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Winter's outfit: a pair of slightly faded, dark jeans; a form-fitting, blue, long-sleeved shirt with a white tank top underneath; and Jack's brown cloak.
It has been about 300 years since the day that Jack and I met; and a lot has happened in all that time.
Since that fateful day, Jack and I have discovered that we control the winter weather. Why both of us? We don't have the slightest idea; the moon hasn't talked to either of us since the day we met. Jack uses his staff to control the weather and the snowflake necklace he gave me glows when I use my powers.
Our powers are pretty much equal and we use them wisely; that is until we get into a fight. Fights between us are extremely rare, but when we do; a massive snow storm is the result.
The last fight we had, was on Easter Sunday in '68; the Easter Kangaroo was not happy about that. He caught Jack and blamed him for the whole thing; while I sat in the shadows, laughing. The Kangaroo never mentioned me; so I guess he still had no idea that I existed. But that didn't faze me much because no one has been able to see Jack and I. However, we made up later that night.
Now to the present...
It's late December; Christmas Eve to be exact. Jack and I are flying above Paris, hand in hand. Tonight is our anniversary of the day we met and Jack said that he had something special for me.
There is a light flurry of snow falling on the Parisians as we land atop the Eiffel Tower; which is lit up in the evening darkness. We look out over the city and I turn to Jack; his present hidden behind my back.
"Jack." I say nervously; he turns to face me. "I-I made this for you." I take a necklace out from behind my back and hold the pendant gently in my hand. It's a crystal snowflake attached to a leather string; very similar to the one he gave me.
"Wow! It's beautiful Winter!" He exclaims as I place my gift around his neck. He gives me a hug and a small kiss as a thank you. "I love it, but I bet mine's better." He says with a smirk.
"Oh yeah, well just what's so great about it?" I ask, crossing my arms and giving him a playful smile.
"You'll see." Jack replies taking both of my hands in his, while taking a deep breath.
"Winter, ever since I first met you I have known there was something familiar about you. I could never recall why that was, but when I'm by your side I feel like I can do anything." He begins. "You are the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen. You're kind, smart, funny, and caring and..." He pauses and clears his throat. "I'm in love with everything about you, and I guess what I'm trying to say is..." Jack bends down on one knee and takes a small black velvet box out of his hoodie pocket.
My hands fly to my mouth with a gasp, and I can feel the tears of joy pricking at my eyes.
"Winter Snow. Would you marry me?" He opens the box to reveal a diamond ring with two sapphires on each side, which has tinier diamonds going halfway down the white gold band.
I let out a sob and manage to say, in a strangled voice. "Yes. Oh my gosh Jack; yes!"
He places the ring on my left hand with a big smile and I throw myself into his arms; sobbing with joy as he hugs me tightly. After a few moments, I lean back and place my hands on either side of his face; giving him a smile and a short laugh before planting a long passionate kiss on his pale lips. He feels surprised at first, but then takes a hand and tangles it in my hair. The other moves to the small of my back and he leans me down as he presses his lips harder to mine.
Jack and I stay like that for who cares how long before we come back up, spinning around in the winter air.
There is a jingling sound and we look up to see North flying by in his sleigh. We wave up at the jolly old spirit of Christmas; he returns the favor and I can almost make out a knowing smile on his lips.
Several months later...
Jack and I are in the town of Burgess, which isn't far from the lake we call home. I am skating across the surface; freezing the ice enough to accompany the snow Jack is spreading throughout the city.
I stand on the shore and admire my handiwork just as a few children past me; running back into the town.
There is a little boy who Jack and I have taken a special interest in. His name is Jamie Bennet. He and his friends love the snow; Jack and I always have the best snowball fights with them in the town's park.
I feel a pair of slender arms wrap around my waist and I turn to give my fiancé a quick kiss. "Welcome back." I say playfully
"Good to be back." He replies giving me another kiss.
"Jack, you know that it's only a few days until Easter right?" I ask, knowing full well that the Kangaroo will be mad if there's snow on his holiday.
"The snow will melt by then. I promise." He smiles mischievously, toying with my hair.
"Alright then." I reply while running my hand through his hair before flying off towards Burgess.
When we arrive at Jamie's house his little sister, Sophie, is hopping down the stairs on the deck at the back of their house. Jack walks along the tall wooden fence while I float in the yard.
"Easter Bunny! Hop, hop, hop!" She says innocently. I gasp when she falls on the last step and starts to cry.
"MOM!" Jamie calls as he runs off with his sled. "Sophie fell again!" His mother comes out with a warm hat in her hands and walks over to Jamie.
Meanwhile, I float over to Sophie. She's reduced her crying to sniffles, but it hurts me to see her sad. I get an idea and conjure up a few snowflakes, and shape them into bunnies.
