Sorry none of the chapters will be as long as the last chapter. BUT they aren't short, so that's good. Also, this is the last time a chapter is gonna have smut. So yeah, there's smut in this chapter. Also, only two more chapters after this! I'm glad that people are enjoying it, it's kind of my baby. But yeah, I'll stop rambling now. Enjoy!
That storm had changed everything, and honestly, Astrid didn't really know what to make of it. Sure, at school there was still radio silence, but when they were home... they were all over each other. It wasn't even always strictly sexual, in fact, it was mostly just cuddling and kissing and laughing that they seemed to do. The more she got to be around the real Hiccup, not the Hiccup everyone perceived him to be, she found that he was just... well, he was about as close to perfect as a person could get. He was strong willed and so intelligent, and he just didn't get enough credit.
He was also very attentive. He took her to her appointments (to a doctor outside of town) and went to her sonogram sessions (and always got a little emotional, which Astrid was kind of scared of). Astrid knew the gender of the baby, but he hadn't wanted to know because she knew he was really trying to not get attached. But despite that, he was still planning on going to Lamaze classes with her, which Astrid had never expected him to do. He was probably the best person that could've knocked her up.
In fact, with all the time she was spending with him, Astrid didn't even really like being around her friends anymore. They really just annoyed her now (with the exception of Ruffnut for the most part, though her incessant talking of Eret's bulging arms did get old very quickly), and she couldn't understand why she ever wanted to be the person she was at school in the first place. She was starting to see how mean of a person she was, how maybe her tough exterior had really just backfired. She could see now how afraid of her people were, as if she was running through the halls with an axe draped over her shoulders.
She felt bad, and that showed a lot since she had a very hard time being intimidating anymore. She was five months pregnant now and it was showing and it was so hard to cover it. She was wearing extra sweaters and using her bag to cover it whenever she could. She didn't even really want to hide it anymore. It was so much work. All she wanted to do was run up to Hiccup at school, grab his hand, and stop fucking caring what everyone thought. She wouldn't be able to hide soon anyways.
But she just kept doing it. She kept ignoring him at school and it hurt so bad. She didn't want to do anymore. Yet there she was at lunch, in line with Ruffnut to get food. Hiccup had brought his own lunch and offered to make her one as well, but Astrid didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary and alert her friends of any changes in her life. It was hard enough to constantly turn down Ruffnut's requests to come over.
She glanced over her shoulder as Ruffnut talked and saw Hiccup watching her carefully. He'd taken to doing this a lot lately, always worrying about her. With February coming, and the six month mark making it's way, things were a lot more serious between them. His birthday was also coming up (though it wasn't a leap year, so they planned on celebrating it the twenty-eighth instead of the twenty-ninth). His father was also planning on being there, so Hiccup and Astrid were trying to figure out the best way to break their situation to him. There was just so much going on, and it was hard to keep these two very separate worlds of private and public apart.
"Astrid? Are you even listening to me?" Ruffnut asked.
Astrid looked up at her and blinked. "What was that? I'm sorry. I'm a little out of it today."
"Yeah, I noticed that. You've been a little out of it the past couple of months actually."
Astrid blushed. "Yeah, um, just... this year is turning out a little more different than I expected..." she said, reaching up to grab a lunch tray. She had just set it down on the line when this ache started in her stomach. For a moment, she thought it might just be gas. But then it really started to hurt. She froze, her hands on the tray line, until a sharp pain in her lower stomach and groin caused her to gasp loudly and fall to her knee, her hand immediately going to her stomach.
"ASTRID!" It was undeniable who the voice belonged to and suddenly Hiccup was beside her, grabbing her hand and kneeling beside her. She gave up caring in that moment, because she was in so much pain and she just needed him. She leaned against him and buried her face in his chest as Hiccup yelled for someone to call an ambulance.
The secret was out. Her secrets were out. She just held onto Hiccup tighter.
Hiccup had to sit in the waiting room while they looked over Astrid. His face was in his hands, and he was just doubled over, feeling so sick. He was freaking out. He knew that he'd just ruined her image in the cafeteria, but he wasn't sorry. He saw her go down and he jumped to action, because she needed him, both of them needed him.
