Twelve (2010)
Twelve
“It happened on a Saturday, just a normal old Saturday, and later it occurred to me to be glad, because what if it had happened at school? Then I would have had to tell Mrs. Potter, and maybe she wouldn’t have let me go to the nurse unless I told her why, and nuh-uh, no way, there was no possibility of those words coming out of my mouth. I mean, what would I have said? What words would I have even used?
It was after breakfast when I felt the trickle. That was the first sign. Although I guess I w...as in denial, because when I went to the bathroom and saw red, I just changed underwear and threw the old pair into the laundry. In a wadded-up ball, deep at the bottom of the basket.
And then I sat very still, legs crossed, on my bed. There was something weird going on in my belly—was it a cramp? And I knew that Sandra got moody whenever she had her period. Was that why I snapped at Ty when he used too much butter on his pancakes? Oh God, was I becoming a raging mess of hormones?
I knew I should go tell Mom, but I didn’t want her saying anything to me that had the word woman involved.MoreLess
It was after breakfast when I felt the trickle. That was the first sign. Although I guess I w...as in denial, because when I went to the bathroom and saw red, I just changed underwear and threw the old pair into the laundry. In a wadded-up ball, deep at the bottom of the basket.
And then I sat very still, legs crossed, on my bed. There was something weird going on in my belly—was it a cramp? And I knew that Sandra got moody whenever she had her period. Was that why I snapped at Ty when he used too much butter on his pancakes? Oh God, was I becoming a raging mess of hormones?
I knew I should go tell Mom, but I didn’t want her saying anything to me that had the word woman involved.MoreLess
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