Come back Jack

Chapter Two

After Tooth's little visit, Jamie had been nothing more than a ball of nerves. He felt like a large cage of butterflies had just been freed into his stomach. It was quite hard to concentrate during his child phsychology class that he had the next morning. Tooth had said that he was to meet her this evening by the clock tower. Yet, "this evening" was dragging by slower and slower and Jamie didn't know how to feel about it.

He tried to concentrate as best as he could, writing down a few notes, and trying to get the professor's words to stick in his brain. But it seemed like that just wasn't going to happen. His mind filled with thoughts of Jack Frost. The boy who would be a teenager forever. The boy with the white hair and beautiful blue eyes. His pale skin... The fun and softness of his voice... His laugh...

Jamie then felt his shorts getting tighter. He looked down and saw his erection. He blushed deeply and shook his head quickly. He couldn't think like that in a public place like this! Jamie bit his lip, trying to get his focus back into the professor.

Once the class was over, Jamie collected his belongings and got out of there as quickly as he could. He bolted for the door and walked off to his dorm to drop off his belongings. Jamie's other class of the day didn't start until two and it lasted until three-thirty, so he had some time to think. Once he was in the boy's section of the residence hall, he saw that his dorm room was open. Jamie raised a brow and walked in, only to see his roommate making out with his girlfriend. Unlike the other kids here who had roommates, Jamie and his own weren't friends. They didn't even speak to one another. Just tolerated their existences.

Jamie's eyes widened and he quickly threw his school stuff on his bed before scurrying out of the room. Jamie's face had turned a little pink as he tried to hide it in his hoodie. He saw the glare his roommate, Chris, had given him. He wondered what would have happened if Jamie actually needed to stay in the room but he quickly got that thought out of his head. If that did happen, Jamie would sit there, just studying awkwardly, and Chris's girlfriend would probably nag him until he left.

Jamie's stomach rumbled quietly as he ran a hand through his soft brown hair.

I guess I should go eat lunch, he thought to himself. He walked by his lonesome self all the way to the cafeteria. He really didn't like eating here because he was always alone. He really hadn't made any friends here yet. Well, you could probably count Chelsea but he probably blew that one. Jamie had been such an energetic and playful person when he was a kid. What the heck even happened?

He grabbed a tray, shuffling along in the line to get food. Jamie had gotten so tall and fit that he was scrunched up between the people in line. He grabbed himself a turkey, lettuce, and cheese sandwich along with a bottle of water. Jamie used his meal plan card to get his food and then walked off to go sit at an empty table and eat alone. This had become such a normal routine for himself. Everyday was like the other days, always the same. Maybe going off to go look for Jack would change it. Change everything. Make everything good once again. Jamie sure would like that right about now.

After lunch, Jamie had headed back to his dorm. He was rather happy when he saw that dumb ol' Chris and his girlfriend weren't there. By the looks of the room and Chris's missing keys and shoes, he had left. That was great. Jamie sat on his bed, leaning his head against the wall. He could hear someone next door listening to music. Jamie's eyes shut slowly as darkness was taking over. All he really wanted to do was sleep.

Suddently, his window flew open and the wind blasted inside the room. Jamie's eyes opened quickly and he saw a little golden man hop right on in.

"Sandy!?" he gasped, standing up quickly and almost hitting his head on the ceiling. College dorm rooms sure were small. The sandman stood in front of him, making shapes of sorts with his hands. "I'm really sorry buddy but I'm not sure what you're saying," Jamie added in, his eyes staring at the pictures made of golden sand. Sandy shook his head, trying to think of the easiest way to explain this to Jamie. Oh if only he could talk sometimes.

Sandy made a large picture of Tooth. It looked like she was in a cage.

"Is Tooth in danger?" Jamie gasped, his body shaking a little in fear. Sandy shook his head yes quickly. He then showed Pitch moving about and another picture of someone who looked like they were calling out for help. Jamie was trying to sort all of this together when he was suddenly being picked up by a cloud of sand. Sandy moved him out the window and Jamie really hoped that nobody was seeing this. Once he was firmly on the ground, he felt something pick him up. His eyes adjusted onto a yeti. It was large and was a white and brown color. Despite its size, it looked quite friendly.

Although, Jamie soon felt himself being chucked into a sack. He squirmed a lot and after what felt like forever, he was dumped onto a cold tile floor. Jamie looked up and saw none other than Santa Claus. His arms were folded over his big chest, his one arm having the "naughty" tattoo and his other arm having the "nice" one. Jamie stood slowly and he actually had to look up a little at Santa. He might of been tall but Santa was bigger.

"What's going on?" Jamie asked, knowing he could get more information out of Santa than Sandy. He got the general idea from the pictures, but he needed to know more. He needed to hear actual words.

"Not even a hello? Hmm. Not very polite for a boy who is always on my nice list," Santa told him. Yet from Jamie's confused expression, Santa laughed and shook his head. "I'm just messing with you boy!" he said, his large hand patting Jamie on the back. Although that pat was more like a hard hit as Jamie inched foward a little bit. Santa then ushered Jamie foward and showed him a large globe. This globe was like an actual livesize thing of Earth. He didn't know if it was actual size but that is how it looked. Although, this globe was covered in nothing but black snow.

"Do you remember when Pitch used that black sand like stuff?" Santa asked. Of course Jamie remembered that. It had interferred with his friend's dreams and gave them nightmares instead. "Well not... He is doing the same with snow..."

Jamie's eyes widened and he gasped a little for breath. He knew exactly who's snow Pitch was using and that broke his heart. He knew he had to trust Santa's words, he was the only and only Santa Claus after all, but just maybe, he could be wrong.

"But..." Jamie began, taking a deep breath. "We all saw Pitch get taken away by his own nightmares! How is that even possible!?" He demanded. His hands balled up into fists and his breaths were sharpening. Santa narrowed his eyes at the tall boy and then slumped his shoulders back.

"We all want to believe Pitch was gone forever," Santa said with his thick accent. "But there will always be nightmares and fears...and when there is, Pitch Black will be somewhere near. He somehow managed to grab Jack and he took Tooth as well." Jamie listened to all of this was a fast beating heart. Everything was starting to hurt so, so much.

Jamie was about to slump down and sit on the floor when he could feel the pounding of feet. A large rabbit hole opened from the ground and the one and only Easter Bunny jumped out, the hole closing beneath him before he landed. The rabbit was taller than any rabbit he had ever seen, in fact, he was taller than Jamie. He had a blueish gray fur and a smirk was plasted on his face.

Jamie never learned the actual name of this rabbit. Just referring to him as the Easter Bunny. He also could remember when his greyhound Abby had chased him around his bedroom when he was a kid. What great times those were. He had thought the whole thing was a dream until he met Jack.

"I hear we need to go find ourselves the snowball brat?" the rabbit said in his Australian accent. He eyed Jamie suspiciously but then smiled when he realized who he was. "Aye! It's the kid who helped us out with his mates a while back!" He walked up to Jamie and patted him hard on the back. "I'm Bunnymund, kid."