Chapter 16
I might not be able to update for a while now as I'm going on a couple of holidays so will be away for about a month. Will try my very hardest to update while I'm away but I'm not sure what the wifi will be like. This chapter is also a bit shorted than normal, but I wanted to get a final update done before I go away so I didn't have time to write anything too long.
It was a Thursday evening and Rachel was in Hannah's room putting some washing away, she'd been a bit worried about her all week as she'd seemed really quiet and just not herself, it had seemed to start after her transition day on Monday, so Rachel had wondered if something had happened there, but when she'd asked her about it she'd said everything was fine and she didn't want to push her
"Hannah, where did you put your PE kit, it'll need washing" Rachel asked
"Oh erm, I can't remember"
"Well that's not really very helpful is it? Come on where did you have it last?"
"At school" she said "I might have left it there"
"It's not doing a lot of good there is It huh" Rachel sighed "Make sure you bring it back tomorrow"
"Sorry"
"It's alright, it could have just done with a wash that's all" She said "So does it feel strange going into your last week at primary school, next week"
Hannah just shrugged
"Well we've got lots of exciting things happening over summer too, it's only about 10 days till we go to Cyprus with grandma and grandad"
"Yeah it'll be really good" Hannah said although she sounded a bit flat
Rachel continued to chat, but she could tell Hannah wasn't really in the mood for talking so left her to it
Hannah had been feeling pretty rotten all week, although everyone had been really nice to her on the transition day it felt so different to primary school and she was worried about how she was going to find the work. She didn't really understand why she'd been feeling all tearful throughout the week though, as it wasn't as if anything really bad had happened.
About 30 minutes later Rachel shouted them all down for tea
"Mum, can I please go around to Molly's tomorrow, her Mums doing a big BBQ for us all"
"Gaby you've asked me this about 20 times and my answers still no, grounded means grounded"
"You're so unreasonable"
"Don't even go there young lady, you're lucky it's not a hell of a lot longer"
"No one else's parents have grounded them for as long as you have" Gaby argued
"Well that's up to them isn't it" Rachel said
Gaby sighed but realised there was no way she was going to win this argument so gave up and ate her tea
They were all chatting quite a bit over tea, except Hannah who was sat quietly
When they'd finished they, all disappeared off while Rachel cleared up
Hannah was still at the table sipping her drink
"Rachel, I don't feel that well" she said
"How don't you feel well?" she asked
"My stomach hurts" Hannah said
"Do you need some paracetamol?"
"Yeah I think so"
Rachel got two tablets out for her and Hannah quickly swallowed them
"Has it just come on?"
"It's been hurting since I got in from school"
"Okay love, well maybe go and have a little lie down, see if that helps"
Hannah then went off to her room
The evening seemed to pass quite quickly, Ivy had gone to bed a while a go and Rachel decided to get Hannah into bed
When she went into her room she found her already changed into her pyjamas and in bed
"Hey love, I was just coming to tell you to get ready for bed but it looks like I needn't have bothered" she said smiling
"I felt really tired, so I got into bed"
"Is your stomach still hurting?"
"Yeah it's really sore"
"Well if you wake up during the night and it's hurting come and get me because I can get you some more medicine, you can't have any yet though"
"Rachel, you know when I go into secondary school, will me and Holly be separated for all our subjects?" Hannah asked, she'd been really upset on Monday when she found out she wouldn't be with her best friend
"Well you stay with your form group for all your subjects in year 7" Rachel said
She wondered if maybe this is why Hannah had been a bit upset recently, so sat down on her bed
"Has it been worrying you love, the fact you're not going to be with Holly"
"Kind of yeah" Hannah said "It's just going to be really strange, when we don't have the same teacher for all our lessons, it just seemed really big and weird"
"Well it's a massive change going from primary to secondary, but just give it a couple of weeks and I promise you're going to love it" She said
Hannah still looked upset so Rachel put her arm around her
"You know it might do you some good being away from your primary school friends, it'll give you the chance to meet new people" she said "But if you're really worried I can put you in a form group with Holly"
"Really?" Hannah said sounding pleased
"Yeah of course if it's going to make you feel happier about going" She said
"I'd really like that"
"I'll sort it out tomorrow then, but I've got no doubt you'll settle in straight away" she said "But you know I you've got any problems at all you can come straight to me don't you"
"Yeah, I'm just really nervous"
Rachel smiled, Hannah was such a sweet girl
"You're going to be absolutely fine I promise you" she said, kissing her on the cheek "and you've still got the whole of summer to prepare"
"I'm so excited for summer"
"Me too" Rachel said "Anyway, are you going to go to sleep now"
"Yeah, night Rachel"
"Night love" She said "Do you want your light left on for a bit?"
"Yes please"
"Okay but it needs to be off by 9"
"Yeah I know"
Rachel then left and went downstairs.
