Hey! I had a day off so… here I am. Yeah…
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"…so I get to work and there she is, sitting my desk like she owned the place. It was one of the best moments of my life." Smiled Hiccup as he sat with Astrid's father, drinking beer on the patio at eleven o'clock at night.
"She's always been spunky like that. Doing crazy stunts, punching people more than half her size. I guess I should've been more worried when she just… shut down. It was around the time Ari got in that accident and I thought it would pass, but it never did. I knew she had a boyfriend, but I never thought Sam would hurt her, you know."
"I'm surprised you haven't kill me yet." Smirked Hiccup
"I like you Henry, a lot more than Sam, you haven't done anything that I shouldn't like, expect… you know… leave for Florida."
"Mr. Hofferson, I regret leaving your daughter, it was a dick move and I shouldn't have done it. You should have shot me."
Jack laughed "Oh son, my just had found out that my youngest daughter was being abused, I thought of shooting you even when you two were friends." Hiccup's eyes widened "Not that I'm going to shoot you son…"
"Oh thank God." Hiccup gripped his heart.
"No, you're a good kid. Great head on your shoulder… much better than that friend of yours… Scarlett is it?"
"Yeah she's crazy." Hiccup sipped his beer "I don't even know why I'm friends with her."
"I ask myself the same question with my wife." Hiccup let out a chuckle "No, I'm serious."
"Oh, I believe you Mr. Hofferson…" Smiled Hiccup
"Son, I'm sorry to hear about your father… it must have been hard to lose him…"
Hiccup looked down at his beer bottle "It was a rough time for me."
"I know what it is like to lose someone you love, you never get over it, but someday the pain will go away. Trust me."
Hiccup gave a feeble smile "Thanks for Mr. Hofferson…" Hiccup stuck out his right hand and Jack shook it
"Anytime Son…"
"Oh sweetheart…" Valka bit her lip "It looks… er… it looks great."
Astrid looked down at her dress, then heard something rip "Damn it. Valka, this isn't going to work, if I can't wear it now, how am I going to wear it in two months?"
"Month and a half." Corrected Scarlett, who was a surprisingly good tailor, and had pins sticking out of her month
"Do you have a count down or something?" asked Astrid
"Yeah, on my phone. It's my favorite app."
Valka rubbed her forehead "Astrid calm down. I'm sure Scarlett can fix it."
"'I'm sure Scarlett can fix it' she says…" scoffed Scarlett pinning some of the cloth
"Ow! That's my leg!" screamed Astrid
"Sorry." Blushed Scarlett
"Okay, that's enough wedding planning, who wants lunch? My treat." Smiled Valka
"Free food!" Cheered Scarlett
"Oh my god, it's Dr. Hottie!" Scarlett gasped with her mouth full of a cheeseburger
"Dr. Hottie?" asked Valka, her eyebrows raised and Astrid can't help but think how much her and Hiccup look alike.
"Astrid's hot gynecologist. I want to be the ham in that man sandwich…"
"Jesus Scarlett you're twenty five years old!"
"Hello Astrid, how are you this lovely day." Eret said walking up to the table
"Fine." Stated Astrid "You remember my friend Scarlett."
"Of course, how are you?" Eret looked at Valka "Astrid, you never told me you had a sister!"
Valka glared at him and was about to stand up. No one talks to Valka Haddock like that.
"That's my future mother in law, Valka Haddock. Valka, Eret, Eret, Valka."
Valka sat back down "Lying's bad for your health kid."
Eret put his hands up "Sorry Ma'am." He looked at Astrid "Astrid, you are looking quite beautiful in this light, what's your secret?"
"Are you kidding me right now? I just introduced you to my future mother in law and you're flirting with me. No wonder you're divorced…"
Eret smirked "Actually, I got divorced because my wife was still in love with some guy she used to know."
"So it had nothing to do with you being such a jackass, wow. That's surprising." Scarlett kicked Astrid under the table "Ow, son of a bitch!"
"Sorry for Astrid, she doesn't know how to act around people." Smiled Scarlett
"It's quite alright… see you around Astrid." And with that, Eret walked away.
Scarlett glared at Astrid "I can't believe it, you scared away my true love!"
"He's a man whore!" Yelled Astrid
Scarlett huffed and crossed her arms "Scarlett, sweetie, he does seem a bit… er, cocky. He's trouble." Stated Valka
Scarlett grabbed her burger and bit some off.
"You're acting like a child." Stated Astrid, eating a French fry
Hiccup hung up the phone and looked down at his designs. He picked up his pencil and eased some stray lines.
There was a knock at his door and he looked up to see Rosemarie standing there "Prosthetic Labs on line one." She smiled
"Thanks Rose." Hiccup picked up the phone "Hello?"
"Hello Mr. Haddock!" A gruff voice said on the other end
"Hello Jerry, how may I help you? Do you need another shipment?"
"Actually, if you don't mind, I need you to come to Mankato. Some of these kids are refusing to put on a prosthetic. I thought if you come and tell them your story, it would help."
"Oh, Jerry, I would love to, but my mom and fiancées' parents are-"
"Great! I already booked your flight for eight o'clock tonight. Your time."
"But-"
"See you then!"
Hiccup stared at his phone and looked at the clock.
