Wow this chapter is actually pretty long!

I tried to be a bit more descriptive, but not overly crazy!

Also I added some random characters in, I hope you guys are okay with that!

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Arriving back at home, Tooth shrugged off her coat and went upstairs. It was getting late, and she had to take North's test tomorrow, so she wanted to get some sleep. After showering and putting on pajamas, she climbed into bed with her phone so that she could text Bunny.

She turned her phone on to see she had 2 new texts. She clicked on the one that said it was from Bunny. It read:

Tooth! Great news. We got into the tournament! I'll tell you more at lunch tomorrow.

Tooth grinned and texted back:

Awesome! I'm so glad. I decided to tell Jack about Haroom.

Tooth shook her head after sending the text, wondering why she told Bunny. It had taken a lot to tell Jack, and this was only the second time she had said anything about it to a friend of hers. She remembered when she had decided to tell Bunny, Nightlight and Katherine. She had been crying by the end of it, barely being able to push her words out as they tried to comfort her. She still missed Haroom, every single day. Minutes barely passed before her phone brightly shined again, reading:

You okay? How did he find out?

Tooth smiled, remembering how Bunny had comforted her when she had told him. He had always been so nice to her, even before they were dating. Thinking about her answer, she responded:

Yeah. It wasn't any easier, but.. I feel a bit better now. I accidentally let something slip a few weeks ago about him, apparently he didn't forget.

She sent the text, then remembered there had been 2 texts on her phone. Looking in the message box, she found a text from Nightlight, asking:

Hey! You wanna go shopping together Saturday? We need to work on the Valentine's Day gifts!

Tooth giggled at Nightlight's eagerness. Sometimes they would collect their efforts to buy things for the others, and she was glad for Nightlight's comments on what she was going to get. She replied:

Yeah, Saturday's fine, if you can pick me up!

She closed her eyes after sending the text, sleep beginning to make her eyes itchy. Under her eyelids she could see the phone flash up, one last message from Bunny. Tooth read:

I'm proud of you, Tooth. Get some sleep. Love ya, kiddo.

Tooth smiled again as she set her phone down, letting sleep envelop her.

The next day, Tooth's morning classes flew by. As she went to lunch, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, knowing that the next class after lunch was North's test. She took her things and sat at their normal table, taking out her notes to glance over them once again. She had good grades in all of her classes, but she always got nervous before a test. As she munched on her food and reread her scribbled on notes, Nightlight swept in and plopped down into a seat across from Tooth, leaning against the table. Tooth looked up to see Nightlight looked a bit urgent, so she leaned in as well.

"I can pick you up this Saturday," he started, cupping a hand over his mouth, "But I need your help. I want to get Katherine something sweet, more than the regular stuff, ya know?"

Tooth beamed at him, and Nightlight blushed fiercely. She whispered back, "Yeah, I can help, if you can help me with Bunny. You know about anything he wants?"

Nightlight shook his head, but as he was about to reply, Katherine came strolling in, placing a larger number of books on the table than normal. Tooth asked incredulously, "Katherine, I know you like reading, but why do you have so many books?"

Katherine giggled and happily explained, "The library is selling some old books that haven't been checked out in years. They're giving a lot of them away for free, because if they don't the poor things will either get put somewhere else to collect dust, or thrown away."

Tooth couldn't help but get excited. Maybe they had some books on teeth! She loved to read, but just didn't seem to have the time, due to her constant schoolwork and hanging out with her friends. Excited, she exclaimed, "I would love to go after school, if they're open!"

Katherine nodded and continued, "They'll be open for 15 minutes after school. Once I have these all in my backpack, I think I'll try to go back for more, if they let me!" She laughed with Tooth and Nightlight, excited about the prospect of new things to read. Katherine, no matter what she was doing or how much time she spent with the group, always seemed to be finishing one book and opening up another.

"So, what books did you get?" Nightlight inquired eagerly.

"Oh, well there was this one on the color schemes of tropical birds, and then this one on the study of caffeine in- oh! Hey Bunny!" Katherine stopped mid-sentence as Bunny plopped down next to Tooth, rubbing his temples.

"That bad, huh?" Tooth asked. He had been taking North's test the class before lunch.

