Hello everyone! I am writing this chapter with three burnt fingers right now which really sucks. So I hope you don't think this chapter sucks! Enjoy!

Sally walked down the street heading for the huge hill. She was still getting over the little fiasco that had happened a few days earlier. Her friends had almost found Jack when they went up to the castle. How terrible would that have been?! She reached the giant hill, when she suddenly felt her skirt being pulled on. She looked down to see two boys, and two girls.

"Hey kids." Sally said.

"Hi Sally!" They all said cheerfully

"We haven't seen you in forever." One of the little girls said.

"Yeah, why don't you play with us anymore?" The littlest boy asked.

"I've been…..uh, busy." She replied.

"Will, you play with us now? Pleeeeease?" The little girl pleaded. Sally looked down at puppy dog faces, and couldn't say no."

"Oh, alright." She said. The children squealed with joy as Sally began to twirl them around. Meanwhile a certain skeleton was watching Sally from the large window of the castle. Jack looked down to see Sally twirling a little girl in the air, as the other three children were pulling at her skirt begging for a turn. Jack couldn't help but smile as he leaned on the window. She seemed to almost glow in the bright sun. Suddenly Shock came up to the window and saw Sally as well.

"She sure is good with kids." Shock said.

"Yeah." Jack replied. He just kept staring at her.

"Jack?" Shock said. Jack didn't look her away; he just kept starring at Sally.

"Jack…." He still didn't reply.

"JACK!" She finally screamed, and he jumped in the spot where he stood.

"Uh, sorry Shock. I-I guess I just spaced out there for a second." He said. Shack raised an eyebrow.

"Right." She said, she began to roll away, until Jack called her.

"Shock wait!" Shock turned around. "I….I want to do something special for Sally, you know just as a thank you for helping me the other day, but I don't know what to do, and since you're a girl, I was wondering if…"

"…if I could tell you what girl's like."

"Yeah." Shock, thought for a moment.

"Candy is nice."

"No no, something special."

"Flowers are also kind of nice." Suddenly an idea popped into Jack's skull.

"Flowers…Thanks Shock." He said and with that he ran off. Shock just stood there confused.

"Boys."

The next day…

Sally pushed the huge doors open, trying not to make too much noise.

"Jack?" She called. Suddenly Jack appeared from the stair case. He had the hugest smile Sally had ever seen him have.

"Sally, you're here!" He said with excitement in his voice.

"Yeah, sorry about yesterday Jack. I tried to come, but the neighborhood kids wanted to play."

"It's alright Sally." He said still smiling.

"Anyway, Jack I'm sorry but this has to be a quick visit. I promised Jet we'd go out, and I've already missed a few dates, and…"

"Sally." He said interrupting her. "It's okay; I just have a surprise for you."

"A surprise?"

"Yes. It's upstairs, so close your eyes." Sally closed her eyes, and tried to peek one open. "No peeking." He said. She closed her eye. "Now just follow me." He said. He took his long skeleton hand into her tiny hand and began to lead her up the stairs. Jack couldn't help but notice how soft her skin was. Finally they reached the top of the stair case, where their were two doors.

"Can I look yet?" Sally said.

"Not yet." Jack said. He gently pushed open the two doors and led Sally into the dark room. He brought her to the center of the room. The he went over to both windows and opened the curtains so that the room was filled with light.

"Okay. Now you can look." Sally slowly opened her eyes, but couldn't believe them. The whole room was filled with red roses. There must have been at least a dozen vases filled with roses. Sally went up and smelled one. She gently pulled it out to realize that all the thorns had been cut out as well.

"Roses my…"

"Your favorite." Jack finished. She turned around and starred at him. "You told me that day at the piano. See guys don't forget everything." He said with a smile.

"Oh Jack, you didn't have too do this." Sally said.

"I know I didn't have to. I wanted to." Sally walked up to him with her beautiful smile. "You can come up here, and look at these roses anytime you wish. I'll water them for you everyday I'll make sure they get plenty of sunlight, I'll…" Suddenly without warning Sally placed a kiss on his cheek. He stopped talking and froze where he stood. When her lips pulled away, he could feel his cheek almost burning.

"Thank you Jack. I absolutely love it." She said.

"I-I-I'm glad you like it Sally." He said still not fully comprehending what had just happened. They just stood there for a moment, when Sally realized she had to leave.

"I have to leave Jack. Thank you so much for the roses. Their beautiful. She handed him the rose and quickly ran down the stairs. Jack glanced down at the rose in his hand. He then lifted his hand to his cheek where she had kissed it. He could still feel the tingling sensation. He leaned against the wall so he could hold himself up, seeing as how he thought he might collapse.

"Sh-she kissed me." He said to himself not believing it. "She wasn't afraid to kiss me." He said now smiling realizing that it wasn't a dream.

He walked over to the window to see Sally running down the hill. But his smile quickly turned into a frown when he saw a tall blonde boy rap his arm around Sally. He realized that it was Jet. He watched the two walk down the street together. He looked down at the rose as he angrily turned away from the window.

"What am I doing?" He asked himself. "I'm getting into way too deep. Besides shell never love me, yet she kissed my cheek." He said as he touched the cheek where she had kissed him. He suddenly became angry.

"HOW DARE SHE TOY WITH MY EMOTIONS!" He yelled angrily. "I HATE HER!" He through the rose he held to the ground, and stomped away. He stomped all the way up to the piano room. He walked over to the piano and slammed his fists down at the keys. He sat down in the seat and put his head down.

"I hate her…I hate her." He kept whispering to himself. Finally he drifted to sleep, and began to dream.

In his dream…

Jack opened his eyes not knowing where he was. He looked around to find himself in a place that was completely white. He suddenly looked over and saw someone in the distance. He walked closer to find that it was Sally. She sat on a bench, her hair covered her face, and she held a single rose in her hand.

"Sally." He said with a smile. He ran over to her, but as he stood a few feet away she turned her head towards him, and he could see tears rolling down her cheeks. He suddenly became worried. He ran over, and got on his knees, and held her hand.

"Sally what's wrong?" He asked. She lifted her head up so he could see it.

"You hate me." She said Jack felt like a knife had just gone through his non existent heart. He lifted a hand to her cheek, and caressed it gently.

"Sally no, I don't' hate y…" Suddenly the rose in her hand began to wilt, and dry up.

"You hate." She repeated again. Suddenly she started to fade away.

"Sally no please! I-I didn't mean it! I…" But it was too late. Sally began to disappear along with the bench she sat on and the rose.

"SALLY NO!" She was gone. Jack could feel the room going black as he lay there. "No." He whispered to himself. "NO!"

"NO!" He said as he shot up from the piano. He looked around the room, realizing that he must have dozed off.

"It was just a dream." He said relieved. "More like a nightmare." Suddenly he remembered the rose. He quickly stood up, and ran down the stair case. When he reached the level he saw the rose exactly where he had thrown it. A few of the pedals had fallen off, but it still looked beautiful. He gently picked it up. He gently caressed the remaining pedals on the rose. He opened the two doors, and placed it in a vase. He walked out of the room, and took one last look at the room before he closed the door.

"I don't hate her." He said as he closed the doors.

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