Tobias's Perch

[Darth Revan]

Jake smiled, "Great, I'll get dressed. I left a message for Dad at his work, so he knows about dinner." As he ran upstairs, he heard the garage door open. Thank God, Dad's finally home. Instead of running back downstairs, he hoped his mom would update his dad while he got dressed.


Rachel thanked her mom again as she kicked them out of the bathroom. After her shower, she stared at the clothes in her closet. She wanted to look presentable, but she had to ride her bike. She picked up the phone and called Jake's house. If Jake got his parents to go, like she figured would be his plan, maybe they could give her a ride, and she could wear something nicer.


Shawn looked in Raksha's eyes and replied, "Beautiful." He knocked on the door fairly hard. The pure wood door forced the knocker to use more effort as the wood dulled the sound. Inside the house, sounds could be heard like a TV or radio was playing. After the third knock, the sounds fell silent. Shawn knocked a fourth time, and a metallic latch catching sounds through the door. Shawn nods and mentions to Raksha half-jokingly, "He was on the recliner, he probably fell asleep."

The door opens and Shawn's father see's his son, "SeanJohn! How's my favorite name brand son, huh?" He gives his son a big, loving hug as though they hadn't seen each other in years, though it had only been hours. Shawn laughs half-heartedly as he returns the hug. Shawn's father knew the joke had run its course, but Shawn loved hearing his old jokes, so he was happy to oblige... and they were still kinda funny. As he hugged his son, he noticed the young, but older girl standing at his door step. His eyebrows raise as he breaks the hug and asks, "Now who might this be?"

Shawn gestured as he spoke, "Dad, this is Raksha. Raksha, this is my father, Z-."

Shawn's father jammed out his hand and introduced himself before Shawn finished his sentence, "Zander, Zander Townes, nice to meet you."


Ax looked dejected at Tobias's refusal to acknowledge his invitation. He looked to Marco and shook his head, "I do not know. Even though he has rejoined us, he still seems distant." Ax made sure they were well into the cover of trees until he started to morph.

((Ax has a Northern Harrier, doesn't he?))

[KitsuneMarie]

Mrs. Berenson smiled as she heard the door open. "Hello, dear," she called to her husband. "Good day at the office? Cassie's parents are inviting us and Jake to dinner; he did them a favor, he says, but I think it's more than that," she added with a wink.


Cassie emerged from her room a while later, freshly washed and in clean clothes. They weren't quite what Rachel would deem worthy of being called an "outfit," but it was a step above her usual overalls and comfortable shirt. "You guys about ready?" she called as she trotted downstairs.

She was a little nervous about the dinner; she hoped that Jake's parents didn't list to Tom in too much detail who exactly had been invited or why. He would, of course, know what exactly had happened at her house earlier. And he would know that their story about the animals escaping was a lie. Why would normal kids not just blame thieves or vandals?


"Yeah, you're right," Marco frowned in agreement, then followed Ax under the cover of the forest as he began morphing into osprey.

((Yup, Parker!))

[Darth Revan]

Cassie's father peeked out their door as Cassie was going down the stairs, he caught a glimpse of what she was wearing and ran out still fixing his tie. "Oh, Cassie, I should've mentioned; we're going to take everyone to the restaurant instead, this way the parents can order what they want. Now you know I believe in letting you be yourself and all, but you may want to dress up bit more than that. You know it would mean more to your mother." He tied the neck tie too tight and nearly choked himself. in frustration, he takes the whole thing off and begins bickering about the tie.


Jake's father walked in and greeted his wife, "Hey hun, yeah I got the message." The phone began ringing, "Oh sorry dear, can you get the phone, I have to get out of these clothes, and take a shower before we go." As he passed her, he gave her a quick kiss and jogged up the stairs.


Once Ax was fully morphed, he jumped up to the top branches of the tree he was on and soared off in the direction of the King's home.

[Midnight_Huntress]

Raksha laughed as she heard his joke, she thought it was pretty funny. She smiled as Shawn made thee introductions and then let out a giggle as his father jumped in. She took his hand and gave a nod. "It's nice to meet you too, sir." she said sweetly.

[KitsuneMarie]

Cassie sighed. "See where nice clothes gets you? In a choke-hold from your tie." But she turned and went back into her room anyway, staring blankly at her closet, not even sure where to start looking for something nicer.


"Sure," she smiled to him, watching him go. She walked to the ringing phone on the wall and lifted it off the receiver. "Berenson residence," she said, reaching for a nearby pencil and pad of paper in case she needed to convey a message to anyone.


Marco waited a few moments to space their birds of prey morphs out and then took off after the Andalite, flapping heard to earn altitude.

[Darth Revan]

Cassie's father laughed and went back to wrestling with his tie. He realized he should let people know that they're going to a restaurant, so he headed back upstairs to get the numbers from his wife.


Rachel heard Jake's mother answer the phone, "Hey Aunt Jean, did Jake tell you and Uncle Steve about dinner at Cassie's? Do you think I can get a ride?"


