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Chapter 8 – Waking up. Second time.

Jamie was tired. Visiting Jack at the hospital was really wearing him out. He decided that he would still visit but only for an hour, two at the most. He was getting behind with his homework and he had a few tests coming up. He had a lot of studying to do.

It had been five days now… five days he had been waiting on his friend for him to wake up. Every day he went to visit, he hoped for Jack to wake up but nothing happened. He was getting frustrated and he felt useless. He couldn't make anything to wake Jack up. All he could do now was wait and hope for Jack to regain consciousness.

So after the bell rang, he got his things and went to the hospital. He went to the elevator. As soon as he came out of the elevator a nurse came to him.

"Uh hi! I was wondering, you are the one who visits the patient in room 213 right?"

"… Yeah. Why you ask? Is there something wrong?"

"Oh no! Not at all. I just wanted to let you know that your friend woke up last night. I think he didn't remember what happened because he looked quite scared and disoriented. Anyways, he got up and started to leave even though we warned him not to. It was very late, around midnight and he was in no condition to leave.

He started running towards the nearest exit and that made his wound to reopen. As he kept going anyway, we had him sedated. Just to calm him down, you know? He's still in his usual room and he should be waking up any minute now. And maybe, if he doesn't try running off again, he'll be able to go home tomorrow afternoon" The nurse finished.

"Um ok thanks. Thanks a lot" Those were the only words that made way into Jamie's mind. He wondered if Jack would remember him at all. What if he just forgot everything? His death? Being alone for thousands of years? Becoming a Guardian? Becoming his friend? He hoped with all his mind that that was not case. What would happen when he woke up? Would he still be like his usual self?

Lots of questions invaded Jamie's mind. He got more worried by the second. He decided not to think of that and just wait and see what happens. He opened the door slowly. He went inside and it looked as if Jack had never woken up. It looked as if nothing had happened. His hair had now changed into a dark brown. Despite that, everything looked exactly the same. Although there was something new. Jamie's eyes fell on the bed Jack was lying on. He didn't know whether to worry or laugh.

Jack was still lying on the hospital's bed but the only difference was that his hands were strapped to the bed. The nurse must've put those restrain for him not to get up and move too much. Or maybe because of the fact that he just tried to run off. He didn't know. All he though about was how would Jack react when he woke up.

First he waited for a few minutes, just to see if we woke up. When he didn't, which it didn't surprise Jamie at all, he took out his books and started, once again, with his homework.

Forty-five minutes later, he heard the sound of the sheets shifting. He put his books down and waited. He saw Jack starting to move. Just a little. He was waiting for him to open his blue eyes, but when he did open his eyes they were … dark. He couldn't imagine Jack with dark brown eyes, but now here he was. His hair was no more snowy white but dark brown and his eyes were the same. Jack blinked a couple times taking in his surroundings and finally his eyes met Jamie's.

"Jamie?" His voice was rusty and tired.

"Jack! You are finally awake! And you remember me!" Jamie was exited. He was glad that Jack could remember him. He would've been very sad if Jack forgot all about him. Jack frowned in confusion at what he had just said.

"Why wouldn't I remember you?"

"Well, after what happened I didn't know how you would react after waking up and -

"Wait, hold on. What are you talking about?"

"You ... you really don't remember what happened?"

"Well, the last thing I remember was getting here and then -" Jack tried to sit up but found out that he couldn't move his hands. What the heck? Jack looked at his hands and saw some kind of restrains. He started moving his hands, trying to get the restrains loose. He was getting more nervous with every second. Did he do something wrong? Something bad? Did he hurt someone? Jack tried harder and harder to get loose to no vain.

"Hey hey, Jack calm down " Jamie said while standing up and trying to get Jack to stop moving so much. Jack seemed really jumpy but he couldn't blame him. Jamie didn't know what he had been through. He looked quite lost and scared.

"Jamie, did I do something bad?"

"What? No, no. I'll explain everything but first let me go talk to the nurse and see if they can get those off" Jamie went outside the room and went down the stairs to see if he could find the nurse he had just talked to.

