New JackRabbit fic. Yay!

I personally adore this couple. Seems they're meant to be, expecially by the way they act towards each other.

So, yeah, boredom comes as both a curse and a blessing.

I don't own ROTG, and I hope you enjoy.

Aster was standing outside the school, staring at a flyer that was hanging on the door. It was a good place to put a flyer, he guessed. It certainly grabbed his attention, as it was hot pink with large black writing. Though, it could also cause an accident if someone had wanted to stop and read it while surrounded by students.

Aster was already late to class, though, so the school yard was completely deserted. There was little chance that he would get knocked over by a wave of students. Even if there were a crowd around, he would've still stopped. He was larger than most of his classmates and the flyer did actually look interesting.

Apparently, some band was playing at the park that night. There name was "Dream On!", and according to the design of the poster, they were some freaks who liked fairy tales. Aster himself didn't really see what was so fasinating about things that only exsisted in books, but he didn't have a problem with other people being so passionate about it.

Aster took out his phone and snapped a picture of the flyer to send it to his girlfriend, Lucy. She normally liked that sort of thing, so it shouldn't hurt to invite her to it. The least she could was turn him down. He didn't mind if she did. He just thought it would be fun.

He lingered outside the school until she replied back. First, she asked where he was and why he wasn't in class. She was big on education. Then she gladly accepted the invitation, saying that her neighbor was in the band and how she had wanted to go anyway.

"It's a date, then," Aster chuckled to himself.

Aster had picked Lucy up from her house at 7:30. The concert started at 8:00, but Aster wasn't too worried about not being able to find a seat or somewhere to all, it was just some garage band that no one knew about. Who would actually show up?

He had made a very, very big mistake by thinking that. It was packed. He wondered for a moment if Dream On! was just an opening for a more popular band, or if they got the place wrong. He didn't understand what was going on. Where they actually good and he just hadn't hear of them?

"Silly," Lucy sighed. "If you would ever come to my house, you'd see just how many people like them. Jamie's garage is always packed. It doesn't hurt that Jack Frost is a member, either."

"Jack Frost?" Aster questioned. "As in, the winter spirit?"

Lucy rolled her eyes. "His actual name is Jack Fletcher, but everyone calls him Jack Frost."

"Why?"

"You'll see."

When they eventually found some seats where they could see (way up on the top of some bleachers because it was literally overflowing with people), Aster did see. One of the boys standing on the stage had pale skin, snow white hair, and bright blue eyes.

"Jamie and Sandy you know from school," Lucy said. She gestured to the bass player and lead guitar/lead singer. Aster remembered them, but just barely. He had a few classes with Sandy, but had only seen Jamie in the halls, since he was a freshman. "Sofie is the one on drums. She's only thirteen, but isn't she awesome? Oh, she's also Jamie's younger sister. And I'm sure you've guessed who Jack Frost is by now."

"Yeah," Aster answered. "I caught that pretty quick."

"I think he's cute," Lucy told him.

"If you say so," Aster mumbled.

Lucy rolled her eyes. "I so need to hang out with some girls."

"If you didn't study all the time..."

"Oh, don't even start," she groaned. It was an arguement they had often. Aster didn't believe school could really get you anywhere, if you were born with talent. Which, he was. Lucy had a very different opinion about the matter.

"Hold up!" Jamie shouted. The music stopped and the crowd tried to quiet down also. "I think an intoduction is in order."

The crowd cheered, making Jamie smile. He gestured to Sandy, who was on his left. "This is our awesome bass player, Sandy!"

The crowd shouted unrecongizable things, but apparently, the band caught some of the words, as they were all soon smiling. Sandy even looked a little embarassed. Aster thought the reaction was normal. Sandy was such a shy person, he'd never had expected him to be a part of a band.

"This is my sister, Sofie, everyone!" Jamie said as he moved out of the way so they could see the blonde with ragged hair. "Let's try to end this by ten, because she has to be in bed by nine."

