Posted by Zorro Daddy on July 24, 2009 at 00:20 [69.244.100.36]
In an instant that took the breath out of her chest and drove her heart to a startled pounding state, she felt the edging of her next diaper at her ankles. Zeke had positioned it between her feet and had begun drawing it up between her legs to her center at a purposefully slow rate. Her mind drifted back to a simpler time in life when she was a little girl. She felt so fragile and vulnerable that her legs began to quiver. As Zeke fastened her diaper into place, her lifted her into his arms again, and carried her out to the bed. He pulled a pink sleeping shirt out of the cabin dresser, and sat on the edge of the bed placing her on his lap. He dressed her in the shirt and placed her on her tummy. She drew her hands together under the pillows. There she found her dreaming bracelet which she quickly slid on her wrist. Zeke placed the teddy bear beside her which she drew near to her body.
He patted her diapered bottom once last time before kissing her on the cheek and whispering: “Bed time, BabyGirl. I love you. I will be here with you all night, and I’ll be here when you wake up in the morning. Sweet dreams, Little One.”
Zeke covered her with blankets. She fell asleep moments later, and drifted off into a dream…….
To be continued...
Continuing…
Hours later, Lily awoke quietly and sat up in the bed while rubbing her eyes. She looked around the room. The television was the only light in the room and it strobed over everything in the cabin. Softly in the background, she could hear snoring, but it wasn’t Zeke. She leaned over top of him, and bent her ear down to his mouth. All she heard was his breathing. She sat up and touched her finger to her chin, pondering where the snoring was coming from. She slipped out of bed, using the flickers of the TV to waddle her way to the bathroom. No one was there. N one was anywhere in the room, just she and Zeke. A frown formed on her face as she got frustrated.
Then she saw the faint moonlight behind the curtains drawn in front of the windows. So she waddled over to the windows and peered through the curtain. Asleep on the ledge on the other side of the window was Mr. Woody. She smiled and opened the window. The sound of his lumber-sawing snoring filled her ears. She giggled uncontrollably.
“Mr. Woody, Mr. Woody. Wake up,” she said while excitedly shaking him like a little girl.
“Huh? What? Who?” he said while awaking and looked around, a little confused before seeing Lily. “Oh. There you are, Lily Girl!”
“You were snoring, Mr. Woody,” she said as he climbed into the room and to the floor.
“Oh. Ha ha. Well, when you’ve got a big sniffer like me, you tend to do that,” he said stretching his arms out and hopping up on the second bed to get a better view of Zeke. “So, this is your Zeke fella.”
“He’s my Daddy,” she said proudly.
“He’s a good-looking fella,” Mr. Woody commented.
“He is, but I love his heart the best,” Lily replied.
Mr. Woody smiled and winked at Lily.
“That’s what I meant, Lily Girl. I’m not looking at his face. I’m looking at his insides, what he’s made of, who he is,” he said while walking to the edge of the bed to look at Lily. “Now, let Mr. Woody have a look at you. We’re headed to a very special place tonight. I think that night shirt will do you just fine. Let’s get going.”
He hopped off the bed and took her by the hand to the door.
“Will I need shoes or slippers?” Lily asked.
“Not in your dreams,” he said. “But you will have to open the doors. I can’t do that. It’s your dream.”
Lily opened the door and they walked out of the cabin and down the hallway.
“Are you sure no one can see us?” she asked a little concerned that the night shirt barely covered her diaper at all.
“No one can see us, not even if we wanted them to,” he said. “But what a pair we’d make, huh? A six-inch elf and a five foot girl!”
Mr. Woody laughed.
“So what if Zeke wakes up right now?” she asked.
“Then Zeke wakes up,” Mr. Woody replied. “You’ll be right next to him asleep. It’s only when he wakes you up that this dream would end, but we’ve been lucky so far. That hasn’t happened.”
They made their way through the main dining hall and passed the boardwalk shops.
“Oh, I have to show you this,” Lily said while grabbing Mr. Woody’s hand and running over to the jewelry window. “There, that one. Daddy bought me that glass elf. It reminded me of you.”
“It does look like me,” Mr. Woody said. “What a pleasant surprise and he bought that for you, you say?”
