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Here is the new chapter!
This is the second part of the first chapter that I rewrote, so, some passages will be familiar to you.
Warning: Some angst/drama in this chapter.
Enjoy! ;)
Chapter 2
"Scott Jorgenson's cousin joins the cast of the "How to Train Your Dragon" movie!" Scott repeated the phrase indignantly closing his computer with a loud thud. The boy turned to his father to reveal a black eye that none other than Astrid Hofferson had awarded him with for spreading false rumors.
She found the boy on the movie set and punched him right in the face before he managed to realize what was going on.
"Why the hell did you tell them that?" she yelled clenching her teeth and fists and stepping back not to punch the jerk one more time.
"I told them what my agent advised me to tell!" Scott was stammering partially because he was in pain and partially because he was afraid that Astrid would hit him again. The boy began to rub the aching place trying to soothe that blinding pain.
Astrid stepped closer to him, so that only several inches were separating their faces. Scott swallowed hard feeling his legs became shaky because her eyes were blazing with anger. Her reputation of a good, obedient girl was ruined and she yearned to revenge.
"Listen to me, Scott Jorgenson!" the girl's voice was cold and Scott felt shivers running up and down his spine, not the pleasant ones. "You may tell them whatever you want about yourself, even how many times a day you go to the toilet, but if you ever, EVER tell them something about me or… 'us' I swear I will smash your fu…"
"Astrid! Scott! Oh, that's great you are here! Oh! Oh my god! What happened with your face?" Dean, the movie director, came running to the boy and that was the time Scott realized that his eyebrow was bleeding.
"Nothing" he and Astrid said at the same time exchanging glances. They had no intention to wash their dirty linen in public. Well, Astrid did, and, speaking about Scott, he was rather afraid of being punched in the face again.
Now that Astrid saw the consequences of her actions she felt ashamed of herself as she had lost her temper again. She needed to work on her anger bursts, and her anger bursts issues and her issues issues, and her issues issues issues.
The doctor came to the set in no time and took care of the boy's abrasion. Then someone coughed behind their backs hoping to attract the attention of the group. Astrid, Scott, Dean and the doctor turned their heads to see the boy with chestnut hair and emerald eyes smiling shyly.
The girl momentarily felt sick and dizzy. That was him. Harvey. Hiccup. The boy. That very boy who was hit by the car two years ago. Why did he come there?
"Oh, sorry, Harvey!" Dean realized that he completely forgot about the boy's presence.
"No, no! That's okay!" Hiccup blushed not used to being in the spotlight. For a split second his eyes met with the cold blue ones and two teens hurried to look away wishing the redness of their faces was not giving their confusion away.
"Hiccup?" Scott screamed pushing the doctor away in a little bit rude manner. "What are you doing here?" he stared intently at the boy.
"You know him?!" Astrid exclaimed before she even realized that the words were escaping her mouth.
"He is my cousin" Scott explained not paying attention to his injury any more. "Wait! Do you know each other" he screwed up his eyes shifting his gaze from Astrid to Hiccup and then back again.
"N-no!" both the boy and the girl stuttered looking aside. Hiccup did not expect he would see Astrid today. Dean told him that today they were rehearsing some scenes with the smith and his apprentice, and the girl was not expected to come.
"So, you know Scott, the… Harvey, this is Astrid Hofferson, I'm sure you know her! And, Astrid, this is Harvey Haddock, Scott's cousin" Dean introduced the guys.
"Glad to meet you!" Astrid grinned from ear to ear and mechanically held out her hand, and Hiccup froze with fear. His hands were already too sweaty and the last thing he wanted to do was to let the girl of his dreams shake any of them. Everybody was staring at them and Astrid bended slightly to grab his right hand and shake it angrily, as she decided Hiccup did not want to do that. When their hands touched she understood the real reason why he wanted to avoid the contact and then hurried to wipe her right hand on her brown skirt skewing at the boy's burning face.
"Yeah… Me to" he mumbled feeling embarrassed.
"Could you look at each other again?" Dean asked Hiccup and Astrid and the teens obeyed struggling to raise their gazes. Eye contact was almost unbearable and lasted four awkward and at the same time amazing seconds.
"I see it! I see the chemistry between you two!" Dean exclaimed and both shy kids felt their cheeks were anything but pale.
