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Astrid isn't sure how she ended up on her couch, and Ruff, only wearing her bra with her pants, on the floor, back arched awkwardly. Astrid sat up and kicked Ruff. Ruff moaned, the only sign of life Astrid had.
"Ruff, you're getting married in," Astrid looked at her watch, 9:23, and the wedding is at 1:30. "Four hours."
"Wha-?" Ruff sat up, hair attached to her mouth by drool "I'mma up I'mma..." She looked down "Why am I just wearing my bra?"
"I have no idea Ruff, come on. I have to get you to the church."
"Awe man, I have to wear a dress today."
"And makeup."
"Fuck!"
"Henry? Henry? Are you dead?"
"Go away, I'm hung over..."
"I'll get your dad, I swear."
Henry sat up and looked at Scarlett "I'm not going."
"To hell you're not. Get your ass up now, and get ready."
Scarlett pulled off his blanket and Henry shivered.
"Get up."
Henry sat up and glared at Scarlett, who gives him a shit-eating grin, and walks out. Henry doesn't understand why he's friends with her of all people, and gets out of bed. He shakes his head to get rid of the bedhead (as if that would help, but you know…) and his eyes landed on that navy blue box on his dresser. He frowned at it and went to his closet to pull out his tux.
He had just put on his tux jacket when Scarlett walked in again, with a bucket of ice water.
"What's that for?"
"Well, we've been friends for two years, and I know how much you like to sleep, I was going to pour this on your head if you weren't awake."
"Gee, I suddenly feel bad for the sucker that going to marry you."
Scarlett glared and dipped her fingers in the water, and splashed Henry, then strutting out of the room.
"I love you to!" he called after her, with a laugh.
A little while later, Henry looked at his hair in Scarlett's little travel mirror and glared at his reflection, his hair is too wild for this kind of things. He set down the mirror and looked at the necklace box again. He grabbed it before he knew it and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Son! It's time to go!"
"I look like a clown."
"It's not that bad."
"Ruff, you know this isn't my color."
"Well my mother made me pick this color."
"But… it's pink."
Astrid looked down at herself and sighed. She remembers her senior year and picking out homecoming dresses. Thank God that her probation is up next week.
She remembers Sam, and how much she fears-feared- him. How-how he would probably kill her if Hiccup hadn't showed up in her life.
"-trid? Astrid?"
"Whoa, what?"
"What were you thinking about?"
Astrid looked down "Do you think Henry ever loved me?"
Ruff stared at her "He wouldn't shut up about you senior year."
"Before or after we got together?"
"Try both."
Astrid looked back at herself and smiled in spite of herself, then frowned at the memory of him leaving.
"I have to…"
"Then-then why did he leave?"
Ruff looked in the mirror "Because, he didn't know if you loved him."
"I told him."
"It was too late Astrid. Did you ever think of that? You ran away after he told you he loved you."
Astrid covered her stomach and sighed. She never told Henry about… granted she never told anyone, she was in high school and-and scared. Terrified more like it.
Astrid didn't like the way her stomach was turning in circles when she flipped the test over.
"Goddamn it…" she cursed when the test fumbled to the ground, her hands were shaking so bad…
She bent over and picked it up and read the result…
Astrid gasped and jumped.
"What? What is it?" asked Ruff, trying to zip her own dress on her own.
Astrid was panting, clutching her heart. Tears pooling in her eyes thinking back to those terrifying moments in her bathroom, senior year.
"Astrid?" asked Ruff "What's wrong you're scaring me!"
Astrid fell to her knees, letting out every emotion she'd kept in since Henry came back.
"Astrid!?"
"I-I los-lost…" Astrid tried to tell Ruff, but the words were lost on her tongue.
"Lost what Astrid?"
Astrid looked up at her best friend, make-up dripping from her eyes "I never told you, bu-but in high school… Henry," Astrid took a breath "The night before Henry left we… we had… sex."
"What?"
"And… and then a month after I got sick, do you remember that?"
"Yeah…" Ruff said, trying to process all of this
"I was two month pregnant when-when I-"
"What Astrid?"
Astrid looked up "I lost the baby…"
Henry looked out the car window on the way to the church.
"Henry, everything okay son?"
"Yeah, everything is peachy…"
Henry thought back to last night. That-that woman couldn't have been his mother. His mother was dead… right?
God knows he didn't get his size from his father, and that woman from last night and he were about the same size.
He's seen pictures of her, and he has flashes of memories or her, even though he was about six, or seven, months old when she 'died'. Her laugh is something he remembers most.
That lady from the night before had the same laugh…
So, after twenty one years, did Henry finally find his mom? How would he tell his dad? How would he tell anyone?
His dad parked the car, and got out. Scarlett poked Henry's shoulder and Henry snapped out of it
"What?"
