Heeeyyyyyy! So I really hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter (I enjoyed writing it) and I apologize for leaving it on a cliffy! (well not really… mwahahaha) Anyway, I really don't have much else to say, so i hope you enjoy! BY THE WAY, the timeline for this chapter may be a bit weird, but it's only so I can explain it better, after this chapter everything will be normal again.
Coming Out
Emma was currently sitting in class, and she watched with curious eyes as her teacher was flipping through slides, talking about the reproductive system. Today was Emma's first sex-ed class, and while she already forgot some of the words her teacher had said, her chin was still resting on her hands, eyes wide with fascination.
"Now we will be talking about hormones," the teacher flipped to another slide on the board. "During puberty, your body will start to develop hormones that will cause many changes in your body." she turned to hush a couple of students that were talking in the back of the room just as another teacher came in the room holding a steaming cup of hot coffee. The teacher turned back to the board, and continued speaking.
"Now as you get older and become a teenager, you will get urges from these hormones to do many things, and these things include kissing. As a teenag-" The teacher was interruppted when Emma shot her hand up, loudly saying, "I saw my brother kissing his friend once!"
The moment the words came out of her mouth, her eyes widen she quickly lowered her arm. "Oh no! I wasn't supposed to say anything!"
The teacher seemed taken aback by Emma's outburst, and she took a step towards the now quiet girl. "Emma, your brother is Jackson, right?" gesturing with her hands. Emma swallowed nervously. Emma nodded her head. The teacher laughed quietly, "And isn't he around fifteen now? I remember seeing him once when you were picked up one day." Emma instantly relaxed, her eight-year-old mind and mouth having no filter as she began to speak enthusiastically once more. "Well maybe telling one person won't hurt, especially since she is my teacher."
"Yeah he is fifteen now!" The teacher nodded her head, and gave a quick glance to the other who was still sipping on her coffee. She looked back at Emma. "And tell me about this moment again, with your brother and his friend." Emma looked down at her hands embarrassingly before she looked back up. "Well they have been friends for a really long time, and well one day I heard something from Jack's room and went I went to go check, they were both shirtless and they were kissing a lot."
Emma's mouth flooded the words out and both teachers were blushing at the awkwardness of an eight-year-old saying those things in such an innocent way. What had been happening had instantly clicked in their heads, even though it was still unclear to Emma. Thankfully all the other kids in the class had begun talking to each other, not paying attention to the two adults and Emma. The brown-eyed girl was about to continue speaking when the teacher held her hands up slightly, silencing Emma. The teacher looked back at the other, who was awkwardly sipping coffee, but still finding amusement in the first teachers embarrassment.
The teacher looked back at Emma, fumbling over her words before beginning to speak, unsure of where to start. "Well… Emma… at that age…" and she looked back quickly at the other teacher nervously, before turning back to the girl. "At that age… teenagers get many urges, like we were just talking about, right?" Emma looked to the side quickly before nodding her head. The teacher continued, "And so… boys and girls will-"
"Oh no, my brothers friend was a boy!" Emma quickly cut her off. The teacher sipping her coffee snorted, choking and coughing slightly, and the teacher standing in front of her went red and her eyes became wide. A couple seconds past before the first teacher composed herself.
"So… you're saying that… the friend you saw your brother kissing… is also a boy? Your brother was kissing another boy?" Of course the teacher had nothing against it, but she wanted to make sure Emma saw things correctly. Her thoughts her proven correct when Emma nodded her head, "Yeah it was with his best friend, Hiccup."
The teacher made the connection, having seen Hiccup once or twice as well. She had only thought they were friends. She cleared her throat, "Emma will you step outside in the hallway with me, you're not in trouble." Emma got up from her chair, worry on her face. She followed the two teachers outside, and they both bent down, becoming almost level with Emma.
"Now Emma we are going to ask you a couple questions, okay?" Emma started breathing faster, "They aren't going to get in trouble are they? They seemed really scared when I saw them, and my brother made me promise not to tell anyone. And I'm really sorry I did." she quickly said. The teachers were both shocked at Emma's words, before the first one gently place her hand on Emma's arm.
"No, no, Emma they are not in trouble. It's okay, we just wanna know a couple things, alright?" they said, hoping to have reassured the worried girl. Emma nodded, shifting on her feet.
