A week had now passed since the night the Hunters attacked, everything on the Edge was either mostly repaired or done. The sun-dial hit mid-day which meant that it was time for lunch. Heather was on cooking duty that day so everyone was eager to gather around the table for lunch. Hiccup was the first to walk in followed by the twins, Fishlegs, Snotlout and then Astrid who all sat down. Astrid made sure she could sit as far away from Hiccup as possible. She harboured no negative feelings towards him, but they hadn't spoken properly since that night meaning that things between them were extremely awkward.

"Hiccup, what are we going to do about the big freeze?" Asked Fishlegs

Hiccup turned to look out the club house door at the snow that was forming on the mountains and the ocean that was beginnging to freeze over.

"We should get hit with a fair bit of ice and snow tonight, but it shouldn't be too bad. Atlease we wont have to worry about any dragon hunter attacks with the water frozen like that" Replied Hiccup

"I guess later tonight we should all put our dragons in the stables and wait to see how all of this ice and snow plays out" Said Heather as everyone nodded their heads.

The gang silently continued to eat their food. The was a small amount of hostility in the air as some of the riders were still annoyed that Hiccup hadn't explained why he wasn't on patrol when the dragon hunters attacked. Astrid did whatever she could to avoid making any form of eye contact with Hiccup which was most of the time just looking straight down at her plate. Heather noticed that Astrid was acting a bit out of character and she began to try and figure out what could've happened.

A few more hours had past and repairs were finally finished. The chilli breeze that was blowing snowflake's in from the sea stacks and mountain was becoming stronger and stronger. All of the dragons were put into their stables, with the exception of Toothless. A blizzard was now in full effect on the Edge with snow pilling in mountains over the huts and ice freezing doorways shut.

"Well, looks like we're trapped in here for a while" said Astrid looking at Heather

"Yea, atleast we've got someone to talk to" Replied Heather

Although Heather had been living on the Edge for about 4 months now, she hadn't requested to have her own hut built so she was just bunking with Astrid.

"So, if we're going to be in here for the foreseeable future, any idea's on what to do?" Asked Astrid as she sat on her bed.

"Well, we could discuss why have been acting so strange lately?" -H

"Wha-What do you mean strange?" -A

"Astrid, you've been avoiding Hiccup like he has a plague, you're barely eating and you seem constantly on edge or upset" -H

Astrid found herself a bit annoyed with Heather's comment, but it did cause her to think. Was she going about this all wrong? Could she be acting childish? Halfway through these thoughts she began to get lost in the memory of what was happening, and what almost did happen. She quickly shook her head to get those thoughts out of her head.

"Look, I don't want to talk about it" Said Astrid as she laid back on her bed

Heather got up and walked over to a chest of drawers that was near her bed, she opened the bottom draw and pulled out a bottle of distilled and pure Meade and 2 cups. Astrid was curious what Heather had so she sat up to take a look.

"Is that... Alcohol?" Asked Astrid with surprise.

Heather said nothing, just smirked at her and poured two cups of Meade. She grabbed both cups and walker over to her bed.

"If we're gonna be stuck in here, we might as well have some fun" Said Heather as she handed Astrid a cup and taking a sip of her own.

Astrid hadn't ever had any form of alcohol before but she always drank juice and water really fast so she unknowingly treated Meade the same way. A huge gulp of meade filled her mouth and instantly she realised, it didnt taste as nice as juice or water but she swallowed it none-the-less.

Heather initially thought that maybe Astrid was just a natural at drink, however once she saw her gag reflex, that thought was put to rest.

Meanwhile in the other riders' frozen hut's, Fishlegs was working on his dragon cards, reading the book of dragon's for the one thousandth time and working on a new project he started, dragon sculptures that he carved out of wood with a dagger. Snotlout was doing what he does best... sleeping. The twins however, they snuck a night terror into their hut and were just 'training' it most of the time. Chicken wasn't very happy that Tuffnut was paying more attention to the dragon than her.

Hiccup's hut was very quiet. Toothless was sleeping on his stone slab and Hiccup was very, very deep in thought. He was thinking about what happened with him and Astrid. He should've of been focusing on the fact that his riders were nearly killed and the Edge was nearly lost, but he couldn't. Instead all that was going through his head was Astrid, with her half naked body being an image that was burned into his head.

A few hours had now passed and Heather and Astrid had managed to finish of the entire bottle of Meade and were a bit out of it.

"You k-know, maybe I am acting like a child, a big whiny child" Stuttered Astrid

"What-d ya mean? Why are you a child" Chirped back Heather

"Well! You see! Hiccup and me, we nearly had sexxx when those darn hunters interrupted us" Slurred Astrid

Heather sat there, with her jaw dropped.

"Yep! it was finally time to happen and what do ya know... hunters!" Slurred Astrid again.

"So what did you guys actually do?" Asked Heather with interest

"Well, we made out, I felt his dick against me through his pants, he nearly took my bra off... and that was it, it was actually nice making out. Wouldn't mind doing it again"

Heather got up and walker over and sat next to Astrid.

"Well, I haven't done it yet and since we haven't got anything else to do..."

Heather turned Astrid's head and pressed a gentle kiss on it and pulled away.

Thanks for reading

As I said earlier, I'd love to get some feedback or questions from everyone. I'd also love to hear any suggestions you have for the plot of the story as it may be used, or could help me generate new ideas.