Again thanks for your review..it keeps me motivated. As for the questions and wonderings you have of the previous question, I did it on purpose to keep you guys guessing. A hint: There's a reason why she could only see him briefly and it has to do with WHAT she is. She's human though but she is something...It will be revealed in later chapters as the story progresses. So hopefully, you guys can hold out. Here is the next chapter and review please hope you enjoy.


"It was awesome and then I was flying down the hill..." Jamie was excited as he showed Sophie how he flew down a hill on his sled and crashed into the snow.

Kailani didn't think so. She nearly had heart attack when Jamie had told her, quite excitedly about his sleigh ride. Kailani felt her heart jump in her throat when Jamie described something awesome to him but terrifying to her. She didn't say that, of course. She didn't want to ruin his excitement. Sophie seemed to be entertained at least as Jamie explained with his toy rocket.

"...and then bam!" Jamie fell onto the bed as their dog, Abby watched and Sophie wow'd at every moment. "And and look, my tooth came out!"

Sophie pointed and laughed and Kailani turned to see that yes, he did lose his tooth. She was going to die at the age of 17 from too many heart attacks. Had she seen this in action, she probably would have called the S.W.A.T team to get Jamie into safety. She couldn't help it. She was constantly worrying about his safety and based on what he was telling about the sleigh ride, he was in danger more than once.

But no matter how hard or how fast her heart seemed to do whenever Jamie exclaimed about a certain situation, she didn't want to reprimand him. He was a kid and he needed fun. And he did have fun. She just wished it was more danger free but hey, what could she do?

He was here, safe and getting ready for bed and that was all that really mattered.

"Wow, that's a big one." She said as she walked to him, kneeling as she looked, her ponytail slipping to down her right shoulder, tickling the side of her face. "You should save it for the tooth fairy."

"You believe in the tooth fairy?" Jamie asked, genuinely surprised. She didn't blame him but it still hurt that he asked.

She hesitated for a second but answered truthfully. "Yes, I do believe in the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny, the Sandman, and Santa Claus. But there's one thing that I have that they don't have."

"What?"

"You!" Kailani exclaimed, grabbing Jamie and rubbing her face against his neck as he screamed with delight at being tickled. She giggled, feeling for the first time in a long time unaltered joy and fun. She let her socked feet slide around as she twirled them around. She felt her mid-thigh cotton short flap and her figure hugging tank top twirl at the edges before tossing him onto bed.

Sophie was clapping and laughing alongside them.

"All right now, tooth under your pillow?" Kailani asked as Jamie put away his toy and Sophie got off.

"Yeah,"

"Now, don't stay up so late or she won't come." Kailani said, picking up his toys and putting them away.

"But I can do it this time. You wanna help me Soph? We can hide and see the tooth fairy."

Sophie babbled excitedly as Kailani turned to see the window. She saw something flicker, like an image that was trying to turn on but was struggling against the dark. She frowned and the flicker cleared to let her see a white haired boy with his hoodie covering his head.

It was the same boy she ran into earlier. Was this some hallucination bought on by exhaustion? She didn't wait to answer as she raced to the window to open it. The boy's eyes widened in shock and confusion before he flickered out like a flame. She tossed the window open and leaned her body out, goosebumps breaking out in her arms as the wind bit her exposed her skin.

She looked down, stretching on her toes to see if the boy was there but saw nothing. Not even footprints. She twisted her head up, her hair falling down on her arms as she looked up towards the roof and searched but saw nothing.

"Hello?" She asked loudly, the wind whistling past the trees. "Is anyone there?"

She heard nothing.

"You have white hair, I think?" She said this more to herself than to her cute possible stalker. She shook her head and pulled her body back in. She was questioning her mind. She was cracking. That was the only explanation.

"I'm losing it. I'm losing it. There is no white haired boy outside the window looking in. I'm just tired and need a good night's rest. This is all my imagination." She said to herself, her hands gesturing in a forget it motion. But why was there a niggling doubt in her mind when she convinced herself that it was just her imagination?

What were the chances of seeing a white haired boy twice in the same day? And a cute one at that?

She shook her head and rubbed her temples, a headache starting to pound against her skull. She was tired, she told herself. She was tired and needed to sleep for a long time and wake up refreshed.

She shook her head again and closed the window, subconsciously knowing that there was something out here and that this was no mere hallucination.

"Alright. Time for bed." Kailani said as she picked up Sophie.

"I'm going to wait for the tooth fairy." Jamie exclaimed as he got into bed with his flashlight, eyes gleaming with happiness and excitement.

"I hope you meet her." Kailani said sincerely as she got ready to close the door.

"Goodnight, Kai," Jamie said happily.

"Goodnight." She said before closing the door and took Sophie to her room.

"And for you, Sophie. It's time for bed." Kailani said as she tossed Sophie in the air as she giggled.

"More! More! More!" She screamed in delight as they reached her room.

