Elsa was grabbing her books out of her locker when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist. She jumped a little as she swiftly turned around only to meet a pair of blue eyes staring at her intently. She relaxed when she realized who it was.

"Don't do that! You scared me!" She said after playfully punching Jack. He chuckled.

"Sorry, I didn't realized you were do skittish." He said playfully before moving his head closer for a kiss. Elsa dodged him and got out of his embrace. Jack recoiled.

"Oh, sorry. I just thought-"

"No! You're fine, it's just..." Elsa quickly assured before trailing off.

"Just what?" He inquired.

"It's just my dad. He won't let me or Anna date because of what happened at the dance." The girl explained.

Jack's face fell. "Oh."

Elsa nodded. "Yeah."

Jack shook his head. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-"

"No, don't be sorry. You have nothing to apologize for. My dad is just kinda strict sometimes."

"Well...maybe if I talked to him and showed him that I'm actually mature, he'd give me a second chance."

Elsa's eyes lit up. "Really? You would do that?"

Jack immediately nodded. "Of course. Elsa I like you, a lot."

Elsa blushed after she headed this. "I like you two Jack." The two of their heads moved closer until their lips met for a quick second.

"You can come over tomorrow, he doesn't have work then." Elsa said.

"Okay, I'll be there." Jack confirmed.

Elsa smiled. "Great!"

"So let me get this straight, you went swimming in a pool that smells like toilet water?" Hiccup inquired as he look at the road in front of him. Merida had came to work late and reeked of toilet water. She down played it by saying she lost track of time at the local swimming pool but Hiccup was not to be fooled. He decided that he'd interrogate her about it when he dropped her off to her house.

Merida nodded. "Pretty much."

"Merida, tell me why you're going swimming at the beginning of November? One of the coldest years of the the month."

"I just...I don't know." The girl replied, looking out the window.

"It was those bullies wasn't it? They did something to you and I have the sneaking suspicion that it has something to do with your head and a toilet."

Merida sighed loudly. "Hiccup can we not talk about this now please? I really would appreciate it if you just took me home and I'll give you the gas money."

Hiccup pulled the car over to the side of the road. It wasn't a big deal since they weren't on a busy street and they were next to a field.

"What are you doing?" Merida asked.

Hiccup took the keys out of the ignition. "We are not leaving until you tell me what happened." He stated.

"Oh c'mon Hiccup! You're wasting time! I have homework to do!" Merida complained.

"Yeah well the homework can wait! You're going to tell me why you smell like a toilet!"

"Because they beat me up and put my head in the toilet okay! There, happy now?" She finally admitted, crossing her arms.

Hiccup's eyes widened. "Oh Mer, I'm so sorry I thought-"

"Oh save it Hiccup. I don't need anyone's pitty." Merida spat. "They just punched me a few times and shoved my head in the toilet. Okay? That's all, nothing to get so worked up about."

"Nothing to get worked up about?" Hiccup repeated. "Merida that's bullying. This is serious, you know that? They could go to jai-"

"I don't care Hiccup! Just please take me home!" The girl insisted.

"But we have to tell someone!"

"No we don't just take me home!"

"But Mer-"

"Hiccup, I'm going to ask you one more time. Please take me home." Merida insisted calmly. Hiccup stared at her for a while before putting the keys back in the ignition and starting the car.

"Okay Merida, but I'm not going to keep this 'little secret' forever. I hope you know that." He said as he pulled onto the road.

As Hiccup got into bed that night, he kept replaying the conversation with Merida in his head. Merida looked so hurt, but he could tell that she was trying to mask it as best she could. Hiccup couldn't take it anymore and grabbed his phone off of his dresser and called Elsa.

Elsa was laying in bed texting Jack back and forth. She was surprised when she got a phone call from Hiccup. This was especially odd since it was at least 11pm. She answered it.

"Hey Hiccup...everything okay?" She asked awkwardly.

"Oh hey Els... what's going on?"

"Well...I'm in the bed."

Hiccup nervously chuckled. "Oh heh heh, yeah. Right."

Elsa sensed his nervousness over the phone and confronted him about it. "Hey Hiccup, is everything okay? You sound nervous."

She heard her friend sigh. "Well, it's actually about Merida."

Elsa smirked even though she knew he couldn't see her. "Oh really?" She asked in a teasing tone.

"No, Els. This is serious."

Elsa's face fell. "Oh, what is it?"

"She really didn't want me to tell anyone this but I can't help it. Merida is being bullied."

The platinum blonde's eyes widened. Merida? Being bullied? Those two words didn't really go together in the same sentence. She never would've thought her best friend would be getting bullied. Especially since she hadn't mentioned anything about it.

"Els? You there?"

"Yeah, sorry I'm here. What do you mean she's getting bullied? She hasn't said anything. And she tells me everything."

"Yeah I know. The only reason I found out is because they came and harassed her at work once."

"What?"

"Yeah."

"Well who are they? Do they go to our school?"

"No, they've been bullying her since the sixth grade she said."

Elsa shook her head. "This happened when she moved away and came back during the sixth grade then."

"Yeah."

"We'll talk to her about this tomorrow and get it out of her, I'll make sure of it." Elsa confirmed.

