"Hey, Sky" bright and early, like he'd said, Jack flew in through the window.

Sky was already up and brushing her hair out, "Good Morning, Frost." she smirked.

"Still not over that, huh?

"Not quite. So the plan is that I will talk to Lauren today and see what's up. If it's good, I'll bring you in and I'll play translator for a while. She'd not up yet, so we have some time to go over specifics. If you want."

He smiled, leaning against his staff and looking around the room, "You're the early bird in the house-hold I guess?"

Standing, Sky walked closer to the Winter Spirit and stared him right in the face, "Who says I sleep at all?"

"I know you do, Skyla. First; That's ridiculous. You may be an angel but you're human and humans need to sleep. Second; and I'm not crazy about admitting this but... I've watched you sleep you know."

Sky's jaw dropped slightly.

"N-no! Not like that!" he laughed, "I mean, I've dropped by before. At night. And I've seen you asleep. I don't watch you sleep."

Relaxing a little, she playfully hit Jack's shoulder, "Damn, had me scared."

Acting like he was hurt, Jack pouted, "You're so mean. What's wrong with me watching you sleep? It would be your fault for not closing your curtains."

Smiling and shaking her head Sky mentioned, "That's one thing to avoid when talking to Lauren," At Jack's confused look she continued, "The subject of me. I'm sure it will be easy but just make sure all your focus is on her."

"No problem"

"...wow, answer fast enough? Never mind," she cut him off, "If Lauren isn't up in an hour, I'll make some noise and get her up 'accidentally'," she air quoted.

He nodded, "What do we do until then?"

"Unless you can think of something I was just going to go online"

"...I've never really been 'online'. Can I watch? Or- is it a personal thing?"

Laughing, SKy went to her bed and opened the laptop she'd already taken out, "For most people, it is. I've got no problem with it, though." Leaning against the headboard and crossing her legs, she patted the spot next to her, "Do you know any of the basics of a laptop?"

Setting his staff against the wall Jack sat facing her and shook his head at her question, "I've watched some people on their... Laptops, but I've never really worked one."

"Okay. Starting at step one then."

For the next hour, Sky did her best to teach him all she could about her laptop and what she typically uses it for. Handing off the small computer to him now and then, she noticed how quickly he was catching on.

'He really downplays his experience. With the ribbons, and this. He must have learnt a lot over the years. Why hide that?'

"Skyla, you're staring"

"Of course I am. You have your concentrating face on and it's adorable" she grinned.

"Adorable?" he put the laptop down beside him, "I"m not adorable. I'm Jack Frost! The Winter Spirit; Guardian of FUN!" placing his fist over his heart he went on dramatically, "I protect children and put smiles on their faces! I face Fear, and all who are the cause of it! I am not adorable, Angel. I am-"

"A hero?" her grin widened, mockingly.

He reached over; wrapping one arm around her and using his other to mess up her hair.

"Hey- Hey, stop!" laughing uncontrollably Sky tried pushing him off but failed miserably, "Ja- Jack!"

The laptop was moved to the floor as she shifted on the bed, trying to get away. She ended up on her back with the Winter Spirit tickling her. Both were laughing; starving for a breath they couldn't catch.

Through the tears forming in her grey eyes Sky looked up into his blue orbs and saw pure joy 'it may be at my expense but- It's really good to see him like this'

His hands were at her belly, under her arms, they even made it to her feet at one point! He was enjoying himself and so was Sky.

Pinning her arms down he tried to speak around his laughter, "Have enough? Angel?"

"I- Yes! That's enough!" she could barely reply.

"You're really ticklish" he commented, letting go of her arms and sitting up.

"I guess so. As far as I can remember I've never been tickled before."

Jack's grin turned shocked, "Never?"

Still grinning and shaking her head, Sky sat up and started fixing her hair, "Never. I don't have many memories of my childhood anyway. If I was my own shrink I'd say I've repressed them" she put on her best crazy person face and Jack started laughing again.

Then Sky could hear footsteps coming down the hall, "Jack-"

"She can't see me. Just act normal." he told her, "Just don't let her sit on me okay," he winked playfully.

Forcing down a laugh, Sky looked to the door as there was a knock, "Come on in!" she called.

"Skyla" Lauren pushed on the door, "You okay? I hear-" the door opened wide and Lauren stood there; shocked.

"Lau? Wha-"Sky followed where the red-head was looking and realized

"She can see me" Jack finished her thought.

Nodding, Sky got up and stood next to Lauren, "I- Well, I guess you don't need introductions. You should probably say hi"

"h-hi" she sputtered, "You're- you're actually here? Sky wasn't just being mean?"

Looking between the two, Jack had a confused, happy expression, "No, Skyla's been helpful!" he stood up and took a step closer, hand reaching out slightly, "Lauren, it's really me and I'm really here for you!"

Sky backed off, giving them space. She did her best not to listen in while she brushed her hair out but she heard their sweet talk and their happy words. Lauren was tearing up and Jack was comforting her. Then Jack was tearing up and Lauren was giggling.

