Sorry for the wait but here's the next chapter. OH but before that. I realize that the last chapter I forgot to mention that Gaston's college Beaumont comes from Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumonta French author who wrote one of the best tellings of Beauty and the Beast. Not completely important, I realize and i could be wrong, but I thought it was interesting to mention...

AND now some Merricup action.

Rapunzel was starting to realize finding Hiccup was posing to be a huge challenge. They didn't have any classes together, he didn't talk much with anyone so his social circle was nearly nonexistent and Merida kept asking her where she went every break.

To make matters worse the final bell for school rang 3 minutes ago, and she was still searching the hallways. Her head moved up and down, left to right, and then…that's when she saw him.

"Excuse me. Excuse me." She said running to him. "Hi. You don't know me, but my name's Rapunzel."

It wasn't Hiccup, but he would have to do.

"Jack." The snowy blondes said. "And I know of you, you're Merida's friend."

"Exactly and you're Hiccup's friend. Speaking of Hiccup…" She sang. "…Have you seen him I'd like to have a few words."

"If it's about their date don't bother cause I've tried. And all I managed to get out of him was a couple of mumbled words about football."

"Well at least tell me where he is."

"He doesn't work today so I'm assuming he'll stay locked up in the shop classroom."

"Perfect." Rapunzel said excitedly. "Lead the way."

(0.0)

Hiccup was determined to bury himself in his work. He'd thoroughly blown his chances with Merida all because he'd been a little…a lot jealous of the guys she usually hangs out with.

She obviously avoided him at any point their paths crossed, not that he had the courage to face her again after how he acted.

Hiccup had heard the door to the classroom open, but was too uninterested to turn around. He'd been sketching plans for a new project but every now and then his mind would wonder and it would turn into Merida.

He let out a sigh.

"Working hard I can see." Came a voice.

"Hey Jack."

"Hello Hiccup." Came another.

"Hey…Rapunzel?" He said confused when he saw her. He quickly stood up. "Why are you here?"

"I needed to talk to you, and Jack was kind enough to show me the way. You're not very easy to find."

"I assume you want to talk about Merida."

"Yes I do. I want to hear about last night."

"No offense, but no. I kind of want to forget it happened."

"Well I technically already know what happened."

"Really?" Jack answered shocked. "Would you mind telling me?"

"As soon as Hiccup tells me why he said and acted the way he did." Rapunzel said taking a seat.

"Was it bad?" Jack asked.

"From what I heard…" Rapunzel just shook her head.

Hiccup couldn't believe this was happening.

"Would you two stop. It was bad enough when it was just Jack by himself."

"Well I'm not Jack so I can keep this up for a much longer time."

Hiccup gave a sigh. He wasn't very good at dealing with girls, and Rapunzel didn't seem relunk to let it go.

"I'll tell you." He watched Jack smile in delight and took a seat by Rapunzel.

"I mean I tried to follow Jack's stupid first date success tip guide or whatever."

"It's called the 5 Steps to the Perfect Date." Jack intervened.

"I'm sorry the what?"

Jack carefully explained to Rapunzel with a smug smile on his face what was and what it meant. When he was down she felt like 3 minutes of her life was wasted.

"Does that actually work?"

"Yes."

"Obviously not." Hiccup said dejected.

"Wait. So that was all Jack's idea?"

They both nodded.

"No wonder she felt like you weren't being 100% you. And you poor thing running into misfortune every time you looked up. Heck even I might snap." She said getting up. "Now all you've got to do now is go talk to her and explain." She said plainly.

"I can't do that. There's no way I can. She probably hates me, she won't even look at me."

"Hiccup. No girl likes a guy who throws in the towel this easily."

Hiccup looked at her. She was right he was being a bit of a coward, and he really did want another shot to show her the real him without all the obstacles and poor setting choices.

"Where is she?"

(0.0)

Merida was trying to keep herself from falling asleep in the meeting they were having. She was always super happy when it was over.

"Merida we're done. You can leave now." Came her friend's voice.

"Huh? What? Where is everyone?"

"They left." She giggled. "You fell asleep again."

"Mulan I love the archery club more than anyone else, but are these long meetings really necessary."

"You say that every meeting. Now since you decided to take a nap…"

"I know. I know. I'll clean and lock up. It was the same punishment for falling asleep last time." They both laughed.

"See you later Merida."

"Bye Mulan."

