Hey guys

Sorry for being so late, but school started again and I started playing ultimate as well. So two sports, school and soon also a job will be my first priority, but I will try to write as fast as I can.

There actually was a point where I wanted to end this story quickly and start a new one, but now I'm very excited to see how the story will develop.

Not so much fluff in this chapter, but maybe in the next one (I don't know yet).

PLEASE also read the A/N at the bottom

Chapter 9: "I wouldn't mind"

Astrid was walking through the calm suburban neighborhood as from the previous day. It wasn't as calm as the previous Sunday morning, since the kids had gotten home from school and were outside, playing with each other. Astrid enjoyed watching the little children running around laughing in the backyards of their house or riding around on the streets.

She didn't have a clear view of them, since she had to cover her face with her hood and bow her head towards the ground to hide her face completely, but she could just glance at them.

In the pockets of her hoodie, held tightly by one of her hands, were a laminated piece of paper with some fabric to hang it around a neck. A V.I.P ticket she had gotten from Ruffnut just before she left the hotel, but not before Ruff was able to tease Astrid about her new boy toy. Astrid just rolled her eyes and walked out of the room. This would of course count both as a ticket and as a backstage pass.

Speaking of pieces of paper, Astrid started to think about the letters. "Should I tell him?" What would be the point? To make the situation awkward? They both knew about the letters, but neither of them knew that the other knew.

If she mentioned the letters, would they start dating? Out of nowhere? Not really knowing each other? Because of one kiss and the content of the letters? Hiccup only knew of Astrid from what he had seen on TV in interviews and stuff like that, and Astrid only knew the Hiccup she had read about in the letters, and that could all just be a play. The nice guy getting a girls attention and then pulling a dick move. Just let their friendship develop a bit, before considering further about future use of those lips.

No. She would not mention the letters. But if he asked about them? Should she lie or tell the truth? She wasn't sure, so that would be something she would answer in the heat of the moment… If he asked.

She looked up to see the door of Hiccup's house, and then higher to meet the roof. She was still amazed by the size of it. Hiccup didn't really act like the rich kid that got all of his friends because of his money, maybe because he wasn't like that. "Wow, I really don't know anything about him, at least… I'm not sure I do" She thought.

She went up to the front door of the house, ready to knock, when she thought about the first time she stood in the same spot. Where they both stood frozen in front of each other, Astrid still wasn't sure why she froze like that. Back then she didn't know that kid who bumped into her was Hiccup, the Hiccup that had helped her get back on her feet. And yet, she remembered that there had been something special about him. Not sure what, she decided to move on from her thoughts.

Before raising her fist, she noticed that they had a doorbell and pressed the button. The nice little melody coming from the inside, was followed by a shout from a man. "I'll get it" Astrid winced at the volume of the shout, not so much because it hurt in her ears, but more from the shock.

As she expected, it wasn't Hiccup who opened the door, but a large man with a big red beard. Astrid thought about who this man was, and the only thing that came to mind, was that Hiccup said that it was only him and his father was living there. "No, it can't be" Hiccup was too small to be this man's son, but then again, he could take after his mother.

"Hello"

"Um, hello, sir"

"How can I help you lass?"

"I was wondering if Hiccup is home"

"Yes, he's up in his room I think. I'll call him down. Please come in" The large man took a few steps into the living room, before calling for Hiccup, Astrid following a couple steps behind. "Hiccup, you have a visitor!" Again, Astrid winced at the shout, but this time, it actually hurt a bit in her ears.

The man went back to stand in front of Astrid. "You look familiar, you a friend of Hiccup?"

"Yes sir, my name is Astrid"

"Ah, it's nice to meet you Astrid, you can call me Stoick"

Astrid just nodded back to him, as they both waited for Hiccup, and luckily, it didn't take long. He was down in a matter of seconds, curious about his visitor. When he saw who it was, Astrid could clearly see the shock on his face.

"Astrid! Um, hi Astrid" Hiccup came closer and stood next to his dad, still staring wide-eyed at Astrid.

"Well, I'll leave you be" And with that Stoick went back to his study, leaving the two teens to themselves.

