Disclaimer: I don't own Animorphs, or anything recognizable.

"I'm going to do it. I'm sorry, but I have too." Rachel said those words with fear in her eyes.

"I know, I'm not trying to stop you." I said, trying to prepare myself for what I was about to do.

"I just wanted to say, be careful out there." As soon as the words left my mouth, I did it. I never thought I would ever have the courage to, but I did. I kissed Rachel; strong, confident beautiful Rachel. She stood there for a minute, as if trying to figure out what I had done. Then, as if she understood what I had just told her, she kissed me back. Not like what I had done, I mean kissed. We sat there for about five minutes. Until...

"Sorry." But of course, not just any sorry. A long, drawn out, sarcastic, Marco type sorry. Right then I wished Marco wasn't so nosy. I looked back at Rachel, she nodded. As if she knew what I wanted to do. Two minutes later, there I was - fully hawk - on top of Marco. With Rachel beside me in her grizzly morph. Then Jake decided to show up. Followed by Cassie. He ran in the room, and I mean ran. He was in his tiger morph, Cassie in her wolf. He stopped right infront of me.

(I see you already got him.) Jake said, said satisfaction in his voice. He turned to look at Marco.

(Marco! What kind of sick joke was that?!) Jake asked, obviously annoyed. By this time Marco had gotten up.

"I just happened to be getting a soda, and I just happend to walk by." Marco replied.

(Just like you HAPPENED to be getting a soda five minutes ago?) Rachel shouted, emphasis on the word 'happened'.

"No, I was going to find Ax." He said, trying to defend himself.

(Right.) I said, it sounded alot like Marco's 'sorry' when he walked in on us.

"No seriously. I thought he might want a soda too. The guy loves taste." He was still trying to defend himself. Notice the word 'trying', it wasn't working.

(Did someone need me?) Ax walked in, fully andalite, obviously at the sound of his name.

(Yeah. We need you to kick Marco's butt.) Obviously Rachel speaking.

(What has he done? Is this another one of your jokes?) Ax was obviously confused.

(Not exactly.) Cassie had spoken for the first time since she walked in. (We're just mad at him for...) She trailed off, she obviously didn't want us to know what she was doing. And I was with her, I did NOT want to blurt out to the rest of the group, especially Jake, that Rachel and I had been kissing. I wouldn't, but Marco would. I morphed back to human. That way if he decided to say anything, I could cover his mouth. The others followed and soon we were all human again.

(Cassie. You did not finish, please continue.)

"Actually Ax, it was nothing, really. It was just a misunderstanding that's all." She was trying to aviod the subject, I completely agreed with her.

"Yeah. Marco was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." I added, but I knew he wouldn't drop it.

(All right.) Then he walked out. I didn't think he'd drop it so quickly. That was weird, for Ax at least. But I couldn't argue with that. Jake had walked off, along with Cassie. Now all that was left was me, Rachel, and Marco.

"If you say one word, if you even make a joke that has to do with that..."

"Ok I get it, I'm toast. I won't say anything ok?? Just like I won't say what happened to Jake and Cassie." He got the point.

"You better." She added, still angry. Marco walked out. Leaving us alone.

"That was an odd episode." I said. And I really meant it.

"We've seen weirder. But yeah, that was pretty weird."