A/N: Ah! it's a little shorter than I expected, but I've finally done the date - I rewrote this four times! But I hope you enjoy it none the less :)

I'll pick you up at 6:30

Both Ruffnut and Astrid had been looking at the text Hiccup had sent Astrid an hour ago. It was already four thirty according to Astrid's clock.

"Does he realise a girl needs more time than this?" Ruffnut broke the silence.

Both girls had been enjoying a day of lazyness, with both of them not having class on friday after one o'clock the day was theirs; and seeing as things between Eret and Heather were still blossoming in the school Ruffnut needed time to hide away and devour three tubs of ice cream.

"He's Hiccup, of course he doesn't."

They had both nodded in agreement, there was only one thing they could do and that was to try and scramble up a routine to be ready before Hiccup arrived.

It started with Astrid running around the room picking up the towel she had left this morning on the floor to use now as well as new underwear and her dressing gown.

Ruffnut wasn't needed until it was time to do hair and make up, so she stayed put on the bed watching the fourth season of 'Game of Thrones' polishing off the last remaining spoonfuls of strawberry and cream ice cream.

"A little help wouldn't go a miss!" she heard Astrid call from the shower, Ruffnut smirked, there was no way she was going to do anything until she was needed

Astrid felt she had rushed too much with her look; or more Ruffnut was taking her time with her hair.

It had ended with her wearing a black dress with a white perl collar and lace cuffs with a pair of high black boots with a gold buckle on the outside.

Ruffnut had told Astrid to keep her look basic and natural as the outfit did all the talking for her, thus only allowing her to put a small amount of mascara on and a natural lipstick; Ruffnut had pulled some of the front parts of Astrid's hair to behind her head and pinned it in a messy way, thus allowing Astrid to keep her hair down and still look like she was going out.

"Where is he? He did say around this time now didn't he?" Astrid questioned Ruffnut, who only shrugged her response.

"How would I know? I'm not Hiccup."

"Thank god you're not."

A soft knock at the door alerted both girls to reality; they had been sitting on Astrid's bed for the last fifteen minutes daydreaming and forgetting one another were present.

It was only when the knock was heard that they both snapped back in to reality and panic struck Astrid's face

"What if he thinks I've dressed wrong for the occasion? what if he's joked about this for the last couple of weeks…"

"Shut up and open the door you idiot." Ruffnut bluntly replied, as she shoved the blonde towards the door and opening it up for her.

There in the doorway Hiccup stood, a navy shirt could be seen underneath his black winter coat, and one of his hands were sitting inside a black pair of trouser pocket.

"Well you don't seem to dress bad at all," Ruffnut smiled, Astrid elbowed her friend in the ribs as she looped her arm through Hiccup's arm

"Well sorry love, but he's my date for this evening,"

"Lucky for some."

Hiccup laughed, although it was more laugh for the sake of doing something rather than stay quiet and fear for his life.

"Well then, let's go. I'll have back by midnight," he winked at Ruffnut, who smiled and waved off her best friend.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't you two!" Ruffnut called from the door, leaving both Hiccup and Astrid to blush furiously.

Astrid made a mental note that when she next saw Ruffnut she would defiantly hurt her best friend for that comment.

"I have to say, you scrub up well Haddock." Astrid had been meaning to say this since they left her block but hadn't had the chance. Or more to the fact she was terrified of saying it.

"I can safely say that it doesn't take much for you not to look amazing. But tonight you look beautiful." Hiccup replied, he smiled as he watched her reaction go from amused to shock.

"Really? Like seriously, I could be in the shittiest outfit in the world and you would still find me pretty?"

"Not pretty, beautiful. There's a bit of a difference."

He gulped, he knew he was going to ask him the question, she had raised an eyebrow at him and a small crack from her mouth curved in to a smirk.

"Well, do enlighten me on the difference,"

And there it was.

"Well, pretty is used on objects, in my own personal opinion" he took the bait and he knew it, but he knew he was going to have to carry on with his point.

"But beautiful? Now that's a whole other ball game. Beautiful is for works of art, people, watching the sun rise in the morning sky with someone you love and more to the point, to describe you."

There, he said it, the whole speech he had made up in his head and all his feelings laid out on the table for Astrid to look at. If this was a game of cards Hiccup would be sure he would have lost, defiantly.

