Hiccup woke up on Sunday with a huge puddle of droll on the ground. Why was he upside down? He forced himself to pull his legs off the bed and let out a exhale. Last night had been brutal! Why did there always have to be so much drama in high school? And why did he have to be apart of it? Last year he was only there to watch from the sidelines, now he was caught in the cross fire. Hiccup stood up groaning and cracking his neck to either side. Toothless was sound asleep on the coach with his sheets. He had said it was more comfortable, but that was only because he was half drunk at the time. Thuggory somehow managed to get his hands on a six pack of beer and the two boys chug it all down last night. Not including Hiccup of course, he would never participate in such behavior! Especially because he was a freshman.

He picked up his half drunken can of soda from his night stand and drank the rest of it. Three hours, he only got three hours of sleep last night! Between black ops and hallo, they didn't have much time for sleep, only gaming. Hiccup wiped his eyes. And what made it worse, he still wasn't used to the time zones how long is it supposed to take! He walked over to the bathroom and opened up the door. It was eight, on a Sunday, could it feel any earlier? Hiccup quickly turned on the foist to cold water and splashed himself in the face.

He spit water from his lips as he reached over for a towel hanging on the shower. When he was dry and finally able to open up his eyes again, he was amazed at what he saw. Thuggory was in their bathtub, asleep.

"Dude!" Hiccup yelled nudging him in the shoulder. "Wake up!"

Thuggory looked up sleepily at Hiccup and smiled.

"I wanted to take a shower so I... did I... I fell asleep." His breath still smelt like beer.

"Really? Well, now I want to take a shower so if you don't mind getting up, that would help me out a lot." Thuggory rolled his eyes.

"Five more minutes! You can't stand your own b.o for a little bit?"

"No!" Hiccup said walking out and slamming the door hard.

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Stormfly walked into the lobby with a smile on her face. Not that she never had one on, but today something just seemed right. Astrid on the other hand was gloomily following behind her, letting her arms droop. Why had she woken her up for breakfast? Astrid needed sleep, not more carbs! And not to mention no one was down there! And who would be? Its eight in the morning on a Sunday, People are asleep at this time! Astrid mumbled words under her breath as she stuck her hands in her oversized hoodie's pockets. Storm looked back to her friend and smiled, there was the Astrid she knew and loved.

The two girls completed each other, best friends forever. You can see now opposites do attract, and I would say Astrid has a knack at finding opposites.

"Buy me coffee?" Astrid asked plopping down at a table.

"Kay, but you have to pay me back later." Astrid grinned, she owed her friend like a thousand bucks by now! As soon as she gets into Olympics, she may be able to pay her back.

"Whatever Storm." Astrid said tightening her hairband.

Astrid slid down in her seat. She would seriously hate anyone seeing her like this! Why did it always have to be 'hunt down the pretty girl and see if she is less pretty'? It like freaken survival in high school, kill or be killed. Astrid stretched the gum in her mouth, making a wobbly line before letting go of it with her teeth and sticking it under the table. There were so many things racing her mind... it was hard to think and she was still tired.

Her mind slipped from would anyone see her down here, all the way to the pop quizzes Mrs. Hatchet promised all this week in social studies. But her mind kept falling to one boy. One stupid, inconsiderate, sarcastic boy! He hasn't talked to her since the game and she was being to become anxious. He was her friend, right? Its not that weird that she's worried.

A few girls walked by the table giggling and Astrid lifted up her hood, glaring at them. Well that's just great...

Maybe she would be able to see him today. If that was the only way to get him from popping in and out of her mind. Astrid let out a breath of hot air into her hands. It was freezing down there! Maybe it's because of the four inches of rain they got last night, typical Berk. Astrid played with her phone, scrolling through the short conversation her and Hiccup had the other day. Then she remembered that call...

She had finally decided to lesion to her mom's message the day before. It turns out she wasn't complaining, she was telling Astrid about her few crumbling scholarships. She had three, two from fitness classes and one from writing. Well they revoked her English scholarship, making it hard for her mother to pay for school. Unless she gets her grades up, she will be kicked out. She placed her phone on the table with a sigh. They will give her the scholarship back though... if she gets an average grade in journalism this year.

