"Sophie!" Jamie yelled across the house. He was freaking out. "Sophie!" No reply. "Sophie Bennet!" Still nothing. Groaning in frustration, he flung open his door and stomped down the hallway to the living room, and stomping from the living room to the kitchen, where Sophie was making dinner like usual. "Sophie!" He demanded.
"What now, Jamie?" Sophie asked, stirring the pasta She was making.
"It's a crisis." Jamie wailed. "A devastating crisis!" He looked at her intently and held up his arms. "Which tie goes with my jacket?"
"Jamie I don't know!" Sophie sighed, putting her earbud in her ear, turning on Rebel Revive. She starting humming, while stirring the pasta. "Just go with which ever." She began to ignore him, despite his futile attempts to get her attention. For a twelve year old, Sophie knew how to read people better than most people her age. She knew exactly what was up; Jamie had a date with Jack. "Jack's gonna end up removing it in the backseat of Zack's impala anyways." She smirked.
"Sophie!" Jamie shrieked. There had been much life in both if their eyes since Jamie moved back in with Sophie and Grammy Kim, because he was in a steady relationship. No more one night stands meant Jamie was back at home. He grinned at Sophie before walking over and hugging her, ins face falling very somber. "I'm sorry." He whispered into her hair.
"Ugh. You sap." Sophie smiled, wriggling free from his teary grip
"I know." Jamie sniffed, grabbing a paper towel to dab his eyes with. "I'm an emotional wreck."
"Getta grip. You should go wait outside" Sophie suggested.
"Why?" Jamie furrowed his brow.
"You're annoying." Sophie teased, poking out her tongue. "But really go outside."
"So rude." Jamie muttered, wriggling into his jacket.
"I'll get over it." Sophie retorted, turning her attention back to the food, and also her music.
"You're tough as nails, Soph." Jamie laughed, walking out the door. "I left you twenty dollars to go buy some snacks, I figured you could hang with Zack." Jamie said, checking his iPhone.
"Sounds great." Sophie replied, running a hand through her sandy blonde hair, before taking an elastic hair-tie from around her wrist and fashioning a loose ponytail. Her floppy fringe was still in her emerald green eyes, but it was out of the way of the food. She was really pretty. "See ya Jamie!" She called, as he shut the door with a 'love ya!'
Jamie pulled out his phone, and checked his texts for the seventh time in about ten minutes. He didn't even bother putting it back in his pocket this time. "Where is he?" He muttered to nothing. "He was supposed to be here ten minutes ago!" He unzipped his jacket, and faced the warm summer wind that stirred his hair in the most fanciful ways. "Come on, Jack." He whispered, tears forming in his eyes. "Don't leave me again."
"Shut up!" Jack roared, rubbing his temples. "You can't agree just once?" He slammed his hands down on the table, and eyed each and every 'person' around the table. "We have to make the decision. Tooth?" He said, speaking more softly. "What do you say?" He smiled half-heartedly, knowing her answer.
"I'm so sorry Jack. We have to. I vote to continue the process as normal." She sniffed, and looked at Jack through her teary eyes. "I'm sorry."
"It is Guardian law, Jack." North said quietly, also nodding his head.
"B-Bunny?" Jack whispered, eyes moist with unshed tears. "You have to help!"
"I can't, mate." Bunnymund whispered. Sandy looked at Jack through sleepy, apologetic eyes, and made a thumbs down above his head.
"Fine!" Jack groaned. "We're in agreement." He gulped down the lump on his throat. "He can have what he wants."
"What does he want?" Coaxed Tooth.
Jack shuddered. "I can't say it."
"Jack." She said, her sweet voice reassuring. "You can. It's part of recovering." The guardians knew about the time Jack was sexually assaulted by Pitch, and they also knew about Jamie's father sexually assaulting him.
"You're right." Jack swallowed his pain, and squeezed his eyes closed. "We'll give Pitch a portion of our powers until he's strong enough to infect the world with fear." He paused, sniffing, and rubbing his runny nose on his blue hoodie sleeve. "Why are we doing this again?" Jack inquired, looking towards the darkening afternoon sky.
"Jack, you are too young to understand. You've no need to concern yourself with things like this." North boomed, placing a large hand onto the Crystal ball in the center of the desk in North's office. "This must happen -"
"Every ten years or the fate of the universe will forever be changed and altered." Jack rolled his eyes. "I get it." He placed his hand gingerly on the ball's side.
"I'm glad you understand, Jack." Tooth smiled. "We hate it too. One of these days, Pitch will get his just desserts." She gave an almost sadistic grin before placing her hand onto the ball next to Jack's, her manicured nails tinkling against the translucent surface, stirring the swirling center of - well, I can't say for certain it is. North is the only one who knows, but he will never tell anyone without a fight. Sandy was wordless, and sign-less and he wrapped a tendril of dream sand around the sphere. The last to consent was Aster.
"What do you say, Kangaroo?" Jack teased. "You wanna change the fate of the universe?"
"Not more than the next human-turned-mythical-being." Bunny drawled, sarcasm evident in his think Aussie accent.
"Since we all agree, the ceremony must now begin." North stated. "I thus command the mighty winds to blow, and for f-fear to strike every heart." The crystal ball began to radiate a deep, comforting warmth, as it seemed to become fuller and fuller, until it did what it did every time; blew apart, sending shards of glass flying. "Careful." North warned. "Do not get cut."
"Can you feel it Jamie?" He whispered, wrapping his cold, unfeeling fingers around Jamie's chin, pulling it so the teenager was staring into his unyielding eyes, giving no hint as to his identity. "He's strong. He's returned."
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flappy bird, tumblr, hot or not, twitter, O2L, doctor who, and superimpose.
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