Not What You Expected

Author: Nightstar Fury from Nightstar Productions.

Rated: M for Mature.

Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD, Frozen, Tangled, or Brave.

29; Preparations.

Hiccup and Astrid were hard at work to prepare for this big surprise that everyone would see on Monday. They'd already covered so much ground since they worked together so well. Compromising was a strong thing between them. After some more reading they found out each of the 3 girls would be at different stages in their pregnancies. Astrid was to start hers at 4 months. Another girl was starting at 2, and the last one was starting from the very beginning. Why Astrid was chosen for the harder part, they still didn't understand and made a note to ask the teachers after it was over.

It had been decided by Hiccup and Astrid to research all they could about pregnancy, and they tried to think of all the questions that could be asked so they could give logical answers that people wouldn't question and jeopardize the project. They already hated that they'd have to lie to their best friends but they promised themselves to make it up to them when the two months was over. This was going to really put their acting skills to the test, pulling off a fake pregnancy with only a weekend to get the facts straight. They still had so much to do and it was already 8:30pm.

"God this is testing the limits of brain..." Astrid mumbled in frustration.

"We should take a break babe." Hiccup suggested.

"Not until we get these sorted out..." Astrid replied softly with a yawn. Hiccup kissed her cheek lightly now.

"But you're exhausted." Hiccup chuckled, Astrid stuck her tongue out at him he tried to bite it and she gasped.

"This is a big part of this, Hiccup...we have to have it right...Our stories have match, the time line has to fit...we don't need anyone raising suspicions..." Astrid sighed again.

"We have all weekend to do this..." Hiccup told her with a smile.

"I know but I at least want to get this straightened out first...Can we agree to that?" Astrid asked gently.

"Alright...We'll do this and then we're going to bed...So...first thing is the question of conception dates will come up right away...In order for you to be 4 months, we had to have sex in December. Right when we got together...So lets say...Christmas Night? We can't say before that because the date we got together is up on Facespace..." Hiccup informed her.

"Right so I conceived December 25th...it was your Christmas present to me...Sounds good. Next will be how far along, and that's obviously 4 months...Then what?" Astrid asked looking at him.

"The usual questions, I assume. Were you scared? When did you tell me? Am I involved? What do you plan to do now? All things we can answer easily." Hiccup replied calmly.

"True...Now for why I didn't show right away...What did you say again?" Astrid questioned arching a brow.

"The pregnancy was more towards your back and that's why it didn't show right away...We can find some fake ultra-sounds to prove that...Then as you came in to your 4th month, being now the baby shifted and you slowly started to see your belly growing...You can start wearing some baggy clothes and we'll figure something out for the belly growing issue..." Hiccup told her.

"Any ideas on that yet?" Astrid looked at him.

"A few but they aren't important right now...We can talk about it tomorrow. Another question will be when you are due...so...conceived in December would make a due date around..." He started counting in his head before looking at her, " August this year, towards the end of it." Hiccup told her.

"Right...And what symptoms am I supposed to have, you know people are going to ask or be looking for them." Astrid reminded him. Hiccup pulled his laptop close to him and started another search for symptoms at 4 months of pregnancy.

"Ah here we go... Heartburn, Nausea and Vomiting, Nosebleeds, Blotchy Skin, Increased Fatigue, Vaginal Discharge, Baby's Movements is most common around this time for weeks 14-17 which to you is 4 months..." Hiccup was reading over the site page.

"I can handle 3 of those...Nosebleeds, Blotchy Skin, Discharge, and Movements gonna be kind of hard..." Astrid mentioned.

"It says they are common, not required babe. Just do what you can. Every pregnancy is different. For all anyone knows, you just get sick and shit...As for the baby moving...people can just not touch you or I'll be snapping a few wrists..." Hiccup chuckled.

"You're terrible you know that...But you have a point...people can't be touching me..." Astrid nodded in agreement. "Anything I should know for month 4?" Astrid asked him now.

