Amanda bit her lip and tried to stifle the sharp hiss of her breath, as she felt the cramp knotting her belly. It seemed worse than usual this month and it was all she could do to hold back the groan of pain. Desperately, she looked up at the clock on her office wall. The hands pointed to half past two, another hour and a half before she could finish for the day. Slowly, as though she were eighty rather than twenty, she stood up and shuffled to the ladies room. Inside, she shut herself in one of the cubicles, thankful that nobody had seen her.
She lifted her skirt and eased her panties down, groaning quietly when she saw the spots of crimson, on the soft cotton, signifying that her period had started. Even the sight of those few spots of blood was enough to trigger another cramp that doubled her over like a punch to her tender belly. She could feel the prickling in her breasts that heralded the soreness that would begin, probably tonight, and torment her until her flow subsided. She pushed her panties down to her ankles and wriggled them over her shoes, then reached into her purse for a tampon.
Lifting her skirt, Amanda raised her leg and rested her foot on the toilet lid and reached down to open the lips of her shaved pussy with her fingertips. Taking the tampon in her other hand, she pressed the bullet shaped tip into her pussy, pressing slowly and gently. The smooth cotton slid easily inside, lubricated by the few drops of her menstrual blood. The touch of her fingers on the lips of her pussy made Amanda shudder with excitement. She knew that she became insatiably horny during her period, but the cramps made love-making painful and difficult. She sighed and resigned herself to a week of frustration.
The afternoon dragged slowly on, the cramps clawing at her with the monotonous regularity of birth contractions. She tried to hide her discomfort, but Linda at the next desk to her guessed the problem. Linda scurried off to the drinks machine and returned with a cup of tea and two painkillers. Amanda gave her a pale smile, by way of a thank you and swallowed the pills, washing them down with a careful sip of the warm liquid.
It seemed to take forever but, at last, the hands of the clock pointed to four pm and Amanda gathered her coat and purse, shuffling for the exit as quickly as she could. She drove carefully, as usual, but she could not swear to remembering any of the journey home. Pulling onto the driveway, she was mildly surprised to see her boyfriend's car parked outside. She opened the front door, looking around and catching the smell of hot chocolate.
"Tim!, Tim?" she called, closing the door behind her, "What are you doing at home?"
"Up here! " Tim shouted from the bathroom, "Linda rang me and said you weren't feeling too good, so I finished early and came home."
Amanda dropped her briefcase on the floor before climbing the stairs and stepping into the bathroom, filled with steam from a warm bath. Tim Stepped close and gently folded his arms around her hugging gently. Then he slid her jacket from her shoulders and hung it on the hook on the bathroom door. Tired and aching, she just stood still as he unbuttoned her blouse, slowly opening the material, as though he were unwrapping a delicate and treasured gift. He tossed the blouse into the washing basket and unfastened her bra, easing the straps from her shoulders and gently scooping her tender breasts out of the lace cups. His thumb accidentally brushed against her nipple, drawing a tormented gasp from her lips but, then, he had her bra off and was dropping it in the washing basket.
Tim gently unfastened Amanda's skirt and rolled the hold-up stockings down her smooth legs. His hands were light on her skin and she shivered at his feathery caress. Amanda stepped out of her shoes and stood, naked, in the centre of the room. Tim ran his fingers lightly along the inside of her thighs, pressing gently, so that she parted her legs a little. Taking the string between his finger and thumb, he gently pulled, drawing the cotton plug out of her pussy. Amanda moaned softly as the tampon slid from between her lips and left a bloody trail across the inside of her thigh.