Chapter Ten
(Haddock Apartment – October 3, 2016, 7:00 pm)
Hiccup drove him and Heather home and they hung out for a while playing video games before they decided to do their homework and get dinner ready. Dagur was working late so Heather was coming over. For the past hour, he'd been trying to work on his homework, but he couldn't keep focused.
His mind was constantly going back to Katja, especially during the After-Game Party, where she fell asleep against him. He's been thinking about that for the past few weeks. He admitted that day he was falling fast and quick.
"I'm so dead!" He groaned rubbing his hands on his face and leaning back against his chair. He was seated at his desk. "I've never felt anything like this to a girl, but now, Katja? What the heck is going on?"
"I think it's that you are finally admitting your feelings," Heather's voice said, surprising Hiccup making him jump and fall out of his chair.
"W-What? How the hell did you get in here?!" Hiccup exclaimed, in surprise. He didn't want to admit it, but Heather also scared the crap out of him.
Heather sighed, "I knocked, and no answer so used the key you gave me. Toothless had jumped over and was meowing his head off."
Hiccup looked over to his bed, where he had last seen his cat, only to see him not there. He looked over to Heather and sitting behind her was the black feline, meowing loudly.
"Ugh," Hiccup rubbed his face.
"You really are in deep," Heather said.
Hiccup gave his best friend the stink eye, "You don't say," he said sarcastically.
Heather gave him a look, "No need to get sarcastic with me," the male just shrugged.
Leaving his room, the two made their way into the kitchen to finish up making dinner. Valka wasn't due until around 8:00 pm.
"What's for dinner anyway?" Heather asked.
"Grilled steak with a salad and green beans," Hiccup answered, walking to the fridge. "The streak has been marinating for the past... hour and a half," he glanced at the clock to see how long it was in." He pulled out a container from the fridge which was holding three normal sized steaks.
"Cool. What do you need me to do?"
"Can you do the salad?" Mom really likes how you make them," he asked, turning the stove on, so it was ready to broil the steaks. Since they didn't have an actual grill, broiling was the best thing.
"You bet,"
The two quickly got to work making dinner. Valka would most likely be home between 8:15 and 8:30 pm, at the latest. She hadn't called saying she would be late, so Hiccup was taking it as a day where she was coming home normally.
Once she finished making her famous salad and stuck it into the fridge, Heather decided to ask Hiccup a question, "Are you going to do anything?"
"Heck no," at Heather's confused look Hiccup explained, "Vera said Katja's been through a lot. I don't want to push her with me suddenly admitting my feelings. Plus, I don't even know if she might like me back. I can't rush her."
"How long will you wait for her to be ready then?" Heather asked.
"However long it takes." Hiccup said.
. . .
Katja went back to school on October 4th. She was welcomed back by her friends, and to her happiness, no one asked about her being gone the previous day. Deep down, she knew she had only one day to figure out how to tell them she was pregnant by her ex-boyfriend. She was thinking about moving it to Friday since everyone might have things and she didn't want the entire school knowing. She would have to talk to Vera and ask for her thoughts.
Katja told Vera about her slight worries, but Vera told her telling everyone tomorrow would be better, even if they had afterschool activities. In the end, Katja decided to have everyone come over after school, once Brynjar was home from football practice, and tell them. She felt better knowing her brother would be there with her...plus he'd probably glare at anyone that said something else.
. . .
(Viggo and Kelda Grimborn's House – October 5, 2016, 5:30 pm)
Katja thought the afternoon would never come. It felt like time went by slow. Though her worrying over telling her friends made her throw up a bit, but she blamed it on the morning sickness–or as she called afternoon sickness since she hadn't had the normal morning bout yet. She–or more like Vera, since Katja was too nervous to say anything–told everyone to come to Katja's house at 5:30. That gave the ones with afterschool sports time to change and refresh themselves. Vera also told everyone to go to her house and then she would give directions to Brynjar and Katja's house.
As of now, all fourteen and Brynjar were in the Grimborn family room. Katja was thankful the family room opened to the kitchen since three had to sit at the island. With the family room already taken, Thuggory and Soren were stuck sitting at the island, being wary of Katja's older brother, who was in the kitchen minding his own business. Katja took her father's recliner.
