AN: 1,070 views, 24 follows, and 17 favorites! Wow! Thank you guys! And I hope you like the new chapter! I'm introducing Gobber and North after this!

Chapter 5

Gobber's café had flowerpots spread out all over the outside plaza in differing kinds as well as colors. It also had tons of obviously hand carved, as none were exactly the same, tables and chairs, a two-person swing with cushions as well as some pillows, and people. Tons and tons of people! Some were drinking what looked like a cup of coffee, others having a cupcake or a baked good, all happily chatting and socializing, seemingly unaware of the long line that was forming in the direct center of the plaza.

Hiccup grabbed Jack's arm tighter and asked "Where is Merida?"

"She should be inside, let's go."

Hiccup was then blown away by Jack's amazing ability of moving through the huge crowd; it was like people were parting just for him. It also seemed that people were gossiping about him, like they knew who he was. Some girls seemed to be fake swooning in admiration, but no one was brave enough to speak up. And Hiccup was getting some glares from girls, and a few boys too. Now Hiccup was even more confused, what was so admirable about Jack? And why was everyone mad at Hiccup? Were they, and this thought was quite laughable, were they jealous?

Finally the two made it to the front of the huge line and saw, as Jack had said, Merida was working as the hostess. And if he swung that way, boy would he be in trouble! Merida was wearing a blue, thin strapped, blue dress with a flower on the right side. Her hair was free and flowing and her bright blue eyes sparkled with uncontained mirth as she happily chatted with a costumer. From one look, Hiccup could tell this was her dream job, and it seemed that all her years as a horse riding champion were only lead up for this. Hiccup looked like a fish with the way he stared at the girl, but not for the reason most were probably thinking. Jack, not noticing his acquaintances pause, or not caring, continued on with a little more skip to his step. Hiccup thought the abundance of boys in the line made a little more sense now.

"Hello Red! How are you doing this fine afternoon?" Jack asked, seeming more chipper than the two minutes prior. As soon as Merida heard Jack's voice her smile turned to a frown and she reluctantly said goodbye to the costumer she was chatting with.

"Frost," She said coldly "What are you doing here? You know you are not welcomed here."

Jack's smile didn't diminish; it actually seemed to grow wider at Merida's words.

"But, Mer!" Jack pleaded. "I have an offering for you!"

That is how Hiccup found himself being inspected by Merida Dunbroch.

"Hmm, not bad. Cute eyes," Merida said as she opened hers wider for emphasis. "Like the nose," Here she poked Hiccup's, "Nice soft hair." Merida pulled a lock out for further inspection, "And a cute smile." She said opening up Hiccup's mouth for examination of his teeth. "He can do better than you." Merida concluded staring at Jack with a no nonsense tone.

Jack snorted in shock, his eyes growing wide, though his smile stayed fixed in place.

"Excuse me? I'm hurt Merida! So very hurt!" Jack exclaimed in fake shock.

As the two continued their banter, Hiccup studied Merida. Now you may be wondering why he was so interested in Merida or you may have a guess. But I promise you; it is not for the reason you might think. There is one thing about Hiccup that you may need to know in order to figure out why. You might need to know he plans to major in photography and plans to minor in general art. Do you understand now? No? Fine I'll spell it out for you. He was staring at Merida, not because she was attractive, but the way the light hit her and the way her eyes sparkled… well maybe she was a little bit attractive. And especially in this light, she looked like a Norse Goddess, straight out of Hiccup's favorite books. His hands were itching to paint the beautiful sight, but he knew this wasn't the time or place.

So he resisted the urge, for now, but he couldn't help himself from asking, "Do you think I could take a picture of you?"

The two stopped their conversation and stared at Hiccup, one in shock and the other in amusement.

"What?!" Jack cried, more shocked then he should be over such a simple thing as a picture. Merida smiled and said, to the disapproval of Jack, "Sure, but make sure you get my good side. Oh, and that is every side." Then she laughed and the sound was high and light like a breeze on a warm summer day.

Hiccup took out his Canon camera he had in his satchel which he carried everywhere. It also contained a pencil case that held his charcoal pencils, his preferred pencil for sketching or writing with. Oh, did I forget to tell you that too? Well Hiccup was a writer, but he didn't want to become an author, so he choose photography and art as his courses instead. His satchel also contained two notebooks, one that he used for sketching and one with lines for writing. Hiccup finally got his camera out of his bag and let Merida pose for him as he took the picture with a bright flash.

"You a fan?" Merida asked, her bright eyes shining.

"Something like that." Hiccup said with a small smile.

Merida laughed again and said, "I like him. I changed my mind, come on in."

This made the line behind them cheer, because although they like Jack, if those fake swoons proved anything, they wanted to eat from the famous café. Or maybe they just wanted to see Merida, you couldn't really tell at this point.

Merida showed them a quaint little table nestled near the back of the café, which seemed to be bigger than the outside showed. There was a bar across the way and for a moment Hiccup thought he saw someone he knew, but he knew it couldn't be the person he thought it was because the person he was thinking of was visiting "someone special" and he didn't tell Hiccup who that was or where they lived. And it was too big of a coincidence for them to be living nearby and being at this café, on this campus, at the same time they were. Right?

AN: Review! And if you didn't see my AN at the top, I'm going to introduce North and Gobber next. Bye!