today Maya and I had a parent teacher meeting with Emma's teacher and the three girls parents. when we walked into the classroom my mouth fell open, Chris was sitting there. I know I said coming to the meeting with the teacher was okay but I really didn't want him here. I really just want to punch him dead in the face about the crap he said to Maya. I pull myself and sit down. Emma ran and hugged Chris then came and sat by me. Mrs. Lane cleared her throat and began to speak.

"We are all gathered her together because it was brought to my attention that your daughters bullied Emily about her race. I will not stand for that and honestly this situation should have went straight to the principal but Mrs. Fields came to me instead to see if we can fix the problem instead of getting them in trouble that is not needed." the parents nodded their heads then looked at their daughters. "Let me introduce everyone, Mrs. Smith and her daughter Brittany, Mrs. Jones and her daughter Natasha, and Mrs. Lee and her daughter Kimberly." she said pointing to the mothers then turned to us. "Mrs. Fields-St. Germain, Mrs. Fields and Mr. Miller and their daughter Emily."

"May I ask what was said?" Mrs. Jones asked.

"Emily tell them what you told me."

"I was at recess and everyone was playing but me. this group of girls stood and front of me and asked why I wasn't playing. I told them I didn't want to play. Brittany asked me to come play with them. we were on the swings and Brittany asked me what I was. I told her I was black and asian. Natashe said you're not black your too light and then Kimberly said I wasnt asian because I was too dark. I told them that mama black and daddy was Filipino but they didn't believe me and said I was lying. Then Natasha told me I couldn't play with them because I was a liar. they told the whole class and they laughed and said I was confused."

"Tasha, is that true?" the little girl keep her head down and wouldn't look up. "Natasha look at me!" Natasha lifted her head and had tears running down her face. "Its too late to cry so wipe your face. what you said was mean and completely wrong. I taught you better than to act like that. You need to apologizes to Emily because what you said hurt her feelings."

"I'm sorry Emily."

Mrs. Smith shook her head and looked at her daughter but Mrs. Lee spoke first.

"I swear I'm dreaming you didn't say that. I seriously cant believe you said that Kimberly. She's too dark to be Asian. You two have the same skin color, so how is she too dark to be Asia? I cant believe you right now. I'm going to make you do something worst than Apologize but you can start by apologizing."

"I'm sorry Emily." tears fell down her cheek and then she looked up to her mom. "What am I going to have to do?"

"One you're going to tell you dad what you did and said to Emily." Kimberly nodded her head and didn't say another word.

"Brittany you are in so much trouble." Mrs. Smith said.

"Mommy I didn't say anything."

"Exactly you went along and told everyone laughing at her, you made her feel bad because of you she is. You did worst. You watched her cry because everyone was laughing at her calling her a liar because you three thought she was lying. I'm disappointed in you. I taught you to stand up for people who are getting bullied and you helped her get bullied."

"Exactly you three made hurt Emily by not making her feel welcomed. She is just as black as you are Natasha."

"And just as Asian as you Kimberly."

"I'm sorry for what my, our daughters did to your daughter. One cant begin to explain how deeply sorry I am that she had to experience that. But it wont happen again." Mrs. Smith said.

"I agree." Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Lee said.

"Thank you." Maya said.

"It's fine they just need to be more aware that people are multiple things now a days and not just one." Chris spoke up.

"I didn't want them to get in major trouble because by what they said they were honestly confused and didn't know better. SO I figured this is the best way to teach them." I said and Maya nodded.

"Thank you." All the mothers said.

"I decided that Monday we are going to talk about race in class because we have other students who are mixed as well with a variety of different things. I don't want any of my other students to have this problem." We all nodded our heads agreeing this would be a good idea.

"Wait until you dad hears about this." Mrs. Jones said.

"Mommy no!"

"Oh yeah."

"Exactly the same for you." Mrs. Smith said.

"You four go sit over there and let the adults talk." Mrs. Lane said and they got up and walked over to the tables.

