So here is chapter 2… I hope you are enjoying it so far… Oh and thanks for the follows and favorites and the comments it really warms my heart, I mean it! Especially since this is the first thing I ever publish… Sorry if it took like ages for me to upload this… Or I don't really know how often people expect me to update but I'll just simply update it as soon as I'm done with a chapter…
Chapter 2- Getting Friends
Jack turned away from the auburn haired boy who seemed to be much younger than him and started walking in the direction of his new home; a new start was a new chance, that's what they said, right? Jack thought. Could he finally have met someone to be friends with? He could see his home from where he was, he slowed down, he didn't want to be home just yet there was so much that had happened today and he needed a bit of time to think it over so he went to sit on one of the old, wooden and rickety docks.
Hiccup had been so nice to him and he didn't get why, the boy was kind of insecure but that didn't bother Jack and he totally understood it since Snoutlout was being such a dick towards the tinier one. It frustrated Jack a lot that Snoutlout was so mean and it confused him that Hiccup didn't seem to care. Jacks head was so full of thoughts that he thought it would explode and all of them where spinning around one, auburn haired, freckled teen who went by the name Hiccup. What was it that made Jack think so much about the freckled teen? It made no sense, they had only just met and… And what? Jack already thought that they'd be great friends? How could he tell? What if Hiccup didn't like Jack and just spent time with him because the teacher had told him to? What if Hiccup didn't even want to talk to Jack? He was being way too optimistic… But after all, Hiccup HAD said yes to show him around tomorrow afternoon… But still…
Jack wanted to punch himself for being so pessimistic, he rubbed his face with his cool hands and slowly stood up again, as he started to walk again small raindrops began to fall and he drew the hood of his blue jumper over his white hair. He picked up his phone to distract himself from over thinking, he had to take things as they came and it was as simple as that. As he unlocked it and started typing a new text, small raindrops landed on the screen, he typed in Hiccups name and picked the contact as it popped up.
"Hey Hiccup, it's Jack. I just wanted to say hi." He deleted all of the text, it sounded ridiculous, "Hey Hiccup," he paused, what was he supposed to write? What did you text to a person you only just met? They weren't friends yet and he didn't really know if Hiccup was a person who liked jokes, he had a feeling that Hiccup was a sarcastic type but he couldn't know for sure. He decided to be mysterious. "Hey Hiccup, do you want to meet up somewhere tomorrow?" He typed it in and pressed on send. Fuck, why had he done that? It was a really embarrassing message. He put the phone back into his pocket again and sighed as he stopped in front of the door to his house. He opened the door and stepped in.
Inside he was attacked by his little sister Emma who jumped around him as he kicked of his worn out sneakers, ugh how he hated those shoes, if he could he'd go barefoot all the time but that would just draw unnecessary attention towards him. He lifted Emma up and spun around with her to make her giggle. Then he ran out into the living room with her and threw her down on the sofa. Then he let himself fall down on to the sofa as well and they both shared a laugh. Jack started zapping around on the TV to find out if something interesting was on but as he didn't find anything worthy his attention he turned the TV off and turned to face Emma.
"So how was school today kiddo?" He asked Emma. "It was really fun and all of the other children where super nice and they all wanted to show me around!" Emma giggled over excitedly. "That's great little one," Jack said, sharing her excitement, he truly was happy that she had fun because he knew how hard it had been for her to leave her old friends.
"Jack, was your day nice too?" She asked. "Yes it was, there was this nice boy named Hiccup who showed me around and tomorrow he is going to show me around Berk!" Jack told her feeling excited about it already. "He sounds fun! You like him?" She asked. "Oh I don't know, we only just met but I think he is nice." Jack said his mind floating away to the other boy again, hoping that he'd respond to Jacks text.
"Oh, hello Jack!" He heard North's jolly voice from the living room entrance, he turned around to see the man in question standing there looking at the both of them. "Jack found a friend!" Emma cried out. "Well, we just met and he only showed me around school and ´stuff…" Jack hurried to add.
