Hopper

Planning ahead

The girl took no hesitation, opening up the drawers. She pulled out piles of clothes, giggling. "Are these all for you B?" she smiled. Brandon still didn't move- I could see the amount of thoughts that were surrounding him. He was overcome by fear and anxiety, and I couldn't do anything about it.

She picked up a dress and brought it over towards him. She sat down on the bed and pulled him onto her lap. She told him that he shouldn't be embarrassed and that she genuinely thought it was kind of cute. She said that she thought it was admittedly odd but seeing him in a diaper wasn't bad at all and if diapers and girls clothes made him happy, she wanted to be a part of his happiness.

That calmed him down a little bit and he was finally able to talk. He told her that he didn't even realize what had happened. He was tempted by Beth's clothes and pull-ups growing up and eventually took some. He then upgraded to buying things of his own, collecting his stash. When he got the call to go help move Beth's old stuff, he wanted as much as he could get.

The whole time, Brandon was sitting on this girl's lap and she was consoling him- as tears rolled down his face. She told him that she wanted to see him in everything because sh thought it would be cute but thought that maybe he should just put on some clothes and they could go make lunch. He stood up and she handed him the dress. He was puzzled for a second but complied. He put on the dress and straightened out the bottom, she grabbed his hand and they headed out the door, shutting it behind them.

He had so many demons and thoughts- I had no clue how I was going to protect him, but I needed to try. My skills were essentially zero, after all that time off and I had no equipment to help me. I needed to find something. So I got up and went for the closet.

I was trying to plan ahead- night time was coming quick and I wasn't sure how to protect him. I knew that if I was locked in the closet, I wouldn't be able to. So I needed to be put somewhere that I could help. I climbed up some of the open drawers and looked in- looking for anything to make him more comfortable, soft things, or things with lights. An ideal situation for a large fight would be a nightlight and a wand or sword to fight with. In most of the drawers were clothes, but I found a drawer with toys and accessories.

I sifted through sippy cups, bottles, and pacifier- moving aside the blocks and chew toys and found a barbie. This was one of Beth's old barbies, who had been in retirement since the day she was given to Beth. She must have been seen at her hold job. This was Pop Star Barbie and while she didn't have a sword, she did have a microphone stand. I dropped down and dragged the stand underneath Brandon's desk, on a lip where he wouldn't see it.

I then went over to the pile of clothes that the girl ripped out of the drawers, seeing exactly what was needed. A pair of footed pajamas was in the pile, so I pulled them out, to where they would be noticeable- in hopes that he would wear them to bed.

I heard footsteps so I quickly moved myself to a spot where they would need to step over me- hoping that Brandon would take me and plopped down.

The door opened, and the girl showed up, followed by Brandon still in his dress. He looked like he was in a better mood, they were talking about their classes. Brandon stepped over me and sat on the bed. Before sitting on the bed, the girl picked me up.

They kept talking for a minute, while the girl was examining me. Eventually, the conversation ended and she shifted it towards me. "This is cute!" she said, petting me. "What's his name?" Brandon immediately answered, "Hopper!"

He said it with some excitement, the girl smiled. She handed me over to him. He held me out and explained that I used to belong to Beth. They reminisced about that for awhile until she got up. She went back over to the closet and looked through the rest of the drawers. She asked what some of the stuff was and Brandon left me on the bed to go with her.

They looked together through the drawers but eventually Brandon got a phone call. He went back to his desk and picked up his phone; before walking out of the room. The girl continued picking things out of the drawers. She left the room and returned with trash bags. She emptied his other dresser, putting all of his clothes in the bags. She continued to take things off his hangers and throwing them in the bag. She looked on the floor and grabbed the princess sheets and blankets that he had taken from Beth's and headed over to the bed. She took off the sheets and through them in the bag.

She took some things off of his desk and nightstand, emptied his hamper and then dragged the bags out of the room. She returned and grabbed the sheets, putting them on the bed. She set me up on the pillow. She then started to grab the clothes and hang up a lot of the clothes. She put the pajamas and other clothes in the dresser. She grabbed some of the toys and put them on his desk. She redecorated the whole room.