Hello once again everybody, so I guess I've lost some of my faithful readers since I didn't get many reviews on the last chapter. But that's ok. I'm going to finish this. After this chapter, there will be one more chapter and that will be it.

Ok, just found out that it wasn't the reviewers. My account did some weird stuff and didn't send out notifications; i didn't even get confirmation of chapters posted on my email.

Just a heads up, I uploaded chapter 22 and 23. These are the new ones, read if you haven't already. Again, my bad.

On a side note: I may put up little individual stories about my characters. Haven't decided that yet. I do need to get ready to go to graduate school (I got accepted!)

Italics: Flashback scenes, there are two of them.

Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians in any way.

Pitch's POV

After losing my dear Genie, I had gone into seclusion for what seemed like years; not even bothering to do my job. It must have been glorious for all humans to have nothing but pleasant fairy tale dreams for years. Nobody had to worry about the Boogeyman.

The Sandman also must have had a field day not having to fight against me.

No doubt the rest of the Immortals enjoyed this time of silence also; well, except when it was Hal and Liam's holidays. They seemed to triple the amount of mischief, making up for my absence.

Despite my order for them not to follow me after everything, they did so anyway. In a way, I am grateful to them; but I will never tell them those words out loud.

They didn't need to hear it anyway; they knew already how much their friendship meant to me.

But there was one person I would forever be grateful for; and for this one person, I would scream it at the top of my lungs for the world and for her to hear. My special friend.

*Flashback*

"Not a bad place you got here Pitch. Could use a few spider webs and such, liven it up a little." I'm not sure how but Hal and Liam were able to locate my new hideaway. I guess since they are use to hiding things, such as spiders and pots of gold, they'd be really good at findings things also.

Well, it would have happened eventually, I've been gone for about 5 years now. They must have been worried about me.

I had decided to live in the outskirts of Japan. The reason for this was simple; it was the one place that Genie always dreamed of visiting.

In the personal library I made for her, she had somehow found a book about Japan. That night, she was bored but unable to sleep. I held her in my arms that night as she showed me the pictures in that book, talking sadly about how she'd never be able to visit all the landmarks now or eat all the amazing food.

Mentally, I made a promise that once the Guardians were out of my way for good, I would take her there myself. It would be our first trip together as a couple, as King and Queen. But it all had to be ruined.

Now she was not with me.

This was apparently my way of mourning, being around the stuff that Genie loved. It would make more sense to be away from it but I couldn't bring myself to move.

"You're wrong Hal, maybe a splash of gold. I wouldn't mind letting you have a few pieces, my friend."

Unlike my previous hideout that I had created as a labyrinth, this one was fairly simple. As a matter of fact, it was exactly like my old lair. One giant room with nothing special. A few hanging cages here and there, my giant globe filled to the brim with lights of all children who 'believed' in their stupid fairy tales, and my throne right in the middle of it all.

Nothing else seemed important. There was no need for me to have a giant room with a giant bed; there was no one there to keep it warm for me or wait for me after a long day. There were no arms to hold me.

I was all alone.

While Hal and Liam continued to talk about 'decorating' and sorts, I just sat up on my throne, one of my elbows was placed on an armrest, my head resting on my hand. As much as I treasured this rare friendship, it was not wanted at the moment.

"Do you two have to be so loud?" I mumbled, my free hand going up to massage my temple, I found feel a headache forming.

"Maybe you should listen to them. This place can use a bit of color." The voice came from behind me. The sound of it caused my headache to disappear right away, the hairs on the back of my neck and on my arms stood straight up.

That voice, that beautiful melodious voice. There was no it was possible.

Hal and Liam stood frozen to their spots; both eyes and mouths were gaped wide open.

Suddenly, a female figure appeared at my side and took a few more steps forward. She looked at Hal and Liam, a small giggle coming out of her.

"You two look like you've seen a ghost." Once she finished looking at them, she turned around to face me.

"How…" I couldn't think of anything else to say. How was it possible for her to be back?

"Man in Moon decided that I would make a good Immortal. Genie is now not only my name, but also my occupation."

Immortal, that single word echoed in my head over and over again. That was my one wish years ago, to have her by my side forever as an Immortal. And now here she is, standing before me. My wish had been granted.

Regardless of the obvious change in her hair, skin, and eye color; Genie was exactly the same person. And she was still as beautiful as ever.

"Hello Pitch." She whispered. Her arms that were once folded behind her back came in front, opening up for a hug.

Any image that I had made as a ruthless ruler, as an evil Boogeyman, vanished in an instant, when I launched forward from my throne into her waiting arms. About halfway through, my legs gave out on me. I ended up falling forward, wrapping my arms tight around her waist.

