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…TEC...
"She has been suspended for the rest of the week."
"But it's Monday."
"Yes ma'am."
"You're suspending a seven year old for five days?"
"Yes."
"Ugh, I'll be right down." I muttered pulling on a pair of jeans and balancing the phone between my ear and shoulder. Two large hands wrapped around my waist and I was pulled into a broad, warm chest.
"Where are you going?" He whispered in my ear groggily. I reached over my shoulder and cupped his face bringing his lips to mine.
I wrapped my fingers in his hair and pulled away, resting my forehead against his. "I need to get Ellie." His green eyes showed his confusion before darting to the clock at our bedside.
"It's only twelve." I shrugged and kissed his neck before standing and pulling on a t-shirt. "Wait, I'll come with you." He too stood and pulled me into him again.
"Stay here. Get some sleep," I ran my thumb over the bags underneath his eyes. I pulled away and checked the baby monitor, making sure it was on. "I'll be right back." I shrugged on my jacket before heading down to the car.
Ellie was going to need some sort of intervention if she didn't get it together. The kid stayed in trouble and I don't even know what would happen if this continued. She was already expelled. I went through, what, sixteen-plus- years without being suspended. She was in second grade. I didn't even know that shit was possible. I shook my head on the ride over. This was getting ridiculous. At the rate she was going she'd be expelled by ten schools by the sixth grade.
I made it to the school in no time, rushing in to see Ellie playing her Nintendo DS in the chair across from her principals. I shook my head and grabbed the game, sticking it into my purse.
"Bella Masen." I leaned over and shook her principles hand before sitting in the chair next to Ellie's. "What happened?" Mrs. Cope, her principle gave Ellie a pointed glance and the little girl frowned straightening in her chair.
"I just wanted to safe up a little bit of money."
"Tell her what you did, Ellie."
"I was thinking ahead, saving for my college fund." Mrs. Cope shook her head.
"Ellie!" I groaned, running a hand through my hair.
"I was investing. In a future career." She nodded to herself. "Teaching. I was helping."
"Damn it. Ellie, what did you do?" I asked impatiently.
"I was teaching my friends cuss words. I was also making a profit and saving for college." She pointed at her head. "And you want to suspend this beautiful mind?"
"Ellie stop talking." I whispered, she closed her mouth and we both looked to Mrs. Cope.
"She'll need to collect her classwork from all her teachers." I nodded.
"Is teaching children cuss words really worth a week of suspension?"
"That's what I was trying to say Mommy! This is unjust."
"Ellie, be quiet." I gritted. "You're lucky I didn't bring Daddy down here."
"Yours or mine?"
"Which one scares you more?"
"Well they both have guns…" Mrs. Cope gasped.
"They're both policemen." She sighed and nodded.
"Daddy is scarier; he'll take away my stuff." She decided with a nod.
"Then your Dad." She bit her lip. "Thank you for your time Mrs. Cope." I shook her hand again before taking Ellie's hand so that I could escort her towards her teacher.
"We have to go to Mr. Banner and then Ms. Kay." She said pulling me into a classroom full of children; Mr. Banner looked up and winced when I entered.
"Mrs. Masen?" I nodded and he stood from his desk to shake my hand. "It's nice to meet you. Could have been a better circumstance but…" I nodded. "Ellie is truly a great student and a brilliant child. We're lucky to have her." I smiled and looked at my precious little suspendie.
"She just needs to watch her language, am I correct Ms. Ellie?" She blushed and nodded. "Go on and get your backpack dear." Mr. Banner and I shit chatted a bit while Ellie was seen off by every fucking kid in her class.
"Ellie, come on." I held out my hand and she ran up, her backpack bouncing along the way.
"We aren't going to tell Daddy about this little mishap… right?" She asked as I helped buckle her in.
Mishap.
"Daddy's going to find out at some point. He's home right now." She groaned and I closed the door, climbing into my own seat and starting up the car. "What's gotten into you?" I asked meeting her eyes in my rearview mirror. She shrugged and reached for the lone water bottle rolling across the ground.
"You think Daddy will be mad?"
"I think he'll be disappointed." She nodded and took a sip from the water bottle.
"Why don't you just tell him you got me for lunch?"
"Because I'm not here to stop you from getting into trouble. I'm here to help you develop as a person. First cussing at teachers and now this?" I shook my head.
"I'm sorry, Mommy." I nodded and pulled into the driveway. We both bumbled our way up to the door before it was pulled open.
"Hi, Baby." I said before pecking his cheek, Ellie passed by me quietly her head down as she dropped her backpack. I patted Edward's chest while his gaze was focused on Ellie.
