This one has a lot more dialogue…Personally I think the interactions seem a bit out of character, but I hope this at least sparks something in your mind to go off of.
Astrid felt like she was flying, and that was only partially due to the fact that she'd taken Stormfly for a ride. She couldn't wait to tell Hiccup what Gothi had said…but did he already know? Maybe he wasn't as excited as she was about all this. Or maybe, thought her sensible side, he's just being a nervous old goof and has no idea what's going on. Either way, she wanted to make the official reveal special; It isn't every day that you find out your carrying the chief's heir!
Astrid did a quick loop around Berk, looking for the perfect spot to bring Hiccup. However, she quickly found she couldn't think straight; she would just have to have Hiccup pick a place. She laughed at how ridiculous that sounded, but with her brain moving at the speed of a racing dragon she knew it was her best bet.
Hiccup had resumed his projects and was just working on what appeared to be a new hut when Astrid walked in. Her husband quickly tucked away the prints,; whether to give her all his attention or to hide the plans she didn't care.
"Hiccup, I have some big news for you," Astrid claimed with lights flashing behind her eyes.
"Let's hear it, m'lady," he said in an optimistic, yet still defeated and tired tone. He only hoped it would be some miracle to fix everything.
"Not yet, we have to be somewhere special!" Astrid was determined to bring the news in the happiest atmosphere possible. "Where can we meet that'll be special to you?"
The question surprised Hiccup; he couldn't remember the last time he had done something for anyone but himself. He was a good chief, as far as the term can apply, but he had to sacrifice most of his efforts for others to be so. In fact, he'd had to "lend" his best friend, Toothless, to the dragon academy so they could train and so the reptile could his exercise, instead of exploring like in the past. Everyone knew that they were still the town's true dynamic duo, but they weren't quite as inseparable as before. Hiccup removed the unpleasant truth from his mind, feeling the guilt settle in slowly as always, and tried to think of the most pleasant place possible where they wouldn't be disturbed. It hit him suddenly that now would be the perfect place to reveal his present to Astrid.
"Can you meet me in front of my dad's statue…?" he tried to ask nonchalantly. The chances were that she or one of his other friends had already found his secret room, but he figured he'd ask just in case.
"Sure…that reminds me, Ruffnut found a room behind his boot! Is…is that where you were going to take me…?" Astrid felt a bit embarrassed at the thought of possibly having stumbled upon one of his many gifts to her before the right time.
"Bingo." Hiccup replied, seemingly undaunted. "Meet me there and I'll tell you what it's for…then, you can tell me what seems to be making you want to explode." He joked. It seemed the only thing truly "Hiccup" that he did nowadays, with so much on his hands.
