Moirai

Frayed

     "Marina?" Chase rounds the corner. "What the hell is going on?" Anger is written on his face, observing how close his girlfriend is sitting near Isaac and watches him pull away from her touch. Marina's mouth hangs open as she looks to her friends for help. She's panicking. Scott and Allison can feel the stretched out tension between Marina, Chase and Isaac.

     "Uh, Isaac had a - "

     "He had a panic attack. Marina was able to calm him down." Allison adds in, helping Scott come up with something. She rubs her wrists, trying to hide her cuts from him.

     "I want to hear it come out of my girlfriend's mouth." Chase ignores them. Scott and Allison become tight lipped and slip around the corner to give them privacy for their conversation.

     Marina uses Isaac's knees to push herself off the ground. She stands in front of her boyfriend, "It's not what it looks like, He really was having a panic attack."

     "And Scott or Allison couldn't help him? It had to be you, right?" He crosses his arms, his shirt tightens around his biceps. Marina looks up at him, "Chase, you have to understand - "

     "No, you have to understand." Chase interrupts her and Marina instinctively closes her mouth to listen. Isaac's head slightly tilts to the side and he lifts himself off the ground. "I am sick of having you leave me for him - " Chase points a finger behind her at Isaac, "I have been defending you to my friends and you are proving them right."

     "Have you? Have you been defending her to your group of friends?" Isaac speaks and steps closer with each word. He stops behind her, "Because Nate was accusing her and earned himself a slap." He's so close behind Marina that her stray hairs move when his breath hits them. She can feel his chest near her back. "He was lucky I wasn't there or it would've ended differently for him. But if you were there, you would sit back and let them attack her."

     "Isaac - " Marina is interrupted once more by Chase, "Don't get into my conversation with her."

     "It's not a conversation if you don't let her talk." Isaac fires. His chest rises and falls quickly from the anger bubbling inside of him. Marina stares up at Chase and notices the red tone in his face, a sign that he is also angry.

     "I think we should - " Marina sighs as Chase interrupts her again. She hasn't been able to get a sentence out. "You need to back off of my girl - "

     "Yeah, your girlfriend." Isaac interrupts Chase this time, "If she's your girlfriend, then why do you believe whatever your friends say?" Isaac questions him, "You should believe and trust Marina."

     "She's given me no reason to trust her. She disappears and I find her with you. Every. Damn. Time." He mutters through clenched teeth. Marina leans into Isaac's chest as he steps forward, ready to defend her if needed.

     "I have given you every reason to trust me. I'm not cheating on you." Marina begins, "I've explained to you so many times about why my friends need me and why I need them but you get so angry that you get into your own head - "

     "I don't get angry - "

     "It's my turn to talk." Marina interrupts him, a hand in front of his face to shush him, "I let you talk and now it's my turn." Chase rolls his eyes but stays quiet. He's ready to listen.

     "You get so angry and caught up in your own head that you feed your friends lies and they accuse me of things I've never done because of it." She explains, "And I'm tired of explaining myself over and over again. Isaac's right," Marina motions at Isaac, "You should be believing me. But you always believe Nate, and if you're going to continue to trust him, then we're not going to work out." Marina sighs. Chase's expression falls as he realizes he just got broken up with. Isaac fights back a smile, not wanting Chase to see him. "Come on, Isaac. Let's go." Marina states after the silence Chase gives. His silence was his answer and she knew Chase would never believe her.