Hey guys, Long time to see I know and for it I sorta apologize, I've started new fics (as you can see), along with school and even two new jobs. So life has kinda been all over the place with me. Thank you to all who have waited patiently and asked me to update soon. I know you miss Jack and the others (believe me I do too T^T).

But here they are, just for you guys.

This chapter doesn't have everything I noted in the previous chapters final notes, but it does introduce Sandy, Pitch is back, and Rapunzel and Elsa meet. I hope it will suffice.

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Chapter 23: Keys to hold

The keys were smooth to the touch, and always sent a comforting chill through his body. As he played, music filled his ears and gave him back his eyes. Colors, people, places, all the things he viewed in the past always came rushing back during his piano session. However, the echoing sound of clapping reminded the white haired teen, this session was more of a performance. "Your tone lost its luster during the finally," Pitch noted. Jack smirked at the old instructor, taking the previous comment back and compared the session to a lesson. "Gee thanks," Jack stated a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

Mr. Black appeared at his door this Saturday morning with coffee and breakfast from a nearby cafe. Seeing a half-conscious teen answer the door the instructor arched an eyebrow asking, "Aren't you a little old to be sleeping in on the weekend"? Jack yawned, "Aren't you a little old to be eating vanilla frosted donuts with sprinkles." He asking smelling the treats in the bag. "These were for you, I can easily take them back." His tone was blunt and serious, causing his student to step aside and quickly let him in. "Where are my manners this morning," Frost smiled weakly. Now it was Pitch's turn to smirk.

After breakfast and a few more songs, the musician asked Jack if he needed anything. "I need to restock on my groceries, running low on the usual things: milk, eggs, bread, ice, oh and some peppermint coco if they got it." He listed and Pitch arched an eyebrow at him for the coco. "I'll bring them by this evening, and I'll see what I can do about the coco."

Jack frowned at the older man, "What's with the tone? I thought you liked hot coco?" "On contrary I still do, but I don't Tooth would be very fond of me supplying you with what she calls, "Cavity Liquid"" Pitch replied, a bit of sarcasm rolled off his tongue. Jack laughed at the old phrase, "You gotta point, but she doesn't have to know… unless you report it to her." The teen gave a mischievous smirked, the instructor simply shook his head at the boy's never fading childish behavior. He looked at his watch and frowned a bit, "I should take me leave. I have a meeting in an hour. Your groceries will be delivered no later than 7. So if you don't want them spoiling at your door step, be here to retrieve them." He explained as he walked to the door.

"Oh whatever would I do without you Mr. B?" Jack spoke like a helpless girl, placing his cheek on the front of his intertwining hands. Pitch rolled his eyes and looked at his watch once again, "Crash and burn my boy. Crash and burn". Jack couldn't help but laugh at the out of character reply. They said their goodbyes and Pitch took his leave. A few seconds later Jack's phone alarm went off informing him of the time and the big meeting he had today.

He hopped off the couch they were sitting on, in the living room and made his way upstairs to his bedroom. Turning off his alarm he took a shower and got dressed. Seeing as the wake up call from Pitch gave him some extra hours to waste, he made his way to Rapunzel's apartment instead of meeting with their usual routine. He took the elevator one floor up, and made his way down the hall, to the apartment door. He knocked three times and heard the girl reply, "Just a minute."

Seconds later the door was opened, by an over energized blonde. "Oh Jack! You're early! Or am I late?! Hi!" She laughed trying to gain her composure and failing. "I was just… well I mean I was getting ready and…." She broke. "I'm freaking out! What if this doesn't go right? What if she sees me and hates me more!? What if she doesn't show up!?" The blonde ranted and Jack just shook him head at the sound. He placed both his hands on her shoulders and took deep breaths. It only took seconds for Rapunzel to fallow his breathing exercise. He let her go and looked down at her, "Better?" He asked, "Better." She nodded. After calming down jack spoke, "You'll be fine. She will show up and you guys well talk like there's no tomorrow. You gotta trust yourself Punzie, and trust in Elsa. She's probably just as scared as you". His words settled her racing mind and made her smile. "Right. I've gotta believe in this. Can't run away now," She encouraged herself.

