Hey there! I'm back again with another chapter!
Okay so when I started writing this story I wanted to not write it in first person because every story that I've ever written is in first person. So I wrote the story in third person and I whole time I've absolutely hated it. So I'm going to start writing in first person and I really don't care if you don't like it because this is my story and I will write it the way I want to write it c:
Anyway thanks for your reviews and all your support I really appreciate it, so on with the story!
~ Saturday – 30th of Jan ~
Chapter 14
I walked down the street next to my three close friends. We were getting closer to the mall. The closer we got to the mall, more people there were on the side walk.
The three of them were joking about Hiccup's dog Toothless, or something like that. I wasn't really paying attention, I was too busy people watching. Most of the time I felt invisible, even when I'm with my own friends. It seemed like it was easy for me to people watch without people thinking I was weird.
There was a family who was walking in front of us, a mother with her two kids.
The boy was holding hands with his younger sister and they were laughing. They were both jumping over the cracks on the pathway, telling each other not to step on them or the boogie man would get you.
The girl had long blonde hair that was getting in her eyes and she had a grey rabbit toy in her right hand.
The boy had a tooth that was missing in his smile and freckles were spotted along his flushed cheeks. The mother laughed at her two children, amused by their game and soon she joined in as well.
All three were jumping and laughing. I smiled to myself. Suddenly a memory flashed in my head, one that I had long forgotten.
Mommy was sitting on the couch reading a book, her favourite blue scarf tied around her head where long brown hair used to be. All her hair had fallen out and almost every day blood comes out of her nose, this was all because she was sick. Daddy had told me that she would be better soon. I asked him when soon was but daddy didn't know.
My little sister Emma was sitting near the couch where mommy was. Emma's hair had gotten longer and she looked a lot like mommy. I sat down next to her and played along with her. She held her favourite teddy bear called Floppy and I played with my favourite toy which was a blue rabbit doll.
Mommy had made both of them, mommy was very talented.
I heard mommy laugh. It was a beautiful sound. I loved mommy's voice, especially when she sang to me at night. "What are you reading mommy?" I asked as I stood up. I climbed up onto the couch and sat in her lap. Mommy giggled again. I heard Emma cry. I looked down to see her standing up and reaching her arms out towards us. She was too little to climb up onto the couch.
Mommy pulled her up onto the couch with us and Emma sat on my lap. "It's a story about a boy named Jack Frost" I smiled and hugged Emma tightly. "He has the same name as me!" I said excitedly. Mom smiled. "Yes he does. He can control the snow and the wind. He plays funny tricks on people to get them to see him. But no one can see him, he's invisible" I frowned and so did Emma. "That sad" said Emma. It wouldn't be nice.
"Yeah" I said "I wouldn't like that. That would be sad and lonely". Mommy nodded. "It would be. The only people who can see him are the people who believe in him" she said. I believed in him, which means I could see him! But what did he look like? "What does Jack look like?" I asked. That way I would know what he looked like and if I saw him I could talk to him and he wouldn't be lonely.
"He has white hair and white skin and he wears a blue coat to keep him warm" I looked at mommy's skin. Her skin was also white like snow and she was very thin. I remember looking at photos of her before she was sick and she was never that skinny.
"Mommy?" I asked. "Yes Jack" she answered. I fiddled with my fingers. Daddy told us never to talk about mommy being sick, especially to mommy, but I had to ask her. "Why are you white like Jack Frost? Why are you sick? Does it hurt to be sick mommy? Will you ever get better?" I asked. I had heard one my uncle say that she could die, which meant she would sleep forever. Not even a kiss from a prince like daddy or me would wake her up. I could feel wet tears roll down my cheeks.
I was scared she would get angry at me. Mommy just smiled, her big brown eyes looked sad though. "I am white like Jack Frost aren't I. Jack I don't know why I'm I sick. I don't feel sick, but I look sick that's all. You don't have to worry okay. I'll be alright" Mommy said but then she coughed. She then pulled me and Emma into a hug. She was warm and I felt alright for that moment.
The memory disappeared as fast as it had come. I felt tears at the brims of my eyes but I wiped them away before they could spill. That memory hurt. I had forgotten what mom looked like. She was so sick with cancer. I was positive that a month after that she had died, and then a month after that dad left. I shook my head and walked faster. I didn't want to think about him.
