Beta: Jusobele
Accidentally in love
CH.38 Outtake ~ Kindergarten
Bella's Pov
I couldn't believe it was the first day of kindergarten. It did not seem possible that the twins were already starting school. I had thought I wanted them to go. I'd been counting down the days leading up to this day, but now, I didn't know if I could let them go.
"Honey, they will be fine," Quil told me, as we walked to the elementary.
"Good morning," Sam and Emily said as we walked passed their house. "You didn't think our first pups would get to start school without everyone seeing them off, did you?" Emily asked, smiling as the entire pack came walking out of their houses, including imprints and babies.
"You mean Princess Gracie needed an entourage to escort her and ward off any tiny males who look in her direction?" I asked, looking at the grown men and seeing that not a single one of them found what I said to be comical. To them it did not matter if the boy was 5 or 15, he was a threat simply because he was a he. I just shook my head, poor Gracie… Poor Will.
We made it to the parking lot to find Kate and Thomas getting out of their car and my dad pulling up with his lights on but no sirens. I raised my brow at him. "I was running late," he said, as if that explained everything. For a man who would not let me sit in the driver's side of the cruiser because it was a 'violation of police policy' he sure had turned into a rule breaker. Gracie got to steer and run the sirens anytime she wanted.
"Papa Cop!" she yelled, running as fast as her little legs would carry her to Charlie who scooped her up.
"Hey there kiddo, are you ready for school?" he asked.
"Yes, I'm going to learn lots of stuff," she told him.
"Yes, you are baby girl." He put her down so he could grab Charlie Q up. "Hey there big man, are you ready to learn lots of stuff too?" Dad asked him.
"Yes Sir," he said not nearly as excited as Gracie. Kate and Thomas made their way to the kids giving hugs and kisses.
"Now, Charlie Q, why aren't you excited?" Billy asked rolling up with Harry and Sue. Good grief half the tribe was here.
"I want to go fishing," he whined, making all the grandpa's smile and swell with pride. "How about we take you Saturday?" Thomas asked him.
"Ok," Charlie Q said smiling. Suckers, I thought.
"Is Will excited?" I asked Leah and Jake. Will was only four but he made the birthdate cut off and was allowed to start school with the twins.
"Yes, but I think it has less to do with school and more to do with all day with 'his' Gracie," Jake said making my ridiculously over protective husband scowl.
"Alright kiddos, line up so we can say goodbye," Kate said as Charlie Q, Gracie and Will all stood up and allowed the procession of pack, imprints, cousins and grandpas, grandmas, and Elders see them off.
"You'd think they were royalty," I said.
"They kind of are," Embry said laughing.
We watched as our three oldest pack kids made their way to the school, Will walking up and taking Gracie's hand. Charlie Q stepped in between the two, took Gracie's hand from Will and growled.
"Poor Will," I said, noticing Quil's very proud smirk. "Really, Quil, he's four. I don't think he's trying to corrupt your princess," I told my husband.
"Not yet," he grumbled making everyone laugh. Thank goodness, Leah and Jake found the whole thing hilarious or we would have problems.
"Alright, breakfast at our house," Emily said once the kids had made their way inside.
"I'm going to go get the kids," Quil told me as he took off to Mrs. Kline's house to pick up the rest of our brood.
We all made our way into Sam and Emily's house, the guys all going outside to sit around the pic nic tables as us women started breakfast.
"Mommy!" I heard from the front door. I watched as Tate, Drew, Max and Ty came running to me. "Hey boys, did you miss me?" I asked laughing. Such mamma's boys, I thought as they each grabbed on to some part of me.
"Come on boys, let's let mommy and your Aunts make breakfast," Quil said, ushering our rowdy boys out the back door.
"Sit down Leah, we can do this. How are you feeling?" I asked a very pregnant Leah.
"Fat," she huffed.
"You're not fat, you're beautiful," Jake yelled from the back yard, having heard her.
"I'll give you beautiful," she yelled back making everyone outside laugh. "Seriously, I am ready for this kid to get out of me already," she moaned.
"Still don't know what you're having?" Kim asked.
"No, he or she won't cooperate," Leah told us.
"I hope it's a girl, Gracie needs a little girl around," I said.
"I think it's another boy. I feel exactly like I did when I was pregnant with Will," She told us.
"Alright breakfast is ready!" Emily yelled to the guys so they could start carrying the food outside. We had grown too large for everyone to fit around one table unless we borrowed the tables from the council building. We had just finished eating breakfast when my cell phone rang.