He usually tried not to think about the baby, but with every day that passed, it got harder and harder not to. He was starting to call himself its daddy and he was passing by diapers and considering which ones were best. He was even looking up different furniture and almost buying onesies. But as far as he knew, this baby was still going up for adoption... Astrid had made no sign of wanting to keep it.
Hiccup knew it was stupid to be almost eighteen and to desperately want to be a father to the baby he'd unintentionally created and have a family with the girl he'd unintentionally knocked up. Being a teen parent meant giving up so much, but Hiccup felt like he was giving up even more at the prospect of just... giving the baby up.
Yeah, keeping the baby would interrupt all of the plans that he'd had since he was little. His college plans would have to change, and traveling the world would have to change. He wouldn't be able to do it right away, maybe not even at all, at least not to the extent he wanted to. But Hiccup had always made those plans because he's always been alone. He'd thought it would be himself, alone, seeing the world. And now... now the opportunity to never be alone was right in his grasp, and he didn't regret that his plans would have to change. In his opinion, Astrid and the baby would only better his future and make him a happier person. He wanted Astrid and the baby so badly.
Then again, it wasn't his decision really. Astrid was the one carrying the baby. In the end, it was all up to her. But that didn't mean he couldn't fantasize about what their life could be like...
He looked up when the door opened and Astrid's doctor walked through. She smiled at Hiccup and he took that as a very good sign. "You can come with me, Mr. Haddock," her doctor said and Hiccup almost gave himself whiplash from how fast he jumped up. He followed the doctor back to Astrid's room and sighed in relief when he saw she was smiling at him. He walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, taking her hand.
"You're okay?" he asked. She nodded.
"She's going to be just fine. She had round ligament pain. Basically her uterus expanded and it stretched out the round ligaments. That's why she had the sharp pains that she had. This often happens, but it's nothing serious and it should fix itself soon. We'll give her something for the pain, of course," Astrid's doctor explained with a smile.
"Thank you so much," Hiccup said, looking into Astrid's eyes.
"Of course. I'll let you get changed Astrid, and then just stop by reception to get your prescription order. I'll see you soon," her doctor said, before leaving the room.
"You scared me half to death," Hiccup whispered.
"I was pretty scared myself," Astrid responded. "But I'm okay now. And so is the baby." She lifted her hospital gown to reveal her stomach with her free hand. She smiled at Hiccup as she placed his hand on her stomach and he stared at her in confusion until he felt a little bump against his hand. His eyes widened and they also glazed over pretty quickly. Astrid smiled even more. "I guess she just wanted to say hi to her daddy..." she whispered.
"She?" he asked. Astrid nodded.
"I know you've been wanting to know." Hiccup nodded and leaned in, kissing Astrid's stomach gently.
"Astrid... I don't want you to put this baby up for adoption." He looked back up into her eyes. "Please... I want to raise this baby with you. I know we're so young and it's going to be hard, but we can do it. I know we can."
"Hiccup..."
"I love you."
It was Astrid's eyes that went wide this time. But she didn't look upset. In fact she was smiling. "You do?" Hiccup nodded.
"I love you so much. I know it hasn't been that long at all since we've started to really get to know each other, but getting to know you... it just showed me I was right all along. About you. That you're the most amazing girl in the world... you just didn't know the extent of that before."
Astrid laughed and Hiccup laughed with her, before cupping her face and leaning in to kiss her gently. She whimpered against his lips and kissed back. They didn't hear the door open, but they did hear the loud gasp that followed. They pulled back slowly and looked up to see Ruffnut standing in the doorway. Her eyes were flitting from their faces to Astrid's stomach.
"Is... is this why you've been off lately?" she asked. Astrid nodded. Hiccup could see how calm she was. She wasn't freaking out even the slightest, at least not on the outside. "You're... you're pregnant?" Astrid nodded again. Ruffnut looked at Hiccup and pointed at him. "Is he the father?"
"Yes," Astrid said.
"Was there any college guy ever?"
"No."
"Astrid, how could you not tell me this?" Ruffnut asked, actually sounding hurt.
