Chapter 14: Chapter 14

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Aster;

-… and then we raced down the hill and jumped so high that we nearly flew and then-"

"Wow, calm down Snowflake," Jackie laughed while she smiled to her little brother. Aster stood behind her, leaning against the wall with Sophie jumping around him with small giggles. He tried to hold back his laughter, but Mickey's talk about a sled-tour earlier that day was too entertaining to not laugh.

"Sorry, but it was so much fun, wasn't it Soph?" Mickey asked Sophie energetic.

"Yesyesyeysyes!" she exclaimed, ran over to Mickey and nearly tackled him to the ground when she hugged him. Aster let out a laugh and looked down at the two kids who had begun to play fight with each other. Jackie shook her head and mumbled something under her breath. She walked over to him and leaned herself against the wall to and watched her little brother.

"I bet he can't sleep before midnight, and that little cousin of yours… she's gonna be up until sunrise!" she laughed as Sophie got off Mickey and ran out from the living room. Aster couldn't help but agree at that. Jackie opened her mouth to speak, but suddenly Aster's aunt came through the kitchen door. She stopped dead when she saw Aster and Jackie.

"Oh hello Aster, I didn't know you were home already. And who is this sweet little girl?" Aunt Robin asked and looked at Jackie. Aster already knew that she knew it was Jackie that stood in front of her, but Jackie didn't.

"This is Jackie, Aunt Robin, Mickey's big sister," Aster answered and gave Jackie a small smile. She smiled back and shook his aunt's hand.

"Nice to meet you Mrs…?" Jackie hesitated a little and Aunt Robin laughed at that.

"Oh please, Mrs, makes me feel old. Call me Robin, Sheila," she told Jackie.

"Nice to meet you Robin," she said and laughed a little.

"I thought it was your uncle that would pick up Mickey, where is he?" Aunt Robin asked and Jackie explained that her uncle had to go to work late and wouldn't be home before midnight. Aunt Robin looked at Jackie for a moment before she spoke.

"Well, if you and Mickey is home alone tonight you two could stay with us and then I can drive you home," she suggested and smiled to Jackie. Aster stared at his aunt.

"No… we don't want to bother you or anyone. It's fine," Jackie tried to say but Aster knew that Aunt Robin would not take no for an answer.

"Oh, hush little kangaroo, you and your little brother won't bother us at all," she confirmed to Jackie and Jackie couldn't do anything than accept the invitation.

"Thanks Robin," she said and smiled to Aunt Robin.

"Aster, Honey. Can't you show this lovely girl your room, or maybe your drawings?" Aunt Robin suddenly asked Aster. Aster didn't say anything at first, but then nodded his head and began to walk to his room. Jackie followed a little awkward behind him. He smirked a little at the thought that Jackie Frost could get so shy for someone.

They stopped outside a white door with the name "Aster" painted on with an emerald colour. Aster's room was painted with a light white/yellow colour on the walls and had three doors. One to get out from the room, one to his bathroom and one to the veranda right outside his room. His bed stood in a corner with his nightstand beside it. In the second corner stood a wardrobe and beside that, his desk. In the third corner was his painting corner. His easel, a present from his parents when he turned 8, had a half-finished painting on it, and a table stood beside it with different painting stuff. Another small table where he used to draw stood on the other side of the easel, full of pencils and unused papers. In the middle of the room, he had a big carpet and on the walls, he had hung up pictures, paintings and different things from Australia.

Aster let Jackie walk in shyly and she looked around his room with a look that looked like amazement. She dragged her hand on the wall as she walked slowly around, looking at his paintings.

"Wow," he heard her mumble sometimes when she came to a painting and he smiled at that. He couldn't help but stare a little at her while she walked around, a smile slowly forming on his lips.

"Your paintings are beautiful!" Jackie's voice broke into Aster little daze and he whipped the smile that had formed right of his lips.

"What?" he asked. He hadn't heard her properly and he looked at her with a confused face. She laughed and walked over to him and nudged him in the ribs with a smirk on her face.

"I said, and listen closely because I am only gonna say it one more time; your paintings are beautiful," she said and Aster couldn't help but stare at her again. He blinked while processing the words she had just said. He blinked again before he started to smirk.

"Is Jackie Frost giving me a compliment?" he asked and looked right into her eyes and she stared right back at him. He saw the mischievous look in her eyes and the sparkled a little.

