Amy awoke to the sound of birds singing outside and the gentle sun beating down upon her fragile face.
She opened her emerald green eyes and looked around the room and smiled.
"It wasn't just a good dream..." she thought, climbing out of bed to open the window. The cool wind swept around her body, saying a friendly 'good morning' to her.
The sky was a murky grey, but yet, the sun hung high in the sky like a dinner plate placed carefully in a display cabinet.
"This place sure is full of surprises" Amy breathed, sniffing the morning air. Slightly musty, with a hint of damp. It had obviously been raining over night.
Amy decided to explore as she hadn't had time the night before to look around. She walked out of her room, through the curtains and into the room oposite.
It was filled with bookshelves and books scrambled across the floor.
She picked one up. It read: "The Scientific Method"
Amy smiled. It looked interesting, but she didn't have time to read it, she wanted to explore some more.
Books, books and more books! Jack must have
really liked to read.
Then, something caught Amy's eye, a large blackboard in the corner with sums on it.
When she neared it, she realised he was trying to calculate the meaning of Christmas, which made Amy laugh. There wasn't a calculation for Christmas! Obviously, Jack was oblivious to what Christmas was about.
She looked on the back, there was a small drawing of him and Sally on the back, how sweet.
Amy smiled, a sudden urge rushing over her. She picked up the chalk and drew herself next to them.
Amy grinned, pleased with her drawing. Also hoping Jack and Sally wouldn't find it.
As she walked away from the drawing, she stepped on a book, she looked down to see a small, leather back book, she picked it up, it was open on a certain page and some of the pages had fallen out.
It had pictures in it, like the ones on the wall of the bedroom.
It was the skeleton that had stood next to Jack in that sepia photograph on the wall, he was smiling happily up at Amy next to a beautiful lady with jet black hair curled at the bottom.
The page fell on the last photograph, Jack was holding a small pink bundle in his hands with Sally, Amy guessed it was a baby, but where was she?
"Amy?" called a voice behind her. Amy dropped the book and looked around to see Jack, dressed in his night clothes and night cap, looking at her, his face frowning.
"Yes?" asked Amy.
"Nothing. Good morning, did you sleep well?"
"I did thank you, did you?"
"Indeed I did, Sally isn't awake yet, but I wondered if you would like to take a morning stroll with me across Halloween Town?"
Amy's eyes widened in eagerness. "Of course!" she said.
"Splendid! If you need me, I'll be getting dressed in my room"
Amy nodded and looked behind her, the book had fallen just as Jack had left it, on that exact same page.
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Oo ahh!
C'MON JACK! TELL HER ALREADY! >.<
