So here's a new chapter for you alllll and I hope you review on this one! OMG you guys I'm losing my shit here, we're at 1,365 views, 11 follows, 5 favourites and 7 reviews as I type this oooooo I love you guys so much! I'd love to get more feedback from you!

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Sorry for abandoning my stories, I was mostly focusing on my art for a few days after having some Creative Block(art and writing). I'm starting to think I should scrap Pirate Meets Princess and A Favour For A Friend becuase I haven't even gotten reviews for them since 2016. If I do I'd obviously focus on this one more.

ANYHOW LET'S GET TO THE STORY!


CH: 9: I Don't Get Her

Let it go

Let it go

And I'll rise like the break of dawn,

Let it go

Let it go

That perfect girl is gone.

And here I stand,

In the light of day,

Let it go

Let it go

The cold never bothered me anyway.

The class erupted in gentle applause as the student up front took a bow.

"Excellent job you two, A+!" Mrs. Robinson clapped as well.

"Thanks, Franny," Jack smiled.

BRIIING!

"Okay so that concludes the presentations class. Have a wonderful rest of your day."

Students flooded from rooms as they went to their respective classes or other places in the school if they had a free period or break maybe. Elsa went to her seat and rather than shoving her things into her bag she placed them neatly and gently; mimicking her tight nit and organized personality well. When she was finally finished she slung the cobalt strap over her shower and exited the room. She brushed past Jack who was making an attempt to get her attention.

"Hey, Snowflake, wait up!"

"Hmm?" She didn't look at him. She knew he was next to her but she kept her focus in front of her and where she was going.

"We did great, huh?"

"Of course we did. I wouldn't consider and A+ simply satisfactory work, so yes we did very well."

"Haha, yeah. I couldn't have done it without you."

"No, you couldn't have. And neither could have I with out your assistance-"

He smiled-

"-Don't get all excited, it wasn't a compliment it was simply stating fact seeing as it was group work and a split grade."

"Oh."

"Chin up. Do you know what the best part is?"

"What?"

"We never have to speak to each other again."

Jack took a moment to process her words but by that time she had already begun walking faster than him. He was dumbfounded. Genuinely, he believed she was warming up to him after breaking the ice with that project. And maybe they could become friends. Seems like he was mistaken.

"Wow. Now that's what I call striking out."

He turned to meet the forest green eyes of hist good friend standing behind him.

"Say the whole thing?"

"Eyup."

"Wasn't pretty from your angle either, was it?"

"Nope."

"Ugh I dunno what to do about her!"

Henry's gaze softened and he stretched out his harm as if the physically take Jack under his wing and guide him with his girl problems. He should have some decent advice after all, he had two girls of his own now, right? "Walk with me buddy, c'mon."


"She's impossible to decipher, and she makes no sense!"

Jack was sitting on the table of one of the benches outside under the oak tree in the front of the school. Henry sat beside him and placed on the bench itself was Anna, who happened to also have a free period was with them after Henry texted her saying it was an emergency. Astrid was in Physics with Elsa so who else knew her better than her own sister.

"Well she does make sense... maybe not to you but she does."

"I called you here to help, not to make him feel dumb."

"Sorry. Go ahead, Jack."

"Yeah anyway, one minute she's ice cold and wants absolutely nothing to with me, giving me dirty looks and rolling her eyes whenever I say squat-"

"Sounds like Elsa," Henry muttered absentmindedly.

"The next she's totally normal and laughing when I make jokes and even blushing when I compliment her-"

"Now that's interesting.." Anna imitated Henry's previous actions.

"Then the moment after she hates me again, and its really frustrating.."

Henry stated matter-of-faculty rather than asking, "And yet still you're crazy about her.."

"Absolutely insane."

"Now," Anna crossed her legs, "when she's blushing and crap, what do you think happens to make her act this way?"

"I dunno. If we've been talking for a bit it'll be like she starts getting comfortable and start acting normal. But if I was to start a conversation with her,"

"She's a bitch."

"That's a.. strong word but basically, yeah, that's the gist of it."

"I see... Sounds like she herself is confused... Or the exact opposite. She's so sure she's being stubborn."

"Yeah, I don't follow."

"What I'm saying she's reverting back to what she knows, what she's been with before and is used to, it's what her head is telling her to do because it's safer for her. Yet in her heart may feel something different and think it may be okay to try something different, but maybe she's also scared of hurting somebody."

"But what if she really doesn't want to hurt anybody?", Henry required, looking somewhat hurt, maybe offended, "What if he heart has shown signs of wanting that different thing instead all along but she was so busy going with her head she didn't see it? What if she's so used to going with her head and becoming used to the way she feels she can see now that maybe her heart was right but she doesn't want to say anything to her head because she doesn't want to hurt her?"

"Dude," Anna said flatly, "What the flip are you even talking about?"

