High School Musical-Chapter 11

When There Was Me and You

After a while, Hiccup stood up, wiping his face. He took a shaky breath.

"It's funny when you find yourself,
looking from the outside.
I'm standing here, but all I want
is to be over there.

Why did I let myself believe
miracles could happen?
'Cause now I have to pretend
that I don't really care."

Hiccup shook his head and walked out of the classroom, moving slowly through the empty hallway.

"I thought you were my fairytale,
my dream when I'm not sleeping.
A wish upon a star that's coming true.
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth,
When there was me and you."

Hiccup stopped on the balcony, looking at all the Dragon decorations all along the hallway.

"I swore I knew the melody,
That I heard you singing.
And when you smiled
You made me feel,
Like I could sing along!"

He smiled, remembering back to the Karaoke night on New Year's.

"But then you went and changed the words,
And now my heart is empty.
I'm only left with used-to-be's,
And once upon a song."

Hiccup heard footsteps down the hall and dashed onto the staircase.

"Now I know you're not a fairytale,
And dreams were meant for sleeping,
And wishes on a star,
Just don't come true.

And now even I can tell,
That I confused my feelings with the truth.
Beacuse I liked the view.
When there was me and you."

Sighing, he walked into the next hallway, sliding his hands into his pockets.

"I can't believe that I could be so blind.
It's like you were floating,
While I was falling
And I didn't mind."

Hiccup paused at a giant poster of Jack and the Dragons. He leaned on the wall right next to Picture-Jack's head. But he couldn't stay there much longer. If he did, he'd start to cry again. 

"Because I liked the view,
I thought you felt it too.
When there was me and you."

Hiccup then proceeded to walk to his locker as the hallway filled up with other students. As he opened it, the one person he really didn't want to see walked up, a smile on his face. "Hey Hic." Jack said. Hiccup ignored him and fished out his math textbook. "Listen, I gotta talk to you."

"No. I have to talk to you." Hiccup said as he turned to face Jack. "I understand how hard it is to carry a load like this around with you. I really do. You have your team Jack. I get it and am fine with it." He was trying so hard not to start crying.

Jack frowned and looked confused. "Fine with what? I wanted to talk about the final callbacks. Is everything okay?"

"No Jack. It's not okay. But don't worry about it. I don't want to do the callbacks anymore either." Hiccup gripped his textbook, willing his voice to stay still. "It'll turn out okay though. You have your basketball team and now I have a team of my own. I joined the Scholastic Decathlon. So in the end, it all worked out, didn't it?" Hiccup faked a smile. He reached into his locker and handed Jack the sheet music. "Go Dragons."

"But Hiccup-" Jack was cut off by Hicccup walking away, leaving Jack alone and holding the sheet music. "Hiccup?" A crowd of cheering Dragons fans passed by whooping and hollering.

Later on, Jack was on his way to practice, but after he got to the court, changed his mind and kept walking, past his confused teammates. When he got home, he was in the backyard, shooting at the basket and missing every shot. Emma and North watched from the back door, which Jack didn't seem to see.

"North, I'm worried about him." Emma said quietly. North nodded in agreement.

"I am too." 

After one shot that barely hit the rim of the basket and bounced off, Jack grabbed it and through it at the chain link fence angrily, which startled Emma. She sighed and walked back into the house. North watched as Jack walked over to the grass and laid on his back, covering his face with his hands.

The next day, both Jack and Hiccup walked into the lunch room. They stopped in front of each other, holding a steady gaze momentarliy. Both Astrid and Hunter noticed. Unfortunately for Jack, Hiccup looked away and left, making his way to the other side of the cafeteria. Jack sighed and started towards the stairs.

"Jack." Astrid called. Jack just shook his head at her and continued up the stairs. As he did that, Hiccup watched, sadly.

Astrid bit her lip, feeling extremely guilty. She stood up and turned to see Hunter walking up to her. "What have we done?" She asked. Hunter shrugged sadly.

"I don't know, maybe something along the lines of ruining our friends' chances of being together." Hunter said bluntly. "We have to fix this."

"Yeah we do." Astrid agreed.