~In Melody's Nursery Room~

Clay reluctantly entered the nursery room, carrying little Melody towards her changing table, laying her down.

"Ba, ba, ba, la, la, la, la! 😋" Melody made a silly face.

"Awww, you are so silly," Clay said, holding onto her tiny hand.

"Alright, you have everything, bro?" Bruce asked.

"I think so. Diaper, wipes, and.....baby powder? Yup, got everything." Clay put everything that he needed on one side. Okay, here we go.

Although a beginner in this, Clay acted as if he was a pro: He grabbed the new diaper and placed it underneath Melody, removing her skirt, which she was just wearing her diaper. He then grabbed around 5 to 6 wipes and gave her a pink ball.

"Okay, okay now. I see you. You're doing pretty well for a beginner," Bruce complimented him.

"Mhm, look at you. Being like a pro," John Dory said.

"Wow, you're doing great," Floyd said.

"Thanks, guys. Oh, wait, I got to wash my hands. Got to be 💦 hygienic 💦," Clay ran into the bathroom to wash his hands and came back in a flash.

"Ba!" Melody held onto the pink ball.

"Yes. Ball. What color is it?" Clay asked.

Melody blinked for a moment, squeezed the ball, looked at it and answered. "Pink!"

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! 👏👏👏👏" Clay, Floyd, John Dory, and Bruce cheered and clapped.

"Good job, Melody! Way to go! You're so smart!" Clay said.

"Pink!" Melody said.

"😅😐😬" Clay laughed and he gulped. And now for the hard part....actually changing her diaper. Clay gulped again. Okay, I've got to do this. Please please, please don't let this end in a disaster. Clay shook his hands as if he was doing a warm-up. He tugged his each of his wristbands and slowly moved his hands towards the diaper.....

Clay stopped for a moment. "Are you sure that her diaper needs to be changed? 😬 Because maybe she doesn't need to."

"Well, the only way to find out is to do a diaper check," Bruce said.

"Diaper check???" Clay asked nervously.

John Dory smirked. "Uh yeah. Just take a quick peek and take a look inside her d—"

Clay cringed and shook his head. "Nope. I'm not doing that."

"Then do a quick sniff test," Bruce said.

"Not gonna happen. I'll lose my scent of smell."

"I already lost mine a loooooooonng time ago 🤣🤣🤣," Bruce said, busting out laughing.

Clay's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Just kidding. I got used to it," Bruce said.

"So that means you'll get used to it once you do it too, so why can't you just do the sniff test then?" John Dory asked.

Clay shook his head. "Nope!"

"Hey, why don't you just ask her?" Floyd suggested.

"Ask her?" Clay asked.

"Yeah, ask her if she did pee-pee or poo-poo," Bruce said.

"That's weird," Clay replied.

Bruce quickly covered Melody's ears. "Shhh, don't say that in front of her. It's totally normal for her, plus it's an easier way for her to understand."

"La-la-la-la-la-la!" Melody sang.

"Seriously? I'm sorry, but ✨ Serious Boy Clay ✨ doesn't say those words," Clay said.

"Pfft, he's just scared. That's all it is 😏," John Dory asked while smirking.

"No. 😠 That's not true. I can say those words if I wanted to," Clay answered.

"Oh, yeah? Prove it. Say it out loud and clear so we can hear," John Dory said.

Floyd sighed while shaking his head. "Guys, really?"

Clay made popping noises with his mouth and hesitated for a while. He pressed his lips while looking a bit uncomfortable, being unsure if it would sound right if he was to ever say it out loud or in his mind.

John Dory smirked at him. "Told you couldn't do it."

"Look who's talking. You probably can't say it either," Clay said.

John Dory opened his mouth, but quickly closed it and got a bit quiet. 

"Guys, please, should we be focusing on Melody?" Floyd questioned.

"Floyd's right. What matters is that we have to focus on little Melody," Bruce said.

Clay folded his arms, looking at his eldest brother. "Yeah, John, this means that we should take this seriously."

"Poopy...."

The four brothers stopped talking as they faced Melody who made a face at them.

"What?" Clay asked.

"Poopy! 😄😇" Melody smiled in an innocent way, showing her one tooth.

Clay's eyes widened and his face fell in disappointment. 

His brothers, on the other hand, found it adorable when she said it, especially Bruce, who couldn't hold in his excitement.

