Chapter 4:

As i got back home Stormfly went to her stable and i sneaked in hoping not to wake my uncle Finn. I got to my room and and changed back into my regular cloths then sat at my bed with the tonights events still running through my Hiccup that way so crazy so out of control he wasn't the Hiccup i knew.

I blamed Snotlout of coarse he should have made sure it was water and not whine hes lucky Hiccup snapped out of it if he hadn't Stoick wouldn't have to worry about Snotlout's punishment. I would have made him wish the Screaming Death was chasing him.

only thing that Hiccup did while being drunk that threw me was he complimented me and it wasn't my way of taming dragons but my looks. Sure i get complemented a'lot by Snotlout but it always made my skin crawl but when it came from Hiccup it made me feel things i never felt before.

I was excited more excited then the time i hit the center of a target board with my axe for the first time. Then when we were alone he almost answered my question i almost got a name but then others had to come back at the worst time. I decided it was time to get to sleep i was exhausted only Odin knew how Hiccup must have been feeling.

I said to myself so quietly so i wouldn't wake my uncle and said "tomorrow ill go check to see how hes doing".

That was something i always tried to do when he was hurt it made me feel reassured he was ok when i saw him. Sure the others made fun of me for it but forget what they thought it only brought me ease to know.

I fell asleep late that night and morning came all to quickly i woke and got my boots and ran out the door.

All i heard that morning was my uncle shout "Astrid where in thor's name is the fire".

I laughed on my way out then ran up the hill to Hiccups house i made it to the door and i knocked to see if anyone was up.

Stoick answered the door and looked to me and said "morning Astrid Hiccups not up yet the boys sleeping like a dragon after an all fish buffet".

I kinda laughed it didn't surprise me that Hiccup would be out cold after last night.

Stoick then said "See if you can wake him up cant have the lad sleep through his birthday".

I nodded and Stoick let me in before he left to meet with Gobber about Hiccup's party in the great hall. I went in and walked over to the stairs not hearing movement i made my way to his door i knocked but no answer.

I then shouted "Hiccup its me Astrid can i come in?".

I could hear groans coming from his room and then i heard the sound of metal hitting the wooden floor and figured he was getting up.

I then heard a loud yawn and heard him say "come in Astrid".

I walked in seeing he was just finishing getting his leather shirt on it had a dragon scale pattern. I smiled while trying to hold back a laugh at his bed head. Toothless walked over and i greeted him by patting him on the head he let out a happy rumbling noise.

I looked to the sleepy Viking and said "how are you feeling today Hiccup".

He smiled while stretching and said "better i must have been out of it".

Hiccup looked to me and said "hey Astrid about last night if i did anything to bother you i'm...".

I cut him off before he could finish and said "its okay Hiccup you didn't mean to do anything that you did last night it was because of the drink".

He smiled looking at me as if Mjolnir was lifted from his shoulders i was happy to see him back to his old self. He then patted down his hair so it was less messy then what it was. I walked over and braided two small braids on the one side of his head. He smiled as i did it and because we were alone i had seen my chance to finally have the answer to my question with hopes he would finally answer.

I walked away from him then turned arms crossed and said "Hiccup there is something i didn't tell you about last night".

His eyes shot to me so quickly and i said "when you were napping on my lap you mumbled in your sleep".

He quickly became pale as soon as he heard that which was'nt to be unexpected he didnt know what he did.

I took a deep breath and continued "you said i was beautiful and i asked you a question and you didn't fully answer".

He looked to me and said "what was the question Astrid , come on don't leave me hanging".

I then while looking into his forest green eyes and said "I asked you if there a girl in the village you care about more then the other village girls".

He looked as Stoick did when the red death appeared from the mountain for a moment i swear he looked like he would pass out right there.

I then said "but you wouldn't tell me you only said cause for some reason you didn't know about something".

He rubbed the back of his head while he looked away from me his forest green eyes were closed hidden away from me.

Feeling brave i asked him again "so who is it Hiccup i see girls running up to you but you ignore them why and who's the girl".

For a moment he didn't speak then a smile stretched across his face and then he looked to me still smiling. I could feel my heart race knowing the answer was soon to be mine.

He said "well its hard to explain that one".

He scratched his chin still smiling at me which drove me crazy cause the waiting was killing me.

He looked to me and said " the reason why ignore the other girls cause there's only one girl in the entire village whose attention i want".

I started to loose what patience i had and said "who Hiccup who is she please don't tell me its Ruffnut".

He started to laugh and then he said "no, no actually It's ... you Astrid out of all the girls in the village i care about you the most".

I looked to him shocked and confused and said "what why didn't you tell me Hiccup?".

He looked at me and shook his head while smiling and said "Cause i didn't know how you felt".

I walked up to Hiccup then raised my fist and slugged him in the shoulder as hard as i could.

He grabbed the spot i punched and said "ow its always with the hitting".

I smiled and said "that's for not telling me sooner".

Then i grabbed him by the collar of his suit and pulled him in for a kiss on his lips we didn't part from each other for moments i didn't want it to end. After we pulled away he smiled and looked to me trying to catch his breath.

I smiled and said "that's for everything else".

I looked to Toothless and he looked at Hiccup and i , looking as if he were saying finally and then stretched out on his rock. I laughed and Hiccup stood up straight not looking away from me.

He then said "well milady care to Join me in the great hall for the party tonight?".

I said "sure thing babe , what do think your dad and the others are gonna say ?".

He thought about it for a moment and said "well who cares what they say if i could get the village to change their minds about dragons, this shouldn't be any problem and on the plus side Snotlout will leave you alone".

I laughed knowing both things were true and we left his room and Hiccup and i went outside he called for Toothless then we went on a flight around the island.