Hey all! Sorry if these updates are a little more spread out, we have a lot going on at home and my dad just had some major surgery yesterday and we're gonna be helping him recuperate for a while, so I will be very preoccupied with that. But I am still writing and doing my best to make this story work.

First I did want to explain that I was in a sorority in my undergrad. I still participate in the pledging process when I visit and we also had a brother fraternity so we did and still do a lot with them. I love my brothers and sisters and would not trade them for anything. That said, the brotherhood aspect of Hiccup's pledging experience will be based on my experience, however, the hazing that will happen, yes hazing, is not what we do in my sorority/fraternity. I will not be putting up any of my own personal experiences during pledging, because that is sacred to me.

The hazing that will happen is based off of media, rumors, funny stories, etc. or just my crazy imagination, so don't let it deter you from going Greek if you have an inkling, cause every group is different.

I am missing my hijack moments so I promise that Hiccup and Jack will be seeing each other more often coming up, with visits and such, and unfortunately there will be fights, but I am not gonna spoil it for you anymore, I just wanted to keep you posted on where this story may head. Sorry this was a long spiel, I'll let you get back to reading! Thank you for all the reviews so far, I love them! Enjoy!

Jack couldn't believe he was doing this, but Toothless was going to be his dog for a few weeks. Elinor was going bananas over the lack of sleep and Merida was doing awful in school. All Jack needed was to adopt one of the triplets and he'd seriously think he was taking on Hiccup's household for him. He'd had Toothless for a few days and he was slowly getting used to the dog. At first, Toothless was a little upset being uprooted, he hardly ate and all he did was lay around the house. But once Jack started playing with him and taking him on walks, the dog seemed less antsy and more playful. He even started sleeping in Jack's room with him. Jack had to feel bad for the dog; he knew it was all because he missed Hiccup. Merida had mentioned how Hiccup's door remained closed and Toothless would go up and howl in front of it or try and sneak in to look for Hiccup. It actually broke Jack's heart because perhaps in Toothless' eyes, Hiccup was dead.

Well, when he Skyped tonight, hearing Hiccup's voice would cheer him up!

Jack buried himself in his homework assignment so he could do just that. He'd already called Flynn and set up a meeting time for their group project, so all he needed to do was his part. He groaned, hoping he could focus when he heard his computer make a soft beeping sound.

He shrugged and decided that he would just have to finish later. He shut down his assignment and then opened up his Skype.

A familiar freckled face smiled back at him.

Jack waved excitedly to his boyfriend, "Hi Hiccup!"

"Hi Jack! I miss you!" Hiccup said sadly.

"I miss you too." Jack nodded, then looked down as Toothless seemed to perk up, "There's somebody here who wants to see you!"

He moved his screen down and he heard Hiccup gasp, "TOOTHLESS! Hey bud!"

Toothless suddenly barked at the screen and then whined, his tail wagging.

"I know, bud, I'll come see you soon I promise!" Hiccup said, "Be good okay!"

Toothless whined again and barked for Hiccup as Jack moved the screen back up.

"Wait…" Hiccup suddenly said, "Why is my dog at your house?"

"Uh…" Jack said nervously, he really hadn't wanted to stress Hiccup with this kind of news, "Well…he kind of got…kicked out of your house."

"What?" Hiccup yelled.

Jack winced, "You see he…he sort of kept howling for you and he's been pretty stressed, not eating and such and your mom was getting exhausted and Merida was doing bad in school so I took him." He said quickly.

Hiccup stared at Jack and then groaned, "I'm coming down there next week."

"No! Hiccup, you don't have to, it's fine!" Jack said.

"How is that fine? My sister is doing bad in school, my mom threw my dog out, and you're being burdened with it all? No, I'm coming home."

"Hiccup it won't do any good, you'd just have to be back up there anyways. I've got this, you focus on school."

"And what about you?" Hiccup asked, "Don't you have school and a life to worry about?"

"Hiccup, relax, I'm fine. I'm doing well in school and making friends too!" Jack promised, "And as for watching your sister and your dog; it's not a problem. It's really helped your mom out a lot. And I'm sure after a while this will all be over."

