Dawn's POV

I walk over to a house that seems like my own. As I get closer, I realize it is my house! Right? It looks exactly like my home, down to the very last leaf on the ground. What is this?! "Dawn?" Rafael seems to always be at my heels. "Yes?" I reply, still taking in the absurd setting. "Why do I feel like this is really familiar?" I look at him and see that he's smirking just the tiniest bit. I elbow him in the arm and he whimpers. I forgot about my secret weapon: sharp elbows! "Sorry," I say, lowering my head like a 5 year old who stole candy. He laughs softly and smiles. "It's fine. Just save your knife elbows for when we're really in danger!" I grin and look up mischievously. "So when we're around Rodney?" "Hey! I heard that!" He and Tasha are a few feet behind us, probably feeling weirded out by this whole thing, too. I look at them and almost gasp out loud. It takes my every lasts bit of will not to shriek at what's happening.

I nudge Rafael with my shoulder, and drop my eyes to Rodney and Tasha. I can tell he's thinking the same thing, because his eyes are wide. I never would have guessed that this would have happened. They're holding hands!!! I know it must not seem like a lot, but they have never been even close to taking any sort of step in their relationship! I try not to squeal, and Rodney eyes me suspiciously. I smile, approving.

Rodney's POV

So I decided to hold her hand. So what? This isn't the part of the story that you're going to be shocked about. I figured Dawn would find out about it anyway, so I figured you might as well hear it from me.

I woke up on the ground with everyone else. I was squished in between Tasha and Jojo. I got up, rubbing my eyes, and I saw Tasha waking up next to me. I stayed very still, not wanting to disturb her. What? It's not like people didn't already know how amazing and nice I was! Tasha yawned, her eyes opening and immediately on me. I smiled, and she smiled back.

Once Tasha was fully awake, I led her to Lake Ferok. Or at least I thought it was Lake Ferok. Things were so weird in this new place. It was just like home, but not! I shook my head. It would mess up my mind if I thought about it too much.

I looked at Tasha. Tasha looked at me. I was about to say something (probably dorky) when I noticed that we were sitting only millimeters apart. I looked at Tasha again, and she looked at me. And then she was kissing me. And I kissed her right back.

Tasha's POV

So? It's not like we haven't been going back and forth, flirting for years! I mean, my parents always did say I could date when I was 15, it's just when my 15th birthday came and passed, I don't think Rodney nor I were brave enough to make anything happen, so we just stayed "friends." I mean, sure, we both knew we liked each other, that we had always liked each other, but that was as far as it went. When he led me to the lake alone, that was my chance.

Rodney's POV

I finally broke away and stared wide-eyed at Tasha. Wow. That's all I could say. As we just sat there, staring at each other, I saw Rafael following Dawn (which I don't think she knew yet). I tried to shrink away, which isn't very easy when you're 6 feet tall. Dawn seemed too dazed and caught up in her own mind to notice us, but I saw Rafael pause and look at me. He made a questioning face (no, not an "inquisitive" fave. Only Dawn can raise one eyebrow.) and I mouthed "later." He nodded once and continued on.

Tasha's POV

Rodney and I followed Dawn and Rafael over to a house that looked exactly like Dawn's (it will mess with your mind!). I tried not to giggle when they had a semi romantic moment and Rodney elbowed me, but I could tell he thought it was cute, too. He and Dawn had been good friends for a while, and he was definitely a huge inspiration for her to actually try something like actually asking Rafael out in the first place. No one would think it, but he's a really nice person that will do a lot for a person. Unfortunately, only Sadie and I (and sometimes Dawn) know it.

We walked over a bit closer and heard Dawn throw a small insult about Rodney. (What else is new?) "HEY!" Rodney just can't sneak around, can he? Dawn and Rafael turn around and see us standing there. Dawn's about to greet us when she sees our intertwined hands. She tries not to freak out, which results in her almost killing Rafael via kicking his leg and running away shrieking (Nice job).

Whitney's POV

I wake up with a bunch of random people. Huh. Who are they? Suddenly it all comes back. I never thought those people would run into my experimental pod. It was okay when Carol did; she's the best friend I've made on this earth. This earth. I am beginning to tell you what I know, all about my life before Dawn's crew came in, when a masked figure comes and gags me. "You know too much." And everything goes black.

Jojo's POV

Whenever Dawn needs someone, she comes to me. So when she comes barreling over to me, running (something she NEVER does), I brace myself. "Rodney- Tasha- Rasha- Hands- Cute- OH MY GODS!!!!" I laugh at Dawn's short-of-breath explanation of whatever the heck happened when I was just giving Rafael and Dawn a little alone time (polite thing to do)! "Sit down, little one," I pat the ground next to me. Dawn smiles at my "wiseness" and begins to tell me a story.

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