A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I kinda out of the Animorphs realm. So, here it is. Finally! The last update I made was in November 3, 2001. *gasp!* No, I am not dead!
*waves her J/C flag* Sorry for the typos =)
Also, I changed my name back to Lt.Jaina Solo Fel, but I was known as rangerprincess.
Disclaimer: If I owned Animorphs, I would probably be rich, but aye, I am not, so that means I do *not* own Animorphs.
**
Cassie Brooks stared at her cup of coffee for a long time, it was three o'clock in the morning, and her husband had yet to come home. She knew he was starting a new business, and she knew it would take a couple of months to get things settle down, but she couldn't sleep without him beside her. She twirled her wedding band around her slender fingers. She wondered if all women went through this with their husbands.
'Jake would never do this to me,' she suddenly thought in her mind.
But as soon as she said, she mentally kicked herself. Jake wasn't the same, he didn't love her, he just pushed her away. It broke her heart when they declared it over, she cried for days. She partly blamed the yeerks. Michael *did* love her, and Jake didn't anymore, that was all that mattered. She suddenly heard the door open and close loudly.
"Cassie?" he called, his footsteps making loud noises.
Cassie stood up, in her robe, with her arms crossed. "Where.Were.You?"
Mike sighed, he looked tired, and her hard expression softened, she laid a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" she asked gently, sitting him down on the table, pouring him a glass of tea.
"Someone ran over a deer on a highway, Barbara called me to assistant her and her husband, I would have called you, but I was miles away from a telephone booth, I knew you would understand once I got home," he said, giving her a pleading look to forgive him.
She sighed. "It's perfectly alright, I'll go with you to the clinic tomorrow. I'm just glad your safe and sound."
She was too worried to be mad. She buried herself in his arms, feeling his heartbeat underneath her palm over his heart.
He yawned, combing her curly hair. "Lets go to sleep. How is our daughter?"
Cassie smiled wide. "Asleep, in her crib. She is such a good baby."
"How could she not? She has your eyes," he said happily, kissing her brow and standing up.
"She has your eyes, darling," she corrected, suddenly feeling giddly.
He wrapped his arms around his wife as they walked up the staircase to bed.
**
The next day, Cassie went to the clinic with her husband, fixing up the deer. It was times like these that made Cassie upset, she wished people would be more gentle to animals.
"Darling, the world isn't perfect. People will be cruel, you know that," said her husband softly, looking up at her.
Cassie sighed. "Yeah, I know."
He patted her on the back and walked back inside.
"Momma," cooed her daughter.
She looked at her daughter in her stroller, making bubbles with her lips. She combed her hair out her daughter's eyes, tickling her, making her giggle. She unstrapped her and started rocking her to sleep. Cassie sighed, she remembered how she dreamed to be married and have a family, yet, she always thought Jake would be her husband and the father of her children. . .
"Well, if isn't Cassie, the good ol' tree-hugger," she heard a cocky voice from the stairway.
"Marco!" she said in surprised, walking up to hug him tightly with her daughter still in her arms. "W--What are you doing here?"
Marco shrugged, racking his fingers through his gel hair. "Just stopping by, I was town, ya know?"
She nodded understandingly. "It's good to see you."
He smiled sadly. "Yep, it's good to you too, Cass."
She wanted to ask how Jake was, or if he had seen him, but her mind told her not to.
"Cassie, Jake needs you," Marco blurted, getting to the point.
*That* caught Cassie off guard. "What?"
He sighed and sat down on the hay stacks. "You should see him, he mops around, and he has this dreamy look in his eyes, and let me tell you I've know him for a long time, he only has this dreamy look in his eyes when he thinks of his Cassie--"
"--*His* Cassie?" she said incredulously. "Marco! He pushed me away, and now he suddenly wants me back? Marco, even if I wasn't married, mind you, I *am*, I would go crawling back to him, he doesn't need me anymore, you know that."
He looked at her harshly. "You knew he was going through a rough time! You know he wasn't in the mood for a relationship. His brother and cousin died, he wasn't in his right mind!"
Cassie was shocked, Marco hardly raised his voice unless he was very upset over something greatly, Marco knew when to joke or be serious. Cassie always thought he was the smartest in the group, like Jake had said, Marco could see plans from A to B perfectly.
"I *tried* to talk to him, I tried for months, I am human Marco, I needed to start a new life, even it meant away from Jake," she said regretfully.
He looked into her eyes deeply, like he was trying to figure out this new Cassie. He saw how much she loved the child in her arms.
"Cassie, don't deny it, you still love him," he said hoaresly.
She looked into his eyes now. "Of course I do. I always have, and always will, but I love Mike now, and my daughter."
He avoided her gaze. "Just go back."
"Back to where?" she asked, walking towards him and sitting down next to him.
"Back into the town where the good ol' Animorphs began and ended," he said sadly. "Just talk to Jake yourself and tell him what you just said to me, and a simple phone call won't do, he needs to hear it from you in person, you owe him that."
She sighed, looking down at her baby girl, who was slumbering in her arms. She looked up at Marco and nodded. "Alright."
He smiled gratefully at her. "I'll call you later, no hurry, but we should be on the road by nine."
She nodded. "Mike will understand, he always does. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm only doing this...because your right, I *do* owe that much to Jake."
After Cassie watched him drove off, she couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right.
The Drode laughed, he couldn't believe she fell for it, thinking he was Marco.
"Everything is going as planned, Master," he hissed.
