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"No no no no no no no! Pull up! Pull up! Pull up already!" Jack was trying desperately to get Sophie to pull up on the reins. She seemed to be getting the idea of how to drive the sleigh but was a bit rocky with it. Okay, rocky was an understatement. She was completely calm with it unlike the two boys in the sleigh. Jamie was clingling onto one of the seats for dear life resembling the Easter Bunny quite a bit.
Jack's eyes were wide as they headed straight towards a giant slab of ice.
"Pull up or we're gonna crash!" The winter spirit pleaded for her to do so. He tried to get Sophie to hand over the the reins so they wouldn't become tiny specks on the side of a glacier.
Sophie just cackled, not fully realizing the imminent danger they were in, and finally pulled up on the reins, steering the reindeer away and in another direction. "I know I was just messing with you sheesh lighten up."
Jack didn't understand how she could be so happy-go-lucky after such a near death experience. He sighed and relief as he looked back at Jamie.
"I told you so!" the brunette called out against the wind, smirking.
Seeing as Sophie knew how to fly the sleigh by now Jack allowed her to do it on her own for the remainder of the flight and went to the back to sit beside Jamie.
"She is the devil." he muttered, obviously without much meaning, to the other who only smiled in response, silently agreeing with him.
"Thanks! I try." Heard both males from the back of the sleigh, Jack chuckled but lowered his voice so that Sophie's hawk like hearing abilities couldn't pry into their conversation.
"So you were jealous huh?" he smirked and put his hands behind his head, resting his staff against his knee.
Jamie blushed yet again and turned away from him. "No." he lied, ruffling his feathers a bit in indignation. He knew Jack was bound to bring it up sometime. With an ego his size there was no way he couldn't be downright flattered.
Jack put a hand on his shoulder and tried to make him look him in the eyes. The boy bit his lip in uncertainty, he had to speak or he'd never be able to bring up this kind of conversation ever again. "Hey, don't be like that. I wanna ask you something."
Jamie listened attentively. He was curious about what was going through Jack's mind but at the same time very wary. "Yeah?"
Jack paused for a minute trying to figure out exactly how to ask this. He took a deep breath and began. "Well, you've known me for a while right?" Jamie nodded, urging him to continue. "And you know I care about you.
His heart, no matter how many layers of ice covered it, beat inside his chest nervously. So…how much do you care about…me?"
Jack cringed at the way his words sounded. He didn't want to just put Jamie on the spot like this but he needed to know if he was chasing some aimless dream. He cared about Jamie. He would almost say he loved him. But would his feelings ever be returned?
"Oh, um…" Jamie didn't really know how to answer his question. After all, he wasn't really expecting something like that at all to come out of Jack's mouth. He knew he cared about Jack, and there were those feelings but…
"If I tell you something will you promise not to be mad?" he asked, feeling stupid for being so nervous about this. Jack was his friend right? Why would he get mad? But he had this nagging feeling that he would be disgusted with him.
Jack raised an eyebrow at him but nodded slowly.
Jamie took a deep breath and finally spoke. "Okay look, for awhile you were like my older brother right? You took care of me, played with me, taught me how to do things but then…Then I started getting older…and you didn't of course. And I have these…these feelings right? And I don't know what they mean or how to deal with them and your still kinda like a brother to me but then not like a brother at all anymore because I…I…"
He was so nervous and scared he could barely breathe." I'm so confused…"
Jack placed his hands on top of Jamie's own. He definitely understood how Jamie felt. A while ago he had felt the same way. "Whoa whoa, calm down there kiddo." he mentally slapped himself for those choice of words. "Why would I be mad?" he continued.
Jamie fought the urge to cry. He didn't like lying to Jack but he didn't want him to know just exactly what those feelings were. Though he probably already knew by now, especially after his big show of jealousy from earlier.
"You would hate me for liking you like that right? I shouldn't! It's weird and…and…" He huffed when he couldn't form the right words. This was all so embarrassing and awkward for him. He didn't want to ruin his relationship with Jack, even if it was just a simple friendship.
