The third month,
I can't believe dad had to go visit the Berserkers for a couple days. How could he do that! Even worse, my only true female friend, Astrid, decided that she wanted some time by herself. I'm now stuck at home, with my boyfriend and brother! Ugh, I'm stuck with two paranoid guys who don't have a single clue!
I stand and walk down stairs from my room. Hiccup and Rye are chatting about something. Rye stands up, offering me my favorite chair. I sit down in it gently, adjusting the back of my tunic as I do. "Do we have any apples?" I ask Hiccup, Rye puts up a finger and goes to look in the bin we keep apples in. "Yeah, we've got a bunch." He says from behind me. I look at Hiccup, giving him a small look to show my need for what I'm about to request.
"Hiccup, can you cook me an apple, with fish oil on top?" I ask him. But it comes out more like a begging command then a request.
Hiccup stares at me hard, "Sure…" he mumbles and stands up to start cooking.
Rye walks back over and stands behind my chair. Placing his arms around my neck he starts to rub my shoulders. "Mmmm….." I say with pleasure as he gives me a kiss on the cheek.
"Is the chest plate Hiccup made working? Do you need me to get you a bigger tunic?" Rye asks me in a paranoid way. "Everything is fine. And no I do not need a bigger tunic! Why would you think I need a bigger tunic?" I say loudly.
Rye cringes a bit and flusters as he opens his mouth to apologise. "Sorry sweets, I mean, I was just trying to, you're so-" Belle cuts him off,
"You think I'm big enough for another tunic?" I say, Gods I hate these random uncontrollable emotions. Rye tries to speak again, "N-no, I meant was-" He stutters. Some tears are caught in the corners of my eyes. "You're right. I'm too big.. I'm fat, and I eat too much, and you probably hate me now!" I say to him. Rye shakes his head, "What! No! You are still beautiful and I love you!" He says.
I stare at him hard, "No. You're lying. You don't think I'm pretty at all!" I shout. I stand up, my belly moving a bit as I do. I start walking up to Rye, he backs toward Hiccup who's leaning on the top of a table pressed against the wall.
Rye is now standing next to Hiccup as his girlfriend shouts. "I'M WORTHLESS. COMPLETELY WORTHLESS TO YOU! YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR DRAGON AND JUST LEAVE!" She yells at Rye. Both men are cringing in front of her as the woman screams. "N-no! You are not worthless!" Rye tries to calm her. His attempt fails,
"I AM WORTHLESS. I KNEW IT! AND YOU TWO ARE COMPLETE IDIOTS! NO WONDER YOU'VE BEEN SAILING FOR A LONG TIME! EVERY ISLAND YOU VISIT MUST THINK YOU'RE A COMPLETE LUNATIC! AND HICCUP YOU MUST THINK YOU'RE SO PRAISED AND SMART! FUTURE CHIEF AND ALL! DRAGON TRAINER! RUNS AN ACADEMY! WHY DON'T YOU TRY JUST SITTING AROUND FOR ONCE! YOU AND YOUR AMAZING WIFE! YOU AND YOUR 'ME AND ASTRID AREN'T HAVING KIDS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE IT'S TOO EARLY.'
I'M SUFFERING! I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN! BUT DO EITHER OF YOU EVEN THINK OF WONDERING IF I'M OKAY? NO! YOU TWO ARE COMPLETE IDIOTS! AND IF I LIVE TO SEE THE DAY YOU TWO DIE, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET A NICE WOOD CARVING PLACED IN THE TOWN CENTER, AND IT'LL SAY: 'HERE IS THE TWO BIGGEST IDIOTS IN TOWN! THE TERRIBLE BROTHER AND THE STUPID BOYFRIEND. DRAGON TRAINER AND SAILORS.' WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF!"
Isabella screams at them. The now upset and angered woman storms up stairs.
The two men look at each other, they are both still hunkered down, cringing painfully against a table. Neither of them were expecting such a blow up, or to be treated this way.
Rye stands and shakes off the fear and emotions from Belle's harsh words. He walks over to the door and grabs his sword. He tucks it under his arm and heads out to find his dragon.
Hiccup sits down from his position. The words sting, and linger in his head. His thoughts crowd his mind,
I am an idiot… My sister thinks I'm a complete idiot and it's true. She's off preparing herself for a huge change and all I do is talk about not wanting kids yet and dragons and the academy.. I'm a complete idiot! I always have been! Isabella just made it obvious.
Hiccup stays curled up on the floor. Some tears roll down his cheek as the words repeat themselves in his head. He's an idiot…. Nothing can change the fact. He always has been an idiot. Never thinking things through, doing something stupid and crazy and it succeeding. But leaving a large mark no matter what.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the dragon whisperer, the blacksmith, the future chief, the academy leader. But all that doesn't matter now, he's just a huge idiot.
I finally calm myself, I just screamed at Rye, and my brother. Oh Gods why did I do that?! I pull myself up off my bed and head downstairs once again. I walk quietly and peak down to see Hiccup sitting on the floor in the same place as I left him. I quickly walk back up the stairs silently. No way am I going to talk to him now...
