It was the twenty-third. The day he was supposed to go to Heather's for five days while her parents were in town for Christmas and he was dreading the entire thing. Luckily, due to agreements, he didn't have to go there until after Astrid's appointment was over. Astrid was twenty six weeks along, moving to twenty seven weeks on the twenty-seventh of December-two days after Christmas was over. It was exciting to know she was almost in her third trimester and their little girl, Iris would soon be born. Hiccup couldn't wait-after that he was gonna tell the world that Dusk didn't love Heather, rather he loved planned to marry Astrid Hofferson, soon to be Haddock. Thankfully, Astrid was on Christmas break at school so that meant her and Hiccup had more time together since Hiccup demanded that Heather leave him alone until 5:30pm on the twenty third being he had to be there for five days and play nice.

Hiccup had been trying to get Heather to leave him by any means necessary but she wasn't playing into it in the slightest. Hiccup would admit she was really determined to keep her place in the spotlight in order to not crack under all he was doing to make her want to leave because he was an asshole-nothing was working. The time was now 3:15pm as they were getting ready to leave for the appointment, Astrid was having a snack and Hiccup was unfortunately packing a week bag to take to Heather's. The woman insisted he bring some things to make it look like it was their place together so he was bringing a few band pictures, him with Toothless and Gobber too, he was sneaking in a picture of Astrid with the band though-if anyone asked about it, he could just say she's part of the band as lead lyrical assistant since Astrid did help them with lyrics all the time. Hiccup took all that stuff over yesterday so she could have it all set up before her parents flew in.

Hiccup made sure to pack his toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, hair brush, his wig of course, and the cover-up for him chin scar, he was even going as far as to wear contacts that made his eyes look brown instead of green. His public disguise minus ditching the black hair-that was the agreement. Heather was with Dusk, so he had to wear the black hair and he didn't give her a choice in color change of eyes. Dusk did have green eyes but he'd look too much like Hiccup if he kept the green eyes and he warned her that if anyone put the pieces together then she'd be in violation of the contract and subjected immediately to imprisonment for letting his secret out. In this, Heather didn't argue with him because they'd both lose something they wanted: her wanting her spotlight and Hiccup would lose his secrecy and privacy, as well as Astrid's safety-he wasn't willing to risk that over anything.

"Babe, ready to go to the doctors?" Astrid asked him while standing just outside his door frame.

"Yeah, just packing the last of my stuff..." Hiccup sighed.

"It'll be okay, we can text the whole time," Astrid reminded him gently. Hiccup nodded and kissed her lightly as he made sure to have his charger and laptop with him packed away in the bag. Hiccup took a deep breath as he slung the bag over his shoulder and then the two of them moved outside the house and to his car, he helped her inside and then put his bag in the back seat carefully then he buckled himself, started the car, and they were headed towards the doctor's office.

"I can't believe I have to deal with this..." he mumbled.

"Deep breaths, babe. We'll have the appointment, you take me home, then go deal with her. You can do this," Astrid reached her hand over and put it on his hand, he smiled a bit.

"I love you," Hiccup parked the car and leaned over to kiss her.

"I love you too, this week will go right by. You'll see, and we'll that much closer to having Iris..." Astrid reminded.

"I'm looking forward to it," Hiccup smiled as they kissed again then headed out of the car, walking hand in hand towards the doctor's office. Once in, Astrid checked herself in and they both took a seat beside one another and relaxed while waiting to be called on. After seven minutes, a little girl about the age of ten shyly came over, twiddling her fingers and looking at him. "Can I...help you?" Hiccup asked.

"Um...hi, from over there...you look a lot like Dusk from Dragon's Roar. I'm sorry if I bothered you..." she replied nervously.

"I get that a lot, all I need is the black hair right?" Hiccup chuckled some and the young girl nodded to him. "Well, I might not be Dusk-but I know him pretty well. Can you wait right here for me, I have something you might like." The little girl nodded, her eyes lighting up to know Hiccup knew Dusk. Hiccup got up and rushed out to the car, he grabbed two pictures from a box in the trunk, then a sharpie-he signed his name as Dusk Fury on both before shutting the trunk and heading back inside. During autograph signings, Dusk was always last in line to sign his name on the picture-these two pictures were already signed by the rest of the band, all he had to do was add his. "Dusk and the rest of the band ask me to hand these out to fans if I come across them, so here you go," Hiccup smiled handing her the two pictures.

