It was after school. Hiccup had driven to Ronni's wing place ten minutes away from the school. Merida had texted him to meet her at the gate to the shooting range. Hiccup was so nervous he was practically shaking. He was terrified. But when he pulled up to the gate and saw her standing there he knew there was no going back now. He got out of his car and walked over to her.
"Oh thanks Hic! Your a lifesaver." She said taking the to go box from her. "How much do I owe you?" She asked taking her wallet out from the waistband of her shorts.
"Nah. Don't worry about it. It's cool really." He said trying to play it cool and keep his voice steady.
"Why do you seem so nervous? Are you afraid I won't like what you got me? Dude you know I will eat any food. Right?" She said as she opened the box and saw the wings and then the note taped to the inside of the lid. She looked up at him before she read it confused. Then she looked back down and read it.
It read:
I have never asked anyone to homecoming before. So I think I will just wing it.
Do you want to go?
Merida stood there a minute. Looking at the note. She read it 4 times over.
Hiccup was getting really nervous. The she spoke. "Are you? Is this?" She asked confused.
"I mean we could just go as friends. Cause I know that thing with Macintosh and dammit I told jack I wasn't ready or you weren't ready to d this." He babbles as he paced back and forth. Merida just rolled her eyes and put the wings on the sidewalk behind her.
"Hiccup!" She shouted maybe just a smidge louder than necessary. "I would love to go with you." She added softer.
"See I knew you'd say that. Wait what?" Hiccup asked confused.
"I said I would go to the dance with you dummy! I mean just as friends." She told him. "Now I gotta go. Thanks for the wings." She said as she bent down and grabbed them and ran off through the gate.
"Jack is not gonna believe this." He told himself.
THE DAY OF HOMECOMING
Merida came home after school and got ready for the dance. Her mom was freaking out. She made Merida sit down and she straightened her hair.
"Mom. Is this really necessary? I mean its only homecoming. It's not my wedding." Merida told her.
"Yes. It is a formal event." Her mother told her.
"We'll I don't want my hair straight." Merida said as she got up.
"We'll let me just braid it half up." Her mother said.
"Fine." Merida said as she sat back down.
Merida sat and waited for the ten minutes that it took to braid her hair and the twenty minutes it took her mother to do her make-up. Merida tried to refuse but her mother was insistent.
When they went dress shopping her mother wanted her to wear a tight pink dress. Merida walked out and couldn't breathe. She almost passed out because it was way too tight. Her mother settled on letting her get a plain long sleeved knee length dark teal dress.
