Hey guys! So, last update, yadda yadda yadda, random dude hitting on Kate, Hiccup and Kate finally standing up for themselves, and Kate is beginning to get popular, and she isn't quite sure whether that's a good thing or not. So far, it has not given her any reason to be an optimist. Imma see if another song can be incorporated in this chapter, enjoy!


In choir the next day, everyone wanted to hear Kate sing again. All she did was huddle in the corner giving her best impression of a tomato. People kept coming up to her, mainly to talk about things that she didn't want to.

"Hi Kate!" Greeted a cheery voice. It was Rapunzel, and she was dragging behind her a blonde haired tomboyish girl named Astrid. Wait, didn't Hiccup have a crush on her? Yes, she believed so. She should try to do help him out. She did owe him from yesterday.

"Uh, hi," Kate replied with a smile. She felt a lot of eyes glance at her, watching her actually talk to someone. She felt like scowling but instead reached a hand up to smooth her bun. Crap. The hair dye. She needed to reapply it. She hadn't had time last night. She quickly checked her reflection in the window, and was relieved to find that her platinum blonde roots hadn't started to show just yet.

"Do you remember me, we have art together," Rapunzel said.

Kate nodded. "Rapunzel, right? And, I believe you're Astrid, right?"

The girl brushed her bangs out of her face and nodded.

Before the girls could continue their short-lived conversation, Ms. Tooth stepped up to the stage.

"Alright everyone, today, we are going to receive partners for the partner assessment. Now this project will be worth nearly half of your semester grade so please put some effort into it."

The whole class groaned. Ms. Tooth generally didn't let her students choose their own partners, which was a good and bad thing for Kate.

Good because she didn't have to worry about standing like an idiot with no partner because she didn't know anyone, and bad because that meant that there was the smallest chance she could get paired with-

"Jack Frost and Kate Hope," Ms. Tooth announced. Kate looked around startled. She hadn't even realized that Ms. Tooth was announcing partners.

Jack got up, walking over to the albums and CD's. Kate was still sitting there dumbfounded.

"Miss Hope? Please go and help Mr. Frost choose a song."

Kate quickly stuttered an apology, earning a snicker throughout the class and a deeper shade of scarlet on her face.

Jack smiled at her, not saying anything when Kate set her things down by him to rummage through the CD's.

Say something, he told himself.

"Uh, so, what kind of song are you thinking about?" He asked awkwardly but quietly.

Kate shrugged, continuing to search. Great. So she was back to her isolation.

Kate didn't want Jack as her partner. It was like fate was just toying with her. Having Jack as her partner for the next two weeks wasn't going to be something that helped her cover.

Ms. Tooth had finished announcing partners, and Kate and Jack were one of few opposite gender couples. Kate blushed when she noticed this but hoped Jack wouldn't see. He did, in fact, but he decided not to comment on it.

"On certain days, this period will be free for you and your partners to get together and practice, so use your time wisely." Ms. Tooth told her class.

Some people seemed excited, but Kate had her brow furrowed, trying her hardest (and failing drastically) not to think about a) Jack Frost b) Jack Overland and c) Jack Overland-Frost. She was trying to ponder who he really was. He definitely wasn't Jack Overland anymore, so that could be crossed off, he wasn't being a jerk or trying to flirt with her, but he still had a rather large group of fangirls watching him. But he wasn't exactly a combination of the two, no, not quite yet.

Let's go with d) none of the above, Kate thought in her mind, silently groaning. She stopped and looked over at Jack. She had to admit, he had grown to be pretty handsome. He had always been handsome, in her opinion, but he had filled out in muscle tone and build and wasn't so lanky anymore. He stopped abruptly, noticing her observing him. He gave her wink.

Kate blushed and looked away.

All these stupid unwanted thoughts. Because of you, Jack Frost.

Because of you. Hmm, she wondered.

As she went over to the more modern stack of song choices, she tossed the idea and lyrics around in her head. She enjoyed choosing songs that reflected herself, even if those songs were always slow and somewhat depressing. Sad, but true.

But the lyrics for this would be perfect. She knew the song by heart, as she had it on her iPod, and she knew just the parts she could sing. Maybe the other lyrics might not make sense for Jack, since he had literally no worries whatsoever, but he didn't seem to be having any luck in his pile of songs.

Aha, there it was.

Kate grabbed a CD, going over to Jack and gently handing it to him.

He looked up, reading the CD.

"Because of You, Kelly Clarkson, right?" Jack was extremely impressed at the levelness of his voice. He had that song on the playlist he listened to when he was thinking of Elsa.

Elsa... His heart knotted up when he thought of her. He liked those lyrics, most of them described his situation pretty well.

