Chapter 13

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"Can you get over here or not?" Flynn yelled into the phone as he struggled to put on his shoes. After Jack's call and ten useless attempts of reaching him again, he finally gave in and called Hiccup, who Flynn knew for a fact would be awake, the med student never slept. "I don't know, man," Flynn groaned, "I just know calls that end with I need you to come over in the morning aren't good calls!" he continued as he bounced around the room putting on his other shoe. Rapunzel now fully awake was close behind him with a worried look across her face, "Don't wake up North," Flynn sighed finally putting on his shoe, "just meet me at his apartment alright, see you soon." He said before hanging up the phone. Flynn knew Rapunzel must be more than concerned at this point since he woke up to him cursing and yelling into his phone, she's only seen him that when their dog Maximus was missing and no one could find him. Flynn turned to his wife and gave her a comforting smile, "Everything's okay, babe." He assured placing a soft kiss on her forehead.

"You're not the best lair, Eugene." She muttered as she reached for his jacket, "What's going on?" she questioned as she helped him into it.

"Honestly," Flynn sighed pushing his hair out of his face, "I don't know, Jack called he sounded like he was having some sort of anxiety attack and I just need to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid," he explained to his wife, "I know how bad these episodes get." Flynn sighed biting his lip slightly, "I just need to make sure he's alright."

"Should I call North?" He asked following him out to the kitchen, "Jack is his nephew, I know I would want to know if something was happening with one of my nephews." She explained as Flynn grabbed his keys.

"Yeah," Flynn agreed his voice softening, "call North, tell him I'm on my way to get Jack, so he doesn't need to worry about anything." He muttered as he walked out the door, "I'll call you as soon as I can, babe." He smiled, kissing her before he ran out the door. He drove to the apartment building as fast as possible, at four a.m. there wasn't a lot of traffic to hold him back from slamming down on the gas. He parked and jogged over to Hiccup who was standing in front of the building with a coffee holder in his hand and three coffees. "Coffee, really Hiccup?" he groaned as he jogged past him into the building.

"Coffee makes everything better, trust me." Hiccup said following him into the building, they got onto the elevator and ran towards Jack's apartment, "How are we supposed to get in?" Hiccup asked staring at the door.

"I got this," Flynn announced almost proudly as he began to pick the lock, one of the many talents that he got from his criminal years, he opened the door and turned to Hiccup, "Ta-da." He gloated.

"That is impressive." Hiccup said walking into the dark apartment, he looked around and noticed loud depressing music coming out of the bathroom, "I guess he's in there." Hiccup said putting the cup holder down on the coffee table, "Looks like he had company." He muttered noticing the two wine glasses on the coffee table.

"I really hope it's wasn't who I think it was" Flynn mumbled back, walking towards Jack's bedroom, "He said he left the bathroom key under his mattress." He said as he stuck his hand under the bed and lifting up the mattress, Hiccup grabbed the key and walked over to the bathroom door. Hiccup opened the door to reveal Jack slumped over his bathtub, half of his body hanging off the edge of it. Flynn walked in and groaned as he watch Jack was singing along to some sad song as his hand swung around an empty wine bottle. Jack looked up, his face even paler than usual, his eyes dull and red, and his hair even more of a mess than it usually was, "Eugene!" he cried out crawling out of the bathtub, he stood up steadying himself slightly, "is morin' already?" He stammered in his drunken state, swaying slightly as he made his way over to his friend.

"I thought you quit drinking," Flynn groaned walking up to his friend helping him steady himself by putting one of his arms around his shoulders and began to led him out of the bathroom.

"I did!" Jack yelled, "But James." Jack muttered as he put his head against Flynn's shoulder.

"Come on, Frosty," Flynn sighed avoiding the topic of James, "Let's get you somewhere I can make sure you don't choke on your throw up."

"We can take him to my place," Hiccup offered picking up the cup holder following Flynn into the living room, "I don't want Rapunzel to freak out when she sees him like that." Hiccup explained as he looked around for a jacket for Jack and his keys.

