A/N: This is Rise of The Guardian Fanfiction all guardians will appear they are all human. this is a Jack+OC story might seem a bit OOC but as the story progresses all will be right, hope you enjoy.

-CuddlyPenguin (*)


CHAPTER ONE:

I SWEAR I WILL REGRET THIS IN THE MORNING

Summer was my favorite season for many reasons. First of all; it was warm and it meant I got to wear t-shirts and capri shorts all I wanted with mom freaking out. My mom was one of those strict parents that expected even a two-year-old brat to behave like a miniature adult. Not that I am two years old; I am exactly 17 years old and a week and half. I have this strange addiction to keeping everything numbered.

And it isn't OCD.

I am simply a weird person that would sooner smack you with a history book before smiling politely, and introducing myself. It's simply who I am, and trust me it hasn't gained me many friends. I hear people talk behind my back all the time but I am not bullied, no one insults me straight to my face.

They consider me the straight-A student with mental problems. Although I'm only my bitchy self around people my own age. I'm only nice around kids, most find kids annoying and snobby but that isn't true. They're just expressing themselves the way they should and- shit.

That's the other thing about me I tend to ramble on. I am supposed to be talking about my reasons behind summer being my favorite season. I mean come on who cares about a stupid 17-year-old girl's life. I know I wouldn't.

Okay back to business. I got shirts and shorts taken care of, I prefer warm weather to cold-and you know what I can't concentrate.

"Willow Coulter!"

Dammit, moms home. Oh and in case you didn't catch that my name's Willow Coulter Banks. I prefer to go by Coulter though, it's my middle name even though it's more of guy name then a girls; I mean who names their child after a tree.

"Coming!" barging out of my room and running down the stairs I almost slam into my mom who stands by the parlor door.

"What have I told you about running down the stairs, and look at your hair, I told you not to dye and cut it. What's wrong with the way you had it before?"

I mange not to roll my eyes, I had cut my long auburn-red hair so that it looked choppy yet perfectly align. With silver highlights, it looked nice.

"It doesn't look bad and its summer. My hair's thick and I do not like having a sweaty scalp and neck."

My mom sighs; despite being in her early forties she was beautiful in an elderly way. I looked nothing like her, except for our porcelain skin and dimpled checks.

She had platinum blond hair and pale jade green eye. Meanwhile I had my dad's auburn red hair and stormy grey eyes. I was taller by few inches reaching the height of 5'9 but my dad was 6 foot 7 so, I came from a tall family.

"That doesn't mean you had to dyes silver stripes in your hair as well." She turns and heads to her office.

"You have to admit it looks nice?" her light laugh reaches me and I grin.

"Willow, have you thought about what you might be doing as a summer job yet?" I think about this for a few seconds, getting a summer job had been my idea mom didn't need the extra money and she was happy with giving me my own spending money. Yet getting a job would mean I wouldn't have to spend that much time at home.

"No I haven't." I walk into her office careful not to touch anything my mom's an architect and had all sort of models around the room.

"Why do you ask?" I stare at a model for a hotel currently under construction in Hawaii it had so many details it looked as if it was the actual building in midget form.

"Do you remember Nancy Overland?" I nod in agreement, even though I did not know whom she was talking about, though the name rang a bell nothing major came to my head.

"Well, she needs a nanny to take care of her kids. Her last one had to move states. Therefore, I volunteered you." My mouth drops open.

"You did what now?" my voice cracks in surprise.

"I said I volunteered you for the job, the kids are well behaved and since you'll be having to stay there for four weeks I might as well get my business trip taken care of early."

"What makes you think I'll take the job?" accusation and disbelief fills my voice.

"You enjoy being around little kids and you won't be at home for four weeks, trust me Willow, I know you" I give an exasperated groan.

"Fine I'll do it, but get to order pizza and Chinese takeout tonight and I get to sleep in late tomorrow."

Her sudden laugh startles me,

"The pizza and Chinese takeout are a deal but you start babysitting tomorrow."
"What! Oh hell no! I just got out of school two weeks ago I am not ready to wake up early again."

"Watch your Language, and yes you are getting up early, I already sealed the deal for you, now go take a shower you're driving to the Overland house at 5 to meet
Nancy and the kids." my sudden glare at her goes unnoticed as I storm out of the office and up the stairs.


