The following days passed like a blur. When Jack had arrived in Burgess the morning after the kiss he had been greeted by an eager Jamie who had immediately pulled the older boy into a snowball fight with his friend. Baby Tooth had arrived soon after, she she had acted as though nothing was wrong. Neither one of the immortals had spoken to the other that day, instead wrapping themselves up in their job of bringing joy and laughter to the children of the tiny town. They didn't let the children suspect a thing, either. Jack was good at forcing smiles and Baby Tooth was a fast learner.

As soon as the last child had gone inside Jack took to the air and zoomed off for the next stop, Baby Tooth trailing quietly behind, not even trying to catch up. She had figured out why Jack was acting so strange and she didn't feel like talking about it. Talking would just lead to tears. Instead of their days being full of fun and laughter they were now full of a slowly growing dread and rushed flights from town to town. Jack never let them stay for more than a moment after the children had disappeared, often time leaving as soon as the first parent called for their child. He always made sure they arrived after the kids had already come out to play, too. It was like he was afraid to be alone with her.

Though neither spoke of it, the equinox loomed over both teens like one of Pitch's nightmares. Baby Tooth didn't know when it would arrive, but she knew it was coming fast.

Then, one day, Jack stopped on a snow covered cliff facing the sea, just as the sun was beginning to set. There were no children here, only the two of them. She landed behind him, unsure if she should move to stand by his side or not.

"We can't keep doing this." His voice was shaking, but she pretended not to hear it.

"No, we really can't." She moved forward now, taking his hand in hers, but not yet daring to look at him. "Jack?"

He didn't look at her either, but he gripped her hand tightly, like a life line. "Yes?"

"This has been amazing."

He did look at her then. He saw the unshed tears in her eyes and brushed them away, making her finally meet his gaze. And then he was kissing her and she was kissing him back. They were poured everything into that kiss, both trying to forget about the dark future that lay before them. Shimmering tears fell from closed eyes as the couple kissed on that wintery shore, desperate to stay like that forever. Far above them the evening star glimmered in the evening sky.

Estel rolled her eyes at the two wishes that were sitting before her.

I wish I could stay.

I wish she could stay.

It had taken quite a bit longer than she'd thought it would. She'd expected the wishes to arrive before Christmas, but apparently these two were a little dense when it came to realizing their emotions. Why couldn't people just take the wish she offered them instead of trying to twist it as they saw fit? She had known that granting Baby Tooth's initial wish would eventually bring them both real happiness, that was her power after all, but no. Jack had to insist on changing it and Baby Tooth had been too afraid of giving up her old life to try and change his mind.

Estel leaned back in the chair and sighed. So, she guessed it was about time she visit the couple and tell them that she could only grant a wish, not change its parameters. It was an old trick of hers, tell the wisher that she'd change the wish and wait until they realized the original had been the better one, then tell them that was the one she'd granted. Such was the case here. From the moment she had granted the wish Baby Tooth's change had been permanent.

Baby Tooth and Jack looked up, tear stained faces illuminated by Estel's light. No, it wasn't time yet! She was here too soon!

"You know, I don't grant a wish lightly." The star lectured, ignoring the tears, "The wishes that reach me are the true desires of the heart and, often, people are afraid to admit they have those desires. This leads to them asking for something other than what their original wish entailed, but I can only grant true wishes."

The couple started up at her, hope beginning to flicker in their hearts. Estel smiled. "And that is the wish I granted you, Baby Tooth."

The girl swallowed and let go of Jack, stepping closer to the shimmering woman. "You mean, I don't have to go back?"

"No, Baby Tooth, you're going to be stuck like this forever."

The girl let out a sob of joy and Jack took her in his arms once more. The two teens sunk to the ground, laughing with wonder as Estel crossed her arms and shook her head in amusement. She was always right about these things.

Finally, they seemed to remember that they weren't alone and the couple turned to look at the woman once more.

"Thank you," said Jack, his arms still locked around Baby Tooth.

Estel gave a tiny bow. "You are more than welcome, young Guardian. It is always a pleasure to grant such a wish and I wish the two of you joy."

And then she was gone, leaving Jack and Baby Tooth alone to marvel at the future that suddenly seemed so bright.

In the same way the past few weeks had been a blur of despair the following months were a haze of bliss for Jack and Baby Tooth. Gone were the forced laughs and fake smiles. In their place came a never-ending rush of joy, kisses upon moonlit ponds, and endless fun. While the winter season kept them busy Jack and Baby Tooth really didn't mind. They were spending every day together doing what they were meant to do, bring excitement and laughter to the world and love to each other. One evening, after the children they'd spent the day playing with had gone inside, Jack and Baby Tooth made their way to a little park just outside of the town.

As the sun sank Jack took Baby Tooth in his arms and young couple shared a tender kiss.

A loud cough interrupted them and they broke apart, searching for the source of the unexpected noise. It didn't take much effort. They'd been so wrapped up in the kiss that they hadn't noticed the arrival of Sandy, North, Bunny, and Toothiana. The four Guardians were looking at them with grim expressions. Toothiana spoke first.

