And here we are at Chapter 9! Lovelies, I would be lying if I told you I thought it would get this far. I honestly thought I would end up losing interest in writing after like chapter 3 or something. Now I'm on chapter 9!
Sorry in advance about the time skip. Just think it would be easier than having just really boring chapters leading up to this one. That would take FOREVER!
Also, I'm going to be trying something new this chapter. Remember last time I asked if I should try to do a whole chapter in either Hiccup or Jack's POV? Well, Imma try that this time.
Disclaimer!: I do not own HTTYD or ROTG! I only own my OC's
Let's start with Hiccup's POV, shall we?
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Chapter 9, Day 22: It's Not a Date
Well, it's morning now. Yay morning.
Cold air surrounds me suddenly and I shudder. It's too early for my father to have gotten up yet. Jack probably isn't even up yet.
I'm not really fully awake yet either. I'm just lying in bed thinking. Thinking useless thoughts that I probably shouldn't be thinking. Especially this early in the morning.
Today is Saturday. Oh joy, Saturday. Maybe I can actually get some sleep before Jack gets here to wake me. That would be great, if I could get back to sleep.
Maybe he won't even come and wake me this morning. That would be a nice change.
Not that it's unpleasant the way he wakes me up. A bit unorthodox, sure, but cute. Very cute. Just like his smile...and his laugh. Plus the way he smirks when he counters all my jokes.
Shit. Now he won't get out of my head.
This is insane! I don't even know if he swings that way! Why do I keep trying to get close to him? He probably doesn't even like me like that!
I need to stop thinking about him like this.
Even if he's perfect.
See! Thoughts like that! Those need to stop, now.
"Knock knock!" Jack's voice sings from outside.
So much for getting some extra sleep.
I roll over and pull the curtains back. He smiles back at me and I suppress rolling my eyes.
"Morning, Jack." I say as he makes his way through the window. He smiles at me again, and I can't help but smile back. He has such an amazing smile.
"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty." he sang. His voice really is smooth. I roll my eyes and shake the thought from my head.
"You're stupid." I mutter, half-hoping he doesn't hear me. I know he's going to say-
"You're face is stupid..." knew he was going to say that.
"How original, Jack."
"Thank you." he bows his head. I can't help the slight smile forming on my face.
"Stupid." I hear myself mutter again. I cross my arms and risk a glance at him. He feigns hurt and holds a hand to his heart.
"Words hurt, you know." he says, smiling down at me.
I roll my eyes again and shake my head. He lets out a laugh and motions to the window.
"Come on, let's go DO something." he tugs me towards the window and I pull away from him. I point down to my blue plaid Pj pants.
"I'm not going in this." I say as I move over to my closet.
I realize now I don't really have a shirt on either. My face flushes and I try not to think about it. I slip on a graphic t-shirt and take out a pair of jeans. Walking over to the bathroom, I sneak a glance at him. He stands over by my desk, looking but not touching. Good.
Quickly changing, I make my way back to my room. He doesn't notice me, he's too busy staring at something.
I feel heat rush to my cheeks when I realize what he holds. That's the drawing of him. The one I drew of him. The one I never thought he would see.
He stares intently at the picture, his eyes wide and his mouth slightly agape. He glances up at me and I feel my face heat more.
"Did...did you draw this?" he whisper/asks. I don't really say anything, I just move over and snatch the page from him. "Hey!" he protests, reaching out to take it back.
"Maybe." I mutter back, shoving the paper into one of my many books.
"It's amazing!" his voice raises slightly and I look back up at him.
My face still burns and I note a hint of pink across his own. Probably because its just a little creepy to draw pictures of your best friend. You know, just a lot.
"Whatever..."
...
"You drew him?" Astrid whispers to me. Her eyes wide and knowing. I shrug and glance back at him.
"I didn't think he would ever see it...and I wasn't even finished!" I whisper back. She smiles and looks back at him too. He glances up and smiles at the two of us.
"What are you guys whispering about?" he asks, stepping up to match pace with us. She smiles again and shrugs, poking my side with a sharp elbow.
"Nothing..." I mutter, feeling my face heat again.
We make our way downtown, searching for something to do. Astrid had decided to come along with us, and I was thankful. I didn't want any more awkwardness.
Too bad she only seems to be making it worse...
"So, I was thinking we should all go out tonight." she says suddenly. Jack raises an eyebrow at her in question. She smiles back at him and continues. "You, me, Hiccup, the twins, and Beth."
"Aren't Beth and Tuff dating?" Jack asks. Astrid smiles again and shrugs.
"I don't know, possibly." she answers. He stares at her for a moment longer before turning to look at me.
"You game?" he asks. My cheeks heat once more and I swallow down to lump gathering in my throat.
