Chapter 5
Jack
*beepbeep...beepbeep...beepbe-* Ughh it's Monday. Another day of pointless assignments I've already learned at the academy. I got out of my covers and looked over to Bunny's bed. It was undisturbed since the night before so he probably didn't come in last night. Then I turned around and saw a large mound of platinum blonde hair 5 inches away from my face. Forgetting I had a new room mate I jumped away from it, taking my covers with me, and landed in Bunny's bed. I know the rooms aren't that big but did they really have to put the beds so close together? My sudden movement made Elsa stir in her bed and soon she opened her eyes. As soon as she saw me her eyes grew wider and she attacked me with her pillow. But this pillow must have weighed 1,000 pounds because with the force she hit me with I ended up lying on the ground with nothing to protect my fall. If it wasn't so early in the morning I probably would have been able to dodge that.
"Jack? What are you doing scaring me like that first thing in the morning!" She yelled at me.
"I didn't mean to and what's in that pillow, you could have knocked me out!" I yelled back.
"Well I thought you were and intruder since you had your whole body covered in a blanket!" She retorted.
"What kind of person commits a crime under a blanket?" I said.
"Apparently you. What time is it I want to go back to sleep." She muttered.
"Sorry to break it to you, but it's time for me to get ready for school. I'm going to the bathroom first, see ya." I said as I was walked towards my closet for clothes to change into. Then I saw her run past me with a toothbrush in hand heading toward the sink.
"Hey, I said I was going first!" I yelled at her rushing figure.
"Well I never agreed, you snooze you lose is my way of doing things." She said then shut the door. Calm down Jack, this isn't a permanent thing. You're gonna complete this mission and get out of this hell hole. After that there will be no more annoying fan girls or complicated room mates. 20 minutes later she got out of the bathroom with black converse, olive green joggers, and a black twenty one pilots shirt. I went in without saying a word and started to brush my teeth while she pulled out a mirror from one her boxes and braided her hair. I finished changing into my jeans and long sleeve dress shirt with a sweater over it when I noticed Elsa was about to leave.
"Elsa, wait!" I call to her. She turns around and looks at me like she's in a rush to leave.
"What is it, I have to meet my friends before school starts."
"Well you're gonna be the only one there cause' school doesn't start for another hour." I said
"What! Why did you wake me up so early?" She yelled.
"Yo, keep you're voice down! I have to get up early so I don't run into anyone on my way to school. I didn't say you had to get up with me." I replied in a neutral tone.
"Ugghh, I guess I'll go get breakfast and tell them to meet me there." She said while leaving the room. Hmm I haven't had breakfast with anyone other than the guys in the longest time, maybe she'll let me join her. Man, I never thought I would ever say that, but she seems...different somehow. I ran up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. Thank God nobody is out here!
"Uh would you like me to keep you company, until your friends get there of course." I asked. She looks up at me trying to decide whether she wants me there or not.
"Hmm, nope. I'm good." She said and walks away. My jaw droped to the floor. So this is how it feels to be rejected. At least it's not as bad as when I reject a confession. I can't let her get away just like that! I ran up to her as she steped into the elevator.
"At least tell me why not." I said.
"Because...sometimes I just want to be alone...and you being there would attract too much unnecessary attention...yeah that's it."
"Do you really expect me to believe that excuse. You obviously just made that up. I'm going and by the end of it you're gonna wish we could do it again." I said pridefully.
"Whatever we're heading to the cafe Rapunzel went to last time since we don't know any other place here."
"I'm cool with that."
Elsa
We arrived at the cafe and took a seat close to the window. Why did he want to come so badly, I thought he hated the female species. You can't think too much about this Elsa, stay focused on what's important. Maybe I can ask him if he knows about Pitch. Father sent us the pictures on what he looked like, he might know where I can find him. I was about to say something but Jack started talking before I could.
"So what do you want, I'll go order for us since I practically invited myself." He said.
"Anything with chocolate in fine and a coffee with 3 packs of sugar, extra whipped cream."
"Man, someone has a sweet tooth." he said and got up to order our food. A couple minutes later he sat backs down and I started asking him a couple of questions.
"How well do you know the teachers at the school?"
"Uhh pretty well, why."
"Just curious, do you know anyone that's tall with dark hair, pale grayish skin tone, and yellow tinted eyes." I ask leaving him no room to ask anymore questions.
"That's oddly specific, what exactly do you have to do with this person." He asked.
