

“First, child or college student, I am still Katie Ann. I will remove it, and undress myself if you will undo my buttons on the back of my nightie.” Remembering that she has developed a bedwetting issue, she continued. “On the same subject, can I borrow your diaper bag?”

Ally answered with a shocked tone, as she unbuttoned the nightie, “Yes you may, but may I ask why if you are growing up.”

“I don’t want to have a wet bed, Ally,” Katie answered meekly.

With that being said, Katie took some of her more adult-looking girls' clothes, complete with panties and bra set, into the bathroom. Coming back into the dorm room half-dressed, she had Ally remove the blinder before continuing to finish getting dressed. After taking a quick second to contact her parents, she packed an overnight bag complete with the diaper bag. She also packed the lavender dress she wore to college from church beginning of last month. She walked into the cluster, she said goodbye to her friends, including Tiff and Ally, telling them she would be home the next day. After a quick stop at breakfast, she continued to where her car was parked before starting the hour-long drive to Clearwater.

“Hello, sweetie. Let me help you with your bags. Ummm… Is that what I think it is? Is Adam requiring you to be diapered all the time?” Katie’s Mother questioned.

Katie answered with a red face. “If you think it is a diaper bag, you are correct. No, Adam is not requiring me to be diapered when I am not with him. Tiff and Ally convinced me to wear one at night because I developed a bed-wetting issue.”

“So what exactly happened for you to come running home, Princess?” Marlene questioned her daughter as she hung the dress up. She purposely ignored the pink elephant that was just revealed to her, figuring now was not the time to discuss that.

Katie answered meekly, “Can’t I come home to socialize with you and Dad?”

“Yes, you may, Princess. But you only came home every other month in your freshman year to wash laundry, and so far I haven't seen any dirty laundry this year.” Marlene replied with a suspicious tone.

The college student told her mother, with a sigh, “I have no dirty laundry or homework with me, Mother.”

“Something is wrong with her, did she have a fight with Adam? I will figure this out later.” Marlene thought to herself. Continuing, she said, “It is a nice day, how about we go to the zoo?”

Shrugging Katie answered favorably to the idea, so the two ladies meandered slowly towards Marlene’s car. Katie told her mother to wait for a second and ran towards her car to pick up her booster seat. When questioned about it, she responded with the fact she felt more secure in a car with the car seat.

At the ticket booth, the lady behind the window asked Marlene if it was just her and the child. Katie handed her ‘Hanna Zoo ID to the apparently new employee since she had never seen the lady before. She continued by saying, “One volunteer and one discounted adult, please.”

Hesitatingly the lady replied, “I am new here, let me get a manager to help you.” Going to the radio she used it to say, “TB3 to M.I.C. V1, over.” After getting a reply she continued, “I have what looks to be a grade school girl handing me a volunteer pass, over” which caused Katie to blush in response.

“Let Kathleen in, and tell her I will be there in a second to talk to her. V1 out.” the radio squawked back.

After walking into the zoo, Katie was greeted by Mark, the volunteer coordinator. “Kathleen, any chance you can volunteer during your Christmas break?” he asked her.

“I will have to check the schedule with someone I previously promised my time to, Mr. Cooper,” Katie replied. Continuing she said, “Let me text them, and I will text you with the days I am available.”

Her boss continued with, “Also, don't forget that you have to be at the board meeting on December 21st for your milestone award, Kath.”

“I won’t forget Mark,” Katie answered.

“Mommie is that my best friend, Katie?” Stacy asked.

Sara looked at the young girl her daughter was pointing at. The girl, who was busy typing away on her phone, definitely looked like her adopted Niece. She was more used to seeing the hair in pigtails, than the high ponytail with a bow how the girl’s hair was currently done. However, those small bumps on the girl's chest were definitely not something she was used to seeing. Looking at her daughter, she said, “I believe that is but isn’t your best friend. It is someone you have never technically met but know about, sweetie.”

Stacy puzzled over that for a minute before realizing who her mother was talking about. Walking up to her friend, she waited for her to stop typing away. “Hello, Kathleen,” She said.

Katie replied with a smirk, “Hello Anastasia,” before hugging Stacy.

“Hey, what is with the full name, Kath?"

“You tell me, you started it, brat,” while sticking her tongue out.

Stacy replied with a puzzled tone that she thought the older name was Kathleen. Her friend replied that she was always Katie to her, no matter her age.

Meanwhile, the adults were introducing themselves to each other. Sara asked Marlene if Katie had come home often while at college. “No, and I am quite confused by this trip home. She only came home in her freshman year to do laundry. Which she didn’t bring with her today.” Marlene answered, before pausing to ask, “Did Adam and her fight?”

“Adam does her laundry, and about the fight not that I know,” Sara stated that she heard that Katie refused babysitting duties yesterday because she was currently regressed. After texting her neighbor, she got a reply that there was no fight that he knew of.

