CHAPTER THREE
Sorry for the wait. I got hooked on reading fanfics for ROTG, Final Fantasy 13 and 10, Austin and Ally, and now Epic. Soooooo, here's chapter three.
(Grace's P.O.V.)
They all looked at me. I was really getting tired of all this staring. "How did you do that back there, Sheila," Bunny asked. Again with the nickname?! "Look, you over-sized pest, I already said no nicknames, idiot," I snapped. He looked at me and muttered, "She's worse than Frostbite." I glared at him. "Oh, so now you're comparing me to him?! Well, at least I'm not a stupid kangaroo!" He glared back. "Well, at least I'm not like you." "What's that supposed to mean?!" "I actually have friends and don't threaten to kill everyone. I'm not alone."
I turned away from him. He's right. I am the one who's alone. No one to be there for me. I took a few deep breaths. I turned back, and if looks could kill he'd have die ten times by now. "I didn't choose to be like this, I grew like this." He didn't say anything else. The silence that followed was tense. I wanted to leave. To cry at what he said. But I didn't.
North cleared his throat. I looked at him. "So, as Bunny was saying, how did you do that?" I frowned at him. I didn't even know I had any. "I don't know. Even if I did I wouldn't tell you." He looked at me as if I were a child having a tantrum.
I knew I was being difficult but it's not like they need my help. They defeated Pitch before, they can do it again. Without me.
They looked at me trying to figure out what to do. I silently chuckled at them. They just don't know when to give up on some things. Namely me. "We just need you to be a little more civil," Tooth said. I scoffed. "Civil? Me? Yeah right." I chuckled at my own comment. "Can you just, please, act like it then," Annabelle said, "We kinda need you to corporate." I rolled my eyes. "Shut-up, you pint-sized brat." Jack sent me a death glare and said, "Don't ever speak to my sister like that." He was that protective big brother type. Just my luck, one less person to make fun of. But seeing him angry at me, made me, for the first time, regret what I had said. I looked at the ground. Keep it together, Grace, keep it together!
I looked back up; everyone was talking about how to defeat Pitch and Evil. I felt a pair of eyes watching me. I looked. Jack was staring at my quizzically. Like he was trying to figure me out.
Would it hurt them to not stare?! They look at me like some new freaky spirit. What I would do to be with the Bennetts right now. They, at least, don't aggravate me.
"Grace," North said, snapping me out of my thoughts. I glared at him. He continued, "You have to harness your powers… and discover your center." I looked at him. I feel a migraine coming on. "Ugh, more things for me to think about!" They stared at me like I was crazy. "I am a busy person." "Busy what? Threatening people?" Bunny said.
I glared at me and said, "No, you all are just annoying. I have to watch over twenty children. Remember your last battle with Pitch? And how after that the children's belief skyrocketed? I also spread that belief. If one of you can't do their duty I step in and do it. If it weren't for me you'd be struggling for a lot of things. So don't you think you should thank me?" I was beyond pissed right now. I do more stuff than they'll ever do.
"I don't believe you what else can you do?" Bunny asked. I gritted my teeth in annoyance. Then made dream sand at the tips of my fingers.
They looked at me, shocked at how much power I had. Sandy made a question mark over his head. "Over two hundred years of being alone let me find time to discover some of my power." They then went back to their discussion. Leaving me to think about, well, anything.
(Two hours later still Grace's P.O.V.)
I stood up after listening to the "meeting". Right about now I would be with a little baby named Alice. So I decided to leave. "Aright I gotta go," I grumbled. North looked at me and asked, "Where?" "I told you I have children to look after." "Jack go with her." Great, now I'm stuck with him.
As we walked out the door, I heard Bunny saying, "I don't know why she's an angel. She seems more like an angry demon." That rabbit really gets on my nerves. And I just met him!
We flew in silence. All the while I felt Jack staring at me occasionally. When we got to the house I flew straight in the upstairs window.
Alice, a six week old baby, was in her crib. I could tell that she was about to cry, so I picked her up and, forgetting about Jack, sang her a lullaby.
She opened her eyes and looked at me and smiled. She is an adorable baby. Brown eyes, black hair. But we say all babies are cute don't we?
