Chapter 105 - The joys of packing (2/2)
”Feminine products,” Rowan grumbled causing Lily to furrow her brows before lamely saying, ”Oh.”
Pausing Rowan curiously glances at Lily and says, ”You haven't started yours yet, Lily?”
Lily flushes bright red and says, ”Not yet. Mom said, that the girls in our family don't tend to start theirs until we're thirteen.”
”That's not that unusual,” Rowan replied. ”I mean, there are some girls who don't get them until they're sixteen or very early on around nine years old.”
”Mm,” Lily said as she looked down at her hands in embarrassment.
”Since it sounds like yours may very well start this year, have you already prepared a case of feminine products?” Rowan asked.
”Yes!” Lily muttered with mortification.
”Well, that's good, but I recommend getting one or two bottles from Madame Pomfrey for the pain,” Rowan sagely instructed.
”A potion for pain, what for?” Lily asked in bewilderment.
”Didn't Petunia already get her's?”
”Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?”
”.... Lily, did Petunia have any cramps?”
”Mm, mom gave her painkillers and had her.... oh, I see what you mean.”
”Excluding cramps, there is even some variety in the number of cycle days or symptoms like nausea, bloating, dizziness, migraines, or even back pain. Not to mention hormones,” Rowan paused at seeing Lily's pale face causing her to nod her head in sympathy. ”For example, among the four us dormmates, Bethanie tends to eat her feelings, while Silvia tends to have a pin drop explosive temper. As for Tiffany and me, we both tend to be a bit more emotional than usual. Nothing too bad, but it still tends to make one feel all out of sorts.”
”That sounds horrible,” Lily whispered.
Shrugging her shoulders, Rowan says, ”Sadly enough you get used to it in the end.”
Lily shudders and quickly changes the subject, ”Do you think Gobbledegook will be any fun?”
”Fun? Probably not,” Rowan honestly said causing Lily's face to fall. ”But useful? Very much so.”
”You're no fun,” Lily huffed.
”Personally, I beg to differ,” Rowan snickered back as she grabbed a pillow off her bed and began to beat Lily with it. Lily lets out a squeal of indignation and fights back causing feathers to burst out and scatter throughout the bedroom.
The two girls somehow manage to drag the pillow fight across the hallway into Severus's room, wherewith utter horror, Severus slams his trunk shut to only be bombarded by their combined brute forces. Alas, it was an utter massacre with Severus being the innocent victim. But he swore to retaliate, eventually!