I turned my head and saw Sophie, grinning at the space next to her.
"Yeah, you tell her Jack!" she said excitedly.
"S-Sophie? Did you throw that snowball?" I mumbled, scared of the answer she was going to give.
"No."
"Sophie, there isn't anyone else around."
"Just face it Marie, Jack threw that. He can't miss anyone." Jamie attempted to convince me again.
"Ugh!" I shrug him off and walk away. "I've had enough of this!"

"Wheeee!"

I suddenly hear Sophie cheering loudly.

I turn around and watch in horror how Sophie is lifted in the air by magic and spun around.

(Jack's POV – because I felt like it)

It had been yesterday when Jamie and I saw each other again after a few weeks without snow in his town. North needed some help with the christmas preparations, so I wasn't able to lay a new layer of snow the past weeks. Before I started spreading the snow last night, I visited Jamie.
I gently knocked on his window. Seeing the boy jump up, look at the window and say my name.
He hastily opened the window and let me in.
"Hey bud, missed me?" I ask.

"Of course, plus, it was no fun without the good snow. It al just turned into sludge." he whined.

I laugh at his disappointed face.

"Jack, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."
I sit down on his bed, focusing on not freezing his bed completely.

"Have you ever been seen by a teenager?"

I frown at his question.

"uhmm, no, I don't think so."

"Not even Marie? That friend of mine with the pink hair." he asks, sounding kind of disappointed.
"No, she stopped believing since she turned eight. North told me once. But don't sweat it Jamie, i'm used to it."

"But, she..she told me she believed, why would she lie?"

"Well, she can't just say it in front of all the kids. It would bring them down."

"I wish she saw you." Jamie sighs.

"yeah, me too."

I'm actually not lying about that. I saw her for the first time like a month ago, when she was out with the kids. They wore throwing snowballs at her. Mesmerized, I watched as she dodged every single one of them. And not like, mechanically dodging them, but gracefully. As if she wore gliding gently along the wind. The kids all looked up to her. She was strange looking, I had to admit. But they all liked her even more thanks to that. And so did I.
After that, I helped the kids start a new snowball fight and started to follow her back home. At the corner of the street she stopped and turned. I stood right in front of her, but of course she didn't see me. A smile curled onto her face and she continued to walk home. Suddenly, she pulled this strange device out of her bag and put it on her head. Halfway she broke into a run and I had to speed the wind up a bit so I could see where she lived, but she had been to fast and was gone.
That night, I lay the last layer of snow before leaving to help North. After frosting another window, I suddenly noticed someone walking in. It was her! She sat in front of the window and started to draw in the frost. The longer she drew, the more disappointed I got at the fact that she couldn't see me.

"Jack, we have to let her see you!"
I was stuck in daydreams and accidentally froze Jamie's toy rabbit.
Wha...how are we going to do that?" I asked curious.
"Don't worry, i've got a plan. Meet me at the park tomorrow at about ten o'clock."

So here I stood, it was half an hour till ten o'clock, and was surprised that Jamie was already there with Sophie.
"We'll go get her, you wait here, okay?" Jamie said.

"Okay, don't take too long though."

It didn't take long before they came back.
"She has to get dressed first..." Jamie sighted.

I was starting to get kind of nervous. Would she even want to see me?
It was taking pretty long and Sophie was getting annoyed.
"What's taking her so long?" she said grumpily.

There! She's coming over! Sophie, you ready?"

"Yeah!"
They wore both extremely excited. It was comical to see them both standing there, arms crossed over each other. A fierce look on their faces. The next thing I know, Jamie and Sophie have forced Marie on her knees.

I watch as Jamie places his hands in front of her eyes. Asking her to believe.

"Jamie, stop, it's not going to work just like that." I walk over to him to try to stop him. But he cuts me off.

To my surprise, Marie agrees to try seeing me.
I wait as Jamie Jamie removes his hand from in front of her eyes. He eyes are squeezed shut in concentration, and slowly, she opens them.
For a second I feel as if she sees me, as if she truly believes in me. But she turns her head.

"I'm sorry Jamie. He's not real, this was a bad idea." Marie sighs.
I look down in disappointment and turn to walk away.

"Jack, don't go yet okay, she's acting stupid."

"Stop it Jamie" Marie says sadly.

"No! He is real!" Jamie fights back.

"Jamie...!"

she says his name louder now. I notice her eyes are turning watery. But Jamie stands his ground.

"I won't stop until you believe!"

The moment she starts yelling at Jamie, I lose my nerve. Quickly, I form a snowball with my staf and throw it at her. With a loud splat it hits her face.

"Don't yell at him! He's trying to help me!" I say this without realizing she can't hear me.

"S-Sophie? Did you throw that snowball?" Marie asked, a frightened quiver in her voice.

"No"
Sophie, there isn't anyone else around"
"Ouch." I say annoyed. She's really stubborn.

Jamie tries to convince her again, but she turns around and starts walking away. I look at Sophie, and suddenly, a crazy, wonderful idea pops into my head.
I grab Sophie under her armpits and start to spin her around.
This aught to make her believe.
Jamie bursts out laughing, realizing what Marie must be seeing is Sophie flying around mid-air.
Once I put Sophie back down I see Marie' face. She looks absolutely horrified. But slowly, her expression turn into one of unbelief.

Soooo...

yeah, i think this is the first chapter i'm not sure about.
I wanted to have a little take on how Jack saw the whole "Making Marie believe"- act...type...thing.

So please review on this chapter. I want honest opinions people!

To anyone i disappointed by not posting yesterday, i am truly sorry.
I had a French test to study for, so i didn't have the time to completely finish this.
To the random stranger who pointed out my spelling error. Thank you, i would have typed it wrong every time. now i make sure i don't.
I usually speak Flemish(Yes, that is how the language is called in the northern part of Belgium), so sorry if you notice any more spelling errors.

See you next chapter!
Love, a very hungry and tired writer.