Prompt: Girl Talk

A/N – Just wanted to make a point here, not all the chapters will be in Toothless's POV. If you have a prompt idea and you want it told from a certain point of view, tell me who's POV to do it in... This one can only be done in Astrid and Blue's POV really XD but thanks to Comet Moon for the prompt!

But I think it strays away from the girl talk bit and ends up just being Astrid's feelings on Hiccup XD sorry about that. And no Toothless in this chapter, sadly. I'll make up for it next time. I promise!

Disclaimer: How depressing.

"Bye Hiccup" Astrid murmured from her position in the doorway. She rested her head against the doorframe, and smiled lightly at the red-head before her.

"Bye Astrid" he replied, giving her his typical lopsided smile, which made her heart thud painfully in her chest. "I'll see you tomorrow"

He turned away from her and she bit her lip, also beginning to turn to head inside, but hesitated. She turned back to face him and quickly ran down the steps of her home. Hiccup turned to face her once again with a questioning look on his face, but she simply smiled and grabbed a hold of his tunic and pulled him closer, pressing her lips against his. His arms found their way around her waist as he responded eagerly, and she bought up a hand to gently rest against his cheek.

She pulled away reluctantly and smiled at his dazed expression as his eyes slowly opened.

"Goodnight" she whispered softly, as her cheeks turned slightly pink, glad that it was so dark so he couldn't see.

"G'night" he mumbled, still staring at her in a dazed manner. She fought back a giggle, telling herself firmly that Viking girls didn't giggle... even if they were looking at their absolutely adorable boy- nevermind.

Astrid turned and walked up the steps to her home and turned to look at Hiccup, who was still grinning stupidly at her, and she fought the urge to giggle again. For the love of Freyja! Hiccup needed to stop smiling like that, it was distracting. She shook her head, hiding her own smile and shut the door, leaning against it with a small sigh.

She had known for a long time that both Hiccup and his cousin Snotlout had had a crush on her. Snotlout was very... confident and seemed sure he could win her affections, though she actually just thought he was an arrogant moron, and Hiccup was more subtle, though she always pushed him away when he tried to speak to her anyway.

How different would it have been, if she had gotten to know Hiccup instead of pushing him away all those years? It seemed impossible to begin with, that she could actually be falling for the fishbone, but she had begun to see all the decent and amazing things about him that she had not seen beforehand, when she was pushing him away.

"He's smart, sensitive, loyal, and brave" Astrid listed to herself, walking into the main room, pulling off her metal shoulder pads as she did so. "And he's kind and determined... Sweet, clumsy and goofy... in a good way" She sighed heavily at the way she was gushing over this and sat down heavily on the floor next to her Nadder, Blue. She kicked off her shoes and gently ran her fingers over her light blue scales.

"Can you believe me?" Astrid stated, shaking her head slightly. "I've never acted this lovesick in my entire life." She rolled her eyes slightly and let out a small breath.

Blue looked at her, with a expression of slight amusement on her face, and Astrid looked away from her, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"It's weird though, isn't it?" Astrid stated, determined to embarrass her Nadder too. "How I'm with Hiccup, and you're with Toothless"

She glanced back at Blue slyly, and saw she had achieved her goal, as her dragon seemed very interested in the beams on the ceiling, and Astrid felt that, if dragons could blush, Blue would be bright red. She grinned slightly and gently scratched Blue on the neck, causing her to let out a low croon, though it sounded somewhat annoyed.

"Sorry Blue" Astrid smiled. "But its nice how things turned out, isn't it?" she stifled a yawn and stared up at the ceiling and her thoughts drifted back to a certain Viking. His long auburn hair (which she loved running her fingers through when they kissed), his bright forest green eyes which seemed to see all of her, not just who she tried to be, a fierce Viking warrior, but they saw all of her. He saw her strengths and her weaknesses, he saw her inside and out, and no-one had ever looked that deep inside of her before. She thought of his lopsided smile which made her stomach twist and her heart pound furiously, and the freckles that dotted his face, and the way his lips pressed into a firm line and his eyebrows furrowed when he concentrated and-

"Ugh!" Astrid groaned, running her hands down her face in exasperation. "What is wrong with me?"

Blue studied her in amusement before shaking her head and curling up in front of the fire once more, letting a happy purr escape.

"We're going out for a fly tomorrow" Astrid said suddenly, holding her hands out towards the fire to warm them up, and Blue opened an eye to look at her in interest. "With Hiccup and Toothless" Blue let out a low grumble and looked away, and Astrid fought back the urge to laugh. "Try to not distract Toothless too much this time okay?" she teased, causing Blue to open both eyes and glare at her, looking slightly flustered.

"I'm kidding" Astrid soothed, standing up with a smile. "You staying down here tonight? Or do you want to come upstairs?"

Blue regarded her for a long moment before slowly standing up and stretching out her legs. Astrid smiled and extinguished the fire, pressing a finger to her lips as she moved towards the stairs.

"Stay quiet" she murmured. "You know what my mum thinks of having you sleep in my room"

Blue rolled her eyes, indicating that she did, indeed, know what Astrid's mother thought of their sleeping arrangements. Astrid fought back a laugh at her dragons expression and quietly tip-toed up the stairs, Blue following dutifully and silently behind her. They slipped into Astrid's room and the blonde quickly prepared for bed, and pulled off the leather band she usually wore around her head. She set it down and climbed into her bed and smiled at Blue, who curled up beside her happily.

Astrid sighed slightly, staring up at her ceiling as her thoughts attempted to drift back to Hiccup. It was strange really, how every spare thinking moment she had seemed to be spent on him, and a part of her wondered how she really truly felt about him.

'Do I love him?' she wondered silently, and almost immediately, her cheeks coloured and her stomach clenched and she feel her heart practically bursting out of her chest.

"Yes" she gasped out, finding it suddenly difficult to breathe.

Yes. She loved him. She remembered how she'd felt they day she thought he'd died. She had only just begun to understand what she was feeling for him. She had felt he had been taken away from her, and the pain she had felt at that moment was crushing. She wanted nothing more than to just curl up on the ground and cry til no tears were left. She'd felt pain. Crushing, devastating pain. And when Toothless had opened his wings, and when Stoick had called out that his son was alive, she had never smiled so wide in her entire life. She had vowed to let him know exactly how she felt, and when he woke up back in Berk, seeing him there, grinning around at everyone, she had felt so tongue-tied and didn't know how she was going to say it. So she kissed him. In front of everyone. Gods, her cheeks burned more now that she thought about it.

She let out a muffled moan and let her head flop back onto her pillow, trying to force her cheeks to cool down. Blue glanced at her curiously but Astrid simply bit her lip to avoid letting her lips curve up into a smile.

"I love him" she mumbled, pressing her hand over her pounding heart. She turned on her side, hugging her pillow close to her and slowly drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face, not noticing Blue's own smile as she too laid her head down.

'It's about time she figured it out'