"So, what's going on?" Tuffnut asked.
Vera glared at Tuffnut and he raised his hands. "I'm just asking what we're all doing here!" he cried.
Katja sighed. "You might be wondering why I didn't go to school yesterday?"
Heads nodded.
"Uh, yeah, but you don't have to tell us, it's your life," Hiccup said.
"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to," Heather added. "What happened, is in your life. We're your friends, we have to respect your choices on whatever you do,"
Katja shook her head. "You need to know this because... there will be days where I end up coming into school late..."
"What's up?" Camicazi asked she was a little freaked out with what was going on.
Katja glanced over those sitting on the couch–Signy, Heather, Ruffnut, and Astrid–and looked at her brother. He gave her a smile of comfort. She took a deep breath, "...I'm pregnant, by my ex-boyfriend," she said softly.
Everyone's mouths dropped, and they stared at her in shock. Hiccup's eyes were wide, he was surprised. Before he could something, Vera spoke up giving her friends a hard glare, "If one of you thinks she did it on her own, you're wrong!" The younger Grimborn snapped.
"I'll say it this way," Brynjar said making the Sophomores and Freshmen, turn to look at him. "What happened was not Katja's fault. It was her ex-boyfriend's fault. Despite that, Katja is still willing to give the child a life. How does that feel to you now?"
It doesn't change a thing about my feelings. Hiccup was sure on that.
"Will it change your view on Katja?" Brynjar continued.
"No," Heather said automatically. "It doesn't change. It shows Katja has a pure heart, while the child was bought not in the best way, she's still giving it a life. A chance to live."
Hiccup agreed right away, but Heather figured it was probably something to do with his crush. She'd have to ask him later.
"It doesn't change our views," Ruffnut said speaking for both her and Tuffnut.
"Not mine," Astrid said.
"We're cool," Snotlout said speaking for him and Adelaide.
Katja let out a grateful smile, "Thank you,"
"How far along are you?" Olivia asked.
Katja frowned, "Seven weeks and three days. Everything happened on August 29th," she said sadly.
"That means she'll be showing in the next coming months?" Ragna said or asked.
Brynjar sighed, "Yes. She will. We don't if we'll have her do homeschooling when she gets near the end of her pregnancy. She's at low risk, so she might be able to go all the way. But we don't know yet," he explained.
"We can help her with whatever she needs," Heather said. "I'm sure she won't want the school knowing, at least not yet,"
"The nurse will have to know soon, and Mom's calling tomorrow," Brynjar said. "The nurse, Mr. Hagebak, and Mrs. Mayden-Wrighton, and maybe Katja's gym teacher will know. Its unknown right now who else will know,"
"Thank you for trusting this to us," Hiccup said. "We won't tell anyone," he gave a sharp look to the twins especially.
"We swear to the name of the great Norse God Loki that we won't tell a sole," the twins said at the same time. That surprised everyone, and they stared at them in confusion.
"What? Loki is our god. God of Tricks!"
Hiccup sighed. Odin help me. He thought, praying to Odin.
Katja let out a small giggle, covering her mouth. He didn't know what it was, but her giggle was something.
. . .
Katja waved to her friends as they all took their leave. Vera was staying over since her brother was going over to a friend's house, leaving her free. Everyone else spread out going with who was closer. Or they walked home, which several them did. It was still light outside to do so.
Heather waited for Hiccup to pull out of the driveway and head towards their Apartment Complex before speaking. "You are so screwed, aren't you?"
Hiccup groaned. "You have no idea."
. . .
(Hofferson House – October 6, 2016, 7:45 pm)
"Oh, I meant to tell you," Astrid said when she and her family sat down for dinner. "Brynjar asked me out for tomorrow, I hope that's alright?"
"A guy asked you out and you didn't punch them?" Her father, Grant, asked, looking shocked.
Astrid gave her father a dead look. "Dad..." Grant raised his hands in surrender.
"That's very exciting. Do you know where you're going to go?" Inga asked.
"We haven't decided. But, it's after practice. He has football practice and I have cheer," Astrid said.
"Alright. Do you know if you want something casual or something else?" Inga asked.
