Summary:

There is a movie night. It doesn't go as planned.

Jack shifted on the squashy sofa so that he swung upside down, his legs dangling in the air. He looked again at the giant television in front of him, then back to the guardians. Then to the television again.

"So maybe it goes here…" Tooth muttered beside Sandy, prodding a button. The screen stayed black and Jack pursed his lips, tilting his head further. It was twenty minutes into their supposed "movie night" (as North called it) and the stupid television wouldn't work.

And they hadn't even picked a movie yet.

"What about the wire?" Jack asked, twisting so he was on his belly. "Try following it."

Tooth looked over from her awkward position, wires dangling over her arms and legs. She smiled sheepishly.

"That might help. Sandy could you…" the sandman nodded, dropping a large hammer and a chainsaw (Bunny had the bright idea of seeing what was inside the screen before Jack intervened, remembering that Jamie's television didn't have a giant hole in it) and drifted over to the back of the TV.

There was a small click and suddenly the room was lit with bright colours and booming sound, making them all cover his ears. Jack slithered onto the floor and threw his staff at the screen quickly; the conduct shot through the air and hit the centre of the TV, creating a large crack across the screen. It didn't turn off, however – instead it transitioned into what Jamie called "ad – verts (or something close to that), screeching out an annoying jingle.

"The remote!" Tooth shrieked as Bunny bounded onto the room, covering his ears and cursing louder than the TV. "We need the remote!"

"I got it!" North bellowed and burst out the many boxes scattered across the room, holding The rectangular object was clutched proudly in his hand and he began jabbing random buttons. Jack face planted the floor, screaming as the volume only seemed to get louder.

"The other way ya idiot!" Bunny yelled, snatching the remote away. Jack looked up briefly to see that his ears were pressed against his skull. Tooth was covering her ears and Sandy was...sleeping?

That actually wasn't a surprise.

The sound quietened until it was dull hum in the background and Jack flipped back onto the sofa, frosting his seat with the palm of his hand.

"Budge up." Bunny muttered as North sank into the chair beside them, sighing happily. Jack grinned, lying fully on the seats.

"What's the password?" The spirit giggled. Bunny's eye twitched.

"It wasn't a request." The Pooka growled.

"That is a stupid guess." Jack snorted as Bunny growled. "What? Can't play a simple game?"

"Get off!" Bunny yelled, grabbing Jack's ankles. Jack shrieked as he was swung and tossed to the other side of the room, crashing into the empty boxes that had been searched by North earlier (they couldn't find the remote).

Jack yelled as he sunk into the sea of cardboard and and stylophone, bits of plastic fluttering into the air.

"Bunny, what did we say about this?" Tooth scolded the Pooka, shaking Sandy awake. Bunny smiled smugly, stretching himself across the sofa.

"Yeah, but that wasn't throwin'. Tha' was swingin'." He replied. Catching Tooth's frosty glare, he hastily changed the subject. "Anyway I found a couple of films, so what are we gonna watch?"

Bunny held up a few dvd cases and Jack glanced at them before burrowing into his "box fort".

"Ooh Iron Man is a good one." Tooth said, sitting crosslegged on the floorboards. Sandy nodded enthusiastically and Jack sat up, interested.

"Iron Man? The superhero?" He asked. Tooth nodded.

"Bah! Not that!" North announced, stroking his beard. "The Grinch iz good, I watch it many times!" He pointed to the DVD in Bunny's paw.

"Aw nah mate not on ya nelly." The Pooka refused, tossing the DVD away. Jack caught it, tracing the lines on the cover and the large letters that filled most of the space.

"But this has snow in it Bunny! Snow!" Jack happily pointed to the image, and pointed at the snowflakes. Bunny rolled his eyes.

"Yeah so does this one, and it ain't Christmas!" The rabbit jabbed the other cover in his hand.

"The Hateful Eight?" Tooth said, peering at the glossy cover. "I dunno, I prefer a nicer movie without so much…violence." Sandy, however, was grinning and nodding.

