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AN: Ok… I tried reading this fanfic but then I realized that I wouldn't have enough time! Wow! I mean, how many hours have you guys invested in reading this?! I gotta give guys some props for that! Especially since this fanfic is filled with typos, wrong grammars and misplaced words!
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Ok… This chapter contains a little bit of making out and some other things not worth mentioning… What? Oh, I promised not to do lemons? Of course I did, for Hiccup and Astrid! ;)
Arc: I Do
Days Until Wedding: 20 days
Music I'm Listenting To At The Moment: Life's Too Short – Frozen… No! Not again! It's been months!
"Are You Sure This Is Enough Preparation"
Hiccup just blinked and stared at the scene infront of him.
Tuffnut was struggling on the ground while Fishlegs was on top of him and pinning Tuffnut's hands above his head. Their respective dragons were behind them and had burn marks all around them, possibly caused by the explosion earlier. Astrid and the others were on the sidelines sitting on the stands and was just watching at the spectacle unfolded infront of them.
Hiccup looked at the others then back to the fighting blondes then back to Astrid and the others again.
"Uhmm… care to explain?" Hiccup motioned towards Tuffnut and Fishlegs.
Astrid shrugged Hiccup and motioned him to come closer and he complied. Hiccup sat next to her while she rested her head on his shoulder.
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea… Tuffbut started blabbering something about betrayal and Fish responded by telling him to grow up and learn to let go"
"What does that even mean?" Hiccup asked with a raised eyebrow. Hiccup noticed that Tuffnut was able to break free from Fishleg's hold and started wrestling with the burly teen.
Both teens heard a sigh behind them and when they turned their heads, the saw that Ruffnut was slouched forward. Both teens raised an eyebrow.
"Ruffnut? Is there something you're not telling us?"
Ruffnut nodded "Fishlegs and I are going steady and idiot-for-brains over there said that Fishlegs was just using me and was going to betray me later on. Fishlegs didn't like the accusation and you know the rest" she motioned towards the fighting blondes.
"Ok… I get that" Hiccup said and then motioned to the zippleback and gronkle "but what happened to them?"
"Don't worry about them" Ruffnut waved him off "Belch and Barf were sleeping and sometimes Barf breathes smoke unconsciously. Tuffnut suddenly pushed Fishlegs and he went stumbling towards Meatlug, who was sleeping next to Barf's head at that time, and startled her and she accidentally released some flames causing the explosion all of us witnessed earlier."
"Hmm… that sure explains everything…" Hiccup nodded "So… what should we do about them?"
Ruffnut shrugged "Does it really matter? It's not like I'll stop dating Fish because of my idiot of a brother."
"You do know I still disapprove of this!" Tuffnut said before Fishlegs grabbed him the shoulders and pushed him down again.
"So… Any of you guys seen Heather?" Hiccup asked, completely ignoring Tuffnut
"I think she and Thug went for a walk in the forest" Astrid supplied
"Ugh… If something happens to Heather, I swear I'll…"
"Hiccup…" Astrid sighed "You know as well as I do that Heather can take care of herself. Just let them have their fun ok?"
Hiccup snorted "Sure… it's all fun and games until someone loses their virginity" Hiccup gave Ruffnut a pointed look "and I'm not talking about self-insertions"
"Hey!" Ruffnut glared at him and huffed "I was drunk, ok? No need to point fingers! Especially at me!"
"Look…" Hiccup sighed "I'm not saying that I don't trust Thuggory"
"But you're strongly implying that you are" Astrid interrupted with an innocent smile which Hiccup returned with a glare
"BUT… that doesn't mean that I don't worry about Heather"
"Why are you worried though?" Snotlout asked after keeping quiet all this time and just listening to the conversation "I mean, it's not like there is something between you two, right?"
"Yeah Hiccup, what's the deal?" Ruffnut gave Hiccup a knowing look which Astrid noticed.
"Nothing!" Hiccup lied "I'm her friend and friends worry for each other! Right Astrid?"
"Uh-huh…" Astrid nodded absentmindedly while she thought of Ruffnut's earlier inquiry. Ruffnut was acting suspicious, as if she knew something she shouldn't have. Ruffnut noticed Astrid's stare and smiled at her while mouthing the sentence 'We will talk later about this'
Astrid furrowed her brows, confirming her theory, and nodded.