"Not really. I'll save this page and we can refer back to it in April when you hit month 5...and again at 6..." Hiccup told her.

"Okay so...anything else..." Astrid yawned again.

"Nothing more for tonight babe. We went over what we absolutely had too, now its time for bed. We'll talk more about the belly and what not tomorrow..." Hiccup smiled at her as she put her notebook down with a nod. Hiccup led her to her room and kissed her deeply.

"I love you, and thank you for doing this with me, Hiccup..." Astrid said quietly.

"Its what good boyfriends do. Now get some sleep..." Hiccup nodded to her.

"Wait...can you...stay with me tonight?" Astrid asked nervously, Hiccup now looked back at her a little confused.

"Why, is something wrong?" Hiccup asked.

"No...I just...want you to sleep in the room with me...I miss us sharing a bed..." Astrid replied blushing. Hiccup chuckled as he nodded.

"Let me go lock things up and turn off the lights, then I'll come back in with you." He said, she nodded and he went to do as he said he would. Hiccup then came back in her room and crawled in to bed beside, she curled up against him happily before settling in and falling asleep. Hiccup smiled now, he'd never understand how he managed to get so lucky in life. Not with being a famous singer or racer, not even being the son of a champion wrestler...his actual luck, got him Astrid and it was something he'd never trade for the world. Hiccup's eyes closed as he slowly fell asleep.

In the morning, Hiccup woke first and went for a flight with Toothless. Astrid woke up while they were gone and started to make breakfast for the Hiccup and herself. She made some eggs, toast, and sausage knowing they were Hiccup's favorites. She set them on two plates and then waited for him to return. 20 minutes later he walked in smiling at her. "Good morning." Astrid greeted smiling back.

"Morning mi'lady. I see you cooked for us." He chuckled pulling her in for a kiss.

"Yes I did since you always do it." Astrid blushed now.

"It looks great. Lets eat and then we can start working on the project again." Hiccup said as he led her to the table where their plates were. Sitting down they began to eat contently.

"So our friends aren't showing up at random today, are they?" Astrid asked.

"No, I told them you and I were spending the day together." Hiccup smiled.

"Smart man." Astrid chuckled as they continued to eat. "So what is on the checklist for today involving the project?" Astrid asked taking a bite of her toast.

"Well, do you plan to give the report of your findings when you were pregnant?" Hiccup asked her.

"Not sure, haven't decided." Astrid lowered her head slightly. She wasn't much of a speaker and having to give an oral report about a fake pregnancy kind of scared her, she didn't know if she wanted to do that or not, especially not knowing how things would turn out during this ordeal.

"Not an issue babe. We'll put something in the tapes...Of course we'll have to start recording now of the finding out, and revealing...people are gonna wanna see things from the start if I recall from the instructions..." Hiccup stated.

"Our last recording was what...Couple weeks ago? If I got pregnant in December, people are going to of wanted to see it dating way back then..." Astrid sighed, this was getting complicated already.

"Hey, no big deal. Remember...we recorded things when they seemed right too. So we'll get a blank tape, label it for after Christmas around the new year, couple weeks in to January and shoot the whole thing of you finding out and telling me...we'll just make it seem like we didn't know the camera's were recording..." Hiccup replied now.

"Hiccup, people are gonna notice things going from Christmas to the New year, and a sudden pregnancy announcement...There'd be a huge gap in recordings...to fill in all the missed spots." Astrid mumbled.

"You let me worry about that. Your boyfriend is extremely tech savvy mi'lady. I can make it so it all blends in. We just have to get the acting right. I have a few blank tapes laying around in here, once I get them we'll do the finding out you telling me okay. Stop panicking..." Hiccup told her. Astrid nodded as they kissed again and finished their breakfast and cleaned up.