"It's bedtime now." Kailani murmured, kissing Sophie's cheek as she laid her on her big girl bed and tucked her in with her blue comforter.

"I love you." She murmured in the young child's yellow hair.

"Love you, too." She said as she drifted off slowly to sleep.

"Goodnight." Kailani murmured before turning on the fairy princess nightlight as she left the room, leaving it slightly open. She nearly jumped out of her skin, her heart thumping loudly from the fright when she saw her mother standing in front of her.

"What are you doing here?" Stupid really to ask that question. Her mother lived in the house, even if she wasn't in the house most of the time and if she was, Kailani didn't see her. It wasn't really rocket science to know that Kailani wasn't searching for her mother in the house.

"I came to tuck them in." Her mother said, avoiding her gaze.

"I already did that." Kailani said, clenching her fists behind her back resentfully.

"Why didn't you let me do it?"

Kailani sighed, her anger starting to boil under her skin like hot lava. Her mother would always blame Kailani for taking the kids away from her even if it wasn't her damn fault. But try telling her mother that.

"I told you three times today around dinner but you said nothing." Kailani said, leaning against the wall, feeling warm because of her anger and resentment. "We waited but you didn't come up nor did you make them their bedtime snack. So, as usual, I did what you were supposed to do."

"Well, you could've..."

"Could've what?" She said, finally exploding. "I try to give you a chance but you always blow it. It's not my fault! Stop blaming me! It's not my fault. I'm not going to wait forever until you decide you're ready. I can't wait. They can't wait anymore either. We're done waiting. And you're out of time."

Kailani pushed off from the wall, seeing the tears in her mother's eyes and guilt pierced her heart before she yanked her gaze away. She shouldn't feel guitly. Her mother should be the one who should feel guilty. Her mother was the one who left them alone for three years. She was the one who lost her chance. She was the one who was trying to squeeze herself into their lives like a mismatched puzzle. Jamie, Sophie and Kailani had the perfect puzzle and her mother was squeezing herself in, cracking the perfect puzzle.

It was her mother's fault. Not hers.

"I'm going to bed." She called out angrily before slamming the door to her room. She rubbed her eye furiously before sitting at her desk and turning on her laptop.

She sighed, so angry at her mother for doing something for them all late. They didn't need her anymore. The past three years were proof of that. She placed her headphones in her and began to listen to Akcent Love Stoned.

She closed her eyes and laid her chin on her arms. She didn't know how long she listened to the song and all others from the same artist.

She thought about her father, the way he told her stories.

"Now, the Toothfairy is a special woman who can fly all over the world in an entire day. She is a sweet lady who watches over children in their sleep and takes their teeth so she can save their childhood memories and watch them when she is feeling lonely. She has powers that can let fly all over the world and leave gifts under children's pillow for thanking them for their teeth." Her father had once told her as she sat on his lap, his leg bouncing her up and down as she giggled.

"No one can do that. The world is biiiigggg!" She had yelled, making her arms go out wide as she fell back against her father, his scent of mint feathering up to her nose.

Her dad chuckled and picked her up, tossing her in the air as she squealed with delight and joy.

"Daddy!"

His green eyes twinkled with joy as he caught her and rubbed his unshaven beard against her neck, tickling and scratching her. She yelled as she pushed against his muscular chest as her father laughed as he pulled back.

"Now, the Toothfairy can do that because people like you," He said as he carried her to the window, placing her on his hip and tapping her nose, making her giggle. "Believe in her and that gives her power to collect the teeth of all the young kids."

"And your teeth, too, daddy?" She asked, her arms hugging his shoulder.

"No, my teeth are too old for her. But when I was a kid, she used to."

"You're old!" She exclaimed, feigning disgust. He let out a booming laugh that made her smile, showing off one empty space where her tooth used to be.

"I'm not that old. Besides, your mother is really old." Her father said, kissing her cheek before lifting her up so she could place her head on his shoulder and wrap her little child legs around his chest as he held her.

"I love you, daddy." She murmured, falling asleep on his shoulder, letting his security and love wrap around her like a blanket.

"I love you, my beautiful princess. You'll always be my beautiful princess." He murmured as he reached around his neck and pulled off her arms before gently placing her on her bed, covering her as she snuggled into the pillow, already half asleep.

"Daddy?"

"Yes, baby?" He said as he shut off her lamp.

"Sing me the lullaby. The one mommy says you used to do when I was a baby." She murmured, looking up at him with eyes just like his.

"Of course." He said as he got in bed and spooned her, pulling her against him as he started to sing.

"Oh, the waves roll low and the waves roll high and so it goes. Under a bright blue endless sky. Waves try to measure the days that we treasure, wave hello and wave goodbye."

She fell asleep on her chair, swimming on the edge of unconscious, elusive as a seductive siren, dreaming about her father, wondering about the white haired boy, letting silent tears fall down her cheeks unnoticed.