fandomhigh | Health, Friday, Period 3

The classroom has been outfitted with lavender and jasmine-scented candles, soft mats and pillows instead of desks, and soothing instrumental music is playing. Elliot is sitting in front of the class in a kind of modified lotus position, and she nods to students to take a handout as they come in.

"Namaste," Elliot said, trying to look serene. "Today we're going to talk about stress relief, or the things you do when life is putting a lot of pressure on you and you're having a hard time coping. This room is arranged to be a serene environment. (Assuming no one's allergic to the oils in the candles, anyhow -- if you are, let me know and I'll put them out.) I have a quiz for you to take to measure your stress level, and then I'd like for each of you to tell the class about something you do to relieve stress, whether it's yoga or or playing with a pet or sleep or shopping or ... hiding in the supply closet and bawling your eyes out, not that I would ever do anything like that. Talk to each other about your techniques, and hopefully you'll get some new ideas about relaxation techniques before the end of class."

After the students had had time to fill out the quiz, Elliot pointed to a student at random. "What do you do to relieve stress?"

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"No, that's not usually your- a problem in guys your age," Elliot said, then tilted her head to the side of the classroom. "Can I talk to you in private for, like, 30 seconds?"

JD eyes shifted quickly from side to side, looking for a place to hide.

~~~*~~~Sequence~~~*~~~*

JD pictured himself growing very, very small, eventually falling into a crack in the floor. Elliot, shocked and dismayed, fell to the floor, searching for JD who could not be found.

~~~*~~~End Sequence~~~*~~~*

"Uh, sure."

...and the look on his face made him look even more like the JD she knew, and she had no idea where to start.

Right.

Well, no need to freak the kid out if he was someone different.

She put on her teacher face. "So ... JD. Can you tell me a little about your family? I swear I have a reason for asking."

JD stared in confusion at Elliot. She pulled him aside to ask about his family?

"My family? My parents are divorced. My Dad sells office supplies, my mom is remarried."

Again.

"And I have an older brother. Why?"

Damn. Yeah, it was him, just younger.

"Because ... you've picked up on weird stuff happening here, right? Really weird stuff, like superpowers and time travel, and all of that? Not to mention the zombie band at Caritas." She clapped her hand to her mouth, realizing where it probably sounded like she was going. "This is not quite zombie band weird."

It was time to quit drawing this out, so she attempted a reassuring smile. "Where I come from? You're older and we're really good friends. I figured it was only fair to tell you, if I'm going to be your teacher every week."

"We're friends? Awesome! How good of friends? Like, see each other every week friends or hang out and make mischeif friends?"

His voice got low and conspiratorial.

"So, were we like an awesome dynamic doctor duo or something? I was the cool one, right?"

Elliot laughed in relief, brushing her bangs out of her eyes. "Work together friends. And hang out friends." And occasionally naked friends, but there were certain things she was not telling a student and that was pretty much at the top of that list.

"Your dynamic duo is with someone else, but you're definitely the cool one." Well, he was going to think it anyhow, may as well encourage him.

"So this isn't incredibly weird? Because it was for me when I saw you last week, but now that I'm talking to you it's only a little weird."

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