Rachel
Jake was the first to break eye contact. I think he felt ashamed at what he just did even though it was in self defence. He walked away with Allison and left the four of us swimming into open water saying nothing. I was surprised, it's not everyday you see your gentle cousin kick somebody's butt into the ground. What I was angry about was that whole Allison thing. He should have said right there and then that Cassie was his girlfriend, but he didn't and I knew it was eating Cassie up inside.
I wanted to send her a private thought speech, but Marco interrupted me.
((How dare she say Jake is cuter than me!)) he raged. I knew he was only trying to break the silence and I was glad for it.
((No one wants to go out with a person with a rat face,)) I laughed.
((What did he mean when he said Jake humiliated him in front of his friends?)) Tobias asked, finally bringing the great big elephant down.
((Yes, that's what I want to know,)) I said, seriously. ((And about Jake beating him before.))
((Marco?)) Tobias asked.
Marco sighed.
((Alright, but you didn't hear it from me,)) he said. ((When that guy, John, went to our school he picked on dorks…))
((Like me…)) Tobias sighed.
((He picked on you?)) I shouted angrily.
((Excuse me,)) Marco said, annoyed. ((I was talking. There was this one time when Jake and I had come out of maths class and Jake accidentally ran into John. He said sorry and all, but John was convinced he did it on purpose, so he pushed Jake, thinking Jake was this worthless, can't stick up for himself dork.))
((But he's not,)) I said, fiercely.
((John didn't know that,)) Marco continued. ((So as you saw earlier, Jake doesn't like to be pushed, so he pushed him back.))
((And they got into a fight, Jake punches him and so the story ends,)) I said dismissively.
((Jake didn't punch him,)) Marco said, quickly. ((It was five against one. I was being held back, so I could do nothing.))
((So what happened?))
((Nothing,)) Marco said. ((He just pushed John. John fell back, his friends dissed him and he walked away, but that time he didn't have a knife.))
((Yeah and Jake still beat him,)) Tobias said.
((Well, we always knew Jake was a good fighter,)) I said. ((He just doesn't show it.))
((He had a knife, Cassie said for the first time since we left the shore. ((What kind of a person carries a knife?))
((Don't worry, Cass,)) I said. ((Jake's fine now. Except for his hands. How the hell did he break metal with his bare hands?))
((Beats me,)) Marco said. ((Must have been weak metal.))
((And who does that Allison think she is?)) I asked. ((How dare she make moves on Jake, when I told her Jake and Cassie were together?))
((If you haven't noticed Rachel,)) Cassie said, ((but me and Jake haven't exactly been tight lately.))
((Yeah, I've noticed,)) I said grumpily. ((And why is that?))
((That thing he said to me that day…))
((You're holding that against him?)) Marco asked, astonished. ((He thought his brother just died. He was upset, I thought you were the kind sensitive one.))
((It hurt, Marco,)) Cassie whispered.
((What he said to me hurt too,)) Marco snapped. ((But I'm still his friend. You think everything's grand because you have all your family with you, for some people its not quite like that.))
Marco doesn't usually talk like that unless he is personally involved. Marco knew Tom well, but he was speaking of his own experiences with his mother.
Cassie kept quiet and I decided to break the tension.
((Do you think it's time to demorph yet? I asked. ((Marco you have to demorph before the rest of us.))
((Alright let's head back,)) Tobias sighed, for a moment I could have sworn I heard Jake in him.