"Your both Filipino aren't you?" Mrs. Lee asked.

"Yeah." Chris and I said.

"Well I'm Filipino and Black." Chris added.

we talked for a few more minutes and we all decided that they should learn about each other as a punishment so to speak. they have to write down all the things the other likes and see how much they have in common. Its to show them that just because someone may look different that they are just the same as everyone else. We called them back over and told them what they had to do and to have it done by Monday because that's when they will present to the entire class. They are going to spend the entire weekend hanging out to get this assignment done.

we walked out and talked about meeting up somewhere so they can do their work. "How about the swimming pool? it something that will make them want to work faster and get into the pool." I suggested because Emma had swim practice tomorrow and I wasn't going to let her miss it.

"yeah we can meet there that's great." Mrs. Smith said and the others agreed. I told the them the address and what time to be there. they left and Chris followed us back to the house. Our moms where there with the twins while we went to this meeting. I was hoping Chris would leave but no he followed us into the house.

"How did it go?" Mrs. St. Germain asked.

"Good."

"Daddy come look at my room." Emma said and grabbed his hand. he walked upstairs with her and I immediate turned to Maya.

"Why was he there?"

"he's her dad Em what did you expect?"

"Him not to be there."

"he asked could he come to the parent teacher meeting and I told him yeah."

"without asking me?"

"I didn't think it was a big deal." I rolled my eyes and walked away.

"Whatever."

"No don't walk away." I spin around and look at her with my eye brows raised challenging her to continue. "Look I'm sorry I didn't ask you okay, but he her dad, he wants to be there for her and I cant deny him that."

"I said whatever." she grabbed my wrist as I was walking away and I jerk my wrist away. I walked outside to the back porch and sat on the porch swing. I heard the door open and Maya came and sat next to me. "Will you just go back inside I really want to be alone right now."

"No, Em look at me. look at me Em please." her voice cracked and I could tell she was crying. I turned my head and indeed she had tears rolling down her face. "I'm sorry okay."

"I want him to leave …NOW!"

"I cant make him go."

"fine I will." I said standing and walking towards the door and she pulled me back.

"You going to go in there and tell our daughter's father in front of her to leave?"

"that was the plan until you stopped me."

"what the hell is your problem?" Her tears dried and I see anger in her eyes no more hurt.

"my problem is him."

"then I will bring him out here and you can say what you have to but you WILL NOT say it in front of my child!" the anger behind the way she said that made a shiver roll up then down my spine. it made the anger inside me dissipate a little, but when she walked back out with Chris shortly behind her I felt all that anger come back.

"Why the hell did you bring me out here?" he asked.

"Emily has a problem with you and I want it settled now so both of you get it figured out now or no one will see kids until it is." Her threat wasn't empty I could see in her eyes that she would full fill her promise.

"What's your problem?" he asked smugly.

"You're my damn problem. Telling my wife you still love her, you want to be with her, that my kids should be yours. you can never have her ever again and you should get the fuck over it. she left you for a reason because you couldn't love her like I can. you couldn't make her feel appreciated like I do. you're disrespectful and I don't appreciate that."

"are you serious? If I wanted Maya I could have her in a blink of an eye. she was mines long before she was ever yours."

"wrong." I said with a smile. "She was mines before yours."

"she loved me first though."

"Wrong." I smiled again. "I was first always will be first." I laugh and looked at Maya. I stretch my eye brow and looked at me. "Understand that she is my wife and this is my family. you will never have this with her. I wouldn't ever let you have a change to have her. If I ever hear that you say some mess to her about how you love her, miss her, wanna be with her, or anything else I find disrespectful to OUR relationship, OUR marriage or OUR children, I will move so damn far way that you will never lay eyes on either one of them ever again." I was standing directly in his face and Maya grabbed my waist pulling me back. he laughed and stepped right into my face but I didn't back down.

