Chapter Twenty-One: Scars and Curiosity

While Eira went to go change, Hiccup did the same. He took a quick glance at her as he put his prosthetic back on and saw she was putting her hair back in its original bun. Hiccup also saw four jagged scars running across her back clearly this time. He stood up and went to touch her shoulders.

Eira was going to slap him for being a pervert again, but noticed he was not look at her chest. He was looking straight in her eyes as his shown concern and curiosity.

"What happen?"

One of her eyebrows rose silently asking what he meant until she realized he had seen her back and her hand shot up on her shoulder where the first scar began. "Nothing, don't worry about it."

He was irritated with her answer, "it's not nothing Eira a dragon caused those scars didn't it? So tell me what happen?"

"It is nothing Hiccup!" she shouted pulling away from him and shoving her top over her head," just drop it and stop being so nosey!"

He was going to let it go for now, but she was hiding where those scars came from and he was determined to find out why they made her so jumpy. She was strapping on her cuffs when he was just finishing putting on his belt. It was very uncomfortable silence between the two after their small blow out. When both were fully dress she asked him, "I'll meet you back at the house?"

He ended up stating the worse thing in that moment, "sure you won't take off running again?"

"Did you really just ask me that?" her eyes narrowed at him.

"If I did?" he pushed his luck.

Her face turned red and she tried not to go up to him and punch his freckled face unconscious, "you know of all the egotistical and hurtful things to say some one after everything that happen between us a few moments ago, you have some nerve Hiccup Haddock. She went over to Dust and hopped on, "I'll see you later if you're lucky," with that Dust leaped into the skies leaving both boys in the cove.

Hiccup sat on a rock running his fingers through his wet hair when Toothless sat beside him starring at him.

"What are you looking at?" he snapped at the dragon.

The Night Fury snorted at him and nudged his head at the boy.

Hiccup sighed and held his head in his hands, "I know Bud, but she won't tell me how she got hurt or why a dragon would even do that."

The black oversized lizard rolled his eyes trying to make the point clear that she really did not have to explain herself to him or anyone. When that did not come across to his trainer Toothless just let him sit there for a couple more minutes before they took off towards him. Hiccup just prayed that she actually went back to the house and he did not drive her way.

They landed just outside his house and the first foot Hiccup placed inside the door Dust was growling at him. He took it out and the Night Fury relaxed in seconds." Great not this again how in the world am I suppose to get into my home now." At least it was a sign that Eira was actually in his him. He closed the front door and sat on the stoop pondering on what to do. That is when he realized Dust could not guard to opening in their roof they used for Toothless. Both boy and dragon climbed onto the roof and tried their best to sneak in through the sky light. It was by sheer luck that he made no noise when he went up to his room and Toothless went to distract Dust.

Walking in he did not believe what he saw. Eira was sitting on his desk looking through his personal journal, but it seemed she was stuck on one page. He could not form words for his mouth had gone dried and his brain was just in shock that she was even there.

She finally looked up from the page when she felt like someone was starring at her and she had to ask him, "Why would you draw this?"

"Draw? Draw what?" and he walked over to her to see the picture and he took it out of her hands, "now whose being nosey!"

Eira ignored his comment and asked again, "why would you draw a picture of me Hiccup?"

"It's none of your business Eira!" he screamed in her face," it doesn't matter see," and he tore the picture out of the journal, then shredding the parchment.

Her eyes widen at his reaction, kneeling down to pick up the pieces, "why would you do that!"

"Because you weren't suppose to see that ever!" He pulled her up from the ground making her drop the remains, "you see this journal. This journal is for my eyes only, no one else, but you had to ruin that. You had to be nosey just because I was concern with your safety! Well forget it!" he roared at her making her feel guilty.

"Hiccup I'm sorry."

"No Eira you're not, just get out."

She looked confused, "what?"

"You heard me, get out and find some other place to sleep tonight because I certainly don't want you in my house anymore!" Hiccup yelled pushing her towards the exit.

Eira stared at him as if he was a completely different person, but left taking Dust with her. He crumbled onto the floor touching the ripped up drawing feeling completely lost. It was the first picture he had drawn of her when he realized that he liked her. It was also the first time he realized she was the prettiest girl he ever seen on Berk. What was worse about this whole scenario was that he did not have the courage to tell her that, so instead he just blew up unwilling to confront that fear he had.

He sighed as Toothless came up to see how he was doing, "and she called me a true Viking," he shook his head in his own disappointment, "wonder what she would call me now."

The dragon nudged his head on Hiccup's shoulder to get his attention, only to make the young lad hug his dragon in comfort. While hugging his friend the teen only wished that what he had said had never come out of his mouth, but it was a wish that would never come true.

A/N: The horrible thing about this chapter is that I planned none of this to happen and yet it did. Another thing is that if Hiccup were to get mad at someone I suspect that he would have his father's temper and reasoning for some reason. Please Read and Review.