"What's this?" He asked gesturing to Ellie.
"I got expelled." Edward's eyes widened and I shook my head.
"Suspended. She was suspended."
"That's not better… How do you even get suspended? You're in second grade!" His voice rose as he spoke.
"Calm down, you don't even know what she did." I turned towards her and met her wide, glassy eyed gaze. Call me a dumbass but I had a soft spot for my kids. Even if one did get a week's suspension. "Go to your room. No TV or anything electronic." She nodded and darted up the steps. Edward looked upon us incredulously.
"Are you serious?" His voice raised an octave. "Bella you have to try to get suspended in fucking elementary school!" He said once she was gone, I slipped out of my jacket quietly. Making my way to where Seth was in his play pen, watching cartoons.
Edward followed me impatiently, "Bella!"
"Calm down." I said lifting Seth from his confinement.
"No, you should be pissed too! If she gets suspended in fucking second grade imagine how it'll be when she's older!"
I sighed heavily and set Seth back down, wrapping my arms around Edward's waist. "I know, maybe we should address this later." His eyes widened further, if that were even possible.
"What?" I pushed him backwards until he fell back onto the couch, before straddling him.
"I said we should come back to it when you aren't so mad." I looked in his eyes before giving an encouraging nod. "We should-" I leaned into kiss him and turned to see Seth's eyes intently watching our every move. "We should talk about Charlie." I said moving off of his lap. "What'd you do to piss him off?" I joked light heartedly. He rolled his eyes and huffed.
"I don't know." He let out a humorless chuckle. "He's probably mad because I'm getting more than he is." He smirked and I shook my head. "Most likely because I'm getting it from you. Speaking of getting some from you…" He pulled my leg up over his lap. Over his erection.
Only a guy could go from furious to horny in three seconds flat.
I mentally brushed off a shoulder.
I'm good.
"Who told you Charlie was pissed?" He asked after I blatantly shut him down with a look at our watching one year old.
"Jasper. I've seen Charlie be an ass to you though after you do some fairly amazing shit." He nodded.
"He was so fucking mad after Jazz and I caught those jackasses it isn't even funny." He snorted and I turned laying my head in his lap, stretching out along the couch.
"Well next time he does that, you tell me, okay?"
"What? No." I looked up at him and he was shaking his head. "I don't need you to fight my battles, baby. I don't need your dad hating me and thinking I'm a pussy on top of it all."
"He won't think you're a pussy." My cell phone vibrated in my pocket and I looked at the screen that told me we were supposed to go and see Riley now.
"A grown man that has his pregnant wife fight his battles for him is by definition. A pussy." I sat up, scooting backwards into his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck.
"You're my-" I was going to say 'pussy' but that shit didn't sound right so I just stopped. "Never mind." He smirked and nodded.
"Aren't we supposed to see Riley now?" I nodded and moved off of his lap.
"Ellie?" I screamed up to her. There was a thump before she came into view. "Get your coat, pumpkin."
She dropped down to her knees clasping her hands in front of her, "Don't take me to the fire station, Mommy."
"What are you talking about?"
"Casey said his mom said she was gonna take him to the fire station if he acted up. You know, like give him away?" Edward snorted behind me as he picked up Seth.
"We aren't taking you to a fire station. We're visiting Riley." She nodded and ran back to her room.
"How long was she suspended for?"
"A week." Edwards jaw dropped and Seth slapped him roughly. He glared at the little boy and Seth gripped his cheeks.
"Okay?" He screamed at Edward, I doubled over in laughter and grabbed my son before he ended up at the fire station.
"What the hell did she do?"
"She was making kids pay her, so that they could learn new cuss words."
He shook his head, "Well that's all you." My eyebrows furrowed.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You can't tell me that's not something you would do at her age?" He lifted his eyebrows and continued. "You're the curser."
"So? I also pay her when I cuss."
Now how the fuck did that prove my point?
"Disregard that, jackass." He chuckled and pulled me into his side.
"I think we should work on our language."
"We said that when she cussed at Mr. Yorkie, didn't help obviously. Maybe we should just let her be a hipster. She can take up skateboarding and everything." I bit my lip to hold in my laughter and he slapped my ass before moving to the coat closet.
"As long as she's a sensible hipster."
"If there were a such thing as a sensible hipster, they wouldn't be called a hipster."
"Or they'd be more of a hipster than their hipster friends because they aren't following hipster protocol."
"Hipster protocol kind of ruins the term hipster wouldn't you think?"
"Not really, I mean hipsters are the cool kids. They'd need a protocol."
"They aren't the cool kids, hipsters are the ones that don't follow the rules."
