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Pitch, after Adair had left, was guilted into apologizing to Tooth. Well, not guilted, more like vaguely threatened by Sandy. So, he agreed, only because being around one Guardian was better than three. Even if the one Guardian was mad at him. He didnt care if she was, though.

As he went looking for her, his ears picked up stifled laughs. "Shh, 'Beth! We dont wanna get caught!"

It was Jack. He abandoned the idea of finding Tooth, he was now fully intending to find the two teens. Slipping into the shadows, he followed the noise of light laughter and hushed whispers.

He found himself at the Globe, but he stayed hidden. There his daughter was-the sole reason he was even here in this stupid place- laughing along with an animated Jack, who was saying something that Pitch didnt really care about. If they weren't doing anything-

"You know, your dad had trouble kidnapping me,"

...Excuse me?

Elizabeth held her hand over her mouth, trying to hide her laughter. "Oh, really?"

"Yeah!" Jack said, smugly. "His age is showing, 'Beth, you should be worried."

That little brat!

"Ah, I'm not." She waved it off, showing she agreed.

Pitch felt offense at that, he really did, but he swallowed it down. He could ground her later, he needed to talk to Tooth before its to late.

When he was gone, Elizabeth said, "He left."

"Did he?" Jack asked, his cocky look turning slightly bashful. "Is he gonna kill me?"

"No, he's not." She assured with a tiny laugh. "If anything, I'd be grounded or something." Her attention turned to the Globe. "So, this is it?"

Jack's face went bright, looking up with her. "It's it! Isn't it cool?"

She didn't know what was so important about it? It was just a glowing globe of the Earth. "Uh, yeah!" She said, trying to think of something to say. "It's pretty bright."

Jack frowned slightly. "You don't like it?"

"No, no!" She rushed. "It's just, what does it mean, I guess."

"Those lights up there," he began. "They're children. Believers. For the Guardians."

Oh. That's why he liked it so much. "I get it now." She muttered. "That's really neat."

"Yeah. The only time I've seen it not glow was when-" He stopped, realizing what he was about to say. She was seconds away from responding, but realized the rest of the sentence too.

"Oh." The air grew awkward. Jack wasn't going to mention how it was this room that her father had kidnapped him. "I dont know what to say, honestly."

Jack looked at her. "Its fine. I wasnt a Guardian then, it wouldn't-and didnt- effect me. Now, well, I'm kind of wary."

"I'm not going to lie, my father was pretty embarrassed after losing. I was just glad he wasn't hurt, or banished." She flushed. "But you already knew that."

"I bet, 'Beth, he is your dad." Jack gave a tiny nod in understanding, and looked back up at the lights. Elizabeth stared at him, noticing how his lips tugged slightly up, how his eyes reflected the lights to be this gorgeous blue and gold. Jack was perfect in her eyes, even if he was just looking at lights. Biting her lip, she forced herself to look away. And together, in this relaxed silence that has happened often, they stared at the twinkling lights.

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Finding Tooth had been easy. After running into Patrick, the Leprechaun simply said 'palace'. Figures. Pitch had been half-tempted to tell Patrick that Death wanted him to give Cupid Nightmares, but decided against it. Patrick would be furious at her, but he already was, so that conversation would be saved for a rainy day. Now, back to Tooth...

The hard part about finding Tooth? Her stupid little fairies refused to let him in or anywhere near her stupid little palace. They hadn't forgiven him for what he did, he guessed. Not that he cared if they did, they were useless anyways.

So, second plan, he just went through the shadows. Her palace was brightly lit, curse her, but he managed to find a dark corner to exit from.

"Toothiana!" He called, annoyed, his voice echoing through the place, "Sorry, I guess."

Well, now he could leave, he apologized-

"That-" a furious Tooth was suddenly in his face, her finger wagging near his eye, making him flinch. "was a terrible apology!"

"Oh, was it?" He replied humorlessly. "Let me say it again; I am sorry."

Tooth fumed at his same passing tone. "I hate you so much, Pitch Black."

"Likewise." Blandly, he turned to slip back into the shadows to get away from the Guardian, but her sharp grip on his shoulder made him stop. And it wasnt because he had the choice to. She yanked him back.

"I demand an actual, sincere apology!"

"Well, you are not getting one," Pitch glared. "Because you said something equally as offensive, didnt you? Asking what my dead wife saw in me?"

"She was my sister first!" Tooth yelled, tears brimming her eyes. "My sister! That overrules her being your wife!"

"Does it matter?" He growled. "I loved her just as much as you did!"

Tooth threw her fists to her sides in a fit of anger. "Ugh! You know what? Okay, I'm sorry! Uncalled for! I shouldnt have said that!"

Pitch let a few beats of silence kick in before he replied with a whispering tone, "I demand an actual, sincere apology."

He dodged her incoming hit to his face. "Get. Out." She growled. "Now."

Pitch sighed, rolling his eyes. Was her temper always this bad? "Alright, I'm sorry." Tooth, to her surprise, noticed he was actually...sincere now. "We both said things we didn't mean."

"...Yeah." She could only mutter in response. How...What...Why'd his attitude to her dirastically changed? One second he was just as fuming as she was, and the next he was...apologizing? He was up to something. She just knew it. Even a few of her fairies that passed by gave him an odd look, knowing he confused their Queen.

He gave a tired grin. "I know if my wife was still here, she'd want me to apologize. See? I care about her sisters feelings." He gave a thoughtful look, then his smug grin came back. "Well, sometimes."

She was to dumbfounded to respond. "...Yeah, sometimes." She said blandly, giving him that light glare. "I, um, I-I guess we're done here?"

Pitch gave a nod. "We are."

"You know, I never..." she shook her head. "I never thought you'd be the bigger person."

Pitch felt offense flurry in his chest, but he remembered the reason why he even apologized in the first place. "I didn't feel like being assaulted by the Sandman."

She scoffed. "Of course." She crosses her arms. "I still hate you."

"And it is still likewise."

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