"Yeah, bro, are you okay?" Jack rest his hand on Henry's shoulder partially confused and partially comforting.

"Never mind, forget I said anything, I gotta go," he picked up his bag and hopped off the table.

"You were supposed to have a double period in POB right now, wouldn't you still be free?"

"I said I gotta go."

Without another word he left.

"Damn, what's eating him?"

"I dunno... Should we be worried?"


JACK'S P.O.V.

Anna was a bigger help than I initially thought she would be. She told me so much about her sister I dunno where to start. She suggested I start a conversation with her about similar interests we have and when I told her I knew nothing about her, she helped me out. By writing me a whole list of things.

Elsa: 16(21st January)
Favourite colours: Azure, Royal Purple, Teal, Cream
Favourite foods: Chocolate anything, berries, sushi
Hobbies: Singing, playing piano, reading, writing
Sporting Activities: Hockey, Figure Skating, Snowboarding, Track and Field
Favourite music genre: Classical, Alternative, Soft and Post Hardcore Rock
Favourite Artists: Sleeping With Sirens, My Chemical Romance, Lana Del Rey, Marina And The Diamonds, Fall Out Boy

Anna was a huge help! She even told me her favourite smells were new books, fresh air conditioning and cologne! And her favourite flowers were Japanese Peonies because she thought roses were done to death. Now all I have to do it listen to some of those bands, eat some sushi and read some novels and I'll be all set!

I was just getting to this when Tooth interrupted my thoughts.


WRITER'S P.O.V.

He was sitting on the ground behind the science building with his headphones on, blaring One Republic till the world around him went dead silent. Eyes closed, he hummed along to the classic tune of "Good Life" as a presence took over him. Henry opened his eyes for them to fall on a one Astrid Hofferson.

"Hey.."

"Hey..."

They hadn't spoken since their interaction at his house that led to him being unfaithful. She stood there awkwardly, fiddling with the hem of her skirt nervously and avoiding eye contact.

"We should.. talk..." he eventually announced taking his headphones off.

"Yeah, we should..."

He patted the spot next to him.

"What? Like right now?"

"Yeah, right now."

She sat next to him as he wished and folded her legs. Not a word escaped him so she figured she'd start. "Look, I'm so so so so so unbelievably sorry about what happened, okay? I shouldn't have kissed you, that was a bitch move and I-"

"Don't just blame yourself. I am fully aware that I'm in a relationship, I shouldn't have kissed you back. Hell, I kissed you again. It was mostly my fault."

"Who cares who's fault it mostly was for now. We both fucked up."

"Yeah, we did. I don't know what to do."

"You have to tell Merida."

"What? Why?"

"Be honest with her and tell her you fucked up and you're sorry. If you feel like it would help your chances tell her I came on to you so she'll hate me instead."

"I wouldn't pull you under the bus like that. Besides I couldn't hurt her like that..."

"Then why'd you do it?"

"I dunno..."

"Don't lie to me, Henry."

She never called him Henry. She was serious. "Why do you care why I kissed you? You didn't give a damn when we were sucking tongue-"

"Because I wanna remember what you say right now-"

"Because I fucking love you, Astrid!"

She was silent; she was shocked.

"Is that what you wanted me to say so bad? That I've loved you for a long time but I never thought you would feel the same? That when Merida and I went out on a date I went with it because I thought she was more realistic and you were too out of reach? A fantasy? That I'm a dirty piece of shit for betraying Merida's trust like this and a fucking coward for not being able to face her? I've been avoiding her all day, Astrid."

"Oh... Well if its the truth, which I'm assuming it is, then yes, that's what I wanted you to say."

He buried his face in his palms and sighed, "I'm a fucking coward."

"Hey hey hey hey," she scooted closer to him and pulled him into a comforting embrace, not something she did often, "Stop talking about yourself like that, okay?"

"I didn't lie.."

"Hey, stop it."

"Fine, I just won't talk at all."

"Don't do that either."

Silence.

"Hiccup..?"

"What?"

"Do you love her...?"

He muttered.

"Hiccup." She pulled away from his and clasped her hands firmly onto his shoulders, causing him to remove his own from his face so she could look him dead in the eyes.

"What?"

"Do you love her?"

His eyes left hers and he took a moment, as if thinking about his answer. Then a look of realization ghosted across his face for a second as he turned back to face her.

"No... I actually don't."


Oh Hiccup. My poor soft son what have you gotten yourself into. Sorry if I'm focusing on Hiccstrid too much. I just felt like after something as big as what happened it would be criminal for them not to talk about it. So next chapter we'll focus more on Jack and Hiccup's friendship, and his attempts at wooing Elsa. So time for the Question Of The Day.

QOTD: What are your hobbies?

See you all next time! I'll be killing you gently!(sorry I rewatched Venus Versus Virus)