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As we got a little closer, I saw the Shawn and Aaron point at us while the other guys waved to the girls. The girls waved back lightly as I was rolled into close range. My cheeks were burning red, my stomach felt funny, and my throat was dry as I got a clear view of the girls.

“There he is!” said Shawn excitedly as the girls came up to me with big smiles on their faces. Although Kelly’s friends seemed to lose control of themselves at the sight of me, Kelly stayed calm. The other two immediately started to coo me like a real baby and spoke baby talk to me, making me feel even more embarrassed. But I knew if I fought them I would fail the test, so I forced myself to play along.

“Hey, calm down, you stupid girls,” said Chris. He obviously didn’t like girls much either.

As the two girls stopped messing with me, they just let out a little “hmmph!” and backed away.

“Right,” said Jeff. “Baby Bwakey is here for Kelly.”

Kelly just smiled at me and bent over me closely to get a good look. “So this is him? You guys never told me how cute he was!”

This statement was also embarrassing, and it made my stomach feel queasy. But for some reason, it made me feel good too...

“Well, babies are just babies to me,” said Shawn.

Ignoring Shawn’s comment, Kelly just said, “And he’s cuddling his wittle puppy, too! That’s so adorable!”

I could somehow tell that the guys were immensely enjoying this. I couldn’t quite figure out what Kelly was up to…her voice sounded somewhat genuine, but at the same time it was playful…almost in a devilish way…

“Can I play with him?” she asked. It was weird…I couldn’t tell if she was treating me like a real baby or not…

“Why don’t you ask him?” said Chris.

She softly smiled, and then looked at me and asked in a gentle tone, “Do you wanna come out of your stroller and play little guy?”

Again I felt embarrassed, but I managed to pull out my pacifier and say, “Uh-huh.”

“Oh goodie!” Kelly said. She then lightly grabbed my chin with her hand for a second and playfully shook it before letting go.

Tyler then came over and started to lift me out of the stroller. But soon after he did, Sam came over and patted me on the head. That was the signal, and I knew what I had to do.

I immediately started my fake crying, trying to make it sound as babyish as possible. Kelly’s friends jumped at the sound, but Kelly didn’t.

“Uh-oh,” said Chris. “Wooks wike Bwakey is upset!”

“Yeah yeah,” said Aaron. “Blakey’s bawling his head off.”

“But why is he crying?” asked Kelly innocently. But something about her voice told me that she was just playing along with this whole thing…it was around then I realized that she obviously knew about this whole thing…that must have been what Shawn and Aaron had gone off to do, explain this whole thing to Kelly. I got the sense that this wasn’t the first time she had done something like this.

“Is he wet, maybe?” she asked.

“No, I don’t think so,” said Tyler.

“Why don’t we ask him?” Jeff asked as he distinctly clapped his hands.

I knew I had to respond to the signal, so while Blake was still holding me, I stopped crying and said, “Bwakey want ba-ba! Me hungwy!”

“Aww, he wants his bottle!” said Reggie, laughing.

“Well let’s give him one!” said Chris. “Sam?”

I saw Sam reach into the diaper bag and pull out a baby-bottle filled with milk. “Kelly,” he began. “You wanna do the honors?”

“Ok!” she said excitedly. It was obvious she was enjoying this as much as the guys were. I knew that I would just have to play along, and I just hoped this would all be over soon. But at the same time a tiny part of me wanted her to give me the bottle…

What was I thinking?

As Tyler held me, Kelly took the bottle and put the nipple of it into my mouth. Remembering what the guys had told me, I put a smile on my face and eagerly sucked on it, trying to get the milk out. It was a little weird, but not too bad…

After I finished about half of it, Jeff said, “I think little Blakey’s had enough.”

“Yeah, but ain’t we forgettin’ somethin’?” asked Reggie.

“Yeah, you have to burp babies after their bottles!” said Kelly. With that, she gave me a few hard pats on my back. Maybe just because I wasn’t expecting this, I actually let out a soft burp after a few of them! This resulted in even more laughter from the guys.

“Well, I think Bwakey’s sweepy,” said Kelly in a sweet voice. “Here you go,” she said to me, taking my pacifier and putting it in my mouth. Deciding it might be good to play along, I closed my eyes as I felt Tyler put me back in the stroller. I then felt Kelly put the stuffed dog in my arms.

I slightly opened my eyes to see her say, “Ok, bye now little Blakey!”

But it wasn’t over yet, because then Sam came in front of me and casually grabbed my hand. Remembering my orders, I said, “Uh-oh…me go pee-pee!”, as my pacifier fell to my lap.

I actually had to keep from laughing because the other guys were laughing so hard…it actually did sound kinda funny, and I had started to get used to this whole thing, so I wasn’t as embarrassed. I even decided to go even further by letting out soft whimpers and saying, “My didee is wet! Pwease change me!”