"Okay. Have you ever seen them doing anything like this before? Does anyone else know?" Emma shook her head, "No one one else knows, and this was the first time." They nodded their heads, "Okay, when did this happen?" Emma hummed for couple seconds, thinking. "Um about a couple weeks ago, maybe a month."
The teachers turned a whispered to each other, before the first turned back to Emma. "Okay now… i'm now we are going to describe some things to you, and I want you to tell us if you have seen or found any of these things in Jack's room, alright?" Emma nodded and they continued.
"Okay have you ever found a bottle, like a squeezy bottle, and it had clear, gel looking stuff in it?" they asked, faces tinging red. Emma nodded, "Yeah, but it didn't say anything on it." The first teacher sucked in a breath, "Okay. Now have you ever found maybe a box, or a package that had these foil squares in it? Probably about the size of your palm?" and she described it wiht her hands.
Emma once again nodded, "Yeah I was looking for my brothers rubix cube in his nightstand and I saw things that looked like that in there." The teachers looked at each other again. "Okay, thank you Emma. You can go back in the class now." Emma nods her head slowly before walking back in the classroom. The two teachers stand up and face each other.
"So what do we do? Do we inform their parents?" one of them said. The other looked up and nodded her head. "Yes, I will call Jack's mother, and hopefully be able to talk to all of them." They parted ways, one teacher going back in the classroom while the other one went to the office. She sat down in her chair before looking up the number, dialing it. She sat nervously as it rang.
Heather, Valerie, and Stoick were standing in Heather's kitchen, laughing and talking about their day. Hiccup and Jack were sitting in the living room, Hiccup on the floor drawing, and Jack sitting on the couch playing video games. They weren't at school because of a teacher work day, so everyone decided to take this day to relax.
Heather was in the middle of listening to Valerie speak about her day yesterday when the house phone began ringing. She quietly excused herself and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" Heather asked.
"Hi, this is Mrs. Hicks, I am calling because of something your daughter has told me." the woman through the phone said, and Heather could hear the nervousness in her voice.
"Um, and what may that be?" Heather said, slight curiosity and worry coming upon her face.
"I'm sorry, but are Jack and Hiccup in the room?"
"They are in the living room, why?"
"Your daughter has informed me about something involving them. Are Hiccups parents there as well?"
"Yes they are," and she turned to look at the other parents, "Now will you tell me what is going on?"
"I think it's best if you have this conversation away from the boys." the woman on the phone nervously said. Worry filled Heather's eyes as she glance over to the two boys, before gesturing to Hiccup's parents to follow her outside on the front porch. She put the phone on speaker as the three of them sat on the cushioned bench.
"Okay all of us are outside, now what is this about? What do the boys have to do with this?" Heather demanded. There was a pause before the woman spoke again.
"From what Emma has told me, I believe that Jack and Hiccup are in an intimate relationship, and I also have reason to believe they may be sexually active… with each other." the teacher finished quietly.
The three adults stared down at the phone in shock, not believing the words they were hearing. Jack and Hiccup. The two boys who had known each other since they were seven. Who were best friends. It just wasn't possible.
Valerie was the first to speak up, "How… why do you think this? I mean… they are best friends, they couldn't possible be in a relationship… like that."
The teacher continued, "As you may know, we were giving the kids a sex-ed class today, and long story short, Emma told me that she walked in on Jack and Hiccup kissing… and from how she described it, quite heavily."
The three were trying to process the words they were hearing. Heather cleared her throat, "Well what makes you believe that they could be having… sex?"
The teacher cleared her throat, audibly uncomfortable, "Well I brought Emma outside the classroom so I could speak to her, and I didn't tell her what I had been describing, but I described to her condoms and… um… lubricant, and she said she had seen both items in Jack's room."
Heather gasped quietly. She was about to say something, but the teacher began speaking again. "Now, I am by no means trying to tell you how to parent, but I would approach both of them very carefully. Emma said that when she saw them, they panicked and practically begged and made her promise not to tell anyone. Apparently they looked really scared for anyone to find out."
Heather nodded, even though she knew the woman on the other end couldn't see her, "No you are fine," She brought a hand to her mouth before quickly pulling it away to speak. "It's just… i'm sorry this is just completely unexpected. I never thought that…" Her eyes were wide, and she looked to the other two adults to see them with the same look of shock on their faces. Valerie spoke up,
"It's not that we are against them being together, one of my and my husbands best friends is gay. It's just shocking to find out in this way." Stoick nodded his head in agreement, still too confused and shocked to speak. Heather agreed as well, "Yes, I would never be mad at my son for being gay, it was just unexpected."
