Okay, so only two chapters into this story, and my plan on alternating updates between Fate and Powerless Guardian has been crushed and destroyed into the ground.

Disclaimer: I don't own Rise of the Guardians.

Jamie went into the kitchen in his pajamas, yawning, his hair an absolute mess. He was greeted by the sight of Jack sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast.

"Morning," Jack greeted, his mouth full of cereal.

"Morning," Jamie mumbled, sitting down next to him. He looked at Jack's attire, which was simply his usual outfit and a pair of slippers. "Did you seriously sleep in that?"

Jack looked down at his clothes and then looked back up. "Yeah," he said slowly, confused at what Jamie was getting at.

Jamie sighed. "You seriously need clothes other than that hoodie of yours, and your pants look like they're 300 something years old. Plus an official pair of pajamas."

"Excuse me for not having a chance to be able to go to the store," Jack retorted flatly. "And newsflash, Jamie, my pants are 300 something years old."

"Exactly my point," Jamie shrugged. "You're human now, so it shouldn't be a problem to go buy stuff yourself.

"Where's my mom?" he suddenly asked.

"Taking Sophie to daycare. She'll be back any minute."

"Wow, she's been leaving me alone in the house lately, now that you're here to watch over me," Jamie observed.

"And therefore, it's my duty to inform you that you have school today, so get ready, will ya? It's like, what, 7:45, and doesn't school start at 8?" Jack smirked at Jamie's expression.

"Oh, man! How could I have forgotten about school?!" Jamie ran upstairs and Jack heard a lot of scuffling from downstairs.

"That just proves that you can't handle being on your own," Jack muttered under his breath, rather amused.

Ten minutes later, Jamie came running back down, all showered and dressed, ready for school. He hurriedly grabbed a piece of bread from the bread basket in the kitchen, gave a quick wave to Jack, and rushed out the door, saying under his breath, "If I run, I might make it in time..."

Jack chuckled gleefully to himself and continued eating his breakfast. A few minutes later, Mrs. Bennett came in through the front door with another woman, carrying a small baby girl and on her phone, tagging along behind her. The woman had a worried look on her face as she spoke.

"Really? Has it really become that urgent? I understand, I'll be right over."

Once she hung up, Mrs. Bennett looked at her, concerned. "Martha, what's wrong?"

"I just got a sudden call from the hospital. Oh, Jane, what am I going to do? My mother just got dreadfully sick of pneumonia, and I have to go visit her."

Mrs. Bennett grew even more worried for her friend. "You should go now. I'll watch little Melissa for you."

The other woman looked down at her baby daughter. "I'll be okay taking her with me to the hospital. I wouldn't want to trouble you too much."

"Nonsense," Mrs. Bennett laughed. "I'm already housing an 18-year-old for the time being."

"Yeah, looking after a toddler for a couple hours would totally be cool by me," Jack, who had approached them after hearing the front door open, piped up.

Mrs. Bennett only then seemed to take notice of his presence. "Oh! Jack, this is Mrs. Lee from the next block over. She has a daughter who goes to Burgess High as a sophomore. Martha, this is Jack, that 18-year-old I mentioned."

Jack nodded. "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Lee."

The truth was, Jack already knew Martha Lee from wandering around the streets of Burgess as an immortal spirit, but there was no need for anybody to know that.

Mrs. Lee smiled at him. "It's nice to meet you too, dear." Then she turned to Mrs. Bennett, "He's quite adorable. Anyway, I have to leave now." She set Melissa down. "I hope it really isn't a big problem for you to watch her."

Mrs. Bennett shook her head. "Not at all."

"I don't know how long I'll be staying at the hospital, so I'll call my daughter, Christine, and tell her that her sister is here at your place. She'll pick her up after she's done with school today."

With that said, she left.

Mrs. Bennett turned to Jack. "I can trust you to be alone with Melissa for a few hours, can I?"

Jack shrugged. "I dunno, you trusted me with Jamie, so I guess you can." His lips twitched into a smirk at the reminder of Jamie forgetting to go to school. He wondered if the eleven-year-old actually made it to class on time or got busted by the teacher.

"Good, because I have a doctor's appointment I have to attend."

Jack raised one eyebrow. "And you didn't say anything about that before why...?"

Mrs. Bennett just flashed a knowing grin and left once more.

Jack sighed and looked down at baby Melissa, who was staring right back up at him with huge, innocent, brown eyes. He crouched down to her. "You be good for me before your older sister comes by to pick you up, alright?"