"Not sure. I have to ask Vera for his number and then ask him," Astrid said. "Seeing as we're both sporty, I'm thinking Wild Dragon Wings,"
"That's a good choice. It's both casual and it always plays sports games," Grant said. "And I can't believe what I'm saying, I'm talking about my little girl's date."
"Dad!" Astrid groaned, but with a smile.
Grant shrugged.
"Daddy, what's a date?" Anastasia asked.
Grant paled, "Oh no! You are not learning what that means until you are 18!"
Inga sighed as Astrid laughed. Her father was surrounded by girls, he could win no battle. Anastasia continued to try to ask but Grant wouldn't have it.
The youngest Hofferson continued trying to ask even after Astrid ad Inga finished.
"I'm going to call Vera and ask for Brynjar's number," she said. "And maybe decide the outfit I'll wear tomorrow,"
"Alright. I'll talk to you later tonight then," Inga said, giving Astrid a kiss on the forehead and letting her go.
. . .
Before calling Vera, Astrid decided to get into her pajamas. She took a quick shower, brushed her teeth, got into her pajamas and took her hair out of her braid. Jumping onto her bed, she grabbed her phone which was on the charging stand on her nightstand. She found Vera's number in her contact and pressed it and waited.
"Hey, Ast! What's up?" Vera's cheerful voice sounded.
"Hey, I wanted to ask if you have Brynjar's phone number? I wanted to text him about our date tomorrow,"
"Wait. Did you say DATE?!"
Astrid was confused, "Uh yeah. He asked me out on Sunday. Why is this a shock?"
"Uh, no one told me! And Brynjar is MY COUSIN for goodness sake! Where are you going?!" Vera asked.
Astrid laid back against her pillows, "We haven't really talked about it. It was Sunday and then the stuff with Katja, I'm not saying it's her fault, but we haven't had a chance. I just told my parents tonight and I realized we never decided where,"
"Ah OK—HEY! AGNAR GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK! MOM, DAD! AGNAR SOLE MY PHONE, AGAIN!"
Astrid winced as she heard the screaming and yelling of Vera and Agnar and then the voices of Ryker and Hertha.
Suddenly, she didn't hear any more voices. Astrid checked the phone to see if she disconnected but saw the timer still going off.
"Hey, Astrid, are you still there?" Vera came back.
"Yeah, I'm still here."
Vera let out a breath. "Sorry, about that. Agnar was being a little bugger. Anyway, I'll text you Brynjar's number. He might not answer right away. Last I checked he was helping Katja with something. He doesn't answer his phone much once he's home. But, just a heads up. He will see it tomorrow no doubt."
"Alright, that's no problem. Thanks, see you tomorrow," Astrid hung up and not a minute later, a text came in.
[VERA has sent 1 Contact – Brynjar]
. . .
Astrid, 8:30 pm: Hi Brynjar, it's Astrid. I got your number from Vera. I hope we're still on for tomorrow and I may have an idea on where we can go for our date. Wild Dragon Wings. I guess let me know what you think? Have a good night and see you tomorrow.
Astrid groaned and threw her phone back on the bed. She did not think typing a text to Brynjar would be so far. But it was. That message was the sixth one she managed to write.
Leaving her phone on her bed, Astrid went downstairs to tell her mom she was going to bed early. When she came back up, she saw her phone flashing. She scrambled to grab it, in case it was from Brynjar, and it was.
(298) 792-5450, 8:32 pm: It's fine that Vera gave you my number. Tomorrow is still on. WDW works. I can pick you up at 5:15 tomorrow if that works?
Astrid grinned, and saved the new number
Astrid, 8:33 pm: Cool. Yes, 5:15 can work. I'll see you tomorrow at Practice. :)
Astrid stared at her phone. "DID I JUST SEND HIM AN EMOJI?!"
. . .
(Viggo and Kelda Grimborn House – 8:30 pm)
Following a late dinner, Brynjar retired to his room. His parents were doing some paper work downstairs and Katja had gone to bed early.
Brynjar laid his room looking through his phone. His parents were still up doing last minute paper works or something and Katja went to bed early. He was answering a text from Rolf when a new one came in. "Hmm?" It was a number he didn't recognize. He sent the response to Rolf and then opened the new one.
