Disclaimer: I own everything in the entire world and stuff! Really. I do. Promise. It's just I let KA have them because it was a present. Honest.

A/N: Short chapter but we're winding down. Um… I love you?

The first thing I noticed when we walked into the room was the amount of money that was put into it. It was as if Bill Gates invested one-third of what he had into it. There were velvet couches and flat plasma screen TV's and a diamond chandelier. Game consoles were strewn about on the floor, coke cans were opened randomly on every table and don't even get me started on the chips crushed on the carpet.

I looked to Marco and Rachel just to see if they're reaction was the same as mine. Their mouths were hanging open. Marco looked as if he were fighting down an urge to grab an open soda and bag of chips and make himself at home. In fact, I'm quite sure he would've if the circus band weren't behind him.

It was at that moment, I noticed two things- Jake sitting in a chair with a coke in his hand and a game controller in the other one, playing Xbox with some blonde haired kid. Then I noticed the big blue half-scorpion, half-horse thing next to them.

At the time it never occurred to me that it was an alien, they don't exist. I just thought that it was a mutated animal twisted into a vet's ideal subject to observe in its natural environment, but I think I was the only one that thought about that.

The door on the other side opened up and in stepped a girl that looked an awful lot like Rachel and a boy with blonde hair and wounded eyes. He was looked scared but not like he was going to show it for risk of looking uncool. His clothes were dumpy and his hair was ruffled. He looked like he didn't have money.

And even though this would normally be the kid I wouldn't typically hang around with, I felt a connection with him. I felt as if I knew him just as well as I knew the others. Thinking of the others, I turned to Jake. I was mad ok? Mad that we had risked running out of school, jeopardizing our good reputations for him and he was sitting on a couch playing Halo. Actually, I was fuming. I was so mad I was contemplating slapping him.

Rachel beat me too it. She laid one right across his right cheek. Jake was so stunned he dropped the control into the cheese balls bowl that was on the floor. '

"Jake, don't you ever, EVER scare me like that. Do you know what I had your little best friend and girlfriend," I choked on my own spit, as did Jake on the skittles he was munching on. Marco snickered despite himself, "do? I had them skip school and go on a little mission to find you. And all the while you are lounging around in a rich kid's home." Then she stopped, paused and thought about what she had just said. "Whose house is this exactly?"

And that's when we all looked around. Well Rachel, Marco and the other kid… Tobias I think looked around. I turned to the door we had come through, still expecting to see the circus that had dragged us over to the house. But didn't. Instead I saw people, three teens really, about our age.

"Mine," A boy stepped out of the group. He was remarkably stunning. He was a James Dean I swear it. He had the dark hair, gorgeous eyes…. I shot a look at Rachel, she was grinning.

"It's nice… quiet. Did you decorate it by any chance? I love the colors." How she managed to make small talk at a time like this I'll never, ever know.

I avoided looking at Mr. Dean and turned my attention to the big blue thing standing in the middle of the room. Yes. In all of the commotion, we had forgotten the thing. He was quite sheepishly hanging out in the center yet completely concentrated on the TV- amazed.

He. Felt. Right.

It was the same feeling I felt with Tobias. He felt like he belonged with the five of us. Something about him made him feel like he deserved to be with us and had known us for ages. I stared at him all the while thinking that I was crazy. Sure I'd always been good with knowing feelings and figuring out people but this animal was obviously not normal. It wasn't an animal that much was clear. It was more human than anything. He breathed out an air of dignity and intelligence.

He wasn't natural. He was almost… not of this world. But that couldn't happen. Aliens do not exist.

The three from behind us, Mr. Dean and the two twins, moved to sit down on random chairs. They grabbed a bowl of chips and made themselves comfy waiting for us to ask the one question they knew we couldn't resist.

Marco asked it, "What is that thing?"

Our response? "Oh, that's just Ax. He's an alien."

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MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYST: I love you. 'Nuff said. Hehe, I just said 'nuff. Oh man, I just giggled. Shit, what's wrong with me?

FacelessName: Marco/Rachel? Of course not! *whistles innocently* Ok fine, it was. But it's not staying that way. I promise! Yea, it is sort of like Megamorphs. I um… kind *cough* got the idea from it? *cough* Anyways, sorry about the confusion. It might clear up at the end though.

Smart_witch31: Thanks! I'm happy you're loving it. *burst into McDonald's chant* Ahem, sorry. Hyper.

Jinnie: Aw! Thanks! You checking back makes me happy! And you're on SUMMER break? Lucky. I'm still in school. Curses.

Psycho101: Yea, I know. I'm thinking maybe, MAYBE I can get another chappie out before I go back to school Monday. No promises.

Snazza: Dandy. I loved that Marco chapter, it shows the side of Rachel I love to write. Bwhahaha. Love you because you're brilliant.

Warmachine: Wait, are you runa or warmachine? I'm so confused! I know about the bonding, kind of painful writing it but you know- fun too. They have to bond all over again. I'll check out the link, thanks.

Runa216: Was it really confusing? The way I wrote it or just because you don't know what's going on? And I don't advertise, honestly. I think the key is a good story and a good summary.

DH L'Orange: You're a dork, what do you have against Cassie? I bet you have the hotts for Jake don't you? As for how things get fixed, if they do you'll have to wait and see.

Dark Ice Dragon: Hope so. I was contemplating sending him a razor too but I didn't have the guts.

Hpdancer92: hehe… I updated?

Lotrfreek: You were waiting for me? My love! *thrusts self into your arms* Carry me off into the sunset. Anyways. You'll never guess what's going to happen. At least… I don't think.

AngelMorph: Wow! Confusion. It's fun getting everyone else confused but knowing exactly what's going on. Rachel's Rachel. And that's all I'm giving you. Oh man, you're so going to hate me. I'm not telling you a single thing. Wait 'till the end.