CHAPTER 8: Pieces

ASTRID POV

The weekend had flown by quickly. My mind was all over the place and I had that weird feeling in my arm again where I covered up Hiccup's name. I kept on thinking about what was going, about Hiccup, about school, and about what I should do. The more I thought, the more complicated it got. I thought back to the days where Hiccup and I were friends. Oh how I missed those times. Those times were just so simple. No need to think about what was right and wrong. We could just do what we wanted. Nothing really mattered back then.

I also thought about how I should go about approaching Hiccup while we worked on the school project. I didn't want to push him too much but I needed to poke the bear just enough to figure some stuff out. My conclusion by the end of the weekend was that I was still going to be stuck in a loop no matter what I did. Only if I could figure out where to start, then I could figure out what was wrong. Heather's call to me did help much at all either. To be honest, it just made things worse since it brought up a million more questions than it answered. Well maybe not a million more it's close enough.

Then there was my relationship with Eret. How I was going to resolve that was another issue. Ever since I started that project with Hiccup, I could feel a pull toward him and that pull was intoxicating. I just needed to be in the same room as him and I felt like I was drunk but in a good way. It is like nothing else I have ever had with Eret and it was becoming a problem and I needed to figure out what I wanted to do next. My frustration started to get me as I paced around my room. I just couldn't figure it out. I was gonna have to think about this. Realizing it was late, I hopped in bed and headed into a slumber so I could get ready for school tomorrow.

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As I got out of bed, I realized that I was going to have to face Hiccup today. I meantally groaned knowing the task that lay ahead of me. The Hiccup I knew when we were kids was stubborn as hell and I bet that this Hiccup is just as stubborn or even worse the Hiccup I knew from my childhood. I was taking my chances since I knew this was going to be tough. I also knew that along the way, I would have to choose. Staying as Eret's girlfriend or leaving him so I could have a shot with Hiccup and see where that goes all of this goes.

Heading to school wasn't fun either. After I got ready to leave, I headed down. As I made my way into the kitchen I saw a note and reading the note, it said that my mom had to take off for work early so I grabbed some Poptarts and then walked out the door. Driving to school was as it usually was. Boring and sober. Not much really happened on the drive there but halfway to school, I felt my mark start burning and it started distracting me. I was able to make it there safely but as I pulled up to the parking lot, I saw a fight going on. I parked my car quickly and got out to start looking for Heather since she's always the first one to school. She could tell me who was involved in the fight. Making my way around the crowd, I spotted Heather at the edge of the crowd next to Fishlegs. They both looked as pale as sheets of paper and that wasn't a good sign. I made my way over to them around the crowd to try and ask them who it was.

Before I could ask them who it was, my mark started stinging and started to feel numb. As I got to Heather I asked her the most obvious question that was on most kids minds as they entered the parking lot.

"Who's fighting?" I asked Heather. She just stood there and just kept watching the fight, she didn't even notice me. I waved my hand in front of her face to get her attention and she finally snapped out of it. "Huh, Astrid," she said "You need to go break it up. Right now."

Being frustrated with her answer I started to get upset. "Heather, answer my question. Who's fighting." I said while gritting my teeth. Before she was able to respond I heard it. A voice that I recognized. One I didn't want to hear saying those words.

"Well Useless I hear you've been talking to my girl…"

Sorry I've been missing for a while guys. School work has been keeping me busy and Freshmen year on Zoom is NOT fun at all. Well I'm back and haven't forgotten about this story. I'll see you guys soon. Until next time. Please R&R