"Because I was ashamed. I was absolutely ashamed of myself and I was ashamed of what I'd done and I just wanted to keep up my image. But now... I just don't care anymore. Everyone saw what happened in the cafeteria and I'm sure anyone who didn't knows about it by now. So I'm going to stop being ashamed. I'm pregnant with Hiccup Haddock's child," Astrid explained.
"Astrid, this is going to be-"
"I don't care. I don't care what it's going to do to my image. I really don't anymore. When you're pregnant, your priorities change. When you're pregnant and kicked out of your home, and the only person you can go to is a person you once thought you hated... everything is different now. Popularity doesn't matter. And if you're really my friend... you'll understand that I've been working my ass off to hide this and I can't do it anymore. I'm exhausted."
Hiccup was so proud of Astrid. Seeing her just... stop caring what everyone thought. A year ago, she never would have done something like this, but now... God, he really loved this girl.
"I mean... I guess I can accept it... I just wish I'd known. We're best friends," Ruffnut said, looking down. Astrid sighed.
"I'm sorry, Ruff. I didn't want to hurt you in the process. I was just afraid. But I'm not anymore. And I'm... I'm sorta dating Hiccup. In a way." Astrid looked up at Hiccup and smiled at him. "He's actually really amazing," she said, running her fingers through his bangs.
"Well... this is gonna take some getting used to, but like I said, I'm willing to accept it. As long as you're happy," Ruffnut added.
"I am. For the first time in a very long time, I'm happy."
When they got home, they decided to order take-out, since Astrid was craving Chinese like there was no tomorrow. She went upstairs to get into something more comfortable, as well as to call the school and explain the situation. Hiccup pulled out his own phone and opened his contacts. He scrolled through until he found his dad's number. He knew he had to tell him. Astrid had been living at the house for over a month now and... suddenly adoption seemed like it was off the table. They hadn't discussed it yet, but Hiccup was pretty sure Astrid was on the same page as him. They both wanted to do this.
He pressed call and held the phone to his ear. He could hear Astrid upstairs and he smiled to himself as he listened to the phone ring. It took a couple rings before the other end was finally picked up.
"Hello, son!" Stoick Haddock's voice said in Hiccup's hear. He actually sounded like he was in a good mood, which was a rare thing.
"Hey, dad..." Hiccup said.
"What's going on?"
"I..." Hiccup couldn't do this over the phone. How was he supposed to tell his father he'd knocked up a girl five months ago and she was now living in their house because her family kicked her out? He couldn't do that over the phone. It felt wrong to do that over the phone. "I was just wondering when you were going to be coming back home?"
"Probably the first of March. I know you like to celebrate on the 28th, but I just don't think I'm going to be able to make it by that day. I hope that's okay," his father said. Hiccup nodded, before realizing that his dad couldn't actually see him.
"It's no problem, dad. I'll see you then. I um... I have a girlfriend now, so I won't be alone."
"A girlfriend? No way! Who is it?"
"Astrid Hofferson."
Silence. For a moment, Hiccup thought his dad had hung up, but then loud laughing on the other end actually made him jump.
"Oh, that's a good one, son. You had me there for a moment. You and Astrid Hofferson? No offense son, but the last I knew, she wasn't very into you," Stoick said. Hiccup sighed. He suddenly very much regretted telling his father anything about his love life. Before, when it had been nonexistant, it had been a way to try and connect with his father. But now... now with him not telling the whole truth, he felt even farther apart.
"Things changed. A lot has changed."
"Well... I look forward to seeing that with my own eyes." Astrid came into the kitchen then, cocking her head to the side. Hiccup smiled at her.
"Yeah, okay. I'm gonna order food, Dad, so I'll let you get back to what you were doing. I'll see you the first," he said.
"Alright, son. See you then." The call ended then and Hiccup set down his phone. Astrid walked over to him.
"Did you tell him?" she asked. Hiccup shook his head.
"I couldn't do it on the phone... This is too much for the phone. I want to tell him in person. I don't know how well he'll take it, but... I just couldn't," he said. Astrid took his hands.