Astrid smiled; no one had ever called her beautiful, let alone had a reason and an amusing reason for it which lit her face in to a light pink shade under the street lights; she was thankful the lighting was poor otherwise Hiccup would notice the hint of pink to her cheeks.

She kissed his cheek as a thank you as they both carried on walking through the autumn night air.

"You're taking me here?!" Astrid stood outside of the restaurant surprised; Hiccup, a university student with university money had brought her on her first date to one of the high end expensive places to eat ever in Berk.

Hiccup held a concerned look on his face; he knew she wouldn't like it, after all Astrid was standing there surprised and hardly blinking.

"You don't like it here?"

"Oh! No, no! I've just never been here and I've never been on a date where I've been treated to a nice meal," she waved off as Hiccup opened the door, he was relieved after hearing her say that and let out the air he had sucked in with panic before.

The table they sat at was located at the back of the restaurant, it sat beside a log fire which cracked and sizzled next to them, Astrid had been thankful for the table, the outside air had been crisp and bitter and the thought of her forgetting a scarf was an annoying thought in the back of her head.

"So what made you want to take me here?" she asked, the table had been quiet since they ordered their drinks.

"I thought a beautiful girl like you would like to be wined and dined in style" Hiccup laughed, as the drinks had arrived,

"You thought well dear Hiccup." The comfort of the fire had started to have an effect on Astrid, she became relaxed and cosy in her seat, and noticed Hiccup had become the same, it was almost perfect for becoming a bed had the food not arrived she could of shifted in to a light sleep.

"I wanted to make our first actual date special you know?" Hiccup said, unannounced.

"It's defiantly a special one."

"I know I may have gone over board with the meal, but you know, I don't regret it at all. I get to spend the evening with you and there's not a maths question in sight." they both laughed at the last part, Astrid still giggling to herself afterwards.

"It really is an amazing evening, although you really shouldn't have gone through all this effort you know? Pizza and a dvd would have been fine you know," she winked, playfully joking with Hiccup and he knew it.

"For our second date then we'll do that."

And that was the part Astrid almost spilt her drink.

"You'd want another date?" she didn't want to sound panicked, but she was pretty sure she sounded panicked, maybe a little hysterical thrown in to the mix.

Hiccup watched Astrid's inner battle with her panic; he knew he had his moments, but watching Astrid fight with her thoughts not to scream in the middle of the room was a hard battle to watch.

"That's only if you'd want to," he finished, hoping that would calm her down.

She breathed deeply, then sighed to herself and made a mental note to herself not to throw panic at the dinner table in front of Hiccup ever again.

"Are you okay Astrid?"

"Mmhm."

"Sure?"

She nodded. It was all she could do, she was scared to open her mouth in case a feeling fell out on her plate.

Hiccup walked back with Astrid linked in to his arm; she had been quiet ever since they left the restaurant and he didn't know if this was good silence or bad. Astrid had her pokerface on and boy was it a good one.

"I'm sorry."

His ears pricked up and he looked down to see Astrid looking up at him, her blue sapphire eyes met his green emerald. She looked beautiful, even with the rosy tint from where the wind was blowing in their faces.

"It's okay, it's my fault. I should have just kept that to myself."

Astrid tugged his arm, there was no way she was going to let him walk her back with out her explaining her over run of emotions at the table.

"I panicked because no one has ever taken me out on a date before, no one has ever thought to ask me on one and no one has ever asked to take me on a second. The thought of it all shot me with panic because of it, I didn't mean to scare you or hurt your feelings. This dating thing is new to me and we're not really dating, dating are we?"

The last part fell out of her mouth, and she cursed herself for allowing her brain to spit that sentence out. There was something about her when she was around Hiccup that her mouth allowed her to say things which she kept to herself about him in person.

Hiccup smiled, here he was taking Astrid out on a date and here she was apologising for the fact she had been nervous and panicked and he had never felt so in love with her.

"You know, we could sort out the whole dating thing Astrid,"

She looked at him as he held a smile and kissed her nose, she smiled back at him just as he brushed his lips on to hers.

"Starting now?" she asked breathed against his lips.

"Starting now." he replied.