Note from the Author: Hello my Jackunzel fans! This is my third story for Jackunzel and I am so happy to start this! Please enjoy and let me know what you think :)
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Rapunzel loved mornings. She loved everything about them. She loved the sun streaming in and making her skin grow warm under it's light. She loved the start of a new day where anything could happen. She loved the act of getting ready for the day and waiting for all of it's possibilities.
When she woke up on the first day of her last year at Berk Academy was no exception. She sat up and stretched her arms wide and welcomed the sunlight streaming in through her dorm window. She looked across her room at her best friend who was still deep in sleep and rolled her eyes. She swung her legs around and happily hopped out of bed putting on her slippers. She sauntered over to her friend and shook her.
"Merida", she nudged her harder," You have to get up now."
"Hmph!" Merida moaned and rolled over. She smiled to herself knowing her friend hated mornings.
"If you're not up by the time I come back, I'm getting the water bucket!" Rapunzel threatened her friend and grabbed her toiletry bag. She walked out of the room and towards their floors bathroom. When she walked in she was thankful that there was still a sink open and raced to it before another girl snagged it. She sighed and ran her fingers through her long hair while looking down the line of girls. All of them were giddy with excitement as they got ready for the first day of school. She knew they were just excited to see boys again. Some had boyfriends, others had crushes. Rapunzel frowned at herself in the mirror and allowed herself to feel sad that she didn't have anyone to get pretty for.
She never really did like any of the boys that went to her school, except one. And what good did that do? That stupid guy broke her heart for someone younger and willing to put out. She sighed and shook off the feeling of sadness as she put toothpaste on her toothbrush and scrubbed away last night's breath.
She quickly brushed her hair that went all the way down to her waist. She contemplated putting makeup on her eyes, but figured what was the point? It's not like she had anyone to impress... Stop feeling bad for yourself. You don't need to be self-pitying right now.
She quickly closed her toiletry bag and walked out of there and back to her dorm. When she entered she laughed at her friend who's hair was sticking everywhere.
"Jeese Merida", Rapunzel laughed," You really need to get a hair straightener."
Merida stuck out her tongue and walked out of the dorm to go to the bathroom. Rapunzel took the opportunity to get dress. Even though she didn't have any makeup to wear for anyone, she was still going to look nice. She picked out a dark purple tight long sleeve shirt and a black mini skirt that twirled nicely when she turned. She paired it was black lace tights and her ballet flats. She loved this outfit, but she felt like she was missing something. She went over and picked out a long necklace that had a sun pendant on it. She decided to let her long blonde hair fall down in long waves around her shoulders.
"Don't you look nice", Merida looked over her friend and turned to her own closet.
"Thanks", Rapunzel smiled," I feel it. Now hurry up! I'm starving!"
"Hey sexy", I looked up to see Merida walking towards me. I paused mid-bite and smiled.
"Hello yourself", I laughed and ate my eggs.
"Have you gotten your schedule yet?" Merida sat down.
"You know I haven't", I rolled my eyes," You know our head of dorms give us our schedules."
"Ugh, I was hoping to avoid the Nazi today", Merida frowned and sat next to me.
"I like Miss Gothel", Rapunzel shrugged and looked over at the teachers table where the head of their dorm was sitting. She had big, fluffy black hair and pale skin. She was sitting with the other teachers and professors whose table overlooked the four long tables that sat the 1,200 hand selected students. Each table sat a different grade, ninth through twelfth, and sat the 300 students that belonged to those classes.
"I can't stand her", Merida stuck her tongue out," Can you believe Mr. Black already laid down the school rules last night?"
"I still can't believe you aren't used to it by now", Rapunzel laughed," You know every year before the academics start, Dean Black makes the school year announcements."
"Mail, ladies!" the school's office assistant went by them," Rapunzel Corona?"
"Here!" she smiled and held up her hand. She received a letter and she quickly looked over who it was from.
"Oh my God!" Rapunzel smiled and ripped open the envelope.
"What is it?" Merida smiled.
"Remember when we sent our audition cd to Frozen Records?" Rapunzel smiled.
"Yeah?" Merida smiled," And?"
"Ahhh!" Rapunzel squealed," We were chosen to open for From Cradle to Grave when they preform here next month!"
"Are you serious?" Merida yelled and smiled. Rapunzel was beyond ecstatic. She was so happy people were finally going to here how good their band was. She was tired of practicing in an empty room. She longed for the sound of clapping and people cheering for them.
