The Fox And Her Troublemakers

Yip-Dee-Friggin-Doo.

Cécile's P.O.V.

The next day, I woke up at 8:00, getting ready for classes. I was in the middle of brushing my hair, when there was suddenly a sharp pain in my abdomen. I abandoned the brush in my hair, in favour of keeling over at the pain. Um, ow! Then I thought about today's date. Oh shit! I was due for my period. Yip-dee-friggin-doo, I thought sarcastically.

I walked over to my trunk, frantically searching for tampons. I prefer them to pads, I find tampons are less messy. When I didn't find any, I sighed in frustration. Of course it had to be now, of all times, when I had no pads or frigging tampons. I heard shifting from Alex's bed, and seen that she was awake. Oops, my frantic search must have woken her up...

She flipped over glaring at me. Her classes for today weren't until after lunch, so Fridays were her 'sleep-in' days. "Sorry," I said to her sheepishly.

"What the hell is all the noise for?" She grumble at me sleepily.

"Uhm, I was looking for tampons. Apparently I don't have any." I told her. I had no problem discussing my period with other girls. Some girls may find it awkward, but personally, I don't care. We all get them.

"Can you live with pads?" She asked me.
"If that's all you have." I answered.
"If I give them to you, can I go back to sleep?"
"Yep!"
"They're at the bottom of my trunk."

And with that, she flipped back over, and went back to sleep. I rolled my eyes at her grouchiness, but gratefully went over to her trunk, finding the pads, and putting one on. I felt much better after that. The only problem was that now I'd need to wear jeans instead of leggings.

After I finished that, I finished brushing my hair, after looking for my brush for twenty minutes before remembering it was still in my hair, I headed straight to Magical Remedies, having missed breakfast. Curse this stupid torture all women must face.

When I finally got down to the infirmary, after having to stop to lean against the wall every few minutes until the pain ceased, I walked in and immediately sat on the closest bed. I sat with my knees pulled up to my chest, my head resting on top of them. When Madam Pomfrey finally walked out of her office, she immediately noticed the state I was in, rushing over to see what was the matter.

After explaining to her what was happening, she nodded in understanding. "I'll be right back, Dear." I nodded at her from the top of my knees, and a few minutes later she came back with two potions. One I recognized as a Pepper-up Potion, but the other one I had never seen before. "This is a Bloody Warrior potion," she explained to me. I nodded, figuring by the name that it was something to help with the pain and, hopefully, a few of my other symptoms. She also handed me the Pepper-up Potion, so that I wouldn't be lacking in energy all day.

After that, I thanked her fifty million times for the relief that potion gave me, and she led me into her office to start the lesson. The lesson may have been a long one, but at least it never got boring. I listened attentively to everything she told me, and when she left me a Draught of Peace potion to start making while she dealt with an injury, I followed each and every instruction carefully. Before the bell rang, she made sure I got a bottle of Bloody Warrior potion to take with me, and told me when to take it and how much to take. She also told me to make sure to bring her my Draught of Peace potion when it was finished, because she needed more of it in the infirmary. I told her I would and she bid me goodbye. I had a strong feeling she would be my favourite teacher for the rest of my school career.

My Friday classes were both double periods, so my Magical Remedies class went straight through until lunch. I grinned, utterly starving, and practically ran to the Great Hall. Of course, that would be too easy. Instead, I face planted into a person in the middle of the hallway. I was about to apologize, but I noticed that it was the extremely rude blonde boy I ran into the other day. I huffed, glaring at him. I was about to walk away, when he apologized.