Three years and three kids later Rachel and Nigel were at the end of their rope as Roscoe discovered his talent for painting, Ariana discovered her talent for tattling, and Elizabeth discovered her talent for rebelling and it was tearing Nigel and Rachel apart.
"Ohhhhh if it isn't the kids it's the sun and the birds that are going to wake me up, it's the kids that are tearing through this house" Nigel moaned as a pillow was thrown at him and Rachel giggled as he slowly opened his eyes.
"We have three kids to take care of Nigel, and we have parent teacher meetings at three different schools for three different kids sweetie pie" Rachel said as an argument broke out between Ariana and Roscoe and she was winning.
"Roscoeeeeeeee you jerk my legs are not canvas's and neither are my bed sheets, mom is so going to kill you when she sees this young man" Ariana said in a tattely tone as Rachel ran to stop Roscoe from lunging at Ariana.
"Roscoe Foley do you have the slightest clue how long it's going to take me to clean these sheets and blanket, not to mention that Ariana has to stay home today because she's sick or so she says".
"Exactly so she says but here she is ratting me out and screaming at the top of her sore throat all because I made her a living, breathing, masterpiece that will only be wasted as the colors swirl down the bathroom drain" Roscoe said as Ariana looked guiltily up at Rachel and Nigel.
"Young lady I will drive you to school myself because we have conference day today, now go wash up and as for you young man paints are for paper and that's all not people, not sheets, and especially not 80.00 silk bedsheets and blankets get the picture/" Rachel asked as Roscoe nodded and dashed downstairs for breakfast.
"All right flapjacks for everybody before school all, and I don't want to hear any fuss about it I cooked them perfectly and they are golden brown" Nigel said pulling pancakes from the microwave trying to hide the box he got them from.
"These are microwaveable pancakes dad not your best work, mine needs defrosting and I'm guessing so do the others" Elizabeth said making a face and a horn blared outside.
"That's my ride ladies and gents, I'll be home after cheerleading practice and I'll pick Mcdonalds up on the way to school".
Before Nigel could protest Elizabeth was off at a trot to a car where her friends Maddie, Angel, and Trinity were giggling as she jumped into the convertible by swinging her feet over the drop top and plopping into the front seat.
"Does anybody else have protests about my pancakes or are we going to eat in peace this morning?, I mean it seems like every time we try there's another problem thrown into the equation" Nigel said as the kids poked at their breakfast and Rachel walked up with Mcdonald's bags smiling.
"No offense Nigey but you aren't the best cook, I mean come on frozen pancakes who is going to eat frozen pancakes?" Rachel asked as the kids grabbed for the Mcdonald's bag.
"Today is a very special day ladies and gents, it's the three year anniversary of Roscoe coming to live with us so today is Roscoe and daddy day after school, and if there are any objections you can take it up with me or your father".
"I have an objection mommy and daddy in fact it's a big objection, isn't Roscoe supposed to be grounded because of the makeover he gave my bedsheets, and my legs?" Ariana asked as Rachel and Nigel shook their heads no.
"Ari Roscoe is an artist and the world is his canvas, I mean how would you like it if I took away your Barbies clothes when you were trying to be a fashion designer" Nigel asked as Ariana stuck her tongue out at Roscoe and he did it back to her.
"All right you two act civilized please I beg you, this is not a daycare this is a household and I will have order" Rachel said as she noticed that Elizabeth was missing.
"And where is Lizzie this morning all?, did she have an early ride or is she thumbing it to school today?".
"Well you know Lizzie friends before family that's her motto, her girls came to pick her up earlier this morning".
"Fine if your giving Roscoe props for his stunt of coloring my feet, legs, and bedsheets then I'll leave all my Barbies around his room in different outfits" Ariana said as Roscoe suddenly looked like he was holding a secret and Ariana glared angrily at him.
"Daddy if you made a pinky promise with someone and they broke it because the thing your keeping a secret is just so wrong that you need to tell someone would it be wrong?" Roscoe asked as Nigel shook his head no and Rachel did the same as Ariana angrily kicked Roscoe under the table.
"Can I talk to you after breakfast mommy, it's important that I tell someone this secret before the person telling it gets hurt anymore than they already did".
"Roz you know you can tell us anything you want if it's important, so yea you can talk to me after breakfast if you want to and I'm sure this is a long time coming" Rachel said through a mouthful of Mcgriddle as Roscoe chomped the rest of his breakfast and dashed off to find his backpack.
"Well I'm done and now I'm going to talk to Roscoe about his pinky promise that somebody made him make, who would make such a promise is beyond me but I'm going to get to the end of it".
