Escaping to You -Book I of the Journey Series

Chapter 13

===Heather===

As I watched Hiccup climb up and down the salmon ladder, I can't help but smile as I recalled what happened a few minutes ago. 'Hiccup is in love with me, and I'm in love with him.' I though happily. My heart flutters with the thought of Hiccup kissing me. Once Hiccup reached the top, he saw me smiling at him, he winked at me cockily as he began to repel down. I rolled my eyes, but I could feel the heat rushing up to my cheeks.

I heard footsteps approaching behind me. I sighed as I turned around and saw five shocked faces and one tear-stained angry one. You could definitely guess who's is the last face. "We know your secret." Astrid said. "You lied when you said you and Hiccup weren't dating." Fishlegs clarified. The metal clanging behind me stopped and Hiccup said to them, "How in the name of Thor did you know that?" He looked angry, but the two of us knew that it was completely fake. "I saw you making out in the chief's house." Astrid sneered.

Then, she ran towards me at full speed and yelled, "He's mine!!!" I was about to fight her off, but Hiccup blocked her from me. "I was never yours, Astrid. Sure I liked you, but that's because you were pretty. You're just too violent. Too unpredictable. Too controlling. Too nosy." He said to her. And I saw the tears freely falling down her face.

The rest of the riders were about to comfort her, but I stopped them. "Don't yo dare comfort her. She brought this upon herself because of her irritating habit of snooping around."

"Yeah, why were you spying on Hiccup and Heather?" Fishlegs asked her. "I wanted to know what was the secret that they were keeping." She answered him. "Why would you want to know that?" This time, it was Snotlout. "Because Hiccup would always side with me. But, when he defended Heather, I needed to know what it was." She said to him.

"Let me guess, you got jealous because Hiccup got defensive of Heather, and you wanted Hiccup to come back to you, so you spied on them to dig some dirt that will get Heather out of here so Hiccup can be yours again?" Ruffnut asked, surprising us all. "What? I'm not that dumb, you know." She said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Then, Hiccup burst out of nowhere, "Astrid, I am not and never will be yours. I may have been seen to show interest in you, but that's just because of your looks. Nothing more."

I could feel the tension rising up in the arena, so I said, "Guys, just leave. We still have training to do. And if you know what's best for you, you'll stay clear of us for at least a week." And they left the arena, not a word spoken from them.

Hiccup released a sigh and said, "What she said was out of line. There is no way in Midgard and Valhala that I'm entitled to her." I massaged his shoulders lightly and said in a soft tone, "Don't let her get to you. Pretty soon we're out of here."

"And by the, we're back in our little happy bubble. You, me, Toothless and Windshear." He said, and I wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him from behind. "Come on, I seem to remember that I promised you something." I said to him. "To the cove then?" He asked. "I'll race you." I said and quickly mounted Windshear and we dashed to the cove, Hiccup and Toothless hot on our trail.

The two of us landed in the cove, and Hiccup basically jumped off of Toothless and attacked me with a full kiss on the lips. I wrap my arms around his neck as his went around my waist, holding me impossibly closer. Our lips moved in sync an I felt fireworks all over me. And the two of us collapsed to the ground, with him on top.

I leaned against the rock as Hiccup ravished my lips. My hands traveled down from his neck to his chest all the way to his abs. My hands grazed his abs, and he moaned against my lips. It was the hottest sound I've ever heard come out of his lips.

His hands travelled down, and one by one, he took off my body armor, until I'm left in my tunic. His hands disappeared under my tunic and his fingers grazed my skin, and I bit back a loud moan. He was tugging the hem of my tunic, so I lifted my arms and oulled away, and he pulled it over my head removing it from me completely. Amd his lips were on mine once again.

I felt his tongue push against my lips and I granted him acces. I couldn't stop the loud moan that bubbled from my lips as his tongue dominated my mouth. And that seemed to rile him up more, not that I'm complaining. It was pure heaven.

I felt his lips leave mine and ge started trailing kisses down my jawline, until his oh-so-talented mouth latched itself on my neck. His teeth nipping and his tongue and lips worshipping my skin.

We made out for what seemed like hours. By the time I pulled away, I was breathless, shirtless, yet happy and feeling so in love. I looked up to the sky and it was dark.

"Can we just stay here for tonight?" I asked him as I yawned from sudden exhaustion. He chuckled and replied, "Sure, baby." And the two of us laid on the soft grass and fell asleep in each other's arms under the beams of the full moon.

I woke up, feeling happy and a bit giddy. I tried to get up, but I feel something pull me down and wrap around me tighter. I looked around and was that I'still in Hiccup's arms, and me and him ante apparently still shirtless.

I mean, we slept like this before. But, falling asleep after the two of us made our yesterday, it feels different. A good different. Like Hiccup was the missing piece in my life.

I tried to get up, but Hiccup wouldn't let me. "Please stay." He said, his voice groggy, and it was so hot. "Hiccup, I need to eat, and so do you and the dragons. So let go." I giggled as I tried to get up. "Five more minutes." He said. "Hiccup, I'm starving." And I finally broke free and got dressed in my tunic and armor that is scattered all over the place.

As I strapped the last of my armor on, I heard Hiccup gasp as he bit his fist. "What is it?" I asked him. He slowly walked to me and pointed to my neck.
"I guess we had a little too much fun." He said, looking a little nervous.

Confused, I went to the pond. I took a look at my neck, and there it was -a blueish-purple bruise that stands out of my pale skin, right in between my neck and shoulder. "What? The hickey?" I asked him, my eyebrows raised and he nodded in reply. "Hicc, relax. It doesn't even hurt. And if you're worried about people seeing it, I'll just say that training got a little to intense." I assured him.

"You sure?" He asked me, still a little nervous. "Yes. Now, come on. We need to get some food and start training again." I said to him one last time before we mounted our dragons and left the cove.

Things went swimmingly for the rest of the day, until a commotion at the docks in the afternoon caused us to pause our training and follow everyone else to see what was going on. And neither of us were prepared for what we were gonna see. At least, I wasn't.