Then there was just soft words and small laughs.

"We're going out for a bit okay?"

Turning back to them, Sky nodded, "Might want to wash your face first, Lau. Just saying."

If it were possible, Lauren's face turned even redder, "Jack, I'll meet you downstairs in a couple of minutes?"

He nodded and she left.

"Congrats, Frost. I don't know how it happened; but it's happened."

Jack walked over and crushed Sky in a hug, "Thank you" he whispered.

Sky decided not to argue, "Big date planned?"

He let go and blushed slightly, "Sort of."

Looking back at her reflection, Sky questioned, "Can I have my ribbon back now?"

"That's what I meant to tell you," he grinned, "I have a present for you!"

"It's my ribbon, Jack"

"It's not the ribbon. Well, it is. Just look" he pulled a small paper bag out of his sweater pouch. "Here," he handed it to her and, looking at it curiously, she opened it.

Inside her ribbon was wrapped around something round. 'a bracelet?' removing the ribbon, Sky couldn't help but stare, 'it's beautiful'

Jack took the ribbon from her hand, "Like it?" he asked as he tied her hair up, "It took me a while to find it."

She put the accessory on and giggled at the intricate design, "I love it"

The bracelet was thick and looked like it had been carved out of ice, with a snowflake design in light blue in and around it.

He finished with her hair and she turned back, wrapping her arms around him. He hugged her back and laughed, "Good!"

Letting go, Sky looked back to the bracelet and grinned, "I guess I'll never forget you now. I'm never taking this off!"

"That was the point," he smirked.

Looking up at him, she saw the hope in his eyes. Like everything was only going to get better. 'It's all going to be fine now. He has Lauren and... Well, I have the air in my lungs and a song in my heart. It's sickeningly lovey-dovey but it's a song worth singing.'

"You're staring again"

"Can't help it. Now go away. Go have fun. It's what you do, right?" she smiled, pushing him slightly.

"Yeah. See you later, Skyla" he gave her a small wave and another grin and left.

Closing her door, Skyla went back over to her bed and flopped down on it. Staring at her bracelet, she almost thought she could feel the same cold that came from the spirit that had given it to her.

"Jack Frost, huh? I'm glad you made her see you again"

Sky heard a short popping noise and Reached for her phone. There was a new text, {Hey. It's Brandon. From Dark Roast. You know; the enemy'

Laughing, Sky responded, 'I'm glad you contacted me. Now we can coordinate capes for our next battle. Wouldn't want to clash at a time like that}

His reply was immediate, {I'm planning something long. Midnight blue with the Roast's logo at the top.'

'Oh, good. I already have mine made. Dark brown, with the classic Nephilim logo all across it. Medium length}

{Then we're good to go. When and where, Angel?'

Sky thought for a minute. 'He's asking me out? I guess... I have nothing to do now.'

She texted him, 'Soon as possible, Demon. Probably avoid cafes. The mall? YOu can buy me lunch}

{You work more hours than I do. You pay.'

'You get better tips.}

{That I do. See you there'

Smiling to herself, Skyla decided to change into shorts and a light v-neck tee, 'not that this is a date. Like we said; we're meeting for battle'

Checking her image out in the mirror, she nodded in appreciation, "Cute and slightly classy. Good."

'Daniel would kill me if he knew I was meeting 'Demon' from Dark Roast. This could ruin the temporary truce!'

Looking down at her bracelet absently she nodded again, "It's worth it."

Texting Lauren to let her know she'd left, Sky made her way to the bus stop. She thought about borrowing Lauren's car but decided against it.

Finally making it to the mall; Sky kept her eyes out for Brandon. 'He stands out it shouldn't be too hard to spot him'

Reaching the entrance of the food court, Sky followed the eyes of half the girls walking by and sure enough there he was. 'Does he really not notice?'

"Hey, Demon" she said, hurrying up to him and hooking her arm in his, "Wait long?"

"Angel" he smiled back. His brown eyes stared into her greys and he bumped into her slightly, "I would wait forever for you"

When the people around them stopped staring, they laughed and went to grab some food. Sitting down across from him Sky commented, "Sorry about laying it on so thick earlier. I know it doesn't bother you when people stare but I couldn't help myself"

"Hey, it's fine. Pretending you're with me is probably the most fun you've had in... How long has it been since we last met up?" he smirked

"Haha." stuck her tongue out at him, "For your information; I've been having loads of fun recently. With someone else" she added.

"Oh, Angel," running his hand through his stylishly short shaggy blonde hair, Brandon shot her a look of amused pity, "You shouldn't tempt a demon. You know how possessive I can be"

Raising an eyebrow, Sky took a bite and stalled for a while.

"Angel?"

Focusing back on him, she gave her sweetest smile, "Demon, you are unbelievably selfish if you think I should only await your call. You play around with those humans like I mean nothing to you so why can I not have fun with a-" she cut off, unsure if this would be too much.

