For those that have read the story: The Marcus files: Rebound, this is the same story but with a different title and a few changes. Anyway, due to some 'technical difficulties' this story has been reposted.

This can't be happening.

That's what I thought when I found out this morning. It was a typical Friday, nothing special. I was on his way to meet Joshua. He was treating me to Starbucks today. On my way to the shuttle's landing bay, That's when I heard the news with my own two ears…

"You wanted to see me, boss?" Marie asked.

"Boss?" I thought to myself when I heard Marie. I don't have a clue how she gets away with that. Oh well, we're friends.

Marie and Marcus had known each other since they were three years old. Since then, the two of them had got to be close friends.

"So? What did you want to show me?" Marie asked once more sounding both eager and curious.

A moment ago, she had been called into Anna's executive suite. At first she assumed it was something work related but this obliviously wasn't the case.

"This," Anna replied calmly, placing a small black box on her desk.

Marie looked at the box and frowned.

"I don't get it,"

"Not the box, open it." Anna said.

Doing as she was told, Marie picked up the box and opened it.

"A ring? Whoa, look at the size of that d…" just then, Anna cut her off.

"Keep it down, Marie. We don't want anybody to hear us."

"Too late," Marcus muttered, standing right outside the door but making sure he stayed well hidden.

"That's real nice, who gave it you?" Marie continued as she looked at the diamond ring.

"Chad," Anna replied.

"The journalist?" Marie asked.

"No, the mechanic, of course the journalist!" Anna exclaimed.

Marie pushed back some of her silky red hair before she spoke.

"Hang on, was this another business meeting?"

Every once in a while, Chad and Anna had lunch together… a business lunch… then there was the time she invited him over for a business dinner. After the third week, I came to the conclusion they dropped the business part.

"He gave it to me last night." said Anna with a smile on her face.

"What was the occasion?" Marie asked before taking a sip of her coffee from her silver thermos.

"He proposed." Anna answered.

Marie choked and coughed.

"What?" she shouted after getting herself together.

"Chad Decker from Prime Focus on WNT popped the question?"

Anna simply nodded.

Marie grinned, "Ok, where's the hidden camera? This has to be some kind of a joke."

"It's no joke, Marie. He really did ask me." said Anna.

"So, what'd you tell him? Yes or no?" Marie replied.

Anna blinked for a moment before answering.

"Well I told him I'd… think about it."

Marie's green eyes widened.

"Think about it?"

"Think about i…?" Marcus muttered, almost repeating the question. "Is she crazy? She'd be the laughing stock of this ship and the other 28 for that matter… not to mention if anybody else finds out about this.." he said quietly.

"Have you given this some thought?" Marie asked curiously.

"Yes, I've been thinking it over." was Anna's response.

"Kay, have you guys…" she paused.

"What?" Anna asked, cutting Marie off.

"Thought about what your kids would be like?" Marie finally asked.

Marcus' jaw dropped, Kids? What did she mean by that?

"I never thought of that." Anna confessed.

"Think it over," said Marie.

"Ok, I will," Anna replied. She raised an eyebrow and asked.

"What are you doing?"

"Are you sure this is a real diamond?" Marie replied, holding up the sterling silver engagement ring.

"Quit it, Marie" said Anna, she could only take so many jokes in one sitting.

"I'm just sayin'!" the red headed V sputtered.

"Uh-huh," Anna said in a dull tone.

Marie set the ring back down. Anna picked it up and smiled.

"I'll leave you two alone," Marie joked, she snorted in an attempt to keep from laughing. As she headed towards the door, Marcus took off.

"Better get out of here," he mumbled to himself and made a quick exit.

Sometime later, Marcus caught up with Joshua at Starbucks.

"One Mocha latté and a Pike's roast coffee." Someone shouted.

"Thanks," said Joshua before picking up the two cups.

"Thank you," Marcus said with a grin as he took the cup.

"Eh, it's no problem." Joshua replied before he sat down and took a sip of his coffee. This one of the few things he looked forward to at the end of the week. It gave him and Marcus a chance to talk and relax.

"So, you ready?" he asked.

"For what?" Marcus asked, sounding puzzled.

"The courtship, it's tonight." Joshua announced.

Marcus coughed,

"Tonight?"

"Yes, it's tonight, and it's not just us. The other 28 ships are…" Joshua trailed off.

"Say no more." Marcus told him, he had forgotten about the whole thing.

