Reunited

chapter 4

Malcolm's POV
"There's something we need to talk about Scarlett."
"What is it dad?"
"Well you're getting older and it's time to talk about some things that you're going through."
"Like what?"
She was completely oblivious. She was a genius just like me in a special class. They just assume they already know. I wish she already knew.
I started getting nervous. She could tell.
"Dad is something wrong?"
"No honey. Sit down." We sat down on her bed. I pulled out the book I bought when she was younger. I was saving it. I didn't know if I'd use it or not but I had to. I thought it would help.
"What is this?" She said.
"It's a book about growing up. I guess we need to read it together."
"Why? I can read."
"It's about becoming a woman. You don't know the material yet."
"But dad I'm only 10. You know that! Women are like 20!"
"No honey. When you get to a certain age you um... Start going through certain changes. It's called puberty." I was so uncomfortable.
"What is puberty exactly? I heard some older girls talking about it. And something else called periods."
I completely forgot about those! I figure she's got a little time though. I hope.
"Well let's look inside the book." She opened up to a random page that just happened to be a diagram of putting in a tampon! She screamed.
"What was that doing in there! This is freaking porn!"
"How do you know what porn is?"
"This boy Eddie told me his mom watches it."
"Gross. Anyways that's not porn. It's a... It's a diagram."
"A diagram of what?"
"It's showing you how to use a tampon." Oh my god I was about to die.
"What is that?"
"It's something that older girls use on their... cycles."
"Like a bike?"
"No their periods."
"Oh. And what are those." This is too much to handle, but I can't let her go around not knowing.
"It's how a woman's body prepares for having a baby." I explained how babies were made and what happens during periods. My face I'm sure was glowing red. She seemed to take it all in pretty well. She seemed a little embarrassed. "Tomorrow we are going out shopping with Ashley and your Grandma."
"Shopping for what?"
"Bras."
"Aren't those for old ladies?"
"No. They're for girls."
"Oh. Ok."