"If you ever threaten to take my daughter from me I will-"

"you will what hurt me, kill me, hunt me down, please Chris and it was a threat think of It as a promise. And if you knew what I am capable of doing you would get the hell out of my face."

"are you threatening me?"

"take how you want Chris, you been warn. now get the hell out of my house because I make that little promise come true." he stepped back and shook his head.

"Fine I'll go."

"good choice. don't forget to tell her bye on your way out the door."

he walked in the house and Maya and I followed. he picked Emma up, gave her a kiss and a hug and told her he would see her later. he walked out the door and Emma ran upstairs.

"I seriously hope your happy Emily."

"Him being gone yes her being upset no."

"That's her dad and she wants him around it doesn't help that you push him away every time he comes around."

"Why the hell don't you go be with him then?" I said grabbing my keys and walking out the door. I jumped in my car and I seen Maya run out after me yelling my name but I started the car and pulled our the drive way down the street. I went to my parents house to talk to my dad I needed to clear my head and I knew he would know what to tell me.

Maya POV:

"I seriously hope your happy Emily."

"Him being gone yes her being upset no."

"That's her dad and she wants him around it doesn't help that you push him away every time he comes around."

"Why the hell don't you go be with him then?"

Emily grabbed her keys walking out the door. I looked back at our parents and chased her outside. "Emily! Emily! Emily!" she started the car and pulled out the driveway. I sat down on the stairs and started to cry. I cant believe she would just leave like that. I didn't mean to make her that mad that she would leave. I just want her to understand that he is Emma's dad and that something we both have to deal with. I know that he wants something more from me but Emily should know that I only want her that he never has a chance. I wiped my face and headed inside because I heard one of the babies start crying. I walked inside and my mom picked up the baby before I could.

"Explain what just happen? I have never seen you to so mad at each other? And who was that guy?"

I sat down on the couch and buried my palms into my eyes. "He is Emily's dad. And when the whole situation at school happened I called him and told him and he said some stuff. I told Emily what he said and she doesn't want him around me. he called me a few days ago and said that he wanted to be a the parent teacher meeting and I told him he could come before I checked with Emily first. I know stupid but he is her dad how could I say no. she flipped about that and about what he said to me over the phone." I took a deep breath and continued. "When we were outside she threaten him and told him to leave and he did and Emma got upset and then this is what happen."

They both sat the babies in their chairs and both sat next to me. "I never seen Emily so mad before other than when she told me she was gay and I acted like an idiot. whatever it was she felt strongly about."

"tell me about it."

"What did he say to you?" my mom asked.

"He said that he still loved me, he missed me, that me, Emma, him should be the family we were meant to be and that the twins should be his. he said that our marriage isn't real and that I don't really love her or something like that but when I told Emily she flipped."

"And she had all rights to flip. If I was her I would have acted the same way Maya. He is messing with her family and she felt threaten so she had to defend what is hers."

"I know mom its just-"

"its just nothing."

"Maya look, you put yourself in Emily position and tell us what you would have done?" Pam said.

"the same thing, I guess."

"exactly Emily was defending her family because she felt like it was threaten. Anyone would have done the same for their family. we understand why you were mad but you have to also understand why she was mad." My mom said and I nodded my head. "Now go figure out if Emma is okay and find out where Emily went." I nodded my head doing as my mother told me. I walked upstairs and Emma and sitting on the floor playing with her dolls.

"hey baby you okay?"

"yeah, why did daddy leave so soon?"

"because—he—your too young to understand. but he didn't want to go but he had to."

"okay. Mama can you play with me?"

"yeah baby let me go get my phone and I'll be right back." I walked downstairs and grabbed my phone lifting it in the air so my moms could see it. I called Emily and it went straight to voicemail after a ring.

"you have reached Emily, please leave your name and number and I will get back with you."

"Em, I'm sorry okay. I shouldn't have gotten mad. please come home now we need to talk. I love you." I hung up the phone and walked into Emma's room playing with her dolls with her. we finish playing with the dolls and walked downstairs to see my mom sipping a cup of tea while Pam was making a late lunch.

