Hey Guys! Here is a new chapter enjoy! ELEVEN chapters to go for the proposal. I'm so excited hope you guys are too. As usual please review and tell me any proposal ideas and if you have any other chapters you want to read. Thanks for reading. I don't know how many of you are still reading, but you can expect new chapters anyway. Well so far I've kept my promise of more frequent chapters wish me luck that it continues. I leave for vacation on the 16th and I return the next Saturday, so I can't promise that I'll be able to update but I'll do my best. Sorry if you are tired of the period chapters, but I just love how Mike cares for El. He is such a gentleman. Sorry for the spiel. ENJOY!
El fell asleep one Sunday night feeling perfect and ready to get another week of school over with. She grew more impatient to get the school year over with every week. The next morning El awoke realizing she overslept, and Mike would be there any minute to pick her up. Her stomach was killing her and she didn't know why then she felt a wetness on her bed. El looked down to see she had started, and her sheets looked like someone had been murdered. She clutched her stomach and groaned in pain. Her cramps were extremely worse than normal especially considering she was on birth control. No one was home to help her, because Hop was at work and Terry was visiting her sister all day. Eleven got out of her bed only to hear Mike's car horn honk at its normal time in the morning.
El decided Mike would end up leaving if she didn't come out, because he'd think she got a ride from Audrey. She ran to the bathroom in her room only to realize that she was out of tampons and pads. She sat down on the toilet and pulled her pants down. Suddenly, a horrible cramp hit her, and she clutched her stomach as tears fell from her eyes. School was for sure out of the question for the day. El heard a familiar voice approaching.
Mike walked into Eleven's room and said, "Eleven are you in here. I thought I was your ride to school." Mike turned to see Eleven practically naked and crying in the bathroom.
"Mike! Turn around you don't need to see me like this!" El yelled and Mike did as she asked.
"What's wrong Eleven?" Mike asked.
"Nothing. I'm fine just go ahead and go to school. I am staying home, so I don't want you to be late." El commanded.
Mike replied, "No, El you were crying when I walked in here. I don't care what you look like I'm gonna help you. I'm not going today, so I'm turning around now." Mike stepped into her bathroom to find El rummaging through her bathroom cabinet crying. She turned to face him tears still rolling down her cheeks. He kneeled down to El and asked her once again what was bothering her. El put her arms around Mike's neck and hugged him tightly.
She cried, "Oh Mike! I woke up late in extreme pain. I looked down to see that I stained my bed sheets. My period had started in the middle of the night. I ran in here only to hear your car honk assuming you'd eventually leave thinking I got a ride with Audrey. I sat on the toilet only to realize I'm out of all my feminine products. On top of all that another huge cramp hit me when you walked in here. Then, you saw me at my worst. To add even more my uterus wants to kill me, because after all that my stomach is still cramping!"
Mike replied, "Calm down El. Stop crying princess. El you are my future Mrs. Wheeler you can tell me anything. Eleven you may think you are at your worst, but to me you are still my beautiful girlfriend. I want to marry you someday. If I can't accept the fact that you get periods and help you through them then I don't deserve a woman like you. Plus we might have a daughter one day what if she gets her period when you aren't home. I'll have to be there to take care of her like how I am going to take care of you today. I'll go get your products, buy some chocolate, wash your bed sheets, and try to cure your cramps. I won't take no for an answer."
El stated, "Michael James Wheeler you are the best guy in the entire world. I mean what guy isn't grossed out by periods. You are perfect and I love you so much." Mike opened up his backpack and pulled out his gym sweats and shirt.
"Here El, you can wear my gym clothes and I'll throw yours in the wash while you get yourself cleaned up." Mike insisted. Eleven hopped in the shower and Mike removed her bed sheets. El gave him her clothes and he went into the laundry room to put the clothes in the washer. He walked back into El's bathroom to let El know her stuff was in the wash.
"Mike will you sit in here while I shower?" El asked.
"Of course El. What brand of pads do you want me to get you after your shower?" Mike asked.
Eleven answered, "Umm...well I don't use pads much anymore, but I guess tampax is the brand. Would you be okay getting me tampons and pads in that brand?"