"That sounds good Jack, its good you make new friends." North said. "Well as I said we only just met, nothing is for granted." Jack said sounding much less enthusiastic than the other two. "Hey, hey Jack calm down, you need to be less pessimistic about things, see the bright side, you found someone nice to talk to. Try to stick to the positive parts, you need it," North said. "You need to believe in wonder Jack, believe it might end up well," North said to make Jack feel better. "Thanks North, I'll try to be more of an optimist instead," Jack said and stood up from his position in the sofa.
"So I guess I'll just head up to my room now…" Jack said. "Do that but come down for dinner in half an hour," North said. "And by the way, on Friday we are invited to dinner by the towns chief Stoick and his son." North added. "Yeah I will and cool." Jack said before he went up the stairs to his room.
He sat down on his bed, in front of him were several un opened cardboard boxes that he would need to un pack sooner or later, just not now the white haired teen thought, a little bit of rest and a little bit of time. Then he'd be able to unpack all the stuff and all the memories which came with that.
Memories, painful memories, they where almost gone but still there. They sneaked into his mind when he was defenseless, itching his heart with their painfully sharp edges that threatened to deepen the scars they had already left. A haze of a memory slipped past his mind, one of brown hair and a brown, torn mantle hanging loosely over his shoulders. In one corner, behind a pile of cardboard boxes he saw his brown shepherds' crook, that was what had swept the memory across his mind.
He closed his eyes for a moment, letting all the thoughts go and just focusing on what was now. Now was Berk, now was North and Emma being with him here. Now was a new start with someone who might someday be his new friend. As he thought this a smile spread on his lips and everything felt a little better, a little easier.
Hiccup was drawn away from his thoughts as his phone buzzed next to him. He was sitting at his table doing homework, his father hadn't come home yet but that was nothing unusual. He unlocked the phone to see why it had buzzed. He saw an unread text, he never got texts from anyone but Fishlegs and Astrid since they were the only ones he could maybe call his friends.
This text was neither from Astrid nor from Fishlegs, it was no one Hiccup knew, a new number… He opened it up. "Hey Hiccup, do you want to meet up somewhere tomorrow?" Hiccup knitted his eyebrows together in confusion, who had sent this? Apparently it was someone who knew Hiccup or at least his name… and the person wanted to meet up with him as well, which meant the person had to know him in some kind of way. He decided the person wanted to be mysterious and then he decided to do the same, this could be fun, the teen thought. He thought over the day one more time, had he given his number to someone today? Then it hit him, Jack! He had given Jack his number earlier today… But what if it wasn't Jack? And what if it was? Would Jack think he was weird if he sent such a text to him?
"Hey there, who are you? Is this a white haired teen of some kind?" He typed. The only possibility was actually Jack, and if it was him then this would be even more fun, he pressed send and smiled a goofy smile as he thought of how confused the white haired male would be when he saw the text. He waited excitedly for the other one to reply and checked his phone once every minute. Why was he so excited? Was it normal to be so excited while texting someone? Especially if you didn't know this someone THAT well and since when did he think about what others thought?
He was interrupted by his phone buzzing; he started smiling even before he had read the text. He quickly unlocked the phone and pressed the unread text, "It could possibly be, but who knows?" Hiccup smiled widely, this had to be Jack, he was too curious to continue being mysterious. "I suspect you Jack! What do you want to do?" Hiccup pressed send, this time the answer came quicker. "Aw you got me, well actually I just wondered if you wanted to go to school with me tomorrow? I felt so lonely this morning and since you live so close and stuff…" Hiccup read the text through two times; did Jack just say he wanted to be with Hiccup? He started typing quickly.
"Is this an invitation of some kind? Like do you really want to be with me?" Jack responded within minutes: "Might be… And I might want to spend time with you…" Hiccups eyes widened as he read the text, over and over again. He felt a dorky smile spread on his lips and quickly tried to get rid of it. This was ridiculous. He tried to not be too cheesy as he replied. "Let's say at 7 by the docks then." He decided that this wasn't something too embarrassing to text and sent it to Jack.