"Get in touch with her?" my mom asked.

"no I got sent to voicemail." I picked up Jayden because he was awake and I kissed his cheek.

"Hey baby boy." he opened his mouth as if he was smiling. I played with his chin and then he yawn.

"I think he ready to go back to sleep." Pam said handing me a plate with some nachos on them. I took my phone out my pocket and sent Em a message. I hate her just leaving and not saying anything. she want answer her phone and I am worried. she was mad and stormed out what if something happen. only bad thoughts come to mind and I'm fighting back tears. I lay Jayden back down and eat my food looking at my phone every three minutes.

Emily POV:

"daddy I don't know what to do. he tells her those things and she tell me. but did she expect me to just stay quiet and not say anything to him?"

"Emmy talk to her. she the only one that can answer your questions."

"I know daddy but I cant be around her right now. I'm so mad at her and what I said before I left I doubt she wants to see me now."

"what did you say?"

"I told her to go be with him then. I walked out the door without saying another word."

"Emily, that was the wrong thing to say and you know that."

"I know, I know but I was mad and it kind of have slipped out of my mouth before my brain could make me shut up."

"just go home and tell her your sorry talk to her."

"thanks daddy." I said kissing his cheek getting up and leaving. I got back in my car and sat there. I agree I need to go home and talk to her but I cant not right now not tonight. I drive to the nearest hotel and check in for the night. i pull my spare charger out of my bag and charge my phone. I go downstairs to the lobby and asked them where the nearest fast food place was at. they gave be a paper with number of different places that delivered. I ordered a pizza and laid down on the bed waiting for it to arrived. my phone started to ring and I looked to see Maya's name pop up again. I ignore it and turn on the tv. my phone rings five more time before I decided to turn it off completely.

I watched family guy until the pizza finally arrived. I paid the delivery boy and dug into my meat lovers pizza and six hot wings. I opened my two litter sprite that came with it and grabbed one of the hotels cups and enjoyed my meal. when I finished the whole pizza, wings, and two litter I decided to just lay down and watch TV until I fell asleep. I turned my phone back on and I had thirty missed calls, twelve voicemails, and twenty text messages all from Maya. I had two missed calls from my mom and one from Maya's mom. I forgot they seen what happen and watched me storm out. I cleared my missed called log and opened the text messages.

Em I sorry please come home

Emily I'm not mad at you just please answer my calls or my messages

baby your scaring me because you not answering is everything okay

I don't care what you said before you left just come home I love you

we need to talk so call me

the text went on and on in the same fashion. I decided to listen to some of her voicemails.

"Emily, I know that I was mad at you but you were just protecting your family. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you. I'm sorry that I didn't see that before hand. I know you didn't mean what you said when you stormed out. baby please come home I need you here with me. I love you Em."

I closed my phone and sat it back on the night stand. 'I need you here with me.' it kept replaying in my head. a part of me told me to go home and tell Maya how sorry I was but then the part of me that was still mad said let her suffer for the night and deal with the problem when I get home. The anger won and I turned out the light closing my eyes and letting the dream world take over.

I wake up the my phone ringing. I look at it and I see Maya's name pop up on the screen. it seven in the morning and pick up the phone sliding the green button to answer.

"Hello." I said with a raspy sleep voice.

"Em your okay." I hear a sigh of relief and I can also tell she hasn't been asleep and was crying.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"I been calling you since yesterday."

"I know."

"why didn't you answer? I was worried about you."

"Oh."

"Oh! Oh?"

"yeah oh."

"Em don't act like this."

"how do you want me to act Maya? Want me to act happy, ecstatic, jumping for joy? you tell me Maya?"

"I'm sorry okay I over reacted. you were trying to protected your family."

"did it take me leaving for a day for you to realize that or did one of our moms point that out to you?"

"Emily!"

"Just forget it I'll be by to pick Emma up take her to the swim thing today."

