"So you're saying that I look like a super sexy, very toned, very nude Australian man? A human man!?" Bunnymund was incredulous.

"Uh... Yeah... Pretty much." Hannah's face pulsed with blush. Jack looked annoyed.

"I don't see how he can look sooo good. I mean, really!"

Sandy smiled. "Jealous, are we?"

Hannah's face was on fire.

"Anyways," North interrupted, "This is good. It means we have found you at right time. Now, we must see who your guardian is. You hear Sandy talk, you see Bunny as man, now we must simply wait for Jack's change."

"What would I look like? I mean, I'm already normal!" He laughed, lounging in one of the chairs around the large wood table.

"Well, perhaps your hair would no longer be white, yes?" North was trying hard to think of something else, but Hannah interrupted.

"What do you mean?"

The group looked at her oddly, all of them confused.

"Well, what do you mean his hair would no longer be white?" Now she seemed to look insane.

"Hannah," Tooth started, "What color do you think Jack's hair is?"

"Well it looks brown to me, but I'm probably wrong... Right?"

Jack's eyes were wide, with an emotion swirling in their depths that Hannah hadn't yet seen in them. It looked like, hope, maybe? Funny, she thought, his freckles are standing out now... I didn't even notice them.

Tooth squealed. "OOOH! This is all just too much for me!" She zipped around the room excitedly, her feathers fluffed and ruffled.

"Hannah," North started, "We see Jack as a boy with blue eyes, and white hair... So you view all three of them differently... This is interesting..."

"And why's that?" Hannah replied.

"Oh, simply because we do not know which of them it is... But Bunny is out of race."

"What!? You're saying I'm not the one, mate? 'At's a load 'a codswollap if ya ask me!" E. Aster fumed to himself while the rest of the guardians plus Hannah talked on, though he knew they were right.

"So now, is down to Sandy and Jack."

The boys looked at her. She wasn't sure what to think. Her destiny was sitting in one of those two seats... How was she supposed to react to that!?

She shoved her chair back from the table (still piled with food, though all 7 of them had splurged until they were ready to burst) and stormed back to her room. She could feel the heat welling up behind her eyes, heat burning her face. Why am I crying!? This isn't that bad! I'll never have to worry about boyfriends, or heart break, or guys using me... This is actually a great deal! But if it is... Why do I feel so terrible about it...?

For a good ten minutes, she sat on the fluffy bed in her room and cried. Finally, she sat up when she heard a knock at the door. Smearing her makeup a little as she swiped her hand across her face, she croaked out, "Who is it?"

Bunny answered quietly.

"Oh... Okay, come in."

The beautiful Aussie sat down next to her on the bed, leaving the door mostly open. "Hey, you feelin' all right?"

Hannah sniffed, trying to keep the liquid from running out of her nose. "I guess I'm just stressed. I mean, my life is ahead of me with this... This is what my future is, this place... I just don't know how to react to that."

He nodded, unsure of what to say. "Well... One thing's for sure... It ain't me. Your future, that is. See, the guardian you notice a change in first is yours. So it's not me." He looked at her, eyes twinkling. "I could bet who it is, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say."

Hannah wiped under her eyes again, trying to clear the makeup away. She looked at him pleadingly.

He chortled, "Well if I had to bet, mate, I'd say Jack's the one you should spend time with." At her confusion, he chuckled and continued, "See, he's frozen at 18, and you're, what, 17 now? North said your birthday was in November. Anyways, Sandy was probably a bit older than that in his past life... Alright, definitely older!"

Hannah blushed. "Yeah... About that birthday thing..."

Bunny looked at her, confused.

"Well, I lied. To make it seem like we had more time for me to... Ya know, figure stuff out... My birthday is actually in February. I'll be 18. On the 6th." She ran her hand through her hair, shy, but Bunny didn't look shocked.

"I figured. Well, you've still got plenty of time now. Like I said, I'm assuming that Jack will be the one for you!" He nudged her jokingly. She didn't seem happy though.

"Well that's comforting! I mean, look how immature he is- and I'd have to be with him forever!? I don't know about it... I can hardly handle my little brother, I don't want two!"

"He can be a handful, that's for sure... But if you could've loved him in a past life, I'm sure you could now. He isn't so bad once ya know 'im." He smiled and clapped his hand on her shoulder. "You'll be alright, eh mate? Now take a nap, you seem all tuckered out."

He grinned back at her as he left, letting the door slide closed behind him. Hannah was wiping her sleeve across her nose when the door clicked open again.

"By the way, mate, you can call me if you need to talk. I have a feeling you'll be needin' it." He winked and left the door cracked open. Hannah felt herself smile before she bent over and closed her eyes, still sitting on top of the covers, clutching her pillow to her abdomen.

In the hallway, Jack passed by Bunny and held out a hand to stop him. "Hey, is she...?"

Bunny nodded, "She's fine. Probably asleep."

The frost spirit nodded and kept on, working his way toward the girl's room. Before entering, he peered through the crack in the doorway and saw that she was dozing peacefully, her back turned to him. He sighed, knowing there was really nothing he could do to ease her pain.

He understood how she felt, really. Forced into this life without any knowledge of why she was there or what she was supposed to do... It was exactly how his life had been for about 300 years. For a few minutes, he leaned against her doorway, just watching her sleep, pondering what her life must be like now.

She shivered suddenly, having caught a draft from the open window above the bed. Jack straightened, hesitating before he entered the room. Standing next to her, he hesitated again. Touching her skin would be like dunking her in ice water... She shuddered with cold again. He walked back to the end of the bed, pulling the sheets and comforter out from under her, then pulling them back up and over her.

He almost left, before he made one more decision. Jack leaned down, kissed her cheek softly, then left the room. A previously unknown heat made it's way into his cheeks, working around his face like a parasite. He couldn't believe he'd just, just kissed her like that! He stood still out in the hallway, then shook his head and moved on.

She seems so familiar... Besides, she won't remember it... And with that, he walked away.

Unbeknownst to him, Hannah sat in the bed, now covered by warm, thick sheets, eyes wide open, cheeks very red... And smile very wide.