Just as Miss Gothel had done, Mr. Black assigned our textbooks and dove right into our first session, paying the class no attention as he put all of his focus solely on the lesson he put on the board. When the bell rings for the end of class, he did another thing that Miss Gothel had done: he watched mine and Rapunzel's every move from the moment we stood up to the moment we walked out. It honestly felt like he was watching me more than he was watching Rapunzel. Gothel had made me tense and gave my cousin goosebumps, but this time, it was the other way around. I was the one who had the goosebumps while Rapunzel was merely tense. Gothel had indeed creeped me out, but not as badly as Mr. Black did. I had found it hard to breathe with Gothel, but Mr. Black pretty much suffocated me.

Tooth, who was also in the class, had thought the same. "I don't like math as it is, but he's definitely going to make it more uncomfortable. He's so...intimidating." She said this as she, Bunny, and Jack walked with Rapunzel and I to our lockers for lunch.

"Well, it's not school without that one weird teacher," Jack commented.

I didn't say anything as Rapunzel and her friends chatted away. I kept my attention on what was being said and tried my best not to think about Mr. Black, Miss Gothel, and of course Jack. I didn't even look back at him whenever he would glance at me as we walked, which he did a numerous amount of times. Once all of our things were in our lockers, we made our way to the cafeteria, and much to my relief, Jack and Bunny split and head to their table.

As I followed Rapunzel and Tooth, going deeper into the large room, I felt very uneasy at all the eyes that were on me. Anna didn't help either when she shouts mine and Rapunzel's name. When Rapunzel and Tooth notice my sister, who was waving frantically at us, they waved right back. I merely forced a smile that probably looked like a grimace. When I lowered my head, I actually did grimace in embarrassment.

As the three of us walked towards the circle table where my sister is at, I noticed three other girls that were sitting with her. One was a redhead with wild curly hair, one was a dark-skinned girl with black curly hair that was in no way as crazy as the redhead, and the last girl was a blonde whose hair was in a braid. As soon as Tooth, Rapunzel, and I make it to the table, Anna jumps up from her seat and links her arm through mine, making me stiffen. If she noticed, she didn't say anything of it.

"Girls, this is my sister Elsa," she introduced, "Elsa, this is Merida, Moana, and Astrid. They're Rapunzel's friends she told me about." The three girls waved and each said their hellos.

"And I'm Tooth," Tooth says to Anna, flashing her that beautiful smile, "You must be Anna."

"I am," says Anna, "and whoa! You're teeth are so white! They're gorgeous!"

Tooth's smile widens. "Thank you! I try to take the best care of them."

Merida snorts. "Tooth, you treat them as if they're your children." Her Scottish accent is thick, and it took me off guard. I was not at all expecting it.

Tooth sits down, followed by Rapunzel, Anna, and me. "You're just jealous." Tooth remarked, teasingly.
Merida waved her off. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. So," she leans back in her seat and puts her feet up on the table. Thank god none of us had any food out, or else there'd be flakes of dirt going in it. I don't mind though. She's being her comfortable self. "Rapunzel told me you two were homeschooled like she was. Do you think you'll miss it?"

Anna shook her head. "Definitely not."

"It's…" I begin, unsure of what to say. I will miss it, but at the same time I won't. I'll miss the familiarity of it. "It's different. Definitely going to take some time to get used to."

Merida nods. "Aye. I was homeschooled too. All my life until last year. Those two right there were homeschooled as well. They joined the school with me last year," she points behind me and when I turn to look, I see a goth and another red-headed girl in leopard print who were sitting next to two boys. "The goth is Mavis and the girl in the leopard print is Eep. With them are their boyfriends, Johnny and Guy."

At the word boyfriend, I knew Anna was going to react. "Boyfriends, you say?" She says, curiously. "And do you have a boyfriend by any chance?"

Everyone, minus my sister and I, laughs. "The day Merida has a boyfriend," says Moana, "is the day the world ends."

"More like," Astrid began, "the day she actually forms a crush."

"Says the girl who vowed that no one is ever going to be kissing her on the lips," Merida said to Astrid.

"By no one, I meant your cousin Snotlout," Astrid explained.

"And what about my other cousin?" Merida inquired, wiggling her eyebrows. "Come on, why don't you give Hiccup a chance? You know he likes you. He's a really nice guy. Plus, I want you to officially be a part of my family by marrying him."