"I understand. It's a lot..." She leaned up and kissed him gently. "We'll figure it out when the time comes. If we won't see him until the first then we have a whole month to figure out what to say." Hiccup nodded and Astrid grinned. "Now, order the Chinese. Your child and I are very hungry," she said, before slapping Hiccup's ass and running out of the room. He chuckled and shook his head, picking his phone back up to order their dinner.
It was amazing how quickly everything changed after the whole cafeteria incident. Suddenly Astrid wasn't bothering to hide her stomach anymore. And now she was taking Hiccup's hands in the halls and they were talking and sitting together and just being a couple. Sure, people talked, but neither Hiccup nor Astrid gave a damn, because they were happy.
And before Hiccup knew it, his birthday was coming up. Well, not his actual birthday, since he was born on a leap year, but when he celebrated it, so close enough. And thank god that particular day was a Saturday.
Hiccup woke up the morning of the twenty-eighth alone in bed. That was pretty out of the ordinary, since the pregnancy made Astrid a bit more lazy when it came to waking up. But he could smell bacon and Toothless was laying against the back of his head purring. It was a good morning already.
He had almost fallen back asleep when Astrid walked into the room, holding a tray with breakfast and flowers on it. She had on her special silky robe that Hiccup loved. He thought she looked especially beautiful in it. Hiccup smiled sleepily at her.
"Good morning," he said, sitting up. She smiled and set the tray down before sitting on the bed.
"Morning, babe," Astrid whispered, leaning in to kiss him gently. "I made breakfast in bed for my birthday boy."
"Mmm and it smells delicious," Hiccup said. Astrid picked up the fork and broke off a piece of the chocolate chip pancakes she made, holding up the bite for Hiccup, which he took happily, humming.
"So, at midnight tonight, that's when you'll technically be eighteen?" she asked. Hiccup nodded. She smiled and rubbed her stomach. "Baby, Daddy is almost an adult! Are you excited for him?" she asked and giggled a second later, grabbing Hiccup's hand to put it on her stomach. "She's kicking like crazy for you." Hiccup rubbed her stomach, before leaning in to kiss her stomach gently. Astrid smiled and ran her fingers through his hair. "Don't get distracted. Eat your breakfast. And then you get your surprise."
"Surprise?"
"Eat."
Hiccup grinned. "Yes, milady."
They continued eating, sharing bites, until the plates were clean and the cups were empty. Astrid stood up and took the tray, leaning in to press a barely-there kiss to her boyfriend's lips. "I'll be back in a minute," she whispered, before looking at Toothless. "Come with me, Toothless," she said, scurrying out of the room with Toothless on her heels. Hiccup smiled as he watched her.
She wasn't gone long, and when she came back, she had a mischievous look on her face. Hiccup sat up and stared at her as she played with the belt of her robe.
"So, I put Toothless in my room..." she said, smirking. Her room wasn't really where she was sleeping anymore. "And since the house is clean for tomorrow... I was thinking maybe we could..." She untied her belt and let her robe drop from her shoulders, leaving her standing there completely naked. Hiccup could already feeling himself start to sweat. Astrid ran her hands over her stomach, smiling at Hiccup. "We could have some fun."
"Get over here," Hiccup said with a grin. Astrid giggled and moved over to the bed, kneeling onto it. Hiccup leaned forward to grab her hands and pull her close, kissing her passionately. "You're so beautiful, Astrid," he whispered against her lips.
"So are you, Hiccup," she whispered back. Hiccup smiled and kissed her again, before she pushed him away gently so she could pull his shirt over his head and throw it aside. She also yanked off his pajama bottoms and boxers, throwing them off the bed as well.
Sex was definitely something they were both more comfortable with now. Hiccup had also gotten much better at it, mainly because the hormones made Astrid want him a lot, so he had a lot of practice. And he definitely knew how to pleasure the girl he loved.
He pushed her onto her back and spread her legs, loving the little whimper that escaped her lips when he slid his tongue over her slick folds. He swirled his tongue around her clit and grinned against her when she tightened her legs around his head, holding him to her so that all he could do was wrap his lips around her clit and suck hard. She moaned, and arched her back, and Hiccup took the moment to slide his finger into her.
