A/N: Sorry it's taken this long to write; I'm currently working two chapters ahead right now so hopefully they will updated regularly; or when I remember to post them!

Astrid had struggled all week to grasp the idea of her and Hiccup going on a real date, not a date to the coffee shop to do maths, not a lunch date in the main dining hall but a real date where you have to dress up and look nice kind of date.

This had led to both her and Ruffnut taking time out on the weekends to go in to town and hunt down the perfect outfit, as Ruffnut had told Astrid she needed something that wasn't involving jeans and a baggy top, to which Astrid sighed and knew she would have to face the music and go to the shops.

"Come on Astrid, just one more outfit, please, please, please!" Ruffnut had pleaded with her for the millionth time to try on the dress she had picked out for her, but Astrid had chosen to ignore her offer as she had done this for the last four shops and she had become tired and her feet ached and it was sunday, Sunday was for rest not running around the shops trying on outfits.

"You said this in the last four shops, what makes you think I will this time? I'm not falling for your game Ruffnut."

Ruffnut was having none of it, she shoved her friend in the dressing room she had the outfit in and closed the door,

"You're not coming out until you have it on."

Astrid knew telling her best friend about the date would lead her to be doing this all day.

Hiccup had spent his Sunday with Astrid's friends, one of them being his cousin Snotlout; who had a smug look on his face, it was quite off putting.

"So are you and Astrid dating?" it was Fishlegs who had decided to break the silence and answer the question on everyone's minds.

Hiccup had thought about this for a while, incase it had popped up from somewhere, but he still had no idea how to answer it, they weren't actually going out, but they were going on a date, how do you label that?

"I suppose you could say we're sort of seeing each other?"

"She'll dump you soon enough," the guys looked at Snotlout, his smug look was still present and Hiccup stirred, this was why he hated spending time with his cousin; he was stupid and never thought about anything that came out of his big mouth.

"And what makes you think that?" Hiccup asked, taking Snotlout's bait.

"Well.." he smirked, "it's obvious she likes me more. We've been friends for years, which obviously shows she's in to me more and therefore will date me once she finds out how bad you are at everything and will want to go out with someone who is a winner…"

"Let me just stop you there..I'm pretty sure we've all been friends with Astrid as a group for years" Tuffnut began, clicking on to what Snotlout was saying, "so if anything, I could date Astrid."

The other three guys looked at one another, then back to Tuffnut, was he being completely serious?

"Tuff, I hate to break this to you, but I'm pretty sure you're already dating someone.."

"Oh yeah! Ivy! Which means I'm back in the game!" Snotlout smiled, Hiccup sighed and rolled his eyes and Fishlegs looked the opposite direction.

All Hiccup wanted to do was to find out what Astrid really liked, not this mess.

Double English. Double English with Fishlegs, Hiccup and the twins. It was about to become the longest two hours of her life.

Thursday afternoon and the sun had disappeared between thick grey clouds, which had threatened all day to unleash a storm; although she loved them Astrid hated the idea of having to go out into it to get back to her room, and especially as Stormfly was on her own if it erupted before class ended.

Astrid and Hiccup sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g

first comes love

then comes marriage

then comes a baby Hiccup in a carriage

Ruffnut and Tuffnut had been texting the same thing to Astrid for the last two days, both of them had found it insanely funny and carried it out on the hour, every hour.

she frowned, then searched the room to spot her best friend holding back tears whilst her twin was sniggering.

I'll get you both back later, I'll give you a five second start

Hiccup smiled, he loved the way Astrid frowned and became flustered with the thought of him; her brows were still knitted together by the time she had looked the twins in the eyes and then back to her notepad.

'Great, now I've lost my place..' Hiccup sighed as he was re-reading through his work checking for mistakes.

He didn't get much further through the reading, as he watched Astrid lean back in her chair and grab the hairband she had around her wrist and twist her hair in to a messy up do bun. A few strands had begun to fall out of place but she still looked beautiful even in this grey light and shoddy school lighting.

hang out later?

Astrid looked down to her phone, expecting a rage of anger to hit her, but instead the thought melted as she saw Hiccup's name pop up on her phone; the best thing about English was Hiccup was only a table behind her, thus leading her to turn around and smile at him, hoping he got the message she was okay with the idea.

"Miss Hofferson face the front!"

The rain had hit Astrid's window hard ever since she got in, she had just missed the rain and she was thankful as she had forgotten to take a coat, let alone a jacket with a hood.