I buried my face into her stomach, taking a chance to take in her natural smell. It was exactly as how I remembered. If possible, my arms tightened around her even more. My face stayed buried in her stomach, too scared to look up. Scared that this would all turn out to be some sort of hallucination that Genie wouldn't really be standing there.

As if she were a mind reader, Genie began to rub one of my arms gently with one of her hands, while the other was running through my hair.

We stayed this way for a while, I had even started to somewhat cry; but I'm not sure when I started.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, breaking apart the pleasant silence we were enriched in. "What I did was very stupid but it had to be done. I hope that you can forgive me for all the pain I put you through."

I pulled my head back slightly, giving me enough room to look up at her.

"My sweet Genie, there is nothing for you to ask forgiveness for. If anything, it should be I that asks for forgiveness. Everything I did, it was all for a selfish reason. It was no secret among the Immortals that I wanted you all to myself. And that I hurt you in the process"

"I tend to let bygones be bygones, no use dwelling in the past. So to answer your question Pitch, I've already forgiven you. But now please, do you forgive me for the past and will you forgive me for the future?"

"What do you…"

"Pitch, I choose to reveal myself to you because out of everybody, I feel that you have suffered the most; even more so than Jack. And my little incident was just the cherry on top." She began to pull herself out of my grasp; I, in turn, intertwined my fingers behind her back to prevent her from leaving.

"Don't."

"I was just moving so that I could sit down. I thought it'd be better if we had this conversation face to face instead of face to stomach."

"Ok, but, can I at least hold your hand?" She hesitated a little to answer my question, a good indicator that this conversation was not going to work in my advantage at all.

"Sure." Reluctantly, I released my hold on her and she moved to sit at the steps in front of my throne; I followed along, grabbing onto the hand that was closest to me.

Hal and Liam must have known I'd want to be alone with her. They had disappeared to some random area, I wonder if they were still in my lair.

"I'm not sure if you know this but North keeps a pretty good biography on all the Immortals."

"I'm more than aware of that. If my memory is right, I distinctly asked him not to bother writing one about me, since I personally do not recall anything from before becoming Pitch Black."

"So how did he…"

"Man in Moon." I couldn't hold the growl that came out of my mouth as I said my old friend's name.

"Aren't you curious at all about your past life?"

"After changing and forgetting everybody, I didn't see a need to remember. As you've said, why bother with the past? There is no way for me to go back to it. And it doesn't help that North has made me aware that everything back then was just very….painful."

She went completely silent, looking off into another direction. In my head, I can imagine the wheels in her head were turning; debating on the next thing to say.

"And that's probably why I felt so bad for you. And why I also couldn't bring myself to hate you. Maybe I disliked you a couple of times but in the end…" I couldn't resist her anymore.

Letting go of her hand, I grabbed onto his face with both hands and pulled her closer to me until our lips locked. I felt a feeling of calmness wash over me; it felt like this is where I belonged.

Any kind of anger I felt for her leaving me was gone. All from just the touch of her sweet lips.

She had yet to pull away from me. Testing the waters, I let my tongue slip and lick along her bottom lip. That's when I expected her to pull away from me; instead, she shyly opened her mouth, granting me access.

I was taken back when her tongue sneaked out to rub along mine, so timidly.

Before I had any chance to continue any further, I felt her pull her face away; our lips may have separated but my hands kept her in place.

"I shouldn't have done that." She mumbled. "Pitch…"

"Please give me another chance." I released her face, moving my arms to wrap around her waist. Laying my head in the crook of her neck, I took in more of her scent. "I'm aware that the feelings you had for me earlier was merely pity; but I still don't care. You've forgiven me for everything I've done and I've forgiven you, even though I've said there is nothing for me to forgive."

"It isn't right Pitch. The things I did…"

"You think the things you have done are worse than what I've done; yours is mere child's play. You know that, and yet you still sit here and forgive me. You even kissed me."

"And like I said…"

"Genie…" I pulled away from her, to look her right in the eyes. Her beautiful light blue eyes. "As corny as this is going to sound, I'm asking you to please go on a date with me."

*End Flashback*

She did not give me an answer right away. We sat there silently for hours, Hal and Liam had eventually come back to see how we were doing. When they saw the blank look in Genie's eyes, both of them started to worry.

Hal ran around to see if any of his spiders had gotten loose, remembering that Genie was absolutely terrified of them. He had thought that it was what caused her sudden catatonic state. Liam offered to run off to his secret place to bring her back some of his chocolate coins. He was just as protective with those as he was with his real gold; but for Genie, and even Abril, he would give them however much they wanted.

