Comforting a Valkyrie

Chapter 4: Musical Beauty

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! Hit a bit of a snag with writing this chapter, hence the wait.

Anyway, I'll let you read on now.

"Heather, why are you here?" Hiccup asked, overcoming his surprise at seeing her at his bar.

"Can't a girl just hang out with an old friend?"

Hiccup glared at her. "We're not friends. Not anymore. Now, are you going to order something or am I going to have to ask you to leave? You're holding up the line."

She scowled at him and told him her choice of drink. Taking her order, Heather then turned away, Eret following her.

'Good riddance' Hiccup thought to himself as the next customer in the long line stepped forward.

Two hours later, Hiccup let out a sigh of relief. "No more customers, yay." He drawled.

"Yay indeed. Oh, wait. I think we have one more." Toothless said

Hiccup followed his gaze and his face lit up with a smile. "Hey Milady."

"Hey yourself." Astrid replied. "Where's Snotlout?"

Hiccup eyed her warily. "You're not going to hurt him are you? It might not be completely underserved, but I would like him in once piece."

His answer earned him a punch to his left arm, courtesy of Astrid.

"Ow!" Hiccup rubbed his arm.

"What about you?" Astrid teased. "How many pieces do you want to stay in?"

"Hilarious Milady."

"I try. Anyway, don't worry about him. I want to give him some dating advice. I never actually got to that part."

"Well by all means. I'm not actually sure if he's still here though. He might have left."

"I'll have a look around, but first I want a drink. My usual."

"Your wish is my command." Hiccup poured her drink, and she took it.

"Who said chivalry was dead?" Astrid teased.

"Ugh. Save it for later you pair of dorks." Toothless groaned.

"Um, excuse me. Can I get a drink?" A new voice asked.

Hiccup, Toothless and Astrid each looked in the direction of the voice to notice a girl with blond hair and blue eyes. Her hair tips were highlighted blue, and she was wearing a brown leather jacket and black jeans. She looked to be in her early twenties.

"U-Uh yeah! Yes, w-what drink would you like?" Toothless stuttered, his cheeks darkening as the girl giggled.

"Whiskey," came the reply.

"That had to be the first time Toothless has stuttered or blushed." Hiccup whispered to Astrid, who nodded in agreement.

"What's your name?" He asked, still blushing.

"Stormfly. What's yours?"

"Thomas, but my friends call me Toothless."

"Really? How did you get that nickname?"

"I lost a few teeth in a fight. Hiccup and Astrid over here helped me out."

"Ok. Can I get my drink now, Toothless?"

"Oh, uh. Sorry!" Toothless scrambled to find a clean glass to use. He turned away, and Stormfly looked at Hiccup.

"This is a nice bar. Who owns it?"

"I do. Are you new here?" Hiccup replied

Stormfly shook her head. "I've been here before, but I only started drinking recently. I think I'll come a few more times before I leave town."

"Travel often?"

"Yeah, with my band. We're not usually in one place for very long."

Toothless then returned with a glass of whiskey and pushed it along the counter to Stormfly.

"There you go. Sorry for the wait."

"It's fine," Stormfly replied. "Do you have your phone with you?"

"Yes I do. Why?"

"So I can give you my phone number. I'd love to talk to you some more."

"Oh! Ok." Toothless reached for his phone and Stormfly giggled again.

He unlocked and handed her his phone and she entered her number before giving it back.

"Call me sometime Toothless, but I've got to go right now." Stormfly said before drinking her entire glass of whiskey in one go and turning to leave.

"~Looks like you've got a crush~" Astrid said in a sing song voice.

"No I don't," Toothless said defensively.

"You do. And if I can notice it, then it's true."

"Oh dear Thor, your right," Toothless groaned. "What do I do? I don't know anything about dating!"

"Looks like you've got another student, Milady,"

"Yay me," Astrid said

"Word of advice though: try not to make her mad. Good luck bud." He added with a wink directed at Toothless, before proceeding to clean Stormfly's glass.

A/N: So, another chapter done. How was it? Good? Bad? Let me know in a review.

Also, prompts for future chapters are welcome. That is all.

Until next time.

Silvolde