"There's a rumor going around that there are a few groups from the other ships coming here." Joshua added with a little smile.

"Is that so?" Marcus asked curiously.

"That's what I heard, but I'm not sure." Joshua answered.

"Joshua, I couldn't find a mate back home, I doubt I could find one here." Marcus admitted.

"But we're not back home. You might find one this time." he pointed out.

"Sure," said Marcus as he rolled his blue eyes.

"You barely touched your latte, is something wrong?" Joshua asked.

"Well, now that you mentioned it there is something bothering me." Marcus replied.

"But… I'd rather not talk about it."

"You sure?" Joshua asked as he tilted his head curiously. "If you get it out now, it'll make you feel better."

"I heard Anna and Marie talking and… found out that Chad Decker…" Marcus trailed off and mumbled at the end of his sentence.

"Has the flu?" Joshua asked in a puzzled tone.

"No! He proposed to Anna," Marcus announced.

Joshua nearly fell out of his seat, laughing.

"That's a good one."

"I'm not joking." Marcus said firmly.

Joshua froze; he really was serious about this.

"O…k, so, did Anna say yes?"

"No, but she did say she'd thinking about it." Marcus replied.

"Really?" Joshua asked in surprise and snickered.

"Shut up Joshua, it's not that funny." Marcus said.

"Yes it is," the redhead replied with a laugh. One customer sitting across from them looked up from her laptop. After a couple minutes, Joshua calmed down. "Ok, ok I'm done, phew! I'll see you tonight. Oh and uh… wear something nice." He said before getting up. Their break was now over.

"This isn't a black tie event, is it?" Marcus asked.

"No, it's not," was Joshua's reply. "Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I wore a tie." He said before he walked out.

"Neither can I." Marcus admitted.

That night, things started out pretty quiet, or so it seemed.

"How do I look?" Samuel asked, he entered the room wearing a dark blue sweater and corduroys.

"Nice," Joshua replied.

"Not bad at all," Thomas agreed.

Samuel grinned, appreciating the feedback. He looked at Thomas for a minute and walked up to him.

"What do you have on?"

"Hey!" the other male Visitor yelped.

Samuel looked at the tag on Thomas' turtleneck.

"Ralph Lauren?" he asked.

"What's wrong with it?" Thomas replied.

"Nothing," Samuel said, letting go of the grey turtleneck. "It's just that… are turtlenecks the only shirt you have in your wardrobe?"

"No, why?" Thomas asked.

"I rest my case." Samuel sighed.

"Whatever you say…I'll meet you at the lounge," said Thomas and with that he left.

"How long do you think it'll be before he realizes that his turtleneck's on backwards?" Samuel asked.

"I'll give him twenty minutes." Joshua answered.

Samuel chuckled; this would be a good story to tell later that night.

While the two of them got ready Marcus had done the same. Rather than wear his usual dark brown, he switched to a casual black dress shirt and pants. Before leaving his room, he stopped to watch the latest episode of Prime Focus. It was just a typical interview. He was used to it now.

"So, in a few months we'll probably see some little Vs running around." Chad half joked. The last part of the interview had been about the Courtship going on that evening.

"Yes, you will." Anna replied.

Chad laughed, "Ok, and that's all the time we have, this is Chad Decker, Prime Focus of WNT, Manhattan, New York."

Marcus flipped off the flat TV screen and sighed.

"Hey," Marie called, stepping into his room. She whistled to get his attention. "Marc, let's go."

"Coming!" he replied. "You know Marie, it was fine when you called me that when we were kids but that was, what, twenty some years ago?" Marcus continued regarding his nickname.

"I'm just playing, nothing wrong with that, is there?" Marie asked, frowning.

"No, not all." was Marcus' reply after a brief pause.

"Just come on." Marie sighed.

The Skyline Lounge was a place at the bottom of the Mothership where tourists and Vs could talk or just sit around. The view of Manhattan from the large windows was breathtaking. But tonight, things were different; the tourists were nowhere to be found. The only ones in the room were several working class Vs. All of them adults ranging from their early 20s to late 30s. A tall male Visitor with short brown hair raised his head up and let out a loud vocal cry. The sound was similar to that of a wolf's howl. Another V, a female long black hair replied with the same cry, only her voice was much higher. The male then cried out again. A series of various vocal cries from both males and females could be heard throughout the room.

Two young adult visitors walked in, laughing and talking.

"Wow, your hair looks great tonight." said one of them.

