Chapter Two - Decisions
Jake had gathered the rest of the Animorphs telling them to meet at Marco's house straight after school. Once they were all gathered together in Marco's room Jake began to speak "The new guy at school Jack, was planning on joining the Sharing, Marco and I managed to convince him otherwise. At least temporarily if we let him meet our other friends, we're pretty sure he's not a controller, or he'd already be a member of the sharing. Now the problem we have is that he is a good friend of Marco's. Marco wants to make him an Animorph, give him the power to morph, to help in this fight. I can't deny that the help would not go astray, but ultimately it's got to be a unanimous decision." Jake said looking everyone in the eye in turn.
"No way. Are you crazy? Don't you recall what happened with David" Rachel yelled at Marco raising her voice in anger.
"Look I know this is a big decision, but he can be trusted. The main problem with David was we hadn't had a chance to get to know him before the Yeerks took his Parents and he found the cube. I know Jack. His parents are not controllers, hell they don't even live here, I know him, he is kind, sarcastic and he lives to help people. Look I know we were burned once before with David but I know that won't happen with Jack. I trust him" Marco argued passionately looking at each of the other Animorphs in turn.
"I've seen him around and I honestly don't think he would be another David. I trust Marco's judgment on this. If he say's this Jack kid is ok. I believe him. I think we should make him an Animorph, we can always do with the extra help" Cassie replied, siding with Marco.
"Come on, am I the only one who has a problem with this" Rachel replied angrily flopping down onto Marco's bed.
"What about you Ax? What do you think?" Jake asked looking over at the Alien.
"I agree with what ever you decide Prince Jake" Ax replied
"Don't call me Prince Ax. What about you Tobias?" Jack asked him.
I agree we could use the help, if we don't take the chance occasionally we'll never win this war. I think we should make him one of us Tobias answered ruffling his wings before settling down on the top of Marco's dresser.
"Ok, so we have five for making him an Animorph and One against. Rachel, are you sure your decision is no to this, gaining even one member may give us the edge we need" Jake replied looking at his cousin trying to convince her to change her vote.
"Fine, I'll change my vote, But when this goes wrong don't say I didn't warn you" Rachel replied crossing her arms defiantly.
"Ok, so it's unanimous we make him one of us. Tonight at six he's meeting Marco here; once he arrives here Marco will take him to Cassie's barn where we will be waiting with the Escalif Device. If he agrees we will make him one of us. Since it's already five we better go before he gets here." Jake said waiting until the other's left before approaching Marco.
"Look, I'm sure everything will be fine there is nothing to worry about" Jake tried to comfort him, placing his hand on his shoulder in a friendly gesture.
"Yeah, thanks man … for everything" Marco replied as the other boy left his house. Once everyone had left Marco sat down to wait for Jack to arrive so he could tell the other boy what was going on, hopefully without him thinking Marco was some kind of nut-case who needed to be locked up.
He had only known the other boy for a little over a week and already the two of them had become near inseparable. He had never felt this way about anyone before. Marco had known since he was thirteen that he preferred boys to girls, but had never worked up the courage to actually tell anyone, not even Jake. Who had been his best friend since he was five. But the more he thought about it the more he realized how real his feelings for Jack were, he had had crushes on other boys before, but nothing like this. He couldn't stop thinking of him, of his sense of humor, of how he looked when he was trying to uncover the answer to something particularly puzzling. Marco thought about him all the time. He even dreamt about him, not the innocent kind of dreams either, these were the erotic wake up sticky type. The more he thought about it the more Marco realized that he was falling in love with the other boy.
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Jack looked at his watch, for what felt like the millionth time. This time however he noticed it was quarter to six, the time he was supposed to meet Marco at his house. Ever since Jack had started school here Marco and him had grown gradually closer, now they knew just about everything about each other. Of course he hadn't told him anything classified, but they were as close as friends could be. Jack however, couldn't help bet feel as if Marco and his other friends were hiding something important. From their conversation at lunch, he felt as if they were trying to prevent him from joining the sharing. Spending most of his adult life in the military, behind enemy lines, Jack had learnt to read people well. He had to, a lot of the time the lives of his team and himself were placed in danger, and without that ability someone would have ended up dead or seriously injured. He had tried dismissing the feelings as just being nerves, but he couldn't. His training wouldn't let him. That's how Jack found himself standing outside Marco's house instead of at the Sharing meeting he'd promised Jacob he would go to.
