Desperate Measures

After a short but uncomfortable conversation about whether or not Guin should spank Kurt, she went to the detention hall to pick him up. She couldn't count as her own caretaker yet, but it was surprisingly exceptionally easy to have the school release Kurt, a student in the eighth year of school, into the care of Guin, a student in her sixth year.

They walked home together, mostly in silence, as Kurt seemed to be holding himself in a defensive stance and was fuming. Guin knew better than to try and talk to him when he was like this, but as they came to the corner, she felt that she had to.

"Kurt?"

"What?" he growled through clenched teeth.

"Are you mad?"

"What fuckin' gave it away, genius?"

Guin fell back a step.

Kurt let out a huff, then turned around. "Look, I'm sorry, okay? I know it's not your fault, and I know you didn't mean to make me angry, and I know you're trying to do the right thing now, but you're just making me even angrier. I'm not in the mood to discuss it right now. Can we talk about this after I've calmed down?"

Guin nodded. "Can we talk about something else, though? This silence is really uncomfortable."

Kurt brought a hoof up to his forehead and rubbed his temple. "If it'll make you feel better, you can talk. But if I tell you to stop, stop. Okay?"

"Deal."

They resumed walking, and for a few seconds, Guin was silent. She had a lot of thoughts going on in her head, the greatest of which was figuring out why he was mad at her. She didn't want him to be angry with her, especially since they would be living together for awhile.

Eventually, though, she found a topic of discussion she wanted to know the most about. "So, I was invited to join the Mothers Overtaking Maternal Structures meeting, a--"

"Stop," commanded Kurt, turning around. "You can't be serious..."

"No, I was signed up for it this morning."

"Why in Equestria would you want to sign up for that?!"

"I didn't sign up for it! I was signed up for it! I didn't ask to be there, I was told that I have to be there!"

"Well, you can't go!"

"I don't have a choice right now..."

Kurt shook his head. "Fucking hell..."

Guin paused for a moment. "Why shouldn't I go?"

"Are you fucking serious?"

"Yeah. I've never been; I don't know what they're like. And my Gran never went because she said they were all bad ponies."

For the first time in a week, Kurt cracked a smile. "That's... Your gran was a smart ol' bird. Listen to your gran, she knew better."

"But--"

"No buts. Don't go to the meeting. They're all cunts."

"Watch your language, kid." They turned to see a rather spindly unicorn wearing taped-together glasses and a tie checking a clipboard. "Do you know the family that lives here?"

"Who wants to know?" sneered Kurt.

"I do," said the unicorn, holding up a laminated ID badge with a poor picture of himself on it. "My name is Red Tape, and I'm here with the Equestrian Board of Familial Welfare. I'm here to investigate the owner of this property, a Mr. Jack Ass."

"He's not home," growled Kurt. "He won't be for a few hours. And his kids are fine. We have no need of your services, and you can see yourself out."

"You must be Curtis," huffed Red, flipping a page.

"No. Just Kurt."

"Yes, that's short for Curtis."

"No. It isn't. It's just Kurt."

"Which means," Red pointed at Guin, "you must be Genevieve."

"That's not my name," answered Guinevere. "Jenny's name isn't even Genevieve, and that's way closer than my name."

"We know what our names are," concluded Kurt, "and since you're looking for a Curtis and a Genevieve, you're obviously at the wrong address, and you must be investigating another Jack Ass. You have the wrong address, sir, please leave my lawn."

Red snorted at them. "Well, that was rude! I'll have to come back and have your home investigated."

"Yeah, good luck with that. Off my lawn, or I'll call the neighborhood watch."

At the mere mention of the neighborhood watch, several windows flew open and some heads poked out, ready to step in if things turned ugly. Not being particularly strong, Red suddenly felt threatened, and closed his clipboard. He would have to come back with some muscle.

As he walked off, Kurt snorted at him and walked into the house. Jenny immediately came running up to him in shock.

"Did you sneak out of detention again? Dad's going to be so pissed!"

"I didn't sneak out," he spat back. "Just drop it."

"But, how are you here if dad didn't go sign you out?"

"Drop it!" he said again. "And don't let that fucking unicorn come in unless he comes back with a warrant!"

"What unicorn?" asked Jenny.

"Oh, there was a unicorn outside trying to find someone, and he thought we were them," explained Guin. "Don't worry, I'll be the one to answer the door tonight."

Jenny nodded, then moved over to Guin. "So, how did Kurt leave detention? I haven't even told dad that he was there, yet."

"Well," chuckled Guin, "technically, I'm authorised to take you and your brother out of school. The same goes for detention."

Jenny's eyes went wide. "Wait, seriously?"

"Yeah. I was kind of shocked about it, too, but apparently, it's totally legit."

"Why?"

"Well, according to the paperwork, it's because I'm your mother."

"NO YOU'RE FUCKING NOT!!" Kurt suddenly tossed a wooden pot holding some flowers across the room as he shrieked at her and stormed off, slamming his bedroom door hard enough to shake the whole house.

Jenny and Guin stood completely still, having separated to avoid being hit with the wooden plant pot. For a while, neither of them said anything. Jenny had known about Kurt being angrier recently, but not why. She was sure that her dad didn't even know why, but now, she was certain.

"We should..." Guin swallowed hard. "We should pick this up..."

"Yeah," agreed Jenny. "You put it back where it's supposed to be, I'll go grab the vacuum cleaner. If we hurry, dad won't notice."