Breaking Point

Distractions

Before she could fall, she was caught by Alex, who looked at her worriedly.

"Are you okay?" he asked. Jennifer turned to David, who had fallen on the floor, and started crying out a string of apologies.

"I'm so sorry! Are you all right? Did you get hurt??" she cried frantically, and she heard Selena laughing, and glanced up to see Justin, Maribelle, Alex, and everyone giving them both worried glances.

"I'm fine. Really. Are you okay?" David asked, and she bit her lip and stared into space, Selena's words and laughter echoing around in her head. Before the tears could start falling, Jennifer excused herself and ran from the room.

Before anyone could stop her, or even react, Jennifer was in the elevator, headed to her room. Once there, Jennifer ran straight to the bathroom and closed and locked the door. She kneeled in front of the toilet, stuck her finger in her mouth until she purged right in the perfect white porcelain bowl.

Right when Jennifer left the room, Maribelle rounded on Justin.

"What did you say to her?!?" she yelled. Justin raised his hands in defeat.

"I didn't say anything, I swear!" Justin cried, and everyone looked at the two in confusion. Maribelle examined his face and decided he was telling the truth. Then she rounded on Selena.

"What did you tell her?!?" Maribelle yelled, with more ferocity.

"I was just asking her about the lifts!" Selena cried defensively. Maribelle narrowed her eyes at her.

"Like what??" she said.

"Like how hard is it for her to balance. Evidently it's really hard if she couldn't even hold for a whole ten seconds." Selena said with a smirk, and Maribelle ran to attack her, but was stopped by Justin and Austin, who had to help Justin hold her back.

"Get outta my way! I'm gonna beat the shit out of you, Gomez!" Maribelle shrieked. Justin and Austin pulled her out of the room, along with Alex and Celeste, who had disconnected Jennifer's phone from the stereo and took off running to the elevator with the three others.

They were interrupted by Scooter in the hallway.

"Hey Belle I was just looking for you guys. Where's Jen?"

"My room." Maribelle replied angrily, walking swiftly to her door and opening it, going straight to the bathroom door and banging on it. Scooter gave the others a confused look and they shrugged.

"Jennifer open the goddamn door right now!" Maribelle shouted, and there were sounds of retching and sobbing coming from the other side of the door. Scooter immediately glared at Justin, who shook his head defensively.

"I didn't do anything, Scoot, I swear." He said.

"Go away!" Jennifer shouted, loud enough to shock everyone except Scooter and Maribelle at how loud the shy and quiet girl could be.

"I'm not playing, Jennifer open the door!" Maribelle yelled, banging on the door. Scooter gently pushed her aside and knocked on the door.

"Take her somewhere to cool off. She's no good to us angry." He instructed the group, who agreed and dragged Maribelle out of the room, shutting the door.

"Jen... open the door." Scooter said softly. There was more retching and sobbing coming from the other side of the door. "Jen... you don't wanna do this. You've risen above that, didn't you? What brought this on?" he asked quietly.