Chapter 2:

Astrid and Fishles got Hiccup to his feat the Viking teen broke into laughter as he looked to Fishlegs. Toothless made his way over to his rider concerned and Astrid saw Toothless was worried.

She let Fishlegs hold Hiccup and said to the dragon "Its ok Toothless , Hiccups just going through an odd thing right now but he will be fine i promise".

Astrid held her hand out and Toothless trusting her allowed her to pet him. Snotlout tried to think about how to sober his cousin up then had an idea. He remembered the villages healer had all sorts of miracle cures.

He ran over to Astrid and Fishlegs who held up his drunken cousin and said "what about the villages healer she could totally fix this".

Astrid shot a glare at Snotlout and said " yeah she could but she could also tell Gobber and Stoick which we don't want , If Stoick finds out you got Hiccup drunk hes not only going to tell your dad but also pound you into the dirt".

Hiccup looked to Astrid in his drunken state and said to Fishlegs "hey you ...big guy there's that beautiful ...girl again".

Astrid couldnt believe what she was hearing from Hiccup and saw that Fishlegs was as surprised as she was. Hiccup laughed looking around to everyone.

He saw Tuffnut and said "hey you ...you you tackled me and took that ... drink from me can i have more".

Before anyone could say anything Fishlegs interrupted and said "No,No,No Hiccup you don't need any more".

Hiccup laughed and said "hey can someone get this big guy a drink...hes got the Hiccups hahaha".

Everyone was odded out by their leader being crazier then a terrible terror. Then Snotlout thought of something that his dad told him. He quickly remembered and grabbed a couple empty bottles from everyone's bags and called for Hookfang.

Hookfang grabbed his rider and flipped him on his back and everybody watched as he and Hookfang took off. Hiccup looked over to the twins who were just in reach and he kicked Ruffnet while their backs were turned.

The twins jumped and Ruff covered her but and turned seeing Hiccup laughing as he said "thats what you get for tackling me".

Tuffnet laughed seeing his sister get the kick ment for him and said "least it was yours and not mine your butt has more padding then mine, cause its a'lot bigger Ruff."

Ruffnut raised her fist and swung as hard as she could at her brother who was probably now seeing stars.

Hiccup finally started to settle down and he was falling asleep Fishlegs looked to Astrid and got an looked to see if a weapon was near by and didnt see one which made him feel less nervous then what he already was. Astrid looked to the sleeping Hiccup thinking he was cute when he slept.

Fishlegs saw where Astrid was looking and said "maybe you should look after Hiccup Astrid ; He seems to respond in a positive way to you."

Ruff laughed and said "shouldn't be any different then before , After all you were the one who kissed him in front of the hole village and during snoggletog oh and when the frightmare came".

Tuff smiled after rubbing the side of his jaw still shaking and joined in and said "yeah you even stayed by his place after the red death incident waiting for him to wake up".

Astrid started blushing before all that happened the other dragon riders wouldn't say those things with such made a fist showing she was still one of the strongest fighters in dragon academy.

The group went silent and astrid sat in the sand by the fire looked up to Fishlegs and said " yeah ill look after Hiccup Fishlegs."

Fishlegs sighed in relief and sat Hiccup down and Astrid rested his head on her lap. Since she wasn't wearing her spiked Skirt it was the best thing they could rest Hiccups head on that would be comfortable.

Meanwhile Snotlout and Hookfang stopped at the lake and filled up bottles of water. Snotlout filled each bottle remembering his father had drinks of water in between drinks of mead and whine to avoid any bad after effects. His father spitelout said the wisest thing to do to avoid bad experiences with drinking is to replenish your bodies fluids so you can avoid them.

After filling each bottle he ran back to Hookfang and they took to the sky. They soard over the island of berk while avoiding any sign of Stoick.

Snotlout looked to his dragon and said "i sure goofed up this time Hookfang hopefully this makes up for it".

Back at the beach while the other riders went for more fish Hiccup continued to lie still as his head rested still on Astrids lap. She called for Stormfly and her dragon walked over and she pulled a cloth from her bag on stormfly's back. She could see the small beads of sweat on Hiccups head and she gently wiped it then went over by Toothless and rested while they watched their riders.

Hiccup suddenly stirred and mumbled in his sleep "so soft and gentle".

Astrid thought for a moment Hiccup was waking up but he still slept she laughed at the idea of Hiccup the dragon master talks in his sleep. She tried not to giggle not wanting to wake him up. She then thought she would try taking advantage of the situation and see if she could get Hiccup talking more.

She spoke softly enough for only Hiccup to hear but not loud enough to wake him "Hiccup what do you think of Astrid Hofferson?."

Hiccup still slept and Astrid thought for a moment of a question he could answer but has never told her. She thought about for awhile like why he ignored the other girls in the village and if he had any idea of who he wanted for a girlfriend.

She leaned in and softly said "is there a girl in the village you care about more then the other village girls."

He turned and mumbled "cant say...her name ... dont know if."

As he spoke Astrid's heart raced waiting for him to finish whispered "who,what?...don't know if what?".

She waited for his answer but then suddenly the other riders came back with more fish. Astrid was annoyed that they came back at the worst time just when she would get her answer.

Fishlegs and the twins walked over and Tuffnut bent down and poked Hiccups forehead and said "is he back to being bossy hiccup yet?". Hiccup stirred and mumbled "Astrid what was that for?".

They all laughed and Ruffnut looked to a very red Astrid and said "what have you two been up to while we were gone".

Astrid quickly said before anyone else could think of some situation "nothing , nothing at all".

Snotlout and Hookfang landed before anyone else could say a word and he grabbed a couple of bottles and ran over to Astrid. He put the bottles down and said "these came from the spring its water i swear have Hiccup drink this or his heads gonna feel like Gobber's hammer hand hit him".

After a few minutes a groggy Hiccup woke up and he sat up after seeing Astrid. she handed him a bottle then he looked to Snotlout who was smiling hoping for forgiveness.

Snotlout threw both his hands up and said "nope water for real this time i swear".

Hiccup took a drink from the bottle and he started to feel better and said "So i remember taking a drink then things got hazy what happened?".

His friends avoided eye contact and he looked to see he Astrid was still sitting very close to him but was blushing.