"You think so?" the second one asked.

"Look at this place," said Marcus, who was shocked by the number of people that came.

"You can say that again this is… Wait a second… excuse me." Thomas said before walking over to the two females that had just stepped in.

"I tried some new shampoo and it really…" the blond female explained until Thomas chimed in.

"Hello there," he greeted her.

The blond and her friend looked over at Thomas, waiting for him to say something else.

"Um… a little help here?" Thomas asked, looking back at Joshua, Samuel and Marcus.

All three of them groaned.

"You're funny, you know that?" said the blonde before she and her friend walked away from the man in the turtleneck sweater.

"Oy," Thomas sighed.

Across the room, the females sat near Anna, some of them occasionally flinching in their seats.

"This'll be one of the biggest days of your life, so make it one to remember." said Anna. She had just got through giving a short pep talk before the females headed off. Her mother gave a similar speech a few years ago.

"Don't worry about messing up, guys. They'll never remember. Now get out there, chin up, chest out!" said Fredrick, an older male V who had given a similar pep talk to the males.

Shortly after getting up from his seat, Marcus tripped and hit the floor.

"Can somebody help him?" Fredrick sighed, shaking his head. The guy was hopeless.

A short time later…

In an effort to quench his thirst,Marcus picked up a cup with some ice cold water and took a sip.

"Well, isn't this a small world?" said a female voice.

Marcus froze and turned around.

"Sarita Malik, what are you doing here?"

"I came to watch the New York Mets… what do you think?" she said in a sarcastic tone.

"So, where is he?" Marcus asked.

"Who?" Malik replied.

"Your mate," Marcus answered.

"My… oh, I don't have one." Sarita announced.

"Then what are you…" Marcus was cut off.

"I came to watch, plus my niece, Willow is in town." She explained. "Over there,"

She pointed to a female V who was talking to Lisa. Willow looked like a younger version of Malik with the exception of a small beauty mark on her left cheek. She was standing with Lisa and a few other young Visitors who were all talking and laughing. They came only as observers but once the young bloods reached adulthood they'd leave home and possibly have families of their own.

"So, what are you doing here?" Sarita asked Marcus.

"Well, it's Friday and there was nothing good on TV." Marcus said sarcastically.

"Yeah right," Sarita replied before taking a bite of a cocktail shrimp. "These shrimp aren't bad, want one?" she offered.

"Why not?" Marcus shrugged before picking up one of the shrimp. He frowned for a moment. While Malik was used to eating human food, Marcus wasn't. Though he found out early on coffee wasn't so bad.

"Hey guys," Joshua greeted them as he walked up.

"How's it going?" Marcus asked.

"Oh…it's going all right." Joshua said nervously.

"I see," said Malik who glanced at the other males and females.

All of the females had a flower of some sort in their hair, including Malik. Hers was different though, it was a white hibiscus.

"The groups from the other 28 ships will be here soon." Joshua announced.

"You want to go look?" Marcus asked.

"Yeah, why not? I've got nothing better to do." Malik replied.

She turned around and noticed a male V in a red shirt smiling shyly at her.

"Do I know you?" he asked.

"No!" Sarita yelled.

"You told him, didn't you?" said Marcus as he watched the other V walk away.

"You don't want to have someone like that following you around. The first time that happened to me was on the subway." Malik explained.

She spotted Joshua who had left for a moment but came back.

"So, how you guys making out?" she asked.

"Well, see for yourself." he replied.

The trio noticed Samuel on the other side of the room talking to a female V. She was about his age, her dark hair was long and silky. Her appearance and thick accent made her stand out as well as the dark red quarter length shirt and gray pants she wore.

"So, you're from the Russian mothership?" Samuel asked.

"That's Fran, she got transferred here." Joshua explained.

"Wow," was all Sarita could say.

"I'll say," said Marie, watching the whole thing.

"Marie?" Sarita asked in surprise.

"Malik. Long time, no see. How ya been?" Marie replied.

"Good, and you?" the other female replied.

"Fine," Marie answered.

Just then, Joshua remembered he had someone he wanted to introduce.

"Oh! there's somebody I want ya to meet... Dusty!" he called.

"Yes?"

Dusty turned out to be a female V she had a golden brown complexion and curly brown hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a blue t-shirt and dark jeans, whereas Sarita had on a teal blouse and long khakis. Marie wore a lavender colored shirt and sweater set with a black skirt.

