Chapter 3
Who would have ever thought that me and Marco would have hooked up?
One thing's clear, Rachel sure is happy. She had thought I was after her precious Tobias.
Don't get me wrong, sure he's cute, and sure I liked him at first. But I'd never try to get between him and Rachel. Tobias and me, we're just really close friends.
Anyway, now I'm not a threat to Rachel. I never was and I never tried to be. We never really got along from the start. I'm sorry for that. I try to get along with her but it never worked.
"So, you're a couple now?" Jake asked his eyebrows raised, "Who would've thought."
Exactly, I thought. "Yeah."
"Well I'm happy for you." Rachel said cheerfully.
"No kidding?" I returned, just as cheerfully. As cheerful as a cheerleader hating me could be, at least.
Tobias shot me a look and I caught it. He didn't seem too happy, he hadn't said anything the whole meeting.
"I'm sure we're all happy for Sam and Marco, but back to the Animorph business." Jake stepped in to end the tension, "Has anyone heard anything."
"Nope." I said a little too quickly and earned a questioning glare from everyone in the room. I never was a good liar.
"I know that I haven't either." Marco covered me before anyone could say anything else.
"Me neither." Rachel said still looking at me funny.
"Not me." Ax added.
"Nope." Tobias agreed.
Cassie shook her head.
"Well, that should be a good thing. But I think we'd better check up on them. It's been a while since we've heard anything." Jake said looking suspiciously in Marco and my direction.
I looked back bright eyed. Marco did the same. Apparently we weren't doing a good job of covering up the previous day's happening. But we were lucky no one asked about it.
"Yeah…good idea." Cassie told Jake.
"So, we check into a meeting of the Sharing tonight?" Jake suggested.
"Uh…tonight's not good for me." I said smiling, "I've got a date with Marco."
Rachel shot me a glare.
"But I guess we can re-schedule it?" Marco offered.
I rolled my eyes, "Okay, okay."
"Let's meet here and eight." Jake said.
Everyone agreed and we headed our separate ways.
"Hey," I heard someone come up from behind me.
It was Tobias. "Hi." I said, "Are you okay? You seemed upset."
"No, no. I'm fine." He assured me, "Do you want to get something to eat? I'm kind of hungry and don't want to go alone."
"What about Rachel? She doesn't want to go?" I asked. I had always been somewhat jealous of the relationship they had. But now I have Marco, right? There's no reason to be jealous.
He seemed somewhat upset. "Come on. Aren't we still friends?"
I smiled, "Yeah. Yeah, we are. Okay, let's go."
Who would have ever thought that me and Marco would have hooked up?
One thing's clear, Rachel sure is happy. She had thought I was after her precious Tobias.
Don't get me wrong, sure he's cute, and sure I liked him at first. But I'd never try to get between him and Rachel. Tobias and me, we're just really close friends.
Anyway, now I'm not a threat to Rachel. I never was and I never tried to be. We never really got along from the start. I'm sorry for that. I try to get along with her but it never worked.
"So, you're a couple now?" Jake asked his eyebrows raised, "Who would've thought."
Exactly, I thought. "Yeah."
"Well I'm happy for you." Rachel said cheerfully.
"No kidding?" I returned, just as cheerfully. As cheerful as a cheerleader hating me could be, at least.
Tobias shot me a look and I caught it. He didn't seem too happy, he hadn't said anything the whole meeting.
"I'm sure we're all happy for Sam and Marco, but back to the Animorph business." Jake stepped in to end the tension, "Has anyone heard anything."
"Nope." I said a little too quickly and earned a questioning glare from everyone in the room. I never was a good liar.
"I know that I haven't either." Marco covered me before anyone could say anything else.
"Me neither." Rachel said still looking at me funny.
"Not me." Ax added.
"Nope." Tobias agreed.
Cassie shook her head.
"Well, that should be a good thing. But I think we'd better check up on them. It's been a while since we've heard anything." Jake said looking suspiciously in Marco and my direction.
I looked back bright eyed. Marco did the same. Apparently we weren't doing a good job of covering up the previous day's happening. But we were lucky no one asked about it.
"Yeah…good idea." Cassie told Jake.
"So, we check into a meeting of the Sharing tonight?" Jake suggested.
"Uh…tonight's not good for me." I said smiling, "I've got a date with Marco."
Rachel shot me a glare.
"But I guess we can re-schedule it?" Marco offered.
I rolled my eyes, "Okay, okay."
"Let's meet here and eight." Jake said.
Everyone agreed and we headed our separate ways.
"Hey," I heard someone come up from behind me.
It was Tobias. "Hi." I said, "Are you okay? You seemed upset."
"No, no. I'm fine." He assured me, "Do you want to get something to eat? I'm kind of hungry and don't want to go alone."
"What about Rachel? She doesn't want to go?" I asked. I had always been somewhat jealous of the relationship they had. But now I have Marco, right? There's no reason to be jealous.
He seemed somewhat upset. "Come on. Aren't we still friends?"
I smiled, "Yeah. Yeah, we are. Okay, let's go."