~Summer 1978~
Jalissa hated her—or at least she acted like she did. If Vanessa could change places with her she would. She said, "There is nothing fun about having a period." The first two days when it happened her stomach ached and her breasts felt like someone had punched her in them.
Now she couldn't hide the fact that she had breasts so her mother took her to get a bunch of bras and told her that she had to wear them all of the time even though they were uncomfortable. She also had to get new jeans because either her bootie or her hips had gotten bigger.
Secretly, though, Vanessa was in awe at what she saw in the mirror when she stripped off her clothes. No, she didn't look like the nude women that she saw at the movies. But her body swelled softly in places where she had never had curves before. Her face also changed. Her chin seemed more pointed and more angular lines now replaced the roundness that she was accustomed to.