HAPPY 10TH CHAPTER EVERYONE! At this rate I could easily see this story having minimum 40 chapters because we're almost at 15 and only introduced one plot device(hiccstrid vs. merricup) and it's not even the main plot because I've wanted to develop Jelsa slowly and one of the main plot devices doesn't happen until Jelsa starts developing and the another not until Jelsa has almost fully developed(I say almost because they constantly evolve throughout the story like fckin pokemens).
NOW ITS TIME FOR REVIEW REPLIES WITH OCEAN!
Guest(ch8):
Sorry for not replying last chapter, you reviewed when I already finished writing and was uploading, hehe. I'm afraid it'll take some effort for the Ice Queen to thaw her frozen heart but don't worry, our Jackaboy's irresistible. At least that's what he tells himself anyway.
GUEST:ObsessedReader(ch9):
Haha, I was thinking about doing that but I kinda already know how I want her to find out kinda spoilery in the brackets(I know I want two important people to find out before Merida does) okay end of spoilery stuffs I'm glad you think so. And yeah, he likes her a lot considering he's only known her for a few weeks at this point? But he finds away to get what he wantss. I'm so thankful that you think so because one thing I've always worried about were my characters not being relatable enough our feeling authentic in their environments, so that's great! And I won't!
Fangirl DC(ch9):
No need to apologize, its not your fault! I hope you had fun! And I'm glad you liked the chapter. And yeah, my poor Hiccup son! He doesn't deserve this DX. She's mean because she's troubled ;) Not gonna tell you what that means, you'll have to wait and see. Also I'd kiss him(ssshh don't tell my boyfriend.)
OKAY NOW LET'S GET TO ACTUALLY WRITING! ALSO NOTE I'LL BE UPDATING EVERY SATURDAY/SUNDAY NOW!
10: Would You Accompany Me?
"Yeah, Tooth?"
Since they started going to school and pretending to be normal he hadn't seen much of the guardians. He was usually out with friends and they were usually exhausted, seeing as they ceased to be human much longer ago than Jack had, it drains them. Sandy isn't even turned into a human and he's still always tired. At that moment he was sitting on a window seat in their apartment. North managed to snatch a decent one with three bedrooms, meaning North and Sandy shared one, Bunny and Jack shared one, and Tooth being the only woman of the group got a room all to herself. Everything they had they didn't even need to purchase since North could simply conjure it up himself, being the Santa Claus and all. He had an i-pod in his hand and headphones on trying to listen to some of the music Elsa was into(they weren't bad at all, if you were wondering). His magical chain was off leaving him as the winter spirit he was underneath, when Tooth had interrupted him, but he didn't mind.
"How've you been?"
"I've been alright, actually. How are you? And Aster? I only ever see you guys here or in class, I have no idea where you vanish to during the day."
"Oh, haha," she sat down near his feet he had propped up, "You've made your own friends and so have we."
"Oh? Anyone I know?"
"Of course you do, you've only been at school for a few weeks yet you've already become Mr. Popular."
"What can I say?" he said jokingly, "The people love me!"
She laughed, "We've been hanging out with mostly MK, Nod and others."
"Oh, I know them! They're really cool."
"Yeah, they are. Your friends are too."
"Yeah... they are..."
"Hey... what's wrong..?"
"Oh, well, nothing really, it's just one of those so-called friends..."
Tooth placed her hand gently on his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him, "You can tell me anything, Jack, only if you want to of course. You know that, right?"
Jackson scoffed. "It's just, I've been nothing but nice to her yet still she hates my guts! She's sometimes really rude to me and acts like she never wants to see me again.."
"She doesn't sound like a friend..."
He sighed.
"Okay, so why do you care so much what she thinks? She sounds like a meanie..."
"I dunno... She's just... so mature... And smart, and talented... and beautiful..." when he said the word 'beautiful' a soft red tint ghosted across his cheeks. He knew Tooth saw it, he could feel her gaze and the heat on his face and looked away from her. Curse his almost unnaturally pale skin. His eyes rested on the glass over water he had been drinking. Half full; that's good right?