"We know today will be hard for both of you and we'd like to be here to help, if you need us."

The other Guardians nodded in agreement as the confused teenagers stared at them.

"Why would today be hard?" Jack asked, holding tighter to his girlfriend.

"It's March 20th, mate." Bunny looked uncomfortable saying the words, like he was calling down a curse upon them.

Jack looked down at Baby Tooth in confusion. His girlfriend shrugged, she was as lost as he was.

Now North spoke, "Is spring equinox, my friends."

He'd expected these words to lead to sadness and despair in duo's eyes, but they continued to simply stare at the Guardian's in confusion.

Above Sandy's head an image of a young girl formed and then reformed as a tooth fairy. Seeing the image, Baby Tooth's eyes widened and Jack burst into laughter. When he finally caught his breath the Spirit of Winter found himself facing four bewildered Guardians. He grinned, "I guess we kind of forgot to tell you that Baby Tooth isn't going to be turning back to a tooth fairy today, didn't we?"

Silence hung over the group until Bunny's eyes widened. "Easter is in two weeks and I took a break from decorating eggs for nothing?"

The Guardian of Hope quickly summoned up a tunnel and jumped in while yelling something about deadlines and inconsiderate teenagers. Jack burst into laughter once again and Baby Tooth began to giggle while the other Guardians let the information sink in.

When it finally did Toothiana swooped down and wrapped her arms around the former fairy, "Baby Tooth, that's wonderful!"

North picked Jack up and gave the Guardian a kiss on either cheek while exclaiming in Russian.

Sandy smiled and set off a few tiny sand fireworks overhead.

Then they realized what they'd stopped the couple from doing.

"You were kissing!" Toothiana set Baby Tooth down and looked like she was going to faint.

Jack nodded and stepped away from North, taking the girl in his arms once more. "Yeah, we were."

Sandy formed a sand heart above his head and followed the image with a question mark.

"Of course we're in love! Why else would we be kissing?"

Baby Tooth blushed at the attention and hid her face in Jack's hoodie letting her boyfriend deal with the shocked adults.

North gestured at them, "When did this happen?"

Jack rolled his eyes, "Two months ago..."

At this Toothiana suddenly looked concerned, "Jack, have you even had 'the talk?'"

Now Jack was blushing too, "Come on guys, give it a rest!"

The adults didn't seem to care that they were embarrassing the teens and continued bombarding them with questions until North had an idea, "Come,we must have feast to celebrate young couple!"

Jack laughed, his face still a deep crimson, and shook his head, "Don't the yeti's need time to prepare for that? And we can't have a party without Bunny there!"

North considered this for a moment before nodding. "I am seeing your point. We celebrate day after Easter, then!"

Jack looked down at the girl blushing girl wrapped tenderly in his arms and smiled, "What do you think?"

She nodded happily, keeping her eyes locked on Jack's, "That sounds like fun."

"Excellent!" Cried the Russian Guardian. "I will go and tell yetis."

With that he pulled a familiar snow globe from his pocket and disappeared into a shinning portal. Once he'd gone Tooth once again began to bombard them with questions until she realized that she needed to get back to her post. At that point she began to insist that they come with her to the Tooth Palace and tell her exactly what had happened. The couple laughingly accepted her invitation, knowing she wouldn't take no for an answer, and flew after the babbling Guardian as she continued to go on and on about how happy she was for them.

Sandy gave the departing group a little wave and zoomed off in the other direction, happy to be able to get back to work so quickly.

The day of the feast was here and everyone but Sandy had arrived at the Pole. A few moments after their arrival Jack had stopped in the middle of talking to North, an expression of concern crossing his face.

"What is wrong, my friend?" Asked North.

"I think there's a bad storm brewing near here. I really ought to go and check it out."

Baby Tooth stopped talking with Phil and turned towards Jack, "Do you need me to go with you."

He smiled and shook his head. "No, stay here and enjoy the party, I'll be back soon enough."

He gave her a tender kiss, making Toothiana sigh happily, and zoomed out of the window.

"You're so lucky, Baby Tooth," said her former Guardian. Then Toothiana's happy look turned into a puzzled one, "Can I even call you that anymore?"

Suddenly, Baby Tooth found the gaze of everyone in the room focused on her and she wasn't sure she liked it.

"Yes?" she squeaked.

"Ya know, she's right, I don't think we can keep callin' ya Baby Tooth if you're a winter spirit," said Bunny.

The others nodded and the debate began.

"Snowdrop?"

"Flake?"

"Not in a million years, mate. What about Ice?"

"Holly has a nice ring to it."

"Too Christmassy, what about Aurora?"

Baby Tooth made a disgusted face at the last one and leaned back into her chair. They'd been at this for what seemed like forever now and none of these names felt right. When was Jack going to get back? He had to be finished by now.

As if in answer to her silent plea an icy winds swirled through the room, drawing the group's attention away from their discussion and to the source of the sudden chill. Lounging against the wooden doorframe, a snowball in his hand, stood Jack Frost. "What's going on?"

Tooth smiled at the youngest Guardian, "Well, we realized we can't keep calling your helper Baby Tooth, she's a winter spirit now."

