[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/Dj9ByLF.gif?1[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/p0QorHo.gif[/img] [h1][color=lightcyan]Jack Frost[/color] and [color=coral]Thallie[/color][/h1][/center][hr][hr] [i]Amare's Letter to Thallie[/i] [colour=crimson][i]Dear Thallie, Oh boy, ...this is my fifth attempt at a letter to you. I know, I know, I'm the God of damn Creativity. Yet I can't write one dumb letter to my big sister. I'm a genius- I know, but there's just so much I want to say- I want to explain. So, instead of trying to start at the beginning, I'm going to start with this. Thallie, your the best big sister I could have ever hoped for. I love you entirely and thank you for always looking out for me. Because of that, right now, I miss you dearly. That being said, I can't come and see you. I'm sorry but, the rest of The 'God Squad' hate me. Really, if I turned up on your doorstep and said "Hey Thallie! I missed you, Big Sister!" Then I'm sure everyone would tie me up and torture me for information. As while I might have a baby face, that isn't going to stop- well- Gods. And well, if they don't torture me- then they are at least going to use me as bait. I simply can't have that you know- I love him too much to allow that. I don't want to tell you this Thallie, I really don't. I don't want to explain to you that I can't see you. That I can't be with you. If your in trouble, believe me, I'll be there in a heartbeat. However, apart from that I...have to stay away from you and...be with him. You have to understand, love you Thallie, I really do. There's no other female in my life I care for more than you. You've always loved me- cherished me...but you have never needed me. During our entire lives, you have looked after me. In fact, most people have. Even during the brief time I was in Armarion's favour, he was looking out for me. I always tried to help you when you were in trouble. However the truth is, you have always been Heaven's 'golden girl'. Everyone has always liked you, they have always been there for you. Now isn't any different. I love you, but truth is, you don't need me. Brontes, on ther other hand, has always so desperately needed me. The both of us were always outcasts, tossed aside by our fellow Gods and Goddesses. Both incredibly lonely, we have always needed each other. Now, he needs me more than ever. Brontes is inches away from doing something terribly stupid, and I'm the only one who can stop him. I know I'm the only one who can stop him because I'm the only one he'll listen to. Believe me when I say, Brontes wants to make peace. However, he doesn't think it's possible and I have to make him see that it is. I have to not just for him, not just for me- but for you too. Please try and understand- I love you, truly. I adore you like I have no other woman in this entire world. Brontes just simply needs me more right now. You'll be fine, everyone has always liked you. They'll help you, they'll look after you. Right here, right now, I need to look after him. Simply because I love him just as much as I love you. Not only that, but I'm the only one who does. So, I love you and I adore you. Though most importantly I miss you. Just don't let that light of yours fade, okay? Your silly, childish, little brother wants to see your smile when he finally sees you again. And I will see you again, that's a promise. Love, Amare.[/i][/colour] [hr] Thallie sat down in the room she was sleeping in and narrowed her eyebrows at the letter she was relieved and yet unrelieved at the same time. Flipping the envelope over to open, she ran her fingers over it and sighed. How could Amare..how could he talk to someone other than his flesh and blood. It hurt her and plus all the stuff Jack was saying it was just a lot and not believable. Opening the letter she closed her eyes then opened them to read it. Each word catching her by surprise..it didn't sound like Amare. Continuing to read it she shook her head and swallowed his words hurting her. It literally hurt to read him say that she didn't need him when she did. She did need him. Tears began to surface and a burning in the back of her throat crumbling the paper and throwing it. She quickly got up and paced the room before stop at the chair. Anger and everything causing her to throw it in the corner and then her sinking to the floor and hugging her knees. Everything was to much. The stress. Amare missing. Jacks confession. Amare reappearing and saying practically he didn't want to be around her and it was all of Brontes's fault. Sitting on the floor she began to cry her head hurting and aching but truthfully she didn't care that it ached. Jack had, for an hour at most, been able to get some measure of sleep when he got back from being kidnapped by Amare. He was shocked, at first, to find his house as it was, but when Ash explained what happened and he had spent most of the night fixing it with a spell that he had to rewrite to suit a house, Jack wasn't as mad. Though he was angry with Onatar... But the beast was banished to the ocean floor, never to return again. He was fine with that. Jack hadn't been at the house for long, maybe a couple hours, one of those of which he was sleeping, and he had yet to see Thallie and find out her answer to his... confession. Jack grabbed his staff and twirled it in his hand. He took a deep breath and began walking toward the door, ice trailing behind him. He swore under his breath. The ice trail only tended to follow him when he thought about things too seriously or when he was too serious. He just shook his head. He was going to have to deal with it. He walked out of his room and walked down the hall, heading toward Thallie's. He would have to talk to her sooner or later. Might as well be sooner, right? He saw Ash in the living room, still working to fix some of the damage. He had his scythe up and was waving it in a circle around the room. Things flew back into place, refixing themselves. His house was... sort of... beginning to look back to normal. He saw the dark wooden door with a blue snowflake symbol for Thallie's room, one of his many guest rooms, and he walked over quietly. On the inside, he heard someone crying and he took a deep breath. He knew he shouldn't have just left the letter outside her room. He should have been there to help her handle the reading. Jack took a deep breath and knocked on the door, frost branching off from where he knocked to create a beautiful, intricate pattern on the outside of the door. "[color=lightcyan]Thallie? You there?[/color]" he asked softly through the door. Thallie looked down at the ground and wiped her eyes. [color=coral]"Yeah!"