Chapter two: A strange meeting

I think he didn't hear me. Maybe it wasn't loud enough? I call him again. And again. Is he deaf or something? Okay, one last time. Finally Jack jumped at the sound of my voice and almost fell down the roof.

"Wow! What the -"

"Oh shit! I'm sorry, did I scare you?"

"Well, I wasn't thinking somebody would actually see me out here", he answers with a smile.

Damn, that smile. Even more beautiful than in my imagination. His blue icy eyes, his snow-alike colored hair, his perfect skin… Wow, I understand why the Tooth Fairy has a crush on him. I started blushing without noticing.

"Um, I'm Julia, by the way", I take out my hand to shake his; "I just have one question though. Are you real? Because I don't know if I'm dreaming or just imagining all this and… yeah I would like to know, you know?" Even if I'm wearing gloves, I can feel his cold hand squeezing mine.

"No, I'm not real, and nobody else is. You just have an amazing imagination."

"Oh…" I knew this was too perfect to be true.

"Ahah, I'm just joking. Of course I'm real, how do you think this blizzard would be happening if I didn't exist? Now, my turn."

"Your turn?" I ask suspiciously. I look at my watch and I realise there is only ten minutes left before the next class.

"Yeah, my turn to ask you a question. What are you doing up here? The weather isn't a little bit too intense to be on a roof when you're not a winter spirit?"

"Well, I don't really care. And also, you were the only who almost fell down, not me!"

~Jack's POV~

"Jack?" Oh no, not this again. "Jack?" Seriously, this voice will never get out of my head. "Jack", I miss Emma so much. I hope her life was good. I wish I could have seen her grow up. I wish I could have helped her. "Jack!" A gust of wind pushes me out of the roof. Damn you wind, always playing tricks on me. As a go back to a safer place, I see a young girl standing close to where I was sitting a few seconds ago. Wait, maybe she was the one calling my name?

She comes closer to me and introduces herself. Julia. It's a very pretty name. I must say I wasn't expecting anybody to see me here. Well actually, I wasn't expecting to see anyone on this high school roof at all. When I joked about me not being real, her face changed expression instantly and she looked so disappointed. Shit! My job is to keep children -well teenagers apparently too- happy! And if she sees me, it's better to not to give her a reason to stop believing!

"Ahah, I'm just joking. Of course I'm real, how do you think this blizzard would be happening if I didn't exist? Now, my turn."

I seriously wonder what she's doing on a rooftop. Her face light up and Julia answer me jokingly; at least she doesn't look so sad after my apparently failed joke. She keeps looking at her watch and she looks quite worried. The expression on her face reminds me of someone. The last memory I have from being a human. Emma…

"Are you okay? You look worried."

"Well it's just that my next class is in ten minutes and I should probably go but I want to stay and talk to you. I mean THIS IS AMAZING! … Um, sorry for that… But could I meet you again?"

"Umm, well I guess so? Just look out after school maybe I'll be somewhere."

"Good. Later!" She walks away, climb down the ladder and I see her running inside. Well that was an interesting meeting!

And now what? I don't even know when her class finishes. Or where she'll be waiting for me? Ugh, so many questions. Anyhow, should I stop the snowstorm? Some people are struggling to get their cars out on the road; some others look like they want to kill me –if only they knew I was right here - because they have to walk. Eh, for a few more minutes then, after I'll be happy. In the meantime I could look in the windows of the school, maybe she'll be in one of the classes?

I start flying around the windows when I finally see that browned-haired short girl walking in a classroom. She's laughing with somebody else, probably a friend, I wave at her, but I don't think she noticed. Julia looks at the window with a blank expression. Wait, maybe she doesn't see me anymore? But, we just met! Why wouldn't she be able to look at me? I throw a snowball at the window, and all the class turns around. Oh... I just wanted Julia to turn back not all of them. She finally noticed me and then she smiled. For a short moment but yeah, she still see me and that's nice. A random guy goes behind her and pokes her. She jumps and hit him in the arm laughing. Who is he? Are they together? Why are they acting like this? Oh c'mon Jack! Why would that affect me? And why should I care? An older person walks in the class, probably the teacher. Damn he's old, he looks as old as the man in the Moon. Well, the way I imagine the man in the Moon to look like. He starts writing something on the board. It looks very weird and complicated – oh maybe it's the class I always hear kids complaining about! How is it called, um, math? Yeah that's it!

After waiting falling asleep after a few minutes, a bell wakes me up. End of school, I'm guessing. I should probably go and find the main entrance. Ah finally, it's there! When I reached it, Julia was walking out.

"Julia!" She looks in the air and smiles but she continues walking.

"Hey, wait up! Didn't you want to see me again?" She still doesn't answer me. Man, what is wrong with women? I start flying around her and I see her smiling, why isn't she answering me? I'm still walking behind her and when we finally turn around the corner so we're not in the sight of the school, she finally say hi to me.

"What took you so long to answer me?"

"I'm probably the only who sees you at school, and if I answered you I would look even crazier than my reputation make me already look."

"But now we're in the street and you're talking to me, don't you look crazy to some people in the cars too? "

"Yeah, but it's not like I'm going to see them again in my life."

So apparently she walks every day to and back from school. We talked during all the way to her house and I decided that she's very nice and funny.

"Hey, will you be here tomorrow to?"

"Um, well I have to make it snow in a few other places, but I can do it during the night, so I can come back tomorrow morning."

"Cool. Do you ever sleep? I mean, except during math class, ahah?"

"Haha you saw me? But just from time to time, it's not a necessity in my life. Anyway bye, see you soon!"

"Bye bye!" She walks in a house as I ask the wind to calmly pull me up in the air and take me to the closest city.