Chapter 80 - That time of the month (2) (1/2)

By lunch time, Aiden was able to confirm that Sarah is definitely avoiding him. Every time he tried getting close to her, Sarah would increase the distance between them by few steps. Even when she was sitting on the sofa and he sat next to her, at the same moment she moved to the side chair. He was not able to touch her. The only conclusion he could come up with is that he wronged her somehow, and she is upset.

After a lot of internal struggle, he decided to ask what is going on. ”Will you tell me what I did wrong?”

Sarah was confused. ”Huh? Why do you think you did something wrong?”

”You are avoiding me whole day.” Aiden's expression showed that he is not happy.

It didn't take her long to realize what Aiden is talking about. Sarah sighed. ”You didn't do anything. It's me.”

”What is it?” Aiden's voice showed urgency. He wanted to know what is going on. All kinds of thoughts started appearing in his mind. Even the breakup scenarios of 'It's not you, it's me…' type.

Sarah was not sure why, but she felt embarrassed to talk about monthly periods with him. So far, she was able to confirm that he is not knowledgeable about female issues. Thought of her explaining how ovaries work made her feel uncomfortable. 'I need to tell him that I'm on my period, but how do I do that?' Sarah decided to get her laptop. She searched for 'menstrual cycle', opened one result which had a detailed explanation and gave laptop to him. ”Here, read this and you will understand.”

Aiden sat on the sofa and started reading. As he progressed his face froze and became pale. He slowly turned to Sarah and stared at her without a word.

Sarah looked at him and could not help herself but to frown. ”Your reaction is over the top. Every female goes through this.”

Aiden didn't respond. He didn't move at all. Sarah was wondering if he is even breathing.

Sarah thought that something seems off, so she sat next to him and started reading. To her horror, she saw that the article from the beginning started explaining menstrual cycle and its role in female reproductive system related to pregnancy, changes in hormone levels and how it all makes good environment for embryo to develop.

Sarah quickly took the laptop back. ”I'm not pregnant! I've got my period.”

It took him some time to react. Aiden exhaled with relief but was still confused. ”What does that mean?”

”It means that I'm bleeding…” She gestured toward her lower abdomen. ”And it feels uncomfortable. It happens once a month and lasts four to five days.”

”Oh...” That was the only sound that came out of him.

Sarah searched for 'menstruation' on the laptop, confirmed that page she opened talks about it, and gave him the laptop back. ”Here, this one is focusing on that.”

Aiden read it carefully, and then kept laptop away slowly. ”So that's how it is... but why are you avoiding me?”

”That... I thought it's better to avoid touching each other, getting all excited and not being able to do much about it.” She shyly admitted.

Aiden exhaled in relief that she is not angry. And that she does not want to break up with him. He shook his head at his jumping into conclusions and at her silliness. Aiden shifted closer to Sarah, wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a hug. ”You can be so silly sometimes. I don't need to touch you to get excited.”

Sarah tilted her head to look at him. ”But doesn't it make it worse?”