Hello, readers~! So, uh... updates slowed down because school and blah, blah, I'm sure you've heard that from some of your other fic authors too (especially if you read any more of my fics...) so i won't bore you all with that mess.

Not much happens in this chapter, until you get the end but I wanted to play with Hiccup and Scott's relationship again and introduce another new face. This one's one of Scott's friends and... yeah... I'll leave an explanation at the bottom for those who haven't read the HTTYD books because he comes from there.

I honestly didn't think people would like this fic at all, so I'm glad that it's not a total failure or anything... thanks for reading and whatever else you guys like to do with this fic. :)

Sunday was starting to prove itself as a very tiring day for Hiccup. Maybe it was because she stayed up late last night reading How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, the fourth How to Train your Dragon it was the fact that Toothless woke her up at seven in the morning to bark at the neighbor's cat. Maybe it was because her parents had used their one mutual day off to do something together for once, so she had more chores to do.

… Or maybe it was the sound of Scott whining at her to make another helping of eggs for him when he walked into the kitchen and saw her silencing her own hunger. Seriously, the boy couldn't feed himself? She gave in to his demand in hopes that he would quiet down afterwards… but Hiccup was stupid to think that would ever be the truth. It was ten AM when he decided to go into the garage to play with his rust bucket of a car and blast the stereo. Sometimes she wondered why the thing hadn't broken yet; it had to be maxed out on sound capacity.

But that was normal for the sounds of the Haddock house, especially when Val wasn't around to mediate the volume. Hiccup managed to drown it out with her headphones while she turned on the Wii and played a few rounds of Mario Kart. It was her and Scott's silly tradition to compete with each other on the game frequently and lately he'd been kicking her butt at it. He had to either be cheating or practicing, so Hiccup set her virtual wheels to the race track and started to train against the game, easily snagging the star cup for the fifth time.

Then, after two hours unknowingly ticked by, Hiccup heard the music turn down (thank the gods for that) and the door to the garage open and shut. That was all normal. But what wasn't expected was two sets of footsteps coming inside.

"Henrika!" Scott called "What's for lunch?"

"Can't you make it yourself?" She called back.

"Come on," A voice that she immediately recognized chimed "not even for me?"

Hiccup rolled her eyes with a knowing smile as she stood and found her brother and another all-too familiar face beside him. She would recognize the guy anywhere, being bigger than Scott and his unmistakable curly black hair and nose ring adorning his right nostril. It was Scott's best friend, Derek.

Now Hiccup was amazed that she was surprised that he was here to begin with. The guy lived only a few houses down and the two have been friends for as long as she could remember; Val claims that it was pretty much since they could walk. It wasn't a daily occurrence to see him, but Hiccup couldn't say it was a rare event either.

"Oh, great," She sarcastically complained "Dog's Breath is here."

He chuckled "Nice to see you too, Hiccup."

"Seriously, we should stop that." Scott commented.

"I told you; it's gonna stick, Snot Face~." Hiccup giggled.

Scott moaned under his breath "Whatever." He shifted on his feet "So what about lunch?"

"What about lunch?" Hiccup restated.

"What's on the menu, sis?" Her brother clapped his hands together.

"Oh, no." She retorted "No, I already made you breakfast this morning; I'm not feeding you and Derek lunch. If anything, you owe me a meal."

Scott just gaped at her for a moment before he cleared his throat "Alright." He affirmed "How about we go for a burger or something? My treat." He looked away at the last part with a look that just screamed 'I can't believe I'm doing this.'

Hiccup gave a smile that she tried not to make appear evil in any way. Scott was kind of at her mercy because he has this outright refusal to learn how to cook anything that can't be prepared by putting it in the microwave for under three minutes. And, when Val wasn't around, that meant Hiccup had to feed him… and sometimes her father, if he came home from work earlier than usual.

"Alright." She replied.

"Just don't leave me bankrupt this time." Scott warned.

"Yeah, yeah." Hiccup waved him off, passing the boys by to enter the garage and find her brother's truck sitting on a makeshift lift made out wooden crates and some pieces of his workout equipment… without the wheels on it and the hood open. "Scott?"

"Yeah?" He called back.

"Are you going to put the wheels on your truck or are we walking?"

There was a long silence before she heard the vehicle's owner shout "Shit!"

So, she spent the next twenty minutes watching Derek and Scott fumble around the truck and put the wheels back on it and pull out their makeshift lift piece by piece. One final crashing noise and the vehicle was once again on the concrete floor. Derek filed into the passenger seat and Scott assumed his place at the steering wheel.

"Come on!" He complained "I'm starving!"

Hiccup got up from the box she was sitting on and wandered to the passenger side "If you weren't a pair of idiots, you'd be stuffing your face right now." Derek opened his door and Hiccup climbed in.

Now, one would like to think that Hiccup clambered into the backseat of the truck. And one would be right… if Scott's truck had a backseat. But no, it only has two front seats because the idiot took out the backseats so that he could recline the front seats all the way back or something like that. So Hiccup assumed her usual position for rides like this, on Derek's lap. It didn't exactly matter, anyway. Hiccup had been around Derek enough to consider him another older brother.

The two managed to buckle themselves in; after all, they'd become pros at it, and the trio started the ride to the boys' favorite fast food joint. And, after enduring ten minutes of her brother's music blasting as usual and a conversation between the boys about going to spy on the cheerleading tryouts next week, they made it. Hiccup wasted no time climbing out of the car, the boys following at their laid back pace.

"What's the rush, Henrika?" Derek implored.

"I thought you two were hungry." Hiccup recalled, starting for the door inside "That and I don't need to hear about your weird, perverted plans."