Bruce's eyes twinkled as he spoke in a babyish voice. "Awwwwwwww, did you guys hear the way she said that? In her cutesy-wootsy, high-pitched voice?? And the way she gave the cute innocent look!?! Ouuuuuuuu!!!!" 

"Now that's one of the most adorable things she have said today," Floyd spoke in a high-pitched voiced.

"Awwwwwwww," John Dory said.

Melody cooed.

"😵‍💫 CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!!! 😵‍💫" Bruce shouted as he fell to the floor.

"Uh oh," Melody said.

Bruce got up. "Oh my gosh, I want her to say it again!"

"Me too! Come on, Melody, say it again!" John Dory encouraged her.

Clay started to get impatient. Ugh, seriously, bros? You have to do this now? 🙄

Melody cooed and grabbed her feet, smiling.

"Come on, Melody," Floyd said.

John Dory chanted. "Say it, say it, say it, say it..."

"Please, please pleeeaaase say it for your Uncle Brucey," Bruce pleaded.

Again, Melody said nothing. She rocked from side to side while holding her toes. But once she then opened her mouth it got Bruce, Floyd, and John Dory excited. 

"Saaaaaaay poopy!" Bruce said.

Melody held onto her cheeks and smiled. "P-P-P-P-P-oo..."

Clay hid his face, shaking his head. "Ai-ya-ya!"

"Ai ya-ya!" Melody repeated.

"😵‍💫 AAAHHHHH CUTENESS OVERLOAD 2.0!!!! 😵‍💫" Bruce fell again.

Clay groaned. "Really?"

"Now that was cute," John Dory said.

"Totally. She's such a cutie." Floyd held Melody's hands, kissing them.

Bruce eventually got up again. "Alright Clay, it's time for you to change her."

Clay hesitated as he came close to Melody, who whined, squirmed around, and kicked her tiny feet around.

"Bro, I thought you took a babysitting course? 🤨" Floyd questioned.

"I did," Clay replied.

"Then this should be simple to do," Bruce said.

"Yes, but I thought she was going to go easy on me."

"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣" Bruce immediately busted out laughing. He laughed and laughed and couldn't stop at all. He held onto his stomach and was pretty much was rolling on the floor, laughing and wheezing. 

Clay gave him an are-you-serious-look while Floyd and John Dory looked at each other and back at Bruce. Melody, on the other hand, laughed too, even when she had no idea what happened. After a moment of laughing, Bruce finally got himself together.

"Sorry. I thought that was funny," Bruce replied.

"Anyways...I'm saying that I did not expect her to do............that," Clay said.

"Sorry, bro, you got to do it," Bruce said.

"But do I really have to?"

"Clay, just change her diaper already," John Dory said.

"Alright, alright. Okay. Geez. I'm going to do it. Right now." 

Floyd put his hand on Clay's shoulder. "Don't worry, you can do this."

"Oh, and be prepared for the smell to punch you right in the face," John Dory said.

"What? 🤯🤯" Clay said.

"Wow, what a way to boost his confidence, John, 😒" Floyd said sarcastically.

"Yeah, thanks John," Clay said to his eldest brother who just smiled at him.

"Look, as long as you don't overthink about the smell, you'll be fine," Bruce said.

Okay, Clay, you can do this. Just change her diaper, just change her diaper. Clay took a deep breath. On three: One....two....three....

He unfastened the diaper tabs and opened the diaper. For one thing, John Dory was right about the smell punching him right in the face because Clay immediately gagged, closing the diaper, moving away from Melody.

Clay shuttered in disgust. "I can't. I can't. 😖" 

"What do you mean that you can't? You got to do it," Bruce said.

"Oh, come on, bro, don't give up," John Dory encouraged him.

Clay started to feel a bit nauseous as he started to get dizzy, making gagging noises. He held onto his stomach, groaning.

"Are you going to be okay?" Floyd asked.

"I-I don't feel so good guys," Clay said.

"Oh, no," Bruce said.

"I think I'm going to throw up...🤢"

Bruce became alert. "Don't overthink, bro. Take a deep breath and..."

Clay felt the sudden urge of puking as he covered his mouth and ran into the bathroom.

- - -

Bruce watched his younger brother rush into the bathroom. The sound of him puking wasn't too pleasant either. 

"Uh oh 😮" Melody said.

Floyd rushed into the bathroom to check on him. "Clay, are you okay?" 

"I'm going to be-🤮🤮🤮" Clay continued to puke.