Meanwhile Jack stayed there. He was so confused! He couldn't remember what had happened, why was he restrained to a bed? Had he done something horrible? And above everything else, why could older people see him? Why could they touch him? He was not against that but it felt really weird.

His thoughts were interrupted when Jamie, followed by the same nurse from before, came in.

"Ok, I'll take these off as long as you promise that he wont leave like he did last night. Understood?" She said while looking at Jamie. He just smiled.

"Yes of course"

The nurse nodded and proceeded in loosening the restrains enough for Jack to slid his hands off. As soon as he did, he started rubbing his wrists.

"Uh thank you" Jack said. The nurse looked up to him and smiled.

"You're welcome. But remember. If you do runaway like you did, I wont hesitate in putting those on again."

"Yeah, got it."

"Oh and more thing." She said while looking at Jamie.

"You only have a little more than an hour to stay. Then the patient should be left alone till tomorrow to get some rest."

With that being said she walked outside of the room leaving both boys alone. He then seated on the bed. He grimaced when he started to get up. He forgot about the pain on his body and tried to ignore it the best he could.

"So, you don't remember what happened?" Jamie asked

"Well, I don't … I'm not sure"

"What's the last thing you remember?" Jack looked down.

"I remember coming here. But then it's just a blur. We had a snowball fight I think…" He looked up to Jamie and smirked. "Did I win?"

"You wake up in a hospital and the first thing you ask is whether you won a snowball fight or not?" Jamie said smiling.

"Hey you know I don't like being all serious. I just want to relax a little. That's all. But I did win right?"

"I can't say you did. I won fair and square" They both laughed a little until they became silent. There was a small pause between them until Jack broke it off.

"So … what did happen?"

"Well, we had just finished playing. I was going to head home because it was late and that's when we noticed dark sand approaching us. You told me to go home, that you'll take care of it." Jack paid attention to everything that Jamie said.

"I decided to stay and watch from a distance. Just to be sure nothing bad would happen. I was glad I stayed. Pitch appeared. You talked something and then you started fighting. There were so many nightmares and you were trying to fight them all. And then, Pitch appeared from nowhere and the next I saw is … is you being stabbed." As soon as Jamie said that Jack moved his hand closer to his torso's left side, keeping his eyes on Jamie. As he kept silent, Jamie continued.

"Then you passed out. And fell to the floor. That's when Pitch took his scythe and I I thought … I thought he was going to kill you. But he just went off."

"And how… how did I end up in here?"

"After Pitch was nowhere in sight, I went to where you were lying and there was so much blood. You were loosing a lot of blood. I took my jacket and tried to stop the bleeding." Jamie sighed.

"I was scared you know? I was scared that you might die. I didn't know what I was supposed to do, I mean, nobody else could see you but that's when a guy saw us and called for help and –

"Wait, you mean this has happened before? That adults could see me?"

"You mean it happened again?"

"Well, my mind is a little fuzzy but yeah I remember that from last night."

Jack and Jamie just stood there in silence. Both were thinking on the events that happened these last days. That was until Jamie thought of a new question.

"Jack" Jamie said as Jack lifted his gaze and looked into his eyes. "There's something you should know". By now, Jack was getting a little nervous. Was something wrong with him or what? Jamie was thinking of how to make his question. How to tell him that he looked different.

"Have you looked yourself in the mirror?" Jack just frowned in confusion. What does that has to do with anything? Jamie saw Jack's face and tried not lo laugh.

"Uhh, no? I didn't…"

"Well, there's something … different."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, right after Pitch disappeared and went to your side I noticed that your hair was getting darker. At first I though that it was because it was getting darker but after they took you to the hospital and I was able to see you, well … You've changed."

Jamie finished hoping that Jack would say or even ask something but he stayed quiet waiting for Jamie to keep on with his explanation.

"When I saw you, and even now, your hair was, well is, dark brown. At first I was really worried cause I thought it had something to do with the black sand. I thought that maybe some of it was introduced to your body or something and that you would change because of that. I thought that you would turn bad or something. But I am really glad you're okay."

"So what you are saying is that my hair is dark brown? As in right now?"