The two of them running around had irritated me to the point of getting ready to yell, when Genie finally answered my question.

With a confident nod of her head, she answered yes. That she would go on a date with me. The word 'ecstatic' wasn't enough to describe the feeling I had when she agreed.

I may have asked for the date but I wasn't really sure how it worked. Genie had asked me what we would be doing but I wasn't able to think of a good answer. When she saw me hesitant, she only smiled and said to meet her in Hollywood in a few days at exactly 8 pm.

There was a new movie coming out that apparently starred her favorite actor that she was dying to see.

And that was our first date.

We sat comfortably on the rafters at the very top of the theaters, sharing a huge bucket of popcorn and a soda between us. It was a whole new experience for me, never once did I show an interest in these 'movies'.

It did make me wonder why humans found them interesting; then again, a few Immortal would often take the chance to partake in them as well. Cupid tried to get me to come see a movie with her once, I don't really remember the fully title, only that it had the word 'grey' in it.

Loosing almost all interest in the movie, I took the chance to look over at Genie; being drowned once again in her beauty. Her eyes were wide in interest, often muttering about how 'hot' the pirate in the movie is.

I would be lying if I said I didn't feel a bit of jealousy every time she said that about some random guy on the screen; but I had hoped that one day she would say the same thing about me.

It was a glorious few months of dating, eventually; I gained confidence and planned the outing. She did warn me that we had to be careful; since not many Immortals knew she was still alive. This was her excuse but I knew the real reason behind it:

She didn't want Jack Frost to see her.

Even with all her attention on me, every time we hugged, every time we held hand, every time we kissed, even the rare occasions where we made love; I could tell her feelings were still somewhere else.

It wasn't like that at first. When we first got together, officially together, I could tell that her full heart was in it. To prove it to me, one night, she gave me an amazing gift.

*Flashback*

"I need you two to make yourselves scarce for the night." I informed Hal and Liam, who were currently sitting on the floor of my lair, playing some board game that Genie introduced them to. I think it's called "Battleship".

Tonight, Genie and I had planned to spend our date night in my lair.

"I thought we were all going to watch a movie." Hal looked up from his side of the board, and pointed at the 50 inch TV that was sitting against the wall of my lair. Right across it was a black suede loveseat recliner.

"No, you must have misheard me earlier when I asked you to fetch these items. Genie and I are going to watch a movie and spend a romantic night together. Just her and I. You two don't have to go home…"

"But you can't stay here." Genie showed up right at my side, a box of pizza in her hand while the other hand held a 6 pack of water bottles. There was a plastic bag hanging in the crook of her elbow. It was closed completely that I couldn't see what was in there.

"But mom…" Liam whined, finally looking up from his side of the board.

Hal and Liam had gotten into the habit of calling Genie "mom" and I "dad. In a way, it almost did feel like the two of us were taking care of children, i.e. them.

"Don't mom me." She playfully scolded them. "If it'll make you guys feel better, why don't you take that game board with you?" The two of their faces lit up before stuffing all the different pieces back into the game box.

After the two of them left, my gaze returned to the bag in Genie's hand. My curiosity was getting the best of me. But knowing her, she'd make me wait.

She walked ahead of me towards the TV and the loveseat, placing the pizza on the seat and the bottled water on the floor. Slyly, she reached into the bag to pull out a DVD; before I could take a quick peek inside; she had already shut the bag and tied it up.

"So I'm not much of a horror movie fan but I figured you'd be, since you're the Boogeyman and all."

"I thought you were against stereotyping people."

"Well, if you don't want to watch horror, we can always watch a Disney movie." I've watched enough of those with her to know that I didn't really enjoy Disney. The singing got on my nerves quite quickly.

"Put the movie in already and get over here. I want to hold you and you've yet to give me my kiss." She got up from the TV; the home screen was already on for the movie

The Grudge

Hm, sounds familiar.

"You'll be holding me a lot." She picked up the pizza box on her side of the couch and placed it in her lap as she sat down. "The way you feel about Disney is how I feel about horror movies."

She had pushed the 'play' button on the remote.

Ignoring the opening credits, I wrapped my arm around Genie's shoulder to pull her closer to me. She turned her head slightly to give me a brief kiss on the lips.

I hope that's not all she planned to give me for the night.

Not even a few seconds into the movie, Genie pulled my arm off her shoulder and wrapped both her arms around it.

She refused to let go of my arm through the whole movie, I even had to hand feed her the pizza and the water. Every once in a while, she would bury her face into my shoulder and scream out a little.

