Disclaimer: You ought to have read it by now, people!! Also, I don't own "Grisabella Kitty." She is from the Broadway show "Cats."

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~At Jake's House~

Jake had taken me over to his house so that we could "study." I also took Jordan, and said that my mom was gone and Jordan didn't want to stay home alone. That night just so happened to be the night that The Sharing had their volleyball tournament. Winner takes home $15 and -oh joy- a membership card. Meaning infestation. Yeah, we sorta made a bargain to be good, but not too good. Anyways…

"Hey, Tom," Jake said. "Isn't there a meeting tonight for The Sharing?"

"Yeah!" he replied, visibly excited. "Are you going to come?"
"Well, what are you guys doing?"

"A volleyball tournament. You get to take home $15 and membership. Try to win, midget."

::Uh-huh.:: I thought. ::You also forgot to mention that you get a free evil extraterrestrial parasitic slug in your very own head! Yeah, Tom. We'll win, alright!::

"Hi, Tom!" piped up Jordan.

"Hey there, squirt! What are you doing here?" he replied, clearly ecstatic that he was recruiting 3 people at once.

"I'm with her," she said, pointing at me.

"Ah," replied Tom and turned to go upstairs to his room. "Come to The Sharing tonight, okay?"

"Alright," said Jake.

"Will do," I said.

"Okay," said Jordan.

~Later at Cassie's barn~

"Is everybody ready to go to The Sharing?" Jake asked.

We were going to come at different times, from different places, except for me and Jordan. We came last. She was supposed to stick with me since most 14 year olds can't drive.

"Yes." (Cassie)

"Yeah." (Me)

"Sure, why not?" (Jordan)

I am ready, Prince Jake. (The only one who calls Jake "Prince")

"Nope," said Marco.

We all turned to look at him. He was fixing his hair.

"Okay, *now* I'm ready," he said.

Jake rolled his eyes and said "Good grief. Can we go now, Brad Pitt?"

"Brad Pitt?! Where?" I asked jokingly.

"Right here, Grisabella Kitty," Marco said, grinning from ear to ear.

Yeah. Right. Anyways, we left in our order. First Ax in human form (in case anything went wrong, he could demorph and warn us in thought speech once we got there.), then Jake, then Marco. Cassie stayed back for a little while to talk to me.

"Rachel, I don't much like this plan but the only reason I'm doing this is because I can trust on this kind of thing. You love your sister to death, but I don't want that to become literal. Be careful, okay?" and then she left.

"C'mon, squirt," I said to Jordan.

"What is it with you and Tom calling me that? I hate it!" she replied angrily.

"All the better," I said in an old woman's voice. "To tease the crap out of you, my dear!"

~Later at The Sharing~

Wow. This is cool! This is *so* cool! It's like somebody turned the world sideways.

"Jordan," I said casually, acting like I was talking to Cassie. "If you don't quit running up and down that same tree, their going to suspect something."

Jordan had acquired a squirrel morph and was having *way* too much fun.

"Seriously, Jordi," Cassie added. "Focus."

Did you just call me Jordi? *Jordi*? What kind of name is *that*? I like it! Jordan -or Jordi- said.

"I repeat: focus!" Cassie hissed.

Hey look! It's Vanessa! said Jordi. She's cool.

Vanessa was a girl at my school who I did a science project with one time, so she had to come over to my house, and Jordan and Sara were absolutely enchanted with her. I however, despised her. Can you say "stuck up?"

"Oh joy," I said sarcastically. "Wait… oh my gosh! Oh no! No no no no no!"

"What?" Cassie asked worriedly. "What is it, Rachel?"

"Vanessa won the All-State Championship last year-- in volleyball! As much as I can't stand her, I would hate to have one more pathetic sluggish beast have a host, especially if I could have stopped it."

Just then Jake ran up to us.

"You guys-- girls ready?"

"Jake," Cassie started. "We have a problem--"

"And I have a curfew. Let's go."

Jordan scurried up the tree one last time and jumped to the next… and the next… and the next. Cassie and I ran over to the volleyball net with Jake, and I explained about Vanessa on the way. Then Marco joined.

"We have got to win," said Marco. "Then just refuse the memberships."

"Why are you so eager to save Vanessa?" I asked him curiously.

"She's hot," he replied simply and winked.

Jake just rolled his eyes.

"You know," said Cassie. "This may be the most fun mission we've ever had!"

"Except for Jordan, who is doing all the dirty and dangerous work while we have a blast hitting a ball from one side of a net to the other," I pointed out. Even though this was my idea, I was determined to make sure that while Jordan did her job, the rest of us did *not* have any fun whatsoever. It worked for the first 5 minutes. Then we got just a *little* bit too happy…