A/N: I'm so sorry on the wait! Life got in the way, and then my computer completely crashed and I just got enough money to buy a new one. I had to re-write this chapter, but I'm hoping it'll be better since I've had to re-write it.

Anyways, thank you all so much for being so patient with me, and here is the long awaited chapter!

Also, in desperate need of a beta. Anyone interested?

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Chapter Two

"Wait.. Sister?" Hiccup looked between his best friend and her sister "You really have a twin? Why haven't you told any of us?"

Ashton opened her mouth and closed it repeatedly. She wanted to explain to Hiccup. She wanted to tell him all about her parents divorce. About her move from California to Oregon. But mostly, she wanted to tell him all about her twin sister.

"Hiccup, I -"

Astrid's arms were crossed over her chest, and she had a glare pinned on her sister "Really Ash? We've been separated for years and you haven't told your friends about me?"

Ashton rolled her eyes, pushing past her sister and standing by Hiccup "I've just never gotten around to bringing you up."

Hiccup stared down at her, an eyebrow raised "And when getting to know you, you just completely left out the fact that you have a twin sister?"

Ashton frowned at her best friend. Of course, of course, this would happen on her birthday. Her sister, who hadn't talked to her in years, decides to just come back into the picture? Sure, it may have been just a coincidence that they ended up at the same club. They're twins. They're going to think alike.

The last thing she needed was explaining all this to Hiccup here. She didn't want Heather or any of them to come over and listen. She wasn't ready for the rest of her friends to know. Although, she may not have any other choice.

"Hiccup, can we go back to my place or something? I have a lot to tell you."

Hiccup looked between the sisters again. Ashton was pleading him with her eyes, and Astrid had an eyebrow raised, waiting for an answer from him. He let out a sigh, nodding his head. He held up one finger "On one condition." Ashton and Astrid both nodded "I want Astrid there. I trust you, but I just want to make sure that everything you say is one-hundred percent true."

Astrid smiled, nodding "I'm fine with that." she said something about needing to tell her friend before turning and walking away.

Ashton watched her sister leave, a frown on her face "I guess I don't really have a say, right?" Hiccup shrugged before shaking his head "Okay.. Let's get her and go."

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Hiccup was sitting on the love seat, Astrid next to him, and Ashton sitting across from them. She was talking, explaining why she never told any of her friends about Astrid, and why she had decided to move in the first place.

"I just... Astrid is so... Different from me, you know? She's tougher, more athletic. I'm not like that at all. We're opposites. I just figured she would be more liked, so I just decided it was best not to talk about her ever."

Astrid scoffed, glaring at her twin "Real nice, sis. At least my friends know about you. They've been wanting to meet you, which is why I've been trying to get in contact. You had other ideas, obviously."

Hiccup thought it over. The past few months, Ashton had been getting phone calls and texts, and she would never tell him who they were from. Astrid. It was most likely her twin trying to get in contact with her. He shook his head "That's dumb, Ash. You're you. You're a dancer, you're not violent in the slightest." he looked over at Astrid and shrugged "We would get along with both of you."

"So.. After my parents got divorced, I moved in with my mom, and Astrid moved in with our dad. I hadn't talked to them since we moved. My dad wasn't always the nicest. I wanted to live with my mom here in Berk. I heard she was moving so, I came with."

"Yeah, leaving me with him."

Hiccup looked over at Astrid and frowned "Is he really that bad?"

Astrid nodded "The minute I could leave, I did. I moved here, hoping to find Ash or my mom. I got in contact with mom, but not Ash. Mom told me that she had moved out, and hadn't really heard from her. I guess my own sister didn't want anything to do with me."

Ashton opened her mouth before shaking her head "It's not that I didn't want to talk to you it's just that-"

"You thought I was going to steal your friends? That makes a lot of sense." Astrid stood, turning to Hiccup "Would you mind giving me a ride home? Ash lives further away than I thought."

Hiccup nodded, standing and grabbing his keys off the living room table "Yeah, no, I don't mind." he turned to Ashton "Do you want to come?"

Ashton was hurt. Astrid could have easily asked her own sister to give her a ride home, but instead she asked Hiccup? A guy she's known all of an hour? She shook her head "No, I'll just see you later."

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"Ashton sure is something." Astrid mumbled as she buckled in to the car, crossing her arms over her chest "I just can't believe she would think that."

Hiccup gave Astrid a sympathetic smile before pulling out onto the road "You grew up with her, you know how she can be. She's the reason I met Heather, a mutual friend of ours, and we dated for awhile. Ash wasn't happy about it at all. She hated it, thinking that it was going to ruin our entire friendship if we broke up."

