HEY GUYS SORRY ABOUT THIS BEING SO LATE. I'VE BEEN WORKING 56 HOUR WORK WEEKS AND ANY FREE TIME I HAVE HAS JUST BEEN ME SLEEPING. I FINALLY HAVE TIME TO WRITE CHAPTER 3 SO HERE IT IS! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT!
Much like his name would suggest, his mouth was moving as if trying to say something, like a fish. After a few seconds he managed to choke out my name.
"H-Hiccup?" He gaped
"Hey Fish, I know it's been a while but frankly I'm not in the mood to see my dad right now, think I can stay for a bit?" I asked.
"O-Of course!" He exclaimed, "Come in! But I want a full explanation as to; A) Where have you been for the past 2 years, and B) Why did you decide to come back now?"
He ushered me into the house and sat me down on the couch. His house is just as I had remembered. Quaint but refreshing. A small living room with an attached kitchen, a single hallway with 3 bedrooms and an office. That was all there was to it. Nothing special but it makes me feel relaxed.
"So," Fishlegs began, "let's start with the where the hell have you been?"
"Ah yes, you remember how only my mom showed up for graduation right?" He nodded. "That's when I decided to leave. If you remember I hadn't committed to a college yet, I had acceptance letters from both Yale and the Colorado School of Mines. Well after my mom was the only one to show, I ran up to my room, accepted the admission to Mines, packed my bags and booked the first plane to Denver. Been in Golden ever since." As I finished I looked at Fishlegs trying to gage his response. His face was one of deep thought, which was good, at least he wasn't angry with me.
"That….makes a surprising amount of sense." Fishlegs stated. "Question 2, why are you back now?" He asked
"After being in Golden for 2 years, the best two years of my life I might add, a friend of mine Thuggory made me realize something….
_TIMESKIP_
"Hey Hic, I know you don't want to hear this but you told me to always be honest with you so honest I will be" My roommate began "I think you should spend a month or two back in Berk"
I looked at him as if he were an alien "And why in the hell would I EVER go back there? You know what they did to me, you know exactly how much I suffered at their hands. Give me one good reason why I should ever return to that Thor forsaken place."
He looked at me sympathetically and said "And you know mine too. You know what the people from Meathead did to me. Yet last summer I went back, I went back and thanked them. I thanked every single one of them."
"Why?" I asked, clearly confused
"Because I realised something that made me view the people who ostracized me not as people I should hate, but rather, people who made me as strong as I am. Without them, I'd be a run just like I used to be. But thanks to them, I may still not be the most buff, but I have skin tougher than Iron. I can withstand the torment and ignore it." He finished
"You know what, you're absolutely right"
_END TIMESKIP_
After I finished my story Fishlegs looked at me with what looked to me like respect.
"That, my friend, is something I admire you for. Coming back to the place that made your childhood hell, and thanking the people who went out of the way to make it that way." He spoke.
"Yeah but the problem is that now that I'm here I don't know where to start" I stated.
"Well then" he said with a twinkle in his eye' " Lets start easy. I know a certain blonde who will be very happy to see you"