"We're here…"
"Okay, okay. This-this is a lot to take in. You lost a baby?"
"Miscarried really. I didn't lose it in the mall Ruff."
Ruff gave her a look "I know."
Astrid looked at her hands "We need to get you ready Ruff. We can't worry about my failed pregnancy."
Ruff blinked at how easily Astrid said that.
"O-okay." Ruff stuttered
"Did I finally shock you into silence?"
"I think so…"
Astrid started to redo her make up when someone knocked at the door.
"Girls, there's fifteen minutes until show time."
"My wedding isn't a show Hiccup."
"It's Henry now Ruff."
"No one cares Hiccup."
Henry laughed and walked away. Astrid looked down.
"Astrid…"
"Let's just get you ready."
"Dude, don't worry. Just say the right name okay."
"I'm not Ross from Friends. And Ruff is the only girl I've been with so…"
Henry smiled at his best friend "I'm happy for you man."
"Thanks…" The two friends did a bro hug and smiled at each other.
"Let's get this show on the road."
"See, it is a show!"
Astrid fakes a smile as she walked down the aisle with Henry.
"Just try to look happy." Henry whispers to her
"You have no right to talk Hiccup. You don't look so thrilled to be here either."
"I'd rather be working."
"That's a first."
The stop at the alter and Astrid rips her arm away from him.
Fish gives Henry a look and Henry shrugs. He looked out into the crowed and Scarlett glares at him. Henry rolled his eyes and the wedding march starts.
Ruff looks like she'd rather be any place then here, not that she doesn't want to marry Fish, it's the fact that she has to wear a dress. In public.
Henry tunes out right when Ruff gets to the alter, and waits for the wedding to finally be over. He'd rather be in Miami, where Rosemarie is, where he's job is, where his life is. Henry looked up and sees Astrid staring at the ground.
Why did he leave? This must be the thousandth time he asked himself this. Was is because he got scared at the thought of losing Astrid, and left her so she couldn't leave him? Or was it because-
"I now pronounce you man and wife."
Ruff and Fish kissed and Henry clapped. He always knew Fish was going to get married before him. The newlyweds walked back down the aisle and Astrid glared at Henry and grabbed his arm
"Let's get this over with."
"Couldn't said it better myself…"
"Go mingle."
"No, I'd feel bad."
"Go, I'm fine. I got-"
"Your axe and your mace?"
"And I love my best friend with an ugly face." Joked Henry, and Scarlett glared.
"I'm leaving you now."
"Go get some."
"I will!" Scarlett walked away and Henry drank more wine.
"Henry?"
Henry looked up and gasped "Mom?"
"Okay, so we need to get you a guy. You keep staring at Henry."
"I can't help it…"
"I can't believe you were questioning his love for you."
"What proof do I have Ruff?"
"What about when he willingly ran into a burning building for you and lost his leg in the process?"
Astrid looked down "Well, he's always been stupid."
"True, but he didn't have to save you. He didn't have to save you from Sam."
Astrid looked at her best friend and gasped.
"Did you finally see it?"
"I'm-I'm still in love with Henry…"
Ruff smiled "Go get him girl!"
Astrid stood up and ran to find Henry
Henry ran after his mother
"Mom? I have questions! We need to talk about this!"
"Henry, I'm not sure if I can…" Valka finally stopped running before she got out of the reception hall
"Why did you leave?"
"I had to. I love your father very much, but… he couldn't change!"
"Change what?"
"Did you ever wonder how you got that scar on your face?"
Henry touched the scar on his chin and nodded
"We were camping right before I started Chemo…"
Valka held her six month year old son close to her and looked at her husband worryingly.
"Stoick, I'm not so sure if we should bring Henry out here. He's only six months old."
"Stop worrying Val, Henry needs to learn to be in nature, sooner rather than later…"
Valka set Henry in his travel crib and crossed her arms at Stoick.
"Then when we turned around, there was a wolf near your crib. Your father got scared…"
"Look out Val!" Stoick picked up a gun and the wolf scratched Henry's chin. Val picked up her son and held him close. Stoick pulled the trigger and Val gasped holding her son closer to her…
"Dad never told me that before…"
"I couldn't stay, even though I wanted to. I knew I couldn't…"
Henry looked down and nodded "I understand…"
Astrid ran past Scarlett, then back to her.
"Scarlett, you're with Henry a lot. Where is he?"
"I don't know. He said to catch a ride with Stoick, he was going out with someone. But he did say if I saw you to give you this…"
Scarlett gave her the navy blue box, winked, and walked away. Astrid looked down and unfolded the piece of paper.
So, a lot going on in this chapter, the next chapters will explain a lot of this so don't fret! I own nothing and I hope you enjoyed!