"S-sure." I curse myself for stuttering. He only smiles wider and turns back to Astrid.
"Count us in." he announces. She smirks and pulls out her phone.
"I'll let the girls know." she says, typing out a message and hitting send. She smiles to herself and comes to a stop. I look back at her and open my mouth to ask.
"What's up?" Jack beats me to the question. She shakes her head and smiles again.
"I gotta head back, I forgot to feed Stormfly." she explains, turning suddenly and rushing back the way we just came.
Jack looks back at me and shrugs. I roll my eyes and we continue walking.
His phone drops from his hoodie pocket and hits the ground. Jack winces and he bends down to pick it up. He sucks in a breath and runs a finger over to the large crack in the case.
"At least it's not the screen." I try to console him. He shakes his head and smiles at me. He slips the phone back into his pocket and turns to start walking again.
"Sooo..." Jack starts to try a conversation. I shrug and look away.
...
"It's not a date, Mar." I say to her after explaining what I'm going to be doing.
"It sounds like one!" she shouts back at me. I hold the phone slightly away from my face when she does.
"No it doesn't. It's just 6 friends hanging out." I try again. I hear her snort on the other end.
"Ya, 6 friends. Going to a fancy restaurant, with dates." she shoots back. I stop for a moment and think hard.
Just because we were going in pairs didn't make it a date, right? Right. Maria is just over-thinking things.
"No. And it's not really all that fancy! It's just Gobbers..." I explain. True, tonight Gobber was trying something new and trying to make his cafe into a more 'sophisticated' place. But that didn't make it a date!
"Whatever you say." she mutters. There's a commotion in the back-ground and she lets out a squeak. "I have to go." she said hurriedly before hanging up.
I let out a sigh, setting the phone down and staring at my reflection in the mirror in front of me.
"It's not a date." I mutter to myself.
Then why am I so nervous? Because I don't want to mess things up. I want him to like me.
Jack's POV, anyone? Good.
Starting that morning!
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Should I go wake him now? No, the sun still isn't even up yet. Besides, he deserves more sleep.
I glance out the window, staring intently at the curtains closed over his room. Sighing, I move away from my own window and sit on the floor.
I can wait a few more minutes.
Or not.
I stand again and walk over to the window again. I should wait, but I'm not going to.
I slip out my window and make the short jump over to Hiccup's window.
"Knock knock!" I sing out, hoping he's already awake. I wait a moment before seeing a sleepy Hiccup move the curtains aside and roll his eyes at me.
Good thing he's already awake. I don't really feel like having to open the window myself this time. He opens it for me and helps pull me in.
"Morning, Jack." he grumbles when I finally pull myself all the way through the window. I smile at him again, and I beam when he smiles back at me. I like his smile, it's crooked and just so cute.
"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty." I sing back. He rolls his eyes at me and shakes his head. Brown hair tosses around his head as he does so. Soft-looking brown locks. I wonder what it might feel like to run my hands through that soft hair...
"You're stupid." he mutters softly. I smile and automatically reply.
"You're face is stupid..." I shoot back at him. It's a dumb thing to say, but he smiles anyways.
"How original, Jack." he's being sarcastic, but it's cute when he does it.
"Thank you." I reply, bowing slightly.
"Stupid." he mutters again. I decide to pretend to be wounded at the heart. He glances at me and smiles again.
"Words hurt, you know."
He rolls his beautifully green eyes at me again and shakes his head. A thought occurs to me that I am extremely bored.
"Come on, let's go DO something." I tell him, dragging him over to the window. He pulls out of my grasp and points to his pants. My cheeks heat when I notice he's only wearing those pants...and they ride a little low...
"I'm not going in this." he says, motioning again at the low riding Pj pants. I can't really pay very close attention to what he's saying, I'm really too busy staring at the slight 'v' curve that is barely visible over the hem.
He turns and walks over to his closet. I look away from him and my attention lands on his desk. I glance once more at him, disappointed when I see he has a shirt on now, before walking over to the desk and looking over the different drawings. I hear him leave the room and my hands won't stay still.
I pick up page after page of different drawings, people, dragons, dogs, cats, ideas for inventions. My eyes land on a page half covered by a sketch of a dragon. The corner I can see shows what looks like hair. My curiosity piqued, I set down the other pictures and pull the page out from under the dragon.
My eyes widen as I stare at a very well drawn me. Hiccup drew ME. Out of all the other people in his sketches, this is one is by far the best. In my opinion. Not just because it's of me...It just looks so real. My fingers trace over the lines lightly, so I don't mess up the pencil.
I'm suddenly aware that he is standing in the door of his room, watching me. I feel my face heat up more and I look up at him.