She looked back down at the phone in her hands, taking in a deep breath before speaking, "Thank you for calling, it is greatly appreciated. We will talk with them, and hopefully they will be honest with us. Goodbye." She waited for the teacher to say goodbye as well before she pressed the end button. Heather looked at the two parents next to her, "So what now? Do we talk to them now?"
Stoick slapped his knee before standing up, "Yeah we are probably going to wing it anyway, so might as well do it now." The two women nodded before following the large man inside. Heather quickly shot upstairs, and she searched through Jack's room. She gasped when she found condoms and lube inside Jack's nightstand. She walked back downstairs, discreetly holding the items, before showing them to the other two. She placed them behind the kitchen counter, so the boys couldn't see them.
The three adults slowly walked into the living room, nervousness still very visible on their faces. The two boys barely acknowledged them as they kept doing their activities. It didn't seem like they would be hiding such a big secret. Valerie stepped forward,
"Boys, we need to talk."
Jack paused his game, and he set the controller on the table. Hiccup slowly put his pencil down and he closed his sketchbook. The two boys made eye contact, and instantly the worst went through their heads. Worry filled their wide-eyed faces and Jack croaked out, "About what?" as he turned to look at the three adults. Heather spoke up, "Maybe it'd be best if we talked in the kitchen."
Jack and Hiccup both stood up with shaking knees, but followed and sat down in front of the breakfast bar. They both shifted on the bench, but stayed nonetheless. The three adults stood in front of them on the other side of the counter. Everyone was silent for a few seconds before Heather broke it, placing her hands on the counter gently.
"So I got a call from Emma's school." Hiccup's throat closed up, and Jack became tense but he didn't let it show. "About what? Is Emma alright?" he said casually. Heather sighed, looking at the two parents beside her before turning her eyes back to the two teenagers.
"It was about you two. Emma had told her teacher something… something about what she saw you two doing, and we just have one question for both of you."
Jack's face paled, more pale than it already was and tears started to water in Hiccup's eyes. Jack lowered his wide, dazed eyes and his breathing started to get heavy. Hiccup was as still as a statue, every muscle in his body tense, waiting for the words to slip out of his parents mouths.
"Are you two… have you…" Valerie stumbled to find the words before she cleared her throat, adjusting her stance.
"Are you two in a intimate relationship with each other?"
The tears in Hiccup's eyes fell and Jack seemingly struggled for a proper breath. The air was tense, filled with silence. No words came out, mouths shut tight and they didn't look at each other. Heather spoke, "Jack… answer the question."
Instantly anger filled Jacks face, and he snapped his head up, glaring daggers at the three adults. "Why does it matter?! You know what, maybe we are! It's none of your fucking business anyway!" he yelled at the trio. He didn't drop his glare, even as Hiccup looked up at his in shock at his outburst. The three parents stared eyed at the glaring white and brown haired teen, unable to speak.
Hiccup looked away from Jack, loosely wrapping his arms around himself. He turned his face away from everyone, trying to make himself as small as possible. Valerie leaned over slightly trying to look at his face. "Hiccup? Is there anything you want to say?"
Hiccup tensed, and he mumbled out a small "No." Jack turned to Hiccup in disbelief, scoffing. Hiccup snapped at the noise and he turned to Jack, a glare twisted on his face. "Well what do you want me to say? It's your fault!"
Jack's eyes widen in anger, "My fault? How the hell is it my fault?!"
"You're the one who left the goddamn door open!"
"I didn't think she was home!"
"Well maybe you should have checked!"
Jack scoffed in disbelief, he couldn't believe that Hiccup was blaming it on him. Jack snapped, the anger in him boiling over. He shoved Hiccup off the bench and to the floor. Hiccup yelped as he hit the floor, elbow knocking painfully against it. Jack crossed his arms, huffing as he turned away. Hiccup grunted as he climbed back on the bench, and he rubbed his elbow, wincing. Jack sighed, his tense shoulders relaxing in defeat before he turned to the smaller boy. He brought his eyes up to Hiccups, regret filling them. Hiccup knew why Jack had snapped. Jack was scared, just like he was. He nodded in understanding, giving the regretful boy a small smile. Jack smiled back, even though he felt sorry.