"'With a' what?"

"...A spirit."

Grinning, he put his fork down and leaned back, "Angel, Angel... Angel. Just WHAT have you been up to? Raising the dead? Aren't there rules against that?"

"Rules? You think I'm being watched? No one enforces the rules anymore; how do you think I'm still able to meet with you?"

"Don't avoid the subject." he leaned back in, "Who is this spirit you're so fascinated with?"

"...Okay" also leaning in closer, Sky made up her mind to go along with it. Smirking, she started, "Ever hear of... Jack Frost?"

Narrowing his eyes slightly the blonde cautioned, "This isn't funny. I thought you were going to go along with it but Jack Frost? Come on; you're usually so realistic!"

Shocked, Sky stared back at him. 'I mean, he wouldn't believe me. No one would believe me but I thought if anyone he would. What do I do?'

He straightened up in his seat, "Sky, it's not that I don't enjoy our little role plays but adding a character like that? It's not working for me."

"Brandon," she stressed his name, "What if I was being serious? About the Jack Frost thing, I mean. That I was sort of hanging out with him?"

"Why?"

"Would we need a reason? Our couple name would be snow angel," she winked, then corrected herself, "not that we would ever be a couple."

He stared at her, unconvinced, "Tell me."

Brandon and Sky hadn't been friends for a long time. If you could even call them friends. They'd met through work, of course. The feud between The Nephilim and Dark Roast went back a ways and when Daniel started showing off his 'Angel' the owner of the competitor decided to try and one up him.

It worked. Brandon is charming, good looking, and the perfect demon of temptation.

It was mostly a joke that they 'battle' but also an unpleasant truth. They tried to get along; but with Skyla being so against losing her job and Brandon enjoying the guise of being enemies it was harder than they thought it would be.

Swapping secrets, keeping up their personas, just messing around. It was all they did together. And it was fun. A Demon and his Angel. A forbidden relationship. Dangerous and exciting.

'he probably knows me even better than Lauren does. Well, maybe just in a different way.'

"...and now Lauren and Jack are out on a date or something." she finished. It wasn't easy, but she retold most of the story.

"I see," he said eventually. He'd seemed interested through most of the story, but hadn't spoken a word.

"That's it?" she laughed shortly, "I pour out my heart to you; I tell you something I could never tell anyone else and all you say is 'I see'?! Wow, Demon, you're really stepping your game up."

"Skyla, don't start. I know you'll joke around as a defense mechanism, it's normal believe me, and I didn't mean anything by it. I'm thinking. It's a strange time for Jack Frost to be here, though. Just for some girl?" at a glare from Sky he corrected himself, "I meant Lauren. Just for Lauren? Umm, how great she is and all. I don't get it."

"Hey, me neither. But they're already happy and it can only get better, right?"

"You can hope so. If there is another reason then you can be sure he's putting Lauren in danger."

"He's not. I"m serious, Brandon. If you were there all the times he was talking about her or even thinking about her... Dammit, he just looks so in love, you know?"

"I could look like that, too, Sky"

Shaking her head, Skyla smiled slightly, "Time and place, Demon."

Smiling back, Brandon looked at his phone, "Hey, I'm almost outta time. If this whole thing gets to you any more than it has; then call me right away. I don't need my Angel losing herself in others' affairs."

"It's what angels do. We meddle and care for the weak and the strong alike. No matter the consequences to our selves and our sanity."

"Cute. Need a ride home? I got time for that."

While he drove, Sky messed with his radio. It was cause for more arguments and she wouldn't have it any other way. It's what they did, and they enjoyed it.

Waving as she went through the front door, Skyla once again noticed the bracelet Jack had given her. Sighing and leaning against the door as she closed it, she couldn't help wondering if this was going to be the new normal for her.

'With Jack and Lauren keeping each other company, and Daniel not giving me such long hours, maybe I'll actually have time to date. If I find someone. Maybe Jack knows a nice snowman'

"Hey, why are you laughing?"

"Oh, hey, Frost. Back so soon?"

"Yeah. You?" he looked at her curiously.

"Yeah, well, obviously," she joked back. Taking her shoes off, she stepped closer to the Winter Spirit, "How'd it go?"

"Good. We caught up a bit. Who was that?" he motioned to the door.

"Oh. Brandon. He's... Well, I know him from work. We had lunch. It was nothing, really."

"You can tell me if you were on a date, Skyla."

"It wasn't a date. It was lunch."

"With a friend"

"With a-" Sky cut off, really not sure what to call her rivalling coffee shop mascot. It didn't matter when Lauren called out from the living room.

"...Coming!" Jack called back. To Skyla he said, "Your life is your own but what harm could it do to talk to me about it? We never did get much of a chance to talk about you."

"Yeah, well," she brushed past him, going to the stairs, "we were pretty focused on you. It was not a date." she added, leaving him there.


NOTES:
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