'See ya, kids!'

'See ya, Rufus!'

The guys and I had just left Zeno's and we were heading for school. I was tired, and not really paying attention to my friends, until someone had caught my attention outside the school gates. He had tousled blond hair, and was looking at me with interest. I looked right back at his good-looking face.

'Hi,' he said as he approached me. I'm Mick.' He took my hand and gently kissed it, making me blush like crazy.

'I'm Mara.' I noticed that Jerome was behind him, and I briefly wondered what the guys would think of this little exchange.

I was about to turn to them, but Mick winked at me. 'See ya around.' He said to me, before walking inside the building with Jerome.

I turned to my friends. 'Wow.'

'I know,' Patricia said. 'That's the first time I've ever seen him flirt like that.'

'He normally isn't like that?' I asked.

'Nope. I don't think he's ever been interested in any girl like that before. Heck, we all thought he was gay!'

I giggled. 'So, should I stay away from him?'

'I don't know,' Joy admitted. 'He doesn't seem as bad as we thought.'

'Yeah,' said Nina. 'I think we should keep an eye on him though.' Laughing, we all entered the school building.


It was lunch time, and we had all gotten out our lunches to eat.

'I just had a thought,' Fabian began. Everyone looked at him, but he turned to me. 'Mara, do you like Men in Black?'

I was a bit startled by his question. 'Uh... yes. Why?'

He looked at us all excitedly. 'We have enough people to form an after-school club!'

'Yes!' Alfie said, throwing his arms up. 'Finally!'

I was thoroughly confused. 'What?

Fabian turned to me. 'For a while, we've been wanting to form a Men in Black club, which we can attend once a month or something. But we need at least people to found the club, knowing that they will attend every meeting. And now, we have you!'

'Fabes, you're a genius!' exclaimed Nina.

They kept gazing into each other's eyes, so I turned to the others and piped up. 'I think it's a great idea.'

The others agreed, and Fabian and Nina went off to ask permission to create the club.

A while later, when lunch time had nearly finished, they both came back with a load of papers. They were posters advertising the MiB club. We were instructed to put them up around the school, and we were done by the time maths had started.

Patricia was in this class with me, so I decided to ask her about Nina and Fabian.

'Well,' she began after I had asked. 'They're totally crazy about each other, and it's so obvious! I mean, even you've noticed, and you've only been hanging out with them for about a day. But they both doubt that the other likes them back. Ridiculous, right? But in a really cute way.' We both giggled at this.

'So... do you like anyone here?' I asked curiously.

'Nope,' she replied. She was telling the truth. 'As if I'd like any of these slimeballs! But what about you and Mick? You were as red as a tomato this morning!'

'Was I?' I asked, blushing again.

'There you go again!' Patricia teased.

'Shut up.'

Patricia looked thoughtful. 'I think that you should go for it. Mick, I mean. Because, well he does hang out with Jerome's group, but he might not be all bad. We'll have to see if he's just playing you, or if it's serious, though. Because that's what friends do, right?'

I was touched. No-one had ever bothered to do anything like this for me before.

'Thanks.' I whispered.

'Nah, it's nothing.' Patricia said grinning at me.

'Girls!' The teacher, Ms. Carter bellowed. 'Eyes at the front!'


School had just finished, and I was rushing to the English room with Joy and Nina, for our first Men in Black Club meeting.

As soon as we burst into the room, we saw Alfie sitting behind the door, glaring at us. 'You're late.' He announced.

'Give it a rest, Alfie, the meeting starts in fifteen minutes!' I said, grinning.

'Yeah, but we have to set up!'

'It'll only take a few minutes.'

'Whatever.'

We pushed all of the tables together, so that we were able to sit in a huge square. Fabian and Patricia had arrived by this time, and we all sat down, waiting in case anyone else came to join us. If anyone else came to the meeting, we were all going to introduce ourselves and then watch part of the first Men in Black movie before discussing it. If no-one else came, we were going to skip the introductions and get on with the movie.

It was nearly four o'clock, and Alfie was going to start the DVD. It was on the title screen when the four blondes walked in.

I had seen Jerome and Mick earlier on, but not Amber and Eddie. They were all good-looking and blonde, which was probably just a coincidence.

Alfie straightened up as soon as he saw Amber.

'Hi, Amber.' He said, grinning like a fool. I giggled at this, and Mick's eyes flashed over to mine.

'Hi Mara,' he said to me. 'How're you doing?'