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A/N: *grinned* I told ya, Crayak was planning something for our Cassie. ;) Please review! And I am sorry for not updating sooner! I hope this makes up for it. ^.^ Please review!! ^_^
*waves her J/C flag* Sorry for the typos =)
Also, I changed my name back to Lt.Jaina Solo Fel, but I was known as rangerprincess.
Disclaimer: If I owned Animorphs, I would probably be rich, but aye, I am not, so that means I do *not* own Animorphs.
**
Cassie Brooks stared at her cup of coffee for a long time, it was three o'clock in the morning, and her husband had yet to come home. She knew he was starting a new business, and she knew it would take a couple of months to get things settle down, but she couldn't sleep without him beside her. She twirled her wedding band around her slender fingers. She wondered if all women went through this with their husbands.
'Jake would never do this to me,' she suddenly thought in her mind.
But as soon as she said, she mentally kicked herself. Jake wasn't the same, he didn't love her, he just pushed her away. It broke her heart when they declared it over, she cried for days. She partly blamed the yeerks. Michael *did* love her, and Jake didn't anymore, that was all that mattered. She suddenly heard the door open and close loudly.
"Cassie?" he called, his footsteps making loud noises.
Cassie stood up, in her robe, with her arms crossed. "Where.Were.You?"
Mike sighed, he looked tired, and her hard expression softened, she laid a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" she asked gently, sitting him down on the table, pouring him a glass of tea.
"Someone ran over a deer on a highway, Barbara called me to assistant her and her husband, I would have called you, but I was miles away from a telephone booth, I knew you would understand once I got home," he said, giving her a pleading look to forgive him.
She sighed. "It's perfectly alright, I'll go with you to the clinic tomorrow. I'm just glad your safe and sound."
She was too worried to be mad. She buried herself in his arms, feeling his heartbeat underneath her palm over his heart.
He yawned, combing her curly hair. "Lets go to sleep. How is our daughter?"
Cassie smiled wide. "Asleep, in her crib. She is such a good baby."
"How could she not? She has your eyes," he said happily, kissing her brow and standing up.
"She has your eyes, darling," she corrected, suddenly feeling giddly.
He wrapped his arms around his wife as they walked up the staircase to bed.
**
The next day, Cassie went to the clinic with her husband, fixing up the deer. It was times like these that made Cassie upset, she wished people would be more gentle to animals.
"Darling, the world isn't perfect. People will be cruel, you know that," said her husband softly, looking up at her.
Cassie sighed. "Yeah, I know."
He patted her on the back and walked back inside.
"Momma," cooed her daughter.
She looked at her daughter in her stroller, making bubbles with her lips. She combed her hair out her daughter's eyes, tickling her, making her giggle. She unstrapped her and started rocking her to sleep. Cassie sighed, she remembered how she dreamed to be married and have a family, yet, she always thought Jake would be her husband and the father of her children. . .
"Well, if isn't Cassie, the good ol' tree-hugger," she heard a cocky voice from the stairway.
"Marco!" she said in surprised, walking up to hug him tightly with her daughter still in her arms. "W--What are you doing here?"
Marco shrugged, racking his fingers through his gel hair. "Just stopping by, I was town, ya know?"
She nodded understandingly. "It's good to see you."
He smiled sadly. "Yep, it's good to you too, Cass."
She wanted to ask how Jake was, or if he had seen him, but her mind told her not to.
"Cassie, Jake needs you," Marco blurted, getting to the point.
*That* caught Cassie off guard. "What?"
He sighed and sat down on the hay stacks. "You should see him, he mops around, and he has this dreamy look in his eyes, and let me tell you I've know him for a long time, he only has this dreamy look in his eyes when he thinks of his Cassie--"
"--*His* Cassie?" she said incredulously. "Marco! He pushed me away, and now he suddenly wants me back? Marco, even if I wasn't married, mind you, I *am*, I would go crawling back to him, he doesn't need me anymore, you know that."
He looked at her harshly. "You knew he was going through a rough time! You know he wasn't in the mood for a relationship. His brother and cousin died, he wasn't in his right mind!"
Cassie was shocked, Marco hardly raised his voice unless he was very upset over something greatly, Marco knew when to joke or be serious. Cassie always thought he was the smartest in the group, like Jake had said, Marco could see plans from A to B perfectly.
"I *tried* to talk to him, I tried for months, I am human Marco, I needed to start a new life, even it meant away from Jake," she said regretfully.
He looked into her eyes deeply, like he was trying to figure out this new Cassie. He saw how much she loved the child in her arms.
"Cassie, don't deny it, you still love him," he said hoaresly.
She looked into his eyes now. "Of course I do. I always have, and always will, but I love Mike now, and my daughter."
He avoided her gaze. "Just go back."
"Back to where?" she asked, walking towards him and sitting down next to him.
"Back into the town where the good ol' Animorphs began and ended," he said sadly. "Just talk to Jake yourself and tell him what you just said to me, and a simple phone call won't do, he needs to hear it from you in person, you owe him that."
She sighed, looking down at her baby girl, who was slumbering in her arms. She looked up at Marco and nodded. "Alright."
He smiled gratefully at her. "I'll call you later, no hurry, but we should be on the road by nine."
She nodded. "Mike will understand, he always does. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm only doing this...because your right, I *do* owe that much to Jake."
After Cassie watched him drove off, she couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right.
The Drode laughed, he couldn't believe she fell for it, thinking he was Marco.
"Everything is going as planned, Master," he hissed.
**
A/N: *grinned* I told ya, Crayak was planning something for our Cassie. ;) Please review! And I am sorry for not updating sooner! I hope this makes up for it. ^.^ Please review!! ^_^