It's been 15 years since Cheryl and Toni have graduated high school and their lives couldn't be better. Two years after graduation they got married and started there family of 8. Them along with all their friends stayed in riverdale and are all stil...
we all just get into the car and drive home. me and toni go up into our room after making sure all the kids were settled and doing homework.
"i'm sorry this is taking me long to process." i say and crash onto our bed. "don't worry it's taking me awhile too." toni says and sits on the bed. "i just don't how to process it. i mean how did we not even know she was gifted. that's not something you just don't notice." i say. "well we knew she was smart. she's always been." toni says.
"just smart is different then gifted. tt our youngest daughter is a fucking genius." i say. "you say that like it's a bad thing." toni says. "it's not a bad thing. it just doesn't make sense." i sigh. "i guess. what's your opinion on it?" she asks me.
"i don't think she should be moved up or into the gifted and talented program. she's a 5 year old who just needs to be a kid. i don't want her to feel any pressure in school." i say.
"i agree but i also don't. we'd be holding her back if we didn't let her into the program. she deserves to work up to her full potential." toni says.
"she deserves to be a kid." i say.
"she's still going to be a kid, cher. she's just going to be around kids who are older and just as smart as she is. that's all." toni says. "i just don't know if she's ready for that. being around older kids can be a problem." i say. "how so?" toni asks.
"well for example ev still has meltdowns and she's still learning about everything in terms of behavior and how to act. they can tolerate that in kindergarten and first grade. but in a gifted program? definitely not. she'll have to meet different standards in a class full of 10 year olds then in a class full of 6 and 7 year olds." cheryl says.
"true." toni sighs. "she's there academically but i don't know if she's ready mentally." i say. "well there's only one way to find out. we can ask her. you know she'll be honest with us." toni suggests. "yea let's do that." i say and get out of bed.
we walk into ev's room and she's at her little desk working on something. homework probably. "hey ev can we have a talk?" i ask. she turns around to look at us and nods. we all sit on her bed.
"so we had a talk with your teacher today." toni starts. "i knew that was about me." ev mumbles. "yes it was about you. nothing bad though." i say. "then what was it about?" she asks. "you know your smarter then all the kids in your class right?" toni asks her. "of course i did." she answers like it's the easiest question in the world.
"why didn't you tell us?" i ask. "i didn't think it was that big of a deal." she shrugs. "well it is because now your teacher wants to move you to a different class." toni says. "a different class?" ev asks. "yea. you'd be with older, more advanced kids." i say.
"what about aiden?" she asks. "he'll stay in the normal class." toni says. "but why? i want to stay with him." ev sighs. "i know you do baby and that's really sweet but your not being challenged in that class." toni explains. "oh." she says.
"now your teacher really wants to put you into the gifted and talented program but me and mama aren't so sure your ready for it." i say. "why not?" she asks. "well there not going to treat you like a five year old in that class. your going to be challenged educationally which is good but there going to expect you to be mature as well." toni says.
"i'm ready." she says quickly and proudly.
"are you sure?" i ask. "mhm. i promise i'll be mature and do my best." she says. "i- ok. if you think your ready and you want to do it then that's all that matters." toni says. "i do. this work is boring and i want to be with older kids." ev says.
"my not so little 5 year old is a genius." i say and smile. "i prefer the term gifted." ev says and giggles. toni puts ev on her lap and kisses her cheek. "i love you so much. and i'm proud of you." toni says. "i love you too mama." evi says.
i'm very proud of ev. but i personally don't think she's ready. i guess that's up to her to prove me wrong though. only time will tell.
A/n: what's your opinion on this? did they make the right decision?
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