It was the following morning and Alicia struggled to get the girls ready for school on time. She had a shift at work as well and needed to get the girls to school in plenty of time to sort out any paper work and make sure they were settled. She had phoned the school while she had been in Newcastle to enrol the girls.
Once they were eventually ready, they walked to school. They arrived at the office and went in. Luckily the head teacher was waiting for them and everything went smoothly. Alicia could tell that both her sisters were nervous.
"Everything is going to be fine but text me if you have any issues" Alicia said as she gave both of them a hug. They both nodded. Saskia was taken away by one of the deputy teachers first and then Malia.
"Mal, keep an eye out on Sash for me?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded. Of course, she would look after her sister. Malia was soon taken to her class by another teacher.
Luckily the school day went fast and neither of the girls had any issues. They both were instantly befriended by girls in their years and didn't have any issues as the stay went on.
Once school had finish, Malia and Saskia walked home as Alicia was working. Their sister had sent them the address and they used google maps to ensure that they could get home. They arrived home and Malia went up the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Saskia asked her sister.
"I'm going to get changed and then I'll be back down" Malia said with a hand over her stomach. Saskia nodded. She waited for her sister to come down before going back up herself. Malia had changed into black joggers and grabbed a blanket. She really didn't feel well.
Saskia came down the stairs and joined her sister.
"What's wrong with you" Saskia asked sitting down next to her sister who was curled on the sofa.
"Nothing" Malia snapped.
"God calm down" Saskia said surprised at her sister's snap. They sat down and watched the TV for a couple of hours before Alicia came home.
"Do you girls need dinner?" Alicia asked and both girls nodded.
"What's wrong with you?" Alicia asked Malia.
"Nothing" Malia snapped but she was sat curled up on the sofa and wouldn't even look Alicia in the face.
Alicia disappeared to put the oven on. Saskia was sat watching the TV when Alicia returned.
"Sash, can you do me a favour and give me and Malia a minute" Alicia asked and Saskia nodded. She didn't make a fuss because she was worried about her sister and hoped Alicia would be able to get it out of her what was wrong.
"What's the matter?" Alicia asked standing in front of Malia. Malia shook her head refusing to look at her sister.
"Are you hurt or in pain?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded her head softly.
"Can you please speak to me?" Alicia asked softly as she sat down next to Malia and put her hand on her leg.
"Would it be better if I turned into Doctor Munroe?" Alicia asked and Malia looked up and laughed. Alicia saw the tears in the girl's eyes.
"I'm worried about you" Alicia said softly.
"What hurts?" Alicia asked and Malia pointed to her stomach.
"Can I feel it?" Alicia asked and Malia shook her head.
"Why not?" Alicia asked.
"Because I know why it's like this" Malia said before letting tears fall down her face.
"Why is it like this then?" Alicia asked but Malia just couldn't say it out loud.
"It's my period" Malia mumbled.
"Seriously is that it?" Alicia asked.
"It hurts a lot" Malia said.
"I don't mean that it doesn't hurt because it is clearly giving you a lot of pain but you can tell me stuff like this" Alicia said and Malia shrugged.
"Are you that embarrassed to speak about periods to me?" Alicia asked and Malia shrugged again.
"I don't speak to anyone about it" Malia explained.
"Well from now on you can speak to me about it" Alicia explained. "You can go into as much detail as you want because I really don't care"
Malia nodded.
"I get painful cramps so I'll go and get you some medicine specifically for cramps" Alicia said as she ran up the stairs. She came back down with tablets and some water. Malia took the tablets.
"Never feel too embarrassed to speak to me about it" Alicia said and Malia nodded.
"When did you start?" She asked. "Was it why you were ill yesterday?"
"I started at lunch but the last few months I've had a really sore head and felt sick like just before I start" Malia explained and Alicia nodded.
"Sounds like it's a migraine" Alicia said and Malia nodded.
"Like it just comes on so suddenly. I felt fine before we left to get the train and then it just started hurting a little and then all of a sudden I was being sick and everything" Malia explained and Alicia nodded.
"Once things are more settled, I'm going to take you to the doctor to see about getting you on birth control and hopefully that will help your periods" Alicia explained and Malia nodded.
"That sounds good" Malia explained. Alicia nodded before standing up and heading out the room to make dinner. She was half way through dinner when something dawned on her. She walked back through to the living room and noticed it was just Malia.
"Mal, do you need any sanitary products?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded.
"What do you want?" Alicia asked. "I have some pads and tampons up the stairs but I'll obviously get you some of your own".
Malia nodded but didn't say anything.
"Which type?" Alicia asked and Malia shrugged.
"What's wrong, spit it out" Alicia said and Malia sighed. Her sister was getting really good at reading her mind now.
"I've never used a tampon but I feel maybe I could" Malia admitted.