Hiccup heard the door of his house bang at the same time as Jacks reply came. He quickly picked up his phone to respond before his father came up the stairs. He opened up the message. "Sounds great C: see you there tomorrow C:" Jack had typed and Hiccup smiled at the smileys. He heard his father approaching up the stairs. "Hello son," He said. "Hello dad…" Hiccup said slowly. "What brings you up here?" He asked.
"Oh, well, just wanted to tell you that we have a new family here on Berk and that they are coming over for dinner this Friday. North, the father is working down the docks, good man. Oh and he got two kids as well, one boy, your age and a younger girl." Stoick paused and looked down at Hiccup who was holding his phone. "Oh, great dad. The boy, he is called Jack, he is in my class… I showed him around school…" Hiccup said a bit worried about the dinner already even though it was just Monday.
Stoick seemed to light up as he heard his son had shown Jack around school. "That's great son, I'm happy you're making friends," Stoick said with a fatherly tone in his voice. "Oh and dinner will be ready soon so come down in a few minutes." Stoick added before he went down the stairs.
A few minutes later the both of them sat at the dinner table, the remains of yesterdays' dinner reheated on two plates. They ate in silence; they never really talked about anything than the most important phrases which they had to say. Sometimes Stoick remarked something about Hiccups size or that he maybe wanted to go to the gym?
"How was school today son?" Stoick decided to speak up as he finished his meal. "Ehum, well besides Jack coming to our class and me showing him around nothing special I guess, it was nice…" Hiccup said trying to complete his meal so that he could leave the table. "That's good son, as I said I'm glad you're making friends," Stoick said. "Yeah, I know dad…. Um thanks for the dinner, I guess I'm heading up to my room then…" Hiccup said awkwardly as he stood up and carried his empty plate away to the dishwasher before he left the kitchen. "You welcome son," Stoick called after him.
Hiccup flopped down on his bed as he came into his room. He reached out for the remote control and zapped around for a little while to see if there was something worth watching. After about half an hour he decided to get himself ready for the night and he went to shower and brush his teeth. As he was done he went back to his room and put on something to sleep in and then crawled down under his thick blanket.
A thought slipped across his mind, a thought of one day making his father proud, making something that would make his father really proud. Maybe, he thought, maybe he would tell his father that he was going to apply for the School Of Fine Arts that was situated in the closest bigger town and maybe his father would be proud as he saw all of Hiccups art and maybe he would be proud when Hiccup told his father what his arts teacher had said, that she was more than a hundred percent sure Hiccup would make it. Maybe. But maybe also not, that part was bigger than maybe and it was eating Hiccup up. He just wanted his father to be proud of him for once, show some approval and be happy to have Hiccup as his son. And one day he maybe would, not today but soon, some when… With that on his mind the auburn haired boy with the freckled body fell asleep.
Two teens woke up by two alarm clocks buzzing at 6 o' clock in two different rooms, one room was littered with art supplies and the other was full of un opened cardboard boxes. Both teens reached out from under their blankets to quiet the alarm clocks and two teens slowly sat up in their beds. A few minutes later one of them jumped over to his chair on one leg to attach his leg prosthesis. Then he stepped in front of his wardrobe to pick something to wear, as usual he put on a green, long sleeved jumper and a pair of brown pants. The other teen in the other room slipped on his usual deep blue jumper and a pair of too short brown pants.
Hiccup was interrupted in his dressing action by Toothless who decided to jump up in the small males lap as he dressed. "Oh come on Toothless!" He groaned. "Can't you see I'm trying to be productive here?" Hiccup tried to lift the big black cat down from his lap without success. "Please you big baby boo, other ways I'm going to be late to my meet up with Jack!" Hiccup pleaded and it actually worked, but the look Toothless gave him afterwards made Hiccup groan even more, "Oh, come on bud, he is just a friend or something like that I think…." Toothless seemed to snicker before he rolled his eyes and hopped down the stairs. Hiccup followed him down with his bag on his back, he quickly poured up some food for Toothless before he said good bye to the cat and left.
