Hey! I have to change update date, sorry. I forgot that now that school has started, I will have football games almost every Friday.
Here! Another chapter! It's a little short but the next chapter is a DATE chapter. First date!
In other news, Alrye has a reference in here.
Jack was shocked by the kiss and struggled a little under the weight of Averett but suddenly that weight was gone and he gasped to gain the breath he had been startled into losing.
A crash sounded, along with a shattering sound that was distinctively an old pottery piece North had kept on a shelf on the wall. Jack turned to gaze at whatever force had forced him away from the groundhog.
Jack's eye widened almost comically at the sight of a growling Bunny and a smirking Averett. Judging by the massive dent in the wall behind them, Bunny had torn Averett off of Jack and threw him into the wall. The ancient pottery was laying on the floor in tiny bits of it's former glory.
The air was tense as Jack observed the two males glare at each other. Before Jack could realize what he was seeing, Jack and Averett began to battle. They twirled around each other in a fatal dance, exchanging blows that often were avoided and instead destroyed more of North's things.
A sofa that had been standing too close had deep abrasions on it that revealed the fluffy stuffing while a lamp that was god-knows-how-old was cracked down the middle. Jack was startled when one clawed paw left deep lacerations on a painting of one of North's Christmas parties.
Jack laughed at the mark that cut North down the middle, almost too perfectly placed to be accidental. He was interrupted from his amusement when a window was shattered.
He spun around to see his favorite entrance in pieces and no Bunny or Averett to be found. Jack quickly ran to the window to see two blurs rush past on the snow. The grey one, Bunny Jack assumed, was much better on snow then the groundhog and proved it by literally running circles around him.
The blurs ran off out of Jack's sight just as the door was slammed open again. Jack turned to see North coming in with a tray in hand. "Alright! I has milk and cookies! And- What happened?!"
Jack growled "Averett got Bunny mad and now their fighting. Happy now? If Bunny gets hurt then we can't go on our date!" Jack huffed and turned to the window frame that let in the cold breeze.
North stood still "Averett is polite!"
At that Jack turned to glare at North. "He KISSED me without asking. Bunny hasn't laid a hand on me!" Jack sighed and sat down next to the marks on the couch. Jack glared at the floor and tucked his head to his chest.
North sat down the tray and turned to the window and frowned. Maybe… Just maybe he was involving himself with something he shouldn't. But Jack was so young! North's mind whispered to him He's been around for three hundred years without anyone, he could handle himself.
North breathed in deeply and then let it out in a nosy rush. "Jack."Jack made no noise to affirm he heard North speak.
"Jack, I am sorry." Jack whipped his head up and stared at the giant Russian. "What-"
North held out his hand to motion for silence "Let me finish. I was mad that Bunny would get you. You are like son to me! But I have no real claim on you. Bunny now does. I should not brought Averett to court you."
Jack smiled hesitantly at North. "I forgive you."
North smiled softly at Jack and pulled him up into a bear hug. They stayed that way a little while just listening to the fluttering of the wind that explored the room before North pulled away. "Averett, he kiss you?"
At Jack's nod and blush North turned to the door. "Where are you going?" Jack called to North's back.
North paused "I have to get old gun down. I need to hunt some groundhogs."
Jack laughed and hopped that for Averett's sake that Bunny had already ran him off before North could find him. Then Jack turned to sit and watch the window for his Alpha.