Christine scowled. She had just arrived at her doorstep when her mom texted her and said that Melissa was staying over at Mrs. Bennett's house and needed to be picked up. Honestly, Christine didn't get why her mother had yet to learn the lesson about babysitters, because all the babysitters that were previously hired to watch over Melissa were either creepy, idiotic, or just downright annoying. Christine especially remembered one particular babysitter who, for some reason, had no idea that babies' diapers needed to be changed regularly, which had resulted in a very stinky mess by the time Christine picked her sister up. And there was that other one who kept on babbling to her about how Melissa was such a beautiful baby (Christine swore that he sounded like he wanted to rape the poor toddler). And there was that one time when Mrs. Lee dropped Melissa off with an unmarried 40-year-old man who had no children of his own. Christine shuddered at the memory. She didn't even want to know what that one was all about...

But she had met both Jane and Jamie Bennett at least once before, and they weren't bad people. So Christine just kept her fingers crossed that they would be at least mildly decent when it came to babysitting.

She arrived at the Bennett doorstep and rang the doorbell. She had expected the mother or son to answer; heck, maybe even Jamie's little sister she had been hearing so much about from her mom. But she was not expecting this sexy-looking (She pushed all dirty thoughts out of her mind at that moment) teenager, presumably around 17 or 18, to open the door. His eyes seemed to be one of the richest, most chocolatey brown eyes Christine had ever seen in her life. He was clad in a casual hoodie and these really weird-looking pants that had some kind of rope tied around the bottom, and his brown hair was messy and tussled. In other words, he looked as if he had just gotten out of bed, yet he managed to still look attractive. Christine would have been lying if she said her eyes didn't widen at the sight.

The boy gave her a small smile. "Hey. Are you Christine?"

Christine nodded slowly, feeling like his eyes were boring through her, but soon realized that she was staring at him. Christine, get your head together! Seriously! she mentally scolded herself furiously.

"Chwissy!" Melissa gurgled happily from inside the house and tried to stumble her way out; the boy almost immediately went over to her and scooped her up before going back to Christine. Christine took her from him, mumbled a quick thanks, and took off down the front steps.

Jack blinked, then shook his head. Girls are weird.

Jamie came around the corner, the same one that Christine had disappeared off into just merely seconds ago, at that moment, seemingly looking back at Christine's retreating figure. His eyes darted to Jack, still standing in the doorway, waiting for him to enter the house before closing the door. When Jamie came up the front steps, he eyed Jack carefully. "...Christine just ran past me."

Jack nodded. "I know."

"Her face looked pretty red."

"Okay, and?"

"What did you do to her?"

Jack's jaw just about hit the ground at the false accusation. "I didn't do anything! I was just babysitting Melissa for Mrs. Lee and Christine just came by to get her! Her acting weird has nothing to do with me!"

Jamie raised an eyebrow, having a pretty good idea on the reason of Christine's odd behavior. "No, I think it really has a lot to do with you..."

"Did you make it to school on time or not?" Jack asked irritatedly, changing the subject.

"Do you...want the truth or the lie?"

Jack sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm a little scared to know the truth, so the lie."

"...I did not get a Saturday detention."

"...Your mom's not gonna be too happy with you, Jamie."

"Yeah, I know."

Before anyone asks – NO, Christine is not Jack's love interest in this story. Let's face it: Jack's love interests are not the only girls who think he's a hottie. There are obviously gonna be some that crush on him, yet still sit on the sidelines. I'm not necessarily turning this into a romance fic (though some mild romance will still be seen – I mean, come on, the genre is drama!). But Christine will definitely be making an appearance again, but she'll only be a recurring character. And she won't be seen again until the chapter with Jack's first day of school or something.

So basically, this was a filler chapter, with an OC introduced (three OC's actually – if you count Mrs. Lee and Melissa). Something I should probably mention before I forget is that this fanfic will probably end up having a lot of filler chapters – and I have a lot of ideas right now. Expect some more before Jack officially starts high school, because I don't think it's right if I just skip three whole weeks of being cooped up inside Jamie's house.

For once, I have things planned for the next chapter already. But I ain't giving any of you guys any spoilers.

And one reviewer asked me if I liked Twilight. The honest answer is no, but if you want the truly honest answer, then it's I've never seen Twilight before. I never bothered to read the books either. I just know what happens in the plot. That's all.

One more thing – Yeah, the other Guardians aren't making a lot of appearances, are they? I'll try and fit them in the next few chapters – and definitely when that monster thing turns up again. But that won't be for a while, so guess what that means? You guys get to watch Jack experience hormones, depression, and all that other crap for a pretty long while. So things won't get too dark with the villain just yet. Yeah.

Now that my (extremely long) rant is over, it's time for you guys to click that review button down below! :D