School had only let out an hour ago and all the neighborhood kids were already running around playing in the snow that had appeared overnight. You couldn't help but smile, you missed playing in the snow, it has only been about two weeks since your last snowball fight. You absolutely love the snow, whether it was snowball fights, sledding, making snowmen or ice-skating, you loved everything about it. Except the cold. You shivered wishing that you wore a warmer jacket. You soon dismissed the thought, you've been wearing this light hoodie all winter, and you weren't going to stop now.
You walked into latte lounge, a fairly small but cute, coffee shop. You've been working there since last summer. It was a pretty laid back job and you enjoyed making all the different coffees, teas and hot chocolates. Plus the decent paycheck and tips were great.
"Hey Lacy!" Anna the owner called when you walked in, "here for your check I suppose?" she smiled. She was an adorable thirty-two year old with a heart-shaped face who was always smiling.
"Yep!" you said as you walked over to the office and picked up your check.
"How's that little brother of yours?" She asked as she started to make a caramel mocha latte. You could tell by the smell, it's your favorite.
"He's good, wild as ever, but such a sweet kid" you absolutely adore your little brother.
"When is your Aunt coming home?" Anna asked as she finished up the latte.
"Not sure, we never know" you sighed.
Anna frowned, "you know you and your brother are always welcome to dinner"
"I know" you replied with a smile, Anna hated that you and your brother Ryan were left alone so much. Aunt Emma was almost always away on business trips.
"Well enjoy the day and stay warm" Anna said as she handed you the caramel mocha latte, "Its on the house" she added when she noticed your hesitation.
You smiled, "thanks, I'll see you tomorrow"
As you walked towards home, you made a mental note to go sledding after dinner. Suddenly a cold breeze followed by Jamie, one of your little brother's friends flew past you on a sled, you dropped your latte and almost fell over. You chased after him in a slight panic worried about his safety. Your brother and his friends followed you.
"This is so cool!" Ryan yelled catching up to you.
"Honestly how many times do I have to tell you runts to stay out of the street" you scolded him, he looked down in sadness as you both continued your pursuit "but it is pretty awesome" you added with a smile making your brother instantly cheer up.
You slowed down as you approached Jamie, "Jamie are you alright?" you asked
The boy was a bit shaken up but stood "that was so awesome! Did you see how fast I
went?!" he asked excitedly
You smiled; he was fine, so no harm done. "Yeah that was pretty awesome, definitely beat all of my extreme sledding records"
As Jamie jumped around happily a couch slid to a stop hitting him in the process.
"That had to hurt" Ryan commented as he flinched away
You gasped and rushed over to Jamie "you alright kido?" you asked as he stood up
"Look a tooth!" Jamie yelled in excitement
You sighed in relief "better put that under your pillow tonight"
"I will! Maybe I'll see the tooth fairy!" Jamie, Ryan and their friends started to disperse as they chatted excitedly about the tooth fairy.
"Come on you two, Jamie I'll walk you home, your mother wont be happy if she hears about this from a neighbor" you said, Jamie went wide eyed "don't worry I'll make sure you wont get in trouble" you reassured him with a wink.
The two boys started to exchange theories on how Jamie pulled off his sledding adventure; they came up with things like aliens and Santa. You decided to set them straight.
"Munchkins, you have it all wrong, aliens don't exist and Santa is too busy getting ready for Christmas" you chimed in.
"Oh really then how did it happen" Ryan asked
"Jack Frost, of course" you replied and continued walking; the two boys stood stunned for a few seconds, and then caught up with you. You felt a sudden burst of cold air. Instinctively you shivered.
"Who's Jack Frost?" "Come on Lacy! Tell us!" "Yeah come on!"
You giggled, "alright I'll tell you about Jack Frost, but it will have to wait till after dinner" to be honest you had to think of what to say, your stories didn't just appear out of thin air.
You took Jamie home and explained to his mother what happened, she was horrified but you made sure Jamie didn't get into any trouble. You and Ryan only stayed for a few minutes, much to displeasure of the two young boys who wanted to continue playing.
(Jack Frost's pov)
It took you a moment to recover after the wild sleigh ride you and the little kid went on, by the time you recovered, all the kids were done playing, and quickly dispersing as they chatted about the tooth fairy. "Come on that whole sled thing was me!" you yelled in slight frustration "not the tooth fairy..." your voice got faint and trailed off. No matter what you did, no one ever saw you.
"What's a guy gotta do to get seen around here," you yelled as you jumped in front of the kids. They walked right though you. You suddenly felt empty, none of them could see you. You're Jack Frost, its all snowballs and fun times until you remember that no one can see you. You frowned as the kids walked away from you.
You looked around and noticed that the boy from the sled was now walking away with a boy his age and a girl that looked like she was around your age. For some reason you followed them. Both of the young boys had brown hair and brown eyes, but they didn't resemble each other at all so you figured they were friends rather than siblings. You were far more interested in the girl, she was fairly short, no more than 5'2''. Her long light brown hair went half way down her back before it started to curl into tight ringlets and it bounced as she walked. Her flawless skin seemed to glow in the sunlight. She wore a black hoodie, skinny jeans and converse. It looked like she was freezing, not that you were staring. At least that's what you told yourself.