After my shower, I feel less upset at my current babysitting situation. I slip into tan shorts, a white tank top and a dark brown knit cardigan. My shoulder length hair falls over my shoulder falls in annoying waves of red. My bangs falling into my eyes I had forgotten to get them cut as well. I slip my white iPhone into my back pocket and grab my car keys. I check my watch which was actually a bracelet charm in the form of a mockingjay. Being a huge Hunger Games fan I had begged my mom to buy it for me; I had no regrets.

"Willow, its 10 to five you'll be late." Sighing I run down the stairs, my mom waits in her office. I open my mouth to ask about my takeout food and but she interrupts.

" Yes your takeout food will be here when you come home here's the address. I would go with you but I have to get a flight booked and…." Trailing off she shakes her head and hands me a slip of paper with the Overland address.

"I'll see you later then.
Walking out of the house I run to my silver SUV, don't ask me why my parents thought a 17 year old girl would need such a huge car. I know I am not complaining.

The afternoon was still hot and the sun wasn't setting any time sooner.

The drive to the Overland's house was short; on foot, walking from my house to theirs was about three and half miles. It took about ten minutes in my car. I pulled into the driveway, it was a very nice house like our own it was two stories had a balcony a pretty garden in the front as well as a neat trimmed front lawn. The major difference was the fact that one side of the house was completely made of what looked like glass, so you could see into the house. That wasn't a major problem since houses in Burgess were pretty spaced apart.

I climb out of the car not bothering to lock it as I slip the keys into my pocket. Walking to the front door I couldn't help but feel a bit nervous. I had babysat before for as long as two weeks before this; but for some reason I was still nervous.
Ringing the doorbell twice, I count the seconds until the door swings open.

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

The door opens and a woman with short brown wavy hair opens the door.
"Willow, you're here, come in sweetie. I'm Nancy." Stepping aside I slip in after Nancy, who closes the door and walks toward the living room, the effect of the whole glass walls lightens the inside walls. She sits down on the leather love seat and I sit across from her. A glass coffee table in between us- gosh, there was a lot of glass in this house. She smiles her blue eyes twinkling,

"I'm really sorry about the short notice, Willow. I could pay you extra for it if you want." I smile and shake my head.

"It's okay, and you don't have to pay me extra. I love being around kids, sometimes even more than people my own age." Her smile is sweet and two dimples appear.

"You'll only have to take care of two and they can be very well behaved when their big brother isn't giving them ideas. Would you like to meet them?"

"Of course, what are their names?"

"Well Tatiana is seven years old and Aster is two. Their big brother Jackson is seventeen, I think you might know him he goes to the same school as you."

"I might I'm not very social at school I tend to stay with my friends." Oh now I know why the name Overland seemed familiar to me, Jack preferred to go by his dads last name which was Frost so the name Overland was rarely heard.

Jack was the school's Hockey and Lacrosse captain, and of course the school heart throb. I had never been attracted to him because of his ignorance and pranks yeah some of them could actually be funny but most of them were stupid. Yet here I was about to babysit his younger siblings. This would be long four weeks. Nancy stood up an led me upstairs, there was a hallway that led to a handful of doors I could count eight doors. We stood outside of on that had blue and green hummingbirds painted on the door, Nancy knocked on the door and seconds later a little girl with blonde hair appears little butterfly clips had blue,green, and yellow hair extensions in her hair.

"Mommy!" the little girl, Tatiana hugged Nancy's legs she looks up at me and I see violet colored eyes. Her rosy face and light blonde hair made her look like a little fairy.

"This is Willow, she's going to be you're babysitter for the next couple of weeks okay Tooth?" Tatiana nods and smiles at me.

"Tatiana prefers to be called Tooth, it's her nickname, I'm going to go get Aster. I'll be right back." Nancy turns and walks down the hallway to another room. Tooth suddenly takes my hand and leads me into her room.

It was painted a soft petal pink, her bed had an army of stuffed teddy bears in a variety of colors the covers were a lilac and had a lot of frilly lace. A doll house and small child desk were in the corners. Purple rugs were laid on the white carpet more blue and green hummingbirds were painted on the walls along with a castle in the sky.

