AN: Idea of this chapter just came into my mind and I wrote it. But after posing it, I'm feeling a bit nervous because I've never written anything like this before. I don't know if you're going to like it or not. Hope you do. And if you don't; let me know and I'll delete this chapter and write something else to continue the story.
Chapter 7: Have A Happy Period
Shae, the name Shanyra goes by now woke up from her deep and peaceful slumber. She yawned softly, then stretched her hands and body. It appeared to be a bright and sunny day. Shae as usual wished she didn't have to go to school today but Kol wouldn't let her bunk, also usual. He was so serious about her education and almost everything else. It was really annoying sometimes.
Rebekah once told Shae that Kol was actually the fun loving trouble maker brother. Apparently he was a bad boy too. Shae had to scoff at that thought. Kol didn't even let her have fun, let alone have fun himself. At least she never witnessed Kol doing anything that would count as fun and it's been a month already since Shae started living with Kol and the rest of the originals. Perhaps whatever fun Kol has, he has it while not hanging around her. But a bad boy? Where did that come from? If anything Kol was strict and disciplined. And not so over friendly at all. He never showed any quality of a 'bad boy'.
Shae couldn't help but get confused sometimes about Kol because of what she hears from people and what she sees herself. Kol was a mystery to her. What Shae didn't know was that she was no less of a mystery to Kol. Anyway, Shae pushed the comforter off her to get up from the bed. But just as she did, a loud gasp escaped her mouth immediately. There was blood on her bed sheet. Shae didn't remember getting hurt. Still she checked herself for any cuts or wounds but as expected there wasn't even a small paper cut on her skin. However, when she glanced at her pajamas, she found where the blood was coming from. Realization hit Shae and a gasp escaped her mouth again. This time louder.
Though Shae understood what was happening to her but she couldn't help but feel greatly troubled about it. Not to mention embarrassed. Shae never really had a talk from her mother or anyone else for that matter that periods are nothing to be ashamed of. That it was something very natural and normal. Shae however, saw it as nothing but trouble. More because she was living with vampires. They'd obviously smell the blood on her and immediately know what was happening to her. How embarrassing! That thought made her feel like crying. Shae wasn't mentally prepared for that or her periods for that matter.
Rebekah could've helped Shae in this situation but she wasn't home. She has gone to visit Hayley and wouldn't be returning until the day after tomorrow. And there was no way in hell, Shae would go to Kol with this problem. She may talk about all sorts of nonsense and rubbing things with Kol but this was something way too personal.
As a last resort, Shae grabbed her phone and called Caroline. She was the only other girl close to her. But truth to be told, if Shanyra could help herself she wouldn't even be sharing this with Caroline. But obviously there was no other option. Thankfully her cousin picked up quickly. Right after the first ring.
"Shae, is everything alright?" Caroline asked with a bit of concern in her voice because her cousin never calls her so early in the morning.
"No. Caroline, can you please come over to the mansion? It's an emergency." Shae not only sounded tensed up but freaked out as well. It obviously got Caroline more worried.
"What happened? Are you alright? Where is Kol?" She asked anxiously.
"I am alright. It's just…. something happened. Please just come over. Please." Shae pleaded with Caroline.
"Shae I'm not in Mystic Falls right now. I'm out of town. Tell me what's wrong?" Caroline insisted. Getting more worried with passing time.
"I am. It's just…." Shae thought about telling her at first but since Caroline couldn't really help, she changed her mind.
"Never mind. It's nothing. Don't worry. Bye." Saying that Shae hung up even though Caroline was still insisting that she talks to her. Shae realized calling her cousin was a bad idea. Not only she couldn't help but now she'd give Kol a call about what happened. Damn!
Shae felt tears gathering in her eyes. Feeling utterly helpless. She couldn't get out of the room without wearing one of those products girls use during their period. Unfortunately she didn't have them at the moment. She could neither get them herself because that would require her getting out of the room and go to the store; nor she had the courage to ask someone to get them for her. To say that Shae was trapped between rock and a hard place would be an understatement.
Shanyra needed to find a way to help herself but first she needed to clean up and wash the stained clothes. She was really hoping, no praying that Kol wouldn't come knocking at her door to wake her up. And if Caroline has already called him, then he'd definitely come in the room without even knocking, which would be a nightmare for Shae. As if on cue, the door started to open and Kol was about to enter.
"Don't come inside." Shae yelled right away after letting out a sharp shriek. She quickly pulled the comforter over herself to hide the blood on her pajamas and on the bed sheet. Kol shouldn't be in her room right now. He must leave. Kol on the other hand obviously didn't listen. He walked right inside. And he looked quite worried as well.
"Caroline just called me-" Kol suddenly stopped talking. He smelled something in the air of the room. The smell of blood. However, it was a little different.
"Shae, what happened?" Kol asked, sounding very serious. He wanted an answer right away but Shanyra didn't care about providing one.
