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Chapter Thirteen: A Rose with Thorns.
Jamie's eyes fluttered open, he smiled as he remembered everything he and Jack had done the night before, how loved he felt now. He sat up slightly and looked around, the room was in a state. All Jack's orniments (Most he was sure the Guardian's had sent him), lay on the floor in pieces, there were clothes spread wide across the room and Jamie then noticed Jack wasn't in the room.
Jamie climbed up, wrapping a under sheet around him encase anyone walked in,
As he looked around the room he saw a lone rose sitting on a table, the rose, he was sure hadn't been there when Jamie had fallen asleep in Jack's arms. As he closed in on the rose he saw that each of the petals had been lightly frosted, and under the rose was a note.
He picked up the rose and examined it, there was only one place where Jack could've got this from, Natura's Garden. Jamie smiled as he looked at the rose, he placed it down and looked at the note,
Dear Jamie,
Though It pains me, I need to go to the Winter Kingdom for a Month or so, they need their king. I'll send as many notes as I can… and keep this rose with you, it will never wither, (like my love for you).
When it is safe for you to come, I will send for you and whenever I have an hour I will come and visit.
Love,
Jack.
P.S. You should move your stuff into my room, Make it a room for us both.
P.P.S. Last night. Best Night Ever!
Jamie frowned, Jack would be gone for a Month, meaning he would have to spend a month without him…. Jamie looked around the room, deciding that he should really put some clothes on. He spent the next hour finding his clothes from where him and Jack had thrown them the night before.
After that he noticed Jack has left on of his shirts on the floor, Jamie picked it up and could almost feel the Ice-King's presence in the garment. He smiled and held it close, pretending it was Jack. As he placed the Rose in a pocket so that the flower pocked out.
He walked out of his and Jack's room and towards his old room, where all his things were located, it took him just two trips to transfer it all over into the luxurious room that Jack and he now shared.
As he placed the last item down he looked over and jumped, Natura was sitting watching him,
"I hear that Many spirits were interested in bonding with you, my son" She smiled to Jamie
"Yeah, Jack dealt with them all" Jamie smiled,
"Like a rose and its thorns" Natura smiled, "And I see Jack shares the sentiment"
"What do you mean?" Jamie asked,
"You are like a rose, Young Jamie. You are pure, delicate and beautiful…. Many would want to crush that purity, however like a rose, you have thorns…. I dare say Jack is your thorns, protecting you from harm"
"What about Jack, who are his thorns?" Jamie asked,
"I would think that if he needed another to be his thorns, then you would be it" Natura replied, "Anyway I wanted to let you know that Jack has sent word he will be back sooner than expected, the entire Balance is going to the Under, we need to establish the law down there once more"
"When is that?" Jamie asked,
"A Fortnight, Jack has to work for 24 Hours a day so that he can come, I wouldn't be surprised if he sleeps the whole way" Natura replied, "We'll have to take the Balance Train"
"Balance Train?" Jamie asked,
"Father Time brought it from the Future a hundred years ago, we use it to transport those who cannot fly with those who can, and get them anywhere, it takes longer than flying but works just as well if not better" Natura replied, "Its starts here, flies through all the Kingdom's picking up those that need to be and then to the Poles and finally to the Under"
"So the Guardian's will be joining too?" Jamie asked,
"Unforunatly yes, though I doubt you can hold that grudge for too long" Natura replied,
"Bunny still holds the Grudge against Jack for the Blizzard of 68' and that was nearly a Thousand Years ago" Jamie replied,
"I remember that, Jack lost his temper and accidently created the Blizzard, By the time he had calmed it Bunny was already In a fit of Rage at him" Natura replied, "I'm just glad they never found out about Jack being near the Titanic when it went down"
"What?" Jamie asked,
"Oh, you wouldn't know, Jack was out shrinking Icebergs, anyway he saw a ship coming towards the largest one, so he desperately tried to shrink the Iceberg But it was too late, and being invisible to all, he couldn't do more than watch as it sunk to the bottom of the ocean" Natura replied, looking sad
"I never knew…." Jamie frowned, then a worry of his sprang up, "Why did Jack fall in love with me though, I was just a human… one of 6 Billion"
"Ah, but how many of that 6 Billion were the first to ever see Jack?" Natura replied,
"What?" Jamie asked,
"You don't know?" Natura asked, to a shake of the head From Jamie, She walked over to the bed and looked as if she might sit down, then decided against it and stood next to Jamie, "Jack spent 300 years unseen, unheard by the Human world, he was then made a Guardian and a few days later, you saw him for the first time, you were Jack's First True Believer."
"wow, is that why he spent so much time with me?" Jamie asked,
"One of the reasons" Natura replied, "You were always there for Jack, and that's something that you both wanted"
"So Jack always wanted to help me, so that I wouldn't forget him?" Jamie asked,
"At First maybe, then you became friends and he did it for those reasons" Natura replied, "Maybe the first week he came so you wouldn't forget him, then he and you became friends, practically brothers and Jack visited to keep that bond with you, because you had few true friends and counted Jack as your best Friend"
"And then we fell in love" Jamie smiled,
"Yes, a Purity unmatched even by the rose in your pocket" Natura smiled, "You might want to get some rest, I think you might need it"
"Yes Mother" Jamie smiled as Natura left and Jamie lay down, smiling as he realised he was Jack first in more than one thing….
Naughty, Naughty Jamie and Jack…..
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