Chapter 3: Goodbye for Now

A/N: I just recently went to see HTTYD 2 and I loved it. My best friend (who went with me to the movie) said," Hiccup needs to be more careful, he doesn't have that any limbs left!" I cried throughout the whole movie. The Hiccstrid feels were perfect. In the beginning he was so protective of her! I hope you guys enjoy/enjoyed it.

P.S. I am listening to the HTTYD and HTTYD 2 soundtrack (love it!), so I should be in the creative mood. Listen to The Dancing and the Dreaming! It is amazing!

Hiccup's POV

So, today is the day I have to go on this stupid hunting trip that I do not want to go on. I have to be away from Toothless and Astrid for a whole week! I don't think I can make it.

"Hiccup!" Fishlegs shouts right into my ear. He is panting; he must have run a long distance to find me.

"What do you want, Fishlegs? I ask him, a tad bit annoyed after he shouted into my ear.

"Stoick wants us to meet at the town hall now," he replies.

Great, let's start off this horrible week with a lecture from my father about responsibility and all that other crap. I can train dragons; doesn't that mean I am brave enough to officially be a Viking? Even though I hate every moment of this trip, I still walk/jog/limp to the town hall. I would not want to make my father mad. Especially, since he is alone with Toothless in the house, all week. Of course, Astrid is going to be the one who ACTUALLY takes care of him. I love my dad but I DO NOT trust him to feed, bath, and play with my best friend.

I asked Astrid at the beginning of the week to watch over Toothless. It took a while to get the message across, surprisingly. I sadly found out that I stutter when I am really nervous and let's be honest, Astrid REALLY makes me nervous. It kind of went like this:

(FLASHBACK)

It was a beautiful day on the island of Berk (just kidding, it was raining), when I went to Astrid's house to ask her to look over Toothless while I was gone. I knocked on the door and almost two seconds after, she answered it.

"Hey Hiccup," Astrid greeted.

"H-Hey, c-can I ask y-you a f-favor?" I replied handsomely.

"Yeah. What is it?"

"C-can you t-take c-care of T-Toothless while I am g-gone?"

"Of course, Hiccup are you cold? You seem to be shaking?"

"N-No, I am f-fine."

"Okay," she replied suspiciously. "Since you mentioned it, will you take care of Stormfly while I am gone?"

"S-Sure," I said, mentally kicking myself in the leg (you know, the one that isn't metal).

"Thanks, bye."

"B-Bye."

She closed the door, and I had never felt more embarrassed or stupid in my entire life.

(Back to Present-Time)

I am 18! I should be able to hold an intelligent conversation with a girl WITHOUT STUTTERING! (A/N: This takes place a couple years after HTTYD, but a few years before HTTYD2.) Astrid is so beautiful she takes my breath away. Every time I talk to her my brain turns to mush and I lose all common sense. I don't know what distracts me more! It could be her gorgeous, blond hair, her blue eyes, her funny jokes, or her-

BAM!

I suddenly fall backwards and feel an ache in my head.

"Hiccup! Are you alright?" Fishlegs frantically asks.

"Yeah, I am fine, but what happened?" I ask calmly.

"You were walking, you zoned out, and then you ran into this pole," he says pointing to the object I collided with.

Oh, now that is really embarrassing. "Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going," I say sheepishly.

"Obviously," Fishlegs says. "What were you even thinking about?"

"Uh," I say trying to come up with a good answer. I can't exactly tell him I was thinking about Astrid. You may think Fishlegs is an angel and would never tell a soul, but the whole village would know by tomorrow.

"Never mind, we are going to be late," he says. He starts jogging toward the town hall and I follow after him. The only difference is, this time; I am watching where I am going.

(Ten Minutes later)

We made it to the town hall with about 10 minutes to spare. My Dad's speech was even more boring than I thought it would be. Everyone seemed to be saying their goodbyes. I see Toothless bounding toward me. I haven't seen him all morning because he has been pouting. Apparently, both of us don't want me to go. He jumps on me knocking me down.

"Toothless, bud, please get off of me," I say while laughing. He jumps off and starts pacing. I laugh at the worried look on his face.

"Need some help?" I hear an angelic voice above me say.

"Sure," I reply. A hand reaches down, grabs mine, and yanks me back up.

"Thanks," I say to her.

"Anytime," Astrid replies.

"Hey, if anything goes wrong this week, make sure Toothless gets taken care of," I say to her.

"Sure, just promise me nothing will go wrong," she says.

"Wow, this sounds like déjà vu."

"Yeah, hopefully nothing will go wrong this time."

"It won't."

"Good Luck."

"Thanks."

I look over to see Tuffnut talking to Fishlegs and SNOTLOUT AND RUFFNUT HUGGING?! When did that happen? I hope that means he is over Astrid. The four of us walk onto the ship and organize our items. Snotlout steers the ship towards the hunting island. I look back toward Berk and there is only one person on the dock: Astrid. Eventually, her form starts to fade until I can no longer see her or Berk.

Nothing is going to go wrong. Nothing is going to go wrong.

I should've known better.

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