But standing out front of Marco's house Jack was nervous, not because he was going to meet his friends but because, he had a huge crush on him. He was good looking, smart, funny, everything he could want. It was just trying to find the courage to tell him, but he was too scared of being rejected, of losing Marco's friendship.
/God, being a teenager sucks/ Jack thought.
Before he could lose his nerve Jack lifted his fist and banged on Marco's front door. He stood on the front steps of Marco's house waiting for him to answer the door.
"Took you long enough, how long were you standing out here? Five? Ten minutes?" Marco asked as he opened the door letting him in. As he walked past Marco he felt himself blush a deep red. He couldn't believe it, he actually blushed. He hadn't done that since he was in high school. Well, the first time around.
"I … I … ok, so it was about five minutes, just shut-up and let's go meet your other friends ok? Marco" Jack said clipping him across the back of his head.
Laughing Marco said "Sure, just let me get my jacket" Sitting down on his couch he waited for Marco to return.
Once Marco returned, Jack stood up so that they could go, however things didn't seem to be going as planed because just as he stood Marco tripped on the rug sending them both crashing back into couch behind him. Lying sprawled on top of him Marco looked down at him about to make some sarcastic comment, when their eye's met and locked. Jack thought he was dreaming, he had the man of his dreams laid sprawled out on top of him, and was that lust? He saw flicker across Marco's face as he looked at him. Without really thinking about what he was doing Jack leaned forward letting his eyes slip closed as he lightly brushed his lips gently against Marco's in a chaste kiss. Half expecting the other boy to pull away, he removed his hands from around his waist where they had moved when the kiss had started. Instead of pulling away though Marco surprised him by leaning forward again, claiming Jack's lips in another kiss. This time however the kiss was not as chaste.
Jack let his hand slip up behind Marco's head, pulling him down further, deepening the kiss. They both lay there slowly exploring each other's mouth's as they lay there kissing. Eventually they broke apart looking at each other.
"What just happened?" Marco asked him gazing at him with a look of total trust on his face.
"Marco, I've got something I should probably tell you. I'm Bi-Sexual, and ever since I met you I've started falling for you. I want to have a relationship with you that is if you want that" Jack whispered hesitantly, looking at Marco, not daring to believe what the other boy's answer would be.
Smiling broadly Marco leant down placing a quick kiss on his lips before replying "Me too, ever since I first met you I've liked you in a more than friends way. I'd love to be in a relationship with you. Though I don't want to tell the others just yet as we just started seeing each other and my friends don't know that I'm gay. I haven't had the guts to tell them" He replied looking at Jack.
"That's ok, but we should tell them soon cause I don't want to hide my sexuality. I want to tell people I'm going out with the sexiest, kindest, funniest person I know" Jack said looking up at Marco.
"Yeah, I agree, But right now we should get going before Jake starts wondering where we are and sends out the search party" Marco joked, pulling himself up to a standing position, holding out his hand for Jack to take. Taking his hand Marco pulled him to his feet, placing a gentle kiss to his lips before pulling back and moving to the door, so that they could get going.
On the walk to Cassie's house Jack thought about the latest development in Marco's and his friendship. He had thought that because he was mentally older than Marco he wouldn't be able to have any kind of romantic relationship with him, but now that he had kissed him and decided to pursue a relationship with him. It just felt normal. The more time he had spent as a teenager the less he felt like a forty six year old Air Force Colonel. Being a teenager just felt natural. Physically they were both the same age, though Jack knew that mentally he was a lot older than Marco, even if he didn't act like it sometimes.
It took them about half an hour to walk to Cassie's, where everyone was waiting for them.