"This is Dusty, she's from L.A." Joshua explained.

These are your friends?" she asked.

"Yes" said Joshua.

"Ok, maybe you can show me around. Ya know, New York. Dusty suggested.

"Oh… sure." said Marie.

"We can play tour guide." Sarita added, glad to have something to do over the weekend.

"What do you plan on doing the rest of the night?"

Sarita brushed back some of her silky black hair for a moment before she answered. "I figured I'd stick around, do a little people watching; grab a movie at Blockbuster and head on home."

"But I thought you…" Marcus was cut off.

"I can't find a mate to save my life." Sarita told him.

"Neither can I" Marcus sighed.

Looking around the room, both Marcus and Sarita noticed some of the other Vs were mostly talking. Not too far away was a male and female, one wearing a black shirt and the other in blue. The two of them rubbed noses briefly, making it obvious they were mates.

Both Sarita and Marcus let out a deep sigh but quickly snapped out of it.

The awkward silence didn't last long.

"Hello all, have you met Fran?" Samuel asked as he walked over with the woman he had been talking to.

"No, I haven't. Nice to meet you," said Marcus as he extended his right hand.

"Same to you," Fran replied, "I can speak a little English…"

"

She shook hands with Marcus, who nodded while looking slightly intimidated.

"So, Marcus where's your…?" Samuel started to say.

He stopped when he noticed his friend look down at the floor with a put-out expression.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Don't worry, it'll still happen for ya!" he apologized.

"I'll be fine," said Marcus.

"You sure?" Joshua asked sympathetically, he had been talking to Dusty but had also overheard the conversation.

"Fellas, relax. The next female that walks into this room, she's mine." Marcus told them, trying to stay optimistic. He looked at the door for a minute or two.

Just then, Anna entered the lounge with two other females that were about her age. All three of them wearing a dress in a certain shade of blue with a white orchid in their hair.

"Whoa, Anna looks great..." said Marcus once he spotted her.

"Marcus?" Joshua asked. He waved his hand in front of his face.

"Earth to Marcus."

At that moment, Marcus completely ignored him. He was currently daydreaming that he was in Central Park; it was a pleasant summer night. There was a full moon and the song "Always and Forever" playing in the background:

Male Singer: "Always and forever… Each moment with you… Is just like a dream to me that somehow came true, yeah. And I know tomorrow will still be the same, Cuz we got life of love that won't ever change, and…

Male Singer and Chorus: "Everyday love me your own special way melt all my heart away with a smile."

Right at the moment, he and Anna were sitting on a bench side by side.

Male singer: "Take time to tell me you really care and we'll share tomorrow…"

(Song stops abruptly)

(Record Skips)

It wasn't long before Marcus snapped out of his thought and realized he was accidentally hugging Sarita.

"Hey!" she yelled.

"Aah!" Marcus yelped and let go of her.

"Sorry Malik. Excuse me..." he immediately headed in the direction of the exit.

"Whoa!" Samuel exclaimed and darted out in front of him along with Joshua.

"Where do you think you're going?" Joshua asked.

"I'm just…" Marcus was cut off.

"Marcus, you know the rules, she's a Queen and you're a Worker." Joshua told him. "We can eat together…"

"But you can't… you know, hang out together." Samuel finished.

"Ok, look... I'm just… gonna go say hello." said Marcus. He started to walk away and Marie followed him.

"Hey, you've got us," she pointed out.

"Thanks Marie," Marcus said with a smile. One of the things he liked about her was she always looked on the bright side. The two of them were then alerted by a loud whistle.

"They're here," Joshua announced.

Marcus and Marie followed their friends to the landing bay.

One by one, shuttles from the other 28 ships landed.

After the door to the last one opened, a young woman around Malik's age stepped out.

She had semi-long red hair slightly lighter than Marie's and olive green eyes. She wore a dark blue headband, a long sleeve yellow button-down shirt, dark pants and tennis.

As she looked around, she saw Marcus and the others and smiled.

"Aww..." they all said simultaneously.

"That girl's got more appeal than the headlines of the New York Times." said Joshua.

Another V, a tall strong male with short black hair came out shortly after.

"Please, girl, please, I can't take it anymore!" he said as she darted out in front of him, eager to explore her new surroundings.

"What's with him?" Marcus asked.

"Heck if I know." Sarita answered.

Just then, Anna walked up and obviously wasn't in the best mood at the moment.

