So this story got deleted :( but luckily I downloaded a back-up :). I am going to edit it a little bit (not too much.) Thank you all for all of your reviews, subscriptions, and favorites.
I have been really busy lately so I am going to add as many chapters as I can at a time, but on Sunday I am going on a tour of Europe for a month so I will not be updating.
Oh, and a note about this chapter because I got a lot of comments about it earlier, yes, normally 16 is very old to be getting your period for the first time, but remember Max is not normal!
Max POV
I kept staring at Fang during dinner. He loved me, and man did I love him too. Iggy made chicken. It was one hell of a delicious bird. After finishing dinner and clearing my dishes, I felt cramps in my lower abdomen. "Ow" I moaned under my breath. Fang heard it, and walked over to me.
"Are you ok? Are you hurt? Did you get another one of your headaches?" Fang asked concerned. I was holding my stomach, curled on the sofa in a ball. I was in much more pain than I was letting out. It wasn't like a punch in the stomach pain, or even a stomach flu nausea pain, it was something entirely different, but regardless of what it was, I needed to stay strong, for the Flock. They are all still children, and children need a leader, a strong leader at best, so they can't see me weak.
"I'm fine," I choked out. "I think I ate something that upset my stomach." I rolled over and he started rubbing my stomach. Ella came over to me with some Advil and a glass of water. I sat up and swallowed the pills. Fang carried me up to my bed bridal style. He tucked me in the way that I used to tuck in the kids, and lightly kissed my forehead.
"I love you, Max," he said. With that I closed my eyes and went to sleep.
I woke up, and instantly my stomach tightened. I sat up, bad idea. Before I fell back onto my pillows, I saw blood. A lot of blood. Crap. I think that this meant I got my period. Jeb explained it to me years back, but I never thought it would actually happen to me. "ELLA!" I screamed as loud as I could. She ran into my room in a panic.
"Max, what is it… oh." She looked down and obviously noted the blood.
"MOM!" she hollered.
"What is it with all the yelling?" Mom said as she entered my room. She saw the blood as well. She smiled at me. I don't know why she was happy. I guess she was excited that I actually got my period; none of us knew if it was even possible. I guess we just found out.
"Ella, go see if we have anything in the bathroom." She ordered. Ella exited my room and my Mom looked at me.
"Max, it's going to be ok. How are the cramps?" she asked.
"Mom, it hurts so bad" I choked out.
"I heard screaming so I came up and… Max?" he said walking into my room, obviously noting the blood as well. Geez, does the boy now how to knock? He sat on my bed, and started rubbing my stomach the same way he did last night.
"Max, did you just get your, uh, you know…" he said, awkwardly looking at the wall. I nodded. He looked down.
"I couldn't find any tamp… Fang. Get out of here NOW!" Ella screamed. Fang froze. He silently got up and walked away. Ella sat down on the end of my bed.
"I'm sorry Max, its just that this is a girl thing and… well, Fang isn't girl. At least to the extent of my knowledge." she joked. I smiled a little bit.
"It's ok" I replied. She looked at Mom and said very quietly; "Mom, we are out of tampons" Mom nodded and whispered to her to go ask Fang to come back in here.
Fang walked into my room and sat back down next to me. "Fang," Ella said, "Would you do anything for Max?"
"Of course" he said. Very clever Ella, very clever. I guess we are related after all.
"Ok, then I suppose you wouldn't mind running to the drugstore to buy Max some tampons," she said as sweetly as possible, but I could sense the sarcasm.
"Absolutely not" Fang replied. I tried giving him Bambi eyes.
"Please" I said, blushing.
"Why can't your Mom or Ella go?" he asked
"Because I need to stay with Max and Ella can't drive or FLY!" Mom replied.
"But" he whimpered. I stared at him, and whispered, "I love you Fang" into his ear. He nodded and walked downstairs. That's my man.
Ugh. That was so embarrassing. Mom told me it was nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about, but I mean c'mon, you get your period, your boyfriend walks in, and then he has to go buy you tampons. Is it possible for me to not be embarrassed? At least this explains the mood swings and the cramps last night. Thank god, for a moment I thought I was going soft or emotional or something. I swear I owe Fang so much, but I'm more than positive he will come up with something for me to pay him back with.
Fang POV
Max owes me so much. I walked downstairs and grabbed Nudge. If I have to go, so does she. Plus, I need a girl for this. What do I know about tampons? Nothing. "C'mon Nudge," I said, "We are going, uh, shopping". She bought it. Her face lit up but she was a little confused. She opened her mouth to talk but I cut her off. "I'll explain on the way" I said.
When we were in the air, I explained to her what was going on, "Max got her, you know" I said
"OMG! MAX GOT HER PERIOD!" Nudge yelled excited, before I could even finish my sentence. Girls.
I shushed her and replied, "Yes. But don't tell anyone, I'm sure Max doesn't want the rest of the flock to know"
"So, are we going to buy her a present or something?" Nudge asked, still very confused.
"Actually, no, Max needs, ugh, tampons" I said, grimacing at the t-word.
Nudge's face made an "O"
We landed in a patch of bushes in back of a drugstore. I walked in awkwardly, letting Nudge do her thing. She grabbed two brightly colored boxes. I probably would have bought one of everything, thank god Nudge was here with me. I gave Nudge the money and let her pay. I still stood awkwardly at the door. I couldn't even step foot in there. "You owe me so much" Nudge mouthed. "I know," I mouthed back. Fighting whatever creations the School comes up with, fine. Buying tampons, I would rather be punched in the gut by a Flyboy. Twice.
I threw the two boxes on Max's bed and left before she could say thank-you. As much as I love her, the whole period thing sort of grosses me out. What can I say? I'm a dude. I walked downstairs to an ever-smiling Iggy. "So," Iggy said, as sarcastically and obnoxiously as possible, which in case you are new here, is very sarcastic and obnoxious. "Little Maxie-Poo got her period? Aw she is growing up so fast."
"Shut up!" I said defensively. He has no right to talk about Max that way.
"What, did you get it too?" He teased. That's it. I tackled him to the floor and pinned him to the ground, hands over his head, and barked, "First of all, don't you EVER talk about Max like that. Second of all, breathe a word of this, or even think a word of this, I will personally disconnect your balls from your body." That was enough to get Iggy to back off.
I went into my room and shut my door. Max owes me big time. I wonder what I can make her do to pay me back. I think I have just the idea. As I was brainstorming more payback, Max walked in and shut the door behind her. She was still holding her stomach. She came to the edge of my bed and sat down, still not looking at me. I shifted next to her and but my arm around her. She leaned into me. We sat there in silence for a few minutes before she spoke.
"Thanks, Fang," she said, "I owe you". I came up with a thousand obnoxious remarks, consisting of 'Hell yeah you do's and 'Trust me, you will make it up to me's. I decided to stay quiet. Normal Max is scary enough when upset. Max PMSing is a whole new level of scary. That level is one I never ever want to challenge. Instead I just said, "Don't about worry sweetie." I figured when her period was over I would come up with something.