"It must have been aliens, with all their weird technology"
"Why would aliens care about a kid on a sled"?
"Then what do you think it was"
"Santa of course"
"Of course they think its him," you mumbled bitterly, everyone always thinks that it's Santa. You started to walk off in the opposite direction until you heard the older girl giggle, you couldn't help but think that her laugh was adorable, so sweet and musical, you ran up behind the trio.
"Munchkins, you have it all wrong, aliens don't exist and Santa is too busy getting ready for Christmas" The girl said. The boy that slightly resembled the girl asked how she thought it happened.
"Jack Frost, of course" The girl said, her voice held a certain wonder. As soon as you heard that you ran in front of the girl, after all she mentioned you by name, she must believe in you. You lost hope when she walked right through you.
"I should have known, what does a guy have to do to be seen" you said sadly as you looked down. You heard the girl mention that she'll tell the kids a story about you after dinner. "This I gotta hear" so you followed the girl.
Along the way you figured out that one of the boys was Jamie, and the other boy was Ryan and the girl's name is Lacy. You couldn't help but think the name was pretty, its weird you've seen lots of girls named Lacy, but you've never thought the name was pretty before. You also figured out that Lacy and Ryan are siblings.
You couldn't take your eyes off of Lacy, there was just something about her, maybe it was that she said your name, she just seemed interesting. You got so distracted that you didn't even realize that you created a thin sheet of ice over the sidewalk.
"ahh!" Lacy yelped as she fell on her butt.
"Nice going Frost" you mumbled, you instinctively tried to help her up but you fazed through her again "oh right" you frowned. After three hundred years you still forget that people just faze through you. Lacy shivered.
Ryan helped his sister up as he laughed, "not so graceful sis"
"haha very funny" Lacy said sarcastically "I don't know how I could have missed the ice, I swear it wasn't there a minute ago" Ryan shrugged and they continued walking.
You followed them to what you assumed was their house. You normally didn't pay that much attention to architecture but you wanted to remember the house. It was painted a light blue, and had two floors, on the second floor was a large bay window.
"Go put on dry clothes" Lacy ordered as soon as they were inside, she almost shut the door on your face, not that she would have known.
"Can't we play in the snow a bit more? Come on you love the snow" Ryan begged.
"Yeah! Can't we play more?" you asked childishly. To bad she couldn't hear you.
"Not now, shrimp, I promise we'll play later, you need to do your homework and I need to start dinner" Lacy said.
"Well that's no fun," you mumbled.
"Fine, can I at least get a sneak preview of your Jack Frost story" Ryan asked. You looked at Lacy who thought about it for a second then said, "well Jack Frost is the hottest guy ever" she giggled as Ryan stuck his tongue out and yelled "Lacy! Gross! You ruin everything!" and with that Ryan ran up stairs.
"hmm hottest guy ever" you repeated with a cocky grin. "I could get used to that"
"Gets him every time" Lacy smiled as she walked into the kitchen. She started to make what looked like some sort of chicken dish, mac and cheese and a vegetable. It was strange because all of the other teenagers you've seen cook have always made instant food rather than real food. This girl was so strange, but a good strange, you liked that about her.
Lacy started to hum and sing softly to herself, you had no clue what the song was, but she made it sound pretty. You were so fascinated with her that you barely noticed when Ryan came back with his homework.
"What homework do you have?" Lacy asked.
"History and math"
"That's not so bad, dinner will be ready in 20 minutes, think you can finish it before then?" Lacy asked.
"Probably, why? Did you want to go outside?" he asked teasingly.
"Of course, I love snow" Lacy said with a smile you couldn't help but smile, if she liked snow maybe she'll like being around you.
"I thought you hated being cold" Ryan said as he did his work.
"So what if I do, I can still love the snow," she replied. "Who knows maybe we'll catch a glimpse of Jack Frost"
"I'm right here! All you have to do is believe in me!" you yelled, now you were standing right behind Lacy.
"Did you hear something?" Lacy asked
"Yes!" you yelled in excitement.
"Nope you're crazy"
"Aren't you such a caring little brother," Lacy said as she walked through you, shivering as she set the table.
"She sort of heard me, I don't get it," you mumbled, but instead of getting upset you tried to get her attention, unfortunately it didn't work. You gave up after a while and sat on the counter, as Lacy and Ryan ate their dinner.
"Whens Aunt Emma coming home?" Ryan asked scarfing down his food and talking with his mouth open. You did notice that there were no adults around, where were their parents?
"Not sure, she sent more money yesterday" Lacy sighed "gez who taught you manners?" Ryan's eating habits were pretty gross.
"You did"
"Oh right"
You chuckled. You felt a sudden sadness. "I wonder if I had any siblings, I don't understand, why am I here" you asked no one in particular
"Did you hear that?" Lacy asked.
"Crazy" Ryan said in a singsong voice.
"You little runt, I guess you don't want to hear about Jack Frost later" Lacy threatened.
That shut Ryan up. You chuckled again, thankful that he shut up; you wanted to hear what Lacy had to say about you. It actually made you nervous, what if she thought you were a jerk, or something. Then you remembered that she called you the hottest guy ever, her story couldn't be bad, could it?