Valentine's two:
Olivia was concentrating very hard on the piece of pink construction paper that was in front of her. This would have to be the best art project she ever made. Not only would it be a Valentine's card for her mommy but it would also be a birthday card as well.
She stuck her tongue out as she carefully cut out a heart, perfect. She carefully reached over and grabbed the pink glitter, her mommy liked pink. She quickly poured some over the card, smiling at how it glittered in the light. She liked sparkly things, and so did Mommy.
After the glue she had used with the glitter was dry, she turned it over and frowned, raising her hand, "Ms. Walker, how do you spell birthday?" she asked.
Robby was a little boy in Olivia's class who thought he was so much smarter than the rest of the class because he was the oldest, he would turn seven at the end of summer. Olivia didn't care much for him and often complained to her parents about how rude and mean he could be.
"Boy, are you dumb," he said, "You're supposed to be making Valentine's cards, not Birthday cards."
"Daddy told me that Mommy's birthday is on Valentine's Day," Olivia said defensively.
Ms. Walker quickly stepped in, she knew that those two could cause trouble when they started arguing, "There's nothing wrong with Olivia making a birthday card for her mother Robby. I'm the teacher, not you."
Robby nodded his head, before saying, "But they aren't really Olivia's parents. They aren't even married!"
"You take that back Robby, you take that back right now!" Olivia shouted, balling her hands into fists.
"The only reason your daddy lets your mommy live with him is that he feels sorry for her because he knows that nobody would care about a cripple like her."
"Robby!" Ms. Walker snapped, "Stop right now, or you'll have to visit the Principal's office!"
"I bet you're the reason your Mommy uses a cane." Robby goaded Olivia again.
"Shut up, shut up!" Olivia shouted, throwing her fist into the little boy. Soon the two of them were in a full-blown fist fight.
…
Tommy should have known something was terribly wrong when he was paged over the intercom to pick up line one. He glanced at his students; they were all busy taking the test he had passed out at the beginning of the class. He picked up the phone, keeping an eye on his students, to make sure none of them got an idea while he was on the phone.
"Dr. Oliver," he said.
"Dr. Oliver this is Mrs. Smith."
"Olivia's principal?"
"Yes, she got into a fistfight during class today."
"Let me guess, Robby was involved," Tommy said with his teeth clenched, he had complained several times to the elementary school about Robby's bullying to Olivia.
"Yes, but I'm afraid we have to suspend both of them. Olivia was the one who started the fight. I need either you or your wife to come and get her."
"We both are at work; can a family friend pick her up instead?" Tommy asked.
"As long as they are on her emergency contact list that would be fine," the principal said before hanging up.
…
It was slow at the Cyber Café and Hayley was catching up on her paperwork when the phone rang. "Hayley's Cyber Café, this is Hayley."
"Hayley, I need you to pick up Olivia, please. She got in trouble at school."
Hayley sighed, "Can't Mercer pick her up or something?"
"He's on a business trip." Tommy said, "I just need you to pick her up and bring her to the high school, as long as they don't distract the students, Elsa doesn't have a problem with us bring our children to work every once in a while."
"New policy?" Hayley asked with a smirk, it was well known that Elsa had a soft spot for the Oliver family.
"Last school year," Tommy stated, "Someone had a family emergency and they couldn't find a babysitter."
"Fine, I guess I could run over quickly."
"Thanks, Hayles, I owe you one."
"No," Hayley argued, "You owed me one in college; you are at least at a hundred thousand."
Tommy laughed, "You're right, but your one of the few who knows who I am, and you live here in town."
"Fine, I'll get Olivia for you." Hayley sighed, hanging up.
…
Hayley entered the elementary school and headed over to the principal's office. Olivia was sitting on a little plastic chair in front of the office door.
Olivia immediately jumped up and ran towards her, "Aunt Hayley!" she called happily, even though she could tell that the little girl had been crying.
Just then the door to the office opened and a woman came storming out, obviously furious, "I don't care what you say, that girl should be expelled immediately. A foster kid like her doesn't have any discipline." She pointed an accusing finger at Olivia as she talked, "She's a monster."
