Big Green Tractor

Disclaimer: It was inspired by the song by Jason Aldean, but I hold no rights to the song or him. The lead characters may bear a slight resemblance to a couple of beautiful ladies we all know but they aren't them. Contains a mutual loving relationship between two women so if for any reason you can't read that please show yourself to the door.

Elizabeth didn't' know how she had gotten the job, or why she had even agreed to take it. Being the new principal at a small town elementary school was interesting enough without being from a large city and being a lesbian. While she did nothing to hide her sexuality she wondered how many knew, but on the first day of school she found out that most knew and had some cousin or friend in a surrounding town they would love to set her up with. Others, however, just glared at her in disgust not realizing she didn't care if the parents liked her as long as the children got a good education.

It was noon and Elizabeth had just broken up her first fight on the playground a third grader had beaten the tar out of one of the older boys, the older of the two was in the nurses office icing his bloody nose while she had the younger in her office. Looking through his file Justin Ray Deimos was a model child, raised by a single mother, had a younger brother in kindergarten, was a straight A student, and was active in the county 4-H program by all means the young man was the perfect small town boy; now why he would beat the snot out of another child was beyond her. Waiting for his mother to get to the school from the Co-Op on the other side of town she decided to question the boy.

"Justin, why did you hit Ronnie?"

"He deserved it, Momma's gonna be mad she probably take away my bike."

Knowing that was the most she was going to get out of the frightened boy she waited for his mother to get there before asking anything else. Looking out her window she saw a new Ford F-150 pull into the lot it was black with silver racing stripes and boasted its four-wheel drive across the windshield. The most beautiful woman Elizabeth had ever seen stepped down out of the vehicle. Dressed in a grease covered a-shirt, muddy wranglers, and filthy work boots, with her hair tied back, she was the type of woman Elizabeth thought existed only in her imagination. A slight knock on her door alerted her that Justin's mother was here. When she opened the door the beauty she had seen outside stepped in.

"Ms. Deimos, I hate to have to drag you away from work, but I can't for the life of me figure out what would cause such an outburst from a good boy like your son."

"Call me Jake, and it's no problem. Now as to why this happened I think Justin should explain, Ms. Young."

"I think your absolutely right, Justin?"

Running over to his mother the boy wrapped his arms around her waist, even being tall for his age he barely reached her stomach Elizabeth noticed, they also had the same raven hair and striking crystal blue eyes. After Jake had bent down and wiped his tears Justin stopped crying and whispered something in her ear. Walking behind the desk Jake stood behind Elizabeth. Leaning down her breath tickled the principal's ear as she quietly spoke.

"He wants to see both of us, his grandfather taught him to look at whoever he's talking to."

Justin then started his story. " I was over throwing the baseball back and forth to Toby Russell when Ronnie came over and caught it in front of me, I was just gonna forget it and find something else to do until he started saying all that mean stuff."

"Justin, honey, what did he say?"

"Oh Momma, he started talking about how, it must suck having a dyke for a Mom, and that you didn't love me cause I'm a boy. And he said that you were just an ugly old butch, and and and."

"Shhh, come here baby, don't listen to him I love you and your brother more than anything in this world. Don't let what one small-minded kid had to say tear you up."

"Are you gonna take my bike for fighting?"

"No, honey, Momma's not gonna take your bike, but for the next week I do want you to stay around the house on it for fighting. Go wait in the truck I need to talk to Ms. Young."

After making sure he had made it to the truck okay Jake turned to the principal to see a look of pure shock on her face.

"Elizabeth, if I may call you that, what is that look for? Because if it has to do with my sexuality I thought it was kind of obvious, unless it's the fact that I'm gay and am raising children."

Elizabeth knew she had to answer quickly, she could see the anger in the young mother's eyes.

"No, no. It's nothing like that, trust me I have no right to have a problem with homosexuality; if I did I would hate myself. I just can't believe what was said and how you handled it so well."

"Most of the people here are pretty understanding but unfortunately a few are assholes and pass it on to their children. Ronnie's daddy for instance hates me because his baby sister dated me and then split when she found out about the boys, and he blames me for everything, says I turned her dyke."

"Well, now that this is all in the open, it may be in appropriate but would you like to go out with me Friday? Before you say…"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"Yea, my parents wanted to take the boys camping this weekend anyway. So just meet me at my place around six, the address is in that file on your desk. One more thing could you call my other boy up here, I don't want him on the bus by himself his first day. His name's …"

"Jace Marshall Deimos. It's in Justin's file."

Smiling at the small blonde Jake turned and walked out into the main office to wait on her baby to show up.