Skyla woke up with Jack's arm still around her, his other hand running fingers through her hair. She sighed happily before turning her head to look at him. He smiled and kissed her forehead, "Good morning, Skyla."

"Is it morning already? Are you sure?" she asked even though the light coming in through the window made it obvious.

"It is. You can sleep in if you want. I don't mind."

"Wish I could, Frost. If I remember correctly; I have to start looking for a job. Unless you know someone who's hiring?"

Jack laughed, "Maybe. Do you know how to make toys?"

"No, but I'm a fast learner." she smirked, "Is it true the yetis make the toys?"

"It is. They're really good. And the elves? A lot of fun. Be careful of the cookies, though."

"...Does that mean I'll get to go to the North Pole some day?"

"I hope so. It's amazing there. All the toys, the decorations. Everyone is always running around and making sure things are running smoothly. You have to see it, Sky."

Her phone made a noise beside Jack on the bedside table, and she frowned, "Damn. Reality." She tried to move, but he just held on to her. "Jack. The moment is already ruined. Either pass the thing to me or let me grab it."

"There's no way it's more important than staying here with me in our little world of elves and ice." he grinned.

"You're right. But I still want to know what the text says." he let her go and sat up on the edge of the bed. Passing her the phone, he stood up and began stretching. She watched for a moment as his sweater came up just enough to show some of his skin. Blushing, she finally looked down to check the text.

{Skyla? Are you okay?'

'Brandon?' she thought, 'Why did it have to be him?' glancing back at Jack for a moment, she felt guilty. 'It's not like anything happened. Too bad that doesn't make me feel any better.'

'Yeah. Just a bit shocked.} she texted back.

"Is it him?" Jack questioned. Sky looked up and nodded. Sitting beside her he put a hand over her own, "Want me to go?"

"Never. He's just making sure I'm okay about what happened." he squeezed her hand and let go as she got another text.

{Josh says you can ask for a job at Dark Roast. It's not a bad gig and you can keep being Angel?'

{If you want, I mean'

'Thanks. I'm thinking of taking a break. Getting some personal things settled.}

{In that case, can I come over?'

"Say yes." Skyla looked over at Jack, shocked. Apparently, he'd been reading the texts. "Spend some time with him. It might help you sort through your thoughts."

'Actually it would probably do the opposite.' she placed the phone down and, putting an arm around his shoulders, she joked, "Trying to set me up with my boyfriend?" Before he could respond, she kissed him on the cheek, "I want to spend the day with you. If that's okay?"

"Only if you kiss me again" he grinned, pointing to his cheek.

Pulling her arm back from around his shoulders, Skyla bumped him softly before standing up, "Later. Maybe." Grabbing a change of clothes from her dresser she told him, "Just wait here."

After a short shower, throwing on some jeans and a tee, and a quick round with the hair dryer, Skyla walked back into her room. Jack was leaning against the far wall, looking out the window with a smile on his face. The light from outside shone against his hair making it look even more like the snow its color reminded her of.

"Isn't it uncomfortable being here in Summer?" She asked, shutting the door behind her. "I mean, isn't it your opposite?"

"Nothing I can't handle." he answered, his smile growing while he kept looking out the window, "Why? Are you worried about me?"

"I'm always worried about you," she smirked. Moving to the side of the bed where her phone was, she saw some other texts. "Ah, hell. I forgot to text him back." She ignored Jack's laugh and texted Brandon to tell him 'maybe another day}

"So, what are we doing today?" the spirit asked, grabbing his staff.

"Whatever won't make you melt, I guess." she shrugged, grabbing the ribbon and twisting it around her hair.

"You've already melted my heart, how much more damage could you cause?"

"That's funny."

"You didn't laugh"

"It was a bit too cheesy for me." she stood up "Nice try, though" and kissed him on the cheek again.

"I'll have to try that again later" he told her, leaning in closer. Skyla blushed and walked around him. He followed and they were soon outside. "Wow, it is sunny. You really do want me to melt, don't you?"

Skyla frowned, "Is there somewhere nearby we can go to? Somewhere not so sunny?" she put her hand over her eyes like a visor and peered around, "Haven't you scoped this place out?"

Jack turned her around so she faced him and wrapped an arm around her waist. "Put your arms around me. Hold on tight."

Skyla did as he said and then nodded. "What are we doing?" she asked, and he just smirked. Lifting his staff slightly, a rush of wind caught him and he took off into the air, Skyla holding on for dear life.

Her hair trailed in front of her as she watched the ground get farther and farther away. She wasn't particularly afraid of heights but flying like that was a first and she had no idea how to cope with it.

"Having fun?" he asked and Sky held tighter in response. They were up really high and though she trusted the spirit to catch her if she fell in some stroke of dumb luck she also trusted gravity to make it incredibly hard for him.

They were flying away from the city, and she noticed small landmarks as they passed by. Keeping track of them, she thought she was getting an idea of the direction they were going. There were few mountains in the area, and of course Jack would have been drawn to them. Though closer to the sun, the thick trees canopied most of it. When the days started getting colder, they were the first to show signs of snow.