"I just wish he would realize he needs to try and write his tests in English we can understand." Bunny replied, shaking his head. Bunny usually got pretty good grades, but he was struggling with Mr. North this year, as he didn't always agree with what North said in class. Tooth, a little stressed by Bunny's reply, read over her notes another time, asking herself questions to make sure she had the material down.

Pitch came in afterwards, giving a more assuring statement. "It wasn't too bad, as far as material goes," he explained, "as long as you can figure out what the question is asking."

Tooth nodded, still thinking. She had been in North's class the entire year, so she was better at decoding his strangely worded questions. She knew it wasn't his fault, but most of the students wished that he would borrow a test from one of the other teachers for once.

As usual, Jack came straddling in last. He sat down on the other side of Tooth, crunching down on an apple. He looked over at Tooth, who was running her fingers through her hair, desperately trying to implant the notes in her mind. He wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his blue jacket, asking, "What's got you in a bundle of nerves?"

Tooth explained, "North's tests.. they aren't exactly easy, because of his writing. And he doesn't give a lot of grades, so it's kinda big, and that means I need to study!" she looked up, a bit frantic. Jack was taken aback and looked over to Tooth's shoulder, silently asking Bunnymund if this was normal. He replied it was.

Bunny turned to Tooth and awkwardly patted her shoulder, saying, "Uh.. Tooth, it's not that bad, and considering you've had all A's on your report card since you were an anklebiter, I think you've got this."

Tooth thanked Bunny for his encouragement, but still studied furiously until the end of the lunch break. She walked with Jack to Mr. North's class, butterflies in her stomach.

Sitting down at her seat, she received the test and began to slowly work on it. She knew most all of the answers, of course, after she had a few minutes to figure out the question. Over halfway through the test, she was just beginning to feel good about it when something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. North was gazing at his desk, grading tests from earlier classes. Tooth being near the back of the class, North hadn't seen the small, crumpled ball of paper hit Tooth's desk.

Passing notes in class? During a test? Tooth had been too focused on her exam to see who had thrown the paper, so maybe it was intended to hit another desk beside hers? She decided to take a quick peek, slowly unrolling the paper, trying to be as quiet as possible. On the inside there was a note scrawled in familiar writing:

You okay, Tooth? You looked like you were going to pass out at the beginning of class. Got any ideas for Valentine's presents?

Jack

Tooth crumpled the paper back up. She was not going to get caught passing notes during the test! She ignored the crumpled ball and went back to working on the exam. As she was about to finish up, a second ball landed on her desk. Tooth opened it as well to see another note.

So you're not gonna answer me now? It's not like I'm asking you for answers or anything. I finished a while ago, anyways.

Tooth was surprised by the last sentence. Had Jack gone through the test that quickly? Come to think of it, Tooth didn't really know about Jack's scores or GPA. She had assumed he was pretty hardworking, but she didn't believe someone could blow through one of North's tests that easily and come out with a good grade. She decided to ignore the second ball as well, waiting for when she had finally finished her test to answer him.

After she answered the last question, she quickly skimmed back through the test, then stacked her papers and got up to put them on North's desk. Jack waited for her to get up, then slid out of his chair, accompanying her.

Tooth placed her test in the small pile that had started to pile up on North's desk. As she turned around, Jack whispered to her, barely audible, "How'd ya do?"

Tooth stuck a thumb up, slightly grinning. Jack smiled back and mouthed, "Me too."

Tooth grinned, making her way back to her seat. So Jack felt good about the test? And he had still finished that quickly? Usually Tooth was one of the first people done, she couldn't believe Jack had beaten her!

She sat back down and pulled out Jack's note from earlier, taking out a pen to write back:

Sorry, I'm so nervous about passing notes in class, I couldn't even think of doing it during a test! I have been thinking of some Valentine's Day stuff, but I can't let you in on it, it's a surprise!

She aimed the note at Jack, flicking it over to him. It landed squarely on his desk, and he couldn't help but grin. He opened it up and read it, taking out a pencil to write back. When Tooth received the note, he had placed underneath her writing:

You're such a good girl, Tooth, never passing notes in class. And I've been thinking, too. I'm going out this weekend to look around. Wanna come? I need your gift skills.

