A/N Hi guys I'm back after such a long time! There's a A/N at the bottom of the chapter explaining why but enough with me, less talking more reading! :D
I swung my racket through the air and it collided with the ball, sending it spinning into the back of the court, landing right beside the tramlines. Usually, tennis wasn't my thing as I preferred running, but we were doing tennis in PE and I like to stay on top of things. After my detention I had decided to blow of some steam practicing. It wasn't that hard really, all I had to do was imagine that the ball was Snotlout's face and it would smash strait in.
Ruffnut was standing on the opposite side of the court drenched in sweat. It was an unusually hot day and she hadn't brought any sun cream, and was currently emptying a plastic cup of water.
"Remind me why I even agreed to do this again?" Ruff panted between sips.
"You promised you would," I sighed, "and" I added, just to wind her up, "I told you Eret might be here!"
"Yeah.. true," Ruffnut mused, but then her eyes went dreamy, "but did you see him with that racket? So manly..."
I rolled my eyes. Ruffnut was literally drooling over that guy, it got kind of annoying most of the time.
"Eret was here until he saw you," I smirked, "and honestly I can't blame him. Last time you spoke to him you practically strangled him."
Ruffnut glared at me, miffed. Moodly she stomped over to the bench at the side of the court, making a big deal of crumpling the plastic cup in her hands to buy herself some time to think of a comeback.
After a while Ruffnut finally grumbled in response "I wasn't strangling him... I was just giving him a suggestive hug, and," Ruffnut paused, "he doesn't know what he's missing." before lofty stalking out of the tennis courts.
"I gonna grab a soda," I heard Ruff shout as she disappeared of towards the sports hall, before adding, "smell ya later Ashley."
I rolled my eyes and smiled. Typical Ruff behaviour.
I guess since Ruffnut isn't here I'm going to have to cut practice short. Slinging my tennis racket over my shoulder, I made for the exit, bouncing the tennis ball along the ground as I went.
Normally, I would have just walked the two mile trip home just then and there, but I was unusually hot and sticky, today and my water bottle was practically empty. My shirt was sticking to my back and I'm pretty sure I didn't put any sun cream on.
Instead I headed for the sports hall, pulling out the key to my locker as I went, eager to get some cool clothes on.
As soon as the automatic doors shut behind me I breathed a sigh of relief. The air conditioning hit me like a bucket of ice but in a more refreshing way. I made my way over to my locker, grabbed the contents and went into the girls changing rooms so I could change out of my sweaty clothes and into my fresh, regular and more importantly cool ones.
I got changed quickly, sliding a white t-shirt over my head and pulling on a red jacket and blue jeans. My braid was coming undone so I yanked it out and did a messy shoulder braid as I was walking out of the door into the sweltering sun.
The two mile walk back to my house is always a tedious one, with no short cuts or shops on the way there, so to prepare and reached down and brought out my iPod and headphones to keep me occupied.
I wasn't really concentrating on where I was going through the car park however, as I flicked through my music list in to find the right song something flew out of nowhere, landing straight on top of me.
"Argh!" I yelled in surprise, stumbling back and my iPod flying out of my hand.
The thing was attached to my face and hair and something sharp was digging into either cheek. It was black and fluffy but wriggled and squirmed, increasing the pain. I know a lot of people that at that moment would have screamed or fainted.
Luckily, I had common sense, so my first thought was to prize the thing of my face. I reached up and yanked the thing of ready to lob it to as far away from me that it would take light years to come back, but when I saw what it was my heart melted and all thoughts of violence disappeared from my mind altogether.
It was a cole black kitten with vibrant green eyes, a gorgeous fluffy face and a incredibly cute pink nose. It was the cutest thing I'd seen since Stormfly was a chick.
"Awww, you're so cute!" I exclaimed, hugging the kitten to my chest. It purred with happiness and snuggled into my jacket, it's nose twitching as if it were sniffing for something. Then I remembered; I had a tuna sandwich in my bag that I'd made earlier but forgot to eat. That's what the cat must of smelt.
