Parent-Teacher Night

"Nanoha I'm sorry I'm late!" Fate skidded to a stop in front of her partner gasping for breath.

"You're actually in luck because the teacher had something important come up so she's late too. In fact she should be here any minute," Nanoha answered.

Fate leaned against the wall relieved.

"Now Fate," said Nanoha giving her a stern look, "We are here for Vivio. All we are doing is meeting with her teacher and letting her tell us about what our daughter has been doing in school. That. Is. All."

"You don't have to talk to me like I'm a child Nanoha."

"Fate there is a reason why you haven't been coming with me to these things ever since the first time."

Fate folded her arms and huffed. "Look I said I was sorry but she had it coming! And besides it was one hit. Does she have a glass jaw? She can't take one hit?"

"Look Fate, just please don't make a scene tonight ok? Let's just have a nice meeting with Vivio's teacher."

"Fine. But if she makes one remark that I don't like I'm taking her down."

"Now you will not!" Nanoha said rather loudly. A couple of other parents were walking by and giving them looks which made Nanoha lower her tone. "Fate I'm telling you do not screw this up! We already have it tough enough being same sex parents. You're making us look bad!"

"Oh I'M making us look bad? What about you? You're really ok with them calling us unfit parents?" Fate countered back.

"Of course not! But unlike you I have self control!"

"You hold back too much Nanoha! You have to stand up for yourself!"

"But there is a time and a place for it!"

"Yeah when it happens!"

"Fate don't do anything in here I'm warning you! I had to promise that you would behave to even have them allow you in the building again!"

"She started it last time!" Fate yelled.

"Keep your voice down!" Nanoha yelled back.

"Look whose talking!"

"I will kill you!"

"Excuse me Miss Takamachi?"

Both of them turned to see Vivio's teacher starting at them. Nanoha quickly dropped her anger and smiled brightly. "Hi it's good to see you again!"

"Thank you. I apologize for being late. I had a little emergency with my own kid."

"Oh it's quite alright. I wasn't waiting long. Mrs. Aizama you remember Fate my fiancé?" Nanoha grabbed Fate by the arm pulling her up next to her.

"Yes I remember her. Please Miss Takamachi this way. Vivio is eager to show you what she's been working on." She opened the classroom door where several other parents, teachers, and students were talking and sitting around. Vivio jumped up once she saw them and ran from the small circle of kids she was playing with and up to Nanoha.

"Mama come over here! I got all my stuff out for you!" She tugged on Nanoha's arm pulling her over to a corner desk.

Fate smiled at the sight but then quickly frowned again as Mrs. Aizawa turned to face her. "What?"

"I don't want to have to report you again," she said.

"Look I'm real sorry I decked you last time I was here ok? I shouldn't have done that. Even if it did feel so darn good I changed my pants afterwards."

She glared but didn't respond.

"So shall we go and see what Vivio has done?" Fate smiled, turned, and walked over to the desk where Vivio was going practically a million miles minute through all that she had done for Nanoha.

"Look at this one Mama! I did this drawing for art!" She held it up for them to see.

"That's great honey," Nanoha said taking it for a closer look. "You did a good job with the colors. All the lines are straight too. Is this our home?"

"No mama it's the big building where you work! See there's you and there's Fate!"

"My head's not shaped like that!" Fate said jokingly.

They all laughed as the teacher came over as well.

"So how have you been doing in your subjects Vivio?"

"Umm…ok I guess. Math is kinda hard mama."

Nanoha looked over to Mrs. Aizawa. "Is she still struggling in it?"

"A little. She's showing improvement though. Her last test grade was good actually. She made an 80." She held up the test paper for confirmation.

"Say Nanoha why don't you talk with the teacher about the academic stuff while I help Vivio gather all of her stuff up?"

"Yeah good idea Fate. Thanks."

"Come on Vivio let's get all of this together."

The little girl nodded and started collecting everything.

"Where do you store it all?"