Five o'clock.
"Rose, I have to take the rest of the day off!" Hiccup called, running out of the office
"Henry Haddock taking a day off?" Rose gasped "Are you dying?"
"You're funny. Bye!"
"What do you mean you have to go to Minnesota?" asked Astrid, standing in the middle of their room
"I didn't have much of the choice Astrid." Said Hiccup, packing some clothes quickly
"You're leaving me here with my mother?"
"I don't want to, I promise you that." Hiccup walked over to the pouting Astrid "I'll be back in two days. I love you."
"I love you to."
Hiccup kissed her forehead "You want to take me to the airport?"
"Of course, let me tell your mother."
Astrid walked Hiccup into the airport, holding onto his hand tightly "Don't kill your mother okay."
"I'll try to restrain myself." Chuckled Astrid
Hiccup pushed her bangs back and kissed her forehead "I promise to be back in two days."
"Okay."
Hiccup stroked her cheek "I really don't want to go."
Astrid gripped his hand "I know… I love you Hiccup."
Hiccup kissed her quickly, then walked off.
Hiccup seat his suitcase on the ground and leaned back on the stiff hotel bed. Driving in Mankato is easier than he remembers. Probably because he's been in Miami for eight years.
Hiccup rubbed his hand over his eyes and pulled out his phone.
"Hello?" Astrid's raspy voice asked
"Hey, I just made it to the hotel."
"Hm, that's good."
Hiccup closed his eyes "I already miss you…"
"I miss you to. This is bad. We've been apart for three hours and already miss each other."
Hiccup laughed "Sorry, were you sleeping?" he asked
"Trying to. My parents are fighting, and I can hear then all the way up here."
"That sucks." Hiccup rubbed his arm "Tell me that you love me."
He heard Astrid sit up "I love you…"
"I love you too. I wish I could be there with you."
"I wish you could come home."
"I'm already there…" He whispered, that was the first thing that came to his head, his father use to tell him that when he was off for a weekend hunting trip "Close your eyes and turn off the lights. I'm right there, holding you as close as possible. Don't make a sound…" Of course, his father never said that, but Hiccup was making it up as he went
"That just made me miss you more." Astrid said
"I'll be home before you know it okay Milady… I love you."
"I love you to… bye."
"Bye…" Hiccup hung up the phone and closed his eyes…
He's with Astrid… he's with Astrid…
Astrid woke up the next morning without Hiccup's arms around her and a really bad case of morning sickness.
Great way to start the day.
Astrid walked down the stairs into the kitchen, smiling at Valka
"Morning Honey."
"Morning Valka." Astrid scratched her head, yawning
"I heard you run into the bathroom this morning… morning sickness?"
"It sucks."
"When I pregnant with Henry, I got so sick, Stoick made me a bucket that I could wear around my neck." Valka laughed "It was so awful, that I only wore it around the house."
Astrid smiled "Wow, Hiccup hasn't gotten that bad… yet."
"Give him time, Stoick was, well, stoic through most of my pregnancy, but when my water broke, he ran into a wall running around the house trying to pack and calling the doctor."
Astrid laughed "Wow, I never knew that side of Stoick."
"He didn't show emotion very well, the first time he tried to tell me that he loved me, he stuttered and blushed and said 'I l-l-lo-lov-loath you.' On accident. I socked him and gave him a black eye."
"How many black eyes did you give him?"
"Just those two. Remember, I was just like you in high school."
"Just a tad more violent."
Valka smiled "Just a tad."
"Good morning lesser people!" Julianna Hofferson's voice rang out and Astrid groaned
"Morning mom." Astrid sighed
"Oh my Astrid, I think you've gained weight since last night."
"How is that possible?!" Astrid asked
"Hm, no wonder Henry ran off last night."
Astrid was about to pound her fist into her mother's rat face when the doorbell rang.
"I got it." Astrid walked over to the door and saw a blonde hair lady about her age standing there "May I help you?" she asked
"Oh, I'm sorry. I must have the wrong address… does a Henry Haddock live here?"
Astrid looked back at Valka, who shrugged, then at the girl "Yeah, but he's not here right now."
"Damn it, can you give this to him for me?" The girl shoved a letter in her hands "Tell him it's from Camicazi."
"Okay… I think…"
"Thanks." The girl, Camicazi, walked back to her car.
Astrid shut the door and looked at the letter.
"See, living with a prosthetic isn't that bad. I've had mine for a little over eight years, and I'm fine." Hiccup smiled at the little girl, in pig tails, and sucking her thumb
"Do people make fun of you?" she asked in a little baby lisp
"Sometimes, but you just have to let it go."
"Like Elsa?" her little brown eye's lite up
Hiccup bit back a smile "Yes, just like Elsa."
The little girl looked at her parents "Mommy! Daddy! I can be just like Elsa! If I let it go!"
"So will you let me help you find the perfect prosthetic?" asked Hiccup
"Yes!" The girl's head was bobbing so much, Hiccup was worried that it might fall off.
"Okay, let's go." The parents wheeled the girl over to the prosthetics as Hiccup's phone rang "Sorry about this, I have to take it…"
Hiccup unlocked his phone and saw a text from Astrid
'Who the hell is Camicazi, and why is she dropping off a letter for you!?'