"One tall black coffee." Stormfly chirped, mocking the barista.

Astrid just stared at it, clutching her fist next the phone. Storm looked at her and sighed, sitting in the chair across from her holding her blubbery scone.

"You sure you don't want to talk about the money situation Ash? I'm sure we could find a way to get through it-"

"-I'm fine Storm! Would you stop offering me money!" Her hand wrapped around the styrofoam mug, shaking.

"Offering you money is the only way for you to stay, I would hate for you to go home to your family!"

Astrid looked up to her friend, worried.

"I don't want to go home. But if I can't stay here..."

Astrid looked down at her phone and felt tears forming in her eyes. "Just let me see if I can do better. I will do better!"

Stormfly's hands were going numb, she couldn't just sit around and watch her friend fall in the mud... but she didn't want anyone's help right now.

"Then what can I do?" She asked feeling as could as a block of ice.

"Say out of it for now..." Astrid murmured sipping her coffee.

Storm nodded, though there was no way she way going to! Astrid was always just like this, pushing everyone away until she couldn't feel anything anymore. She didn't want pain, love, compassion, fear, anything. She just wanted herself to be a walking clone, like everyone. She laid a path out for herself to be normal, to be what everyone wants. Even if that's not what she wants. Stormfly just needed someone to talk to her, someone that usually gets through to her and that she doesn't just tune out. She wanted Astrid to get better. To see that people can help her, and that she doesn't have to be so hard headed sometimes. She wasn't a bitch, she was Astrid.

Stormfly tapped her nails against the table, deep in thought. "I will try at least..."

"Good!" Astrid placed her cup back on the table and wiped her eyes, still watery.

The two sat there for a while, not talking, doing their own thing. They had been friends long enough that it wasn't awkward, it was just comfortable silence.

"So how are the flirting planes coming along with Toothless?" Astrid asked after a while with a quirky smile.

"Not so good, he doesn't even notice me let alone talk to me!" Storm's head fell into her hand. "It's a mess."

"See Storm, what have I told you about liking guys are age! They just don't get it!" Astrid said crossing her arms.

"Oh what, you don't like anyone!" Stormfly smirked. She loved to get Astrid to confess things she didn't know she was confessing.

"NO!" Astrid yelled so loud that the empty room echoed. Stormfly smiled, bingo.

"Oh really?" She said leaning in closer. "You sure about that?"

"Yes..." Stormfly was acting weird.

"Not even a certain boy we know?"

Was she talking about Hiccup? There is no way she is talking about Hiccup! He is Hiccup! First she is totally out of his league! And second they weren't even really friends! If they would be called anything in the least it would be friends. Plus she is no way, in the slightest bit attracted to that scrawny, sarcastic, know it all! Maybe she liked talking to him sure, but that's only because he is the only normal guy she knows. There was no way she would ever like him! Never ever in a million years!

"I don't like Hiccup! We aren't even that close!"

"How do you know I was talking about Hiccup? I could have been talking about any guy we know." Stormfly smiled and stood up taking the last bite of her breakfast then walking over to the trash can.

"I hate you so much..." Astrid said covering her face with the huge hoodie.

"Love you too." Storm said skipping past her.

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Hiccup was sitting with Camicazi and Fishlegs, he had his head in his arms and was slightly snoring. Fishlegs wanted to hangout, and Cami just kind of showed up. It was also more like two friends watcher the other sleep then hanging out.

"Come on man!" Cami said pocking him with her pen. "You shouldn't be tried anymore!"

"Camicazi if you pock me with that thing one more time I swear to god, I will kill you!" He yelled into his arms. Cami was one of those really annoying friends that could be fun at times, but right now she wasn't.

"Come on Hiccup just a few more questions! I really need this for the newcomers article." Camicazi pointed to the freshmen column. She had been asking him questions for the school newspaper all afternoon. Cami was the head of the newspaper committee, unfortunately.

"You already asked me like a billon though!" Hiccup said looking up.

