Jack looked at the object in front of him. It was a black board, anchored on four small wheels. Jack had found it in one of the discarded toys pile in North's workshop while trying to keep himself entertained. There was ever so rarely a day when Jack just didn't feel like sending storms any where, and today was one of those days. When he'd come to North's, hoping for something interesting, he'd been disappointed.

North was busy with a broken machine in the musical toys department. Jack hadn't particularly felt like flying anywhere else, so he'd stuck around, going through the discards. When he'd found the skateboard, he'd been pretty excited. They'd always looked cool to him, but he'd never gotten the chance to actually ride one. It had looked easy enough. Stand on it with one foot, push it along with the other.

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Bunny had visited the pole wanting North to realign his back. Easter was still half a year away, but he was already beginning to feel the pressure of a deadline stressing him out. North was a surprisingly fantastic chiropractor, but Bunny should have known that the big man would be far too busy with Christmas coming so soon. He had found Jack on his way out, the younger boy wobbling along on a skateboard.

"What are ya doin'?" He had asked, trying to hold in a chuckle as Jack nearly fell.

"Skateboarding. Obviously." Jack had replied, not taking his eyes off his feet.

"Obviously." Agreed Bunny.

"Have you ever skateboarded before?" Asked Jack, unamused by Bunny's sarcasm.

"No..."

"Well then, you have no room to judge."

"Okay, okay. But why are ya skateboardin'? And I use the term loosely."

"Because it looks like fun. I've seen some people do really cool tricks. I'm gonna learn how. Can't be that hard."

"Well, don't rush. Wouldn't want ya gettin' hurt."

"Like I'd do something as lame as that. there's this one called an Ollie... I bet I could do it right now."

"Frostbite, ya can barely balance on it, let alone do tricks." Jack looked at him steadily. Bunny realized he had only served to challenge the youth.

"I'm pretty sure I could do it." Said Jack, folding his arms. Bunny frowned. He had never spent much time with any teenage boy other than Jack, but he knew famous last words when he heard them.

"No, ya can't. I'm not gonna argue this one with ya, mate. There's no point in ya even tryin'."

"Nope. This is happening. I've seen lots of kids do it. You just flip your feet... And... Stuff." Jack looked at the board beneath him. He took a breath, jumped into the air, then tried to flip the board underneath him. It only made it halfway around by the time Jack landed on it. It collapsed underneath him, sending Jack crashing sideways to the ground. Bunny winced as his friend hit the floor with a loud thud.

"What'd I tell ya?" He muttered. He walked over to make sure he was all right.

"Owww." Jack groaned. "Okay, maybe I need more practice. Lemme try it again." He went to pick himself up off the floor, but his right arm couldn't hold his weight. He yelped when he put pressure on it. Bunny rolled his eyes. He knew this would happen,

"Give it here." He said. Without waiting for permission, he picked up Jack's arm. He could already tell it was swelling up, and it was slightly twisted the wrong way. He looked at the pale teen. "I think its broken." he informed him. "Does this hurt?" He asked, jabbing a finger near the middle of the limb.

"Ow! Yes! Yes it does!"

"Your arm is definitely broken."

"How did that tell you anything? You just poked it." Jack gave Bunny a wounded look. The rabbit shrugged.

"I could tell from the way ya twisted it that ya broke it. The poke was ta make ya suffer for not listenin' ta me, ya show pony."

"Yeah, yeah. Hail lord Bunnymund. So what do we do?" Jack brought his arm closer to his chest, cradling it gingerly. "It kind of hurts. Just a little. A lot. It hurts a lot."

Bunny ran a paw down his face. He sighed. "You're gonna be okay. I know it hurts, but we gotta get ya to a medical yeti. North has one, right?"

Jack crinkled his nose. "Yeah," he said, "but he's almost never in. He takes care of the reindeer most of the time.

"Well, this is a little more important. Stay here, I'll go get him." Bunny hopped away. Jack rolled into his back. He hoped they weren't going to put him on bed rest or something. That would suck.

A few minutes later, Bunny returned with not only the medical yeti, but also North.

"How are you?" He asked, concerned.

"Fine. My arm hurts."

"Course it does, ya dill. It's broken." Bunny was unsympathetic.

"Jack will be all right. He ees trooper." North smiled encouragingly as the yeti worked on Jack's injured limb. When it finished, it gave some instructions to North, then left.

"He says to accommodate Jack and not let him do anything strenuous. He ees to take it easy."

Jack groaned internally. Great. That sounded fun. Jack threw a glare first in the direction of the skateboard, then at the shiny white cast the yeti had put on his arm. He was in for quite the time.

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"Knock knock."

Bunny gave Jack a deadpan stare. The youth smiled at him as he sat in his bed. "Who's there?" He asked in a monotone.

"Ether."

"Ether who?"

"The Ether Bunny!" there was an awkward silence. Jack decided to try again.

"Okay. Here's one. What's orange and sounds like a parrot?"

"What?"

"A carrot."

Bunny looked at the clock on the wall opposite. He'd endured this for nearly two hours now. When was Tooth going to get here?

"How about this one. what's the difference between-" a knock on the door cut him off.

"Thank the man in the moon!" Bunny exclaimed. He opened the door to let in Tooth. "Make it stop." He pleaded. "None of them were funny. I had to watch him 'til you got here after he tried to escape. Two hours worth, and none of them were funny!"

Tooth looked at Bunny, a little confused. Eventually she turned to Jack. "How are you, sweet tooth?" She asked, patting his cast very lightly.

"Fine. My cast itches."

"You can't do anything about it?"

"I already got a fork stuck up there." He said cheerfully. "Hey, Tooth! What did the dentist say when he stabbed the kid in the gum with his meter pick?"

"Uhh... Sorry?" She offered.

"You wouldn't be bleeding if you flossed more."

Tooth looked at Bunny. She was beginning to understand what he'd gone through.

"I think it might be the pain meds." Bunny explained. "Whatever it is, it's not fair that its more painful for us than it is for him. good luck. See ya in two hours." He hopped out of the room. Jack folded his arms, looking offended.

"I gotta do something to not die of boredom."

Tooth flopped into the chair Bunny had previously inhabited. "Continue." She said wearily.

He smiled and did so. If he suffered, they all would. Everything had a breaking point.

A/N: another update! Once upon a time, I wanted to update every day. We all saw how well that went... Anyway, here's this one. Thank you guys so much for reading. And your reviews! I love your reviews so much! Hope you liked this one!

Love, Mariah.