So its been a few years since i left Portland i am now 24 with a 6 year old son i am currently living in LA and yh

Ally ; home time
Tegan ; yes i will see u soon
Ally ; u know u will see ya
Tegan : bye

We walk out the hospital and i get in my car and i start driving and i get a call

Tegan; hello
Women ; mrs Garcia its miss jane Harris from noahs school
Tegan ; oh yes hello
Jane ; can u pop into the school we need to have a chat about noah
Tegan; is everything ok
Jane ; an incident happened involving noah where he hurt another child
Tegan ; oh god yes I'm on my way
Jane ; thank u

She hangs up and i drive to noahs school and i sit around for a while

Jane : come in

I walk into her office

Daniel: tegan
Tegan ; daniel
Jane ; u know each other
Daniel ; from a long time ago
Jane ; so this is gonna be a lot harder then as u know eaching other Noah hurt lars
Tegan; i am so sorry
Daniel; do u know why he hurt him
Jane : lars was bullying Noah about his glasses and Noah pushed him
Daniel ; I'll talk to lars about him being mean I'm sorry lars was mean to Noah
Tegan; I'm sorry noah pushed lars
Daniel ; it was just push kids do that
Jane ; u can take kids home have a talk to them about there behaviour

I nod my head

Jane ; wait out side

We walk out

Tegan ; why did it feel like she was judging us on our parenting skills
Daniel : cause i think she was
Tegan: god
Daniel ; its been long time since we last saw each other
Tegan; it has
Daniel; how u been
Tegan; bussie u
Daniel ; yh same bussie but good
Tegan ; good
Daniel: so our kids go to the same school
Tegan: looke like it
Daniel; never relised u lived in LA
Tegan ; well we haven't spoke since portland
Daniel; yh i know
Tegan; i always thought noah and lars got along lars has been round before and Noahs been to stefs or yours i should say
Daniel ; it would be stefs
Tegan : ok
Daniel; u know I'm happy to be seeing u just wish it was under better circumstances
Tegan : i do aswell I've been thinking of reaching out to u recently
Daniel: really
Tegan ; yh i just wanted to make things right i feel i left with us not the best tearms and that
Daniel: well u kinda just left me in a hospital bed
Tegan ; yh i am sorry about that all and u know i didn't have a choice but now i have a choice over my own life
Daniel ; yh its ok
Noah ; mom
Lars ; dad
Tegan ; noah me and your dad have both told u violence is never the answer u ignore them u do not push them apologise to lars
Noah ; sorry lars
Daniel; making fun of someone for wearing glasses isn't nice what if someone made fun of u how would u feel
Lars ; sad
Daniel ; so how do u think noah feels sad
Lars ; sad
Daniel ; so what do u need to do
Lars : sorry noah
Noah : its ok
Tegan ; kids
Daniel ; i know right
Tegan: right lets get u home me u and your dad are all gonna have a talk about this
Noah ; ok
Tegan: it was nice seeing u again
Daniel ; and u it would be nice to have a catch up
Tegan ; yes um phone

He hands me his phone and i put my number in

Tegan ; just message me
Daniel ; i will
Tegan : bye
Noah ; bye lars
Lars ; bye Noah

I take noahs hand and we go to my car and i drive to arias

Aria ; Noah whats he doing here
Tegan: i got a call from his school he pushed a child
Aria ; Noah
Noah ; he made fun of my glasses
Aria ; u ignore them or u tell a teacher u do not push a child
Noah ; i know mom said and she made me say sorry
Aria ; good is the other kid ok
Tegan ; it was lars and hes ok lars apologised for being mean about his glasses
Aria ; good noah go clean your room
Noah ; ok dad

He walks off

Tegan; the teacher pulled me into her office i felt like i was in high school again and then it felt like she was judging me on my parenting skills
Aria ; ignore her me and u are doing our best and the best is all we can do so don't pay attention
Tegan: ok...what have u done today
Aria : Moved everything around if u haven't noticed
Tegan; i thought something was different God this is how sleep deprived i am
Aria ; go home get sleep
Tegan : no u take Noah to Maryland tomrrow i wanna spend as much time with him as i can
Aria; ok
Tegan ; how about i make us all dinner
Aria ; that cheesey pasta
Tegan ; the chessy one it is

I get up going to the kitchen and i get started on dinner

Aria ; glass of wine
Tegan ; i am driving so no
Aria ; just stay
Tegan; i shouldn't
Aria ; ok
Tegan ; I'll have a coffee tho
Aria ; on it like a car bonnet

I let out a little laugh and i go back to cooking and i have my coffee and once i had finished cooking dinner we ate

Noah ; can i get contact lenses
Aria : why
Noah ; i don't like glasses
Tegan; u look very handsome with your glasses very growen up
Noah ; i don't like them
Aria ; noah u have got to ignore people thats what me and your mom have done and u know mean words make us stronger . And u do look very growen up and handsome with your glasses
Tegan; please stick with your glasses
Noah ; ok
Tegan : good

I mess up his hair

Tegan ; right say goodbye we should head home
Noah ; ok
Aria ; bye I'll see u tomrrow bright and early
Noah ; ok
Aria ; love u
Noah ; love u too
Tegan : see u tomrrow
Aria; get home safe
Tegan : we will bye

We walk out and i drive us home

Tegan ; right bath and bed
Noah ; no
Tegan: yes u need an early night u have a bussie day ahead of u tomrrow
Noah ; ok

We go to the Bathroom and he has his bath and then i put him to bed and i go to the front room tidying up and i get a message

Daniel ; hi its Daniel

Tegan; hi

Daniel; i just wanna say sorry again on behalf of lars

Tegan: I'm sorry again on behalf of noah aswell

Daniel; all good
Daniel ; i said about a catch up any way u can meet tomrrow evening around 8 ?

Tegan: i can meet tomrrow and 8 is perfect just name a place

Daniel ; Pedalers Fork in calabasas

Tegan ; I'll be there

Daniel ; ok cool

Tegan : I'm gonna head I've got an early morning talk tomrrow

Daniel; yh ok sleep well

Tegan; i will night

I get up going to the bathroom brushing my hair and teeth and i walk to my room and noahs in my bed fast asleep i get in my pjs and i take my prosthetic off and i get in bed and i kiss noahs head

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