"I'll come with you."

"no it's okay go be with Chris since you want to defend him so much."

"Emily!" I heard her voice crack and I knew she was starting to cry.

"I'll see you later." I hung up the phone and buried my face in the pillow. I woke up still mad at her. I figured it would have disappeared by now or atleast cooled off but no I was still heated. I grab the phone in the room and call down to the front and tell them that I'm going to stay an extra night that when I come down stairs I will pay for it. fix my hair and grab my things about two hours later heading downstairs and stopping to pay for the room. I get in my car and head back to the house. I walk in and see Maya sitting on the couch with the twins in her arms. I walk over kiss both of them and walk away with saying a word to her. I walk upstairs jump in the shower, changed clothes and grabbed a few outfits. I grabbed my duffle bag throwing my clothes inside and my towel. I put my bath suit on and my clothes over them.

"Emma, time to go." I said walking into her room and she was zipping up her duffle bag. "ready?"

"yeah." we walked downstairs and I walked into the kitchen. "Mama are you going?"

"no baby you and mommy go."

"but I want you and the twins to come too."

"you have to ask mommy if we can go."

"of course you can mommy doesn't care." Maya shot me a look and I rolled my eyes grabbing my drink and granola bar.

"Mommy can mama and the twins go?"

"I don't care baby but they are she needs to hurry up or you are going to be late." Maya got up and got the twins ready. "I'm going in my car you take the trunk."

"Why cant you just ride with us?" Maya asked and sad eyes.

"because I wouldn't want to ruin your family." I shot back walking into the living room picking up the twins carriers. I buckled them in the car and kissed them. "Emma you riding with me or mama?"

"can I ride with you?"

"yeah lets go." we go into my car and I took off.

"Why is mama sad?" I act like I didn't hear her because I honestly didn't want to have this conversation right now. "Is she still said because you kissed that other girl?"

"what?"

"you kissed that other girl on the porch and mama was sad and crying that why she dropped me off at grandma's house."

"no that's not it."

"why did you kiss that other girl?"

"It was a mistake she kissed me. I didn't want her to. I told mama sorry over and over again."

"do you love her?"

"love who?"

"the girl you kissed ?"

"no why would you think that?"

"because when you like someone you kiss them and you kissed her."

"no I don't like or love her but she likes me." I forgot all about her being in the car when Samara kissed me.

"I was mad at you when that happen because you mad mama cry."

"I was mad at myself baby. I didn't want to hurt her." no bad I'm hurting her now.

"that's why I didn't tell you about those girls bulling me."

"baby, I'm sorry that you seen that but I promise that will never happen again. I will never do anything like that again to hurt you or your mama. I love you both too much to ever to that again. okay baby girl?"

"Okay mommy. I love you too." the car ride went silent after that except for the music playing and Emma singing along. we pulled up to the indoor swimming facility and I walked in to see coach standing there. "Hey coach I have to ask you a favor."

"What is it Fields?"

"Emma had this thing to do at school and I invited the girls here to work on it. but I also kind of promise that if they finish they could swim for awhile. is that okay with you?"

"yeah that fine as long as Emma is prepared to stay later to practice."

"Yes I'm ready." Emma said walking in behind me.

"That's a girl." coach said giving Emma a high five. all the girls came into the swimming pool area and we sat down at a table and all the parents just sat back and watched them. I picked up Hayden and kissed her cheeks. "I cant wait to get you and you brother in the water." I whispered in her ear and she kicked her legs. "Yeah your ready too." she kicked her legs again and made a little noise. After about an hour and a half the girls came over saying they were finished and answered all the questions.

"SO what did you find out?" Mrs. Jones asked.

"we all like the same things. Except Emily doesn't really like peanut butter." Natasha said.

"Kimberly likes dancing and so does Brittany but Natasha loves to sing more." Emma said.

"We all like the same shows and toys." Brittany said.