This time they didn't have a long stare at each other, only a couple of seconds before Hiccup cleared his throat, before starting a sentence. "So, um, c-can I help you with anything?" His face was filled with emotions; confusion, shock and a bit of disappointment, but also some hope.

Astrid gave him a questioning stare before answering. "No, nothing special, just came to see you. Why?"

"I-I just thought y-you didn't want to see me, s-since you didn't a-answer my text" Hiccup said while looking at his feet and rubbing the back of his neck.

"What? Yes I did, you didn't answer my text"

Suddenly it dawned on Hiccup, maybe he should have turned on his phone earlier. "Oh, right. Sorry, m-my mistake"

"Why? What did you do?"

"I, um, I turned off my phone" He said followed by a nervous laugh, hoping he hadn't messed up even more.

"Why did you turn off your phone?"

Hiccup opened his mouth for a couple seconds, holding his breath, trying to think of something to say, something not to be mistaken wrongly. "I-I thought that, um, I thought that you…" Hiccup was at a complete loss of words, he didn't want to lie to her but he didn't want to tell her the truth, he didn't want to show the insecure side of himself. So he finally decided for the best thing to say and hoping that it would work. He gulped before finishing his incomplete answer. "Never mind, it was just stupid of me" He said while just glancing up at her with a nervous smile.

When Hiccup had become unsure of what to say, Astrid had started fearing the mentioning of the letters. The fear of Hiccup's questioning becoming hers. So when he said that it didn't matter, she mentally sighed, but didn't leave any hint of it on her face. "Ok" She said nonchalantly while shrugging her shoulders, now having more trouble hiding her concerns about the letters than she had expected.

Hiccup was relived. Astrid didn't ignore him, but in fact, he ignored her. Even though it was because of an accident and a misunderstanding that he ignored her, he still scolded himself for doing so.

After their little talk, they both stood there, again in an awkward silence. Hiccup was thinking about the fact that he had ignored his celebrity crush Astrid Hofferson, trying to understand how that had happened, that he had in one day, gone so far to make that a possibility. While she was trying to think of a way to start the conversation again.

Hiccup was to stuck in his head to be doing any of his nervous habits and Astrid was fumbling with the piece of laminated paper in her pocket. And there it was, right in front of her nose.

"Oh yeah, I brought this for you" She took the ticket out of her pocket and held it in front of Hiccup, but he didn't take it immediately. Astrid's words brought him back to reality, where he quickly looked down and saw what she had in her hand. He looked up at her again for her approval to take it, which was given to him with a quick nod, before he looked down and took the ticket out of her hand.

"This is a…"

"A ticket for my concert" She finished for him. "You did hear about it, right?"

"Yes" Hiccup had heard about the free concert, just as he got home from school and just like last time he was too late to get a ticket. He hadn't minded it as much as last time. Going to one of Astrid's concerts while thinking that you had a chance to at least become friends and you blew it, would just make him sad. He thought Astrid disliked him so much that she wouldn't even acknowledge his text, but now she was there with a VIP ticket to her concert, which he would gladly use. "And thanks" He finished, while looking up to her and giving her a crooked smile.

"You're welcome" She replied and smiling back at him, their eyes locking together.

After a couple of seconds, a small thump was heard coming from outside of one of the walls to the living room.

"Oh, right, uum…" He started while rubbing the back of his neck, remembering a little promise he had made.

"What is it now?" Astrid asked with a hint of concern in her voice, not so much concern for him, more concern that he had made other plans and wouldn't be able to hang out with her.

"It's just… I promised Toothless we would go flying. I'd hate to let him down" Hiccup sighed, thinking he had to tell Toothless it would have to wait for another day. "I'll be right back"

Hiccup walked past Astrid and towards the door, but was stopped by Astrid gently laying her hand on his upper arm. Hiccup being surprised by her actions and still wasn't used to the feeling he would get when Astrid touched him, flexed his arm before looking back at her. "I wouldn't mind" Hiccup gave her a questioning look, before she continued. "To go flying. I kind of miss my dragon and flying with her" Hiccup relaxed completely and turned around to face her.

"Um, y-yeah, that sound great. I'll just go get something from my room, back in a second" He said and giving her another heartwarming smile. Hiccup walked past her again, with quick and long steps, up towards his room, to get the backpack he had packed for the trip.

