The awakening both physically and emotionally/the way I think of you

When Marie gained consciousness, she found herself in the hospital wing of the castle. Her head was spinning as she attempts to open her eyes but found the lighting too bright. This causes her to flinch and cover her eyes and before she knew it, people where gathered around her bombarding her with questions. Carefully, she opens her eyes again to see her friends standing on either side of the bed where she lay.

"Too loud," Marie chokes out. Everyone starts to quiet down at this.

"Thank goodness you're awake," Robert says, heaving a deep sigh of relief.

"You made us really worried," Jacquie says, slumping into a seat.

"But," John says, giving everyone a glare, "at least we know she's not in any kind of danger now that she's awake," he looks back at Marie, "how are you feeling?"

"My head hurts," Marie says softly, holding her head in her hands.

Everyone starts fussing over that minor problem. She didn't notice at first but all of her roommates where there and Sally. Everything was too much for her to take in for her at the moment and it was making her dizzy.

From somewhere to her left she heard a whispered argument between John and another person, "You have to go see her!" John says, in a loud whisper, "She's in this situation because of how clueless you are!"

"I don't care," The other person says in a whisper, "It's not my fault that she overreacted!"

"Who is are you talking to John?" Marie asks.

John brings a resisting Sam from behind the curtain. Marie takes one look at Sam and looks away forcing back her tears. She couldn't look at him after what he said. Why was that having such an impact on her anyway?

Jacquie glares at Sam and starts advancing at him with anger, "You!" She waves her finger at him and he steps back until he bumps into the table next to the bed, "If it wasn't for your careless words, Marie wouldn't have been so close to destroying the entire school and wouldn't have been passed out for a whole week! Also..."

Before Jacquie could continue her ranting, Marie speaks up, "I've been unconscious for a week?" she asks in a soft tone as she attempts to sit up.

Everyone looks at Marie surprised. "Yes you have," Sam says, "It's beyond my understanding why that could have happened." He looks at the wall, no emotion showing on his face.

Just as Jacquie was about to chew him out again Marie says, "Is that all you think of it?" she asks not looking at Sam as he looks at her slowly as she continued, "Do you really think this has any logic in it? Do you think I asked to be this way?" she says, her voice slowly gaining volume, "Well," she looks at him as tears welled up in her eyes, "I never wanted to have this mysterious illness that could kill everyone including myself! Do you realize how often I wish for this to go away!? Just because you're in Ravenclaw does NOT mean you have to understand everything that's put into your life!" she gets up from the bed and starts approaching him as tears start to fall down her cheeks, "Because of my illness, I've been sheltered so nothing terrible would happen to anyone! And everything here is still all so new to me. There is so much I need to learn but one thing I do not wish for is to be treated as dirt! Especially by those whom I think of as my friends!" she stands in front of him as she says this. Her lower lip quivers as a sob makes its way up her throat and she runs out of the hospital wing, her legs wobbling from lack of use for a week, not knowing where she was going. Her friends start chasing after her as the energy begins to swirl around her.

...

Sam stands frozen from where he was lectured. What Marie just said to him blew away any reason to argue with her. What she said was true to the point that he found himself speechless. Had what he said that day really hurt her so much to the point that she didn't have control over her powers?

He slumps onto the bed where Marie had slept the past week and couldn't see anything around him. He couldn't even hear John calling his name over and over.

"Sam," John says, waving his hand in front of Sam's face until he finally focused on him, "do you finally see that what you say is important to Marie? She's so innocent and fragile in so many ways that the smallest thing could upset her."

Sam rubs his face with his palms and brushes his hair back. John was right. Marie even said so herself, she had been sheltered all her life and this is all new to her. He had to watch what he says around her now. He has to go and apologize immediately or this will never end.

Sam stands up from the bed and rushes after Marie, looking all over the castle, searching for her frantically. He finally found her in a hall near the Great hall with everyone from the hospital wing trying to calm her down. He stands there for a long while, just looking at her. The magical energy around her was pulsating violently. He had to do something and fast.

Sam rushes over to Marie's side and starts to apologize, "I'm sorry," he says, "You're right, I shouldn't have judged your situation so lightly. I guess even Ravenclaw's can be idiots too." he chuckles slightly. He apologized to her nonstop for about twenty minutes before he realized that she was laughing. He looks up at her surprised. "Why are you laughing?" he says offended.

Marie tries to stop laughing long enough to speak, "I never would have thought you would be apologizing like this," she giggles uncontrollably.

Sam blushes at Marie's giggles and realizing where he was and what he was doing and was now embarrassed by his own actions. He cleared his throat, "It's only proper to apologize when one has done wrong," he quickly gets back up. The magical aura around her had softened. That was a relief.

Sam looks at Marie and finds her smiling sweetly at him causing him to blush more. What was wrong with him today? "Anyway," he says clearing his throat, "it's about lunch time. You should get something to eat."

"You should get the homework you've missed this week too," Jackie says helping Marie up.

"Alright," Marie says, "let's not doddle then." she starts heading to the Great Hall as people stare at her as she passes with a smile on her face.

"I'm glad she's back to normal," Jackie says.

"Yeah," Sam says softly as he watches Marie's fleeting back. He must be going crazy if all he thought about was her. What was wrong with him lately?