"What? I don't see any chemistry between them!" Scott protested keeping an eye on his cousin. "It's Hiccup! There is no chemistry between him and… and any other girl on this planet!"
Astrid bit her lower lip remembering the first time she saw Hiccup. At that time she decided that he was handsome, and now… she still was upholding the same view, even though his sweaty palms were not attractive at all.
"That's amazing!" Dean did not hear or did not want to hear Jorgenson's words.
"W-what do you mean by 'ch-chemistry'? Astrid finally managed to ask the movie director.
"I want to say that you have to be her screen partner!" he said shining with delight.
"What?!" three teens yelped simultaneously.
"Harvey will be playing Snotlout" Dean explained.
"What?!" Scott squealed hardly recognizing his own voice.
"You are right!" Dean patted the boy on the shoulder. "You are still playing Snotlout!" Jorgenson sighed with relief and fought back the urge to press his right hand to the left part of his chest and check whether his heart was still there. The boy was glad that Dean decided not to change his role, because Scott did not want to disappoint his strict, exacting father.
"We will give you another name!" Dean said and Jorgenson felt that his heart was in his mouth. "How did you call him? Hiccup?! That's great!"
Harvey winced realizing that his screen name would be the nickname he did not really enjoy.
Astrid's mobile phone vibrated in her jeans and she excused herself explaining that that was an urgent call from her mom who needed the girl's help, though it was Ruff who called. Astrid was surprised that she was able to sound so indifferent when her guts were boiling inside her body. She left the building; her legs and hands were still shaky and her mind was occupied by the boy with charming green eyes.
"Tomorrow is the last school day! Do you understand what it means?" Hiccup asked his best friend. They were moving towards the Leg's car to leave the movie set. The boy gladly agreed to drive Harvey knowing that he will have a chance to see several celebrities.
"I can't believe it! My best friend will be a movie star!" the boy ignored Hiccup's phrases.
"No, it means no more classes!"
"And you will be Astrid Hofferson's partner!" Fishlegs said dreamily. "She is beautiful"
"Yes, A-astrid is attractive, but sh-she is not my style" Hiccup denied his affection feeling stupid and embarrassed again. He wanted to talk about her all the time he was awake, but his cheeks were turning too red when somebody pronounced her name and the boy always disclaimed feelings he had for the girl.
"Then that's a pity… You'll probably have to kiss her!" Fishlegs supposed and Hiccup's limbs suddenly became numb. He did not read the scenario yet, but there was a high probability that they would share a kiss.
"I… I think I can cope with this… task!" the boy nervously rubbed the back of his neck. His mood became much better. Even though his cousin slept with Astrid, Harvey was the first boy she kissed, and there was a tiny, almost unnoticeable chance that he will be the last.
"Did you sign the contract?" Legs wondered and Hiccup was grateful that his best friend changed the subject.
"I'm under age so my dad has to sign some papers" the thin boy mumbled.
"Oh, right! When will they start filming?" Legs was curious.
"I don't know… They still didn't find an actor… They need a stout boy, about sixteen…" Hiccup was trying to remember the necessary criteria.
"I will do everything you want if you advise them to take me!" Fishlegs interrupted him.
"You want the role?!" the boy with the reddish hair was surprised. He never thought his best friend wanted to be an actor.
"Of course I want the role! And, by the way, it will help me to find a girlfriend!"
"Ok! Ok! I'll tell Dean that I have a friend who… Ouch! Legs you will smother meeeee"
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" the boy hugged Hiccup hard and the latter could hardly breathe.
"Then… Let me drive today!" Hiccup asked the pudgy boy.
"What?" Fishlegs finally let the boy go and hesitated in his choice. On the one hand he did not want to refuse it to his friend and on the other he was afraid that his father would kill him if Hiccup piled up. He had a peg leg after all. And he did not have a driving licence.
"Oh, come on! Let me drive, Legs! It will be fine!" the boy reassured him with a happy smile.
"O-ok" Fishlegs agreed though his voice did not sound confident. The teens got into the car and a moment after Hiccup started moving the car leaped as if…
"Oh God..." Legs made an effort not to faint clutching his seat.
"Don't tell me I ran somebody over!" Hiccup screamed. He ran out of the car to see...
