"Lewis, you can't do that. No one knows anything about her. No one even saw her!"
"Wrong. I saw her. Once. She's in here. I just have to remember… that's it!"
Lewis had begun working on his Memory Scanner, and the children from the orphanage were watching as they walked past. Goob was already getting tired of it. Lewis began frantically looking around for rubber bands, searching all around his and Goob's room for at least one. Lewis made a stressed noise as he walked over to the room next to theirs.
"Um, excuse me..? Do you have any rubber bands?" He asked shyly.
The now 13 year old girl, turned around to look at him. She had long black hair that was shaved on one side, and was wearing a knee length purple dress. She smiled slightly as she handed him a bunch of hair ties. "Will these do?" She asked softly
Lewis smiled brightly and hugged her tightly "Thanks, Alice!" He called as he ran back to his room.
Alice sighed as she sat on her bed. "Thirteen years old and still no one has adopted me..." She looked up and watched as Lewis ran back and forth past her doorway.
Mildred walked in and sat next to Alice. "Alice, I scheduled an interview for you today." She smiles.
Alice sighs "That's great Mildred…"
"What's wrong, Ali?"
"It's my thirteenth birthday today, Mildred… I'm a teenager and I'm not as happy as I should be. Cause you know how hard it is for teenagers to get adopted. I have no future..!" Alice cried.
Mildred smiled slightly. "You sound just like Lewis. He said that to me before he started working on that invention."
"Really..?" Alice asked.
Mildred nodded, looking at her watch "Oh, they should be here soon, let's get you set up"
Alice nods and walks over to the interview room, grabbing her notebook and pencil along the way.
Alice sat at the table and opened up her notebook, flipping past all the drawings she had done. She finally opened up to an empty page and began drawing as she waited.
Alice looked up from her notebook to see a couple walk in. She quickly closed the book.
"Hello" the woman smiled as they both sat down. "We're Mr & Mrs Kootra." The man smiled.
Alice sighed slightly and nodded.
"I'm Alice. It's my birthday. I'm turning thirteen today and I know you'd rather have a young child more than a teenager, so why don't you interview Goob, Sally or Marshall." Alice stood up slowly and grabbed her things before walking out of the room and towards the roof. Mr and Mrs Kootra looked at each other confused then began to stand up. Mildred then walks in and looks around "Wha..? Where's Alice?"
"I think… She rejected us?" Mrs Kootra spoke softly.
Mildred sighs. "Sorry for wasting your time."
Alice sighed as she sat on the edge of the roof, her feet dangling over. She noticed a bright light appear in the distance, but thought nothing of it. After a few hours it started to get dark, she shook her head slightly as she stood up and began walking back downstairs. She walked into Lewis and Goob's room and wished them a goodnight before walking into her room and sat on her bed.
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Story will be updated frequently . Hope you are enjoying it so far .