Jamie sighed a little, holding Jack close as he thought about what Jack had just said.

"I'm not sure that's quite the truth... but it's true that they could have done better than what they did do. You're better than they are." Jack sniffed, fireworks went off making him squeal and hide under Jamie's hoodie. It was an Easter carnival that came once a year.

"It's okay Jack. Remember what I said about not worrying if I'm not worried?" Jamie said soothingly. Jack cooed and purred softly, another loud firework boomed a little close and Jack yelled and ran into the closet.

"IT'S THE APOCALYPSE!" Jamie sighed.

"No Jack." He opened the closet.

"It's just a firework. Come on, I'll show you." Jack followed Jamie, but held tightly to him.

"A what?"

"It's a form of entertainment." Jamie took Jack to the roof and put an arm around him, pointing to another that went off.

"See? It won't hurt you as long as you keep your distance from it." Jack gasped at the colors, one spelled out "Easter Carnival Tonight" before disappearing.

"Jamie, what's a carnival? I wanna go."

"I don't think you should yet. It's something that people do for fun, but you're still very skittish of everything and those things tend to have big crowds... I don't think it's a good idea." Jack whined and gave him puppy dog eyes.

"Come on... I promise I'll stay with you and won't go anywhere else!" Jamie sighed.

"I don't know if you can keep that promise if something scares you Jack."

"Please, just give me a chance." Jamie thought about it for a moment before nodding a little.

"Alright. I guess we can try, just... try not to jump out of your skin at everything... or anyone who talks to you." Jack clapped like a five year old.

"LET'S GO!" He hung onto Jamie like a toddler as he piggy backed it to the carnival. Jamie chuckled as he wrapped his arms around Jack's arms to secure him more as he called the wind to take them to the carnival in the nearby park. It was the same park that Jamie remembered once meeting Jack in for New Year's... that was the year before he'd gotten sick. He'd not gotten up the nerve to ask Jack for a kiss, but he had held the winter spirit's hand that evening and though he'd lost his nerve to even give him a peck on the cheek then, he hadn't let go of his hand. Jack clapped happily.
"Hooray!" He oohed and awwed at the lights, screaming at the clowns though who tried to come near him; that was the one thing he hated more than anything. Clowns, and Jamie knew he would react to them that way even under normal circumstances. Jamie apologized to them, explaining Jack's fear and it got around fast so that the rest of the evening the clowns stayed away from Jack and Jamie who distracted Jack with a teddy bear as big as an infant that he won in a ring toss game. Jack giggled and hugged the bear, he tried his darndest to win a fish from the fish bowl game; tossing small balls at the various bowls.

"Here's your fish." The man said after he made it. Jack gasped, it was a bright blue guppy with brown eyes and brown fins, it reminded him of Jamie.

"Jamie, look! It looks like you!" Jamie feigned horror.

"What a thing to say! Saying I look like a fish..." He giggled a little though, ruining the act. Jack jumped.

"No... I-i..." His damaged mind had not noticed the act and he jumped off Jamie's shoulders in fear of punishment. Jamie sighed and put his arms around Jack.

"Jack... I was kidding... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..." To what? He wasn't sure what the heck he'd said that would have caused Jack to react like he had. Jack whined more and more, but not because of what had happened; characters dressed as the Easter Bunny appeared all around and scared him more than anything.

"Jamie! He's everywhere!" He hid in Jamie's hoodie with the teddy that wouldn't quite fit since it was gigantic. Jamie curled his arms around Jack, murmuring gently.

"No Jack... it's just people dressed as him. If you look close you can see that it's fake. Plastic faces that don't move and what looks like fur is fabric. I know Bunny won't come near you. He wouldn't risk it." Jamie gently stroked Jack's back in a gesture of comfort, trying to soothe him. Jack shuddered and giggled, a man in one bunny costume came over and smiled.

"Hey little man, why so sad?" Jack shivered, trying to realize that he was a fake bunny.

"Is he okay?" The man asked Jamie while Jack just quaked more and more.

"He's had a bad experience with someone dressed like a rabbit so you'll have to forgive him. It was recent and he's not quite fully recovered, but he insisted on coming." Jamie said with a half smile. The man looked at Jack in sympathy.

"Oh, well you know what cheers me up? Balloons!" He made a balloon dog and Jack looked at the balloon in awe. Jamie smiled at the man in thanks. The man handed Jack the balloon dog and Jack looked at it, smiling.

"I'll call you Pippy!" He giggled, but when he heard screaming he ducked back under Jamie's hoodie.

"What was that?" It had come from a roller coaster that had done several loopty loops and then went backwards to cross them again.

"Just some people having fun on a ride. Please get out from under my hoodie Jack." Jack nods, holding his balloon dog and he looks around, seeing a merry-go-round he heads for it.

"Can we ride it?"

"Sure, one moment." Jamie went over to a ticket booth to get a few ride tickets before they could go on it. He handed the operator the tickets and motioned for Jack to go ahead of him to pick a seat, following close behind. Jack picked a horse with a white mane and blue eyes, with an ice-colored saddle. Jamie chuckled a little, settling on a horse nearby with a white mane, brown coat and a red saddle.

"ALRIGHT! HOLD ON TIGHT AND LETS GOOOO!" Yelled the man at the starting station as he started the music and the merry-go-round moved his horse. The one Jack had chosen moved faster than the others, he gulped, jolted, yelping in pain as it hurt his nards when it started but he giggled a little as he felt like he was flying. Jamie enjoyed the ride, keeping an eye on Jack just in case though. Jack was enjoying the ride when his horse began to really shake.

"Oh boy, sorry folks, technical difficulties on horse number 3." Jack gasped as he was bucked off and he hit the pavement. Jack sniffed and started to cry.