New Beginnings

Pairing; HectorXBriana

Rating; M for Mature

Disclaimer; I do not own HTTYD or the songs I may or may not use.

8. Should Be Interesting

{Briana's POV}

=September 16, 2018=

{Neighborhood Cud-De-Sac}

It would be our last block party of 2018 since it was becoming Fall soon and would be too cold to host parties outside. For now, though; it was still warm enough to enjoy the weather as long as everyone was inside before 6 pm when the temperature began to drop before forty degrees. Hector and I loved being married, but to keep the suspicion off us that something was going on, we wore our rings around our necks and tucked into our shirts where no one could see them. The room switching was finally done. However, in a turn of events; Dimitri, Aaron, Kayne, and Sawyer ended up moving out a two weeks ago. It was a bit shocking, but they explained that with Hector and I married now and about to welcome a new baby in five months; it would be best for them to leave so we could have our family. Hector was sad to see them go, but they surprised their youngest member by revealing that they moved into my Mima and Papi's home. Now, I know that sounds weird, but my grandparents ended up needed to move to the USA to help out my aunt, who was just diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. My uncle worked a lot, and my cousins were becoming too much for auntie to handle. I did tell my grandparents about being married and having a baby. I had Hector burn them a copy of the video and all the picture to keep as memories.

My grandparents left all their furniture at the house, and only took clothes, pictures, and trinkets they didn't want to leave behind. The rest was left to the Drakes, well, the four living there. I made them swear on their lives not to mess anything up in that house, or I would kill them. The Drakes gave me their word to treat it with respect and maintain everything. I believed them, so now it's just Toothless, Sava, Hector and I in his parent's house. For the time being, Hector and I would be leaving the basement alone until we thought of something else to with it since we were upstairs, so was Hector's music things too. Hector had begun work on the nursery, but we wouldn't paint until we knew the gender of the baby. As for furniture pieces, they were neutral colors. Hector was able to find his old crib and changing table in the storage room and fix it up to be usable for the newest addition. Thankfully, we had a tall four drawer dresser that had belonged to Hector's mother; that was going to become the baby's. I was starting to show finally, but I wore baggier sweaters to hide it. Hector and I still haven't told anyone, but we knew that we needed to. I suggested tonight, but as it turns out; Glenn won't be here since he had to go to the Kingdom of Denmark for something and would be gone a month or two; he said he wasn't sure.

The time was closing in on 4:45 pm as all of us were outside and preparing the grill to do chicken, cheeseburgers, and hot dogs. The ribs had been cooking for about forty-five minutes already, so they were close to being done. The Hell Drakes actually weren't here at the moment, and that included Hector. They went to handle some business but would be back soon. I knew Hector still took part in hand-offs, but I knew he was careful and wasn't smoking, drinking, or doing drugs.

"You don't like that he still does it?" Alyssa asked as I quickly looked at her.

"I'm not fond of it, no. I thought Hector might have given all that up when joined the Marine Guard," I sighed some.

"Why would you ever believe that?" TJ asked curiously.

"Hector said he would always be a Hell Drake, that makes him part of the gang and he'll do with them to do things if he's not at the academy or warrior training," Sylvia informed.

"But at least Briana can take comfort in knowing that Hector isn't going to the old things he did," Harper said softly. I smiled at that; it was true. I knew Hector wouldn't risk failing a drug test since they happened every training session he had for the Marines.

. . .

{Normal POV}

5 pm rolled around at the Drakes returned to the neighborhood. Everyone arrived in a truck or car, but Hector came through on his bike and parked it next to Briana's car. Hector pulled his helmet off of a walked to where Briana was; he kissed her deeply.

"Hey, beautiful," Hector greeted. "How are you?"

"Bit tired. How about you?" Briana replied.

"I'm great. How's the little one?" Hector whispered.

"Moving around," Briana smiled.

"Hope I can feel it later," Hector kissed her cheek.

"Welcome back, big brother," Harper hugged Derek, then Sylvia got a hug and light kiss on the lip from Derek.

"How did it go?" Sylvia inquired.

"No problems," Victor chuckled.

"Pretty sure that's because nobody is gonna dare fuck with us when Hector is around," Ethan laughed.

"I wouldn't mess with the man who publically beat Rex Santiago's ass and called in a police raid either," Jeremy remarked as Hector snickered a bit; he had to admit, it was awesome to be him.

"For Thor's sake, Hector sits down in a chair with his left leg up, and everyone knows he's got a gun hidden in there," Sawyer reminded.

"Hey, we all play a part in the business. Hector's is watching intently and making one hell of an impression," Dimitri said. Hector just shrugged and crossed his arms over one another.

"I'm not me for no reason," Hector responded.

"So true," Alyssa rolled her eyes in a joking manner.

"Well, let's get this party goi-," Shane began, but suddenly there were other motorcycles heard coming into the neighborhood, and someone was seen running towards them with a group of three or four trailing behind.

