A/n: Wow, this story is going (relatively) fast. I posted the last chappie only 2 days ago.

Green Eyed Girl: Nooo, MY straitjacket. You have that ugly brown one, remember? You don't need mine! *holds jacket protectively*

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CHAPTER 25

"Hey, Tobias, you made it," Marco said.

It was the day of the party. Me, Marco, and Christina were out in the forest, where we'd had several meetings back when the war was still going on. This thing would too big to hold at our own place, if everybody came.

"Are we the first ones here?" Tobias wondered.

"Yup," Christina said. She gave Allen a little smirk. "You and me," she mouthed.

"Christina?"

"Yes, Allen."

"How many times do I have to tell you — "

" 'Shut up.' We know," Loren interrupted him.

"Did Jake say he'd come?" Tobias asked.

"He didn't say yes or no," Marco replied.

"Ax is coming," Tobias informed us. "He got ... um ... delayed."

Marco gave him a weird look. "I won't ask. I just won't."

Ax arrived a few minutes later, with Estrid and Talerin. He refused to tell us what had "delayed" him.

The next person to arrive — "person" being used loosely — was Jake. Thomas and Rachel were with him.

"So you came after all," I said.

Jake nodded. "Yeah."

"Jake ... " Marco began.

"Not now, Marco," Jake said shortly.

Suddenly — "WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO JUST LET ME DIE??!!!" yelled a distinctly familiar voice.

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See? Cliffhanger.

Yes, this is short, but the next chappie is shorter. It's agonizingly short ... but it probably won't get posted for a while, knowing me.

Hey, all you AniTubbies readers ... I'm gonna be working on a third chapter of that. It will hopefully be posted soon.

:)

~ Salad Shooter