A/N: Yes, I know it seems kind of late posting an Animorphs story. I was into the series when it came out and towards the end, I grew out of the series and packed the books up in my attic to make room on my bookshelf. I recently got nostalgic and decided to re-read my favorite series.
I then got this inkling to write a fanfic and came up with this idea. Anywho, I hope you all enjoy it. Please note that this is a work in progress. Though I'm out of school right now for the summer, I do work and try to maintain a social life so posting might get sporadic but I'm going to try and post every weekend (after this chapter is posted). Hope you all enjoy and I love reviews! Both good and bad!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Please don't sue me, you won't get much. pulls lint out of pockets
Summary: WIP so it's subject to some changes. Starts off as a Yeerk-free day, but nothing can be so simple. Takes place after #23 The Pretender but definitely before #24. as that's as far as I read right now and it seems to fit nicely. For those of you who cannot remember what happens in the 23rd book (I forget where events happen A LOT! Thankfully, I found myself a beta-reader :D ) It's the one where Tobias finds out that Elphangor is his father. I haven't completely decided whether or not the other Animorphs know yet, but I'm thinking not. Anywho, onto the story and enough with my babbling.
Chapter 1: Rachel
My name is Rachel. I'm not going to bore you with the details about the Yeerk invasion of earth. You've probably already heard about it from my cousin, Jake and our friends Cassie, Marco, and Tobias.
Anyway, enough about what you already know. It was a warm Saturday morning. You know, one of those days when the sky is blue, the grass is green, there are little white puffy clouds in the sky; the ones if you stare at long enough, you can see a dog, cat, bird, castle, dragon, whatever. It was hot, but not unbearably hot. A warm June day with a slight breeze that made everyone feel great.
I was looking forward to today all week, not just because of the nice weather; that is a bonus, but because it was going to be a Yeerk-free weekend. You got it! No thinking about the Yeerks and their conquest; a nice break from the invasion, which we all desperately needed-even our resident alien, Ax. The past few weeks have been rough for all of us. First was the whole scare Cassie was trapped in a butterfly morph from that deal with a Yeerk, then the whole David thing, and finally, the thought of Tobias going to live with his cousin-who turned out to be Visser Three in morph. Long story.
Like I said, we needed a break.
Tobias and I decided to spend the day together. We haven't had much chance to just get together and hang like we used to. Today was more than that too. It was going to be our first official date.
So, here I am, standing in my closet, seriously ticked off that I did not hit the sales at the mall yesterday when I had the chance. I mean, I have a closet full of utter crap and nothing appeased me. OK, Jordan can have that…and that….that…and that! Oh god, that is garbage…was my inner monterage as I realized how bad my fashion sense has been lately. I mean, I have to coordinate an outfit that will cover the morphing suit; which is spandex. Come on! There is nothing sexy about spandex, but you can still make it look good if you tried hard enough.
Anywho, I was about to set fire to my whole wardrobe and start over again when the phone rang. Maybe it's Calvin Klein calling to offer me some assistance on my pathetic wardrobe. I thought as I crossed my room to answer the phone. I picked it up since my mom was out and my sisters pretend the phone is on silent or something.
"Hello?" I said automatically into the handset.
"Rachel?" It was Cassie.
"Hey Cassie! What's up?" I asked, holding the handset to my ear and eyeing my closet with the death glare.
"OK, I know you and Tobias had that big date and all…" Cassie trailed off as Cassie does sometimes. Normally, I wouldn't think anything of this. Cassie tries not to make you mad, so she tends to get this…nice tone to her voice. It's hard to explain, but by the way she was talking, it made me slightly suspicious.
"Cassie, please don't tell me that the Slugs are playing at school on Monday!" I said, using the code for Yeerks. The Slugs is actually a terrible band at our school, and they attempt to by-pass the 'security' personnel at school and play during lunch. Needless to say, they play like crap, but that's not all that important.
"no, no, it's not that." Cassie insisted. I let out the breath I was holding, but Cassie still hadn't said what she wanted. I frowned.
"Cassie?"
"Well, you see, Jake asked me to..well…you know…"
"Jake asked you out! Jake, as in my cousin Jake!" I said, nearly dropping the phone from shock. I got this huge grin on my face and I turned away from my clothes and plopped down on my bed like an excited teenager. Well, I am an excited teenager, so I guess that was a bad analogy…Cassie's next words stopped my thoughts.
"Well, it's not really a date…but.."
"But…what? You need to borrow some clothes that are not plaid or stained with bird poop? You could have just asked Cass. My mission in life is to help you to achieve fashion sense in anyway possible. We so have to hit the mall, ya know? If you're going to be dating, you need some better"
"Rachel!" Cassie said, cutting me off. I couldn't help it. I just get excited shopping. It's fun. Most of the time. "Look, Rachel, I'm just…I was wondering if you mind if I"
"Cassie, we covered this. Come on over and you can figure out something that is not so last century to wear." I love Cassie, but she has the fashion sense of a maggot. Yeah, it's that bad.
"No Rachel! I waned to know if you would mind if we…me and Jake, that is…sort of, you know…hungoutwithyouandTobiastoday."
I was silent. My face fell and I felt my happy spirits drop. It was supposed to be my day with Tobias. Just mine and mine only. Plus, I needed the time with Tobias. Cassie and Jake didn't. They saw me and him enough; I mean, We usually together 22/7 with the fighting of the Yeerks.
"Rachel?"
"Yeah Cassie?"
"You don't mind…do you? I mean, it's not a big deal.."
Do I mind? Of course I mind! Was I going to say that to my best friend who was practically my sister? It was my duty of best friend-ship to say 'No Cassie, go ahead and ruin my day' in a chipper tone. But of course I wasn't going to say that. Not to Cassie.
"No, it's fine. Really." I said, trying to sound happy. I hope I did. I could visualize Cassie looking relieved. "As long as Marco doesn't make a guest appearance." I added.
"Why would…"
"Because! If Marco shows up, it would be another Animorph day!"
"Rachel." I winced. We weren't supposed to say that word over the phone.
So anyway, Cassie and I talked over plans and we changed some of the ones Tobias and I had already planned. I made sure we broke off in the evening. Tobias said he had something to show me. I'll be damned if I missed it.
The end! J/K More to come. Now if you review, it will motivate me to post more sooner, so please leave a contribution in the little box. :D