Jack was already standing by the docks waiting for Hiccup as he came. "Hey Hiccup!" Jack lit up as he saw the other one approaching. "Did you have to wait for long? Hiccup asked. "Toothless held me up, sorry." Hiccup said. "No you didn't," Jack chuckled, "Who is Toothless?" He asked curiously as they started to walk. "Toothless is my cat."
"This is my favorite part of the way to school," Hiccup spoke up as they reached the winter white forest. "I like this part too," Jack said. They both fell quiet again and soon they were walking over the huge school yard where groups of students were spread. Their first class was mathematics and the both of them went to Hiccups locker to get his stuff. Hiccup quickly ripped down a few notes hoping that Jack hadn't noticed, but he had. "What do they say?" He asked looking worriedly at Hiccup. "Nothing," Hiccup shrugged, pretending there really was nothing, he didn't want to get Jack to know the truth; how worthless he was.
"Give them here, let me see, it's not okay of anyone to do this!" Jack said angrily and took the notes away from Hiccup. The first one read 'Hiccup the Worthless', the next one said 'We don't want a Worthless for leader of the town' and the third note read 'You are ugly sucker', Jack frowned. "This isn't okay, I'm going to beat them down if I find out who did this," Jack said. "You know, there is a small problem, it was Snoutlout." Hiccup said looking down, hoping Jack didn't care about the truth about him.
"Why is that a problem and what's that thing with leader of the town?" Jack asked. "Ehum see, the thing is that my dad happens to be the town leader and the weakest boy on Berk happens to be his son, also, I forgot to tell you, you and your family are invited for dinner on Friday." Hiccup blurted out quickly to have it said, then he looked down.
"Wait, are you the son of the towns' chief? Why didn't you tell me?" Jack tried to melt down all the things Hiccup had just said. "And wait, that's at your place right? Which means I will get to see your room?" Jack paused for a second and let the excitement run off before he continued, "And what on earth does this have to do with Snoutlout?!" Jack stopped there, almost breathless of all the talking.
Hiccup took a deep breath before he continued, starting with the easiest question to answer. "Yeah, since Stoick, leader of Berk is my father that means we are going to be at my, or rather our, place which leads to that you will probably get to see my room," He paused, "Unless a snowstorm blows it up and it disappears," He added sarcastically. "Soo, to the next question you asked, yes Stoick is my father and I didn't tell you….. Because….. It's not really something I go around shining with…" He paused again. "And Snoutlout is my cousin and he wants to be the towns chief and of course he tries to show how much better he is than me, thing is I don't even want to be towns chief but I don't know how to tell my dad…" Hiccup stopped looking exhausted of all the talking. A bit surprised that it had all slipped out, did Jack want to know this? Did he bother?
"Wow," Jack said, "That was much information, hold on a sec, did I get this right? Your father is leader of the town, you are going to be that when he dies someday, but you don't want that… Snoutlout is your cousin and theoretically he would be the next town chief if you say you don't want to take that position, and now he is trying to, or he is, making you down to show how bad you would be at chiefing and how good he would be…" Jack stopped looking questioningly at Hiccup.
"Yeah that's right…" Hiccup sighed. "And since I'm the chiefs' son I'm supposed to be all the things I'm not… I'm supposed to be athletic, strong, have a lot of muscles, be the leader type, the popular one and I'm supposed to be bigger… and even though my dad doesn't tell me that he wants me to be all of that, I know it deep inside and the only thing I want is him to be proud of me, nothing more…" Hiccup stopped, wait why had he opened up this much to Jack, had he crossed a boundary? What if Jack didn't want to hear this? How the hell had this just slipped out…?
