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The two calls were made right after the other.

Catherine was at work filling out endless paperwork when her phone rang.

"Mrs. McGarrett? This is Mr. Hoapili, dean of students at 'Uhane School."

She put down the pen that was in her hand, growing more alert to the conversation. "Hello, Mr. Hoapili."

"I'm sorry if this is a bad time, but Serenity and Willow are in my office. It would be best if you could come down to the school."

Catherine stood up. "Alright. I'll be there as soon as possible." She put her phone in her pocket and walked out of her office.

Officer Akana was walking by. Kono had recommended Kamani Akana to Catherine for a member of the security unit. They had gone through the Police Academy together. "Kamani! I got a call from my daughters' school. I have to go, but call me if there's an emergency."

Kamani nodded. "I will."

"Thanks. Is David in his office?" Catherine asked, referring to the third member of the team.

"Yes," Kamani replied. Catherine noticed the blush in her face at the mention of Officer Henderson's name. It was obvious that Kamani and David liked each other. They just never acted on their feelings.

"Okay. When he finishes his paperwork, tell him to leave it on my desk."

"Yes, Lieutenant."

Catherine smiled. She knew that as a rookie, Kamani was eager to impress. "You know you can call me Catherine, Kamani."

"Alright. I hope everything goes well for your girls."

"Thank you."

Mary had just finished an appointment when her phone rang.

"Mrs. Williams? This is Mr. Hoapili, dean of students at 'Uhane School."

Uh-oh. That was Grace's school. Was something wrong? "Is everything okay?"

"Yes, of course. Are you able to come down to the school?"

"I'll be there as soon as I can."

Catherine and Mary pulled into the parking lot almost at the same time. They were surprised to see each other.

"Hey, Catherine. Not that I don't want to see you, but I wasn't expecting you to be here."

"I just got a call from the principal. He said Serenity and Willow were in his office."

"He called me to tell me Grace was in his office."

Catherine sighed. "What have they gotten into this time?"

They walked into 'Uhane School where the secretary directed them to see Mr. Hoapili. They found Willow and Grace sitting nervously outside of his office.

Mr. Hoapili walked out of the office. After introductions were made, they went into the office.

"Earlier today, there was an incident in the hallway," Mr. Hoapili began. "Grace and Willow were walking together when Grace dropped her books, causing two students in eighth grade to tease her about this. Willow stood up for Grace and the students also picked on her. Serenity was close by and witnessed the event occurring. She told the boys to back off, but they began to bully her. Serenity shoved them away from her but it only made them bully her more. It grew into a physical fight. Serenity and the two boys are in the nurse's office right now. Mrs. McGarrett, if you follow me I can bring you to see Serenity."

Catherine wasted no time in accepting the offer to see Serenity. She was worried that her daughter would be injured after fighting with the two students.

To say she was surprised when she got to the nurse's office would be an understatement.

Serenity was sitting by the door of the office. The nurse was gently examining a small red area on Serenity's face. Other than that, Serenity looked fine. It was the two boys laying on cots in the back of the room that looked beaten up. One boy had a bruise on his cheek, a bit of blood on his face, and a busted lip. The other boy had a black eye as well as blood on a couple areas of his face. Both boys looked exhausted.

The nurse smiled at Catherine. "Hi, you must be Serenity's mom. I'm Tammy Ross. Your daughter has a slight bruise right here but other than that Serenity is fine."

"Thank you," Catherine said, relief in her voice. She had been worried Serenity would be injured.

Looking over to the boys in the back of the room, Catherine asked, "Are those the students Serenity fought with?"

"Yes," Tammy replied.

"And I assume that's one of the boys' mother with them?"

"Correct. The other boy's mom should be arriving shortly."

Catherine walked over to the woman sitting beside one of the boys. "Ma'am?"

The woman turned to face her.

"I'm Catherine McGarrett. I'm sorry for my daughter's behavior."

Shaking her head, the woman stated, "You should not be apologizing. I'm sorry for the bullying on my son's behalf. I understand that your daughter was just sticking up for the other girls when the bullying started."

When the other boy's mother walked in, the conversation went the same way.

"Alright, Serenity, are you ready to go?" Catherine asked.

Serenity nodded and stood up, grabbing her backpack behind her. "Thank you, Mrs. Ross," she said.

"Anytime, Serenity. I hope the bruise doesn't give you too much pain."

Catherine and Serenity left to go to Mr. Hoapili's office. They went in and sat across from the desk.

"Miss McGarrett, I hope you understand why your actions were wrong," Mr. Hoapili began.

Oh, man, I'm in so much trouble, Serenity thought.

"This is only a warning, but if it happens again, your will receive a detention."

Serenity looked at him with surprise. "Really? So I'm not in trouble?"

"There have been multiple reports of the two students you fought with bullying other students. I believe you've put a stop to this." Mr. Hoapili smiled. "They know not to bully anyone with the knowledge that you would stick up for them."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Hoapili," Catherine said.

"Where did you learn to fight?" Catherine questioned.

"Dad taught me."

Catherine rolled her eyes. Of all things he could do, Steve taught Serenity how to fight. "Of course he did."

That's how Steve and Catherine ended up in the conversation they were currently having.

"She doesn't need to know how to fight."

"All I taught her was self-defense."

"Well that's great, Steve, because she's using all the self-defense you taught her on her classmates."

"They were bullying Willow and Gracie, she had every right to hurt them."

Catherine sighed. "No more teaching her self-defense."