"What's everyone so excited about?" their friend Hiccup sat down across from them.
"We got chosen to open for From Cradle to Grave!" Rapunzel smiled at him.
"No way!" he smiled and grabbed the letter out of Rapunzel's hands to read it. Hiccup was their bass player and co-song writer and long time friend. He was a misfit like she and Merida were. Not quite popular, but didn't really belong anywhere. His mother passed away when he was young and Rapunzel found him crying in the stairwell. After that, they were best friends. She suspected that Hiccup liked Merida, but Merida was her own person. You couldn't convince her of anything.
"Yeah, I'm pretty excited!" Rapunzel smiled. She was about to ask them what song list they should play, but she was distracted. Someone just came into the dining hall through the teachers door and shook hands with Dean Black before sitting at the table.
"Who's that?" Rapunzel asked and leaned forward to get a better look
"I don't know, but whoever he is, he is gorgeous", Merida looked at him and her jaw dropped. The man in question was tall and had pale skin. What was shocking about him though was his white hair. It was crazy and went all over the place, but hang so lovingly across his forehead and into his icy blue eyes. Rapunzel could see them all the way from where she was sitting.
"He's not that good looking", Hiccup mumbled. Rapunzel suspected he was jealous that Merida thought another guy was good looking.
"Are you kidding?" Rapunzel gawked," He's fucking amazing!"
"Woah, Punz is swearing", Merida laughed," She must mean business."
"I'm not the only one who thinks so", Rapunzel motioned to the student body and several girls were looking at the mysterious man who sat down behind the teacher's table.
"Apparently he is a new teacher", Merida told them," I wonder what he is teaching."
"Hello ladies", Miss Gothel came up to them," I have your schedules."
She passed out Rapunzel and Merida their schedules.
"Joy", Merida stuck out her tongue and pretended to gag.
"Oh stop it", Miss Gothel laughed at Merida," You should be used to it by now."
Merida made a face at Gothel's back as she walked away and Rapunzel laughed.
"I will never get used to this bullshit", Merida frowned and opened her schedule," Ew. What is yours like?"
"I have double AP Chemistry, AP History, Geometry, and I have AP Literature", Rapunzel told her.
"Jesus Christ, what is with all the advanced placement classes?" Hiccup frowned.
"I wanna have a good college resume", Rapunzel shrugged.
"And your extracurricular activities aren't going to do that?" Merida laughed," How are you going to have time for cheering?"
"I will make time", Rapunzel snapped," Look! I can fucking handle it okay! Stop making me feel mediocre!"
"Ahem", Rapunzel heard someone clear their throat behind her. She looked up and saw the gorgeous new teacher standing behind her. Great she thought to herself Now he's going to think I have a potty mouth...
"Good morning to you all", he smiled at them and Rapunzel was momentarily dazzled by his white toothy smile.
"Good morning", Merida smiled at him," I'm Merida."
"Nice to meet you", she smiled and I felt her kick me under the table.
"Ow!" I scowled at her.
"This is Rapunzel", Merida still smiled at him.
"Nice name", he smiled at her.
"Thanks", Rapunzel mumbled," Your name is?"
"Oh my apologies", he smiled and extended her hand to his," I'm Mr. Overland. I am taking over Chemistry and AP Chemistry."
Rapunzel glanced at his hand and slowly put hers in his and shook his hand slowly. She swore she could feel her finger tips tingle. She let go and turned her back to face them widening her eyes to Merida who was smiling.
"Anyways, Hiccup Haddock?" he looked at the a pile of schedules in his hand.
"Yeah!" Hiccup smiled," That's me."
"Sweet!" he smiled at Hiccup and passed him his schedule," I'm your new head of dorm. So if ya need anything, just come see me."
"Will do", he nodded and waved as Mr. Overland walked away.
"I am so happy we have his class first", Merida smiled at Rapunzel.
"I'm not", Hiccup stuck his tongue out," It's just going to be bunch of girls making goo goo eyes at him."
"Well I'm not", Rapunzel told him," I have to many things to focus on right now.
"C'mon, let's get going", Merida told them," I just wanna start this shit so it can be over soon."
"So optimistic", Rapunzel laughed and Hiccup laughed with her.
