The moment Jack caught Jamie staring at him, and subsequently walking to his table, he wished for the second time in the day that he was still invisible.
The rest could only watch with panic.
"Excuse me; can I talk to Jackson here for a moment? Alone?" Jamie asked to the table.
"Whatever you want to say to him, you can also say it to us mate" Bunny answered, earning a surprised look from everyone.
"Don't worry Aster. I think I already know what Jamie here has to say" said Jack in defeat.
"Oh, no we are coming with you, you like it or not" Tooth backed up.
"Vell, vatever is vat they vant to knov, ve better do it somevere else. Ve are starting to get an audience" North said. It was true; a lot of people were starting to stare, eyes filling with curiosity at the scene unfolding in the table.
Jack sighted.
"Why when I always tell myself that nothing will go wrong, SOMETHING GOES WRONG?!" he angrily thought.
"Okay, I will talk, but wait until the parents start showing up, all right? Then we can talk without getting interrupted" Jack said.
"We can't. Ms. Bennett will pick us up at 8:00 o'clock. And she is never late when it comes to picking up" Cupcake said.
"Tomorrow then" said Jack looking at the floor. He raised his head and stared into the kids´ eyes. They looked expectant.
"I promise"
"You had to put "Guardian of Fun", didn't you?" Bunny whispered to Jack.
"Mates, we are sooooo dead"
The Guardians were at their temporal home. Tooth was pacing though the carpet, Sandy was taking a little nap, North was looking at the fireplace thoughtfully, Bunny was trying to draw something to calm down and Jack was... smiling?
"Jack, why are you doing that? We are in some serious trouble!" Tooth snapped.
"No, no we are not. This is actually pretty good" Jack answered.
"Care to explain vhy? Because in the morning you agreed to not say anything" said North as he switched from looking the fire to look at Jack´s brown eyes.
Everyone placed their attention towards the winter spirit, even Sandy, who managed to wake up from his nap.
"Okay, first of all, I really didn't know that Broody was going to have a rage outburst about my little hacking and therefore yell it to everyone at dinner. So, don't blame on that. Second, it is good because if Jamie and his friends know, they can help you guys with the homework Manny gave you about understanding children" Jack explained.
Four big "Ohhh" came from the others.
"Well, I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow" Jack quickly said to avoid any more questions.
"Like my past life. The life before Jack Frost: the one of Jack Overland" he thought as he opened the door to his bedroom.
Once Jack stepped in his temporal room, he noticed a gold box and a letter sitting at his bed. Curious, Jack grabbed the gold box and he instantly recognized: his memory tooth box. Now confused, Jack decided to better read the letter before wondering why it was here and not in the Tooth Palace.
Dear Jack:
You know better than anyone that when I give someone something, is for a reason. I know that you returned Toothiana your memory box after Pitch´s defeat and I also know what you saw in it. I'm returning it to you, because there will come a moment in which you will need it. Again.
Glad you are enjoying your human time,
Man in Moon.
"Really Manny? Can't you ever give a proper explanation about your reasons?" Jack asked frustrated.
He changed into a pair of gray sweatpants, put on his blue hoodie and fell asleep clutching his memory box onto his chest.
Tooth watched worried as Jack went up to his room. She would never admitted, but the crush she had about him had developed into something else between the time they had spent together when Jack helped her get back in the teeth collecting field. She wasn't sure in what the crush had developed. Was it romance? Was it protection? Mother love? Friend love? Tooth was confused with her relationship with Jack Frost.
Sandy called for their attention.
"I just realized, we didn't ask him about his sister" Sandy said.
North cursed in Russian.
"Three years he has been a Guardian, and he won't tell us anything about what he saw in his memory box" Bunny said.
"It takes time to open up about it, Bunny. You know that better than anyone" Tooth scold him.
"All right then, everyone to bed. Ve got a busy day tomorrow" North demanded.
TUESDAY
Jamie and his friends had convinced Ms. Bennett to drive them early today, so they could hear Jack´s explanation.
"What do you guys think?" Jamie asked his friends as they approached Jackson.
"About what? The possibility that Jack Frost, Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy and The Sandman are human teenagers now?" Monty asked.
"No Monty, he is taking about the weather in Panama. OF COURSE HE IS TAKING ABOUT THAT!" said the twins.
"Hey! Be nice" Cupcake told them.
They stopped in front of the possible Guardians.
"So… what do you guys want to know?" Jack asked.
The kids looked at each other before nodding in agreement.
"Are you the Guardians? And if you are… why are you guys… human?