(298) 964-1534, 8:30 pm: Hi Brynjar, it's Astrid. I got your number from Vera. I hope we're still on for tomorrow and I may have an idea on where we can go for our date. Wild Dragon Wings. I guess let me know what you think? Have a good night and see you tomorrow.
Vera gave her my number. Makes sense. We didn't get to it before and tomorrow is the date. He looked at his calender that was hanging over his desk and saw he didn't have anything planned for Friday night.
First, he saved Astrid's Number into his phone. And then sent her reply text.
Brynjar, 8:32 pm: It's fine that Vera gave you my number. Tomorrow is still on. WDW works. I can pick you up at 5:15 tomorrow if that works?
A minute later, Astrid replied to him with "Cool. Yes, 5:15 can work. I'll see you tomorrow at Practice. :)". Brynjar stared at the text. Did she send him an emoji of a smiley face?
. . .
(Hofferson House – October 7, 2016, 4:45 pm)
After practice, Astrid quickly rushed home. For once, she was glad she was walking distance from Archi Academy. After a quick shower she began to search for an outfit for her date. Staring at her closet, she realized she had no idea what to wear.
"Ugh! I have nothing. I have too much sporty wear and nothing nearly close to a first date," she groaned. She tapped her temple trying to figure out what to do. "Wait, a minute, Vera might know." she scrambled for her phone which was sitting on her desk and quickly sent a text to Vera.
Astrid, 4:45 pm: Vera! What should I wear to this date? Is Brynjar expecting anything?
To her surprise, Vera replied fast.
Vera, 4:45 pm: Just wear something nice. Wear jeans, he won't care. This is Katja by the way.
Astrid's eyes went wide. Katja knew she was going on a date with her brother! She didn't reply and wouldn't get a chance too because about two seconds later, she got another text.
Vera, 4:46 pm: This is Vera. But, Katja is right. Brynjar wouldn't care. As long as it's nice for a date, you'll be fine.
"Well, that helps, I guess," Astrid thought aloud. She went back to her closet, now with new knowledge, began to find an outfit. After all, she only had half an hour to find something!
. . .
(5:10 pm)
"There, this looks alright... I hope." Astrid thought to look at herself in her mirror. She chose to wear her black jeans, which didn't look like jeans, with a light blue short-sleeve blouse. She opted not to use makeup, a later text from Katja came in saying that Brynjar hated it when girls put so much makeup on their face. So, Astrid decided just some lip gloss and a little bit of eyeshadow. For shoes, she decided to wear her cute short brown boots.
She quickly fixed her hair, deciding not to have it in a braid. She let it out, brushed it, and curled it a bit. By the time she was finished, it was 5:14, giving her 1 minute before Brynjar was due to come. Astrid quickly grabbed her jacket and purse (something borrowed from her mother since she personally did not carry purses) and raced down the stairs. Just as she reached the bottom, the doorbell rang.
She calmly walked to the door to not make her any more nervous–which was totally not working–and opened the door. Brynjar was there and Astrid couldn't help but stare. He had a nice shirt on, a black and red plaid long-sleeve shirt, which looked like a jacket, over another shirt, nice jeans and sneakers. He also had his hand combed back which was a change. He usually had his wild and messy.
Brynjar's eyes went wide seeing Astrid. And like her, he couldn't help but stare–though it was a bit weird since he was a few inches taller and if someone saw it, they might have thought he was staring at her breasts, which he was not.
"Um, uh, y-you look amazing," the senior got out before pink covered his cheeks with what he said.
Astrid turned red, "You don't look bad yourself."
Brynjar blushed a darker pink. "I uh I uh...H-How about we get going... We don't want to get there when it's super crowded."
"Uh yeah, let's go," Astrid stepped out of the house, locked it up, and followed Brynjar to his car. He opened her door out for her and once she was inside, he ran to the driver's side and drove to Wild Dragon Wings.
. . .
(Hofferson House – 9:00 pm)
"Oh my gosh, Vera! It was amazing. You know how some boys just talk about themselves? Well, he didn't. He actually talked about something else and was interesting!"
Vera laughed on the other side. Even though it was 9:00 she was still up. It was Friday, so she could stay up late. "That's cool. What else did you do?"
