CHAPTER 7: Dirty Road

HICCUP POV

I felt like shit when I woke up. I didn't want to get up and out of bed but I knew I had to even though it was Saturday. My dad would want me to get up and get out of bed since he said that I stayed indoors too much. I didn't mind, nor did I care. It was my life and I could do what I wanted. I could make my own decisions. Even if majority of them were bad ones…

ASTRID POV

I woke up to my phone going off. My hair was a mess and I couldn't really see since it was dark still. Reaching for my phone, I grabbed it and looked at the Caller ID.

Heather

That's strange, I thought. Heather usually calls this early. I hit the accept call button through my sleepiness.

"Hey Heather," I said "Why are you calling me at-" I didn't get to finish my sentence because Heather was talking, frantically.

"Astrid, I can't tell you. I shouldn't have started digging. If you want to find out, you're going to have to find out on your own. I can't help you on this one. It's too complicated. If he doesn't tell you then he doesn't trust you. Fishlegs didn't want to tell me but I found out anyway. Don't ask me how, but I did. I'm really sorry, I wish I could tell you but I can't. It's not my story to tell and nor is it Fishlegs'." Heather said.

"Woah woah woah. Slow down. Who are we talking about?" I asked. "You just woke me up and I'm lost here"

"It's Hiccup, Ast." That made me freeze. Heather told me all kinds of things and if she wasn't telling me this then something big was happening. "I gotta go Ast. I see you at school." she said.

"Wait a sec-" I said but before I could finish my sentence, Heather had ended the call. I rubbed my eyes and thought about what she said. What Heather had said didn't answer any questions I had previously had but it brought up a bunch of new ones. New ones like why she couldn't tell me why Hiccup was acting so weird but one thing I knew for sure.

Something was going on in the Haddock Household and I was going to find out what.


I know that this is a short update but I just started high school and life isn't easy during COVID. I've also has a writers block once again but I just wanted to put something short out. Hope you guys enjoyed it but please review this Chapter and tell me what your thoughts on it and what I could improve on. Thanks and Stay Safe Out There!