A black cat was lying motionless on the ground. The boy bended to examine the little body and saw that the animal opened its eyes to look at the person that hurt him so bad. Even being in almost blinding pain the purred. He finally found the boy.
Hiccup looked him in the eyes and felt unbearably sick. He knew that cat. He remembered his eyes. He saw them so many times in his dreams. That was Toothless. His Toothless from the pet shop.
"Oh no…" Hiccup breathed out.
Toothless saw him when the boy was crossing the street. That was his boy. The boy gave him his name. The cat was running as if his fur was on fire but he came too late. Hiccup disappeared inside the green monster that those humans called a car. Toothless was scratching the car but the teens did not hear his attempts to draw their attention to him. And then, the monster suddenly moved and the cat hissed in pain falling to the ground. Hiccup went out of the car and Toothless saw his eyes were full of anxiety and fear.
Pains were severe and the cat fainted away knowing that he found his boy and now everything will be fine.
"I may put him away... If you have enough money" the vet said indifferently.
"He has his dad's credit card" Fishlegs looked at his pale friend.. "For emergency cases!"
"Cash is better" the man did not reveal any emotion on his face.
"I have five dollars. Do you have any money, Hiccup?.. Hiccup?"
The teen was standing not moving.
"NO!" Hiccup screamed grabbing Toothless from the table and pressing him to his chest. No. NO! NOOOO! That was not real!
"I have enough money" Hiccup said in an emotionless voice. "May I say goodbye to him?"
"Sure. But it must be in a horrible pain, so... hurry up" the vet warned shrugging.
"One minute" Hiccup breathed out.
He went out of the veterinary hospital and sat on the stairs breathing in the cold air of Berk.
He felt so stupid sitting there with almost breathless ball of fur on his lap. The animal was in pain and the boy regretted he did not let him sleep the sleep that knows no waking.
"I'm sorry, bud" Hiccup felt a single tear ran down his cheek. "I can't save you... I'm sorry"
He rose to his feet preparing himself to go back and let the vet do his job when someone said his name. He turned around to see old Gothi.
Some people said she was homeless, some thought she went crazy after her husband passed away, and some could bet their lives that she was a witch, and all those people were right... in some way.
"Will you just let them kill Toothless?" the woman asked slightly tilting her head to left.
"What? How did you know his name?" Hiccup exclaimed.
"He is an old friend of mine. Follow me" Gothi smiled mysteriously.
"Go somewhere with Gothi? Are you crazy?" Fishlegs appeared on the top of the stairs. The sent him after his friend and his pet.
"Can you help him?" Hiccup turned back to the woman.
"Follow me" she nodded.
"Erm… Hiccup… My mom called me several times… She was…." Fishlegs pointed at his mobile phone.
"You may go… I will manage it" the boy's voice was calm though his arms were trembling. It would be better if Legs went home. He would not be going about complaining about coming heart attack and he would not see Hiccup's tears if… No! No IF! Everything will be all right.
"Are you sure?" the boy inquired.
"I am" Hiccup said and followed Gothi.
Two hours later a boy and a woman breathed a sigh of relief.
"You probably don't know but I was working at the hospital before my husband passed away" Gothi uttered. "I took care of your leg, it was in a terrifyingly bad condition and we had to cut it off to prevent the infection from spreading all over your body"
"My dad told me about infection... but I didn't know you cut... you did that. So, there was no chance to save it?"
"I am sorry…" she shook her head "Never regret about losing it. Because if we lose something we always find something else in return"
"Yeah..." Hiccup looked at Toothless. The cat had its rest after the surgery. Now he was no longer in danger.
"He needs some time to recover" Gothi uttered patting the boy on his back. "You may come visit him if you want"
The worst part was already over but Hiccup was still on the verge of tears. He kneeled near the sleeping animal and put his chin on the surgical table.
He stroke cat's little black paw with his index finger. Now both of them had one more thing that made them similar. His left leg and his left hind paw. Both were gone now. Forever.
Hiccup almost killed that harmless, defenseless creature today, but Toothless would never know about it. He thought that was the green car that made harm to him.
"It will be ok, bud! I won't let anything happen to you!" he whispered to the sleeping cat and finally gave way to tears.
He will live. Toothless will live.
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