Astrid scoffs. "He doesn't like me Merida. He's just awkward around girls, and you don't make it any better for him when you tease him around me."

"He's never awkward around me," Moana pointed out.

"Or me," Tooth and Rapunzel say together.

"He's weird around girls with blue eyes," Astrid said, lamely, and she blushes, probably because she knows how lame her response is. Or maybe it was for some other reason...

Merida snorts. "That was a pathetic excuse and you know it. Plus, I have blue eyes and he acts normal around me."

"You're his cousin!"

"It was a joke," Merida laughs again then points to Anna and I, "But hey, maybe you're right. Now that these two blue eyed beauties are here we can test your theory." She goes to stand up but Astrid puts a hand on her friend's shoulder and keeps her in place.

"Do not bring him over here," Astrid warned. "Let him eat his lunch in peace."

"Peace?" Merida repeated. "You think sitting with Jack and Flynn is peaceful? Those boys never shut up when they're around each other."

"Speaking of boys," Anna started again, "what boys are available to date?"

The girls laugh again while I shook my head and suppressed a smile. Oh, Anna. "Well, you see those boys over there," Tooth says and points to the table that sat Jack and Bunny. "You already know Jack and Bunny, but the boys sitting with them are Hiccup, Flynn, Kristoff, and Eret. Hiccup is the one drawing, Flynn is the one in the blue shirt, Kristoff is the blonde, and Eret is the black-haired boy whose shirt has no sleeves. He loves to show off his muscles."

"They're all single," Moana took over, "but Hiccup has a crush on Astrid-"

"No he doesn't!" Astrid interrupts, but Moana continued.

"-Flynn flirts with every girl he encounters, Kristoff is kind of a grump, Eret has a stalker that would destroy you, Bunny tends to send off this vibe that he's better than everyone, and Jack likes to tease so much that you're never sure if he's being serious or not."

Just the thought of Jack, the boy whose father died saving a young girl, and Anna, that same girl who was saved, getting together, dating, made me sick. The thought of my sister dating anyone is disturbing. Despite her being fifteen, she's still a child in my eyes.

"Hmm," Anna hums in thought, "tell me more."

And so, each girl tells us everything there is to know about the six boys. Hiccup's dad is the Chief of Police, he's very clumsy, sarcastic, and not sporty at all. His talents are more creative and artsy. He gets picked on a lot by his cousin Snotlout, his mom went missing when he was a baby, and the relationship he has with his dad isn't the greatest.

Flynn is a football player and an orphan. He helps North during the holiday season by giving him the Christmas lists of every orphan he lives with, and even helps deliver them. Kristoff helps with the Christmas gifts too, but he mainly attends to the reindeers. He works at North's reindeer ranch, and even owns one named Sven. He used to be an orphan too with Flynn, but was adopted when he was five by a doctor. Kristoff also plays hockey, along with Jack.

Eret plays football too, and he's a very well known hunter. Whenever hunting season is here, he and his father Drago, are always out in the woods. All of their equipment comes from Merida's dad's hunting shop too. She works there and hates seeing him there all the time. Bunny is also a football player, and according to Tooth, he paints in his free time and hosts Burgess's annual Easter Egg Hunt. Merida claims Hiccup is jealous that Bunny is both sporty and artistic, while Hiccup is only artistic. He also has a soft spot for Jack's youngest sister Sophie.

Lastly there's Jack. He's very mischievous and has been in detention loads of times. Tooth says that Principal North doesn't care if Jack is his grandson, he's going to punish him like every other student. He has three siblings, two of them twins, Jamie and Emma, and, as mentioned before, the youngest one is Sophie. Then there are his extended family members which are North, Tooth, Bunny, and Sandy. Sandy was the first one to be adopted and he's mute. He can hear perfectly fine, but he was born with no vocal chords, therefore he can't speak. Bunny was adopted when he was seven, and Tooth arrived a year later. None of them attended the same orphanage that Flynn does; theirs were out of state. And of course, the topic of his dad came up.

"He died due to hyperthermia and frostbite," Tooth explained, sadly, "He had jumped into a pond on Christmas Eve six years ago to save a little girl who had fallen in. The girl lived, but he didn't. Worst of all, Jack witnessed it all."

