Chapter 14

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"Punzie!" the girls yelled as they ran over to the brunette, Tooth was sitting on her couch talking to Aster when she walked in, Rapunzel was one of the only people other than Aster to have a key to her apartment.

"Hey Punzie," Tooth greeted happily, "What are you doing here?" she asked a bit confused since Rapunzel doesn't usually just pop into her apartment and because Rapunzel never goes out in sweatpants and one of Flynn's t-shirts unless she's going to the gym or she's sick.

"Everything alright, Sheila," Aster asked, "ya look a little stressed." He pointed out as Rapunzel fell on Tooth's couch.

"I kind of ran over here," Rapunzel muttered as she tried to catch her breath, "my lungs are burning." She continued as she leaned her head back on the couch, "Can I get a glass of water?" she asked still trying to catch her breath.

"I'll get it," Aster chuckled standing up and walking over to the kitchen, Rapunzel then sat up straight and turned to Tooth, Tooth was a little surprised from the sudden change in her friend.

"Did Jack call you?" Rapunzel asked in a whisper.

"No," Tooth mumbled biting her lip, "Is he alright I know he's with Flynn and Hiccup but Aster didn't tell me much more than that." Tooth explained. Rapunzel's face softened as she placed her head on Tooth's shoulder.

"Well last night Flynn was freaking out about him yesterday," Rapunzel sighed, "I'm sure everything is okay, I just wanted to know if he called you but don't start worrying Flynn called me and told he's with him."

"Yeah, alright," Tooth let out resting her head on Rapunzel's head, Aster entered the room and handed Rapunzel a glass of water.

"Thanks" Rapunzel said sitting up then she drank the entire glass in one gulp, "Here you go." She giggled handing the glass back to Aster who walked back to the kitchen, "I'm serious everything's going to be fine." Rapunzel assured squeezing her friend's shoulder.

"So, why are ya here, Punzie?" Aster asked sitting down on the couch.

"I was out for my run and I missed the girls so I decided to come over," Rapunzel said turning to the girls, "they're the cutest things in the world." Rapunzel sighed happily as they watched Baby Tooth teach Lila how to play Just Dance, it was awkward but adorable.

"Mommy," Lila muttered turning to Tooth, Tooth's eyes softened as she turned to her little sister, "Can we go get ice cream?" she asked excitedly.

"No, sweetie we have company," Tooth muttered out.

"I'll take them!" Rapunzel announced standing up from the couch, "I want ice cream too." She giggled as she walked over to the girls, "Come on girls, it's ice cream time." She announced as the girls cheered. They put on their sweaters and shoes and walked out the door living Tooth and Aster alone in the apartment.

"She still calls you mommy?" Aster asked his friend who was biting her lip slightly.

"Yeah," she sighed out laying her head on his chest, "I tried explaining to her that I'm not her mother but it just goes through one ear and out the other."

"She's a kid, Toothie" Aster assured running his fingers through his best friend's hair, "It's hard for a kid to understand why everyone has a mom and she has a big sister." He explained.

"Yeah, I know, it's just hard to hear it some time." Tooth admitted, suddenly there was knocking on the door, they both turned to the door and gave it a confused look.

"I'll get it," Aster announced standing up from the couch and heading to the door, he opened to door and they both let out an audible gasp. Standing in the hall was a mirror image of Jack, the only difference between Jack and the man in the hall was their hair color and their smirks. The man had a devilish smirk on his face which sent unwanted chills down Tooth's spine, Aster tensed up immediately feeling the uneasiness the man brought along with him. The man was dressed in a black suit and a trench coat his eyes studying Tooth from behind Aster, "Frostbite?" Aster asked complete in awe as he stared at the man before him.

"No," the man chuckled coldly, "My name is James Overland, Jackson's brother." James said his voice was lower than Jack's, it sounded like it was filled with evil intentions. James' smirk only grew as he stared at the confused faces of Tooth and Aster, "May I come in and have a chat with you two, it's rather important." Jack said his voice sounding oddly more urgent but at the same time fake.

