Burn It To The Ground
A/N: I promise to try and bring out at least one chapter a week until this story is complete. I hope you like this newest installment of Burn It To The Ground.
Disclaimer: I do not own How To Train Your Dragon. I only own my imagination and my friend owns the simple plot to this story.
Chapter 7: Loki
Toothless and Hiccup just stared at each other for a few minutes. Toothless smirking at Hiccup, while Hiccup stared at Toothless with confusion and disbelief. Finally, Hiccup spoke.
"You are serious!"
Toothless continued to smirk at the teen. "Yes. I am."
The teen slumped in his chair at toothless's admission. A look of pure confusion appeared on his face. The mob boss could tell he was thinking hard.
In his mind, Hiccup thought about what the paper in front of him was. On the paper, in gold writting, was written:
"Masquerade party.
Tomorrow at 8 pm.
Everyone is welcome,
but all must wear Masquerade costumes."
Why the heck Toothless would want to take Hicccup to a Party was beyond him. It just didn't make any sense. Hiccup's mind was already overloaded as it was with Toothless. He was still very much confused as to why he felt so confortable woth the mob boss. Now sighed in fustration.
"Can I think about this and get back to you on it?" Hiccup asked.
Toothless could hear the strain in his voice. Maybe this had not been his greatest idea he had ever had. Hiccup looked up at Toothless.
Toothless nodded his head at the teen. He would give him time to sort out his thoughts.
Hiccup stood up, thanked Toothless then left quietly. Toothless could tell, as he left, that Hiccup was deep in thought. Steppling his fingers, he too began to drift in thought. The bell above the door jingled, telling all a new customer had entered, yet Toothless did not hear. He only took notice when a blond women took the seat Hiccup had occupied just a few minutes before. He looked up and came face to face with a green eyed, worried face of Astrid.
"He needed time to think." He told her before she had a chance to ask.
Her green eyes softened. " I see."
Shifting in his seat, Toothless spoke to her." You know, you don't usually take interest in these sort of things. Why now?"
"YOu like him, and, from what I have gathered just seeing him a few times he does too. He is just confused about his feelings." Astrid stood up from the table."I will let you know his disusion when he tells has my number as well"
With that, The blond left the shop with an athoritive air. Many of the customers watched her leave with awe. She had the air of a leader."So, she gave him her number, huh. She must truely like this kid. She could of ignored everything, but she did not. What a strange woman I have chosen to be my second in command." Toothless mused.
"Wait! Hiccup!" Hiccup looked up and turned around and stared at the woman running up to him in surprise. She finally caught up to him, bending slightly as she panted.
"What are you doing here, Astrid?" The teen asked confused.
Astrid straightened up from her slightly hunched position and crossed her arms. "I stayed outside the shop, just in case. When I saw you come out, you had a dark, yet thoughtful look on your face. I knew that I had made a good decision to wait outside."
Astrid did not tell Hiccup the whole truth. After all, she wanted them both to be happy, and if she told Hiccup she was the one that gave Toothless the Masquerade Party idea it could very well push him away, and that was the last thing she wanted. Both teen and man did like each other, they just did not know it yet.
"Would you like to talk about it?" Astrid asked softly.
Hiccup blinked a few times in amazement. Very slowly he nodded his head to the blond woman.
They walked a few more blocks. Astrid waited patiently for him to begin. She could tell he was trying to put his thoughts in order. Head bowed, eyes on the sidewalk, were clear indicators of that much. Finally, Hiccup looked up at the sky. Taking a deep breath he turned to face Astrid.
"Why the party?"
"Easy. I think he wants to get to know you better." Astrid answered honestly. She had to be careful of what she said around Hiccup. Only Toothless knew she was trying to help the two of them get closer. Yet the teen did not. She could tell he trusted her as a friend of sorts.
Hiccup blinked at her in shock. "But...why me?"
"Remember what he said to you when you first meet? I believe that is why. I think he likes you. Plus, as I said before about this being the first time I have seen Toothless smile in ages, You gave him his smile back. You did that." Astrid said. her voice held complete conviction of what she had just stated and Hiccup felt himself believing it too. But, he did not know why.
He was not prepared for what she asked next though.
"How do you feel when you are around Toothless?"
Hiccup stared at her in surprise. " I feel...confortable. I...It confuses me. Why do I feel this way?" Hiccup put a hand over his chest and stared Astrid straight in the eyes.
She smiled confortingly at him. She placed a hand on his shoulder and spoke. "Then I believe that you need to find an answer to that question, don't you? And I am sure you know where you can find that answer.'
Taking a deep breath, Hiccup stared at the sky for a few minutes deep in thought. By this time they had stopped walking. Just standing in the middle of the sidewalk. Astrid brushed a stray piece of hair from her face. She knew Hiccup was a little lost, but she believed that this Masquerade party would help both Hiccup and Toothless.
"Fine." Hiccup said softly beside her."Tell Toothless I will go to the Masquerade party with him."
Astrid smiled."I will."
A/N: Sorry for the sappiness of this chapter and I will probably get yelled at for whole paper thing being an invite to a Masquerade Party. Oh well! At least you can't yell at me for stopping it on a clliff hanger...Though I was seriously tempted to do so. And sorry that is is so short. I am sorry to say, but this story only has a couple more chapters to go.
