" I don't know who y'all think I am but I'm not the one" Fatima says getting back in the car slamming her door.
When they arrived home everyone sat in the living room while Fatima and Zac stood.
"Now Melody you better be ready to talk some sense because my patience is running thin, I don't wanna hear nothing from you Mia" Fatima says and Mia sucks her teeth sitting back on the couch.
"That girl be messing with me. I try to walk away everytime, she wanted me to hurt her. I tried to spare her." Melody says
"Messing with you how?" Fatima ask
"Any time she see me she always got something to say, she will literally stand by my locker tryna provoke me!"
"Tell her about the phone" Mia mumbled quickly. Melody didn't want to but it would somewhat help her case.
"She bumped me one day made me crack my phone" Melody reluctantly says
"You told me something happened at dance practice" Zac says "why didn't you just tell me that, all of this would've never happened because we could've handled this the right way" Zac says
"I just... I don't know. I didn't feel like it" Melody says
"But you felt like fighting her today. We can't save you if you put your ass out there before your head." Fatima says
"Now today, how did it come to y'all jumping her because I still don't get that" Fatima says
"She was standing by my locker and kept saying stuff to me. She wanted to argue." Melody says
"Did she physically touch you, that's what I'm asking I don't care about what she said. Did she touch you?" Fatima ask
"No bu-
"Ain't no but, you swung on her over a word instead of telling someone, one, that she's been messing with you and two that she was trying to start with you. But instead you decided to make the executive decision to hit her ...and your ass "Fatima says looking at Mia. " Adds fuel to the fire now it does look like y'all jumped her" Fatima says
"I don't care what nobody gotta say ain't nobody hitting me and imma let them just do it" Mia says
"Oh you are gonna care what I have to say, Mia I'm telling you. I've had enough of your damn mouth!"
"We don't pay for y'all to go to that school so you can handle situations like that yourself. That girl ain't hit you first so after that I don't care what the hell happened. You should've told someone before y'all took matters into your own hands now you're fucking suspended and it's on your damn record." Fatima says
"Alright Melody, well next time let her hit you first and I'll just sit there and let someone hit me since that's what you saying. Imma just let somebody beat my ass. All this is stupid" Mia says sarcastically, getting up and leaving from the living room. Fatima starts in her direction but Zac stops her.
"Calm damn, Fatima" he says to her
"Zac, I'm telling you. Imma hurt her." Fatima says
"Mia get your ass back in here now and sit down" Zac yells out just before Mia slams her room door. That triggered Zac, he ran up the steps, skipping every other one.
"Mia I'm telling you right now, you better come out this room or we're gonna have a bigger problem" Zac threatens letting a few moment go by. Mia opens the door stepping out.
"Have you lost your damn mind, go sit downstairs" he says and Mia throws her body down each step, Zac follows.
"Talking to your mother like that. Sit right there" he says
" I got it ... it's our fault. I can't even tell my side of the story" Mia says
"Tell your side Mia, tell it" Fatima says looking at her
"Somebody told me they were arguing so I came down there. Nobody is gonna mess with my sister! Mel did hit her first but I didn't expect her to do that! She hit her and I let them fight, I didn't jump in it. I tried to take Melody away from the situation and that girl hit me from behind. What was I suppose to do! I hit her back! I didn't know Melody was going to jump in."
Fatima listened. Stressed about all she was hearing.
" I always want you to protect eachother. Yes! Do that. But it's a certain way to do it and jumping and getting suspended is not it" Zac says
"At the end of every day it's about your actions and how you choose to handle it. I'm not mad that you were trying to protect your sister or yourself for that matter but all of this is a mess. Like your father said, you should've been told someone about that girl bothering you because what it does look like, is that y'all jumped that girl for no reason. You have to open your mouth Melody" Fatima says
"It can't even count as self defense because you literally hit her first. I am never saying let someone disrespect you or put their damn hands on you but you have to know how to handle the situation so all fingers aren't pointed on you" Fatima continues and the girls listened. They began to understand why everything Fatima is saying was important.
"I'm sorry" Melody says "I apologize" Mia says lowly as well.
"And Melody, that anger of yours. You gotta get that under control. A guard had to restrain you? Lord my child. Do you need someone to talk about your anger" Fatima ask seriously
"Mommy no. It just built up I couldn't take it nomore. I should've got her last year" Melody says mumbling the last part.
" You gave her what she wanted, now you're suspended and possibly off that dance team" Fatima says and Melody becomes upset laying her head back on the couch.
Zac and Fatima continued to talk to the girls and let them know they were leaving back for work. Fatima was able to keep one meeting on her calendar. As her and Zac was leaving out Fatima pulled out her keys ready to unlock her car when she realized it wasn't home.
"Shit I left my car. You're gonna have to take me back to the school" Fatima says and Zac nods unlocking his truck as the two got in.
"Imma call up to that school, because if that girl is a bully. They need to handle that" Fatima says to Zac
"I was already thinking that. I mean we don't know what her punishment was or if she even got one. It is what it is they're suspended now but they need to know if she's a bully" Zac says
"Was that her dad you were talking to" Zac ask
"I'm guessing so... he said he was picking up his daughter who was fighting. Imma say my answer is yes." Fatima says and Zac nodded
