The Miracle Clinic

Chapter 5 - The Moore The Merrier! (1)

"You're joking, right? The Vietnamese chick with glasses? The one who rarely talks? THAT'S WHO DID ME IN?!" Alex questions.

"You know her?" Ronnie asked.

"Of course I do! How could I not?!"

"I mean you didn't recognize her at all in class or at the park," Ronnie remarks.

"Okay fair," Alex sighs.

"Wait wait, slow down guys," Marcus says as he then asks, "How do you know Elizabeth again?"

Marcus, Ronnie, & Alex are all sitting at a booth inside 'Burrito Bistro'. Alex has a burrito in hand as he begins to describe his history with Elizabeth.

"Well we were both in several clubs together in middle school," Alex explains before listing them off, "Chess Club, Basket Weaving Club, Vegetable Cart Construction & Racing Club – you know all the normal ones."

"Uh huh," Ronnie sassily remarks.

"What?" Alex questions.

"Nothing nothing," Ronnie insists, "It's just something I didn't expect from you."

"Well anyways," Alex continues, "We didn't really chat much but I thought we were on good terms! Her mom still talks to my mom – I have no idea why she'd be mad at me!"

"Well, did you do anything that may have upset her?" Marcus questions.

"No I would never-" Alex begins to say before really thinking about it.

Back at the start of the seventh grade, Alex & Elizabeth were together in a chess club, playing a game against each other.

"Damn you're good at this," Alex admits as he tries to find a way out of check.

"Thank you," Elizabeth remarks, "You know you're not bad at this yourself-"

However before the game can continue, another middle schooler slams his hand down on the board, sending the pieces to the ground.

"Hey punk you're Alex right?" The student remarks, "I bet you're not as strong as me!"

"Oh yeah?" Alex smirks before shoving the chess board out of the way, "LET'S SEE ABOUT THAT!"

A beat of sweat drips down Alex's forehead as he thinks of another memory.

Back in eighth grade, Alex & Elizabeth are at a basket weaving club meeting when another kid comes up to challenge Alex. Without hesitation, Alex takes the basket he and Elizabeth were weaving and chucks it at the guy's face.

Another beat of sweat drips down Alex's face.

Towards the end of middle school, Elizabeth is at a vegetable cart construction club meeting. While she's making her cart, Alex is fighting yet another student for entertainment. Eventually, Alex delivers an uppercut sending the student stumbling back and falling down....falling down onto Elizabeth's just-finished vegetable cart.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure she hates me," Alex groans.

As they're talking somebody enters Burrito Bistro.

"If she hated you I don't think she'd ask for our help," Ronnie remarks.

As they're talking, the new patron is seated at a nearby table by the waiter Mesto-Presto.

"If anything I think she sees you as a friend," Marcus remarks.

Hearing that, Alex slams his hands onto the table as he loudly exclaims, "Of course, she has no friends! You're a genius bub!"