Changed perspectives

Hey so this is chapter two by naomi hope you like. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Good News

It had been an average Tuesday morning in Berk and Hiccup had been munching away at toast.

"Oi!" Astrid had seized the toast and scowled at the surprised young man. "You see toast, I see a slice of calories that will result in a massive decrease in modelling offers." After leaving university Hiccup had decided he no longer wanted to be a mechanic but he wanted to go into the media, he started of as a model but worked his way up to acting and he had recently audition orfa new T.V show name undecided.

Hiccup gave Astrid a dirty look and rolled his eyes. Hiccup loved modelling but he didn't see the use in starving himself. Astrid looked at her client and wondered what on earth made her want to sign up such a stubborn person. She didn't know whether to slap him or to give him all his attitude back in extra doses. She settled on giving him a little knock on the back of his head that sent him flying into the wooden breakfast table. His head rebounded and he sat up in a huff, his nose slightly red. Astrid giggled childishly as she compared Hiccup to Rudolph, the widely known reindeer.

"I'm going to check the mail and I'll be right back." Assured Astrid.

"I'm not a baby Astrid, I can look after myself." Hiccup remarked, slightly offended that his best friend of 23 years would even say such a thing.

"Yeah, yeah just don't burn the house down while I'm gone okay Rudolph?" Astrid laughed as she strolled out the door. Hiccup glared at his best friend and manager muttering profanities, he couldn't help but smile at the memories of all the times the feisty blond had stuck up for him.

Astrid walked along the landing of the four storey building and drank in her surroundings. Her job had always kept her on the edge and as a result, she always had her eyes alert, not allowing herself to drop her guard and keep strong for her clients. Even though Hiccup seemed to be the happy-go-lucky type, she knew that under the facade was a scared, fragile little boy that hadn't fully grown up yet. Astrid pushed the lift button and waited in patience for the machine to ding. After about 2 minutes of silence, Astrid sighed in frustration and retreated to the staircase. She skipped down them cheerily and made her way to the building letterbox. She ran her finger across the various other letterboxes until she reached number 16 She took out her keys and unlocked it, barely able to stop the overflow of letters pouring out onto the concrete floor. Unfortunately, Astrid's dainty hands couldn't keep her grasp on the letter volcano and so she threw her hands up and let out a groan of frustration. She slammed the letterbox door closed and heard the satisfactory click as re-locked itself. She grabbed all the letters and struggled to open the door at the same time. When she finally got in, there was a moment of gentle reflection before she started the journey of four flights of stairs.

Hiccup stared around the living room as he waited for his best friend to appear through the door. His small attention span made him grow bored and he retreated to his room to find something else to do. He settled on browsing through the internet on his laptop but he quickly grew bored of that too. The king sized bed on the far left corner of his room bellowed to him as he flopped down on the soft, plush cushions and sighed contentedly. He heard his best friend come back into the two bedroom flat but didn't have the energy to go and annoy her.

Astrid sat down on the big red recliner in her and Hiccup's living room and stared at the TV blankly. She had gone through some of the letters to discover that it was mostly junk mail offering her claims on nonexistent bank accounts and accidents. She decide to go through them properly later and would focus on the antics of sponge bob for now. Astrid realised her little peace was short lived as she heard the thumping footsteps of her roommate descending down the stairs. Astrid closed her eyes and wished away her best friend not feeling the slightest bit of guilt as she saw Hiccup standing their confused.

"What now Hiccup?" Astrid asked, exhaustedly.

Hiccup stared at his roommate in utter surprise as he looked at his phone once again.

"Why didn't you tell me, Astrid? This isn't something you should keep from me as your client and best friend." Astrid opened her eyes and and cocked her head in confusion.

