Chapter Fifteen

“The second time?” Arielle asked him.

“It doesn’t matter. We need to go to school. The last thing we are doing is going late to school. Mom would freak out if she finds out that we were late to school” Alexander said to her.

“No, I want to hear it. We can be late to school for all I care. This is way more important than whatever the school has to offer us. Besides, we already missed the bus. We might as well take out time or stay home. Nobody really cares” his sister said to him.

“Miss school? Mom would kill me” Alexander said to her.

“She loves you way too much to even hit you. All she would do is let me off this stupid punishment before you but you already seem unaffected by the entire thing so it shouldn’t be a big deal for you” she said to him.

“No. We can talk about this when we get back but for now, we need to find a way to get to school. We would get a cab to take us to school and if they ask why we are late, you would tell them that your brother was coming down with a flu” he