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After that, Jeff showed me where to find the treehouse and introduced me to his mom, and after that I went back home.

I told my mom about everything that happened and she was happy for me. Satisfied that I had met someone, she let me hang around the house for the rest of the day.

I kept thinking about what had happened. This was awesome…not only had I fit in right away because of my good playing, but Jeff, the supposed leader of these kids, wanted me to join their club. I hadn’t been in a club even in my old neighborhood…this sounded really exciting.

And this “initiation”? How bad could it be? I just dominated everyone in kickball, so I was sure I could handle anything they threw at me. ‘Bring it on’ I thought.

So, as the next day came around, just as planned, after talking to Jeff’s mom to let her know that I was there to see Jeff, she told me to go around to the treehouse. Once I got there, I yelled to let them know I was there. Instead of letting me up, they decided to come down to see me.

There were seven of them there, and I recognized them all: Sam and Jeff, the leaders, Chris and Reggie, the tough guys, Tyler the big boy, Shawn the black kid with baggy clothes, and the tiny Aaron.

“Glad you made it buddy,” said Sam with a smile.

“Looks like he didn’t chicken out after all,” said Chris. “I guess I lost the bet. Here’s your quarter Shawn.”

Although I was a little angry that Chris didn’t believe I would show up, it made me feel good to see that Shawn thought I would.

“So what now?” I asked.

“Well,” said Tyler. “Jeff told us about how you want to join our club, so now you have to be initiated.”

“That’s right,” said Reggie. “And if you fail, we ain’t lettin’ you get in.”

“Right, so here are the rules,” said Jeff. “Between now and the end of the initiation, you have to do EVERYTHING we say. If you refuse even one thing, you fail. You understand?”

“Yeah, ok,” I said.

“Ha ha, this’ll be great,” said Chris.

“Oh yeah it will,” said Shawn.

“Yeah yeah,” said Aaron. “Hey Jeff, this is gonna be real funny, ain’t it? Blake’s gonna have to put on a di…”

“Shut up!” Chris said to Aaron as he smacked him in the head. “You know the rules!”

“Oh, right,” Aaron said softly, rubbing his head.

“All right, well, first of all, we have to blindfold you,” said Sam.

‘Blindfold?’ I thought. I wasn’t crazy about the idea of not being able to see, but I didn’t wanna blow my chance right from the beginning, so I complied.

Shawn handed Sam a black blindfold and Sam tied it around my head. It did its job…despite the bright sunlight I couldn’t see a thing.

“All right, so now you gotta follow us,” said Reggie.

“Yeah,” said Jeff. “Tyler, Chris, guide Blake along so he doesn’t fall or anything.”

“It’d be funny if he did, though,” said Chris.

“Shaddup,” said Sam. “Just do your job.”

With Tyler and Chris helping me along, I just walked in the same direction as the other guys. It was real frustrating not to be able to have any idea what was going on, but I knew it wasn’t a big deal. Still, I was a little bit more scared than I was before.

After we walked what I guessed was a few blocks, the guys told me we were going inside. From what I heard, we were going into Sam’s house. I felt myself being led through a door, and it seemed like we walked through a few rooms before we stopped.

Once we had finished walking, Jeff told me to lie down as I heard someone shut a door and lock it. Once I did, I heard Sam say, “Ok, you can take off your blindfold now.”

Once I did, I was a little surprised by what I saw. We were definitely inside, but the room we were in was kinda funny. It was a baby’s room, I guess you could say a nursery. Judging from the light blue wallpaper and furniture, it was a baby boy’s room.

I looked around for a second. The wallpaper had Lion King designs all over it, and that was definitely the theme for the room. I saw a crib, a rocking chair, a toy chest, a set of drawers, and a changing table. Basically just your everyday nursery. As I looked around at the other guys, I wondered what was going on.

“What is this?” I asked.

“This is my baby brother’s room,” said Sam. “My parents are gone right now and they took him with them, and even though they’ll be gone all afternoon, we have to go as fast as we can.”

“So shut ya mouf, and don’t ask any more questions,” said Reggie.

“Oh, cut him a little slack,” said Jeff.

“You didn’t cut ME any slack,” said Chris.

“That’s because you were a butthole,” said Shawn.

“Would you guys just shut up,” said Sam. “Come on let’s get started with Blake.”

“Right,” said Jeff. “Alright, Blake, you just lie there and don’t move. We’ll do everything. Let’s get started…Aaron, you take off his shoes. Reggie, you take off his shirt.”

As Aaron and Reggie worked, I just forced myself to relax. I still had no clue what was going on, but I was still determined to pass this little test.

Once Aaron and Reggie finished, Jeff said, “Ok, now get his pants, Aaron.”

Out of instinct I grabbed and held my pants when Aaron tried to reach for them. But then Reggie said, “Yo, son, you forget already? Do what we say, or you ain’t gettin’ in.”

I sighed with regret as I remembered, and I just relaxed while Aaron unbuttoned my pants and began to slide them down. It wasn’t just that I was embarrassed to be seen in my underwear, but also that I was wearing…

“Transformer underwear!” Chris squealed with laughter. As Aaron finished taking off my pants, I felt myself go red with embarrassment as all the other guys laughed at the sight of my little kid briefs. I guess I never stopped liking them, and even though I had planned to get some plain white ones soon, I hadn’t gotten around to it…

After about a minute, all the other guys stopped laughing, and as they did so Jeff said, “It’s ok, buddy…especially since those won’t be quite as funny looking as what they’re about to be replaced with.”

“Huh?” I said. What was he talking about?

“Just chill,” said Reggie. “Don’t worry about yo’ little kiddie pants, we takin’ ‘em off right now anyway.”

With that, Chris grabbed my underwear and began to pull them. Again, out of instinct I grabbed them, not wanting to be naked in front of seven kids whom I had known for about a day.

“Dammit, kid,” said Chris. “You know the rules.”

“Yeah yeah,” said Aaron. “You don’t do what we say, you fail. Just like that.”

“Yeah, besides,” said Sam. “It ain’t nothin’ we haven’t seen before. We’ve all seen each other naked, it’s no big deal. Come on, we’re not tryin’ to stare at your wee-wee or anything.”

With that, I let out another sigh of regret and went red again as Chris yanked my underpants down and pulled them off of my ankles, forcing me to lay there on the carpet naked.

“All right, Tyler,” said Jeff. “Get Blake here ready.”

Without warning, Tyler picked my naked body up in his arms and carried me across the room, with the other guys following. I still was confused, but I began to figure it out as Sam draped a towel over the changing table and Tyler set me down on top of it.

“Wait a sec,” I began nervously as Chris and Shawn took the strap attached to the changing table and strapped it over my body, pinning my arms and chest to the table. “You don’t mean to tell me…”

“Ha ha, I think he’s beginning to get it!” said Jeff.

“That’s right, I think it’s time for ‘Blakey’ to get properly dressed,” said Tyler.

“Blakey?!” I asked loudly. “You mean…”

As I tilted my heard forward, I saw my own naked body stretched out across the towel on the changing table.

“That’s it,” said Shawn. “For the next few hours you will be ‘wittle baby Blakey’.”

“You can’t be serious!” I said nervously. This was the last thing that I had expected.

“Oh, we be dead serious,” said Reggie.

I felt my heart pounding in my chest and my breathing get faster. This was NOT what I had in mind. They were gonna...I was gonna be…baby Blakey…?

As I looked around, all seven of them had sneaky smiles on there faces, and Aaron squeaked out, “Yeah yeah! Blakey’s gonna be a little baby today! And first thing’s the diaper, right Jeff?”

“Diaper?!” I asked.