"Did...did you draw this? I ask him, my voice barely a whisper. He stares at me for a moment before reaching over and taking the page from my hands. Confusion bubbles up inside of me and I reach out to take it back from him. "Hey!"
"Maybe." whispers his answer. My cheeks heat even more and I look away from him.
He drew me...and not only that, but it's so real looking! Does...does he...?
"It's amazing!" I blurt out suddenly. He looks up at me again, his face turning a nice (and cute) shade of light red. Adorable.
He's probably embarrassed for even drawing me...
"Whatever..." he mumbles again. I can't help but smile down at him. He really is the most adorable person in the world.
...
They're whispering something. I can't really hear them, but I try not to listen in on them anyways. If they wanted me to know, they would tell me.
I wonder if they're talking about me? Did he tell her about the drawing?
Probably not. It's just a drawing. Doesn't mean anything. Not like he likes me. He draws people all the time. I saw all the others. Then again...those were all people in crowds. Mine was just me. Just me...
Hiccup glances back at me and I pretend not to see him. I look away from the two of them and stare at the stores around us.
I notice Astrid looking back me as well after a moment and smile back at them.
I walk up to them and stare at her, questioning.
"What are you guys whispering about?" I ask her. She smiles up at me and just shrugs slightly.
I look over at Hiccup for a second, noticing again how his green eyes sparkle. I look away from him and back to her. She runs her elbow into his side, staring pointedly at me. I raise an eyebrow at her and she shrugs.
"Nothing..." he mutters. I realize she noticed me staring at him and she way trying to tell him. My cheeks heat and I look away from both of their gazes.
I'm kinda glad Astrid tagged along with us. All I would have been able to talk about would be the drawing. She met up with us about ten minutes ago and she just kinda came along with us.
I was fine with that. I didn't really have anything planned and she seemed to know what to do.
"So, I was thinking we should all go out tonight." she says suddenly, pulling me back from my thoughts. I raise an eyebrow at her and she just smiles back. "You, me, Hiccup, the twins, and Beth." she explains.
I think for a moment and a thought comes to me.
"Aren't Beth and Tuff dating?" I ask. Astrid smiles again and shrugs. How annoying.
"I don't know, possibly." she answers. I narrow my eyes at her for only a moment before turning to ask Hiccup.
"You game?" I hear myself ask. I almost worry he might say no.
"S-sure." he stutters only slightly and oh god, it's the cutest thing ever. I feel my grin widen and I turn to face Astrid again.
"Count us in." I tell her, smiling brighter when she pulls out her phone.
"I'll let the girls know." she says, typing out a message and hitting send. She smiles to herself after a moment, but then comes to a stop. I look over at her, confused.
"What's up?" I ask, wondering why she stopped so suddenly. She shakes her head and smiles again.
"I gotta head back, I forgot to feed Stormfly." she explains, turning suddenly and rushing back the way we just came.
I glance back at Hiccup and shrug. I start walking again and he joins me after a moment. I smile over at him and decide to try and talk to him about the drawing.
Suddenly, a weight falls from my pocket and I look down just in time to watch my phone drop to the hard ground. I wince back when it hits. I picket it up and look over the damage. I run a finger over the big huge crack running down the back of the case.
"At least it's not the screen." he jokes. I shake my head sullenly and smile back at him again. I put the phone back in it's pocket and start walking next to him again.
"Sooo..." I decide to ask about the picture now. He rolls those green pools again and looks away from me. I smile again and make a mental note to try again later.
He's just so cute.
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"Beth?" I ask when she answers.
"What do you want, Overland?" she snorts back her reply. I suck in a breath and prepare for her to laugh at me.
"I need your help with what I'm going to wear..." I tell her. I let out the breath I was holding, waiting for her to hang up, laugh at me, yell at me, something!
"What? Are you bloody insane? Ask someone else." she states calmly. I hear her chuckle lightly after. "Whatever, I'll be there in a moment." she says, hanging up.
"But..." and she's already gone.
Great.
I pace around my room, wondering if she will actually come or not.
Waiting for her is really annoying. I should have asked someone else. I should have never called. I should have known she wasn't going to show.
I pull out my phone, ready to call her again when the doorbell rings. I rush over and open the door to find her standing there, with her hair pushed back behind her ear. I move to the side and motion for her to come in. She just stares at me.
"You have to invite me." she states. I stare at her for a moment.
"What? Okay...you can come in." I tell her. She smiles and steps in.
I notice she's not wearing shoes and start to ask her why.
"Which one is yours?" she asks, starting up the stairs. I stare after her, confused for a moment before following her and pointing to the first door.
"That one." I tell her. She nods quietly and walks in. She walks over to my closet and starts looking through everything. I'm about to stop her when she pulls out a bright pink shirt.
