Chapter Three: Wrath of Astrid

"I need two regular black coffees to go, please." Astrid said, throwing the money down on the counter.

On a normal day, she would never drink coffee, it gets her too hyped up, but today, she needed all the caffeine she could get. Late night study sessions with Hiccup were always exhausting. That boy knew when she needed to study.

She rubbed her temple and looked down at her watch. She was hoping she would be able to get to Hiccup's dorm before he wakes up. His morning coffee always kept him from being grumpy.

Who knew college was going to wear you out so bad?

She leaned on the counter, starting to get impatient. How long does it take to make two regular coffees? She could have made them faster in her dorm.

"So, you aren't a morning person either?"

Astrid made a face. Why did anyone find it necessary to ask her that on this morning? The one morning she was stressed and irritated than she's ever been. She turned around and was going to politely ask the person to leave her alone until she saw who it was.

Now Astrid usually had a high tolerance for people. But this girl... This one girl she could not stand.

Heather. The girl who has been hanging all over Hiccup, Heather.

"I don't see why it matters to you."

The guy behind the counter finally set her coffees down. She gave him a fake smile, thanked him and turned to walk away but Heather stopped her "Two coffees? You don't seem like a morning person, but I don't think two coffees are necessary."

Astrid glared and pushed past her "They aren't both for me." she stopped walking, turned back to face Heather and smirked "One of them is for Hiccup."

Heather's smile fell and she crossed her arms "Of course"

Astrid felt pleased with herself as she walked out of the coffee shop. Heather didn't seem happy that Astrid was going to see Hiccup, but she really didn't care. Hiccup is her best friend. She was allowed to spend every minute with him if she wanted to.

She made it to his dorm, kicking the door in hopes to wake him up if he wasn't already. She was also praying that his roommate wasn't awake just so it would annoy him. She sighed and kicked the door again after a few seconds of just standing there. She heard mumbling, someone moving and then tripping, cursing, apologizing for waking his roommate, and then the door was pulled open.

Astrid shook her head, a smile on her face. It was like this every morning, Hiccup could really use an alarm clock. She shoved one of the coffees into his hands and walked into the room "Morning sleeping beauty."

Hiccup stared down at the coffee before looking over at Astrid who was sipping her own "You and coffee? You'll be bouncing off the walls."

Astrid shrugged and took another sip "I guess I could have gotten decaf... But what's the fun in that?"

Hiccup chuckled and walked over to his bed. He was thankful that Astrid brought him the coffee or he's sure he would have fallen right back asleep.

"Saturday."

"What?" Astrid asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's Saturday. I don't have class. Do you?"

"Sadly. Why do you think I had you study with me last night? For fun?"

"Yes."

Astrid let out a laugh louder than she intended to. She looked over at Hiccup's roommate when he let out a groan. She shook her head and turned her attention back to Hiccup "You're the only person I know that studies for fun."

"You two were up all night, keeping me up. Can't you two go somewhere else?"

Hiccup rolled his eyes and Astrid turned the chair so she was now facing away from Hiccup "Good morning to you too, Tuff. Sleep good?"

Tuff sat up, glaring at her "It was peaceful and pleasant until you showed up. Then it suddenly got unpleasant."

Astrid spun the chair again to face Hiccup "Speaking of unpleasant," she started, taking another sip of coffee "I ran into Heather this morning."

Hiccup smiled and leaned forward "How'd that go?"

"She annoyed me."

"Everyone annoys you, Hofferson." Tuff said with a smirk.

"Not everyone." she said with a shrug "I have a list of people who do though, and you're number one."

Hiccup laughed and looked at Tuff "Sorry for waking you. We'll take this elsewhere."

Astrid followed Hiccup out of the room and towards the student center. She glanced at him and smiled. Hiccup would never leave the house in his pajamas, but it looks like today he forgot.

"Hic, I think you forgot to change."

Hiccup looked down and frowned "Thanks for pointing that out. What class do you have?"

Astrid groaned "Algebra." she looked over at him and smirked "Do you not remember what you helped me with?"

Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck "Not really."

She rolled her eyes and stared down at her cup "I'd punch you if I wasn't so tired."

"Thank Gods."

Astrid debated on punching him with the little energy she had. She sighed. She'll just punch him extra later. She looked down at her watch and frowned "I've got to get to class. I'll see you later!" she yelled, walking away with a wave.

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Astrid walked out of her class, her exam in her hand and a frown on her face. She was mumbling to herself about how she was going to murder Hiccup when she found him.

"A 'C'. Astrid Hofferson doesn't get C's. Haddock, I swear to all Gods."

She pulled open the door to the library where she knew she would find Hiccup. She looked around before walking towards the corner he was usually in "Hiccup."

He looked up at her and took in her face. The way she was glaring at him and the frown on. He then looked down at her hands that were clenched, crumpling the paper she holding. He assumed it was her exam and he knew he was going to get hit soon.

"Let me guess, you failed."

She threw her arms up and fell into the seat next to him "Worse!" she said, shoving the paper at him.

"What could possibly be worse than failing?" he asked before looking at it "Gods, Astrid. You passed! You had me convinced you were going to kill me!"

She reached over, hitting his shoulder harder than usual "I am going to kill you!"

"Why?! You passed!"

"Yeah, with a C, Hiccup! A C! That's barely passing!"

Hiccup rolled his eyes, shutting the book he was reading "Astrid."

"No! I'm so mad! I thought you'd be a better teacher!"

Hiccup chuckled "Good thing I'm not going to school to be a teacher."

Astrid jumped up, punching him again "This is no time for your sarcasm, Hiccup!" She grabbed her stuff that she had dropped when she first got there and looked over her shoulder at him "I'm locking myself in my dorm. Do not bother me unless you're there to help, or bring me food."

Astrid the perfectionist. Hiccup smirked and laughed, shaking his head "I'll bring you dinner later. Study hard!"

She shot him a glare "You better, and I will!"

She walked off before anything else could be said. She needed to study. She needed to pass her next test with an A. She had to.

College was already stressing her out bad.

She opened the doors to leave and ran into someone, dropping her books. She started mumbling an apology before looking up.

Was this 'let's-see-how-annoyed-we-can-make-Astrid' day?

"Oh, sorry Astrid." Heather said, handing her one of her books back "Is Hiccup in there?"

Astrid pulled the books closer to her and glared "Why would I tell you that?"

"I need to talk to him." she said, an eyebrow raised and a hand on her hip.

"What do you need to talk to him about?"

Astrid could tell that Heather was getting irritated "It's none of your business why." she started walking past Astrid and sent her a glare "If you won't tell me, I'll just go look myself."

"Oh for the love of Thor" Astrid sound around, grabbing Heather's arm "Can't you tell that Hiccup doesn't like you? If he did, he would have called you that first day. But you know what he did? He washed your number right off his hand without a second glance. I know Hiccup better than you think, Heather. I can tell you annoy him, and you definitely annoy me. So do yourself a favor, and leave him alone."

Heather stared at her, eyes wide. She didn't know what to say to her. She had never been talked to like that before.

Astrid dropped her arm but continued glaring "Stay away from Hiccup, got it?"

Heather watched as Astrid turned and walked off. She crossed her arms, promising herself that she would get her back.