(Back to Marie POV)

I don't know if it's the stress that came from all the exams, or if i'm just going crazy.

Sophie continues giggling after she's spun around about five times and gently placed back onto the ground.
"Again, again!" she squeals in delight. Her arms seem to fly around someone's leg and she gets lifted up, still clinging to the invisible leg.

What is going on?! My hearts starts to hurt in confusion and I sit down in the snow, trying to take in what i'm seeing in front of me.
Could Jamie be right? Is Jack Frost...real?

I close my eyes and try to find an explanation for these things. I even pinch myself in the arm, to check if it's just a dream, or a nightmare.

But, I can't find any other explanation than that Jack Frost is actually real.

I slowly open my eyes
Two extremely bright blue eyes are staring into mine and I jump back in fright.

Jack, surprised after my sudden scream, takes a few steps back and trips over a small branch.

Thinking he would fall, he just keeps hanging mid-air, letting the wind push him back up.
"Jack Frost" I whisper in amazement.

"What?"

Jack's voice sounds even more surprised then mine. "You...you can see me?"

I nod.
A cute, crooked smile appears on his face. "Jamie..she can see me! We did it! You did it!" He flies over towards Jamie and hugs him, not even noticing that Sophie was still clinging to his leg. I giggle at his excitement. He slowly floats over to me and offers me a hand. I grab his hand. Whisps of snow floating along the wind twist around our hands as he pulls me up. He's pretty strong, considering how thin he looks. My hand starts to hurt from the cold, even though i'm wearing gloves. I quickly pull my hand away.
"Oops, sorry, pretty cold, huh?" he says, clearly impressed by his own powers.

"Well, obviously." I frown a bit. This feels kind of awkward. I haven't believed in him, like ever, and now he stand before me. Like it's the most obvious thing ever.
"You know, you don't look anything like I expected."

"Oh here we go..." he claps his hand against his forehead. "No, I am not a grumpy old man with a beard, or a happy little elf or whatever they tell you I look like."

"Oh no, it's just..." I quickly apologize.

"Don't worry, okay. I should at least be glad about the fact that you can see me."

"Should me and Sophie leave so you guys can chat, or are we going to have a snowball fight?" Jamie suddenly cuts in. Letting a snowball bounce up and down in his hand.
"Oh you are so on." Jack says excitedly.

"Actually, I think i'm going to pass." I decide.
"Aww, come on Marie, you're only just believing in him." Jamie says disappointed.

"No, no, let her go Jamie. She can't help it that she's scared to get hit by one of my snowballs again." Jack says teasingly.

"Excuse me? I couldn't see you before, you got lucky." I point out to him.

"So you think I, Jack Frost, master of snow, wind and ice, King of Frost , creator of Blizzards can't win from you in a snowball fight?" he says impressively. Letting the wind blow harder around me and making the snow spin around him dramatically.

"No." I say unimpressed.

He lets the wind calm down and the snow falls back to the ground. He shakes his head wildly like a dog to get the remaining snow out of his hair.

"In that case. I challenge you!" he points at me, still trying to act dramatic.

"I-I"m sorry...i have to go." I turn and quickly run back to my home. Smashing the door closed behind me. I lean against the door and sink to the floor. I feel so confused about this. For years I believed. Me and my mom, we believed together. But, I asked Santa to make sure she was okay, to heal her, to bring her home with me again. If Jack Frost was real, then he should be real too.
My dad never told me what my mom had. I asked when I was younger of course, but I would only get answers like "Mummy has a headache." or "She has a little bug in her tummy, and the doctors need to get it out.". I always pictured this little purple monster, clawing thru my mothers stomach. It made me feel sad, and scared.
Jack Frost was real. Which means that my mom was telling the truth every time she read to me. They weren't story's, they wore reality.
I feel the tears flowing down my cheeks.
"Mom, I really need you right now." I sniffle, staring at the picture of me and my mom.
We wore at the park that day, it was a week before she had to go to the hospital. I was feeding the ducks, and my mom sat next to me , staring into the distance.
Wait...no..is that?
I get up and walk towards the picture. A figure stood there. He was tall, and it seemed as if he was carrying a basket. I've never noticed this before. Could he possibly be...?
Hastily, I pull the picture off the wall. Accidentally pulling a bit of the wallpaper off. I take the picture out of the frame and search for the date that the picture was taken. Dad would write it down, right? He always did that. Yes, there is something written.
"Easter sunday" I read aloud. "The easter-bunny was there?"
Did he know my mother? He's clearly not hiding away. He's just standing there, looking at us. My heart is pounding in excitement. If my father won't answer me, then maybe the easter bunny will! I have to talk to him. I need to know what happened.

And Jack just might be the only one who can help me find him.

Are you beginning to understand what i meant with "the hole in her life that needs to be filled"?
And she saw Jack, she believes! She even saw Bunnymund in the picture. I like to think of scenarios where kids take pictures of the guardians, but only if you believe, you can see them on the picture. So their parents would just see a blank photo.
My last chapter wasn't all that, but i feel great about this one.
Am i still rushing things a bit? I don't know, i'm getting kind of paranoid.

Marie is going thru a hard time, and she never really got over the fact that she lost her mother. Jack might just be her ticket to answers.
But she might get more then she was asking for...

Thanks for the wonderful reviews, i just, wow...They make me feel all tingly inside.
Might this emotion be happiness? The thought of it!

Okay, it's official, i'm weird.

Until the next chapter my friends!