"And we all kind of do the same things at home except Brittany is the only child." Kimberly said.
"Mommy can we go swimming now?" I looked at the other moms and they nodded their heads.

"Yeah you can go now." Emma took off her track suit and dived into the water perfectly. I swam over to coach as fast as lighting getting out asking her something. Coach nodded her head and Emma walked back over to us.

"Emily you can swim really good." Brittany said.

"Thanks I have swimming lessons." she said smiling. "Mommy can you swim with us?"

"Coach is practicing in the smaller end."

"I asked her and she said yeah that we could swim down there just in case they cant swim in the deep end."

"okay, do they know how to swim?" I asked their moms.

"No, no, no." they all said.

"Em, go down to the shallow end and I will swim to you guys okay."

"okay, come on guys this is going to be amazing." she said and they ran to the other said of the pool.

"you want here?" I asked Maya.

"just put her back in the carrier." I laid her down and took off my swimsuit.

"you just knew you were going to swim?" Mrs. Smith asked me.

"no I actually planned on swimming afterwards to clear my head." I said shrugging.

"Can you even swim?" Mrs. Lee asked me.

"You can say I do." I said laughing before diving into the water and shoot forward like a bat. I reach the other side and all the kids were cheering.

"And that is how you make a perfect swim." Coach yelled to the kids she was teaching.

"Coach don't be too hard on them."

"I'll try." she said laughing and I placed the girls in the water except for Emma she just jumped in. I taught them the basics so they could stay afloat and the doggie paddled. They played in the water while I swam around. Emma swam to me in the eight feet. she grabbed onto the side to keep her face out of the water. "Mommy lefts race."

"Its not going to be fair."

"Yes huh just swim."

"I'm too fast for you."

"mommy!" she whined. I pecked her lips.

"I'm joking lets go." I said jumping out of the water and Emma followed.

"Mama, me and mommy is going to race." Maya nodded her head and watched carefully.

"On your mark, get set, go." I yelled and Emma dive in. I have her a ten second lead before I actually jumped in. she was half way there when I jumped in and swam pass her in an instant. I slowed down and let her beat me by a second. "I won." she yelled and I acted like I was pouting. "Its okay mommy you're the best anyways." she said kissed me and I smiled. "thanks baby-girl."

I got out and I dried my hair off and my body putting my track suit back on. I sat down and started talking with Maya to the other parents. "you are an amazing swimmer. how long have you been swimming?" Mrs. Jones asked.

"Since I was a little kids."

"you look familiar. like I seen you somewhere before." Mrs. Smith said.

"She was in the Olympics." Maya said and she smiled with pride.

"that's right your Emily Fields-St. Germain, you was amazing." Mrs. Smith said.

"Thank you I did my best."

"Why do you only go by Fields?" Mrs. Lee asked.

"I go by both but at school its easier for the kids to remember Fields so I just let them call me that." they nodded and we just talked about our families and work. It was finally time to go and the girls said goodbye. "You go ahead I have to stay here awhile, Emma has to practice."

"I'll stay and we can talk."

"I really prefer not to talk here."

"well where can we talk?"

"at the house when I get there."

"and when Is that?"

"tomorrow."

"Tommorw?"

"yeah tomorrow I don't want to talk until I am calm and I'm not calm and I don't want to say something I will end up regretting."

"okay. I'll see you when you drop Emma off."

"yeah." I watch her walk out the building and I feel my anger slowly fading away.

A/N: I hoped you enjoyed this. this is Part 1 of 2. I have all of everyone's ideas from the last chapter posted on my chapter screen everywhere. don't think I forgot about your ideas they are coming soon. please tell me what you think and as always add your ideas.

WARNING: my updates are going to be slower and maybe even a long time between each update. I hate that I have to do this but school back in session for me and I start week 2 of second semester tomorrow. I would have updates faster if my AP US and AP Lang teachers wouldn't give me massive loads of homework every other day. *sigh* anyways I wanted you to know why they update want be coming so fast.

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