Prinack: Jack Strikes Again

Jack Spicer entered Morbucks Manor from the cold crisp December air outside. He closed the door behind him and began to walk inside the large mansion until he found who he was looking for.

“Hey, Princess…” he called out casually.

Princess Morbucks was in her study, lying on the floor in front of a grand fireplace. Jack took a stepped closer and felt the warmness of the fire hit his pale skin. He continued to look down at her and noticed that she was wearing all black. This wasn’t her usual style choice, so he was a bit concerned when he saw her.

“Umm, Princess… are you alright?” he asked as he kneeled next to her on the floor.

Princess grabbed the nearest pillow and buried her head into it.

“Ugh, what do you want, Jack?” she asked, clearly annoyed.

“I just came by to check on you… you didn’t come by my house like you always do…” he replied.

“It’s 40 freakin’ degrees outside! I’m not going out there, are you crazy?!”

“That never stopped you before…” he replied.

“Well, I’m fine… so you can go back home…”

“I’m not leaving until you tell me what’s wrong with you…”

Princess groaned loudly. “Fine! I’ll tell you.” She took a breath and continued. “My stupid Dad left me just like he always does on Christmas, those stupid Powerpukes get to be in the Christmas parade so even more people can love them, and everyone in the whole wide world is getting presents except for me because that fat jolly bastard put me on his permanent naughty list! Christmas time is just stupid, and I hate it!”

She buried her face into the pillow and groaned again. Jack reached over and rubbed her shoulder, trying to comfort his redheaded girlfriend.

“It’s alright, Princess… it can’t be that bad…”

She turned to face him. “Are you on the permanent naughty list?”

“Ummm, well… no… not really…”

“Then shut up!” she snapped.

She quickly turned away from him, and Jack rolled his eyes.

“Can you stop being such a drama queen? Why would you want to get presents from him anyway? You’re a millionaire…”

“Listen, I told you what’s wrong, you could leave now… I just want to be by myself…” Princess mumbled.

Jack shrugged his shoulders and began to walk out the room.

“Fine… I guess you’ll never get a chance to see the gift I brought for you…”

Princess automatically sprung to life after hearing that certain word.

“Gift?!” she questioned loudly, with her eyes shining brightly. “What gift, I wanna see it, give it to me now!”

Jack lifted up a Christmas themed bag and showed it to her.

“Oh, you mean this?” he said with a grin. “I thought you hated Christmas?”

Princess got up from the floor and ran toward him and Jack lifted the bag higher so she couldn’t reach it.

“Give it to me, Jack! I want the present!” she whined.

“Are you sure you want it?”

She started to jump and down on her tippy-toes. “Yes, yes, yes, I want it! Please give it to me, pretty please!”

Jack chuckled. He had to admit, Princess was sorta cute when she acted like this. But not when she did it for a prolong amount of time. That’s when it got annoying.

“Alright, alright, alright. I’ll give it to you, just stop whining…” he said.

“Yay!” Princess cheered. It was so like her to always get what she wanted.

Jack slowly reached into the bag, his smile turning more and more devious. Princess was so mesmerized by her soon-to-be gift, that she didn’t even notice the teen’s evil expression. He was obviously up to no good.

“I think you’re really gonna like this, Princess.” He snickered.

Jack pulled out a large green sweater with a picture of a reindeer on the front. Princess took one look at the thing and her face immediately changed into an expression of horror. It was the ugliest thing she ever saw in her life.

“Oh no…” she whispered.

“Oh yes…” he replied back. He reached his hand back into the bag and took out a reindeer antler headband.

“No, no, no. I’m not gonna- you’re not gonna make me-“

“Yes, yes I am. When you put this on, you’ll have to choice but to be filled with Christmas spirit.”

“I’m not wearing that ugly thing, it’s hideous!”

“Oh c’mon, didn’t you like the one I gave you last year?”

“No, I didn’t! You know I hate wearing those Christmas sweaters! Why do you do this to me?!” she yelled.

“I just want to make you feel better. Now put it on.” He commanded.

“No, I won’t!”

“Do it now or I will force it on you…”

At first, she thought he was bluffing. But then she looked at him and saw the serious look in his eyes. She stood there silent for moment before she finally took off running.

Jack glared into the distance. “Did you seriously just run away from me?”

“Yes! I’m not wearing that stupid sweater!” Princess yelled from down the hallway.

“I guess we’re gonna have to do this the hard way…”

Jack put down the sweater and ran after his girlfriend.

A few minutes later, Princess was on the floor panting heavily, with Jack sitting firmly on top of her. Even when she ran as fast as she possibly could, he still managed to catch up with her.

“H-how did you… manage to tackle me to the ground like that?” she asked.

Jack grinned down at her. “Well, what I can I say? I learned from the best…”

Princess blushed a bit when she figured out that he was referring to her.

“Anyway, let’s just get this over with, shall we?”

He reached over and grabbed the sweater, and Princess began to wiggle and squirm under him.

“No, no, no! I don’t want too!” she screamed.

Jack ignored her and started to take off her black long sleeve shirt. He threw it on the floor and Princess was left with her black bra exposed.

She blushed a deeper shade of red. “Y-you know, normally I would be excited about you taking off my clothes, but not right now!”

Jack snickered in response, and continued to pull the ugly reindeer sweater over her head. He sat her up and finished dressing her, by putting on the antler headband, and the golden bell earrings.  When he was done, he stood up and glanced down at his work. He couldn’t help but to smile.

“There we go… now don’t you look nice, Prinny.”

Princess stood up and looked herself over, then she pouted.

“I feel so stupid…”

“Well, you don’t look stupid… you look simply adorable…” Jack replied.