Once the first period bell rang, Elsa marched right up to Merida and sat down. Merida looked up and took her earphones out of her ears.

"Hey." She greeted happily.

"Hey." Elsa said, a solemn expression on her face.

Merida noticed this and got confused. "You okay?"

"Merida, Hiccup told me about you getting bullied." Elsa said. Merida's wide eyes soon turned into an get as she looked over at Hiccup who was sitting at a table across the room with Jack. When Merida looked at him, he chuckled and waved nervously.

"Merida, why wouldn't you tell me about-"

"Because it's not a big deal, okay? Now can we do our work please?" Merida said as she pulled her binder out from her backpack.

"No, we can't." Elsa said as she snatched the binder out of Merida's hands. "It can wait. Merida bullying is serious. Why wouldn't you tell someone about this?"

"Elsa, like I said, it's not a big deal."

"Yes it is! Bully isn't something to mess around with Merida! We should report this to-"

"No! It's bad enough that you guys already know. I don't need anyone else knowing." The girl said.

"But Merida-"

"Elsa stop." Merida said calmly.

"Merida you shouldn't-"

"Elsa." She said in a warning tone.

"Merida you need to talk about this."

"Elsa for the last time I don't want to talk about it!" Merida said before she stormed out of the classroom. Everyone in the classroom sat in silence and stared at Elsa.

"Elsa, would you like to talk to her." The teacher offered. Elsa nodded and walked towards the door only to be stopped by Hiccup who was already on his way out of the door. Elsa understood the wordless request and watched Hiccup out the door.

Hiccup ran up and down the hallways in search of the curly redhead. He couldn't yell because other classes were in session. He stopped when he heard weeping coming from a closet. The janitors closet that Anna had gotten locked in. The brown haired boy hesitantly opened the door and poked his head in.

His heart ached at the sight bestowed upon him. Merida was curled up in the corner with her arms wrapped around her knees and her shoulders shaking with her head down. She was unaware of Hiccup's presence until he sat by her and wrapped one arm around her shoulders.

Her head shot up. "Hiccup get away from me! I need a moment alone!"

Hiccup shook his head. "Shh just calm down."

"Hiccup please just go! I don't need any comfort." She said as she scooted away. Hiccup scooted closer.

"Yes you do. Merida stop trying to act tough. I know you're hurting. I can see it in your eyes."

"No I'm not! Hiccup leave me alone! I don't understand why you-"

Hiccup cut her off by putting his lips on hers. They kissed for a few seconds before breaking it slowly. Merida blushed.

"Hiccup I-"

"Oh my goodness Merida I'm sorry! I just wasn't thinking and you looked so much in distress that-"

Merida cut him off with a kiss. After the kiss broke Hiccup looked at her in astonishment.

"Well, I'm guessing you liked the kiss." Hiccup concluded. Merida laughed making Hiccup smile. He loved seeing her smile.

"Look Merida, we were just worried about you, that's all. We care about you and don't want you to get hurt."

Merida sighed. "Yeah, I know. I just don't like being vulnerable in front of anyone. Even my closest friends."

Hiccup nodded. "Mer, I know. You're the tough one of our group and can't have anyone thinking you've gone soft. But it's okay to be soft sometimes. Especially when you have friends who care about you."

Merida nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Sorry I kept pushing you away."

Hiccup shrugged. "It's okay, you were just going through a hard time."

"Poor Elsa, she probably thinks I'm mad at her." Merida said.

"Elsa? Nah, she's your best friend, she knows you."

"Yeah, but I still need to say sorry to her."

Hiccup nodded. "Okay, well are you ready to go back to class?"

Merida nodded. "Yeah, let's go."

The two teens entered the classroom hand in hand walking to the table that Jack and Elsa were sitting at.

"Is everything okay now?" The teacher asked. Merida nodded.

"Sorry for interrupting."

The teacher shook her head. "It's no problem. As long as you feel better." She told Merida. The girl smiled gratefully and continued to walk with Hiccup to Jack and Elsa's table.

"Oh well Els would you look at that. These two are holding hands." Jack teased as the two sat down in front of them. Merida and Hiccup both blushed.

"Wow, would've never seen that coming." Elsa joked along with him.

All of them laughed at their goofiness. Once the laughter died down Merida looked at Elsa.

"Els, look I'm sorry. I was just-"

"Mer, it's okay. I know you were just upset."

"So are we best friends again?" Merida asked.

Elsa chuckled. "When did we ever stop." She said making her best friend laugh.

"See, I told you she'd understand." Hiccup said, wrapping his arm around her.

"Yeah, let's get started on this homework though or else, it probably won't get done." Merida joked making everyone laugh.

Yes. It's me again...and I'm back. Whoo. (If you're a TLC fan you know that song.)

Please excuse my absence. We just started school about a month ago and senior year kinda needs all my attention. But that doesn't mean I've lost motivation for this story. I've just been really really busy with school, trying to learn how to drive and track practice. BUT THIS STORY WILL KEEP PROGRESSING! The updates just may be a little slower.

Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. There was a lot of Jelsa and mericup in this one. I will try to update next Friday or earlier if I can. Tell me what you thought in the reviews.

Stay tuned! 😎😎😎