Pascal tapped her on the shoulder and motioned to the clock on the wall. The girl jumped "Ohm gosh!" seeing she only had an hour to get ready and rushed upstairs. "I'll be ready in a sec, make yourself at home!" She shouted from upstairs, Jack complied with her command and plopped on the couch with Pascal. "Does she always get like this when she's excited?" He asked the pet. Pascal nodded and made a noise in the same rhythm as an "uh huh".

The wait was about 30 minutes. The blonde came rushing downstairs with a purple-pink sweater, under a pair of overall shorts, purple legging with yellow suns printed on them, and a pair of pink all stars. "Ok. Ready! I can do this!" She said after taking a deep breath. Jack stood and Pascal jumped into his shirt pocket and made himself comfy. "Shall we," He smiled opening the door for her. She lifted her head and smiled, "Yes we shall". The two made their way to the "Sandman Café", where they planned to meet Elsa. They were a few minutes earlier than their scheduled time and decided to save a table. Sitting down they ordered something to drink and waited patiently.

10 o'clock on the dot, and the beautiful senior walked in right on time. She kept her composer and looked around, she was a bit surprised to see Jack wave her over to a table near the windows. She took a deep breath and walked over to them. The clacking of her heels echoed in her head, causing the walk to feeling an eternity. Once she finally got to the table she looked at Jack. "Morning Elsa," He smiled looking up her. His bright, fade blue eyes sparkled, melting some of her nerves. "Good… morning Jack, Rapunzel," She said wearily at the blonde girl that stared dumb stuck at the sight of her cousin talking to her, after so many years. "Good, good morning Elsa!" She spoke a high pitch clearly nervous once again. Jack pulled out a chair for Elsa, as he did for Rapunzel.

Once she sat he took his seat once again and listened for conversation. After Elsa ordered a coffee and eerie silence, Jack stood. "I'm gonna go to restroom, you guys can start the party without me," He joked making both girls smile softly. Jack pulled out his phone once he got to the bar a few feet away from their table. Once his presence was gone it was just them. As Elsa got her order, her phone rang and so did Rapunzel's.

"When keys don't turn, doors don't open. When doors don't open, nothing changes".

"Keys don't turn themselves."

Elsa looked at Jack who continued to stare at his phone. He glanced up, giving her an encouraging smile and nodding. She bobbed her head slightly in return and looked at her coffee, then up at Rapunzel. The young blonde was also on her phone reading something.

"You were afraid she wouldn't come. But she right there. You were afraid she'd hate you, but she's still here. All you have to do is reach out to her."

"She's trying, now you have to, too."

Rapunzel looked at Jack with uneasy eyes and he could feeling her fear. He simply smiled and went back to looking at his phone.

Both girls were silent when their eyes meet, and quickly looked away. The fact that they did it at the same time made both of them smile. Rapunzel took a deep breath thinking, "Reach out my hand". Elsa took a breath of her own remaindering herself, "Turn the key". "Hi". They said in unison, both chuckled at the action and went silent. Rapunzel played with a strand of her hair and shrugged her shoulders after a moment she giggled. Elsa arched at eyebrow up at her, as the blonde gave her sweet smile. "What?" Elsa spoke softly, Rapunzel's eyes widened and her breath cut short slightly, but she quickly recovered smiling. "Oh it's just… I remember when we were little we use to, finish each others sentences". She stated fondly, Elsa smiled remember that part of their childhood as well.

"Yes, and we use to wear the same outfits to pre-school, but different colors." Elsa smiled, Rapunzel nodded energetically at the memory. "Yours was blue," She stated pointing at Elsa's blue button up sweater. The senior nodded, "And yours was purple if I'm not mistaken." She pointed to Rapunzel's sweater as well. The two then began to talk about their past adventures, laughing at the ones that involved them getting into trouble, to past moments when they'd fight for a day and make up the next morning forgetting why they were mad at each other. Conversations of the past, soon came to present, discussing friends and asking about family they hadn't seen in sometime.

