I've had several more guest reviews and a common question over all is "Will this be Hiccstrid?" No. The main story line and outtakes from Arranged are NOT Hiccstrid. Other question I'm seeing a lot of: Will Hiccup have a harem? Ah… no. Cami would absolutely not allow that to happen. Also, a Guest Reviewer actually rage-quit reading my story because it's not Hiccstrid. LOL! :D I find that amusing. In honor of somebody refusing to read the story anymore, I'll give the rest of you an extra chapter.

Chapter 4

Othere liked to consider himself rather open minded… for a Viking. He was used to Hiccup and Cami regularly and loudly trying to fuck each other's brains out; living in tents together for months on end did that, he supposed. You couldn't be a prude and travel with so many people… four of whom were married and two of those still newlyweds. Their group was so inured to the shenanigans those two got up to, that it was easy to forget they were now among people who weren't used to it.

But this situation was amusing for him, even taking into account that the Berkians might not exactly approve of certain activities their Heir gets up to (he snorted to himself… that was just TOO easy) with his lady.

There was a small blonde standing halfway between the trees and the house. There was shock on her face and an axe in her hand. She'd apparently been coming to seek one of them out and gotten caught in the VERY loud crossfire of another romp between the group's resident nymphomaniacs. He would have laughed at the look on her face, somewhere between disgust and uncertainty, but he had to admit to himself most people would be shocked to hear a woman giving such strident instruction on where a man's tongue belonged at the top of her voice. And in the middle of the day no less. He could see why the blonde girl was visibly upset over being subjected to that, and he was pretty sure the only thing keeping her from making a scene were the two dragons in her path. Mango trying to bar a stranger from Cami wasn't unusual; Toothless standing crouched and snarling instead of begging for a belly rub… now that was unusual.

The half fastened shutters on Hiccups' house started rattling a staccato rhythm that seemed to match perfectly with Cami's moaning and profanity laced demands for more. The blonde's face contorted with anger and she tried to go around the dragons only for Toothless to start building a blast in his throat.

Othere sighed softly, begging Odin to save him from fools and pissed off women, before walking towards her.

"I suggest you back away from Toothless. He doesn't want you near his rider, and he's ridiculously protective."

She glared at him, but did retreat several yards. Once Toothless deemed she was no longer a threat he turned his head to the side and spat his plasma at a tree, bringing it crashing down.

"I came here to see my intended, only to find him… fornicating… with some whore he picked up along his travels and this blasted lizard is acting like he doesn't even know me!"

Othere quirked a brow at her, "You're the She-demon? I would have figured you'd be taller. But then, Hiccup was a tiny little runt when he got saddled with you."

"She-demon? How dare you…"

He cuts off her rant before she can really get going, his contempt plain in his voice, "I dare a lot when the happiness of my friends is at stake, girl. You're not welcome here, and you should leave before they come out to see why they're being interrupted. Best you go speak to your father about this whole 'intended' thing, because Hiccup has a letter with your father's signature and seal absolving him of any responsibility to you."

He almost felt bad for revealing that information, because the girl truly looked stricken. But then he remembered how resigned to a life devoid of love and happiness his friend was before Cami, and that his misery was due to the nastiness of this one spiteful female.

"I'll give you a final warning, and then if you're stupid enough to disregard my words I'll feel no guilt when they have to come remove your body. Do NOT approach that house with your weapons drawn if you value your life. If the dragons don't kill you for it, Hiccups' wife will."

Now the girl was just in shock, mouth gaping open and closed like a fish in the sun.

"Wife? But…but we were…"

A shrill affirmation from Cami preceded one final enormous bang which ended up cracking the shutter. Hiccup's raspy voice could clearly be heard voicing his love to her before both were laughing rather loudly about the broken shutter.

Othere was normally a serious man with little sense of humor, but he did thoroughly enjoy giving the two lovebirds a huge amount of grief about their overly boisterous and loud bouts of sex. Even with the added audience he saw no reason to refrain from one of his great joys in life, so he cupped a hand to his mouth and called out to his friend. Hopefully he'd get to see Hiccup all red-faced and stuttering his denials of what had clearly just happened.

"You two are scarring the locals for life! These Berkians aren't used to your wild woman and your skirt-chasing ways, Haddock!"

Thor knew he should have known better than to bait them while Hiccups' She-demon was still standing there. Only Loki could predict how the two of them would respond, but there was a good chance of it causing an incident with the still enraged girl who was shocked speechless and was either unable or unwilling to walk away.

The broken shutter banged open and a thoroughly disheveled Cami leaned her elbows on the window ledge. Othere wasn't sure if her state of dishabille was intentional or not, but based on how many times she's yelled at him stark naked for interrupting her fun times in the past he thought that it probably was. Her hair was draped artfully over the shoulder left bare by what was clearly Hiccup's tunic. Her arms were pushing her breasts up into the very deep vee of the garment, her face was still pink from her exertion, and she had the smuggest grin to ever grace a face plastered on.

"Othere, why are you bothering us? We were trying to do you a favor and give you some extra carpentry to work on." She gestured to the broken shutter like she was bestowing a great favor upon him. "The least you could do is let us get on with it in peace."