"So how the hell are we supposed to know a hipster from everyone else?"
"You don't. That's why it's so hip." I answered. Ellie galloped down the steps and we were out of the door in no time.
"So what's gonna happen, Daddy? Am I grounded forever? Do I have to sleep outside?"
"No. You are grounded, but we decided its Mommy's fault so you can stay inside this time."
I know what a hipster is. I'm a hipster.
Hipster's are never truly appreciated.
I shook my head and slapped Edward's stomach, not wanting to interrupt his driving by punching his arm.
"How the hell is it my fault?" He pointed at me and I slapped away his finger. We arrived at the hospital quickly due to Edwards speeding.
"Daddy actually said it was his fault. Because if he wasn't such a jackass I wouldn't have to continuously call him a jackass in front of you, sweetie." Edward scoffed, pulling out the stroller and placing Seth into it.
"You can't end a sentence like that with sweetie."
"Oh can't I?" He smirked and wagged his finger at me again. When I moved to slap at it he wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me closely and bit my neck gently, before kissing the spot languidly.
"Since we know that I'm impreshible when it comes to what you do… is this really appropiate for me to see? Wouldn't want me necking in the hallways." Edward bit me again and I blushed at his display. I pulled away from him and grabbed a hold of the stroller, pushing it towards the doors.
"How do you know all of these big words kid?"
Not that you said them right… She gets points for using them correctly though.
"Believe it or not I get them from you, too." She shrugged and Edward let out a 'hmm'. "And Alice."
"And here I thought the only words you learned from Alice were hoe, whore and prostitute." She shrugged.
"What'd I say, Mommy? Beautiful mind." She pointed at her head and then grabbed Edward's hand.
"I think that just means your spending too much time with adults." Edward shook his head and picked her up. "We should find you some nice little girls to play with. You should be playing house… not cursing."
"Riley Masen, please." I said to the nurse at the station, she nodded and pointed down to his wing rattling off the number we knew so well.
"Riley?"
He looked up from his book, "Bella!"
"Hi, honey." I hugged him after getting Seth situated in the corner. "How do you feel?"
"Alright. What are you doing here, kid?" He asked opening his arms to Ellie. It was shocking the difference in him now and when I'd first met him. He was a lot easier going. The death of someone so close to you in the family can make you withdraw a bit though. So I understand the difference between him then being so hurt and now, having a fresh start.
"Edward." He greeted with a goofy smile, gibing Edward that manly half hug, half hand shake, thing. He and Edward had started to act more brotherly too. Which was a large step away from what they'd been. A large, welcomed, step.
"So, Miss Ellie. You have a holiday or something today?"
"I got suspended." She looked at the ground.
"That sucks,"
"Not really. I don't have to go to school." She whispered loudly. Edward and I gave her disapproving looks and she blushed bashfully. Ellie jumped up on the bed next to Riley and pulled off one of her shoes, a sock following.
"Ellie. He has amnesia. He didn't lose his sense of smell put your shoe on." She turned to Riley, essentially ignoring me.
"Oh-ho!" Riley smiled clapping his hands together. "I sense a pointless conversation coming on. Lay it on me, chick!" He tickled Ellie's side.
"Okay, have you ever felt like you have more than five toes?" She made a show of counting out all five of her toes and wiggling them in his face. "It looks like I have more right?"
"About thirteen, yeah." He chuckled before she hugged him again. I leaned against the wall next to Edwards chair and sighed. He frowned at my action.
"Excuse my lack of manners, Baby." He said softly before pulling me into his lap. "I shouldn't have taken the only seat." The hospital door swung open and Alice marched in, hands on hips. She didn't even speak; she snatched my purse and pulled out her machete-like pocket knife, sticking it into her own massive bag.
"I needed this earlier. Now you've set me back." I had confiscated her unconcealed weapon when we were in the station two days ago, after
I jumped up and she waved to Riley, "Need it for what?"
"This fucker cut me off on the high way, he's at the book store now. I'm slitting some mother fucking tires." She said before moving out of the room.
"You tailed him?"
"I did."
"You are crazy as hell." I laughed.
"He flipped me off and threw a phone charger out of the window, Bella. It hit my windshield and cracked that mother fucker up. I'm pissed."
Well… Crazies do tend to attract crazies though.
"Okay, okay." I sighed pulling my keys out of my purse and leaning around the wall separating the hall and Riley's room, and tossing Edward the key ring. "I'll be back."
"Come on." I said almost running out of the hospital with her at my side. "I'll steal his hub caps for you."
"Oh, see this is why we're best friends." She said giving me a quick hug.
Like I said.
Crazies attract crazies.
…TEC…
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