Imma back! Hope you liked the last one and like this one just as much.
To writergirl142: Thanks for the review, so far you're the first and only.
I don't own Rise of the Guardians and am sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes.
Jack woke up to the sun streaming onto his face. To say his disliked it was an understatement, he hated it with a passion. He groaned and tried to shift so it wasn't in his face, but when he was about to fall asleep again, a butler knocked and told him breakfast would be ready soon. Great news for a rather sleepy Jack.
No use in being late for breakfast, he got up ,albeit reluctantly, and put on a blue T-shirt and brown pants. He went downstairs and was greeted by a full table and no one looked anywhere near as tired as Jack.
"Good morning Jack. Sleep well?" Mr. Overland asked him as he sat down
"Morning and yeah, though I'd like a few more hours." This made everyone laugh.
"You realize its 10:00 AM right now, right?" Jamie asked him.
"Yeah, so?" More laughter arose.
Jack ignored it as he put syrup on his pancakes and proceed to stab and shove them into his mouth. It was a wonder how he was so skinny when he ate this much, or did he just not get a whole lot to eat at the orphanage? They talked about what they were going to do that day and what they wanted to do in school since they had to turn in their schedule papers soon. Mrs. Overland grabbed Jack's wrist and dragged him out to the her car and threw him into the passenger seat.
"Buckle up, I'm going to take you shopping for clothes and anything else you'd like. Think of it as a welcoming gift from me. Jamie already gave you his when he took you to meet his friends." Jack merely nodded as he put on his buckle. The ride was quiet and took about 25-30 minutes.
"Okay, now that we're here, is there anything you want specifically? After that we can wonder around and see what else you'd like."
"Well anything blue or brown really, I'll wear white too. I've never really been that picky."
"That's nice, easier for others huh? Do you have a phone, I like to be able to contact everyone in case something happens."
"No, never had a reason for one."
"Alright, let's go in there, buy a few outfits and go get you a phone. Then we can wonder for a while."
They went in and got Jack 6 new T-shirts, 5 new pants, and a couple other things. They went to a phone store and got him an iPhone 4 so if he got bored, he's have something to entertain himself with. Jack and his new mother continued to roam the mall and got him a pair of skates, one for hockey and one for ice skating, a few games, some drawing materials, and finally a guitar for their karaoke nights.
"Jack, I'm going to drop you off at the school to meet with Jamie. He says they had an emergency meeting, something happened."
"Alright, let's go then. You can drop my stuff off in my room, I'll put it away later." Mrs. Overland nodded and they headed to the car so she could drop him off.
*At the school*
"Well here you are, get the other's numbers so they can contact you and I'll pick you two up later." Mrs. Overland dropped Jack off at the school and he ran over to Jamie who was waiting at the door. Jack saw he was a bit jumpy too.
"What happened?"
"Just follow." Jamie said as he took off down the hall, Jack hot on his tail. Jamie lead him down a series of hall and up two flights of stairs before stopping at a door covered in multiple colors. Jack guessed it was an art room.
"Here, we need you to help with something that came up." Jamie explained.
Jack had a confused look on his face, but it turned to surprise when he saw streamers go off as he entered the room.
"W-what?" Jack was completely lost.
"Welcome to the club Jack!" they shouted
"The emergency was party for your joining. We even got ice rink booked for rest of day!" North laughed out at Jack's face.
"We'll party here for a while and then we'll head for the rink." Tooth said as she connected her iPod to the speakers. "We weren't sure what music you liked do we're just playing my songs. Hope you don't mind."
"Not at all." Jack replied as the music began to blast out of the speakers. The song playing was The Anthem by Good Charlotte. A few of the other artists were; Green Day, Nickelback, Five for Fighting, The Kooks, and Offspring.
It was 7 by the time they needed to go to the ice rink for their reservation. Needless to say, anyone who went up against Jack was beat, he was a bullet on the ice. Nothing but a blur, but that didn't stop them from trying to beat him. They had fun for another three hours before the had to be home. North gave them a ride home, though it wasn't the safest way. He drove like a madman! Sandy, Jack, and Jamie enjoyed the thrill, despite the warnings Bunny gave them. Jack and Jamie's house came up first.
"Bye guys, thanks for the party!" Jack shouted as they left.
"So, wanna head out to the park again tomorrow. I'll help you get to know the area better so you at least know how to find the exit."
"Alright, then the day after we go back for the meeting to practice for the show." Jamie nodded as they went through the doors and into the dinning room to eat a late dinner.
*Two days later*
"Jack, get your lazy ass up! You're gonna make us late!" Jamie yelled. So far simply shaking him or any normal methods have failed, so they had to take it up quite a few notches.
