This chapter was actually shorter, so I had to merge it with the next one. Enjoy!

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The next day, a few of the kids come by to see Frosty.

"Yay! He's still here!" One of them shouts with glee. "We can play again! Just like yesterday, that was so fun!" They say.

Frosty greets the children with a big smile. He, then, sees Jack Frost in the tree, looking down at the kids with a longing look in his eyes. Frosty remembers how sad Jack seemed the night before. The spirit was angry because he hadn't gotten the children to believe in him. The snowman didn't know this yesterday, but today is different. Frosty's determined to try.

"Yes, we can play again, but I have a friend I'd like you to meet" Frosty says, catching Jack off guard.

The winter spirit hops off the tree and goes next to the snowman. "Frosty, you know they can't see me" he says.

Frosty gives Jack Frost a sideways glance, then returns his gaze to the children "this here, is Jack Frost" he says, gesturing to the seemingly empty spot next to him. The children look concerned, but some are chuckling. "I know you can't see him, but it's only because you don't believe in him. He's real, I'm telling you!"

Suddenly all the kids burst out laughing. "Frosty has an imaginary friend!" They say.

"He's real!" Frosty insists. "He's the one who makes it snow! He brings winter to everyone! He's real!"

They keep laughing "that's ridiculous! How could one person bring snow everywhere! It's impossible!" One child says.

These children's closed minds starts to get on Frosty's nerves, though Jack has an extremely passive expression throughout the exchange. "You think that's impossible!? You're talking to a snowman!" Frosty exclaims.

"Woah!" Jack doesn't like where this is going, so he snaps into action. He jumps to the other side of the children, throws a snowball at one of them which causes a snowball fight, then he returns to Frosty where he can have a conversation without making the snowman look like a loon. "Frosty, you can't say things like that! Telling them that you don't make sense won't get them to see me; it would only make them stop believing in you!"

Frosty looks disappointed "I was only trying to help you... I let you down again"

"No you didn't. You tried and that means a lot to me. It's not your fault those kids don't take you seriously, I guess you're too much like me" Jack smirks.

"But... I thought you wanted people to see you"

"You see me! I consider that a miracle" Jack smiles. "But they can see you and I know they want to play with you and you want to play with them. So go ahead and have fun without me. I've got winter to bring to other places"

"It's still not fair. I wouldn't exist without you, you should be seen, not me! I know you want to play too!"

"Yeah, I do. But life isn't fair anyway, I got used to it. Don't worry about me though; I'm doing a lot better now that I have a friend! We can have fun when I get back, now go join those kids!" Jack's smile is sincere; Frosty sees that he really is fine with this situation.

With a gush of wind, Jack's gone to spread winter, leaving Frosty to play with the kids.

~~~

Jack and Frosty enter a routine. In the day, Frosty plays with whoever visits him while Jack goes around the world to make it snow, then, when the children leave, Jack returns. Then Jack and Frosty have fun. They talk, they play and they laugh. Jack has never laughed as much as he did this winter. Despite being invisible to all children, this winter has been Jack's favourite in all his life.

Unfortunately, it cannot last, for each season ends as another begins. Jack has been trying to ignore the fact that this happiness was only temporary. He's been having so much fun that he forgot that Frosty was made of snow. He was brutally reminded of this vital information one spring morning.

It was March and the kids hadn't come to play with Frosty the previous day. Jack woke up before Frosty and looked around.

He was shocked to see that the snow had a greyish tint to it. It was starting to turn to slush. The lake, though still frozen, had a layer of water over the ice. The worst part of it all, though, was Frosty. He was still asleep, but he looked in great discomfort. Jack gasped as he saw a small puddle forming at the snowman's feet.

"Nonononono don't melt don't melt don't melt" Jack muttered over and over as he rushed to his melting friend and cooled him down, then added snow where the snow had melted. This brought Jack back to reality. Time had passed faster than he thought and winter was over. However, the spirit wasn't ready to let go of his only friend. So he decided that he would stay at the lake for as long as possible and keep Frosty alive.

Jack froze the lake over and made it snow in the area. By the time Frosty woke up, the lake looked like a winter wonderland.

It's been a few weeks since Frosty started melting and the snowman is still oblivious to everything that's been happening. He doesn't know that winter is over; he doesn't know that Jack has to recreate everything nearly every morning and he doesn't know that he's melting. However, there are things that Frosty has noticed. He noticed that no more kids come and play anymore —the time for playing in snow being over— he also noticed that Jack Frost never leaves anymore and that he seems exhausted. Frosty is also puzzled by the temperature; it seems to be getting warmer.


Uh oh! Frosty's melting! Stay tuned to see what happens!

R&R

~RoxyJaws~