"Now then… should we break them up?" Hiccup asked
"Hmm…" Ruffnut thought "Nah… we'll let them tire out."
Hiccup sighed "If you say so… I mean, they are fighting because of you"
"Yup…" Ruffnut stood from her stop and looked around "Now… where's that other blonde you came home with?"
"You mean Camicazi?" Hiccup also looked around and realized that he hasn't seen her since they arrived back home a few days ago "Now that you mentioned it…"
-With Cami-
She was crouching down while moving quietly in the forest, she made sure that she wouldn't make a sound and reveal her position to her targets. Cami peeked through the bushes and saw her targets walking side by side in the dirt path towards… somewhere…
"So, how's being in Berk while we were gone?" Thuggory said while he and Heather were headed for the beach
"Oh, you know, Ruff and Tuff caused chaos wherever they go, Fishlegs trying but failing to teach the others about dragons and Snotlout flirting with me"
"You know, you should probably tell him about you guys being cousins" Thuggory pointed out
Heather waved him off "Doesn't really matter. Whether he finds out or not I could care less about him"
"Harsh…"
"I gotta do what I gotta do" Heather shrugged. "So… what's the deal with you and Camicazi?"
Thuggory scratched the back of his nervously "What about her?"
"Don't play dumb with me. I know how you look at her" Heather huffed and crossed her arms
"Look, the thing is, me and Cami used to be in a steady relationship" Thuggory confessed
"Used to? You broke up with her?"
Thuggory sighed "Not exactly. The only people who knew about it were only the two of us. We never told Hiccup because we were embarrassed about it. It was two years ago when she stopped going to our village and we never saw each other again. It was just pure coincidence when the three of us stumbled with each other a few days ago."
"Let me guess, after all those years you still had feelings for her and now you are having doubts about our wedding?" Heather finished with a sad tinge in her voice.
Thuggory snorted "Of course not. The past is behind me and I'm not planning on ruining our relationship because of someone I hadn't seen for two years"
"Really?" both teens looked behind them as Cami casually leaned by a tree "because the other night sure was amazing if you ask me"
"What is she talking about?" Heather asked and when she looked at Thuggory, he was already sweating "Thuggory" Heather warned
"What? Nothing happened!" He laughed nervously
"Oh I'll tell you what happened" Cami said as she seductively walked towards the Meathead chief "It happened after we saw that vision…"
-Flashback-
"Wow… that was… unexpected" Heather laughed nervously as she and Camicazi were walking.
Camicazi shrugged "Meh… I've seen worse…"
"You're kidding right?" Heather raised an eyebrow
Camicazi shook her head "I hope I was. Trust me, in Trader's Isle, anything can happen" she said seriously
Heather blinked "…Ok"
"So… what is this I heard about you and Thuggory?"
"How did you…?" She asked before shaking her head and staring blankly at Cami "Hiccup told you, didn't he?"
To her surprise, Cami shook her head "Thuggory was shouting about it on the ship"
"Oh…"
"So…?"
"I don't know why I'm going to tell you but here it goes…"
Heather told Camicazi everything that happened between her and Thuggory since they first saw each other.
"Let me get this straight… he suddenly proposed and you said yes?" Cami asked after Heather finished her story
"Uhmm… yes?"
"Can I ask why?" Cami sighed. This was ridiculous! How can two people get married after meeting for two days?!
Heather fidgeted "I don't know" she mumbled "It was a very emotional day, you know, the whole parents kidnapping thing…"
"That still doesn't answer the question why you said yes so quickly. Did you even think about it? Do you even know how Thuggory's mind works?"
This time, Heather glared at Cami "Hey! You don't have any right talking about him that way!"
Cami snorted "Trust me, I do" and she walked away before Heather could retort.
Camicazi was upset. Scratch that, she was infuriated.
What is wrong with that idiot?!
Cami started running.
"Hey Cami! Wanna train?" a young Thuggory asked as he nervously fidgeted with his feet
Cami gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, trying to block the tears from running down her face
How could he?!
"Hey Cami! I thought you would like this…" a twelve year old Thuggory said while he held out his hand which contained dragon tooth "My dad said that this is special and since you are special I thought I should give it to you!"
