458 FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (9)

"What are you talking about?" Ian whispered back to her. "What? Do you have some rare disease or what?"

Hope didn't hear him, as she was busy covering her face while whining a in low voice. 

After a couple of attempts to make Hope reveal what she was talking about and got no response, Ian gave up and waited for another fifteen minutes before the bell rang. 

Hope looked lethargic when she put back her things inside her backpack and followed Ian out of the classroom to meet with his other two siblings.

"Hey, are you all right? You look terrible." Rossie commented when she noticed Hope's unsightly expression. 

"I feel terrible." Hope nodded at the younger sibling as they walked out of the school building. 

Usually, Lana's car would be waiting for Hope at the entrance gates and she would part ways with the siblings before she reached the spot, because Hope didn't want Lana to know about the three of them.