Rapunzel and I glance at each other, and I wondered if she was as tense as I was. Anna puts a hand on her heart, looking utterly destroyed. "Oh my gosh," she said, "that's so sad. I can't imagine what that must feel like. To lose a parent. It must be awful."

"That's why," Tooth says, reluctantly, "I'm kind of glad I have no memories of my parents. I won't ever feel that pain with them, but with North...North is the only parent I have ever known, so if he were to die…" She trails off, so Anna took the floor again.

"My parents aren't...dead," Anna started, slowly, being cautious for once, "but they are overseas and I miss them terribly. I don't know what I'd do if they actually died."

I don't know what I'd do either.

"You'll mourn and move on," Astrid said, causing everyone to look at her whilst becoming silent until she speaks up again. "My parents died in a car crash when I was 8. I've been living with my aunt for 8 years. She's Hiccup's dad's second in command. Officer Tamora Calhoun. The role used to belong to my uncle Gobber, her brother. He and Chief Stoick have been best friends since they were kids. He's a teacher here now. Lost too many limbs to keep his job."

"WHAT?!" Anna exclaimed. "How did he lose his limbs? Which limbs exactly? Oh and...I'm very sorry for your loss."

Astrid manages a small smile. "Don't worry about it. As for his limbs, those are stories I doubt even happened. He's always telling tall tales. Now can we please talk about something else?"

And we did. The rest of lunch finished in a lighter tone. Jokes were made, laughter was heard, information was gained, and...and I think a bond was formed.

The rest of the day flew by quickly. I only had one more class with Jack, which was 5th hour, but nothing different had change from the previous classes I had with him. He did his normal staring, and I did my best to avoid him. When 6th hour came along, I was reunited with my sister and cousin in music. While there I also properly met Mavis and Eep, the girls who were mentioned earlier at lunch.

I also met Fiona, Marianne, MK, Elena, and Audrey. They were the only ones who bothered to talk to Anna and I. Everyone else did whatever since the day was a free day. Mrs. Robinson, our music teacher, is just as caring, sophisticated, and laidback as Mrs. Hollow and Mrs. Haven. She knows that a lot of us are in her class because there was no other class for us to be put in, which is why she isn't going to force us to do things we're uncomfortable doing. Her class is a mixture of choir, band, and theater, subjects she knows most kids don't enjoy being a part of. Which is why she gave those of us who are uncomfortable the option to do worksheets and whatnot.

It came as a huge relief to me. I'm not necessarily shy, I just like to keep to myself, I'm reserved, introverted. I have the normal stage fright that a lot of people have, and sometimes it doesn't seem that way because of how calm and collected I am whenever I present myself. I've done it many times with my father; I'm the heir to his industry after all. It's my responsibility, and a thing that helps me the most is knowing that if I'm not professional and calm I'm going to make a fool of myself and make everything worse.

So even if the worksheets weren't an option, I'd still perform in whatever way Mrs. Robinson would like me to. That's just what I'm used to doing, whether I want to or not. I'm just really glad I finally have a choice, and who knows, maybe I will perform because now, as I just said, I finally have the choice to do so.

And yes, I can do all three: sing, play an instrument, and act. Ice skating wasn't the only talent I had. It was just the one I loved the most.

Anna and Rapunzel had talked the most during the car ride back, and as they talked my mind kept going back and forth between their conversation and my own repeating thoughts. Thoughts that are probably going to keep repeating themselves for a while. When we finally arrive home and are inside the mansion, Rapunzel took no hesitation in calling out for her parents.

"Mom, dad, we're home!"

Aunt Ariana's voice was heard from the living room. "In here girls! I have a very big surprise."

Of course, that caught my sister and cousin's interest. "Oooh a surprise!" Anna squealed. "I wonder what it is."

"Hopefully food," says Rapunzel.

When we make it to the living room, Aunt Ariana and Uncle Frederic were sitting on the couch, and the other people in the room I was not at all expecting to see. My parents.

On the TV.

"Hello my loves," said my mother, smiling through her glistening eyes.

The very large flat screen tv hung right above the equally large fireplace, and as I saw my parents' faces on the screen, my heart burst with happiness. Sadness also lingered in my heart due to them not actually being here, but...I'll take what I can get.