Hiccup sighed and rubbed his hair, annoyed at what was happening at home, "How come you weren't telling me this?" he asked.

Jack rubbed the back of his neck and shrugged, "Hiccup, you've been doing so good up there and I just didn't want you to worry, okay?"

Hiccup rolled his eyes, "You're such worry wart."

"Me?"

"You worrying about me makes you a worry wart." Hiccup said sternly.

Jack couldn't help but laugh and Hiccup finally relaxed and laughed as well, "On another cheery note, is there anything good going on down there?"

Jack thought for a bit, "Well, Mom and Max are still going out and Merida is doing better in school now that she gets more time at home and better sleep at night."

Hiccup nodded, obviously pleased with that, "And you?" he raised an eyebrow.

Jack smiled, "I've been writing music again."

"Really? Have you talked with your old band any?" Hiccup asked. He was sad to have seen the group call it quits by the time May rolled around, but everyone had lives to pursue and their group was now a thing of the past. But Jack still wrote music and played his guitar luckily and for that, Hiccup was glad.

Jack shook his head.

"Do you think your new school will have music people there?" Hiccup asked.

Jack shrugged. To be honest, he loved playing, but his focus was on school and he had to work on his artistic abilities before he got back into music again. As much as that bothered him, he had to accept it.

"Enough about me!" Jack laughed, "What about you? Did you go to that rush event thing you were telling me about?"

Hiccup smiled brightly and Jack was glad for it.

"Oh my gosh, Jack! I was accepted to go to the next one and I got to meet so many cool people and they totally accept me!"

"Really?" Jack smiled, "Well of course they would! You're you!"

Hiccup giggled and Jack found he missed that sound. He longed to just reach into the computer and bring Hiccup's face to his and kiss the ever loving daylights out of him.

"So are you sure you can come up next weekend?" Hiccup asked him.

Jack grinned and nodded, "You know I'm not missing that."

"Good, cause I checked with my roommate and he and his sister are going home cause she has a game there."

Jack smiled, "So we get a little privacy then?" he chuckled.

Hiccup rolled his eyes, "I guess. But with a dorm it's not always exactly private. Like right now I can totally hear the Kappa above me having sex and taking lift off."

Jack snorted and nearly sprayed the computer screen with spit.

Hiccup laughed and Jack finally just took that moment to admire his face.

"Oh!" Hiccup suddenly said, "And I started looking into other clubs here!"

"What kinds?" Jack asked.

"Well, physics, obviously, and there's a debate team I'm actually thinking of trying out for, and an art club...oh! And they have an Ally group for LGBT people like me! I emailed the president to see how popular it is. Maybe if I join that I can finally open up about myself."

"Be careful." Jack warned. He still hadn't quite forgotten what had happened to him and he would be damned if he let that happen to Hiccup.

"Jack relax, these are allies! Which means this school supports people like me."

"I know, it's just…make sure that other people on campus aren't insane first."

Hiccup sighed, "Okay, I promise."

Jack smiled at him, "Hey! Gotta keep my baby safe!"

"I'm not a baby, doofus!" Hiccup joked.

"No, but you're my baby!" Jack wiggled his eyebrows.

Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"Listen, just do me a favor and call your family before they go insane." Jack said.

Hiccup nodded and groaned, "Two weeks and they can't survive without me."

"Well, they do have triplets." Jack mentioned.

"Don't remind me." Hiccup laughed, "And you…promise not to wear yourself out before I see you."

Jack saluted, "Yes sir!"

"And hey!" Hiccup said, "I love you."

Jack smiled sadly, knowing that this was it before he'd see him next weekend, "I love you."

Hiccup waved, "Take care of my dog."

"You know I will." Jack laughed, looking down at Toothless who was finally sitting up, his tongue out.

"See you on Friday!" Hiccup cheered.

Jack couldn't help but smile at that, "Good luck at your rush thingy."

Hiccup laughed, "They can't resist this charm."