"Oh... If I didn't know any better I'd say you had a crush on her..."
Silence.
"Jack..?"
No response.
"Do you... have feelings for this girl...?"
Yet another sigh escaped him as he turned to face her. A soft blue light radiated from the direction of the window sill, casting a glow across both their faces. Tooth looked towards the glass while Jack continued looking forward at nothing in particular.
"I'll take that as a yes."
With that she got up and went back to her room. After being left on his lonesome for just under a minute Jack turned to see exactly what gave tooth her answer. There, his glass had much less water in it now, and floating in that water was crystalized ice, in the shape of a heart.
His hands were buried deep into his jacket pockets, his head low and headphones on.
And in the end
I'll do it all again
I think you're my best friend
He stopped at his locker, opening it and placing his chemistry books in. He had chemistry with Elsa and she sat across the class from him at the very front. He couldn't help but look at her from his own seat, Tooth's words still at the back of his mind. "Do you have feelings for this girl?" What if he did? But how could he? He was a spirit, he couldn't possibly fall in love. He doesn't remember much about being a mortal human, or if he had ever been in love back then, but he knew for sure, the past 300 years he has been a spirit he had never felt any sort of romantic feelings. Love, sure. He loved Jaime, and Cupcake and Kaleb so much, but as his own siblings or even his own children, he never wished to hold someone close and kiss their lips. Not that he felt that way about Elsa. At least that's what he told himself anyway. Did he have feelings for Elsa for real? He'd have nothing to compare it to and no way to identify those feelings. What if he did? She hated him. Now he hated him. He sighed.
Don't you know that the kids are-
The kids aren't alright
Why did she hate him, though? What had he ever done so terrible to her? The only wrong he's ever done to her was bump into her that first day of school, and that was completely by accident. It had been a month, surely she had forgotten about that. Right?
I'll be yours
When it rains it pours
Stay thirsty like before
He took his history books from his locker and placed them into his bag. Did mortals deal with these sort of feelings all the time? How did they do it? He was already a hot mess after being human for approximately 5 weeks. He was anything but alright.
Don't you know that the kids are-
The kids aren't alright
"Hey," the nasal voice called out to him.
"Hey, Henry," Jack replied monotonously and turned to the other brunette.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"It's complicated."
"Is it?" he raised an eyebrow.
"It's Elsa."
"Oh, yeah, that is complicated."
"Wait wait wait, so you're telling me... you didn't KNOW you were in love with Elsa?"
"In love is a super strong phrase, please don't use it, that's one. Two, even if that was right it wouldn't be right."
"And what the hell does that supposed to mean?"
"It means even if "in love with her" was the right phrase it wouldn't matter because I'm not in love with her."
"Dude, you are literally head over heels in love with the chick just admit it-"
"COULD WE PLEASE STOP USING THE WORD LOVE?"
Jack's outburst drew the attention of passers-by in the hall, who after a few seconds of staring at the teen as if he had gone completely bonkers, returned to what they had been doing.
"Okay, okay, alright," Henry put up his hands defensively, "But at least admit you have feelings for her..."
"Okay, fine... Maybe I do have feelings for Elsa." Saying the phrase made him feel funny inside, like there were rabid butterflies in his stomach and it made him wanna puke. But in a good way? What even are these feelings! How do mortals deal with this?!
"Great start!"
"I'm between a rock and a hard place here, help me out! All I want is for her to at least not hate my guts for existing. What should I do?"
"Ya know, I was saving this for us... But if you need help so badly..."
The brunette then reached into his back pocket and pulled out two small pieces of, what seemed like, card stock paper. There were words and designs printed on them. Curious, Jack took them in his own hands and read them. They were tickets. Tickets to a concert.
"Fall Out Boy? That's one of Elsa's favourite bands, right?"
"Right. I was thinking we could go, ya know like a kind of Bros Night."