"Mama! Papa!" Anna exclaimed and suddenly took off in a run towards the tv. For a moment, I thought she was going to run right into the fireplace. "It's so good to see you! I thought you'd never call. Did you reach your destination?"

"We did," says our father. "We just arrived a few moments ago and called as soon as we knew you'd be coming out of school."

"Speaking of which, how was it?" Asked mother, thoughtfully. "Did you like it?"

"I LOVED IT!" Anna exclaimed and went into a full on ramble on how her day went.

As she spoke, Rapunzel and I sat down on the couch next to her parents, and waited patiently for Anna to get everything out. I smiled through the whole thing, but was also anxious to ask them if they knew about Mr. Black and Miss Gothel. When Anna finished, I got my chance.

"That's wonderful my dear," father said when Anna finally caught her breath. "And what about you, Elsa? How did your day go?"

"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be," I said, the lie easily sleeping through my lips. See? I told you I can act. "However, the school gained two new teachers and, well," I sighed, ready to tell the truth this time, "they creeped Rapunzel and I out a lot." I look over at my cousin, hoping for her to take over.

"Yeah," Rapunzel said, nodding. "It was weird."

"How so?" Asked Aunt Arianna. "What happened?"

"Yeah," says Anna, worried and confused. "What happened?"

"Nothing bad," Rapunzel continued, "they just acted weird around us. They looked at us as though they saw ghosts. They looked at us as though they've seen us before. Elsa and I were wondering if they probably knew you in your youth."

"Well," Frederic begins, "we knew a lot of people back when we were age. You'll have to be more specific. What are their names?"

"On our schedules," I say, taking over again, "the woman is only named Gothel, and the man," I shudder at the memory of his eyes on me as I walked out of his class, "his name is Pitch Black." I was hoping for their eyes to be filled with shocked recognition at the names, just like the eyes of Miss Gothel and Mr. Black when they saw Rapunzel and I. Instead, the four adults looked confused.

"I don't recall ever meeting anyone with those names," said my father. He turned to my mother. "Do you?"

She shakes her head. "No, I don't."

"Neither do we," said my uncle, gesturing to him and my aunt. "Are you sure your uneasy nerves just weren't messing with your eyes?"

"Dad," Rapunzel jumped in, annoyed, "I witnessed it too, and I've been attending the school for a few years now. Why would my nerves be uneasy?"

"If they made you uncomfortable," Ariana jumped in, "would you like us to switch out your classes?"

As much as I wanted to, not just because of them but also because of Jack, I knew it meant getting used to a whole new schedule, which I didn't want to do. "No, that's fine. We were just curious if they knew us because they knew you. If they knew you," I gestured to my mom and aunt, "then seeing us must have surprised them since we're pretty much your twins." That put a smile on my mom and aunt's faces.

"Plus," Rapunzel added, "we'd still have them even if we did do a schedule change. They're the only teachers who are doing senior math and history, and I don't want to go back to doing the online thing. Having online classes and actual classes would be too much of a hassle."

I agreed, although to be honest I think I would be able to handle it. However, not wanting to be any trouble, I voiced my agreement. "She's right. Besides," I thought back to what Jack had said earlier today, "it's not really school without that one weird teacher."

"And in our case, we have two," Rapunzel said, giggling.

"Well," my mother speaks up, her expression worried, "if you girls ever do feel too uncomfortable around them, be sure to tell Ariana and Frederic. The same goes to you, Anna."

"Yes, mama," Anna says.

"Well," father says, releasing a tired sigh. Hearing it made me realize the tiredness in his eyes and that it must be night time where they're at. "It's late, and Iduna and I have a lot of work to do tomorrow. We'll call whenever we can. Be sure to keep up with your studies, girls. Alright?"

"Yes, father," Anna and I say together, while Rapunzel says, "Yes, Uncle Agnarr."

He smiles. "See you soon."

"Bye everyone!" Mama says as she waves. My sister, cousin, and I wave back. Everyone was smiling sweetly, but my smile was tight and forced, trying to hide my sadness. I wish we could talk a little longer. Who knows when I'll get to see them again. Designing buildings and bringing them to life is not an easy job. They're going to have their hands full.

When the screen goes black, I suddenly realized that I missed my chance to tell them I love them. I didn't tell them when I left for Burgess, and I forgot to tell them now.

And for the rest of the day, I isolated myself in my room, drowning in my guilt, and praying they'd call back soon.