"That's okay, I'll get you some and you can decide" Alicia asked smiling. Malia smiled back before Alicia left the room.
As she left the room, she noticed Saskia standing at the door listening in.
"Were you listening?" Alicia asked and Saskia shrugged.
"You don't need any supplies do you?" Alicia asked and Saskia made a face.
"What? Of course not? Ew I can't believe you just asked me that. I haven't you know, like started" Saskia said freaking out.
"Okay, well remember to tell me if you do need anything and we can talk about this later" Alicia said before prancing off. Saskia made a face, she was not going to be speaking about that.
Alicia left Malia in charge of dinner while she ran off to the shops. When Alicia returned, Malia was just serving dinner.
"We'll head up to my room once we've eaten" Alicia whispered to her sister and Malia nodded. They all sat down and ate. Both the girls spoke to Alicia about their day at school and Alicia smiled happy that they both appeared to have settled in.
Once they had finished eating, Alicia made sure that Saskia was happy watching the TV before she nipped up the stairs with Malia.
"Do you want to try putting a tampon in?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded.
"Do you know what you are doing?" Alicia asked and Malia shook her head.
"Read the leaflet that's the easiest way. It's not that hard. Just make sure they you insert it diagonally" Alicia explained and Malia nodded.
"I'll sit outside and help if you need any" Alicia explained and Malia nodded before walking into the bathroom and closing the door. She quickly got the box out and was happy that her sister had gotten her tampons with applicators. She quickly took off her trousers and placed one leg on the toilet. She tried but struggled to work out what to do.
"Lesh, I don't know how to get it in" Malia complained.
"How the hell can you not work it out when it's the same hole, you've had his dick in" Alicia laughed through the door.
"Never mind that's it" Malia said. "How do I get it out the applicator?"
Alicia put her hand in her head.
"I hope you have it in the right way but push it in and then pull the applicator out" Alicia said.
"Lesh, I don't get it" Malia complained.
"Take it out, bin it and come back outside a minute" Alicia said. Malia did what she was told and put her trousers back on.
Alicia grabbed a tampon from the box and demonstrated the action which the girl had to do.
"Oh that's easy" Malia said and Alicia sighed.
"You girl" Alicia said ruffling her sister's hair and laughing. Malia went back into the bathroom and returned a couple of minutes later.
"Sorted?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded.
"What are you like?" Alicia said pulling her sister into her arms for a hug before they walked down the stairs to join Saskia.
"What was going on up there?" Saskia asked.
"Oh we were just sorting out auntie flow" Alicia said and Saskia looked confused.
"What are you on about?" Saskia asked.
"Ah just period issues" Alicia said and Saskia made a face.
"That is disgusting. Why are you even speaking to each other about it?" Saskia asked.
"Because it's normal. All woman go through it and it won't be long before you do too. We are sisters, we can speak about this type of thing" Alicia said.
"No I am not" Saskia said.
"No, you're not what?" Alicia asked.
"I'm not you know" Saskia said.
"Sash, stop trying to hide it. You need to accept that you are changing or you are going to get such a shock when you do. I want to prepare you for it but if you aren't willing to accept that you are changing then I can't" Alicia snapped.
Saskia ran up the stairs crying. She quickly changed into her pyjamas in the bathroom and then got into bed.
Alicia sat watching the TV with Malia in silence for about 15 minutes before looking at her sister.
"I best go and deal with Sash, shouldn't I?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded.
"She doesn't know much and is just really scared" Malia explained and Alicia nodded.
"You do know that mum hasn't spoken to her about anything" Malia said and Alicia shook her head.
"I borrowed her ipad for something like a few weeks ago and like her history came up. She's been like googling if she is normal because she has hair down there and how to ask your sister for a bra, how to ask for deodorant and everything" Malia admitted. Alicia felt horrible.
"I bought her some deodorant but I didn't do anything else. I just pretended I didn't see it" Malia admitted.
"Don't worry about it" Alicia said "I'll go and speak to her"
Alicia walked up the stairs. She wasn't sure how Saskia would be.
"Sash" Alicia said opening the door. She noticed her sister lay in the bed. Alicia sat down on the bed.
"I'm sorry for snapping at you" Alicia said but Saskia didn't move.
"Baby, please speak to me" Alicia said but again Saskia stayed still. Alicia lay down and put her arms around Saskia. She didn't move for a couple of minutes before turning into her sister's chest and she started sobbing.
"Baby girl" Alicia said. "I feel so horrible. You should have been able to speak to me. We will speak about it now. Anything you want to know"
"I don't want to speak today please" Saskia begged.
"Tomorrow though" Alicia said and Saskia nodded. Alicia continued to cuddle her little sister until she fell asleep.
Hope this is okay. Sorry for the delay. What should Alicia talk to Saskia about?
