A Promise To Keep

The Weekend Getaway Part 4

"Why are you with him?" Hiccup knew that Heather had figured it out, so he tried to remove himself from their talk, continuing to brush his teeth, but no matter what, he could still hear them.

"I told you, we're hanging out together."

"Yeah, but... you never did before, so why now suddenly?"

"Just felt like it."

Heather groaned. "But why him? You two barely have anything in common. He barely cracks an emotion, let alone a smile."

"Well, believe or not, we had fun."

"That's very hard to believe."

"Oh, come on. You can't judge someone you barely know. I do, and I'm telling you we had fun."

Hiccup was in the midst of rinsing his month when he heard Astrid declare that fact, which made him think.

"Did I have fun?" He thought about all the things they did yesterday, on top of learning new things about each other. "Maybe I did." He thought, still unsure about if it was true. He washed and wiped his face and reluctantly left the bathroom, sitting on his bed.

He heard Heather sigh through the phone. "If you say so. Anyway, when are you leaving Dragon's Edge?"

"Today, in fact. Around the afternoon."

"OK. Be careful and he better not do anything, otherwise he's got me to worry about than the whole school."

Astrid chuckled. "Don't worry, we'll be fine."

"Alright, then. I'll... see you later."

"See ya. Bye!" Astrid then hanged up the phone. "Well, you heard her." She mentioned.

"Don't plan to do anything to you." He said, not looking at her.

Astrid laughed. "Well, to be fair, I am the one who dragged you here." She admitted. Hiccup then looked up to face her.

"Do you think... she feels left out?" He questioned.

"Nah, don't worry. She does the same thing." She mentioned, processing to sit on her bed.

"Really? So... it's just because you're hanging out with me."

"Hmm.... I think it's more she doesn't like my vague answers." She explained. "She's not one for unanswered questions."

"And yet, you won't tell her the truth."

Astrid nodded her head. "I told you, if I did, she'll change, and I don't want that." She reminded Hiccup, who remembered her admission from yesterday, which still surprised him. Astrid then looked at her phone for the time.

"OK, it's about 9:15. I'm going to grab something at the hotel café. If you want to do the same, then I'll wait for you to get changed. If not, then meet me at the entrance."

"Umm... I'll meet you there." He decided.

She smiled. "Alright! I'll see you there, then." And with that, she put her brown trainers on, grabbed her backpack and shopping bag with her clothes and headed out, leaving Hiccup to himself. He let out a big sigh, falling back on the bed, staring at the ceiling. There were so many emotions and feeling, circling around his mind. More than ever. He never cared before, but now, for a moment, he did.

"Is it... her?" He thought, confused at it all. 

After a while, he got up and began getting changed into brown shirt and trousers, with black trainers. He grabbed his backpack and left the room, heading to the lobby using the lift. He made it to the lobby and sat on the chair, waiting for Astrid.