After Tom was diapered by Nurse Peters and sent back to Mrs. Schultz's class, things didn't get any easier for him. As the weeks passed, she continued to deny him bathroom breaks when he requested them. The other students found it all highly entertaining, watching his face sink into worry and dejection as she told him "No!" time and time again. They came to understand it was all psychological for the most part since it was Tom's fear of being denied that seemed to bring on the urge. When class ended, Tom would always be the last to leave and this was simply because his diaper, which had to checked by Nurse Peters each morning when he arrived, would usually be full and saggy with urine. He would sit there for several minutes after all the other students left and try and summon the nerve to get up, knowing his peed in diaper would make a horrible swishing sound from its load. But this was a waiting game Mrs. Schultz was happy to play because each time he did rise and attempt to shuffle out the door, she would stop him.
"Tom." She would say as soon as he passed her desk.
Her sharp intonation always sent a bolt of fear up his back.
"Ya- yes, ma'am?" he would stammer as he froze.
"Do you have something you want to tell me?"
He would turn toward her after this but never look at her.
"Ah... not really."
"No?"
"I don't think so..."
"What did I tell you to do when you have an accident in class?"
"Ah... you told me to raise my hand and report it."
"That's correct. And did you do that?"
"Na- no, ma'am."
"No, you didn't. So- what has to happen now?"
"I have to report to Nurse Peters."
"That's correct. Wait right there and I'll take you to her office."
"Yes, ma'am."
At this point, each time they had this conversation, she would rise and escort him out of the classroom and down the hall by the arm. Of course, all the students in the hall knew what this meant as they passed them on their way to the nurse's office and Tom's face became a study in suffering. There was even a group of cruel girls who shook rattles to mock him as they went by. But Mrs. Schultz never corrected them. She just marched him along with a rigid posture and a righteous expression.
"Swish! swish! swish!" His diaper would noisily echo each time.
But after three more weeks of this, Nurse Peters grew annoyed. Finally, when he was brought in for the fourth time in one week, she put her foot down.
"Tom!" she told him as she pulled his pee-laden diaper out from under his skinny ass, "This program doesn't seem to be working."
Mrs. Schultz, who was standing right next to her, nodded in agreement.
"I think he needs to be put in special education." She suggested, peering down at him coolly.
He continued to whine and sniffle and hide his face as he always did.
"I don't want to raise my hand in the middle of class every time I pee myself!" he complained through his tears.
"Do you want to sit there in class in a soaked diaper?" Nurse Peters reminded him as she threw the drenched bundle of material into the trash.
"But it's nobody's business!" he yelled.
"Yes, it is! It's my business and I'm afraid we need to take more steps to curb this behavior!" the woman in white asserted as she rubbed a baby wipe over his springy, little penis.
"No!" he moaned.
"What's the plan for escalation?" Mrs. Schultz asked, ignoring his presence.
"Let's see how he does in special education for a few weeks. He can be diapered in the classroom there." Nurse Peters announced.
Upon hearing this, Tom became hysterical. He started to kick his legs and bawl loudly.
"I don't belong in Special Ed.! No! I want to go home!"
At this point, Nurse Peters took a pacifier from her cabinet and walked back and placed it in Tom's mouth. He went silent immediately. She then put a new, oversized industrial diaper on him and rubbed his stomach as she spoke to Mrs. Schultz.
"Mrs. Haber is a great teacher. She'll get him trained quickly and then he might be able to come back."
"Sounds like a plan!" Mrs. Schultz concurred.
A week later, Tom was ushered into Mrs. Haber's Special Ed. class at Braxton College by Nurse Peters. He was whining and griping as usual as his diaper rustled underneath his sweatpants. Mrs. Haber guided him to the front of the class and introduced him to the other students.
"Students! This is Tom! He will be joining us for a while. Can you all welcome him?"
"Hi Tom!" They all said in unison.
Tom only directed his eyes to the floor and gave a little wave. Then a girl in the back raised her hand.
"Yes, Cindy." Mrs. Haber responded, recognizing her.
"Why is he wearing a diaper?" she asked before covering her mouth quickly to suppress a giggle.
"Because Tom has trouble controlling his bladder. Do you remember- we talked about that?" she reminded them.
"Oh yeah!" the girl replied.
"There is nothing wrong with grown people wearing diapers. Right?" she reinforced.
"No, Mrs. Haber!" They all replied together.
"Afterall, we have a few students in here that wear them- and that's fine."
"Yes, Mrs. Haber!" They all replied again.
"Thank you, Nurse Peters for bringing him in!"