The beeping of your alarm is probably the most irritating sound in the world. You rolled over and finally turned it off as you got up to get ready for school. You walked to the doorway to the hall, too lazy to go to your brother's room and called to him to make sure he's awake. After a few seconds he replied. You picked out your clothes for the day and took a quick shower before heading downstairs to make breakfast for Ryan.

"What do you feel like kido?" you asked as you looked through the cabinets. Ryan wanted cereal but couldn't decide which he wanted so he went with all of them, you opted for a poptart and some strawberries.

"I can't wait to show Christine around school!"

You smiled, "You two really seem to get along well" you commented.

Ryan nodded enthusiastically, "just like you and Jack!" he said then went on to tell you all about how he's so excited to show Christine around school and introduce her to all of his friends but you found yourself thinking about a certain white haired boy.

Soon Mrs Giry took Ryan and Christine to school, while you Meg and Raul walked to the high school. Along the way you pointed out places of interest like the library, main street, the latte lounge and the parks. You already found your self joking around and laughing with Meg and Raul, the three of you just seemed to click. You've also been feeling a bit more confident lately though you owe that to Jack.

The first half of the school day went relatively fast. Meg is in most of your classes while you only share a few with Raul. You opened your locker as Meg chatted away about how she shares your utter distain for your math teacher and the subject in general when your locker was suddenly slammed nearly jumped back at the sound but held your compose only to see Jason casually leaning against your locker. He had his arms casually crossed over his chest and a smirk on his face.

You couldn't help but roll your eyes. Meg gave you a horrified look before allowing you to handle the situation.

"So i've been thinking of forgiving you for that weird stuff that happened at the lake" Jason said.

"You mean physically attacking me and trying to hold me hostage before I got away and you fell on the ice" You replied unamused. The thought of that day caused a phantom pain in your now healed wrist but it wasn't all bad, after all it lead to meeting Jack.

The smug smirk turned into a annoyed frown before Jason said, "You know plenty of girls would love all the attention I give you"

"Then go find one them, I don't want your attention"

Jason's fist hit the locker so suddenly it caught the attention of several other students, one of which was Raul who stood my his sister asking whats going on. "I liked it better when you didn't talk, guys don't like confident girls"

You found yourself saying "i really couldn't care less." Your own response surprised you, before you met Jack you wouldn't have defended yourself, in fact you probably would have tried to ignore Jason until he left you alone or try to flee. For the first time Jason couldn't think of anything to say and walked away with a defeated look on his face.

As soon as Jason was out of hearing range Raul and Meg were in your face.

"So i have to say our first impression of you was wrong" Raul sighed, "Here we thought little Lacy was a well mannered mousy girl"

You frowned looking away, looks like you ruined your only chance of having some close friends.

"Yeah now we know you're a total badass!" Meg nearly squealed. "We're going to be great friends!"

You smiled at your two new friends as you opened your locker. You were so happy but something is missing. You've always been a bit of a loaner and its great to finally have some friends but you found yourself missing Jack. He would have thought of a better come back to get Jason to leave you alone, you knew he would have saved you again. You missed his infectious grin and how he could find excitement in everything. You frowned, no one would even believe you if told them about Jack.

(Jack)

Looking out into the frozen landscape of the North Pole would usually bring joy to your life. After being alone for abut three hundred years you couldn't believe how much your life has changed. Just a few weeks ago you were trying to break into North's workshop and now you can come and go as you please. A few weeks ago you didn't know Lacy either. You missed the way she blushed whenever she gets embarrassed and her smile.

You looked up at the sky silently pleading with Manny to guide you once again. You finally found your purpose, your center but why do you still feel so empty.

"Jack" North called from a lower part of the roof.

Part of you wanted to ignore him but you knew you shouldn't he's been so kind to you. Reluctantly you leapt down silently thanking the wind for the soft landing.

"There you are" North announced. "Why the long face?" he questioned.

You shrugged, you knew the reason, you just didn't want to talk about it.

"Come" North gestured for you to follow. "We discuss over cookies"

Looks like you're gonna be talking, you knew better than to disagree with North. So you followed the large Russian man into his private workshop. On the way you saw Bunny and Tooth. Bunny was more twitchy than usual, you knew they planned this.

"Jack we wanted to say bye," Tooth began.

"I gotta get back to the ole warren and Tooth is swamped as it is" Bunny finished. To be honest you should be in the southern hemisphere.

You lazily said goodbye to both, you weren't even able to think of a good insult to say to Bunny before North ushered you into his workshop.

"Come, sit" North said motioning to a small table with two chairs. It was almost comical seeing North sitting at this tiny table. One of the elves brought over a plate piled hight with cookies and then promptly tripped sending the cookies all over the table. The elves quickly put the cookies back on the plate before North noticed. For a guy who sees you when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake he never seems to see the shenanigans the elves get into. North grabbed a cookie and took a bite before saying, "best cookies in the world"

You took a cookie and took a bite. The cookies Lacy made were better. "North why am I here?" you asked, you just wanted to go back up on the roof and glare at Manny.

