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“Yes, please. I’m going to need pads, tampons, painkillers, and bleach.”
“Bleach?”
“You know, in case I bleed all over myself.” As a rule, men don’t do well talking about this stuff but when it’s your own daughter? It’s rough.
“Do you mind if we pick up Melissa first?” I ask her.
Sammy’s head snaps around comically. “Why?”
“She is going to spend some time with us today,” I tell her.
“Are you dating her?” She sounds appalled at the idea.
“No, we’re just friends.”
“And she’s spending today with us?” I nod my head. “At our house?”
“Or you know, wherever.”
“Dad, that sounds like a date.”
“It’s not,” I assure her.
“Good. Because while I want you to date, I don’t want you ruining my friendship with Melissa. I like her too much for you to screw that up for me.”
“That’s mean,” I tell her. Turning onto Main Street, I add, “When have I ever ruined a friendship for you?”
She’s aghast at my stupidity. “Um, by dating Shelby Lynn?”Oh yeah, that.
“Other than that?”
“That was enough, Dad.” I suppose she’s got a point.
Melissa is waiting when I pull up to her apartment and hops into the back as soon as I stop. “Good morning.” She sounds a world more enthusiastic than she did when we spoke earlier.
“Melissa, you’ll never guess what happened last night.”
Like a fortune teller at a fair, she replies, “You got your period.”
“How did you know that?” I demand.
“Melissa and I talk about all kinds of things, Dad. She knows I’ve been hoping my period would come soon.”
“Am I right? You really got it?” Melissa wants to know.
“YES!” My daughter is beside herself. “Isn’t it the coolest?”
“The coolest,” Melissa agrees.
“Dad is going to take us to the store so we can get supplies. Will you help me?”
“You know I will.”
I take a moment to offer a silent word of thanks that I don’t have to help Sammy figure this out. “I’ll wait in the car,” I tell them as I pull into the parking lot.
I pull out a wad of bills and hand them to Sammy while telling Melissa, “Thanks for this.”
“Friends help friends, right?” There’s something cryptic-sounding about that.