"Oh...uh...Hiccup and Astrid got that for me." I explain, rubbing at the back of my neck. She smiles and sets it on my bed.
"You're wearing that. Now for the pants." she says. I shake my head.
"No, I'm not." I tell her. She stops looking at my clothes and glares at me. Her eyes flare with fire and she points to the shirt again.
"You. Are. Wearing. That. Shirt." she says, emphasizing each word with another point at the pink shirt. I start to complain again when she pulls out a pair of black slacks.
"That?" I ask pointing to the pants. "With that?" I end with pointing back at the shirt. She smiles and nods.
"I 'ave a jacket you can borrow that would look smashing with it." she tells me. She puts everything together and motions for me to follow. She carries the clothes in her arms and we walk out the door.
"Where are your shoes?" I ask her finally. We start walking towards her house and she stops, looking down at her feet.
"You mean those feet-prisons?" she shoots back. I smile at her and nod.
"Tell me about it!" I shout. She glances down at my own bear feet and smiles.
We make it to her house and I stop at the gate.
"Come on! Don't be scared." she shouts back at me from the door. I smile meekly and make my way up to the dark house.
She pulls me into what I think is her room and shoves the clothes into my hands. She walks over to her messy desk and shuffles things around.
While she's looking for something, I take a moment to look around her room. It's not really all that different from Hiccup's just darker...and scarier.
"Found it!" she exclaims from her desk. I look back at her and she holds up at black blazer.
"That was on your desk?" I ask her. She shakes her head chuckling.
"No, it was hanging on the chair behind it." she explains, pointing to the barely visible chair pushed against the wall.
"Okay?"
"Go change." she states, pushing me out the door and into another room. This one is bigger and brighter. "Maria isn't home, you can use her room." she explains when I start to ask.
"But-"
"No, change." she tells me before shutting the door in my face.
I stare down at the different clothes and shrug.
Can't hurt anything, can it?
Back to Hiccup!
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I told Maria it wasn't a date, so why am I freaking out over what shirt to wear?!
Gods! I sound like such a girl! Or an overly gay guy. Whatever! Point is, I shouldn't be worrying about this!
"Stop pacing." she tell me. I turn to face her and frown.
"Sorry, I just...I'm so nervous!" I shout. She giggles and walks over to the three shirts we narrowed it down to. She picks up the dark green button-down and holds it up to my chest.
"I just don't really like this one..." she says, putting it back down. I reach out to grab it again and she holds up the lighter green dress shirt. I frown at her and shake my head.
"Mar, I don't think I can do this." I confess after she sets it back down. Her hand moves to the last shirt and she smiles back up at me.
"Yes you can! I like this one." she muses, holding up the light blue button-down shirt up to me. I shake my head and glance down at the dark green one.
"So, between the green one and the blue one?" I ask her. She shakes her hand and pushes the blue one into me.
"Wear the blue one." she states. I look back at the green one again and let out a sigh.
"Fine..."
...
I stare at him. He's wearing the shirt! The pink shirt! And it looks really good on him...
Really good.
Paired with that black blazer and those black pants, the pink looks even brighter. And more neon. His face flushes and he looks away from me. I frown and look to Beth.
She smiles back at me and tugs at the loose tie hanging around her neck.
The twins stare at her with smiles and she turns to them next. Tuffnut keeps flushing and looking away from her and she won't look at him.
Astrid, on the other hand, keeps pushing me and Jack together.
"Would you stop?" I ask her finally after she gives me another shove towards him. She smiles sweetly and shakes her head.
"Not until you stop resisting."she says back. I frown at her again and she shoves at Jack. He rolls his eyes and finally looks at me.
"Can we go now?" He asks, not really to anyone.
"Let's." Beth says, smiling. She holds out her hand to Tuffnut and he takes it in his. He smiles back to her and they start walking.
"Whatever..." Ruffnut mutters, taking Astrid's hand in hers and leading her towards her brother and his girlfriend.
Jack raises an eyebrow at the girls and Astrid just shrugs him off.
My face heats up as Jack turns to stare at me. I smile at him and shrug.
"Shall we, ma lady?" I ask him, holding out my arm. he smiles back and links his arm through mine.
"We shall." he says, turning and puffing out his chest. He makes each step large and wide, making it a point to walk rather properly behind the couples. I chuckle softly beside him and we make our way to Gobbers.
That was longer than I thought it would be, and I'm proud to say that it's the longest chapter in this whole story! Yay!
And that comes to a total of around 4,200-something or other.
Anyways, thanks so much to HoneyBeeez again for helping with one last thing in this chapter!
She really is the best, lovelies, you guys need to check out her stories if you haven't already.
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