"No, I'll be out in a second with her. Just pull the car up front." Jennifer confirmed directions with her wife before hanging up her cell phone quickly. Was there something wrong she had done in her former life to deserve this? That had to be the only explanation for the events that seemed to play out in her life. Her children had been raised with proper manners and to always do the right thing. Violence was never the answer, it was something the couple had always believed in. It was why they never used physical punishment. But low and behold, this morning she was called at work to come pick up their oldest from school for hitting another student. Walking into the office of the elementary school, Jennifer gave the secretary an apologetic look only to receive a point of direction with fingers. After having a quiet and accusatory meeting with the principal, Jennifer was ninety-nine percent positive that the only reason her daughter had not been expelled was for the random connections her wife had. When she rounded the corner of the office, her heels stopped in place seeing her oldest sitting quietly with her head hung low. "Hello, little love." The brunette whispered softly as she moved to kneel down in front of the kindergartener and tucked her hair behind her ears. As frustrated as she was about the situation at hand, her daughter was physically more upset. There had to be more to the story than what the principal had simply read from the accident report. Her daughter was a sweet loving little girl who was nice to everyone and everything she came into contact with. "No tears, my darling." Looking around at the setting they were in, she could tell they had left her child to sit there and think about the actions she had taken. Strapping the pink backpack over her shoulder, Jennifer took the toddler into her arms and moved towards the front door. Once they were outside, she found a bench sitting directly in the nice sunlight and sat down. "What happened, baby?" She asked quietly, wiping the tears away on the flushed cheeks. "You and Momma will be mad." Sutton whispered quietly, shaking her head. "What if I pinky promise you that neither of us will be mad? Hmm? We just want to know why you are so sad. We don't like it when your upset, love bug." Sutton took a moment to collect herself and shrugged her shoulders. "Allie was saying mean things about you and Momma." Jennifer felt her eyebrows arch as she ran her fingers through the child's long hair and glanced towards the car where her wife was nearly pressed against the window. "Mean things? Like what?" She asked softly. "She... She said that you all were going to a bad place because you were married." Sutton said through tears before finally looking up at the woman. "I told her it was not true! But she kept yelling it and she pushed me... And... And when I pushed her she fell down and got a boo boo." Jennifer nodded her head and listened closely, already knowing where the story was going which made her even more quick to react. "Oh, it's okay, Sutton. It's okay. Me and Mommy aren't going anywhere bad, you know why? Because we aren't doing anything wrong. Just some people didn't learn that." "They didn't?" The toddler asked while sniffling her nose. "No, and that's why it's our job to teach them! People say stuff like that to me and Momma all the time, but we don't get mad. And you know what? Sometimes people just don't want to learn! But it's okay, because we forgive them. And we love them anyway." Jennifer pressed a kiss to the side of her head. "And you know what? If they don't like us, we don't have to be their friend. We just have to smile and ignore the mean things they say because you know what?" She leaned down to look into her eyes. "Sticks and stones..." "May break my bones but words will never hurt me." Sutton finished with a small smile before throwing herself into a hug. "That's my girl." Jennifer whispered, standing to her feet and walking to the car where her wife now stood with the back door open, awaiting to put their oldest in the car seat.