"Alright," he agreed, standing up fully and stretching.

Kate looked away.

"Um, when's your free period?" He asked.

Kate paused. Then she first held up two fingers, then flashed six.

He knew what it meant, second half of the day, sixth session, but he felt like teasing her. "So the silent treatment, eh?"

Kate shrugged, but Jack just happened to notice the blush creeping in her cheeks.

"Alright, well, we're in luck, I have the same free period. So we can have extra time to practice. What's your usual number?"

She held up the single digit seven.

"That one? Why don't we use five? It's bigger," Jack suggests. She pauses, as if thinking. He wondered if she was ever comfortable with stepping outside of her comfort zone. "It's got a grand piano as well, so there's that."

That seemed to decide it for Kate. She nodded, gathering her things.

"Still not gunna say anything?" He called playfully when class was dismissed.

Kate smiled sweetly, leaving Jack speechless when she replied, "Bye, Jack."

Kate hated this project. She thought choir would be where she wouldn't have to bring attention to herself. She was thinking of dropping out of her advanced choir for something, oh, anything else.

She quickly rushed down the corridors to the practice rooms. She wondered if Mr. Black was even gunna show today. He had a schedule that was off and on, more off than on. She had more time to just practice and learn new songs by herself than to actually get lessons.

As expected, Mr. Black was gone that day. No one was there, so Kate started to slowly play some keys, that turned into a song. She then began to sing some of the lyrics to the song she had just chosen for their project. Might as well practice while she could.

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me

But everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

More tears pooled at the bottom of her eyes, but she didn't let them fall. Not before, not now, not ever.

She closed the piano, deciding to just get an early start to art.

When all of her lessons and sessions were done, she made her way back to the practice rooms.

Now which one was it that he had said? She heard a girl laugh, Jasmine. Oh no, this couldn't be good. The laugh came from room five, and yes, she believed that was the one he had suggested.

Kate stood frozen in the hallway, unsure of what to do. She didn't want to barge in there and receive another icy glare from Jasmine and a jerk remark from Jack. Why did he seem so...different around everyone else? Sometimes it was highly irritating.

The door suddenly opened and Jasmine came laughing out, waving goodbye to Jack, who stayed in the practice room.

Jasmine stopped, narrowing her eyes like a cat when she noticed Kate.

"Look," she spat, "just because you're Jack's partner doesn't mean he's going to fall for you, he's still mine. He doesn't even like you, he'll break your heart in two, and no one will even care because you'll just be another one on the list."

Kate wanted to ask why she even bothered-with Jack, that is, and she desperately wanted to tell her that she had no interest in Jack and would, in fact, be delighted if they never had to speak to each other again, but she didn't. She only nodded.

But what she said probably was true, she couldn't help but remember Jasmine's words as she sashayed out. She probably would be just another name on a list for him. This made her angry. Jack wasn't like that! Her fists balled up in anger, then released in sadness.

Break her heart? She had already broken his. It was her fault that he was like this. She could always blame herself for things like these, because they would always be her fault.

She did this to him, and there was no way her Jack would ever come back.

But, when she really thought about it, wasn't that what she had wished and prayed for before coming here?

Break her heart. Yeah right. What Jasmine didn't know was that Jack's heart was already broken, from her work, too. But another thing that she didn't know was something that Kate barely admitted to herself.

Jack had already broken her heart.

Many times over, with every email he sent to her, and especially in that one she sent back claiming to be someone else.

Well, she guessed technically it was true. She was someone else. She was no longer Elsa Summers, or even Elsa Hope. She was fully Katrian Hope now. That much had changed. So it really was the truth when she told him that Elsa was gone. And Kate didn't lie.

Jack had been drumming his fingers against the piano for the past few seconds. Why Jasmine had to come in here was a big mystery to him. Sure, she was a good kisser, but of all the fangirls, she was the most persistent and he really wasn't interested.

Kate came walking in then, and she looked just the slightest bit flustered.

"Uh, hi." He greeted.

She nodded in acknowledgment. He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck and tussling his windswept hair he had re-bleached it this morning, so it was white as ever.

He got up to retrieve the folder from his backpack, containing sheets of music and various pages of lyrics for the song.

"So I was thinking," Jack nearly fell down when Kate spoke so clearly.

"Uh, sorry, continue," he sputtered.

She looked at him weirdly, but went on nonetheless, "I can probably figure out which parts we sing and you can get the music ready."

The real reason for Kate t suggest this was because she wanted to sing certain parts. If Jack chose parts then she might not get the lyrics she wanted, the ones that fit her perfectly.

Jack also didn't want to get the wrong song lyrics, but he wasn't about to disagree.