"Oh… I see, that's a kind of big problem… But Hiccup, I think that he will accept you if you just are yourself, show him who you are and what you do, like most parents are proud of what their kids do…" Jack said, trying to help the auburn haired boy. "I don't know, but from what I saw at art yesterday you seem to know what you are doing, so I guess you have something at home that you could show him…"
"Jack, I don't know…" Hiccup said looking skeptical. "At least give it a try, if it doesn't work you won't have lost anything…" Jack said, smiling at Hiccup to cheer him up, "Let's go Hiccup!" Jack said as they started walking down the corridor towards their first period.
Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs and Jack walked down the corridor from the locker rooms towards the haven, they had made it through both English and social studies and were all happy to finally escape from the boring periods. Hiccup and Fishlegs where talking about something Hiccup apparently was going to build and Astrid walked beside Jack, both of them quiet. Astrid decided to speak up, "Hey Jack, do you like this school?" She asked.
"Well I guess it's like most other schools… and well it's okay…" Jack responded. "But I mean like the people…" Astrid said. "Oh, yeah…." Jack thought about what to say for a moment, "Well, you guys all seem nice and yeah… I think it depends on who you hang out with… Like Snoutlout seems less nice…" He said a bit unsure, did Astrid even like him? Or was she willing to accept him as a friend?
"Well, Snoutlout is a dick, the only thing he wants is attention, he is something like an attention whore," Astrid chuckled, "You'll get used to it." She added. "But he is so rude towards Hiccup, it's not fair…" Jack said a bit upset. "Well, yeah, that's true… but he's got us and we kind of help him through that I think…" Astrid said. "Well, yeah I guess you and Fishlegs are good at that," Jack said smiling a little. "I meant you too Jack, he looked happy as he came with you this morning, happier than he usually does when he comes to school in the morning…" Astrid said giving Jack a look.
"Oh!" Jack was startled and looked at Astrid for a moment. "Really?" He looked at her questioningly. "Yeah, really," She smiled at him for a moment as Jack let that sink in.
As they had put food on their plates they went to their regular table and sat down. "So what are you guys up to after school?" Astrid asked the other three. "Hiccup is going to show me around town!" Jack said happily. "Are you always excited for everything, Jack?" Hiccup asked chuckling a little. "Meh, but there is so much fun stuff…" Jack said pouting slightly. Hiccup just chuckled even more.
As they all started eating Astrid said, "I guess we're having company… by Ruff, Tuff and Snoutlout…" The tree of them approached and Hiccup looked everything else than happy. Jacks eyes darkened. Hiccup whispered, "Fuck," and thought what on earth are THEY doing here?
"Can we sit here?" Snoutlout asked in a snide tone. "Well there is no one going to stop you," Astrid responded in the same tone. They sat down, Ruff and Tuff as always fussing about something. They soon settled down and Astrid started talking with Ruff about something to do with dogs. "Does Astrid have a dog? Jack asked Hiccup. "Yeah she does, it's a quite big one, called Stormfly." Hiccup said.
Snoutlout hadn't noticed Jack yet but as he spoke up Snoutlout saw him. "Oh, I didn't see you, you're Jack, right?" Snoutlout asked. "Yeah that's me… Funny, people usually notice me first…" Jack said trying to keep away a smile. Snoutlout grumbled something inaudible before he continued talking, "Anyways I'm playing a match on Saturday with the school soccer team and you guys should come see me win." Snoutlout announced.
"What if we don't want to come?" Fishlegs said. Astrid gave him a look, "Come on guys, it's going to be fun and afterwards we can do something together," She tried to cheer them up. "Okay, okay we can come…" Hiccup said not looking so content. "Okay good!" Snoutlout said, "We got to go now, bye suckers." He said before they went. As they walked away the four of them could hear Snoutlout shout, "Snoutlout, Snoutlout, Oi, Oi, Oi!" The twins repeated it after him.