Suddenly the door opened. A man, Alice's dad, walked in. "Who are you and why do you have my baby?" he demanded. I smiled at him and said, "Don't worry. I'm Alice's guardian angel.-" I gave her to him. "- And since her mother died I'll watch over her forever." Then I made myself so that he couldn't see me. He sat down with the baby and said, "I always knew that someone was watching over you."
I slipped out the window. "You're a good singer." Ugh, I forgot about Jack. I looked at him. "Yeahh so?" He smiled and sat down on the roof next to me. I found myself smiling too. Around him I can't seem to keep up the walls.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence Jack spoke up. "Do you remember your life before being immortal?" I looked at him. "I have one memory, but I'm not telling you." He pouted and whined, "Pleeease, I'll tell you what I remember." He looked so cute right now. "Okay, you first." He smiled and said, "I remember being the trouble maker in town. My sister, Annabelle, and I would just go around having fun. Though I would prank people, she was too scared to do it. Then one year in the middle of winter we went ice skating. I didn't check the ice. As soon as we started skating Belle went on a thin piece. I saved her by using a stick, now my staff, to push her out of the way. But I moved myself on the thin piece. I fell in and drowned. When I woke I was a spirit. I spent over three hundred years alone, without any memories of who I was before. Until I got my memories from Tooth." I sat there the whole time listening, something I don't usually do. He looked at me. "Well, I only remember my death. After Manny, who happens to be my dad, brought me back that was the only thing I remembered. I spent all these years alone and that's how I ended up shutting out all other spirits. Oh, and thank-you." He looked confused. "For what?" "Staying there. Not letting me die alone. Which would've happened if you took me to town." Our eyes locked again. He, somehow, brings out the real Grace.
Suddenly I felt myself leaning in. He was leaning in too. Then our lips met. It was a slow gentle kiss. He wrapped his arms around my waist, and I wrapped mine around his neck. Then the kiss got heated and turned into a make out session.
We pulled away, our foreheads still touching. We smiled at each other. Then kissed again. I felt so safe in his arms.
(no one's P.O.V.)
What Jack and Grace didn't know was that two people were watching them in the shadows. "This should make things interesting."
OH MY GOD! I really had no idea that I forgot to spell check! so I had to re-post this chapter :/ sorry
And there you have. The first bit of fluff. Don't expect it to happen a lot. Grace still hasn't let him in all the way :/ and you got to see more of the nicer side of her at the end :D But Bunny is kinda getting on my nerves. I went through a mild case of writer's block. Like seriously, I wrote like half a sentence in like a week :/ until I came up with this. I am not sure if I want Grace to relapse and go back to being mean :D that would be bad for Jack but anyway time for…
MY SUPER LONG AND VERY STUPID DISCLAIMER:
(three hundred fifty five pixies later)
Jack: that was a handful
Yeah and where did they come from. I didn't invite pixies to my author's chamber
*a woman appears*
Jack: who are you
And why does it look like you have an armored one piece bathing suit
Me and Jack: *chuckle*
Woman: I am Lena, Queen of pixies. And I have come for your author's powers
Say the disclaimer and I'll consider it
Lena: *grumbles* Zafrostika doesn't own ROTG just her OCs. There I said it now give it to me
Pitch: *walks in* Lena?
Lena: Pitch?
Me and Jack: you know each other?!
*suddenly romantic music plays*
Lena and Pitch: *run to each other*
o.O *sweatdrop*
Jack: o.O *sweatdrop*
Lena and Pitch: *kiss passionately*
o.O *sweatdrop*
Jack: o.O *sweatdrop*
Pitch: now we can get married.
Lena: finally
Lena and Pitch: *skip away giggling*
o.O *sweatdrop*
Jack: o.O *sweatdrop*
That…
Jack: was…
Me and Jack: awkward…. *shudder*
How about we watch some Care Bear movies?
Jack: COOL!
Me and Jack: *change into care bear pajamas* *sit on the couch and play the first movie*
DONE!
That was, um, kinda awkward don't you think? Leave a review and comment on what you want to happen in the story and, or, the story.
Farewell my little nightmares until next time.