"Hey! Don't be making goo-goo eyes at anyone else up there!" Jack threatened playfully.

Hiccup snorted and finally smiled one final time, "Only for you." He promised.

"Bye Hiccup."

"Bye Jack!"

They both exited and Jack sat back sadly, his room feeling darker than it was. Even Toothless seemed to go back into pout mode. Jack quickly smacked himself in the face and then looked at his phone. He'd received a text from Baby Tooth inviting him out to dinner with her and Pascal and apparently Flynn. He smiled and texted back that he would. What the heck! He missed his boyfriend but he couldn't just mope about it. He had a life for crying out loud.

Without further hesitation, he changed into some proper tennis shoes and donned a black hoodie, ready to head out and be with friends.

….

Turns out Pascal's family owned a Mexican family restaurant so he was able to get them all in either free or cheap.

Flynn had been invited by Baby Tooth considering that the four of them had been chatting through their first week of classes. Jack could tell Baby was having trouble deciding who was cuter, him or Flynn. He didn't have the heart to tell her he was taken.

They were all sharing some nachos and discussing their project ideas to start off with that led into their personal lives before BCAD.

Jack was coming to find out that Pascal had gotten in on a scholarship for his heritage. He'd painted a giant mural at his high school depicting equality for people of all races. He also worked part time at a hair salon as a color expert. Jack wondered if he knew Gothel at all but didn't even want to say that woman's name.

Baby Tooth had come from a different state and shared an apartment with Pascal, since they both became fast friends at BCAD. She had wanted a change from constantly being surrounded by seven other sisters in her family. They all grew up looking the same, acting the same, and going into similar fields as they grew up. But Baby Tooth had wanted out. She began changing her look in high school much to her family's annoyance and she separated from the typical Tooth look and finally dubbed herself Baby. Once she was accepted to BCAD, she happily left and never looked back. Sure she kept in touch with her family, but she was finally happy to be recognized for who she was and what she did, not for her family.

Flynn on the other hand had entered a film contest in his school and won first place in the state. He could have easily gone to a much better film school, but he said the minute he met Manny in the design department on a tour here, he was hooked. He wanted a change of pace as well.

Turns out Flynn was adopted as a kid and grew up poor. He was teased a lot growing up and made fun of, but he managed to get through, work hard, save money to buy film equipment, and to go to a school he wanted to go to. His biggest wish was to one day have enough money to live happily with no worries. He grew up knowing what being poor felt like and he'd never wish that on anybody.

Jack was enthralled by their stories. Each of them was so unique and had worked hard to get where they were at in their field, but Jack had felt so different.

In truth, he still sometimes wished he'd done military, but he knew that there had to be a reason he was at BCAD, and not just because it was close, but perhaps he would get good at design and animation and get to where he needed to be to feel good at something.

"So Jack…how'd you get here?" Baby asked him.

Jack was jarred from his musings and then smiled at her sheepishly, "Well…I'm not much for art, really. I mean I write music, but that's just a hobby."

"Then why BCAD?" Flynn asked.

Jack sighed, "Well…I've always loved video games and kind of wanted to learn how it's done. I thought if I could go into something I was interested in, then military could wait."

"What? You wanted to go into the military?" Pascal gasped.

Jack nodded, turning slightly red.

"Why?" he asked, staring at him as though he had smallpox.

"My dad was in it." Jack admitted.

"Was he pressuring you to go?" Flynn asked, smiling.

Jack frowned and shook his head, "He died in Afghanistan ages ago."

"I'm so sorry!" Baby gasped, reaching out to touch his hand.

Jack shrugged, "It was a long time ago, but long story short: Mom said no to that plan so I decided to stay home and do something different."

She nodded, "We're glad you picked here!"

Jack laughed, "Thanks, I'm worried I'll never get as good as you all."

"Don't sweat it, kid." Flynn smiled, "I sucked at filming when I first started, but once you practice and become more interested in it the better it gets."

"Do you still film stuff?" Jack asked him.

Flynn smiled, "All the time, I'm thinking of trying to make a music video. If you can come up with a song maybe I can make you famous." He grinned.