"You are not your fun loving self, Bunny and Tooth thought it best if we do the talking" North began. you were about to cut him off when he continued. "We know you miss Lacy. She must be missing you too"

"You think so?" you asked full of hope.

North grabbed one of his snow globes and shook it before whispering something. Then an image of Lacy appeared. She was sitting in what looked like a class room, doodling on one of her notebooks.

"Hmm, I'm thinking that proves it," North said, "look at drawing" he offered you the snow-globe.

It was heard to see but the drawing was clearly you. You were thankful that Bunny already left so he can't make fun of the goofy grin you're definitely making. "She misses me" you mumbled more to yourself.

North started laughing. "Of course Lacy misses you Jack!" he tried to take the snow-globe away from you but you moved just in time, you wanted to keep looking at Lacy, you justified your creeping with at least its not as bad as time you were spying and she took her shirt off. "you two are like peas in pod," North tried to make a grab for the snow-glob again but you managed to stay just out of reach. "Which is why you should go see her tonight"

You stopped and looked at him. "You mean it?" you asked.

"Of course!" North motioned with all arms as he sat back down, realizing as long as Lacy is in that snow-globe he isn't getting it back. "But Jack it comes with conditions"

Theirs always a catch, you saw back down and place the snow-globe down. You looked at North quickly before retuning your gaze to Lacy.

"You have duty to the children of the world, and you need to bring winter to the southern hemisphere" North explained. "But it wouldn't hurt if you visit Lacy once in a while"

You looked at the snow-globe one last time before Lacy's image faded away just as she picked up her books, you assumed heading to her next class. You looked up at North. "I'll take it."

(Lacy)

The school day finally ended and you walked halfway home with Meg and Raul before parting ways, you have to go to work and they need to unpack more. You already made plans to walk to school together again tomorrow. Jamie's mom also called right after school to let you know Ryan is gonna be having dinner with them and it looks like little Christine will also be joining them too.

You walked into the Latte lounge and was greeted by Anna's smiling face. She's always so cheerful.

"Hey girly! How was school?" she asked as you threw your bag into the office and put on your apron.

"It was good, my new neighbors finally moved in and two of them are the same age as me"

"Thats nice sweetie, its about time you had some friends around"

"I thought we were friends" you laughed playfully jabbing her in the ribs.

"I like to think I'm more of your cute older sister" Anna posed before finishing up the latte she was making. "But seriously I love having you around but you need some friends, a sweet girl like you" Anna said before turning her full attention to the customers.

Out of everyone Anna is the most likely to believe you if you told her about Jack but you knew you couldn't. You finally met this great guy but their a catch, he's a three hundred and seventeen year old winter spirit, you might know him, goes by the name of Jack Frost. You sighed and started making latte's, the cafe always gets busy when school let out, then again around 5pm before it slows down until closing.

Once all the customers were taken care of Anna sighed and asked "Will you be ok if I go on break?"

you gestured to the nearly empty cafe. "I think i'll manage"

"mind if i take a look at your new sketches?" she asked.

"Go for it" you replied. She praised your drawing some more before making herself a latte and heading into the office. Knowing Anna going on a break actually means doing the accounting, she never stops working.

It was a few minutes before anyone came in and you found yourself doodling on a napkin. You kept drawing Jack, you just couldn't get his smile and his eyes right. It looked like him but it was too flat and lifeless, the exact opposite of Jack. You were knocked out of your thoughts when you heard the bell on the door ring and looked you to see a familiar face.

"Didn't think I'd run into you here" Eric said. You shrugged unsure how to reply so you just made a silly comment about working. Then he continued, "So hows working here?" he asked awkwardly making small talk.

"I like it, plus my boss is super nice" you replied as you made the expresso he ordered.

He nodded thoughtfully. "So what do you do for fun?" he asked.

You didn't know how to reply, their isn't much to do in Burgess, its your typical small town, theirs a movie theater, a community center where they have events sometimes, decent shopping, a few cafe's but not much else.

"Are there any parties?" He asked.

You bit your lip, "Probably" you replied.

"Not the party type?"

"Not really, I'm a bit of a loner, I like to explore and paint, thats pretty much it" you replied as you handed him his drink.

"hmm maybe we can explore together sometime" Eric said before quickly leaving.

You couldn't help but feel like that whole interaction was weird. You weren't sure why but Eric made you feel a bit uncomfortable, not enough to mention it but just enough to make your skin crawl. You shuttered before returning to your work.

Once Anna's break was done she returned carrying your sketchbook. "Girly your new sketches are wonderful" she complimented. "I think I need you to paint something else for the store because I am loving this new series you're working on"

"Anything for you Anna" you replied with a smile.

The rest of work went by pretty quickly, only a handful of customers came in after rush hour so you and Anna had plenty of time to plan the new painting for the cafe. Anna seemed to really like the sketches of Bunny and Tooth so you tried to focus on humming birds and spring images. By the time you got home you were exhausted and just wanted to curl up on your bed and sleep but Ryan was excited to tell you about his day. So you made some hot coco and listened to your brother nearly act out every detail for his day. He was so excited about spending time with little Christine, it was adorable.