"That's my business, do you know him or not."
"Not. But I've heard rumors that I'd be willing to tell you if you tell me why you're asking." He said with a smirk. I don't know what to say!
"Jack and Elsa!" Someone yelled at the counter to pick up our food.
"I'll get it!" I said as I got out of my seat. That was close! I should be more careful next time. I came back to the table and laid the food out. He took his first and I took what was left over.
"Enough about earlier I just got carried away. So uuhhh you come here often?" I asked. Great job Elsa, this isn't the time to lose you're non- existent social skills.
He let out a chuckle before answering.
"I've been coming to this place for a year so yeah."
"Where were you before that?" I asked.
"Places, hey are those your friends over there?" he asked while pointing towards the window. I looked over and saw the 3 of them talking and approaching the cafe.
"Yeah that's them how'd yo..." I looked back at him but he was already gone. That's weird, I didn't see him leave.
"Hey Elsa, you're early. Did you wait long?" Anna asked.
"No, I just got here but guess what I just confirmed." I said.
"What, is it about Pitch?" Merida asked.
"Yep. He still works at the school and the picture we received is still up to date. I couldn't find out where he is located but there are rumors about his location."
"What are the rumors?" Rapunzel asked.
"I don't know, but my room mate does. I couldn't get it out of him with out giving our identities up but if he knows then maybe other people do too."
"So when we get to school we should ask around." Anna said.
"You and Rapunzel can handle that. Elsa and I aren't the greatest at socializing so we'll go around and bug the school with the spy equipment Tinker made us." Merida said.
"Speaking of school, we have 10 minutes before our first class starts, let's go." I said. Everyone nods their heads and we walk across the street to where the open doors of the school school entrance was. Merida, who was leading the way, turned around right in front of the doors.
"Remember we're not using code names for this one so be extra careful with who you guys talk to. From here we go our separate ways so good luck." She said to us.
"Don't worry, we'll be on our best behavior!" Rapunzel grinned.
"Come on, let's go!" I said as I shoved everyone inside.
Merida and I walked into our first class of the day with Mr. Rider who teaches chemistry. The desks are organized in 4 rows of 9 in the middle of the classroom and surrounded by lab tables. All the desks were taken or saved for other people so Merida and I sat together at one of the lab tables. Looking around I couldn't see anyone I recognized until Jack walked into the door. As soon as he took one of the saved seats every girl started to stare and whisper about him, especially the one I met in the hallway my first day. When the bell rang everyone stopped talking and the teacher stood up from his desk.
"Good morning class, usually I start off with a 'Question of the Day' but since we have new students joining us we'll let them introduce themselves, so girls why don't you stand up and say your names." Damn it, so much for staying low key. We got up and the same time and I spoke first.
"My name is Elsa Winters."
"And I'm Merida DunBroch." She said right after.
"Thank you girls, you may now sit down. So class, it's a special day today because we are picking lab groups and starting our first experiment of the year." After he said that people were mumbling to each other across the room.
"I am allowing you to pick your groups but if it gets to disruptive... you know the rest." As soon as he finished talking everyone got up and ran to a lab table with their friends. Everyone except the mob that was trying to get Jack to be their partner.
"Jack you should sit with me and my friends!"
"No, he's sitting with us!"
"Who said you could have him?" They all argued with each other.
"I'm not going to be in any of your groups, I'm sitting with Hiccup." He said while pointing at a boy who was about his height, shaggy brown hair with two braids in it, and was wearing a brown shirt with a green sweater under it(A/N:Hiccup from HTTYD2).
"But you still need 2 more people!" One girl points out. Jack looked around the room and made eye contact with Merida and I. He smirked at us and looked back to the girls.
"No I don't. They're sitting right over there." He said while pointing at us. He and Hiccup casually walked away from the mob and sat in the stools across from us. Soon the girls walked to their own lab tables and the teacher proceeded to teach the lab we were about to do. During his explanation, I realized that we've done this stuff 2 years ago at the academy. That sucks, I was hoping to learn something new. Anna must be ecstatic right now knowing that she doesn't have to study. I look around the table and notice that nobody was really paying attention. Obviously I knew why Merida wasn't but the other 2 were in a whole different world. Jack snaped out of his day dream and made eye contact with me again. Then he smirked and started writing something down in his notebook and passed it to me.