"Marcus?" Hector whispered as it looked exactly like the man. A minute later, Hector got a good look at him when he was closer and was sure of it. Marcus was running from these people, and he was hurt. Hector could tell by how slow the running was, and the fact Marcus was holding his upper right side. Marcus tripped and hit the ground one of the males pulled a long dagger to stab him. Hector didn't have time to get over there. Suddenly, he got an idea. "Marcus! Ground front and round-house" Hector yelled.

Marcus rolled onto his back and kicked upward, hitting one of the guys in the balls, then he turned and side-kicked the second person in the back of the knee to make him drop. Marcus was able to get to his hands and knees, then push up to start running again. "Thanks for the save, Haddock!" Marcus called as he got closer. Hector saw someone else pull a gun out. Hector grabbed one of the folding chairs.

"Knight hit the deck!" Marcus instantly threw himself forward on the ground and covered his head as Hector got in front of him when the bullet collided with the chair. Hector chucked the chair like a frisbee and hit two of the people, then he turned and offered his hand "You alright?" Marcus put a hand in Hector's, who pulled him up.

"I-I might have gotten involved…where I shouldn't have," Marcus coughed.

"I asked if you were okay, idiot," Hector grumbled. Marcus nodded once, then saw the others coming close. "That's…an enemy gang to the Hell Drakes," he noticed right away. "What the fuck did you get yourself into dumbass!?"

"Can we maybe talk about this after they stop trying to kill me?!" Marcus panted.

"Can you fight or are you injured?" Hector asked after counting six coming at them.

"I can fight, but not alone," Marcus assured. Hector smirked putting up his hand, Marcus connected his to Hector's.

"Then I've got your back," Hector told him. Seconds later, Hector and Marcus teamed up against the remaining six gang members; helping one another out and making sure the other person didn't get hurt. The last person seemed to be leading the group.

"Hook-Slam?" Marcus asked.

"You know it," Hector nodded. Marcus crouched to hooked the back of the man's leg and pulled it out, while he was falling, Hector grabbed the guy's throat and slammed him to the ground hard as both backed up with a grin and high-fived one another.

"This isn't over, boy," the man forced himself to get up panting.

"Where have I heard that before? Oh, right. From the last idiot who thought he could take me," Hector rolled his eyes. This enemy gang's members were up and pulled their guns or weapons.

"And now what are you going to do, kid? You got nothing except-," the man started.

"Except my gang," Hector smirked as the Hell Drakes pulled their guns out and stood in a line behind Hector while he pulled a gun from behind him and aimed at the others, who were nervous. Hector moved Marcus behind him. "Perhaps you don't remember who I am or what happened last November to one Rex Santiago. I beat his fucking ass, and I'll do the same to you. Here's how this is going to go; you're gonna leave my friend Marcus here alone because he's under the Hell Drake's protection, or you'll have a bad time. You're on currently on Hell Drake territory and dealing with Arc Island Military Police and Marine Guard,"

"Hector Haddock?" the man asked.

"See, I knew you were smart. So, do we have a problem?" Hector asked.

"Nope! No. No problem at all, Hector. We didn't know he was one of yours. We'll, uh, just call this square and be done with it," the man leading put his hands up and slowly backed up.

"Good choice. Get the fuck," Hector ordered. The group quickly packed up and bolted out of the neighborhood. Hector lowered his gun and faced the Drakes. "Thanks, guys," he smiled.

"You know we got your back, Hector," Aaron chuckled. Hector grabbed the chair that he'd thrown earlier and set it back up as he grabbed Marcus by the arm and forced him to sit down.

"Thank you for saving me. I kind of figured it'd be the last thing you'd ever do given our past," Marcus sighed looking down.

"That doesn't matter, at least not anymore," Hector said as Marcus looked at him quickly. "You piss me off to no end because you've done nothing but give me a hard time for years and I have no idea why. I've never done anything to you. Alright? I don't know what's going on in your life that makes you think you have the right to go make someone else's life miserable, but all that aside; we're on the same side here. Okay? Since January 2018, we got put on a team together. I said it back at the end of June, with all these people as witnesses that regardless of our past; I would have your back. I proved that tonight,"

"But why?" Marcus asked.

"We're teammates, Marcus. And personal feelings aside; I will have your back. Marines do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons," Hector reminded. "Now, you're going to tell me what the hell all this was about,"

"Well, my home life sucks. My mom is cheating on my dad, and he doesn't give a shit, but they won't divorce because of politics or whatever. And my dad literally has no time for me. You're right; I have no right to make other people miserable just because I am. Anyway, I got involved with that by accident. You know, wrong place at the wrong time type of deal. I tried a couple things, but didn't like it and decided to stop. I got clean but forgot to pay them what I owed before I joined the Guard. When I came back, I tried to pay up, but they said it was past due and since I was basically a cop now; they couldn't take the chance of me ratting them out. I've been hiding out from them since until tonight when they caught me leaving my girlfriend's house. I got a beat down first, then managed to get away and ended up here. I don't know why; just happened,"

"Tch. You are damn lucky I have the standing of being a crazy, scary mother fucker in the gang community that nobody wants to mess with, or they might still be coming after you when I'm not around," Hector stated.

