The words still haunted me, "I am in love with the hoodie wearing, bare foot, messy haired, fun loving Jack. Why couldn't she have been too?" I was zoned out for hours. May and the boys would have to repeat things several times until I finally got it. I was lost. My brain was like mush. It wasn't until I arrived at mine and Jack's favorite spot that it hit me Jack would need me.
Tooth had just broken his heart. It was evident when I was in our spot it was frozen over. Jack was in the middle crying or what could be crying his head was in his knees. I'm guessing that the break up didn't go well.
"Hey." I sat down next to him. The ground was cold, but he needed me so I didn't mind. "I'm sorry." I gave him an awkward hug. "You can do better." Like dating me the girl who's hopelessly in love with you and has been for a long time, but ya know you'll just be a boy and go for the girls that'll break your heart.
"N-no I can't." He said. "No one can see us remember?" Jack sniffled slightly. It was quite pathetic to see his face like that. Then again everyone's crying face is quite pathetic.
"There's still plenty."
"No."
"Yes there is, there's me. October, possibly a June, Mother Nature, I think one of the Marches is female." I told him. "There are plenty of girls out there."
"She was perfect."
"No she wasn't." I tried to tell him. "When was the last time you had a snowball fight?" I asked. There was a really long pause.
"A long time."
"And why was that?"
"She wouldn't let me."
"Did you want to?"
"Yes."
"See? She wasn't perfect. Why would the perfect person stop you from doing something that you liked to do? That's not perfection, that's control."
"She didn't control me."
"When was the last time that you had a little fun?" I tugged on his arm. "Let's go. We need to have a bit of fun."
Jack and I ended up making a little town shut down for a day. There was a giant snowball fight happening throughout the town. Children, teens, and even some adults were fighting each other. There were no teams it was just a giant free for all. Even those who were not playing and getting hit on accident were not getting angry about it.
"When was the last time we did this?" I asked smiling at him. This was nice. We hadn't done anything like this in awhile.
"Forever ago." Jack replied.
We laughed, as it seemed a bunch of kids were ganging up on their schoolteacher who decided to join the fight. It was fun to watch. Just Jack and me, no interruptions from Tooth, it was almost like a date. Though I knew it wasn't. Jack had been through a bad break up. I knew that if we started to date now I would be the rebound girl. As the rebound it would end quickly and my heart would be shattered.
"April, come on let's go!" Jack shouted at me. Today we were going to choose two lucky children and they would go on the sledding adventure of a lifetime. All because Jack and I wanted to prove who was better. Of course it would be him. I wasn't all that great at creating ice. It was not my strong point.
"I'm coming!" I shouted back. We were flying I wanted to take my time. I wanted to enjoy having him back. May was fun to hang out with, but with all the kids around she didn't always have time.
"April!"
"Hold your horses!"
"I don't have any!" Jack replied.
"Then make some!" I shouted.
I was about to catch up to him when something strange happened. I dropped out of the sky. Completely dropped like I had no energy left what so ever.
"April! April!" Jack shouted as I fell. I didn't know what was wrong. Something just took away my energy. Nothing like this had ever really happened before. Jack caught me before I was even close to the ground. "What happened?"
"I don't know." I said. "We need to go see May." Though I was upset that my powers stopped working. I couldn't help but feel my heart going crazy inside of my chest because of Jack carrying me. I wanted to be able to move on my own, but I also wanted to stay in his arms for a long time.
"You over exhorted yourself." May said. "April is weak because the month is at its farthest point away."
"That's all?" I said.
"Yes, you can't use up this much energy all the time. We are tied to our month you know. If Mother doesn't give us extra power, you can't just do what you want."
"This hasn't happened to you before!" I shouted at her.
"Yes it has, many many many years ago. Way before you were born. I was trying to make my garden perfect and I passed out. I over exhorted myself. With more age you become stronger. You've just reached your limit."
"So I'm useless?" I asked.
"No, just weak." May replied. "You'll need a few day's rest. You'll be back to yourself in no time."
"So what am I going to do until then?"
"I don't know maybe snuggle up with a certain Guardian?" May suggested heading towards the exit. "I'm sure he'll be glad to keep you company." She winked at me and walked away.
"IF I COULD HIT YOU I WOULD!" I shouted at her. This was not going to be pleasant, but what's the worst that can happen with a few days rest?
A/N: Another chapter. I was going to update yesterday, but I was injured by a falling 4x4 the wood not a truck. It hit me in the head. I'm sure I have a bruise, but can't see it do to my hair. I'm feeling slightly better today. So I figured I could quickly type out a chapter and deliver it to my waiting fans. Since you all would be saddened if the story never got finished.