I heard someone call my name. I looked around and noticed that I wasn't with my friends anymore. The crowd immersed around me and I didn't have a clue where I was. I heard someone call my name again.
I looked around and saw it was Rapunzel. She half ran half jogged towards me, her long purple skirt that reached just below her knees flowed behind her. "Are you okay? I thought we lost you in the crowd!" she called towards me, pushing past various people.
I smiled and walked quickly towards her. When before I could even talk to her she grabbed my hand and started running, forcing me to run with her.
"Why are we running?!" I yelled as we ran down the busy street. I guessed we were running to catch up with Hiccup and Merida.
"Because why not!" Rapunzel yelled back.
She laughed happily as we ran. Air filled my lungs, my legs ached and my heart pounded. I felt alive for once. I felt the blood pumping through my veins. I felt her warm hand against my cold skin. It was a strange feeling holding her hand. But I liked the feeling.
Soon I saw Merida and Hiccup who were both leaning against a brick wall, they were waiting for us. Once we got to them we stopped running, breathing heavily.
She let go of my hand to hold onto her chest that was moving up and down rapidly. Her eyes glistened in the cool sunlight and I could see her breath like smoke in the air. I realised that I was staring and looked away, I didn't want to get caught staring at her. My lungs hurt and so did my ribs, maybe I shouldn't have ran but it was too late now. My ribs were healing. The cut on my lip stung in the cold wind.
"There you two are. Where were you Jack?" ask Merida.
She looked worried and Hiccup had the same expression on his face.
"Yeah what happened?" he asked.
Of course I lied to them, I would never tell them the truth. As they say, the truth hurts like a fucking bitch.
"I just dawdled and got lost in the crowd that's all, sorry to worry you guys" I said with shrug.
Rapunzel and Merida smiled and Hiccup rolled his eyes. He then punched me on the shoulder.
"That's what you get every time you wonder off into fairy land" He said as a rubbed my shoulder.
I pouted at him and wiped away a fake tear.
"You're so cruel" I whimpered.
Rapunzel made the same face and stood beside me. "Hiccup how could you do that to him?" she said.
Merida joined in and grabbed my cheeks and squeezed them together. "Yeah Hiccup you're so mean. How could do that to a precious cinnamon roll?" Merida said, hurting my cheeks as she squeezed them together.
Hiccup raised an eyebrow and a chuckled at us three. Merida let go of me and ruffled my hair. I ran my fingers through to fix it back into place, then I heard someone gasp.
I looked down to see the little I saw before standing next to me and looking up at me. Her big blue eyes were wide and her mouth was a gape. I smiled down at her. I felt someone tap on my shoulder. I turned my head to see Rapunzel who looked incredibly excited.
"She so cute" she said quietly.
I looked back down at her. She whispered something to herself and smiled a huge smile. I heard someone call a name and the little girl turned around and ran into the crowd.
She looked lost and I was sort of worried about her. "I'll be back in a sec" I said to Rapunzel.
I heard Merida say something but I wasn't listening. I walked through the crowd and saw the girl again only this time she was with her brother and mom. She was pulling on his shirt and telling him something. The boy had a surprised look on his face.
"Did you really see him Sophie?" he asked the little girl who I'm guessing is Sophie. "I did. I did!" she exclaimed and looked over in my direction.
She squealed and ran up to me, dragging her brother behind her. They both stood in front of me with huge smiles on their faces.
"It is him" said the boy.
Sophie jumped up and down. "I told you it was Jack Frost! I told you Jamie! Just look at his blue eyes and white hair!" She yelled as she jumped up and down.
I was shocked but also incredibly happy that they had mistaken me for my childhood hero. A huge grin spread across my face as I looked down at the two of them. All of a sudden Sophie run and she jumped up onto me, giving me a warm hug.
I was surprised by her action but I hugged her back. I crouched down to Jamie's height and put her down next to him. Sophie whispered to Jaimie that I was even cold like him so I must be Jack Frost.
"I knew you were real but no one believed me" said Jamie with sadness in his voice.
I smiled. "I am real. Of course I'm real! All of us are real. Santa, the tooth fairy..." I started to list names from my childhood.
Then Sophie started to hop up and down again. "The Easter bunny too?!" she asked as she hugged her rabbit doll. I nodded and she squealed excitedly. I noticed their mother had come over to us and looked worried at her two children.