The three adults in front of them watched with wide eyes, before Stoick cleared his throat. "Um…boys… you have to understand why this comes as a shock to us. I mean Jack, you have had girlfriends before, and we've heard you are well… quite popular in school… and Hiccup I thought you had a crush on Astrid, you used to always talk about her an-"
Hearing his father's words, Hiccup couldn't help but get angry. They didn't understand anything! He quickly cut his father off.
"Okay I don't know if you hadn't really fucking noticed, but i am kind of a loser. I am not popular, i'm not all that attractive, i'm a fucking nerd who used to spend all my time reading books about things that no one else was interested in, no girl on the face of this earth has ever liked me, mostly because i am an awkward freak who has an unhealthy obsession with dragons, who is covered head to toe in ugly ass freckles and self harm scars, and who has a fucking cat named Toothless, not to mention i'm a fucking cripple who is missing a leg! So excuse me for not being the "cool, confident, awesome" fucking kid you wanted! I mean holy hell, I don't even understand how you like me!" and he turns to Jack, exasperation in his voice. His shoulders sagged, and he closed his eyes, turning away from Jack.
Everyone looked at Hiccup in shock, his outburst surprising them. Jack looked at Hiccup in shock, and he felt disappointed in himself for not understanding that that's how Hiccup had felt. Jack bit his lip, and he furrowed his eyebrows together as an idea came into his head. He was scared to go through with it, but he soon let go of his fear. All he cared about was Hiccup.
Jack smiled softly, leaning forward a bit, "Hey Hic?"
Hiccup didn't respond, and Jack smiled at Hiccups stubbornness.
"Hey Hiccup." Jack said in a singsong voice as he scooted closer and closer to Hiccups small form.
"Hiccup-"
"What Jac-" he angrily yelled, turning to face Jack, before he was cut off by Jack's lips quickly covering his. Hiccup squeaked slightly, but he quickly relaxed into the kiss. The three adults jaws practically hit the floor at the sight of their sons kissing.
The boys lips moved softly against each other once before they gently separated. They touched noses, and smiled softly at each other. Jack laughed softly and he leaned more forward, pushing Hiccup back slightly by his nose. Hiccups eyes were closed, and Jack's eyes were barely open, a small smirk on his face as he pushed Hiccup's nose up slightly with his own. Hiccup opened his eyes slightly and they rubbed noses as green and brown and blue shards met. Hiccup giggled slightly, and he leaned forward slightly to place gentle kiss on Jack's lips. He pulled back to look at Jack before realization hit him. His eyes widened and he gasped as Jack giggled mischievously. His face dropped, giving Jack the 'are you fucking serious' look.
"Oh I bet you are real damn proud of yourself, aren't you?" Hiccup said, eyes narrowing. Jack just giggled, nodding his head.
"Yeah." he shortly said, cowering over slightly under Hiccups stare, even though the wide smile on his face didn't fade.
Hiccup sighed, and he shook his head slightly, but he couldn't help it when the corners of his mouth gently lifted into the smallest smile from looking at Jacks now relaxing face. His smile grew when Jack's cheeks turned slightly pink and he breathlessly laughed in slight embarrassment. Jack took in a sharp breath, puffing his cheeks out slight before his eyes met Hiccups. His eyes darted to the side quickly, gesturing to the still adults. Hiccup blinked a few times before he closed his eyes tight, taking a deep breath. He let it out slowly, and opened his eyes, turning his head to look up at them nervously. Jack mirrored Hiccup, his confidence dissipating at their silence.
The three adults stared down at the two teens with wide eyes. When they realized the two boy were staring at them, they awkwardly cleared their throats, adjusting themselves. Valerie spoke up, "Well um… that was um… anyway." she gently placed her hands on the counter. "Okay, now we have a couple question for you."
Hiccup and Jack looked at each other nervously but they both nodded, trying to hide their reluctance. "Okay. Um well just for clarification. You two are… in an intimate relationship?" Valerie asked, looking back and forth between the boys. They both nodded, and gave each other small smiles.
Heather cut in, "Now Jack, I went in your room," Jack's eyes widened at her statement, but he didn't say anything. "And I found these," she pulled the condoms and lube up from behind the counter, "In your nightstand."
Both boys faces flushed, and they couldn't take their eyes off the offending items sitting on the counter in front of them. "Boys, we want to know. Have you two had sex before?"