"Well besides having dinner at Wild Dragon Wings, we went for a while in town. It was nice, and some had Halloween Decorations up. So, it was cool to see. We have another date planned for next Tuesday. We're going to see that new movie, Avengers, right after last class."
"Awesome. Oh, I gotta go. I told Katja I'd go shopping with her. She wants to start looking at possible things for the baby," Vera said.
"Now? She's only seven weeks," Astrid said, a little bit surprised.
"Yeah, but this is her,"
"Alright. Do you know what's she decided to do with the baby once it's born?" Astrid asked.
"She's in the middle, she's trying to decide what to do. But, that's all I'm saying, sorry, it's her choice,"
"No, don't worry. I understand. See you later, Vera,"
. . .
Over the weekend, Vera and Katja headed to the mall to do some shopping. Katja wasn't sure what for, so they just looked around. Brynjar went with them, mostly because he was their driver and he didn't want his sister left alone. After all, Dane was still out there, and he could be anywhere.
Monday, Headmaster Hagebak and Vice Principal Mayden-Wrighton and the Nurse, a woman by the name of Lucile Novak–and Athena Novak's mother–were also told. With a note from her doctor, Katja would be excused for some of the Gym lessons. With General Physical Education, anything could be done. Ariadne Ralph was told about Katja's condition and gave Katja a choice: play assistant and still get credit or do some assignments in her office during the period. Katja decided to become the assistant, she didn't want people wondering why she wasn't in class, and her being the assistant might get people to not ask questions. Monday was also the day where Katja reached her second month of her pregnancy. The idea of her being pregnant still scared her, but she's slowing coming to terms. She's glad her family is behind her all the way–even though they now must be careful with what they cook for her. She's got a heightened the sense of smell which can be either good or bad. Brynjar's had to watch out with what he says now, since she still has her random mood swings, thankfully, they are not as bad from when before she knew she was pregnant.
The next day on Brynjar and Astrid's second date, Brynjar totally forgot he was Katja's ride home. He nearly panicked before a quick text from Vera calmed him down. Vera said that Katja was going home with Heather as the two had a project to work on. Hiccup was their ride and he'd offered to take Katja home too.
. . .
(Grimborn Residence – October 13, 2016, 5:45 am)
Katja let out a yawn as she climbed out of bed. She's had to get up earlier just, so she would be ready to leave for school by 6:20 am. She barely made it out the last time. She's had to go to sleep earlier, so she got enough and be able to wake up early. So far, it's been working out alright.
As she began to get dressed, she winced when she pulled her bra on. Her breasts were a bit sore. She looked down and did notice that her nipples had darkened, but only just a tad. She racked her brain to try to remember what symptoms this was.
"Oh, this is just my breasts being sore," Katja remembered. "Dr. Eastwood said it's normal." She slowly got dressed, not wanting to accidentally hit her breasts. By the time she was finished getting dressed, it was about 5:50 am. Just around the time, her mother would be up.
She was right, exactly a minute later, a knock on her door came, "Katja, dear, are you up?"
"Yeah," the silver-eyed girl called quietly, guessing her dad might still be asleep. Today was his off day.
Kelda pushed the door open and found Katja doing her hair. "How are you feeling?"
"Alright. My breasts are sore, but Dr. Eastwood said that's normal," the teen said, gently rubbing against her breasts. She noticed that her mother was already dressed and in her work clothing.
"Yes, it is. They are getting ready since you might be breastfeeding the baby after it's born," Kelda said, moving behind Katja to do her hair.
"I was having cramp late last night," Katja said, "But they went away rather quickly."
"Your cramps are normal, that's how things are," Kelda said. "How's your morning sickness?" she asked, pulling the longer strands of Katja's thick black hair, back and tying it into a braid.
"Better, though it feels more like afternoon sickness," Katja said. "I have sickness sometimes before lunch,"
"Hmm, do you want to call Dr. Eastwood during lunch to see what is going on?" Kelda asked, finishing her daughter's hair.
"I think so, just to make sure it's nothing serious," Katja said.
"There, finished," Kelda said finishing Katja's hair.
"Thanks, Mom," Katja smiled at her hair, happy with how it looked. It was pulled in a low ponytail, or as low as it could go with her shortened hair. There was a braid which also acted as a headband of sorts. Kelda also added her favorite dragonfly hairclip to her hair. "I love it,"
Kelda smiled, "I'm glad. I'll get Dr. Eastwood's number for you, so you can call at Lunch, alright?"