"I'm sorry if my kids disturbed you" she said worriedly. "Sophie just insisted that you were Jack Frost and that she needed to see you"
I smiled up at her and nodded. "I understand and it's okay because..." I looked down at the two kids and smiled. "I am Jack Frost. It's nice to meet you two. Now you two better be good this year or else Santa won't bring you presents alright" I said to them with a huge toothy grin.
They both nodded. "We'll be really good Jack, I promise" said Jamie.
His eyes twinkled and so did Sophie's. Sophie hugged her toy tightly as I stood up and waved goodbye to them.
They waved back and walked away in the opposite direction with their mother. Their mother mouthed thank you back at me and I just shrugged my shoulders as I walked backwards in the other direction.
I turned around and saw Merida was standing behind me with a burning cigarette in her hand and a smile across her face. I didn't really care that she was smoking, I was in too good of a mood.
"So the punk ass Jack is actually a huge softy" she said as she breathed out a puff of smoke into the cold air.
I shrugged my shoulders again. "I guess you could say that" I answered as we walked down the street together.
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It was a long walk from North's tattoo parlour to the mall but it was worth it. We were now in left side of the mall, the side furthest away from the main entrance and parking lot. This side had all non-big named brands in it and had some of the coolest stuff.
It had gaming shops that Hiccup loves, alternative clothing, awesome little café's and so much more. Plus this side had hardly any people in it, unlike the right side of the mall.
The right side would be full of rich ass people spending all of their money on expensive stuff that they would only use once. Even though Merida and Hiccup have plenty of money and probably would easily buy anything on the right side of the mall, they still shop on this side of the mall with me and now Rapunzel as well.
We were looking around at all the interesting shops, not buying anything yet. Rapunzel had never been to this side of the mall before so it's our mission to take her to every shop here on this side.
I told her it was going to be a true Jack experience, which it would be.
There started to be more and more people walking down the mall, which meant we were getting closer to half way, which is where all the food is at.
"So where are we going anywhere?" asked Rapunzel.
She didn't have a clue where we were going. "We're just going to café that's let's just say is completely mad" said Merida with a crazy look on her face.
"Yeah it's completely bonkers" I said, making Rapunzel even more confused.
She looked at Hiccup for help. He half smiled and pointed to a café. Rapunzel turned around and laughed at the odd café. "Now I know what you mean by mad and bonkers" she giggled.
The sign above the café said 'Mad Hatter's Café' in cursive letters.
This was my favourite café in the universe, it was my friend's favourite place as well. Rapunzel excitedly walked in and looked around.
"What do you think Blondie?" I asked as I leaned my arm on her shoulder. "It's amazing" she said.
The café was made to look like it came right out of the story 'Alice in Wonderland' and it was an amazing place.
The café had odd tables and chairs that were different colours. The plates and cups that people were using were didn't match. There was a chandelier that was hanging from the ceiling that was painted red and each table had roses that were red and white. The walls had been painted in a pattern that looked like cards. This pattern covered every wall of the café except for on wall that was covered in quotes from the book.
It was a café unlike any other and the best part was that each of the staff was dressed as a character from the story and acted just like them.
Alice, which is actually her name, came up to us with a smile on her face. "Hello you guys, welcome back to the mad hatter's café! Now who's your friend" she asked, looking at Rapunzel.
"Alice this is our friend Rapunzel. She's new to our school and is a junior like us. Rapunzel this is Alice and she's a freshman at our school" Merida said to both girls.
"Nice to meet you" said Alice with a curtsy. "Nice to meet you as well" said Rapunzel back but without a curtsey.
"Now follow me and I'll lead you to your usual table" Alice said. She led us to our favourite table that was in the back corner. It had the best view, you could see everyone in the café. This café was the perfect place to people watch. We sat down, Merida and Rapunzel on one side of the table and Hiccup and I on the other.
I looked at Alice's dress and noticed it was new. "Is that a new dress?" I asked. Alice nodded.
"Yes, the mad hatter had spilt tea and cake all over my other one which made me quite upset but now I'm happy because I got a new blue dress and a new white apron" Alice said.
She spun around to show off her dress. Her blue dress puffed out more than the last one and her new apron had lace trim on the bottom now. Her blonde hair was held back by a large black bow and she had knee high socks that were black and white striped. One of her high heels was black, the other was white
"I love your clothes!" said Rapunzel as she squealed like a two year old.
