A/N: Hey everyone. So sorry for the super long wait. I got a bad case of writer's block and couldn't shake it. Plus all of my free time ended up getting put into the film that I've been working on. But I finally finished up the chapter. I wish it was longer but I felt like I should finish it off and post it up. Hopefully you all enjoy it. I've been working up to this one for a bit. Thanks for all your reviews and messages. It's always great hearing from fans even if I don't individually reply to each review. It's still awesome to hear from you all. Hopefully I won't make you wait this long for the next chapter. I've started working on it but that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be finished quickly.

LG

Chapter 26

Hiccup rolls Stormfly out of the paint booth. He finally got the clear coat done and shining brightly. She was coming along nicely. At this rate Astrid would be driving her before the end of the summer. Maybe even by the end of the week if Hiccup didn't have to go in to the office with his dad again. He hoped that he could get away without going in for a couple weeks.

The door to the shop opens up and sunlight spills inside. Astrid enters the shop with a pair of coveralls hanging over her arm. She stops dead in her tracks with her mouth slightly open in surprise. "Do you like it m'lady?" Hiccup asks her.

"She's beautiful." Astrid says with awe.

"Just like her owner." Hiccup pipes up thoughtfully as he pulls her in to his arms.

Astrid turns her head away as her cheeks turn slightly pink at the compliment. Hiccup decides to tease her. "Is the great Astrid Hofferson actually blushing?"

She pushes him away and punches him on the arm. "That's for making me blush."

She walks past him over to Stormfly. "Hey what happened to the other part of that?"

Astrid looks up at him while she pulls her coveralls on. "What other part?"

Hiccup starts walking back towards the car. "You know. The other part. Where you say this is for something else and you kiss me."

"Oh… You mean something like this?" She wraps an arm around his neck and pulls him in till her lips are gently pressed against his. She breaks the kiss "That's for helping me fix Stormfly." She says dreamily.

"Should we get to work?" Hiccup says through half lidded eyes.

"I was going to suggest something else. But you're right. Let's get to work." Astrid says as she slides away from him.

With the painting now finished, she could start putting the newly upholstered interior back in. She looks at the work table. Black seats with light blue accents. She couldn't wait to get them back in. They weren't going to install themselves though. She hoists the rear bench seat up and takes it to the car.

She lines it up in position. "Think you could fasten this down for me while you're under there?" She asks Hiccup.

"Sure thing m'lady." Hiccup answers as she tosses him the nuts to hold the seat in place.

Hiccup shifts under the car to the back and makes quick work of tightening the rear seat down. Astrid heads back over to the other. "What are you doing under there anyways?" She asks Hiccup.

"Oh just some touch ups. Adjusting the transmission, reattaching the driveshaft and hooking up the exhaust." Hiccup states as he works.

"Oh. Fair enough." Astrid says as she grabs the backing for the rear seat.

The day continues much the same, late in to the night. Trying to get Stormfly finished but couldn't quite finish. Hiccup scrubs his hands with orange grit hand cleaner. "Any plans now?" Astrid asks him as she cleans her own hands.

Hiccup shrugs. "It's past midnight. I'll probably just head home so I can get an early start here tomorrow."

"That doesn't sound very fun." Astrid teases him.

"Did you have something more fun in mind?" Hiccup asks her as he wipes his hands off with brown paper towel.

"Well. I was thinking…" She leans in close to his ear and whisper. "I could go over to your house and crawl in to bed with you."

Hiccup raises his eyebrows. "I don't think mom and dad would like that."

Astrid scowls. "Hiccup. You're not a child anymore. You graduated. You're allowed to make your own decisions."

"Yeah. But my parents wouldn't like hearing their son fucking his girlfriend in their house."

"Who said I was going to fuck you?" Astrid asks with a raised eyebrow.

Hiccup opens his mouth but no words come out. She's got him there.

"Fine. You can come over." Hiccup tells her.

She smiles triumphantly. "On one condition." He follows up quickly.