When Jack landed in a clearing and set her down, she quickly checked her hair and the contents of her purse, "You are so lucky I didn't lose anything."

"Skyla, you really think I could be so inconsiderate?" he smirked, "So, how do you like our little hideaway? Cool enough for you?"

Skyla grinned, "Yup. Frosty, even." Where the city was almost annoyingly hot, the mountain only held the light of the sun and not the direct heat. A light breeze travelled through the trees surrounding them and she closed her eyes to enjoy it. "I've never been up here. It's really nice."

"And no one will melt!" Jack mentioned excitedly. He took her hand and she opened her eyes to look at him, "How did you like flying?"

"It was... a lot of fun" she chuckled. "We get to fly back later, right?"

"Of course. Now what should we do? Snow ball fight? Bet you haven't done that in a while."

"Never have, actually. I'm kind of lacking a normal childhood."

Jack's eyes went wide and he set to work frosting the ground before making snow fall all around them. Sky stood back to let him do his thing and sighed happily. 'Our own snow day, huh? I could get used to this.'

When he was mostly satisfied, the spirit twirled around a few more times with his staff trailing on the ground; forming snowballs. "How does it look?" he asked, his smile lighting his face.

"It looks like you know what you're doing. Go easy on me, okay?" Jack nodded and she picked up a snowball. When she looked back to him, Jack already had his arm back, aiming for her. Running behind the nearest tree, the snowball hit against it and sprayed chunks of snow past her.

Cautiously peering out from behind the tree, she searched the clearing for him. Poising her arm to throw the snowball she'd picked up, she walked out from behind the tree slowly. "Jack?" she called. No answer. She lowered her arm.

"Gotcha!" he announced, just as a snowball hit her in the back of the head. She laughed, and turned to find him missing again.

"That isn't fair! I thought you were going to go easy on me!" she rubbed at the spot the snowball hit her and looked around. In the middle of the clearing she didn't have much cover, but she was hoping to see him before he got her next time.

When he eventually showed his face, she aimed and threw. She missed. And then again, and again. Jack didn't throw many and mostly restocked the snowballs she kept throwing at him. When he did hit her with a snow ball, he disappeared for a bit and she could hear him laughing.

"Jack, come on!" she pouted. The spirit came out from behind a tree with his hands up and a smirk on his face. The staff was leaning against his shoulder.

"Just having fun, Sky. It's your turn. You get one free shot, then we go back to playing the game. Good enough?"

"And you start going easy on me?" she asked.

"Yeah. I will. You're not very good at this, are you?"

Picking up a snowball, she aimed at him, "I told you; I've never been in a snowball fight. Of course it would be one-sided when I barely know what I'm doing." pulling her arm back, she kept her eyes on him. He was still smirking when she threw the snowball forwards.

He dodged and ran at her. Skyla turned to run away, but he grabbed her by the waist and twirled her around. "You really think I would give you a free shot? Skyla, I'm not that nice" he laughed.

Her annoyance left her when he lowered her back to the ground. She smirked back at him and pulled him down to the ground with her sitting on top of him. Grabbing some snow, she tried to drop it in his face. Too quick for her, he rolled her over just before she let go and the snow ended up in her own face.

Jack burst out laughing and tried to help get some of the snow off of her. "That was great. Want to try again?"

Sky smiled, "I'm really no good at this."

The bracelet had been cold all day, and when they were so close she knew he could also sense her emotions. Like he'd said, the connection was in their stronger emotions. All of them. Whether bad or... Incredibly good.

Jack shook his head and moved to get off of her. Before he could get far, Skyla pulled him back down on top of her. His face inches from hers, he blushed deeply and stared into her grey eyes.

"Jack, thank you. You made it snow for me. Created our own Winter Wonderland. You're amazing, you know that?" she blushed, too.

"I know I am, Sky." His blue eyes travelled down her face and landed on her lips a moment before snapping back up to meet her eyes again.

Noticing what had happened, she blushed deeper. "Yeah, you are," she whispered. Closing her eyes for a moment, she tilted her head up for her lips to graze his. His eyes lit up and seemed to sparkle. When he didn't make an advance, Skyla breathed out a laugh, "You can kiss me, you know."

Taking her advice, Jack pressed his lips down against hers. His hands held her shoulders and hers gripped his sweater. After a moment he pulled away slightly, "Am I as bad as you are at throwing snowballs?"

"You're ruining the moment." she told him, pulling him down against her to kiss him again. She was happy when it lasted longer than the last time. He got more into it and rubbed his hands down Skyla's arms. Her lips moved against his as he started to relax.

A clump of melting snow dropped from above and landed on top of them. Laughing, the two rolled apart. Standing up, they brushed the snow off themselves. Shivering, Sky looked around. Without the spirits attention, all the snow around them was melting.

"That's probably enough snow for today, anyway." Jack said, grabbing his staff. "You had fun, right?"