“Shut up! You’re just saying that to make fun of me!” she shouted. “I mean, look at this thing! It smells like old people! Where did you find this, the discount bin at Goodwill?!”

Jack nodded. “Yup, that’s exactly where I got it… they have the best stuff over there…”

“Did you mean the ugliest?!” she questioned as she frantically swung her arms through the air. The sweater was way too big for her, so it looked like she had flapping wings.

Jack chuckled. “Oh wow, keep doing that, it’s hilarious!”

Princess quickly put her arms down. “Stop laughing at me! That’s it! I’m going upstairs to change!”

Jack grabbed a hold of her shoulder. “Hold up, I forgot something…”

He turned Princess around and slapped a fluffy reindeer tail on her bottom.

“Eeepp!” she yelped as she rubbed her butt cheeks. “What the hell was that?!”

“I gave you a little tail…” Jack answered. “Now you’re the perfect reindeer girl…”

Princess turned around and looked down at her newly acquired tail. “Are you kidding me?”

“Nope… now I have an excuse to look at your ass…”

Princess gasped and pulled her shirt over her butt. “W-when did you get so pervy?!”

He shrugged. “Hey, don’t get mad at me… I learned that from you too…”

Princess blushed slightly. She wondered what other things he learned from her.

“Well, enjoy it for now!” she said while sticking her butt out. “Because I’m going to change out of this!”

“But why?” Jack asked.

“Because I hate Christmas and everything to do with it!”

She was about to storm off until Jack grabbed her shoulders and brought her close to him.

“I don’t understand why you hate Christmas so much… I mean, look how rosy your cheeks get in the winter time.”

Princess glared at him. “That’s my damn eczema! I hate the cold, it messes up my skin!”

“Wow… why do you have to be such a Grinch? Well, I think I have something that will make you feel better…”

She pouted. “Nothing you can do can make me feel better…”

“How about I take you somewhere?” Jack suggested. “I’ll get you whatever you want.”

“Anything?” She questioned. She did like receiving things, especially if they were free.

Jack nodded. “Yup.”

“A Peppermint Mocha? From Starbucks?”

He nodded again.

Princess placed her hands on her cheeks and smiled brightly. “Oh yay! Let’s go right now!”

She began to go upstairs. “Let me just change-“

“Nope, you have go like that.”

She froze in her tracks. “What? I’m not going out in public like-“

“Do you want your damn coffee or what?” he asked.

“Fine,” she sighed. “But you better hope no one laughs at me… or you’re gonna get it…”

He took a hold of her hand and led her to the front door. “No one’s gonna laugh at you… they’re gonna think you’re cute, just like I do.”

“Whatever…” she muttered.

An hour later and the two were at the coffee shop together, Princess had her delicious Peppermint Mocha and Jack got himself a decaf latte. Jack paid the cashier, and while she took the money from him, she looked at Princess and smiled.

“Oh girl, I love your sweater! And your accessories are cute too!”

Princess glanced over to Jack, and he gave her one of those ‘I told you so’ looks. She turned her attention back to the cashier and grinned.

“Thank you, my boyfriend picked them out for me.” She said in a slightly snobby kind of way.

The couple said goodbye and sat down at a small table so they could enjoy their drinks.

“So Prinny, do you like your coffee.”

She took a sip and smiled warmly at him. “Oh yes, it’s so good. I love Peppermint Mocha! It’s the only thing I like about Christmas time.”

“Well, I’m glad, Prinny…” he said. Then he took out his iPhone and began to look at his messages.

Princess continued to drink her beverage quietly until a question popped into her head.

“Hey, Jackie…”

“Yeah, Princess?” he replied without looking up from his phone.

“How come you don’t hate Christmas as much as I do? I mean, we were pretty much raised the same way…”

Jack put down his phone down and looked her in the eyes. “Well, I guess it’s because I don’t have a reason to hate it anymore…”

Princess gave him an expression that urged him to continue what he was saying.

“I mean, my parents leave me all alone just like your Dad does… but I figured out that Christmas is better when have someone to share it with… you know…” He looked away. “…someone like you…”

Princess placed a hand on her cheek. “Aww, that was the sweetest thing you ever said to me.”

Jack suddenly reached over the table and kissed Princess firmly on the lips. It was like an uncontrollable instinct took over him.

Princess was initially shocked by this action; she never would’ve expected it from him. But then she loosen up and smiled sweetly in his direction.

“Now that was nice…” she said softly.

He blushed a deep red. He was slightly embarrassed the display of affection he just shown, he wasn’t completely used to doing that toward her.

“Well, uhh… are you ready to go, let’s go.”

He quickly sat up and left the café.

“But I’m not done with my mocha!” Princess whined.

By the time Princess went outside, Jack was already a block away.

“Jackie, where are you going? Don’t leave me!”

“Well, you should hurry up then!” he yelled back to her.

She pouted. “What a terrible boyfriend…” she said “He kisses me then runs off…”

She took another sip of her mocha and began to go after him.

“Well, I guess that what makes him cute… he can be so shy sometimes…”

While she was walking, she thought about something. Usually during this time of year, she would see couples and families spending time together, the Powerpuff Girls getting additional love, everyone enjoying presents on Christmas morning, and she would get so mad because it was she wanted desperately but never could receive.

But after what Jack told her, she realized that she didn’t need all those things. She already had someone who would spend time with her, someone who would love her unconditionally, and someone who was better than all the Christmas presents combined. And that person was standing right in front of her. That pale redheaded boy with the dorky goggles named Jack Spicer. Even though he didn’t show it much, she knew it was there. And that’s all Princess ever wanted.