"What's that?" Astrid asks crossing her arms.

"I get to be big spoon." Hiccup says as he fights to keep a straight face.

"Aww man. I wanted to be big spoon." Astrid jokes with him as the two of them crack up.

Hiccup slowly shuts the door to his house. He puts his finger up to his lips to show Astrid to keep quiet. She follows him through the dark house. He tries as he climbs the stairs. "That you son?" Stoick's voice booms from his parents' bedroom.

"Yeah. It's just me." Hiccup answers back.

Astrid holds back her laughter as Hiccup scowls at her.

They enter his room and Hiccup shuts the door and flicks on his light. Hiccup plops himself down on his bed, lying on his back. "Hey. Out of your dirty clothes before you get on the bed." Astrid scolds him.

Hiccup rolls his eyes as he gets back up off the bed. He grabs the bottom of his t-shirt and begins to take it off but Astrid stops him by taking his hands into hers. "I'd like to do it." Astrid says quietly.

Hiccup gulps as Astrid's fingers tighten on Hiccup's t-shirt. She slowly raises it up, revealing the tight muscles in his stomach. He wasn't buff but his abs were definitely there. Astrid smiles as she reveals the rest of his chest. She stops the t-shirt on his head, keeping his eyes covered and she leans in, lightly kissing his neck. Hiccup inhales sharply.

He wraps his arms around her waist, working his others senses while his eyes are covered. "I think I'm going to keep you like this for a bit and tease you."

"I still have my hands free." Hiccup says as he holds up his free hands to show her.

She can't see his face but she knows that he's smiling. She grabs both of his wrists and pushes them behind his back. "Not for long." she whispers seductively.

Astrid pushes him back toward his bed. Luckily for her, there's a t-shirt lying on his bed. She grabs it and uses it to tie his hands together at the wrists. "Now they're not free." Astrid says as she presses her lips against his again.

"I think I like this." Hiccup manages to get out between kisses.

Astrid ghosts kisses around his jawline while lightly running her fingers over his chest. She whispers in to his ear as she tugs at the waist of his pants. "It's too bad we can't do anything."

"I think we can make an exception tonight." Hiccup groans.

Astrid unties his hands and tugs the t-shirt off his head. "You can't be serious?" Hiccup whines.

"We wouldn't wanna wake your parents." Astrid says coyly as she strips down and jumps in bed. She turns back to him and asks innocently. "Are you coming to bed or are you just going to stand there with a tent in your pants."

Hiccup grumbles as he strips down and crawls in bed beside her. "You're not going to let me suffer like this are you?" He slides up beside her.

"Just imagine how much better it will be the next time." Astrid whispers with a smile.

"Don't be such a tease." Hiccup whines.

Astrid grins at him. "But you love being teased. Now go to bed and I promise that you'll love the next time." She kisses him goodnight. "Besides, you haven't seen anything yet."

She wiggles her ass against him, feeling him get hard.

"That's not fair." He moans.

Astrid falls asleep quicker than Hiccup as he shifts back and forth trying to get comfortable.

Stoick woke them up unceremoniously the following morning and ushered them out of the house. Hiccup needed to go to work with his dad again. They drop Astrid off at her house on their way. Hiccup isn't thrilled by the prospect of needing to work.

Fishlegs stands waiting at the mall patiently. He checks his watch. He's 10 minutes early and Cami isn't here yet. Typical Fishlegs. He paces back and forth but stops as he hears a familiar voice coming from someone who is sitting on the bench with their back to him.

"I'm 100% sure uncle. Hiccup drives a grey mustang. No not one of those new ones… Yeah. Like one from that movie with Nick Cage and Angie Jolie… I don't want to discuss Hiccup anymore. If you have plans for him, I couldn't care less. Alright. I'll talk to you later. Bye" Heather hangs up her phone.

Fishlegs' eyes go wide and he forgets about Cami as he rushes to leave the mall. He runs into the small blonde girl. "Woah. What's the hurry Fish? We just got here."

