Chapter 21: I Was Looking For A Fairytale

Set after HTTYD2, before the successful pregnancy.

(Becky's POV)

"You're not good to yourself. You don't love yourself…so that's why I'm breaking up with you."

I don't respond. Eret and I are at the dinner table in the Great Hall.

"I know it hurts, but I'm sorry. It's for the best." Eret then gets up and leaves.

I still don't respond. I'm in too much shock. My adoptive siblings have been listening intently to what Eret was saying, and thank Thor they're the only ones who listened.

I cover my mouth and start to sob. I get up and go out of the Great Hall. I know my siblings are following me.

"Sis!"

"I'm done. I'm done with relationships. I'm done with getting my heart broken. I'm just done."

"Sweetheart, this is only your second relationship."

"Tuffnut, this was the guy who I thought was my true love! Who I thought would always be there for me! And now…now he wants nothing to do with me! I'd be better off dead."

Ruff and Tuff look at each other and run in front of me.

"No! No, don't think that. You wouldn't be better off dead. You can live. You can forget about him. You can move back in with us."

"I can't, Ruffnut! I just can't. I just…can't."

It's then I go to my knees, sobbing. My siblings wrap their arms around me. They glare at someone as we pass them. I hope to Thor it's Eret.

We head home, Mama making me a cup of her famous hot cocoa.

"He had no right to tell you those things, baby girl. Absolutely no right." Mama tells me, sitting next to me and Ruffnut on the couch. Tuffnut and Dad are standing in front of us.

"Mama, I can't…I can't live without him."

"You can. You can and you will."

"I oughta give that jerk a piece of my mind. No one hurts my family." Dad says.

I resume my sobbing and Mama wraps her arms around me, holding me close.

"Oh, baby girl. My sweet, sweet baby girl."

There's suddenly a knock at the door. Tuffnut, I think, goes to open it. I recognize the voices: Snotlout, Fishlegs, Hiccup and Astrid.

"We heard. How is she?" Fishlegs asks.

"Not too good. She believes she'd be better off dead than not with him."

"Poor Becky. Anything we can do?" Hiccup asks.

"Shh, sweetheart. It's going to be okay. We'll get through this." Ruffnut tells me.

Becky…

Darling…

Becky, wake up!

I bolt up, tears streaming down my face, breathing hard. I look around. Eret is looking at me with concern. I get up and run downstairs and out of the house, ignoring Eret's calls.

I have to get away from him.

He broke my heart.

I run towards the Cove, but someone stops me by grabbing my arm.

"Becky! What's going on? What's wrong?" I turn and see Hiccup looking at me with concern.

"Eret…Eret…Eret broke my heart."

"What? But that's impossible! Do you know how much he loves you? I'm sure you do…but why are we having this conversation then? Oh, gods…he really broke your heart, didn't he?"

I can't speak. I only nod.

"Let's get you inside. Come on. I'll take you to the twins."

When we get there, Eret's already there at the front door.

"She left…I don't know why. It had to have been something to do with her nightmare. She was crying and breathing hard…it could've been about the miscarriage. Then why did she leave?" Eret asks.

"You want to know what you did? You broke my heart, you…you…heartbreaker!"

"What? I did no such…oh…hold on…" Eret thinks for a minute.

"Becky, my darling, do you remember what your nightmare was about?"

"You…you said I'm no good to myself…that I don't love myself…and that's why…why you were breaking up with me."

"Oh, baby. Honey, no matter how much you talk yourself down, no matter how much you don't love yourself, I will never break up with you. I promise you. I'm not that kind of guy. You know that."

"Really?"

"Really. I promise you, my love. I will never ever break up with you. Till death do us part. Remember?"

I nod. Eret wraps his arms around me, letting me sob into his chest, and I'm relieved that I'm not losing him.