"Five more minutes." Jack moaned
"You've been saying that for the past hour! NOW. GET. UP!"
"Fine, I'm up. Give me 20 minutes to take a shower and eat."
"Just get dressed, you wasted too much time." Jamie told him. So Jack merely got dressed and dragged out to North's newly arrived car. Though somehow he still managed to sleep through the insane driving.
"How does he sleep through North's drivin', mate?" Bunny asked.
"I have no idea. He probably hasn't been sleeping to well lately." Bunny nodded and went back to trying to keep himself from flying all over the van.
Sandy pulled on Jamie's sleeve and wrote something on his notepad, 'Do you think he's been having nightmares. He was an orphan and maybe something bad happened in his past that keeps coming back and haunting him in his sleep'
"That's possible. I'll get one of the old baby monitors and hide one by his bed so I can check if he is."
'That could work. But why not have everyone over for a sleepover and we can use the fact that we could use extra planning as an excuse. If that won't work then to just hang out.'
"Sounds good. Come on we're here and we need to wake up Jack. JACK, GET YOUR SLEEPY ASS UP!" Jack woke up, but was still really drowsy. Thankfully, he didn't fall asleep again.
They talked about their plans, or at least tried to. Jack's head hit the table every 10-15 minutes.
"Alright, that's it! Frost, your goin' home and gettin' in bed!" Bunny yelled, "North, get the van started, we'll finish this at the J's house."
North nodded as he ran out the door to start the car. Tooth picked up Jack because she didn't really trust Bunny to carry him and Jamie and Sandy needed to make sure Bunny didn't loose it.
*Back at the house*
"Hey mom, its alright if the others stay over, right? Jack kept falling asleep and we couldn't get anything done."
"Yeah, its no problem. I'll get one of the bigger rooms ready for you guys. And why was Jack sleeping, didn't he sleep last night?"
"We think he's having nightmares. That's another reason they're staying over, to see why he can't sleep at night."
"Okay sweetie. Tell them they can stay while I get the room ready." With that, Mrs. Overland walked off.
"You guys can stay. Good thing we grabbed your stuff first, mom never says no!" Jamie exclaimed. They all walked over to the room they stay in for sleepovers and got everything set up. Thankfully it was already late and they could go right to sleep after getting snacks.
"Hey guys, don't you think he looks so cute when he's sleeping?" Tooth asked.
"If we were interested in men, maybe. But ain't that a bit stalkerish mate?" Bunny asked.
"Hush! I don't call you a stalker!" Sandy clapped a hand on Bunny's mouth before he could say anything else and shook his head.
'Don't fight, remember what we need to do and help with.' he wrote. They stopped bickering and went to their separate beds, Sandy would be watching him for nightmares first. As they all fell asleep, Jack started to squirm around but soon stopped. It wasn't until the end of Jamie's (Third turn of 2 hours each) turn, that he really started tossing and turning.
"Guys, get up. He's having a very bad dream from the looks of it. He'll probably wake up soon too." Jamie shook them all awake and they just stared at Jack. He truly was having a horrid dream, and it wasn't until North started shaking him that he woke.
"Are you okay, Jack?" he asked him. Jack was quivering so hard, he was almost vibrating! So Tooth pulled him in for a firm hug to show he was safe. The others quickly joining in.
"Jack, tell us what happened. It'll make you feel a lot better, I promise." Tooth gently asked of him.
"Come on mate, we wanna help ya as much as we can." Bunny prodded.
Jack was silent for awhile before speaking, and it was only a quiet whisper. "I was reliving that day, the day they all died."
"Who died Jack?" Jamie asked
"My family. Someone wanted them dead for whatever reason and they broke into the house one night. He shot my dad and little sister first. My mom was rushing me out of the house and hid me in a bush before running off to keep that man away from me. I heard a gunshot and a thud, I knew she was dead. He thought that no one was left and ran off somewhere and I got out of the bushes and ran into town." Jack couldn't say anymore, tears were now flowing like waterfalls and showed no sign of stopping for a while.
Sandy quickly recovered and brought Jack in for another firm hug that was full of warmth and comfort. Tooth and Jamie were next and soon followed by Aster and North. They stayed like that till they all fell asleep for the rest of the night, but they knew there was more to Jack's past than what he had told them. It didn't matter, they could wait, they knew this would be a difficult process that needed time and trust too.
Okay, I'm done with the first part of Jack's past and I don' think I'm gonna write up anymore of it fer another chapter or two. Cried while typin' this up too. ;A; Its so sad!
Well, please R&R for a happy next chapter! Its 4:30 in the mornin' and I need some sleep or I'll end up like Jack, minus the nightmares about death.
Laters Readers!