(Time skip two days to North's House, that means that it is Friday)

Jack's POV:

I rode with Aster to North's house for his sleepover. I fidgeted with the strap on my duffel bag, I haven't been invited to someone's house in a long time. Not since before the accident. Aster seemed to pick up on my nerves, "Jack? You alright mate?"

"Huh? Yeah I'm fine don't worry." I smiled.

"Ok just making sure. What did you get North for his birthday?"

"Oh, I got him something he will like, I hope." I sighed and looked at the poorly wrapped gift on the floor of the car. I would've gotten him something better, but I didn't have the money. "What did you get him?" I asked.

His face brightened a bit, "Oh I got him Madden 2013 for the Xbox 360. It's not out yet, but my dads friends in the gaming industry so he sometimes gives me a bunch of games for the hell of it." Aster babbled on about video games, and I tried to make an honest effort to be interested. Truth be told I had no clue what he was talking about.

I had a Nintendo 64 when I was young, but I don't know what happened to it. After that, I really never had much in the way of video games or movies.

We pulled up to a huge cottage like house. It was beautiful, and looked much like something out of a storybook. It was painted a warm tan color and the roof was a deep brown. Aster parked and we made our way up the cobblestone path to the front door. We rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer.

No more then five seconds later did the door swing open to reveal a rather large woman. "Oh hi you must be here for North's party. Da come in yes?" Her thick Russian accent made it a bit hard for me to follow what she was saying, however, Aster seemed to understand her perfectly. She grabbed us by are shirts an dragged us inside. She looked me in the eyes shocked, "Ach! Moy rebenok! So thin." She lifted up one of my arms for emphasis, "do not worry young one, Gertrude will get some meat on those bones, da da." She turned and ran towards the direction of the kitchen.

Aster waited until she was gone to laugh at my expense, "Oh I do not envy you. Come on I know where North's room is." Aster started up the outrageously tall staircase, practically bouncing his way to the top.

"Hey slow down there Bunny, I can't keep up with you." I heaved.

He turned and smiled, "oh come on mate this isn't that bad."

I started to over exaggerate a little -something I'm good at- and started to crawl up the last few steps telling him to leave me behind. He picked me up by my collar and dragged me across the hallway we stopped at a door an walked inside. "Oi North!" Aster shouted into the big space.

"I'm over here." We followed the voice to a bathroom that connected with his room. North was in there shaving. "You guys can throw your stuff down in my room." We turned around and put our things by his bed.

Finally I took a good look at North's room: the walls were a warm wooden color. His canopy bed always draped with deep red sheets and curtains. I plopped down onto his floor and stared at the tall bookshelf teeming with at least one hundred different stories. Most were fantasy novels, but some were history book. Aster jumped over me and laid on North's bed. "Ahhh this is nice." He spoke as he melted into the mattress. "So who did you invite mate?" He asked rather loudly.

"Oh you know, just you four and a few friends from the team," I shivered at the memory I had of the my last encounter of the team, "but you two and Sandy are the only people sleeping over. My mom said no girls." He walked out of the bathroom with a towel in his hand that he was using to dry his face. "What do you think?" He had a short trimmed line that ran from one ear under his chin to the other.

Aster spoke for both of us, "Mate what's the point in shaving? You grow facial hair faster than anyone I know."

North bellowed with laughter, "True, true. However, I want to look nice for a special someone." He smiled and Aster and I oohed and ahhed and North's face turned the same color as his bed sheets.

I laughed, "so North who's the lucky lady."

He responded curtly, "She's someone, and it's none of your business."

Aster and I held our hands up in surrender.

-Time skip-

(North blew out his candles and everyone left except for Jack and Aster)

"So North," Aster asked, "how was your party? I saw you and Anya in the corner holding hands." He gave him a wink and North turned bright red.

I burst out laughing as well as Aster. "Come off it mate. You have to open the presents that Jack and I gave you." He smiled and threw him his present.

"What is it?" North asked as he shook the package.

"Just open it you bum." I said, "you'll never know unless you open it." I smiled as North stuck his tongue out at me.

He ripped away the wrapping paper and gasped, he held up the game and didn't say anything. He was so happy he forgot how to form words. North launched himself from his bed and talked Aster. I was doubled over laughing at Aster's face, he was terrified.

"Ok ok! Your welcome. Now get off me." North stood and went back to his bed to sit. There was a permanent grin plastered onto his face.

Aster took my present out of my hand and handed North the small box. "I wouldn't shake it." I said. He smiled and nodded. Carefully he tore away the red wrapping paper, to find a bright red box. He had a confused look on his face, but when he opened the box it changed to awe.

"Jack," he gasped, "it's beautiful."

"What is it?" Aster asked.

North held up the tiny Christmas ornament. That had each one of us hand painted on it. Then as you turn the globe, the picture North had painted for art class was painted onto it. "Whoa mate. Did you paint that frostbite?"

I nodded, "I hope you like it North."

He was beside himself, "it's perfect." He said as he placed it ever so carefully back into the box and put the box behind his bed. "Thank you both so much." Aster and I smiled. I was so happy he liked what I got him, I was really worried about it.

"Let's go play this new madden game. What do you say?" Aster was really excited. We walked downstairs, into a room in the basement with a large tv and a white box of some sort.

"Um how do you play?" I asked. North and Aster turned around and looked at me like I was crazy.

"You mean you've never played Xbox before?" They both asked, well actually the more so yelled it.

"No." I shrugged. They both grabbed me and forced a controller into my hand as I fell on the couch.

"You'll pick up fast, don't worry." North said.

He was right it was easy to pick up. However, Aster and North were both way better than me. Aster and I were on the same team, but we were still losing. I was so into the game that I almost didn't hear Gertrude calling my name from the top of the steps. We paused the game and all walked upstairs confused. I walked into the kitchen and there stood Adrian.