A/N: Again this chapter might be uncomfortable for you to read but I hope you enjoy anyway.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Esmerelda was only unconscious for about two minutes and when she woke up Miss Drill was only then running into the room to see what was going on.
"Esmerelda, are you okay what happened?" Miss Drill asked her wondering what was wrong with the girl. She kneeled down next to her pupil, wearing a worried expression.
Esmerelda did not know what came over her. She had being relatively calm throughout the day on the outside, despite freaking out inside, but when Miss Drill appeared she remembered about the problem she was having. First she was bleeding and feeling sick now she was fainting, with that she got it into her head she was actually dying of something horrible, and she started to panic, unable to hide her fear anymore.
"Help me please...something is wrong" Esmerelda said starting to become upset.
"She hasn't being acting right Miss, she has been off all day" Lily told her teacher, wishing she had told a teacher beforehand because then things wouldn't of got so far.
"Esmerelda I need you to tell me what is going on or I can't help you" Miss Drill said. The other first years gathered around to see what was going on.
"Miss...I am dying" Esmerelda said letting tears fall down her face as she admitted what the problem was.
"What do you mean?" Miss Drill said wondering if the girl was hiding an illness or had being put under another spell.
"I….miss..." Esmerelda said crying more as she sat up and grabbed a hold of her teachers robes, becoming more upset by the minute.
"Esmie, tell us what is wrong!" Lily said, worried about her.
"I…..I'm bleeding...help me please, something is wrong" Esmerelda cried as she grabbed tighter onto Miss Drill pulling her robes and talking in a scared and worried tone, she was acting distraught, thrashing around and breathing heavily.
Miss Drill heard what she said and looked at the girl shocked, Lily looked at Esmerelda confused and before anyone could say anything, one of the girls in the crowd looked at Esmerelda like she was crazy and spoke herself.
"You have your period, duh!" the girl said laughing slightly and shaking her head wondering what all the trouble was about. All the girls in Esmerelda's year knew about this already, some having already started themselves or being told by their mothers when they reached the age of about ten like normal mothers told their daughters, most told them at around nine or ten, knowing ages ten to 14 was around the age most girls start there period and to make sure they are prepared so they didn't have a meltdown from fear like Esmerelda was doing.
"You lot be quiet!" Miss Drill say, coming back to her senses and finding her voice again.
Esmerelda though wasn't listening, she was only becoming more and more irrational and upset by the second.
"NOOO, HELP ME PLEASE, SOMEONE DO SOMETHING I AM ABOUT TO DIE OF SOMETHING" Esmerelda shouted holding onto Miss Drill more.
"Esmerelda it is okay, it is normal" Miss Drill told her trying to calm the girl down because she was getting into a state.
"NO STOP LYING, I AM GOING TO DIE, I CAN'T DIE BECAUSE I WILL MISS ETHEL AND SYBIL AND THEY NEED ME, WHY WON'T YOU HELP ME!" Esmerelda shouted at her teacher, thinking she was purposely just being annoying. Maybe she wanted her to die, maybe that was why she wasn't helping her.
"Miss….I don't think she has ever being spoken to about this" Lily told her teacher, seeing the fear on Esmerelda's face. Miss Drill turned around to face the pupils crowding around who were no longer laughing but looked afraid of the girl in that moment.
"I want all of you to leave right now!" she told the girls. One girl, who was a sport lover looked sad.
"Aww but what about PE?" the girl asked as her classmates glared at her.
"Lesson is cancelled for today, I want all of you to go to the library and study, I will be checking you are there so don't try to skive" she told the group who turned around and walked out annoyed. All expect Lily who wanted to help her friend so she stayed for moral support. Esmerelda though was still panicking.
"I AM DYING, IT HURTS MISS" Esmerelda shouted not understanding what was happening and only gripping her teacher's robes tighter.
"Esmerelda, it is okay calm down now" Miss Drill told her seeing how panicked the girl actually was.