"Henry... These are VIP tickets... You paid good money for this- I couldn't!"
"Of course you can!"
"No, no really, I can't."
"Jack, if you don't take them I'll hate you.."
"You wouldn't."
"I will... Because you're being a dumbass, dude! I said you can take them, take them! If you really feel that guilty, you'll just owe me one is all."
"Henry, you're amazing!"
"I know! Now here's the plan."
Henry motioned for Jack to come closer and after he obeyed, proceeded to whisper into his ear, Jackson nodding eagerly at every word.
"You're kidding!"
She was gleaming so brightly at him. That smile, that sweet smile he sees so rarely made him weak in the knees. What made him even more giddy was that he put that smile there! He made her smile.
It was after school and Elsa had ran up to him screaming happily. Earlier that day Henry had took him along for the ride and got a small envelope from the school supply and stationery shop and typed up a sweet note in the Computer Lab. A note written in Norwegian and a fancy font. Since Elsa was actually born in Norway, and lived there a while, he thought it would be romantic if he left her a note in her native tongue. Jack went along seeing as he was the one with a girlfriend, he clearly had more experience in love than Jack did. It read,
Kjære, Elsa
Jeg har to billetter til den kommende Fall Out Boy konserten og er klar over at du liker musikken deres. Jeg ville være mest glad hvis du skulle komme. Hva sier du? Vil du følge med meg?
Forhåpentligvis, Jackson.
Translation:
Dear, Elsa
I happen to have two tickets to the upcoming Fall Out Boy concert and am aware that you like their music. I would be the most delighted if you would come. What do you say? Will you accompany me?
Hopefully, Jackson.
After printing it and putting it into the envelope along with her ticket he coaxed Astrid into giving him Elsa's locker combination. (How he managed to actually get the combination out of her was beyond Jack, but Henry Harrison Haddock III had his ways and could be very persuasive, especially with the right people). After she found the note in her locker she was ecstatic and hunted Jack down to thank him. When she finally found him in the school's parking lot she couldn't contain her joy and gratefulness.
"Nope," he smiled back at her, "I'm serious."
"That's.. seriously fucking amazing, Jackson! Thank you! Thank you so much!"
"Its nothing, I just thought you'd like to come."
"Nothing? I've never been to a concert before, let alone one by one of my favourite bands! This is huge!"
"I'm glad you're excited."
"Excited? There's no word to describe how happy I am right now!" she gave a happy laugh and smiled at him again, "Also writing the note in Norwegian. Clever..."
"Thanks."
"And quite sweet I must say..." she said just under her breath while gazing down at her feet, smiling to herself, but loud enough for Jack to hear. A soft blush dusted across both of their faces.
"What?"
"Nothing," she looked up at him again, "Just... thank you. Thank you, so so so much."
"You're welcome. So I'll pick you up right? At nine?"
"Sure, it's a date!"
She gave him one last smile before turning on her heels and heading toward her car. She thought he was sweet. Not only did he make Elsa Arendelle smile but she admitted that she thought he was sweet! That day was the best day of his mortal life, but he was sure the night of the concert would be even better.
So that's it! Is it a date? Or was she just referring to the fact that she'll save the date? HMMMMMM I hope my children have a good time anyway. Also I think we all know how Hiccup got the combinationnnnn. Also Jack coming to terms with human feelings is my new aesthetic. And is it bad that writing these romantic stuff is starting to bother me? I mean I love romance but things between my boyfriend and I are kinda complicated so it just reminds me what we were ya know... I write a lot of Jelsa stuff as parallel to us, actually Jack looking over at Elsa and thinking was me this week looking at him. *sigh* And boys say us girls are complicated. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter, now time for the question of the day.
QOTD: Do any of you play video games? What's your favourite device/game? Mine is PC but my fave game is and always will be The Last Of Us.
So I'll see y'all next week, yeah? May Luna continue to bless you all and have a wonderful rest of your day! This is Ocean, The Pastel Witch, peacing out!~
