Summery: This is a two part story inspired by a moment mentioned in Chapter 3 of my other story The Dragon Hybrids. This is about how Stoick finds out about Hiccup's night visits to Astrid, why he wanted Hiccup to stop them.

A/N: Hope you enjoy! All reviews welcome.

Night Visits Part 1

Astrid was first to wake up, seeing the first rays of sunlight coming through her window. Hiccup was still asleep beside her, one arm round her waist and his legs intertwined with hers. She couldn't help but smile, enjoying having him so close to her in her bed. And it felt even better to see him still there when the sun came up, instead of him already being awake and getting dressed. She wanted to cuddle up even closer to him and go back to sleep, or wake him up with small sweet kisses and make love to him again, but she knew she couldn't do either. As much as she wanted to keep her fiancé there for longer she knew his dad would already be up and may have noticed Hiccup hadn't been in bed.

Hiccup always aimed to be gone and back home before dawn, so he could get a little bit of sleep in his own bed to fool his dad into thinking he'd just arrived back from Astrid's house late and hadn't spent the night there, and on the nights he slept too long he would pretend to have taken Toothless for a morning flight if his dad spotted him. But this was the latest Hiccup had slept in and if he didn't get going soon that excuse might not work.

Astrid, sighed, knowing she would have to wake him up. She started kissing his chest, working her way up across his shoulders and neck. "mmm, baby that feels good," Hiccup groaned, half asleep still.

"You need to get up," Astrid said between kisses over Hiccup's cheeks and lips. "The sun's already up."

Hiccup was suddenly wide awake. "What?!" he exclaimed sitting up so fast it made his head spin. "Oh my gods I'm going to be in so much trouble if dad catches me!" He gave Astrid a quick kiss on the cheek before he climbed out of bed. Astrid sat up in bed and watched him as he got dressed as quickly as he could without falling flat on his back.

"I wish you could stay," Astrid said bringing her fur covered knees up to her chin and wrapping her arms round her legs. "I hate this."

"If I knew I could get away with it I would stay," Hiccup said, finding his boot and sitting on the edge of the bed to put it on. "But I'm pretty sure I won't so I can't."

"Just once I want to wake up and still have you here and I can leave you in bed while I go downstairs and make you breakfast."

"Well we have just over 3 months until the wedding. And then you'd be my wife and there'll be no need to sneak around." Hiccup finished tying his boot on and kissed Astrid gently. "We can do whatever we want then," he continued. "We can spend the morning in bed if we wanted because when dad goes off to do his chief duties we'll have the house to ourselves."

"You better promise me that," Astrid said. Hiccup just smiled and planted gentle kisses on Astrid's neck and bare shoulders, before going back to her lips. Astrid swooned back onto the bed, already feeling breathless. "Gods, I love it when you do that," she said with a sigh.

"You should get back to sleep," Hiccup said grabbing his tunic to finish getting dressed.

"I can't. I need to get up. I'm getting up right now."

Hiccup looked round to see Astrid still lying there, looking like she really was about to go back to sleep. "I see you're doing brilliantly with that," he said in his usual sarcastic way.

Astrid just laughed, and gave Hiccup a nudge with her foot. "You just get out of here before your dad comes looking for you," she said. Hiccup gave her another kiss on her lips, neck, shoulders and lips again before he headed downstairs to get his flight suit and amour. Astrid watched him go, waiting until the door closed behind him before she climbed out of bed to get ready for the day. She'd just finished getting changed when she saw a black streak fly past her bedroom window. When she got to the window she caught sight of Hiccup and Toothless in the air, going higher so they weren't seen by anyone already starting their day. She continued watching until they completely disappeared into the clouds, then headed back inside to finish getting ready.

Hiccup and Toothless flew into Hiccup's bedroom from the roof window and Hiccup jumped off. They then made their way downstairs as carefully as they could. And found Stoick sitting at the table. "Morning Hiccup," Stoick said seeing his son on the stairs. "That was a long morning flight."

"Erm… yeah," Hiccup replied heading for the table and sitting down.

"Or maybe it was just a really long night flight."

Toothless gave Hiccup a `looks like you've been caught` look and went to the basket of fish to have his breakfast and ignore the rest of the conversation. "I have no idea what you're talking about," Hiccup said hoping he could talk his way out of whatever trouble he was likely to get into.

"Your bed hadn't been slept in when I came to check on you this morning," Stoick said.

"Dad, I'm 20. I don't need to be checked on."

"You do when you tell me you're going to Astrid's and then taking a night flight with Toothless and I'm not to wait up for you. I like to check that you made it back safely."

"And you couldn't just wait until I came down in the mornings?"

"No. Anything could happen to you out there. Now where were you?"

Hiccup sighed, knowing he needed to tell the truth. There was no point in hiding it. Lying to his father only caused trouble later on. "I was at Astrid's. All night," he said quietly, bracing himself for the response. He knew he was going to get shouted at anyway.

"And is that where you've been every time you've told me there was no need for me to wait up for you?" Stoick asked, his voice surprisingly calm.

"Yes," Hiccup answered, waiting for the moment his father started shouting.

"So you've lied about the night and early morning flights on those occasions?"

"Yes."

"And the fact you felt the need to lie means you weren't just staying a little longer than planned and falling asleep in a chair?"

Hiccup didn't answer. He was still waiting for the shouting to start. Even if it was just for lying to him. "I'm sorry dad," Hiccup said eventually. "I know if anyone found out that me and Astrid have…well, you know, before we were married that it would be shameful to you and her family and that as your son I really shouldn't be doing it-"

"Aye of course you shouldn't," Stoick said. "But it is not like the two of you are just fooling around. The wedding is in 3 months and 1 week. Is anyone really going to care that the two of you are getting a head start on producing an heir?" He gave Hiccup a pat on the shoulder. "My son has become a man," he said.

"Please don't tell anyone," Hiccup said. "They might not care but I still rather not have the whole village knowing."

"Of course. I'll try to keep it to myself," Stoick said. "On one condition."

"What?"

"You stop your all night visits. Or at least try to. Because sooner or later someone might spot you sneaking out and they might not be so willing to keep their mouth shut."

"I'll try."

Stoick smiled and gave his son another pat on the shoulder as he got up. He then said his goodbyes and left Hiccup to finish his breakfast, leaving the house to start the day's chief duties. Hiccup and Toothless watched him go before he looked at each other. "Well bud, looks like we're going to have break the news to Astrid at some point today," Hiccup said. "That's going to be fun."

Toothless just smiled and went back to his basket of fish, knowing it wasn't his problem. "I could do with the back up," Hiccup said. "She's not going to be happy." Hiccup sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He really wasn't looking forward to telling Astrid that they'd be no more night visits.

To Be Continued.