"NO HELP ME, I THINK I HAVE BEING POISONED" Esmerelda shouted, completely losing control and just shouting and screaming hysterically.
Miss Drill knew she had to do something or they would just be going around in circles for the next few hours. She therefore cast a quick spell at the girl which paralysed her. Teachers were allowed to use spells on the pupils in extreme circumstances as long as it wasn't going to injure them. The woman helped her up and looked at her, holding her up because right now she couldn't hold her weight because of the spell, Miss Drill looked at the blonde, seeing the fear in her eyes but holding her shoulders to talk to her.
"Esmerelda, I promise you you are not dying, you need to calm down" she told the girl and Esmie looked at her as the woman lifted the spell, allowing Esmerelda to move again. She didn't think she was going to start panicking again.
"Deep breathes, calm yourself" Miss Drill told her
"In and out that's it" she told the blonde breathing slowly with her until the girl was calm down enough to be able to speak properly and listen.
Once the woman was sure that the girl was calm and was not going to have another meltdown she led her over to the benches they had in the changing rooms and sat down. Lily sat next to Esmerelda and Dimity was grateful the girl now had a good friend. She would need one right now.
"Esmerelda, has your mother never spoken to you about what is happening?" Miss Drill asked still not sure if the girl had just being in shock by her first period but knew what it was or she actually was clueless as to what it was.
Esmerelda shook her head and wiped her eyes, still teary and afraid even if she was now much calmer.
Miss Drill had to say she was shocked. Her mother must have known Esmerelda would be coming to the age where puberty would be occurring, fair enough most girls didn't start periods quite as young as Esmerelda but some girls did so she should have prepared her.
Dimity though knew it was up to her to tell her what was happening, she worked in an all girl school though so it was not that awkward compared to other things she had had to talk about, she had had to do lessons about this with whole year groups, talking to one girl about it was not going to be to hard.
"You are fine Esmerelda, this is perfectly normal, you are having a period, once a girl gets to a certain age it happens, it will happen once a month but it is nothing to worry about it happens to all girls" Miss Drill told her.
Esmerelda looked at her confused and the woman's heart went out to her, she honestly had no idea what was happening. No wonder the poor girl had thought she was dying, anyone would if they suddenly saw blood appear.
"Lily can you go to the nurse, ask her for some sanitary products?" Miss Drill told her and Lily nodded and smiled at Esmerelda before she got up to leave. Miss Drill thought the support was good but Lily had already had to sit through this awkward conversation with her own mother once, she didn't need to again. Dimity was angry at Miss Hallow for not bothering to sit the girl down and at least tell her the basics.
"We need to have a talk" Miss Drill told the girl, knowing how scared she was and how much she needed to be reassured.
The teacher then told the girl all she needed to know about periods and why they occurred and why she felt sick. Esmerelda looked at her awkwardly, trying to take this all in, she felt so overwhelmed with what she was being told.
"Do you have any questions?" the woman asked Esmerelda after she had explained everything.
Esmerelda shook her head and looked at the floor sadly, her head was hurting badly and she was in to much shock to say anything.
"I know it is a lot to take in but it will get easier I promise" Miss Drill told her as she touched her shoulder again comfort her. She didn't tell the girl about sex or anything, that was a topic for another day, she didn't want to terrify the poor girl anymore, they would have lessons about that at some point so she would be fine for now.
Lily came back in that moment and smiled at Esmerelda slightly, not knowing exactly what she should say to her.
"You are excused from lessons for the rest of the day Esmerelda, just try take it easy" Miss Drill told her knowing she couldn't always let the girl miss lessons because of a period but the girl looked like she was about to have another breakdown so she wanted her to calm down.
"Thank you" Esmerelda told her still looking teary.
Miss Drill smiled slightly at Esmerelda, feeling she was safe if she left her with Lily, before she left and transferred to Miss Cackle's office, she needed to talk to the woman urgently about this.