Well here's chapter five, Astrid talks a bit about religion in this, if it bothers you, sorry but its only in a short part and wont be any where's else, I promise. Onward with chapter five!
A very sleepy Astrid was curled up against Stormfly desperately trying to sleep. It had been 4 days since the incident with Hiccup, and now he was in a coma. For some reason no madder how hard she tried, she couldn't get him off her mind. She desperately needed to see him, but the military nurses says he's in no shape to be visited right now, and it was driving her insane. What was wrong with her!? She has only known this boy for a week, and he's been asleep for most of it! She should be able to think of something else! Right?
"Good morning sleepy head!" Said a voice from above her. Astrid just groaned and rolled over. "Oh common Astrid! It's eleven thirty! Your usually up way before this!" She looked up and saw it was Jackson with her breakfast, another thing she's been skipping these past few days.
"Go away, unless you have news that I can see Henry."
"Well I do have something to tell you," Astrid jumped up and looked at him with hopeful eyes "but I can't tell you until you eat your breakfast." He said then placed the bowl of food on the table. "Eat."
She let out a groan of frustration and began to eat the oat meal as fast as she could, with out choking of course, then looked back at Jackson.
"So?" She blurted impatiently.
"So what?"
"Can I see him?"
"I don't know, can you?"
"May I see him?"
"Yes, you may see him."
Astrid jumped from her seat and dashed to the nurses car without saying another word, then sat patiently for the nurse to let her in. Moments later a nurse walked over to her and asked,
"What is your name?"
"Astrid, Hofferson"
"Ok who are you here to see?"
"Hic-Henry, uh"
"Last name?"
"I don't know."
"I need his last name kid, or else you can't see him."
She wanted to cry, she just wanted to see if her friend was ok, is that too much to ask? But then it came to her, Jackson might know! "Ok, I'll be right back." she said then hurried over to her car and found Jackson. "Jackson! I need your help!"
"And what do you need help with?"
"I don't know Henry's last name, do you?"
"Yep, Haddock."
She looked at him, wide eyed "Your joking right?"
"Nope! Henry Horrendous Haddock the Third!"
"He has a weird name. Thanks Jackson!" then she scrambled back to the nurse. "Haddock!"
"What?" Questioned the nurse.
"His last names Haddock, now let me in!"
The nurse lead her to a dark room at the end of the car, opened the door for her then left. Astrid flicked the light switch on, and then she saw him, her best friend. He was pale, feverish and motionless, and it broke her heart, because she did this to him. She sat down on the bed next to him, careful not to hurt him, and found a few comic books, and a bible,
'I thought he said he wasn't Jewish.' She thought to herself and picked up the the book, 'maybe he's Baptist like me' she looked through it a bit, there were notes everywhere, then she read some of them 'Yep definitely a Baptist.' She thought and smiled at him.
"You better wake up soon Haddock." she said and curled up next to him.
Then she attempted to read his bible, but eventually gave up, she never got much of an education, because of the great depression in the thirty's she could only finish grade two, and she can't read much, but by the looks of his vocabulary in his little notes Hiccup's been in school for a while. She looked over at his comic books and pick's one up, and the title read 'Captain America Comics #1'. She eyed the cover of the book, it looked interesting, and maybe even easy to read. She flipped the comic book open and instantly noticed a boy who reminded her of Hiccup.
The boy was very short, skinny, and kind of cute. Then she read on trying best she could to read the little speech bubbles but it was no use, all that she could make out was the fact that his name was Steve. She through the comic down onto the table in frustration then looked over at Hiccup as the nurse walked in, then she spoke up,
"He'll wake up, right?"
"I don't know, I've only hade a few cases like this and only one of them ever woke up, I'm not saying he won't, but he isn't the strongest, so there isn't much of a chance."
"He's strong, on the inside, he'll make it, he has to!" Astrid basically pleaded.
The nurse put a hand on her shoulder and knelt down in front of her "Astrid, I never said he'd never wake up, he might you never know, and yes he may not but you just got to have faith that he'll wake up again soon, am I right?"
"Yes, your right." Astrid mumbled, yawned and rubbed her sky bleu eyes.
"Astrid, when was the last time you slept?"
"Four days ago, before Hic - Henry, well you know."
"Astrid you need to get some sleep, it's not good for you to stay up this long. Do, do you want to sleep here, would that help?"
"Ya, it might." She muttered.
"Ok, you get some sleep, and I don't want to see you till morning." The nurse said before shutting the lights off and left the room.
"Goodnight Hiccup." Astrid said before falling into a deep sleep.