I'll be there for you
Chapter 6: The meeting
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Sam and Quinn called their respective work places the next morning, saying they wouldn't be in. After dropping Georgia and Daniel at Riverside and Adam in the boys' hall at Stonewall, Sam and Quinn went straight to the office. Sam just went straight to the secretarial table.
"I'm Sam Evans. This is my wife Quinn. We need to speak to the principal and the sixth grade counselor about our daughter Molly Evans immediately."
"Can it wait?" the secretary asked.
"No, it's urgent!" Quinn demanded.
The secretary sighed. "Okay" She turned on the message machine. "Mrs Holmes, I have the parents of Molly Evans, saying that they need to see you and the sixth grade counselor immediately."
A few minutes later, the principal, Mrs Holmes, came out with the sixth grade counselor, Miss Wilson. "Mr and Mrs Evans, we're ready for you," Dr. Reade said.
"I must say, I don't know why you're here," Mrs Holmes said once they were in the office. "I never have any problems with either of your children. Adam's one of the best students, musicians and athletes in the school, and he's very active. I don't know as much about Molly, but I know she gets great grades and she's a fantastic writer"
"I'll tell you why we're here" Sam said, trying to hold in his anger. "Molly's been getting bullied since before sixth grade by three students named Dominique Washington, Tiffany King and Brianna Chandler."
"Just yesterday she was sent to the nurse's office because they pushed her down the stairs and she hit her head and her lip was bleeding" Quinn said. "She's been afraid to tell anyone because they threatened to hurt her more if she said anything to anyone"
"What?" Miss Wilson asked. "We haven't heard about this"
"Apparently the girls have been doing it out of sight of others" Sam explained. "She's terrified to come to school every day. She was afraid to tell us because the girls were saying that if anyone found out, they'd hurt her more, and because she didn't want to upset us. Yesterday it reached a breaking point and another student revealed she had the same issues in elementary school"
"Are any other students aware of this?" Miss Wilson asked.
"The student who found her bleeding yesterday" Quinn said. "As well as our son"
"We'll need to bring Adam down here to talk to him then," Mrs Holmes said. "We'll also need to talk to the girl who found her yesterday. Who was that?"
"Lily O'Connor" Quinn supplied.
"Okay, we'll get the other students and talk to them" Miss Wilson said. "Then we'll bring down the bullies"
"Thank you" Sam said.
Five minutes later, Adam came down to the principal's office. He jumped back when he saw his parents there. "Sit down, Ryan" Mrs Holmes said.
"What happened?" Adam asked.
"We're talking about your sister" Miss Wilson said. "You're not in trouble"
"Just tell them what you told us last night when we told you about the situation" Sam told his oldest son.
"Well, I wasn't surprised when my parents told me what they told me last night" Adam said. "I noticed a change in Molly when we got to middle school. She was really social in elementary school but now she's been withdrawn. During the last few weeks in particular, she'd ask to stick with me in the boys' hallway. I kept pushing her to join some of my extracurriculars but she didn't want to be around the people at school. I was worried. I was upset yesterday when I found out, but I wasn't surprised and those girls seem like the type who'd do it"
"Thank you, Adam" Miss Cooper said. "You can go back to class now"
Adam came over to his parents. "Do you think everything will be okay?"
"I'm sure it will" Sam whispered. "Don't worry"
Adam gave Sam a hug. Sam sighed as he wrapped his arms around his son. It wasn't every day that his eleven year old embraced him but he chose not to comment. Adam then gave Quinn a hug and left the office as Lily came in and told the principal and school counselor about how she recognized the looks on Molly's face when she ran into Molly in the hall. How she'd seen Dominique, Tiffany and Brianna prancing by. How upset Molly was. When Lily left the office, the principal told Sam and Quinn they didn't have to stay when she brought Dominique, Tiffany and Brianna down.
Sam and Quinn decided to wait in the vestibule while the three girls went in there. Sam couldn't bear to face the girls who'd been so awful so his daughter.
Quinn grabbed Sam's hand as the three girls went in. These were the girls who'd been ruining their daughter's life for two years.
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Molly took advantage of her parents letting her stay home from school. She didn't want to have to see the girls who'd been so awful to her. Since her parents were taking the day off of work, Faith stayed home with Molly. Molly watched cartoons with her little sister, jealous of the simple world she lived in. She didn't know anything about bullying or death or any of those topics she was an expert on.
At around lunchtime, the door unlocked and Sam and Quinn came in. "Molly, they got a two week suspension" Sam said.
"Suspension?" Molly asked.
"They can't expell them without a suspension first" Quinn said. "But you don't have to see them for two weeks, baby"
Molly crawled on to her mom's lap on the couch, handing Faith to her dad. "I wish I'd never have to see them again," She whispered.
"We'll see what happens" Sam said. "But this IS something"
Molly snuggled up to her mom. "They were so horrible"
"I know honey" Quinn said. "Hopefully this will be a wakeup call for them"
"At least I don't have to be scared to go to school tomorrow" Molly said. "Or for the next two weeks"
"That's right," Quinn said. "We love you and we'll do whatever it takes to protect you."
"I know" Molly said.
"Even after they come back, if they bother you again, come straight to us and we'll go right back to the school" Sam said.
"I will" Molly said. Now she wondered why she'd waited so long to tell her parents to begin with. Now the situation was better, for ten days at least. "Thank you"
"Like we've told you, you can always come to us," Sam said.
"I know" Molly said with a smile.
Quinn looked at the clock. "I've got to go pick up Georgia and Daniel. You'll be okay by yourself, right?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Molly said, going up to her room. "Besides, Dad and Faith are home."