(2 hours later)

Their plan was set in motion. Hiccup had the camera's ready as he nodded to Astrid, she gave a smile showing she was ready. The plan was to make the viewers think they didn't know the camera's were on. To have them hear Astrid throwing up in the bathroom and Hiccup get concerned wondering why she's been so sick. Finally after 'talking' Astrid realizes she might be pregnant and they agree to get a test. The camera would cut there, and start again 20 minutes later with Astrid going in to the bathroom and Hiccup pacing around nervously. It was perfect as long as they could keep straight faces. Hiccup was standing in the kitchen, Astrid went to the bathroom with the door shut. Hiccup moved outside. ::In position. Go ahead babe. -Hiccup.:: He texted to her. He waited a few minutes before slightly opening the door and turning the camera's on. He walked in fully and shut the door tightly. "Babe! I'm home from work!" He called out. No answer, as planned. Hiccup looked around then made his way in the living room, back to the camera looking for Astrid still.

The sounds of her throwing up sounds hit his ears as he walked towards the bathroom slowly. "Astrid? You okay in there?" Hiccup asked with concern in his tone. Everything was going according to plan. The toilet flushed as Astrid slowly opened the door and faced him. "Something is wrong Hiccup...I feel terrible...I don't know what's wrong. I've been sick for days..." Astrid moaned sadly as Hiccup led her to the couch.

"Do you want to go to the doctors? We can go right now if you think something is wrong, Astrid..." Hiccup replied gently as they looked at one another. "What do you mean by days? How long has this been going on, babe?..." Hiccup asked now.

"Bout a week, maybe more...I–I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry..." Astrid looked down, Hiccup lifted her chin up so they were looking at one another again.

"Astrid for Thor's sake...I'm your boyfriend. Of course I want to know if you're not feeling well. I could of taken time off to take care of you..." Hiccup sighed heavily. "Lets go to the doctors, come on..." Hiccup said.

"No...I don't want to go unless I have too..." Astrid said gently.

"Alright, then tell me what's wrong. Maybe we can figure it out together..." Hiccup suggested.

"Well...aside from being sick all time...I get bad headaches, fatigue, my boobs hurt, earlier the smell of bacon made me want to throw up my insides, I get dizzy if I stand up too fast...Oh and the cramping is awful..." Astrid explained.

"Honestly babe, it sounds like you're getting you're period. All those things are associated with menstrual cycles starting." Hiccup replied to her. Astrid's eyes went wide now, clearly to add effect to the acting. "What is it, what's wrong?" Hiccup asked.

"Hiccup...what's today?..." Astrid asked.

"It's Sunday..." Hiccup answered her.

"No...I mean the date." Astrid asked.

"The 29th of January...Why?" Hiccup asked now. Astrid's face turned to fear now.

"Hiccup...Oh Gods...Oh Gods no..." Astrid stood up panicking, pacing around the room.

"Astrid for the love of Odin, what is going on?..." Hiccup asked.

"Hiccup! I'm late..." Astrid said with fake tears forming in her eyes as she looked at him. He looked at her confused. "My period, Hiccup! My period is fucking late...Oh God...how did I not see it...My period is always on time, has been since I was 11..." Astrid fell to her knees crying now. Hiccup had to admit he was very impressed with her acting. Hiccup knelt in front of her, holding her hands.

"Hey hey...calm down...how many days late?" Hiccup asked gently.

"Over a week..." Astrid whimpered. Fear ran across his eyes now.

"Alright, lets just...calm down...that doesn't mean anything babe. I mean...you're probably just...stressed out...I mean you got hurt, the accident, your parents in the coma..." Hiccup began to list things off now.

"Hiccup...did you not hear me? My period is NEVER late. It never has been! Not even under stress...What if I–I'm pre–pregnant...Oh gods!" Astrid cried harder now.

"Lets not jump to anything right away, okay...lets just...go down to the store and pick up a test. If you're 3 days late and pregnant, it'll show up...Come on, we'll go right now..." Hiccup said to her.

"Yo–you're not...worried?" Astrid said wiping her eyes as Hiccup pulled her to her feet.

"I'm terrified, Astrid...but until we know for sure, I'm just going to relax..." He said. With that they both walked in to the kitchen and Hiccup turned the camera's off with the remote. The two of them both starting laughing hard.