"So you're still in a gang, and everything you said was just a cover-up?" Marcus asked.

"Not that it's any of your business, but yeah, basically. The Hell Drakes who you see with me now is my gang, what you heard about me rolling on them was only half right. I gave the cops the name of an enemy group that I wanted revenge on for messing with my guys. Everything else about getting addicted and going to juvie actually happened," Hector shrugged.

"How did you get into the military if-," Marcus began.

"Don't get it twisted. I'm clean now, but I'm still a Hell Drake and run deals and hand-offs with them. You say anything to anyone, and I will kill you," Hector warned.

"My lips are sealed," Marcus assured.

"Good," Hector retorted then sighed. "Well, you're safe now. Nobody is gonna give you a hard time knowing you're protected by the Hell Drakes,"

"Thanks. You think maybe we can…start over? Be friends?" Marcus stood up.

"Not gonna lie to you. Your seven years of bullying before I joined the Drakes made me want to commit suicide when I was sixteen," Hector admitted.

"Hector, I'm sorry about all that. If I could…take it all back; you know I would. I just got caught up in having people think I was cool. I never realized how much I was hurting others," Marcus informed.

"And I got caught up in showing everyone not to push someone too far, but I didn't go around making other people feel so low that they wanted to kill themselves to get away from it all. But, at some point; I found happiness and acceptance through these people with me now. I had a change of heart and use my strength and reputation to protect the people I care about. Always cherish those you love, and do whatever you can to make sure they are safe," Hector said. Marcus cast his eyes down. "However, as for what you said about possibly being friends," Hector put his hand out to Marcus as the man stared in surprise. "I'm not one to hold a grudge, so consider our past squashed. You get one chance with me; mess it up, and I will fucking destroy you,"

Marcus shook Hector's hand with a smile, and nod. "Thank you; I could probably learn a lot from you,"

"Well, since you're here; feel like joining the block party?" Hector asked.

"That would be really cool," Marcus replied.

"Welcome to the fun," Hector grinned going into a cooler and tossing Marcus a soda.

. . .

{9:35 pm}

"Yo, Marcus! You staying overnight? The last bus to the city leaves at 2150!" Hector called to Marcus.

"Ah, shit. I forgot about that. Yeah, I gotta get going. Mind if I use your bathroom beforehand?" Marcus asked.

"Side door, kitchen, and in the hallway between the dining room and living room!" Hector told him. Marcus headed inside and went to the corridor, then checked the room at the end to see that it was a nursery. Marcus quickly backed out and closed the door and found the bathroom to be on the right wall of the hall. Marcus used it, then got back outside within in six minutes. "You find it okay?" Hector asked as the music had been turned off and people were starting to pack up to get home.

"Yeah. I, uh, accidentally went into the baby's room first. I'm sorry if I ended up waking it," Marcus admitted. The area went silent after he said it. The friends all looking at Hector and Briana, whose eyes had widened quickly.

"BABY?!" Alyssa, Flynn, Harper, Shane, TJ, Rylee, Cassandra, and Thaxter exclaimed.

"Fuck," Hector mumbled.

"Did I…Say something I wasn't supposed to?" Marcus asked.

"You're…Fine. You didn't know; I'll fill you in later," Hector told him. Marcus nodded as the two connected hands, then Marcus headed down the street to the bus stop.

"Start. Talking. What baby?" Alyssa demanded. Briana sighed a bit.

"The one I'm I'm currently carrying…" Briana admitted. A group gasp filled the cul-de-sac.

"Look. It was an accident with a broken condom towards the end of May. Briana is pregnant," Hector informed.

"Your Godfather is going to murder you in cold blood," Thaxter stated.

"Why do you think we've been hiding it for so long?" Hector muttered.

"I'm eighteen weeks and three days along. Glenn is gone for a month or two, and I won't be able to hide it by the time he returns. We're…already dreading him finding out," Briana said as she held Hector's hand.

"Why didn't you say anything to us?" Harper asked.

"Hector and I were ashamed that we convinced everyone and ourselves that this wouldn't happen because we were careful about it, and then the same month Hector comes home from training; I end up pregnant…It was just a huge mix of emotions," Briana began to explain.

"And we weren't sure if the baby would make it; we're still on the fence about it because my parents had a hard time conceiving me, and holding the pregnancy to term. As it was; I was forced to be born two months early," Hector continued. "We didn't want to say anything, work everyone up, for something to end up happening, and it was all for nothing,"

"I suppose that's understandable," Cassandra said softly.

"But everything is okay right now?" Rylee pushed.

"We're just taking it one day at a time. And please, don't say anything to Glenn; we want to be the ones to tell him. And pray to Odin he doesn't kill me," Hector sighed.

"Well, no more secrets! We're friends; you shouldn't have to be afraid to tell us anything. We won't judge," Alyssa reminded.

"So anything else we should know?" Shane urged.

"Well; there is one thing…" Hector began.

"Hector and I are married," Briana smiled as their mouths dropped open. Hector chuckled a bit knowing that this should definitely be interesting to explain.