"I need to find Hiccup now!" Fish says with an urgency flooding his voice.

"Why what's up?" Cami asks.

Fishlegs takes his phone out and drops it on the ground. He curses as he picks it up. "Fishlegs. Tell me what's wrong." She grabs hold of his hand as he tries to find Hiccup's number in his phone.

"I don't know. Heather is just planning something and I don't know what but it sounded ominous." Fishlegs says as he taps to call Hiccup.

Hiccup sits in a boring board meeting. Every time he looks out the window or begins to doodle, he gets a very disapproving look from his father. So now he sits, doodling his thumbs trying to look like he is paying attention and failing miserably. His phone begins to buzz on the boardroom table loudly. An elderly man who is speaking stops mid-sentence and everyone turns to look at Hiccup. "Sorry." He apologizes as he hits decline on the phone. Fishlegs is going to have to wait he thinks to himself.

His father frowns at him and he returns the phone to his pocket where it won't distract anyone else. He feels it vibrating again. Fishlegs must be awfully excited about something to call him twice when he knows that Hiccup is working with his dad.

It's not long before there's a knock at the door. A secretary sticks her head in. "Fishlegs to see Hiccup."

Stoick frowns at Hiccup again. Another disapproving look from dad. Great.

"Sorry dad. I'll go tell him that now isn't the time. Excuse me gentlemen." Hiccup excuses himself.

He exits the boardroom. "What do you want Fish? You just got me in a lot of trouble. And why are you out of breath?" Hiccup says.

Cami stands by Fishlegs who is clearly out of breath.

"I needed to warn me. Heather is up to no good. Planning something with his uncle." Fishlegs says urgently.

Hiccup stops a moment. Speechless. "You pulled me out of a board meeting to tell me that Heather has some sort of revenge scheme planned? You do realize how much trouble I'm in now because of this right?"

"It's not Heather who's planning it. It sounded more like her uncle." Fishlegs explains.

Hiccup turns towards Cami. "You let him drag you all the way down here just to pull me out of a meeting because Heather's uncle asked about me?"

"I didn't want to but he was really shook up." Cami explains.

"Heed my words Hiccup. They're planning something. You should warn Astrid." Fishlegs warns.

"I gotta get back in the meeting. I'll talk to you guys later." Hiccup says as he enters back through the door.

Hiccup retakes his seat. "My apologies please continue."

The man that had been talking resumes talking.

Hiccup and Stoick walk out toward Stoick's car. "I think this was a good day son. I'm proud of you. You're beginning to catch on."

"Thanks dad." They get in the car and start the drive home.

"Think we should pick up some supper on the way? Save your mother from cooking tonight." Stoick suggests.

"I think that would be nice." Hiccup answers.

"Pizza?" Stoick asks.

"Sounds good to me." Hiccup responds.

Hiccup doesn't notice a black escalade pulling out of an adjacent parking lot and following them. It follows them to the pizzeria and continues on until they pull in to their driveway.

"You should have seen our son today Valka." Stoick beams as he carries the pizza in excitedly. "He was magnificent."

"Oh come on dad. I didn't do anything special. I just sat and listened." Hiccup says humbly.

"You did it and you did it well." Stoick says as he scoops half the pizza on to his plate.

"Is the pizza for celebration or is my cooking just that bad?" Valka asks humorously.

"We figured you could use a break from cooking." Hiccup says with a shrug as he loads his own plate up with pizza.

The three of them sit down at the table and have a quaint family supper. The Haddock family might be well off financially but they still knew the importance of family time. They were old fashioned like that.

"So… Weekend plans?" Stoick asks.

"Well me and Astrid are trying to finish up Stormfly before Monday." Hiccup explains.

"Stormfly?" Valka asks curiously.

"It's the name of her car." Hiccup explains as he takes a bite of pizza.

Valka frowns. "You kids and your damn car names."

"We're not kids anymore mom. Were 18." Hiccup explains.

"Still kids in my books." Valka jokes.