Jack threw the snowball into the air, catching it with the ease of three hundred years of practice. Bunny kept a wary eye on the twirling sphere of snow as Jack continued to throw and catch it, he knew all too well Jack's deadly aim with those things. "Yeah, I've been thinking about that myself. Baby Tooth just doesn't fit, does it?"

He looked over at his girlfriend and grinned, "What do you think?"

She shrugged, she hadn't really thought much about a name. As she looked around she realized that the Guardians were once again looking at her expectantly. Baby Tooth suddenly felt like hiding. Abruptly gaining an enormous interest in her toes, she watched as her bare feet traced tiny frost patterns in the shape of teeth on the ground. She was starting to hate this kind of attention, "Well, I'd like a name that fits with yours."

Jack nodded. It was only right that she would have a name that fit with his. Tossing the snowball into the air once more he grabbed it mid spin and studied the frosty surface for a moment before tossing it to Baby Tooth, "Here, catch!"

Baby Tooth looked up just in time to grab the flying projectile from the air. She stared down at the ball in confusion as Bunny rolled his eyes, "You wanna name her Snowball? And I thought Flake was bad."

Jack glared at the Easter Spirit, "What makes you think I would give her a name like that? Those are terrible names and, even if I did have an opinion on the matter, her name should be her choice!"

As the two Guardians bickered Baby Tooth cupped the snowball in her hands. This wasn't like one of Jack's normal creations. This was a special snowball, one of the ones with a hidden treasure! Wondering what it was, she gently traced her finger along the surface, remembering how Jack had opened the other one. Holding her breath she applied just a touch of frosty magic. Immediately, the snowball gave a little pop and a crack appeared along the surface. Smiling, she looked up at Jack to see if he'd noticed that she was opening his present only to find him staring at her. The other Guardians exchanged confused looks. As soon as the girl had begun to play with the snowball Jack had suddenly ignored Bunny completely.

"Was I not supposed to open it yet?" Baby Tooth looked at Jack worriedly.

Jack shook his head. "No, it's fine. I wouldn't have given it to you if I'd wanted you to wait."

Toothiana rolled her eyes. "Couldn't you have at least waited until Sandy arrived?"

"Yeah, but I'm bad at waiting for things. Besides, you all wanted me to help her chose a name."

Jack flew through the air, dropping down on the chair's armrest, taking his customary spot by Baby Tooth's side, and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "So I am."

He trained his graze on her, grinning, laughing in a way that could almost be called nervous, "Go on, I gave it to you so you could open it. I think it'll help. At least, I hope it will."

Baby Tooth turned her gaze back to the present. She suddenly felt very nervous. Everyone was watching her again. "Maybe I should wait, Jack"

"Where's the fun in that? You've waited this long, open it!"

She looked up into Jack's frosty eyes, they were so full of excitement, and smiled. She'd never be able to refuse him anything. "Okay."

With a small nudge the snowball popped open. Inside, on a bed of snow, sat a ring of ice decorated in frost. The frost formed a pattern of miniature tooth fairies, each one carrying a snowflake. It was a perfect match to the bracelet currently draped around her wrist. As she stared down at the ring, brushing her fingers along the glass-like surface Baby Tooth felt Jack's arm slip from her shoulder. He carefully took the ring out of the snowball and examined it before kneeling down in front of her. Eyes shining, he held the ring out, "What do you think of Lady Frost?"

She laughed and nodded, allowing him to slip the band of ice onto her finger. Then he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her out of the chair and spinning her around the room. As they both beamed with happiness she whispered into his ear, "I think it sounds perfect."

Author's Note: I know they got engaged pretty fast, but they spend every day together so they've probably spent more time with one another in the time line of this story than some couples do in a year so I think it's fair. This is my first ever try at a romance and I'm really happy to see that so many of you have liked it. If enough people are interested I'll write a final chapter or two where we get to see their wedding (because there is no way Toothiana is going to let them not have one), but other than that this is the end. There will not be a sequel. Thank you for reading and please review!

Now that that's over I'm going to indulge in a mini-rant/explanation of why I wrote this for those who are curious. First off, I made Baby Tooth 16 for a reason. I think a lot of viewers view the minifaries as children, but they don't act like it. They all have fan girl crushes on Jack and are responsible for the very important task of collecting and protecting the teeth. Because of this, I think the minifaries would actually be teenage girls if they were to have human bodies.

Secondly, I actually think Baby Tooth and Jack are a couple that really works in this fandom and the movie supports it. Jack saves her twice, once from a nightmare and once from Pitch and she's the reason he gets back his memories and realizes that he really is a Guardian. Also, in the final scene of the movie, when Toothiana hugs Jack, Baby Tooth essentially breaks them apart, claiming Jack as hers. Jack's response to this is to laugh and happily take her in his hands. Then, when Jack bids us good bye at the end, she's seen hovering by his shoulder. If it weren't for the fact that she's way too tiny I get the feeling we'd be seeing a lot more fics like this one. On that note, if you want to take this idea and write your own version, feel free! I'd love to see another authors take on this couple! Thank you once again for reading!