Hiccup And The Gang Short Stories

A High-Speed Collision Part 1

BEEP BEEP...

There was an annoying beeping sound ringing in her ears. She lifted her head off the pillow for just a moment before letting it fall back again. Her sleep-clogged mind told her that whatever was beeping could wait.

BEEP BEEP...

...But it certainly seemed persistent enough to have some sort of purpose. She felt as though she should have been doing something because of the beeping...what did it mean? Was she supposed to...

BEEP BEEP...

She bolted into a sitting position, finally realizing that the persistent, on-going beeping sound was her alarm clock trying to rouse her. She turned it off with one hand, rubbing her eyes with the other one.

She finally looked at the clock, and her eyes widened. The blue neon letters read 8:40.

She was late.

Really late.

"Oh, darn!" She shouted at herself, springing out of bed and hurrying to her closet. She picked a light blue t-shirt, grabbed a pair of jeans, and quickly changed.

She brushed her blonde hair hurriedly before trying it in a high ponytail with a too-long piece of thick ribbon and racing downstairs, grabbing her shoes as she went.

She slipped her shoes over her feet while hopping down the stairs on the opposite foot, doing her best not to trip. She was not in the mood to fall down the stairs and break her neck.

She was in no way in the mood for that.

Her phone buzzed, and she picked it up. Seventeen missed messages. All of them were from her friend, Ruffnut, most of them saying the same thing:

Hey, where are you? or We did agree on meeting today right? or OMGOSH, WHERE ARE YOU!?

All the more recent ones were like the latter. She unlocked her phone and texted back hurriedly:

Sorry, overslept. I'll be there in a few.

Without waiting for a reply, she grabbed an apple for a makeshift breakfast and headed out the door.

It only took a few moments before she got her response.

Oh good grief, Astrid! I've been waiting for you for nearly an hour now! the message read when she took out her phone to read it.

Astrid groaned to herself, not bothering to reply as she ran to her garage, grabbed her bike and rode towards her friend's house as fast as the two wheels of her bicycle could carry her.

She parked her bike messily as soon as she stopped in front of the Thorston residence. SHe ran up the door and gave it three hard knocks.

Ruffnut answered the door almost instantly. The girl was nineteen, her blonde hair in a braid down her back. She was wearing a white t-shirt with an unbuttoned jean jacket, with a pair of shortened jeans.

She crossed her arms. "Well," she said, "look who finally decided to get up."

Astrid rolled her eyes. "Hey, I'm sorry" She said, although she wasn't being sincere about it. "It's summer, and I'm going to enjoy sleeping in while it lasts if it's all the same to you."

Now it was Ruffnut's turn to roll her eyes. "Yeah, I get it" She said, "When I was in school, I always slept in at every chance I got. But you know, Astrid."

Ruffnut stepped outside, shutting the door behind her. "If you could let me know you're going to be late next time, then it would be fantastic, got it?"

Astrid nodded. "Yeah, got it" She said. "Are we going or not? You know, if we don't hurry, then there's going to be a line."

"Yeah, I figured that," Ruffnut said "but of course, it's already been a long time, so there's already a line. I don't get it. It seems that every time a new ice cream store opens, the whole town just has to go to it on opening day. Seriously. I mean, it's not like it's going to be any different if they don't go the day it opens."

She and Astrid walked towards the garage, where Ruffnut unlocked her SUV and climbed into the driver side, motioning for Astrid to take shotgun. As soon as they were both seated and buckled in, Ruffnut turned the car on, and the two of them headed off.

"It would have been better if you had gotten to my place soon," Ruffnut said as they drove, her eyes glued to the road. "It would have been loads better."

"Well, I was late and there isn't anything we can do about it," Astrid said simply. "Not unless you have some sort of time machine."

Ruffnut laughed. "Oh please," She said. "I wish I had a time machine for many different reasons, not just to get you up sooner. So, how's baseball going?"

"Alright," Astrid said. "We won a game last week. You should have seen it. It was brilliant. One of the best games the Berkians have ever won."

"I'm sure it was, with you playing on their team," Ruffnut said. "I bet you scare the fire out of those catchers."

"Not really," Astrid said. "Well, maybe I do, when I'm up to bat, but I really don't know. All our team kinda does a great job of it."

"In my opinion," Ruffnut said, "for a nineteen year old, you play baseball really well. Probably one of the best players this town has ever seen, if you ask me. And I'm not just saying that to be nice"

"Of course you aren't" Astrid said. "Thanks, Ruff."

Ruffnut shrugged. They continued on in silence until they came to the new ice cream parlor. The line was backed up nearly two blocks down. Ruffnut made a face.

"I'm sorry," She said, "but I don't think I want to stay in a line this line right in the middle of summer if it's all the same to you. How long would you say the wait would be? Two hours? Maybe three? I don't think it's worth it."

Astrid nodded. "We could come back later and see if it's any better," she offered.

"Fine by me," Ruffnut said, "because I am not standing in this line until it's way shorter."

She turned around, and headed down a narrow, barely-used road. There were a lot of underused, old roads in their town to the point where there were more of those roads than perfectly good, paved, well-used ones. In all honesty, Astrid liked the old roads, just because they were out of the way, without any buildings near them or other cars driving to destroy the scenery.

"We can drive for a while until the line isn't so long," Ruffnut said, turning down another narrow road. The pavement was greyish black with a fer cracks in it, just proving how old it really was. "And then we - OH MY GOSH"

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Part 1 done.

Part 2 later or tomorrow, it is taking soooooo long to write.

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