Long Intro Time-

Where the hell have I been? I swear guys, one thing after the other kept happening. One good thing was my kidney stone is gone so I don't have to worry about that but I also got turned down from graduate school, so I signed up to take summer classes. I have to take the stupid GRE to qualify for one of the schools so I've been studying for that. (And it sucks. I forgot how to do math. I use to be so awesome at math when I was in high school). And my mom had to have emergency surgery so she needed me to take care of her for a while.

Oh yeah, and I lost my USB with all my chapters….Damn it!

Ok, so the last chapter had a question that I have a feeling a bunch of you are wondering: Why did Genie just give in? Well, I've mentioned a little bit of Genie's past. I won't reveal all the info yet but basically, what happened to her scarred her and made her swear off anything sexual for a while.

So Pitch pretty much released the beast. I guess a pretty good example would be the sex scene from "The Boy Next Door."…..I hated that movie. It made me very angry…..Anyway, and Pitch isn't somebody to give up easily so even if Genie said no, he'd still get what he wanted.

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Italics: Reading

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Genie's POV

The bright sun on my face had woke me up about an hour ago; I just couldn't bring myself to unwrap myself from my safe cocoon and start the day though. Needless to say, a lot of regret filled my mind and my heart this morning.

Even though the tension in my body had all been released and my muscles no longer tightened with each move; it was now all replaced by disappointment in me.

And to think, my life had been so normal just a few days ago.

All I had to worry about was getting passing grades in college and dealing with the everyday pressure from my dad when it came to apply to Law School. It's all down the drain now.

Now I have a lovesick Guardian and a sadistic Boogeyman both pining for my attention and….love maybe? Well, Jack for sure but Pitch, I think he just wants the sex. Which I would be lying if I said the sex wasn't good. As a matter of fact, it was freakin' amazing!

Oh geez, I grabbed the pillow from beneath my head, held it above my face and started to pound it against my face. It was the easiest way for me to 'smack' myself for thinking such a thing. After a few good smacks, I threw the pillow against the wall in frustration.

Back in college, I never worried about attracting any boy's attention. I just wasn't that kind of girl. It was a shock that I even had one boyfriend the entire time I was there….that bastard.

So I'm not sure how to deal with Jack's puppy love or Pitch's lust.

Turning onto my side, I could still feel the remains of last night escapade between my legs. Crap, I really need to take a shower. If only there was a way to erase memories of last night. Not even the fact that I will get three days and nights of sleep make up for it.

My thoughts started to wander a bit. They had fast-forwarded to the end of those days, what would happen? It's simple; he'll come back at full force wanting even more.

I started to feel anxiety build up from my stomach into my chest.

Before I could have a full blown anxiety attack, there was a knock on the door.

"Hold on, I'm coming!" I pushed the covers off my bed and swung my legs over the edge; when I tried to put pressure on them to stand, they gave out on me and I landed on the floor with a loud thud.

"Just my luck." I mumbled from the floor. The knocking continued and I heard a voice yell out.

"Sweetie, you awake?" Oh, that's a female's voice.

"Tooth, is that you?" Had to be, she's the only girl in the Guardians….oh geez, how does she deal with so much testosterone?

"Yes, North sent me to get you since Bunny is a little busy .Are you ok?" The Tooth Fairy let herself in, along with some of her adorable little worker fairies.

I don't think they were expecting to see me on the floor, face down. I could hear the little fairies let out giggles; I don't blame them. I'm pretty sure if I saw someone like this, I would laugh a little too.

She lowered herself down onto the floor to help pull me up.

"Yeah, my legs are still in sleep paralysis mode." She gave me a worrying look. "Oh don't worry, I'm use to it. It happens more times than I'd like to admit." She helped to place me back up on the bed, my legs slowly waking up.

"You poor thing." She's so sweet! She brought a big smile to my face and made my anxiety fade quickly.

"It's all good. So why did North send you to get me?"

"The Man in Moon wants to talk to you." Ok, anxiety is back. The main boss guy wants to talk to me, that's never good. Well, never good to keep them waiting except….

"Is there a way I can bathe before I go?" I asked her.

"I actually still need to get some things taken care of myself, children never stop losing teeth, you know. So here." She handed me a miniature version of the snow globe North had used to transport us to his workshop. "Just say where you want to go, throw it in front of you, and then step through the portal."

"Thanks…Hey, where did you hide this anyway?"

"The same place where I keep my coins." I took a good look at her once more…she doesn't seem to have any pockets and she's not carrying a bag of any sorts. Where the hell does she keep her coins?

She took off before I could question her more.

I am now determined to find where she keeps her coins; she can't get away that easily. But getting back to the real matter, I get to take a shower!...oh wait, Bunny just built a tub. Guess I get to be lazy and take a relaxing bath.