I didn't think this movie was that scary but I did greatly enjoy it. Maybe Genie was right, I do love horror movies, if they were just like this.

Soon, the ending credits were playing; and Genie's face was still hidden in my shoulder.

"Amazing choice, darling." I kissed the top of her head.

"If you thought that was good…" She pulled her face off my shoulder. "You should watch the Exorcist. Some say it's the best horror movie ever."

"And what do you say?"

"I don't have an opinion because I never watched it." She chuckled and kissed my cheek.

It didn't matter how many time she did it, I always felt myself melt whenever her lips touched any part of me.

She began to plant a few more kisses on my cheeks before moving down to my neck.

"This coat is getting in my way." She whispered against my neck. One of her hands released my arm; it began to rub along my chest in circles before slipping into the opening. "We need to get rid of it."

"Whatever you wish." I moaned out. Her fingers immediately unhooked the button on my coat. I quickly moved to remove the damn piece of clothing.

"While you do that, I'm going to put on my sleepwear." She stood from the couch and walked over towards the plastic bag that was still next to the TV. My hands were occupied at the time that I couldn't reach out to grab her.

I don't know where she went; but she better get out here fast. Here I am, top half bare, with my cock hard as a rock. My imagination began to run wild at what I had planned to do to Genie tonight.

Unfortunately, I don't have a bed but this loveseat should be good enough.

"Close your eyes." Her voice echoed out in my lair. If possible, I felt myself get ever harder at the thought of her future moans and screams echoing off these walls. I did as she said, closing my eyes waiting for whatever she was going to surprise me with.

I waited for just a few seconds, her footsteps getting louder and louder; until they stopped right in front of me.

"Surprise." That was my cue to open my eyes. And my goodness, what a surprise it was.

The beautiful immortal stood in front of me, her typical blue dress had been replaced by baby doll lingerie. Her breasts were being pushed up by the tight black brazier, the seam ending right below her boobs. There was a sheer flowing material that fell all the way down to her mid thigh.

Her hands were folded behind her and she swung side to side, giving off an innocent girl image. But for her to dress this way for me, her mind was in a complete dirty place. And I wanted to be there too.

"You like?"

"Like doesn't even begin to describe it." I reached out to her, trying to grab onto her hips to pull her closer to me. At the same time, she stepped back to avoid it.

"We're gonna play a little game Pitch."

"As of right now, I'm hating this game." I growled out in sexual frustration.

"You'll love it in a few more minutes. It's simple, really. I'm going to do whatever I like to you right now and you're not allowed to touch me until I say so."

"And what do I get if I win?"

"If you win, you can do whatever you like to me for the rest of the night; and vice versa if I win. Short and simple."

These rules sounded so simple; this game sent shivers up my spine. Hopefully she plans to remove my pants soon, they're become too tight for comfort.

"And all I have to do is not touch you? Seems simple enough, I agree to your terms."

"Alrighty then." She clapped her hands in front of her, causing the effect to make her boobs bounce.

She finally came towards me and grabbed onto my wrists. She maneuvered my arms to where they were now laying on top of the back of the couch. Her eyes narrowed at me, stating that's where she wanted them to stay for now.

Her long silky legs moved to place her knees on either side of my hips, setting herself upright in my lap. My clothed erection rubbed up against her bare opening. Well, that answered my question if she was wearing underwear or not.

She slowly began to grind her hips against mine; her tongue peeked out to lick along her lips. While she was grinding, her face moved to the crook of my neck.

"Someone's excited." She whispered into my ear. I felt her tongue pulled my ear lobe onto her mouth, where she began to nibble on it.

She pushed herself against me until there wasn't even an inch left, her breasts pressed tightly against my chest. I can't wait to win this game; the things I want to do to her, especially her breasts.

Her mouth moved away from my ear and down to my neck, began the process again of nibbling and sucking.

"So I can't touch you but am I allowed to talk?" I was able to grunt out, somehow suppressing the moan that was urging to make its way out of me.

"Of course."

"Bite me harder." I commanded, and she complied. She moved a little closer to my Adam's apple before choosing the place to bite. I suddenly felt a cool sensation run down from the bite to my chest; she had drawn blood.

For sure, that will leave a mark; a mark that I belonged solely to her. I'll be sure to leave just as many marks on her when I win.

Her hands moved from my shoulders down to my chest, where she began to play with my nipples. It was shyly at first, barely running her thumb over my sensitive nubs.

I could no longer hold in my moan. My mouth opened to let it out but she decided it would be a good time to start kissing me. Her mouth left my neck and immediately latched onto my mouth, her tongue shooting out to meet mine.