"By Odin's beard, I don't get why he is always so rude," Astrid said angrily, we all know he wants to be the towns chief and stuff but that's not a reason to be rude towards you Hiccup, like yeah sure he is like that all the time that's just something to get used to, but then he always has to put on that extra thing on Hiccup and that's so fucking irritating, ugh." Astrid said looking as upset as Jack felt.
"Hey, Astrid, calm down. It's going to be alright. I'm going to tell my dad that I don't want to be the chief, eventually, and then I can tell that to Snoutlout and everything is going to be alright." Hiccup assured her. "Jack, do you know what this is all about?" Astrid asked, not wanting to leave the white haired male outside. "Yeah, Hiccup told me this morning as I saw the notes on his locker…" Jack said looking a bit sad. "Ah," Astrid said.
After lunch they had three long periods left, the last one was art, so at least something fun Hiccup thought. He was already excited to continue his project. He hadn't really decided how to do yet but he was still excited.
The time almost flew by, if time in school could do that… Anyways they were once again standing outside the school building talking about what they were going to do on Saturday once they were free to go from the match. "We could go eat something at the fast food restaurant down the market pitch," Hiccup suggested. "Sounds like a good idea," Astrid said and Jack and Fishlegs nodded approvingly. "Good then that's set…" Hiccup said. "Jack and I are heading down to town, I don't know what you two are doing…" Hiccup looked asking at Fishlegs and Astrid. "I need to go home take care of Stormfly," Astrid said. "And I need to spend some time with Meatlug, I haven't had time to play with her all weekend!" Fishlegs said.
"Who is Meatlug?" Jack asked. "Oh, it's my dog," Fishlegs explained. Jack nodded understandingly. "So good bye then guys see you tomorrow," Hiccup said. "Yeah bye guys," Fishlegs and Astrid said as they went home.
"So where are we heading now?" Jack asked. "We are heading towards the market pitch, that's where we are going to start our tour, because I'm starving," Hiccup said. Jack chuckled, "Are Vikings always hungry?" Jack said chuckling even more. "What's so funny?" Hiccup said looking offended. "Oh nothing," Jack said chuckling a bit more as they started walking.
"You are going to regret teasing me Jack," Hiccup said giving the other teen a look. "Oh, I'm scared, I'm shaking," Jack said teasingly. He wondered if it was okay to already tease the little boy with Viking ancestors after so short time but decided that it was okay as he saw the murdering gaze Hiccup gave him. "Okay, okay I won't tease you ever again!" Jack said pretending to be really scared. Hiccup gave him a content smile. "Better" He said. "You should oblige me or else I'll just dump you off somewhere and no one will ever find you." He added with a sneaky smirk. It was fun teasing Jack in this joking way, he never usually did that but now that he did it he was overjoyed. Jack seemed to be entertained as well, he went with the joke and gave the auburn haired boy a put up scared look.
They walked down a straight road, as they were going to turn around the corner Jack kept walking straight forward since he didn't know the way and Hiccup had to push him around it. "This way Blondie," Hiccup said and gave Jack a smile. "Ey I'm not blonde it's frost white!" Jack looked offended. "Sorry frosty," Hiccup gave him an excusing smile. Oh, had he called Jack by a nickname?
Hiccup didn't think of it until they almost reached the market pitch, but this had been their first body contact, he had touched Jack, he didn't really know why he was hyping over this but it had after all been body contact even if not so much…
"So here we have Berks market pitch, I know it's fancy, right?" Hiccup asked jokingly. "It is indeed, no but I really like it. It's so small and like nothing else I've ever seen…" Jack said looking over the small market pitch where different stands with various types of fresh vegetables, fruits and fish were displayed. Along the sides of the market square were some small shops and boutiques.
"We have a few shops here on Berk, nothing to really shine with, but one of them is the café we are heading to." Hiccup said as they started walking. "Here is the local food store," Hiccup explained. "Can we go buy something to eat?" Jack asked. "Nope, our food stop is at the end of the tour," Hiccup explained. "But I'm hungry now," Jack pouted like a little child. "Seems that Vikings aren't the only ones to be hungry all the time…" Hiccup said grinning slightly.