Jack wiped some of his years away.
He was overjoyed that the younger had the same feelings as he did. It would make things even easier. All he had to do was accept them. After that all would be smooths sailing…he hoped.
"I will never hate you Jamie. I can't." he continued bushing more tears out of Jamie's eyes. How could he even think about something like that? It was so absurd that it made him smile. "I care too much to do that to you. Besides, I would be a hypocrite if I did."
He pulled Jamie into a hug and held him tight. He didn't want him to be frightened about all this. After all, there was nothing to be scared of. Maybe he was putting too much pressure on the boy though. It had been a long time since Jack could actually remember real human emotions.
Jamie was shocked at first. How could Jack take this all so easily? Perhaps he was only worrying over nothing. Jamie soon relaxed against his touch.
"Awww! You guys are adorable!" Sophie was looking back at them with the cheesiest grin on her face, bringing them both out of their blissful little bubble of solitude.
"Sophie aren't you supposed to be driving the sleigh?"
"Oh! Crap!"
After almost crashing yet again they made it back safe and sound.
"I actually thought I was gonna die when you did that nose dive…again." Jack commented as he stumbled out of the sleigh. He was oddly relieved to be on the icy ground again.
He turned around to help Jamie out but the brunette jumped out and landed nimbly on the ground beside him. He sent him a playful smirk that was returned. Things would be different now. That much was obvious. However it was a good different. Better than before.
Sophie got out and walked over to the reindeer. "Oh please. I so had it under control." she boasted, smirking like a fox.
Jamie rolled his eyes, he was used to his sister's quirky behavior, and tugged on Jack's sleeve. A silent request for them to leave.
Sophie, noticing this, chuckled at the two. "You two lovebirds go on ahead. I'll catch up with you later."
Jamie blushed, trying to decide how he felt about Sophie's involvement he hoped she wouldn't do anything too rash or tell the other guardians just yet, while Jack only laughed and pulled him along.
"So where to now?" he asked, this was all so new and wonderful to him that he seemed to be in a daze almost. Of course he still paid attention to everything else. It was just so…there were no words to describe it he decided.
Jamie shrugged, he didn't really care where they went as long as he was with Jack. They could fly to the moon for all he cared.
So, without having anywhere else to go, they took a walk in the snow. Silence fell over them. A comfortable silence, nothing too awkward for either of them.
Jack drew little snowflakes out of thin and and sprinkled them over Jamie's head with a smile, trying to add some cheerfulness to the situation. Something to break the ice so to speak.
This was nice, he thought. They weren't going anywhere. They didn't have a purpose they were just being for the moment. And that was nice.
Of course there were a lot more places that needed snow and he'd have to go there soon but at least now he wouldn't have to leave Jamie behind.
He was happy. After over three hundred years of being alone and confused he was finally happy.
"When I have to go to another town you'll come with me right?"
Jamie pretended to have to contemplate this. "Hmm I guess so. Of I absolutely have to I guess I can squeeze it into my busy schedule." he teased.
Jack smirked and quickly molded a snowball in his hand. "Busy schedule eh? And when did you get so busy?" he raided the snowball, poised to throw.
Jamie raised his hands to deflect the snow when it came. It was almost dangerous to ignite Jack's snowball fighting side. He was merciless. "Now now, let's not start something we can't finish."
Jack looked surprised. "You think I can't finish a snowball fight?"
With that they launched into it. Snowballs went flying through the air and laughter echoed with it.
Soon they both collapsed in the snow. Too worn out to continue.
"Hey Jamie?"
The brunette looked to the side at Jack. They were both out of breath. "Yeah?"
"Would it be weird if I said I loved you?"
"I love you too Jack."
A/N: Kinda cheesy but I like it. I wanted to draw their love for each other out more and them have them confess to one another but I just couldn't wait :P sorry.
Also thank you to Loti-miko for helping me with this chapter. It improved it a lot.
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