"Hi, kids," she greets. "Let's get the show on the road so you're not too late for school."
We go into the small examination room my dad has in the house—just in case.
"We're going to need you to take everything off from the waist down, Tera." Sandy hands her a paper sheet. That sucks.
Tera blushes.
"I can get naked from the waist down, too, if it helps," I offer.
She snickers.
Sandy laughs.
"That's probably part of what got you here in the first place," Dad teases.
"No lie," I admit. Tera shoots me a look and shakes her head. Apparently, when I'm nervous and it has anything to do with my girlfriend, I have diarrhea of the mouth and I talk faster than a human should.
She hops up on the table, drapes that paper shit over her lap and lies back. Sandy helps put her feet in the metal things. What the fuck? Chicks have it rough.
"Are you comfortable with Xander in the room?" my dad asks.
"What the fuck, Dad?" I grit out.
"Calm down. She's the patient. Her comfort is priority."
"No, I want him here." Tera squeezes my hand. I'm not letting go. Hell no. We're in this together.
Sandy turns on some light and shines it right on Tera's pussy. Oh boy. My dad seeing my girl's downstairs stuff is so not my idea of a good time—doctor or not.
He gloves up and my ass puckers in response to the sound. I don't know why. Christ, I'm losing it.
"Let's take a look," Dad says and scoots his chair closer.
I'm not watching that shit. I turn and look at Tera, who looks uncomfortable, but she's not freaking out. Nope. Only me.
I rub my thumb against the inside of her wrist and she forces a smile.
"Tera, if you're going to be sexually active, have you considered going on some form of contraceptive?" Dad asks.
"It was just last night, but yeah. What do you recommend?" she asks, her voice soft.
"You have the choice of oral birth control pills, which you have to take every day. If you forget, you have a chance of getting pregnant if your partner isn't being responsible and wearing a condom," he says, giving me a look.
"I wear them! Every time."
"Good. Another option, Tera, is the birth control shot, which lasts for three months. You may get irregular spotting or you may not get a period at all. The last option is the birth control implant. It's tiny and it goes just beneath the skin. It's effective for five years. Again, with this, you may get the irregular periods and spotting."
"So, the pill is the one that would help regulate her period?" I ask.
Dad nods. "When are you expecting your next period, Tera?"
"This week." She blushes bright red.
He nods. "You two can breathe easy. There's nothing unusual going on. You just started your period. Sometimes sex can trigger the start of menses. There are different reasons for this."
"Like?" I ask, hoping he doesn't say rough sex because I'll feel like an asshole.
"If she hasn't had sex on a regular basis, that can set off hormonal changes. If she was on the cusp of beginning her menses already, then sex can also trigger it to start early. You didn't do anything wrong, Xan. Trust me, if you do something that can hurt one another, you'll know it."
