The Carter's

Flashback #4

Kenyanna's POV:

I was in math class and my stomach had been hurting me all day. I was in so much pain that I was ready to go home already

"Ken!" The dude next to me kept hitting me

"LEAVE ME ALONE RYAN!" I screamed. The teacher looked at me

"Kenyanna Carter what's all this fuss?" She asked sitting up

"Ryan keeps touching me. I don't feel like getting touched." I rolled my eyes

"Don't roll your eyes at me. Ryan stop touching her"

"Wow. I get fussed at. And he just gets a don't touch her" I shook my head

"I don't like your attitude that's why. It stinks"

"You stink" I didn't mean to say that

"Excuse me? Youre lucky it's the end of the day Ken and I don't feel like putting you out" she sat back at her desk.

I hated this class, the teacher, the students, the subject. I was just ready to go. The bell rang and I was out of there and quickly! I got on the bus and was on my way home.

Once I got off the bus I ran to my mother.

"Mother mother mother! My tummy hurts!" I wined

"Awww sweetheart why?" She asked

"I don't know. I wish I did know" I held my stomach and stretched out across her bed

"WALTER! KEN STOMACH IS HURTING!" She yelled towards the bathroom

"Well give her some medicine it's just a Tummy ache" he said and patted my leg.

"No pops! This ain't no average tummy ache" I got up and went to my room. Mother followed and gave me some medicine. I tossed and turned all night, unable to go to sleep. It was bothering me too bad. I got up and went into my bathroom. I sat on the toilet for a couple of minutes and noticed a strange Odor. Ew. Was it coming from me?

I looked down at my underwear and seen blood everywhere. I squealed and covered my eyes. No no no. I just got my period, I'm too young. Im just 10 years old. I know the age bracket was 9-16, but I'm just 10. I sighed deeply covered my face, how was I going to tell mother. Oh my god, what about pops. I got up and went into their room, they weren't there. I peeped downstairs and seen everybody in there. Dang. Cheryl, Lourie, o, and Ethan were down there. I had to tell mother though. I walked down the stairs slowly.

"Mother I have to tell you something." I put my hands behind my back

"What is it Ken? I just got comfortable" she looked at me and everybody was focused on other things.

"It's kind of personal" I bit my lip

"Ken what is it? You're being weird" Lourie said aggravated.

"I wasn't even talking to you!" I rolled my eyes

"Girl that attitude gonna get you in trouble" Odell shook his head

"Whatever. I didn't come down here for this" I was about to walk off but my stomach started paining me again. "Mother it's an emergency"

"You can say it Ken" she insisted

"I'm bleeding" I said fast

"You're bleeding? Where at? I don't see any blood." Cheryl looked at me from head to toe and so did everyone else

"It's like a lot of blood. Like A LOT" I tried to throw hints

"From where?" Ethan asked looking at me

"Mother. It's like a girl thing. It's personal. It's bleed. It's time" I gave her a 'duh' look.

"OHHHHH MY GOD" mother screamed and jumped up.

"Kenyanna did you?" Cheryl asked and I nodded my head

"Did she what? What y'all talking about? I don't like this." Pops said freaking out

"My baby. Oh my god." Mother ran to me and hugged me. "You're such an early bloomer. My baby is finally young woman" she said with tears in her eyes

"A young woman!? Woahhhh. I know that ain't right. How she got her period that fast?" Odell looked confused

"O!" Lourie hit him. "She's young and scared. Don't say it like that" Lourie got up and hugged me.

"I'm scared. I don't know how to feel. My stomach hurts though" I rubbed it

"So you mean to tell me that you have a period now?" Pops asked standing over me. I nodded my head. He took a deep breathe. "Excuse me for a minute" he walked outside for a minute

"What's wrong with pops?" Ethan asked

"He has to let this simmer. It's gonna be tough for him" Cheryl sighed.

"What's gonna be tough?" Ethan asked

"It's a girl thing" mother answered

"Oh Ken got her period. Ken got her period. Ew. Happy I'm not a girl" Ethan looked at tv. Odell laughed at him

"Ethan is such a follower" I said. Pops came back in and hugged me

"My baby girl. My last child. Mm mmm. You're growing up on me Kenyanna. Now who's gonna have the talk with her?" Pops looked at Cheryl, Lourie, and mother.

"Oooo I'll do it!" Odell said getting up

"SHUTUP! She needs a woman's perspective!" Cheryl threw a pillow at him

"But she still needs to know a guys motive and what he really wants from girls. I gave Ethan the talk" Odell nodded

"Yea and i don't wanna go through it again" Ethan laughed

"O has a point. One of you girls talk to her then we'll let O talk to her" pops nodded

"Well before we have this mystery talk, can I get some pads or something?" I said uncomfortably

"Oh yea. You can borrow one of mines until mother gets you some later" Cheryl said rubbing my back

"Yea cause I only wear tampons" Lourie mentioned

"Tampons? Why can't I use a tampon?" I asked

"We'll tell you all about that" mother laughed.

"EWWW! Please have this convo somewhere else" Odell screamed covering his ears.

"Okay O damn. I'll have the talk with you Ken. And just to let you know I get in dept with it. Like really deep" mother said patting my back taking me into the bathroom.

"And you right" Cheryl laughed.