Dragon Rider - UNDERGOING EDITS

Chapter Four

- - - 5 YEARS LATER - - -

Astrid POV
5 years.
5 years.
Hiccup still hasn't returned.
Did he give up on me? I doubt that very much.
Did he...
I can't think he's dead.
He's alive.
He's alive.
He just needed to wait.

Hiccup POV
I've wanted to go back to my divine beauty, my Astrid, for 5 years. Hard truth is, it's only been about a year since I built a foot good enough for me to use. And I've had business in those 12 months.
Now? Now that I'm done?
I'm going back.
For her.

Astrid POV
Today's my birthday.
My 20th birthday.
I climb out of bed and put on my shoulder pads and sling my axe over my back. Then I make my yearly trip to the Cove. That is, after Snotlout's caught me and gave me a birthday kiss.
He's bad at kissing.
When I slide into the Cove, a sight makes me freeze. A Night Fury. There's only one Night Fury in the world.
Toothless.
And if he's here...
I turn around to see Hiccup.
My fishbone.
He's back.
He's...back

Hiccup POV
We stare at each other for what seems like eternity.
Astrid's grown. Her hair is longer, her face slimmer, her body taller. She's now wearing a red bodice with a furry hood, but still has that spiky skirt.
I know I'm quite the horrifying sight, decked out in leather armour and wearing canisters of Nightmare gel and Zippleback gas. And the foot didn't help.
I think, try to remember, all that I've planned before I came here, what I practiced to say to her, my apology.
But...now that I'm in front of Astrid, my throat refuses to make noises.
After minutes, I gather enough courage so I can say "sorry".
Before I can do that, though, she kisses me.
   I fall into the kiss, bringing her closer, pulling her closer to me, holding her gently by her back, her hands holding me like she never wants to let go, the feel of her hair brushing against my hand...
   She softly pulls away. Tears are glistening in her ice-blue eyes. I softly put my hand on her cheek, needing to comfort her. She puts her own hand on top of mine.
   "I'm sorry," I say.
   "Hold me."

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Little Hiccstrid thrown in there ;)
I'll try to update this weekly now. Like, every Saturday? 
I have a storyline now, and I really want to put it down.
Evelyn Hayes Signing out ;)