Meg’s Transformation Scene 34

Nancy instructed her to lie down on the grass and wait. Megan didn’t care if she had her diaper changed in the middle of Central Park; she just wanted to be clean again. Nancy returned quickly with a damp paper towel and a fresh diaper. Jessica watched the situation with fascination. She had guessed that Megan wearing diapers was some kind of stunt to outdo her, and it now seemed as if the stunt had failed. She felt legitimately sorry for her sister.
“I guess you aren’t used to messing yet,” she mused as Nancy began to change her.
Megan shook her head.
“You’re going to be doing this soon enough,” said Nancy. “Why don’t you give a hand?”
Jessica shrugged and aided the effort to clean her up.
“That,” Ricard remarked. “Is disgusting.”
“That’s my sister,” Jessica replied indignantly. Then, rehashing her mother’s words, “besides, you’ll be doing this soon enough.”
Ricard shrugged and said he’d be waiting in the car. When neither of them were looking, Megan smiled. Jessica had, in the moment, chosen her and Nancy over him. Things just might be OK.
Clean, dry and diapered Megan eventually calmed down enough to say goodbye to her grandparents and apologize for her behavior. The trip home was largely quiet and just the slightest bit uncomfortable for everyone. Megan noticed how her mother no longer seemed quite as downtrodden. She liked to think that was her doing.
When they arrived home, Carrie and Stephen were sent away so that Drew and Nancy could have a talk with Megan. They both seemed perplexed, concerned and just the slightest bit angry.
“OK, look,” Megan explained. “I knew what was going to happen between you and Jess, so I tried to draw some attention away. I thought maybe…you guys wouldn’t fight as much.”
“That’s sweet, dear,” said Nancy. “But was this the best way you could think of?”
Megan shrugged.
“This isn’t something you really want to do regularly, is it?” Drew asked.
A”Yes,” Megan replied to the surprise of both her parents. “As a matter of fact, it is.”
B”No,” she answered. “Of course not.” The unscripted accident had caused her feelings to change once again.
C”I don’t know,” she replied. Her head was filled with questions and she thought it wise to talk to Helen once more before making any sudden tough decisions.