This time, tears were slowly running freely down her face. Cami didn't realize but she was already by the shore when she stopped. She knelt on the sand and punched the sand with his fist.
How could he forget about me like that?!
"Cami? I-I was thinking… you know… about…" a thirteen Thuggory stuttered infront of a confused Cami "us… a-and I want us to be, you know, together?" Thuggory looked up and he was blushing "I-I mean… if you want us to be toge-oof!" Thuggory didn't get to finish because Cami jumped at him happily
Cami sat on the sand and hugged her legs while crying quietly.
It was about fifteen minutes later when someone called her name. Someone she didn't want to see
"Cami? What's wrong?" Thuggory asked timidly as he slowly approached the crying girl
"Don't come near me! I hate you!" Cami shouted hysterically
"What did I do?!"
"You and that Heather…" Cami muttered darkly while she glared at Thuggory with her now puffed out eyes "I hate the both of you…"
"What does Heather got to do with this?"
"It has EVERYTHING to do with her!"
"Whoa… You don't need to get pissed" Thuggory held his arms up
"Why…"
"Why what?" Thuggory blinked, still not sure why Cami was upset
"Why did you forget about me that easily?" she started crying again. When she noticed Thuggory trying to get near her again she glared and he gave up
"I don't know what you're talking about" Thuggory sighed
"Let me rephrase it then… How could you replace me just like that?" she snapped her fingers for emphasis
Thuggory finally understood what she meant. He sighed and sat crossed-legged across from her
"I didn't" he slouched so Cami couldn't see his eyes "I thought after all these years I would be able to forget about you. That was until I met Heather. I was able to forget about you for a while but after seeing you again, feelings returned. I-I thought I could move on but I can't" he looked up and Cami could see he was also holding back tears "After all these years…" he continued "I'm still in love with you…"
Cami gasped as she inched closer to Thuggory "Wha-at?"
Thuggory sighed and didn't notice that Cami was only a few inches from him "No matter what I did, no matter whom I met and no matter how I tried, it was you who I thought of when I wake up and before I fall asleep"
"Thu-thugory…" Cami tried to talk but Thuggory held his hand up and motioned her to stoop
"I'm not done" he drew a huge breath and breathed out "Sometimes I even wondered if you have forgotten about me…"
Cami chuckled lightly "Just for the record, I did try to forget about you but just like you, you're the only one I ever think of…"
Thuggory's eyes widened "Yo-you mean… even until no-" but he wasn't able to finish since Cami cut him off by grabbing both sides of his face and drew him to a deep kiss. At first, Thuggory was in shock, he didn't know how to respond but after Cami inserted her tongue in his mouth, Thuggory lost all sense of control and returned the kiss.
It was a few minutes later that Cami ended the kiss when they both needed to breathe. Cami looked in Thuggory's eyes and asked in a breathless whisper "Do yo-you think Heather would ha-hate me now?"
Thuggory couldn't help but snort "Why would you think that?" he asked, also breathless
Cami smiled seductively "Because I just stole a kiss from you"
Thuggory slowly leaned in and before capturing her lips again, he whispered "You're about to do it a second time"
"Does it really matter?" she whispered while slowly closing her eyes and Thuggory closed the miniscule gap between them.
It was only later that Cami realized that they were already inside Thuggory's room in his ship. Thuggory was sitting on his chair while Cami was straddling him.
Cami removed her clothes and was left on her undergarments. Thuggory wasted no time in exploring her body once again. Thuggory couldn't believe how much Cami's body had changed since they last did this. He was sure that her body was way curvier than she was two years ago. Not that he was complaining by the way.
-End of flashback-
Heather choked back a sob. While Cami was telling the story, Heather knew what was going to happen and she couldn't help but cry.
"Cami, please stop" Thuggory begged. He already hurt Heather by still having feelings for Cami but telling her about what transpired between them was only making it worse
"But I'm getting at the good part" Cami shrugged. Truth be told, she also didn't want to hurt Heather. The sole reason why she was telling her about this was because Heather must realize the truth. The truth about how a real relationship is not based from love at first sight.
"No… Thuggory, it's ok… I want to hear it" Heather said resolutely. Whatever Cami said next would determine her future with Thuggory.
AN: Hah! I lied! The lemon would be in the next chapter! Don't hate on Cami! She's just doing it for loooooove… Enjoy and Review!
