HIDE AWAY |Maddy Perez

removing toxic people from your life : part II

WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AND INTO THE KITCHEN, the twins glanced at each other confused as to why their sister was chugging down a mug of coffee while typing away on her laptop, phone between her shoulder and ear, the sent of burning food filled the air.

        "¿Está loca?" Azul asked, earning a nod from his twin.

       "Yes, we can film there. Olivia scouted a location and secured the permits," Sol said into the phone, "We are on schedule, great. I will see you in an hour."

      "Buenos días." Reyna greeted her sister with a small smile.

     "Buenos días. How did you two sleep?"

They shrugged, the twins had grown used to moved around and waking up with new surroundings but that didn't mean they liked it.

      "Has Domingo called?" Azul asked.

There had been two separate occasions in the last year alone, where Sol had tried to bring her siblings to the states but that was quickly shot down by their father who threatened her with international kidnapping. Azul found it odd they hadn't heard a word from him.

Sol shook her head, "Ninguna palabra."

       "He probably hasn't noticed we're gone." Reyna said.

Sol closed the laptop, drinking the rest of the her coffee, "Right, now go get your things. We're going to be late."

Reyna frowned, the one thing she looked forward to in the morning, was food and now she was being forced to go to school without eating, "¿Sin comer?"

Sol points over to the pan on the stovetop that contained what looked to be charred eggs, "He hecho huevos."

Azul scrunched up his nose in disgust, "No vamos a comer eso."

"You can just eat something at the school, but we need to go or we'll be late."

      "We don't have things for school."

     "Did you bring back packs?" The twins nodded, "Use that to carry your things and I have extra pencils and notebooks."

"The food better be good at the school." Reyna grumbled.

Pulling into the school, the twins were taken aback by the run down state the building was in. It seemed like it hadn't been updated or remodeling and it was far overdue for one. They both turned toward their elder sister, glaring daggers at her.

  "No manches. Esta es la escuela?" Azul frowned displeased with the school.

"This is a joke... right?" Reyna prayed for her sister to say it was a prank and would take them to their actual school.

"This is not a prank, I wish it was too," Sol explained, "It was last minute and all the good schools were full. Ya sálgense, I'm going to be late."

They reluctantly got out of the car, both forcefully slammed the doors shut.

"Los quiero mucho." Sol blew them a kiss, to which they both flipped her off till she drove away.

Reyna huffed out, still wanting to eat then she realized neither of them had money, "She forgot to give us money."

Azul knew hungry Reyna was a dangerous Reyna, "Have you taken your medication?"

Reyna shook her head, "No, I packed it in a box, I can't remember which one."

Azul frowned, "Why didn't you pack it in your bag?" Reyna shrugged, "Just be calm."