Astrid stood in the same spot, waiting for Hiccup to come down again. She was thinking about how it felt when she touched his arm. She liked how it felt. There wasn't a lot of muscle in his arm, but because he was so skinny, she could easily feel it. And that was actually how she liked it.

Hiccup was walking along the hallway with a huge smile on his face. He was so happy that Astrid was back and that she did want to spend more time with him. He grabbed the backpack off the floor and went back downstairs to find Astrid, also a smile on her face, making her so much more beautiful. She didn't notice him coming down, so Hiccup stood there for a while, staring at her. It was hard for him to believe, how much of her beauty was hidden when only looking at pictures of her, instead of now, when she was there in front of him.

Another thump from outside brought both of their attention to the dragon outside. "Yeah, yeah. We're coming" He yelled, glad that his father didn't hear any of the hits against the wall. "You ready to go?"

Astrid looked at him and gave him a smile as a signal for him to lead the way. Hiccup walked over to the door and put down the backpack, so he could put on his jacket.

"That sure is a lot of stuff for one flight" Astrid commented while signaling to the backpack. Hiccup looked up at her, lips pursed and eyes wide, thinking he should explain.

"Um, Toothless and I had- We had planned t-to camp out for the evening. G-guess I forgot to m-mention that" He said and finishing with a nervous chuckle.

"You're gonna sleep in a outside on a school night?"

"No, no. W-we are just gonna stay out for a few hours" Hiccup waited for her response, but when nothing came, he asked the only thing on his mind. "Do you… Do you still wanna come?"

"Of course, it sound fun"

Hiccup released a breath, then opened the door for Astrid while bowing. "Well then, after you milady" Astrid let out a small laugh at Hiccups gesture, but she also did a small lady-like bow, before walking through the door, Hiccup right behind her.

When they came around the house, Astrid was thrown to the ground and attacked by a wet and large tongue. Hiccup froze a bit when he heard Astrid release a small scream, but relaxed when he heard laughing. He realized that he should get Toothless off Astrid and jogged over and pulled his dragon in a harness on his saddle. With little struggle Toothless followed Hiccup and let Astrid free.

"I'm sorry about that" Hiccup said while reaching a hand out for her and helping her get up. "Bad dragon" He said as he turned to Toothless and made eye contact with the dragon, putting a hand on his nose.

"It's ok, I don't mind" Astrid said as she wiped some dragon saliva from her cheek and grimaced. Hiccup looked over at her, a bit shocked by her reaction to being tackled by a dragon and covered in smelly and sticky dragon spit. He was also taken aback by her, how could someone be so beautiful? And how could someone become more beautiful after a wrestling match with a Night Fury. She was wiping the last of spit off her face, before she started to redo her braid that had gone a bit loose. Hiccup liked the fact that Astrid didn't mind redoing her braid in front of him, it told him that she was comfortable around him. He also really liked the way she looked when her was loose, even if it only was for a second. His smile grew and grew as Astrid kept fixing herself. He wished time would stop, so he could just stand there and admire her.

Hiccup forced himself out of the trance. "She's just a friend, control yourself!" He thought to himself, not wanting to dream of the impossible.

"You ready to go?" He asked as he jumped up on the saddle and gestured for Astrid to sit behind her. Astrid got up and gently put her hands on Hiccups shoulders. Hiccup took a deep breath, making himself relax at Astrid's touch, then he leaned forward and patted Toothless on the head before steadily saying: "Let's go, bud"

So there it was, I hope you liked it.

Please review.

It doesn't matter if it's new ideas, constructive criticism or compliments.

Everything will help me either becoming a better writer or help me just to stop being lazy and write.

ALSO, one last thing, very important.

The writer: BGJackson, has this fantastic story called "Jarin and the Riders of Berk"

In the beginning I doubted it being good, because it focused on an OC, but I was wrong and got hooked after the first chapter. This story (and his other stories) doesn't get the attention and praise it deserves. So please go check out his stories, I will leave a link on my profile.

That's all for now. I'm very excited for the next chapter, so I will try to begin tonight.