"Okay, here is my favorite shop in Berk, 'The Fine Arts Store'," Hiccup said. "Cool," Jack said, "You go here a lot?" He asked. "I'd say yes, I spend most of the money I get here…" Hiccup said.
"So these shops are not so important, now we can go eat, I'm starving." Hiccup decided. "Finally," Jack let out a chuckle. They came down to the bar Hiccup had been talking about. "So, here works Phlegma, the wife of Gobber, my father's best friend and she makes the best stuffed spinach pockets." Hiccup said smiling at Jack. "They better be good Hiccup," Jack looked at him seriously. "What now?" Hiccup asked. "Spinach is not my thing…" Jack grumbled. "Oh, come on at least give them a try!" Hiccup sighed and took Jacks wrist to drag him in.
"Hey Phlegma, we are starving and need at least ten of your stuffed spinach pockets." Hiccup called out. From behind the counter came a small woman, "Oh, hello Hiccup, I'll prepare it for you in a second. Who is it that you are bringing with you?" She asked. "Oh, this is my friend Jack, he is new here and I'm showing him around Berk, this is our last stop." Hiccup explained. "Ah, fun you're making friends Hiccup," She said before she went to prepare the food.
"Why is everyone so overjoyed just because I'm making friends?" Hiccup groaned askingly in Jacks direction. "I can't tell, I guess they're happy you're hanging out with a cool kid." He said giving Hiccup a wide grin. "Honestly, Jack?" Hiccup asked. "I honestly don't know… North is like that as well so I guess we're in an equal situation there…" Jack shrugged.
Phlegma came with the spinach pockets and Jack looked at them doubtingly. "Come on Jack try one, you'll love them. Everyone does," Hiccup said with a mouthful. "Okay, I'll try it." Jack said. Phlegma observed him as he picked one up and gave it a try. His eyes went wide as he chewed it, then he took another bite, and another. "Hiccup why didn't you tell me they were this good?" Jack asked. Phlegma smiled at Jack. "Phlegma, can I have a bag of ten to take home?" Jack asked, biting off another bite. Hiccup chuckled and Phlegma nodded, "Of course you can, Jack," She walked away to prepare a bag for Jack.
"So, not so bad huh?" Hiccup said smirking again, he didn't even know where the smirk came from and first now he realized that he really had grabbed Jack by the wrist and dragged him inside, by the wrist. That was direct body contact. Oh.
They completed their meal and payed before they left the café. Jack carried his little paper bag tight to his body, as if to protect it. "Protecting the pockets, huh?" Hiccup asked. "Yeah, if North gets them in his hands I'll never see them again!" Jack said.
"So what now Jack is there anything else you want me to show you?" Hiccup asked. "I know there wasn't really much to see but this is what we have here on Berk…" Hiccup continued. "Hey, it was fun and that's the main thing right?" Jack said. "Yeah, you're right… it was a lot of fun…" Hiccup said, suddenly feeling insecure of what to say, as if all of the words that usually were so easy to combine to smart sentences just slipped away and wordless he stood there looking down.
"So eh what time is it?" Hiccup asked because it was the only thing he could think of saying. "Ehum…" Jack picked up his phone, "It is half past five…" He said and then he continued, "Shit, I should really go now, I promised to be home by six to make dinner for my sister, North is working lake so then I have to help more…" Jack explained getting a bit stressed, he wanted to spend more time with Hiccup but now he couldn't.
"I guess I need to go as well…" Hiccup said looking down, also a bit sad because it was so late already. "Yeah… I should head home…" Jack said looking down as well. "Do you find your way home now?" Hiccup asked. "I guess I should be fine…" Jack said, what he actually wanted was Hiccup to follow him to the door to get more time to talk but since he knew the way he thought he shouldn't bother Hiccup anymore. "Good bye Hiccup, see you tomorrow…" Jack said looking up a little, they both acted like they had known each other for ages and now had to go separated ways, actually it was ridiculous.
