We Don't Hit

"She did what? Okay umm we'll be right there," Aubrey hung up the phone and sighed.

"What?" Beca asked her now frowning wife.

"Its Beth, apparently she got in a fight at school."

"Bethany, like our daughter Bethany got in a fight?" Beca was shocked, her daughter was tiny, blonde and the most passive child she had ever encountered.

"Apparently so, we have to go get her now, she's suspended for the rest of the week."

Beca couldn't believe they would suspend a 7 year old, but what did she know. Contrary to popular belief she was actually a good student when she was younger, and stayed out of trouble.

The small child's face was stained with tears when Beca and Aubrey arrived to find her sitting alone outside the principal's office.

"Beth baby, what happened?" Aubrey asked, crouching down so she was at eye level with her daughter. She had every intention of scolding the child on the way there, but seeing her daughter so upset had cracked her resolve.

"Bethany Mitchells' parents?" a tall man in a suit asked.

"That's us," Beca confirmed.

"Step into my office won't you."

The women followed the stuffy looking man into his office after assuring their daughter they'd be right back.

"We normally like to give a warning for a first offense rather than a suspension, but since Bethany refused to tell anyone why she hit the boy, we had no choice. Unprovoked violence is not acceptable at this school."

"She hit a boy?" Beca questioned, eyebrow raised.

"Yes, actually she punched him quite hard in the stomach."

"Well she must have been provoked, Beth isn't violent, like ever. Her Barbies don't even fight," Aubrey offered.

"She wouldn't say he did anything to her, and no one saw him do anything to provoke her, so all we know is she punched another child, and we can't condone that. Her suspension will last until the end of the week, her teachers have prepared some work she can do at home so she doesn't get behind and she's welcome to come back on Monday. We ask that you talk to her about hitting others."

Beca rolled her eyes, as if they were just going to let their child continue to get violent with others.

"We will Principal Adams, see you on Monday," Aubrey said, getting up from her chair.

"Come on Beth," Beca said softly, taking her daughter's hand. She knew there was more to the story than the principal knew, and she wasn't going to get angry with the child until she had heard her out.

"Babe, you know we don't hit people, even if we're angry, what happened?" Aubrey asked her, once they were seated on the couch at home.

"Did he hurt you?" Beca asked, she was more concerned about what the boy may have done to her child than anything she did.

"He said something mean," Bethany revealed, starting to cry again.

"Aww, sweetheart," Aubrey started, pulling the little girl into her arms, "what did he say?"

"He said that his dad said my family was bad, and that it was gross that I have two moms, then he called me stupid," Bethany sniffed. Aubrey wiped the tears from her daughter's face and hugged her tight before responding.

Beca was seething with anger, what kind of idiots worked at her kid's school and whose father did she have to put the smack down on for being such a bigoted asshole.

"Okay, first off thank you for telling us. From now on you need to tell an adult when someone says something to you that you know is wrong, okay. We can't hit people okay, even when they say things that are as awful as that, do you understand?" Aubrey wanted to punch the kid's father herself, but she couldn't teach her daughter that violence was acceptable.

Beca sat down next to her wife and daughter and placed a kiss on the little girl's head.

"You know none of that stuff is true right? You my baby girl are not stupid, and our family is awesome. Its got you and mama, and me and we love each other. Some other kids' parents teach them bad stuff, and they repeat it okay, but don't listen to them. If anyone ever says anything like this to you again you tell a teacher right away, and you tell us and we'll take care of it. Promise?"

"Promise," Bethany said softly, smiling up at her mothers, "I like having two moms," she added.

"Well good, because both of us love you very much," Aubrey informed her.

"Yes we do, and I'm going to take the next two days off work to spend with you, how does that sound?" Beca asked.

"Awesome!"