Chapter 47: First Period Talk

Meredith walked out of surgery and past the wall of windows where the chief's office was as well as the small conference room next to it. She barely glanced in and noticed two familiar faces. Derek looked up at her and she sighed as she planted her hands on her hips. He got up, mumbling something to Bella and walked out of the room.

"Seriously!" she muttered "I told you she'd pull a fast one on you."

"She didn't." Derek said "She has a…well she's having…you need to talk to her."

"Derek!"

"Meredith she's….well she's bleeding."

"What?" she hissed "Where, is she dying?"

"No." he mumbled "But she thinks she is."

"I'm lost."

"She's getting her….period." he mumbled under his breath, Meredith raised her brow "I can't believe this is happening…she's only nine!"

"Well with all the hormones in food these days, what do you expect?"

"A few years ago!" Derek scoffed, she crossed her arms over her chest "So um, you'll talk to her, right?"

"Let me guess, you didn't tell her anything. You just brought her here so that I can break the news that she's entering into womanhood."

"Um…. yes."

"Pussy." She scoffed and rolled her eyes "Go check on my post op."

Meredith sighed and turned around, she went into the supply closet and grabbed a few things before going into the conference room. She sat down across from Bella and looked at her tear streaked face. She looked seriously freaked out and Meredith's heart went out to her.

"I'm guessing that in your sex ed class they didn't cover the entrance to womanhood speech."

"The what?" Bella sniffled.

"This is normal for girls your age."

"It is?"

"You're going from a girl to a woman Bella, and this is what happens." Meredith explained "It sucks, and you're going to hate it."

"I already hate it." She sniffled "But why?"

"When you reach your pre-teen years Bella, your body starts to kick into gear. Inside your lower abdomen is an organ called a uterus, it's where babies come from. And next to that are ovaries, they make the eggs that turn into babies. Every month your body gears up to release an egg and your uterus gets a thick lining. Then after a couple of weeks your body releases the lining and you bleed."

"It happens every month!" Bella gasped "This is going to suck; I won't ever be able to leave the bathroom."

"No worries." Meredith smirked, she set a plastic covered box shape on the table "These are called maxi pads. You put them in your panties, and it'll catch the blood, you change it when it gets full and you'll be able to go on with life like normal."

"They look like a diaper." Bella said skeptically.

"They're better than nothing." Meredith smiled as she set a blue box on the table "When you get the hang of pads you can graduate to tampons. Most women prefer them, but they can be difficult for young girls."

"They look like sticks. How are they supposed to stop the bleeding?"

"You put them in your vagina." Meredith said, Bella's eyes grew wide "It doesn't sound comfortable, but they can be once you get the hang of them. You can go swimming and do other things you can't normally do with a pad."

"Ok." Bella wrinkled up her nose.

Meredith set a bottle on the table "This is Midol. It's pain medication for menstrual cramps that you get when you're on your period. Take two every six hours as you need." She let out a sigh "Any questions?"

"So, I'm going to have it every month for the rest of my life?"

"Um, well until you get to menopause but that won't happen until you're in your 50's. Or if you get pregnant. But if that happens anytime soon just so you know, your dad will lock you in a cage until you get to menopause."

"So you have to have sex to get pregnant."

"Yes."

"Why?"

Meredith smiled. "Let me go get your dad."

Bella nodded and Meredith got up, she walked out of the room and saw Derek standing next to the nurses station shifting nervously, Christina was on the other side rolling her eyes at him.

"How'd it go?" he asked.

"Fine, absolutely fine." Meredith smiled "But now she wants to know how girls get pregnant…and that one's on you."

Derek's face fell and he muttered profanities as he scuffled towards the conference room.

"Why don't you just connect the conversation you just had with her and the one the school did?" Cristina asked, "She already had the sex talk, right?"

Meredith grinned.

"Yes. But he doesn't know that."

How do you feeling about this heartfelt moment between Meredith and Bella? Also, do you feel Meredith did right by tricking Derek?