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"I don't know if I want to forgive him yet though. I miss him, and it sucks because he's the only person who really understands me, and I feel kind've lost without him." I said, twisting my hands together. The lemur looked at me with a bored expression on its face, making me sigh. "Yeah, I should forgive him, huh."
"I guess." It suddenly said, making me scream and fall out of the tree on my face. I looked up to see a cackling Casperella floating above me on a broomstick.
"Not funny, Cassie." I moaned, scowling at the beaming girl. She laughed again before coming down to my level.
"Come on. Its time to forgive your boyfriend." Cassie declaired, swinging me onto the back of her broomstick.
"He's not my boyfriend." I protested, blushing furiously.
"Whatever." She laughed, zooming through the tree tops. "He's been waiting. The whole three months you've been moping.""
"Really? I mean...um..." I stuttered, making Cassie laugh again. She brought out a small jack-o-lantern, through it into empty space, and yelled out Burgess, New York. A red and orange portal appeared in front of us. I let out a small squeak as Cassie urged her broomstick forward, and twisted into a strange other world. Dizzying colors went past us, making me pray that we'd be in Burgess soon. We were thrown forward into Burgess, gasping and shaking.
"You get used to it." Cassie said, smirking slightly.
"Seriously?" I asked, slipping off her broom, onto the snowy ground. I looked around. We were at the park. Laughs were ringing from the other side, making me instantly curious. Cassie hovered over to one of the nearby buildings to watch me and Jack see each other again. Over dramatic much. Its only been a few months. When I was at the other side of the park, I didn't know what to expect, but I didn't expect for Jack to be having a snowball fight with some children. I cleared my throat awkwardly, causing Jack to turn and look at me.
"Luce." He breathed, running over to me. Jack's friends looked at him confused, not seeing me.
"Jack." I replied stiffly, still looking at the children. He looked back at them, then at my expression.
"Want to be introduced?" He offered, pulling at my hand. My eyes snapped to his, and I shook my head 'no' in panic.
"Oh, come on. They're not that scary." Jack laughed, grabbing my waist and pulling me over.
"No! Jack! I really don't want-" I started, but he cut me off.
"Guys, this is Luce. She's the one who gives you daydreams during school and stuff." Jack said, holding my struggling form tight to his side.
"Jack! I'm going to kill you." I hissed, giving up on trying to get away. The kids suddenly looked at me. Right at me. They took in my golden dress, and bangles, staring at me with strange expressions.
"Hi! I'm Jamie!" One kid said, snapping out of the trance first and holding out his hand.
"I'm Luce." I said hesitantly, shaking his outstretched hand. The feeling of his skin on mine, my hand not going through his, made tingles to up my arm. I yanked my arm back, and gripped my hand.
"They see me." I whispered, looking at them in shock and wonder. "They see me! Jack they see me!"
"Feels good doesn't it?" He asked, giving me a sideways hug. I laughed and hugged him back.
"They see me!" I cried, staring at Cassie. She gave her own cackle then came down by us.
"Whoa! Is Casperella!" One of the kids exclaimed, pointing at Cassie.
"Yes! It is I! The Spirit of Halloween!" Cassie said dramatically, holding her hands up like a model.
"She's a bit dramatic." I stage whispered to the kids, making them all giggle.
"Jamie! Time to come in!" A voice called from across the street. A collective groan issued from the group, and they quickly dispersed.
"Bye Luce!" Jamie called as he took the smallest girl by the hand and ran across the street.
"Bye Jamie!" I called back, grinning broadly. They saw me. For the first time in my life...they saw me. I turned to Jack and threw my arms around his neck. "Thank you, Jack!"
"So am I forgiven?" He laughed, spinning me around.
"As long as you never do anything like that again." I said, punching his shoulder. "At least let me join!"
"Of course that would be your concern." Jack sighed, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"Always." I whispered, smiling slightly. Our faces inched closer and closer till our lips almost touched.
"I'm sorry I worried you." He breathed, brushing back a piece of my hair.
"I'll always worry about you." I sighed, smirking slightly.
"I'll always worry about you, too." Jack agreed, crashing his lips down onto mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and tangled my fingers into his hair. He kept me as close as possible to him, not letting any part of me get away.
"Well I'm sorry to interrupt this gathering, but we have a problem." Cassie said in a tight voice. Jack and I pulled away from each other and spun around to see nightmares surrounding us with Pitch sitting on one.
"You've got to be kidding." I laughed, shaking my head. "We can beat this loser."
"Maybe. But we might have difficulties with him." Cassie pointed out, gesturing to a boy in front of us with bright red hair and smug brown eyes. He was tall and muscular with a handsome face.
"Kyle." I greeted curtly. Jack gave me a curious glance. "Spirit of-"
"Fear." Kyle cut me off, making me grind my teeth in annoyance. "And her ex-boyfriend."
"Get over it." I moaned loudly. "Your such a loser!"
"Plus she has a new boyfriend now." Jack said, wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Yeah!" I said, a furious blush rising to my face. Boyfriend? Sweet!
"So back off." Cassie finished, stepping forward with her midnight black scythe on her shoulder.
"This is going to be interesting." Kyle mused, smirking broadly.
"Agreed." I sang, summoning my daggers and pulling some golden sand from my side pouch. "Bring it."