"Your room is very pretty Tooth," She beams at the complement and runs to a rather large white chest at the end of her bed. She brings out a pair of feathered blue, green and yellow wings as well as a crown with the same feather design.

"do you know how to braid?"

"Yeah I do, want me to braid your hair?" Tooth nods eagerly and sits down in front of me I kneel down and carefully take out the hair extension clips placing them next to me. I quickly braid her hair into a French bun clipping hair extensions here and there to make the bun colorful. After a few minutes I place the feathered crown on her head, I push back a few stray wisps of hair. "There you go," her little hand reaches back to fell the design and then runs to her little mirror.

"Thank you Willow," she surprises me with a hug around my neck as I pat her back.
Nancy appears a few minutes later caring a smiling toddler.

"This is Aster," she walks across the room to where Tooth and I had been sitting. Aster had his mother's chocolate brown hair, but had bright emerald colored eyes.
There was a grumpy smile on his face and had a sleepy look in his eyes.

"He's adorable, can I hold him?" she slips him into my arms and I melt at his dimpled and rosy face. His hand reaches up to tug at my hair.

"red, red, red" I laugh and smile down at him. I look up at Nancy,

"He knows his colors" She grins and nods.

"He loves tugging on hair too," I laugh again and grin down at Aster.

"I don't mind," Aster smiles and shows milky white teeth he closes his eyes and is soon sleeping, his little toddler fist in my hair.

"Look mommy Willow braided my hair." Tooth shows her mom the braided bun.

"I'll go take Aster to his room" Nancy nods.

"It's the last door of the hall, the door's open. We'll be in the living room" I stand and walk out of Tooth's room heading down the hall, sure enough, the door is open. I walk toward the cradle in the middle of the room, carefully removing his hand from my hair, I place Aster on the pillow and placing a thin blanket on his feet, it was too hot for his whole body to be covered. I leave the door open and then head to the living room.

Nancy talks about all the information I will need to know and then we talk about other subjects. At around six, thirty my iPhone vibrates,

'Where are you?'

I ignore Mason's message and continue talking to Nancy

"Was that your mom?" I shake my head. "No it was just a friend."
We continue talking she seemed nervous that I would decide at the last second not take the job,

"It's alright Ms. Overland the kids are adorable and sweet I'll be able to take care of them. I'll be here tomorrow at whatever time is needed." I smile and she seems to calm down a bit.

"Already calling us cute and adorable, and yet you haven't met me yet. Not that I'd call myself cute…I prefer to use adjectives like…Hot, sexy, god-like." I feel pressure against the chair I'm sitting on and know immediately that the oldest Overland sibling had arrived.

"Jack mind your manners." The pressure leaves the headrest as Jack walks over to his mom and gives her hug.

"I'm simply describing myself, that and I felt she wasn't giving me enough credit." I roll my eyes. Jack turns to look at me his light blonde hair wasn't like Tooth's who had a gold hue to hers instead it was pale almost snow white in appearance. Nancy disappears into the kitchen leaving Jack, Tooth and I alone. Jack smirks, his blue eyes twinkling.

"Checking me out, snowflake?" I roll my eyes despite the feeling of a blush creping onto my checks.

"In your dreams" I reach up to move my bangs out of my eyes, his chuckle surprises me.

"Ah, but trust me snowflake, you'll be in my dreams soon enough. Feel free to admire me, I know if I were you, I'd be all over me. I got to admit I enjoy admiring you."

My checks burn and the smirk on his face annoys me, he was cocky and a flirt.

"God I'm going to enjoy four weeks of your act" he seems confused,

"What do you mean four weeks?" I'm about to answer when Nancy appears.

"Jack this is Willow she's going to be the babysitter while I'm gone"

"I know who she is, she goes to my school, she's captain of the girls swim team and state champion in long distance running." I am confused he knows all, this his group of friends all but ignore me at school

I might not seem like im the athletic type but I acually I'm, ive been swimming since I was four, and running is pretty easy if you have a lot of stamina which you had to have if you were a swimmer.

"Willow, we have a pool in the backyard. You can bring in a bathing suit and swim all you want. " Nancy smiles,

"Make it a bikini...God I'm gonna enjoy this babysitting experience." jack smirks and I laugh as Nancy smacks his chest.

