Jackson Overland

We all jump up into joy and are all overjoyed. We all huddle and a song blasts on the speakers. That overplayed Watch me song.

Rick tears off his clothing and whips and nae naes recklessly on the field I stood there startled and confused.

"What's going on ...?" I asked Armin.

"He promised Linkin that if we won he would dance topless on the field. But I never knew Rick would take it the far." Armin laughs.

Everyone is laughing.

"Boys remember it's a chill day tomorrow!"

Everyone soon disperses to join in on the festival and it was only topless Rick and I.

"Put on a shirt man." I remind him.

"I will when I have one." He laughs.

"Without your spurring and encouragement I don't think we would've won." I tell him.

"During the game I was a wimp. I was unable to cheer them up I thought I would just give them false hope again and make it much worse." He confesses.

"We won though." I remind him, "Hard work paid off. And oh- you were going to tell me the reason why you wanted to win so badly."

Rick chuckles, "You just witnessed it."

I furrow my eyebrows looking confused.

"Happiness." He simply answers, "Mankind is on an unconscious hunt for Happiness. We find things that should constantly make us happy. Most of our decisions made are based from it, and many have different sources. I find my main happiness in achievements."

I was expecting reputation or something like that. But the answer ... it was so simple it makes me look dumb.

Rick laughs and looks at me, "Jackson, where do you find your happiness?" He asks.

I look at myself and think hard, "It's gone." I answer.

He slaps my back and says, "Jackson ... you may have lost your supposed 'happiness' but there's always something that gives you that little bit of color. Only you know what that is. Instead of looking for your new hapiness try opening your eyes."

Then he tosses me a can of something and he leaves.

I look at the can ... it's coke. For our bootcamp junk food and soft drinks were prohibited. But it's all over. We won.

It was still ice cold.

I look at the benches and it looks like Elsa left. The festival is large and I doubt I would find her, plus I only invited her to the game not the festival.

Maybe I just need to be alone.

I was alone the field was empty and there was basically no one around.

I look up at the large scoreboard suspended up high and I walk up the stairs to reach it.

I sit on the scoreboard platform towering the festival.

I open the can and it hisses and I drink it and sigh in relaxation.

Then I hear something ... like a gentle gasp. Um .. is this scoreboard haunted?

I peer out behind the scoreboard and my face suddenly freezes as a face is about an inch from me. I look up and our eyes meet. Elsa.

Looks like she was going to peer out. But ... we're so close. We freeze for a moment. Our eyes were both widened and we didn't move.

Why didn't we move?

Ah ... so close. I pull away first with my cheeks flushing with red.

I chuckle nervously, "Heh. Didn't expect you to be here."

Elsa twirls her hair nervously and stutters, "Y-yeah."

Then a moment of silence.

"Elsa ... why are you up here?" I ask her and she shrugs, she's still nervous.

My heart rate has just been increasing. Increasing. Increasing.

"You guys won. You were amazing out there." She tells me.

"Me? Or the team?" I ask. Stupid question.

"Of course the team." She answers with a smile, "But of course you did great ... for the last 15 minutes."

I wryly laugh, "Thanks to your cheap banner."

"It was Anna's idea. You guys really needed it." She says. We laugh.

Then another moments silence.

"I admit, I was scared to play. You left the day I played soccer, I thought history would repeat itself." I explain.

"It's different now." She responds, "I will stay here to make sure you're happy all the time. As long as Jackson is happy I'm happy." She gives me a big smile and I widen my eyes.

Am I her source of happiness?

"Brrr!"

Elsa shivers and digs her self into her jacket covering her face. "It's cold."

I shuffle a bit closer to her and I tilt my head I pull down the jacket slightlt so I can see her eye.

"Same for me. I will always be happy if you are."

A/N

Double update !! Because I have to fill up the big update gap!