Astrid tilted her head "So, you're still with this Heather girl?"

Hiccup let out a laugh, shaking his head "Gods, no. She's a good friend, but she wasn't the best girlfriend."

Astrid smiled to herself, looking down at her lap "So, are you one of Ashton's many admirers? She use to have a lot back in high school before she moved."

"Me?" Hiccup shook his head, keeping his eyes on the road "No, not me. We're just friends."

Astrid perked up a bit at that. He was single, and wasn't interested in her sister. This could work. There's something about Hiccup that she likes. He's... Nice. He obviously doesn't drink, he's cute. He was willing to drive her home, and she's still a complete stranger to him.

"So," he glanced over at her "you don't think she would mind if I gave you my number?"

Hiccup's eyes widened. Astrid was... Different. She could stand her own ground. She's an MMA fighter for Thor's sake! She's beautiful. He thinks Ashton is beautiful, too, but Astrid. He took notice that she has more freckles than her sister does. Her eyes are a lighter shade of blue that Ashton's.

He gave her a smile "I don't think she would mind."

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"Who have you been texting this entire time?"

Hiccup looked over his shoulder at Ashton, standing and tucking his phone into his pocket. He scratched the back of his neck and sent his friend and awkward smile "Astrid? She gave me her number when I dropped her off. She told me to text her, so I did."

Ashton's face fell. It was just like Astrid to try and take her best friend. Not that she's trying yet. Back when they were little though, Astrid would swipe all of Ashton's friends right from under her nose.

"You've been texting my sister the past few days?"

Heather had just walked in the room, eyes wide, slamming the door shut. "Your what?" Ashton turned around, a look of shock on her face "You have a sister and you didn't tell me? He knows?! I've known you longer!"

Ashton ran a frustrated hand through her hair. Hiccup was giving her that look of disappointment. She had promised him that she was going to tell Heather, Lout and Fish after Astrid left. She never did. Ashton kept herself locked up in her room, not answering any phone calls or text.

"I guess I have no other choice than to tell her now, do I?" Hiccup fell onto the couch, watching Ashton motion Heather to sit down "The night of my birthday while at the club, I ran into my twin sister. She's actually the girl that's on that MMA poster that you all were talking about. Her name is Astrid, and she loves over near downtown. Hiccup has been talking to her."

Heather took a minute to let the information sink in. She narrowed her eyes at Ashton before jumping up "You have a badass sister who fights MMA, and you weren't going to tell us?! What's she like, Hiccup?"

Hiccup tried not to smile, but he could feel it tugging at the corner of his lips "She's real nice. We have a lot more in common than I would have thought, especially since she fights for a living." Ashton shot him a look "I know you don't want to hear this, but, we have a date?"

Ashton's hands slammed on the table as she leaned forward, pinning her friend with a glare "You have a date with Astrid?! She doesn't date!"

Hiccup shrugged, standing up and heading towards the door "Well.. It was her idea."

Ashton crossed her arms over her chest "I can't believe this. She's only doing this because I -" Heather shot her friend a look, knowing exactly what was about to be said "-because you're my best friend. She's only doing this because you're my best friend."

Hiccup rolled his eyes "Ashton, 's not why she's doing it." he pulled open the door, turning to look at her one last time "I.. I think I could really like her, Ash. I know you don't like her, but please, don't be like... This about it all the time." he said, waving his hand in her direction.

Ashton frowned "You just gestured to all of me."

"I'll see you later."

Ashton let out a sigh, falling onto the couch. She groaned, running her hands down her face. Heather looked over at her before walking over and sitting next to her "You okay? I know him going on a date with your sister must be hard."

"What do you mean?"

Heather rolled her eyes "Oh come on, I know you like Hiccup. I could tell when I dated him, and it's still obvious. He's just oblivious. But dating your sister?"

Ashton glared at her "He's not dating her. I'll tell him how I feel, and maybe, just maybe, he'll say he feels the same and he won't go for Astrid."

Heather tilted her head "Since your twins, shouldn't she be able to tell that you like him or something?"

Ashton shrugged, throwing her arms on either sides of her and throwing her head back to lean against the back of the couch "Maybe if we're close, which we never were." she turned her head to look at Heather "Am I going to have to just suck it up if they do date?"

Heather gave her a sympathetic smile, reaching over and resting a hand on her shoulder "I'm afraid so, dear. But good news, there will now be two Hofferson's around!"