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TBC
Jake had gathered the rest of the Animorphs telling them to meet at Marco's house straight after school. Once they were all gathered together in Marco's room Jake began to speak "The new guy at school Jack, was planning on joining the Sharing, Marco and I managed to convince him otherwise. At least temporarily if we let him meet our other friends, we're pretty sure he's not a controller, or he'd already be a member of the sharing. Now the problem we have is that he is a good friend of Marco's. Marco wants to make him an Animorph, give him the power to morph, to help in this fight. I can't deny that the help would not go astray, but ultimately it's got to be a unanimous decision." Jake said looking everyone in the eye in turn.
"No way. Are you crazy? Don't you recall what happened with David" Rachel yelled at Marco raising her voice in anger.
"Look I know this is a big decision, but he can be trusted. The main problem with David was we hadn't had a chance to get to know him before the Yeerks took his Parents and he found the cube. I know Jack. His parents are not controllers, hell they don't even live here, I know him, he is kind, sarcastic and he lives to help people. Look I know we were burned once before with David but I know that won't happen with Jack. I trust him" Marco argued passionately looking at each of the other Animorphs in turn.
"I've seen him around and I honestly don't think he would be another David. I trust Marco's judgment on this. If he say's this Jack kid is ok. I believe him. I think we should make him an Animorph, we can always do with the extra help" Cassie replied, siding with Marco.
"Come on, am I the only one who has a problem with this" Rachel replied angrily flopping down onto Marco's bed.
"What about you Ax? What do you think?" Jake asked looking over at the Alien.
"I agree with what ever you decide Prince Jake" Ax replied
"Don't call me Prince Ax. What about you Tobias?" Jack asked him.
I agree we could use the help, if we don't take the chance occasionally we'll never win this war. I think we should make him one of us Tobias answered ruffling his wings before settling down on the top of Marco's dresser.
"Ok, so we have five for making him an Animorph and One against. Rachel, are you sure your decision is no to this, gaining even one member may give us the edge we need" Jake replied looking at his cousin trying to convince her to change her vote.
"Fine, I'll change my vote, But when this goes wrong don't say I didn't warn you" Rachel replied crossing her arms defiantly.
"Ok, so it's unanimous we make him one of us. Tonight at six he's meeting Marco here; once he arrives here Marco will take him to Cassie's barn where we will be waiting with the Escalif Device. If he agrees we will make him one of us. Since it's already five we better go before he gets here." Jake said waiting until the other's left before approaching Marco.
"Look, I'm sure everything will be fine there is nothing to worry about" Jake tried to comfort him, placing his hand on his shoulder in a friendly gesture.
"Yeah, thanks man … for everything" Marco replied as the other boy left his house. Once everyone had left Marco sat down to wait for Jack to arrive so he could tell the other boy what was going on, hopefully without him thinking Marco was some kind of nut-case who needed to be locked up.
He had only known the other boy for a little over a week and already the two of them had become near inseparable. He had never felt this way about anyone before. Marco had known since he was thirteen that he preferred boys to girls, but had never worked up the courage to actually tell anyone, not even Jake. Who had been his best friend since he was five. But the more he thought about it the more he realized how real his feelings for Jack were, he had had crushes on other boys before, but nothing like this. He couldn't stop thinking of him, of his sense of humor, of how he looked when he was trying to uncover the answer to something particularly puzzling. Marco thought about him all the time. He even dreamt about him, not the innocent kind of dreams either, these were the erotic wake up sticky type. The more he thought about it the more Marco realized that he was falling in love with the other boy.
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Jack looked at his watch, for what felt like the millionth time. This time however he noticed it was quarter to six, the time he was supposed to meet Marco at his house. Ever since Jack had started school here Marco and him had grown gradually closer, now they knew just about everything about each other. Of course he hadn't told him anything classified, but they were as close as friends could be. Jack however, couldn't help bet feel as if Marco and his other friends were hiding something important. From their conversation at lunch, he felt as if they were trying to prevent him from joining the sharing. Spending most of his adult life in the military, behind enemy lines, Jack had learnt to read people well. He had to, a lot of the time the lives of his team and himself were placed in danger, and without that ability someone would have ended up dead or seriously injured. He had tried dismissing the feelings as just being nerves, but he couldn't. His training wouldn't let him. That's how Jack found himself standing outside Marco's house instead of at the Sharing meeting he'd promised Jacob he would go to.
