Dragon training was over for the day, Harvey dismissed them with the advice to study hard for the midterm tomorrow. The students put their dragons away in the stables then left the field as Harvey was already on the phone with Heather and Karina, asking if they were having fun together. Harvey knew Heather needed a pick-me-up and that's why he sent her with Kari for ice cream, gave Heather some time to relax and smile because who couldn't with Karina around? Courtney was trailing behind the others while glancing back at Hanson, seeing him smile and laugh, she couldn't get the kiss out of her mind. Heather's and Harvey's kiss which took place right in front of them, everyone had been shocked to see it. Didn't Harvey say that there was nothing between Heather and him? Also, that they weren't having sex anymore yet Harvey was going to let her stay overnight in his dorm room?

All ten of them were confused, but Courtney was hurting. How could Harvey have said that he still cared about the woman who broke his heart when he was having sex with some other woman? Courtney hated it, and the worst part is that she couldn't even talk to Harvey about it because he always walked away from her, and Courtney had a feeling that Harvey did it to show her how much it hurt him when Courtney walked out on him and Karina in 2018. It would make three years at the beginning of July. Kari would be turning four towards the end of May, Courtney desperately wanted to be a part of it all, but Harvey was stubborn, and Courtney knew that he wouldn't forgive her for what she did.

The hours ticked by until dinner when they were seated together in the cafeteria and eating their meals, silence among them as no one knew what to say. However, in a shocking turn of events, the ten of them saw Harvey enter the cafeteria and walk up to their table.

"I think hell just froze over, Harvey has been seen somewhere on campus other than the field!" Tyler retorted sarcastically.

"Just because you aren't in my class at the moment does not mean you can disrespect me, Mr. Thorston. Anyway, I came by to tell you that when you get to class tomorrow, don't get your dragons. Come to the indoor arena for the first part of the exam. After I received all written exams, I'll call you at random for your demonstration half, and that is when you'll be allowed to get your dragons," Harvey informed.

"Yes, Mr. H," the students replied with a nod of understanding.

"Good then," Harvey said while checking his phone for the time.

"Waiting for something?" Ashlyn inquired.

"Yeah, Heather and Karina. We're going out for dinner," Harvey replied as his phone gave a ding and he pulled it out to check the text from Heather; ~W8ing by ur truck 4 u -Heather~ Harvey smiled and replied that he was on his way. "Well, see you tomorrow at the usual time. Have a good evening," he said with his hands in his pockets and turning to walk away.

"Wait, Harvey," Dominic stopped him quickly while standing up and Harvey faced him. "How is Heather?" Why was Dominic asking about Heather the others wondered but stayed quiet. Harvey sighed with his eyes closed and then opening them with a calm look.

"It's going to be a while, Dominic. I understand your worry for her, but you also need to remember the circumstances of everything about the situation. As I told you that day when the truth came out, you need to give her time," Harvey said to him.

"Why does she let you in so easily?" Dominic asked.

"Heather and I have been friends since I was seventeen, and we've come to rely on one another in bad situations. I can go to her, and she can come to me, that's just how it is. Heather will come around, but you can't try to force yourself into her life before she's ready to accept things. All right? You need to give her space, and I will talk to her about things since she's spending the night in my dorm," Harvey replied.

"You're not going to sleep with her, are you?" Dominic inquired and hoped to Odin it didn't piss Harvey off.

"I don't have intentions to do so," Harvey said, and Dominic breathed a bit of relief, "However, if she wants to then I won't say no either. Sorry. I know what she is to you but that doesn't change things between her and me, it's just how we cope with things," he added.

"No, it's okay. I understand, Harvey. I just want the chance to be something I was robbed of all these years," Dominic admitted. The group was beyond confused now, did Dominic just say okay to Harvey and Heather having sex? And what did Harvey mean when he said he knew what Heather was to Dominic? What did those two know that the rest didn't?

"You will when the time is right. For now, you gotta let her come to terms with things, and you do that best by backing off," Harvey assured him.

"Thank you, and if you can avoid getting her pregnant, I'd appreciate it," Dominic stated.

"That won't happen," Harvey chuckled a little.

"It could," Rylee tried to say.

"If I wanted Heather pregnant, she would be. Heather and I just friends who occasionally use each other to get off, haven't done it in a while but I do know how to have safe sex," Harvey rolled his eyes. "Heather's on birth control, I use condoms, and for added measure, I pull out before I finish. Not that it's any of your business,"

"Then how did you end up with Karina?" Syrus stated, and Harvey's face fell while the table went quiet but looked at him.

