Lizzie tied the string to the doorknob and looked back to Sophie who sat on the bathroom counter swinging her legs in the air. She walked back to her and cocked Sophie's head back.

"Now you have to hold still... This is the tricky part." She said as she waged her finger with a reassuring smile as she tied a string around Sophie's loose front tooth.

Sophie nodded and smiled.

"Okay, can you hold my hand?" She asked as she held out her tiny palm.

Lizzie smiled and took the hand. She sat down and stuck out her wing to slam the door. "Ready?" She asked with a huge smile.

Sophie nodded.

Downstairs Ms. Bennett was going through her cabinets and making a list of things she needed to get. As Abby the dog ran around her feet. All of a sudden she heard a high pitch squeal which came from the upstairs bathroom and made her cringe.

"Sophie?" She yelled

Little footsteps were heard coming down the stairs and Sophie ran into the kitchen holding her tooth with pride and a bloody napkin in her mouth.

"She did it! She did it! Lizzie got my toof out!" She said as she whistled through the gap in her teeth In between words. Lizzie stood at the top of the stairs and giggled at the little girl's excitement and made her wings disappear. She walked into the kitchen to join them and propped Sophie on her hip.

Ms. Bennett gasped dramatically and grinned. "Oh my goodness! You lost a tooth! Baby I am so happy for you! You can eat food again like normal people!" She said as she kissed her on the forehead.

"Yay! Food food food food food!" Yelled Sophie.

Lizzie gave Ms. Bennett a confusing look. "Why couldn't she eat food before?"

"Her tooth hurt so bad we had to put everything in a blender. EVERYTHING." She said with an exaggerated tone. Lizzie nodded in agreement and saw a combination of blue and white sped past a window.

"Hey, I'm gonna go take Sophie outside for a while, is that okay?" She asked while she walked over to the door and started to take Sophie's coat off the hanger.

Sophie stood in front of her mother and whipped out the biggest puppy eyes and pouty face ever made. "Please mama? Pleeeeeeeease?"

Ms. Bennett thought and smiled.

"Alright, but 10 minutes and that's all. We need to run by the grocery store and pick Jamie up from school. And i was thinking, since you lost a tooth maybe we could all go get some ice cream. Be safe!" She yelled as Lizzie helped Sophie's clothes onto her and rushed outside.

"We will!" She replied

Lizzie walked outside of the house to find Jack sitting on the wooden bench leaning his head against his staff.

"Hey" she said

He lifted his head to her voice and smiled. He looked worried about something but she could tell he was trying to hide it.

"Hey" he said as he rubbed his eyes tiredly. Sophie came from behind Lizzie's legs and giggled at the sight of the winter spirit.

"Jack! Jack! Jack!" She squealed as she reached out to him.

"Well hey! How have you- Why is there blood in her mouth?" He said as he bent over to pick her up but stopped.

"Little girl lost a tooth today." Lizzie replied as she propped Sophie on her hip then lifted her up to the sky. "She such a big girl now!" She yelled playfully as she swung her in the air. Sophie giggled and was propped back on her hip.

Lizzie looked at Jack and saw that he still had that worried look in his eyes. She needed to find out what was up.

"Hey Sophie, can you go inside and get ready to go? I've got to talk to Jack for a second."

"Aww but why?"

"Because I asked you and the sooner you get ready, the sooner we get ice cream."

"Yay! Ice cream!"

Sophie hopped down from her hip and scurried inside. Lizzie looked at Jack again.

"Hey are you okay?" She asked

"Me? Oh yea I'm fine. I just stopped by." He said as he shoved his hands in his pocket. She thought she saw something golden in there but she just thought it was nothing. Why was he so worried? What happened to the fun loving, care free Jack that she liked so much?

"Alright, come on." She said as she said as she sat down and motioned for him to join her. "Tell me what's up."

"It's okay, I've just haven't gotten much sleep lately." He said as Lizzie noticed little circles under his eyes. But that wasn't the reason.

"Yea I can see that... But that's not the problem. Tell me the truth." She said with a concerned expression. Jack was about to open his mouth to speak when he was interrupted.

"Lizzie! We gotta go now!" Yelled Ms. Bennett from inside. Lizzie turned back to Jack with a sad expression but did a reassuring smile and he did the same.

"Well whatever it is, it can wait right?" She said as she put his hand on his shoulder.

"Right, I'll tell you later." He said as they locked eyes. She liked Jack. There was something about him that reminded her about the past. She has to admit she does have a crush on him. But she has been engaged to a dead man for about 300 years... What fun. Her train of thought was interrupted by her coughing. Violent coughing, over and over again. Oh no. It was happening. The past was repeating itself. She took her hand off of Jack's shoulder and leaned on the bench for support. She heard Jack put his staff down on the bench and rushed to her side. He put his hand on her back as she continued.

"Are you okay?" He asked. Concern layering his sapphire orbs. She stopped coughing finally and stood up strait and cleared her throat. Was that blood she tasted? She smiled at him "I'm okay, I'm okay, I just had something in my throat haha." She said as she tried to accept that she just lied to someone she cared about.

He took his hand off her back and stepped away slowly still concern layering his face. "Uh huh..." He said. "Be careful, okay? Pitch could be out there. I care about you." He said as he placed his hands on her shoulders.

She smiled at his words. He really did care about her. "I will." She said as she grinned. "And you get some sleep Mr. I care about you too."

"Lizzie! Come on!" Yelled Ms. Bennett again.

She looked at Jack one last time and walked inside.