"I know I'm irresistible, but you should be paying attention." it said. What a jerk, I don't even know what I expected him to write. I picked up my pencil and wrote back,
"Calm your ego, I learned this stuff at my old school so you can stop worrying about me, mom." I passed his notebook back to him with a smirk plastered on my face. He read it and looked up at me with a frown. He was about to write something back when the teacher spoke up.
"Okay so now that you know what to do, get started!" He said.
"Alright, Merida and I are going to write down the measurements and data. You two can perform the experiment using the dry ice."
"Yes, ma'am." Jack said in mock salute.
"I forgot, I lent my pencil to Rapunzel. Maybe Hiccup and I should do the experiment instead and you and Jack can work together." Merida said.
"I'm cool with that." Hiccup agreed. Jack and Merida switched sides while I got started measuring the the amount of dry ice we had using my hands. Jack looked over at me in shock.
"You're not supposed to touch that with your hands you know, aren't the freezing!" He said. I looked up at Merida who also heard him.
"Uhh not really uh.. I'm from Norway! Yeah and it's really cold over there so this is nothing." I said nervously.
"Ah huh..." he said unconvinced.
"Ah huh, so let's just write the amount and get this over with." I said trying to change the subject. A couple minutes before the bell we finished the lab sheets and turned them in. That meant a couple of more minutes sitting at the table in awkward silence.
"So," Hiccup was the first to speak,"Where are you guys from?"
"I was born in Scotland, Elsa and her sister were born in Norway." Merida said.
"That's cool, I'm from Berk which is around there and Jack was born right here in Burgess. Are you guys living in the dorms as well?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes actually Jack and I ar..."
"We're room mates." Jack interrupted. As soon as he said that I caught the glares of every girl in this room.
"Whoops!" He said.
"Yeah whoops, if they kill me then it's all your fault!" I said.
"Relax, you can take care of yourself can't you? Or do you prefer your 'mom' to do that for you." He said with a smirk.
"If you're saying that you're my mom then gross. And I don't need your help." I retorted. He stared at me and stuttered back,
"I did't say I was your mom, you did..."
"And you went along with it." I interrupted. His cheeks burned red and he looked away.
"Man I've never seen Jack flustered like this before." Hiccup said.
"That's just one of the many powers Elsa possesses." Merida said with a wink.
"Does she possess any other kind of powers... like ones that let her hold dry ice with her bare hands." Jack said.
"I don't know what you mean. I already told you I'm used to it." I said a neutral tone but my eyes showing coldness. I am not going to let get any emotion out of me. Sensing the tension,Merida was about to say something until the bell beat her to it. I picked up my books, shoved them in my bag and walked out with with Merida.
"Elsa, what was that about?" She asked.
"He's getting too close to figuring us out. I should have been more careful but how was I supposed to know you can't touch that stuff, it just felt like a cold rock to me."
"Well for you if it feels cold at all then imagine how it feels to us. It's okay we'll just stay away from him for a while until he forgets."
"Okay I'll try, lets just get our job over with."Through out the day we bugged every hallway and classroom except for the music room and the hallways in the second building. The classes I've been to were so long and boring the only thing I actually looked forward to was having a lunch break. Anna and Rapunzel made a ton of new friends and wanted to sit with them in the cafeteria. Merida joined them but after what happened today I just wanted to sit by myself. I chose to eat on the roof because even though there were picnic tables there, nobody wanted to eat outside in the chilled weather. After sitting there for 15 minutes I decided to go back inside until I heard someone opening the door. I lunged myself under the table and pulled out my phone to watch the footage of the camera I placed above the door earlier. What I saw made me freeze shock.
It was Pitch.
He's actually here! I can't make a sound or he'll find me but I gotta tell the girls! I army crawl from table to table, with my phone in my pocket, making my way closer to the door. He was taking a phone call so he wasn't paying attention to me sneaking behind him. I was so close to the door until my phone slipped out of my pocket and crashed onto the floor. Startled by the noise, he was about to turn around but before he could see me I used my powers to freeze the ground under him, making him fall to the ground. Perfect!I pick up my phone and bolt towards the door using an ice mirror that I created to conceal my face and body. Then I turned the stairs into an ice ramp and conger up a shield to slide down it with. After making my get away I released all of the ice that I cast and sprinted back to the cafeteria. The girls were sitting at a circle table with 4 other guys, one of them being Jack who wasn't talking to anybody. Oh God! Why do they have to make my life so much harder than it has to be? I approached the table and sat in the seat next to Merida and Hiccup. I looked around the table and everyone was staring at me.
