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"What are you laughing for!" Owen spluttered as he glared at the two women.

He had pounced on them as soon as they returned, full of the story of woe and now they stood there laughing.

"Well, I'm glad you thought it was funny because Yan never considered it and thought this was some sort of death from the switch thing. But go ahead, laugh away!" He snapped, stomping off.

Gwen went to her workstation still giggling but Tosh had stopped as she considered how afraid Yan must have been and she headed over to the house.

"Oh thank god!" Jack sighed, pulling her in, "Yanni has her … thing."

"Period" Tosh said firmly.

"Yeah, yeah, god poor baby" he moaned.

"So If I say I got mine yesterday …"

"OH MY GOD! Why are you on active duty! Jesus Christ why did you never tell me how traumatic this is … the blood, god I swear there were clots!" Jack was propelling her towards the bedroom as he spoke and she found herself in the main room where Yan's blonde tufts of hair were the only thing on her pillow.

"Baby! Tosh has hers too!" Jack gushed, racing for the wardrobe and returning with PJs.

"Are you fucking insane!" Yan roared, sitting bolt upright in the bed and making Jack squeak, "Not the bloody pink! The yellow! For godsake Jack, Tosh doesn't like pink!

"Sorry, sorry" Jack rushed back in there and retuned with pale yellow ones with little white clouds on them.

He placed them on the bed and then wrung his hands.

"Hot chocolate might be nice" Yan griped, "Poor Toshi. You must be frozen, get in here!"

Tosh calmly undressed and got into the PJs, then slid in Jack's side, finding a grabby Welshwoman pulling her in further.

"Taking this a bit far, aren't you?" she whispered and Yan snorted into her neck.

"Here we are my sweets. God, marshmallows!" Jack was heard rushing off.

Yan flicked the covers back and yelled at the ceiling, "Bring the bag!"

"Yes Dear" came a faint reply.

"Yan!" Tosh was scandalized.

"No! I was scared shitless at first until I knew what this was. Won't hurt him!" Yan sniffed, sitting up primly in the pillows and batting her eyelashes as Jack.

"You forgot something" she pouted.

Jack made a little whimpering noise as he looked over the tray and then at her.

"Jack?"

"Darling?"

"Where is my bloody kiss?"

Jack's face lit up and he leaned in, kissing her deeply and with passion.

"Now ... did you say something about the TV?"Yan said with a soft smile, "My handsome man."

Jack rushed off to move the TV into the bedroom and Tosh giggled some more as she got comfortable.

"Tosh, do you really shove those tampon things up your twat bit?" Yan whispered.

"Yes" she giggled as she watched Yan's look of horror.

"Well I'll stick to these bloody great pads!" Yan huffed, "Totally disgusting. How do you do it every month?"

"We don't have much of a choice" Tosh hugged her friend, reveling in the shared experience.

Soon they were watching reruns of "I Love Lucy" while munching cheese on toast.

"I just have to run in and sign some forms so Owen can release that body and help Gwen with some stuff" Jack said and he shot in to kiss Yan, kissing Tosh on the head as well before racing off.

"See?" Yan said dreamily.

"Yeah" Tosh sighed, "I wish someone would fuss on me like that."

Yan chewed on a bon-bon from the bedside drawer and considered.

She offered Tosh one and smiled.

Then picked up the phone.

"Owen? Those cramps are bad again, have you got any more of those heat pads" she whimpered, careful to sniffle a wee bit.

The bike roared up the side of the house and Yan wriggled with anticipation as Tosh snoozed, unaware of Yan's devious mind in motion.

He bustled in and stopped, taking in the two bodies in the bed.

"Tosh has it too" Yan said, her bottom lip trembling, "Is it like … contagious?"

"Well, women together to sort of …harmonize their cycles" Owen agreed, "Is she OK?"

"Well, I have Jack but … I hate to think of Tosh alone in her little apartment" Yan sighed, "this feels horrible Owen."

"Awww, come on settle down and I'll heat you both up" Owen offered and Yan snuggled against Tosh as the heat pads were revealed.

Tosh woke as the heat was carefully laid against the stomach and looked blearily up at Owen.

"Thank you Owen, how sweet" she smiled.

Owen blushed as he turned away and she looked at Yan with surprise.

Yan raised an eyebrow in response.

Really?

Tosh settled back, considering what had just happened.

Yan silently plotted.

…..

'Tampax Pearl Lites' tampons are the ones with wings for those who asked.

Yes. I do believe a man thought of that. LOL