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Author's Note: I'm not quite sure why I decided to do this yet. Maybe because I was bored and wanted more to write about… I don't know, I'm not sure. I'll come up with a better reason later. I hope you guys enjoy this! Please read and review!

Hiccup remembered that tonight would be the only time to educate Astrid. Unfortunately, she was not in the mood.

"Oh, hey, Astrid," said Hiccup, trying to stay cool. It wasn't working. She rose from the floor. Even though they were only separated by the top step, she towered over him. "Why, uh, in Thor's name are you here?"

She said vehemently, "I was expecting your father home first, but this is even better: I can get the full story out of you before I tell him everything."

Hiccup gulped. "A-Astrid, there's no need to be rash-"

"Shut up!" She snapped.

He didn't. "There's not really any reason to tell anyone anything. I'm actually…kind of glad you showed up."

Astrid scoffed. "I bet you were."

"No, I really am!" He protested, "Astrid, I need to tell you something."

She grabbed him by the collar and yanked him inside. He fell upon the floor with an 'oof!' She closed the front door. "Stop buying your time. I want to know what's going on. No one just gets as good as you do."

"Listen, Astrid, it's not what you think." Hiccup tried to calm and sit up straight. There was no mercy in her eyes.

She ignored him and carried on. "Are you training with someone?"

Hiccup laughed uneasily. "Training? Uh…"

"It better not have anything to do with this!" Astrid pulled Hiccup's riding harness from out of its secret place under a loose floorboard.

"I know, this looks really bad! But I-I'm through with the lies! I've been making…outfits! Okay, drag me out; tell everyone, here we go…" Hiccup tried to stall but was unsuccessful as Astrid sauntered over to him, picked him up by the arm, twisted it, and pushed him to the ground. "Ow! Why would you do that?"

"That's for the lies." She said. She slammed the head of her axe into Hiccup's chest. He let out another 'agch!' "That's for everything else."

"Astrid, I have so much to explain! My dad doesn't have to know!" Hiccup objected.

"He doesn't have to know that you're the best in training and you can't kill a dragon?" Astrid laughed.

"Of course I won't kill a dragon. That is exactly what you just don't understand and I'm the only one who can tell you." Hiccup reasoned.

"Tell me? Tell me what?"

"If you let me go and I'll show you what I've been doing."

Astrid looked as if she was seriously considering not letting him go. She thought for a moment, and then took the axe off his chest. "Alright, let's get this over with." She sighed.

Hiccup scrambled to his feet and rushed into his room. He pulled his fiddle out from under his bed, took a deep breath, opened the case, and presented it to Astrid.

She stared at the instrument in disbelief. She was silent for a time. Hiccup waited and held his breath.

When Astrid finally spoke again, she did not react as Hiccup had predicted. "So, you're a violinist." She said calmly.

Hiccup shifted uncomfortably. "Yeah."

He expected her to say something like, 'You're in for it now,' but instead, she said, "Are you any good?"

Hiccup was stunned. All he could do was shrug and say, "I'm okay, I guess." This was a day of which he had only dreamed. Woden, pinch me, Astrid is asking me about the violin!

Instead of her usual smirk, she smiled a different smile that showed her very white teeth. Hiccup only saw these when they were bared in rage. He didn't really expect a Viking like her to have teeth so white! She looked very pretty when she smiled. "You, okay? I bet you're great. You're so modest, anyway. You're really good with dragons and you brush that off like it's nothing."

Hiccup could feel himself growing red. He would not believe his eyes when her lips formed the words, "Play for me, Hiccup."

His eyes widened in surprise. "Uh-yeah, sure, let me just, ehm, get my…bow! Yeah, my bow. That might help, just maybe." He awkwardly inched back to his room. Surprisingly, Astrid followed him! She gazed around his bedroom in curiosity. She studied all the sketches upon his walls that depicted different types of dragons and scenic spots around Berk. Most of them were pictures of Raven Point.

Hiccup wasn't ready for her to know just yet, but it was too late. She had already spotted his latest and most beautiful work; it was a drawing of him riding Toothless. She could only stare at it in wonder. "Astrid," he began, "I know this is…a lot to take in, but I'll explain more later." He brought his fiddle to his shoulder and raised his bow. "This is my favorite piece… I wrote it…"Hiccup stared into the blonde's eyes, "It's called…Astrid." She gasped. Hiccup wasn't sure if she was pleased or just in shock, but he had to put that aside. This would only happen once.

Hiccup took a deep breath and set the bow upon the string. He let it glide smoothly at an Andante tempo as the fingers on his left hand performed smooth vibrato and a melody in the key of A major, his favorite key. He shifted flawlessly and the string crossings from his lowest, G, to his highest, E, were much smoother than he had ever performed them. After he got used to the fact that Astrid was there, his nerves settled down and he closed his eyes. He could think of only two things: one side of his brain concentrated in staying in tempo, One, two, three, One, two, three… It was completely at peace. The other was a nervous wreck. Oh, Odin! Please make her see that I'm not crazy! Please let her realize how much I care about her before I show her the really crazy part! He finished smoothly with an artistic ritard and fermata.

Hiccup finally opened his eyes and was mildly surprised that she hadn't run away. Astrid was smiling at him. After a few moments of silence, she breathed, "That was beautiful, Hiccup."

"Astrid," he sighed, "I hope you know how much I care about you. But that's not all! I have…more to tell you. You have to understand why I didn't let you win today."

"You mean...there's more?" Astrid asked in surprise. "What could be crazier than this?"

Hiccup smiled in spite of his nerves. "What you are about to see is much crazier."

"What is it?" Astrid asked excitedly.

He headed out the back door. To Astrid's surprise, he took the fiddle and strang gear with him. "It's in the forest by Raven Point." He took her hand and said, "Come with me."