Beca sat at her desk, watching her students completing an assignment. She heard her cell phone vibrate in her desk drawer and she took it out and sighed when she saw it was Madison's school. She told her students to continue working, then leaving to answer the call.
"Beca Mitchell," she answered.
"Hello Miss Mitchell, it's Mr. Lewis, the principal at your daughter's school. There's been a problem with Madison and we need you and Miss Beale to come in."
"Oh my god, what happened? Is she alright?" Beca asked getting concerned.
"Yes, Madison is fine, but there is another boy who may not be. She got into a fight today."
"God... So she has no injuries," she asked
"No she's fine, but she broke the other student's nose and bruised his stomach. Can you please just get down here as soon as possible?"
"No problem."
Beca hung up the phone, she was mad but she was also kind of proud... she broke a kid's nose with no injuries. Nice. She walked back into the classroom and smiled.
"Guys, finish this for homework. You have until Friday when I grade it, class is dismissed."
"But the period isn't over," a girl informed confused.
"Dude, who cares?" the boy to her left chimed in.
"I have to go. See you guys tomorrow."
With that Beca grabbed her purse and left, heading to the campus Chloe worked. She got to the gym where the redhead taught and knocked on the door before opening it. Chloe looked confused when she saw Beca motion her over to the door. She instructed her class to keep watching the video that was being shown as she went over to Beca.
"What's up, babe?"
"We need to leave. Maddie got in some trouble," Beca said.
"Is she okay?" Chloe asked with the same concern Beca had.
"Yeah, she's fine. We need to get down there though."
Chloe nodded and passed out a worksheet to her students about the video.
"Complete it and hand it in tomorrow. Class dismissed."
Beca and Chloe practically ran to the car and get to Madison's school. Beca drove and filled Chloe in.
"So she broke his nose?" she asked in disbelief.
Beca nodded.
"Damn, she definitely gets that from you," Chloe joked.
"That does not offend me."
Chloe laughed, "So what was this fight even about?"
"I don't know, Mr. Lewis just said to get there."
The rest of the ride was silent. They got into the school and they walked into the principal's office to see red hair, that was no longer in pigtails, popping above a chair.
"Good afternoon Miss Mitchell, Miss Beale."
"Good afternoon... So what happened here?" Chloe asked sitting down next to her daughter.
Beca put a hand on her daughter's head and sat on the arm of the chair she was sitting in.
"She said the boys were making mean jokes and when she told them to stop they didn't," Mr. Lewis stated.
Beca looked at Madison's tear stained face, "What kind of jokes sweetie?"
Madison didn't answer at first; she just wiped the dry tears from her cheeks.
"Jokes about... about... gay people," she said just above a whisper.
Chloe sighed, she felt terrible now. She looked at Beca who had a matching facial expression; they felt so much remorse for putting their daughter in such a socially awkward position.
"Madison, Ms. Sanchez is going to take you back to class. I'll call you back when we finish this conversation," Mr. Lewis said going outside to get the receptionist. Madison returned to class and Beca took her chair.
"Come on, she can't get too punished for that!" Beca yelled.
"Beca, calm down, and what did the boys say about what happened?" Chloe asked.
"They're keeping quiet, but don't worry, I believe Madison. She's a good kid; I don't think she would lie about that. We are going to have to give her some kind of punishment; she did break the child's nose."
"How bad will her punishment be?" Chloe asked.
"Probably suspension…" he replied.
"What! Can't we talk it down?" Beca exclaimed.
"I don't know ma'am. We still need to speak with the boy's mother; she should be here too…"
Just as he said it there was a knock on the door, it opened and a small, blonde woman walked in. Chloe got up so the lady could sit and she sat on the arm of Beca's chair.
"Hello, Mrs. Perez," the principal greeted.
"Hello, Jake is in the hospital with his father…" she said sitting down.
"Way to make someone feel guilty," Beca whispered in Chloe's ear.
She shook her head, "I'm sorry for what happened."
"It's fine, he'll live. So what did he get himself into this time?"
Mr. Lewis re-explained the situation to the boy's mother. She sighed when he finished the story.
"I'm siding with you ladies," she said.
"What?" Beca asked surprised.
