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Chapter 3: New discoveries
Tooth was walking alone down the streets think about the last few years she has spent with Jack. While she hadn't really liked finding out her one and only friend was blind, she had long since accepted it and honestly now a days she couldn't even understand why she even felt like that to begin with. Sometimes she could hardly even believe that he is blind. She couldn't help but be amazed and puzzled by it. After all, he moved around town with ease, just like any other person with vision, sometimes even better, noticing things that no one else would have. If it weren't for the fact that he needed help reading and the few moments when he 'looked' at someone you would never be able to even tell that his blind.
They were now 13 years-old and she had started noticed that Jack has been rather distant lately and she can't help but wonder why. While she has often found him sitting at some rather strange and random spots, listening to the sounds around him, she can't shake the feeling that he is keeping something from her. It's been bothering her pretty much since they met but she let it go, thinking that he would eventually tell her when he trusted her enough, but she was starting to feel rather impatient.
It was then she realized she had arrived at her destination and went to knock on the door. "Hey Mrs. Frost! Is Jack home?" she said to the woman when she opened the door. "Hello Sheila, come in. Jack is in the backyard. You know where to go," she said with a smile and Tooth just nodded and went towards the class door leading into the yard. She spotted Jack sitting on his usual rock by the pond. However, as she walked towards him, she stopped and frowned in confusion. Normally Jack would have noticed her presence immediately but today he didn't seem to notice her at all.
However, that wasn't what made her stop. No, it was the scene itself. Something seemed different and out of place but she could tell what. It was then she noticed how strangely the wind seemed to move around him. While she of cause couldn't see the wind she could tell there was something odd about from how it seemed to gently stroke his hair and clothes from random directions almost looking like it was dancing around him. It became even clearer when the wind seemed to cause some of the early autumn leaves to fall from their trees and join the dance of the wind. She couldn't help but find the scene in front of her utterly beautiful, yet so unsettling and it was making her uneasy.
Whatever was causing this Jack didn't seem to mind its presence, rather he seemed to enjoy it. It seemed almost as if he was in a sort of trance. It was then she noticed that his lips where moving, as if he was talking to someone, but she wasn't close enough to actually hear what he said as it was no louder than a whisper. She hesitantly walked towards him before she called him out "Jack, what are you doing?" he nearly fell of the rock in his surprise, before he focused his attention on the presence and voice. "Oh, hey Tooth! Sorry, was a bit lost in my thoughts and didn't notice you there. How long have you been standing there?"
Tooth couldn't help but chuckle at his startled reaction. "I just came, what where you doing" he avoided facing her when he jumped down as he responded "nothing special, just listening to the sounds. You know the usual." Tooth didn't buy it, she could always tell whenever he was lying. She sighed, "Jack, I know you're lying." He winced slightly, almost unnoticeable but Tooth saw it. "I get that you don't want to tell me, but it's still rather annoying that you feel the need lie to me." She said in a slightly hurt tone. Jack sighed at that and the wind whispered, "You should tell her, she will understand." He wanted to shout, "what if she doesn't!" back at it so badly, but restrained himself.
"Sorry, it's not that I don't want to tell you. It's just…" "Just what?" he turned around to face her "You probably wouldn't believe me, if I did" she frowned at that, very annoyed and angry that he didn't believe in her. "We've been friends for years, there's nothing that you can say that will ever change that!" she said her hurt feelings clearly noticeable in her voice. "This is different!" he said with a sigh "How can it be different? There is nothing you can say that I wouldn't have heard before." She almost yelled at him.
He winced slightly at her tone and it was then she finally noticed the fearful look in his eyes. She froze when she saw it. Did he really fear her reaction that badly? Her expression saddened slightly at the thought. "It's fine if you don't want to tell me, I was just worried that's all." There was a tone of resignation and sadness in her voice that Jack didn't like. He sighed and the wind started to nudge him slightly.
When Tooth started to walk away and Jack knew he had to tell her, because either way he might end up losing his only friend. If he was going to lose his friend either way, he might as well just try to tell her. "I can hear the wind's voice!" he almost shouted at her and caused Tooth to freeze in place again. "w-what?!" she hesitantly asked with wide eyes. "I can hear the wind's voice. It speaks to me, teaches me and tells me stories of its travels around the globe." He sighed before he continued, "I know it sounds crazy! Nevertheless, I really can hear it! I can prove it's real"
Tooth was about to say something, but she didn't get a chance as all of the sudden the wind seemed to speed up and swift directions in an unnatural way making it nearly impossible to keep her balance, while she was tossed around like a leaf she couldn't help but notice it weren't the case for Jack. It was then she finally lost her balance, she closed her eyes and prepared herself for the impact, but it was much softer than it should have been. It was then she opened her eyes and noticed the wind had slowed down her fall. She felt the wind starting to dance around her, and she looked confused but her eyes full of curiosity.
"It wants to apologize. It didn't mean to cause you to loose balance like that." She looked at him wide eyed but remained silent, noticing this Jack sighed "Sorry, I know this is very freaky. I first heard the voice of the wind when I was 5 year old, a few months before I started school, the wind has been my friend ever since. At first it was barely more than a whisper, now it's just like hearing any other person." That knocked Tooth out of her shocked state. "Sorry, you were right. I didn't believe you. To be honest I thought you had gone crazy." Jack let a slight laugh escape at that, but nodded in agreement "but after being tossed around like that, I find it hard not to believe you. Though believing it just makes me wish I could hear it to." Jack was honestly, surprised by that and he must have made a strange face because Tooth burst out laughing and he soon joined her.
A/N hey guys sorry to have keept you waiting for so long, but her it is. hope you enjoyed it. I will try to update atleast once a day, unless something comes up and ruins my plans.
anyways sorry for the sudden time skip but it's better than making too many boring and pointless chapters. I had originally planned to have Tooth discover Jack's friendship with the wind earlier but thought it would better to have her discover later instead, because it would kind of set off a lack of trust between them.
anyways enough about that. I will most likely be back again tomorrow with a new update and please review it's only my second fanfic and i would really love to hear what you think of it.