Rapunzel avoided the topic of Elsa's mother, and any questions she had about why the girl was so distant from her family and friends all these years. Elsa knew this all too well and knew it was up to her to bring it up. She finished her second cup of coffee and tried to relax her shoulders. "Rapunzel, I want to apologize for the way I treated you these past few years. I know words aren't much, but I'm so sorry… I was afraid you wouldn't like the person I've become… Not many wish to be the cousin of the "Ice Queen"…" She spoke softly trying to control her emotions. Rapunzel's expression displayed a sad happiness for her cousin's words.

She reached across the table and placed her hand on top of Elsa's. "Why would I not like the new you? Your president of Student Council, a leader to the whole the school, talented in to many skills for me to count and to top that off your beautiful. What's not to like or love about you?" She stated with a reassuring smile. Elsa could feel tears forming in her eyes, but held them back as best she could. "Thank you," She sniffed wiping her damp eyes. "I'm just speaking the truth," Rapunzel shrugged.

Elsa continued to wipe her tears and nod, "I mean for this. For going so far just to get me here, outside with you. When Anna and Olaf came here, I knew they'd try the same. Anna tried our whole lives to rekindle what we had, but I locked her out for so long, now our relationship is barely standing. And Olaf simply wanted to meet me, just meet me, and shot him down before he could even climb the wall I built around me." Tears began to fall from her face. "… I was afraid I'd scared everyone way…. I thought it was for the best… but now I'm not sure…" She spoke between soft sniffles and wiping her eyes with her handkerchief.

Rapunzel squeezed her big cousin's hand tightly, trembling herself and smiled, "If I know Anna and Olaf, I'm sure all four of us can help you figure it out". Elsa smiled at the young girl, "Thank you," She sniffled once again. The two embraced each other in a hug that released so much weight, tension and emotions held in for years. When they pulled away both were crying and smiling, the sight somehow lead to the two laughing.

Jack sat at the bar drinking a hot chocolate smiling at the sound of the girls laughter. "Doors are opening," He thought out loud. "I suppose you holding their keys, until their ready?" A new voice chimed across the bar at him. He motioned his head down to a short blonde haired gentlemen, wearing a black vest, over a white shirt with its sleeves rolled up, and a gold tie. "How'd you figure that," Jack asked arching an eyebrow. "I've held plenty in my years. And I can see it in your eyes. Though you don't see what they see, you see what they won't. I don't speak much, if at all, but only when needed." The man smirked, Jack replied with his signature smile. "I appreciate the gesture," He nodded. "I appreciate the skill," The bar tender replied. Jack tilted his head slightly at the word, "Skill sir".

His voice smiled at he explained, "To hold keys at such a young age. Took me at least to 30 to get that talent down". Jack leaned back on the bar with a smug smile, "Maybe I'll be master by then". The gentlemen waved his finger, "Ah, it takes a lot of your own doors to open to do that son". Jack slouched back a bit on the stool. "I've opened all my doors, at least all the ones I've come across," He shrugged. "You sure? There are an infinite amount of doors in life son. Being so young and new to the world, I'm sure there are a few more doors you'll come across soon." He smile glancing at the table with a laughing Elsa and storytelling Rapunzel.

Jack let the word sink in and stored them for later, feeling that there was a meaning behind them. "I'll let you know when I find them old man. Maybe you can hold my key". The stranger chuckled, "Sandy". Jack turned back to face him. "Sanderson Mansnoozie, but my friends call me Sandy," He held out his hand, Jack took it. "Jack Frost. Nice place you got here Sandman," The teen smiled. Sandy nodded, "Thank you Mr. Frost".

So…. I've introduce Sandy and I feel like he will be a character that will appear very often. I'm glad I FINALLY got some time to work on this. Though this chapter didn't have everything I wanted in it. It still made me feel good to write it and finish it.

Thank you to all who have been patient and understand with the long waiting period. As I'm sure many of you have begun school as have I and it is kick my ass (It's a new, larger school), but I'm enjoying it beating and all. This story is still in the making and I'll have you all know I have no plans of dropping it any time soon.

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