So at 4 pm I get a call from a mom who hems and haws and tells me Nic's language is a problem, that he was cursing at her son.
Hmm.
I told her that it was unlikely that he would do this unprovoked. Just then, Nic bursts in crying, telling me that B and another boy "a boy in a blue sweater," was picking on him.
The line went quiet, then she yelled her son's name. "I'll call you back."
So I get from Nic that he was cornered and harassed for a second day running by B and this other kid.
Mom calls me about 10 minutes later to apologize.
After hemming and hawing for an hour, I called B's mom. Told her what happened.
She called me back to tell me that B told her that Nic started it. And licked him.
I tell her I'll call her back.
What I had gotten so far was that B blocked Nic into the seat, and Nic told me 'he had an idea' to get free, and licked B, which sounds like something he'd do.
So I called B's mom and said, "Look, basically two stories against one here, I'll talk to Nic about not licking people, but please tell B to stop following Nic around."
She said she would.
Nic is bound and determined to go to the principal--and I realize he might get detention, but I kind of think it wouldn't be a bad thing.
It does bother me that B is a liar. And it bothers me that he will probably get Nic in trouble, but Nic will have to learn how to negotiate this stuff. I have to sit on my hands.
I hate it. But I have to.
The other kid's story does corroborate with Nic's hopefully that will be enough.
Yeah, dopey me. I always expect the truth to will out. Except it doesn't, always.
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