What do you do when you look 7 years old, but you're actually a college student in your late teens? For Kathleen's entire life, she had fought against people treating her much younger than her actual age. Feeling obligated to grow up fast to show people she wasn't the age of her size, Kathleen never let her inner child out. Tired of fighting against the world, she explores the adult submissive world. What she finds, however, is an enjoyment of regression. Had she made a mistake? Would life be better if she just let people treat her how she looks, 7 years old?

Edited November 2023 to fix grammar issues.

Stacy had a blank look on her face as if she had been briefed in the car about what was going to happen. Aunt Sara didn’t say much, just led her Niece to the couch. Once everybody was in the room including George, Aunt Sara started the questions. “Katie, why did you come home this weekend?”

Katie pleaded that she just wanted to socialize with her parents, and asked if she was allowed to do that.

“Yes, you may, but you never have done that in your college years. You always came home because you wanted something, or to do laundry,” Marlene explained.

Katie figured the gig was going to be up, sooner or later. She thought hard, and slowly said, “I guess I just wanted to see if it was possible to be nineteen anymore for me.” With tears in her eyes, she continued, “I couldn’t do it at college because … it is hard to explain.”

Sara who was rubbing her adopted niece's back said, “You regress easily around Tiffany, Allison, and the rest of your dorm mates?”

“Yes, and the people I usually run into treat me young no matter what I look like,” Katie explained.

Sara said slowly, “It probably didn’t work for you today, because you ran into Stacy and me”

“I am not so sure, I was having a blast guiding my best friend around the zoo. I probably bored her with useless information.” Katie said with a smirk.

Stacy exclaimed as she hugged her best friend, “Katie Ann! You couldn’t bore me even if you tried. I enjoyed those zoo facts.”

“How old were you today, Sweetie?” Marlene asked.

Katie explained that she hadn’t really paid attention, but since she was being a tour guide, she probably was her nineteen-year-old persona. She continued with, “I am sorry if I worried anyone with coming home. I wasn’t really honest with my reasons for it.”

“We love you and could tell something was troubling you, we just were not sure what it was,” Marlene told her daughter.

Sara continued, “The first thought was a fight with Adam, so we asked him…”

“Daddie knows!?!?” Katie interrupted as she exclaimed.

Auntie Sara with a pained look said, “And Allison and Tiffany.”

All the fighting to not regress girl could say with a worried tone, “Oh.” Before continuing, “What changes from here?”

Sara looked at Marlene as if she wanted her to answer that question. Marlene told her daughter, “As far as I know nothing major has changed. You are still our sometimes nineteen-year-old daughter, sometimes seven-year-old granddaughter.” The last word caused Katie’s father to cough. Which earned him a glare from her before continuing, “No matter what happens, we love you, Princess."

Auntie said to the Telgenhofs, "I hate to admit it, but from my angle, the seven-year-old side is winning." That statement caused the short girl to turn bright red.

“You are still my best friend, brat,” Stacy said with her tongue out.

Katie just responded with her own tongue and said “Brat” back.

“I am sure Mrs. Telgenhof has two corners I can borrow for two naughty girls,” Auntie told the girls.

Katie held her hands in a circle above her head, before saying, “I am an angel, Auntie Sara.”

“How old do you want to be today, my Angel with devil horns?” Mother asked.

Katie after coughing and faking hurt, asked, “That depends, is Stacy staying or leaving? If she is staying, the answer is yes, otherwise nineteen. I still want to spend the weekend grown-up.

Marlene and Sara almost simultaneously asked, “Yes?!?!”

“Yes for three reasons. One - I really want to be nineteen this weekend. Two - I didn’t bring a binder or any youthful-looking clothes. Never mind the fact that all my clothes are actually girls' clothes now anyway. But … Three - I can almost certainly guarantee that I will be regressed around Stacy. That isn’t a bad thing, by the way.”

“Since I don’t think it is fair for Marlene to cook for extra mouths with no notice, how about I take everyone out to eat.” Sara offered. “Before we go, Katie, is the diaper or pull-up dry?” She continued.

Katie just looked at her feet, and meekly said, “I am wearing panties.”

“Won’t Adam be surprised when he does your laundry next weekend,” Auntie teased her niece. Seeing that her niece was sticking her tongue out, she tapped under her chin.

Katie pouted for her punishment, as she followed the group out of the house. All five were soon climbing into Sara’s Mini-Van to head to a nice sit-down restaurant. Sara had rearranged the boasters, so the two girls were sitting in the far back, leaving the middle seat for George. When they pulled into the Red Lobster in town, Marlene looked back at her husband with a slightly worried look on her face. The face didn’t go unnoticed by the driver.

Sara told Marlene, “Don’t worry about the cost, I am paying.”

George pleaded with Sara, “You don’t have to, I am sure your husband might not like this bill.”

“Katie, who is your Uncle Sam?” Auntie asked.

Katie answered nonchalantly, “Uncle Sam is State Congressman Sam Bullard.”

“As Katie just indirectly pointed out, money is not an issue in my family. I will gladly pay for all five of us.” Sara said.

Figuring they were not going to win the discussion, the Telgenhofs piled out of the car. George helped the girls out of the van before closing the back sliding door.

As the small party walked up to the hostess's desk, the hostess asked, “Three adults and two kids, Ladies, and gentlemen?”

Auntie looked at Katie for confirmation and got a slight nod yes from the little girl. She confirmed the hostess and followed them to a circular table. The girls were playing a game on the children’s menu when she made them decide what to eat.

Stacy asked for the popcorn shrimp, while Katie asked permission to get the petite lobster tail. Once the regressed girl got permission the girls went back to their game. Meanwhile, the adults were discussing the two girls' friendship and various other topics about them.