"Nothing! Just go away." She snapped at Kol. Shae was becoming super uncomfortable under the original's gaze. Why couldn't Kol listen to her for once? Just once!
"You've hurt yourself, haven't you?" Kol said and he stepped forward to come closer to Shae but she immediately protested.
"No, don't come any closer. Please, just leave!" But there was no way in hell Kol was going to leave. He was determined to find out what happened. And why Shae didn't want him to know that she hurt herself? She called her cousin but didn't come to him. Why? Did she think that he'd scold her for getting hurt? But Kol would never do that. And she should've known that. Also, there was this strange restlessness he was feeling thinking that Shanyra was in pain. He wanted to help her and ease off her pain as soon as possible. But why didn't she want him to help her? What was she thinking?
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what happened." Kol said stubbornly.
"Nothing happened, okay. I'm not hurt." Shae said with strong tone of voice. She never acted like this before. What got into her?
"Don't lie to me Shanyra. You do know I can smell the blood on you." At the mention of blood, Shae turned red. She lowered her face in shame and embarrassment which confused Kol to no limits. Not to mention, tears started to fall from her eyes as well. She was feeling so humiliated at that moment. Seeing Shae cry, Kol softened immediately. He decided to approach her in a gentle way rather than demand answers from her. Kol walked over to the bed and sat down, facing her.
"Hey, it's okay. I can help you. I can heal you with my blood." He said but Shae shook her head.
"I'm telling the truth. I'm not hurt. I am…" Shae stopped herself from saying more.
"Please just leave. You can't help me." She pleaded with Kol this time; instead of demanding his leave like before. For a moment the original stared at Shae with confusion. What the hell was going on? But then he figured out what was really going on when he smelled the blood properly this time. Being a vampire, Kol had stopped caring about human things a long time ago. Specially ones related to women.
"Are you-?" Kol started to ask making Shae look up at him with horror in her eyes. She obviously understood that Kol has figured it out what was going on.
"Don't say it!" Shanyra warned. This time Kol couldn't help but grin in a devilish way. Now that he knew that Shae wasn't really hurt, he found her embarrassment so very amusing.
"Aww, little Shae is a woman now! Congratulations love!" As Kol said that, Shanyra gaped at him with open mouth and wide eyes. How could he! She turned red like a ripe tomato. Also Shae finally understood what Kol does for fun. He has fun by tormenting people. Unfortunately she became his victim this time.
"Arghhh! GET OUT Kol!" Shae screamed in embarrassment and hit Kol with a pillow. It made the original laugh more.
"And she's cranky today. This is hilarious!" Kol said ruffling her hair a little knowing Shae absolutely hates that. She indeed glared daggers at Kol as she slapped his hand away from her.
"You are so mean. I will never talk to you again" said Shae pouting angrily.
"Fine by me princess. Let's see how you get out of this mess without my help since Rebekah isn't here right now." Saying that Kol got up from the bed and started walking towards the door to get out of the room. Out of all the times Shanyra wished to see Kol's bad side, her wish had to come true today, when she was in such an embarrassing mess.
"Stop!" Shae called Kol back before he left.
"I- I need your help." She said in a low tone of voice. It was almost inaudible. Asking Kol for help made her feel more humiliated than before. The original turned around to look at her. There was a smirk playing on his lips.
"Excuse me. Did you say anything? I guess not as you said you are never going to talk to me again. I must be just hearing things." Kol said the last part out loud to himself, being mean to Shanyra on purpose. He was really being a sly devil. Shae glared at him heatedly. It was the first time she actually glared at Kol like that. And Kol for some reason found it very amusing. Caroline often does that but Shanyra definitely looked more furious while showing anger.
"Yeah I said something and I said 'you are a jerk Kol Mikaelson'." Shae was fuming with anger. She turned all her embarrassment into rage and targeted Kol with it.
"Now now Ms. Shanyra Forbes. That attitude of yours isn't going to get you anywhere with me. You need my help. So ask me nicely and don't forget to say please." Kol said smirking evilly at Shae. The troubled girl stared at him with hypersensitive gaze for a moment. Then she swallowed her pride and anger before speaking up again.
"I need your help." Shae said loudly this time but still not very nicely. Kol raised his eyebrows at her for that.
"I said nicely." Shanyra inhaled a deep breath quietly at that.
"Help me please." Shae avoided looking into Kol's eyes when saying that. Either she was too angry or too embarrassed or both.
"That's better." Kol said and walked back to Shanyra.
"Now, I believe you don't have anything that you need right now."
"No." Shae said in reply. She had her head completely lowered this time. Her chin was pressed against her collar bones actually.
"Kids." Kol said to himself shaking his head.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up first." Kol attempted to remove the comforter but Shanyra immediately went stiff with discomfort.
"I can clean up on my own. Just get me- you know. The things." Seeing Shanyra's face, Kol took pity on her. He decided to listen to her.
