Chapter 2

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Alex blinked slowly down to the brats in front of him. It had been a few hours since Mrs. Bennett left, but it was only 2:00. The children, unsurprisingly, were restless to get out, so he had little choice but to take the children to the park or suffer through moaning and groaning.

To his surprise, they were not the first ones to the park. In fact, there were several people waiting for them. Alex would have just left the kids to their own devices, but he was stopped by that one nagging question. He turned to Jamie with a quirked eyebrow, "So which one of these punks are Jack? I want to have a word with him about influencing impressionable young minds.

Jamie frowned, "I could tell you, but there's a really high chance that you won't be able to see him even if he's here. Grown-ups don't usually see him."

Alex sighed, "I would not call myself Grown-up."

Jamie shrugged, "Doesn't matter. Only those who believe in Jack Frost can see him."

I pulled back and blinked. Well, that was rather random. I would have voiced my confusion, but it was stopped when a white haired boy that looked about my age just fell out of the sky and waved frantically to stop Jamie. I did my best not to stare.

"Jamie, don't go shouting that to just anyone," he sounded oddly concerned. He gave a small smile and continued, "I really appreciate you trying to get me more believers, really I do, but if you start telling that to adults, they might think that you're crazy or something and that's a whole different can of worms that we don't need to deal with yet."

So this was Jack Frost. That was interesting. As of all the research that he had done on the winter spirit, there hadn't been any that described him as a teenage boy. It made the desire to believe in him even more prominent. If Jack Frost was really this young, then he wouldn't have to feel awkward trying to talk to some one much older than him.

However, what Jamie said about only being able to see him if you believed was reasonable. He vaguely recalled reading something about that.

"But Jack!" Jamie whined, "I thought you said that we were your only believers! Don't you want people to see you?"

Alex inwardly smirked, but outwardly held up his hand to stop Jamie, "So let me get this straight. Jack Frost is here?"

Jamie smirked at Jack before turning to me and nodding vigorously, "Yup!" he pointed at Jack, "He's right there!"

Alex smiled and turned to Jack, but deliberately looked down at his knees, "Is he supposed to be as short as you?"

An indignant huff was heard from the winter spirit under scrutiny, "See! I told you he wouldn't see me," his voice softened, "I really do appreciate it though."

Jamie would not budge, "No!" he practically yelled at Alex in desperation, "Jack is actually the same height as you!"

Alex moved his gaze up and deliberately looked into Jack's eyes. He looked mildly uncomfortable, "I can't tell if he's actually looking at me, or if he's actually just guessing."

Alex held in a laugh, "So what exactly does this tall Jack frost look like?"

Jamie groaned, "He's got brown pants and a blue hoodie. He also has blue eyes and white hair. He's a teenager like you!"

Alex nodded, "That seems a bit right," he turned to Jamie, "So what do you plan to do today?"

Jamie frowned, "Wait, so does that mean that you can see Jack?"

Alex smiled, "Yup! Long time believer. Jack Frost is a major part of my childhood," he turned to the winter spirit, "Though, no offense, but you're not exactly what I thought Jack Frost would look like."

Jack's grip tightened on his staff and he beamed, "Huh. None taken. I haven't been able to speak to someone of your age before."

Alex smiled, "Well, I can't say I've ever spoken to a winter spirit of your age before, either."

Jack snorted and Alex turned back to Jamie again, "Seriously, though. What do you plan to do? I doubt that you just came over to gawk all day."

Jamie shook off his shock before beaming up at the older boy, "Now that you can see Jack, this'll be much easier. We can make two teams and it won't be unfair because we'll each have a teenager on our teams."

Alex deadpanned, "Yes, because having a mortal teenager versus a super powered immortal teenager is so much fair."

Jack just waved his hand as if waving off a bad omen, "That's silly! What makes you think that I'll use my powers?"

Alex didn't miss a beat, "You haven't denied it yet."

"Why would I deny it?"

Alex threw his hands up, "Alright, whatever, let's just get this slaughter over with."

And so it commenced. Jack was even kind enough to provide two well built snow forts. Alex learned the kids names as the teams were set up. Jack's team consisted of Jamie, Pippa, and Monty. Alex had Claude, Cupcake, and Caleb.

Alex somehow still wasn't satisfied. Alas, he could only suck it up as he turned to get ready. He would need a lot of snowballs.

Unsurprisingly, they stood no chance. Alex prided himself on his chess skills and he maneuvered the other team into a corner and unloaded on them. Jack just created a gust that blew the snowballs off course before he and the rest of his team pelted Team Alex with an unreasonable amount of compacted snow.

Alex was a good sport though. He took defeat with grace... if grace meant waiting to hit Jack Frost in the face with a snowball. Laughter ensued.

Jamie nodded in approval when the laughter died down, "Excellent. Now we'll move onto Sledding."

Alex's confidence drained away at the devilish smile on Jamie's face. Jack wasn't helping either with his own smirk. His Anxiety only grew when the two shared a glance and their smirks widened.

He chuckled nervously. "What have I gotten myself into?"

End

I suppose it's short again. I guess maybe I could write a few chapters then squish them all together, but then it would take me longer to update. *shrugs*