Not What You Think || Marie and Clary
"It’s not running away", Marie had told herself earlier that afternoon as she packed a few things into a suitcase. She had found that repeating it to herself would make her believe the lies. She’d left the school, handed that little slip into the office so that they knew where she was. It wasn’t as if she was doing a bad thing. She was bringing back one of their students. So maybe she hadn’t told Toulouse or Berlioz or Nigel or Mabel. She was doing the right thing, wasn’t she?
Lugging her suitcase into the driveway of the Peris’ home, she wondered if Mrs Peri had told her daughter. She hoped she hadn’t. She wanted to see the excitement on Clary’s face or a smile at least, and then for them to go to Clary’s bedroom or something because even though it was the middle of summer here, she was kitted out in a jumper, a thick coat, jeans and a pair boots. None of which she would be wearing in Paris or New Orleans.