Hiccstrid Modern One Shots

A Choice

No intro, just read....

There are two types of people in school. There are the Popular kids, these people generally will socialize with anyone who is of the same social status and will usually avoid the second group of people. This second group of people are the Nerds. These people are usually bullied or insulted in the corridors and not many people liked them, any popular kid who was seen speaking to them (or worse) were cast out by these popular kids and seen as the lowest of the low. The Social Outcasts, they were called. Nobody ever talked to them and only other social outcasts or often Nerds, would ever let them speak to them.

Astrid was one of these people. She was the nerd. But not just that, the nerdiest nerd there was. She wore glasses that were almost as big as her face and she always had her hair in a braid; it was never down. Whilst other girls wore tight tops and skinny jeans to show off their figures, Astrid just wore baggy clothes and kept herself to herself. She wasn't bullied in school as her father was the Headmaster, so nobody dared touch her, but outside of school was a different matter. Neither was it like her father cared, she would come home battle-scared and he would just wave it off as if it were nothing. She hated her life.

Hiccup, on the other hand, was one of the most popular kids in school. He was the teenage heart throb of the school. Every girl wanted to go out with him, even Astrid (yet she would never admit it) and even though Hiccup had a girlfriend, girls still threw themselves at him. Hoping they still had a chance. His girlfriend, Heather, was the worst of the worst. She was the most popular girl in school and every guy wanted her (I guess they are a perfect match huh?), but Heather hated Astrid. Astrid was seen as the prettiest girl in school, yet no one would ever admit that because, well, she was a nerd and nerds don't mix with the popular kids. It didn't help that her father was the Head either.

One day Astrid was walking down the corridor, books held tight to her chest like a shield. her mind was elsewhere and that's when she bumped into him.

"Hey! Watch it!" A gruff, boyish voice yelled out as Astrid's books fell on the floor and knocked both her and the boy over onto the ground. Astrid felt around for her glasses which where lost in the fall.

"I could tell you the same." She answered back once she'd retrieved her glasses and began to wipe them with her cloth. But when Astrid realized that the boy hadn't retorted an insult back, she put on her glasses. There sat on the floor in front of her was. 

"Hiccup?" Astrid asked. Hiccup sat there with his eyes wide, was there something on her face?

"Astrid, I'm so sorry. Here," Hiccup began apologizing and gathered up her books. Astrid was shocked at what she was seeing. Was Hiccup, helping her? She stood up as Hiccup picked up the final book and took them from his hands.

"Thank you... It was my fault though. I should've been looking where I was going." Astrid said and looked at Hiccup with apologetic eyes. Hiccup seemed to melt into them. 

But it was just at that moment when Heather arrived.

"Hey! Next time look where you're going, Nerd!" Heather yelled accusingly. She then turned around to Hiccup and began to brush the invisible dust off of his shoulders. "Are you okay babe?" Astrid felt herself cringe when she said that. Astrid forced herself to walk away from this scene as it was just too... Cringey.

"Yeah..." Hiccup looked over Heather's shoulder at Astrid who was walking away from them. "I'm fine..." Hiccup reassured, but he didn't take his eye off Astrid until she was out of sight. Her name really did suit her. Divine Beauty...

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Astrid couldn't help but thinking about what Hiccup had done for her. He helped her? Astrid kept on telling herself that he wasn't like all the other popular kids and actually was nice to the nerds like her, but she couldn't shake this feeling that there was another reason for his actions. Could he--No he couldn't. But could he? It would make sense... Did Hiccup like her? No! Astrid shook these thoughts out of her head. She was just imagining things. Who could like her?