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Chapter 4

Astrid sat in front of her computer, staring at the screen. She had been spending countless hours over the past few days trying to find out information about Toothless, who was her… soulmate? She still had a tough time believing it, and neither did Toothless apparently, who hadn't tried to find her since. Or maybe he didn't care about soulmates, and that would leave her alone for the rest of her life.

Shaking those thoughts out of her head, Astrid sat back trying to think about what she did know. She knew that he was the town hero, and that he liked to help people. Judging by his form, he couldn't have been more than 18 years old, but that was all she knew. Didn't know who he was, what he looked liked, what he sounded like.

Sighing, Astrid leaned back in her chair. To top it all off, she was partnered with Hiccup for her soulmate project, who she had never spoken to, or even looked at before. He was oddly charming in his nerdy and awkward way, and Astrid hated it. Hated how he made her feel, how he confused her. Toothless was her soulmate, not this other boy. She hoped that it was just herself wanting to be friends with Hiccup, and that her brain was mistaking it as something more.

Glancing at her clock, she realised that it was time for her to go to sleep and crawled onto her bed, curling up in the sheets. She slept soundly, with a certain green eyed boy creeping into her dreams.

Waking up with a yawn and a stretch, Astrid smiled a bit to herself, something that she couldn't remember from her dream that night making her happy. Stretching and rubbing her eyes, Astrid got out of bed and started getting ready for school.

Slowly stepping down the stairs, Astrid poured herself a bowl of cereal and milk, taking them back upstairs, to her room.

Her door was ajar, and she nudged it open with her hip, both of her hands full. Sitting down at her desk, Astrid flipped open the lid of her computer screen, looking at what had happened during the time of her sleep.

Seeing that there was a new article posted about Toothless just a couple minutes before, Astrid put down her spoon and clicked the link. Reading the piece, she found that Toothless had just caught a pair of criminals who had tried to rob a bank only five minutes ago.

Impressed, Astrid packed up her computer and grabbed her now finished breakfast, going down the stairs to the kitchen to clean up and leave.

Throwing on a sweater, Astrid left the house and went to her car. Starting the ignition and driving to school, Astrid made it to her first class, health, 5 minutes early.

Sitting down in her seat and pulling out her computer, Astrid opened the document for her and Hiccup's presentation before he came into class.

Strange, she thought. Hiccup's not usually late to class. Not thinking too much about it, Astrid started doing more research on the timers.

Two minutes and twenty-three seconds late (no, she was not counting, especially not because of Hiccup), Hiccup stumbled into class, his backpack not completely closed, and he was slightly out of breath, like he had run all the way here.

Sliding into his seat next to Astrid, he took his computer out as he settled in. His shirt was on backwards. Astrid didn't point it out to him.

Tearing her gaze away from him, Astrid looked back at her screen, thinking on how to progress the paper but couldn't think properly, as the boy next to her kept shifting around in his seat, somewhat nervously glancing at her every few seconds.

Working on their project for the class, Astrid tried to limit her interaction with Hiccup, hoping that she wouldn't mistake him as more than a friend to her; however, Hiccup seemed to try and talk to her at any possible moment. Strange.

Going to her next class, science, Astrid sat in her seat near the front of the room and saw that Hiccup was also in her class, near the back. He was sitting alone, and Astrid noticed that he didn't seem to have any friends, other than her. If she did consider him her friend.

Halfway through the class, Astrid stared down at her paper, not understanding what was being taught in this class, as usual, when Hiccup suddenly stood up, his chair making a screeching noise as he stood up so quickly. Embarrassed, Hiccup grabbed his bag and went to the front of the room, before the teacher.

"May I be excused?" He politely asked, barely waiting for the professor to stutter and look somewhat in shock before Hiccup bolted from the room.

Confused, Astrid tried to look out the door to see what he needed to do so badly, though it closed before she could see anything, though she thought she saw the boy's bathroom door close.

Shrugging it off, Astrid tried to follow what they were learning.

Toothless, the town hero!

Astrid stared at the headline as she sat in front of her computer, just having come home from school. The article was posted in the morning, at 10:30 am. Toothless had saved 10 residents from a burning building, coming out with nothing more than a scrape on the cheek.

He sure does get around, doesn't he? Astrid thought, closing the tab and pulling out her homework for the day.

Starting on science first, Astrid thought of what had happened with Hiccup earlier. He had been gone for the rest of the class, though she saw him in the hall during lunch.

Brushing the thoughts away, Astrid focused more on her science homework. She didn't understand it.

Author's Note: Sorry for not posting in months!

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