At the same time, her hands began to pinch and twist my nipples.

It took all my power to not move my arms; so badly, I wanted to pull her even closer, to bury one of my hands in her hair while the other played with one of her boobs. I wanted to flip her onto the couch and have my way with her.

Patience.

I had to remind myself about the deal. I'll win in the end and then we'll have more fun. It was getting harder since her grinding hasn't ceased one bit. It's surprising I hadn't cummed yet.

Her mouth pulled away from mine, only a string of saliva still connected us.

"You're doing better than I expected." Her eyes were half lidded, giving a new definition to the word 'sex appeal'.

Her hips stopped grinding, making me give out another growl, this time in frustration. I heard her let out a small giggle as she slid her body further down until she was at my chest. She continued to play with my left nipple while her tongue flicked against my right.

My fingers gripped onto the back of the love seat; it was all I left I could do to stop myself from touching her.

My back arched suddenly when she sucked the nipple into her mouth, while still flicking it with the tip of her tongue.

We've never done this before, who would have thought that I'd love to have my nipples touched?

She gave the same attention to my other nipple before licking her way from my chest down to the top of my pants.

"What are you…"

"Just shut up and enjoy it Pitch." She was now kneeling in front of me, giving me the perfect view of the top of her breasts. Her outfit was beginning to slip down a bit; just a little further and her nipples would be free.

She suddenly pushed my knees apart and moved in between them. Her fingers began to fumble around with the button of my pants. Once un-done, she tugged down my pants, giving me a silent command to lift up my hips.

I did as asked; ecstatic that my erection was finally freed from the confinement of my pants. I didn't' expect her to pull them all the way off, along with my shoes; she tossed them in some random part of the room.

"The whole time we were together, you never once forced me to do this. Instead, you always concentrated on how I felt. Now Pitch, let me make you feel good." She leaned forward, placing a single kiss on the tip of my cock.

Her tongue began to lick a path from the underside of my cock to the tip; the tip of her tongue then dug into my slit.

"My God!" I couldn't help but scream out; I've never felt anything like this before. The cold from the air around us mixed with her hot breath and tongue; it was almost enough to make me explode.

Without warning, she began to suck on the tip of my cock; with each suck, she took more and more into her mouth until it was at the very base. With one of her hands, she began to massage my pulls.

Her tongue continued to lick along my cock as she sucked. When she moved her mouth up, she grazed along with her teeth until she was at the tip once more.

This continued on and off, she bopped her head; sometimes taking my cock into her throat and swallowing around it.

Where the hell did she learn to do this? I'll be sure to ask her once I'm done. I could practically feel my load coming up from my balls into my cock as an increasing rate.

My hips began to buck into her mouth; but my hands stayed put right where she left them. It's shocking how my willpower is so strong right now.

"Genie." I moaned out her name. She must have liked it, because she began to suck even harder. "I'm going to…" I couldn't even finish my sentence. My head fell back against the love seat, my mouth wide open as I yelled her name. With one last buck of my hips, I came full force into her mouth; right when my cock was in her throat.

I took a few breaths to calm myself down. That was simply a whole new pleasure I didn't know existed. I could only hope we could get to do this again.

My eyes were still closed, but I felt her climb onto my lap once again. She was in the perfect position, she only had to sink down a little further and I would finally be inside her. But she stayed perfectly still, waiting for any response she could get out of me.

"Did you enjoy my game?" I picked my head up a little, my eyes once again open. I finally removed one of my hands from the love seat; but not to touch it. I had begun sweating during everything; I used my hand to wipe my face then to push back my hair.

"That depends. Did I win?" My smug remark cracked her up; she let out a hearty laugh.

"Well, you proved me wrong. I didn't think you'd do it; but yes, you won."

"So can I finally…"

"I guess so. Pitch Black, I'm allowing you to touch me." Wasting no time, I grabbed onto the front of her outfit and ripped it in two, right off of her. "Hey!"

"It was in the way. Besides, I prefer you like this."

She let out a small squeal as I turned us to where she was now laying on her back on the love seat, her legs parted before me. One of them was hanging off the seat, while I lifted the other to hang off the top of the loveseat.

Her arousal was so strong, I was able to smell it in the air; making me hard all over again.

"Before I began, I need to know, where did you learn to do that?"

"Do what?" She asked innocently.

"As much as I like you being cute, it's unnecessary right now. Now answer me, love."

"Oh fine. I actually learned from reading a bunch of romance novels; no matter how stupid I think some of them are, they have fantastic sex scenes. And some even go into great detail. This is embarrassing for me to admit Pitch, but you are the first I've ever done such a thing with." Her cheeks had turned a bright red; her eyes looking off into another area.