It took Hannah a while to get to sleep as her stomach was still hurting
She woke up quite early the next morning as she still wasn't feeling all that well.
Hannah realised she needed to go to the toilet, she got a shock however when she realised that her pyjama bottoms had blood on them.
Hannah gasped, she couldn't believe she'd started her period, she thought she'd be much older, she was really scared as she hadn't expected it at all and didn't really know a lot about them. She really didn't know a lot about them and started to feel really embarrassed, she didn't want anyone to know about it.
She started to cry a bit as she felt really shocked and didn't know what to do.
In the end she went back to her room and pushed the bottoms to the back of her drawer and grabbed her school stuff before going back to the bathroom.
She knew she had to get a pad but when she looked around the bathroom she couldn't see any
Suddenly there was a knock on the door
"Hannah are you okay in there?" Rachel called
"Erm yeah"
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked, she'd heard Hannah go to the bathroom, go out and go back, which seemed a bit strange so she wanted to check she was okay
"Yeah I'm fine"
"Okay"
Hannah didn't know what to do so in the end she just put some toilet paper in her knickers, got changed into her uniform and went out the bathroom
"what's all this, up early and changed into your uniform" Rachel said laughing
"I just felt hot in bed, so I wanted to get up"
"Yeah it was boiling last night wasn't it? Is your stomach still hurting?"
Hannah nodded her head
"You going to be okay at school"
"Yeah I think so"
"Okay, well maybe some breakfast will help"
The morning passed quickly and by the time they were all ready to go to school, Rachel was feeling quite stressed
"Oh shit I've forgotten my history book" Gaby said
"Oh for gods sake Gaby go and get it then, and mind your language!"
Gaby ran upstairs
Hannah was feeling really worked up now, she was nervous about going to school today in case someone found out. She began to think maybe it would just be easier to tell Rachel
"Rachel can I talk to you?" She asked
Rachel sighed "Love we're running late enough as it is, can it wait till later?"
"Yeah" Hannah said
Rachel felt bad, but they really were running late and she was starting to feel a bit stressed
They then dashed to school to get everyone in on time
As soon as Rachel got in she realised she had a stack of work to do
It was only when it got to about 11 that she finally started to relax
Hannah was feeling really uncomfortable at school, she still felt really scared and her stomach was really hurting now
All she wanted to do was to go home, especially now it seemed to be getting heavier
Her teacher was a bit worried about her as she hadn't seemed right all morning
She went over to her while the other were working
"Hannah is everything alright?"
"I don't feel well" she said
"Yeah you don't look that well, should we get your auntie to come and get you?"
Hannah just nodded her head
She had to wait in reception for about half an hour for Rachel to come over
"Hey love, are you still not feeling well?" she asked sympathetically
"I feel really weird"
"Okay, are you alright just to come to school with me and have a lie down on my sofa, or do you want me to drop you off at Grandma's"
"Come to school"
The two of them then drove back to Rachel's school and went up to her office
Hannah laid down on the sofa
Rachel kept looking over at her as she was doing her work, she noticed she looked quite worried and kept biting her nails
After about half an hour Hannah got up
"I'm just going to the toilet"
Hannah came back about 5 minutes later, and Rachel noticed that she must have been crying
"Love has something happened?" she asked sounding a bit confused
Hannah didn't know what to do, she felt really embarrassed telling Rachel but at the same time she needed some help as she was really scared
She nodded her head and anxiously bit her nails
"Do you want to tell me what it is huh?"
"Yeah"
Rachel closed her office door so they could talk in private and went and at on the sofa with Hannah
Hannah didn't know how to tell Rachel, she felt really nervous
"What's up?"
"I don't want to say" Hannah said before bursting into tears "It's really embarrassing"
Rachel put her arm around her
"Hey, it's okay, I'm not going to be shocked I promise"
Hannah took a deep breathe before saying "This morning when I got up to go to the toilet there was blood"
"Okay love, so do you think you might have started your periods?" she asked calmly
Hannah nodded her head
"Oh love you could have told me" Rachel said "It's not a very nice thing to have to go through on your own"
"I felt too scared, it's really embarrassing"
Rachel felt really sorry for Hannah, she was still so young so it must seem really strange for her
"It's not embarrassing, every woman in the world has periods at some point, me, Amy and Gaby all do"
"It's gone all on my knickers and everything" Hannah cried
"Have you been using a pad?"
"No just toilet paper"
"Well that'll be why then, it won't go anywhere if you've got a pad on, it'll feel a bit strange at first though, a bit like wearing a nappy"
"Is it normal for your stomach to hurt too?"
"Yes sweetie, that's unfortunately one of the things we've got to put up with as women" she said "I'll tell you what, it's lunch time now so do you want to go home to freshen up a bit"
"Yeah, do you have some pads"
"Yep we've got plenty back home don't worry"
The two of them then went home to get Hannah sorted.
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