"The role! I got the lead role! How can a manager not even know what her clients are up to?" Hiccup's nostrils flared up in exasperation as his managers eyes slowly shifted to the messy pile of letters on the oak table. The duo raced to the table as they gently wrestled to find the thing they were both desperately looking for. Astrid saw the blue logo and snatched the letter up high in the air with a look of triumph clearly on her face. As she ripped open the rough, white envelope, the paper cascaded into her red painted fingers. Her eyes scanned over the letter as she set her brain to alert her the moment she saw any words resembling 'congratulations' or 'accepted'.

Hiccup looked at his manager, a look of anticipation crossed his face before he subconsciously reminded himself that the email could have been wrongly sent. He prepared himself for disappointment but the smile in Astrid's eyes was enough to erase the doubt wedged in his heart. A comfortable silence was upon the room as Astrid and Hiccup's eyes met. Not three seconds later were there shouts of glee and joy as they both pounce on one another. The letters had been scattered in and frenzy as the two best friends embraced each other, not a negative thought in mind.

Astrid let go of Hiccup and went back into her manager mode.

"We -, well I need to go make a few phone calls to YoungAdultTV but after that, we totes need to go celebrate!" Astrid said, slipping into her teenager mode. She rarely did that unless she was very excited. "We both need to go get ready, because I'm taking you shopping! And what the hey, let's go Cream's too! Meet back in 20" Astrid shouted to Hiccup as she disappeared into her room.

Hiccup went off to go get ready and ended up wearing a black shirt, tucked into black jeans accompanied by a Gucci belt and Nike Air Forces. He had 13 minutes to spare and so he decided to go through his phone. Once again, his boredom got the better of him and he decide to give his dad a call. He faltered at the green sign at the remembrance of his last conversation with his dad. Hiccup winced as he remembered Stoick's eyes darken to black as he revealed he wouldn't be a firefighter. His heart jerked at the reaction that was met by his revelation of wanting to be a model. The cruel laughter was enough for Hiccup to never want to see his father again. His conscience got the better of him as he finally pressed the call button.

Stoick was going home from a long days work as a firefighter when his phone rang. His eyes lit up when he saw that it was his son, Hiccup. He thought that Hiccup would never change his mind and continue that degrading act of being a male model but was overjoyed when he thought Hiccup had changed his mind.

"Hello son! You've changed your mind then? Oh this is great, I can't wait until we can start fighting fires side by side-"

"Actually dad, I just wanted to tell you that I got an acting job!" Hiccup interrupted excitement and hope evident in his voice

"Oh." The disappointment was clear as anything in Stoick's voice and Hiccup knew it. "That's ... very nice son." Stoick was losing interest in this conversation and fast.

"Yeah, and I just felt that you should know from me rather than seeing me on TV."

Stoick could hear the expectancy in his son's voice but couldn't find it in his heart to be happy for him.

"That's really... something son, I hope to see you soon on the big screen or wherever this pansy job gets you."

Hiccup's heart sank as the realisation came to him. His dad was a stubborn bigot and he could never change. "Whatever dad, just...ughh..." with that, Hiccup hung up the phone and threw his smartphone on the other side of the bed. He held his head in his hands and let out a moan of frustration. Why couldn't his dad understand that modelling and acting was his dream? Hiccup was distracted from his thoughts by a small knock on the door.

Astrid wondered whether or not if they should go out still. She knew that Stoick was a tender subject and she had heard all of Hiccup's side of it. She knocked on the door carefully and poked her head through the small crack in the door.

"You ready to go yet?" Hiccup looked at his only friend and knew that she heard the whole conversation. Hiccup decide to play it cool and ignore the recent events like nothing had happened. He stood up and walked up to Astrid combing his fingers through his auburn hair sighing in desperation.

"Yeah let's just leave, I need the distraction anyway!"

The unnecessary cheerfulness did not go unnoticed by Astrid but she too wanted to live in the moment so she opened the door wider and the both left for their outing. Time to have some fun

There we go i'm soo happy i didn't have to writ this chapter but I will be writing the next chapter so I look forward to it! Don't forget to Follow, Fav and review! :)