Little did they both know, that either way they would have gotten the part that best fit them.

Kate hummed and tapped her fingers absentmindedly while she went through with neon blue and orange highlighters. Jack had noticed how she often tapped her fingers like she was itching for real piano keys. He also found that it drove him crazy, but not necessarily in a bad way.

Kate was quick, and by the time Jack had put together a few strumming chords she was finished.

"Here, I can quickly go through and copies so we both have one."

She grabbed two lyric sheets, going over one with the blue highlighter and shoving it aside. Then she went through and highlighted some lyrics in orange, handing this one to Jack.

He quickly looked through and found that he pretty much had the exact lyrics he wanted. The more he thought about it, the more this song fit his life perfectly.

And, thinking simultaneously, Kate was starting to think that the song was uncannily accurate to her life style.

"Okay, I'm gunna go through with the piano," Kate announced quietly, striding over and sitting down in a flourish.

She flipped open the cover, running through a couple warm-ups before starting on the chords. Every now and then, she'd cut off and go back, replaying one bar measure over a few times until she found it to her liking.

Jack liked listening to Kate figuring out a new song by ear. Her little mistakes here and there made her technique seem slightly flawed but that's what made it perfect.

He leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes for a minute.

Soon enough, it was time to go.

"So, do you want to meet here again tomorrow?" He asked.

Kate shook her head. "Can't, I've got to practice some songs in case Mr. Black decides to come back."

He didn't bother to ask who Mr. Black was, but he nodded, playing it off.

"Alright, see you around," he says, feeling a little guilty as he ran off to find his so-called friends. Before Jack got too far, he stopped and turned around.

"By the way, Flynn will probably be in the gym with me the whole time so you're good to go wherever," he said.

He smiled at her shocked expression. But then she regained her poised composer, nodding.

"Thank you," she said politely.

Jack nodded, running off again.

Kate then stumbled for a second.

Did Jack Frost just actually be nice to her? She almost hoped that he wouldn't make her regret accepting it again this time.


Do I need to say 'review time'?

Livia Toric: yeah, ikr? While I'm glad you check everyday, I update the two stories I have going on every other day, except on weekends, where I try to write one chapter for both of them everyday, so, since I updated today, don't expect another update until Tuesday. Again, this rotating schedule seems to work for me so Imma just go with it. Thanks for supporting me and my story! (about the snow; or don't we? -_^)

PomPomPop: lol thank you, again, rotating schedule, but it's a weekend, so two updates twice in a row! *Gasp!*

Nerdqueen01: uh...you're welcome...?

IDevillicious: again with these hard-to-memorize usernames, my friends call me 'Dory' for a reason here peoples! Anywho, lol yeah, I feel the same way. I love coming up with snappy comebacks for Kate/Elsa to use against others;)

Paige Costello: Aw, thank you! I'm glad you like it

Snowman(guest): oh God, brace yourself. So, lol you must have a really big imagination, but I was literally up until like, 5 in the morning last night (ha whaaaaaat? You heard nothing!) just doing random things on Fanfic. Yes the more the merrier! I love reviews! (PS what the heck is a middleman?) And I was debating whether to put it in there or not, but, since the lyrics didn't quite fit her just yet, there may or may not be a reprise somewhere in the future... Yeah, the characters are weird, don't blame me, they're the ones in the story (that I write...oh well, same difference) and at least Florida is warm! Although, no offense but I would die if I lived in Florida, too hot. Sure you can actually swim without freezing your ass off but I grew up in Washington, I'm used to cold, despite what I tell my friends;P uh...yeah we're actually learning about hurricanes in science so good luck with that.

By the way, are you going to get a Fanfic account? It would be a lot easier to PM you all this detail and there are plenty of Fanfic people who have accounts but no stories. And, this is for inspiration, but you sound like a guy, so Imma assume you are, and I'm gunna ask for ideas on what the heck do guys talk about that's awkward? I would not know these things and feel weird for upcoming chapters with Jack-drama. If you are not a guy/teenager please take no offense and disregard those questions while I go in a corner and bang my head against the wall for a few hours in embarrassment...

Moon72: everyone, please welcome our (possible) newest member to the little circle of TSOKH (just now realized I got it wrong the first time. Embarrassing!) reviewers! (If you don't know what that abbreviation means then shame on you and look at the title) So I'm glad my story has caught your attention and I hope you join us in the ride through Kate/Elsa and Jack's high school journey. Lol, when did I get so cheesy?

Random question for the chapter: have you ever gone in a crowded elevator and said, "So I bet you're all wondering why I gathered you all here today?" My friend did once, I was so embarrassed and one person literally got off the elevator. Yeah... well, see ya next time and apologies for the extra long A/N.