"Of course," she replied, walking over to grab her purse, "Though for my first ever snowball fight, I don't think I did too well."

"You were great," he assured, stepping beside her, "For a first time, I mean. You just need some practice." putting an arm around her waist he asked, "Are you ready to fly?"

Skyla wrapped her arms around him, "Yeah, I am," she held on to him tightly as he lifted them off the ground.

When Jack stopped high above where she was sure the house was, she looked at him as best she could without loosening her grip. He was looking down, concentrating on something. "Jack? What is it?" she asked.

"Brandon. He decided to stop by after all. What should we do?"

"Drop me off down the road where he can't see me? It would be difficult explaining how I dropped down in front of him." she reasoned.

"What about your window? The lock is still broken so I could get you inside."

"What if he's been out there for a while? Then what will he think?" Taking a moment to follow her logic, Jack hovered for a while longer. Shaking his head, he floated away from the house and let her down out of sight.

"Mind if I stick around long enough to find out what he wants?" he asked and Skyla shrugged. Smiling he leaned over and kissed her cheek, "It's too bad he can't see me."

"Yeah. Too bad." she shot back sarcastically. Smiling back at him, she walked back towards the house with the Winter Spirit in tow.

Brandon spotted her and met her on the sidewalk, "Skyla!" he grinned, "Where have you been?"

"Around. Been here long?" she asked, walking with him along the walkway.

"No. I just came to check on you. I know you can take care of yourself, but I worry sometimes."

They reached the front door and Skyla turned to him, "You really don't have to. Though, I guess I appreciate it. Were you wanting to come in?"

"Of course he wants in, Sky." Jack cut in, waving a hand in front of Brandon's face.

"Yeah. For a minute. There's something that's been on my mind." the blonde replied, oblivious to Jack's presence.

Hoping it wasn't anything too serious, Skyla turned to unlock the door.

"Hey, Skyla." Jack started, leaning in beside her, "I should probably take off. If you want me back later, you know how to get my attention." Kissing her cheek one more time, he walked slowly down the path before letting the wind pick him up.

Not long later, they were seated on the couch next to each other. Neither had said much other than mentioning how well their day had been going so far.

"What did you want to talk about?" Skyla asked finally.

"You, mostly. I understand if you don't want the job at Dark Roast, but I don't want you to stress over a job. You should take it. For a little while until you can find somewhere else."

"It sounds like a great gig." she told him, "But like I said I have some personal things to settle. Let me deal with them first then we'll talk about it."

"Is it anything to do with me?" he questioned, watching her.

"Maybe a little bit. But, it's-"

"Complicated?" he grinned, "Tell me?"

"No, I really can't. Not now. Sorry." she smiled back weakly.

"Come on. It can't be that bad? What? Is there another guy?"

Brandon was still grinning, but Skyla panicked. 'Oh no. He's joking, right? I don't have to answer that do I?' Looking away, she hoped not.

"Wait" he put a hand on her shoulder, leaning over to get a look at her face, "Tell me there's not?"

Looking back at him, she put a hand over his, "Brandon... don't get mad. I was going to tell you. There is-"

"Who?" he asked, his lips turning to a thin frown.

"N-No one you know. Or will likely ever know." he took his hand back from her shoulder and hers dropped into her lap. "He knows about you. It's only fair you know about him, I guess."

"Do you love him?" he asked. Skyla nodded. After thinking a moment he asked "More than me?"

She went still. "That's what I needed to sort out" she sighed, "I'm sorry."

"Did you know you loved him before you and me were officially together?" Brandon asked.

Skyla shook her head and melted back into the couch, "No. Friday, I think."

"Friday," he breathed, running a hand through his hair, "That sucks. So you saw him, during your show, and you ran for it for whatever reason?"

"He was with someone. She kissed him... Later I guess they talked about it and aren't actually romantically attracted to each other. But I got really jealous. He sort of noticed and we talked about it later. He said it first. That he loves me, I mean."

"Later? You talked about how you're in love later that night? After I brought you home?"

"..." mentally slapping herself, Skyla decided not to say anything.

"Do I have any chance against this guy?" Brandon asked, grabbing her hand and looking into her eyes.

"...I want to be selfish. I want to say I won't give up either of you. But... Brandon, you know I love you. You also know I love him. Asking me is a stupid thing to do. What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking... I don't want to let you go. I also don't want to hold you back if he's the one you really want. I'll stay by your side, if only to help you figure this out. You still love me, and that's what I really care about."

Skyla slowly wrapped her arms around him in a hug, "Thank you. I really don't know what I could do on my own!"

Brandon hugged her back, "You would be completely lost without me. Let's talk about it more later. Right now I just want to watch some lame TV and hold onto my now, and hopefully forever, girlfriend." he smiled.

Smiling back, Skyla let go and grabbed the remote. Settling back into Brandon's arms, she sighed happily. 'That wasn't so bad. I'm worried about later, though.' She rested her head against his shoulder and relaxed.


NOTES:
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