Katja nodded.
"Now, I think it's time we get your brother up, don't you?" Kelda winked at her and Katja let out a giggle.
. . .
(6:34 am)
"I still don't think you needed to wake me up that way," Brynjar muttered as he walked to his car with Katja right behind.
His sister giggled into her hand, "Well you didn't wake up when I called," she said innocently. "Pouring water was the only way. Why weren't you up at 6:15 like you usually are?" she asked.
Brynjar turned a bright pink and Katja got an idea. "Ooh, were you talking to someone...~?"
Katja grinned as her brother turned a brighter red. "I refuse to answer," and quickly climbed into the driver's side of the car.
Katja continued to grin as she climbed in as well, "You know. I could keep bugging you about it," Brynjar paled and slowly turned to face her. "But, because I'm the best sister in the world–"
"You're my only sister, Katja," Brynjar deadpanned.
Katja glared at him, "As I am the best sister in the world, I won't say anything." She finished.
Brynjar rolled his eyes, "Geez, thanks," Katja shrugged and Brynjar pulled out the driveway and headed towards the school.
. . .
(East Wing, Archi Academy – 6:45 am)
"Are you going to go home with one of your friends or ride the bus with Vera?" Brynjar asked, walking into the school with Katja at his side. He opened the door for her and the two walked into the East Wing (English and History Wing).
"Not sure yet. Heather's fine with me going to her place after school," the silver-eyed teen said. "But it does depend on how tired I am. If I just want to go home, maybe I can get Hiccup to drop me off, even though it's in the opposite direction he's going in..."
"If you do, just send me a text, alright?" Katja nodded. "Alright. See you at lunch," Brynjar gave Katja a hug and waved before making walking down a hallway as Katja made her way to her locker.
. . .
(6:50 am)
As she moved her History and Science textbooks into her backpack, Katja heard her name being called. Turning, she found that it was Signy calling her. "Hey," she said as the Freshman came up.
"Hi. How have you been?" Signy asked.
"Good. I'm going to call my doctor at lunch, have to ask her about something," Katja said being careful with what she said since students were in the hallways now.
"Cool. Hope all is well for you," Signy said.
"Me too," The two girls left the hallway and began to make their way to where their friends were. On Green Days, they always met outside the library.
Arriving at the meeting point, Katja saw mostly everyone, but not her cousin. "Where's Vera?"
"She got called down to the office for something," Camicazi said. "We're not sure for what reason,"
Katja slowly nodded her head, Vera wasn't someone to get trouble, so Katja was obviously worried.
"Hey, did you get the worksheet finished for Mr. Farmer?" Heather asked, pulling Katja's attention.
"Yeah, the last one was hard, but thank god Dad had an old history book from his family, eons ago." Katja said, "I wouldn't have been able to answer it if I hadn't!"
"What did you get for question 24 then? I don't have the answer," as Katja explained to Heather how she got her answer, Hiccup ended up watching her.
Ugh, I'm so deep. He thought and quickly shook his head. Thank god he managed to his head out of the clouds, because Vera came back, but she wasn't alone. Right behind her another girl with light brown hair and green eyes.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. Mrs. Mayden-Wrighton wanted me to show her niece around. Guys, this is Minden Guarder, from Wingmaiden Island. She just transferred over,"
"Hello," Minden said.
"Hey," everyone said.
"Minden, this is the gang, first is my cousin Katja, next to her is Heather Lanvirk, Hiccup Haddock, his cousins Snotlout and Adelaide Jorgenson, then the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorson, Fishlegs Ingerman, Astrid Hofferson, Soren Axall, his cousin Signy Ostberg, Camicazi Bogsven, Ragna Falk, Olivia Holgerson, and Thuggory Meatsen," Vera introduced.
"It's nice to meet you all," Minden said politely.
Before anyone could speak, the first bell rang. "Shoot, there's the bell. Minden, what's your first class?"
"Science, with Mrs. Bera Dagdottir." The new girl said.
"I have her," Snotlout said. "I can take you to your first class,"
Minden smiled, "Thank you," she said with a pink dusting of the cheeks.
