Jack flew with the wind like some other cold days; glancing at every windows he passed by. He smiled as he saw thousands of children sleeping soundly in their dark room behind those windows.

But then he saw a beam of light from one window in front of him. He stopped and took a glimpse.

There's a girl, which he thought he knew, crying her eyes out. Her blonde hair framed her face messily. She's already a teenager. So he thought that she won't be able to see him. He sat by her window, trying to remember when and where he had seen that girl before.

But then that girl stopped sobbing, and took a glimpse at his direction.

And then she froze.

Jack immediately froze too, as he thought about the possibility that she could see him.

The girl snapped out first as she walked towards him, and she opened the window.

"You know that a boy peeking into a girl's room at midnight could be considered a stalker, don't you, Jack?"

He backed out from shock, forgetting that he's sitting on a window in the 2nd floor, and he almost fell down. But then the girl pulled him back up.

"You can see me?" Jack's eyes widen.

"Well, it's been 15 years since the day that we met, so I think it's tolerable that you forgot about me." She shrugged off as she walked away from the window. "It's cold outside, won't you come in? Ah- but it's not like you're feeling cold or anything... But I do feel cold, so if you're coming in, please close the window."

It took a while for Jack to recover from his shock, but then he jumped into the girl's room and he closed the window behind him.

"I do remember your face faintly, but I can't quite get there..." Jack sat down at the girl's room as the girl sat down on her bed.

"Hum, Easter Bunny's place, Pitch Black's return, ring a bell?" She chuckled. "I bet this is confusing for you as usually you're the one who know us humans before we could even see you."

"Yeah..."

Jack sat down quietly for a moment, digging into his memory. It isn't easy to search from a brain filled with around 300 years of memory... But then it hit him.

"You're... Jamie's sister... right? Sophie...?" His eyes met hers as she clapped her hands.

"10 points for the stalker!"

"Hey what's with that nickname?!" He protested. Sophie laughed.

"Well, look at yourself! You're wondering around a young girl's bedroom in the middle of the night. If anyone else can see you, you'll be thrown to prison right away!"

"But you're the one who invited me to enter your room." Jack laughed. "You've grown so much that I can't even recognize you anymore! And I'm surprised that you still remember me and you still believe in me. Most people forget about me as they turned into a teenager."

"Maybe, it's because most people don't spend their childhood running around a bunny's hole."

"Yeah, maybe you're right." They both laughed together. When they stopped, an awkward silence fell between them.

"So, before you saw me, why were you crying?"

"Sigh. If I told you, it's not like you can do anything about it, Jack." She forced out a smile as she let her body fell to the bed behind her. Jack frowned. But then he sighed.

"I'm a bit offended by what you said, missy, but no matter how much I want to argue with that statement, you've got a good point there..." He trailed off for a bit. "But at least I can cheer you up. Come on, do you want to fly out for a while?" Jack smiled as he stood up and he grabbed Sophie's hand.

"Well, I should put on a sweater firrrr-ST! JACK!" She screamed as he levitated her up from her bed. Jack chuckled as he lowered her down to her bed again.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Jack mumbled out between his chuckles. Sophie gave him a deathfull glare.

"Oh no I won't forgive you." She pulled him down and tickled him until he burst out laughing, cried for mercy, and struggled for freedom. They then laughed together again, but then they realized that they're in an awkward position.

Jack was on top of Sophie and they were so very close with each other.

They froze for a moment, but then Jack stood up and took a couple steps back.

"You should be a little more cautious, Sophie. Even though I am a spirit, I still have complicated feelings just like humans do..."

"... Okay, I'm sorry." Sophie's face became red and she sat up immediately.

"I got to go now; you should get some sleep too." Jack opened the window and took a last glimpse at the young girl. "Goodbye, Sophie."

"... Will I see you again?"

"I'm not sure, but maybe we will meet again someday, somewhere." He gave a sad smile.

And then he flew off.

Sophie sat down quietly for a minute.

"If I told you the truth about why I was crying, would you stay?"