Forever and Always

Unlikely Friends

~Merida and Hiccup~
Merida happily smiled as she headed towards the hospital. Luck was finally on her side. Hiccup had been making progress and doctors figured he would be out in a couple of months. He could actually greet her by name now.

They had finally finished the first season and wished that they would have made more. They would have come in handy at this point. He actually asked her if they had any more. Sadly, Merida wasn't one to record her life on a daily basis.

She wasn't afraid to enter his room anymore. Besides the fact that the last four years didn't really click in his mind, he was the same Hiccup she grew to love. He was still sweet, caring, and a slight smart ass.

Merida entered the hospital, heading towards the room she had memorized. Since she had been coming here, she had seen multiple people come and go. All of them had different lives, different stories, and yet, they were all here in the same building and didn't know a single thing about each other.

As she walked down the hallway, she noticed a familiar blonde. Her braid was in a mess and she looked like she hadn't slept all night. As badly as this sounded, Merida slightly enjoyed seeing her a wreck.

The blonde lifted her head at the sound of footsteps echoing in the hall. "Merida." Astrid spoke, quickly rising to her feet. Merida softly smirked, knowing she had the upper hand at this point.

"Astrid, long time no see. How's it going?" Merida asked, propping her hands on her hips. She glared down at the blonde, wanting to see her cry. Merida hadn't seen Astrid since the first few videos. In fact, she hadn't even heard her name slip out of Hiccup's mouth since that day.

"Merida, I have to tell you something." Astrid quickly replied, ignoring Merida's snarky reply. Astrid knew she deserved it after all, but she had to get this off of her chest before it was too late.

"Like what? Let me guess, does it involve Hiccup?" Merida asked, tapping her chin and glared off to the side, fluttering her eyelashes. She was going to annoy Astrid hard. Merida finally had a reason to.

"Well, yes, actually," Astrid replied, shrugging her shoulder. She stopped and quickly shook her head, furrowing her eyebrows. "But that has nothing to do with what I'm going to tell you now."

"Really? Then what where you going to tell me, Asturd?" Merida asked smugly. She smiled down at Astrid, hoping her name calling would make her snap. She loved seeing her enemy crumble.

"I wanted to say that I'm sorry!" Astrid shouted, stomping her foot. Merida's blue eyes widened as Astrid's response echoed in her head. Did Merida really just hear her right? Thee Astrid Hoffersen was apologizing?

"What?"

Astrid groaned, looking to the floor. She didn't want it to come out so rude. She ran her fingers through her messy blonde hair and took a deep inhale. "Look, I'm sorry for what I've been in the past few weeks."

Merida arched her eyebrow, confused about what was happening. "I shouldn't have tried take Hiccup away from you. I mean, he's literally your husband, the idea that I could actually snatch him was a very far stretch." She continued, beginning to pace back and forth.

"So you're apologizing because you realized that you couldn't actually steal him away?" Merida questioned. This wasn't making any sense to her. Astrid would never admit defeat. Like Merida, they couldn't take the embarrassment of losing.