CHILD WAR

He sent the coordinator to call everyone outside so we could sort ourselves out. In less than a minute everyone was there. Celina, Luca and Ana barely looked at her face, they had their heads down looking at their feet, they sat in the chairs they had there, far from the other classmates. The boys' mother and the girls' father also came. Both parents looked unfriendly. Things wouldn't be easy

Camilo walked in with Christopher in his arms, Christopher himself didn't seem to care about what was happening around him, too busy taking advantage of the height of his uncle's arms to play with his spaceship.

─ Christopher, why don't you come and stay on daddy's lap. (as soon as I caught him with the mention of taking him off Camilo's lap he started crying and throwing a tantrum)

─ ok ok stay there, it was just an idea sorry (he smiled to me and went back to pretending and the long brown camille curls were an intergalactic forest)

Both parents looked at me crookedly. I already knew what the problem was.

─ Okay children, why don't you explain to your parents why you fought? They did the same for me. (when the director said that everyone started talking, one on top of the other, and quickly the screams became very loud. Until Christopher's screams and cries became louder, drawing everyone's attention. Camilo's look of despair from kilometers

- I'll take him outside. (he said trying to get my son's attention with the hair that Christopher loved so much)

-ok do you think dear, want to go outside and play space adventure , or maybe messing with my cell phone (I said and my little one seemed really interested and quickly calmed down) Camilo nodded at us who stayed in the room. I already said that I love this man. He saved me with Christopher thousands of times, and it seems that little brat especially likes him, because with me this calm doesn't come so fast

─ It's because of things like these that we're in this situation. (the father of the girls next to me said)

─ sorry, I didn't hear right, I could repeat (I turned around already furious. I was much taller than that big-bellied man, if it were up to me sanity that was already leaving today, it would be turned into puree)

─ it will not be necessary, we will solve this issue so that everyone can celebrate their holidays with their families . Well, regardless of who's to blame, the students won't be able to go back for the weekend. (the principal hurriedly changed the focus)

─ now, children, tell me what happened again

I'll sum it up for you because it was more than an hour of whining , full of lines like “that's not true” or “but it was her fault” and lots and lots of crying. In the end what really happened was that . When the kids arrived my 3 kids went running and playing with their friends, leaving Christopher alone to play with his space toys. At one point the Kumar Al-Rashidi twins wanted to play too, but my son didn't want to share the toys. But the twins didn't give up and tried to play with him with their own toys, only that apparently they changed the game too much with their own imagination, which made Christopher have a crisis of crying and anger.

At this point the twins were already finding him annoying and started to fight with him. This obviously caught the attention of the other children in particular, my other children who quickly came to their brother's rescue. And the Salazar twins who went to defend the other boys. The fight was even calming down naturally, without the need for any adult to interfere. Well, until the dear little girl with soul-sucking eyes, Luiza, said “don't fight with him”, Mom said he's full of headaches. He doesn't know how to behave like a normal child." And as expected, Ana quickly volunteered to defend her brother, who at that moment was being calmed by Lucas “It's not true, he has no problem, he's a normal child. He just doesn't like being messed with or changing the things he likes.”

Apparently the girls think that Ana was lying, or being rude to her, I didn't quite understand that part. They spoke very fast. And judging by the face that their father was making, he already knew where this mess was going to go and he knew that the daughters were wrong. The important thing is that through tears they continued to tell their story.

After Ana's speech, Miranda thought it would be a good time to intervene “Look at the way your clothes are, all dirty with mud. And your hands , knees and feet , All covered in bandages . You are probably not normal either. She must be full of problems like her weird brother” And he pushed her

Ana was always calm, sometimes even a little slow when it came to defending herself, well it was at those times that it was good to have brothers to defend her. After all, the boys would be knights and help their sister. Well, probably in another situation, yes, but this time it was Celina who defended her sister. She pulled their hair , bit , scratched and did everything else she was entitled to . The boys, although a little embarrassed, also admitted that they took a “beating”, as they defined it, from the girl.

─ Therefore, I think we can define that it is all your daughter Celina's fault, you should teach her manners. (Miss Kumar Al-Rashidi spoke looking at my little girl)

─ look, I think the lady should teach her children to be more respectful. (I replied already quite annoyed)

─ why don't we consider that this was nothing more than a child's confusion. We forget this fact. And I'm going to talk to my daughters about how not to be a nuisance. Of course, I hope you ask Celina to better control her anger. (Edgar, the twins' father, was a psychiatrist, and I'm sure you already knew that Christopher really wasn't like other children) - and you do the same with your boys, teach them to be calmer.