“Yup, and it’s setting on the nightstand next to where I sleep,” she said with a smile.
They made their way up to the observation deck. The ocean made little noise on this night. It was very calm.
“Have you ever seen any Disney movies?” he asked.
“All of them. Many, many times,” she said with a hint of anticipation.
“Good. Very good. Then you’ll know what this is,” he said while snapping his fingers and looking to the sky.
Lily looked to the sky as well and saw a carpet flying down to them. Her eyes grew big and she clapped her hands while jumping up and down. The carpet swooped down to them and flew right passed them. Mr. Woody rolled his eyes up in his head and placed two fingers in his mouth to whistle to the carpet. The carpet heard the whistle, looked back, and then turned around, flying back to them.
“He can get a little over-excited sometimes,” said Mr. Woody. “Hop on, Lily Girl!”
They got on the carpet and had a seat. The carpet took off and they went up into the sky, up above the clouds.
“Carpet, this is Lily Girl. Say hello,” Mr. Woody said to the carpet.
The carpet waved its front tassel at her.
“Hello, Mr. Carpet,” she said while giggling.
“I thought it was horrible that these clouds rolled in and it got chilly as you and your Zeke fella were stargazing,” Mr. Woody explained. “So I said to meself: ‘Self, you need to take Lily Girl to the stars.’ Would you like to see them up close?”
“Yes!” she exclaimed.
“Get ready!” said Mr. Woody as he whistled very, very loudly.
All the stars disappeared. The sky became pitch black except for the moonlight which dimmed considerably. Then a shooting star shot across the sky from the left. Another shot across the sky from the right. Soon shooting stars were flying across the sky from all over. All at once they shot towards the moon, and formed an enormous heart around the moon.
Lily was clapping and squealing with glee at the light show. The stars began forming pictures of unicorns, dolphins, butterflies, fishes, teddy bears, even Mr. Woody, and the list went on.
“I love all those things!” she said with amazement.
“They are showing pictures of everything you love in your heart,” Mr. Woody said. “And here’s a special one.”
The stars then formed a picture of Zeke’s face. Lily held her hands together over your heart.
“Try wishing for something in your heart,” he said.
She touched her finger to her chin. Then she closed her eyes, squinting her face up, deep in a wish. She opened her eyes and looked up to the sky, hopeful she would see her wish.
A picture of her face was formed next to a picture of Zeke’s face; both faces were then surrounded by a heart. Her heart began pounding, and she closed her eyes, making another wish from her heart. She then looked to the sky again.
Two rings formed. On the one ring was the word “Lily”. On the other ring was “Zeke”.
“Marriage is your wish?” asked Mr. Woody. “Could you see yourself with him forever?”
“I not only see it, but I also dream it, too,” she said. “It’s in my heart. He is in my heart.”
“And the stars in the heavens have spelled out your names,” he said. “Wave goodbye to the stars, Lily Girl.”
“Goodbye stars!” Lily shouted out while waving. “Thank you! Thank you so much!”
The stars flew back to their places in the sky and began pulsing.
“I like them,” she said.
“I think they like you, too, Lily Girl,” Mr. Woody said as they flew back down through the clouds to the observation deck.
They hopped off the carpet and waved goodbye to the carpet as it flew away.
“Mr. Woody, do you know of the girl that Daddy met in third grade?” she asked.
“Yes, I heard the story as he talked of her,” Mr. Woody.
“Will he always have her in his heart?” she asked.
“I think so,” Mr. Woody said. “I looked into his heart and I saw how that girl changed him. But I didn’t see a love for her. I saw a love for you.”
“You saw a love for me in his heart?” she asked.
“Yes, Lily Girl. A love like no other,” he said. “You needn’t worry anymore about that girl. He just wants to know that she is happy. He wants to spend his life with you. Don’t fret. You’ve found a good fella, and he’ll only get gooder.”
“Better,” she corrected him.
“Huh?” he asked.
“Never mind,” she said while laughing.
“Now, Lily Girl. You need to get back to bed. You’re going to have a wonderful day. I want you to close your eyes, and think of him. I’ll see you in your dreams again soon,” Mr. Woody said.
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