I ran off the bus after school and sped up to my room.
"Astrid, is that you?" my mom called up.
"Yeah, mum!" I answer, pulling out my homework and frantically scribbling the answers down as fast as I could. I wanted to finish as soon as possible so I could visit Hiccup, his dog Mary, and her puppies.
About a half hour later I was done. Slamming my book shut, I shoved it into my bag, dressed into my work attire, and ran downstairs.
"Where are you going, Astrid?" Aunt Sally asked. Heather was sitting next to her, working on the homework.
"I'm going to a friend's house."
"Who's this friend?" father asked.
"Hiccup."
"Ooh, can I come?" Heather asked. I sighed and shook my head.
"We're doing field work, plus I'd recommend you finish the homework before going anywhere. The teachers get mad if you come to school with incomplete homework," I say. Heather frowned, disappointed, and turned back to her work.
"I'll be back before dinner," I state as I closed the door.
"Hiccup!" I yell as I ran into his field. I could see the tip of his auburn hair, poking out of the tops of the tall wheat plants.
"Astrid! You made it!" he grinned.
"Of course!"
"Did you finish the homework?" he asked.
"Would I be here if I hadn't?" I smirk. He grinned again, grabbed my hand, and dragged me towards the barn.
"Mary is in here. She has four puppies!" he said as we enter.
I walked near Mary. She was curled up in a dog bed with four sleeping puppies around her. When she saw me she began to wag her tail tremendously. I giggle and pat her on the head. She licked my hand and then my face.
"Ugh!" I groan. I examined the puppies. They looked like her, black and white. Two were all black with white paws, another had a white tipped tail, and the last one's front two paws and ears were white.
"They're all so adorable!" I squeal. Hiccup laughed. It wasn't usually like me to get all excited and squeal because of something cute, but Hiccup was the only one who actually encountered me doing such.
"You can have one, you know," he offered. My jaw dropped. He wanted to give one of the puppies to me?
"What?!"
"You heard me. You can have one. No one needs five dogs. Well, actually six if you count the male dog."
"Hiccup... no! I can't take one of Mary's puppies! Even though I want to..." I tried pushing the offer away, but he kept pushing.
"I swear Astrid, just agree to it!"
I thought it through. We were in need of a new sheepdog to help herd the animals, and that was the breed of these puppies. Plus, we only had one dog and he was getting old.
"Ugh, fine! Only to make you shut up! And only if it's a male, cause that's all my dad would take," I accept.
"Great! They're currently three days old, so I'll bring one of the boys in... uh... three weeks! Thanks Astrid, we can't handle all these animals," Hiccup hugged me. I felt my face turning red but I ignored it.
"Uhm... no problem!"
"I'm home!" I yelled as I entered the house. Everyone was eating. Mother sighed.
"Sit down Astrid," she said. "We have some things to talk about."
"What's going on?" I ask as I took my seat at the table.
"I'm going to be allowing people from your class to come here and work in the fields. I want you to teach the girls how to pick the cotton and handle the twins," Father said. I groaned.
"Whyyyy?"
"Because I said so," Mum snapped.
"Good one Mum, you should become a lawyer," I roll my eyes. I could see her face getting mad but she shut her mouth and stayed put. Ruff and Tuff were trying to conceal their laughter. I smirked and continued to eat, satisfied.
"You will do as we say," she said before going to the sink to do the dishes.
Father turned to me.
"Just make sure everything is under control."
"Yes father..."
As I got ready for bed, Heather knocked on the door.
"Hey Astrid."
"What do you want."
"Nothing. Just a question."
"Well, I don't have any questions for you."
"You know what I mean. Anyways, are you and Hiccup a thing?"
"What? NO!"
Heather simply nodded and left the room. I frown. What's she up to?
Welp, that's that for now!
I'm planning on there being around four more chapters for this book...
Ya it's short.
Hope you enjoyed!
-Rebel