Sunday morning Hiccup had asked Astrid to meet him at the shop. She had to go to a family event the night before and Hiccup had stayed up all night finishing Stormfly and he had finally finished. He parked her outside and put a car cover over her to keep her from sight. And now he waited, sitting against a concrete barrier. He yawned as he checked the time on his phone. She should be here any second. He couldn't wait to show her.

He spots her long before she arrives. Her blonde hair bobbing in the sunlight as she jogs to the shop. She checks her pulse and phone. Astrid was always making sure that she was in tip top physical shape. Hiccup would argue with any man alive if they tried to tell him that she wasn't the most beautiful girl in the world.

"Don't tell me you bought another car to work on babe. Can't we just finish Stormfly and enjoy the cars that we have?" Astrid asks with a laugh after she's done counting her pulse.

"I donno. I figured you'd just love this car. Maybe even enough to go for a test drive right now." Hiccup says with a huge smile that he couldn't hide if he tried.

Hiccup's hands grasp at the smooth material of the car cover. "Let me present to you…" He wipes the car cover off.

Astrid gasps in surprise. "You finished her!" She cries out.

She runs at Hiccup, wrapping her arms around him in a huge hug nearly knocking him off his feet. Her lips crash against his with force and she kisses him deeply in her joy.

She breaks apart. "I can't believe you finished her. You must have been here all night."

"Actually I was. Just finished this morning. Rolled her out here so that you could see her in the sunlight." Hiccup tells her.

"I can't thank you enough." Astrid says. "Can we go for a drive?"

"Of course. Here." Hiccup tosses her the keys.

She jumps in excitedly and starts her up. She puts the car in drive and off they go.

"This is so amazing. If only my uncle Finn could see this. He always wanted to get her running in mint condition again." Astrid says as she takes a corner.

Hiccup smiles at her. He is content with just watching her. The happiness she's feeling is causing her to glow radiantly. "I'm glad you like her. It was a blast working on her with you."

"How fast do you think she goes?" Astrid asks.

"Let's take her out on a back road and find out." Hiccup says mischievously.

Stormfly rumbles on an empty back country road. Hiccup used this road all the time. He had marked off a 1/4 mile with spray paint and wooden stakes. This was his "test" area.

"Ready?" He asks Astrid.

She tightens her grip on the steering wheel and revs the engine loudly. "Ready."

"On your mark... Get set... Go!" Hiccup counts down and clicks the timer.

Astrid pops the clutch and Stormfly's tires light up in smoke and begin to screech as the car pulls away. Astrid slams the car in to second gear.

Third and fourth gears come just as quickly and the car flies past the stakes. "Time!" Hiccup shouts and Astrid lets up off the gas, letting Stormfly coast down the road.

"Not bad." Hiccup says while nodding his head.

"What did I get?" Astrid asks impatiently.

"11.87. give or take. Almost as fast as Toothless." Hiccup tells her.

"Well... We'll beat you one of these days... Won't we girl." Astrid says as she rubs the dash of her car.

Hiccup chuckles at that. "I don't think so. Hiccup is built for this."

"Haven't you learned not to challenge me yet, Haddock?" Astrid asks with a raises eyebrow.

He smiles awkwardly and changes the subject. "So... I was thinking that we could finish tonight what we started the other night in my bed."

"Oh, you mean this?" She asks as she slides a hand up his leg to his manhood.

Hiccup inhales sharply. "Yes. That was what I was talking about."

Astrid motions Hiccup to come closer so that she can whisper in his ear and still keep her eyes on the road. "I think that's a wonderful idea. I can't wait to feel you deep inside me."

Hiccup's eyes get wide and he needs to readjust himself to get comfortable as his pants get tighter. Astrid chuckles at his situation. She hopes that he always feels that way about her.

They pull in to Hiccup's yard. His father is standing outside getting the hose ready to wash his car. Astrid pulls in and kills the engine. The couple gets out and Stoick greets them. "Morning Hiccup. Astrid."