After Rachel said this she walked off to find Roscoe as Ariana quickly followed close behind with Nigel at her heels.
"Roz I'm ready to listen to what you have to tell me so come on down and we can talk about it on the ride to school" Rachel said as Ariana fake coughed and Nigel looked down at her.
"My throat stings daddy can I please stay home with you and mommy, or maybe I can go with the both of you to parent teacher day until you bring Roscoe out for his day with you" Ariana said weakly and Nigel could see through her pathetic performance.
"Ari you're going to school today and I don't care what you say to me, as of right now you've missed ten days of school and your going to have to repeat the fourth grade once again" Nigel said handing her things to her and walking off to find Roscoe and Rachel.
Meanwhile Rachel has found Roscoe in his room rolling up a picture and she smiled sitting on his bed next to him.
"So Roz you said somebody made you make a pinky promise that you wouldn't tell on them, so let's get down to the heart of the matter shall we?" Rachel asked as Roscoe looked up at her with tears in his eyes.
"But a pinky promise is like the golden things of all golden things, if you break one things might get worse for you, but in this case they could get worse for the other person" Roscoe bawled as Rachel hugged him and looked down at him.
"Well let's play the hint game, that is one of your favorite games isn't it cutie pie, and once I guess what's wrong you wouldn't have to tell me.
"Nooooooooooo I don't want to go to school, I want to stay home and watch television and eat junk food all day" Ariana yelled from downstairs as Nigel pounded up the stairs and found Rachel and Roscoe.
"This little one is staying home today, whatever he's hiding is tearing him apart and I'm determined to get down to the nitty gritty of it".
"All right mommy what would you say if I told you I know why Ariana is scared of school?, and I know why she's faked sick sixteen times to stay here with you and daddy?".
"No Roscoe you promised you wouldn't tell, you pinky promised and everything now you can't go back on it".
"Ari let your brother speak and then you'll have a chance to speak sweetheart, everybody has to have their chance to say what they need to say" Rachel said as Roscoe looked from Ariana's blue pain filled eyes back to Rachel's blue happy eyes and he was suddenly determined to do what had to be done.
"Well I was doing homework one night and I could here Ariana crying from the next room, so when I went to check on her I saw purple things all over her body and she saw me staring so she quickly hid the purple things and told me not to worry about it but I was worried that's what brother's do".
"So after you saw these purple things and she said she was fine what did you do next Roz?, I mean I hope you didn't leave it alone" Nigel said as Roscoe shook his head no and continued his story.
"I walked up to her and she screamed for me to go away but I couldn't leave her like that, I just couldn't let her cry like she was".
"So I told him the greatest thing that I could and I made him promise not to tell anyone but I guess he doesn't know what that means" Ariana sniffled as Roscoe was closing his story.
"I asked her what happened and what the purple things were, and she said her teacher was a meanie and hit her and the purple things were battle scars from her classroom" Roscoe moaned as tears came down and Rachel hugged him and Nigel forced Ariana's sleeves up seeing bruises.
"At least now we know why school and you don't click Ari, but why wouldn't you come to us with this problem?, I mean we're a family and we have to stick together through thick and thin and that includes our little princess getting hurt in school" Nigel said as Ariana bawled and ran up to Roscoe hugging him.
"I didn't know how to tell them because she said they wouldn't believe me, but they did and now she's going to be in big trouble".
"What are you kidding I couldn't let my big sister get hurt by anybody and that includes teachers on a power trip, I mean why she would hit anyone doesn't make sense to me".
"Well Roz some people are just natural born hurters and some aren't, Ari's teacher unfortunately is and she's going to get an earful once she get's a load of me" Rachel said as Ariana saw hope of going to Westwood prep with her big sister Elizabeth who was still there.
"Can I go to Westwood prep with Lizzie please mommy pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty please with sugar on top?" Ariana asked jumping up and down as Rachel smiled.
"If that's what you really want then yes you can go to Westwood prep with Elizabeth, in fact if memory serves me right Elizabeth started going when she was about your age".
Ariana and Roscoe skipped down stairs as Roscoe looked up at Nigel and Rachel who both smiled down at him proud of the secret he told them.
"You two are so playing hooky today, Roscoe spends the day with daddy and Ari spends the day with me shopping for clothes and one toy if she's really good when she has to try clothes on " Rachel said as Ariana and Roscoe both screamed with glee.
"I'll make the call to Elizabeth's headmaster while you two are doing whatever it is you two do when your alone Nigey, tomorrow our little princess starts going to a prep school with her sister".
Nigel and Rachel strapped Ariana and Roscoe into the van and headed to Ariana's school first to meet with the teacher that will be getting an earful from Rachel.
