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I OWN NOTHING RELATED TO GILMORE GIRLS
"I'm so glad she's kicking." I smiled as we stopped for ice cream,
"I am too, it's an amazing feeling." He smiled and rested his hand on my stomach as she kicked again,
"It really is," I smiled down at my swollen stomach and ran my hand over it,
"What would you like to eat?" Logan asked, kissing my cheek,
"Frozen yogurt? Blue berries and strawberries?" I requested,
"Sure thing," he smiled, as he stepped out of the car locking the doors behind him, nothing like living in Stars Hollow. I began to day dream about how wonderful it will be to have two little girls growing up together, being close as can be I imagine it would be something like my relationship with my mom which was something more like having a big sister then a mother. My girls would be best friends, they'd love each other and care for each other and take care of each other after Logan and I are gone. They'd never know what it is like to have to battle a parent's work for their attention, the girls would always come first.
"Ace?"
"Yeah," I jumped a little bit, but smiled upon realizing it was Logan. I smiled and accepted my yogurt from him, as he ate something coated in chocolate before our meeting with Lena's teacher,
"Do you really know what this meeting is about?" he asked,
"Not really, its not about something bad though. It can't be, she's a good girl."
"You did a great job with her Ace," he smiled,
"I didn't have to do much, she came up this way." I smiled, "But thank you, you're a great father Logan. I can't wait to see how great you are with a baby."
"I can't wait to be there for everything, I love Lena to bits don't get me wrong but I hate that I missed even a minute of her life."
"I'm sorry,"
"Hey, don't be. You tried, and at least I'm here now." He assured me, kissing my hand,
"That's right, and you're not going anywhere."
"Not a chance," he smiled, "Lets get going, don't want to be late for a parent teacher conference. I'm impressed she told us about it, I used to hide them from my parents."
"First of all, she's 5 not evil plans are afoot yet. Second of all, she does well in school and likes it. You were in the process of getting kicked out of schools when there were parent teacher conferences." I teased him,
"Impressed your Dad,"
"Oh my god Dad!"
"What? What, are you okay?"
"I may not have told him I'm pregnant." I admitted,
"Oh that'll go over well." He laughed, and I glared at him silencing the laugh quickly,
"Maybe just call him after she's born?"
"Ace," he said in a warning tone,
"What?"
"Invite him to dinner with your grandparents,"
"That's a horrible idea."
"Then invite him to our house for dinner, he'll get a proper tour, get to see Lena and you can tell him you're pregnant."
"Don't think he'll notice?" I gestured to my stomach,
"Okay, tell him on the phone so he'll get the frustration out of his system then invite him over, we can show him sonograms, he'll get to see Lena and it'll be fine." Logan assured me as he pulled into the school parking lot,
"I guess so, I just hate getting yelled at." I grumbled,
"How about I do it then?"
"No, no Logan I can do it. I'm a big girl." I sighed, climbing out of the car, we went inside and Lena was sitting outside her classroom and her face lit up when she saw us,
"Mommy, Daddy!" she cheered, Logan picked her up as she ran into his arms,
"How's my girl?" he asked,
"I'm good, I got to read to the class today."
"Wow, good for you." I congratulated her, as her teacher opened the door,
"Ah, hello Ms. Hayden. This must be Lena's Dad?" she asked, extending her hand,
"Yes, Logan Huntzburger." He shook her hand,
"Nice to meet you, I'm Mrs. Kelly." she smiled, "Okay Lena, I'm going to have a chat with your parents. Do you mind sitting out here?"
"No, I have a book." She smiled and pulled out her book, beginning to read,
"Have a seat," Ms. Kelly gestured to the chairs in front of her desk,
"Is there something wrong?" I asked, sitting down,
"Quite the contrary," she said as she pulled out a file, "Lena is doing extremely well, she's excels at ready, basic math completely memorized the alphabet, knows how to pair words with the letter. She's at the top of the class,"
"But?" Logan prodded,
"I worry that she's getting bored, finishing before her classmates, she doesn't have many friends in the class as she's so quiet, I know this is something we talked about before." Mrs. Kelly reminded me,
"She's quite close with her cousin, Katie."
"Yes,"
"And she does have some friends, she's mentioned them before." I commented, getting my back up a little bit a flashback to my time at Chilton when they basically forced me to try to join the Puff's,
"I know that Ms. Hayden, I'm just concerned for her social development. It's off putting to some of the other children how far ahead she is."
"Do you have any suggestions?"
"I would advise transferring her to a grade 1 class. Effective immediately, it's early enough in the school year she would easily catch up and probably still be top of her class."
"Skipping a grade?" Logan asked, to clarify,
"Yes, she is so far ahead. It's difficult to accommodate her and continue on with the rest of the class. I worry if she gets bored she may become a trouble maker,"
"When has she ever caused trouble?" I snapped, hormones coming out to play,
"She hasn't yet, but it is a concern. Some students who are bored because they're too far ahead have caused trouble in the past and I don't want that to happen to her. She's a lovely, sweet girl."
"Do you really think it's the best thing for her?" I asked, not wondering if it was just more convenient for the teacher to not have to do extra work to accommodate Lena,
"I really do, even the extra work I'm creating for her is too easy for her." She admitted,
"Can we meet with the principal and discuss this with her as well? I'm assuming we need her approval to transfer Lena?"
"I've contact all the necessary people to transfer her and all have signed off after looking over her school work,"
"Don't you need our approval for that?" Logan asked,
"I signed off on showing her schoolwork at conferences when she did exceptionally well on some assignments, it allows them to show it to whoever needs to make sure her education is taken as a top priority." I explained,
"Is it possible she does gifted programs part time instead of leaving her friends?" Logan asked,
"It is, but the principal and I feel the only way for her to reach her full potential is to be full time in an advanced level, in her case first grade." She explained,
"We'd like to discuss this on our own and with Lena, to be sure she's comfortable with the change."
"Of course, we will of course continue to accommodate Lena if she chooses to remain in SK. But in that case we can discuss other accommodations,"
'Such as?" I asked,
"Advancing her in certain subjects, such as reading and writing or English class we may allow her to sit in on a first grade class."
"We'll keep that in mind as well. Thank you Mrs. Kelly."
"Of course," she smiled, "Nice to meet you Mr. Huntzburger. Here is some literature on advancing students. Please read it, discuss with Lena and let me know. The sooner we could transition her the better."
"We'll let you know within the week." Logan assured her, I blinked at him. Within the week? This was a major decision and possibly a detrimental one, though it did have positives too. I definitely planned on making a pro con list and of course discuss this with Lena. I didn't want to risk her losing any friends by being older, or threatening her relationship with Katie, Lena being advanced and her staying in kindergarten. I didn't want Lena to miss out on anything either or experience anything too soon by moving ahead. I wanted to discuss this with Logan before talking with Lena, skipping a grade. I always knew Lena would be smart, she's half me and half Logan and one thing that had attracted us to each other was intelligence we could keep up with each other, and as much as I want Lena to reach her full potential was skipping SK really the best choice for her?