Jack laughed, "Make sure you get my good side."

"What side is that?" Pascal snorted.

"All of me!" Jack joked.

"True." Baby muttered under her breath, sighing.

Pascal snorted and finally looked up, "You know we could totally make that happen! Think about it! Jack can do the music, you can do the filming, I can do the set and Baby and do the clothing!"

Baby squealed, "We can make it like a final project that's shown at the end of the year!"

"What's that?" Jack asked curiously, not sure how he got roped into doing a music video so fast.

Baby smiled and explained, "Every year, the students can do something artistic and their choice for a final, it can be a group effort or an individual one, and then they are presented at the end of the year for prizes and you get extra credit as well. It's so much fun! I did a fashion show last year and got my GPA up!"

"That's awesome!" Jack smiled and looked around, "You really think we could do that?"

"Absolutely, anything related to art can be presented. Someone even painted a poem they wrote and presented that." Baby said.

"We should plan this now!" Flynn said, "This could be really great for all of us!"

They were all nodding in agreement.

"How about same time next Saturday!" Pascal said.

Jack suddenly frowned, "I'm gonna be gone from Friday night to Sunday night next weekend." He said quickly.

"That's fine, how about we meet on Thursday then?" Baby said.

"I can probably call off work." Flynn said, rubbing his chin.

"No worries, we'll meet soon." Baby shrugged.
"I'm sorry." Jack apologized.

"Don't be, it's probably a family thing, right?" Flynn asked.

"Uhh…Not exactly, I'm just…" Jack blushed, "I'm visiting a really good friend is all."

Baby gasped, her hands going to her mouth excitedly, "Is it a girlfriend?" she smiled, "Tell us!"

Jack turned even redder and shook his head, "It's not a girlfriend…per say…" he mumbled, looking away.

Pascal narrowed his eyes a second and then they widened slowly. Baby was looking confused and Flynn was looking around the table, not sure why this was such a big deal.

Jack rubbed the back of his neck and nearly jumped a foot in the air when Baby Tooth gasped and shot forward in her seat, smiling widely, "You have a BOYFRIEND!"

"Whoa! What?" Flynn laughed.

Pascal kept staring at Jack and Baby Tooth was giggling excitedly, "I knew it! I knew it! I knew you had to be gay! No amazingly cute guy is straight in this world!"

"Hey!" Flynn said, affronted, "I'm straight and I think I'm adorable!"

"Yeah, me too!" Pascal said as well, narrowing his eyes at her.

Baby rolled her eyes and waved her hand at them, "Yes, yes, a couple of regular prince charming's!" she said, but then squeezed Jack's hand, "I've never had a gay friend before! Tell me what he's like? Is he cute too, just like you? I bet he is!"

Jack continued to stare at her, not sure how on earth they deduced it that quick. Did he truly give off signals that he was gay or something? In high school everyone just seemed to assume he was straight or metrosexual. But suddenly in college, it felt like everyone was exposed more than ever, like more and more people just figured out who you really were without question.

"Ignore her craziness; I think she might have ingested hair dye at one point." Pascal joked.

She elbowed him.

"You guys aren't…upset right?" Jack asked, getting nervous.

Flynn frowned, "Why would that upset us? It just means I have a better chance with the ladies." He grinned.

Pascal shrugged, "Dude, when you dye your hair seven different colors a month, nothing's unusual."

"Jack seriously, this is an art school, everyone is different and unique." Baby explained, "You meet all kinds of people. Granted not all of them are as nice, but still…"

Jack finally smiled and nodded, taking out his wallet. He removed one of Hiccup's pictures and showed Baby who gushed over it like she was looking at a baby picture.

"He's so adorable!" she crooned, "Look at that smile!"

"You guys would like him," Jack said, "He loves to design and draw as well. He's real creative."

"How come he didn't come to BCAD?" Pascal asked.

Jack frowned, really wishing Hiccup were at BCAD and not Changewing, "Well, he wants to go into engineering so he's up at Changewing." He explained.

