𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 ||𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴||

𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝

Angel by Madonna was playing on El's radio as Chris and Max sang the song and danced around El's room while El read some of Max's magazines.

"You must be an angel I can see it in your eyes Full of wonder and surprise..." They sang as El opened one of the magazines on a picture of Ralph Macchio.

"Oh, you found Ralph Macchio," Max chuckled as the two joined El on her bed.

"Macchio?" El asked.

"Yeah, he's the Karate Kid. I was dressed as him for Halloween that one time," Chris explained with a smile. "Hai-yah!" He then acted a karate chop and he and the girls laughed.

"He's so hot, right?" Max asked El.

"I bet he's an amazing kisser, too," Chris added as he and Max chuckled.

"This is why I love that you like guys," She laughed before turning to El. "Hey, uh.... Is Mike a good kisser?" She asked and Chris punched her shoulder.

"Ew," He laughed. "But is he?"

"I don't know. He's my first boyfriend." El explained.

"Ex-boyfriend," Max corrected and El's smile fell.

"Hey, don't worry about it. Okay?" Chris cheered her up.

"Yeah, he'll come crawling back to you in no time, begging for forgiveness," Max added.

"I guarantee you, him and Lucas are, like, totally wallowing in self-pity and misery right now," Chris laughed.

"They're like, 'Oh, I hope they take us back,'" Max joked and the three laughed. "God, what I wouldn't give to see their stupid faces." At that, Chris and El shared a look. "What is it?" Max asked confused.

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El's radio was turned to a static sound as the doe-eyed girl put on a black blindfold and Chris and Max sat in front of her.

"Is this really gonna work?" Max asked as Chris fiddled with his bandaged arm and El nodded.

"Trust her," Chris replied with a smile.

"Holy shit, this is insane," Max smiled.

"Max," El warned.

"Yeah, quiet. I'm sorry." Max apologized and El concentrated. Only as she started using her powers something weird happened. Chris's headache returned but he pushed it away.

"I see them," El said and Max and Chris went from sitting on her bed to sitting on the ground.

"What are they doing?" Max asked.

"Eating," El replied, and flashes of Mike and Lucas sitting on the couch eating chips while Will set up a D&D game. Only the flashes hurt and were hazy.

"I just don't understand what I did to deserve this." Mike's voice said but it sounded distanced as the images disappeared again.

"They say women are 'species' and Chris broke the 'bro-code'," El said and Chris and Max shared an annoyed look.

"What?" Max asked as Chris pushed back the ache in his lower right arm.

"'Emotion, not logic,'" El explained.

"What?" Chris asked this time.

"'Chris should get his own girlfriend'. Will looked mad at that," El explained again as Chris looked at his arm. He slapped it, thinking it would go away, but it didn't. But then El ripped off her blindfold.