I gathered up my female bath necessities and a change of clothes. I really need a cold shower. It was then that the Pitch's book caught my eye. This would be the perfect time to read it. All of the Guardians are busy so no one should disturb or catch me. With no second thoughts, I picked it up.

I headed to the place where the tub was. I had to head out to gather some water to fill this tub, good thing Bunny left me a big bucket. Hopefully the water wouldn't make it heavy.

It took me about 10 trips before the tub was full. The water was lukewarm so I wasted no time in shedding my clothes and jumping right in.

I rush to wash myself quickly, beginning with the hair and working my way down, taking extra time to scrub my lower region to get rid of last night's remains. Once I felt I was clean enough, I leaned back against the tub, grabbed onto Pitch's book and started to read:

Pitch Black wasn't always a feared figure of many people's childhood. He was once hailed

As a great hero. Before Pitch Black, there was Kozmotis Pitchiner, a hero of the Golden Ages

That had lead the Golden Armies to capturing the Inklings.

Even though he had served proudly, he still volunteered to keep watch over the prison.

It wasn't easy. Day in and Day out, he was forced to listen to the prisoners

Pleading, often impersonating the voices of the villagers.

He did keep around something to keep him sane, a golden locket with his daughter.

Along with the thoughts of one day being reunited with his wife.

One day, the Inklings found out that this was Kozmotis's weakness.

So one night, the Inklings were able to trick Kozmotis into believing

That his daughter was trapped in the prison as well.

Fearing for her safety, he opened the gates only to be met with

And possessed by tens of thousands of Inklings.

They began to twist his pure heart into a dark twisted mess

Transforming him from the hero Kozmotis to the Boogeyman, Pitch Black.

The Inklings also erased any memory that Kozmotis had of his wife and daughter

The locket he once carried with great love now long gone.

I didn't want to read anymore. I closed the book with much force and threw it far away from me. No no no, now I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy.

Why the hell should I feel sorry for him? He scares children by giving them nightmares, tried to kill off the Guardians, came back to try killing my little brother (oh yeah, I haven't forgotten that!), is trying to kidnap me to make me his sex slave. He's doing so much horrible things so why do I now feel bad?!

No, this doesn't change anything. Kozmotis, dang that's a weird name, was the nice one who loved his family. This man now is Pitch Black, the Boogeyman who doesn't remember anything of his past life.

This will not change any feelings I have towards him. I hate him!

But at the same time, I feel sorry for him.

Pitch's POV

I really hate this. Being back in my lair with nothing fun to do. Sure, there are billions of children in the world whose dreams are just begging to be formed into nightmares; but at the moment, I have no interest in invading their dreams.

There's only one person whose dreams I want to invade. Sitting on the floor, staring at the globe with billions of lights, I replayed the events of last night in my mind.

My head rolled back and my eyes closed as I remember the pure ecstasy that I put on her face with each thrust. The spots where her hands had touched my body, the part where her soft lips left her mark all started to burn.

The sounds of her moans and gasps were like the sweetest music. They were still loud and clear in my ears. I wish I could have recorded the noises she made.

I could feel my pants become tighter. She's not even here physically and she's turning me on.

I opened my eyes to pull myself out from the moment; my black sand had formed itself into the perfect replica of my Genie, staring down at me, with her beautiful bright eyes.

I stood up and strolled over to the replica. If only this was really her, I could run my hands through her soft hair, feel her warm skin against me, and capture her lips in a passionate kiss. If she were here, I would claim her over and over and over until she collapse from pure exhaustion.

Even then, I would probably want more. After all, I'm the Nightmare King; I have a lot of stamina.

All of this did start to make me wonder though. I thought that I had all the control over her, I'm the dominant one; but from the way I just acted…does she have some form of control over me?

It's all true.

She has control over my thoughts. No matter what I do, I can't get her out of my head. It's affecting my work greatly. Oh Genie, I'll make you pay dearly for that.

Genie's POV

Ok, those globe traveling things are too much fun. No wonder North loves them so much.

All I had to say was North's workshop and it took me right to the center where the big globe was. It seems I beat everybody here, and here I was rushing through my bath.

I couldn't bring myself to read anymore of Pitch's book; I'm afraid that I'll start to feel more sorry for him which would make me not hate him anymore. He's till my enemy.

Pacing around the floor, I started to wonder: why would the Man in the Moon want me to attend this meeting?

It seems weird that he'd call this meeting the day I read Pitch's book…No, that's a coincidence. I didn't read the book until after Tooth and I talked. But I did take it the way before and he could have seen me do it.

I'm getting really really nervous now, the nail biting is starting. And my nails had look so long and perfect, not anymore.

Ok, look, it's no big deal, it was just a book. But it was stealing…no wait, it was borrowing. I just didn't ask him, oh stupid, that is considered stealing.

But I intended to sneak it back somehow. I just never got to that part of the plan. Maybe I should have brought it and snuck it back now. I don't want it anymore!