"Come on beanpole, if the other girls hear I got an interview with one of the Haddock brothers they will flip shit!" He raised an eyebrow. "Please?"

Hiccup turned to legs. "Help me out here dude!" Fishlegs just shook his head.

"No man, you said you would do the interview, this is your punishment!"

Hiccup scowled at him before turning back to Camicazi. He sighed.

"Fine, what else?"

She smiled from ear to ear, knowing she won.

"Ok, what was your favorite place you went this summer?"

Hiccup looked down at his arms folded on the table. He hadn't really done anything during summer, his father had to say in Berk to catch up on a few things and him and Toothless didn't have much to do back home. They did small things sure, but he wouldn't say that driving to the mall and back was a fabulous vacation.

"I didn't do anything really..." He quietly muttered out.

"You? Didn't do anything?" Camicazi said in shock.

"No..."

"Dude! You had of done something! I bet with daddy's money you went to Bora Bora, or somewhere crazy expensive." Cami clicked her pen in and out.

"Nope, pretty much we stayed at home and watched cartoons. My dad had to stay here, something about business, so that left me and my brother without much of daddy's money," Hiccup was playing with his thumbs not looking up. He always hates when his dad can't come back for summers, but he does need to work and Hiccup could understand that.

"Really..." Camicazi wrote something down on her paper.

"Ok on to the next, what was your-"

"Hiccup?..."

They all turned to look at the girl behind Hiccup's char, so he did the same. It was Astrid... They hadn't talked sense she pounded his foot.

"Well who is this piece of girly?" Cami asked smiling at Hiccup then at her.

"This is... Astrid." He said, caught on his dry throat.

"Oh you're the foot crusher!" She said laughing.

Astrid crossed her arms.

"Oh, ha-ha, I would ask who you are but I have seen your face in that newspaper way to many times to not know. Your Camicazi."

She nodes. "The one and only." Astrid smiles.

"I don't know your name though..." She said looking at the bigger boy at the other side of the table.

"I'm- my name is Fishlegs" He said too nervously and Hiccup slapped his own head.

"Nice to met you." Astrid said with a grin. Why was she nice all of a sudden? God she was hard to read.

She leaned down to talk in Hiccup's ear. "Can I talk to you?"

He gulped, making Astrid smile a little.

"What about?" He asked.

"Things, but I would prefer us to be alone though." Astrid glared up at the two others.

"Hey, don't look at us! We were here first." Fishlegs snorted.

"Yeah, you two can go disuse your secret affairs somewhere else! We're- well I'm busy." Camicazi chuckled and looked at Legs.

"Oh come on I help you out and this is the thanks I get?" He asked.

"Whatever." Astrid said grabbing Hiccup's ear. "Your coming with me!"

"Oww, Astrid!" He said whiney.

She was pulling him over to the school wall.

"She is delightful Hiccup!" Camicazi yelled after them with a smirk.

Hiccup had a pout on his face, Astrid was pulling him down to her height. She flicked his ear free when they were far enough away from the tables.

"What!?" Hiccup asked rubbing his ear.

"I just wanted to apologize for stepping on your foot the other day," Astrid said insistently.

"So you go and pull my ear!" Hiccup yelled load enough for everyone to hear, she snarls at him and he shut his mouth quick.

"I only did that because your friends weren't giving us any space!"

"Why do you need space to apologies!" His ear was becoming red.

"Because I don't apologize to anyone! Ever!" Astrid crossed her arms.

"Then why bother apologizing to me!"

Hiccup stared at her, coldly. She wasn't releasing her gaze either. A small blush started to spread across Astrid's face as she was forced to look into his gleaming emerald eyes. Hiccup's words had taken the breath away from her. Why did she even bother? She could care less about this... this...

"Why bother apologizing Astrid?" Hiccup finally said, somewhat softly. obviously noticing the blush on her face.

"Because, your you. Your my friend I guess." Astrid looked at the stone wall as she spoke and Hiccup sighed, looking somewhat disappointed.

"I want a better answer than that." She looked up at him, taken by those eyes again.