"I'm just saying it's wrong is all", Merida whispered to Rapunzel as they walked down the hall towards AP chem. Ahead of them Rapunzel's ex, Flynn Rider, was walking with that no good Ana Arendelle.
"Can't believe he dumped you for that bitch", Merida hissed.
"Stop it", Rapunzel scolded her," Ana is a nice girl."
"I'm just saying she used to be friends with you", Merida told her," She should have known better. She broke the Girl Code."
"The girl code doesn't exist", Rapunzel laughed.
"What are you talking about?" Merida asked appalled," Of course it is."
"I'm not having this conversation with you", Rapunzel laughed as they walked into their chemistry class. Mr. Overland was already sitting behind his desk. Rapunzel was shocked because she swore she just saw him in the dining hall.
"My first students!" he smiled at Rapunzel and Merida.
"What an honor", she smiled at him and took her seat. Rapunzel followed her lead and sat down next to her, but looked down at the table. She felt like there were eyes on her and she looked up to see Mr. Overland looking over at her with his finger against his chin. She didn't say anything, but she kept his eye contact. Why does he keep staring at me? Rapunzel thought to herself Probably wondering why you keep staring at him.
She was the first one to broke eye contact and she looked down and got her notebook and her pencil case from her bag.
"Aren't you a little old for a pencil bag?" Merida laughed at her.
"No", Rapunzel's cheeks reddened and she glanced at Mr. Overland who was smirking," It keeps all my drawing supplies in once place. It's functional."
"Whatever", Merida rolled her eyes. Rapunzel glanced over at Mr. Overland again and he was still observing them. Rapunzel couldn't take it anymore.
"What?" she mouthed to him, her eyebrows knit together. He seemed taken aback by her bold move and he shrugged turning his attention to the students starting to file in.
"Welcome, welcome!" he smiled at them, "Sit wherever you would like."
Students were obviously pleased by this and sat down next to their friends.
"Welcome to AP Chemistry. Fortunate for me and unfortunate for you, you have to deal with me for the next 3 hours", he smiled at them and several students laughed. He turned to the whiteboard and wrote out his name, " I am Professor Jack Overland, but please call me Mr. Frost. And for those of you who are wondering, I've been called Jack Frost since I was a child due to the hair. If you couldn't figure that out, you might not do well in this class."
The class laughed and Rapunzel just rolled her eyes. She knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to seem like that cool, laid back young teacher that was your friend and your buddy. She knew that as soon as you pissed him off, he would probably turn on you. Teachers weren't meant to be your friends. They are teachers for a reason. She huffed and put her chin on her hand and leaned on it. She glanced back at Mr. Overland and he was smirking at her and her obvious sign of of annoyance with the class.
"So we are going to be learning basic bonds and elements today", he smiled at them," Please turn to page 125 in your books and let's get started", he told them and turned to the white board.
Shit, shit, shit Rapunzel thought as she raced through the halls. She was already late for cheer practice as she pulled up her cheer skirt and pulled her bookbag behind her. She was late due to AP Literature and Gothel's constant rambling of Edgar Allen Poe's struggle and depression. She turned a corner and cursed as she bumped into someone and her bookbag went flying across the hallway, her papers flying everywhere.
"Fuck!" she cursed and picked herself up.
"Miss Corona", she heard and she looked up to see Mr. Overland," Are you okay?"
"Fine", she snapped and started to grab at her papers that were now scattered across the hallway.
"Sorry for the bump", he apologized to her and grabbed her sketchbook," You draw?"
"Yeah", she huffed as she shoved her textbooks into her bag.
"May I see?" he asked her as he opened it.
"Help yourself", she rolled her eyes. She was getting irritated. She needed to leave.
"Wow", he breathed," These are beautiful."
"Thanks", she grabbed her sketchbook," Look I gotta go."
"What's the rush?" he laughed.
"Look, I don't have time for this!" she yelled and got up, and realized she yelled at a teacher, "Oh, I am so sorry for yelling at you Mr. Overland."
He frowned, " I said call me Frost."
"I'd rather not", she walked away, "I'm sorry, but I have to go."
She ran away from him quickly, her head kept down. She couldn't believe she talked to him like that. A teacher. He was gorgeous, yes, but she needed to learn how to compose herself around him.
"This is going to be a long year", she mumbled and ran to cheer practice.
So there it is. It's a slow start, but bear with me. Let me know if you liked it :)