Ok ok, calm down. North is a very understanding guy. If he asks, I'll just say I was curious. And that Pitch is my enemy so I should know my enemy in some way, right? Sounds like a good plan to me.

But is the Man in the Moon as understanding at North?

A hand on my shoulder brought me out of my intense thinking, and it also scarred the crap out of me. I could have sworn I jumped ten feet into the air, and closed my eyes in fear.

"I DIDN'T DO IT!" I yelled out at whoever touched me. That's always been a natural response for me whenever something went wrong, whether I had something to do with it or not.

"Didn't do what?" I cracked open one of my eyes to see the perpetrator who scared me out of my skin.

"Geez, Jack, don't do that again!" I gave him a right jab to his shoulder. "You scared me."

"Ow, I didn't mean to. I saw you were nervous."

"How did you… ?" He grabbed onto one of my wrist and brought my hand up.

"You're nibbling your nails."

"Oh yeah, nasty habit. Not even braces stopped me." I pulled my hand from him and leaned back against a wall next to the fireplace, taking deep breaths to get my heart rate back down. He really did know too much about me.

Taking a deep look into his eyes, I realized that even though I knew his back story, I don't really know anything about Jack Frost.

"No need to be nervous. He sounds scary but MIM is pretty cool; when he actually talks to you." He joked to lighten the mood, it wasn't really working. I turned my back to him, my eyes staying focus on the fire.

I really don't know how to respond to him; I didn't even want to look at him. Especially his blue eyes. Even though he is forever stuck in teenage form, his eyes hold a shine of innocence that a child possesses.

Those eyes will make me blurt out my horrible secret that I slept with Pitch.

"Do you regret it?" That question caught me a little off guard. Did I regret what? What I did with Pitch, most definitely. I turned back around to face him, only to have a red rose shoved towards my face.

"Uh…" Yeah, no words came out.

"I know red roses aren't your favorite flower but you know, it's kind of hard to find purple lilacs on short notice." I was finally able to find my voice.

"Why did you…"

"I just wanted to show you that I'm serious about us."

"There's an 'us'?" I grabbed onto the rose with one hand, taking notice that he took the time to de-thorn it. I took his hand off the stem once I grabbed it only to grasp onto my hand, pulling me closer to him. His also grabbed onto my other hand.

"You know, I haven't been able to stop thinking about that kiss. In fact, I couldn't sleep at all last night because of it. That's why I went out looking for purple lilacs. I couldn't find any but I did find a red rose, and they do stand for beauty and perfection, which you are."

I could feel his hands shaking from being nervous.

"Jack, I'm far from perfection." I really don't want him to have this 'perfect' image of me. I'm probably the worst person in the world right now.

"To me, you're perfect. That's why I want there to be an 'us'. Please say you'll give me a chance." His hands squeezed mine slightly, mostly in anticipation for my answer.

Would it be right for me to do this to him?

"How badly do you want this?" I whispered to him.

"Words can't describe how much I want you." He's proving to be just as persistent as Pitch, great! Just great!

Why did you have to fall for me Jack? Why did you have to kiss me? Why did I have to kiss you back and make you think there was a chance; no matter how bad both of us want it.

"Please." Oh crap, he said the P-word!

Normal POV

The pair was so lost in their world that they didn't notice their furry friend, Bunny, had been watching the entire time.

He had felt a slight twitch of sadness reign through his heart. Sure, it was a small crush; but when you see your best friend chasing your crush, it does tend to hurt a little.

Bunny couldn't look away from the scene; and due to his superb hearing, he knows everything they were saying.

A small part of him was hoping that Genie would say no to Jack; just so he could have the small chance. But what chance would he have? After all, he was a Guardian who also happened to be a Bunny. Humans and Bunnies don't mix; especially if the human is mortal.

Jack had a much bigger chance. He was human, even though immortal. And he did know Genie longer and had a crush on her longer than Bunny did. Jack deserved an opportunity to be happy.

With a sad look on his face, Bunny turned away from the scene, not wanting to see what Genie's answer would be.

"I'm rooting for ya, mate." He mumbled to himself before heading off to find North.

It didn't take long to find him, he was hanging out in his playroom, carving out a new train set out of ice and humming along some kind of Russian music.

The jolly man placed his tools down and swerved around in his spinning chair.

"Ah Bunny, is it time for meeting?" He noticed how Bunny had his head hanging down.

"My friend?" North stood from his seat and walked to Bunny. When the furry Guardian looked up at him, North saw small tears hanging slightly from his eyes.

Guys, I severely apologize for taking so long to upload this chapter. I just had major writer's block after writing a sex chapter. And everything else going on doesn't really help at all.

But thank you guys for continuing to read and support this story. Hopefully I'll be able to upload another chapter before my summer school starts up.

Just to let you all know, I won't be writing at all in the months of June and July. Summer school starts and I will be putting every ounce of energy into that.

Oh, for any questions or if you just want to chat, feel free to message me. :p