"Morning dad." Hiccup greets.

"Morning Mr. Haddock." Astrid greets him.

He chuckles at that. "Stoick is good enough Astrid. Mr. Haddock sounds way too official. You have a beautiful car."

"Thanks. Hiccup helped me tune her up and he painted her himself." Astrid says with a beaming smile.

"We're heading out to grab some ice cream. Did you and mom want some?" Hiccup asks.

"Sure! Let me get your mother." Stoick booms as he heads back in to the house.

"Valka! Come on. We're going for ice cream." Stoick shouts inside the door.

Astrid chuckles under her breath. It's surprising that he doesn't shatter the windows with a voice that powerful.

Valka comes outside. "Which car are we taking?"

"Well I haven't driven in Hiccup's car yet. So how about Toothless?" Stoick offers.

"But my car is so new." Astrid complains.

"What about if we take both?" Valka asks.

Everyone looks at her. "Both?" Hiccup questions.

"Yeah. Girls in one. Boys in the other."

"It could be a race." Astrid says excitedly.

"No not a race." Hiccup groans.

"Scared you're going to lose Haddock?" Astrid taunts.

"I'll drive. That way we're sure to win." Stoick pipes up.

"Then it's settled." Valka announces.

They jump in the cars. Hiccup gives the keys to Stoick saying. "I think this is the first time you've driven Toothless."

Stoick thinks for a moment as he starts up the engine. "You know, I think you're right."

Astrid and Valka are the first out of the driveway followed closely by Stoick and Hiccup.

"You've built one hell of a car." Stoick compliments but Hiccup doesn't hear him. He's looking in his mirror at a black Escalade behind them.

"Sorry what was that dad?" He says.

"I said you've built one hell of a car." He repeats as he looks over at his son. "Something bothering you, son?"

"Dad. I think we're being followed." Hiccup says nervously.

"Nonsense Hiccup. That sort of thing doesn't happen in real life." Stoick laughs.

"I'm serious dad. How many black Escalades do you think are in this city?" Hiccup questions.

"Hard to say." Stoick shrugs.

"Because over the last few weeks I've noticed quite a few black Escalades ever since I was out…" He fades off.

"Out where?" Stoick urges.

"Out at Bludvist Airstrip." Hiccup says slowly.

"Bludvist Airstrip! What the bloody hell were you doing there? Drago is a psychopath and you just up and trespass on his property?!" Stoick bellows.

"It hasn't been used it years, dad. The kids use it as a drag strip. And this one night a black Humvee showed up and chased us off. And ever since then I've noticed a black Escalade everywhere I go." Hiccup explains quickly.

Stoick glances in the rear view mirror. "Where is it?"

"What?" Hiccup glances over his shoulder out the back glass but the Escalade is gone. "He was just right there."

"I think you're being paranoid." Stoick tells him.

"Dad look out!" Hiccup screams.

Everything happens in slow motion. The terrible screeching and crunching of metal on metal contact, as a big black Humvee smashes in to the side of them. The driver side window shatters, spraying glass all over father and son. Toothless lifts off his wheels as their world starts to turn. He barrels rolls three times before landing, spinning on his roof.

All windows busted, Hiccup glasses around. Ears ringing, smoke in his nostrils, vision blurring quickly, he notices his father. Both of them are still hanging in their seats. The Shelby's racing harnesses had done their work. Blood is running out of his father's head. "Dad." Hiccup manages to groan.

He was having a hard time talking. Pain was shooting through his ribs. His father didn't answer him.

People ran around the car. Some on their cellphones calling for help. Others trying to help nearby pedestrians who had been struck by the car as he rolled. The Humvee was nowhere to be found.

Hiccup fumbled for his belt. He needed to help his father. His fingers managed to grasp the clasp and he falls awkwardly out of the seat and on to the ceiling of the upside down car. The impact is too much and Hiccup's world goes dark.

He awakens in a hospital bed. Astrid was asleep in a chair next to him. How long had he been out?