Tooth gazed down at the paper, already feeling bad about her reply. She couldn't say yes to Jack, not when she was already going with Nightlight! She hated letting her friends down. She contemplated bringing Jack along, but she needed to spend some time on his present, and she didn't want him accidentally finding out before Valentine's Day. She wrote back:

Sorry, Jack. I promised Nightlight I would go with him on Saturday. I still need to think of a present for you, I was planning to buy most of my stuff with Nightlight. I'm sorry.

Tooth tossed the paper over to Jack, feeling a bit dejected.

As Jack read over the words, he couldn't help but look a bit crestfallen. He was really hoping Tooth would have been able to go with him. Hoping Tooth hadn't seen his face, he tried to mask it with a look of indifference. He decided not to reply, in case he was looking a bit needy.

Tooth silently wondered why Jack hadn't written back to her. She hoped he wasn't too upset, and not angry with her. As the bell rang, and she stepped out to go to Mr. Sandy's classroom, she couldn't help but worry that she had said the wrong thing to Jack. As they sat down together to work on their project, she blurted out, "I'm so-"

"Don't be," Jack cut her off a bit gruffly, adding, "It's not a big deal, anyways."

Tooth, still a bit unsure, decide not to talk about it. She looked down at her painting she was working on. Mr. Sandy had asked for them to make their own project, as long as it was following certain guidelines. The painting had to be fully covered, with a border of some sort, and symbolize something that mattered to them. Tooth had thought about what she was going to design, when it had popped into her head- teeth. She had brought in an old picture of herself, that was ripped and torn from years of her mother carrying it around. It was Tooth as a little girl, showing off a big, toothy grin. She remembered she had been decked out in feathers for a play, in which she was supposed to be the songbird. She only had a couple of lines, but she was one of the only characters in the play that got to sing, and after the play was over her parents had given her a large bouquet of beautifully bright flowers. Tooth was drawing herself smiling on the picture, costume on. The picture's border was made up of flowers as bright and colorful as she remembered the ones her parents giving her.

Jack had laughed about it when Tooth brought the picture in, seeing her small, shining face that accompanied her large, beautiful eyes. Jack had gone a different route with his painting. He decided to try and encompass winter in one picture. He didn't want to make it look cold and harsh, like most people believed it was. Instead, he had decided to draw a small scene of a forest. The outer edges of the forest were dark, but the small opening was awash with light from a campfire. A small girl huddled around the fire, the light reflecting onto her face, as she sat with her mother and father. She had long, light brown hair, and Jack could almost feel the warmth of the fire on his own face. He had bordered it with beautifully decorated snowflakes, each a different shape and size. Tooth had thought it was amazing, but she didn't know the real story behind it.

After working on the projects until the bell, they walked out together, quietly chatting. After getting the supplies from their lockers and heading out of the school, Jack and Tooth said goodbye to one another, heading their separate ways. Tooth pulled out her phone, sending a text to Katherine that she was heading to the library.

As she opened the large doors to the ancient looking library, the musty smell of books hit her nose and light spread throughout the room from the multiple windows situated in a number of places. The librarian, Mrs. Baalat, was pooling over a large encyclopedia, her glasses almost falling off of her face. She was a tall, slender older woman with rich black hair that was tied up in a bun. She wore loose clothing, usually puffy and semi elegant. Looking up and seeing Tooth, a warm smile crossed the woman's face, and she beckoned Tooth over eagerly.

"Are you here for the book sale? I thought you might come," Mrs. Baalat inquired, getting up from her desk to walk Tooth over to multiple stacks of large books placed neatly on some empty tables. A few kids milled about, glancing over the books every so often. Tooth thanked Mrs. Baalat and went to sort through the books.

As Tooth searched for books on teeth, she heard the library door open again, and moments later Katherine was standing by her side. "Hey, Tooth!" she exclaimed, dropping her laden backpack on the ground with a satisfying thump. Tooth wondered just how many books were in there as Katherine questioned, "Find anything good yet?"

Tooth shook her head, replying, "I've found a bunch of ancient art books, and a couple of neat mythology books, but nothing on teeth." She glanced over the covers once again, straining to find something.

