Four out of the six Animorphs were in Cassie's barn.

"Has anyone seen Marco or Rachel?"

"Nope."

"Cassie, did you call them?" asked Jake.

"Yes."

((It is very unlike Rachel, be late for a meeting.))

"Well, I'm sure she has a very good reason for not being here, after all Rachel's always up for a mission."

"Hey guys!" Rachel came into the barn carrying about a dozen different shopping bags. "Sorry I'm a few minutes late."

"We've been waiting here for two hours."

"Wow, that time already!"

"Rachel where were you?" Jake demanded.

"Well if you must know, mother, I was shopping with Melissa."

"But I called you and you said that you were on it!"

"I was. But then Melissa called and said that there was this sale at GAP, and I couldn't miss it! Melissa and I have barely spent any time together since you-know-what happened. And so there we were, and I was thinking that I'll just buy one pair of shoes, but then, I saw this adorable top that was 70 percent off! And this skirt that matched perfectly! And then,-"

"I get it!"

"Hey, where's Marco?"

"That's not the point, Rachel-"

"Hey, what up my peeps?" Marco asked coming in. "I just beat my high score at the arcade!"

((What are peeps?)) Ax wondered.

"That's it! Everybody, GO HOME NOW!!!" Jake's face was red now, he wasn't usually much of shouter, so it startled everyone but they turned to leave (except for Cassie, because it was her house lol.)

Jake put his hand on Marco and Rachel's shoulders. "Not you two. Look, I'm really upset with you guys, this isn't the first meeting you've been late for."

"I'm sorry Jake," Rachel muttered, "it's just...GAP..."

"Yeah, Xena couldn't go a day without shopping!"

Rachel made a face. "I could too! And much longer than that! Unlike you who couldn't go a day without your poor widdle widdiwo gawmes?" she mocked.

"Okay," Jake said, "not what I meant-"

But they weren't intrested in listening.

"I bet that I could go way longer without video games, then you could without shopping!"

"Is that a challenge?"

"Unless you want to chicken out? Bock, bock, bock, bock!" Marco made chicken noises.

"Fine, but if I win we go for a day of dress shopping. And you have to be the model."

"Fine, but when I win, you have announce to the school, that I'm the cutest, smartest, handsomest, funniest, boy in the whole school."

"Fine!" They shook on it.

Jake moaned, he knew long before it began, that things were going to get really, really ugly...


Ooh, Marco verses Rachel! Who'll win?

Any ideas? Thoughts? Critism?

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P.S. I don't own Animorphs

~ The QAS