"Thank you, now will I get you your usuals?" she asked and the three of us nodded but Rapunzel sat there confused. "Oh that's right this is your first time here" said Alice.
She whistled once through fingers loudly and out of nowhere a man with purple hair appeared and threw a menu towards Alice. Alice jumped into the air and caught it gracefully.
"Thank you Cheshire!" Alice yelled at the man. Cheshire winked at her and gave her his famous Cheshire cat smile.
Rapunzel sat there a bit dazed, unsure with what had just happened. Alice passed her the Menu and Rapunzel said thank you politely.
It only took her a minute and she knew what she wanted. "Could I please have the red velvet milkshake and the queen of hearts specialty?" Rapunzel asked as she closed the menu.
"Of course. Now is that all?" Alice asked. We all nodded and said yes.
"Okay now I best be off to put your orders in and serve other customers before the queen of hearts chops off my head" said Alice with a giggle.
Just as she had said that the queen of hearts in yell from the kitchen. "ALICE! Hurry up or it's OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!" she yelled.
Everyone in the café laughed including me. Alice giggled and walked off saying of course your majesty.
"This place is awesome" said Rapunzel as she giggled. 'Wonderland' by Taylor Swift was playing through the speakers and Rapunzel hummed along to it.
"It is isn't it. All the staff are family" said Hiccup while looking down at his phone.
"Really?" Rapunzel asked back.
"Yeah Alice's father owns the place. He's the mad hatter, see over there making drinks" Hiccup said as he pointed at the man in the large blue top hat.
Rapunzel looked over and her mouth flew open. The man was balancing cups on top of each other in one hand and brewing tea in the other. He threw them up into the air and Rapunzel gasped. He picked up a pot of tea and the tea cups landed on his arm on top of their mismatched saucers. He poured tea into the four tea cups and put them down on at a time on a tray. He opened a jar and threw into the tea cups some sugar cubes.
He whistled twice through his gloved fingers and a man with white hair, rabbit ears and a waist coat came over and picked up the tray.
"That's the white rabbit, Alice's uncle. The Cheshire cat is Alice's older brother" Hiccup said as he pointed at the guy with purple hair and fake cat ears that were pinned to his hair.
"The queen of hearts is Alice's aunt, she's the main cook and her food is amazing. The other two cooks are the brown hare, Alice's other uncle, and the door mouse, Alice's mom. That's it" Hiccup finished.
Rapunzel was about to say something but then someone's phone went off. It was Merida's, the ring tone was the rock part of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
She took her phone out and groaned when she saw who was calling her. "It's me mom, fucking hell" she said.
She stood up and answered it. She got out of the café, yelling some very interesting words. Hiccup sighed.
"What's up with her and her mom, another argument?" I asked.
Rapunzel nodded. "They had an argument this morning so I'm guessing that's why she's calling. It didn't help that she was a tad bit tipsy" said Rapunzel.
I knew Merida and her mom got into arguments often, there personalities just crash.
"I'm going to go check on her, I'll be back soon" Hiccup said.
He got out of his green wooden chair and walked out of the café, leaving me and Rapunzel by ourselves.
"I've been meaning to ask, how did you three meet?" asked Rapunzel with curiosity in her eyes. Her eyes were such an incredible green that I could look into them for hours.
I laughed a bit when I remember us three back in freshman year, we were inseparable.
"Well Hiccup and I met in freshman year. It was our first year of high school and we both didn't know anyone. Back then my hair was dyed black and that was the only colour I would wear. I was a loner and I had anger issues to say the least. Anyone who went near me or talked to me, even if they were just saying hi, would get punched in the face. Even if they were a girl. I was a pretty pissed off kid back then" I said.
Rapunzel had a shocked expression. "I didn't think you were, I don't know, mean" said Rapunzel. She played with her phone in her hand, spinning it around with two of her fingers.
"Why were you like that?" she asked. I knew the answer but I wasn't going to tell her.
"Well I don't know, but I'm not like that anymore thanks to those two idiots" I laughed, so did Rapunzel.
