Chapter 9: Hiccup Confesses
Hiccup and Astrid sat together for the longest time neither speaking to the other not sure of what to say. Both Vikings hated this and neither of them wanted to be separated especially Hiccup right now as he had Gobber spend weeks on the band. Not to mention that he had worked hard on keeping it a secret from Astrid. Soon both Blueberry and Toothless came over and nudged Astrid and Hiccups body ever so slightly and then put their heads under their arms and onto their laps. "Hiccup, I'm going to go talk to my father." Astrid said, her voice sore and tender and Hiccup could tell.
"No Astrid, not right now. The last thing you need now is to lose your voice." Just then the door to the room opened. "Elder, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here for Astrid, I brought a little something for her throat." The elder said and then Stoick walked into the room. "Stoick." The elder nodded in respect for the chief.
"Elder." Stoick said bowing slightly in respect.
The elder went and pulled out some special herbs for Astrid's throat. After the elder had finished helping Astrid with her throat, she turned to Stoick. "Stoick, talk to them." Then the elder left the building to let the Chief talk.
However Hiccup was the first to speak. "Dad, how come Astrid has been given away, you know, well you know." Hiccup screamed not wanting to make Astrid sad by saying that he had planned to propose.
"I know son but I didn't have any idea that this was going to happen, I myself just found out recently." Stoick said sadly. "I know that this won't be easy for you, either of you." Stoick walked over to one of the chairs and brought it up to Hiccup's bed and sat down on the chair.
"Can't you do something dad, keep her from leaving or something?" Hiccup pleaded with his father as Astrid kept her head on Hiccup's chest and put her right arm around his neck and then other around his chest and connected her hands together. Hiccup grabbed onto Astrid's arm softly and put his other arm on her back.
"I'm sorry Hiccup, but I can't do a thing. If you had done things earlier then I may have been able to do something. However that would have depended on what answer you got as well." Stoick said trying to help his son keep the secret. "I did tell Orien that you wouldn't take this lying down." Everyone had to laugh a bit at Stoicks choice in words. "I had better go and give you two as much time together as possible. However Hiccup, if you can't keep Astrid here, then I would suggest being with Brynhild. She does like you but between us, I'm rooting for you two, so do what you can to keep Astrid here ok." Stoick smiled at the two and then left the building.
Astrid knew Hiccup didn't want her talking but she had to ask. "What did your dad mean by if you had done something earlier he may have been able to help?" Astrid asked. "Don't answer me and I'll continue to ask until you do and don't think about lying to me." Astrid said quietly and then kept quiet and waited for an answer.
"I, Gobber, we had." Hiccup said stumbling over his words. He knew there was no way out of this, Astrid is just far too smart. "I had Gobber make a band for you. I had planned on asking your father for permission for your hand. Gobber was just finishing up the band too, I just wish that I could have asked before this happened." Hiccup said gesturing to his leg.
Astrid's eyes started watering and she had covered her mouth from the shock. "You had planned on asking me to marry you?" Astrid asked somewhat shocked. She knew that Hiccup would eventually ask her father but she was completely kept out of the loop about this. Not only that but she hadn't expected it so soon but on the other hand she should have had known. After all, Hiccup is going to be Chief soon and not to mention, Hiccup had been keeping her away from the blacksmith for quite a while.
"Everything was almost ready and now this. You're dad knows that we love each other more then anything. Why would he do this?" Hiccup asked upset and stunned at this fact.
Toothless and Blueberry nudged against their friends. With both Astrid and Hiccup being saddened, the two dragons were sad too and though Blueberry hardly knew Astrid, she was the one to help her and so she had to feel loyal toward Astrid.
In another part of the village, Brynhild had gone back to her spot in her makeshift home and thought about the things that would happen with her and Hiccup. So she is sad about what has happened but there was no way that Hiccup could be with Astrid and so he would have to settle for her. She sat thinking about their future together. She would have a max of five kids, a minimum of three with possible exceptions of losing some children at birth and then getting to old to have more but she didn't expect that to be a problem. Her and Hiccup would be together for the rest of their lives. One way or another, her and Hiccup would be together forever. Brynhild brought her hands up to her shoulders because of the chills that came with her thoughts. She had soon grown excited about the idea and smiled as she became more determined to be Hiccup's wife. Then a thought came to her and she knew that only two things could ruin her plan to be with Hiccup.
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