"Hey boy you want a tuna sandwich?" I asked tickling the kitten under the chin and reaching down into my bag for it.
Suddenly I heard the pounding of footsteps resounding across the the car park and I looked up to my surprise to see Hiccup sprinting towards me.
"Toothless!" he yelled, then spotted me with the kitten and flushed a deep crimson.
"Toothless," he scowled, "I told you to stay in the car."
Blushing an even deeper crimson he turned to me and gently prized 'Toothless' out of my arms.
"I'm so sorry about that," he stuttered, embarrassment radiating from him. Then he noticed my face.
"Oh my gosh did Toothless do that to you? If he did I'm so sorry, I have plasters in my car if you want and I didn't mean for him to get out I am so, so, so sorry for what has happened." he rambled, stuttering all the while.
While he was talking, my mind had zoned out. He had mentioned something about plasters which made me remember my face. It had been scratched quite badly when 'Toothless' jumped on me, and I could taste the metallic flavour of blood in the corner f my mouth. I could feel the dull throbbing in the background but all my concentration was on Hiccup's face. The way his mouth bore that small frown of concern when he talked, and the way his eyebrows crinkled together when he was talking. I found it incredibly cute...
A strong blast of wind sliced my scratches, jolting me painfully back to my senses. By Hiccup's concerned expression I realized I must have been staring a little to long.
"Are really you alright?" he stuttered, as if afraid to ask the question. "You're eyes are red all glazed over and you've been staring out to space for a while now." He didn't stay staring at him which I was grateful for.
"Really, I'm alright," I persisted folding my arms as best I could with a tennis racket and bag on my shoulder.
He still didn't look convinced so to draw attention away from myself, I reached into my bag and brought out the tuna sandwich. As soon as the cute kitten saw it, his emerald eyes lit up and he licked his chops expectantly.
"Here you go," I said, gently feeding 'Toothless' the sandwich. To my surprise when he opened his mouth he had no teeth except for one tiny one in the corner of his mouth.
"Hence the name Toothless," I thought as Toothless rudely took the sandwich out of my hand and swallowed it in one gulp.
Hiccup looked stricken. "Isn't that the cat who just mangled your face?" He asked disbelievingly.
I laughed."Yes I do believe it is. But he's too cute to be told off." Tickling Toothless under the chin. All of a sudden I touched a certain spot and he flopped down in Hiccup's arms, lifeless.
I jumped back started. Everything had been going so well, it was weird to see him change so suddenly.
However before I could say something Hiccup interrupted me."Don't worry, he does that if you tickle him in a certain spot, he's perfectly fine." As if on cue Toothless let out a happy moan from Hiccup's arms.
My heartbeat slowed down. For a horrible moment I had thought I'd actually killed him.
For a few seconds there was an awkward silence until Hiccup broke it.
"Uh yeah, I think I better put Toothless back in the car," he said with a small sad smile as if he was unhappy to leave.
"Oh." I sighed, slightly disappointed. Now I came to think about it this is one of the longest conversations I've ever had in a while now and for some reason I didn't want it to end. "Well bye. I guess I'll see you at school." Getting my iPhone out again; pretending to be interested at the songs.
"Ok then," Hiccup mumbled walking away, Toothless still in his arms.
For some reason I felt a pang in my chest a he walked away that I couldn't explain. However when I saw him unlock a sleek black Jaguar my eyes... Well I must be hallucinating.
"Woah..."
TBC
A/N I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Now for why it came so late.
Ok, I've had pretty bad luck the last few months, especially when it came to my technology. My mum has been getting paranoid about the amount of time I spent on my tablet and made a stupid rule that I'm not allowed it at her house FOUR EVER and if I get caught with it there it will be banned for a month. If you didn't know how long I'm with out it is 3 days a week. *Sigh*
That is a major problem considering I do most of my writing on there.
Well at least it the summer holidays in two days so at least just can get some writing done then!
I hope you enjoyed the chapter please read and review...