"You there, just what do you think you're doing tearing into this place like some shuttle driving muscle bound…" she stopped when she noticed the other V was crying."Sobbing little school girl?"

Thomas gasped when he recognized the person Anna was talking to.

"That's Shane, the captain of the London mothership. Nice to…"

Before Thomas could finish Shane blew his nose on one of Thomas' sleeves and continued bawling.

"Meet you," Thomas finished, frowning at the stain on his left sleeve.

"I've worked with a lot of interns, but this one takes the cake. Please, Anna you've got to take this girl off my hands!" Shane begged.

"This one?" Anna asked, she looked at the girl Shane had mentioned.

"Yes! Yes! Release me from this nerve wracking devastating burden!" Shane yelled before he started sobbing again.

"Um, sure ok. Thomas, show our guest to the Skylight Lounge." said Anna "And I'll get you a tissue," she offered. The two of them then left the landing bay.

The walk back to the lounge was pretty quiet, Thomas and the new intern hardly made eye contact, neither one of them said a word to each other. Once they reached the lounge, the silence didn't last for long.

"Now don't you worry about a thing, young blood, I'm sure you'll fit right in." said Thomas. He patted the redhead on the shoulder and went catch up with Anna.

Seeing how nobody else had approached the new girl, Marcus decided to introduce himself.

"Hello, I'm Marcus and you are…?" before he could finish, the other V spoke.

"I'm Reina! But everybody calls me Rebound. That big guy was the captain of the London ship, he was all vroom-vroom and I was all Are we there yet? Then I looked out the window and here we are! London's really nice, you should visit."

Then she hugged Joshua, Her hair brushed up against his right cheek, tickling him, he couldn't help but laugh.

"H-hey, slow down there, Reina." He said.

Reina then circled Marcus, sniffing him curiously as she went.

He tried to keep a straight face but couldn't help but chuckle.

Malik giggled, it was hilarious. "Girl, you're so funny. You can frolic around this room for all I care."

As Reina did just that, Sarita nearly fell over laughing but stopped when Reina accidentally stepped on her foot.

"Ouch! That hurt!"

Reina found some ribbon hanging off a nearby table, and grabbed it. Holding it between her hands and teeth she growled playfully and shook it.

"It's interesting how the playful ones entertain themselves." said Marie.

She watched Reina a little while longer, the other redhead continued to growl and shake the purple colored ribbon. Marie's right eye twitched.

"Ohh! How can I resist?" Marie joined in, grabbing the other end of the ribbon and pulling on it with her teeth and hands. She and Reina growled playfully at each other, almost as if they were young Vs again.

"Pretty funny," said Malik,

"Yep, this one will be a cinch to work with." Joshua replied. He assumed Reina would be staying for a while.

Despite that Reina had a rather thick British accent and spoke fast, it was obvious Joshua and the rest of the group had taken a liking to her.

Elsewhere…

"Thank you, so much Ms. Anna, I will not forgot this." Shane told her as he shook her hand. The two of them had agreed to have Reina transferred from London to New York.

"Well, hopefully, I will. Bye now." she replied.

"Ugh! I hate this job." she muttered once Shane had left her office.

"Boy, that was strange, I've never seen a grown man so upset." Thomas said.

"Yes, the bigger they are the harder they cry. You wouldn't catch me acting like that." No sooner did Anna finish her sentence, her cell phone rang.

"Hello? C-Chad, I was just thinking of calling you." Anna replied. "No, really I mean it. I'd do anything for… another interview? Here? Tomorrow? But but…" before Anna could say anything else Chad apparently hung up.

"No!" Anna yelled.

She then started to cry, at that moment Thomas frowned.

"Sleeve, ma'am?" Thomas offered, holding out his right sleeve.

Shortly after he extended his arm Anna blew on Thomas' sleeve.

"Thank you, Thomas." She said.

Back in the lounge, Reina was still playing with the ribbon, growling as she shook it.

"You know Reina, there's a saying. There's somebody for everyone." said Joshua.

"So don't you worry about finding a mate." Marie assured her.

"Oh, I'm not worried, 'cause I'm pretty. That's what everyone says and guys like pretty girls so they probably like me. Did I mention I was pretty?" said Reina. Everyone looked at her as if she was…well, crazy.

"Ooh, Snickers!" she exclaimed.

Somebody had left a Snickers bar out, but once Reina got a hold of it all that was left was the half-chewed wrapper.

"Ooh, soda!"

