Brian sighed as he climbed out of his car and began his walk up the path to Mia and Jack's school. He was doing some paperwork at the police station when he got a call from Mia asking for him to come down immediately to the principal's office as there has been an incident with Jack and she didn't sound too happy. Pulling open the front door to the school, he caught up with Mia and the two are on their way to the office where they see Jack all covered with paint in both clothes and skin, and is sitting next to another boy also covered in paint. Jack and the other boy looked very angry with each other and had their backs turned from each other. They were also joined by their art teacher, Ms. Holler, who is partially covered with paint but not as bad as the boys, a couple who seemed to be the other boy's parents where the father looks very preoccupied with his cellphone and the mother just looked plain angry, and the big man himself: Principal Jackson!

"Glad you can make it, Mr. O'Conner," Principal Jackson said as he shook Brian's hand. Brian and Mia then sat down next to Jack. "All right, now that we're all here, I think we should examine this incident and see what should be done about it. And I think the first person to talk is the one caught in the middle here: Ms. Holler".

"Well, all I know is that I told the class to decorate the picture frames I passed out. They were to each bring one photo of their families and place them in the frames they decorated, so they can take it home. I walked out of my class just for five minutes to take a quick emergency call. Then, when I came back into the classroom, these two boys were throwing paint and wrestling each other with the entire class watching. I broke them up and well, here we are," Ms. Holler explained her involvement in the incident. The two boys then started shouting their sides of the story at the same time until Principal Jackson shushed them.

"Boys! Boys! One at a time. Chuck, why don't you go first?" Principal Jackson asked the other boy who is named Chuck Javers.

"I really don't know, Mr. Jackson. I was just doing my work until Jack got crazy and started throwing paint at me, then we fighted. I think he's jealous of my beautiful picture frame," Chuck lied trying to kiss up to Principal Jackson and showed him his picture frame with a fake sad puppy look on his face.

"Well, Chuck, that is a beautiful picture frame," Principal Jackson complimented and Chuck gave Jack an evil smile which no one seemed to notice but Jack himself.

"That's not true!" Jack said a little louder than he should.

"Okay, Jack, your turn," Principal Jackson said.

"Okay, I was just doing my picture frame. When Ms. Holler left, Chuck came over to my spot, ripped my family picture, and broke my frame. Then, he spilled green paint on my head and that's when I started throwing paint at him back, then we fighted," Jack explained his side of the story. He then pointed out his evidence to Principal Jackson: his broken frame, the ripped picture, and pointed to his head which is covered in green.

"Now, why would Chuck do that, Jack?" Principal Jackson asked curiously.

"He's always mean to me and my friends. He's always calling us names. You can ask them," Jack answered and Brian put his hand on his shoulder.

"Would you tell your son to stop lying and say sorry to my son?" Mrs. Javers demanded which got Mia fueling with rage.

"Excuse me? Mrs. Javers, my son never lies to us...yet. And Jack has firm evidence that matches his story," Mia said in Jack's defense.

"Oh, please. He probably did all those things himself to get my boy in trouble. Have you considered a therapist? I'll be happy to pay for one," Mr. Javers talked back with Chuck smiling which also got Brian fueling with rage.

"Okay, now just a minute, you...," Brian defended himself and got forward until Principal Jackson put a stop to it.

"Okay, before this thing gets out of hand, I think I have a fair punishment for both boys. They are suspended for the rest of the day and they return to school tomorrow," Principal Jackson firmly proposed and both parties nodded. Brian offered to take Jack home and pick up Ava from day care while Mia had to teach for a few more hours. At the car on the way home with Ava in tow, Jack finally cooled down his anger and looked a little ashamed.

"Daddy, I'm sorry I got in trouble," Jack apologized.

"It's okay, buddy. It's bound to happen sooner or later. It does for everyone," Brian said. "But, I want to ask you something. You said that this isn't the first time that Chuck boy's been picking on you? Why didn't you tell us or a teacher?"

"I thought I would be a tattletale if I did and I thought that I'd be brave if I can handle this myself," Jack explained looking kind of foolish.

"Jack, if someone is being mean to you, you have to tell either Mommy, me, or a teacher. You wouldn't have been a tattletale. Today wasn't a very good day, was it?" Brian inquired.

"No, Daddy. But, when he ripped our family picture and broke my frame, I just got really angry, so I kicked his butt. That's what Uncle Roman said to me. If someone is being mean or bad to you, you kick their butt," Jack explained further.

"Well, I think I need to talk to Uncle Roman about this. I agree that Chuck shouldn't have done those things to you, but kicking his butt is not the only way to deal with it, right?" Brian asked.

"Right, Daddy," Jack agreed.

"If he's being really mean to you, tell a teacher next time, ok? Or at the very least, just talk back with only your mouth. Got that?" Brian said which Jack nodded.

"Are you angry with me?" Jack asked.

"No, I'm not angry. I wish the situation was handled better, but after what that boy did to you, he did kind of got what he deserved," Brian said slowly smiling.

"I was making something really special for you and Mommy until he broke it," Jack said sadly as his art project is ruined.

"Well, I'm sure Ms. Holler will give you a second chance and Mommy and I can give you a second picture to put in the frame. But no matter what you or Ava do, you two are always special to us," Brian reassured which brought a smile from Jack.

"I wish you and Mommy can kick Mr. and Mrs. Javers' butts. They were mean to us too, weren't they?" Jack joked.

"They were a little bit. But like I said, kicking butts is not the best way to deal with things," Brian said as he laughed. "Hey, how about I call my boss from work and I stay with you and Ava? After you take a bath and wash that paint off, we could make some ice-cream," he offered.

"With chocolate fudge and sprinkles?" Jack asked hopefully.

"Yes, with chocolate fudge and sprinkles," Brian agreed laughing.

"Deal!" Jack said excitedly.

"Ja look pretty," Ava, who turned 2 last month, noted about the fully-painted Jack with a laugh.

"Don't remind me," Jack said to his little sister with his hands covering his eyes bringing up more laughter in the car.