Mae B • Idaho • 16
I was 11 and I was moving to a different city. We were leaving in two days so we were finishing packing and I was going to stay at my friend's house for the night. I had nothing but a pair of clothes, swimsuit, sleeping bag and a toothbrush. So I was like feeling sick all day and I didn't really know what a period was at the time, so I just brushed it off.
Our plan was to go swimming and then go back to her house. We got to the pool and I didn't notice that I had started to bleed through at the time. We played around until I got out and sat on a seat that had someone else's towel on it. I got up and saw that there was blood coming from ME! The stranger saw their towel and asked what happened. I shrugged and then ran to the bathroom/locker-room.
I pulled off my swimsuit and I saw that it leaked through. Luckily I went into a shower stall so I could wash myself and my swimsuit immediately. I was crying because I thought something bad happed and my friend came and asked if I was ok. I said I don't know and to get her mom.
I told her mom what happened and she told me that I just got my period and I would be fine. I couldn't really go home because my parents were in a hotel so I still slept over. When we got to her house, they gave me a pad and I told my mom. I still feel bad about that towel.