The door squeaks open, Astrid walks in, soaking wet from some rain I just discovered. How could I miss that it was pouring down water outside!? I look up at her, my chin still resting on my knees. "Hi Hiccup! What's wrong my dragon trainer?" She teases me. "Isabella was yelling..." I mumble.
Astrid bends over in front of me and puts a hand on my shoulder. I release my knees and drop my arms to my side. "You'll be okay." She says and kisses me on my cheek.
Astrid stands back up and goes to find herself something to eat. Hiccup grabs the table to heave himself up so he looks less like a babyish, shut down, idiot. Hiccup snaps his head over as he hears Astrid sneeze. "You should change clothes, you'll get sick." He says to her gently, after setting off one young woman no way is he setting off another.
Astrid looks at him, a dead glare in her eyes. "Astrid Hofferson. Does. Not. Get. Sick!" She says. A small cough erupts from her throat. By now Hiccup is standing next to her. "No, but Astrid Haddock does." He says just above a whisper. Astrid gives him a small smile, "Fine. You win. I'll go change..." She says and starts for the stairs. Hiccup grabs her arm, "Not without a kiss!" He states then kisses her gently.
Astrid accepts the tender kiss then heads for the stairs once more.
Hiccup searched around, there it is! Just as he thought he had left it. In a bin under a table. There sat his favorite treasures. Astrid had told Hiccup that his treasures needed to be kept away from their room. Which and to dragons in it who loved to sort through boxes of stuff.
He pulled out the box and plopped down like a toddler. His legs spread wide with the box between them. He reaches in to his box and pulled out a small stuffed dragon, he still remembers the day his mother gave him that little dragon. And the day he faced Breakneck Bog to get it back.
He sets the small dragon to the side and reaches in again to pull out a piece of wood. On it was a carving of a dragon, six years ago Isabella had done that carving for him.
Next he pulled out something that brings embarrassing memories back to light. A battered old chest plate with blood specks on it. The chest plate Hiccup had saved his sister from.
The three items laying beside him, he grabbed the last item in the box. Out comes a small knife, the knife he had retrieved from a pond in a cove. The knife that had earned Toothless's trust. He had decided one day he wanted that knife back. So he spent two days searching the pond for it.
Oh the memories, and now, now he will have more memories to add. In half a year, his little niece or nephew will be born. Though he prefers the idea of another girl to protect.
Astrid comes back down the stairs, Hiccup scrambles back on to his feet once again. He puts the stuff back in the box and kicks it under the table.
"Belle's still in her room, Hiccup, why do you look, serene?" Astrid says as she squeezes a last drop of water out of the ends of her hair. Hiccup puts a weak smile on his lips, he does feel relaxed after seeing all his favorite memories replay in his head.
"Belle is wrong. I am not an idiot!" He says to Astrid in a proud way. As if he should be taking pride in saying his sister is for once, incorrect.
Astrid gawks at his words. Isabella had told Hiccup he was an idiot?
"All right then, is Isabella doing okay?" She gently questions him. Hiccup takes a seat in a chair and starts to answer. "Yeah, last month she thought up a new name. We never mentioned it though, but I like it." He replies.
Astrid sits down in front of him on another chair and looks into his forest green eyes. "What's this name she likes so much?" She curiously asks the man. Hiccup reaches his arm out to touch her. The short gap between them seeming smaller. "Azalea, because she wants a girl." He says just above a whisper.
Astrid silently mouths it, letting it roll over her tongue as her eyes widen with excitement.
"Why did you just now tell me about the name Azalea?" She asks him as she continues to silently play around with the sound of the name. Hiccup shrugs, "I didn't think it was that important…"
"Well, even if I prefer the idea of a boy, it is important. because," She pauses with her words, she needs something that will delight Hiccup's mind. She can't stand Hiccup in low spirits, it's as bad as Snotlout upset… She moves over and sits on his lap. He gives a small grunt as he weight meets his. her choice of words is perfect, they whisper into his ear.
"Because if things go right, Belle's baby will be the first girl ever named Azalea on Berk. And, our baby can be named whatever you want." As she pulls her face back and wraps her arms around his neck to support herself. His eyes widen at Astrid's words.
"Our baby? But we haven't- Are you?" He stumbles to say as he badly hides his glances at her stomach. Astrid laughs and tustles her husbands hair.
"No. I'm not. Not yet at least. Someday, eventually. After Isabella's baby, and we have had practice with Azalea, or whatever the name is going to be. Then maybe after that We can consider it." A small wink is given as she finishes her words.
Hiccup gives a small breath of relief. Then the emotions of knowing Astrid doesn't want to be a parent swells inside him. Maybe someday….
Gave you a rush didn't I? ;) Nope. I'm not giving you Hiccstrid babies that quickly. You gotta wait, eventually my readers. :D Sorry for not updating in a while... WAAAYYY to busy. And I will be for the next week. And yes, this month of Belle's pregnancy will have another chapter. Half the story is missing right now! But you will get your next chapter sometime. Special thanks to KatieMarie999, for, without knowing, edging me to write and update, and inspiring my stories.