─ why should I talk to my children? If it's this man and his husband who can't control their own children, and spoil them—I didn't know this woman well. She had come to town this year with her family, but he already knew he wasn't going to like her.

─ my dear, I will explain something to you. In the first place . I am a single father, my wife died serving this country. That man is her brother, and probably my children's favorite uncle. Second, my son has asperger syndrome, he is autistic. And what he did is completely normal for a kid like him.

I hope you teach your kids how to deal with kids that are different than most.

That's why the meeting was resolved quickly, no one was willing to continue with that discussion. I took my kids and took them outside looking for Camilo and Christopher. I made a mental note to talk about her being less violent in conflict. I found them both already in the parking lot, inside the car.

─ he slept a little while ago, I thought it best to put him in the back seat. (Camilo told me as soon as he saw me)

─ thank you

He helped me get my other kids into the car and we went home on a silent drive. By the time we got home, Chris had woken up, but he still looked tired.

─ why don't you go take a shower for dinner. Tomorrow we will talk. Yes? (I asked them with a tired face)

We explained to the rest of the family what had happened, and I was forced to hear all kinds of criticisms aimed at how my children had behaved in this situation, and how I had done everything wrong, I don't know why. We were getting ready for dinner and bed when the doorbell rang

He walked to greet Seila who was clueless enough to knock on someone's house at that time. As soon as I opened the door I saw my sister

─ Melissa I thought you wouldn't arrive until tomorrow. Weren't you going to bring our parents? (I asked)

─ Max will bring them. Where are those old necros? (She asked to push me aside and go inside the house until she found my in-laws. It was clear that I told my main confidant what had happened these days, and she obviously took my pains. saw them started screaming

─ COME HERE SO I CAN SEND YOU FASTER TO SEE GOD!!

She tried to go after them, but I got in the way. I may not like them but I will not be an accomplice to murder. Bernard was preventing the children from going downstairs to see the confusion that was taking place in the room. And camilo quickly put himself behind my sister trying to hold her

. It was a funny scene for anyone who was watching us from the outside. My sister was really short, like I think she's five feet tall. And there were two grown men over one and eighty trying to keep her from flying into the necks of two elderly people with great difficulty , and we were losing badly to her

. As if things could not get worse in the day , somehow Melissa managed to get it right . Camilo's nose with his elbow. He immediately fell to the ground, and almost instantly his nose started to bleed, and it bled a lot. With that scare we stopped the fight, and I ran to the court to sit on the couch while Melissa got something to stop the bleeding.

This day really couldn't get any worse. At least it was already night. As soon as Melissa and I managed to stop Camilo's bleeding we all calmed down. The night was already full and it was about 3 days before Christmas (I think) and I didn't want a troubled Christmas. The weather had gotten really heavy so everyone went to their rooms. As the guest rooms were finished, Melissa stayed in the room with Celina, my father took Christopher's room which was quite big, Max and his wife Laura who was 3 months pregnant would stay in the Lucas' room while I, Lucas and Christopher stayed in my room, because my bed was a giant bed so the 3 of us would be fine.

As soon as I put on my pajamas I went down to the living room to stay and Melissa and I were sitting waiting for our parents and Max to arrive, the others had already gone to bed because of the busy day.

-I missed you! (I said turning on Netflix)

-I missed you too. (Melissa said coming from the kitchen with a bowl of cereal with milk)

-Hey, this cereal and the kids!!

-Carlos has 4 packages like that. (she said, already starting to eat)

-How was it at school? (she asked)

-Some children teased Christopher because he was special then the brothers came to their defense.

-They are very united!!

-Yes. (I agreed and looking for a movie on Netflix)

-How was that…? (she asked referring to Christopher)

-Oh I was noticing some signs and the teachers also helped me so I took him to the doctor who referred me to a neurologist and it was confirmed, but as a mild case of asperger's syndrome. (I said trying to keep happy)

-You're a muggle. (she said still eating the cereal)

-Wait, what?

-Man, you still leave these old people at your house. For me they had already taken a foot in the ass. (she said)

-Lol... only you yourself have these attitudes. (I said laughing and giving her a hug)

-I would have kicked them for a long time. (she said getting up to put the cereal bowl in the sink)

-I also wanted to, but Alex wanted the children to have at least one Christmas with them, so I want to take this weight off my conscience. (I said still using Netflix as something to keep me awake)

-Anyway until Christmas I'll defend you, since you don't do that. (she said returning to the sofa with an apple)

-Look what you're going to talk about…they are my children's grandparents and they are 10 years old (I said)

-Trust me! (she said with a wink)

After this subject about my in-laws, we started to remember our childhood and we were laughing until the doorbell rang.