Hiccup didn't say anything, and he was keeping his eyes to the side. Jack took in a deep breath and his eyes relaxed. One of his eyebrows bounced up as he quietly said, "I thought you guys would have figured that one out by the stuff you found."
Hiccup swallowed nervously, and he kept quiet, listening as his parents took a deep but surprisingly calm breath in. "I will take that as a yes." Heather finished.
Stoick awkwardly chuckled, "Well at least you two are being safe, even though neither one of you can get pregnant… but i'm not saying that's the only thing you need protection from, there are many things…" He trailed off awkwardly, stopping when Valerie put her hand on his arm to let him know that the topic was not the most comfortable.
Hiccups and Jack's eyes were wide, and the air was filled with stiff silence for several moments. Hiccup snuck a peek at Jack, only to see Jack's eyebrows furrowed together, as in thought, but Hiccup could tell Jack was also getting frustrated. He barely had time to try to ask why when Jack quickly jumped up out of his seat, startling their parents.
"So, since you three have so many questions for us," and he wiggled his fingers at the three adults, "I, and I guarantee Hiccup has this same question, would like to know one thing." Hiccup looked up at Jack in confusion, and his eyes kept darting back and forth between Jack and his parents.
"Do you accept us, or not. Yes or no." Jack stated evenly. Despite the seriousness and frustration on Jacks features, Hiccup could tell he was terrified of their answer. Hell, so was he.
Valerie stuttered on her words, shocked at Jack's outright question. Heather was about to speak up when Jack interrupted,
"Yes. Or. No."
"Yes!" Valerie said loudly. Heather quickly cut in, "Boys, we love you, no matter what. Nothing could change that. Of course we will accept you. An-"
Jack cut her off, clapping his hands together one time. "Perfect!" and he reached down, grabbing Hiccup's wrist, yanking his light body out of the seat.
"H-hey! Jack w-what are you d-doing?" Hiccup stuttered, wildly looking back and forth between Jack and the adults, his face tomato red. "Just trust me!" Jack said with smile that Hiccup didn't trust in the slightest.
"Wait! We have more questions!" Valerie called after them. Jack stopped in his tracks and quickly turned around on the ball of his foot. "Well I don't have anymore answers to give, so bye!"
Jack continued half dragging Hiccup away from the kitchen, and as Jack was about to disappear behind the wall, he sent a wink to the three adults, leaving them stunned. They looked at each other in shock after the two teens left, and knowing Jacks mischievous ways, they were filled with slight fear and worry at just what that wink meant.
Hiccup couldn't help the giggles coming out of his throat as he clumsily followed Jack up the stairs, still slightly scared of what Jack had in mind. Jack laughed, quickly shuffling inside his room, pulling Hiccup in as well before he practically slammed his door, making sure the three downstairs could hear it.
"J-Jack, what are you doi-" Hiccups giggly words were cut off when Jack pushed him down on the bed. Not hard enough to knock the breath out of him, but enough to stop his words. Hiccup bounced slightly on the bed, before he sat up on his elbows, "Hey what gives Ja-"
He was once again cut off when Jack quickly climbed on top of him, slamming his lips against Hiccups. Hiccup yelped in surprise, but welcomed the kiss gleefully. When they separated, Hiccup breathlessly asks, "Jack, seriously, what are you doing?"
Jack laughed, tucking his head into Hiccup's neck to inhale his scent before he lifted his head again. "I want to show them that no matter what they think, no matter what they say, no matter what they do, they could never keep me away from you. I want them to know just what we do and who we are and just how deep," and he pressed his hips down onto Hiccup's, making the freckled faced boy gasp, "Our relationship is." he finishes with a smirk.
Hiccup pants breathlessly, letting out a light laugh, throwing his arms around Jack's neck, "You are insane…" he says with a lazy smile on his face as Jack nuzzles and presses wet kisses to Hiccup's neck. He chuckles deeply at Hiccup's words, raising his head to meet Hiccup's eyes once more.
"Yeah, but you love me." Hiccup giggles, "Yeah, I love you." Jack's smirk drops, but it quickly raises again to a soft smile, a blush slowly forming on his face. "I love you too."
Hiccup laughed, throwing his head back against the bed before he gently brought Jack's face back to his, connecting their lips in a passionate kiss.
Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long, school has been stressful and just stupid teen drama haha… Anyway, this chapter will sorta be split into two because it was so long. And yes it will continue directly from this chapter so I hope you at least enjoyed this one and yeah um bye!