"I met Hiccup during sport one, he was really short back then and there was nothing to him. Some of the kids were beating him up and the teacher wasn't there to help so I ended up beating them all up and helped him. When I took him to the nurse's office he wouldn't stop hiccupping so I guess that's why I called him Hiccup from then on. Anyway we became close friends after that. In the middle of that same year Merida transferred to our school from Scotland. Nobody could understand her because of her accent so they started to bully her. Everyone thought her hair was really weird as well and plus she was forced to wear really girly things by her mother so everyone thought she was some stupid girly girl. One day she couldn't stand it any longer and pounded all of those idiots to a pulp. Boy was she pissed. She surprised everyone that day. It was kind of like a message that said if you fuck with me I will beat your ass. After that we became friends with and helped with her accent, we kind of translated her for teachers. I'd be really lost without those guys" I finished.
It was weird talking about those times with those two, but it brought back some good memories.
"I'd be lost without those two as well" said Rapunzel. As if on cue the two of them walked back into the café. Merida grumbled to herself while Hiccup hugged her and laughed to himself.
They sat back down and Alice came back over with our drinks and food. We all dug in, eating and drinking until we were too full to breath. We talked about strange and stupid things that would only make sense to people who were as crazy as us four.
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"I'm all shopped out" Hiccup complained. As I promised Rapunzel, we had been to almost every shop on the left side of the mall, there was only one last place that I wanted to take her. Hiccup was holding two bags full of games that he had bought from the gaming store, which meant I could go over to his place and play them as well. I couldn't afford to buy games like that at home. Shit I didn't even have a TV let alone a PS4.
We had found out that Rapunzel is a huge gamer and is quite competitive, especially against Ana. Her favourite game is assassin's creed and she had played all of them, including the newest one_.
We had decided that someday we would all have to go over to Hiccup's place and play games on his PS4.
"I'm all shopped out as well" Merida said, even though she had only one bag to carry.
We had just been in a shop that sold band shirts and Merida had bought two new Pierce the Veil shirts and one Asking Alexandria shirt.
They were both amazing bands and I was happy she bought them. When Merida moved here she was just like Rapunzel, only she knew no music. So I gave her bunch of my CDs that year and now she's the most punk rock girl I know.
"C'mon guys, just one more shop alright" I said. I wanted to show Rapunzel the shop where I worked. I think she might like it.
"Are we going to where you work?" asked Merida excitedly with her thick accent. Merida loved where I worked, so did Hiccup.
"Where do you work?" asked Rapunzel with curiosity in her voice. "Curious now are we?" I asked. Rapunzel giggled and nodded. She bit her lip, waiting for my answer. I swear she's just too cute.
"I work at a shop called the tattooed zombie. We sell alternative clothing there for both chicks and guys. It's where I get all of my clothes and shoes. We sell punk, gothic, retro and Pastel Goth kind of clothing and shoes. Also jewellery, like all the stuff that's in my ears and eyebrow, and also a whole lot of other stuff" I said enthusiastically.
I had been working at that place for nearly over three years now and it was so much fun to work there.
You meet so many people who are just like you plus we get to go to the grunge convention every year for free which is fucking sick as. Rapunzel nodded and looked like she was in deep thought.
"What is it?" I asked. "What's Pastel Goth?" she asked. Rapunzel didn't have a clue about what it was and that made me chuckle.
"You'll see, there's the shop up there on the left" I said and looked in the direction of the shop.
Merida exclaimed yes as she saw it and ran into the shop excitedly. All three of us laughed and ran after her. The shops logo was bright green and it had a boy and a girl zombie on the front who were dressed in punk clothing. The boy zombie was giving her his bleeding heart that he had just ripped out of his chest. It was cute in a gross disturbing kind of way.
Inside the walls were painted black, in fact almost everything was black besides from the lights that glowed red and band posters that were everywhere on the walls.
The right side of the shop was the women's side, the left was the men's side and the middle was full of unisex clothes. Merida was already holding three shirts, two pairs of jeans, a pair of shorts and a jacket. I shook my head at her and laughed to myself.
Hiccup was looking through the shoes and he had found a leather pair of converse. I looked to my right and noticed that Rapunzel was looking at something on the wall.
I walked over to her and saw what she was looking at. I laughed a nervous laugh.
"That's you! Why didn't you tell me you were a model!" she said excitedly.
On the poster I was wearing my usual punk clothes posing next to a girl who was wearing a gothic style dress.
"I swear I'm not, I only help out with some of the photo shoots for this shop, plus I get extra pay for doing it. I'm not a model really"
Rapunzel blushed and looked back at the poster. "You look really good" she said quietly, making me blush as well. "Thanks"
Rapunzel looked closer at the poster and recognized the girl on the poster. "She looks really pretty. Is that Elsa?" she said with a smile.
