She was going out into the real world, and in the real world, ten year olds didn’t need diapers.

“All done,” Rose said finishing with the tapes. Ella couldn’t even put her legs together.

“It won’t, you know, leak in her booster seat will it?” Heather asked. Ella’s mouth hung open. Booster seat!? She mouthed the words to Rose. Wasn’t that for little kids? She hadn’t needed one since she was five!

“Just give her a change at the halfway point and you should be fine.” Rose said to Heather, before turning to Ella. “You’ve lost a lot of weight kiddo, and you haven’t grown like a normal ten year old. You don’t want your new mom to get a ticket do you?”

This, Ella thought, was not a good start to her new life. She shook her head as she finished getting dressed.