Note: Sowwy about the chapter delay, I have writers block right now…*Kimba
whines, then reluctantly gets back to the computer.* Thankz to those who
reviewed, I really appreciate it! =) And if this chapter isn't very well
written, I blame it on not enough sleep and it being 2:33am when I wrote
this. Well, on to chapter 8!
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Chapter 8: RACHEL
It was wonderful. I saw Tobias last night, and it totally rocked. He had filled me in about Cassie and Jake. I couldn't believe it! They 'broke up' over me?!? Well, I wasn't going to let some jerk named Ronnie have Cassie, and I wasn't going to let any type of depression have Jake. They needed each other! Tobias also told me about my so-called 'funeral'. President of the United States? No way! I laughed. We all deserved top- notch treatment, especially after all we'd been through, but it was still way over the top. It was fun, being with Tobias that night. We kissed. We discussed our future. I hadn't realized how much I had missed him until tonight…
Well, that was last night, and this was this morning, and I was really hungry, so I decided to get breakfast. I went to Tobias's room and knocked on the door. "Tobias, I'm getting breakfast, if you want to come with me!"
Nothing. Ugh. "TOBIAS!" Several people opened their stateroom doors and stared at me.
How come all of those people could hear me and not him?
Just then…
Rachel! I'm morphing! Calm down! I hear you and I'm coming!
Oops. I had forgotten about him being a hawk.
I couldn't answer him, so I decided just to go down to breakfast and wait for him.
I entered the room. Woah.
Way, way, way too fancy. But what did I expect? I was in first class.
I sat down at a table and looked at the menu. From across the way, there were sevral other ladies, probably not too much older than myself. They were whispering and looking right at me, and they weren't doing too good of a job whispering, either.
"I think she's a third-class girl who snuck up here," said a blonde.
"No, she's just probably a stowaway. Look at her clothes! Only gentlemen wear slacks!" A brunette with green eyes said.
I realized that I was the only girl in the room without a dress on.
"Surely the other people in here notice her clothes…"said Blondie.
Now I got mad. Someone had to teach these gossips a lesson…
I walked over toward them, when suddenly…
Rachel! It's Cassie. I hope you can hear me. Morph somewhere. I need to talk to you
Oh! Thought speak worked! I had forgotten all about that!
But someone would have to teach those girls a lesson…
Cassie could wait. Those girls are now.
"Hey girls!!" I said as I made my way over toward them.
They froze.
"Would you mind if I sat with you?" I said brightly. "I want to admire your clothes. Can you do anything in them? Or do you just sit there and look pretty? " I flashed my best smile at them.
"Someone needs to teach you manners!" Green Eyes said.
"And someone needs to teach you how to whisper," I replied. And, just for good measure, I leaned in and whispered, "You know, I'm an alien from the future. I can do things to you. These are the clothes we aliens wear."
They listened. I don't think they bought it, though.
I got up and smiled. If other people weren't in the room, just for good measure I would've partly morphed grizzly. Then, they would freak. That would've been something to laugh at, all those girls screaming and attempting to run in those dresses.
"Rachel!"
Tobias had found me. I walked over toward him and smiled.
"You found me," I said.
"What were you doing to those girls?" he said. He tried to sound serious. He had a hint of amusement in his eyes, though. A very human feature. Usually, his eyes and face were emotionless from the hawk.
"Just teaching some bullies a lesson. Hey, I already ate breakfast. What took you so long to demorph?"
"I wasn't morphing the whole time…I couldn't find you…or the breakfast room," he said. He made special emphasis on the word morphing. He wanted to remind me that he demorphed to hawk, not human like me.
I led him back to my stateroom. "Don't you want to be human? You said when the war was over…"
"I'm just happier as a hawk," he said simply. "No one to bully me around or anything,"
"Happier? You like to kill to eat breakfast every morning? Know that you have a short lifespan?"
He shrugged. "Did Cassie thought speak to you?" He was avoiding the question. I decided to let him avoid it, but made a mental note to myself to return to the question later.
"Yeah, I had forgotten. How did you know?"
" She called out to me, too. Let's morph and talk to Cassie," he said.
"What if people come and see us?"
He grinned and took out a Do Not Disturb sign and put it on the door.
"Wow, that's helpful, Tobias. Do Not Disturb."
"It'll keep nosy maids out," he said. And then he added, "Hopefully,"
I considered my morphs. Not elephant or grizzly. I didn't really want to go insect. I had an eagle morph. That's how I would go. Eagle.