"What?" I asked braking the silence.
"Well it's nice of you to join us, we were just having a great conversation." Jack said with a smirk.
"Then I'm going to have to cut this conversation short so I can talk to the girls, privately."
"Whatever you say to them you can say in front of us." He said stubbornly while gesturing to Hiccup, Flynn and the other guy with shaggy blonde hair. I guess he wants to do this the hard way.
"I can't it's about my friend T.O.M. He visits once a month for about a week, so I prefer not to share anything about him in front of you guys.
"Tom? Who's To...Ohhhhh" Jack's cheeks turned a light shade of pink and he had a look of realization cross his face.
"Uh let's go guys, we should probably leave them alone." Jack said while getting up. As soon as they were out of the cafeteria I told the girls all about what happened on the roof.
"Are you crazy! You should have stayed under the table, now he'll think something is up." Merida yelled.
"He would have caught me if I didn't get out of there soon enough. At least I'm making progress with this mission instead of playing around."
"We're not playing around, we did what we were told which was to ask about the rumors. In the process we ended up making friends, what's the problem with that?" Anna said.
"The problem is that you're going to leave them in a few weeks and never see them again. I said to not get too attached with this place."
"But I love being here, I feel normal and..."
"But you're not normal, Anna. This isn't our life it's someone else's. We worry about criminals not school dances, we sneak in and out of weapon facilities not classes, and we protect human lives not love lives." I interrupedt her. She stared at me with watery eyes and I instantly felt guilty for what I said.
"Anna, I'm sorr..."
"No! You're right, I can't live my dreams of being normal. I'm just a freak who can't be with anyone because I have powers and people constantly after me. Thanks Elsa for reminding me of that. If you're done with your story then I'll be going now." Anna said while grabbing her things and walking out of the cafeteria.
"I messed up, didn't I." I said to the other girls.
"It's alright Elsa, we understand. Anna was the most excited for this mission but she'll realize our priorities soon. I'll follow her and try to explain better." Rapunzel comforted me.
"Thanks, I think I'll head to my room and take a break. Too much has happened today and I'm too tired to think of anything else. Let's go Merida." She noded her head and we exited the cafeteria.
Jack
After leaving the cafeteria I decided to ditch the guys and head to my dorm because I had a massive headache. On my way I noticed a tall creepy looking man walking towards the gate at a fast pace. He was mumbling to himself while wiping little crystals off his pants. Who is that guy? I trailed him to the check out office while trying to conceal my presence.
"Good bye professor." The lady said behind the counter. Is he a teacher here? I'll look into it later, God this headache is killing me! I head back to the dorms while using my powers to cool my hand so I can place them on my throbbing head. I entered the building, took the elevator to my hallway, and opened the door to my room. When I got inside I saw Elsa laying face down on her bed with a blanket covering her neck down and Bunny sitting up on his bed looking at his phone.
"Uh hey Bunny what's up?" I asked.
"Nothin' much, just texting Tooth." He replied casually.
"Okay...what's up with Elsa." I said while pointing to her bed.
"OOhh thank God you see her too! I was about to go crazy mate! When I got here I saw her laying on the bed like that so I tried to talk to her but she didn't respond or move. I thought I was imagining things or that she was some kind of spirit" Bunny said in relief.
"Well her name is Elsa and she's our new room mate. She got here yesterday while you were gone." I said chucking at what he said earlier.
"Then you might wanna check and see if she's still alive." He said while pointing at her and going back to his phone. I looked over at Elsa who still hadn't moved or made a noise. I walked over to the side of her bed and shook her arm.
"Elsa, what are you doing? Get up." I said. She didn't respond.
"Come on, I have a headache right now and you're freaking out my friend." I said while pointing over my shoulder to Bunny. Still nothing.
"Elsa WhatEverYourMiddleNameIs Winters, get up right now or I'll carry you out of this room and feed you to the girls." I yelled. Finally she moved her arms and pulled the covers over her head.
"Leave me alone, Jack." She said into the pillow.
"So she speaks! Had me scared for the longest time." Bunny said from is bed.
"I'm not gonna leave you alone until you tell us why you were playing dead." I said.
"I wasn't playing anything, I just don't want to talk to anyone. Who knows what else I'll say to make people angry with me." She said without moving from her position.
"So what you made someone mad, I make people get mad all the time." I said while sitting on the other side of her bed.
