The Dark Secret

Chapter two: The Mask

During class Ava kept falling asleep, Aiden rubbed her back, as he pretended to pay attention to Mrs. Honey, "hey" said Luke, "is Ava okay?" "Yea, she just under the weather" said Aiden, "why did she come to school then?" Asked Noah, "now that ain't non of your business, now is it?" Asked Chloe, the twins turned away from the kids, and started writing down stuff that Mrs. Honey was writing on the black board, the kids shuck their heads and started talking, then Mrs. Honey turned to them, "children, if you please" the school was for special needs children so every teacher had to deal with outburst or anything really, it all depends on the child, but the children go to that school to get the attention they need, to help them learn and to get better at whatever they need to get better on, every child that goes to Queens are always so happy and excited coming to school, but, Mrs. Honey had no, children, like the 4 siblings, they seemed sad, and mad, and have very little respect for others and themselves, it seems like they don't want anything to do with school, or anybody.
The kids looked to Mrs. Honey and Aiden said, sarcasticly, "yeah, okay" he rolled his eyes, and continued talking, "children, how about you go in the play area, in the far corner, but please play quietly" she said, the kids stared at her then got up, Aiden picked up Ava, who was asleep, "is Ava alright!" Asked Mrs. Honey, "yeah, she just got tired of your boring lessons" Aiden said roudly, Mrs. Honey got angry, she then quickly spun around and continued writing on the black board. But... It really wasn't about her boring lessons, it was something more serious, more scarier, and painful...

After school the kids started packing up, ever so slowly, all 4 thinking to themselves, "why is everyone against us?" Aiden thought, "does anyone care?" Chloe thought, "no one loves us, we are just unloveable" thought Dawn, "why is everyone so mean?" Thought Ava, then they jumped when they were surprised by Mrs. Honey, "children, hurry..." She stopped when Aiden accidentally knocked over his books that were on his desk, Mrs. Honey sighed and went to help him pick them up, but when she kneed down he jumped back, Mrs. Honey was confused and consern, "it's alright" she said, as she placed her right hand on his shoulder, she then felt him shaking, "is everything alright children?" She asked and looked to his sisters, they then started together, "yes everything is fine!" Snapped Chloe, "why wouldn't it be?!" Snapped Dawn, Ava then laid back down on her desk, Mrs. Honey sighed when she seen, "you know maybe I should call your parents, they can take Ava to get looked at" Mrs. Honey went to stand but the 3 oldest all yelled, "NO!" Ava jumped, and Aiden grabbed Mrs. Honey's hand, "we, we will tell them" said Aiden as his voice shuck, "alright, becarful, you kids seem a little faint" she said and stood up, Aiden's hands still tightly around her hands, "yes, yes we will" said Aiden, "alright, see you kids in the morning" the kids then smiled, "yes, bright and early, have a good night" said Aiden, "yes, have a brilliant night!" Said Chloe and Dawn, Aiden picked up Ava, and the kids started walking out of the room, "yes thank you, you kids have a good and safe night" she said conserned, the kids nodded and waved with a smile, then once out of sight they started shaking again and their smile disappeared, "as if" said Dawn quietly, Ava then fell back to sleep.

That night Mrs. Honey was up late thinking about how shaken up the kids were, and how they misbehave so often, and how the kids didn't want her to call their parents, and how they show off, like they have no feelings, at all... She had to get to the bottom of this.

The next day Mrs. Honey was ready to speak to the new kids in her class, but the kids weren't there, she was concerned, but she put on a smile and started her lessons.
In the middle of her second lession before lunch the kids walked in, but today they looked, different, more paler, and Ava was even more whiter then the day before, and they had some bruises, but they still managed a smile as they sat in their seats, "um, children, excuse me please" so she then walked over to the phone, the kids looked at each other worried, thinking she was calling their parents, but in a few seconds Mrs. Honey got off the phone and walked out into the hallway, then she rentered with a lady, she had nice brown skin, beautiful curtly black hair, and stunning light brown eyes, she was wearing a fancy looking baby blue dress, and long red high heels, she also had some bracelets on, like thoes bracelets that only rich people can afford. "Hello class, I'm Nicole, I'm gonna be taking over for today" the kids looked to each other in curiosity, then Mrs. Honey came to them, "children can you come with me please?" The kids nodded and followed her out.

When they got into the hallway Mrs. Honey turned to them with sadness, "what's up?" She asked, the 3 oldest all said quietly "nothing!" Mrs. Honey put her hands to her forehead, she knew something was wrong, the kids come to school dirty, come to school and misbehaves, the other day Ava was ill, and they were all shucken up, and now today, they came to school late, with paler skin, Ava, looked even more ill, and they got bruises, something was definitely wrong! But she never had a child that came to Queens and got this bad of abuse and neglect, one year a child came to school with his father and the father called him name's, the principal delt with the issue, and the little boy was okay. But that was the only time something like that happened, and that time the principal delt with it, never her, but she knew she couldn't just stand around and do nothing when these kids are feeling more and more pain each night they return home.

"Come with me" said Mrs. Honey and turned around and started walking, the kids stayed put, Mrs. Honey turned back to the kids, "well? Come on" the 3 oldest crossed their arms, Ava copied them, "where?" Asked Aiden, Mrs. Honey grinned, "to the nurse's office" "NO!" The 3 oldest yelled, Ava covered her ears, "why don't you ever want to get medical help?" She asked and walked closer to the kids.
The kids looked to each other and remember... Their family doctor was mean, he hurt them, and, went under their clothes, their parents were even there and watched it all, no one cares, they can't escape, the kids knew they couldn't get free from this endless battle, they knew even if they told Mrs. Honey, nothing would change, Mrs. Honey probably would call their parents, and once they get home they would be beaten dead! They knew... It was to late.

Mrs. Honey kneed down infront of the kids, "well?" She asked, Aiden snapped, "because! It's personal! It's our business! You need to stay clear of it! Our lifes are NOT a fairy tale! We will NEVER have happily ever after! Our lifes are a living hell! And you would run in fright if we told you about the mess up shit we go through!" Aiden started breathing heavily, he could hear his heart, beeping so loud, so much, he thought it would fall out of his chest.
Mrs. Honey was speechless, she stared at the kids, "wow" she started, and took a deep breath, "I can see you kids have a lot on your minds, how about I call a couple of friends and they can come here and help you deal with anything that is bugging you" "why do you even care!?" Asked Chloe roudly, "why don't you just be like everyone else and pretend like nothing ever happened!" Asked Dawn loudly, Ava nodded. Mrs. Honey sighed, "because, I am not like everyone else, I care so much about you, and it's time you start caring about yourselves to," the kids looked to each other then looked down with sadness, they knew it was true, they don't really care about themselves, they just care for each other, but because of what happens at home they loss respect for themselves and for other people. "Now, how about you kids start showing me respect?" She asked with a smile, the kids nodded, "okay" she said, then the bell rang for lunch, "okay, now, how about I make that phone call and you kids go have some lunch" the kids nodded and hurried back into class and sat back down in their seats and waited to be served lunch, today it was Whopper Wednesday.