One was of just him wearing jeans, hands in pockets, shirt slightly unbuttoned, his hair straight and going over his left eye with a calm smile on his face-his name signed as Dusk Fury. The second picture was of the entire band on stage with their instruments in position, all signatures signed on it. "Wow! Thank you so much!" the little girl beamed brightly at the gift: Astrid only smiled at the gesture-even when he wasn't Dusk, he kept his fans happy.

"You're welcome," Hiccup replied to her with a gentle nod.

"Me and my sister love Dragon's Roar, she's fourteen-she's turning fifteen January 11th. I'm only twelve, turning thirteen in January 15th. We both want Dragon's Roar to play since we celebrate our birthdays together but Daddy says he has no idea how to contact them," the little girl went on happily. Hiccup chuckled, what he wouldn't give to be that young with so much energy.

"Eliza, don't pester the man..." came the mother's warning from a few seats across the way.

"No, it's alright ma'am. I don't mind at all," Hiccup smiled to her, "You're a cute kid, I'm glad to know the band has such loyal, happy fans. I'll tell you what I'll do for you, if you're Mom says it's okay...I'll get Dragon's Roar to play at yours and your sister's birthday party in January," the little girl squealed with excitement as she rushed over to her to her mother and explained everything quickly, the mother looked incredibly puzzled so Hiccup got up and went over closer. "It's not a prank, I assure you. I know the band personally and can get in contact with them if you want them at the girl's party?"

"Can you really?" the mother asked in shock. "My husband and I would like that very much, thank you. Do you need any information about address, date, time?" she inquired.

"Just write all down on this and I'll make the call," Hiccup handed her a notepad with a pen from the table beside them. The woman wrote everything down as Hiccup nodded and stood up.

"Is Dragon's Roar really gonna play at mine and Miya's party?!" Eliza, the little girl, asked excitedly. "Can you really get them to play?!"

"Watch the magic," Hiccup smiled as he pulled out his phone and dialed Toothless's number and waited, "Hey, it's me. Got a birthday party gig for January 15th, 2017. Two teenage girls, Eliza and Miya Harken at 2pm." now he put it on speakerphone and held it away from his ear.

"Gob has it penciled in. Band will be there an hour before to set up. See ya later, Hic." Toothless's voice replied.

"See ya later, Tooth." Hiccup replied as he hung up the phone. The little girl wrapped her arms around his neck while jumping up and down trying to contain her joy.

"Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you mister! Miya is gonna be so happy!" Eliza squealed.

"Thank you, young man. Will someone be in contact so discuss price?" the mother asked.

"The band manager will be. I have your name, number, and address. If a number comes up, Dreki Records-answer it. That will be Gobber Craigsen, Dragon's Roar band manager. And you are welcome. Happy birthday to you and your sister," Hiccup told Eliza.

"Thank you!" Eliza giggled as Hiccup returned to his seat after shaking the mother's hand. Astrid only smiled and shook her head.

"Well you just made two girls really happy," Astrid remarked with a grin.

"I'm an entertainer, madam. It's my job to please and make others smile," Hiccup kissed her cheek. Not more than two minutes later, Astrid was called in for the appointment. They went back together as she was weighed and her belly measured. The doctor and then talked about what to expect the next few weeks until the next appointment, they got to listen to the heartbeat as always with the small fetal heartbeat monitoring machine. With the appointment ending around 4:45pm after questions were asked and things discussed, they left the office and returned to the car.

"That was really sweet of you to book that party for that little girl, and give her the pictures," Astrid said softly.

"Well, without the fans-the band doesn't exist. We do what we can to make them happy, and I couldn't say no to her-besides, that's how we get more fans for any who haven't heard or seen us yet. We get seen, videos get taken and posted, others get to see it and look into it. It's really supply and demand, the more we supply-the more they demand. That's how you keep a business going," Hiccup winked at her.

"It was still sweet of you, sucks I can't go because whenever Dusk is out, so is Heather around him..." Astrid sighed some.

"She's not allowed at private gigs, only public appearances. It was always that way, even before we broke up. You could come as crew though-in a disguise and watch from behind stage?" Hiccup offered.

"Could I really?" Astrid's eyes lit up with excitement now.

