Love Alone Is Worth The Fight

Chapter 8: Tracked

Jack turned on the truck and went about his day. Above the towering building was gray clouds pouring light rain into the city.

After driving around the city and delivering orders, there were a few more deliveries on Jack's list. Jack finished his Big Mac as his lunch and took several sips from his soda cup. He swiped down the business iPad and saw the next order was to be delivered in the Upper West Side. Jack punched in the address onto the truck's navigator and drove away.

It was a rainy Saturday morning in the city. Jack was told by North to go help Bunny and Sandy with their delivery orders. Deep inside Jack knew North just wanted him to stay away from trouble. As if staying away from trouble was least of Jack's problem, he had to wear some new clothes because it was laundry day at the Guardians' household. Tooth and North had a dump load of laundry piling up in the basement to be washed.

Not Jack's usually dress wear, he found a pair of beige khaki pants, a plain white thin sweater, and a navy blue shirt with graffiti art on it. But, he still wore the beanie North gave him. Jack had a flashback from the first day North gave him the hand-knitted cap.

"Remember, wear this whenever you go out. It will protect you," smiled North, heading Jack the cap. Inside the cap, a stitched snowflake with Jack's intitals on it said, "J.F." For Jack Frost.

Jack was on break after delivering several orders around the neighborhood. He sat on a stool inside the bakery while browsing through his Facebook. The bakery was dead, but, Bunny and Sandy had orders to make. It range from wedding cakes, crazy Sweet 16 pastries and other baked goods that neeed to be made.

A smile was all over Jack's face while looking through the tagged photos of him and his new friends. There was several photos of him with Kristoff posing like bodybuilders on top of a rocky hill in Central Park. One photo of him messing with Anna's hair. But, the ones he enjoyed the most was with Elsa.

Who knew Anna had the talent in photography? She took photos on her phone where Jack and Elsa walked side by side on a trail at the park where it was covered in leaves and autumn trees arched over them. A funny one was when she smooched Jack and Elsa together while Anna stood between them.

Lastly, two priceless photos that Jack will never forget. One photo of him actually returning that blue gove he found one morning. Elsa was talking about it while the gang was at the park. Eventually, Jack remembered that he still had it. The other photo was Elsa giving Jack a big hug, thanking him. It shocked everybody, especially Jack, he was red as a tomato. Of course, Anna had to capture it.

"Hm, looks like she grew fond of you mate" Bunny stood behind Jack as he took a moment to look at the photos on Jack's phone. Jack's eyes widen and his face turned completely red. "Heh look at ya, you're red as a baboon's ass" Bunny chuckled.

Jack put away his phone. "What's up Bunny? You guys have anything for me deliver?" He said while feeling embarrassed.

"Yeah. Theses" Sandy came out of the kitchen with a stack of boxes. His tiny body had the ability to hold heavy boxes. But, his small height caused him to stumble around, because he couldn't see. Good thing Bunny and Jack was there to help him out.

"Thank you. Now Jack most of these orders are uptown. So you need this." Sandy handed Jack the keys to the bakery's Nissan Titan.

"Seriously? You're letting him drive the truck?" Bunny wasn't too happy at Sandy's decision.

Jack's face was glowing with joy. "Sandy you're awesome!" He grabbed the keys, the orders, a clipboard with delivery receipts, and an iPad with order information. Then headed out to back of the building.

"Jeez, Sandy why?" asked Bunny. He sat down on Jack's stool, pouting.

"Quit acting like a little -" A truck honked it's honk, blocking what Sandy was about to say. But Bunny knew what he meant. "C'mon let the little dude have fun. Now lets go make that six layer cake for the Johnson's wedding." Sandy happily danced back into the kitchen. Bunny followed him like a brainless zombie pouting.