She looked back out to the weather and what Hiccup had asked her earlier. Lately he had been around most of the time, she had been at his very little. The rain was swaying her decision towards staying in and making Hiccup walk over in the rain.

plus it gave her a good opportunity to take off his wet clothes…

she snapped out of it, looking at Stormfly and then back to the window, was she really thinking about having sex with Hiccup? They hadn't even gone on their date yet, and they weren't exactly boyfriend and girlfriend, were they?

Astrid shook her head, making the thought disappear, Hiccup wasn't like that; he wasn't a wine and dine a girl then fuck her, was he?

Hiccup was sweet, and liked Astrid enough to take her out on a real date and make the effort. The last thought made a smile creep on her face, there was no way Hiccup was the first, he was too gentle and not the type to be a dick to girls.

"Stormfly, come on, we're going on an adventure."

Hiccup set Toothless's food dish down in his room, he was greeted with his black cat as soon as he got through the door, although greet wasn't exactly the reaction Toothless held, it was more a deep glare from Hiccup's bed and an empty dish; sometimes it felt like Toothless was a never ending pit of food. Either that or a girlfriend.

"Great, I just thought about my cat being my first girlfriend, well that's just great." he sighed frustratedly.

A small knock had hit his door which distracted the 'Toothless girlfriend' thoughts, something Hiccup was thankful for.

He opened the door to a soaked Astrid, she had ran all the way to the building from hers just as the rain had hit its heaviest. She looked pretty even when she was covered in rain.

"Quick shower?" he smiled, holding back a laugh as she walked in and placed her bag down where a blue coated cat popped out from

"I brought Stormfly over as well, I thought Toothless could enjoy some company.." Astrid smiled back to him, receiving the towel Hiccup had grabbed for her.

"The things we do for our cats." Hiccup laughed as Stormfly crawled out from Astrid's bag and looked around, spotting Toothless on Hiccup's bookshelf watching her every move.

"I hope this doesn't lead to us revolving our lives around our cats.."

Astrid giggled at Hiccup's thought, with the weather outside turning in to a torrential down pour of the heavens Stormfly and Toothless's play date would be lasting quite a while; although both cats were watching one another from a distance, waiting for the other cat to make its move.

"So what brings you to this neck of the school?"

"Well, I thought I would pay you both a visit, you know with it raining and all there's only so much a girl can do."

Hiccup smiled, he had always known Astrid to take her own thoughts away from herself and always think about the other person; she did like her alone time, occasionally she could be seen running around the school practicing and training but when the weather was this bad it she would always make time for her friends.

"Ruffnut ditch you?"

"Hardly, but I've been around her all day, and Tuffnut. There's only so much I can stand of the twins in the same room discussing events and things I can not be bothered to take part in."

"Ah, like the science experiment which went terribly wrong when we were little?"

Astrid had almost forgotten that experience.

"I almost forgot that."

It had involved the class experimenting with vinegar; to test what had the highest amount of acid in between certain brands of vinegar, something Astrid had hated from the beginning as she hated the smell and taste of it.

She had been sitting with Hiccup and Snotlout was in front of them with the twins next door, whilst Fishlegs was sitting next to her and Hiccup. It had started when Ruffnut had dared Tuffnut to drink some of the vinegar and then to get him to set his burp on fire.

Astrid knew this was going to be a bad idea so tried to extinguish the thought before it got to bad, but this then led to Tuffnut turning round just as he belched and catching the bunsen burning in front of her table to set her hair on fire.

"Yeah, you seemed pretty pissed about it.."

"Well you know, I put effort in to my whole outfit that day.." she rolled her eyes,

"Even though we wore a school uniform.."

"A girl has to put effort in you know,"

"Well you don't." The words slipped out of Hiccup's mouth, he sighed to his brain for allowing something like this to slip out again, was his memory full or something? did he have to delete something in his brain to stop words falling out his mouth and making him look stupid?

Astrid kissed him lightly on the lips, smiling afterwards. There was defiantly something Hiccup had, wether it was acute brain loss with the amount of words which would slip out his mouth or wether it was watching him fight his inner thoughts with his brain.

"Thanks for the kind words."

"Uh, not a problem m'lady. So whilst we're killing the time with this weather, want to watch a film or a series, or you know watch a series of cat videos online and see how far it takes before we get to the weird side of the internet?"

'Again with the words falling out of my mouth brain? what is wrong with me?'

"You know, the last one sounds right up my street. Although I recommend we start with piano cat…"

A/N: I promise next chapter will involve the date :)