"Alright. I'll send up the housekeeper to clean up." Shae nodded her head, feeling relieved that Kol wouldn't witness the mess she made. Once the original left, Shanyra went to the bathroom to take a shower and get cleaned up. Meanwhile, Kol informed Caroline what really happened. Then he went to the nearby store to get everything Shanyra could possibly need. Having no knowledge on feminine products, Kol had to compel a woman at the store to pick up things for him.
On the other hand, Shanyra took a long time in the shower. By the time, she stepped out of the bathroom the housekeeper had already cleaned up her bed. And there were shopping bags on it. She looked inside one bag and found sanitary pads of three different bands. The other bag had tampons in it. Shae found a note inside as well. And it read-
'Have a happy period.'
She turned red reading that. It was obviously Kol being mischievous. "Jerk." Shae muttered under her breath. However she was thankful for the help nonetheless.
Almost two hours later, Kol was driving Shae to Caroline's home. No way Shae was going to stay in the mansion while on her period. It was bad enough that Kol found out. She certainly didn't want Klaus or Elijah to know about it as well. Therefore, as long as she was bleeding, Shae decided to stay with Caroline and aunt Liz. She also hoped that Kol would stay away from her as well during this time. However, Shanyra had to admit that Kol was very helpful. Not only because he bought her tampons and pads without feeling embarrassed but Kol was taking it very lightly and didn't look at her with disgust. The situation would be a lot difficult for Shae if he was feeling repulsed. It almost made her feel comfortable around the original.
"I think we should celebrate." Kol said out of nowhere and all on a sudden. Shae didn't hesitate to glare at him.
"Shut up Kol." She said her face heating up slowly.
"Come on, you've finally entered womanhood. Aren't you happy about it?" Kol asked curiously.
"Yes, I'm feeling overjoyed right now. Thank you for asking." Shae rolled her eyes saying that. Sarcasm dripped out of her voice.
"I really thought you'd be happy about it. You've always made it seem like you want to grow up fast." Kol said, speaking seriously this time. Shae sighed out heavily at that.
"Yes, I wanted that. But not anymore. Now I don't want to grow up. But it seems though that I'm never gonna get what I want. When I wanted to grow up fast, I wasn't growing up. But now that I don't want it anymore, I'm growing up fast. It's unfair really." Shanyra said, clearly not happy about the changers in her body.
"What changed your mind?" Kol asked wondering about it.
"You." Shanyra answered straight away.
"Me?" Kol said; surprised.
"Yes you. With you, I've finally started to enjoy my childhood and I don't want it to end anytime soon." Shanyra said honestly. Kol only nodded his head to that. Then silence got between them. However, it didn't last long as Kol spoke up again-
"You know, for someone as blunt as you, I never thought that you'd be embarrassed about anything or hesitate to talk about anything. I see I was wrong." Kol said thoughtfully.
"I am blunt!" Shae exclaimed with shock, making Kol raise his eyebrows at her.
"You think you aren't. You hit on me without any hesitation." Kol said as a matter of fact.
"When the hell did I hit on you?" Shae asked in disbelieve.
"Oh yeah, who said I'm the hottest soul mate just two days ago?" Kol said smirking a little making Shanyra roll her eyes at him.
"I wasn't hitting on you. I was simply stating a fact. They are totally different" said Shae.
"And by the way, you don't always act the way I expect you to either." Kol got interested to hear more when she said that.
"Really?" He said.
"Yes. After you found out what's going on, I expected you to be grossed by me. I thought, you wouldn't want to be anywhere near me during this time. But here you are. Thinking about celebrating this." Shae couldn't help but shake her head to herself at the idea of celebrating. Kol on the other hand couldn't help but roll his eyes at what Shae just said.
"I'm not a fourteen years old teenager boy love. And if you've forgotten it, I survive on blood."
"Right. Thanks for reminding me about that." Shae said sarcastically while rolling her eyes at Kol. After that a moment of silence interrupted their conversation.
"You shouldn't hide anything from me Shae. Not even something personal. Secrets are poisonous." Kol said that quite seriously making Shae look at him with a frown of confusion. She didn't know what to say to that. Thankfully, Kol didn't let the moment get awkward.
"Besides, we might get married one day. There shouldn't be any secret between us." He said smirking. Shanyra glared at him with annoyance for what he said.
"Don't use my own words against me Kol." She said at once. Not finding it funny at all. But Kol didn't care.
"What? We are soul mates right?" He said mimicking Shanyra's voice. She playfully hit him on his arm and couldn't help but smile a little. But that smile disappeared soon as Shae got lost in her thoughts. She was thinking of something which seemed very important. Kol really wanted to know what but understood Shae wasn't ready to share everything with him just yet. Though he hoped that after today, they have become closer and eventually Shae would be comfortable enough with him to tell him anything. Even the most personal secrets of hers.