Hello-B
Mrs. Ateara? This is Miss. Smith.
Yes, this is Bella Ateara.-B Miss Smith, Is everything okay? Are the kids hurt?-B
No, no the children are fine I do however need to speak with you and your husband as soon as possible.
We're on our way.-B
I hung up the phone and looked at Quil. "Go, we'll watch the kids," Thomas told us as I stood. Just as I was kissing the boys bye, I heard Leah answer her cell phone.
"You ready?" I asked Quil who was looking over at Leah and Jake.
"Wait until Leah gets off the phone," he told me.
"Why?"
"Leah and Jake just received the same phone call," Quil told me.
"Oh good lord," I said shaking my head imagining all kinds of things with the three of our kids.
"Ready?" Leah asked walking up to me.
"Sure, you?" I asked.
"Well, we did marry Quil Ateara and Jake Black. I guess we should have expected to get called to the school on our kids very first day," Leah scowled at Jake as everyone else laughed.
"Come on, Em man, you need to imprint and have a kid so there can be an Ateara, Black, Call reunion at the school," Jake said grinning.
"Better start looking into the budget now and coming up with the funds for raises for the teachers," Sue laughed.
The four of us made our way to the school choosing to drive so Leah wouldn't have to waddle the entire way. Quil and Jake did not seem concerned at all as Leah and I looked at our husbands.
"Let's get this over with," I said walking inside the building and making our way to the principal's office.
"Hello, Mrs. Ateara, Mrs. Black," Miss Smith greeted us along with Mr. Taylor the principal.
I could see Charlie Q, Gracie, and Will, sitting in chairs that made them look so tiny, with their little feet dangling off the ends.
"Mommy!" Gracie and Charlie Q who was wearing his father's smirk sang when they saw me.
"Mommy!" Will said giving her Jake's trademark smile. Oh lord, this must be big if the boys are both hamming it up, I thought.
"Jacob Black and Quil Ateara," Mr. Taylor said shaking his head at our husbands. "Hmmm seems you're still being sent to my office. Tell me boys where's Mr. Call?" He asked laughing.
"Hey, we're innocent this time," Quil said laughing.
"Uh huh, how many times did I hear that?" Mr. Taylor asked looking amused. "Well let's get down to business," he said as we all took our seats. "Miss Smith."
"I'm sorry to have to call you in but I thought it better to tackle the issue right away then let it go on," she started. "I assign seating in my classroom alphabetically, and alternate boy, girl. I've found little boys at this age sitting together usually get themselves into trouble so this has always worked … until now," she said. Leah and I looked at each other having a good idea where this was going. "Will is assigned to sit next to Grace and I decided to seat little Ryan Atwell on the other side of her so Grace and Charlie could have space. The problem is Charlie doesn't want Will or Ryan sitting next to Grace, and Will doesn't want to sit anywhere without Grace," Miss. Smith explained.
I just looked at Quil who clearly did not find a problem with this at all, while Jake tried to cover his laugh.
"Charlie, you need to listen and follow all the rules, even if that means Will and Ryan sit next to Grace," I told my son. He was doing his best to look innocent but his father's smirk on his face made him fail miserably.
"But, mommy, Will say he loves Gracie and Ryan say her hair pretty," Charlie said distressed. I pinched my husband letting him know some help would be nice.
"Son, you know Will is Gracie's friend and he won't be mean to her and I'm sure Ryan is a very nice boy," Quil said but even the kids could hear he didn't really mean it.
"But daddy…" Charlie started to fuss.
"Charlie Q, it will be fine. You and Will are friends and I think if you try you could be friends with Ryan too," I told Charlie who clearly was still unhappy with the situation.
"I not be mean to my Gracie I wuv her," Will piped up, looking like a mini Jake.
"You not love her, she's my sissy," Charlie said.
Quil and Jake looked like they were going to fall over with the effort to keep from laughing while Leah and I just looked at each other. "Charlie Q, mommy wants you to try very hard to be friends with Ryan and to be nicer to Will," I told him.
"Yes mam," he said scowling.
"Is there anything else?" Leah asked rubbing her stomach.
"No, I just wanted to try to nip this in the bud before it could cause a problem," Miss Smith told us.
"Of course, thank you," I told her.
The kids stood up to follow their teacher. Will, grabbed Gracie's hand again. Charlie Q took her hand out of Will's… again.
Once they had filed out, Mr. Taylor looked at us. "How many brothers does Grace have?" Mr. Taylor asked.