"Five minutes, everyone!" Mrs. Baalat called from her counter. Tooth decided to take one last sweep over the books before heading out with Katherine. As she was almost done with her search, something caught her eye.

Tooth walked over, gently taking the book out and brushing it off. The cover was plain blue and a bit dusty. The original cover must have been taken off, because she didn't see the title, but she saw what had made her take a second glance at the book. On the spine, there was one single snowflake, shining brilliant white in contrast to the blue. Tooth opened the book and gasped excitedly as she was greeted with millions of pictures of snowflakes and designs. There was all kinds of information in here on them! Tooth could barely contain her excitement as she exclaimed to Katherine, "Hey! I think I might have just found Jack's Valentine's Day present!"

Katherine put down a book she was leafing through to walk over to Tooth, gently taking the book out of her hands to examine it. "Woah, this is beautiful, Tooth!" She exclaimed as she looked at the different snowflake patterns. She added, "Jack would completely love this, I know how he likes winter. What a find!"

Tooth giggled excitedly, asking Katherine if she was done searching. After adding a few more books to her growing pile, Katherine and Tooth made their way over to Mrs. Baalat's desk.

"Will these cost any?" Tooth asked as she placed her books next to Katherine's.

"My, my, I haven't seen this book in ages.." Mrs. Baalat murmured, sweeping up Tooth's book to look through it herself, "Oh, this is simply marvelous! You know what, I'll give it to you for free, Toothiana, on one condition."

Tooth glanced into the librarian's eyes eagerly, asking what the condition was. Mrs. Baalat continued, "You need to visit the library more! I hardly ever see you, I recall you used to be quite the bookworm!"

Tooth giggled and promised Mrs. Baalat she would try to visit more often as the kind librarian handed the book back to her in a small plastic bag. Katherine only had to pay a small amount for the large number of books she had purchased, then they walked out of the library together, parting ways at the front of the school.

Tooth saw Bunny waiting in the car, and she hurried over to him, hoping he wasn't upset for the wait. She hopped in, glad of the warmth inside the car.

"Test go well for you?" Bunny questioned as she rubbed her hands together, trying to get warm.

"Yeah." she replied, smiling up at him. He mumbled an 'I told you so' before backing out of the parking lot and beginning the short drive to Tooth's house.

"So," Bunny continued after a short while, "I didn't get to tell you at lunch, because you seemed a bit freaked out, but about the tournament..."

"Oh!" Tooth looked up, forgetting Bunny's text from last night. She had forgotten he had been put in the tournament! She waited for him to continue his explanation, eyes big and curious.

Bunny chuckled at her small gasp, then kept going, "So yeah! We got in! It was a big surprise. The tournament is gonna be in about 3 weeks, at the end of February. I'll be gone for just the weekend is all, but hopefully if we win the tournament we can go to finals."

Tooth beamed and congratulated, hugging his arm as he steered with the other. "I bet it's going to come so fast! I'm gonna miss you, even if it's just for one weekend." Tooth proclaimed. Bunny laughed and ruffled her hair playfully as he drove her home.


Saturday came quickly, and that morning she was waiting outside with a small coat on and jeans that accompanied some new brown boots her mother had bought her. Nightlight pulled up and Tooth happily clambered into his car, beaming.

"How much money did you bring? I didn't know how much I should.." Nightlight asked as he pulled out of her driveway.

"Uh, I brought a hundred, but I was thinking about getting something nice for Bunny, so you might not need that much." Tooth replied, feeling her small purse to make sure her wallet was there.

Nightlight nodded, explaining, "I brought about a hundred or so as well. I really have no idea what to get Katherine, I'm kind of nervous." He rolled his shoulders, glancing over at Tooth, who was smiling mischievously.

"Don't worry, Nightlight," she answered, "We'll find something just great."

Nightlight smiled thankfully back as they sped off towards the mall.

At the mall, everything was boisterous and busy. There were hearts and candies in a bunch of the shop windows, sales signs everywhere that were counting off for Valentine's Day. Tooth wasn't a big fan of going to the mall, unless she was with friends. You got pushed around by other people so much, and it was always the same thing, so she preferred having her friends go with her, even though the guys hated it as much as she did.