"Oh my gosh, now that was unexpected," John Dory said.

Melody began to squirm and cry. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

Bruce came towards his niece. "Awwwww, my poor Melody. It's okay. I'm here now. Aww, don't cry. Meeeelooddddyyy!!! Look at my funny face! 😜" 

Bruce made a silly face, which Melody started to laugh.

"Lalala!" Melody stuck her tongue out.

"Silly face. Bleh!! 🤪" John Dory said, making a silly face too.

Melody giggled. "Jon-Jon! Brucey! Silly!"

"Hehe, you're so silly too!" Bruce said. 

"So silly!" John Dory said, making a noise which sounded like Rhonda, which Melody screamed in excitement.

Bruce wiped Melody's tears. "Aww, it's okay, my Melody. Uncle Brucey's going to change your diaper."

"Wait, I thought Clay was going to do that 😐," John Dory said.

"I know. But it's okay. I just want to help him out this once since I feel bad for him, like he's puking, bro. Plus I don't want my Melody to get a diaper rash. I got this—oh, wait. I'll be right back."

Bruce quickly went out of the nursery room, went upstairs and into his bedroom to change into his black vest, not wanting to mess up his good-looking flowery vest. He then rushed to the bathroom to wash his hands.

"Hey, you good, Clay?" Bruce asked, washing his hands.

Clay groaned as he flushed the toilet. "Y-Yeah. 🥴"

"Oh good," Bruce said.

"I'm going to take him outside to get some fresh air after he washes his hands," Floyd said.

Bruce dried his hands with a towel, rushed out of the bathroom, and returned to the nursery room and smiled at Melody. 

"Awww, did my little Melody make a...." When Bruce unfasten the tabs of the diaper, he didn't finish his sentence as his eyes widened and his face scrunched up a bit but not too much.

"Oh my—whooooo! 🤢" John Dory said, coughing.

"Yup. You did a poopy," Bruce spoke to Melody in a babyish voice.

Melody blew a raspberry. 😛

Bruce too blew a raspberry while crossing his eyes, which made his niece. 

 "Poopy!!" Melody said.

"AAAAWWWWWW YESSSSS! Yes you did. You did a poopy poo-poo, my little Melody!!" Bruce said, speaking in a high pitched voice.

Melody blew a raspberry again and Bruce did the same thing too, making her laugh again.

"You know, I used to talk like this to Branch when he was a baby," Bruce said.

John Dory chuckled. "I remember that. You also did this when Clay and especially Floyd were babies too."

"Here, John, could you throw away the old diaper please—thaAaAank yoOOoOOouu!" Bruce said in his singsong voice in the end, passing the folded-up dirty diaper to his older brother.

John Dory grabbed it with two fingers while scrunching his face as he threw it in the trash bin. "Whew!" 

Bruce chuckled at his older brother. He swung his bangs, grabbed a few wipes, wiping Melody clean while humming. But he soon broke into song, moving his shoulders.

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break

And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Melody clapped. "Yaay, Brucey!!!"

"All clean! Now putting on the diaper cream. Totally can't forget that," Bruce said.

Melody touched Bruce's bangs. "La, la, la! 😊"

"Hey, we're back," Floyd said, coming into the nursery room.

Melody clapped. "Flo-Flo! Clay-Clay! 😁"

"Sorry that I couldn't do it," Clay said.

"Hey, what matters is that you tried. It'll take some practice, but I believe that you can do it next time," Bruce said, putting the dirty wipes into the plastic bag.

"Thanks bro," Clay said.

"No problem. Well since you're here, can you put a little bit of baby powder on her while I put the new diaper on," Bruce said.

"Okay, putting on the baby powder.........done!" Clay said.

"Putting new diaper on........all done, Melody," Bruce said.

Clay put her skirt back on, picking her up and hugging her. "Melooodddy! Feel better?"

"Yeah! Clay-Clay! Funny face!" Melody said.

Clay puffed out his cheeks while crossing his eyes. Melody, Bruce, John Dory, and Floyd laughed.

Bruce then threw away the plastic bag into the trash bin and left to the bathroom to wash his hands and so did John Dory. When they came back, Bruce and John Dory smiled at each other and back at Clay who was still making silly faces.

"Oh Melody, are you ready to have some more fun?" Bruce asked.

"Yeah!! 😄" She cheered.

"Okay, let's have some more fun....the BroZone family way! 😁" Bruce said.