"Yeah it is, she works here with me and another girl called Mavis. Our manager is on holiday for a month or so. For now it's just us three. Usually Elsa doesn't wear that kind of stuff, she only wears gothic clothes when she works here or is modelling for the company" I told Rapunzel.
Elsa was great to work with, she got shit done and was great at organising stuff, unlike me and Mavis. Mavis had just gotten a job here.
I told Eudora about where I worked last week and told her we needed more hands. Soon enough Mavis turned up in her usual long sleeves, to cover up her self-harm, and the manager hired her immediately over a skype call.
She's a pretty cool chick and we've become friends quite quickly. I came back to reality and remembered something.
"Hey I'll show you what Pastel Goth style is" I said remembering what I had to show her.
Rapunzel followed me as I walked over to a manikin that was wearing a light purple jumper with a black bat pattern all over it and it had a pink collared shirt underneath. The jumper was tucked into a leather skirt that had pink lace underneath. The manikin had black knee high socks and purple creepers.
This manikin was the perfect example of pastel Goth.
"This is the popular Pastel Goth style, what do you think?" I asked. Rapunzel stared at the manikin with wide eyes. I couldn't tell if she liked it or not.
"If you don't like it we can find something else..." I trailed off. I really thought she would like it.
Rapunzel whispered something but I couldn't quite hear her. "What?" I asked.
"I love it!" she yelled, I'm pretty sure the whole mall could have heard her.
"I love it I love it I love it! Look at those shoes and that skirt and the socks are so cute and the jumper and just everything!" Rapunzel squealed as she spun around like a little girl.
I felt like high fiving myself. I'd never seen her so happy. "C'mon go try on some stuff" I said as I pushed her in the direction of the Pastel Goth clothing. She walked over and started to look through the shirts, her smile grew bigger and bigger the more she looked.
"Another satisfied costumer" I said out loud to myself.
"Jack?! Please tell me that's you" said a voice I knew from behind me.
I turned around to see a girl in very gothic dress, well all I could see was a black frilly dress and her tights with black heels. She looked as if she had just come out of some sadistic vampire anime. The girl was holding a pile of shoe boxes that was so tall that it hid her face.
"Elsa is that you?" I asked. "Yes it is! Could you please help me for a sec?" she asked.
She looked as if she was about to drop the boxes so I quickly grabbed some off the top. I could now see her face. She was wearing dark purple make up with black lipstick, very gothic indeed.
"Why were you carrying all these boxes by yourself? Shouldn't Mavis be helping you?" I asked, looking around to see where she was. I couldn't see her anywhere.
Elsa sighed as she kneeled down to where the shoe boxes were meant to be stacked.
"She was way too sick to be here but she came to work anyway because she didn't want to leave me here alone. I ended up sending her home so that she can get well for school next week. Now I'm trying to run this place all by myself with no one at the desk and I've got a date in an hour or so that I'm going to have to cancel but I really don't want to do that either" she said.
She sounded stressed and tired from all the work.
"You should have called me! I would have come here straight away to help you" I said.
Elsa raised an eyebrow as she looked at me and I felt really stupid when I remembered about my phone.
"You don't have a phone anymore remember, it got smashed by that car the other day" she said as she took the other boxes out of my hands.
Technically it got smashed by Pitch but I didn't have to mention that little detail.
"That's right I forgot. By the way who are you going on a date with? Is it that girl?" I asked with a smirk.
In case you didn't know Elsa is extremely gay, I'm pretty sure her blood is the colour rainbow. Just she doesn't look like your stereotypical lesbian but trust me she is. Nobody at school thought she was until they all saw her kissing a girl at school. Snow got a picture of it and posted it on twitter as some sort of way to bully her.
Elsa got heaps of hate from it but she obviously didn't care. The next day she changed her profile picture to her and her girlfriend at the time kissing. On the post she had written 'I like girls, who the heck cares?' I felt like a proud father that day.
Anyway Elsa has had this crush on this girl for months, her name was Tiana and she's a bit of a stunner. I'm pretty sure Tiana likes her, especially from the way she was looking at her yesterday.
Elsa stood up and nodded excitedly. "Yes that's great. I can't believe it, you finally asked her out! You go girl" I said as I high fived her.
"Now I'm so happy for you that I'm going to offer you a deal" I said with a smirk on my face.