"Okay," Nightlight breathed as they walked in, "Who do you want to start on?" Whenever Tooth and Nightlight went shopping for presents, they would both collect their efforts to try and find a present for one person as quick as they could.

"Uh, let's do Pitch first, he should be pretty easy." Tooth answered. She added, "Hey, I bought a present for Jack already, so you're gonna have to find that on your own time."

Nightlight shuddered in spite of himself. Pitch? She didn't know why Tooth was so nice to everybody, but that guy just gave him the creeps. Brushing it off, her replied, "That's fine. Where do you want to go to look?"

Tooth put a hand on her hip, thinking. Suddenly she shouted, "Aurora's!" clambering off in the direction of the store. It was a shop owned by a beautiful woman named Aurora, who had long blond hair and a face that seemed to be eternally daydreaming. Nightlight quickly followed after Tooth into the small shop, full of small, strange trinkets.

Tooth wandered around the shop, searching for anything that might remind her of Pitch. As she was wondering the shelves, she saw some small half moon charms, some of them clear white and others made out of some weird, dark rock.

"Aurora, how much for one of these?" Tooth asked, picking up an especially dark one that shimmered with reflected light.

"Hmm? Oh, those, yes... about 5 dollars or so I would say.. hmm, yes, that's it, they're 5 dollars." Aurora came floating in from the back of the shop, looking like she just woke up. She picked up one of the moon charms, placing it back before gliding back the way she had come. Tooth took the small charm and bought it, hoping she could possibly give it to Pitch.

Nightlight bought Jack a staff object that was carved out of wood and painted to look like it had just been frosted with snow. Aurora gave it to him for cheap, and Tooth exclaimed he would love it.

A couple of stores over, Nightlight bought Pitch a long, black jacket. It looked as if it would fit him perfectly, and Tooth was a bit envious of Nightlight's precision with his gifts.

Next, they looked for Katherine. Tooth could see Nightlight get nervous as they walked into the shops, desperately seeking a gift that would be appropriate for Katherine. Tooth commented, "You know, you could always get her jewelry. Girls like that kind of stuff."

Nightlight immediately shook his head, explaining, "Katherine's not really into that kind of thing. She's more, oh I don't know, she's just so creative! I can't think of what to get her, honestly I wish I could." He leaned on Jack's staff, sighing.

Tooth giggled and answered, "Well, we both know that Katherine likes books, so I think I might have an idea."

She dragged Nightlight into Thoth's paper store. Thoth was a lover of books and writing, and he owned a large paper store with scrolls stuffed into every corner. He had made a bunch of origami birds and stuck them from the ceiling, adding a nice effect to his calming shop. Thoth also had a couple of journals and art supplies hidden around, and Tooth remembered seeing them before.

Nightlight walked with her over to a stand of some of the most beautiful journals he had ever seen. They were fancily decorated on the outside, and the inside was full of good, crisp paper, that was ready for writing. He proclaimed, "Oh, Tooth, she would love one of these! She's always thinking about writing her own stories, but she always loses all of the papers with all of the stuff she carries around! Do you think it's too little?" he looked into Tooth's eyes, worrying that his present wouldn't be enough.

Tooth replied reassuringly, "You know she doesn't ask for much usually. This will be a big surprise, I promise she'll love it." Nightlight beamed and went to go pay for the books as Tooth looked around the store. She picked up a book, reading the cover. It stated, "The Art of Calligraphy." It contained a set of calligraphy pens, and some old looking parchment to practice on. Tooth thought it fit Katherine perfectly. She was always getting into a new hobby after reading books on the subject, and sometimes it was hard to keep up with what she was into. Tooth remembered when Katherine had switched from knitting, to money origami, to tropical fish, all in the span of a month! Tooth bought the set, hoping Katherine would like it.

Next up, Bunny. Tooth sighed, still unsure of what to get him. Nightlight, who had spent a good bit of money on Katherine's present, decided to get something simple for Bunny. They went into a sports shop, and Nightlight bought a jersey of Bunny's favorite soccer player. Tooth didn't find anything she liked in the shop, so they kept walking.

Tooth popped into a few shops, until she saw something that caught her eye. On a small rack of items, there were two boomerangs, neatly carved. Tooth picked them up, feeling the smooth wood underneath her fingers. They were beautiful! She purchased them immediately, thinking it would be a perfect gift for Bunny. She decided to keep an eye out for anything that she could add to the gift.