[/color] she choked up before looking at the door. She was a wreck and she was hurting and the person she needed the most didn't want her nor need her. Her head ached as she looked at the crumbled paper. Everything rushing back to her head causing more pain. Swallowing she stared at the door and tried to dry her eyes. She didn't want to let Jack see her this way it felt as if she had let him down in a way. Thallie felt and had the need to be strong for everyone. Jack took a deep breath and leaned against the door. He wasn't going to barge in, especially if he wasn't invited in. He stared at the door carefully, tracing patterns in the frost that appeared on it. "[color=lightcyan]I was wondering if you were alright. I haven't seen you since I've been home. I know I didn't exactly leave on the best of terms, and I didn't come back with the greatest news.[/color]" He leaned his staff up against the wall and leaned with his head back against the door. "[color=lightcyan]I'm so sorry Thallie.[/color]" He said this part quietly, but he was sure it was loud enough for her to hear. "[color=lightcyan]Do you have an answer for me?[/color]" he asked, slightly louder. Ash, unbeknownst to both parties, was leaning up against the wall of the hallway leading into the living room and listening quietly. He rested his head against the hallway wall, waiting for the answer to his brother's question. Staring at the door she stood up and fixed the chair. Shuffling over to the door she opened it looking at Jack with a small smile.. [color=coral]"I-I'm okay Jack..thanks for asking.[/color]" Swallowing, she looked down at the ground. Looking up at his face she signed quietly his eyes and everything made her feel better he made her feel better. Biting her bottom lip she swallowed then quickly wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his chest. Starting to cry from everything again and the pain of her head. [color=coral]"Jack I need you. I really need you and and I love you Jack and my answer is yes."[/color] she said pulling away from hugging him. Her real eyes were showing the light crimson glowing as her tears filled her eyes. Jack was shocked when she hugged him and began crying into his chest, but so many emotions flowed through his body when she said, "I love you." Jack grabbed her again, pulling her in tightly, and stroked the back of her hair. "[color=lightcyan]I will always be here for you, Thallie.[/color]" He drew back again and held out his palm. Tiny ice crystals formed together and it created a small ring, one that would fit easily on her pinky finger. "[color=lightcyan]If you ever need anything, just say my name and twist this ring around your finger. I'll be there as fast as I can.[/color]" He placed the ring on her finger and gently held her hand, stroking his thumb over the back of it before dropping his hand back down by his side once more. Relaxing a bit she wiped her eyes then looked at his hand watching the ring form she looked at him. She gave a small smile and twisted the ring around her finger. Then laughed a little. She pushed a piece of white hair that had fallen in face behind her ear. Her eyes where now a beautiful emerald green blue color. Looking down the back up at him and swallowing. [color=coral]"Jack..what does this mean like..are we together or just..yeah "[/color] She was bad at wording things and could never word then right not only this she had never been in a situation like this. It was different for her and new and she was practically clueless. Jack chuckled under his breath. He had been in many relationships before, though he would not tell her that, with mortal women and he nodded. "[color=lightcyan]Yes. I believe[/color]" he said teasingly, "[color=lightcyan]that if two people pronouce their love for each other to each other aloud, then they are together.[/color]" He placed his hands on her waist and smiled down at her. "[color=lightcyan]Which means,[/color]" he murmured quietly, staring down into her beautiful eyes. "[color=lightcyan]I can do this without you punching me.[/color]" He raised a hand to her chin, tilted it up carefully, and brought his mouth to hers, kissing her gently. Giggling a little she smiled back at him. Next thing she knew Jack was kissing her something she had never felt before. She wasn't even sure on what she was supposed to do. So she attempted to kiss him back by doing the exact same thing to him. So many feelings were flooding in her it was as if a thousand butterflies flew into her stomach and everything that was bad or stressing her out. Pulling back her face flushed a pale pink color as she used her hand to try to hide it. [color=coral]"Well now what do we do Mr.Frost?"[/color] she said jokingly at him. Giving him a small smile still trying to hide her flushed cheeks. He became breathless once she drew back. He honestly now knew what all the mortal women thought whenever he kissed them. "[color=lightcyan]Well, I guess either we should tell people or keep it a secret, if necessary.[/color]" He stroked her cheek with the back of his hand, a smile coming up on his face as she flushed. "[color=lightcyan]Though if Ash already knows, then we might not be safe,[/color]" Jack said loudly, throwing it over his shoulder. Ash chuckled, shaking his head, as he walked away from them and out of his hiding spot. Jack just shook his head at his brother before looking at Thallie once again. "[color=lightcyan]Or, you know, we could go on a normal date. Like to a movie or something.[/color]" Thallie raised a eyebrow at Ash giving him one of her many "the look" faces. Then looking back at Jack. [color=coral]"Uh Jack? Whats a date"[/color] she asked swallowing then looking down she was embarrassed that she didn't know what that even was but in her defense it wasn't really something anyone had ever her asked her about. Continuing to look down she bit her bottom lip. [color=coral] "Should we keep it a secret Jack? I mean do you think we need to?"[/color] she asked him still keeping contact with the floor as she was still embarrassed. Which was weird because she was always putting up this tough girl act around everyone while being on earth, but for some reason she couldn't do it around Jack. She was vulnerable around him, weak pretty much. Not only that she couldn't understand or figure out if it would be okay to tell people. Especially with certain gods knowing maybe it would cause anything but surely it couldn't. Could it? Jack, not responding to her first question about the date, grinded his teeth together. Should they keep it a secret? That was a hard question to ask. "[color=lightcyan]In all honesty, Thallie, I think we should. If Brontes needs to hurt me in someone and he finds out about you... I think that would kill me.[/color]" Jack murmured most of this. "[color=lightcyan]We need to keep it a secret to keep both of us safe. It will be beneficial for both of us.[/color]" He took a deep breath and said, "[color=lightcyan]Now, about that date...[/color]"