"Oh my God! Feel my heart babe, its racing." Astrid said putting his hand to her heart now.

"I know...that was just...God it was perfect! No way anyone won't buy that performance!" Hiccup pulled her close for a hug.

"I can't wait to see the looks on their faces...Alright, lets go get the test from the store so we can finish the recording." Astrid smiled calming down her laughter now. Hiccup nodded as the two got in Hiccup's truck and drove to the store, she ran in got a little cheap one for $5 then came back out. They went home to get things ready again. "Lets finish this..." Astrid said. They both headed for the door and Hiccup turned the camera back on with the remote as they walked inside.

"D–do you want me to come in with you?" Hiccup asked as they were headed towards the bathroom door.

"N–no...I–I think I'm okay on my own...j–just wait out here for me..." Astrid said shakily as she opened the door and walked inside.

"I will...A–and Astrid..." He said quickly. "No matter what happens or whatever the result on that test. I love you and I'm not going anywhere...we–we'll figure it out...okay?" Hiccup added.

"I–I know...I–I'll be right out..." Astrid said as she closed the door now. Hiccup ran his fingers through his hair nervously, pacing the room back and forth while Astrid was in the bathroom. Finally he heard a flush and the door handle turn, he whipped around to see her coming out. "What does it say?..." He asked moving towards her.

"I–it still needs...a few minutes..." Astrid replied.

"Okay, no problem. Put it down on the counter and we'll come back to it..." He said, Astrid did so and Hiccup led her to the couch to sit down as he held her hands. "Breathe babe...It's okay..." Hiccup said to her.

"Hiccup...we're 17 years old...we can't..." She trailed off as Hiccup kissed her.

"We don't know for sure, Astrid and I told you, we'll figure it out...but you have to calm down..." Hiccup told her. She nodded, the two sat there in silence for 5 minutes.

"D–do you think it's been enough time?" Astrid asked.

"Well, lets go find out...I'll be with you the whole time..." Hiccup said softly to her, they got up and walked to the bathroom. Astrid reached inside and held the test in her hands. Slowly she flipped it over and looked as the tears formed in her eyes. Hiccup looked down at it too for added effect his eyes widened as Astrid dropped the test to the floor and cried hard in Hiccup's arms.

"Oh god...Oh God! W–what are we going to do...We can't...raise a baby...Oh God!" Astrid sobbed.

"We'll think of something, Astrid...I promise we will..." Hiccup said, his tone shaking slightly.

"What is everyone going say at school! Haddock knocked her up on the first try...Oh god...and my parents...when they wake up and find out...I'm dead, you're dead when your dad finds out!...Oh God Hiccup..." Astrid panicked.

"Hey hey...ssh...relax...we can't figure this out if we're both panicking...lets just...go sit in the kitchen over some hot chocolate...and think about this...Whatever we do, we'll do it together...okay?" Hiccup said, Astrid nodded as they walked in to the kitchen. Hiccup turned off the camera now with the remote.

"You're an amazing actor!" Astrid exclaimed with a big smile.

"So are you, good work with the dramatic tears and panicking." Hiccup laughed. "So now that's done...We don't have to do anymore for a while since it'll be to obvious us always being on camera and talking about the pregnancy." Hiccup said.

"Yeah and while in school I have to keep the journal about peoples reactions and words...You have to tell me anything you hear too..." Astrid told him.

"I will. And you remember your promise to me...I know this is only a project but...if anyone gets to worked up or mean to you, and it bothers you...you tell me. First chance you get..." Hiccup told her. She hugged him tightly as they kissed.

"I will babe. Alright now...lets get some lunch...and then we can work on my belly. Gonna need that most of all to pull this off." Astrid said. With a nod they began to cook lunch, just grilled cheese's and chips. Then got back to work. They'd use Sunday to take one last run through everything and Monday would be the big reveal. Both were excited to see what would happen.