"I don't," Aster began only for Tooth to stand up.

"Come in," She announced, Aster turned and gave her a surprised look, she knew that it was a bad decision to talk to James, Jack did everything in his power to avoid him, he would visibly tense up any time he said his name but Tooth couldn't fight the curiosity within her. James grinned as Aster moved aside to let him in, James walked over to Tooth and stretched out his hand for her to shake, she took it and another chill went down her spine, his hand was freezing, it wasn't the comfortable cold of Jack's hand, his hand was truly freezing. James chuckled softly as he let go of her hand, Aster moved closer to them as Tooth led them into the kitchen, James sat down in an elegant manor, every move James made was elegant, he moved like he was some sort of royalty. They sat there in silence for a while, it was uneasy and uncomfortable Tooth could barely stand it, "What is it, ya need to tell us about, mate?" Aster finally asked breaking the silence.

"Ah yes," James began reaching into his pocket and pulling out a toy horse that looked like it was made out of sand and it had stunning glowing eyes, "Beautiful, isn't it Miss Fairy?" he asked as his eyes studied her face, she only nodded in response making James chuckle once again, "One of my very good friends makes these, it takes almost a month to make just one but it's worth it don't you think?" he asked, causing Aster and Tooth to nod curious to see where he was going with his banter, "My friend is a very great man, you see, he's the kind of man who was born to be a leader," he continued, "he has been around for a very long time and he is very fond of me and my brother."

"Where are ya going with this, James?" Aster asked running out of the little bit of patients he had.

"Well," James sighed his smirk disappearing as picking up the horse, "my brother has done a lot of things to try to get away from my friend and I," he let out, "he's ran away from us, from me the only family he has left, could you believe that?" he asked causing a twinge of pity to go through Tooth, " I love my brother, and I have forgiven him for all the things he's done, you see I just want to be part of his life."

"What has he done?" Tooth asked quietly.

"Are you sure you want to know, Miss Fairy?" he asked as his lips twitched slightly as he stared at her, "Well I feel you have a right to know so I shall tell you." He said trying very hard not to smirk, "My brother is a very troubled person, he's an alcoholic, he's a pathological liar, and all in all he always been the cause of trouble, I worry about him." James sighed staring at the horse in his hand, "When we were around ten, he went ice skating with our little sister at a pond near our house and the ice cracked they both fell in, Jack was able to get out soon after they fell in but he didn't even attempt to save our sister, I keep telling him it wasn't his fault, he was just a boy and he must have been scared but ever since that day, Jackson has never been the same."

"Jack let your little sister drown?" Aster asked completely taken off guard by the story.

"Well yes in a way he did" James said his eyes turning to Aster, "He isn't someone I advise to keep around," James advised turning to Tooth, "he has a tendency to bring tragedy everywhere he goes, why do you think he had to change his name and leave Burgess, I'm sure if you ask him about it he'll make up some story about how it was my fault but just ask him about Pitch, and I'm sure he'll run away from here as well." James chuckled coldly as he stood up from the table, "Can you give this to, Jackson for me?" he asked walking over to Tooth and handing her the horse toy, "He'll just die when he sees this, tell him it's from me." James chuckled he walked towards the door and before opening it he turned to the pair still sitting on the table, "And Miss Fairy, I'll be keeping in touch." He chuckled walking out of the apartment. Aster stared at Tooth who was slightly trembling as she stared at the horse, thoughts were running through her head. She didn't know what to do, she didn't know who to trust James or Jack, all her thoughts of the fun-loving man changed in a second and she could feel tears in her eyes. Aster stood up and put his arm around his best friend grabbing the horse out of her hand "I'll talk to him." He simple said, Tooth nodded slowly tilting her head so it fell on Aster's chest.

What will happen next?! lol I love you guys I hope you liked this Chapter, I know it's late but I had to do a lot of stuff for school and work but don't worry I'm not giving up on this story. I love you guys thanks for reading