[Marie, Jake] Shut your mouth

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Marie slammed her laptop shut and stood up. -I can't do this.- The thought occurred to her suddenly. -They all do it to me, don't they? It doesn't end.- She grabbed her phys. ed. folder in shaking hands and bolted from her room, leaving the door ajar and no notice as to where she was.

Jake. Jake could take her classes. She slipped on the stairs and abandonned them in favour of flight until she was on the ground floor, and then she ran to speak to him before her tears caught up with her. He was in the hall, just outside his office door and Marie nearly slammed into him before she came to a halt, shoving the folder against his chest.

"Phys. Ed. class, in a few minutes. Please. Take it."

He took a step back automatically, blinking. Marie looked like hell, which was a change from earlier that day to say the least. She looked like she was trying not to cry, in fact. "What?"

"My class, please." She pushed the folder into his hands, biting her lip hard before speaking again. "I can't do it right now, please, just get someone else, I'm sorry. I'm not okay and they can't see me like this."

"What's happened?" And what had happened to him to make him ask a question like that? He took the folder though.

"It's..." Marie shook her head and wiped angrily at a few escaped tears. "...it's no one's fault, it never is. It's me. People are just doing what needs doing and... I'm sorry, I wish I were stronger and I'm not and I'm sorry for the inconvenience."

Jake had no idea what to do. "Okay. That makes.. no sense, but all right. Um. Your class?"

"Yeah. It's just basketball again..." Marie laughed and then caught her breath as it turned into something like a sob, stifling it. "Just. No powers. Feet on the floor. Flyers are marked in blue on the attendance list. Yana and Artie can pick the teams. I... I should go or something. I have to be okay to bake stuff for Angelo's party and help Bobby with the ice cream and be all composed and fine when Doug shows up because it's good for him to see his friends or something..." She hugged herself tightly, backing away. "I'll see you later. Thanks."

"No problem," Jake said, although he was fairly sure there was a big problem here, and the smallest of them being that Yana could pretty much twirl him around her little finger if she felt like it.

Marie nodded and turned her back on him, walking away carefully to try and keep her feet on the ground. She bit her lip to keep things in check until she could find the nearest door out of the mansion.

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Marie is off in the woods by herself, probably far enough that Manuel won't notice a thing except perhaps a decrease in the turmoil around him, until about 5 when she'll come in, shower, and get to helping people for Angelo's party.