"Yeah, bye then see you tomorrow Jack… I guess we could meet up the same time tomorrow…?" Hiccup asked. Jack seemed to light up, "Sounds like a good idea, see you tomorrow!" Jack said smiling again. "Good bye!" Hiccup said and they both walked off into different directions.
As Jack came home Emma clinged onto him and he had to tickle her down to be able to prepare some sandwiches for the two of them. She jumped around him all the time until he started chasing her around the house, she screamed and laughed and ran away, Jack after her. They played around like that until they both dropped down on the sofa, the breath hitching in their throats. Jack got the sandwiches and they ate their dinner in the living room in front of the TV where they also spent the rest of their evening. The spinach pockets Jack had hid under his bed for later, he knew they'd be safe there.
As Hiccup came home he could hear Stoick rumor around in the kitchen, probably preparing dinner. "Dad, I'm home now!" Hiccup shouted. "Ah, hello son, where have you been so long?" Stoick asked and came to Hiccup by the door. "Eh, I showed Jack around town and well, we forgot the time a bit…" Hiccup said.
"It's okay son, I'm happy you're making friends, you seem to like that Jack guy pretty much huh?" Stoick asked. "Yeah, I guess he is nice, cool guy…" Hiccup said. "You think you could be friends with him?" Stoick asked as they both walked back to the kitchen, Hiccup starting to put plates on the table. "Yeah, maybe…" Hiccup said, quietly hoping for really close friends. "That's good," Stoick said before they sat down to eat.
The dinner went by pretty smooth, none of them saying very much, Stoick asking Hiccup about school and Hiccup asking his father about his day, Stoick telling Hiccup to eat a bit more, to grow more, the usual, nothing special. After dinner Hiccup went up the stairs, fixing himself for the night. Then he did some homework, most of it due for tomorrow after that he intended to watch some TV but instead he fell asleep way to quickly to even remember what he had watched.
Hiccup woke up the same time as he used to the next morning and did everything as he used to, the rest of the week also went as usually besides that he also talked a lot to Jack about everything and the both of them slowly got to know each other closer and closer, by the end of the week Jack was officially a member of their little group. Both Astrid and Fishlegs liked him as well, but Hiccup liked him the most. Friday came way to fast and as he realized Jack was going to come to his place he freaked out slightly.
"So guys see you two on Saturday at the match," Hiccup said to Astrid and Fishlegs. They where once again standing outside school about to go home. "Yeah, see you Saturday… And have fun at your dinner guys," Astrid said, Hiccup had told them about the dinner they were going to have as they had talked about different weekend plans. "Yeah see you!" Fishlegs said before they went into their directions. "So I guess we're heading home too then, I have a few things to prepare…" Hiccup said.
They started walking side by side, first in silence but then they started talking again, there always seemed to be something to talk about, but Hiccup often lost his words, like his head just went empty and he stared into the air for seconds lost in thoughts he couldn't define until Jack patted his shoulder carefully and asked his question again. He hated when he lost himself that much because he was used to knowing how he would react but here he didn't have a clue about what was going to happen. What confused him the most was the small flips his stomach did when he saw Jack in the morning, what were they even?
They reached their separating spot too soon. "Well, see you later Jack, don't be late," Hiccup said jokingly. "We won't!" Jack assured. "Bye, see you!" He said afterwards and Hiccup replied with a simple, "Bye!" and went towards home, he turned around to watch Jack walk away, smiling at the thought of calling him his friend.
Wow… that got so much longer than the first one, I'm sorry, it really is super long, but I had to fit it all before the next chapter because I got the perfect chapter name for chapter 3 and other ways it's not going to work… And sorry that it took so much longer than I said… anyways here you go, I'm pretty happy with this chapter but I'm eager to get stuff happening… Well enjoy I guess…