"Five," Quil said extremely proud.
"I definitely should have retired," Mr. Taylor said.
"Tell me, Mr. Call doesn't have any sons starting school yet does he?"
"No, but Meraz does. Another year and you get Caleb," Jake laghed.
"Oh dear Sprits help us all," Mr. Taylor said. "Alright I'll see you all at the next council meeting." He popped open a bottle of Tylenol.
We made our way out of the school and back to Emily's. "Is everything okay?" Kate asked.
"Sure, sure," Jake said laughing.
"Apparently, Will and a little boy named Ryan were assigned to sit next to Gracie," I told them knowing no further explanation was needed.
"Taylor wanted to know if you had any kids starting school Embry," Jake laughed.
"No, Quil is doing his best to populate all of La Push on his own," Embry said, laughing.
"I told him no, but Meraz did. Taylor said spirits help us all and popped a bottle of Tylenol," Jake said cracking up.
"Dad, are you coming over for dinner?" I asked Charlie.
"Sure kiddo, I have the day off so I think Thomas and I might go see if the fish are biting," he said.
"I want to go fish," Tate said walking up to Charlie and Thomas with huge puppy eyes. "Me too." Joshua piped up. "I wanna go." J.J. said. "Dad I want a fish." Caleb added his two cents.
"Come on we can take both boats," Charlie said.
"Sue and I will tag along so all the kids can go. Give the parents a break," Kate said. "
"Come on old man," Charlie said to Billy.
"Did you think you were fishing without me? Who's going to bait your hook if I'm not there?" Billy asked my dad laughing.
"The life jackets are in the shed," I told Kate.
"We got you covered don't worry. Between Sue and me I'm sure we can keep the boys out of trouble," she said laughing. "I'll stop by your house and pack a bag for the boys. Relax, Bella, and enjoy your day off."
"Kim, Rachel, Emily do you have bags for the boys?" Sue asked.
"Uh sure," they said, grabbing bags out of Emily's kitchen. We watched as they left singing some Barney song.
"Did they really just take eight boys under the age of 5 out fishing?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, they're crazier than I thought," I laughed.
"Well what do we do now?" Kim asked. We had never, not had at least half of the pack kids with us before.
"Hell, if I know," Leah said.
"I know what we can do," my husband said quirking his brow.
"QUIL!" I said smacking his arm.
"The kids started school today, I think it's time," he said.
"Time for what?" Embry asked.
"Don't ask," I said getting up to sit by the girls.
"Time for another baby," Quil said grinning.
"Damn man! You have six," Paul said laughing.
"With my luck I'll be the next Octo-mom," I said huffing.
"That'd be awesome," Quil said.
"Thank you Rachel," I said as she threw an empty water bottle at my husband.
"Don't even think about it," Leah hissed at Jake who was talking to Quil about lots of babies.
"I think, it's Rachel and Emily's turn next they only have one each." Kim said smirking.
"We're working on it," Emily said smiling.
"Are you pregnant?" I asked.
"No not yet but we decided to start trying," she said earning Sam high fives from the guys.
"Us too," Rachel said.
"See, baby, you could all be pregnant at the same time," Quil said.
"Quil… be quiet," I told him making everyone laugh.
We all got everything cleaned up and decided to go shopping for a bit without having to worry about chasing the kids down the aisles.
"It's too quiet," Kim said.
"I know it makes me think of being at home when it gets unnaturally quiet, letting me know the boys have gotten into something, they weren't supposed to," I said shaking my head.
"So Bella can we expect any more lil Quil's?" Emily asked.
"Probably, I'm crazy huh?' I asked laughing.
"No you and Quil were born to be parents," Rachel said.
"Thanks, but good lord if I have another multiple pregnancy," I said making them laugh.
My cell beeped with a text.
Taylor called; meet me the school.-Q
On my way.-B
"Girls, I have to go, that was Quil. Apparently we're needed back at the school," I told them.
"Ride with me. I just got the same text from Jake," Leah said.
"Are we going to be going to be getting calls every day?" I asked Leah as we made our way to the school.
"I'm beginning to think so," she said, shaking her head.
We pulled into the parking lot seeing Quil and Jake waiting by the entrance for us.
"Do you know why we're here this time?" I asked.
"Not a clue," Quil told me wrapping his arm around my waist as we made our way inside and back to Mr. Taylor's office.
"Ateara, Black… just like in the old days when I would see you multiple times in one day," he said, popping a bottle of Tums.