"I'm not a monster, Robby is, he's a meanie, like Rita and Old Ed from Mommy and Daddy's stories!"
"Why you are nothing but a little brat with no respect for others." The lady snarled.
Olivia tilted her head, "What's a brat?" she asked.
The lady wasn't impressed as she turned to Hayley, "I suggest you give her a good spanking when you get home, that should teach her to be such a smart aleck."
Hayley was starting to understand how Olivia felt about Robby, she was starting to feel it towards his mother, she even thought briefly on slapping her instead she said through gritted teeth, reminding herself that there were two young children watching, "I'm just her aunt, it will be up to her parents to decide what her punishment should be."
With that, the lady went on and on, on how Olivia's parents weren't responsible enough to handle raising a child, passing it on to their family and how they probably were high school dropouts without decent jobs. Intermixed was a lot of words that caused the principal to flinch and cover Robby's ears.
Hayley was using all of her self-control not to slap the lady. So much, in fact, that she didn't notice Olivia run up to her and kick her hard in the shin, "You're mean! And You're a liar! My Mommy and Daddy are the best!"
Before anyone could intervene Robby's mother slapped Olivia hard across the face. The response was instant. Hayley let go, nailing Mrs. Johnson in the nose. She would have to admit she found the loud crunch satisfying.
Hayley smiled contently as she watched her crumble to the ground. The Principal stood there with her mouth hanging open. Hayley blushed, "Sorry, lost my cool there. The Olivers are good friends of mine and she had no right to slap Olivia."
Mrs. Smith nodded, to be honest; if Hayley hadn't hit her, she probably would have. She turned to Robby then, if she had been willing to use that kind of language and hit a stranger's child in front of witnesses, what did she do behind closed doors with her own child.
"Robby," She asked bending down to be at eye level with the young boy, "Did your Mommy ever hit you or talk to you the way she did to Olivia?"
Robby nervously glanced over at his mother, his brown eyes dark with concern, "Only when I'm being bad."
"What are some of the things that your Mother say was being bad?"
"Being too loud, being annoying, that kind of stuff."
Hayley felt her eye twitch, children should be seen and heard.
…
Kim frowned, Hayley should have arrived already with Olivia, Tommy had stepped over between periods to tell her what was going on and seeing as she had her prep period she was going to be the one who took Olivia, at least to find out what had happened before the facts get muddled in her mind with other stuff.
Just then her cell phone rang, a Christmas present from Tommy. Hayley was on the other line.
"The police just got here. I swear, associating with you brings me the worst of luck. By the way, the social worker is wondering if you can temporarily take in another foster kid until they can sort out his case."
"There is something you aren't telling me," Kim accused her friend.
"It's Robby, they're investigating possible child abuse."
Kim rubbed her temple, of course it was Robby, it was always Robby, "drop him off with Olivia. We'll deal with the paperwork."
…
To say that Olivia was pleased with the current situation was the largest lie of the century, she was downright furious. She couldn't believe that she was stuck with Robby for who knows how long.
She stomped into Kim's classroom with her arms folded, a nasty bruise forming where Mrs. Johnson had slapped her. Kim quickly felt her blood start to boil, she was a pink and few things make her truly angry, child abuse was one of the things that made her see red.
Kim took a deep breath, holding it while she counted to ten before realising it, it would do no good to lose her temper here. She bent down slowly, knowing that her next class would soon be arriving, "Olivia, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Olivia said sniffling, "Why did Robby have to come with?" she asked.
Kim gathered Olivia into her arms, "Trust me, sometimes the best of friends start out as the worst of enemies."
Robby entered the room just then, "no they can't." he argued.
"Tommy and my brother Jason couldn't stand each other when they first met, now they are best friends."
"You want me to be friends with him?" Olivia asked at the same time Robby demanded, "You want me to be friends with her?"
"I want the two of you to try to get along."
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A/N: Let's see how Tommy and Kim handle having Robby in the house as well.