"Ooooo! Pretty!" She says as she reaches out to touch them.
I see her mother coming back and make the rabbits hop away. Sophie reaches her arms out to her mom and is taken inside for some hot chocolate.
"Can you believe that!" Jack scoffs as he hops off of the fence.
"What?" I ask, confused as to what he's talking about.
"She said 'We don't want Jack Frost nipping at you nose' when she gave him that hat. Then he asked her who Jack Frost was ans she said 'Nobody, it's just an expression'." He explained, mocking Jamie's mom as he gathered some snow in his hands. He formed a perfect snowball and then blew a thin layer of frost on it.
Jack got that mischievous look on his face that I'd seen many times before. "Jaaack!" I warned, but before I could say anything more he'd thrown the snowball directly at Jamie.
We followed it through the air and laughed as Jamie jumped up and started looking around. "Ok, who threw that?" He questioned, laughing.
"Well, it wasn't Bigfoot kid." Jack replied, not that they could hear him.
A snowball fight began; Jack and I ran through the fight, supplying amo to the kids. Even Cupcake, a very large scary girl, joined in when Jack threw added a bit of magic to a snowball he threw at her.
However, I was soon alarmed when Jack decided that he would take Jamie sledding through the busy streets of Burgess.
"Jack! You're going to get him killed!" I shouted at him over the wind as I raced to catch up with them.
Jack was smart though and stayed by the kids side, steering him away from anything that would hurt him, before they arrived at the statue in the center of town. Jack conjured up a ramp and watched with glee as Jamie's sled flew over his head and crashed into a pile of snow in front of the statue.
Jack wore a wide grin, I floated over and punched him in the arm. "You could have killed him, Jack!" I scolded, which only made him laugh, but we were both left wide-eyed when a couch collided with the young kid.
I was relieved when I saw Jamie stand up and exclaim with joy that he'd lost a tooth, his friends congratulating him; but then I saw the dejected look on Jack's face.
"Hey, he's just a kid. What do you expect him to do?" I said, wrapping my arms around his chest and resting my head on his back. He let out an exasperated sigh before saying, "I don't know Winter."
"Well she is one of the Big 4." I reasoned.
"Yeah, I know, but I just want one kid to believe in us." Jack explained.
"I know you do Jack." I said running my fingers through his windswept hair. "But we just don't have the fan base that they do."
Jack had to laugh at that and gave me a small chuckle.
Later that night...
Jack and I sat and watched Jamie through a small window as he explained to Sophie about his epic sled ride and how he lost his tooth. His mom came in though and picked her daughter up; telling her son that it was time for bed. He protested before finally settling to bed.
Frost begins forming on the window and Jack gives an annoyed huff before flipping up to the roof. I decide to stay a while longer and wait for the boy to fall asleep; but I quietly float up to the roof and listen as Jack talks to the Man in the Moon.
"If there's something that I'm doing wrong; could you just tell me what it is?" There was no disguising the hurt in his voice. "Because I've tried everything; and no one ever sees me, or Winter." Even under his hood I could see the look on his face. "You put us here. The least you could do is tell us why."
"That's the sucky part of being immortal." I said, causing Jack to jump and snap his head towards me.
"I know, but it's been 300 years." Jack explained as I wrapped my arms around him in a loving hug; stroking the hair of his head. "He hasn't talked to us since the day we met."
"Maybe he's saving up for one big moment." I offered. He sighs, holding me closer and playing with my hair.
"Look." Jack says suddenly, pointing at the trend-ills of golden dream sand racing to give children sweet dreams. He takes hold of my left hand and we run onto the power lines before reaching up to touch a stream of the sand that's close by.
A dolphin springs out of the sand and races around us before going off to some sleeping child.
We smile at each other, but our moment is cut short by a shadow that races past us. Jack jumps after the shadow; I quickly pull my hair back, before following him close behind.
Jack and I follow the shadow to an alleyway, where we lost track of it. He stands in front of me; and is quick to hold up his staff, ready to attack, when we hear a strange clanging.
"Been a long time mate." A familiar Australian accent says. "Blizzard of '68, I believe." And out of the shadows walks the Easter Bunny; twirling one of his boomerangs in his paw. "Easter Sunday, wasn't is?"
"Bunny! You're still mad about that?" Jack asks the tall rabbit.
"Yes." Bunny growls twirling his boomerang again. "But that's not what I'm here for." He pauses. "Fellas."
Out of no where two huge yetis jump out of the shadows and throw us into a large, well used sack. I'm confused in all the darkness, but there is one thing that I can feel distinctly.
"Jack get your staff out of my face." I instruct.
"Get your elbow out of my spleen!" He retorts.
Man! That was good! I hope you all like it.
Also: here's the web address to a picture of the ring that Jack got for Winter.
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