"I do hope I'll be your last as well." With my index finger and thumb, I grabbed gently onto her chin and guide her face to look back up at me. "Also, I hope you know that you'll be doing that again. But for now, it's my turn to taste you." With my free hand, I went up to my neck where she had bit me. The blood had stopped flowing for now. "We'll start off by giving you a similar mark."

Both my arms wrapped around her upper body, pulling her up slightly. She let her neck fall back, giving me full access.

Following her lead, I leaned down and began to lick along her neck, taking in a small patch to nip on.

"Mine." I mumbled into her skin before biting just as hard. She let out a gasp mixed with a moan; I could feel her pussy leaking out her sweet nectar.

I didn't even bother to lick around my mark. I was in a hurry to get to the better parts of her body. One being her big perfectly round breasts.

I sat back a little, to give me a good view of her upper body. Both of my hands began to massage her breast, occasionally pushing down on her nipples. Her body arched into my touch, begging for more.

"Pitch." She moaned out my name.

"Say it again, darling." I leaned down to nip on her right nipple. "Say my name, scream it out loud." I licked her nipple before taking her boob into my mouth. Her legs moved to where they now wrapped around my waist.

My other hand continued to massage her other breast until I moved to give it the same treatment as I'd done to her first.

This continued for some time until I became anxious to taste her nectar.

"Move your legs." She knew what I meant. Her legs went back into the open position, one dangling off the side and the other laying on top of the love seat. "Keep them like that." I commanded of her.

With her hair spread out, her eyes misty in lust, her lips out in a slight pout; she looked like a goddess.

I moved down her body until I was aligned perfectly with her opening. Unlike her, I wasn't shy or hesitant. I immediately began to lick along her aroused clitoris, causing to scream out my name.

Her sweet nectar coated my tongue and I greedily swallowed it. I continued to lick and suck her clit, while simultaneously fingering her opening. My tongue soon moved to her opening, where I alternated my fingers and my tongue.

Her body was shaking form the pleasure, her fingers soon buried in my hair, pushing me further into her.

Now this is how it should have been from the beginning, her begging me for my touch. But as they say, better late than never.

"Pitch, I can't…" At a speed I wasn't even aware I had, I pushed myself up to where we were now face to face. With a sharp thrust, my cock was soon buried inside her to the tilt.

She screamed out loud, gripping onto my shoulder and pulling me flush against her body. The way her body shook and the feeling of her wet opening contracting proved that I just gave her first orgasm of the night.

And I'll be sure to give her another.

"You're even more sensitive now, aren't you?" I let out slightly before pushing my way back in. Her legs moved to wrap around my waist once again, her ankles locking around my lower back.

"Make love to me Pitch." Her face came up to meet mine in a kiss.

The long wait had caused me to be impatient. My hips began to piston back and forth in a rough manner. The sound of our skins clashing filled the lair, along with our kisses and mixed moans.

Her nails scratched along my back, my hands buried into her hair; not once did our lips separate.

It was unspoken between us but we were both coming onto our end very quickly. Pent up sexual tension will do that to you.

We both screamed into each other's mouth as we both came at the same time, my seed buried deep into her womb.

Immortals were unable to reproduce so we didn't have to worry about becoming pregnant.

When our mouths separated, I collapsed onto her chest; her head fell over the arm rest of the love seat. We had moved up the loveseat a little from our love making.

"That was amazing." My arms were still wrapped around her body; one of her hands was in my hair while the other was rubbing soothing circles along my back.

"Did you enjoy your surprise, Pitch?"

"Very much. Was there a reason for it or were you just feeling generous?" I nuzzled my face into the middle of her boobs.

"I just wanted to show you how much I care for you. Because…well Pitch, I love you."

Her bold statement hit me like a ton of bricks. That was the one phrase that I wished to her from her all those years ago. I was unable to stop the tears spilling from my eyes.

"And I love you too, my Queen."

*End Flashback*

It wasn't a lie, she did love me; we spent a beautiful 5 years together as a couple. Doing all of the typical things that couples did. Not once did we ever bring up the past when she was a human, deciding that what was done was done.

Somewhere along the way, Abril found out about our relationship. Needless to say, she was not happy one bit. In front of me that day, she yelled at Genie about how she turned her back on Jack Frost.

Genie's pained expression on her face was hard to miss.

Somehow, Cupid was around at the time too. What she said next caused Genie to go into a great depression, and not the fun one like the way I lived through.

She yelled at Genie that she was a whore.

