"Nobody is born being beneath others."
In Starlight Middle School, Marcus is in the cafeteria as he stares down at his lunch tray.
On it is a hamburger covered in chocolate milk, mashed potatoes, carrots, napkins, and all kinds of trash. Several kids are all laughing as they all surround the table Marcus & Hunter are sitting at.
"Hey Buddy, what are you waiting for?" Hunter asks nicely before coldly demanding, "Eat it."
Marcus hesitantly picks up the food, lifts it towards his mouth, and takes a bite out of it.
"It's something that's taught."
Several of the people watching Marcus chew the food grimace, however, Hunter just coldly states, "swallow."
"And something you're reminded of constantly."
After some hesitation, Marcus swallows down the food.
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In the middle school bathroom, Marcus is throwing up the food he ate for lunch in a stall. As he finishes throwing up, he feels a hand grab the back of his head and submerge it into the toilet he just threw up in.
After a few seconds, the hand lets go and Marcus turns around to see it's someone he doesn't even know. Standing by the sink, Hunter and a few other students are looking at Marcus amused.
"You're reminded of it by everyone."
"You couldn't have let him flush before you did that?" Hunter snickers.
As the group of kids laugh, Marcus just looks down at the ground. As they're laughing, a random student enters the bathroom.
"What made it worse wasn't just the bullying, it was the fact that..."
The student who just entered goes to wash his hands, not paying any attention to the other kids in there. Once he's done he quickly leaves.
"Nobody cared about what was happening to me. To them, I just blended right into the background."
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"And those that would have, didn't know."
Marcus is in gym class with Ronnie and the two are chatting amongst themselves.
"Hey man, everything been good?" Ronnie said.
Marcus begins to talk but stops as he looks at Ronnie's concerned face. So instead he just puts on a smile and says, "I've just been having a ton of homework recently, that's all."
"I didn't tell the people who cared about me what was going on."
As the bell rings, Ronnie stops and looks at Marcus before saying, "Well you can come over for dinner tonight, my mom's making chili and we both know you love that."
"Oh, really that sounds-" Marcus begins to say before noticing Hunter looking over at him and his tone changes, "great, but I already made plans some other time."
"Oh that's fine, we can do so some other time!" Ronnie says.
Marcus looks back and replies with a weak, "y-yeah, totally."
As Marcus walks over to Hunter, Ronnie notices Marcus flinching when Hunter gives him a playful slap on the back.
"Hey!" Ronnie remarks as he walks over to Hunter, "Apologize."
"For what?" Hunter questions as he grabs Marcus and leans closer to him, "This is just what we do. We're friends, right Buddy?"
Marcus looks at the ground.
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The Miracle Clinic
Macera[NEW CHAPTER EVERY THURSDAY!] Do you believe in miracles? Well for two high school students named Marcus Veridan & Ronnie Everst, they certainly do as they've managed to make a club all about making miracles happen. Despite the club struggling to fi...
