Farkle woke up with a hangover. He couldn't find Maya. When he went to pee, he found a note:
Forgot some stuff yesterday. Be back later.
-Maya
"Okay," he said to himself. He spent the day playing the songs Maya had written on the piano. His favorite song was probably "Eyes Wide Open." That or "We'll Be the Stars." When she returned, he inquired what she went out to get.
"Nothing that should concern you," she said, not looking at him.
"Maya, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Leave me alone." She said.
He grabbed her shoulders. "Maya, seriously, what's wrong?" She scoffed and pushed past him. She headed towards the loft. He could tell she wanted to be left alone so he didn't bug her the rest of the day.
He tried to figure out what was wrong. Then he remembered when she acted the same way a few months ago, and he had asked Riley what was wrong. "She's on her period," Riley had told him. "Her hormones act up and she's super sensitive or super angry for no reason." Well that makes sense, he thought.
He looked up 'what to do when you're on your period.'
- Turn down the thermostat; your body temperature raises when you're on your menstrual cycle.
- Drink lots of water and eat healthy foods
- Get a heating pad and rest it on your stomach or lower back
- Keep a pair of underwear that already has a pad on it in the bathroom in case you leak during the night
He read more suggestions and followed them. He put an extra pair of underwear in the bathroom with a note that said, Just in case you leaked.
He lowered the temperature. He found a heating pad and brought it up to the loft with a glass of water. "Here, Maya." He handed her the water. Maya was sitting up on the bed watching "The Titanic." He pulled the blanket off of her legs and placed the heating pad on her stomach. He pulled the blanket back up to her. He looked up at her and blushed a little. "Thanks, Farkle," she said. He got under the blanket and held Maya as they watched "The Titanic." She fell asleep with her head resting on Farkle's shoulder.
He fell half asleep and was a woken by Maya who got out of bed and rushed towards the bathroom. He squinted so he wasn't blinded by the bathroom light. When she came back out of the bathroom, Farkle saw her smiling as she came up to him, kissed his forehead, and thanked him. He smiled, and drifted back to sleep.