Hiccup took a deep breath and got ready to knock on the door. He shook his head and pulled his hand away. "Astrid you do it." Hiccup had no idea how Stoick would react and he really didn't want to know. The blond glared at him. "Fine." She stepped forward and gently knocked on the door. To be honest, she was kind of nervous too. The door creaked open to reveal Gobber. "Hiccup? Astrid?" The two teens were somewhat surprised to see Gobber but thankful none the less. The blacksmith pulled Hiccup squeezed Hiccup." Where the Hel did you go?! Your father has been worried sick!" A large hand grabbed Gobbers shoulder and pushed him aside. "Gobber!" Stoick growled.
Hiccup shrunk back a little."Uh, hi Dad." The chief gasped." For Thors sake Hiccup come inside! Where have you been?" Stoick boomed. Gobber pouted and straightened his helmet. He was about to shut the door but Astrid stuck her foot in."Um , Gobber sir. May I come in?" Gobber opened the door." Fine by me lass. But your father almost had a panic attack when you went missing." The girl gulped. "I'll go home and see them later tonight. But I really need to talk to Hiccup and the chief." Gobber's eyes narrowed but he let her in. Hiccup pulled out a seat for her. Stoick carried on screaming and scolding. Hiccup just sat there with his head down. Was this normal for him? Astrid was genuinely terrified. She had never been yelled at like this before." Can I talk now?" Hiccup raised a finger.
"Um, the night fury that took Astrid actually took her to the island that my ship wrecked on. Astrid fought it off and we fixed the ship." Stoick looked between the two. Hiccup wasn't a very good liar. "Astrid? Is this true?" Hiccup stared at her practically begging her to say yes. Astrid nodded. "But the ship wasn't fixed too well so it wrecked again not to far off of shore." Hiccup grinned a little. "I'm sorry Dad. That was irresponsible to run away. Astrid convinced me that I should at least give the marriage thing a shot." Stoick, still in shock, smiled. "Well that's great. Well done Astrid. I've never known Hiccup to listen to anyone." Stoick laughed. Hiccup glared at his father. "I should be getting back to my parents." Astrid stood up and waved goodbye. The second she was out the door she sighed. What were her parents going to say?
"Mom! Dad!" The young girl called from outside her house. She heard a few crashed and the door flung open. Her mother stood in the door overjoyed. "Astrid! Oh sweetie." She hugged her daughter. "Okay Mom. I'm fine. You can let go now." Her mother released her and brushed the teens bangs behind her ears." Where have you been?" Astrid glanced over at her dad. He was so surprised to see her. Very few people are carried off by dragons and return. Astrid smiled." Hiccup and I fought away the dragon and we sailed back home. It's really kind of simple." Her parents blinked at the same time. "Hiccup?" Her father asked. Hiccup had helped to fight away a dragon?Astrid's eyes widened. "Oh yeah. We beat it off with sticks. I didn't really have my axe so I had to improvise." Astrid's mother pulled her inside. "You beat off a night fury with a stick?"
It just got more and more hard to believe. "Sure did." She nodded. Dang it. Hiccup might have been rubbing off on her. She was usually a pretty good liar" Your even better than your mother." Astrid's dad laughed. His wife elbowed him in the stomach. Astrid couldn't believe they fell for that" Almost. Almost as good. We missed you so much." Her parents dragged her into a group hug." Enough with the hugs. It's only been a few days." They finally let her go." It's been a really long night. I think I'll go to bed." Astrid smiled and walked up stairs. Her parents were so happy to see her. Sometimes they could get really annoying. Astrid rolled her eyes and sat down on the bed. She ran her fingers through her hair. She was getting married for real. She'd just let her parents find out on their own.
I finally updated. I'm sorry it took so long. I know this chapter was suppose to be about Astrid worrying that everyone else was going to bully her. It kind of ended up being more about how differently their parents treat them. The next chapter will be about Astrid's worry about being bullied.(Also at the end. Her parents would assume the wedding was off because Hiccup ran away. So they will have to find out it's not canceled on their own.) Thanks for reading and please review.