Before Doesn't Matter: A Mericcup Love Story

Chapter 18

>Third Person< *At school two weeks later*

As Merida and Hiccup walked through the lunch room, they couldn't help but notice people giving them strange looks. Last week, Astrid had told the whole school that Merida and Hiccup had murdered her brother, and then tried to murder her. Half of the school didn't believe her lie, but the other half couldn't help but think that maybe she was telling the truth. Merida looked around and spotted where all her friends from Dunbroch were sitting. Her and Hiccup started walking towards them.

Astrid sat at a table by herself. Lately her friends had been acting really weird around her and she was sick of it. Her friends weren't the only ones acting weird around her, the whole school was. During these past two weeks, anytime she was around, people would wisper, look at her really weird, and one loser even had the nerve to talk back to her. She knew what was happening. She was loosing her power over the school. She needed to find a way to reassert her power, but she didn't know how. Astrid looked around the lunch room. As she saw Hiccup and Merida walking directly towards her she came up with an idea.

"Hey Sue." She said when they were almost to her table. They didn't even look at her. This completely pissed her off. They can't come in here thinking they're better than her and get away with it. As they walked past her she stood up and said, "Hey Hiccup! Maybe Sue is a family name! Because, you know, Your Mom Killed Herself!"

Hiccup stopped. The lunch room immediately grew quiet. Merida could feel everyone watching the three of them. She looked at where her friends were sitting. They all looked back at her, suprised.

"Remember Hiccup?" Astrid continued, "Remember when she died? It was all because she didn't want to raise a failure!" 

Merida wiped around and faced Astrid. "Will You Just SHUT UP!" she shouted

"Excuse me. I'm trying to have a conversation with Sue. Rude." Astrid said, almost sarcastically.

"Seriously? Sue? Grow up. Its getting really old" Merida said

"Oh, really? I don't think it is. I'm calling you Mur. Its short for Murder" Astrid said

"Seriously? Thats not even smart!" 

"Oh, really? If thats what you think, ok then. Lets take a vote" Astrid turns to the studentd watching them. "If Anyone Here Thinks Mur's New Name Is Stupid, Please Speak Now!"

A brown haired boy from Dunbroch stood up. "I Think Its Really Stupid!" He shouted at Astrid.

"No One Cares What You Think! SIT DOWN!" She shouted back.

"Don't Talk To Him Like That!" Merida yelled at Astrid

"I can talk to him however I want" Astrid said.

Merida was about to say something back when she felt someone grab her arm. She turned to see who it was and saw Hiccup. 

"We should just leave and go sit down." Hiccup said to Merida quietly

"Thats right Hiccup. Run. Runaway just like your parents!" Astrid said.

Merida turned around, grabbed Hiccup's had, and tried to leave, but Hiccup wouldn't move. He was staring at the ground, like he was in a trance. Merida could tell that Astrid's words were getting to him. 

"Your mother would be so ashamed of you, Hiccup" Astrid continued. "They don't love you. You do know that right?" Astrid slowly started walking closer to them. "You dad leaves you alone all the time, you can't do anything a real Viking should do, and your nothing. Nothing." She stoppes walking. Even without turning around, the two of them can tell Astrid is standing behind them. Not directly behind them, but a couple steps back. "Nobody cares about you. And you know its true. Your mother let that dragon kill her. She didn't want to be held responsible for what ever it is you are. She never loved you. So you see now? You parents don't love you. And they never will"