"Well yes. Oh and also your eyes are the same color" Jamie stood up and looked around the room. Jack wondered what he was doing until Jamie started to talk towards a small mirror that was hanging on the wall. He carefully grabbed it and went by Jack's side. He put the mirror so that Jack could look himself.

Jack's eyes widened as soon as he saw his reflection. He just stared at his hair and eyes with his mouth slightly opened.

"I … This can't be … I look exactly when …- "

"When what?" Jamie peeked from behind the mirror.

"When I was human. But that can't be possible" Jack stayed quiet and looked at his hands. "Can it?"

"Well, I don't know but do you feel any different from before?"

"Now that you mention it, yes. I do feel different. Now I remember that last night when I woke up, I did because I had a strange feeling. Then I realized I was feeling … warm. That's why I woke up. It just didn't feel right."

"But that would explain why everybody can see you now"

"Maybe. We should try to contact the Guardians"

The Guardians! Jamie would have slapped his forehead. He didn't know why he hadn't thought of that earlier. That could have saved him a lot of time.

"But how are going to contact them. Cause now that I am apparently human, I don't have any powers and cant fly-" Jack suddenly stopped talking. Jamie looked at with confusion and worry.

"My staff. Where's my staff?" Jack looked like he was going to have a panic attack at any moment now.

"Pitch has it" Jamie said with sad eyes. Jack's reaction was first of fear but then changed to confusion.

"Why would he take it? It doesn't make any sense"

"Well, I don't know either but we could ask the others once we discover a way to contact them"

"That would be great and-" Jack was stopped by the door to his room opening. It was the same nurse from before. Jamie turned around so that he could face her.

"I am sorry to interrupt your conversation but time's up. You should be heading home now." She said while looking first her wrist watch, and then up at Jamie.

"Okay. I'll get going in 5 minutes" The nurse just nodded and left closing the door right behind her. When Jamie turned around he saw Jack. It seemed he was pleading Jamie not to leave. He still looked confused, shocked and scared.

"Don't worry Jack. I'll be here tomorrow afternoon and then you can come and stay in my house. We have a spare guest room, which we never use. And I think that the Guardians must know that something happened by now"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Jack, you've been unconscious for over 5 days"

"5 DAYS!?" Jack said out loud. He had been out for 5 days. 5 days. That was a lot. Now he was sure that the Guardians might know that there was something wrong cause of the daily visits he did.

"Yeah, I was getting worried" Jamie stood up and grabbed his backpack.

"I should get going now. But don't worry, I'll be back tomorrow. And don't do anything crazy alright?" Jamie said while laughing. Jack smiled too.

"I'll try not to get bored so easily. You know how I get when I am too steady"

"Yeah well, that's not good at all" He laughed. "See you tomorrow Jack"

"Bye Jamie" He closed the door and left the hospital.

When he got out, it was already dark. He walked to his house. When he opened the door he saw his mother and sister sitting on the couch watching a movie.

"So how was your group studying today?" His mom asked him but still having her eyes on the TV.

"It was okay. Mom can I use the spare guest room?" At this question, his mom turned around and looked at him confused.

"Why would want that?"

"Well, remember that friend of mine that was at the hospital? His parents are on … on a business trip and wont be back for a while. I was wondering if he could stay here with us"

"I don't think there would be any problems with that" She smiled at his son's satisfaction.

"Thanks mom!" He yelled as he went up the stairs into his room. Everything was working out perfectly. The only problem was the Guardians. What could he do to get a hold of them? He could write a letter to North but it could be weeks or even months till that letter got to the North Pole. Tooth? No. He didn't want to loose any of his teeth right now. Bunny? Too early for Easter. Sandy? He worked every night but he always worked from a distance. There was no way he could reach him. He let his head hung down in defeat. He decided to talk about this with Jack the following day. Now he needed to sleep. He had a test the next day and he hadn't studied that much. But at least he was glad that Jack finally woke and that he was just fine. He let his mind wonder off and fell asleep.


This was super hard to write xD but hope you guys enjoyed it and I'll love to hear from you! :D

XOXO, Shoyzz