"Don't get used to it Kangaroo," she said smugly back and Aster studied her face a little more. Last time he did that, he had actually allowed himself to accept that he fancied her, but he had to study it a little more. Her lips were naturally light red while her cheeks held a light pink colour. Both of the colours suit her skin colour pretty well. Her eyelashes were long and his realized that Jackie was naturally pretty. She didn't need any makeup to look pretty at all, like all the other girls on the school.

Jackie broke their gaze and went over to his nightstand and picked up the picture that stood on it. It was a picture from the summer before Aster moved to Nix. It was the same picture he had in his locker, the picture from the kangaroo paddock with his parents and brother.

"How old is your brother Aster?" she asked as she looked at the picture.

"He turns 21 this spring," Aster answered and she mumble something.

"You two are very much alike," she said and laughed. Aster laughed at that even though he hated to hear that sentence now.

"If I got a dollar every time I heard that, I would be a millionaire," he laughed and she smirked to him and looked at the picture again.

"You're still more handsome than him though," he heard her mumble. A jolt went through his heart as his cheeks flushed slightly.

"What?" He couldn't believe what he just heard. Aster saw Jackie's head snap up as her cheeks turned bright red.

"I didn't say anything," she stuttered out and turned her head so he couldn't see her face. Suddenly he felt a rush of power come to him and he walked over to the blushing girl. He crossed his arms and smirked down at her, glad that his own blush had disappeared from his face already.

"Did you just say that I look handsome?" he asked her and Jackie's blush increased even more. Biting her lips, she crossed her arms too and looked up at him with a glare, challenging him. The blush, however, ruined the glare. Her height also was a part of it, since she just reached him a little higher than his chest.

"No, you're mistaking. Why would I ever say that you are handsome," she asked sternly as she tried to get back her normal colour in her cheeks. He smirked to her and took a step closer to her. She tried to take a step back, but her legs hit his nightstand.

"Are you sure, because I heard you very clearly Frostbite," he smirked even more.

"You, Mr, have delusions," she accused him and turned her head stubbornly away.

"Keep telling yourself that, Snowflake," He said, then he turned away from her and began to walk over to the door. Before he walked out, he turned around and looked at Jackie.

"Please don't admire my room too long," he grinned as he walked out and closed the door. He didn't know why he left her in his room, but he felt very good right now and he couldn't get the stupid grin off his face when he reached the kitchen.

Jackie;

Why did I have to say that out loud? Jackie thought again and again as she hit her head against the wall.

"You're still more handsome than him. URGH!" she mimicked herself. Her cheeks felt like they were on fire and she angrily slapped them. They stung, but she hoped it would help her blush calm down a little. She inhaled and exhaled a couple of times before she started to walk over to the door that lead out from Aster's room. Resting her hand on the doorknob, she looked at Aster's room one more time before she walked out.

As she stepped out, she stopped dead. It was a different smell in the hallway from the smell in Aster's room. Aster's room smelled like… well… Aster. He smelled like chocolate, spring, the beach and something she couldn't figure out what was.

Leaving Aster's room suddenly became much harder and she slammed the door quite hard after her as she finally manage to get away from the room. She stumped down the hall and to the living room where her little brother and Sophie now sat in front of the TV, watching a random program. Between them and the TV, a plate with peanut sandwiches stood and both of them had one each in their hands as they watched the TV.

Aster sat in the sofa behind them. He had his legs up pulled up and a sketchbook was resting against them. Looking up from it as he heard her enter the room, Jackie could see the smirk on his face as she sat down beside him and she smacked him for that. He laughed as he went back to his sketchbook in front of him to continue the drawing. He was drawing the two eight-years-old in front of him and Jackie couldn't help but admire his work. She didn't know how long she watched him, but as her eyelids started to feel heavy she didn't care. Closing her eyes, she let out a breath as she felt herself falling asleep...

She stood on the ice again, terrified. She was trembling uncontrollable as she stood on the ice that had cracked under her. In front of her was a boy with white hair and blue eyes. He stood bended and looked at her with a calm look, but she knew that he was just as terrified as she was.

"It's okay, it's okay. Don't look down, just look at me."

"Jack, I'm afraid!"

"I know, I know," he said as he stood up and took a step forward. The ice under him cracked a little and he stopped.

"But you're gonna be alright, you're not gonna fall in."

Then she watched him fall through the ice.