"We keep it all in our folders until the end of the year. Then we get to take the folders home." She pointed to the wall where there were several mounted folders with each student's name. Fate walked over to Vivio's as she was still picking things up and took the folder out to see what was in it. As she was about to put the papers in her hand in, she noticed something folded up in the folder. Taking it out and opening it she saw that it was a homemade mother's day card with her name on it.

"Hey Vivio," she said as the girl walked over, "Didn't you make one these for Nanoha for mother's day?"

Vivio nodded. "Yeah."

"But this one has my name on it. Did you make this for me?"

She nodded again.

"Why didn't you give it to me?"

"I didn't get to finish it," she said sounding somewhat sad.

Fate opened the card and saw that the inside was indeed blank. It hadn't been decorated yet like Vivio had given to Nanoha. "Why didn't you finish it sweetie? Did you not have time?"

"No I did. But Mrs. Aizawa said I couldn't make two."

"What?"

"She said that all the other kids were making one card for their moms so I could only make one two or it would get confusing."

Fate knelt down to be face to face with Vivio. "Confusing how honey?"

She averted her gaze. "Because it's not normal to have two mommies and I that I shouldn't confuse the other kids who have normal mommies and daddies."

Fate put the papers and the card down on the nearby desk. "Vivio you go ahead and put your things away ok? I need to have a chat with your teacher. Wait here." She stood up and walked over to where Nanoha and Mrs. Aizawa were still talking.

"Oh Fate what's wrong?" Nanoha asked seeing the look on her partner's face.

Fate looked directly at the teacher. "Why did you tell Vivio that she couldn't make two mother's day cards?"

"I-I beg you're pardon?" she said clearly not expecting Fate's remark.

"I said why did you tell her that she couldn't make two mother's day cards?" Fate was losing her patience.

Mrs. Aizawa cleared her throat. "I didn't want the other kids to get the wrong idea."

"And what is the wrong idea?"

"This is really not the time for this discussion." She turned back to Nanoha. "Is there anything else you'd like me to go over with you Miss Takamachi?"

Nanoha adjusted herself in her chair. "There is actually. I think you should answer Fate's question. Why would Vivio making a second card give anyone the wrong idea?"

"Alright then. I…merely sought to avoid any of the other kids from picking on her about it."

"Then why did you tell her that it wasn't normal for her to have two mothers?"

"Excuse me?" Nanoha said abruptly. "Yes please explain why you say that to a child."

She stood up. "Miss Takamachi, Miss Harlaown I didn't mean anything offensive by it. I have no issues with your life style."

"No issues? You told my child that she wasn't normal! I'm sorry but I take great issue with that!"

"As do I," said Fate. "If you have something to say about us you say it to us. But Vivio has nothing to with that particular subject. And I don't see how that would bother other kids!"

"I just-,"

"Don't bother," Nanoha said. "I've heard all I needed to hear. I just hope this never happens again. Because if Vivio comes home and tells me that you said something like that to her again, you and I WILL be having another conversation and I promise you that you will regret it."

Vivio came walking back over and she and Nanoha walked out of the room. Fate followed them but not before stopping and turning to Mrs. Aizawa again.

"BOO!"

The woman jumped and nearly fell backwards.

"Lightweight," Fate said turning her nose up at the woman and walking out. Nanoha and Vivio were waiting for her in the hallway.

"You didn't hit her did you Fate?"

"Naw I just spooked her."

"Good. I cannot believe that woman said to Vivio."

Fate scooped Vivio up her arms. "You know better don't you kiddo?"

"Yep! I'm ok. There's nothing wrong about having two mommies."

"Because?" Nanoha said.

"Because most people only have one. I'm lucky."

"That you are. Now let's go home."

As they were walking out of the school Fate looked to Nanoha. "Say Nanoha? Were you serious about killing me?"

"What?"

"What you said earlier in the hallway in front of the classroom."

"Oh that? You're so silly Fate," Nanoha gave her a peck on the cheek and walked on ahead.

"So you didn't mean it?"

Nanoha didn't answer.

"Nanoha that's not funny!"

Latest one inbound. This idea just came to me. Don't know why I didn't do it before. Once again, awesome is the only way these two know how to do things.

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