"You have a point." Flynn agreed leading Jack out the door, "Let's take him to your place, I'll call Punzie when we get there." After a few seconds of Jack struggling to get into Flynn's car and another minute to put on his seatbelt Flynn and Hiccup made their way to Hiccup's apartment. They put Jack on the couch and watched as he began to drift off into a drunken sleep only mumbling about how much he really needs a watch dog and his little sister Emma.

"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled as a black lap ran out of another room, "I need you to take care of the guy on the job, can you do that?" He asked the black lap which licked him happily; the dog then turned to Jack and intently stared at him. "How long have you've known, Jack?" Hiccup asked staring at Jack as he cuddled up to one of his couch pillows.

"Most of my life," Flynn sighed taking a swig from the coffee cup Hiccup gave him, "he was like my best friend back in burgess."

"Does this happen frequently?" Hiccup asked turning to see Flynn who was staring at Jack intently.

"Only when his brother has a hand in it" Flynn groaned, "James always had a very tight grip on Jack." Flynn explained turning to Hiccup, "James is the kind of guy that really gets into your head and once he does, he makes a cozy little home in it and destroys your life." Flynn ranted taking another drink from his coffee.

"James sounds like a douche." Hiccup said drinking his coffee.

"You don't know the half of it Hiccup." Flynn let out in a cold chuckle taking another swig from his coffee. Jack finally woke up a few hours late to the piercing sound of Hiccup and Flynn talking, he groaned as he turned away from the sun beaming into the room. He already knew he wasn't in his apartment and he sat up fearing the worst, only to see Flynn and Hiccup laughing about something. They noticed him and Flynn strode over to him and hit him in the back of the head causing Jack to yelp slightly. "Haven't you heard, Frosty, you never drink alone." Flynn groaned.

"Shut up." Jack complained as he held his head, "I had a bad night and I don't feel like being lectured by thief." He snapped at his old friend.

"Don't snap at me, you idiot." Flynn groaned, "You woke me up at three in morning and I had to stay up all night making sure you don't throw up all over yourself."

"I'm sorry," Jack sighed staring down at the floor, "James broke my apartment yesterday he said something that really messed me up." Jack admitted sitting up straight trying to sooth his splitting headache, Flynn sat next to him and sighed.

"Did he bring Emma up?" Flynn asked and Jack nodded slowly.

"Who's Emma?" Hiccup asked walking over to the other guys, Jack looked up at Hiccup and sighed not finding any real reason to give Hiccup an excuse not to tell him about Emma.

"My little sister," Jack sighed, "She died a few years back." He admitted his eyes darting back to the floor. Suddenly his face was being licked by something his eyes focused to a black lab.

"Toothless!" Hiccup called out making the black lap turn to Hiccup and it happily skipped over to him, "Sorry about that he's a little too affectionate.

"It's okay," Jack chuckled petting the dog, "I used to have a dog back in Burgess." He said as Toothless began to jump all over him.

"Oh yeah, Wind, right?" Flynn said turning to Jack.

"Yeah, she was a cutie." Jack chuckled petting Toothless.

"She was a cute little dog." Flynn chuckled leaning back on the couch.

"What happened to her?" Hiccup asked.

"After my dad died, I think she just couldn't live without him and died a day or two after him," Jack sighed out.

"I'm sorry." Hiccup sighed out.

"It's okay she died happy" Jack muttered petting Toothless, "Hey what time is it, I have to go to Tooth's and babysit the kids." James announced looking around for a clock.

"Actually no you don't" Flynn said turning to Jack, "We called Aster, and he's babysitting today, I don't think you'd want Tooth to see you with a hangover."

"He knows I was drinking?" Jack asked a bit of fear in his voice.

"Don't worry, Frosty, I told him you couldn't make it, Aster doesn't ask many questions." Flynn chuckled, "He wants to talk to you, though, something about North's egg hunt."

"Oh yeah that," Jack sighed, "I guess I have to be at my best to talk to Cotton Tail."

"Cotton Tail?" Flynn asked a bit confused.

"That's what I call him," Jack chuckled, "it's fun to piss him off." Jack joked winning him a laugh from his friends. Jack sighed pushing his hair out of his face before standing up, "Thanks guys, really, thank you." He muttered out Flynn tapped him on the back and chuckled.

"What are friends for?" Flynn chuckled.

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