“Penny” Knock-Knock-Knock

“Penny.”  Knock-Knock-Knock

“What?!” Penny said, flinging her front door open to stop her neighbor from knocking.

Ooo.  He was so annoying sometimes, but was still such a nice guy.  She just wished he had control of his impulses.

“What are you doing?” her neighbor asked, eyeing up her outfit.

“I was getting ready for bed.  What do you need?” Penny answered.

“Why are you wearing a diaper?” her neighbor asked in his usual nosy manner, but this time, perplexed beyond usual belief.

Penny froze in place and if she had already nursed from her bottle, she probably would’ve wet herself from the embarrassment.  She had completely forgotten to cover up before she opened the door.

“No reason,” Penny said nonchalantly, trying to pass it off as nothing.

“Well …” her neighbor began, trying to decide if he was going to believe her or not.  “There has to be a reason.  It isn’t Halloween yet and you’re not pledging a sorority that I’m aware of.  So why are you wearing a diaper to bed?”

Penny shifted with a fidget of nervousness she couldn’t ignore, crinkling her hips as she bit her lower lip – trying to buy herself time to think of an excuse to give him.  Though he had spent many nights in her apartment, she always kept the BabyGirl stuff out of sight.

“Penny?” her neighbor asked, raising his left eyebrow.

Her little heart pounded and her little mind searched frantically for something to say.  She kept swallowing the lump in her throat but it kept coming back.

And then suddenly … the right thing to say came to her.

“Well,” Penny began, clearing her throat and looking left-n-right down the hallway before whispering to him.  “It’s my time of the month and I’m flowing heavily …”

Her neighbor cringed and then walked away rigidly.

“Never mind,” her neighbor called back to her.

“Sometimes I wake up and my bed sheets are …” Penny called to him, smiling at his retreat.

“I don’t care,” her neighbor said as he got out his door keys.

“By the way, do you still want to put your laundry in with mine tomorrow?” she asked him, grinning from ear-to-ear as he fumbled to unlock his apartment door.

“Nope. Thanks anyway,” he said, quickly unlocking his door and walking in.

Penny shut her door and leaned back against it, gracefully melting down to the floor as her heartbeat began to slow its galloping pace.  Oh my, that was embarrassing.  But wow, what fantasies it would bring her.

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25 “Priceless Moments”