“Auntie?” Katie quietly asked away from Stacy. After she was acknowledged, she continued, “Can I take my little sister to Siblings weekend at college?” Auntie questioned when, and got in reply “First weekend after Thanksgiving.”

“I don’t care but who is going to watch you two? Ally or Tiff?” Auntie asked jokingly. Continuing, she said, “Get me all the details as soon as possible.”

Katie faked hurt before sticking her tongue out at her Aunt. She immediately regretted it when she got the chin tap in response. She went to Stacy and said, “Little Sis, how would you like to come to Siblings Weekend at college?”

A suddenly hyper Stacy hugged her best friend, and with vigor said, “Yes! Yes! Yes!”

After Auntie had dropped the Telgenhofs off, the ladies headed to Katie’s room to help her get ready for bed. Soon she was probably protected for bed, so they went towards the TV to veg in front of it until it was time for bed.

After dinner after church the next afternoon, Katie decided to leave her dress on for the drive home. Marlene looked at her daughter in the lavender girls dress, and her hair in a braid with a lavender bow. She was starting to understand why people saw her daughter as a child. That girl she saw at the restaurant yesterday wasn’t the daughter she was used to seeing. One major difference she saw was that the girl was smiling about being treated like a child, instead of frowning.

After Katie had loaded the car, she said goodbye to her parents. Soon she was on the road back to college. She had been on the road for maybe thirty minutes when she noticed cop lights in her rearview mirror.

After she pulled over, the cop came up to the window and said, “Why did you take your mother’s car without permission, YOUNG GIRL.” The cop all but ignored the ID she was holding out. They said, “Your mother’s ID doesn’t do you any good, you follow me to my car while I go talk to my dispatcher.”

Katie made sure to grab her phone before she followed the cop to open the passenger back door of the cop car. The cop stepped away, to talk on his handheld.

Katie, seeing how this conversation was going to go, decided that she better get Adam involved. Taking her phone from next to her, she told him when he answered, between tears. “Adam, I have been pulled over for underage driving in some small town on the way home. The cop refused to even look at my license.”

“Katie Ann calm down, here is what you do, when the cop comes back to tell him your lawyer wants to talk to him,” Adam told her softly. Katie noticed another cop car had driven up in the meanwhile.

As if the officer was waiting for the cue, the other officer, who happened to be a lady, walked to where Katie was sitting. She knelt down so she was about the same height as the little girl. “You are not underage, are you? My fellow cop swears you are, but your plate and those bumps on your chest tell me you are not. What is your name? My name is Officer Lori.”

“Katie Telgenhof, Ma’am”

Lori asked, “Can I see your license, Katie?”

“It is on the front seat of my car, I left it there when I followed him. My lawyer wants to talk to you two.” Katie answered as the other officer walked over.

The first officer asked, “Why would a young girl have a lawyer?”

“I told you already, she is not a young girl. I pointed out that note on the plate comments already to you. This is your baby, you talk to the lawyer.” The second officer mentioned as she went to get the license.

Since the phone was in speaker mode, the first officer asked who he was talking to. When Adam identified himself, the officer got very distressed visually.

“What can I do for you, Mr. Olsen.”

“I would like to know why you are harassing my nineteen-year-old girlfriend. I would like to know why you didn’t run the plates per Article 57 section 2389. I would also like to know why you didn’t run or even look at her license per section 2309 of the same article.” Adam said firmly over the phone.

The cop answered almost as if he knew he was in trouble, “I assumed she was underage, how do you know I didn’t run her plates anyways.”

“If you ran the plates before you pulled her over as required by section 2389, you would see the note explaining that she wasn’t underage,” Adam explained.

“I guess I will let her go on her way.”

“Let me verify she is ok to go first. Let me remind you that this doesn't just disappear into thin air. Her Uncle, Congressman Sam Bullard, and I will be at your station in just over an hour to discuss this little incident.” That last statement caused both officers to visibly frown.

Shaking the cop handed the phone back to Katie, and waited while the short girl talked to her Boyfriend. “Yes, Adam?”

Softly Adam asked her, “Are you okay Buttercup to drive back to college? If not, I will swing by and pick up Ally or Tiff on the way.”

“I am not sure if I am fine, but I will make do for the half-hour drive. Ally and Tiff can’t drive my custom-modified car anyway, they are too tall for the controls. It would take too much effort to remove the modifications for them to drive it.”

“Are you still in speaker mode, and is the officer still there?”

“Yes for both”

“Officer, What is your badge number?”

The officer meekly answered, “Badge number 5637, sir.”

“OK, Katie I will see you Friday, drive safely. Call me when you get to Mountain. And I love you.”

“I love you too, and I will.” With that said, Katie hung up the phone and asked the officer if she was free to go. After getting an affirmative she accepted her license back and went back towards her car to continue on towards Mountain.

“Hello, Katie, how was the trip?” Ally asked her roommate.

Katie answered, “One word, interesting.”

“Besides the fact that it is three words, what do you mean?”

"I expect Adam to call you to watch for me after my day today but let's see: I guided Stacy around the zoo, got interrogated by Auntie and my Mother, and got pulled over by a cop who couldn’t see me as anything but a seven-year-old. Interesting!”

“I see,” Ally said almost as if she didn’t know what to say.

Noticing the odd silence, Katie decided to fill it, “I am going to read a book before dinner to relax. Can you please diaper me before bed … Oh before I forget it, I would like to be seven when I wake up.”

Allison replied “Either Tiff or I will deal with your bottom tonight. We will treat you as little Katie as we tuck you in bed.”

Katie thought to herself, “That wasn’t what I said, but it works, I guess.”