Marco
Jake had left first. I think he felt awkward just staying there after that outburst.
((You didn't take it personally did you Marco?)) Tobias asked me.
"No," I said, but it did hurt. "He's just cut up. I don't blame him."
"How about you Cassie?" Rachel asked, as Cassie wiped away a stray tear.
"Marco's right," she said. "Jake's trying to pretend nothing's wrong, that he can handle it. Maybe we put too much pressure on him that he feels obliged to feel like this."
We just stayed there thinking about that for a moment. We all knew that the pressure for being leader would finally make Jake burst, I had teased him about it a number of times before, but now the danger of him finally bursting was drawing nearer and nearer.
"We can go along with it tonight," I said, trying to reason with everyone. "But if something goes wrong we take control, we don't follow his orders. Agreed?"
"Agreed," Cassie said, quickly.
"I'm not agreeing to anything," Rachel said stubbornly.
((If something goes wrong that Jake can't handle then yeah, we'll take control,)) Tobias said, although rather reluctantly.
"Three against one, Rachel. You're out numbered," I said, rather harshly.
Rachel just shrugged her shoulders and walked out of the barn.
"It has to be done," I said miserably.
"Maybe we should ask Prince Jake what he wants," Ax said.
"He won't admit that he's hurting," Cassie said.
For a moment I hated her. She was over emotional, just like Jake had said, even though he was just angry.
"I'll see you tonight," I said, and walked out.
