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ra smiled slightly, her head tilted down as she stared into her ss of lemonade.

“I’m not ientirely /iisure /iiwhat /iirumors /iiyou’re /iireferring /iitoo/ii, /iibut /iiit /iis itrue /iithat /iiwe’re /iifriends/ii./i”

Bothdies looked at ra with slight skepticism in their expressions.

i“/iiJust /iifriends /iihuh/ii?/ii” /i

Christine said with a mischievous grin.

i“/iiYup/i, ijust /iifriends/i.”

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Deciding not to pry too much, Terra changed the subject. The rest of the lunch was filled withughter and updates about their lives. ra was d she had a chance to see them over Thanksgiving break.

Now back in Springsten, Christmas break was approaching as midterms were right

around the corner.

Afterb, ra texted Gloria that she would be heading to ETP.

bi[/i/bbiCool /i/bbibeans/i/b! biLet /i/bbime /i/biknow /ibiwhat /i/bitime /iyou’ll bbe /bbifinished /i/bbiso /i/bbI /bcan bipick /i/byou biup/i/bbi!/i/bbi] /i/b

[iSure /ibithing/i/bbi!/i/bbi] /i/b

ra hoped in a rideshare and made her way to ETP to check in on Maria. As she made her way to Maria’s roomb, /bshe could hear a bunch of voices going back and forth.

“I was just asking iEthan/ii! /iiNo /ineed to get bent out of ishape/ii!/ii” /i

Elizabeth was fussing with Ethan about something. As ra walked into the roomb, /bshe could see Ethan looking at his sister with irritation while Maria and A was trying to mediate the situation.

i“/iiAnd /iiall /iI isaid /iiwas /iithat /iwasn’t iwhat /iiwas /iimportanti!/ii” /i

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A tried to interject again.

i“/iiChildren/ii! /iiPlease /iistop /ifussingi! /iiYou’re /iiupsetting /iiMaria/ii. /i

i“/iiMom/ii! /iiHe /iistarted /iiit/ii!/i”

“iWhat/ii!/i”

As usual, Corey and Owen just stood backughing. Ethan and Elizabeth were fraternal twins; Ethan being born five minutes before her. Everyone was ustomed to the two of them always butting heads. Just then, A realized ra was in the room. A look of embarrassment and irritation now on her face.

“iWill /iiyou /iitwo /iistop /iiit/ii! /iira /iiis /iihere/ii! /iiDo /iiyou /iiwant /iito /iiembarrass /iiyourselves in /iifront /iiof /iiher/ii./ii” /i

Both Ethan and Elizabeth turned their heads in shock. Embarrassment fully on both of their faces. Corey, Owen, and Maria all burst outughing. ra couldn’t help but also chuckle, it was always cute to her when she saw Ethan acting like a typical brother. Maria suddenly popped her head over so she could see ra.

i“/iira/ii! /iiHow /iiwere /iiyour /iisses /iitoday/ii?/ib” /b

ra sat her bookbag down and walked over to Maria smiling.

i“/iiIt /iiwas /iilovely/i. iEveryone’s /iigetting /iiready /ifor imidterms /iso ithe /iiusually panic/ii./i”

Elizabeth walked over and hug ra slightly chuckling.

“ra, you imight /iibe /iithe /iionly /iiperson /iiI /iiknow /iithat /iismiles and /iidoesn’t /iipanic /iiwhen /iimentioning /imidterms.”

raughed out loud, it was trueb, /bshe actually loved taking tests.

“iThat’s /ibecause she’s a genius of icourse/ii!/ii” /i

Corey chimed in. A suddenly walked up to ra with a soft yet stern expression.

i“/iira/ii, /iiperhaps /iiyou /iican /iirify /iifor /ius. I’m sure iyou /iiheard /ithese two arguing.”

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She shot a look of irritation as Ethan and Liz.

i“/iiMaria/ii, /iiwill /iishe /iibe /iiable /itoe home ifor /iChristmasi?/ib” /b

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ra could see the gleam of hope in A’s eyes. She knew how much it meant to have her daughter home for the holidays. With apassionate smile, ra turned to Maria.

“You’ll ibe /iihappy /iito /iiknow /iiMaria /iiis /iiofficially /iicancer /iifree /iiand /iihas /iibeen /iifor /iiover /iitwo /iimonths /inowi. /iiYes/ii, /iishe /iican /iigo /iihome/ii. /iiI /iirmend /iiwithin /iithe /iinext /iitwo /iidays/i.”

Cheers, smiles, and tears erupted throughout the room. Maria had a look of shock on her face as she hugged her siblings, though she could tell over the past few months that her health improved significantly, hearing it out loud, that she was cancer free. The words of how she felt were caught in her throat. Finally, she was cancer free!

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