Adopted by Dan and Phil (editing in process)

9

{{ONE WEEK LATER}}

CLARA'S POV:

I woke up with the worst stomach ache and rushed to the bathroom. I immediately started throwing up, gripping the toilet so hard, my knuckles turned white.

I could feel the vibration of the door being pounded, and figured Dan is trying to figure out what's wrong with me. I knew exactly what it was as I see the huge stain of what is unfortunately blood, in my underwear.
I finish vomiting and clean myself off.
I throw open the cupboards and search underneath the sink for pads, tampons, anything! When I don't see any, I try the drawers and the cabinet, and still don't see any. What was I going to do?

I try not to think about having to ask Dan or Phil for anything. Oh my- I started throwing up again. I have the worst cramp and all I can do is keep hold of the toilet. I start to cry and see the door handle wiggling, Dan and Phil trying to get into the locked bathroom.

No, no, no, no, no.

I slowly get up and clean myself up again. I go to the door and hesitate. Am I actually about to do this?

I opened the door and see Dan and Phil standing awkwardly outside.

'Whats's wrong?' 'Are you OK?' they started signing at the same time- they were getting better at sign language.

I moved my hands slowly, as I knew they had never seen this sentence before, "I... need... pads...now."

They got the message.

"Um, oh. Uh, yeah... ok.. Uh- PHIL! STAY WITH CLARA I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!" Dan nearly yelled as he signed the words he knew.
He grabbed his phone and wallet and rushed out the door, leaving me in a bloody, crying mess. Poor Phil, I thought. Having to stay here alone with a girl on her period.

He told me to get into the shower and stay in there as long as I needed.

When I got out, there was new underwear and clothes that he had obviously put in the dryer for a few minutes, cuz they were super warm. Dan had arrived with the pads and placed them on my bed as well.
I actually felt clean.

I walked into the kitchen and saw a note on the fridge:

GONE TO GET PIZZA.
THERE'S CHOCOLATE IN THE CUPBOARD.

~ DAN, PHIL

I smiled and got out the giant dark chocolate bar they had got me and went into the lounge, watching KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS until they came back with the pizza.

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DAN'S POV:

I heard Clara run into the bathroom and lock the door.
She started vomiting so I went to the door and tried to open it. I knew she couldn't hear me, but I started pounding the door anyways.

Phil came in and started helping me try to get to Clara.
Suddenly the puking stopped and we heard cabinets and drawers being opened and closed. What was she doing?

After another round of throwing up, she finally emerged from the bathroom and signed four words that only took me a second to understand. I tried to sound confident and like I knew what I was doing, but I really didn't.

I mumbled something and then blurted another thing, and before I knew it, I was at the pharmacy.

...

I stood in the feminine products isle, staring at all the choices.

To my left was another dude, who knew what he was doing. He had flowers and chocolate and some new makeup and he just grabbed what he needed and left.

To my right was a girl who was obviously pretending to be choosing what to get, but i saw her looking at me out of the corner of her eye. I thought I was going to die of embarrassment.

"Uh, they're not for me." wow Dan, "My dau- my- there's this girl who I'm fostering and she's-"

"Do you need help?" the girl asked, saving me from even more of my dignity being lost.

"No- um, I mean- Yeah, please." I said with a small laugh.

The girl walked over to me and looked at the boxes in front of us.

"Do you know if she needs lights or more of a thicker padding?" The lady acted as if this was just common knowledge.

"What? I don't know!" I said, feeling even stupider.

"Well then I would get heavy just in case and I find wings are best."

What were wings? I didn't ask her though, instead I just nodded, hoping it made it look like I knew what she meant.

"Here, take these." She handed me a neon purple box with a hot pink flower on it.
'feels like a cloud' was the slogan written under the brand.

"Thank you." i said as I began to walk away.

"Oh and Dan!" The girl called after me, "I would get some chocolate for her as well!"

CRAP.

She knew who I was. SHE. KNEW. WHO. I. WAS.

I smiled and nodded at her, and then practically ran, grabbing a huge dark chocolate bar and quickly paid for it.
I was out of the store in under two minutes.

When I got to the flat, Phil informed me that Clara was in the shower and suggested that we go get pizza, so she could get cleaned up in peace.
He wrote a quick note (my handwriting's crap, so I let Phil do it) while I put the pads next to the clothes Phil had put out for her.

...

Clara was watching reality television when we got back, and we all sat together, eating a breakfast of pizza. Today was definitely going to be interesting.

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HEHE, I love this chapter! I think that that's what Dan and Phil would do in real life, what do you think? It was super fun to write:P So cringey!

what would you have done?

~day dreamer 💜