It's the been a week since Athena adopted.
Bruce already finished Athena's adoption paper last night with Diana as they comforted Athena to slept because every night she always have a bad nightmares that haunts her in her sleep over all over, so she asked both of them to accompanied her until she slept, Bruce told Athena a bedtime story, then Diana sang a song that used sang for her when she was a little girl.
"Wayne," Bruce answers his phone at his shoulder as he washes the dish in his both arms.
"Mr. Wayne? This is Amanda Brooke, Athena's teacher," the woman's voice is young and shaky. Bruce smothers a laugh; the young teacher is clearly terrified to talk with him. His reputation precedes him apparently.
"Yes, Mrs. Amanda, what's wrong?" He dries the dish in his hands and sets it on the counter before picking up the next one.
There's a brief pause and then, "I didn't really want to bother you, but Athena. She's been acting up and we have to ask you or her mother to come pick her up for the rest of the day."
"What?" Bruce snaps, surprised. he knew that Athena isn't a trouble child. Sure she's headstrong and stubborn, but look at who her parents are.
"I'm sorry! She just-we can't let her stay here today. I'll be happy to explain why when you get here," Mrs. Amanda chatters away nervously.
Her tone makes Bruce chuckle a bit. Everyone thinks they have to be scared of Bruce Wayne, when it's really Diana Prince that they should be frightened of. Bruce doesn't even want to think about her reaction to their adoptive daughter's technical suspension.
He finishes the call with Athena's teacher, promising to be at the school before the hour is up and heads off to calls Diana that is Athena's mother figure.
It was nice, having someone who knew, and loved, all aspects of his personality.
He pulls out his phone to call Diana as he pushes Diana number as fast he can, he puts the phone at his ear, waits Diana to answers his call. "Diana?"
"Bruce, what is it?" Diana finally answer.
"It's about Athena."
"What happened to her?" Diana's tone voice raise up a bit.
"She was suppended and we had to pick her up as fast we can, I will pick you up."
"We meet together at her school, don't have to pick me up, I'll go myself."
Before Bruce can answer, Diana ends the call, Bruce confused and afraid at the same time after the call, afraid of the hell storm her angry, she will rain down on a poor, unsuspecting teacher, then he walks as fast he can to his car, drives away from Wayne Manor.
"Alfred." Bruce calls Alfred to tell him that she would gone for a while. "I'll go to Athena's school, I had to pick her up, there is something bad happen to her."
"Oh, I hope it's not a big problem."
"I hope so."
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Diana has calmed down, marginally; by the time they reach the classroom. Her hands aren't balled into fists anymore, but her eyebrows are still drawn together angrily. Even Bruce's hand on her lower back, rubbing small circles, isn't enough to calm her further.
"Remember, we don't know what actually happened," Bruce reminds Diana. They both have short tempers, but Diana is a fierce and any perceived slight to her child is practically a death sentence. Her quest for justice extends to their adoptive daughter as well.
"What happened is my little girl got in trouble," Diana returns, "I promise, she is not going to be suspended."
And with that, Diana marches into Athena's classroom. Bruce follows.
The classroom is empty save for Athena and her teacher, Athena just sits at one seat in front of teacher desk, she only looks into the desk without souless eyes, she scared, of her adoptive parents will dump her out, leaved her alone in this cruel and unkind world, Athena's face expression just makes Bruce heart crushes, makes him sad to see his adoptive daughter like that.
Mrs.Amanda clears her throat while stands up when both of them get into the class, "Mr. Wayne, Mrs. Wayne."
"It's actually Mrs. Prince-" Bruce tries to corrects Mrs. Amanda words.
"No, Mrs. Wayne indeed." Diana cuts off Bruce's word before he even finish it, Diana expression when she corrects sharply, causing Bruce to muffle a smirk, he can't hold it back.
"Yes, yes, of course," Mrs. Amanda stammers, her eyes wide in the presence of the Amazonian Princess. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Wayne. If you wouldn't mind sitting down? I can explain."
"I would rather stand," Diana says icily. Bruce sits in one the chairs in front of Athena's teacher table, as he tells Diana to calm down before she lets out her anger to Athena's teacher.
"Could you tell us why Athena's in trouble?" Bruce says calmly.
"Well, to be honest, Mr. Wayne, it's been going on for a few weeks now," Ms. Harrison starts. "She been one of the students have been getting into verbal spats."
"Verbal spats?" Bruce repeats, one eyebrow raised.
"Athena had a friend, an autism friend," the teacher says and Bruce and Diana share a look, knowing exactly where this story is going.
"I don't see any problem there," Diana said coldly cuts Mrs. Amanda words before she even finish it.
"Diana, let her finish," Bruce holds Diana hands softly that makes her blushes so hard, her heart beats so fast, makes her felt panicked and confused at the same time because the Dark Knight is holding her hands now, slowly manage to calm her down. "Continue it, Mrs. Amanda."
"Yes-yes, of course, her friends is been bullied by her classmates, Athena been protecting her from the bullies without any violance, then later that morning, the bullies mocked her friends, made fun of her, I had to said that Athena protected her friend once again, then this happen." Mrs. Amanda stops her words as she pulls out photos to the bullies that hurted badly and the place that destroyed so bad when they bullied Athena's friend.
"So, let me get this straight? My daughter is being punished for standing up for herself and others. Is that what you want to teach young children? That they should let themselves and their peers be bullied? That is not justice!" Diana shouts to her teacher as hits the table until the grounds shakes for a moment.
"Diana, please-"
"Let's go home, Athena!" Diana drags Athena that sits beside the teacher as she walks leaves the classroom.
"I'm so sorry, Mrs. Amanda, don't worry, I will pay all of that damage." Bruce stands while holds the teacher hands.
"It's ok-ok, Mr. Wayne, I understand." The teacher speaks out.
Bruce leaves the classroom as fast he can, then meet Diana and Athena stands in front of his car. "Diana-"
"Just get into the car, Bruce." Diana said coldly.
Bruce opens the car with his keys as they gets into the car, Diana and Bruce sits in the front and Athena sits in the back, her body is shaking, she is holding back tears in both of her eyes, she afraid that her parents will let her go after this, imagine the outside world, just her alone, without any of her parents or friends.
Arrives in the Wayne Manor, they already in the Manor, Diana and Bruce stands beside each other in front of scared Athena, hoped that she will be forgiven by both of her parents if she lucky, she had the most scariest parents that people would imagine of, The Dark Knight and The Princess of Themysicra, Batman and Wonder Woman.
"Diana, you don't have to act like that, she just doing her job." Bruce said.
"She is our daughter, your daugther, Bruce! I can't let her been suspended just because she protected her friend, she not done a wrong thing, she just protected her friend!"
"But she uses violance to do that, Diana! She just can tell them to not making fun of her friend or just tell the teacher about it, she doesn't have to used violance to do that!"
"You even used violance even without talk to the criminal, you just punched and kicked with violently to them without any word, why didn't you just talk to them softly and cuddly and then they will never do criminal anymore after that."
"I'm s-sorry," Athena speaks with a crack voice, harden her fist, let down tears in both of her eyes as she starts to sobs quietly without her parents notices her. "I'm sorry if I will never be a proper daugther for both of you!" She runs into upstairs fastly that make Bruce and Diana shock at what she said.
"Athena!"