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"Jerome! Please talk to me, I feel awful about…everything," Mara rushed after him as he walked outside to have lunch. She clutched her books tightly to her chest. Jerome paused, taking a bite of his green apple. He only ever ate green apples, a sort of thing he had with his little sister. She would tell him that was where all his bitterness came from, and Jerome liked his bitterness, he thought it a real art form to be able to hold grudges the way he did.

"Jaffray, it's not your fault…actually, it kinda is," he looked down at her for a moment, before looking away, he was embarrassed, the Jerome Clarke was embarrassed.

"I want us to go back to being friends, please?" she asked, eyes shiny and hopeful. Jerome watched her for a moment, before nodding and sighing, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Of course, are we having lunch?"

"Yes," Mara smiled, letting out a breath, happy he planned on letting the whole thing go. I mean, of course she was flattered, it felt nice to have someone like her. But it was Jerome. Jerome! Jerome was…well he was just Jerome, nothing more, nothing less. "Oh, there's an election coming up, for school representative, I was thinking of going for it,"

"Thinking?" he asked, mouth full of apple.

"Yeah…I'm not too sure. I'm not fond of people voting and competing with each other,"

Jerome laughed "Sounds like you need a campaign manager." He wiggled his eye brows momentarily, forgetting about his crush for a second, acting like his normal flirty self.

"I'm frightened, yet intrigued at the same time," Mara answered, smiling. She frowned again, bang, bang, boom, boom, boom, bang, bang. She turned to see where the sound was coming from, when she realised it was from her head. She buried her face in her hands, wishing the sound away.

"Mara?" Jerome leaned across and touched her wrist, he flinched, bringing his hand away, as if he had been scorched. She was boiling. "Mara?"

Mara took a deep breath, looking up "Sorry, I have a really bad head ache," Jerome watched her, waiting for more "I don't want to tell you," she said quietly.

"You're burning Mara," he held out his hand, showing the burn mark.

"Jerome!" she cried, "I'm so sorry," she placed her hand against her face, but it felt cool "It's feel better, now, let me heal it,"

Jerome stuck out his hand, and sure enough, Mara's hand felt normal against, he blinked, thinking he had imagined it. She healed him in a matter of minutes, and Jerome wished the injury more severe, so she would hold his hand for a moment longer. "Will you be my manager?"

Jerome looked up at her, grinning, "Sure," he grinned.

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"A body snatcher? He's a body snatcher? Could life get any worse!" Alfie practically screamed at his friends as they sat in the attic. Alfie didn't go to the meeting, but when they called him, said it was urgent, he ran up there thinking they were hurt.

"Alfie! Calm down!" Fabian cried

"No! He- he could just control us at any time! Don't you worry about that? One of us could be possessed right now! Rufus is a body snatcher! Ugh! Man!" he placed his hands behind his head and took a deep breath in. "I hate this!"

"Alfie," Nina said quietly, stepping towards him "I know, it's scary. But we need to do this together, please?"

"Sibuna," Amber reminded quietly, they all lifted their hands to cover their right eye, Alfie looked at all of them for a moment, scanning all of their faces. If they were reading to do this, then why shouldn't he be? He could do this, so he sighed, before lifting his hand.

"Sibuna."

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"And what else?" Joy beamed, touching noses with Mick, Mick grinned

"I like you're smile, and how you managed to leave for a year, yet come back and fit perfectly into place," he whispered, lifting both his hands to cup her small face.

"I wouldn't say I fit back into place, Nina and Fabian hate me," she brushed his fringe out of his eyes, watching him.

"No one hates you," he whispered, shaking his head "I should go and apologise to Jerome, shouldn't I?"

"I should apologise to Mara, should I?" they both smiled gently at each other, the late afternoon sun casting halo's around the both of them, golden light flooding the room.

"Come on," he stood off the bed and offered his hand to her, Mick was going to break up with her. But she seemed so happy, and when she kissed him, he felt nothing but giddy. He was glad, so so glad, that the note had never gotten to her. He didn't know who to thank.

Little did he know, he was just about to find out.

So Summary: So Jerome is trying to get back to normal, for Mara. Because he loves her, and sadly, Mara doesn't even see him as an option. Things are heating up for Sibuna now that Rufus has come into action, I hope Alfie doesn't freak out. Joy and Mick are happier than ever, I hope it lasts.

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