How my life changed

Chapter 32

Hiccup's P.o.v.

Several weeks went by. After three weeks Jack was able to be in direct sunlight again which made everything a bit easier. We often walked a little around through the park from the hospital. However, they didn't want to let Jack go just yet. He still showed signs of the weakness. At least I had gotten my arm free by now and everything was well healed under the bandage. I didn't even had a scar from it. Although Jack had little scars on his wrists and ankles they assured us that they would also heal after some time. Everything went well and the wounds healed but there was still one thing that could be a problem in the future. The doctors wanted Jack to talk about what he had gone through with psychologists, but Jack refused it. They were afraid that he had received some mental damages caused by the long time in the cellar. But Jack refused to talk to anyone. Somehow, I could at least get him to tell me what had happened. It made me happy that he trusted me that much that he wanted to tell me but what came then shocked me. They haven't given him any food in the first time so he would lose weight. Of course, he still tried to fight them. He didn't want them to have full control over him. Since he didn't obey, they had tried different ways to get him under their control. For some time they had hit him with a lash. Always on the same place at his back. There are also some slight scars from it visible. But they wouldn't stay either. But that wasn't the only thing. Jack told me many other way they had torured him and I don't even want to think about it anymore. Several times I broke down in tears while he told me his story. He then always tried to take care of me but that brought me just to make me feel even worse. The worried look he gave me even though he was the victim and not me. He also was kept away from the other cellmates while he was in the prison. They wanted him to be lonely, starved and broken. If we wouldn't have arrived in time, it would probably have become far enough for Jack to break. But I really was amazed by him. He was so strong... 

I couldn't even imagine it... Everything felt so surreal to me. Like a bad nightmare which now turned into a wonderful daydream. Good that I can see Jack again, bad because he had to go through so much. I often felt very guilty even though Jack tried me to convince that everything would be okay. But it felt like everything was my fault. As if it was my fault that Tooth had done all of this. Maybe I should just have stayed with Pitch and should never have talked with Jack? But thinking this was nonsense. Me and Jack, we loved each other and we knew that it was something very special that we have to protect. So I and Jack promised us that we would make everything in our future. We would catch up for the time we had lost and make the bad memories disappear out of our heads. 

It was after only 9 more weeks, Jack was finally allowed to leave the hospital completely. We only had to go to the medical appointments or answer the calls from the police but that was everything. They still were looking for clues which could maybe lead to Tooth. They had captured and imprisoned all of her men we had found in the factory. Sadly, I haven't seen cody again. I would have wanted to thank him.  Anyways, they had asked the guys several times but they couldn't help them. Apparently Tooth had always kept herself down, has only given the most needed information and so she kept herself hidden.

Even North got a little trouble with the police. He had done something the police didn't like. We were, after all, gone to the address without the permission from the police. We kind of broke in in her factory too... However, that was the only problem. While I was with Jack at the hospital, North took good care of Toothless at home. Toothless now was perfectly health again and was not quite as small as he once was. He now was a young cat and not a baby anymore but still incredibly cute. Jack couldn't wait to meet him someday. He often had told me how much he wanted to have a cat himself.

Now we finally were in front of the hospital, waiting for North to pick us up. Jack was a little nervous, but in a good way. He was so happy that he finally would be able to get home again. Even if we didn't really go to his house. We would sleep a while at Norths. He was very concerned about us after all. We would move back to Jack if he would let us go. That would indeed need much time to get him to allow us to leave but we would manage it somehow. He's just scared that Tooth might find us.

Jack shifted nervously from one foot to the other and I laughed softly.

"Calm down. It's not as if something will happen now Jack. We're going home." I took his hand and smiled softly at him.

He blushed a little and smiled back as he took my hand gently.

"I'm just so happy. Although the time in the hospital was better than in the basement, I miss being able to decide what I want to do and not."

"Hm, yes... Especially the food wasn't very good.", I said and laughed.

"Oh yeah." Jack chuckled and looked down to his other hand which held his bag with his clothes. We stood like that for a while and waited for North. When he finally arrived, Jack threw his bag into the trunk while I sat down on one of the back seats. Jack loves to sit in the front so I left him the place there...

But against my expectations, Jack sat down in the back next to me and smiled. I blushed a little and smiled back at him. It was good to know that such a simple smile from him still managed to bring so many butterflies into my stomach.

We both buckled up and drove off. The ride was rather quiet beside the radio which was on. But the silence was comfortable in a way. It felt good... I looked up to Jacks side and watched him while he looked out the window. He seemed quite lost in thoughts... I looked down at him and saw his hand lying beside him on the seat. Should I maybe...?

Shyly I looked down at my own hands. Slowly, I let my hand wander over to his hand and felt my heartbeat speed up heavily. Why was I still so nervous when I was around him? We knew each other for so long now and have already done more than kissing... I blushed at the thought. Even after all this time I felt like I was freshly fallen in love with him. And it was a great feeling. Slowly, I let my hand wander over to his and grabbed it gently. 

He looked slowly away from the window and looked at me. Then he smiled softly before he finally took my hand too. I smiled back and looked forward again, only to notice that North watched us through the mirror and grinned. I quickly looked away again and blushed even more. I heard North giggle quietly and looked at Jack. He had noticed that North had been watching us and shrugged and smiled innocently. It looked a little like he wanted to apologize for Norths behavior. I smiled and winked. 

"So you two...", North finally started. "What do you plan to  do now?"

"Hm...", I hummed and looked down. Actually, I haven't even thought about our future. Everything went by so fast that I never really had time to think about it. Sometimes I just had forgotten about it.

"The best thing will be that we wait until I'm healthy again and then we'll go back to school. When Hiccup wants, he could also move to me...?", Jack asked and looked at me expectantly. A bit like a small child who asked his parents for sweets.

I chuckled and nodded. "Of course I want to."