Nanny Diaries 2 - The New Litter

Back to the Future

Nicola and Bella did their business for me on cue. Messing on demand is something generally demanded of traditional nurslings and both girls were accustomed to the discipline. I smiled as I noticed the tears in Bella's eyes and heard the little burp of gas as she filled her diaper, petting her red cheeks with my fingertips. It was still hard for her, even after two months in my nursery and the encouragement of her family. Because of her age, obviously. But she had accepted her parent's decisions regarding her future, and had to behave. If it was me, I have to admit, I think I would have chosen to be shunned and make my own way in the world, but then again, I had not been raised as a Christian Reformist, and I did not have that much to lose. Bella rubbed her face against my hand, sucking hard on her pacifier, desperate for my approval and proving her total dependence. Nicola was less subservient, as always, but equally defenseless. She hated to be put through her paces in front of strangers, but she obeyed me, straining slightly as her own comforter moved between her lips.

"Quite remarkable," Mrs Blackstone commented, watching my little demonstration with real interest, because she knew both girls and wanted to judge their progress. "Nicola still seems to have some spirit, but Bella...despite her age...is like putty in your hands, Miss Scott?"

"She is a dear, isn't she? I must admit that I advised her dear parents that she had learned her lesson and could safely be allowed to prepare for her wedding as an adult, but they feel that she needs a few months in a proper nursery to really change her mindset." I replied, as I started to unbutton Bella's purple overcoat, getting her ready to change her. "So...she has been back at Deepdene for five weeks now and competing with little Caris for my attentions...whilst dear Nicola is still settling down to things...although she does not much like my paddle."

"There are a lot of girls here at Charlesfield who would be delighted to see her punished at length, of course." Mrs Blackstone suggested, referring to all the trouble Nicola had caused at Charlesfield School just five months before. (See 'The Nanny Diaries' for the full story.)

"Those whose lives have been transformed in God's love?" I chuckled, glancing at Nicola as she went pale. She had met a number of girls who had suffered thanks to her betrayal of her peers, including Bella, and she was not always welcomed amongst them. "How was the first half-term of the new Charlesfield? Is that why you asked me to visit with these two?"

"Partly...I thought that a night or two in the senior special care dormitory might do both of them some good...and give you some time off." Mrs Blackstone replied, moving to help me by seeing to Nicola. "But I also wanted you to take a look at some of our new arrangements for me, and give me your opinions on some of the staff...you do have a natural flair for looking after nurslings and I would welcome any advice you might have."

"I am hardly experienced...it is only five months since I arrived here, fresh out of college with no practical knowledge of the subject at all?" I pointed out as I helped Bella down onto the plastic changing mat that I had already laid on the floor. She looked sweet in her purple and white sailor dress, but I was more interested in the bulging diaper.

"As I said, you are a natural...and although you have studied our doctrine, you bring some more modern ideas to the party...you have impressed a lot of people in Meadvale." She calmly informed me as she divested Nicola of her sky-blue coat. Nicola had started to cry at the news that she would be spending the night with some of her former classmates, but we both ignored her. "I think we are sometimes distracted by the doctrinal approach...and this is a school, so I am keen to ensure that we are getting the most out of our girls. Boarding here should be about more than making them study and then locking them away in special care...and I believe that you are more than qualified to give me an independent view on what we are doing here...after this little minx caused so much angst last year."