Hiccup Pov

"Astrid? Astrid, sweetie, come on" Hiccup said helping the sleeping girl to her feet.

"I was just resting my eyes" she murmured tiredly. "I know, it's okay, come on" Hiccup said soothingly to her, as he gathered the books splayed out around where she sat and put them in her backpack. He gently helped her get her arms through the loops of the pack before He wrapped one of her arms over his shoulder as he helped her to her feet. He brought her out of the small doorway and into the were taking a few college classes together and poor Astrid had overworked herself to the extreme. She had taken on far too much between classes and work and everything else. Hiccup half dragged her to the next class, trying to get her to wake up more as they walked. He led her down the hall to their next class. He knew that doorway was her favorite study spot, and he knew to leave her alone when she was sitting in the nook, but he hadn't expected her to fall asleep. Luckily her nook was off the hall and he could peer in on his way to class. I guided her down the hall towards our next class that was currently empty.

"I'm sorry" She mumbled as she seemed to shake herself awake. "Why are you sorry?" I asked her.

"You picked my books and woke me up and you shouldn't have to do that" She murmured, her brow creased as she spoke. She didn't seem to notice the blond strand that had fallen loose from it's tight braid. I brushed it out of her bright blue eyes.

"It's perfectly okay to let me help you from time to time, I promise" I assured her. She leaned her head into my touch. "Mmmkay" She murmured, relaxing a little, maybe a little too much.

"Wake up hun" I said. "I am!" she protested forcing her eyes open. I gave her a look.

"Okay, now I am" She admitted. I smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Go get us some seats and I will get some coffee" I compromised with her half asleep brain. She nodded deliriously and wandered into class while I made a pit-stop at the schools coffee shop. I just got two caramel lattes, and I walked back to class. I got there just before it started luckily. I slipped into the seat next to Astrid and passed her the coffee. She sipped it gratefully, and it seemed to perk her up almost instantaneously. She shuddered at the taste, but was awake. You would never originally think Astrid would be a great student, but she was studying to be in the FBI, while I was studying to be a Forensic Scientist. That was why we had a lot of classes together. She was really motivated and tough with most people. I was the only one who knew that those were really walls. She is actually a very sweet and sensitive when she has to be. I smiled at the thought, sneaking my right hand under the table to entrap her left hand. She didn't look up from her notes, but she squeezed my hand under the table. Luckily I was left handed, we learned early on that we could hold hands and take notes at the same time.

Just then our Military intelligence teacher walked in. I stroked Astrid's hand gently to zone her back in. She gave a small start before glancing at the teacher. She shook her head a little before turning back to her dated paper to take notes. I ran my thumb over the back of her hand throughout the class period, knowing that it would keep her awake. She squeezed my hand a few times as a thank you. Astrid usually took excessively neat notes, it was very easy to understand most of her notes, I would know; I had to borrow them a few times. That's how I discovered just how tired she was, her notes were splayed in an untidy scrawl. She also did not raise her hand once the entire class. I knew she had been a little sick this week, but she made it out to be "Just a cough" I was thinking this was a lot more than that. The teacher finally dismissed us. We packed away our books before standing up. The second Astrid was upright she began to stumble a little bit as if she were dizzy. "Astrid?" I asked concerned grabbing her by the elbows to steady her.