'I'm fine, thank you.' I answered.

'Wait- you people like Men in Black?' Fabian asked.

'Well, duh,' Eddie replied, sitting down opposite Patricia. 'Who doesn't?'

Mick sat next to me, Amber next to Alfie- who had looked as if he'd died an gone to heaven- and Jerome sat in the only available seat which was next to me on my other side.

'It's introduction time!' Alfie said enthusiastically. 'Let's start with Amber.'

'Okay, well… I'm Amber Millington, I love aliens, and shopping, and I like… Men in Black?' she finished uncertainly.

We went around the table introducing ourselves, and it somehow became obligatory to say 'and I like Men in Black'.

After the introductions, Alfie put the movie on, and most of us had to move our chairs so that we were able to see the small screen.

We watched thirty minutes of the movie, and instead of discussing what we'd seen so far, everyone ended up chatting, except for Jerome, who, instead of introducing himself earlier, hadn't said a word.

'So,' Mick started, turning to me while the others were wrapped up in their own private conversations. 'How are you liking Anubis so far?'

'I'm loving it here.' I told him

'Cool. So…' he started, turning pink.

'So…?'

'Do you want to hang out after school?' He asked hesitantly. 'Please?'

Wow, he was cute. My eyes flickered to Patricia and she winked at me.

'I think that would be-'

'Guys!' Alfie interrupted, standing up. Everyone looked over to him. 'I think... that we should all hang out at the park after this meeting! If anyone objects, put your hand up now.'

Jerome was the only person to put his hand up. 'Uh... I object.' I noticed that his voice was deep, and I loved the sound. 'I have a date.' Amber scoffed at this, and Eddie groaned. 'With Chelsea. Goodbye everyone.' He abruptly stoof up and left.

'Sorry about him, guys.' Amber said apolegetically. 'We hate it when he does that too. So... are we still on for the park?' She was grinning at Alfie.

'Of course!' Alfie said.

'Shall we go now?'

'Okay. It's a date.'

'Well,' Amber said, 'We're all going.'

'Yeah, we can all go on a date! Right?' I thought it was really funny, the way Alfie reacted around Amber. From the looks of it, it was too much for her.

On the way to the park, Mick and I were behind the other guys, trailing along.

'So...' I begin. 'I hear that Amber is you sister?'

'Yeah,' Mick answered. 'My little sis. We're pretty close.'

'That's nice. I've always wanted a sister.'

'No you don't, trust me! It's a pain in the neck. Ambs is always like "Mick! Have you seen my shoes? Mick! You're hopeless at fashion! Mick! Our outfits don't match! Miiick!"' He said this in a loud, high-pitched voice, making us both laugh out loud.

'Y'know...' Mick said softly. 'You have a really nice laugh. I love it.'

I blushed and immediately looked down. 'Uh... thanks.' Mick just grinned at me.

After arriving at the park, we all sat down while Amber and Alfie went to buy ice-cream. When they came back, we all ate together, laughing, chatting, and learning more about each-other.

After Eddie, Mick and Amber left us, the gang and I had gone to Zeno's and decided that the three blondes who we were with weren't as bad as we had thought.

As soon as I got home, I turned my laptop on, and was pleased to see Prank_King101 online.

Prank_King101: Hey, M!

AgentM: Hi!

Prank_King101: How was school?

AgentM: Interesting- I've made new friends and I think I may gain a boyfriend! Eek! What about you?

Prank_King101: I have this problem. Help me?

AgentM: Of course.

Prank_King101: Well, yesterday, I saw this girl, and I thought she was beautiful. Not sexy beautiful, but innocent beautiful. I want to get to know her, but I think that after the impression that I made when we first met, she'll just blank me. AND, I think she wants to date one of my best friends.

I considered that situation for a moment.

AgentM: Wow

Prank_King101: Tell me about it.

AgentM: I'm not good at giving advice, but if I was this girl, I'd like it if you'd be nice first. Y'know, like small things. Smiling, saying hello, etc. Then after I have warmed up to you, you could act as my friend, and we could hang out, so you could see if we have anything in common. If you like me after that, try and get me to date you.

Prank_King101: Good plan, thank you! If this works, I'll love you forever, you know that, right?

AgentM: Aww, I love you too. Good luck with the girl!

Prank_King101: Thank you! Bye!

Prank_King101 is offline.

I sat back and thought about my advice. Honestly, it sucked. But I hoped, for PK's sake, that it would get him his girl.