Astrid opened her mouth, and it shook. Not sure what to say.

"What do you want from me Haddock? I apologized didn't I?"

"I want an answer, not just an apology." Hiccup put his hands in his pockets and looked away.

"Oh my god! See this is why I get so mad at you!" Astrid banged her fist agents the wall gaining Hiccup's attention again.

"Mad at me!?"

"Yes! Mad at you! You always want more of something! You keep on pushing me till I snap!"

Hiccup stepped forward.

"I don't push you! I don't understand you Astrid, at all! One minute you look like your that happiest person in the world and the next, you act like you could claw out someone's eyes!"

Astrid stepped back.

"Of course I do that! It's who I am!" Astrid pulled her index finger up and pointed at him, forcing herself to take another step forward. "Its me that doesn't understand you!"

"What is so unclear about me?" Hiccup scoffed.

"Your just so hiccup! You can be serious one minute, then sarcastic the next! It's just this on and off thing with you! I don't even know why I wanted you to watch the game with us, you're a total douchebag!"

Hiccup blinked, then returning Astrid's glair.

"Gee Astrid, here I thought we could actually be friends... but now I see you really are the bitch everyone says you are!"

"I'm not a-"

"Save it!" He said walking back to the table. "You did enough."

He could hear her cursing at him, but he didn't look back. He hoped to never talk to that girl again! Astrid on the other hand, felt like crying. She came there hoping to apologize to Hiccup and maybe ask him for some help with school, but instead she got them into a fight. Why couldn't she do anything right?

"What was that about?" Fishlegs asked when Hiccup sat back down.

"To be honest, I don't know..."

Camicazi chuckled shaking her head.

"What Cami?" Hiccup asked.

"Are you really that nieve Hiccup? Don't you know anything about a girl's body language?" Hiccup shook his head. "Oh my god dude! She was totally flirting with you!"

Hiccup looked at Camicazi, confused at her statement.

"No she isn't! We were fighting!" He crossed his arms on the table again and put his head down.

"Um, I would beg a differ." Cami said, clicking her pen.

"Why would you think that? She straight up told me I was a douche!"

"My guess is she doesn't know how to handle her feeling..." Hiccup looked up at her.

Astrid was a friend, well, not really anymore. He doesn't know what to think of her really. But the thought of her flirting with him, it was unrealistic! Out of the ordinary, never would happen, ever! So why even bother putting that sick thought threw his head?

"That would never happen Cami, just forget it..."

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"How did it go?" Stormfly asked cheerfully when Astrid walked into their room. She gave Storm a look then plopped down on her desk char.

"I'm going to do some homework..." She muttered wiping her eyes. Damn emotions, her makeup looked all drippy now.

"Have you been crying?" Stormfly asked in awe.

"No..." Astrid sniffed again trying to hide it, but she wasn't fooling Storm.

"Girl, talk, now!"

Astrid bit the end of her pencil before talking.

"We had a fight."

"No!" Stormfly gasped.

"And he called me a bitch!" Astrid covered her face with her hands.

"NO! This can't be happening, you went to apologize to him not get into a fight!"

Astrid sighed.

"I know, but whenever I see his face... I get weird, I don't know why!"

"I know why." Stormfly teased.

"Oh, shut up!" Astrid said bringing her pencil to her mouth, gnawing on it.

"What are we going to do?" Storm asked hopping off the top buck of her bed and walking over to her friend.

"You mean what am I going to do? I have no idea."

"Well come on! You need to make this right!" Storm placed a hand on her hip.

"I know..." Astrid banged her head on the table. Why did this teenage thing have to be so hard?

Soooooooo this story is beginning to feel sad, and boring.

I do know what I'm doing for the next chapter though :D Sorry about this guys I hate to put you through reading... this... crap... BUTTTTTTT it explains things, and certain details I don't know if I will be able to fit in later. So anyway, leave suggestions (Please) If its boring for you guys its boring for me! Also please excuse some of my grammar XD I suck at spelling so bad but you guys probably figured that one out by now...

Love you all so much! especially all of you that have stuck with me! :D your just so amazing ~ Emy