But standing out front of Marco's house Jack was nervous, not because he was going to meet his friends but because, he had a huge crush on him. He was good looking, smart, funny, everything he could want. It was just trying to find the courage to tell him, but he was too scared of being rejected, of losing Marco's friendship.
/God, being a teenager sucks/ Jack thought.
Before he could lose his nerve Jack lifted his fist and banged on Marco's front door. He stood on the front steps of Marco's house waiting for him to answer the door.
"Took you long enough, how long were you standing out here? Five? Ten minutes?" Marco asked as he opened the door letting him in. As he walked past Marco he felt himself blush a deep red. He couldn't believe it, he actually blushed. He hadn't done that since he was in high school. Well, the first time around.
"I … I … ok, so it was about five minutes, just shut-up and let's go meet your other friends ok? Marco" Jack said clipping him across the back of his head.
Laughing Marco said "Sure, just let me get my jacket" Sitting down on his couch he waited for Marco to return.
Once Marco returned, Jack stood up so that they could go, however things didn't seem to be going as planed because just as he stood Marco tripped on the rug sending them both crashing back into couch behind him. Lying sprawled on top of him Marco looked down at him about to make some sarcastic comment, when their eye's met and locked. Jack thought he was dreaming, he had the man of his dreams laid sprawled out on top of him, and was that lust? He saw flicker across Marco's face as he looked at him. Without really thinking about what he was doing Jack leaned forward letting his eyes slip closed as he lightly brushed his lips gently against Marco's in a chaste kiss. Half expecting the other boy to pull away, he removed his hands from around his waist where they had moved when the kiss had started. Instead of pulling away though Marco surprised him by leaning forward again, claiming Jack's lips in another kiss. This time however the kiss was not as chaste.
Jack let his hand slip up behind Marco's head, pulling him down further, deepening the kiss. They both lay there slowly exploring each other's mouth's as they lay there kissing. Eventually they broke apart looking at each other.
"What just happened?" Marco asked him gazing at him with a look of total trust on his face.
"Marco, I've got something I should probably tell you. I'm Bi-Sexual, and ever since I met you I've started falling for you. I want to have a relationship with you that is if you want that" Jack whispered hesitantly, looking at Marco, not daring to believe what the other boy's answer would be.
Smiling broadly Marco leant down placing a quick kiss on his lips before replying "Me too, ever since I first met you I've liked you in a more than friends way. I'd love to be in a relationship with you. Though I don't want to tell the others just yet as we just started seeing each other and my friends don't know that I'm gay. I haven't had the guts to tell them" He replied looking at Jack.
"That's ok, but we should tell them soon cause I don't want to hide my sexuality. I want to tell people I'm going out with the sexiest, kindest, funniest person I know" Jack said looking up at Marco.
"Yeah, I agree, But right now we should get going before Jake starts wondering where we are and sends out the search party" Marco joked, pulling himself up to a standing position, holding out his hand for Jack to take. Taking his hand Marco pulled him to his feet, placing a gentle kiss to his lips before pulling back and moving to the door, so that they could get going.
On the walk to Cassie's house Jack thought about the latest development in Marco's and his friendship. He had thought that because he was mentally older than Marco he wouldn't be able to have any kind of romantic relationship with him, but now that he had kissed him and decided to pursue a relationship with him. It just felt normal. The more time he had spent as a teenager the less he felt like a forty six year old Air Force Colonel. Being a teenager just felt natural. Physically they were both the same age, though Jack knew that mentally he was a lot older than Marco, even if he didn't act like it sometimes.
It took them about half an hour to walk to Cassie's, where everyone was waiting for them.
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TBC