"Hey Hic, Jamie's coming over tomorrow!"
"I know, you have been telling me for the last week."
"And he's coming here!"
"I know, Jack."
"It's going to be awesome Hic!"
"Yes I've heard that too."
"And he came two weeks after I asked him."
"Wow, what a great friend."
"I know, Jamie's awesome, you're going to love him Hic."
"I'm sure I will Jack."
Hiccup did not like Jamie at all. Jamie was tall and thin and hot. He remembered Jack saying that Jamie was twenty-three or twenty-two. That was four or five years older than Hiccup and that, for some reason, aggravated him highly. The other thing that annoyed Hiccup was that Jamie greeted Jack by hugging him.
"Hey Snowflake!"
Hiccup blinked. What? Everyone called Jack Jack. This was ridiculous.
"Hey Baby-cakes!"
Oh hell no, Jack did not just flirt with Jamie. Jamie, as in the guy he had known when he was nine!
They walked into the lounge and sat together on the couch, very close together. As in their hips were touching.
"So," Jack began, making direct eye contact with Jamie, deep direct eye contact, "how's Sophie?"
"She graduated this year, you should have seen her at the formal, she looked so pretty. Actually, here I'll show you."
Jamie removed a phone and they leant in together to see it. Their cheeks were touching. Their cheeks.
"Oh, she looks beautiful. Wow look at her nice…"
Hiccup interrupted. What, so Jack was straight now? "I am going to get some biscuits, anyone care for some?"
Jamie raised an eyebrow at him and nodded slowly. That's when Hiccup realised they didn't actually have any biscuits, so he didn't say anything, he just sort of sat there and tapped his fingers.
"Um, so is that your flat-mate? Jamie motioned to Hiccup.
"Um, yeah." Jack smiled weakly at him.
Hiccup stood and walked out, not even saying anything.
"Is there something wrong with him?" asked Jamie.
Jack nodded solemnly.
"I'm going out to get some coffee down the road, what do you want?" Hiccup called.
"Black, no sugar." Jamie said.
"The usual," called Jack.
"But Jack you don't…" Hiccup interrupted.
"Hiccup can you just get the coffee."
Hiccup walked briskly along the street, kicking whatever lay in his path. He reached the coffee shop and ordered, tapping his foot on the ground as he waited. He was not actually sure what to order for Jack so he just got a cappuccino. When he got Jamie's he poured five of those little sachets of sugar into it, mumbling spitefully to himself.
When he got back to the flat Hiccup was shocked by what he saw. In the centre of the room Jack and Jamie were twisted together in an awkward mess of limbs.
Jack turned his head to look at Hiccup, "Oh, hi Hic."
Jamie smiled at him, "You got the coffee."
Hiccup walked casually over to them and poured the coffee over Jamie's head.
"Oh," he said unconvincingly, "my bad."
Jack leapt to Jamie's defence, "Hiccup what the hell did you do that for?"
He cooled Jamie's head and left him on the couch, following Hiccup into the kitchen.
"What the hell were you doing?" Hiccup whispered.
"I should be asking you the same thing!"
"You were like… I don't even know…"
"Is that what this is about? You think me and Jamie… Hiccup we were doing yoga, he's a yoga instructor now."
"Well that's not what it looked like from here."
"Hic, do you know how jealous you are?"
"I am not jealous."
"You are, don't stop, its really cute. Well apart from dropping the coffee on my friend."
"It is not cute."
"So you're admitting you're jealous."
"No I just… He's older and you've known him since like forever and he's really hot."
"It is cute." Jack whispered, kissing Hiccup lightly.
Back in the living room, Jamie stood up.
"Um… I should probably go, its sorta late. My girlfriend Pippa and I are meeting up. But thanks it was really nice seeing you again and your…" He nodded at Hiccup, "flatmate."
As he was walking out the door Jack grabbed Hiccup around the waist and looked over at Jamie, "See you later!"
While Jamie was still watching he turned Hiccup and kissed him deeply, watching Jamie out of the corner of his eye.
"Yeah… Um…. I'll see you…. Yeah." He walked quickly down the stairs, the shock printed onto his face.
Jack smirked.