Zander stood in the middle of the doorway gleaming at the young woman, still clutching her hand. His expression is a mixture of surprise, disbelief, joy, and pride, all together in one smile. Shawn rubbed the back of his neck and hinted to his father that he’d been shaking her hand for longer than necessary, “Dad…”

Zander snapped out of his sort of trance and let go of Raksha’s hand. He stepped to the side beckoning the two into the house. “Sorry, it’s just… this is the first time Shawn’s brought a girl home with him.”

“Dad!” Shawn exclaimed.

“What? It is.” Shawn’s father was actually enjoying a chance to be the embarrassing parent.



Post Merged: May 18, 2010, 09:01:21 PM((I figured this might help.

Animorph parents' names:

Jake's:
Mom - Jean
Dad - Steve

Cassie's:
Mom - Michelle
Dad - Walter

Rachel's Mom - Naomi

Marco's Dad - Peter

))

[Blaise Zebrataur]

Tobias calmy flies toward the town,he had heard Ax but he was not really in the mood to talk.

[Midnight_Huntress]

Raksha giggled again. She understood how parents could be embarassing. Hers had been the same way while she was growing up. She stepped inside of the house smiling and giving Shawn an "It's okay." look.

[Darth Revan]

Shawn shook his head and gave Raksha an apologetic look before saying, "Look, Dad, Cassie's parents invited us to dinner tonight. They're having Chinese food. They said you could come too, but you'd have to pay for your food."

Zander answered, "Yeah, that sounds good. What time do they want us over?"

"Seven o'clock."

"How do they know what I'll want? If I'm paying for my part, I'd like to get what I want."

"Shawn thought for a moment, "Huh, yeah, I was so elated about the Chinese food, I didn't think to ask. Why don’t you give ‘em a call? I have to get ready. Oh, also we need to stop by a store so Raksha can get something to wear. She’s new to town.”

Zander nodded and said, “Okay. Where’d you move from?”

[Blaise Zebrataur]

Tobias flies to the spot he was looked for,makeing sure no one was looking or was around before flapping down and lands before he morphed to his human self,knowing he would find clothes at the spot he was at.

[KitsuneMarie]

Finally, Cassie picked out one of the outfits Rachel had forced her to buy, putting it on with a little disgust. When she was done, she descended the stairs to meet her parents.


Jean smiled as she recognized her niece's voice. "We'd be happy to pick you up, Rachel. Your mom or the girls going too?" As she spoke, she began writing a note to Tom explaining where they had gone.

[Midnight_Huntress]

She smiled. "I used to live on the coast a few years back, but I have been a traveler ever since." she shrugged. "I never really thought about staying into one town again, until I got here."

[Blaise Zebrataur]

Tobias slowly moves around and gets some clothes,just like he'd used to wear as he was currently back in his old home.

[Darth Revan]

Zander smiled as he nodded, "From the coast, huh. Nice, Shawn loves the beach. We used to go there a few times every year while he was growing up."

Again Shawn interupts his father, "Dad. Cassie's parents? Your order?" He gave his father a wide eyed look.

Zander nodded his head politrly and said, "Okay, okay, excuse me for trying to conversate your girlfriend." He then excused himself and walked down the hall into the study. He picked up the phone and called Walter's number.

When his father called Raksha his girlfriend, he opened his mouth to object, but just closed his mouth with a sigh. He knew his father was just getting his goat, but he also didn't want to verbally deny what was said. Though they weren't in fact girlfriend and boyfriend, Shawn didn't want to spurn the idea of it. After his father had left, he shook his head and commented, "I uh, I need to take a shower, I'm sure you might want to as well. You can hang out anywhere in the house you like. The towels are in the cabinet under the sink. I'll just be a few minutes." Shawn jogged into the bathroom and started his shower.


Rachel answered her aunt happily, "Great, thank you. No, Mom is staying here with the girls. I suppose she didn't feel up to having Chinese tonight. They said that they wanted us there around seven, so when should I be outside by?"


As Walter reached for the phone in his room to call some of the parents, it rang. He answered the phone to find out one of them had called him. "Hello?"

"Hey Walter, this Zander, Shawn's father."

"Oh, hi. I was just about to call you guys. We've decided to go to the restaurant rather than ordering in. That way you parents could order whatever you felt like having and pay seperately rather than suffering through our choices and paying us back."

"Oh, well actually that answers my question. So we're going to the restaurant? Okay. Do you want us to meet you there, or should we meet at your house?"

"Go ahead and drive here first. That way we can ensure we arrive at the same time."

"Okay, no problem. What time should we be there?"

"Oh 7 should work."

"You got it. See ya at seven."

After Zander had hung up, Walter thought on the coincidence a moment before calling Naomi's home. The phone line was busy, so he tried Jean and Steve's. Both lines were busy. He looked up Naomi's cell phone number and called that. Hopefully she wasn't the one on the phone.


((Marie, do you want to keep going with Ax and Marco, or do you want to just assume their night went off without a hitch? I'm up for either. It would give Elayne a chance to get back into the story.))

[Midnight_Huntress]

Raksha smiled as they gave their little bickers. She missed thae sound of it, to be honest. She found it comforting. She thanked Shawn before he took off and then began to wander around the house as she waited.