"Good Morning Mrs. Mckenzie and how are we today Ariana feeling better?, and what may I do for you today ma'am and kind sir?" Ariana's principal asked as Rachel put on a fake smile as Nigel could sense a fight coming soon enough.
"Actually Mrs. Jacobs Ariana is still under the weather and I need some transfer forms because I will not allow her to stay here getting hit, and I know she told you because our little Ari is a girl who goes above everybody's heads to get help" Rachel said as Mrs. Jacobs looked down at Ariana.
"Mrs. Mckenzie you have to know that we couldn't just go after Mrs. Blaise for something we've never seen her do, I mean words don't help in this world do they?".
"No I should guess not instead we'll just make a scapegoat out of my daughter so she continues to get hurt and your coming out smelling like roses" Nigel said as Rachel picked Ariana up and hugged her tight.
"Family is my first priority Mrs. Jacobs even if you think it isn't, my family comes before anything else in this world and now that my daughter is hurt I'm going to get to the bottom of it".
"Well as Mrs. Blaise explains it your daughter is a compulsive liar when it comes to her class, but recently more parents have been stepping forward scared for their kids and their all friends of Ariana's" Mrs. Jacobs said as Rachel threw some papers on the floor looking angrily into Mrs. Jacobs' eyes.
"Listen to me you stupid fourth grade principal I want to know where Mrs. Blaise class is and I want to know now, don't make me ask you twice because I will scream her name at the top of my lungs until I find her" Rachel said as Mrs. Jacobs stepped away from her desk and walked down the hall as Rachel followed.
"I'm telling you Mrs. Mckenzie this would never fly in court, I mean think about it the only physical proof you have are scars and bruises and the court will need more than that much, much more than that.
"Who said I was taking this up in court Mrs. Jacobs?, I'm pulling my daughter from this school and she'll go to Westwood Prep where the teachers aren't power hungry abusers".
Mrs. Jacobs stopped at a door that said fourth grade on it as Rachel knocked and a woman who looked like a rat opened the door and Mrs. Jacobs dashed back to her office scared for Mrs. Blaise at this point.
"Good morning Ariana playing hooky again are we?, or did you have a doctor's appointment once again and your coming in late?" Mrs. Blaise asked as Rachel contained her anger and smiled up at Mrs. Blaise which was obviously forced.
"Good morning Mrs. Blaise I'm Rachel Mckenzie Ariana's mother and these two people with me are Roscoe Foley her adopted brother and her father Nigel Mckenzie" Rachel said shaking hands with Mrs. Blaise as she returned Rachel's smile.
"I wish I could have met with you two on different circumstances but the thing is Ariana is not my best student and I'm not going to sugarcoat anything for you two".
"I'm not expecting you to Mrs. Blaise, in fact I would like you to explain why my daughter has cuts and bruises on her body every time she comes home from school".
"Maybe she has one of these new things in the world that they call a bully, I wouldn't doubt it because she has a mouth on her with an attitude to match" Mrs. Blaise said as Ariana looked like she was going to cry again as Roscoe spoke up and everybody was surprised seeing him do this.
"All right first off let's cut through the words your hiding behind Mrs. Slappy Mcgee, we know what's going on in this classroom because Ariana told us and so has her friends, and you won't get the chance to hit her again because she's going to a better school called Westwood Prep".
Mrs. Blaise cackled at this as Ariana found her courage and stared through Mrs. Blaise smiling as she stopped and Ariana smiled back gathering all the things from her cubby and shoving them in her backpack and running back to Rachel as angry parents arrived one after the other and Rachel smiled.
"Gee I wonder who their here to see, I mean after all look at all the things your teaching these kids ma'am like if you don't like somebody haul off and hit them, or fail them so you can hurt them again next year" Rachel said as Ariana hugged her with tears in her eyes and all of her friends formed a circle around her.
"So here's how things are going down Mrs. Blaise I'm taking Ariana from this hate filled classroom and I'm putting her in a better environment if I do get a summons into court me and the other ten parents who are here with me will take you down so low you'll start thinking you're a midget".
"Fine take her see if I care, the teacher's in that prep school can't handle her either because she's a menace to everybody she comes across" Mrs. Blaise said as Rachel rubbed Ariana's hair and led her out with Roscoe and Nigel walking behind as Ariana turned around to look at Mrs. Blaise.
"See ya Ratface and I hope to never see you again in my life, and if you thought what I did here was bad just try coming back to be my teacher and see what else I have up my sleeves" Ariana said crying happy tears as Rachel, Nigel, and Roscoe led her out.
Well that's it for now so please reply and I'll write more and I thank everybody who favorites this story and replies to it.