WEDNESDAY.
To Jack´s dismay, Manny didn't turn him into a penguin to avoid the Guardians the next morning. He just woke up again with the same appearance he had three days ago. Cursing his luck, Jack put on his (not surprisingly) blue bathing suit and a white tank top.
Once he made it to the kitchen, Jack found the others all ready having breakfast. Without making a sound, he sat next to Tooth with the intention of eating his cereal peacefully. A decision which turned out to be wrong.
"So, Jack, we were wondering why are you nervous about today?" Tooth asked.
"Yeah, mate. You seemed close to have a panic attack on Monday when they announced it after the roll call" Bunny added.
"You do know how to swim, right?" Sandy asked.
"In other vords, ve think you are afraid of vater" North concluded. Now Jack just stared at them with a blank face, the others just waiting for a response.
Jack took a deep breath.
"I'm not afraid of water, guys. I- I just don't feel like going to the beach while were all human, all right? And I do know how to swim, you heard the Kangaroo last night" he said rapidly.
"You were listening to our conversation last night?" Bunny asked.
"Me and my big mouth" Jack thought. He slowly nodded.
"Then, why didn't you say something?" Tooth asked confused.
"Guys, listen, I really don't want to talk about this, all right?" Jack said frustrated. And with that said he took his bowl of cereal and went upstairs to finish his breakfast.
The kitchen fell silent.
"Vell… that vent just great" North said. Everyone felt terrible; they really should have respected Jack´s privacy.
Meanwhile, Jack was at his room staring at the bowl full of cereal.
"Do I really need to snap and walk away so they can understand that I don't want to talk about it?" he said to himself.
Jack´s eyes fell into the golden tooth box resting in his closet. Maybe he should be honest with the Guardians about his past.
"No. They didn't die. There's no way I'm going to tell them now. What if they reject me?" he thought while shaking his head.
Problem is Jack didn't realize he was going to end up telling it to someone more sooner than later.
Ms. Bennett was driving the kids to the S.A.W. While she reminded them to put on the sunscreen, Jamie was reading the story book he brought for the camp fire. He didn't found the book with the picture that reminded him of Jack yesterday, but he had found a story about the Overland Lake that Jamie thought Jack would like.
Once they got of the car, they joined the others for the roll call. Everyone looked excited to get to the beach and play with their friends.
"All right! Please follow Broody to the buses so we can start this fun day!" Jody said cheerfully. Broody looked frustrated and mad.
"Great Scotts! He looks like he is going to kill someone!" Jamie whispered to Pippa.
"My mom's a bit of a control freak, but she never gets like this when things don't go according to plan" she answered quite amused.
"We should give Jack a medal for this achievement" Monty said.
"Talking about Jack, where is he?" Cupcake asked, looking around. Neither him or the rest of the Guardians were on sight.
"He was standing next to Amanda in the roll call. Maybe she knows" Jamie said.
And as in on cue, the dirty-blonde walked past them.
"Amanda! Do you know were Jack is?" Jamie asked.
"Um… yeah. He got immediately into the bus. If you ask me, he seemed to be in a hurry, almost if avoiding someone" she answered before continuing her way to the bus.
The kids looked at each other confused.
"Why would Jack be like that?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah. It makes no sense" the twins added.
"Actually, he was acting a bit strange yesterday, before we went home" Jamie said. The others looked at him and he looked at them.
"And I'm going find out why. I'm really tired of lies"