Much to Desire

            By Trex (F# - 2 2003)

Disclaimer:

            I don't own any of the Animorphs characters or creatures.  *Sniff*

Rating:

            In case you missed it, this fic is rated R for strong sexual content later on.  In this chappie, Tobias and Rachel do some freak dancing, so this chap is PG-13.

Notes:

                On with the fic…

Much to Desire

The School Dance My name is Rachel…

And right now, I was facing one of the most difficult moments of my life.  You see, my greatest fear used to be not finding a sale at The Gap, but now it's being captured and being made a Human Controller.  That's a human with a yeerk in his or her head.  But today, I was about to die from anxiety.  My task at hand was the scariest thing I'd ever done.  I was about to ask Tobias to the dance.

            "Umm, Tobias?  I was wondering…would you…I mean, what are you doing friday…um…evening…?"  Nothing special, just some hunting.  All I know is that Jake and Cassie are going somewhere special.  "I was just wondering if you would like to…umm…go to the…"  I was stammering like an idiot!  There's no way he'd ever say yes to my question, because I'd never spit it out!!!  What, is there a dance or something??  Fair?  Amusement park?  Field trip?  Leave it to Tobias to hit it on the head and go on to something else.  "Umm…dance…"  Sure Rachel, you know I'd never pass up a dance with you.  I'd dance right now, except I'm not really wearing anything but my morphing outfit…  "I don't care…"

            Tobias began demorphing.  It was always a little creepy to me, but as soon as his innocent blue eyes appeared, I forgot all thoughts of disgust.  His unruly blond hair was next to appear, followed by the rest of his facial features.  I'm sure one of the others would've thought "Great, an oversized chicken with a boy's head", but all I thought was "Look at those eyes…"  by the time Tobias finished demorphing, I was completely zoned out.  "Umm, Rachel?"  "I love his voice…"  "Rachel?"  "Ooh, look at his eyes…"  "RACHEL!!!"  I woke up.  "OH!!! Sorry, Tobias.  I was just…thinking…"  I knew Tobias would never buy it.  All that time as a hawk really fine-tuned his already fairly perceptive mind.  "Well, wanna dance?"  "Sure…"  Tobias walked up to me and put his hands around my waist.  I put my arms around his neck.  We leaned in close and swayed from side to side…

            A little later, I woke up in Tobias's meadow.  Tobias was sitting next to me, staring up at the stars.  "Don't you think they're beautiful, Rachel?"  I was thinking; "Just like you, bright, warm, comforting, beautiful, powerful in their own sense…"  But instead, I said "Umm, I guess so.  What time is it?"  Great, I probably just killed any chance of a close moment.  Lucky for me, Tobias isn't shallow.  He realized that I'm not a dumb blonde.  "According to your watch, it's 1:00 in the morning."  "Thanks, Tobias."  I leaned in close.  Tobias took no notice of me.  I began to get in kissing range, but I broke away.  "See you Friday night, Tobias…"

-Friday night, three days later-

            I walked nervously towards the school, wearing my strappy heels, designer white mini-skirt, and azure blue tank top.  I had my sparkly flower beret in my hair, and just a slight hint of body glitter on my face.  I looked for Tobias… (AN-Sorry for getting way too visual.  I just felt like describing a girl, but that leads to other less…fun…things.  Be on the look out for Tobias and the others later on…) "Tobias?"  He stepped out from behind the corner, and I nearly fainted.  He was wearing what he normally wore, but something was different today…

            He was wearing his usual black sneakers with baggy khaki pants.  He had his black shirt on, one of three.  I liked black the best.  He had his triangular watch from the Fossil store and had his hair nervously combed.  (Ugh, I don't EVER want to describe another guy.  Too bad Jake's at the dance…) In his hand, he was holding a bouquet of flowers, far from the usual roses.  These flowers were much more colorful and alive.  "Wow, Tobias.  Where'd you get these flowers?"  "The meadow, where else?"  "I love them…"  I pecked Tobias on the cheek.  He turned a little pinkish.  "Well, shall we go in, Romeo?"  Together, we walked into the gym.

            Tobias and I walked towards the front of the gym.  "Want to-"  "Hey, lovebirds!!!"  UGH!!!  Leave it to Marco to ruin our experience.  Marco was wearing his blue sneakers with Fubu jeans and a blue shirt with black stripes.  His hair was gelled into a slick aerodynamic look. (AN-UGH!!! Another guy described.  All you girls, you can describe the guys next time.) "Hi, Marco."  "Umm, Tobias?  Could you walk off a little for a minute?"  "Sure…" Tobias looked slightly hurt.  Stupid Rachel.  "Unless, of course, you want to watch me kill Marco."  Tobias perked up a little.  "No, that got boring a while ago.  I'm gonna go get us something to drink."  Tobias left.  "Marco", I hissed, "Leave us alone or I'll morph a hammer and smash you until you're a bloody pulp."  "Okay, lay off.  I get the picture here.  You two want a private moment.  I'll-"  Just then, Tobias came back with three glasses of punch.  "Hey, guys.  I found Jake, Cassie, and Ax.  Knew you wouldn't mind."  I glared at him, but the look softened into a smile.  I let my eyes drift to Jake and Cassie.  I almost burst out laughing.