Tobias was demorphing to hawk. I was morphing to eagle.
Cassie? I said. Can you hear us?
Rachel! What took you so long?
She was making new friends, Tobias said with a laugh.
Alright, listen. You have any plans at all for how to get off this ship? I try not to worry about it, but frankly, I am very worried. Said Cassie.
We could morph, but not birds, or dolphins. Rachel and I already talked about the possibilities. What about just getting on a lifeboat? Tobias said.
I thought of that, said Cassie. But to make a very long explanation short, we can't. Do we have any other morphs?
Tobias and you have whales, do you?I asked. It had been forever since they morphed them, but they had whales, I think.
Where would we morph something that big? Not on the ship Tobias argued.
I don't know! I said in frustration. I hadn't realized how big of a problem it was going to be.
The CALIFORNIAN! It's not too far for birds to fly! Tobias suddenly said.
What's a Californian?
The CALIFORNIAN is another ship. While the TITANIC is sinking, the CALIFORNIAN is just 19 miles away from the TITANIC when she sinks! We could fly there as birds without freezing to death!
Oh my Gawd… Cassie said. We can tell the CALIFORNIAN about the TITANIC and save all of these people!
No, we can't, because some of them will have to die in 3 days, Cassie. Tobias argued.
So we're just going to let them all die? Cassie said.
Tobias: It's the way it's supposed to happen!
Cassie: But we can make a difference!
Tobias: We aren't supposed to!
Cassie: You don't want to save these people?
Tobias: It's not about saving them, it's about history!
They went on for a while. I said bye to Cassie. Did you talk to Jake yet? I asked before I demorphed.
No. I've been trying to call him, but he either can't hear me or isn't in a place to morph.
And with that, I demorphed. That little conversation had taken at least an hour. I found it was at least 12:00pm out side. There wasn't much else to do. Tobias was still in hawk morph.
"Tobias, what can a first class lady do today?"
A Turkish Bath. I'm not so sure what that is, but I think you get a massage from the attendant…
Massage? After today, I needed one. I raced down to 'F' Deck for a hopefully long massage.
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Hopefully I'll get chapter 9 up soon. I was able to write more because of school being out. *Yippie!!* I really hope I get this chapter up before I go to camp for a week…oh well The computer hasn't been working really good lately.. Chapter 9 up soon!
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Chapter 8: RACHEL
It was wonderful. I saw Tobias last night, and it totally rocked. He had filled me in about Cassie and Jake. I couldn't believe it! They 'broke up' over me?!? Well, I wasn't going to let some jerk named Ronnie have Cassie, and I wasn't going to let any type of depression have Jake. They needed each other! Tobias also told me about my so-called 'funeral'. President of the United States? No way! I laughed. We all deserved top- notch treatment, especially after all we'd been through, but it was still way over the top. It was fun, being with Tobias that night. We kissed. We discussed our future. I hadn't realized how much I had missed him until tonight…
Well, that was last night, and this was this morning, and I was really hungry, so I decided to get breakfast. I went to Tobias's room and knocked on the door. "Tobias, I'm getting breakfast, if you want to come with me!"
Nothing. Ugh. "TOBIAS!" Several people opened their stateroom doors and stared at me.
How come all of those people could hear me and not him?
Just then…
Rachel! I'm morphing! Calm down! I hear you and I'm coming!
Oops. I had forgotten about him being a hawk.
I couldn't answer him, so I decided just to go down to breakfast and wait for him.
I entered the room. Woah.
Way, way, way too fancy. But what did I expect? I was in first class.
I sat down at a table and looked at the menu. From across the way, there were sevral other ladies, probably not too much older than myself. They were whispering and looking right at me, and they weren't doing too good of a job whispering, either.
"I think she's a third-class girl who snuck up here," said a blonde.
"No, she's just probably a stowaway. Look at her clothes! Only gentlemen wear slacks!" A brunette with green eyes said.
I realized that I was the only girl in the room without a dress on.
"Surely the other people in here notice her clothes…"said Blondie.
Now I got mad. Someone had to teach these gossips a lesson…
I walked over toward them, when suddenly…
Rachel! It's Cassie. I hope you can hear me. Morph somewhere. I need to talk to you
Oh! Thought speak worked! I had forgotten all about that!
But someone would have to teach those girls a lesson…
Cassie could wait. Those girls are now.