"The Hateful Eight?" Jack blinked owlishly at the cover. "I'm down for that too."

"Is there anything you ain't down for Frosty?"

"Nah."

"I still think The Grinch." North announced, folding his arms.

"I'd rather do bloody Hop than that!" Bunny growled, twitching his ear.

"What's Hop?" Jack questioned.

"Do we have Hop?" Tooth grinned, laughing slightly. Bunny glared as North burst into laughter.

"He destroyed it when I gave it to him for Christmas!" North chuckled. Jack laughed, rolling onto his back.

"Yeah yeah – that film was a mess!" Bunny defended. "Chicks! Chicks as workers!"

"Calm down Cottontail, we're won't judge." Jack smirked and threw The Grinch into his face. "Only if you let us watch this!"

"Ha! I win!" North yelled, laughing unnecessarily loud. Bunny growled.

"Come on, it's not that bad." Tooth reasoned, holding out her hand. With an angry mutter, Bunny slapped the DVD in her hand, rolling his eyes.

"Bloody Christmas."

Tooth and Sandy returned to the TV, now fiddling with the strange black box underneath. Jack thought it looked like a tiny alien ship.

"Do you like my house?" Jack asked randomly, wiggling into the mountains of cardboard. He had frosted all of the boxes together until they surrounded him, using the plastic as cushioning.

"Don't let the elves get any ideas." North chuckled, eyes twinkling. Bunny rolled his eyes, not commenting.

"Okay…it's ready!" Tooth grabbed the remote, jabbing the buttons as a colourful menu appeared on screen. Jack watched in fascination as the images moved in sequence, showing a mythical town.

"Whoa." Jack smiled sheepishly when he noticed North watching him fondly. "I Err…I don't watch many things." He stuttered, burying himself under plastic. North smiled.

"Same here, my friend – I iz usually too busy." The Cossack replied. Jack beamed back before settling down, curling up in his "house".

"We ready?" Tooth asked, ready to press the start button. Jack was about to nod when Sandy suddenly sat up from his slouch (he had created a sand-armchair for himself) and flew out of the room and into the kitchen. Jack blinked owlishly, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Where'd he go?!" Bunny asked, shifting on the sofa. North shrugged.

"He's a mysterious man."

The remaining guardians watched as the images looped on the menu, Tooth turning the volume up so it was at a comfortable sound level.

Just when Jack was wondering what frosted cardboard tasted like, Sandy came back into the room, holding a variety of drinks on a golden plate he had crafted.

"Wow!" Jack said as he stared at them all; each had ice in, and each was a different colour.

"That iz a good idea, Sandy!" North boomed, making Bunny jump. "What have you chosen for us?"

Sandy, with a small bow, gave the first drink (a light orange with a straw) to Tooth, who sipped on it gratefully.

"Thanks!" She smiled, stirring it with her straw. Sandy smiled and passed the next two to Bunny and North (dark colours that Jack predicted was alcohol) who said something similar to Tooth before taking a sip.

The sandman then floated down to Jack, who watched in fascination as he handed him a dark liquid with ice at the bottom.

"What's this? He asked, sniffing it curiously. It smelt slightly of cherries. With a shrug and a small smile, Jack sipped the drink through the pink straw. Bubbles immediately raced onto his tongue and down his throat with made him squirm with delight. The drink itself tasted of cola, but then had an aftertaste of cherries.

"This is great!" Jack grinned, creating more ice cubes. Sandy gave him a thumbs up before taking his own drink (a clear liquid with tiny bubbles like Jack's) and sat back on his armchair.

"We ready?" Tooth asked, grabbing the remote. Jack nodded.

"Yeah!"

"I ain't."

"No one asked you Kangaroo."

And the movie played.

And Bunny, Jack thought, looked like he was enjoying it.

So hi!

Just so you know, Jack's drink was Pepsi Max Cherry (my fav)

The others…you can make up XD

(oh but Sandy's was lemonade)