“Girls, how about we start meandering around the Zoo,” Sara said to the two girls.

Katie replied, “Ok, Auntie,” before dragging her best friend towards the nearby red fox exhibit. “That one is Cailin, which means girl in Irish. Prionsa is our male, his name means Prince.” She educated her best friend.

“Adam texted me back, he pointed out that Allison said Katie just told her that she wanted to grow up to see you two. No reason was given,” Sara told Marlene while the two girls slowly went from exhibit to exhibit.

She continued by questioning Marlene about what she knew about this unexplained trip. Marlene replied, “She is grown up, but brought her diaper bag, and booster seat. She told me she just came home to see us.”

“I seem to remember Tiffany and Allison saying that she had been constantly young at College. I don’t have Allison’s phone number, so I have been using Adam as a go-between. When I asked when the last time Katie was truly grown up, he told me his sources say the beginning of September before he picked her up the first time,” Sara quietly told Marlene, while Stacy was getting information about the polar bears.

“Are you and your daughter busy after this? If not, please come to my house and we will confront Kath,” Marlene offered.

“Sounds good to me. On other subjects, how are you with your daughter being regressed by Adam?” Sara questioned in a whisper while following the impromptu tour guide. She was having trouble seeing her guide as anything but the seven-year-old she was used to.

Marlene slowly, as if she was finding the words explained, “At first we were not sure about his intentions. He was upfront with us from the beginning that he was going to test her commitment, and then slowly regress her since everyone already saw her as a child. He had planned on it taking a lot longer than it apparently took. I am told she was happily regressed that first weekend, ‘TIL she noticed they were in our driveway. He explained by regressing her, he hoped she would be happy with her body build.” Breathing, she continued, “He did tell us, other masters would do worse stuff with her since she was the perfect look for legal pedophile fantasies. He explained to us that she definitely wouldn't enjoy those fantasies. Especially since she would rather not be in a sexual relationship.”

Following the two girls to another exhibit, she sighed and said, “Nothing against Adam, but we were not exactly pleased to find out our innocent angel had put a personal ad on what we would classify as a sex site. He pleaded with us to not inform Kath that we knew. That almost didn’t happen, she almost got grounded. Even though she was technically an adult. She was also already at college by the time he contacted us.”

“Hey, it is the famous Kathleen, how is college?” The small party heard a redhead in the feed booth address them.

Katie answered her coworker, “College is great Heather, can I have two portions of goat feed, please.” The petite girl was having trouble getting her coworker to accept payment. Shrugging she just accepted the pellets.

While the two girls went to feed the goats, the mothers continued talking. “How well informed are you kept, out of curiosity?” Sara asked.

“Adam calls us every time he returns her to college, and Kath calls us at least weekly. Some weeks multiple times. I have noticed one thing this year compared to last year. She has not been begging for money on the calls this year like she was last year.” Marlene answered.

“How are you with your daughter wearing padding?” Sara asked, continuing the discussion.

Marlene looked where the two girls were petting goats, before slowly saying, “Kath seems to not mind it. She even brought a diaper bag home with her on this trip. I guess it could be worse, she could be almost naked in leathers. As for myself and my husband, we were not exactly happy at first. Even though we had advance notice it was going to happen. Since Kath doesn’t seem to mind, we have grown used to the idea.”

“I have known Adam since he was in elementary school. He dated my sister on and off in his high school years. He is completely harmless, and wouldn’t hurt a fly. Well … truthfully … my butt can attest that isn’t exactly true. If he is dealing with spankings, he can turn your butt quite red. But he has never spanked Katie, at least as far as I know. Allison and I got those spankings.” Sara explained.

Marlene questioned, “There has to be more to that spanking story.”

Sara told the story of how she almost ruined at least two relationships and caused Ally to want to drop out of college, just by opening up her big fat mouth with a bad joke. “But on the diaper front, I can tell you since he usually leaves his curtains wide open, I can assure you Katie isn’t the only person he has put in diapers,” Sara explained, as the girls were crawling into a tube that let them pop into the rabbit exhibit.

Marlene with a shocked tone exclaimed, “He is cheating on Kathleen?”

“No, no, no, he is not cheating on Katie. I last saw the last one at the beginning of July, your daughter appeared in mid-September.” Sara tried to reassure her Niece's mother.

Marlene nodded, before trying to change the subject to find the relationship between the two girls. When she found out that the two girls were best friends, she started quizzing Sara about her daughter. They slowly followed the girls around the zoo as they talked.

“George, we are home, and we brought guests,” Marlene told her husband. After waiting for him to walk up to them, she introduced the Bullards to him. “Now if you will join us,” she continued to him, “we are going to interrogate a certain nineteen-year-old in the Living Room.”

Katie got a shocked look on her face, “Me? What did I do?”