            Jake was clad in a tux.  He had the dressy black shoes, the black slacks, the white collared shirt, black jacket, I mean God!  The look didn't suit him at all.  His hair was combed so neatly that even the geeks probably wanted to beat him up.  "Jake, what happened to you?!?!?  This isn't the Grammy awards, get out of that tux!!!"  "I know, my parents made me.  I have my other clothes stashed in a bag in my locker.  I'll be back."  Jake semi-ran in his very expensive clothing.  Next was Cassie.  She looked half-decent compared to her usual attire. She was wearing a long jean skirt with a casual-yet-formal-white top.  She had several silver bangles around her wrists.  "Cassie, you look like a gypsy minus the head thingy."  Tobias handed me my drink.  "I think it's called a headdress."  Ax walked up from behind Cassie.  He was wearing khaki slacks with a brown belt and a white Polo shirt.  His hair was combed so it looked like he arrived fresh from prepland.  "Ok, I want to punch you, Ax.  Don't you have anything more casual?"  "No, Rachel.  This is what you bought for me for the school incident.  Ent.  Dent."  "Stop playing with sounds, Ax."  Jake was back.  "Yes, Prince Jake.  Ake."  "Don't call me 'Prince' in public, Ax."  "Yes, Prince Jake."  Jake was in his usual sneakers, jeans, and black top with white stripes.

            "Ok, we're all here."  Me, in my expensiveness, Tobias in his cuteness, Marco in his annoyanceness,  Jake in his preppiness-turned-casual…ness, Cassie in her decentness, and Ax in his please-beat-me-upness.  "Hey, they're playing Linkin Park.  Anyone want to dance?"  Marco, obviously.  "Naw, I'm not much of a-whoa!!!"  Tobias pulled me onto the dance floor.  "Tobias, I can't freak dance."  "I don't care, I'll teach you."  Tobias pulled me closer to him.  A little too close, but who's complaining?  "Ok, I learned that you put your hands around your hips and I put my hands in the air.  Basically, you thrust forward and I thrust back.  I thrust forward, you thrust back.  Get it?"  "Wait, thrust???"  Tobias blushed a little.  "Yeah…that's how I learned how to do it…" (AN-I actually don't know how to do this, but that's what I remembered from half a year ago.  Send me a flame if you want, tell me how to freak dance!!!!!  HAHAHA!!!  Erm…on with the story…) 

"Ok, let's try."  We started to dance.  I kinda…screwed up.  Tobias ended up blushing like a beet, and I was saying sorry faster than a machine gun shoots.  "Yeah, that happens sometimes.  It's ok, though.  We can try again."  Meanwhile, out of my mouth…"sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry!!!!!"  We started to dance again.  It took fifteen seconds for the same thing to happen.  "Well, lovebirds, how goes life?"  Great.  Marco's here.  "Just fine, Marco…"  "Well, I want to watch."  We started again and we got through ten seconds until Marco was on the floor laughing.  Tobias's head looked like a swelled tomato and I was about to cry.  "OH MY GOD THAT'S FUNNY!!!…ahem…Rachel.  I think you and Tobias need to get to know each other a little more before you try to make a move."  I buried my face in Tobias's shirt and began to cry.  "Marco, you stupid -----!  You made Rachel cry!!!"  Between sobs, I managed to sputter "You ------- -------!!!  At least we have a relationship.  Darlene hates you and so does everyone else."  "Alright, I'm going.  Besides, they're playing the slow music.  There's nothing left for me here." 

Marco left.  I started to get up, but Tobias said "No, stay like that.  Just wrap your arms around my waist and we can dance…" The night pressed on, and I never left Tobias's chest.  We might've fallen asleep, we might've not.  The next thing I know, Tobias tells me we have to go.  "Tobias, can I go back to the meadow with you?"  "I wish you could, Rachel, but we can't spend all our time together.  Let's enjoy our last few moments…"  I leaned my head on his shoulder and we walked off.  As we walked, I thought "Thank you, Ellimist, for giving Tobias his morphing powers back…"

~End~

Author's Ending Note

            *Sniff*  I wish I could have a relationship like that…please review so I know what to do next.  I'll probably always have two options for you to pick, but I still rule!!!

1) Tobias and Rachel meet alone in the meadow and have a personal conversation

2)The gang has a sleepover type thing