"Sure El, but when did you learn how to use a tampon and who taught you?" Mike asked.
El replied, "Well it's quite a weird story. I was on my period and had to go swimming. Terry was standing in the bathroom with me trying to coach me while I attempted to insert it. Hop was in his room with the door shut, because the whole thing was awkward for him. Just then there was a knock at our door and it was your mom. Terry said she needed a second, so she lead your mom into the kitchen. Well at that point there was a lot of commotion and I still couldn't get it in. Mrs. Wheeler came to ask if everything was alright in the bathroom. I agreed to allow Terry to let your mom enter. She told me a story about using her first tampon. She explained in greater detail how to insert one. So yeah it took both our moms to get my first tampon in. This was about a year ago and It was because of you."
"Me? What did I do?" Mike asked.
El answered, "You invited me swimming and I needed to stop the bleeding to get in the water."
"Sorry El. You know you could have told me and we would have done something different." Mike apologized as he handed El a towel and she stepped out of the shower.
"No worries Mike. I was going to have to learn eventually, and I kind of always was interested in learning. You just pushed me to do it." El said and placed a kiss on his lips.
Mike left to get El her stuff, and she fell asleep on the couch. Mike came home with takeout from Benny's, chocolate, ice cream, flowers, some chick flicks, tampons, and pads. He put everything away including her bedsheets and the clothes he washed. El sat up when Mike brought her the food he had gotten including the sweets. He put in a movie and sat down next to El. Mike had warmed up a bottle for El's cramps. He massaged her abdomen and gave her the hot bottle and some pain relievers. Eleven laid her head on Mike's shoulder until the movie ended. After, the movie Mike picked up the flowers he had bought and gave them to El.
"Here princess. I'm sorry that you have to feel this way. I hope these make your day a little better." Mike explained.
"Thanks Mike. You are such a sweetheart that's one of my favorite things about you. My day was already better when you decided to stay here with me." El replied and kissed him on the cheek.
"El do you mind if I ask you something?" Mike asked.
El answered, "Go ahead Mike. I'll do my best to answer it."
"Well it's kind of a science question, but I don't know if you will have the answer. You see for a biology nerd, I really don't know much about the female reproductive system. Could you tell me the science behind a period?" Mike asked.
"Sure. To start every month the ovaries release and egg that travels to the uterus. The uterus thickens to prepare for a baby if the egg is fertilized. If it's not the egg dissolves into the lining of the uterus. The layers of the uterus rip off which causes cramps. The lining comes out as blood and that's your period." El explained.
Mike replied, "That's interesting. Women really are amazing creatures. Thanks for the explanation El."
El said, "Your welcome Mike. It is the most unfair, painful, dreadful process there is. Although, it is pretty amazing Mike your right about that. Thanks so much for this day. I needed it. I'm so over school. I want my life to start."
"No problem Eleven. Remember what I told you. This is our last year enjoy it. It will go faster if you do. You will regret not taking advantage of your last year of school. We will have plenty of time to be adults after this year. Please just do me a favor and attempt to have some fun." Mike stated.
"I'll do my best to try to make the most of this year. I mean if you say it will go faster." El agreed.
"That's not what I was….nevermind this is going to get me anywhere is it?" Mike asked.
Eleven replied, "Nope, but thanks for asking." Both of them laughed and eventually drifted off to sleep on the couch.
An hour later, Hop woke up Mike and he managed to get up without waking El.
"Why aren't you guys at school?" Hop asked.
"El was having some really bad cramps and she leaked all over her bed. Don't worry I cleaned everything up and helper her with the pain." Mike said.
Hopper replied, "Thanks so much Mike. I am so glad El has a guy like you to take care of her. Most guys wouldn't have bothered to help. I've got her if you want to go home and get some rest."
"Alright Hop. There's ice cream in the freezer if you want some." Mike stated.
Hop picked up an exhausted El and carried her to her bed. Mike drove home satisfied that he had helped his girl. He fell asleep exhausted from the day, and woke up the next morning. A smiling El hopped in his car and kissed him on the cheek. Another day of school for them had begun and El was going in with an open mind. The day would go well for both of them.