"JACK"

Jackie screamed as she sat up in the sofa. She felt tears fall from her eyes, and she was breathing heavily. Aster suddenly came through the door. He only stopped for a second before he went straight over to her. Jackie rose up from the sofa and walked, no, ran over to him and she pressed herself against his chest when she reached him, hugging him as she cried. He froze at first, but then she felt his circle around her and pressed her even more to his chest. He rubbed her back as he rested his head on hers.

"Shh, it's okay," he whispered to her as she cried into his chest. He whispered the same words repeatedly, still rubbing his hands up and down her back.

"I saw the day we… It was my fault… It should have been me," she sobbed into his chest. He didn't say anything, and she was happy for that. She felt herself calm a little more down as she smelled in Aster's smell and when the tears had stopped he pulled away, but he had still his arms around her. Jackie didn't look at him and he didn't press her to it either at first, but after a while she felt his hand under her shin and he lifted it so she looked at him.

"Don't say it was your fault. Please don't," he just said and Jackie nodded a weak nod to him. He dried away the last tears and smiled to her. Jackie would never understand how close they had become in the few weeks they had worked together, but it felt good. She felt a small hand tug at her hoodie and she looked down. Brown eyes met her blue and Mick looked at her.

"Don't be sad, big Snowflake. I don't like that you are sad," he begged slightly, and Jackie smiled to him. She took a small step away from Aster as she bent down and lifted her little brother up to hug him. He clung to her right away, burying his head the nape of her neck.

"I know. Sorry little Snowflake," she closed her eyes and rested her head on Mick's and felt his breath against her neck. After a while, she opened her eyes and to her surprise, Aster still stood in front of her and watched them. He looked at the clock that hung on the wall and then he spoke.

"You okay now?" he asked, and Jackie nodded to him.

"That's good!" he smiled, then continued. "Not to sound heartless or anything, but I think it's time to get you two home. It's getting late," he said and gestured his head to the clock as he scratched his neck awkwardly. It was 10.45 pm and Jackie nodded to him again, agreeing silently. She let Mick down and they walked to the house entrance. She pulled on her shoes and jacket, before she picked up her bag and waited for Mick and Aster to do the same. She smiled to Mick as he proudly pulled on his shoes on his own. He screamed a "Good-bye" to Sophie and the walked over to Jackie.

"Where is your house?" Aster asked as he picked up his car-keys from his pocket.

"Moon Street, 21" Jackie answered and walked out with Mick's hand in her own. She saw Aster frown a little, but he didn't say anything.

The drive home went in silence as Mick was half-asleep and Jackie just rested her head against the window. She watched as some cars passed them on the road and before she knew it, the car stood in front of her uncle's house.

"Is it here?" Aster asked and Jackie nodded. She hoped that he wouldn't say anything, and to her surprise, he didn't. He just opened his door and stepped out of the car before he went over to the other side. Jackie stepped out too and she saw that Aster had picked up Mick, that had fallen asleep, from the backseat and she understood that he was waiting for her to walk. They walked in silence to the entrance and she found her keys and unlocked the door and they walked in. Aster sat Mick down in the chair that Jackie usually threw her jacket over.

"Nice house," he complimented and Jackie just shrugged with a small blush on her cheeks. He stood outside the door and looked at her. She looked back and she felt herself move her gaze to her shoes, embarrassed.

"Don't tell anyone about what happened in the living room, please," she pleaded and slowly raised her head to look at Aster again. She let out a reviled breath as he smiled back to her with honest eyes.

"Of course not," he said and she felt her heart skip a beat as he suddenly ruffled her hair. Her breath hitched slightly as a new blush started to form itself on her cheeks. She looked into Aster's eyes as he let his hand fall and started to turn around to leave.

"Wait, Aster!"

Aster turned around again and looked at her questioned look. Jackie swallowed before she did something that surprised both of them. She went up to her tiptoes and pressed her lips to Aster's warm cheeks for a long moment, before retreating with bright red cheeks as she bid out an "Goodnight" and closed the door. Jackie leaned against the door and sank down at the floor. She pressed her forehead against the door. Exhaling slowly, she suddenly felt an urge to giggle and as she closed her eyes with a smile, she started to giggle.

YEEEEES!

Oh! I can't believe I finally wrote that! I have waited to write that for so long now!

So, what do you think? Do I rush too much or…

I hope you like it :D

Ps; Is the tiptoe-sentenece right? It dosen't feel right at all!

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Edited; 21.03.2016