Saturday came by after an uneventful end to the school week. Maleya felt unrested and heavy-hearted, but she also felt like she should go to Holly's party. It was a chance to change the ambiance and potentially make new friends (and perhaps get to know a few of the good looking guys that she'd ogled at in the school hallways).

Her mother had spent most of the day with David, taking care of him and taking him out to the mall while her father worked. Maleya felt almost lucky to have so much time and space to herself. She reveled in it until she decided it was time to get ready.

Jack sat cross-legged on the ground in the corner of Maleya's room, glaring holes at the carpeted floor. He felt like he was going crazy. He'd had some fun last night making a bucket full of snow fall unexpectedly on the unsuspecting girl when she'd gone out for a smoke last night, but her constant swearing for the next two hours had dampened his mood. David was a fun kid to hang around with, but today he was busy spending quality time with his mother.

So Jack Frost- the guardian of fun- found himself alone in a house with possibly the most boring girl in the world.

Whoop-dee-flipping-doo.

He realized how hard it was to keep himself from adopting Maleya's habit of using bad language. But being a guardian for children, he made sure to spend extra amounts of focus to make sure she didn't rub off on him that way.

The carpet was spared from his horrific glaring by a tug on his shoulder. Surprised, Jack looked up to see Baby Tooth grinning at him.

"Baby Tooth!" Jack gasped. "I'm so happy you're here! You have to save me, please! This boredom is killing me!"

Baby Tooth's grin faded and she deadpanned him, bemused. Another game of charade ensued as Jack watched Maleya prepare herself from the corner of his eyes. She'd (thankfully?) gone into the bathroom to change and had come out to use the mirror in her room to put on her make up. The precision of Maleya's make-up application almost made him lose focus on what Baby Tooth was trying to pantomime. This was not lost on Baby Tooth, who gave him a knowing look.

"What?" he asked her, feeling uncomfortable under her gaze. She wiggled her eyebrows, and then switched back to serious mode, motioning for him to repeat her message.

"You'll accompany her to the party?" He guess weakly, not really believing it. But, apparently, this was so. Baby Tooth was going to spare him the dread of spending time at a party full of people no doubt similar to the Thesan. Apparently, Toothiana knew he'd be having a hard time. "Really?" he asked, his mood shooting up like a rocket. That meant he could spend more time doing fun things! Like planning the onslaught of a snow storm with Jamie!

Baby Tooth wagged her finger at Jack, warning him of being vigilant despite the break she was offering him, and Jack grinned at her with relief.

"Of course, Baby Tooth! I'll be right here and ready for business as soon as you're back!"

Behind them, Maleya was looking at her reflection. She'd chosen to wear a short black dress with leggings underneath (she felt it was suicide to bare her legs in this weather) and was mulling over whether to wear red lipstick or stick to regular gloss.

"She really looks different all dressed up, doesn't she?" Jack noted to Baby Tooth and she nodded, flying up to Maleya and circling around her in admiration. Baby Tooth kept pointing at the red lipstick, but Maleya was- as Jack seemed to be repeating in his head like a mantra- boring and had gone for the safer option of lipgloss.

"Keep an eye out for her and make sure she doesn't drink, okay, Baby Tooth?" Jack cautioned, and Baby Tooth rolled her eyes, nodding as if to say "Obviously."

Another half an hour passed before Maleya had given up trying to tame her ferocious locks and decided to simply pin some of it the side (using an army of thick bobby pins). She picked up a matching black purse and grabbed a pair of similar-coloured heels before bounding down the stairs, two at a time.

Jack and Baby Tooth followed her at a more leisurely pace.

Though her expression remained indifferent, Jack could already tell that the little dress-up Maleya had gone through had done wonders on her mood. She seemed almost… excited.

The jangling of keys confirmed that Maleya had picked up both the car keys and her set of house keys and was putting on her leather jacket as she made her way out the front door.

"A tout!" Maleya called to no one in particular as she closed and locked the front door, Baby Tooth and Jack managing to slip out onto the porch at the last second.

"Have fun, girls!" Jack called back as Maleya slipped into the car, Baby Tooth buzzing around her- still upset about her not choosing the red lipstick.

As the car pulled out of the driveway, Jack looked at the Bennett's household and saw that some lights were still on. With a huge grin plastered onto his face, he anticipated the hours he had to spend time with Jamie. Maybe his first believer wouldn't hate him all too much if he played a prank on him, too…

A/N: Sweet jesus, so sorry for the late update. Have had a pretty crazy summer (not all in a good way, but well...) Here's an update anyway! Hope you guys enjoy it, and please feel free to give me feedback. I can't wait to type up the next one, cause some major ideas of mine will fall into place and a few things will be explained (I hope). I had intended to do some of that in this chapter, but well... it got kind of long and I'm sure you guys have been waiting. Big hugs from rainy Sweden!