An Extraordinary Girl

Twenty-nine

Astrid's POV

" goodnight," I said forcing a smile as I walked into my house.

I closed the door behind me and walked down stairs. I could hear Jack in the kitchen but I ignored him and kept walking. I got to my room and closed the bedroom door. I took my bra and pants off and crawled into bed. I grabbed my spare pillow and hugged it.

I tossed and turned for what seemed like forever. I didn't feel right, I didn't feel sick but I didn't feel good.

I sighed and looked at my phone.

"Hey, are we okay?"-Hiccup

I raised a brow, confused by the question. What does he mean are we okay?

I just responded yes and turned my phone off.

After a few minutes I heard a knock on the door," yeah?" I managed to ask.

"Astrid, can I come in?"

I let out a deep sigh," if you want?"

Jack opened the door and flipped the lights on.

"Mmh," I groaned as I covered my head with the covers.

"Ope sorry," he said flipping the lights back off.

He shuffled around the room and found my bed and sat down on the edge and scooter back tot he wall to lean on it.

I could see the moonlight peaking in as it reflected off of his almost white hair.

"Are you alright?" He asked in a calm but concerned voice.

"I don't know, I don't think so," I said still hiding under the blanket.

"Can you stop hiding? There isn't a point seeing as it's already dark and I can't see anything," he said.

I groaned and poked my head out from the covers.

"Look at that, I could hear you come out of hiding," he said with a small laugh.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Am I not allowed to be concerned for my little sisters mental state?"

"Hm, no you are, I just..." I don't know how to respond to him. I want to say it but I just can't, like I don't even know what's wrong.

"Hm, I saw that you were with Hiccup, how did that go?" He asked.

I can't explain the pain I felt as he said that sentence. My heart felt like a weight was dropped on it, like the pressure wasn't relieving itself and it just constantly felt like the impact of the weight. "Um, it was okay I guess."

"That doesn't sound to promising," he said.

"I don't know Jack," I sat up and hugged the pillow squeezing it a little," I don't know what's wrong with me."

"Hm, could I have further explanation?" He asked.

"He tells me he cares about me and doesn't want me to see anyone else and makes me feel different than anyone else." I said with a frustrated tone.

"What is the problem then?"

"He won't date me and I can't help but think that he's fucking with me. He's just trying to get in my pants or lead me on." I said growing angry.

"Well Astrid, seeing as I am clearly not Hiccup, maybe this is a conversation you should have with him. When I say conversation I mean conversation, not yelling a genuine conversation. You don't know the real intention so you shouldn't assume and go off of it. You could end up looking childish in the end." Jack said.

I felt childish in that moment," I should've just went to him with it in the beginning."

"Well you were upset, you needed your time to think about it, and that's completely fine," he said smiling.

I could see his teeth shine in the moonlight. Which would seem creepy but it was quite calming. I reached out and hugged him tight."

"Thanks Jack I really needed this," I said with a genuine tone.

"No problem, anything for my little sister, just know, if he hurts you and he is playing you, I will hurt him," Jack said very seriously.

"You don't know his reasoning for hurting me Jack," I said smiling as I pulled from the hug.

"Hey, I'm suppose to give the wise older sibling advice," he said frowning.

"And I'm suppose to be the younger sibling who takes that advice and shares is when needed," I replied.

"You learn well child," he said giving me a pat on the head," wanna go watch a movie? I made popcorn."

I thought about it for a second," yeah but what movie?"

"The Princess Bride," he said smiling.

I rolled my eyes," you love cheesy movies to much."

"I get it from our father," he said rolling his eyes back at me.

"Yeah let me put some pants on first," I said leaning over the bed to grab a pair of shorts next to it.

"EW you're not wearing pants?? How unlady like," he said with sarcasm.

"Oh how masculine to like cheesy romance movies."

"Got me there," he said getting up from the bed and shuffling around the room to find the door."FUCK!" Jack grunted ad I heard a small bang.

"Stub your lil toe?" I asked giggling.

"Yeah..... I need a band-aid." He said leaving without closing the door.

"CLOSE THE DOOR NEXT TIME!" I shout.

"MAKE ME! MY TOES BROKEN!" He shouted back.

"I'LL BREAK ANOTHER TOE IF YOU'D LIKE!!" I shouted getting out of bed to put shorts on.

I stumbled around my room looking for the light switch. I drug my hand around the wall and finally found it. The light blinded me at first but I adjusted. I grabbed my phone and made my way up the stairs.

I plopped down on the couch and curled up in a blanket. I pulled my phone out and went to Hiccups contact.

"Hey can we talk tomorrow?"

I waited for a response while we watched the movie.

After the movie I looked at my phone to see if he text me back.

"Yeah, I'm free all day tomorrow, what time?"

PTK