Chapter 3
"The doctor will see you now," the nurse told the waiting pair.
"It's about time," Vegeta yelled as they walked from the waiting room towards the office of Dr. Matthews.
They sat down in two identical chairs in front of a wooden desk with a ton of papers on it. In the center of the desk, barely visible, was a gold name placard that read Dr. Marie Matthews. Also, there was a picture frame. Vegeta picked it up and looked at the children in the pictures.
"Ugghhhh," was all he said. It was at this inopportune moment that the Dr. decided to walk into her office, giving Vegeta death glare.
Vegeta, was strangely not ashamed of his action. He gave her brats an honest assessment. It wasn't his fault they were ugly.
Bra dropped her head in shame. Sometimes, her father could be a tad insensitive.
"So, Mr. Brief ," the doctor said through clenched teeth. Why have you brought Bra to see us today?
"All that time in medical school and you can't even read?! I put the damn reason on the form that your office made me fill out!" Vegeta barked back.
"Well, for your information, those forms are for our records. We need to keep track of every visit and the reason. Plus, they taught us in medical school that you get more accurate information from the person, rather than the form!" The doctor spat back defensively.
Bra, wanting to diffuse the situation, decided to speak up. "Actually, Dr. Matthews, I received my first period today and my mother is out of town. My father doesn't know up from down regarding this stuff, so he brought me here to explain it to me."
"I see. Well, it's good that you want to get the correct information to your daughter, Mr. Brief. But why are you here?" The doctor asked, puzzled in the differences between the attitudes of the father and daughter sitting before her. 'She must take after the mother.' The doctor mused.
"Because, there is nothing that happens to my daughter that I will not know about. I am her protector. I should be able to assist her with anything she goes through? Do you have a problem with that?" Vegeta shouted.
Touched by his devotion to his daughter and the fact that he would submit himself to this embarrassing situation for her, Dr. Matthews decided to lighten up a bit. His crankiness must have been due to the fact that he was uncomfortable.
"Actually, Mr. Brief, I think your presence here is admirable. I wish there were more enlightened fathers in the world today." She complimented.
Vegeta only nodded in agreement. "Well, get to it. Tell us what we have to do to fix this."
Dr. Matthews sighed. This wasn't going to be easy.
"Well, first of all, there is nothing wrong, so there is nothing to fix. Bra's body is maturing from a girl into a woman. She is entering into her childbearing years." The doctor paused.
"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!! How dare you to encourage my daughter to do those dirty acts to make a brat. She's too young. She'll bear a child over my dead body!!!!!" Vegeta was raging.
"Dad, calm down, you're embarrassing me!" Bra snapped.
Dr. Matthews waited for him to settle. "Actually, I'm not saying that Bra has to go get pregnant today. This merely means that her body is transitioning into the state which it will need to be in for her to do so. I agree, she is still rather young to think about it right now."
The Dr. continued, "Bra, right now, your body is changing. You will start to notice several of them. Your breasts will start to grow and become tender. You will start to grow hair in new places, like under your arms and on your private areas. Your skin and hair may also change."
Vegeta looked like he was going to vomit. 'My little girl will have to go through all of these disgusting things. Why do women always have to be so damn complicated.'
Dr. Matthews went on, "now for the scientific explanation. Each month, the body will release one egg from your ovary. There will be 1-2 days a month that fertilization will be most likely to occur, once you become sexually active. These are called your fertile days and they usually happen about 14 days after the first day that you start menstruating. You do have a less likely window of about 5 days around that time, so always plan ahead.
If you egg goes unfertilized, then your body will shed it, along with the extra lining on the uterine wall that is prepared for it. This is the blood that you will see. The shedding process usually takes about 4-7 days. The whole process takes about 28-30 days, so you should have one period a month." The Dr. finished.
Now, Vegeta really did want to vomit. "So, Dr., you are saying that once every month, my mate and daughter will have rotten eggs and dead tissue just flowing out of them?" Vegeta asked, quite weakly.
"Well, I wouldn't put it in that negative of phrasing, but yes, you seem to have the idea." She said.
Vegeta had killed millions of races before, slaughtered innocents, had warm blood splashed over him from a recent kill, and none of that had the effect on his stomach that this information did.
"Is there anyway to prevent this perversion?" He asked.
"Absolutely not!" The doctor yelled. "It's not a perversion, it is a natural process, and like it or not, all women go through it! Including your daughter. Now, the best thing for you is to accept that, so that you both can handle this properly." The Dr. finished her rant.
"Fine, what do we do?" He asked, reluctantly.
"Well, I'm going to give you a list of items that you will need. You can pick these up at any pharmacy. And Bra, here is a list of tips to help you during these confusing days." The Dr. told Bra.
She felt a little sorry for the blue haired teenager sitting before her. Her father's ignorance was only going to make this time tougher.
"You mean, I have to out and buy this stuff, in public?! Can't you just give it to her?" Vegeta pleaded.
"No, and you had better get used to it. You will have to do this every month!" The Dr. informed him.
"Oh, no, no, no. This is it. From now on, the woman will deal with this." Vegeta hissed.
Bra's face was red. Why did her daddy have to turn everything into a fight? Why was he angry? She was the one with the period.
The two left the Dr.'s office and headed towards the pharmacy.
'Joy' Vegeta thought to himself.