Elsa rolled her eyes and side smiled at me. "Yes Jack" she said, as if she was bored of me.
"I will take over here today, you leave and get ready for your date and in exchange you find two new people to work here by this time next Friday" I said, satisfied with the deal I had just made. I stuck my hand out for her to shake. "Deal or no deal?" I asked like in that stupid game.
Elsa looked at my hand curiously. "When was the last time you washed your hands? Or showered?" she asked, looking at my hand quizzically. My smile dropped. "I can change my mind" I said moving my hand down. Quickly Elsa grabbed my hand and shook it.
"That's what I thought. Go get changed and hold down the fort here" I said as I pointed toward the door that said staff only. Elsa hugged me and said thank you. She then ran off towards the staff room to get changed.
I walked to the counter that was at the back of the store in the middle between the ladies and men's clothes. I walked behind it and found my tag that had my name on it, it also had my key to the staff room on it.
"Jack what are you doing?" someone said behind me. It was Hiccup, he was leaning on the counter with a bored expression on his face. It was as if that expression was always glued there.
"My Job. Elsa has to go out so I'm standing in for her until the shops close which is in about three hours" I answered as I got the computer running.
"Is there no other staff here?" he asked as Merida came up to the counter with a pile of clothes in her arm. She put them on the counter with a questionable look on her face as she looked at me. Before she could speak and before I could answer her, my jaw dropped wide open.
Rapunzel had just come out from around the corner wearing some new clothes. The other two turned around and had the same reaction I did.
She was wearing a black skirt with a pastel purple rose pattern on it and a cropped long sleeved shirt that read 'PVRIS' on the front. The skirt started at her hips and finished at her feet, so I ended up staring at her exposed hips and stomach.
God she was beautiful, I hated staring at her but I couldn't really stop either.
I then noticed the scars that were spread across her stomach, some looked deeper than others. They didn't look like self-harm scars, they looked like they were from burns and cuts that were done purposefully done by someone else.
"Is it okay? I probably look ridiculous, I'm showing way to much skin" she said looking down at her body and scars self-consciously. All three of us were surprised.
"Rapunzel you look amazing!" said Elsa as she came out from around the corner, dressed in more casual clothes now and her dark make up was wiped off.
"I agree, those clothes really suit you" said Hiccup. "Girl you look really good, I like the Paris shirt" said Merida as she walked over to Rapunzel to get a better look at her at her.
I smiled and nodded along with the other three. "You look freaking awesome in those clothes Blondie, just awesome" I said. She blushed at our comments but folded her arms around her stomach, still uncomfortable to be showing off her body.
"Hey Rapunzel, do you have a job? Because if not I bet you would be perfect working here! The pay is good, you get free stuff like the clothes you're wearing and you'd be able to save up for college or whatever you want to do when you leave school" Elsa said.
I smirked at Elsa. She was trying to get someone else to work here and I was happy. If Rapunzel did get a job here, it would mean I could work with her and spend time with her.
Rapunzel looked at the ground for a moment in thought. She looked up at me but then quickly looked back down at the ground. I wanted to know what was going on inside her head. She nodded and looked back up at Elsa.
"I think it would be a great Idea to work here but I would need to talk to my mom first if that's alright with you" said Rapunzel with a small smile. She played around with the material of her skirt in one of her hands as listened to Elsa's answer.
"That sounds good to me, give me a resume at school next week and I'll send it to my manager. Will that work for you?" she asked Rapunzel. Rapunzel nodded excitedly at that. They both talked about work in shit while I thought about Rapunzel.
I wondered if she would keep my secret or not, knowing her she would probably tell someone. She did promise me she wouldn't but I didn't really trust her.
The thoughts whirled around in my head. The voices talked like they usually did.
(Jack is schizophrenic, yeah I know I'm horrible to my characters)
I didn't know what to think, the voices were too loud and I couldn't think. I walked away from the four of them, I couldn't hear them anymore, I couldn't hear anything but the voices. I stepped into the staff room and went into the bathroom. I locked the door behind me and leaned against the wall. I wanted to scream. I wanted to yell. I wanted to cry. I wanted to die.
Okay so first of all, I'm sorry if I offended anyone who has schizophrenia or know someone who does. Jack has schizophrenia but of course he doesn't know that, he thinks he's just crazy. He doesn't find out until later on in the story.
I hope you're all doing well and I'll see you in the next chapter,
Hannananaannana out!
