Diaper Wishes and Baby Powder Dreams chapter 6
Sometime later a sleepy little kit began to stir and wake from his nap. It took Raven a moment to remember where he was. What surprised him the most was that he woke up here rather than waking up in his adult form like usual. The fox didn't have long to ponder this as Miss Celani came walking in and seeing the little fox was awake, scooped him up and carried him to a changing table. Melanie just babbled and cooed to him while he was changed into a fresh diaper. The whole time Raven was busy looking around. It seemed the two girls were no where to be seen now. That was fine by him, he didn't want to be turned into a cabbage patch doll again by them. As Melanie picked him up and sat him in the play area, Raven noticed that he was now placed in the area with some of the other babies. There was a calico kitten along with a black kitten. There was a blue wolfcub and a baby roo in with him as well. Then there was one that looked like a bird of sorts. She was a Peligo, although Raven didn't know that. They were all playing with the baby toys and babbling back and forth, almost as if they were having a conversation. Raven tried to speak to them but his words came out as gibberish as usual. The calico stopped and looked at him.
She was curious about the newcomer. As she waddled over to the little fox, she began to babble as well to him. Was she trying to converse with him? Raven thought as he sat there, his head cokced to the side a bit, clearly puzzled as to what was going on. The calico kept talking but Raven didn't seem to figure out what she was saying. It wasn't until she came over and grabbed some toy blocks that Raven figured out what she was after.She quickly went away with them as Raven then figured he woyuld explore. The kit crawled along the play area for a while. Every so often one of the other babies would come and babble something, but like before Raven either responded back as best he could, or just sat there confused. It wasn't long that the other babies were avoiding Raven all together. The kit couldn't figure out why. It has been said that perhaps babies speak a language only they can understand. If this was true, then Raven's adult mind wouldn't be able to figure it out. Feeling a bit depressed, Raven found a small corner behind some of the toys and curled up while sucking his thumb.
When he opened his eyes again, he realized he was laying somewhere else. He must have been found by Melanie and moved to the crib. But then as he moved he didn't hear a crinkling sound. When he stretched he noticed an arm was around his shoulder. A smile came across his face as he rolled over and saw what he hoped to see. There she was, his date Lotus, leaning forward to kiss him as they both began to wake up. "Good morning my handsome fox." she said to him as the broke the kiss. "Good morning to you as well my beautiful wolf." said Raven as he began to sit up. "That was a wonderful night." she said as she got up and put on a robe. "How about I make a special fox a special breakfast this morning." she said before heading into the hallway and out to the kitchen. "It'll be a bit so you can take a shower if you want to, there's a robe behind the bathroom door!" she said as she was halfway down the hall, her voice slightly echoing. Raven got up and as he closed the bathroom door for his shower he smiled. "Never have I thought that fixing a flat tire would be such a good thing." he said as he stepped into the shower. The shower felt great, nice and hot and steamy. The perfect combination to wake him up. As he stepped out and dried and brushed out his fur he realized a dilemma. "Well I better just get dressed and head out to breakfast." he said to himself and put on the offered robe.
Lotus was almost done with the french toast, bacon, and eggs she was making for breakfast when she heard the footfalls coming down the hall. She had to stifle a giggle as Raven stepped into view. "Oh I didn't realize there was a cute vixen in the house." "did you see Raven by chance?" "Oh very funny beautiful." "Besides it was all you had hanging there." "I'm sorry, I forgot it was that color." Lotus said as she looked down on Raven. There he stood, wearing a pink terry cloth bath robe. It was made to fit Lotus nicely, but was almost dragging the ground due to the height difference between her and Raven. "Breakfast is just about ready, care to grab a plate?" she asked as she began to dish up breakfast. The two had a nice meal together before Raven had to go. They said their goodbyes and kissed before Raven headed home. He still had things to do before going back out on the road for the week yet.
The next morning Raven sat at his truck, cursing under his breath as he waited for his phone to ring from maintenance. He hadn't been able to even leave the yard when the truck broke down. "Yeah, no the engine just lost power." "Yeah, I'm still at the yard." "Alright, I'll get it over to the shop." said the fox as he hung up the phone. "Perfect, ready to go and the truck breaks down." he muttered as he walked over to the repair shop. After putting in his work order, he called dispatch and told them to call when the truck was ready. The fox got into his car and headed into town. Might as well go to the mall he thought as he pulled into the parking lot. Seems a perfect place as any to waste time right? As he walked around the mall, he couldn't get his new found love, nor the dreams he was having off his mind. Normally he would be on the road and could forget the dreams, but now he had nothing but time on his hands. As he was walking along aimlessly he thought he could hear a familiar voice in the air. "Oh they just look so cute!" he heard a female voice say around the corner. The fox smiled and began to walk toward the sound.
Lotus was looking at the daycare center they had at the mall. It was just a place for parents to leave their kids for a while when they went shopping. She was looking at the babies as they played in a ball pit inside. Even though she was watching them, she was also distracted and deep in thought. So distracted tha she didn't notice the fluffy white fox come and stand beside her. "They just seem so happy and carefree don't they?" Lotus heard a voice say. "Oh yes, it seems like they have the life, not a care in the world." she replied. "I'm not surprised to find you at a place like this given your photo albums." she heard the voice say. "My photo albums?" she said questioningly as she turned toward the voice, a gasp leaving her lips as there stood Raven, smiling up at here. "Surprised to see me today are you?" he asked her, giving her a wink. "Oh my yes, what, what are you doing here?" "I thought you were supposed to be on the road?" she asked him, clearly not prepared for his presence. "I am as surprised as you are to be here." "My truck broke down and I have to wait for maintenance to fix it." "So do you come over here often?" he asked while gesturing to the nursery window. "Oh sometimes, you know I like children." she said. "Sometimes I wonder if it would be nice to go back to a simpler time like that you know?" he said while looking through the glass. "To give up your cares and just live off the nicer and happier things." Lotus just nodded, she was deep in thought when she looked down again at the white fox.
As she was looking at him, she thought she saw a glimpse of something in his eyes. A smile began to grow on her face and her tail began to wag a bit. "Well since you have time til they fix your truck, would you like to be my escort while I shop?" she said, in a coy way, her eyes winking at the fox. "Well okay, since you asked, but I'm not trying anything on for you, the robe was enough for now." he said with a smile, causing Lotus to laugh as they began to walk the mall. As they walked about, going from one store to another, they began to small talk. "So you know where I work, but where do you work at?" asked Raven as she was trying on a dress out of site in a nearby dressing room. "Oh are you familiar with council gardens on the edge of town?" she asked him. "Yeah I've driven past there a few times, seems like a nice place." "I'm the caretaker of the garden there." "Its not a fulltime job, but its an important one nonetheless." she said as she walked out while wearing a blue dress with silver accents. As they went from place to place, the fox being the one holding all the bags ofcourse, he began to learn more about the wolf. She worked on a special part of the garden that was very important to the council. She only had to work there a couple days in the week but for that time she was there, she was paid quite well for it. At least Raven thought so given her house and the amount of shopping she was doing today.
The two had lunch together in the food court when Raven's phone rang. "Hello?, okay so its ready to go?" "Okay I am on my way." Well that was the shop Lotus, the truck is ready." "Time to hit the road again." "okay Raven, drive safely!" Lotus said as they both kissed and parted ways. While Raven walked away, Lotus was watching him and thinking to herself "I wonder if he is the one for me." As she turned away and out of sight to get back to her shopping, she didn't see Raven stop and look at a display case in the jewelry store at the end of the mall. A bit later, he left the mall and was back on the road.
To be continued...
