The next morning when I woke, I was alone on the bed and the sound of water gushing came from the bathroom. At least he didn’t run away, terrified after seeing my emotional side.
I rolled out of the bed and grabbed some clothes, waiting for him to come out. The minute he came out, I ran inside, my bladder threatening to burst.
After my shower, we went to school on his motorbike. I didn’t know how he got his motorbike back here but I was happy. Motorbike over car any day, expect on a rainy day. One is to skid and get a fractured bone especially at Bryan’s driving speed
The journey was short and consisted of only “hi’s”, “see ya’s”.
Were things already changing?
“We should go to my place.” Janice suggested after school, not waiting for our response. She opened the door and sat inside her car.
Rolling my eyes, I followed her actions and soon we were joined by Max and Dylan in Max’s car. Ace on his bike and Brittany and Logan in his car. Alan was apparently busy trying to get Celia fall for him. He just doesn’t give up!
After an hour of practically doing nothing, I grunted. Ace was back to ignoring me, mildly. He would look at me, smile, speak politely like we had just met, but that was that. We had yet to talk about the kiss, I knew we had to but I was terrified to start on that topic and Ace didn’t even seem affected by it. So I let my fear grip me and kept quiet.
“Celia slapped Alan.” Janice informed, looking up from her phone.
“He texted?” Logan asked, shifting on her couch.
“Yeah, I asked him why he hasn’t come yet. He said he read out something from Tumbler that had more than 10k likes. In response she slapped him. Now he’s at her place trying to woo her by more Tumblr posts.” Janice snorted.
Max laughed, “What a whipped ass!”
“What did he read out?” I asked curiously.
Janice held up one finger, gesturing one second. After a few seconds, she rolled up on the ground clutching her stomach as she guffawed.
We looked at her quizzically. Cat got in her vagina?
Logan grabbed her phone and read out Alan’s text, “Once in a lifetime someone special comes along, whose kiss is your rainbow when you feel low.”
“I wonder why someone would slap for that.” Brittany muttered.
“Wait till the end.” Janice choked out, still laughing her head off.
“Once in a lifetime some special comes along whose touch reminds you that fairy tales do come true.” Logan continued.
I held the urge to aww.
“I know someday I’ll meet someone special, it’s true. But right now I am horny, and you’re hot, so you’ll do.”
The room silenced for a few seconds and then filled with laughter, loud laughter. Even Ace was laughing, the corner of his eyes crinkling.
“That teaches you that the start maybe good but you should wait till the end.” Logan snorted, typing something on Janice’s phone.
“That teaches you not to trust tumbler, the number of naked, stupid and horny pictures on it is uncountable.” Max said, shaking his head in displeasure.
“Tumblr for blogs, Facebook for teenager posts and Instagram for selfies.” Dylan piped, shaking his head.
Ace scowled, “I don’t understand why selfies are becoming a trend now. There are selfie songs on YouTube. Every other person is taking selfies.”
I shrugged, “Maybe because all phones have an excellent front camera now.”
“Selfie is short for selfish.” Ace admitted. “I can’t take a selfie, at least not a good one.”
“You have tried?” I chortled.
He rolled his eyes. “I was curious what all the fuss was about.”
“You have to learn to take a good selfie, it defines our generation.” Janice demanded, putting her front camera on.
“If I’ll look anything the way Logan looks in his selfies, I think I’ll pass.” Dylan remarked, moving farther from Janice.
“Don’t be a wuss.” Janice scolded, pulling Dylan near her and teaching him to take a selfie. I think Dylan was enjoying the proximity more than listening to Janice’s selfie tips. When he eyes traveled to her neck and below my suspicions were confirmed. Janice noticed that and promptly slapped Dylan head. He looked at her face with a cheeky grin and wink.
I rolled my eyes at them, turning to Ace, “Have you ever seen Teen wolf?”
He shook his head, “Obviously not, I did once when Dylan’s sister had put but that’s that.”
“And vampire diaries?”
