It was so stupid. I only went to the gym in the morning because Dafne went. She went wacko on the elliptical, the cycle, and then the free weights. I had known Dafne since high school and she was always the pretty one. Perfect hair. Perfect teeth. Perfect body. She was engaged to Gary or was it, Harry? I don’t know. But she had amped up her routine with marriage on the horizon. I tried to keep up with her. I’d smile occasionally even though I wanted to puke and die on the treadmill.
One day, after a ridiculous hour workout I was peeling off my plus size sports bra so I could saturate myself in the cool water of the shower when Dafne pranced up with her tight leggings and top that clung to her body like an attractive plastic wrap.
“That was such an awesome workout,” she said. I nodded, breathless.
“I love mornings,” I said. I fucking hated mornings.
I unlaced my right shoe and felt a blossoming of warmth in my crotch. Shit. I went to the toilet. My period. Fuck. Fuck. I just got my period. There was a dispenser by the sink but it was empty. Why? Why? I walked back to the locker room.
“Does anyone have a tam…” I asked. I didn’t fully enunciate tampon.
There were four women in various stages of nudity and they all stared at me.
“I’m afraid I only have light flow tampons,” said Dafne. “Does anyone have heavy flow?”
A woman, whom I knew gave birth four times and was at least forty pounds overweight, reached into her gym bag and fished out a heavy flow tampon.
“You know, Dafne,” I said. “The size of the tampon has nothing to do with the circumference of your vagina hole. Just because I’m plus size doesn’t mean I have a big vagina. Just so you know.”
Dafne flicked her hair. “Oh, come one. You have a heavy flow. Admit it.”
I admitted nothing and snatched the tampon. I wish I could say that was my last visit to the gym but I kept going. One day I would be Dafne and someone, I don’t know who would hand me a slim light flow tampon because they assumed a small ass meant a small vagina hole.
THE END
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