Haneefah

'What has happened?'

My mind grows hysterical. 

'Could it be sickness?' I wonder.

No, It can't be! I mean I haven't done anything reckless to deserve this fate. That would really be bad. Dad's not going to take me to see the physicians and my mother wouldn't even dream of it. My father says that women have no need to such formalities as they don't so anything to incur any severe enough. He further says that women get better all on their own so there is never a need. Now, I don't know where this baseless superstition has stemmed from but its complete utter lies.

Oh, salaam! I bet you don't know what's going on. Let me get you up to date...

This whole ordeal started about late last evening. I had started to feel slightly unwell and queasy but I didn't make much of the situation at the time. Then when I got up this morning, I was greeted by an unpleasant surprise! My head was throbbing in pain and felt heavy. I slowly got up as my body felt a tad bit weak this morning and the headache was no help at all. I sat up in bed to realise that their was a considerable amount of dampness in and around my underwear. I lifted the covers slowly to discover what it was. At first I spotted a red speck on my covers but on closer inspection, I a whole area of my clothes and sheets were stained with half dried blood or so it seemed. The scene was horrific. Now that brings us to the present. As my mind came up with all these ghastly ideas in my head, I calmed my self down. The last thing I needed in a situation like this is additional worry and random conclusions. I check the mobility of all my limbs to which I am relieved to say they are all operating just fine. I thought for a bit and decided to head to to the washroom first and foremost to assess the root of all this bleeding if I could. The bleeding doesn't seem to be gushing out so I wrapped my lower body on an extra layer and headed and dashed to the washroom outside. Once there I had a better look. The findings shocked e even more. The shock gripped me tightly and worries once again flooded my mind. For the time I looked around for some old rags which weren't all too important but still useable. I fastened it to my lower parts and wore extra layers so as to prevent leakage. With that out the way and my parents till asleep, I neatly folded the dirty sheets and covers as small as I can and take them to be washed. With that washed and hung out to dry I the light morning breeze, it ought to dry before to long. I then go about my day as normal as if nothing occurred so as to not draw suspicion towards myself to the best of my ability.