Leaving the shop, she turned to Nightlight, explaining, "I still need to find your present. You want to meet up in about 30 minutes or so, by your car?"

Nightlight replied, "Yeah, that seems fine. Text me if you're done a bit earlier, it usually doesn't take me long with your present." He winked and patted Tooth's shoulder, twisting on his heel towards the opposite direction of the mall, twirling Jack's staff.

Tooth giggled and turned around, thinking of what she should get Nightlight. She walked into a couple of shops, perusing. As she began to get tired of looking, something caught her eye in a small trinket shop similar to Aurora's. It was a polished rock, that seemed to almost look like a rounded dagger. It was gleaming with light, reflecting every bit of the sun's rays. Tooth was mesmerized by the small object, picking it up and gazing at it. She asked the shopkeeper, a tall, smiling woman, how much for the object. She replied it would only cost 10 dollars, and Tooth happily accepted. It reminded her almost of an actual moonbeam, it was so bright! She couldn't help but think of Nightlight's bright face when she looked at it. After buying the gift, she exited the shop, looking for something to do with her remaining time.

Deciding to go buy some candy to accompany the presents, she turned quickly, accidentally bumping into someone and spilling her stuff all over the floor.

"Whoops! I'm sorry!" Tooth exclaimed, bending down to pick up her shopping bags.

"Tooth?" the voice said surprisedly. Tooth, shocked to hear the familiar voice, looked up to see who it was.

Jack Frost.

He quickly bent down to help her gather her things, trying not to look in case his present was in the bags. Jack helped Tooth up off the ground as she thanked him.

"Um... I thought you were supposed to be shopping with Nightlight?" Jack asked. A small, almost unrecognizable flash of pain flitted across his eyes, but Jack was sure Tooth hadn't seen it. Had she really lied just so she didn't have to go to the mall with him?

"Oh!" Tooth exclaimed, realizing what Jack meant. She quickly explained, the words tumbling out of her mouth, "No! No no no. I was shopping with Nightlight! We finished up shopping for the others, so we were looking for something for each other! We were supposed to meet up in.." she looked down at her watch, "10 minutes, by Nightlight's car."

Jack nodded, trying not to look relieved. Instead, he teased, "So, you got anything for me in there?"

Tooth pulled the bags away from him, even though his present wasn't in there. She scolded, "You don't get to see until Valentine's Day! Anyways, I was just going to buy some candy to put with my presents. Not that I'm putting too much, I don't want you guys to get cavities!" Jack laughed as Tooth began to walk off, keeping up pace with her.

"Do you mind if I join you?" he asked, walking beside her. Tooth looked down to see he had a similar shopping bag. She couldn't help but wonder what was inside.

"You can, if you want to." She replied calmly, walking into the nearest candy shop.

Inside, the walls were plastered with Valentine's Posters, and all of the stands were decorated in a sickly pink that Tooth just couldn't stand. She wasn't into the gushy heart feelings of Valentine's Day, she liked to just make it fun and get to joke around with her friends! Bunny had never tried anything too romantic with her, knowing that she wasn't one for something like that.

Tooth rummaged through the store, occasionally picking out chocolates or candies that she knew her friends liked. Jack watched her, smiling as she perused the labels, occasionally sticking out her tongue at ones that just sounded awful.

Finished up with what she thought was a good amount of candy, she took her purchases and walked out with Jack.

As they were walking, Tooth exclaimed, "Well, I've gotta go for now, Nightlight's probably waiting for me at his car. It was nice seeing you, Jack!" She hugged him lightly, surprising him. After a second of thought he hugged her back, then said goodbye, walking off with a confident air.

Tooth hid her bags safely away from Nightlight, hoping he hadn't seen the bright reflections of his present. She was silent driving home, thinking about what Valentine's Day would bring. It was only a couple of days away.

She said goodbye to Nightlight, heading upstairs and taking out some old wrapping paper and bags to cover her presents up. When she was finished, it was getting pretty late, so she tucked away her presents, sliding into bed and drifting into a deep, happy sleep.


Kind of lame chapter ending, I know :c

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