Pascal nodded and grimaced, "Not as fun a major if you ask me."

"All that science is so dull!" Baby agreed, "But if he's good at it, I bet he's gonna do awesome."

"He is." Jack said proudly.

"I looked at Changewing." Flynn admitted, "They have a pretty nice art program but it's mostly sciences up there."

"Blech." Pascal said, sticking his tongue out.

Jack chuckled and then felt his phone vibrate. He realized he had to get home.

"Heading out?" Flynn asked.

"Yeah." Jack nodded.

"Can I hitch a ride?" Flynn asked, "If you're okay with that?"

"Sure!" Jack said, smiling. He nearly forgot that Flynn couldn't afford a car, so he usually rode the bus or his bike to school. He luckily found a cheap place near the building but it was harder when he had to go longer distances.

Pascal and Baby got up as well.

"We'll see you in class and we'll plan a time to get together for that movie!" Baby promised.

"You bet!" Jack promised.

They waved and he and Flynn walked to his car.

They got in and Jack drove off. Flynn was pretty silent for a while and Jack was curious as to why when he realized the guy was staring at Jack's CD case. He'd left it open on the floor.

"You like Flogging Molly?" Flynn asked.

"What? Oh! That's actually my boyfriend's favorite band. A lot of my songs I write for him. I try to give my stuff a Celtic feel." Jack smiled.

Flynn smiled and picked up the case, "I actually love their stuff. I'm into all kinds of punk rock music really." He admitted, "You think we can really pull off an epic music video?" he asked.

Jack grinned, feeling confident, "I think we have a shot!" he smiled.

"Mind if I hear some of your music some time?" Flynn asked, "See what works for the video?"

Jack nodded, "You bet, I'll bring my guitar to Pascal's and some of my stuff, see if we can't get something going."

Flynn smiled, "I haven't been this excited in a long time. I've always dreamed of making a rock video or something."

"Really?" Jack laughed.

"Yeah." Flynn admitted, "Don't tell anyone, but I wanna direct famous movies or music videos someday!"

"That's awesome!" Jack said, "Way better than some newbie wanting to design video games because he has nothing better to do." He admitted.

"That's not such a bad thing," Flynn shrugged, staring at Jack's music, "If you have a dream, you go for it."

Jack smiled at that, Flynn had a point.

"And hey…" Flynn said suddenly, "About you having a boyfriend…"

Jack frowned.

"I don't think it's a bad thing at all." Flynn told him, smiling, "I used to hear all about gay relationships growing up, but it was always so negative." Flynn explained, "My adoptive parents were nice people and they took in so many foster kids, but in reality, they were actually pretty hateful people towards anyone who was different." Flynn frowned, "But then the first time I actually saw two girls kissing, I was shocked. I knew I should be angry and disgust, but for some odd reason…I couldn't help but feel jealous of them, because they looked so happy. And then I thought…what's the big deal? They're happy. And all the negative things people would say about anyone who was different from then on fell on deaf ears because I didn't want to be like them." Flynn explained, "So I changed my name and decided to follow my dreams to become happy, which was filming and becoming famous."

Jack looked over at Flynn and smiled, "That's amazing Flynn."

Flynn shrugged, "I guess I'm just not your average person."

"Definitely not." Jack laughed.

"I won't lie it'd be nice to find a nice girl and start a family, but I kind of just want to find my own dream first."

Jack nodded and then remembered something Flynn had just said, "You said you changed your name…what was it before?" he asked.

Flynn turned red, redder than Jack had ever seen him. He stayed silent and put the CD's down as Jack pulled into the parking lot of his apartment building. Flynn was about to get out when he turned and smiled weakly, "You promise not to tell anyone?"

Jack smiled and nodded.

Flynn took a breath, "Eugene Fitzherbert."

He quickly opened the door and closed it, walking away to his apartment.

Jack couldn't help but stare at his retreating form but then he looked away once he was out of sight and then Jack let out the biggest guffaw in history and didn't stop laughing until he got home. No wonder Flynn had changed his name.