"Hey girls!!" I said as I made my way over toward them.
They froze.
"Would you mind if I sat with you?" I said brightly. "I want to admire your clothes. Can you do anything in them? Or do you just sit there and look pretty? " I flashed my best smile at them.
"Someone needs to teach you manners!" Green Eyes said.
"And someone needs to teach you how to whisper," I replied. And, just for good measure, I leaned in and whispered, "You know, I'm an alien from the future. I can do things to you. These are the clothes we aliens wear."
They listened. I don't think they bought it, though.
I got up and smiled. If other people weren't in the room, just for good measure I would've partly morphed grizzly. Then, they would freak. That would've been something to laugh at, all those girls screaming and attempting to run in those dresses.
"Rachel!"
Tobias had found me. I walked over toward him and smiled.
"You found me," I said.
"What were you doing to those girls?" he said. He tried to sound serious. He had a hint of amusement in his eyes, though. A very human feature. Usually, his eyes and face were emotionless from the hawk.
"Just teaching some bullies a lesson. Hey, I already ate breakfast. What took you so long to demorph?"
"I wasn't morphing the whole time…I couldn't find you…or the breakfast room," he said. He made special emphasis on the word morphing. He wanted to remind me that he demorphed to hawk, not human like me.
I led him back to my stateroom. "Don't you want to be human? You said when the war was over…"
"I'm just happier as a hawk," he said simply. "No one to bully me around or anything,"
"Happier? You like to kill to eat breakfast every morning? Know that you have a short lifespan?"
He shrugged. "Did Cassie thought speak to you?" He was avoiding the question. I decided to let him avoid it, but made a mental note to myself to return to the question later.
"Yeah, I had forgotten. How did you know?"
" She called out to me, too. Let's morph and talk to Cassie," he said.
"What if people come and see us?"
He grinned and took out a Do Not Disturb sign and put it on the door.
"Wow, that's helpful, Tobias. Do Not Disturb."
"It'll keep nosy maids out," he said. And then he added, "Hopefully,"
I considered my morphs. Not elephant or grizzly. I didn't really want to go insect. I had an eagle morph. That's how I would go. Eagle.
Tobias was demorphing to hawk. I was morphing to eagle.
Cassie? I said. Can you hear us?
Rachel! What took you so long?
She was making new friends, Tobias said with a laugh.
Alright, listen. You have any plans at all for how to get off this ship? I try not to worry about it, but frankly, I am very worried. Said Cassie.
We could morph, but not birds, or dolphins. Rachel and I already talked about the possibilities. What about just getting on a lifeboat? Tobias said.
I thought of that, said Cassie. But to make a very long explanation short, we can't. Do we have any other morphs?
Tobias and you have whales, do you?I asked. It had been forever since they morphed them, but they had whales, I think.
Where would we morph something that big? Not on the ship Tobias argued.
I don't know! I said in frustration. I hadn't realized how big of a problem it was going to be.
The CALIFORNIAN! It's not too far for birds to fly! Tobias suddenly said.
What's a Californian?
The CALIFORNIAN is another ship. While the TITANIC is sinking, the CALIFORNIAN is just 19 miles away from the TITANIC when she sinks! We could fly there as birds without freezing to death!
Oh my Gawd… Cassie said. We can tell the CALIFORNIAN about the TITANIC and save all of these people!
No, we can't, because some of them will have to die in 3 days, Cassie. Tobias argued.
So we're just going to let them all die? Cassie said.
Tobias: It's the way it's supposed to happen!
Cassie: But we can make a difference!
Tobias: We aren't supposed to!
Cassie: You don't want to save these people?
Tobias: It's not about saving them, it's about history!
They went on for a while. I said bye to Cassie. Did you talk to Jake yet? I asked before I demorphed.
No. I've been trying to call him, but he either can't hear me or isn't in a place to morph.
And with that, I demorphed. That little conversation had taken at least an hour. I found it was at least 12:00pm out side. There wasn't much else to do. Tobias was still in hawk morph.
"Tobias, what can a first class lady do today?"
A Turkish Bath. I'm not so sure what that is, but I think you get a massage from the attendant…
Massage? After today, I needed one. I raced down to 'F' Deck for a hopefully long massage.
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Hopefully I'll get chapter 9 up soon. I was able to write more because of school being out. *Yippie!!* I really hope I get this chapter up before I go to camp for a week…oh well The computer hasn't been working really good lately.. Chapter 9 up soon!
