It's You And Me, Always

Back Home

**DISCLAIMER**
I do not own HTTYD. Rights remain with Cressida Cowell and DreamWorks.

Hiccup's POV:

I toss and turn all night, not getting even a wink of sleep. Tomorrow's the day I leave this boarding school and return home to Berk, to my friends, and to Astrid. Just the thought of her makes me smile. I look over to my clock and it reads 3:21, I sigh. I know I won't be falling asleep anytime soon, so I grab my earphones and start listening to music. I think I fall asleep eventually, because when I look at my clock it read 5:41. I sit up in bed and start getting ready. I change into a dark green hoodie, black jeans, and black high-top converse shoes, then I gather all my luggage

~at the airport~

I say bye to the few friends I made, and head to my gate. I sit for an hour before I finally board the plane. The flight from here to Berk isn't really that long, just a couple of hours, so I sleep. I am awaken by one of the flight attendants telling me that we will be landing soon. We land. I get my luggage and when I finally go through all the security stuff I walk out to the main entrance of Berk International Airport.

"Hiccup!" I hear a loud, deep voice call out, and I turn around

"Dad!" I run towards him and he hugs me VERY tightly.

"Welcome home Son!" He says after releasing me

"You have no idea how glad I am to be back Dad" I say while smiling.

We drive back home, and memories flood my head as we pass by familiar places like my Uncle Gobber's repair shop; I used to help him by handing him the tools he needed. I remember one time when I was around 10, he asked me to grab him a box of parts and I underestimated how heavy it was, so when I picked it up it fell and I fell on my face, knocking out a tooth. I chuckle at the memory.

"So, Son I know this seems too soon, but are you planning on getting a job?' My dad asks while keeping his gaze on the road

"Yeah, I don't have any job in particular that I want though, so whatever there is for me to do, I'm down" I say

"Excellent! So would you like to work for me?" He asks and looks at me

"Yeah, Sure, when do I start boss?' I say while bowing down in my seat jokingly

he laughs "Oh you'll just be running errands for me and stuff like that".

We arrive home, and I head straight to my room after saying hello to my mother- who's 9 months pregnant, and three weeks away from giving birth. I plop myself down in my old bed, and I admire my room. There's so many drawings and posters of dragons hanging by my desk, and there's a small figure of a black dragon with green eyes, A night fury , I think to myself. I used to geek out with my friend Flynn (or Fishlegs as we liked to call him) over the different types of dragons. I start unpacking my things after reminiscing a little.

An hour later I decide to check out that diner I saw on the way here, so I take one of Dad's cars and head out. I walk in the diner and sit in a booth.

"Hey, Welcome to Hofferson's Family Diner. What would you like to have?" I hear a familiar voice say in a very unenthusiastic way, and I look up to see her

"Astrid?" I say, she looks up from her writing pad and her face lights up

"Hiccup?!" she practically shouts, then covers her mouth with her hands, looking around, embarrassed 

"The one and only" I say while laughing at her reaction

she punches me in the arm "When did you get here? Why didn't you text me you knucklehead?"

"First of all ow, second I just got back an hour ago actually, and I don't have your number" I reply while rubbing my arm

she takes a seat in front of me and starts writing something down on her pad "Here, now you have my number" she hands me the paper smiling,

"I'll make sure to text you" I say

"You better" she laughs

"So, How's the gang doing?" I ask

"Oh, you know Ruff and Tuff have this event planner business, Fishlegs is volunteering at the school, and Snotlout is working for Gobber" she says

"Well, how about you? How are you doing Astrid?" I ask. We catch up for about an hour and then we somehow get on the topic of relationships

"Soooo, 5 years of boarding schoool, did u meet anyone?" she asks in a teasing tone

"Well......there have been a couple of girls, but I wasn't interested. How about you?" I say looking at her

it's a while before she answers "There was this one guy a couple of years back, but he left before I could tell him..." she says looking straight into my eyes

"That poor dude doesn't know what he missed out on" I say quietly and I have a feeling that I know this "poor dude", she bites her lip avoiding my eyes, "Astrid..." I'm about to tell her how I feel when

"ASTRID, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU" we jump, and we see her brother, Jacob, walking straight for us, "Where have you been sis? Why have you not been serving tables? In case you haven't noticed it's rush hour!" He says clearly annoyed

"Sorry, I've been busy catching up with Hiccup" she rolls her eyes

"Hey Jacob" I wave at him awkwardly and I could see a flicker of recognition on his face

"Hiccup? It's really you man! Welcome back to Berk" He says and shakes my hand

"I'm glad to be back" I say. I quickly chat with Jacob, then decide it's best I get going.

Once I get home, I lay in bed staring at Astrid's phone number. Do I text her just after seeing her? That's not weird is it? Maybe? I sigh, add her in my contacts, and message her

(H= Hiccup, A= Astrid)
H: Hey, it's Hiccup
A: Hello :)
H: Sorry about earlier
A: It's no big deal. Jacob's always like that
H: Haha, say do you wanna see a movie with me sometime?
A: Sure I'd love to :D
H: Great! How's tomorrow at 7pm? I'll pick you up
A: Perfect, See you then ;)
H: See you!

I put my phone down and I smile I'm going on a date with Astrid Hofferson

A/N: Hellooooooo, I wanna clear some things up like the gang's "modern" names. Snotlout= Sean, Fishlegs= Flynn, Tuffnut= Timothy, Ruffnut=Rachel, Hiccup= Harvey, and Astrid is just Astrid lol. I hope you enjoyed this first part of my fanfic, and I hope you stick around :). Also comments, and votes are appreciated :D

-Padfoot