Shortly after polishing off the Snickers, Rebound discovered the can of Pepsi that was sitting next to it. Like the snickers, the soda was gone within moments.

"Ooh, a jacket!" she grabbed it and tugged playfully.

"H-hey! I'm wearing that!" said Joshua; he jogged around the room in an effort to get away and ended up dragging Reina behind him.

Shortly after, Lisa walked in the room with a smile on her face.

"Hey guys! You should've seen what happened, I was running and Tyler was…" Lisa stopped when she saw Joshua and Reina.

"Hey, hey come' on Rebound, let go!" Joshua begged.

"Oh no, not her. It can't be, I'm outta here!" said Lisa before she ran off.

"What's eatin' her?" Sarita asked.

"Hey, I'm the one who's getting eaten here, a little help?" Joshua asked.

"I'll go find Lisa, you see if you pry the new girl off Joshua's tail." said Marcus before making his exit.

Meanwhile, Marcus wasn't the only one with a problem.

"In less than 24 hours, Chad's going to walk right through that door. What am I going to do?" Anna asked.

"Well, you could set out a nice spread with some cookies and…" Thomas suggested.

"Thomas, you dimwit, I'm not worried about entertaining him, I'm worried his father will find out about him being engaged."

"He doesn't know about that?" Thomas asked.

"Chad never told him, and going to meet him has put me in a ver stressful position. I mean he knows I live in New York City but I always let people think I'm a big shot." Anna explained.

"But being engaged is something any parent would be happy about." Thomas pointed out.

"Not to Chad's father, he hates Vs. The last thing he'd want to see is a Mothership." said Anna.

"Well, gee that's too bad, boss. Because he'll know what this place is as soon as he sees it. I mean what else could it be?" Thomas continued.

Just then, Anna had an idea.

"Thomas, that's it! What else could it be?"

"I don't know, but could you open the door? You just slammed it on my pinky!" said Thomas.

"Quiet, I'm thinking." Anna told him.

After looking around for the last fifteen minutes, Marcus found Lisa hiding in a closet.

"Lisa? Hey, what's the deal?"

"Is she gone? Please tell me she isn't still there." Lisa said nervously.

"Who? Malik?" Marcus asked.

"Not Malik! The new intern." Lisa whispered.

"Rebound?" Marcus replied.

"Don't say that name!" Lisa begged.

"You know her?" Marcus asked.

"Know her? I survived her, that girl is my cousin!" Lisa announced.

Marcus raised an eyebrow.

"Your cousin?"

"By marriage," Lisa added.

"Well, isn't that a good thing?" Marcus asked her.

"No! It's terrible! She was always jumping on me, chasing after me. Never leaving me alone." Lisa explained.

"Aw, come on. She's grown now." Marcus pointed out.

"Oh, you'll see Marcus, you'll see." Lisa told him before she went to her room.

As they walked down the hallway, Anna went over her plan.

"I'm a genius, Thomas, a genius!"

"But I still don't get your plan." he said, with a confused look on his face.

"It's simple, I'll disguise the entire mothership, Chad's father will have no idea what it is." Anna explained.

"Disguise the ship? but…" Thomas was interrupted by a brown haired V doctor that walked up to him and Anna.

"Excuse me, I'd like to a hire this girl, there's an opening in the medical bay." The doctor explained. Standing next to her was Reina.

"Fine, the fewer unemployed the better. But talk to him. As of this moment, I'm no longer dealing with this." said Anna before she headed back to her room.

Marcus and Joshua walked by when they saw Reina and the doctor.

She smiled at Reina briefly.

"Oh, aren't you sweet! We're going to have such fun."

"Look at that, nothing to worry about. Reina's been hired already." Marcus pointed out.

"You don't understand, Marcus. I found out there's reason her nickname's Rebound. No matter what you do you can't get rid of her, she always comes right back." Joshua explained.

"What?" Marcus said with a laugh. " That's ridic…"

Sure enough, the same doctor that had hired Reina ran back to Thomas, her ponytail and the rest of her hair was a mess!

"Aah! This girl is out of control. First she's messing with my hair, now she's rearranging the medical files. The laughing, the chatter, the nonstop phrenetic shenanigans! I can't handle it!" she said before she left; her laughter sounded like that of a crazy person.

"See? I told you." Joshua continued.

It didn't take Marcus long to figure it out. Joshua was right.

"Ok, this might be a little harder than I thought."

PART 2 COMING SOON!