Unconditional Validation

Chapter 2

"There's another reason, as well, we also wanted to-" I started, but I was swiftly interrupted by the start of the fourth period bell ringing.

God, I really hate that bell interrupting people!, I thought to myself very annoyed at the bell. 

"Anyways, back to what we were talking about before that stupid bell interrupted me." I said with a funny scowl. The girls all laughed at my expression. I laughed at my stupidity as well.

"Can you two please keep this a secret because the three of us don't want to make a scene about it?" Skyler asked the two girls while glancing around nervously.

"Of course!" America smiled.

"Wait, 'you said the three of us', what do you mean by that?" Meghan asked quizzically.

"Ok so, we wanted to have more of a 'normal' life like our triplet brother Ryder." I sighed with a hint of nervousness.

The auditorium became silent as hell. I glanced at Skyler for a second before looking over at America and Meghan. Both of them looked really shocked with the information that I think we just dropped on top of them. I shifted around a bit to get more comfortable with the awkward silence.

"Wait! Your other triplet is Ryder?!" Meghan exclaimed with a smile.

"Shhh!" Skyler and I said at the same time.

"We don't want anyone to know that, and for Ryder's privacy." I explained.

"Oh right." Meghan said softly.

"The both of us, from our end of the triplet situation, have Savant Syndrome. Skyler has ADHD as well, while I also have some slight autism. Ryder, however, is the more normal triplet out of us." I continued to explain our situation to our new friends.

"Wait, what's Savant Syndrome?" America wondered out loud.

"We basically have prodigy-like abilities in any area of the arts, and some areas of math." Skyler responded confidently.

"Sweet! That sounds awesome!" America smiled.

"Wellll..." I laughed nervously.

"What's wrong?" Meghan asked.

"You know how we got famous because of our art prodigy abilities?" I asked.

"Yeah." America replied.

"We kind of had to be homeschooled, advised by our parents, in order for us to hone in on our abilities. They wanted us to make a name for ourselves." I kind of lied to the girls. 

They don't need to know about how our parents actually use us yet, I thought to myself.

"That sounds like that was fun!" America smiled.

"Yeah you could say that!" I exclaimed with a smile.

For the next couple of minutes, we kept getting to know each other. Apparently, America was going to be the next pop star, which was interesting to be honest. Meghan, on the other hand, was going to be the next fashion model after graduating high school. Man, both of their parents must be rich or something because both careers just aren't easy with determination alone.

"Come on, let's go show you guys the gym area!" Meghan exclaimed while all of a sudden standing up and hopping off the stage.

"Of course!" Skyler smiled while I just nodded in agreement.

The rest of us in the group hopped off the stage as well, and we all headed out for the gym wing of the school. On our way, Skyler pulled me back a bit while the other two kept walking ahead.