Hurray! New chapter. Once again, thank you all for the reviews. They help! And also, thank you for your patience while waiting for the update. The reason there is not one every day?
One word: SCHOOL.
Anyway, let´s continue with the story!
"Okay, guys. Before you leave, remember that tomorrow is Beach Day!" Jody said excitedly to everyone. She got all lot of cheering as a response.
"Yeah, yeah, I know that all of you are excited. Remember to bring your bathing suits, towels, sunscreen and hats. Oh and also, since we are going to tell campfire stories, bring your favorites!" she added. And with that said, Jody allowed everyone to leave.
"This is going to be so cool!" Jamie said.
"True. I'm pretty sure that Sandy here is going to rock the sand castle competition, am I right Sandy?" Bunny said. Sandy happily nodded.
"Not fair, he has a big advantage" Sophie said giggle ling.
"I´ll try to be fair" he said, with Tooth translating.
The only one who didn't look very excited about tomorrow was Jack, who was staring at his ice cream like he was fascinated by it. Jamie took notice of this, but before he could ask his friend what was bothering him, a voice sounded behind him.
"Jamie, Sophie, Cupcake, Pippa, Monty, Claude, Caleb; your car is here!" Broody announced. The kids waved goodbye to the Guardians.
"Don't forget to brush your teeth! I saw how many ice cream you kids had!" Tooth screamed to them as they got away. Everyone laughed at Tooth's obsession with that.
"Come on, let's go home" North said.
"So, how was it today?" Ms. Bennett asked the children as she drove off.
"Oh, it was fun!" Pippa said. The kids started to tell Ms. Bennett everything they had done today.
Well, all except Jamie, who was lost in his own thoughts. He was trying to remember where he had seen the book that he had mentioned Jack in the morning.
"Was it in a history book? No, maybe it was the urban legends book Santa gave me last Christmas" Jamie thought, trying to place where he had seen the picture. He was so distracted, that he didn't notice that everyone had already got left at their homes and Ms. Bennett was already parking the car in the garage.
"Hey, big brother, were home" Sophie said.
"Huh? Oh" was all Jamie said. He got out of the car.
"What were you thinking?" his little sister asked, curious.
"Just something that I said to Jack this morning after they told us the truth" Jamie answered.
"And that was…?" Sophie insisted.
Jamie sighed.
"I´ll tell you in my room, okay?"
While the Guardians were walking to their home, Jack couldn't stop thinking (and worrying) about the beach day. He was not going to admit it, but he was scared.
Scared to drown again. Jack was human again and he knew that he wasn't immortal for the week. Of course, he knew how to swim, but… what if he forgot how to? What if he got into the water and simply… forgot? WHAT IF HE DIED AGAIN?!
"Jack, are you okay?" North asked concerned.
"Hum? Oh, yeah. Fine. Perfectly fine" he responded forcing a smile. The others seemed to buy it.
Except for Tooth. She knew something was wrong. But before she could ask, North interrupted.
"Ve are home!" he said.
"We know mate. We can see that, there is no need to shout it" Bunny said annoyed.
Everyone got inside and while Tooth, Bunny, Sandy and North went to the living room, Jack went immediately upstairs.
"What's wrong with Frostbite?" Bunny asked.
"No idea. He´s veen like this since they reminded us that tomorrov is Veach Day" North answered.
Sandy called for their attention.
"Maybe he doesn't know how to swim and he is nervous?" he suggested.
"Nonsense. I've seen the little show pony float in Antarctica from the times you three have force me into looking for him because of a meeting" Bunny said.
"Then, what's wrong with Jack?" Tooth asked worried. The rest shared a look before agreeing that they would ask him in the morning.
Unknown to them, Jack had been listening to the entire conversation.
"Manny, you better turn me into a penguin to avoid those questions" he thought.