Harvey's eyes drifted slowly to Courtney before he closed them, "I trusted someone I thought loved me," After that, Harvey walked away and exited the cafeteria.

When Dominic sat back down, the nine of them looked at him wanting answers. "Spill it, Dom. What was all that about?" Ashlyn remarked. Dominic sighed heavily and kept his eyes down.

"Remember last week when my Dad came here to get me, saying my mom died?" Dominic asked as they nodded to him, "Heather's mom died too, I saw Harvey there with her when my dad and I arrived. Dad went right up to Heather and started asking her how she was and saying it had been a long time. Then out of the blue, he just announces that he's Heather's father,"

"Your dad had an affair? I wonder if that led to the divorce," Syrus inquired.

"No. Guys, Heather and I have the same mom. We're...twins, Heather is my sister," Dominic informed as their eyes widened. "Mom and Dad got divorced a few weeks after we were born, and the custody agreement was that my dad kept me and mom kept Heather, and we weren't supposed to know about each other unless one of our parents died. Mom dies from cancer, Heather and I found out at the cemetery. I haven't spoken to my dad since, and Heather told him to stay out of her life," Dominic explained.

"Okay, you and Heather are twin siblings, but I have to know why in the name of Thor you just told Harvey you were okay with them having sex!?" Courtney demanded quickly.

"Because I want to be in Heather's life, get to be the brother to her that I was robbed of being for so many years. I know if I want any chance of being a brother to her, then I have to be okay with what she does. If she and Harvey have sex so she can calm down and cope with all this, then whatever. I can deal with it," Dominic looked at them now. "I know he won't hurt her," he added then began eating his dinner quietly. The others couldn't believe it, Heather and Dominic were twins and had been separated at birth by a custody agreement, then the truth came out at their mother's funeral. It had to be hurting both of them. Dominic wants to be in his sister's life and Heather trying to accept she has a brother while dealing with the loss of her mother, it made things a lot more complicated for sure.

Nothing hurt Courtney more than knowing Harvey just said right front of her that he would sleep with Heather if Heather wanted to have sex. And Harvey intentionally said what he said to hurt Courtney, about him trusting someone he thought loved him. Harvey got what he wanted, Courtney was hurting a lot.

(Friday)

Midterms were over, and grades would be up by the end of the day. The main one they wanted to know how they did on was their Dragon Training with Harvey. The test had been exactly how he said it would be; multiple choice questions, a few written explanations, and then the demonstration portion which was done one by one. As the group found out, Harvey and Heather didn't have sex that night. Dominic got bold and asked Harvey about it, and Harvey only said they got to the dorm, put Karina to bed, watched a little TV, started to have sex but Heather stopped herself saying she just couldn't do it and Harvey understood, then they spent an hour or so talking about things.

Dominic was relieved to hear that Harvey might have gotten Heather to accept things and soon he might get the chance to be a brother to her, but Harvey reminded that Heather was still an instructor to him so in class, that respect needed to follow. Dominic was okay with that; he could handle two hours every day of having to be a student over a brother if it meant Heather would allow him in her life. Harvey also said to let Heather come to him, or it might set her back. Dominic agreed and thanked Harvey.

Right now, the students were in the cafeteria for lunch, and there was still twenty minutes until dragon training where they would finally begin the riding segment! It was rather exciting to know they had come this far even with everything else that had happened like finding out Harvey was their teacher and that he had a daughter too. Also that Dominic and Heather were siblings. So many interesting things had come out this year, but six of them still wanted to know what happened to make Harvey leave and how he ended up a single father to Karina. Most of all, they wanted to know who Karina's mother was.

A group of dings or vibrations were heard at their table; the ten students pulled out their phones to see an e-mail from Harvey.

Your midterm grades have been posted. See you in class and be ready to learn. -Mr. Haddock

"You guys all got that message too, right?" Dominic asked.

"Yeah," a few of them replied, and soon they were all trying to log into their online accounts through the school to check their dragon training grades. After ten minutes, they put their phones down and looked at one another.

"So, going around the table?" Syrus inquired.

"Ninety-four," Ashlyn said first.

"Ninety-one," Sydney smiled.

"Seventy-two," Syrus informed.

"Ninety," Andrew replied.

"We both got a seventy," Rylee said motioning to her and Tyler.

"I got a ninety-three," Ford stated.

"Eighty-nine for me," Dominic responded.