"Yeah he does." Bunny snorted while making his way over and sitting next to me. She removed the covers from her face and looked over at us. Her eyes were a little puffy and her face was pink.
"But it was my sister and I just stepped all over her dreams." She said softly.
"Then why don't you go and make up with her." Bunny said.
"She won't want to talk to me after what I said."
"Then don't say anything, show her how you feel. Get her something she likes let her talk to you first." I suggested while patting her arm.
"I guess...Okay I'll do it!" Elsa said while getting up and cleaning her face with water over the sink. "Wish me luck." She said under her breathe.
"Good luck!" Bunny and I yelled as she walked out the door.
"Man, who know you could actually be nice to girl." Bunny said.
"What do you mean, I'm nice to Tooth." I replied.
"She doesn't count cause' she's my girlfriend, you have to be nice to her. What I mean is that if this was any other girl you would have ignored them and went to bed, especially if you were already bothered with a headache that I bet you forgot you had." He said.
"That's crazy, I only helped her because I don't want some sad and depressed girl trying cry on my shoulder everyday." I said.
"I can tell she's not like that. If you didn't help her I bet she would've kept it to herself. Just admit it man, you care." He said with a cheeky smile.
"Whatever, I'm going to sleep." I said as I laid in the bed, forgetting that it wasn't mine. It's fine as long as I get up before she comes back. The bed felt cool and smelled like spear mint. 2 minutes later I passed out and lost all track of time.
Elsa
I decided to try out Jacks idea and buy some chocolate to bring to Anna. I stood in front of her door waiting to knock when suddenly it flew open and Rapunzel is standing on the other side.
"Don't make any noise, we finally got Anna to go to sleep." She whispered.
"Sorry, I was just going to give her some chocolate and apologize properly." I whispered back.
"Can you come back tomorrow morning?" She asked.
"Sure... I guess I should do it at a better time, see you later." I said while heading back to my dorm. I walking into the room and notice white hair sticking out of my blanket. I give a questioning look to Bunny and he shrugs back.
"He said he his head hurt so he knocked out on the closest bed. You can wake him up or sleep on his bed." He said with an Australian accent that I didn't notice before.
"It's fine, I'm not that tired. Do you want some chocolate?" I asked while sitting on the spot next to Jack.
"She didn't take them?" He asked.
"I couldn't give them to her because she was asleep and I don't want it to go to waste." I replied.
"Ah, I get it. Sure, I'll have a piece." He said. I tossed him a piece of chocolate but the sudden movement cause Jack to move.
"Jack, go to your bed." I said. Suddenly his arms shot out while still in the blanket and he grabbed me by the waist. He pulled me in closer and nuzzled his face in my neck.
"Jack, what are you doing? Let me go!" I whisper yelled so I didn't wake up anyone in the hallway. He wouldn't listen to me and feeling his cool breath on my neck was too much to handle. I reached for the bag of chocolates, took a piece out, and shoved it in his mouth. His eyes shot open and he sat up in the bed coughing.
"What was that for!" He yelled.
"Sshhh, you're going to wake everyone up! Get off my bed!" I whispered.
"If you wanted me off then you could have just woken me up or slept on my bed, you didn't have to try and choke me." He said.
"That's kinda hard to do when you were cuddling her like a stuffed animal." Bunny said.
"What are you talking about?"Jack asked. Bunny pulled out his phone and showed him a picture of us before I grabbed the bag.
"WHEN DID YOU TAKE THAT!" I yelled at Bunny.
"Sshhh, it doesn't matter, I just wanted to tease Jack." Bunny said. Jack grabbed the phone and put it in his pocket.
"You won't get this back until tomorrow." Jack said while getting up and walking over to his bed.
"Oi, give it back!" Bunny said.
"Nope, I won't let anyone see this picture." Jack said as he took a look at it. His cheeks blushed a little and he put the phone back in his pocket and went to sleep.
"Aww man, I guess I'm gonna go to bed." Bunny said while retreating under his covers.
"Why don't you just take it back while he's asleep?" I asked.
"There's so getting past him, trust me I've tried it before. As soon as I get close to his bed his arms fly out and lock my hands behind my back." Bunny explained.
"Oh, well good night"
"Night"
Hmm, maybe he can't get it but I can. This is going to be one restless night.
Author's Note: Hope you guys loved this chapter! I'll be posting one again next week so leave please leave a review. Suggestions for future chapters are always welcomed so see ya next time!
~BTS FY