Counting To Fifteen [Grey's Anatomy]

chapter seventeen - suspensions & confessions

Daisy usually preferred fall as opposed to winter, so she was a little bummed out when November had passed and December had come along.

She always liked the cold as opposed to the warmer temperatures, which was funny because Calypso preferred the opposite. Daisy wondered if it had to do with the fact that she was born in fall and her sister was born in spring.

It definitely wasn't fall, but Daisy felt like she couldn't complain. The air was frigid, just enough that the end of her nose felt numb, and she loved it more than anything.

She crossed her arms to retain heat as she walked out of the school building, her red scarf knotted around her neck.

Daisy spotted Mark's car in the parking lot, making her way over to it. She sported a smile as she walked, seriously in the greatest mood ever. Next to fall, winter was definitely the best.

Daisy opened the car door, getting inside. "Hi."

Mark wasn't in a great mood, Daisy could figure that much out without him even saying anything. Upon further observation of her surroundings, it became evident why.

Calypso was sat in the back seat, her teary eyes glued out the car window.

Calypso was dropped off first in the mornings, but Daisy was picked up first in the afternoons. That's how their schedule had been since the girls had started school in September. Calypso is never in the car when Daisy gets picked up from school, Daisy's first indicator that something was wrong.

"What...what happened?" Daisy asked, scanning over Calypso's teary face before looking over at Mark.

"Calypso?" Mark spoke in an eerily calm tone, another indicator that Mark was very angry. "Would you like to tell Daisy what happened?"

Calypso was silent though, her eyes clouded as she glared out the window. She looked as though she was experiencing anger and sadness and frustration all at the same time.

"Something happened?" Daisy asked. She was scared that maybe Calypso wasn't okay. "Did somebody hurt her?"

Mark laughed dryly, shaking his head. "No. She's suspended for hitting another kid. Repeatedly hitting, apparently."

Daisy sort of thought Mark was lying at first. Daisy's sweet, naive, curious little sister would never intentionally hurt somebody else, she knew that for a fact. This had to be some sort of really early April Fools' Day prank.

But Mark work that grim expression again, and Calypso looked as embarrassed as ever as her eyes got teary.

"Calypso." Daisy frowned as she looked back at her sister. The girl looked like she was ready to explode in a fury of tears, and Daisy felt sympathetic for her.

She knew what it felt like to lose your temper in school. Daisy herself had that episode with her teacher only a couple weeks ago, she knew how infuriating it felt when somebody kept pushing your buttons and you couldn't control it.

But still...Daisy hadn't reached over and repeatedly hit anyone, surely Calypso knew better.

"First grade." Mark mumbled in amazement as he drove, shaking his head. "How do you get yourself suspended from first grade?"

"It was an accident." Calypso's voice trembled as she attempted to defend herself.

"Yeah? You accidentally reached over and slapped a kid repeatedly?" Mark prompted as he looked through his rearview, Calypso lowering her head. "Because if you can somehow explain how any of that was an accident, I'd be more than thrilled to listen."