"Seventy-six," Ellie sighed. "How did you do, Courtney?"

"Ninety-eight," Courtney stated proudly which shocked a few. None of them knew Courtney had training from Harvey when they were together.

"No way, you scored higher than me?" Ashlyn blinked.

"I guess, the test wasn't that hard," Courtney shrugged to them.

"Well, I guess some of us are retesting then," Syrus muttered.

"Yeah, we can talk to Mr. Haddock about it when we get to class," Ellie nodded to the idea as they all remembered what Harvey had said if they didn't bring up the grade when they had the chance to do so. The group finished lunch and made it to the DT field where Harvey was waiting for them and Heather too, which was shocking to see her back at work. Harvey must have convinced her to come in to be distracted for a bit, that the training would help.

"I trust your lunch was good and you're ready to get back to training. Today we start the flying portion of your class with me. Now, I know how exciting it is to be in the air. Believe me; I take a morning and night flight with Toothless every day without fail. However, there are rules to follow and much more to be learned than what you already have. And don't get your hopes up about flying today," Harvey began as the class groaned in disappointment, "There are other things that need to happen before you start flying and those come first. You won't get into the air until March or so, but if you do good, then maybe mid-February,"

"Mr. H, when would be a good time to talk about retesting?" Rylee asked with her hand up.

"See me after 5 pm near the staff stables to discuss retesting," Harvey informed.

"Yes sir," the twins replied together.

"So what will we get to work on today?" Ashlyn asked.

"Learning all the pieces of your riding equipment, where it goes, and how to keep them maintained. That being said, we're taking a field trip over to the stable and in the equipment room," Harvey stated while motioning for them to follow him and Heather. This was turning out to not such an exciting day after all knowing they wouldn't get to ride until the earliest date of mid-February.

(End Of The Day; 5 pm)

Harvey had just finished with his fourth years, and as they were leaving the field, Harvey noticed Syrus, the Twins, and Ellie approaching the staff stables. Harvey went over to meet them there, and that's when he saw Owen walking next to his mother.

"Mama look, it's Kari's daddy!" Owen exclaimed happily, and Harvey smiled at him.

"Hey buddy, how are you?" Harvey asked the four-year-old.

"I'm great. Is Kari here too?" Owen asked.

"I'm sorry pal, I haven't picked Kari up yet. But if it's okay with your mom, then you can go with Heather to pick her up for me," Harvey offered.

"Can I mama?" Owen pleaded.

"Of course you can, be good for Miss. Lanvik and do as she says," Ellie replied as Heather smiled and held her hand out to Owen and the two of them walked off to the university's daycare center in the main building.

"Now, I know the four of you didn't do so great on the midterm and want a chance to retake, yes?" Harvey asked them.

"Yes," the four replied.

"Well, I will have the weekend to study up. Remember this is the only retest I can give you, so please make it worth your while and study hard. The test will be at 5 pm, on Monday. You won't get the same test as the first time so study everything from the first semester. If you are not at the indoor arena at 5 pm, I'm not letting you in to test so be on time," Harvey informed them.

"Thank you, Mr. Haddock. We'll be there," Syrus said, and the others nodded in agreement.

"Splendid then. Best be off to get ready for dinner and then get to studying," Harvey dismissed them. The twins and Syrus left, but Ellie remained since she was waiting for Heather to return with Owen and Kari.

(Two Months Later; March 2021)

Sure enough with a little extra work and studying; Ellie, Syrus, Rylee, and Tyler all got their final midterm grades to eighty or higher. With that out of the way, they could now work on dragon riding, and it was already proving to be tough. All the equipment knowledge took a week to get through; then it was on to proper positioning on dragons since all of them had different shaped bodies. After that, they moved into saddle fitting and getting on their dragon and sitting right in their saddles, where to hold onto and making sure the rider and dragon were both comfortable with the saddle being used.

Other things being taught over the last two months was the riders being able to get their saddles on their dragons without help, also learning how to get on and off depending on the situation. Heather was doing a lot better than before, having come around to accepting her mother was gone, and it was getting a little easier to cope with. Also, Heather had not forgiven her father but did accept having a brother, and now those two were trying to adjust to life with one another. Harvey had turned twenty-two at the end of February, Heather and he spent the weekend in Arc City for a party at DSS they threw for Harvey.

