"Well, since you paid me your visit when North was around, do you have something more to say since I'm alone now?" I asked to the voice that appeared in my head before. It didn't answer.
"I knew you wouldn't say anything." I added with a bored expression, just to avoid feeling completely idiotic.
The sun was bared, but there wasn't any warmth, it was just bright. The emptiness was so much different from the cities. And it just made loneliness sweep itself over me smugly.
I wasn't surprised that being a guardian or not really couldn't do anything to me. I was still feeling that feeling that I didn't belong somewhere, anywhere. It could cause frustration to me before, but now I sensed that I was only thinking more, understanding from another perspective. If I really wanted to have a change in my pathetic life, I would have to be willing to do it. So aside from everything else, I was still learning to grow up.
I tried forgetting about the voice and thought of what North just offered me. School. I had never been to school before, but I had seen it. And it didn't look boring, with all the activities and stuffs. And there would be kids, how bad could it be? Right then, I knew what I would do; I would go check out Jamie just to know how we influenced him. Oh, but I've slept for days, so the part with the most fun was missed. I muttered intelligibly, using Chinese, a language I was still trying to know better.
Among all things, flying freely towards one specific direction with none obstacle, none duties had always been my favorite thing to do. And I was glad that I would have the chance to do it right then. So carrying myself and … Oops, I felt something in my pocket. The teeth, it reminded me of Baby Tooth, likely she was with Tooth right now. Strange that I didn't feel the box when I woke up, maybe I was really stiffed. So now, having a hand securing the teeth, I found myself flying in an ever rising speed.
Burgess wasn't hard to find at all. Probably for the first time in forever, I was actually looking for something when I was above the ground. I was now hanging in the city. And the day is bright.
I was closed to my destination when a little girl looked up at me from her window and screamed with a remarkable thrill. Her tangled long golden hair flying and jumping like herself, and she ran towards my direction, leaving the door of her house unlocked. I landed gently, covering the spot with scratches of frost. It was my label.
"Jackie!" Sophie's voice was with so much cuteness and innocence. "You came back! Ya came back!"
I bent down to hold her in my arms. A second later she pulled away with a shiver. I smiled widely for her to see. "Morning, lassie, how are you doing?" I would have to be polite, not hurting her feelings by asking about Jamie right away.
"It's Saturday, I woke up because of the snow. I knew you would come back soon!" she still hadn't got along well her excitement yet, proudly bouncing up and down like her favorite guardian in a really amusing way.
"Is your mother up yet?" I grinned at her, and asked the first thing that came up to my mind, which was pointless; I knew her mother was, of course.
"Well, yes. She always gets up the earliest." She seemed to be calmed down, like I thought.
"Well, not the earliest." I tried to tell a joke, "that belongs to that greyhound."
"Ha," she laughed with a few teeth bared, "So Jamie's still in bed."
"Yeah." I nodded once.
Then I noticed it, a guy was gawking at me, from my hair to my bare feet, my whole slim figure across the road. He was wearing black sunglasses that shadowed his eyes, his head ducked down, gawking through his thick lashes.
"What the hell…" I breathed. I was glad Soph seemed to be unaware of it. Maybe he was gawking at her. I had to get her inside; she shouldn't be here alone so early, with the city barely awakening from its dreams.
"Hey, Sophie." I stood up, turned my back on that guy, but still cautiously feeling his stare towards my back. Then in my mind, his figure was re-forming. He wasn't wearing a hat; showing his slicked-back long dark hair, and the most important thing, he was wearing a dark cape! What age was it now? Was I daydreaming? The sunglasses didn't cover his expression, which is weird… and dangerous.
I decided to tell her straight.
"Sophie, can you go back into the house? Go find your mom." Looking down, I spoke quickly.
"Will you be coming with me?"
"I…" I grinned, almost apologizing. "I'll be around here for a few hours. Now go back inside." Rushing the words out, I didn't know if I hid my alarming voice well, but she knew what I meant.
"See you, then, Jack." She waved her gloves.
"You too, Soph." I smiled at her. Then her door was securely shut, I couldn't help but go check it. It was locked. I felt a sense of relieve. It should be fine, she was with her mother now. I shot a reassuring glance across the road. But that person was still gawking at me.
A/N:
So this chapter is pretty short.
Up till now, what I wrote was like nothing. The story, the real plot was still somewhere hidden in my brain and slowly but surely preparing itself for the sprint. Something captivating will happen when Jack's at school, but I can't tell you about it, now. He…he… :) Plus I was just so satisfied when I see people viewed what I wrote. If I can make you smile for one brief second, then my purpose updating it on the Internet is granted. (cough…)
Well, I'm really loving my story. It's like a little plant that I'm growing. I see it grow up day by day, don't know how it will turn out. It doesn't look perfect, not a master piece. But it belongs to me only, and people can read it and feel the same way. That feeling was just breathtaking.
Thanks for reading & please review!