"Voluntary." Norgan spoke to the Hork-Bajir. I didn't really pay attention to Norgan's leaving, but nodded silently when he said that he'd be taking longer than normal, and I walked silently to the nearest table in the food court. Three days had passed, and each of those days I had to sit back and watch as Norgan flirted and hung out with Alex. Three days I sat, and allowed him to get to Alex. A small group of volunteers walked into the court and asked me to move. Not really paying attention, I stood up and walked to the far corner, which was rather dark and gloomy.

Laying my head down, I decided to go to sleep by myself for the first time in ages. I closed my eyes, but immediately opened them when I heard a sound. Sitting up, I glanced around, but didn't see anything. I was about to go back to sleep when I heard the sound again followed by a whisper.

"David. Hey." I looked in the far corner behind the boxes, and gasped when I saw the figure there.

"Alex? What the hell are you doing here? Get out. Now." I whispered harshly.

"David, no. I know what's going on here, and I'm going to get you out."

"No, Alex. Get the heck out of here. I've heard too much already."

"David, I can get you out of here." He grinned and pointed to a box. With a glance around me, I climbed over and looked into the box. Inside was a hole, just big enough for someone to climb through. I glared at Alex.

"NO." I didn't know why I was telling him no, I could escape right now. And it would be over. I wouldn't need to deal with Norgan again. Yet I felt that he needed my Yeerk. That I couldn't handle life without him.

"David, the Hork-Bajir is coming, let's go." I glanced at the entrance.

"Good, then get out of here before you get caught."

"David, damn it." Alex grabbed my head and kissed me deeply. I fell into a daze and Alex quickly pushed me into the box. Alex quickly climbed in behind me, I could hear the Hork-Bajir's confused sounding voice before he wandered off.

"Alex, what the fuc- " Alex broke me off with another kiss.

"Shut up and follow me, David."Alex began to climb up the dark tunnel. I sat and took a glance back at the entrance before I followed Alex with a sigh.

I followed Alex without speaking, mostly because each time I tried to talk, Alex would turn around and kiss me again. Alex led me through very deep woods away from the tunnel entrance, and I felt like I had walked nearly a mile before we stopped. In front of us was a vine wall, and I glanced around hopefully. Alex stopped and turned around, then with a grin he pulled apart the vine wall. I gasped at what I saw.

Behind the wall was a large clearing, and in this clearing humans and various animals worked together to form a camp. Beavers cut logs for wood and owls and hunters brought in food while humans built and cooked.

I knew at once what it was.

And I regretted not turning around.

It was an Animorph rebellion camp.

A tiger who was running the building glanced over. I watched in awe as the beautiful figure walked up and morphed back to human, and I knew who it was. It was Jake, the leader of the original Animorphs.

Jake grinned. "Who's this, Alex?" He asked while looking me up and down.

"This is David." Jake nodded.

"Okay. And you're sure he's not a controller?"

"Not at the moment, sir." Jake looked embarrassed at being called 'sir' but made no complaints. "I found him in the volunteer area."

"In the volunteer area?" Jake began talking like I wasn't even there. "Which means he's a controller willingly? What did you think you were doing, Alex!"

"Well...I..." Alex began, stammering slightly. He seemed to back down, afraid of Jake at the risk of being yelled at. I growled, coming to my boyfriend's rescue.

"Listen up here, Jake. I was in the volunteer area because my Yeerk was being nice. I've only been a controller for two weeks, and trust me, it sucks. I began being a controller voluntary, but after a while, I began to despise it. Now, I don't care if you trust me or not, but if you don't trust me, then send me back to the god damn Yeerk pool, but don't blame Alex for bringing me here. I came on my own accord because I didn't want Alex getting in trouble and being captured, and I'm damn well sure that I'm not going to give out the secret of a whole Animorph camp. So, Jake, make your decision, before I make it for you." I finished speaking, ready to claw his eyes out. Jake was silent for a few minutes, studying me.

"Fine." Jake spoke. "I can't risk you exposing the camp in the Yeerk pool, but I don't trust you enough to become a true Animorph. You're to stay here under my command until I leave, understand? At that time you will gain your morphing powers if I do indeed trust you enough to give them to you." Jake nodded to Alex. "Alex, you did fine. Go help the others." Alex nodded and ran off, leaving me with Jake. Jake walked the camp, motioning for me to follow, so I did. He showed me around the camp and even told me why they were here.

"We're here to attack the Yeerk pool once, maybe free some of the controllers." He glanced back at me. "Then we're going to move on and attack somewhere else."

"What...what would you do...if I was to go back to the Yeerk pool?" I asked hesitantly. Jake stopped and turned around, his voice even without hesitation.

"We would hunt you down and kill you." I stared at Jake. "But on a lighter note, I know that you and Alex are going out, and I also know that you're not going to try to go back because then your Yeerk might try to take him. He has orders to do so, which means that your yeerk-"

"Norgan." I cut him off.

"Norgan?"

"That's my Yeerk's name, Norgan." Jake studied me for a second, then he sighed. He turned and walked over to a large rock over looking the clearing and sat down, with me close behind. He watched the area for a few seconds before addressing me again.

"You and Norgan...were you two close? As in like...friends?"

I sat down and considered this. "No, not really. We got along better than others, but we weren't friends."

"I always wondered if it was possible to be totally sane and yet still be friends with a Yeerk. Like a mutual relationship of some sort. Have you ever thought that, David?"

Ever thought what, if both of us could depend on one another? Yes, of course I have. I don't know how I'm living now without Norgan.

"Yeah, kind of." I answered. Jake nodded and we sat until the sky began to grow dark. All of the people walked or trotted over to huts and laid to rest. Jake had me, Alex, and himself sleep in the same hut, with Jake in his tiger morph. Even when I fell asleep, I still had doubts of whether Jake was watching me or not.

A/N: Look, I changed my mind! I normally do that, sorry. x.x So, the Animorphs are in the picture. And trust me, since the title is "Life as a Teenage Controller," he's not going to be a non-controller for much longer. Um. Oh. Sorry for late update. I'm known to do that if I'm busy at school. So, Adios, mi amigos, y tienes un bueno dias!