And of course, Harvey spent some of his birthday with his parents too. Harvey did like having them back in his life; it meant a lot to him for Karina to know some of her family members. Dominic and Harvey had been getting along. Lately, Dominic promised himself that if Heather accepted him as a brother, then he would get along with her friends and Harvey was her best. Dominic had been on a few of the dinner outings with Kari, Harvey, and Heather too but didn't know anything about Kari being Courtney's daughter. Now today, they could get excited because Harvey told them if they did well the rest of last week, they would start flying, and by the Gods, they worked their asses off to be able to fly.

"So, you think they are ready?" Heather asked him.

"Yeah, I think they'll be fine," Harvey replied while seeing the students approach them. "Grab your dragons and saddle up," he ordered. Not arguing, the ten students rushed to the stable house and did as told then formed up in front of him with their dragons sitting down behind them. Harvey walked around them and their dragons to check on how they did by themselves without any help. Once he got through all, he stepped back with Heather and smiled. "Well done and good time on getting them ready. For such an excellent job, you have earned flying today,"

The student gasped and smiled wide with excitement, "We have?!" Sydney asked.

"Yes," Harvey nodded as he gave a whistle, and Toothless hurried to his side. Harvey swung his leg over the saddle and locked himself in position and then checked to make sure the tail was working, once he confirmed that he patted his friend's neck as Toothless took to the sky, whipped around and hovered there. "One at a time, give your dragon a pat on the neck and tell them up or sky," he instructed. One by one, each of them did as they were told and when it came to Tyler and Rylee, they had to do it at the same time since they shared a dragon.

"Not bad, need to learn not to freak out when you get in the air," Heather encouraged while coming up on Windshear now. Harvey noticed that Ellie was staring off into space it seemed.

"Ellie, you good?" Harvey asked her and Ellie snapped out of it.

"Well, I was just wondering why the kids are outside and on the training field. I can see Owen and Kari from here," Ellie informed as Harvey whipped his head in the direction Ellie pointed and saw Owen and Kari walking with the small group of other three and four-year-olds, Kari and Owen were holding hands looking at the Terrible Terrors. Why were they outside?! Kari's asthma triggered a lot outside, especially with the weather in the middle of changing from Winter to Spring.

"Want me to go check it out?" Heather asked him.

"Kari look, my mom and your dad are on their dwagons!" Owen announced pointing to them.

"Uh oh," Heather stated.

"Why ut oh?" Dominic inquired.

"Kari sees Harvey, she gets very active," Heather informed, sure enough when Kari looked up and saw Harvey she got very excited.

"DADA!" Kari released Owen's hand and dashed forward to get to him.

"Karina Haddock, come back here!" the teacher yelled. Kari's running came to slow stop, and Harvey noticed she was panting a little and then it turned into coughing and sounding like she was choking.

"Damn it! Heather, get everyone on the ground!" Harvey ordered as he had Toothless fly over to Karina and land quickly while he got off and knelt beside her. The other riders landed wondering what was going on and followed when Heather ran over. Courtney managed to push through the others to get closer and saw Kari having difficulty breathing; she panicked with worry.

"Another attack?" Heather asked him, and he nodded. Harvey reached into the belt around his waist and pulling out an inhaler and shook it a few times.

"An inhaler?" Courtney whispered and then it struck her as tears filled her eyes. "Were you ever going to tell me Karina has asthma?!" Courtney cried with fear and the others around her looked confused. Why was Courtney so worked up about this?

Harvey ignored Courtney and pressed the button on top of the inhaler and Kari inhaled it, then Harvey did the same thing before he placed it down and rubbed her back a little. "Ssh, it's all right baby. Slow breaths," he soothed until Kari's breathing started to return to normal and he stood up with her in his arms, Karina laid her head on his shoulder with a yawn.

"Why didn't you tell me our daughter had asthma, Harvey?!" Courtney demanded and her friend's eyes widened a little.

"If you had stuck around that night I took her to the hospital; you would have known. Instead, I came home and discovered you left. Now if you don't mind, I have MY daughter to take care of. You lost the right to call her ours when you walked out," Harvey remarked as he walked a few steps away from her, Courtney tried to follow but Heather stepped in front with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Not another step, Courtney. You've hurt him enough, and I won't let you do it again," Heather warned. The other's eyes widened, and they gasped. Then it hit them like a pile of bricks realizing what was going on. Courtney was Karina's mother and Harvey, her father. Courtney and Harvey had a child together. Harvey saw their faces and sighed; they kept giving him a look that asked it if was true.

"Well, guess the truth is out now," Harvey said.