Merida started pushing tables back, and wiping off the boards. She couldn't figure how the club room managed to get so dirty after every meeting, but then again just walking into the room made her get drowsy. If they'd have the meeting on the field while shooting arrows she'd be more apt to listen.

Merida started to stretch to reach the taller places of the board but couldn't. Mulan was taller than her so when she wrote her arms stretch further than hers. Merida tried stepping on her toes.

She stopped when she felt someone else's presence in the room. She turned around to see Hiccup standing in the doorway.

"Hi." He said awkwardly.

She didn't say anything, which was weird for her since she was never at a loss of words. She didn't think about what she'd say to him if they ran into each other especially since she was avoiding him.

"I can help with that." He said walking towards the board. Hiccup carefully took the eraser out of Merida's hand and erased the entire board. It was the first time she clearly noticed their height difference.

If the situation had been different she might have thought he was being sweet.

"I wanted to talk to you about what happened." He started.

"I would've thought you and Gaston would have said plenty after I left."

"I really want to apologize and tell you just how deeply sorry I am."

"Don't be. If anyone's sorry it's me for actually thinking you were different." Merida said walking around him to finishing cleaning. "You're obviously just like any other Colin or Gaston."

"No…no I'm not. I'm nothing like those guys."

"Oh come on Hiccup the whole night was just you pretending, I finally got a sense of the real you when we got to the diner. You probably were saying things I'd want to hear."

"No that was…I wasn't…I was….." Hiccup stuttered searching for the right words. "No…you know what I was pretending. The movie, the fancy restaurant, although it didn't turn out well I was pretending. I was pretending so you'd be impressed. I wanted things to go well so you'd like me. I just felt so defeated after seeing the guys you dated before."

"I…"

"Wait. Let me finish."

Merida conceded to do so as Hiccup continued to speak.

"I don't know your past with those guys, but I was jealous. They were bigger, stronger, taller, and more athletic, and I just couldn't understand why someone as amazing as you would choose me over them. Especially considering how much the night sucked. Merida I'm nothing like those guys, I've got nothing in common with them except for a common infatuation with you."

"You didn't need impress me Hiccup."

"Merida how could I not want to impress you. I mean how many chances am I going to have with my dream girl?"

"…I'm your dream girl?" Merida said in disbelief. A lot of guys would say a lot of things, but it was the first time she'd ever heard anything like that.

"You're any guys dream girl. You're funny, kind, outgoing, everyone likes you, not to mention you're beautiful. I just wish I had handled myself better."

"I asked you out was because you were so different from any other guy. I just wanted to know you."

"I see. Hiccup said turning to leave."

'Goodness he plays dirty. I was so focused on trying to forget him and he goes and does this.' Merida thought. 'I mean who could resist that, I'd have to be crazy.'

"I still want to know you Hiccup." She called stopping him in his tracks.

There was just something about him that made her adore him. His simple stutters, his shy smile, his amazing green eyes.

"I wouldn't object to a do over." She said tugging on her hair.

"A do over?"

"Yeah. I would really like to know the real Hiccup. The Hiccup who works at his uncle Gobber's shop and builds little trinkets and is an amazing artist."

"Seriously?"

"I mean…if you'd help me clean."

"I can do that. I can definitely do that."

Merida smiled. If even she was wrong about Hiccup in the end she didn't care. She wanted to give him a second chance, she wanted to go out with him again. Spend time with him.

(0.0)

"Soooo." Rapunzel sang when Merida entered her driveway.

"Punzie what are you doing here?"

"I came to make sure you were okay."

"Why wouldn't I be okay?"

"I'm not saying you wouldn't be, it's just…that…"

"Punzie you wouldn't have anything to do with Hiccup seeing me this afternoon, would you? Because I'm positive that subject was dropped."

Rapunzel didn't say anything, and because she didn't Merida seemed to get her answer.

"Thanks Punzie." Merida said bringing her into a hug.

"Everything's good?"

"Everything's good."

"Great, because I really like Hiccup. I think you two together just works."

"Okay. Okay." Merida said trying to hide her obvious blush. "Just come inside I'm watching the boys tonight and your helping."

Oh Hiccup you smooth talker you, what shall we do with you ;) Hope you enjoyed the chapter the rift has been mended and more is to come. Comment and let me know whats what. xoxoxo. P.S I try to catch my grammatical errors, but I apologize if its a struggle for you guys. xoxoxo once again.