I was 12 years old and it was the ending of 6th grade. Almost all my best friends had already got their you-know-whats and told me it was “Death by vagina” (yes kinda quoting Dork Diaries) so i wasn’t all that excited for getting mine. I knew what they were, and the symptoms, and i had all of them…..so i was kinda paranoid about going to the bathroom, wore dark underwear, absolutely refused the “TALK” ,objected against taking pads to school to be prepared, and even avoided the subject of “PERIODS” (yea, imma say it…go ahead and laugh :)) I thought i could maybe avoid it for a while and deal with it later….like how i do with most of my situations….
But oh no..IT HAD TO COME. (I dont care if this is hella long i just want to get my stupid story out there.) I am usually a very outgoing person who has never known embarrasment and am very shameless so you would’ve thought..hey its fine right? NUH UH.
So we were having a party cuz class was almost over…ya know…the last day of school, and we had several bags of chips, and all types of crap, stuffing our faces, and playing on our phones, and had a picture of the old bitches we called teachers and throwing darts at them. Then all of a sudden, my best friend Medha was like,
“Dude go to the bathroom"
And i was like why? She insisted and i went to the bathroom. Of course i was having abdomen pains all morning so i went all suspicious. Could it be?
I ran inside, went into the first stall, and checked my underwear. I took some toilet paper and wiped and i saw brown stuff….so i thought i pooped myself. I just cleaned my underwear and myself really good and stuffed paper near my butt so it could catch any more of the ‘poop’
i checked my leg and guess what? I WAS DRIPPING SHIT. AND IT LOOKED LIKE LIQUID POOP.
I cleaned it up with tap water and soap, and dried it with a paper towel. I washed my hands and left and we partied some more.
Then i got into my bus and was having a language war with Gautham and Aditya and David, with three 5th grader girls, and we were almost winning until i felt really lightheaded and fell down onto the floor. It wasn’t fainting because i could still make sense of what was goin on. David helped me onto my seat (he has a crush on me.) AWWKWWARD! The driver gave me cold water and candy and i realised what was going on. My legs were dripping blood and my underwear was drenched in it. (I could feel it…DUH) AND EVERYONE SAW. I asked if i could go to the bathroom, because the bus doesnt leave for another 20 min.
The driver agreed and i raced all the way back. I dashed into the bathroom and saw my entire underwear soaked. i cleaned it up pretty well and it slowly dawned on me. "OH NO. I.GOT.MY.PERIOD.” The reason i fainted was because i was losing so much blood that it made niagra falls seem weak. i kept cleaning it and it kept coming out. then i wrapped up a bunch of toilet paper and paper towels really tight and stuck it 'there’. It held pretty fine so i walked steadily back to my bus only to discover what? yea my bus left. So did my bag. So did my snickers bar and bag of doritos. I DID NOT sit in a corner and cry. I just went up to the admin and was like 'hey my bus left so im stuck here’ i was raging for no reason. The bus could always come back and give me a ride home.
The lady saw my legs, and looked shocked and immediatly contacted my parents, the driver, and had everyone informed that i had an 'accident’. So now, not only did i get my period, but i lost the language contest to david, tee hee, have a HEAVY FLOW and my bus left without me. And so did my food. Now my moms gonna yell at me cuz i didnt board the bus on time. And why??? Cuz mother nature sucker punched me in my uterus.
Great. Just great. I waited for an hour, and the bus came back, i got my backpaack, stuffed my face and had my mom give me that IMMA-SEE-WHAT-HAPPENED-AND-WHY-THE-HELL-DID-U-NOT-BOARD-UR-BUS look. Hella scary….. She was like 'Janvi, why didnt you board your bus??“
And i told her. Her eyes got wide and she said 'well now i can be extra protective of you and no ones gonna touch my baby” She got me to walmart and let me pick out some underwear and a good brand of pads. she even bought me chocolate, ice cream a few movies and a paperback novel . We went home and my makeshift pad was completely soaked.
I changed into a pad, and relaxed. It could hold. After some time, i took a full bath, and the blood didnt flow. The water stopped and it was victoria falls dyed red.
So yea my first period was suckish and many people saw. But now i dont care because there have been more embarrassing stories before me, and after me so now i look back and laugh.
P.S sorry this was long. :((