Kelly and the other girls giggled as Kelly said, “Looks like you guys better get Blakey into a fresh diaper!”

“Yeah,” said Jeff, taking the pacifier and putting it back in my mouth. “Well, I guess we better get goin’ then…”

After the guys turned around and started to roll me away, Kelly said something I wasn’t expecting. Looking straight at Jeff, she said, “You know, it doesn’t seem like it was too long ago that I saw you in a diaper, baby Jeffy!”

It was now Jeff’s turn to go red as the other guys laughed.

“All of you babies were cute,” Kelly yelled out to the guys as she started to walk away. “But I think I liked Jeffy the best. I remember when I changed his little diapy!”

Once the girls were out of earshot, I heard Shawn asked Jeff in surprise, “What?!”

“Yeah yeah,” Aaron said. “What was she takin’ about Jeff? You don’t mean she…”

“…Actually changed your diaper when you went through the initiation?” asked Chris.

“Shut up about that!” Jeff told them all as they all stifled their laughter. That kind of set the tone quiet for the rest of the trip back to Sam’s house. I didn’t mind; because I couldn’t believe it. As crazy and embarrassing as the initiation had been, I had passed!

Once the guys took me out of the stroller and back into Sam’s little brother’s room, they all looked at me and laughed.

“You were great!” said Shawn.

“Yeah,” said Sam excitedly. “You were definitely the best one! You were hilarious!”

“Plus I think Kelly LIKES you,” Chris said with a wink.

“Naw, she just thinks he a cute little baby,” said Reggie jokingly.

“Yeah yeah, she just wants to give Blakey his bottle!” said Aaron.

“And see him cuddle his little puppy!” added Tyler.

“Anyway,” said Jeff. “You did real good, kid. But there’s one more thing before you pass.”

I gulped. What could he mean?

“That’s right,” said Sam. “Now, to complete the initiation…you have to…WET your diaper.”

“What?!” I asked.

“That’s right,” said Shawn. “Don’t worry, the diaper’ll hold it.”

“And you should have had plenty to drink by now,” said Tyler.

“So go for it,” said Jeff.

“Come on now,” I said. “You don’t mean it. I…I’m wearing a diaper, but I don’t NEED it…”

“Listen little baby,” said Chris. “Until you pass, you’re still baby Blakey. And wittle babies go pee pee in their didees…so do it or you don’t pass.”

“So go on little baby,” said Reggie. “Time to prove yaself.”

Deciding that this really wasn’t that big of a deal, I braced myself. Luckily, I had to pee, so that wasn’t a problem. But it was really hard to get it going…I had been potty-trained for about eight years, and it was even harder with seven boys watching me pee. But after some straining, I managed to get a flow going.

I was worried about it dripping onto the floor, but Shawn was right…the diaper held it all. It felt kinda funny feeling the warm liquid up against my thighs and crotch, but soon, I was done.

Aaron bent over to inspect it, and he said, “Yeah yeah, he’s wet.”

“Well that’s it then!” said Sam.

“Congratulations, kid,” said Jeff. “You are now officially the eighth member of the Real Cool Guys!”

“Right,” said Chris. “Now before we celebrate, go take off your pissy diaper and clean yourself up.” But judging from his smile and tone I knew that I had earned a new level of respect from Chris, as well as the rest of the guys. I was one of them now.





It’s been ten years since that summer, and as I sit here writing this, I think about how great things turned out. Although all the kids in the neighborhood got along pretty well and played together, there was a special bond between those of us in the club.

I guess it’s kinda hard not to be bonded to a bunch of kids who you know all were treated like a baby for an afternoon to join a club. Each of the guys told me about their own initiations, and how Jeff and Sam were the very first…they were the two who made the club and decided on the initiation.

We did a lot of fun things together in the club, but we swore an oath that stated we wouldn’t tell anybody about any of it, so I can’t write it. But I can say that because of these activities I was very good friends with everybody in the club until the end of high school.

Every now and then we would initiate a new member, and I have to admit it was fun seeing the embarrassment and shock on the new kid when he was babied.

Of course, once we each reached a certain age, we grew out of the club idea. Chris and Reggie were the first to quit doing it, and soon the original eight of us did. We still stayed very close friends and always remembered doing it, but hey, it lost its appeal after we turned about thirteen.

But we passed down the idea of it to the younger members, and they continued to pass it down, keeping the club, and its initiation, alive.

How do I know this? Let’s just say that one day a few weeks ago I went home to visit my parents, and as I walked down the sidewalk, I saw a group of boys laughing and pushing another boy around in a stroller. As they explained to me why they were doing it, I just smiled and said, “Make sure she burps him after his bottle.” I then chuckled to myself as I thought of yet another boy going through our baby initiation.


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