76 Observing Beatrice 5yr

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**Back to present**

Thinking about the rather quiet and 'keep-to-herself-most-of-the-time' classmate, Sam looked at Beatrice who was waiting for his response to her question.

"Siblings?" he repeated, then replied, "I have three brothers and one sister."

"Wow!" Beatrice exclaimed, surprised, "How old are they?"

"12"

"Which one?"

"All of them," he replied seriously.

"You have quadruplet siblings?!" Beatrice gasped and was completely amazed. His parents had him one year after having four at once? How on Earth did his parents handle it?

Sam didn't answer as he looked at her, then at the others in the class. Something then clicked in her mind and she frowned.

"You're talking about the other Elite Five, aren't you?"

Sam tilted his head and Beatrice could feel her eye twitch. How could he lie to her like that?

"I didn't lie," Sam said quietly with conviction to her unspoken words as he looked at the Elite Five, "They are my siblings, just of a different mother and father. We have a bond that is as strong, if not stronger, than blood."

Beatrice was silent at that as she observed his serious face and she felt a bit ashamed. It was true. How could she sim