Being a woman
I need chocolate and cake and a doughnut or twelve. I drove to the supermarket going straight to the junk food isle and packing my trolley with comfort food. I took all my parcels to my car and dumped them on the passenger seat before driving home.
I unlocked the door to my apartment and dropped my parcels before turning the lights on. Ranger was waiting for me on my couch. Sigh. This is so not a good time. I am a girl on my period and right not I felt like strangling any man in sight. I currently hate men. Suckers have life so easy. They don't get cramps, they don't bleed out of their penises every four days a month, they don't go through pregnancy, they don't have pain the first time they have sex, they don't have to shave their legs, they don't have to wax, they don't have 'bad hair days'…I could go on forever.
"Babe" God. Does he know any other words?
"What do you want?"
He stood up and stalked over to me; putting his arms around me he tipped my chin up and moved to kiss me. I put my hand over his mouth and stepped out of his arms.
"Babe?" he looked surprised. Figure that out, batman's never been turned down.
"Is this business or pleasure?" I asked him
"I just came over to see you."
"Well now that you've seen me, you can leave."
"Steph are you okay?"
That brought tears to my eyes, no I'm not okay. My cramps are killing me, I have a major head ache and my hips hurt. The hell I'm okay.
"Yeah. I'm fine. You can leave now. Look I'm not up to being your fuck buddy right now. Please leave. I have the worst cramps, I can't sleep, and I'm tired."
He moved toward me again and I stepped back.
"Babe please. Do you want Midol?"
I shook my head. "No. I just want to be left alone."
He stepped toward me again, I didn't move this time, I just held up my hand in the universal 'stop' symbol. Apparently batman only knows about the bat signal, and no other signal. He moved toward me anyway.
"Babe I think we need to talk."
"Nope I don't feel like talking, in fact I don't feel like standing either. I feel like eating, I also feel that you should leave."
"Listen Stephanie, I missed you. I've been out of town for a week and I've missed you. I love you babe and I want to give a relationship with you a chance." He told me.
"Well good for you, but right now, I hate anything that's even slightly male. I'm feeling angsty and tired. I know I'm being irrational but I still just want to be left alone." Then I promptly burst into tears.
He pulled me into his arms and picked me up, cradling me. He sat me on the kitchen counter and gave me a Midol and water. I took it. He then picked me up and took me to my bed whispering soothing Spanish words in my ear. He changed me into lounge pants and an oversized tee, and then put me to bed.
He then proceeded to strip himself till he was naked, then went to 'his' drawer and pulled out a pair of boxers. He joined me in bed and pulled me close till my head was resting on his chest. I fell asleep listening to his heartbeat. Just before sleep pulled me in I whispered 'I love you' to his chest.
'I love you too' I heard whispered back before darkness pulled me in.