Astrid was a mess. Her mother wouldn't let her go to the chief's house to visit Hiccup because she didn't want Astrid to get in the way of anything. Astrid paced in her room wondering what was going on in the Haddock house.
'Is he okay? Did his leg heal right? Did his fever go away? Is he alive?' These thoughts continuously whirled around in her head. It was driving her crazy. She decided to go to the Haddock house and just ask the chief how Hiccup was doing. She wouldn't stick around. Astrid hoped that her mother wouldn't be angry with her just knocking on their door.
Astrid reached Hiccup's house and knocked on the door. She hoped that she wasn't disturbing anyone. She jumped when the door came swinging opened.
"Hello Astrid. What can I do fer you?" It was Gobber.
"Hi Gobber. I was just wondering how Hiccup was doing." Astrid said.
"The lad is doing okay. He's not sick anymore. His leg is looking better. He's still out, but hopefully not for too much longer." Gobber said. Astrid seemed relieved.
"Did you make him a new leg?" Astrid asked.
"Yeah. It's a good one, too. Come take a look at it." Gobber said. Astrid took a step inside and looked around. Stoick wasn't there. She saw Hiccup on the other side of the room sleeping next to the fire. She felt sad because he kind of looked like he was dead. He still had large cuts on his face.
"Look here, Astrid." Gobber said. "This piece here hooks onto a saddle that I made for Toothless. He can hook it to a peddle that can open Toothless' tail."
Astrid liked it. Gobber was such a genius. Hiccup is going to love it.
"I should get going. My mother doesn't really want me in here, she's afraid I'll get in the way of something." Astrid told Gobber.
"Alright, Astrid. Have a good night." Gobber said. Astrid took one last glance at Hiccup, and then walked out the door.
While Astrid was walking back to her house, she ran into Snotlout. He was helping his father with some work.
"Hey Astrid." Snotlout said. He was trying to look all tough in front of her.
"Hey Snotlout. What's up?" Astrid said.
"Just helping out with some manly work." Snotlout replied, trying to flex his muscles at her.
"Stop that, Snotlout." Astrid said harshly. No matter what Snotlout did, it annoyed her.
"Let me guess, you're falling for Hiccup." Snotlout said, sounding kind of hurt.
"Why don't you get back to work Mr. Manly man." Astrid replied sharply. Snotlout just turned around and walked away. She felt bad for hurting him, but he just wasn't the one for her. Wait, was she falling for Hiccup? He's the runt of the village. But he's amazing… he's so unlike everyone on the island. Oh Gods, she was falling for him. She knew that Hiccup had a crush on her. Should she give it a try?
The thoughts whirled around in her head until she got home. Her mother greeted her and asked her where she was. Astrid replied honestly and her mother wasn't angry. She started to get the feeling that her daughter was in love with the chief's son. She thought it was kind of cute.
Astrid ate some dinner and then went to bed. She just couldn't get Hiccup out of her head. It took her a while to fall asleep, but once she did, she dreamed sweet dreams of her and Hiccup flying in the clouds.