Elizabeth looks at Marcus a bit stunned.
"We're friends?" Elizabeth questions, "We barely know each other!"
"Okay fair," Marcus begins to say, "But it was fun when we did hang out. I bet Ronnie enjoyed it too. As for Alex, he's a bit blunt but he was trying to be nice…I think. My point is that none of us see you badly, and if you want to we can hang out sometime soon."
As Marcus finishes talking, Elizabeth begins to soak in the words he just said.
Despite the embarrassment that was this night and the fight from before, they still want to be her friend. The person she always saw as nothing more than a bother to be around, the person most would rather argue with instead of talk to… that's the person they want to have as a friend?
"Since when were you such a good comedian?" Elizabeth asks nervously.
"I wasn't joking, I was being honest," Marcus admits.
"Oh."
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"It'll be hard to hang out though," Elizabeth states, "My parents are almost always busy with work so I usually have to take care of my siblings while they're gone."
"But is that what you want to do?" Marcus questions.
Before Elizabeth can respond, her bedroom door opens as Mister Moore steps inside.
"All right, that's enough alone time between you two, hurry up and get back to the table," Mr. Moore states.
"Yes sir," Marcus says as he gets up and walks out of the room.
Elizabeth also stands up and follows Marcus & Mr. Moore back out of the bedroom and into the dining room where Ronnie & Alex are getting ready to leave.
"Thanks for having us over," Ronnie says.
"Oh don't mention it, we're glad to have you over at any time," Misses Moore remarks.
"Uh, thanks," Alex sighs.
As the conversation comes to an end, the words that Marcus said earlier ring in her head.
"But is that what you want to do?"
Suddenly a realization occurs to her, but when she looks up she sees….they already left?
"They left fast," Misses Moore laments.
"It is a school night," Mister Moore reminds her.
"Still, it's a shame that they forgot about the leftover-" Misses Moore begins to say.
Seeing an opportunity, Elizabeth grabs the bag of leftovers and rushes out of the apartment. Misses Moore calls out to her but she keeps running.
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Walking out of an apartment building are Ronnie, Marcus, & Alex.
"I didn't think we'd be there for so long," Ronnie laments as he stretches.
"Yeah, though at least the food was nice," Marcus says.
"Eh, I'm more of a fan of my abuela's cookin-" Alex begins to say.
"Wait!" Elizabeth yells.
The three look to see Elizabeth standing in the doorway to the apartment, having just ran down several flights of stairs.
"You forgot your leftovers," Elizabeth says trying to catch her breath.
"Oh thanks," Ronnie says as he walks over.
As the bag is being exchanged between the two of them, Elizabeth says, "And…I want to hang out with you guys again sometime."
"Sure," Ronnie says, "What time works for you?"
"Well," Elizabeth begins to say as she realizes most of her schedule is already taken up.
"If you need an excuse to hang out, you can join our club!" Marcus suggests.
Hearing that, Elizabeth smiles, "Alright, I'll join!"
"Sweet," Ronnie says, "Although, we should probably fix the flyers."
Hearing that, Alex interjects, "No offense guys but it seems like most people aren't interested in paranormal investigating."
"Yeah," Marcus laments, "We should probably change things up."
As the group of four begin to brainstorm ideas, Ronnie suddenly gets a flash of inspiration.
"I got it!" Ronnie shouts.
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Starlight High.
It's a school with a long past, many students have come & gone through it's many years. Though today, it's a bit different. Since there's something new on some of the students' minds.
"Hey did you see those flyers going around?" One student asks another.
"Oh yeah for that new club, I heard that you can just go to them at any time and ask for help and they'll help you," Another responds.
"I know, we should stop by someday. I've been meaning to figure out my locker combination."
"Yeah, and I could really use some help on my math homework."
As the two continue talking, Ronnie Everst happens to pass by and overhears them. He smirks to himself before he reaches the door to Mr Amnestor's classroom. After opening the door he sees his fellow clubmates Marcus, Alex, & Elizabeth already there. Mr. Amnestor is sitting at his desk while X is in a random seat working on another random test.
"You're late, Mister Everst," Amnestor states.
"My bad sir, you know how busy the halls can get," Ronnie replies before turning his attention to his fellow peers, "Looks like the flyers were a big success."
"See, I knew comic sans was holding you back," Alex proclaims.
"Wait, you were the one who made that complaint?" Ronnie questions.
"Yeah, got a problem with that bub?" Alex retorts.
"Hey guys let's calm down, we wouldn't want to start fighting when our club just began," Marcus says.
Ronnie & Alex sighs before Elizabeth looks out the door.
"Seems like some people are already coming by," Elizabeth remarks.
"Well then what are we waiting for, let's get this show on the road!" Ronnie exclaims.
As students who all need help with something begin to enter the room, the once quiet classroom is now filled with life. However, what none of the four club members knew at the time, was that this was the true start of something. Something that would achieve something so impressive nobody thought it was possible.
But that's a story for another day. For now, this is just a story of four people and the club that they're all in. A club called….
THE MIRACLE CLINIC
See You Next Chapter!~