Why Don't You Love Me?

Chapter 6: Going Back

From riding the gusts of wind up in the sky, Jack finally reached his destination, being one of the states in Southeast America, which happened to be Georgia. He made a swing with his staff as he flew across the roofs of the houses and their front yards, covering them with fresh amounts of cold ice and chilly snow. Jack let out a chuckle in delight when he could see that children and teens were already coming out of their homes, being properly dressed for the weather.

In a matter of only a few minutes, all kinds of different groups were spending time outside in the town; friends, families, and especially, couples as well. The smile on Jack's face eventually vanished as he continued to witness many couples, young and old, looking quite happy together in their neighborhood. It quickly became very hard for Jack to be watching all of these pairs of two humans do fun things such as ice skate, make snow angels, and snowball fights.

Even though these winter activities were happening far away from Jack, since he was still flying high above in the sky, he could clearly see them with his eyes. It was immediately causing the winter spirit to imagine both him and Rapunzel also being one of the couples having so much fun together while playing in the snow. The more that Jack kept thinking about the two of them sharing those moments, the more that his entire body was lowering down to the ground covered in white.

"Think fast!" A voice shouted out, and before Jack could even look around to discover where that voice had come from, he got hit right in the face with a snowball.

Although, the snowball didn't strike Jack hard enough for him to be thrown on his back to the ground, which has happened before, and he wiped the snow off his face.

"Thanks so much for bringing the snow to us, Jack! I really thought that we would never get to have this kind of weather in our town. You're the best!" The voice added.

Jack could easily tell that the voice belonged to a girl, and when his eyes were finally clear of snow, he saw that the girl looked young, but also quite pretty as well.

She was almost as tall as Jack, had long brown hair, which was covered up with a red toque, and she also wore a grey winter coat, making her perfectly comfortable.

"No problem, and I must say that I'm impressed with you already, since you really know to throw a snowball, but do you have any friends to play with?" Jack asked.

"I used to have a lot of friends, but they either moved away or we grew apart, so I'm hoping that the snow will help me connect with new people," The girl answered.

"I'm glad to hear that, and trust me, I understand how it's really important to have not just friends in your life, but also a family, because otherwise. . ." Jack began.

"Your life would be miserable, because it's filled with loneliness, nothing else," The girl said, and Jack's eyes widened while his jaw almost dropped with what he just heard.

"Oh, I don't think that I've introduced myself earlier, my name is Joyce, or just 'Joy' for short," Joy added, before she lent out one of her glove-wearing hands.

"Even though I've heard a lot about you, it's nice for us to finally meet." Joy said, while still having her hand out for Jack to shake, to which he did, and smiled back.

"Yes, it is, so Joy, this might not be any of my business, but are you expecting anyone else to hang out with you, like someone who's more than a friend?" Jack asked.

"If you're asking if I have a boyfriend, then the answer is no, but I did have one not so long ago, and we were very happy when we spent time together." Joy answered.

"Really, so how come it didn't work out between you two?" Jack asked, while he still couldn't believe that he was making conversation with someone that he just met.