A/N Yay final chapter hope you like it!

Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

"I thought you'd take us to place less crowded" Sarah's father said staring at the McDonalds completely unimpressed with Sophie's decision.

Sophie rolled her eyes. "Don't you guys read Harry Potter? The less crowded and noisy a place is the more chance we have of being seen and heard, for all anyone here thinks we're just two families meeting to have some fun with our kids."

The father appraised her with his eyebrow raised. "I hadn't thought of that" He admitted.

Sophie nodded and bit her tongue so as not to give a sarcastic response.

She picked up her daughter and slowly made her way to the line.

"I can take the kids" The mother of the family Sophie had brought spoke up, "So you and my husband can talk."

Sophie shook her head. "No offence, but I don't even know your name."

"I'm Jessica" She said softly her eyes trailing the little girls figure. Sarah noticed the motion and pulled down on her mother's sleeve. Jessica picked up her daughter and Sarah whispered in her ear.

Jessica closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again her eyes widening when she looked at her daughter again. The moment terrified Sophie and she found her hold on Jackie tightening slightly.

"Momma" Jackie complained. Sophie lessened her grip slightly.

"Overprotective?" Jessica asked smiling slightly.

"Can you blame me?" Sophie asked.

Jessica shook her head. "I'm the same" She told her mother. "Every time I take the kids out to play I'm always terrified that they my neighbours will see that their different" Jessica said the last voice a whisper. The area around them was so loud that Sophie had to strain her ears so as to hear them.

"You at least have your husbands help" Sophie accused.

Jessica shook her head. "He's an archeologist, so he's away a lot."

Sophie's heart constricted at that. "I'm sorry" She said.

Jessica waved her hand away. "It's fine, really, he contacts regularly on the web cam so, I always have his support, even when he's on a completely different continent."

"Lucky" Sophie said but said no more about it as Jackie was still within her earshot.

Slowly they made their way to the front of the line Sophie ordered ice cream for her daughter and herself. While Jessica's family ordered pancakes. (It was still before noon).

Slowly they found themselves at a table near the Ronald McDonalds play area.

"Mommy can me and Jackie play?" Sarah asked bouncing in her seat.

"After you eat, Sarah" Jessica stated.

Sarah pouted but then stuffed the pancakes into her mouth as quickly as possible before swallowing. Jackie was just happily enjoying eating her ice-cream when Sarah was done. When Sarah was done she started to pull Jackie from her seat to play in the play room at McDonalds. After a few moments Jessica pushed her son to go play as well.

Sophie allowed it, the play room was designed in such a way that she could see Jackie from every angle.

She turned her attention to the mother, and father of Sarah and Jonathon.

"Ok, who are you and why the heck should I trust you?" Sophie said.

"I'm Nicholas Jessup and this is my wife Jessica" The father said. "And we were sent here by the man in the moon."

Sophie's eyes widened and she leaned forward. "The man in the moon?"

"That is correct" Nicholas stated nodding at her. "My wife, son, daughter and I have been asked by the man in the moon to come here so my little girl could befriend yours."

"Why?"

"Because we aren't your average run of the mill family, Sophie."

Sophie's eyes widened and she leaned back away from them for a moment she had never revealed her name to them. "Who are you?" Sophie asked them.

Nicholas smiled slightly and told Sophie everything about himself. Telling about how he learned magic at a young age and when he turned 18 he left the town to head to America where he Jessica and a few years later after that he married her. Her eyes widened when she realised that the man in front of her was a lot like Jackie then one would believe at first glance.

And if where he said he had been born and raised was true and if it did exist... than perhaps he could be of more help then even Sophie could...

Sophie narrowed her eyes at the couple she had just met squashing the hope before it could grow to big. "You expect me to believe that you came all the way to Burgess from wherever the hell you lived so you could befriend my daughter?"

"Manhattan" Jessica stated. "And we know it's sounds crazy, but it's true"

Sophie rolled her eyes. "Why would you uproot your entire family for mine? I understand that she's the daughter of Jack Frost but…" Sophie's eyes widened as her mind came up with horrible scenarios.

"No, please, don't take my baby away please"

"Peace Sophie" Nicholas said holding his hand in the air and immediately Sophie felt a calm spread over her entire body. "To remove a child from a loving parent would be a cruelty we would never dole out to any child, least of all a child who would freeze us before we made it out of Burgess."

Sophie couldn't help but smile at that. "Then, what are you proposing?"

"Today we only arrived to find the child, only to see if the young girl existed, and now that we know and our daughter has established a connection with the girl, we can now make arrangements to move here."

At Sophie's hesitance Nicholas sighed. "Your daughter is a very secretive and cautious girl – Not that that's a bad thing" He interjected when Sophie's gaze at him darkened considerably. "-But she needs a friend who knows about her, and can help bring her out of our shell."

Sophie looked away in truth they did seem like a kind and well meaning family. It was only the father that was putting her on edge, the gaze he gave her as though he was able to see right through her made her uncomfortable.

Sophie looked down. "If your family of four moved here it's not as if I could stop your daughter from hanging out with mine" She said finally her eyes then locked on Jackie's countenance and for the first time in a long time Jackie was playing and laughing and smiling with a child her age.

Sophie smiled a little at the sight. She turned back to parents she had just met. "Your daughter in a few hours has done what I have spent months trying to do."

Both Jessica and Nicholas turned to see Jackie and Sarah playing with each other.

"Sarah has a way of making people feel safe." Nicholas said. "She has a pathological need to help people and when she received word that a girl hear might need a friend, she jumped at the chance."

Sophie smiled at that and nodded before standing up. "My mother will be expecting me and my daughter home" Sophie said. "So unfortunately my daughter and I will have to go now."

Nicholas nodded in understanding. "Very well" He told her handing her a slip of paper. "Call should you wish for any more information."

Sophie nodded and walked in to the playroom get her daughter.

"Jaqueline it's time to go" Sophie said.

"But mommy, I was having fun" Jackie said her lower lip jutting out in a very cute pout.

"I know sweetie by your grandmother's expecting us home soon"

Jackie sighed and lowered her head. "Ok" Sounding and looking so sad that it almost Sophie's heart break.

"Don't worry Jackie" Sarah said "You'll see me again"

"And her father gave me their number so you can call whenever you want" Sophie said.

Jackie smiled again at that. "Yay!" She said clapping.

Sophie took her daughters hand with a wave goodbye at Sarah and the rest of the Jessup's they walked out of the restaurant together.

A/N So yeah how much of that did you guys understand? I sort of purposefully made it vague because here your only seeing it through Sophie's eyes so the Jessup family's can come off as strange. For example Jessica closing her eyes and then opening them after Sarah was whispering in her ear. Sarah could tell that Jessica was having trouble seeing Jackie's real form, so she told Jessica to believe that Jackie was the child of Jack frost; seconds later Jessica opened her eyes to a white haired, blued eyed girl, but since it's from Sophie's perspective, Sophie doesn't know that.