for you

did anyone poke fun at you?

Belle hugs jack tightly and runs into her classroom.

"Mr. Avery? It's rare to see you here...is everything okay?"

"Good morning Miss Arrieta...I'd love to have a quick word with you if that's possible."

"Of course Mr. Avery, I'm all ears."

"As you know Annabelle's birthday is this saturday and i was wondering if you could maybe help us with the invitations? I know you said she doesn't have friends and it killed us to know that... we just want to see our girl happy."

"Mr. Avery I promise you that I can help out...ill give you the parents contacts if they consent to it...if you need any help with getting everything set for the party I can help...i know it's probably hard with you being a divorced man..."

"Thank you so much Miss Arrieta... and I'm not single...I've been blessed with a gorgeous boyfriend...Belle adores him and he adores her...he's just worried that she might feel bad in her party."

"I'm sure he's a lovely man."

"But if you want to, you're more than invited to go to the party...Belle tells me you're a great teacher."

"I'll have to check my schedule, but I'll email you an answer as soon as I know."

Jack nods.

"Thank you so much Miss Arrieta."

"Pleasures all mine Mr. Avery." She smiles and gets in the classroom.

Jack grabs his phone and calls Zach.

***

Belle runs out the school and hugs Jack tightly.

"Hey baby."He greets with an adorable smile as he picks her up.

"Hey dad." She pecks his cheek, feeling a bit sad.

"What got you in a bad mood princess? I prefer seeing a smile on you." He pecks her forehead.

"We have a new boy in our class."

"Oh you do?" He starts walking to the car.

She nods.

"At first he was shy and...and didn't want to talk or play with anyone but I helped him in class and sat next to him during lunch."

"Oh really?" Jack gets her in her seat and buckles her up.

"Yeah! And we played together...but when Jasmine showed up."

Jack stops what he's doing.

"You never told me about Jasmine."

"She's from another class...and she took Jordan next to her friends...and i heard them saying that I'm a nerd and that i have two dads that he shouldn't be friends with me."She looks down.

Jack cupped her face.

"Oh princess...its your smartness that'll take you far...dont hold yourself back because of meanies like Jasmine." Jack caresses her face with his thumb as he speaks.

"I just wish i could talk to Jordan...he was fun to play with...i even told him one of your jokes and he laughed." She says quietly.

Jack was trying so hard to not cry.

It was heartbreaking how some kids could be so mean.

"Oh baby...im sure that he'll play with you again...Jasmine has nothing on you." He pecks her forehead and closes the door.

He gets on his seat and turns the car on.

There was a awkward silence the car but Jack didn't pay attention to it his mind was on something Belle said.

i heard them say I'm a nerd and that I have two dads.

"Belle baby?"

"Yeah?"

"Did anyone poke fun at you because of me and Z?"

"A few kids...they said that their parents didn't let them talk to me because of you guys."

Jack sighed and stopped the car.

"Im sorry baby...I-"

"Im not mad at you dad...if you and Zachy are happy, then im happy."

***

After tucking Belle to bed and pecking her forehead, Zach got out of her room.

"Babe?"Jack whisper shouts from the bottom of the stairs.

Zach peeks his head out.

"Yeah? Is everything okay?"

"Can you come in the living room real quick?"

"Sure." He says a bit confused.

Zach gets in the living room and sees Jack sitting down, with his hands on his face.

The brunet quickly sits down next to him.

"Baby, talk to me." He says worried.

"Our baby is getting bullied because of us."

"What?"

Jack sniffs and tells him the whole story.

The brunet was in tears.

"What...no but my baby...no...what do we do? My baby doesnt deserve this..."Zach asks softly.

"I'm gonna call her teacher and call for a pta meeting...this can't keep going."

Jack grabs his phone and calls the teacher.

Zach leans on him.

The curly head puts the phone on speaker.

"Hello? Mr. Avery?"

"Good evening Miss Arrieta...im sorry to be calling this late...but my Belle told me something that just didn't sit right with me-"

"Is everything okay with Annabelle?"

Jack explains her the whole situation.

"Oh my...i never noticed anything like that happening."

"Would it be possible to schedule a pta meeting to work this out? Who I love shouldn't be a problem for our daughter."

"I'll send an email to the parents Mr. Avery...can the meeting be this Wednesday?"

"Of course."

Zach grabs the phone from Jack's hand.

"Hi...uhm this his boyfriend...can Jasmine's mom come too? I wanna have a chat with the lady."

"Mr.Avery, i don't have control over the other classes...though I'll try to talk it out with the other teacher."

"Thank you so much...it kills to me to see my sweet Bee being treated like this." Zach sighs.

"Its hard for me to hear about it too Mr.Avery...Annabelle is very nice to her peers and funny too."

Zach chuckles.

"She gets it from her dad...jack has a few jokes up his sleeve."

The two laugh quietly.

"Miss Arrieta, the invitation to Belle's birthday party still stands...we'd love to have you over."

"Exactly." Zach agrees.

"I'd be more than happy to go."