"I believe my kid was being mean like that. My brother is gay and he has some family problems with him. I'm sorry this had to happen. If you are going to punish anyone punish my son."
Beca stared at her wide-eyed. She definitely didn't expect her to say that. Mr. Lewis nodded, "Okay, then I guess one day of Saturday detention for them both?"
"Sounds good to me," Mrs. Perez said standing up.
"Yes, that's fine. Thank you," Chloe said smiling at the boy's mother. "Again, I'm sorry for your son's broken nose."
"It's fine, he deserved it," she laughed, saying goodbye to the principal and leaving.
"I'm going to call Madison's classroom and get her here, if you'd like you can take her home now."
"Alright, thank you," Beca said with a sad smile.
A few minutes later Madison walked into the office and they told her her punishment. Madison accepted it, knowing it could've been a lot worse. As she walked out of the school with her parents, tears started running down her face. She knew she was going to be in big trouble. Chloe noticed her daughter's tears and stopped her in the parking lot.
"Sweetie I'm not mad at you. You don't have to cry," she said wiping her tears.
"I'm sorry," the girl sobbed. "I didn't mean to break his nose, it was an accident!"
"I know honey, it's okay. Maybe one punch was enough though…" Beca said with a small laugh.
Chloe continued to wipe her daughter's tears as she pushed a strand of red hair behind her ear. They got into the car and Beca sat in the backseat with Madison. On the way home Beca kept her arm around her still crying daughter. Madison could definitely be like Beca when she needed to, a hard ass, but when the time came she was such a softie, just like Chloe. When they got home Beca told Madison to stay in the living room and practice her piano. The adults went upstairs into their bedroom to discuss the whole situation.
"Well that was something," Chloe sighed plopping on the bed.
"Is it wrong that I'm completely proud if her? I'm not mad at all," Beca said lying down next to Chloe.
"No... I hate to say it but I'm proud too."
"She totally kicked that kid's ass dude!" Beca smiled.
"Well you have always told her to never take crap from anyone..."
"That's right, I taught her well."
Beca put her arm around Chloe's waist and kissed her on the cheek. She kept placing kisses on her face, then went down to her neck, then showered her shoulder.
"The good thing is that we have Saturday to ourselves," Chloe winked.
"Yeah, you need it. I can tell you've been stressing out lately, I can see it in your dancing," Beca said sitting up. "Lay on your stomach."
Chloe did as she was told and Beca straddled her waist. She started rubbing away at her neck and back, helping to get rid of all the knots. Chloe's whole body was tense.
"Relax babe," Beca whispered, kissing the sensitive spot on Chloe's neck.
The redhead's body immediately loosened up as she let Beca work her magic. She dug into her neck and it felt so good.
"Oh... My god, right there," Chloe moaned into the pillow.
Beca smiled and kept rubbing that one spot. Chloe wasn't one to ask for things but Beca always knew when she wanted them. The redhead turned around underneath Beca to face her. The brunette leaned down and kissed the soft lips of the woman under her. They could hear the piano from the living room so it just made the situation more peaceful.
"Maybe we should get back downstairs..." Chloe smiled.
Beca nodded and got off Chloe. They both removed themselves from the bed and went downstairs.
"You shout it loud, but I can't hear a word you say..." Madison sang as she played along on the piano.
Chloe smiled, that song was really old. It came out when they were still in college, but Beca and Chloe always sang it. It was their song. Madison ended up loving it and she taught herself how to play it. Their daughter was an amazingly talent girl.
"I'm bulletproof nothing to loose, fire away, fire away..." Beca joined sitting on the piano bench next to the redhead.
Chloe just knew she had to join in as well, "Ricochet, you take your aim, fire away, fire away..."
The three girls' voices mashed so perfectly together, the gentle piano adding even more perfection. Madison smiled at her parents as the song ended and she played the last notes.
"That was awesome!" she shrieked. "You guys are the best."
"I know." Chloe winked, "and you guys want to invite Aubrey and Luke to dinner tonight?"
"Yes!" Madison answered.
"I'm fine with that," Beca smiled.
Chloe nodded and went into the kitchen, grabbing her phone and dialing Aubrey's number.