Genie was able to muster up the strength to give Cupid a good slap on the cheek; but that was all she could do. She looked over at Abril where tear rimmed eyes and turned to fly away. I didn't even bother to stay with the two women, I flew after my girlfriend.

I finally caught up to her back at our lair, she was curled up on my throne; her legs were pulled to her chest, her head buried on top. Clearly, she was crying all while yelling at the same time. I was able to make out the words she said.

It's true.

Now that hurt me. She thought that she was a whore; which proved one thing to me. A part of her heart still belonged to Jack Frost; and the other part belonged to me. It was unfair for all three of us.

Even though Jack didn't know about Genie still being alive; she still stood in the middle among us. Me on one side with Jack on the other, both of us held the red strings that attached to heart. I had been the one to tug harder.

How has that not painful for her?

And why didn't I feel the pain as well? Why didn't I feel pain knowing that she still loves Jack? Maybe because a part of me tried to bury it and forget it.

Hoping that even the day that Jack finds out everything, she would choose me over him.

Sadly, I know that it will never happen.

No matter how hard I tried, I will never overtake that part of her heart that was being held strongly by Jack Frost.

That's when I made the most difficult decision. It was with a heavy heart that I broke up with Genie, the love of my life. Yes I was the one to end it all.

The day I did it still seems fresh in my memory, even thought it was done about 2 years ago. I called her over to my lair and we sat on the same steps where I had been to one to ask her on the date. I told her that I love her and to please not hate me for what I was about to do.

She's not dumb, she knew exactly what was about to happen. And since she hates it when people 'sugarcoat' things, I was very blunt with her.

I told her that we couldn't continue on with this and it was best that we ended it there. At first, she fought against it, saying that if it had anything to do with the past; she'd already forgotten it and forgave me.

But I told her that the reason it because it was not fair for me. It was not fair that she had my full heart and I only had about half of hers, while the other half was still with Pitch. I told her it was horrible of her to do this to me, that even though I was the Boogeyman, I did have some sort of feelings.

I had been perfectly fine living that way because at least I had her with me. Eventually, it all came crashing down that it would never last.

We sat there silently, while she absorbed all of the information. I heard a small creak somewhere in the lair, knowing that it was Hal and Liam. When I looked over my shoulder, I was a little shocked to see that Abril was with them.

Liam informed me that she had forced him to show her where the lair was.

Genie looked over at Abril and shook her head. She told her friend that I had ended it. It was over. We were no longer boyfriend and girlfriend.

Abril gave out a sigh of relief but immediately straighten up. She moved away from Hal and Liam, walked past me and then came to sit behind Genie. She wrapped her arms around the girl, expecting her to turn around and cry into her shoulders.

Genie did no such thing. Instead, she looked up at me once more and asked me a question: If I could continue to at least be her friend.

"Pitch!" I jumped a little in my throne, being pulled out of my thoughts. There was no one I was expecting, then again, she always showed up whenever she wanted. I had told her that my door was always open to her.

After all, that's what friends do.

She always took advantage of my open door policy for her, and I'm glad she did. Her surprise visits were something I always looked forward to.

"Hello Genie." She landed right in front of me, her hands pulling at random strands of hair. She only ever did this when she was stressed. "What's bothering you, love?"

After she had requested that we'd be friend, I requested that I keep my nicknames for her. Since she would always be my love. Abril called me weird for that but Genie allowed it. So yes, to this day, I continued to call her 'love', 'darling', and even my 'Queen'.

"He found out." She mumbled, moving her hands to cover her face while she let out a tiny scream. I already knew who she meant when she say 'He'. Jack Frost.

"When?"

"About 2 weeks ago."

"And you're barely telling me this why?" Over time, I had somehow become her therapist; she often came to me with whatever problems she had. She admitted that a majority of them were about Jack.

And as a good friend, I listened to them. After a while, though, I was getting tired hearing about the damn winter spirit. Geez, guy wasn't even aware of her and yet he still stressed her out.

Good thing us Immortals also didn't gain weight or lose our hair. With all the times that Genie pulled on her hair or stuffed her face with junk food, she would have changed over time into an overweight bald woman.

Bet she'd still look beautiful.

"Oh wait, let me guess, you're only here telling me this now because Abril is chasing after you and you needed a place to come hide out at?" Yes, after Abril discovered my previous lair, I had to move to another area; only Genie, Hal, and Liam knew about it this time.

I stood from my throne and strolled over to her. Her hands were still on her face, masking the continuing scream. It had turned from tiny into full out shrill

I grabbed onto her both her wrist and pulled her hands away from her face.

