Months after the battle with Pitch, everything has gone pretty well. Jack thought in his mind, unable to hide the smile on his face. At least more children believe in me. His smile bigger, casually putting his hand into his pocket.
Then the smile faded away.
He pulled out his hand, with something in it. He had this with him since he first woke in the lake, but after three hundred years, he still couldn't figure out what this meaned to him, only to know, without Man in Moon reminding, it was just something important. He just knew that.
"Jack? Jaaaack!" Tooth waved her hand in front of the teen's face so as to get his attention, "What are you thinking about?"
"Uh? Oh...nothing. Sorry what were you guys talking about just now?" Jack smirked.
Nocting the object in Jack's hand, Tooth asked with curiosity, ""Uh? What's that? What's in your hand? Show us! Pleeeease!"
"N-nothing, I don't even know where it's from. It just lies in my pocket like it did for hundreds of years." Jack shrugged. Everyone stared at the silver cross in his hand.
"Is it what you bring when you were human?" North asked. Sandy nodded as agreement.
"I don't know... but I suppose so." Jack confessed.
"I thought you remembered everything through the tooth box!" Bunny frowned.
"Nah, I only got to see the memory of my death!"
"Is it possible to see the memory about this cross?" Sandy signed with his dreamsand.
"Mm...it may work, but I have no idea which memory to choose...so just let it show!" Tooth grinned and everyone looked excited, ready to see the memory behind this mysterious cross.
The guardians found themselves standing under a big tree. They looked at each other waiting for someone explaining, but no one did. Just then, they saw a blonde girl not far away. She was standing near the tree alone, looking around seemed to wait for someone. She wore a long skirt, an elegant blouse, and also a necklace around her neck.
This is when Jack stumbled backward.
A shot of pain ran through his head, causing him to grasp his head. Gasp escaped from his month. "Ahh...who..." he groaned painfully.
"Hey hey mate!" Bunny panicked, "What's wrong?!"
"Ahh..." Jack took a few steps backward, not even heard Bunny's question. "The necklace...I recognized the necklace..." Pieces of memories flashed through his eyes. He kneeled down, still gasping.
"Jack! Calm down! Don't scare us!" Tooth flew to him and put one hand on Jack's trembling shoulder.
"Le...Leona" Jack whispered, just at the same time when someone else called out this name. All the guardians raised their heads, looking for where the sound came from. A brown-headed teen appeared, running toward the girl excitedly.
"Ja...ck?" North said, not sure of whom the boy is.
"That...that's me." Jack whispered out, "and the girl..."
"Sorry I'm late! I had to comfort Emma before she let me go! You know that always happens!" the human Jack smirked, opening his arm while walking toward the girl.
"You know you're ten minutes late!" The girl said, pretending to be angry but failed when the smile couldn't be hidden. She soon ran into Jack's arms.
"Ah...Now I know who she is!" North laughed and Bunny joined him. Jack just blushed and couldn't say anything. "How did you get such a pretty girlfriend?" Bunny teased. "Maybe he's the only boy here! Hahahaha..." North replied, just couldn't stop laughing.
"Hey guys! Stop laughing! Let's see what's going on!" Tooth said just to stop the two from laughing too hard.
"Okay then, and see what's new!" Leona grinned, looking at Jack excitedly.
"Uh...Ah! You wear the necklace I gave you! It looks pretty nice on you!" Jack exclaimed. They then sat on the grass, let the breeze blow their hair.
"Yeah I like it very much," Leona smiled, then looked down, "especially it was given by you." She mumbled, carefully not to let Jack hear it.
"Hey! You want to have a little fun?" Jack stood up and lent a hand to Leona. She soon took it and stood up as well. "What fun? I'm fed up with snowball fights! Besides, there's no snow!"
"No-" Jack laughed, "no snowball fight this time." Leona suddenly felt a sense of relief.
"We can climb a tree!"
"What?!"
Ignoring Leona's reaction, Jack climbed onto the tree and then sat on a branch easily. "Come on! You should try it!"
"You know nothing about romance." Tooth sent Jack a glare.
"You know I'm wearing long skirt, don't you?"
"So what?" Jack retorted, "come on! It doesn't bite! I bet you'll love it."
"I can't! I don't even know how!"
"It's okay! Just catch my hand and I'll pull you up ok?"
"But..."
"No but! I can see the moon up in the sky here! It's so big! Come on you should see this!"
After a few seconds of hesitation, Leona finally grasped Jack's hand and let him pull her up to the branch. She struggled a little and at last sat beside him.
"Wow...it looks really great from here! Now I see why you always like to sit here."
"See? And since now, you can sit beside me, not just stand under the tree calling me to get down!"
"Hey!" Leona laughed, laying her head on Jack's shoulder.
I don't care how big a house can be. I don't care how fancy a house can look. I don't care whether it has a garden in front. Now I only know there's only two of us. A tree, a branch can be our paradise. I know it.
"Jack, why do you love fun so much?"
"Mm...sometimes fun is necessary. It's hard to be an adult, but a little fun can let anyone keep going." He answered softly, staring at the moon.
There was a few minutes of quiet. Both of them just stared at the sky leaning against each other. It was Leona who broke the silence.
"Jack, what are we looking at?..."
"The...moon?"
"When should we be home?..."
"...Before dinner"
"Let's go!"
Jack jumped off the tree and began to run, "Hurry, Leona! We don't want others to worry!"
"Wait! Wait! You have to get me down! I...I can't!" she shouted, still sitting in the same position.
Jack smirked, "You think so? Help yourself!"
"Jaaack! You'd better come back! Or I'll tell Emma that you actually forgot her birthday last week!"
"Up to you!" Jack laughed, "you can shout at her here, right on the branch!"
Tooth gave Jack another glare. Sandman signed, "That's the Jack we know!"
"Heey! It was me who reminded you! You know she might have killed you for forgetting her birthday!" Leona shouted.
"Haha...ok, ok. I'm coming. " He walked to the tree, opening his arms, "Just jump! I'll catch you!"
"What?!..."
Tooth gave Jack the third glare. Jack yelled, "What about my cross?!"
"Relax! I won't let you get hurt! Believe me!"
Leona then closed her eyes, took a few deep breath, "ok...you promised..." Soon after, she jumped off, falling right toward Jack's opening arms. Jack, who couldn't take all this impact at a time, fell on his back with Leona lying on him.
"Oh...I..I'm sorry" Leona blushed as soon as she noticed what happened, trying to get up.
"Wait, " She felt her wrist grasped and she was pulled to the original position. "You forgot this." With one hand grasping her wrist, Jack laid the other one on the back of her head and covered her lips with his own ones.
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