How long had he been sitting here? Five hours? Nineteen hours? A day? Jack wasn't sure. But it felt like forever. This meeting was supposed to be a quick catch-up on everything going on. That's not what was happening. What was happening was North and Bunny having a long and loud argument about which holiday was better. Tooth and Sandy actually talking about what the meeting was meant for and Jack struggling with keeping still.
He had always known that it was impossible to stay still. Whether it be sitting in a chair or standing on his lake, he always had to be moving. Even if it was just a little finger tap on his knee. It kept him sane.

That was not the case today. Today was worse. Today he couldn't seem to keep his limbs in one place. He had asked North for a soda or an energy drink of some sort, but Bunny had intervened. Saying that his wild, out-of-control personality didn't need a jump-start. Then Tooth had jumped in, talking about how bad all the sugar was for his teeth. But what they hadn't known was that the caffeinated drink would've actually calmed him down.
It was strange, and Jack wasn't entirely sure about how it worked, but he had discovered over time that if he had enough caffeine in his body he could focus more easily and even sleep better. But since he didn't get his drink, he was holding back every muscle.
Maybe if he got up and walked around a bit?

Drawing as little attention to himself as possible, Jack stood up out of his seat, grabbed his staff and walked towards the wall as casualy as he could.
Finally up and out of his chair, Jack could twirl his staff in his hand while playing with the hem of his hoodie in the other hand. The loud argument in front of him started to fuzz out as Jack lost all interest. Instead, he decided to focus on the wall he was leaning on. Taking his hand off his hoodie and reaching up to touch the wall, Jack started making small frost patterns. He had heard others talking about being able to block out the world and focus on one single task, which is what he was doing now. Hyperfocus or something like that.
Again, he didn't really know how it worked, but he didn't care.

Sometimes he wished he didn't have it.
Hearing others talk about how hard it is to stay focused and how they wished they could hyperfocus just ticked him off. He had once spent three straight weeks trying to make the perfect snowball. Not because he was committed, but because his interest in it was strong and the outside world disappeared. He could tell the outside world was disappearing now, as he drew a swirl on the wall.
It's not like he could choose when and where to put all his focus, it just happened. Usually when he was intrigued or worried about something was when he couldn't care about anything else.

Sometimes he completely forgot about everything else. He knew for a fact that his memory was messed up. Sometimes it was perfect and he could remember even the littlest details, and other times it was completely gone.
At one point he had actually forgotten what he was about to say while he was saying it, stopping in the middle of his sentence to try and remember what he was talking about.
Vaguely, Jack could tell that the argument was dying out and four pairs of eyes were now facing him.

Sandy had a question mark above his head while he gave a quizzical look. Jack stopped his ice designs and faced the golden man. He could tell Tooth's mouth was moving but he couldn't tell what she was saying.
Finally, A big, furry paw landed on his hand and broke him out of his trance.
"-ou sick?" Tooth's voice asked. It took Jack a second to process what she was asking, but quickly answered. "No, I'm fine."

"Ya don't look fine, Frostbite." Bunny said. Jack didn't know how to respond.
Of course he was fine, he was just bored out of his mind at the moment. Jack turned his head back to the wall and raised his hand to start making more designs. The same furry paw stopped his hand before it reached the wall. His arm was being pulled forwards, towards Bunny's body.
"What's going on? Are ya ignoring us?" Bunny asked, a hint of anger in his voice.
"No" Jack answered as he started looking around for an elf. If he could just get his hands on a soda he could focus and not anger the Guardians.

"Well it sure looks like ya are" Bunny retorted.
"But I'm not." Jack defended. "Then what are you doing?" North spoke up.
"Trying to find an elf" Jack answered without thinking. The sudden honesty confused the Guardians. Tooth was the first to recover.
"Why are you trying to find an elf, Jack?" She asked.
"So I can get a soda or something." Jack answered, his hands immediately spinning his staff again.

"We already told ya not to have one. It would make you bounce off the walls in seconds." Bunny argued.
"No it wouldn't. I need it to focus." Jack answered, pulling away from the group to walking into the kitchen and find his drink.
"Slow down there, Frostbite. Whatda mean it'll 'help you focus'?" Bunny asked. Jack didn't turn back when he answered, "I can't focus and caffeine helps."

This sentence confused three out of the four Guardians. Sandy, on the other hand, knew exactly what Jack was talking about. He tried to get the other's attention, but to no avail. Looking around himself, Sandy took a metal glass sitting on the table and banged it against a chair. This got everyone's attention.
Quickly, Sandy made a picture of Jack sitting on a chair. Then an X over it.
"Jack can't sit in chair?" North asked, obviously confused. Sandy shook his head.

Next he made a picture of an eye looking side to side rapidly. Then one of a hand with twitching fingers. "Fidgeting?" Tooth asked. Sandy smiled and nodded his head. Next he showed them an image of a can of soda then and picture of Jack laying down, sleeping. It took a minute for the remaining Guardians to connect the dots, but eventually they got it.
"Soda will help you focus, yes?" North asked, turning around to find Jack playing with the sleeves of his hoodie. "Mhm" Jack hummed, not looking up.
"Very well then. I will be back with soda." North smiled as he walked into the kitchen.

Ever since then, the Guardians had been able to overlook the fact that Jack wasn't always paying attention. They would leave him alone when they noticed him staring at the table or his hands. They wouldn't mind it when Jack had to stand up and walk around or play with something during their meetings. And they made sure Jack had a soda with him when he told them he needed one, despite Tooth's complaints.

They knew they couldn't and wouldn't ever fully understand their newest member, but they were going to try.