"Jack found out about me being alive and he was angry at first but then he asked me to get back with him and I couldn't give him an answer so I told him to just gives me more time and then Abril and Tooth found out and…." I placed one of my hands over her mouth to shut her up.

Despite doing that, she continued to talk and scream into my hand. Every once in a while, I would move it to hear the next part of the story and then close them over her face once more.

It was actually pretty entertaining for me.

After a while, she finally stopped talking and screaming. I moved my hand away from her mouth.

"Are you done?"

"Yeah, I'm done."

"Ok, so to summarize it all, Jack found out about your existence, you didn't give him a proper answer, and now you're being hounded by the two female Immortals to say 'yes' to Jack?" She shook her head side to side. "You're telling me there's more? I thought you said you were done."

"Well, I left out a tiny part. It's not just those two hounding me; it feels like the whole Immortal World is pressuring me. Groundhog, Mother Nature, even Cupid! I thought Cupid hated me but now she keeps saying how…"

"I don't need details on what Cupid says. We all know that both you and I cannot stand her and don't give a damn about her opinion."

"Alrighty, now that's the whole story. And I really don't know what to do Pitch. Can you give me some advice?"

"Me, give you advice over my past love rival? Genie, I know I said I'd be your friend and all but this really isn't my field."

"But you're the only guy I can really talk to. Hal and Liam will give me horrible advice; and let's face it; Liam will just ask me random questions about Abril."

"So true. Still can't believe my leprechaun friend can't get over her."

"Well, you didn't give up or get over me either."

"Touché." We both chuckled out.

Genie moved towards me, her arms move to wrap around my waist. She pulled me towards her for a hug; I returned it as well, letting my head rest upon hers. All the while, I was thinking about her situation.

If I were in Jack's place, I'd have done the same thing.

"What did Jack say when you asked for more time?" I ran my fingers through strands of her hair, knowing that it always helped to calm her down.

"He actually said ok and that he would give me space. He hasn't bothered me one bit for these past two weeks, even though we live at the same place. Whenever I go out, he goes to lock himself in his room."

"How noble of him." I taunted about the winter spirit.

"Pitch, be nice."

"I'm always nice, only to those that I like. You're lucky that you're one of them. Actually, you're at the top of my list of people I love."

"You have a list of people you love?"

"Yes and only one name is on it." She sighed against my chest; there was no rule in our friendship that said that I couldn't flirt with her every now and then. "Don't bother to tell me where I am on your list. I'm probably way down after 10."

"You'd be shocked where you are, but you told me now to tell you anything."

"Such a tease, I love it." She moved one of her arms to playfully smack me on my chest two times. "Owwie, you harm your King, my Queen."

"Pitch, please be serious. What the hell do I do?" She pulled away from our hug, turning around to face the other way. Her fingers began to play with the hem of her dress as she thought of possibly every excuse she could give Jack. I continued to play with her hair.

"I know what's stopping you. You keep thinking about what Cupid said to you that day."

"You mean the day she called me a whore? You can say the word Pitch. It doesn't bother me anymore."

"Well, it still bothers me so I refuse to say it. Genie, do you truly believe that you're the only girl who has slept with more than two guys? Or has had a desire to sleep with two guys? Cupid has slept with just about ever Immortal male, excluding the ones in the Guardians, myself, Hal, and Liam. If anybody is a whore, it's that girl."

"Pitch! That's not nice!"

"It wasn't meant to be nice. I can't stand that girl. Whatever the hell Manny saw in her to make her an Immortal is beyond me. But getting back to the case, you're in no way that 'w' word, you were once human. And now you're an Immortal. It's your decision who you decide to date or have sex with. It doesn't matter what anybody else things, not even Abril."

"But…"

"Genie, as much as it pains me to say this, it's obvious that you love Jack. And it's obvious that he still loves you. Just as how I've forgiven you and you've forgive me; he has forgiven you." She let out a sigh and dipped her head down, her hair moving away from my fingers.

"I guess you're right. What Cupid said to me is still affecting me."

"Don't let it, forget about it. Move on." I put my hands on her shoulders and pulled her back towards my chest, once against wrapping her upper body in my arms. "Whatever you decide to do Genie, I will support you. If you decide to say no, I'll be there. And if you decide to say yes, I'll still be there."

We stood in silence once more. Even though I couldn't see her face, I could tell that I made her smile. I guess all she needed was my support.

"Pitch Black, Thank you. You're an amazing friend, I love you so much." She placed her hands over mine and she leaned back against me.

"I love you as well, my Genie."

And that, my readers, is chapter 23. Wow, can't believe I got this far.

So you all, in my next chapter, we will find out what Genie's choice is.

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