"Of course. With a wig and few other slight changes, no one would recognize you. And you'd be backstage so no one would notice the pregnancy," Hiccup replied.

"Yay!" Astrid said happily while they were driving back to Gobber's place. The ride wasn't long at all, maybe twelve or so minutes-it sucked though because as soon as he dropped her off, he'd have to leave to get to Heather's for 5:30pm. Reaching Gobber's, Hiccup helped Astrid into the house and settled her down on the couch with Toothless and Gobber: the band members were there too-all looking at him sympathetically knowing where he had to go next and almost on queue, his cell phone rang. It was almost promised to be Heather asking where he was.

"Relax, I'm my way now..." Hiccup sighed.

"Oh it's alright, baby. I just wanted to make sure you were safe is all, the weather report says possible snow storm tonight starting at six," came her sweet voice. "You're...on speakerphone. My parents and brother are here," she added. Hiccup rolled his eyes and here went the fake act.

"I'll be there soon, babe. I'll be safe driving, don't worry. I got the car fixed to handle the severe Berk winters. Why not light the fireplace, offer your family some drinks and snacks. I'll be there in fifteen minutes," Hiccup replied trying not to gag: Astrid and the others were snickering quietly-it was pretty humorous to see the act.

"Alright, babe. See you soon. I love you," Heather said now.

"You too," Hiccup put his fingers to his head-illustration of saying to just kill him, "Bye." after he hung up, he shuddered putting his phone away. "Can one of you just hit me really hard in the head and put me in a coma, please?"

"You'll be okay, babe. Best not keep her waiting or she'll keep calling," Astrid kissed him gently, he returned it as he sighed. Might as well get it over with, he moved to the bathroom to get on his wig and put in the brown contacts, then he covered his scar before sighing heavily and walking out. "When she's gone for good, I call sleeping with Dusk," Astrid teased.

"Haha, Astrid. You sleep with Hiccup and Dusk ALL the time. Lucky girl you are getting two guys at once," Hiccup retorted as her blush intensified, then Hiccup kissed her. "Least you can say that even though she's dating Dusk, you get all of him and me in ways she could only dream about. I'll text you when I get there," Astrid nodded as he bid the others a goodbye and then left the house.

(Heather's Apartment)

Hiccup pulled up in the driveway of Heather's apartment-she had a three bedroom on the first floor that she rented for about $930.00. It was a decent place but Hiccup never understood why she had so many bedrooms when it was just her living there. Heather's apartment was set up to be when you first walked in-you'd be in the living room. She had three couches, set up like a horseshoe, then the TV mounted to the wall, a shelf for movies and books under the mount, there were was a center table and two end tables, then some slight décor. Directly ahead of the living room was the kitchen and a small half bathroom. Off to the right of the living room was a hallway where the three bedrooms were, and the main bathroom next to the master bedroom. The other two rooms were across the hall from the bathroom and master. Closets in all the bedrooms, and one in the living room. It was nice but Hiccup loved Gobber's house, couldn't say no to that place-it was massive and always fun to be in.

Hiccup took a deep breath as he shut off the car, pulled the keys out and stuffed them in his pocket along with his wallet and phone which had been in the cup holders originally as he stepped out of the car and began making his way up the path. "Here we fucking go..." he sighed to himself. He already wanted to be home with Astrid-laying with her and feeling their little girl move around to the sounds of their voices. The good thing about all this was that Heather's family didn't know he was Hiccup, so she had to call him Dusk around them or else she'd break the contract-made his life easier. He put his hand on the handle and opened it putting on the fake smile, "I'm home, babe!" he called out calmly. Instantly, she rushed in to hug him tightly.

"Thank Thor, I was getting worried. The storm is starting soon. You're freezing, come warm up by the fire," Heather beamed as she kissed him on the lips, he returned it quickly then backed up.

"Don't push it..." he whispered to her, his eyes fell on her parents and brother. Heather glared at him not to ruin this for her, this was the first time he was ever meeting them-even when they were dating, he'd never met Heather's family since they lived on Berserker Isle and Heather had moved to Berk when she was eighteen, then met Hiccup when she was nineteen-about six months younger than Hiccup actually. Thus far, her family believed they'd been dating all this time. It must have been why she was so desperate to keep him in her life, because her parents and family thought she was doing so well. That didn't matter to Hiccup though-she'd blackmailed him and there was no reason too.