"What's happened?" Leah asked cutting to the chase.
"Well there's good news and bad news, Mrs. Black."
"Oh, call me Leah, I've known you my whole life, what did the boys do now?" she asked.
"The good news is Will and Charlie have decided to be a united front, the bad news is, it's against Ryan," Mr. Taylor said. I just shook my head.
"What exactly happened?" I asked.
"It seems little Ryan has taken a shine to Grace and neither Will nor Charlie are very happy about this.
Ryan tugged on Grace's pigtails, which we all know is boy code for I like you. Charlie yelled at him for hurting his 'sissy' while Will yelled for hurting 'his Gracie'. It all adds up to Ryan in the gravel on the playground with Will and Charlie sitting on him. Grace is perfectly fine by the way, except she's not happy about her brother or Will being in trouble," Mr. Taylor told us.
I just sat there. I mean really, what could I say. This was definitely a memorable first day of school. "Now the boys will have to go home for the rest of the day, Grace is fine to stay. There's only one Kindergarten teacher so we can't separate them, but this is going to be a problem if it continues," Mr. Taylor told us.
"We understand and I assure you we will speak to Charlie," I told him.
"And we will talk to Will," Leah told him.
"Ok, now that that is settled, I should warn you before I get the boys, they look sufficiently disheveled, like they've gone to battle. It's quite adorable, do your best not to laugh," he said smiling. "I have kids myself I know how hard it is to keep a straight face," he said as he got up from his desk.
Will and Charlie walked in. Both had their heads down but you could see tiny little smiles at the corner of their mouths. Both of their blue jeans were scuffed in the knees and Charlie's shirt was un-tucked on one side while Will's collar was all upturned and his shoelaces were untied. Mr. Taylor was not kidding. It was cute enough to want a picture. I could see both Jake and Quil doing their best not to crack.
Walking out of the school I was biting the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing, Leah looked like she was doing the same thing. Pulling up to Sam and Emily's we made our way to the back yard where everyone was waiting. I could see everyone doing their best not to laugh when we came into view with both boys who clearly had been in a fight.
"Charlie, I want you to sit right here while daddy and I talk," I told my son, pointing to the back steps.
"Will, sit beside Charlie," Leah told Will as we all made our way to the others.
"They found common ground," I told everyone.
"Yeah, they both dislike Ryan Atwell," Leah said.
"Your kids got kicked out of school on the first day," Jared said laughing.
"Apparently, Ryan pulled Gracie's hair and Charlie and Will decided to work together, to push him into the gravel and sit on him," I explained.
"Well if some punk thinks he can pull Gracie's hair than he got what was coming," Paul said. Oh good grief, I should have known anything that could cause the pack princess's hair to be out of place would be defended.
I looked over seeing the boys looking at us, both of them with their big dark eyes, pouty little lips and doing their very best innocent looks, which of course only made them look guilty. I just shook my head.
"Charlie Q, come here," I called watching my son walk over to me.
"Will come here, son," Jake called. Will walked over much like Charlie had.
"Now boys tell us what happened," Jake said.
"Ryan pulled Gracie's hair," Charlie said with a scowl fixed to his face.
"No, he say she's pwetty, and he wuvs her then he pull her hair," Will said. "He say… she his Gracie." Will's face looked like it was the most absurd thing he had ever heard. "She my Gracie I wuv her," Will told us.
"Gracie is my sissy," Charlie said looking at Will.
"I not like Ryan," Will told us.
"Me neither," Charlie said.
"What happened after he pulled her hair?" Leah asked.
"I tell Miss. Smith and she say he like Gracie and boys act silly when they like girls," Charlie told us.
"Did Ryan get into trouble?" I asked.
"He had to say sorry," Charlie told me.
"Why did you fight Ryan if he said he was sorry?" Jake asked.
"Ryan not sorry, he try to push Gracie down," Charlie said, his little face furious.
"So I push him," Will added.
"Then we sit on him," Charlie said.
"You can't fight. It will get you in trouble. Miss. Smith is your teacher and she won't let anything happen to Gracie," I told my son.
"Bbbut… mommy he make her cry," Charlie said.
"I not like my Gracie cry," Will huffed. I looked around to see the amused faces of the entire pack. Clearly, I knew what side they were on.
"Come on boys, let's go talk," Quil said, pulling Charlie Q on his shoulders as Jake did the same with Will and headed to the park to 'talk.'
Leah and I just shook our heads. Really, what else could we do?