Her refusal to look at or acknowledge the other woman was a deliberate slight, he knew that as surely as he knew oak from ash. What he couldn't tell yet was her motive. Cami wasn't one to use feminine wiles or subtlety. She was more the type to swing her swords first and ask questions afterwards. He was suddenly very afraid that he'd inadvertently started something he wasn't going to be able to finish without bloodshed breaking out.

Before he could reply, Cami turned around and the sunlight hit the back of the loose tunic, outlining her body clearly through the linen fabric. He could see Hiccup's bare arm and shoulder as it wrapped around Cami, but his face and torso were hidden in the shadows inside the house.

"Woman, I wasn't done with you yet."

She wound her body around Hiccup's and Othere would have put every coin he owned on the fact that she stretched to reveal her long bare legs intentionally before lightly hopping up to wrap them around her husband. His other arm appeared and caught her under the ass and Othere understood Cami's little game perfectly now… she was claiming Hiccup and making sure the She-demon understood that he was claimed.

She was giggling madly as Hiccup hauled her back into the shadowy interior of the house. Just before the shutters slammed shut again, he heard Hiccup call out to him, "Get the fuck out of here, Othere and take her with you!"

Othere wasn't a totally unfeeling man. The pain on the young Berkian woman's face twanged a little uncomfortably in his chest… he shouldn't have tried to provoke a reaction from them in front of the girl. Well… a reaction from Cami anyways. It was pretty clear to him that Hiccup did not give one single care if his former betrothed thought he'd fucked every willing woman in the archipelago while still promised to her.

She was standing there, axe dangling loosely in limp fingers. Her face was pale, her mouth still hanging open, huge blue eyes wide and wet.

"I was coming to talk to him. He wrote me years ago and said he wouldn't accept my apology until I gave it to him in person… I wanted to… I guess it doesn't matter now."

Her eyes swung to him and he winced. "I was only a child! I was angry and stupid!" Her voice softened. "I wanted to tell him I was wrong…"

"Astrid…"

That seemed to snap her out of her shock. "Oh, you do know my name? I was starting to think it was She-demon!"

He tugged gently at her arm to get her going. "Come, I'll take you back to your father. Even though Hiccup was angry with you for all those years, he and your father allowed that contract to stand to protect you from his cousin."

"How long?"

He looked at her with confusion. "How long what?"

"How long has he known her? How long as he been married?"

"They've known each other since he first visited Bashem Island, but they've only been married six months. He wouldn't put her at risk of being cast out until he heard back from your father. Your village is just up ahead, best repair your face and look normal until you get to your house, Astrid."

"Why do you even care? He obviously doesn't!" Her face was hard and her voice was bitter, but her eyes were dry and her complexion was returning to normal. He put a hand on her shoulder and turned her to face him, his anger plainly visible in his face and his voice rising.

"What reason did you ever give him to care about you? He wanted so badly to marry you when your fathers first signed the contracts. As a child he loved you, and you repaid his affections by treating him like shit on your favorite boots! He lost his fucking leg to protect this place and he heard you telling somebody else you would have been better off if he'd died!"

She flinched and looked ashamed at that. Othere took a deep breath and brought his voice back under control. Yelling at her wasn't going to do anything productive.

"He doesn't care about you any longer, but he remembers seeing the bruises on his aunt when her husband came home drunk or had a bad day. He heard from your father about the first girl his idiot cousin was betrothed to… thank Thor she got word to her father before it was too late! So he may not love you, but he loves and respects your parents too much to just toss your fate up in the air like that when the only person on this island rich enough to outbid his uncle for your bride-price is his father!"

"And if he hadn't met her?"

Othere turned and started back along the path to Berk Village, Astrid walked beside him. Her arms were wrapped around her middle and she looked like she was thinking. He hoped he could make this point to her without causing her to cry again.

"If he hadn't met her, he would have come home and married you. He would have lived his entire life without being happy or in love just to fulfill his duty to give Berk the next heir. He promised your father he would treat you well, but he never would have trusted you again. Once he had that heir you probably would have lived separate lives. You did far too much damage to an innocent heart."

They stopped speaking before they walked into the village. Othere picked up her hand and tucked it through his elbow and put a smile on his face. He leaned close and spoke so only she would hear him, "Smile and act like you're fine. You don't want anybody to start guessing what may be making you so upset until you know how you're going to fix it."

She smiled up at him like he'd just told her the most amusing joke. He had to admire her grit, if nothing else. She directed him to her father's stables where he kept animals that needed more attention than he could give them out in a field. Since the nosy baker and his gossipy wife were watching, she made a show of introducing Othere to her father and saying that he'd been kind enough to escort her back to the village since Hiccup was with someone who required his complete attention. She smirked when both men winced at her telling words, and then she bid the dark haired giant good bye as if they were old friends.

Neither man was fooled in the slightest by her sweet tone; Othere was thoroughly glad that the She-demon was Ingmar's problem to deal with. He walked away, wishing the man all of the gods luck. Thor knew he was going to need it.