"Mom, Dad, big brother...this is Dusk Fury, my boyfriend," Heather introduced him, smiling sweetly as she had her arm locked around Hiccup's with her hand holding his. The parents and brother rose, the father stretching out his hand to shake Hiccup's.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, our Heather has told us so much. I'm Oswald Lanvik, her father. Beside me is my wife, Signy. And of course our son, Dagur," the man introduced.

"Likewise, Mr. Lanvik and family," Hiccup nodded shaking his hand, then received a hug from the mother, finally a hand connect with Dagur.

"Well, I think now is as good a time as any to sit down and get to know one another. We're only here for a few days after all," Signy, the mother smiled wide. Hiccup actually didn't mind these people, they weren't anything like Heather. Hiccup sat down on the couch, Heather beside him as the other Lanvik family members did the same.

"So, Dusk..." Dagur started as Hiccup looked over to him, "My lil sis here says you're pretty famous, lead singer of Dragon's Roar? That's pretty impressive. How'd you get started in the music business?"

"I've always enjoyed music actually. I used to sing karaoke at a bar when I moved to Archi after high school, Toothless-my band mate and unofficial brother was in scouting for his father. Asked me to come by, and I guess I just fit in with the others. Been together ever since," Hiccup shrugged, that was the simplified version of the whole story.

"And you and Heather have been seeing one another for almost three years?" Oswald inquired softly.

"Yes sir," Hiccup responded gently-he and Heather began dating just after she turned nineteen. Her birthday was in September, Hiccup's was February, he was almost twenty years old when they got together. They'd met in between their birthdays around December time, started dating in January 2014. Right now, if they'd stayed together they would have been together almost three years-that's what they were making her parents and brother believe right now.

"Heather has told us you take very good care of her, we were worried when she left Berserker at eighteen. How did you two meet again?" Signy questioned.

"We just...bumped into one another when I was running from the press. I spilled her coffee on her by accident, and once the press had run by us-I offered to buy her another one as an apology," Hiccup began.

"And we just enjoyed that time so much, we started going on more dates for about a month or so-then got together in January, almost three years ago now. And he still makes me as happy as the day I met him," Heather smiled laying her head on his shoulder gently, playing the part-Hiccup leaned his head on hers with a smile.

"So sweet, got yourself a gentleman. Best not let him go, a lot of girls would snatch him up in a heartbeat." Signy giggled some.

"They've tried but our love is just too strong to break apart," Heather looked over at Hiccup now, he wanted to roll his eyes at what she was asking him to do. Kiss her. Hiccup leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips-Gods, he fucking hated this. He wanted to be at home with Astrid, his family, and friends!

"So, any new songs coming out? My girl is a huge fan, asked if I could get your autograph for her." Dagur asked with a smile, "If you don't mind that is?"

"I never mind, part of the lifestyle. You have something for me to sign or should I just get one of the pictures?" Hiccup replied to him. Dagur pulled out a CD case, Hiccup recognized it as the first CD that Dragon's Roar ever put out.

"My girl waited in line when this went on sale for about six hours, she treasures it." Dagur smiled now. Hiccup took the CD and the sharpie from Dagur as he pulled out the cover and signed it for him. "She's gonna love this, thanks..." he added.

"I might be able to get the others over to sign it after practice lets out, I'll call them later on. They likely just got started," Hiccup told him as he smiled wide.

"Could you really? That'd be awesome," Dagur said with a hopeful eyes.

"I'll try, no promises." Hiccup reminded, Dagur nodded to him and held the case with joy. So far the only thing bad about this night was the fact he was spending it with Heather-as well the next four days following tonight. Her family was amazing, how did Heather end up as such a bitch with these people raising her? The differences were clear to see between the parents and offspring-even the brother was cool. He could deal with this for four days, it wasn't horrible hanging with the mother, father, and brother to the Lanvik family. 'Not so bad after all,' he thought while continuing to talk with them. The only thing that made it insufferable was knowing it was just an act and her family would learn the truth eventually, knowing their daughter was blackmailing Hiccup into being with her. That would be interesting in deed, he just hoped that maybe they'd forgive him for lying to them-but he was only trying to protect the true love of his life and unborn daughter.