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"Jerome, are these…Yale leaflets?" Mara asked, brown eyes shimmering with slight amusement.
Jerome looked up at her sharply, she was standing in his room, a scarf around her neck, holding the leaflet.
"…..No," he lied unconvincingly. Mara smiled wildly
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe it! You want to go to Yale? Me too! We can go together!" she eagerly opened up the leaflet, scanning through pictures
"Yeah," Jerome looked down "But it's just a thought." Mara looked up at him
"Still, isn't this something to be happy about?" Mara tilted her head to the side curiously
"I probably won't get in, it's just a thought."
"Why wouldn't you get in? You're smarter than me in some cases! Don't put yourself down," she walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck "We'll do it together."
"Yo Jeribil I-" Poppy stopped when she saw the two of them "Oh…" Mara jumped away from Jerome, face burning, she smiled slightly
"Hello Poppy,"
"Hey Mara," Poppy greeted back, offering her a massive smile
"What are you doing in here Poops?" Jerome asked curiously "Can't you read any more?"
"Can't you read anymore?" she mimicked in a high pitched voice
"Real mature."
"Real mature."
"Stop it."
"Stop it."
"Mara!" Jerome called. Mara sighed
"Poppy, what's wrong?" Mara asked softly
"Well, I was wondering if we could back into the woods, last time we're allowed,"
"Good idea, let's go now," Jerome suggested.
The three of them went into the woods and through the barrier.
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"Oh Mara dear, I'd forgotten you'd been hurt, let me take a look," Mrs Jock demanded, rather mother like. Mara reluctantly pulled the scarf off, revealing the scar. She hated showing weakness. "Does it hurt?"
"Not a lot anymore,"
"It should be gone by the evening,"
"How can you tell?"
"Trust me dear," Mrs Jock looked her right in the eye, but Mara just shook her head
"Unless you're a certified doctor, or maybe even a mother, you can't know that," she stated mater of factly
"Why do you have such trouble believing?"
"I'll believe when there's proof!" She defended herself
"Mara," Jerome cut her off, sensing things were about to get worse, "Calm, okay? The scar will be healed by the evening if she says it will." Mara looked deep into his eyes, searching, apparently she found what she was looking for and sighed
"Sorry, Mrs Jock."
Jerome swallowed, a foreign sort of masculine pride welled up within him. Mara trusted him, she actually believed in him. It was a nice warm feeling, and he enjoyed it very much.
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"We're leaving back for school in the morning," he remarked as he sat on her bed. Mara nodded, folding another item of clothing and placing it into the suitcase. Just as predicted, the scar was gone, no clue that it had ever been there.
"Can't wait," Mara smiled. Jerome laughed loudly, his hair smoothed forward, giving him a slight fringe, a thick strip of almond ran along it.
"Only you Jaffrey,"
"Oh come on," Mara looked pointedly at him, placing the yellow shirt down "You can't tell me you don't enjoy school,"
"Funny, I thought I just did." He lifted his eye brows, amused at her shocked reaction
"What about our friends? You like Alfie,"
"Who doesn't like Alfie?"
"You like Eddie,"
"When have I said that?" he cut in, but she ignored him
"You like Fabian,"
"Well it's not like I hate him…"
"You like Nina,"
"Kinda have to like her if you know what I mean,"
"You like Patricia,"
"Trixie's cool."
"And you like Amber,"
"Who said that?"
"Come on Jerome," she sat next to him, resting her head on his shoulder "You can't tell me you don't enjoy spending time with them all,"
Jerome sat there, inhaling the faint smell of her strawberry and jasmine shampoo, he supposed he did like them. They felt like family to him. "God Jaffrey," he sighed "Stop making me such a needy person,"
"It's good to be needy," Mara pointed out
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"One more question before we head off," Jerome pleaded, letting out a yawn. It was about 11pm, and they were outside, on the porch swing, swinging gently, a blue blanket around them both, the stars where shining and everyone else was asleep.
"Hmmm?"
Jerome leaned his cheek against her head, his legs slightly tired as he was the one doing most of the pushing, Mara was almost asleep.
"Will you answer truthfully?" he pushed for a proper response, and got one. Mara snuggled into him some more, the star light radiating of her beautifully. Something Jerome didn't take for granted.
"How else can you answer a question?" she asked drearily. Jerome smiled slightly, before taking a deep breath and mustering all the courage he could.
"D-do you…Are you completely over Edmon?" his waited for a response, a reaction. But Mara just stilled in his arms, awake now. He waited a few more seconds, then a few more, he was beginning to wonder if she'd actually say anything at all, when he heard her open her mouth.
"D-does anyone really ever get over someone?"
Jerome took a sharp intake of breath, before trying to calm himself. She wasn't saying she didn't love him, she wasn't saying that.
"I. Don't. Know." He jut out through gritted teeth, trying not to sound angry.
"What I'm saying is, once you've loved someone, I don't think you can really unlove them, right? I mean, I still love Mick, not in the same way, but there's still love." She spoke softly, trying to explain things, explain herself.
Jerome didn't even think before throwing his next question out there "Do you still love Edmon?"
"….you said only one more question," she whispered quietly, tucking some hair behind her ear.
"Yeah well I never got a straight answer." He moved his arm off her shoulders, sliding slightly further away from her on the swing so that he could look her straight in the face. He left the blanket with her, so he was suddenly hit with the cold.
"Jerome, come on," she pleaded
"Mara."
"What do you want me to say Jerome?" she choked out, crystal droplets falling from her eyes "Do you want me to say I don't love him anymore? That I'm completely over him? Because I can't say that! Okay! I can't…."
"So you're still in love with him then," Jerome summed up darkly, he stood from the swing, so Mara jolted slightly. He stood in front of her "Well that's just great, good to know Mara." He said sarcastically.
Mara got up to, trying to seem taller than she was "I'm not 'in love' with him Jerome. I'm not," she spoke more softly now "I don't really think I was ever in love with him, but I loved him, and I do still love him. But not how I love you, I've never loved anyone the way I love you,"
Jerome stopped sulking for a moment "Really?"
"Really." And they moved to hug each other.
SNIPPET OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT….
Jerome's jealously doesn't seem to be going anywhere, and with Mara's new look, she's getting attention from all over the place. Tempers flare, moves are made and sides are chosen…
"You can't tell her who to talk to!" Eddie yelled
"Man you should let her fight her own battles!" Alfie chimed in
"So you're only flirting with her because she's pretty now?" Patricia, stomped her foot
"You're only going to hurt her!" Amber cried.
Jerome and Mara stood opposite to each other, their supporters on either side of them, nostrils flaring.
Hey DO NOT WORRY! The pairings will remain, JARA, PEDDIE, FABINA, AMFIE, im not changing that…but a little drama is good for you….
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