He shuddered, “I have seen twilight after that no vampires please.”
“And Game Of Thrones?”
“Nope.”
I frowned at him. Such a stick-in-the-mud. “And Pretty Little Liars?”
He eyes widened in horror. “Of course not.”
“Your life is a waste!” I exclaimed, shaking my head.
“Dude Ashley Benson is worth ogling at.” Logan said, nodding appreciatively at his phone wallpaper – Ashley Benson, of course.
“Dy, Ace we need to go.” Max said urgently, throwing his bag on his shoulder and running out, closely followed by Ace and Dylan.
No explanation, no see you soon, no bye. Just vanish.
“What was that about?” Janice asked, her phone still mid-way in air, her finger just inches away from the click button.
I blew out a breath. “God knows, they keep disappearing all the time.”
There was an awkward silence and then Logan shouted, “So who wants pizza?”
Oh shit! Oh fucking shit!
I was experiencing crimson horror, a. k. a red river, a. k. a fucking periods.
I wrapped my towel and stepped out of the bathroom, thankful for Ace’s absence. He had gone to get some food and wouldn’t be back too soon, hopefully.
I went to bag and searched for my pads, I searched again and then again. Groaning in frustration, I sat on the bed. This is why I don’t let anyone pack for me. How can someone forget the most important thing in a girl’s bag?
I searched my school bag for the emergency pad and then remembered that I had given it to Brittany a few days back in school.
Oh great! Aunt Flow just couldn’t wait to visit me. Bitch!
Just then the door opened and Ace stepped in with a few bags, he froze when his eyes landed on me. He gulped as his eyes scanned my towel clad body lavishly. If I wasn’t already frustrated and annoyed beyond measure, I would have blushed and even kissed him senselessly. But my lower part was dripping red and it wasn’t delightful.
“I need you to get me pads.” I ordered, bringing him out of his trance.
He blinked, his eyes returning to my face. “Huh? What?”
“Pads. The one’s that girls wear during periods. I need them now. Right now.” I repeated hotly, gripping my towel tighter. Just hold the urge you dumb Red river!
“Pads?” His eyes grew bigger in horror like I was talking about adopting a pet Godzilla.
“For fucks sake. They are just cotton stripes, get them already.” I shouted, waving my hands in air. The towel around me loosened and I grasped it tightly.
“Okay.” He nodded, his face still dissolved in angst.
“Pads with wings.” I added. I don’t understand the significance of pads without wings. They are as good as a phone with no front camera.
He blinked innocently. “Wings? Red bull?”
I gritted my teeth, rolling my eyes. “No, the ones with flaps around them, ask anyone or it’s written on the packet. Get them fast Bryan, my blood won’t wait.”
He nodded and ran out. I actually felt pity for him. He never had any experience with this stuff and here I was ordering him to get me pads.
It was surreal, living in the same room, fooling around, sharing secrets, kissing like no tomorrow, ordering to get pads. Almost like couples.
I scoffed at the thought, me and Bryan a couple? Keep dreaming.
After a few tortuous minutes a blushing Ace entered the room again with a bag. I raised my eyebrows at his blushing face but didn’t comment. I grabbed the bag and rushed into the bathroom. He had bought pads as well as tampons and a snicker bar. My heartbeat increased as I saw the chocolate bar.
See this is what made it impossible to not fall for him! It’s all these little things.
I finally came out feeling much better after knowing my blood wasn’t going to be dripping everywhere. I lifted the chocolate with a smile. “Thanks.”
Ace smiled shyly. “You’re not yourself when you’re hungry.” and then cleared his throat, “Are you okay?”
I rolled my eyes at his dig but nodded, “Obviously.”
“So? Uh we were planning to go out but now that you have-”
“Just because I am on periods doesn’t mean I am anemic.” I snapped, taking a huge bite from the snickers.
“Uh yeah of course.” He shifted from one leg to another anxiously. “So we are going out now?”
“Fine, I’ll just change.”
“Wear something simple and not new.”
I just nodded, turning to my bag.