"What?" Scott waved an arm nonchalantly "We need to start looking for dates for prom."

Hiccup rolled her eyes "Isn't that still a semester away?"

"Doesn't hurt to browse early." Her brother defended.

"Whatever." Hiccup stopped and looked back at him "Wait… does this mean you're over Astrid now?" She smirked "This is great; I'll have to tell her next time I see her."

Scott shook his head "No, this is a backup plan in case she says no. But, hey, who can say no to all of this?" he gestured to himself and gave what he claimed as his "winner smile."

"She already has; what's one more time?" Hiccup remarked, trying to hold back a laugh.

Scott stripped off his smile and rolled his eyes, shoulders slouching "Just tell me what you want and find a table for us."

"Get me my usual." Hiccup answered, turning towards the tables on her right and finding the one she always gravitated towards available. It was in the corner, by the big window in the front of the establishment, and the seat against the wall was part of a bench spread across the wall and to the last table in the row. She seated herself on the bench and tapped her fingers against the checkerboard tile tabletop, taking in the normal scent of fried food and seeing where her brother and his friend were in the line.

Her gaze turned out the window and she watched cars roll through her line of sight until she felt a buzz come from her pocket. She took out her cell phone and unlocked it to read a text message. It was from Jack.

Hey, Hiccup. :P

She smiled at the message and giggled a little at the emoticon. Of course, Jack would be the guy to use them…

Hey. She replied.

What's up?

Out to lunch with my brother and his friend. She typed You?

Eh, my sisters are busy and I have nothing to do. :/ So I thought you'd entertain me.

Hiccup sighed You have a car, don't you?

Yeah, but nowhere to go.

Hiccup thought for a minute before answering How about you read a book?

No way!

Why? You work in a library.

Exactly; I'm around books enough as it is.

Hiccup sniggered at the message and typed back Then be bored.

You're so mean, Hiccup.

I know. Her smile grew.

"Who're you texting?" Hiccup glanced up to see Scott and Derek setting their tray of food down on the table and sitting down, Scott bring the one to ask her the question.

"My friend, Jack." She innocently answered. She texted again Brother's here with the food; hold on. And put her phone back in her pocket.

"Jack?" Derek blinked "Never heard that name from you before."

"Neither have I." Scott confirmed "Who's Jack?"

Hiccup took her burger, fries and drink from the tray, trying quite hard to ignore the four burgers, two large fries and giant soda that were in front of her brother. Guess he wasn't kidding about being starving; it was a burger and fry more than his usual spread. "I met him about a month ago. He works at the library."

"The one I've been picking you up from after lacrosse every day?" The dark brunet pried further.

"Yeah, why?" His sister unwrapped her burger and took a bite "I thought you, mom and dad wanted me to make more friends." She felt a buzz in her pocket again and deemed it Jack responding that he'd wait, so she didn't answer.

"Yeah, but you hang around guys all the time." Derek shrugged, still chewing "Don't you want to spend time with other girls?"

"I have Astrid and Cam; that's good enough." Hiccup replied.

"Whatever, Henrika." Scott tossed up an arm in defeat, now making his way through his second burger and finishing up his first box of fries. Did he have to talk with his mouth full? He then reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone to read a message. His eyes widened as his eyes scanned the screen and he turned to Derek "Dude, we gotta go."

Derek slouched in his seat "Go where? We just got here."

"I have a meeting with my coach; I completely forgot." Scott hastily replied "I gotta go and you said you'd come with me."

"What are you talking about?" Hiccup interjected.

"Nothing." Scott seemed like he couldn't get that out fast enough "I need to take you home; grab your food and let's go." He followed his own order, snagging his remaining food and running out to the truck.

Hiccup and Derek were left to clean up the table and collect the rest of their meals. "What was that about?" She questioned "Where's the fire?"

"He's just doing some extra training so he can make football tryouts in the spring." Derek explained.

"Again? He didn't make it that past three years." Hiccup recalled as the two discarded the trash and made their way to the truck.

"I know." Derek leaned closer to her "Just don't remind him of that…"

The pair slid into the passenger seat and Scott broke more traffic rules in order to get home within five minutes, kick Hiccup out of the car and speed back away, almost taking out the mailbox as he got out of the driveway.

Well, so much for a decent outing… again. She took her key out of her pocket and let herself inside with a heavy sigh. Now what?

Then, she remembered she was texting Jack before that fiasco happened and slipped her phone back into her hand. She was right, that last text was just Jack saying Okay. :)

Hiccup wandered from the landing into the living room and plopped down on the couch before starting up the conversation again. Okay, I can talk now. Sorry about that.

It's cool. So what's going on?

My brother just dumped me at the house because he was late for something or… something? Hiccup shrugged as she sent it, as if Jack would even see that…

Really? Jack typed back.

Yeah. That's kinda normal around here.

A few minutes ticked by before Jack sent another message Hey, you're as bored as I am, right?

Hiccup raised an eyebrow Yeah… why…?

If you text me your address, I can come pick you up and we can do something?

Hiccup stared at the message, unsure of how to respond.

... I have no words for that ending; I just like to leave you guys hanging sometimes. Sorry!

Anyway, my explanation... Derek is Dogsbreath from the HTTYD book series; he's basically Snotlout's best friend/side kick in the books and he takes part in picking on Hiccup and stuff like that. I altered their relationship quite a bit so that they're more than bullies but they'll still pick on Hiccup from time to time. They're all pretty much family comfortable with each other so... I figured Derek would be nice to her but also love to mess with her when he and Scott are bored.