Snotlout smiled and Adelaide was shocked. Her brother doesn't smile like that to anyone before.
"No problem. See you guys later," he said before leaving with Minden to their science class.
. . .
(11:30 am)
"I want everyone to finish the worksheets I gave out and brought back next Tuesday!" Hiccup and Katja's Home Economics teacher, Kallan Johannsson shouted as the students all ran out the door. Well, all but Katja and Hiccup. The woman sighed but waved it off and made her way to her desk to pack up and then head to lunch.
"I guess they wanted out?" Katja asked Hiccup.
The teen could only shrug.
"Oh, I'll have to meet you at the cafeteria in a few minutes. I need to call Dr. Eastwood." Katja said to Hiccup as they left their class. "I'm going to Miss Novak's office to do the phone call,"
"Is everything alright?" Hiccup asked.
"Yeah. I just have a question to ask her," Katja said and lowered her voice. "My morning sickness is more like afternoon, it happens right before lunch,"
"Alright. Do you want me to tell Vera?" Hiccup asked.
Katja shook her head, "I should only be like five minutes, maximum. It shouldn't take too long. Mom called Dr. Eastwood up to make sure I could get her at this time,"
"Alright. See you in the cafeteria then," Hiccup smiled and Katja smiled back.
. . .
As she said, Katja was back within five minutes.
"All good?" Hiccup asked as she sat next to him, Vera looked at them with narrowed eyes.
"Yes, all good," Katja said with a smile.
"What happened?" Vera asked.
"I had to call Dr. Eastwood and ask her something," Katja said. She motioned her head to Minden who did not know, and Vera understood.
"Alright, cool," Vera said.
For the rest of lunch, everyone talked about something. Olivia–who as on the Homecoming Committee along with Signy–brought up that Homecoming Week would be on starting on October 24th and Spirit Week would start then too. Signy began to tell everyone about the Spirit Week special days, and a few got Katja nervous. She hoped no one did anything extreme...
"Spirit Week? What is Spirit Week?" Minden asked. "We did not have it at Wingmaiden High School,"
Before anyone could reply, Snotlout, surprisingly, was the one that spoke, "Spirit Week is where we celebrate our school pride by participating in activities related to the school's sports teams, wearing school colors and competing in special spirit week contests and stuff like that. It happens during the week of Homecoming."
Everyone was surprised at how fast Snotlout answered. But they shook it off.
"What, uh, will be done on which day?" Katja nervously asked.
Olivia smiled, "Nothing too extreme." Katja let out a breath, "Monday is–my favorite–Pajama Day. You basically come to school in your pajamas!"
Katja let out a giggle, that does sound interesting.
"Tuesday, is a weird one, Wacky Tacky Day, basically, come to school wearing anything wacky to tacky to crazy!" Signy said.
Katja stared at the two, unsure about this "Wacky Tacky Day".
"You can wear anything where it looks weird or something," Vera explained to her cousin.
"Oh," Katja said.
"Wednesday is Parent Day." Olivia said and Katja paled slightly, "The seniors picked it. On that day everyone brings something to "take care of" for the day, it can be anything, a doll, stuffed animal, or an egg–someone did that a few years ago."
Katja let out a breath. She wasn't sure about that day, and if she did that day, someone might link things together. She decided to skip that day. Unfortunately, she missed what Thursday was going to be. But she didn't bother asking what Thursday's day would be.
"Friday is Future College Day, that's where students dress up in what they might see them doing in college. For example, if Hiccup wanted to be a vet like his Mom, he'd wear a vet's jacket or something." Signy explained.
Hiccup didn't like being used as an example, but it helped.
"It's not mandatory that you have to do it. But, people like doing it to bring the spirit in for the Homecoming game." Olivia finished. "Don't tell anyone else. We're announcing this next Friday and papers are being sent home on that same day too,"
As everyone else talked about the upcoming Spirit Week and Homecoming Week, Katja's mind was elsewhere. With everyone occupied, she subconsciously placed her hand on her stomach. Today was eight weeks and four days along, in her two-month marker, and nearing her three months. She still hadn't decided if she was going to keep the baby, and she knew her family was waiting for her answer. No one was rushing her, and she was glad.