That Time of the Month

Hi, everyone so I just want to warn everyone that this story is about Artemis on her period, and Wally finding out what periods are so it might get a little pg.

Artemis lay on the caves couch, "Why, why did it have to happen this weekend?" She had to stay at the cave that weekend because her mom was going out of town and she wasn't allowed to stay home alone, ever since she nearly burnt down the apartment making toast.

"What's wrong?"Zatanna asked as she walked into the cave living room, and stared at the ball Artemis had curled herself into.

"Its "that" time of the month." Artemis muttered into a pillow.

"Ohhhhh...Cramps?"

"Yah."

"Want some Advil?" Zatanna asked

"We're out and I can't move, lest I be in more pain."

"I'll pick some up while I buy the groceries." She grabbed her coat and walked to the teleporter. "I'll be back in like an hour or two."

"See ya."

Artemis felt like she was going to explode. "Kill me now!" The cramps worsening.

"Why would I kill you, though I would love to?" Wally questioned sarcastically.

"It's..." Another wave of pain, "Nothing..." Artemis breathed out.

"Really, cause you look like you're dying." He said it with a smirk but Artemis kind of felt like she was dying.

"I might as well be..." she grunted

"Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. What's wrong with you?"

"Shut up... I'm on my period." She murmured through gritted teeth.

"You mean the thing at the end of a sentence... how could you be on that?"

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Your so funny not that kind of period." She was starting to getting annoyed, and at that moment it was a very low bar.

"There's another kind of period!?" His eyebrows were raised in shock. "What?!"

Wally couldn't possibly be that stupid...could he? "Wally, of course, there is you idiot! Didn't you pay attention in health class?" She was mystified that he was this clueless.

"I...I kind of slept through that class. Should I know what a period is?"

"Probably." She was really annoyed by this point.

"Well then tell me, educate my ignorant mind!"

"Ummm...how about no?"

"Come on Artemis I really wanna know now...tell me, tell me, tell me.."

"Fine...But I warned you."

"Ok..good now tell me." Artemis got an evil smile on her face.

"Well, a period is a flow of blood and other material from the lining of the uterus, lasting for several days and occurring in sexually mature women who are not pregnant at intervals of about one lunar month until the onset of menopause." She saw the look of confusion on the speedster's face. "Basically girls starting from like twelve or thirteen to like sixty, bleed from their vaginas for about a week, once a month."

A look of horror crossed the boy's face "What?...So like right now you are bleeding...?" she nodded. "And every girl in the world does this...like my mom or my teacher and random ladies on the street...?"

"Yes."

"And it doesn't hurt..?"

"It hurts like hell, I am literally pushing my vaginal lining out of my body, yes it hurts, don't be stupid."

"So....This is a really weird question...where does all the blood go." He turned bright red.

"Well, a girl can choose between a pad or a tampon. A pad is like one of those doggie pee pads only you put it in your underwear and the blood is absorbed. A tampon is inserted into the vagina and absorbs the blood, but if you leave it in for more than like six hours then you could get Toxic Shock Syndrome and possibly die."

"...That's messed up..." he still looked shocked and it brought a smile to Artemis' face.

"That's not all... in the five to seven days leading up to your period, you get PMS or Premenstrual Syndrome, so girls get really annoyed and angry at the slightest of things. It's really fun, sometimes you just randomly cry too." She smiled sarcastically, Artemis was enjoying this a little too much.

"I'm back." Zatanna said as she walked through the teleporter. "Hey, Wally."

Wally ran up to Zatanna and gave her a giant hug. "I am so sorry." Then he ran into his room.

Artemis started laughing and Zatanna just stood there mystified at what she just saw. "What did you do?"

"I educated and an ignorant boy about the troubles of being a woman." She said with a smile.

"Good! And here is the Advil."

"Thanks."

They ate chocolate and watched a bunch of movies.

I promise you there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for why I wrote this. In Chemistry last year, my friend was on her period and the boy sitting next to her asked what the thing sticking out of her pocket was and told him. So, please comment and tell me what I should write next I'm kinda running out of ideas.

~RedWillow03