"Jackson, I'm warning you! one more word and you'll be washing your mouth out with soap. Go wash your hands dinners ready" I smile at Nancy's flustered face.

"Would you like to stay for dinner? " I shake my head.

" I would stay but I have to get home and pack, that and I'm Meeting up with friend. "

"oh of course can you be here at around nine thirty? "

" of course, Ms. Overland, I'll be here. "

I close the door of the house behind me, the heat of the setting sun sweltering, I reach up to the my short hair up into a messy pony tail. The sound of the door opening behind me as I walk to my SUV startles me. jack appears a lopsided yet lazy smile on his face, the air of cockyness and asshole were gone.

" I was wondering who that car belonged to, thats a nice ride you have there."

i open the car door and he walks over to lean against it,

"So who's this friend you're meeting up with?" he turns his back to me against the car door. His blond hair gleeming in the sun.

" That's none of your business."

"You can't balme me,I mean you used to be really popular at school during Freshman and sophomore year. Hen you started with your, I'm-a-mental-bitch, attitude which I think is as fake as your I-don't-give-a-fuck-what-other-people-say mask. Come on what happened, I can see right through that act. "

The sudden anger that flares up in me, doesn't surprise me. I had been about to give Jack point for his new learned Gentleman-attitude but as quickly as that had come it was gone.

"I got tired of all the bullshit people do that's what happened. Some of us aren't graced with the whole, acting that we dont care and ignoring all the crap. " my anger shows through my voice and Jack turns around a confused expression on his face, he steps back and I back out the drive way and drive home.


When I get home I find that my mom had kept her end of the deal, my pizza and take out food awaits, I grab two slices and a take out box and head to my room

My room's pretty simple;light tan colored walls a queen size bed with a lot of pillows. Posters of my favorite movies and bands on the walls a huge bookcase and my desk. The glass doors leading to the small balcony covered by light blue curtains.

Everything in my room was pretty much meant to look like the beach, from the net like curtains over the windows and the beach scene paintings, the color skim was simple too, light blues and browns whites and greens.

I head out on the balcony and sit down on my beanbag chair, I felt like I should be crying but I hadn't cried since 7th grade when I broke my arm during a diving accident at a school swim meet. I hadn't even cried when I got cheated on by my first boyfriend during sophomore year. I had just laughed, and walked out, not even bothering to act hurt, some jerks don't deserve tears.

I was still mad at that accident that was the reason why I wasn't popular anymore, after Matt cheated on me I give up on acting that I didn't mind all the drama I had always been tired of the bullshit;but it wasn't until i found Matt about to have...you know that with another girl was that I snapped.

ever since then I was a loner, only hanging out with a few friends that like me were dried of all the drama, and couldn't wait to graduate.

When I finished my food I began to pack, I packed clothes and shoes, as well as everything else I would need; toothbrush hairbrush, shampoo, all that good stuff. I also pack some books, I know I'll be able to come back and pick more clothes up so I don't worry much.

At around 11 I'm finish and reward myself to a long bath. drying myself I slip into pajama shorts and a tank top.

I check my phone to find three missed calls from Mason as well as a few messages. ignkring those I find a incoming call from a unknown number, I sigh and pick up.

" Hello, who is this?" A low chuckle greets me.

"God, you sound pissed off even Through the phone. "

"What do you want Frost, " I growl into the phone frowning, another chuckle.

"Already memorized the sound of my voice, "

" No, I just have a sixth sense where I can sense assholes from ten miles away. " that shuts him up.

"by the way how'd you get my phone number? "

"I asked my mom she had it, and come on don't sound so angry at me I'm trying to be friendly. I swear, I'm sorry about earlier I can be an asshole at times. " I find myself smiling at this.

" its okay I need to learn how to control my anger, I get pissed easily...I have to go its late," he's about to say something when I hang up.

Minutes later, a text message comes through.

It's not nice to hang up on people :/

I smile at the text and shake my head, this was going to be a long four weeks, I know I'm going to regret this all in the morning


A/N: that's the first chapter, I hope you liked it, please feel free to review I'm sorry if there is a lot of grammer mistakes. Give me your opinions. Favorite and follow to your hearts content,

- CuddlyPenguin (*)