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The young couple walked back to the cove together hand in hand. "Oh! I forgot my axe!" Astrid said as she realized it right then. "I can't leave it here!"
"Of course you can't, you're Astrid. Let's go get it." Hiccup said through a smile as they turned around and started heading back towards the axe. When they arrived, Astrid picked it up from behind the wrong and checked it to make sure everything was alright. As she inspected Hiccup asked, "Hey, you wanna get out of here?"
Astrid looked up from her axe and smiled, "Where?"
"I don't know, anywhere but here?" He pitched in
"Anywhere like the party?" Astrid said jokingly.
Hiccup laughed at this. "You want to head back to my place? I want to check on my mom." He said. When he said this, Astrid saw the look of worry that was trying to hide behind his eyes, but she knew better.
"Of course." she answered and they called to their dragons who hadn't been far away. They were also playing hide 'n' seek nearby. At the sound of their owners calling them, they both dashed out of the forest, scaring Astrid and Hiccup. The couple laughed at this as the dragons looked at their owners happy and energetic.
"C'mon let's go." Hiccup said as he mounted Toothless and Astrid mounted Stormfly. They took off and soared above the party, no one paying attention to them. Hiccup saw everyone was drunk and just about to pass out, but a lot were still going. He laughed, even though he didn't really care much for the party. He'll never be like the other vikings, but Astrid made that clear to him the day she encouraged him to go after his father before the fight with the Red Death. And that's okay.
They neared the house and they landed. Hiccup took Astrid's hand in his and they walked to the door together. He slightly knocked to let his mother know he was there and opened the door. "Mom?"
"Yes?" Valka asked as she looked up. She had tears in her eyes that she tried to hide. She held a picture of Stoick from a few years back that was once hanging near the staircase.
"Hey .. We decided maybe we could join you." Hiccup said with a warm smile to let his mother it's okay and Astrid walked in behind him.
"O-Of course." Valka replied, smiling at the young couple. They resembled her and Stoick so much. Almost inseparable, and when they weren't together, they still were in their hearts and minds. Oh how she missed Stoick.
"You know, it's not your fault mom. Don't blame yourself, and don't listen to anything they told you out there."
"Hiccup's right. Don't listen to them." Astrid said encouragingly.
"Thank you. You know, you guys were like me and Stoick. We were always so happy together .. " She said as she smiled thinking back on the happy memories.
Hiccup and Astrid smiled at each other as they tightened their grips on each others' hands slightly. When Hiccup looked at Astrid, he couldn't help but think about what his mom had said. Just like mom and dad, me and Astrid. He loved the thought of it.
"When Hiccup was younger .." His mother continued and Hiccup's eyes widened. Oh no, he thought to himself. "He'd always run around the house and he'd take off his diaper. He hated wearing it. He'd always kick and scream every time we had to put it back on." Valka laughed at the memory. "Stoick would always come home eager to see us for dinner and the first thing that he saw was Hiccup running down the stairs with his diaper in his hands .. " And Valka kept laughing.
Hearing the story, Astrid couldn't help but laugh. It was just too hilarious to think Hiccup was like that. Sure she had her embarrassing stories, but it's not like she had to share that. She and Valka both kept laughing and they laughed so hard they started crying.
"Oh, yeah yeah yeah so funny." Hiccup said sarcastically even though he was smiling at the thought. Surely he didn't remember it since he was so young, but just the thought was enough to make him smile and wipe off the embarrassment.
"So, tell me Hiccup, how did you meet a girl as amazing as Astrid?" Valka asked.
"Oh well .. you know, with my strong buff vikingness." Hiccup said with a smile as he tried to flex what would be his bicep.
Valka laughed and Astrid giggled and placed a hand on his arm. "At first it wasn't." She said through her smile.
"Okay, okay." Hiccup said. "This is how it really happened .. It all started when .. "
Sorry guy! I have to end this chapter real quick because I'm going to be busy for the rest of today and tomorrow but I don't want to keep you guys waiting too long for it so I decided that I'd make this one real short! Please write a review :)! Don't worry Hiccstrid fans! The next one will be all about their love story :)!