"Hiccup, god," she breathed, her voice cracking as he slid his finger in and out of her slowly, still laving at her clit and sucking on it. He pressed in a second finger and starting moving them in and out of her a little bit faster. This made Astrid spread her legs back out and Hiccup chuckled.
"Make up your mind," he said, laughing more as Astrid kicked gently at his back with her foot. He pressed in a third finger and she moaned loudly.
"Hiccup, stop, just fuck me," she pleaded with him. Hiccup kissed her thigh.
"You sure you want that?" he asked, loving to tease her, knowing how much she hated that he now knew how to tease her.
"Yes! Fuck me, Hiccup Haddock!"
"Bet you never thought you'd be saying that..." Hiccup said as he slid his fingers out of her and moved back up the bed. Astrid grabbed his face and pulled him into a deep kiss, her tongue plunging into his mouth, and he was so okay with that. He moaned into her kiss and kissed back, before sliding behind her, their lips breaking apart with a loud smacking sound. She stared at him with darkened eyes as he lifted her leg and gripped his ignored erection, rubbing it against her pussy. Astrid let out a soft noise that turned into a long, breathy moan as Hiccup pushed into her body. Hiccup watched her face as her eyes closed and she just kind of leaned her head back.
Hiccup held himself inside of her for a moment, before he slid out slowly and pushed back in just as slowly. One of Astrid's hands slid into his hair, tugging on the strands gently as he continued the teasing pace. He loved just watching her body as she took him in, the way her chest expanded with each breath, the way it would hitch.
But the tease was never enough for her, and she whined loudly. Hiccup knew what that meant by now, so he started to move a little bit faster, sliding in and out of her as if they were made to be like this. It didn't take too long before he was moving harder as well, basically pounding into her. He used one arm to hold up her leg, while the other arm snaked underneath her and around her so that he could rub her clit as he fucked into her.
Astrid was falling apart. She was moaning so loudly, her hand in Hiccup's hair tugging hard while her other hand was squeezing her own breast.
"Hiccup... Oh god... I'm gonna... Hiccup!" Astrid was coming hard around him, Hiccup could feel her come seeping out around his cock. He started pounding harder, biting his lip hard until he was coming as well, buried balls deep inside of her.
When they both came down from their highs, Hiccup buried his face in Astrid's hair and she smiled. "I hope you enjoyed that, because it probably won't be happening again until after this baby is out of me," she whispered. Hiccup looked up at her.
"Is that so?" he asked.
Astrid blushed. "I... I wanted to make sure you have an amazing day. Naturally I have other plans, but I figured this would be a great way to start off your birthday celebration. I just... I don't particularly like you seeing me like this."
Hiccup's eyebrows drew together. "Like what?"
"I'm fat, Hiccup. I mean, you fell for me when I was gorgeous and hot and skinny and now I'm fat."
"You're pregnant, Astrid. You're supposed to gain weight." Hiccup pulled out of her carefully and moved so he was hovering over her. He pressed gentle kisses to her stomach. "You are seriously the most gorgeous woman in the world, Astrid Hofferson. In fact, the pregnancy is making you glow. You're always going to be beautiful to me, okay? I'm always going to be attracted to you. I mean, even when you were cruel to me, you were still the most beautiful person in the world to me."
Astrid smiled, tears coming to her eyes. She rubbed them away quickly. "God, I hate all of these damn hormones."
Hiccup smiled and moved up to kiss her lips gently. "I love you, Astrid," he whispered. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
"You too, babe," she whispered, looking into his eyes. This was what she did. She hadn't actually told Hiccup that she loved him, she just always said "you too." It didn't bother Hiccup per say, he knew how she felt about him, he just tried not to overthink it. She would say it when she was ready to say it.
"So... is a nice, long, soothing bath part of your plans for today?" Hiccup asked. Astrid smiled.
"It can be, once I can feel my legs again. Seriously, who gave you the right to suddenly become so good at sex?" she asked with a laugh. Hiccup grinned.
"I had a really good teacher," he whispered, leaning in to press his lips to Astrid's.
"Yeah, yeah. Help me to the bathroom?"
"Of course, milady."