Sofie shot her brother a look as the crowd laughed. He was always picking on the fact that she was the youngest! The crowd, however, thought it was just a cute sibling rivalry. Which is basiclly what it was.

Jamie moved to the keyboard and wrapped an arm around Jack's shoulders. "And, this, ladies and gentlemen, is Jack Frost."

The crowd erupted in deafing screams and shouts. Many girls were fangirling at a very high pitch that Aster didn't care for. What was the big deal, anyway? He wasn't that goodlooking.

Jack chuckled and took the mike away from Jamie. "Let's not forget about our awesome singer!"

"Aw, Jack, that's sweet," Jamie laughed. "But they didn't come for me." He looked out to the crowd and smiled, going back to center stage. "No. They came for the music!"

The crowd cheered and the music started up again. Aster looked to Lucy, who was smiling and singing. At least she was having a good time. She had better. Aster wouldn't have come for any other reason. If she didn't smile the entire time, he was out.

At the end of the concert, Lucy dragged Aster up to the stage so that he could meet everyone. They had to wait a moment, though, as everyone cleared out and the band started to clean up their equipment. Once they were almost the only ones in the park anymore, they walked up.

"Lucy!" Jamie shouted in recongization. He hopped off the stage and hugged her. Aster eyed him carefully. Jamie noticed and let her go. "And you must be Aster."

"Lucy's boyfriend?" Sofie asked. She joined Jamie down offstage and looked at Aster intensly. "I thought you said he was cute, Luce."

"He is," Lucy giggled.

"He's too... mean looking," she said.

"You're just a little kid," Jamie laughed. "I bet you still think old ladies are scary too."

"I'm only two years younger than you," Sofie protested. "And that lady had a stick! Wouldn't you run from a swinging stick, too?"

"No," he said. "I'd just laugh. What could she do?"

"Maybe the stick was her wand," Jack suggested from on stage. "And she was going to turn you into a toad."

"When you put it that way..."

"What's your obession with fairy tales, anyway?" Aster asked.

"They're beautiful," Lucy answered quickly. She didn't want any of them offended. She thought it was wonderful that they were this age, yet still had hearts of children. Aster didn't think about such things, though. She often wondered if he thought at all before he spoke.

"Well, you should know," Sofie said to Aster. "Aren't you from England? It's the land of legends."

Aster gave her a look. So many, too many, people mistaked his accent so often. It annoyed him. He'd rather people just ask him where he came from rather than assume he was from some place that he wasn't.

He opened his mouth to say so, but Jack answered before he could. "It's Austrailian."

"Oh," Sofie said. "Sorry."

"It's fine," Aster sighed. At least one of them knew accents. If they ever went on tour, that would save them from upsetting a fan.

"How'd you know?" Lucy asked, surprised. Even she had thought he was British when they first met. It was actually the reason she ever asked him out. She'd heard Brithish kids were exceptionaly intellegent. Since learning the truth, though, she hadn't really thought about it.

Jack shrugged. "I used to travel a lot."

"Ever been to Australia?" Aster asked.

"Once," Jack told him. "We only stayed for three days, though. Oh! But, while I was there, I saw this huge spider. I thought I had a heartattck. It scared the hell out of me."

"Lucky it didn't bite 'cha," Aster chuckled. Jack looked him over to see if he was joking, but couldn't tell. He looked serious, yet there was a playful look in his eyes that made Jack unsure.

"Well," Lucy coughed, "we should be going. It's getting late."

"I'll come over tomorrow," Sofie said. Lucy smiled at her. Sofie looked to Lucy for advice on boys, makeup, and such. She didn't have anyone her age to talk to about it, so Lucy helped her out.

Lucy started walking towards the car, so Aster was forced to follow. She picked the oddest times to up and leave. He was having a conversation and she decided right then that it was "too late"? They hadn't even been talking for more than a few minutes.

"Bye, Lucy!" Jack's voice called out. "And nice meeting you, Aster!"