It was approximately 10 AM on a Tuesday, three months after her 12th birthday when Avery Jennings got...her first period...

So from then on, for twenty-four hours every month Avery lay sprawled out like a starfish on her bed begging her uterus to just calm down!

"I don't understand why this has to happen." Avery said to her mother as Ellen spooned hot soup into her mouth for the 4th time that day praying in her heart that it would stay down. "I mean, why can't Mother Nature just text me to tell me I'm not pregnant? Just say 'Hey! Guess what? You're not pregnant! Have a nice day and remember -safe sex-!'" Avery complained. Ellen tried to be sympathetic but to be honest she had never had really bad cramps when she was younger. She was just uncomfortable. But she just listened, nodding her head like a good mother should, even though she would much rather be downstairs pretending to be cooking dinner when really she was watching Law and Order: SVU.

"I feel like I'm in labor!" Avery moaned again. Ellen wanted to say that she kind of was but that would result in the absence of grandchildren which she didn't want. Just then the doorbell rang and Ellen put the soup down and quickly went to go get looking desperately for a reason to leave. It was Wes.

"Hi Mrs. Jennings. Is Avery here? I saw that she wasn't in school." He said politely.

"He is so kind," Ellen thought to herself. She really couldn't understand why Bennett didn't like him.

"Oh that's so sweet of you, yes she's upstairs but I must warn you, she's a little moody." Ellen answered taking the plate of cookies he had brought into the kitchen.

"Thanks!" He said as he ran up the stairs and into Avery's room. He knocked on the door.

"Whoever it is, go away! Unless it's Ryan Gosling, then come in because you're hot." He heard her say through the door. He went in anyway even though he looked nothing like Ryan Gosling.

"Oh it's you." She said upon his arrival.

"That's a nice way to treat your boyfriend." He said going over to kiss her cheek. He would give her an actual kiss but he had the feeling that she's been throwing up all day so he stayed back.

"Sorry. I feel like shit." She responded. "So what'd I miss?" This was a tradition of theirs. Every time one of them was absent from school, the other would go and visit them and tell them what they missed and keep them company.

"Let's see," he thought to himself. "Eric B. and Julia broke up because Serena told her that he was gay when actually she was talking about Eric P., who finally asked out Jeremy who turned him down. So anyway, Julia started crying in the middle of English class because someone said the word 'beard' and there was this whole big scene with her and Serena because according to her Julia didn't hear her right because she said Eric P. But then her and Eric B. made up and made out in the hallway during passing."

Avery laughed. Wes always made her feel better. He was just that type of person. "I love you." She said to him and he leaned in and gave her another kiss. It wasn't until she stopped laughing when she felt the bubble of pain come back to her stomach and immediately got out of bed and ran to the bathroom.

Shit happens...just deal with it.

I am so sorry I haven't been posting anything! I am still working on chapter 7 for cloud (6)9 but for now I am going to be uploading some little ones like this. I'm definitely going to continue this is some way I just don't know how yet. But I hope you guys like it! Read & Review!