(Jaime and Lea)
By the time the bell rang, both children were laughing and had finished their drawings. They also realized that they had three of their five classes together. They pack their pictures in their bags and stand, walking together to lunch. After lunch, they head to the recess room, a room with books, board games, and card games since the teachers thought it was far too cold outside for the children to go out. They spent recess reading the book Ana had shown to Lea before school. After recess, they grab their bags and walk to history together. Conveniently, today in history they were studying local legends and myths. Today they were studying the King of Mischief and Winter himself. Ana was seriously surprised at this point that she hadn't heard of Jack sooner, as popular as he seemed to be. The two of them introduced themselves to the teacher, then took their seats. Jaime muttered under his breath as he realized he had left his pencil in art class, then looked over as Lea offered him one of hers. He smiled and said
"Thanks a lot. I'll give it back after class. Oh, this should be interesting!"
Lea giggled at his excitement and nodded, pulling out her own pencil and notebook, the both of them beginning to take notes as class started. About half-way through class, Lea noticed that Jaime looked confused and she tilted her head questioningly. He shook his head and motioned her to wait, before raising his hand. The teacher turned to him and asked
"Yes Mr. Bennette?"
Jaime lowered his hand and politely said
"Sir. Jack Frost doesn't have blue skin and hair. His skin is pale and his hair is silvery white. And he doesn't have little fairies that make the snowflakes for him… he makes each one himself."
The teacher paused, seeming surprised by the statement, then chuckled under his breath and shook his head.
"That is an interesting idea, however, today we are studying legends, not theories."
After dismissing the boy, he returns to talking. Jaime looked down at his desk and frowned, not liking how quickly and easily the teacher dismissed what he had to say. Lea put a hand on his arm and smiled sympathetically.
"I believe you"
She offers quietly, trying to comfort him. She smiles more as he perks up a little and nods in thanks. She nods back and pulls her hand away, then looks around at the other kids, glaring as she sees some of them laughing at Jaime. She scowls at them and they all turn away. About 20 minutes later, she glances over and smiles a little as she sees him sketching Jack in the margins of his notebook, staff and all.
(JACK)
Jack flew through Burgess, feeling absolutely bored. After leaving the Bennette's home, he had flown around, played a few innocent pranks, and even gone skating on his lake. However, he could only do so much to keep himself entertained while waiting for school to end. So, he decided to see if he could make the schools get out early. He flew up into the clouds and sat on one, crafting a small storm and gathering some winds to deliver the snow to the small town. He flew through the streets, chilling the air, encouraging the light snowfall, and tripping adults on ice. He laughed and bounced off a few walls as he soon heard school bells ringing and watched as children started pouring out of the doors. He always had a blast doing what he was made to do. He perched on top of a stop sign and watched as some kids tried to start snowball fights, but frowned then to himself as he saw their friends refuse to join.
'Well now, that just won't do!'
He thinks to himself. He flies over into the schoolyard and created a few snowballs, infusing them with magic before throwing them at the kids who had refused. He smirked as they turned around laughing and gathered snowballs. He chuckled and flew around the yard, enticing children until there was a full-on snowball war going on. He then left the school and flew to each until he found where Jaime was. He stopped mid-air as he saw that Jaime was standing and laughing with Lea. He tilted his head curiously and flew closer, trying to avoid being seen (for once) so he could eavesdrop on their conversation. He frowned in surprise as he heard Lea complaining that it was an early out.
'Seriously?'
He thinks, having never found a child before that didn't enjoy an early out. He then shrugged off the thought and decided to focus instead on trying to change her mind.
(LEA)
Indeed, Lea was very disappointed that school was let out early. Not only was her first day at the school interrupted, but this also meant that she had to go home that much sooner. Jaime tilted his head as he noticed her frowning as she adjusted the straps of her bag on her back
"What's wrong?"
He asked, having no idea about her home life. She looked up at him, having momentarily forgotten he was there. She smiles quickly and shakes her head
"Nothing. Sorry, guess I was spaced out for a second. Just don't feel like heading home yet I suppose"
She says, which was partially true. Jaime nods in understanding and though for a few moments before replying
"Well then, don't go home We could go to my house for hot cocoa, or we could even just stay here and have a snowball fight?"
Lea blinked in surprise at the offer and gawked a little at him. Before Jaime came along, she'd never really had a friend, so never had anyone invite her to have fun before. She quickly hid the shock with a new, genuine smile. She opened her mouth to respond, then yelped in surprise as a snowball suddenly hit her from behind. Moments later, another snowball hits Jaime in the back and both kids begin laughing.
"A snowball fight sounds like a lot of fun!"
She agrees, bending down to gather some snow in her hands. She watched as Jaime did the same and before long, the two of them were locked in a one on one snow war. They laughed as they hurled snow at one another and just enjoyed having fun together.
