Narrator's POV:
Now so far we've been following the lives of our golden couple Hiccup an Astrid, so why don't we have a quick look on how things have been going for Stoick and Dustin. Shall we?
"DUSTIN HADDOCK" Stoick called out from downstairs. Dustin, who was playing in his room, knew that when his full name was called out, he was in BIG trouble
"Coming!" He yelled back, making his was way downstairs as slow as possible
"Tell me why is there a chicken in our living room?" His Father asked, pinching the bridge of his nose
"Uncle Tuffnut said he needed someone to watch Chicken while they were off to toilet paper your office" Dustin replied, but quickly placed a hand on his mouth, his eyes growing wide
"While they toilet papered my office....of course" He sighed, "Alright, I'm not mad at you Dusty. Take Chicken in your room and make sure she doesn't go anywhere" He said, then left, murmuring things under his breath
Chicken was Tuffnut's pet since he was 18. The gang went to summer camp one day and during the last day, Tuffnut found Chicken and snuck her back home. Anyway, Dustin took Chicken to his room and they stayed there while Stoick was preparing to go to his office and deal with the damage.
"That could have gone worse..." Dustin said, plopping down on his bed as Chicken roamed around his room. Since he had no school today, Dustin decided to bike over to Hiccup's house since it wasn't that far away. After dropping Chicken off at Ruff and Tuff's place, and telling his Father where he was going, he biked over to Hiccup's. He kept his bike by the drive way and then proceeded to knock on their door till someone opened it
"Hello Dusty" Hiccup said, "Where's Dad?"
"He went to the office because Uncle Tuff and Auntie Ruff toilet papered it" He said simply
"Typical" Was all Hiccup said. After letting Dustin in, Hiccup called Zephyr from her room and let the two play together. And since Toothless and Stormfly were both down, Hiccup went back up to his room
"Assuming by the way I heard Zephyr run down the stairs, Dustin's here?" Astrid said, not looking up from the book she was reading
"Yep" He replied, "Whatcha reading?"
"A book on baby girl names" She said, putting emphasis on the word 'girl'
"I see...well before we start arguing on what their gender is, when are we gonna tell our parents?" He asked
"We could tell them today" She shrugged, putting the book down and looking at her husband
"You sure?"
"Yeah, we could invite them for dinner. I mean it has been a while since we hosted" She said
"Alright then" He said
***
After Hiccup invited his Father, and in-laws over for dinner, he quickly started to prepare the food. Astrid was in the living room working on the couch, while Zephyr and Dustin were still playing.
"No fair, you always get to be the good guy! I want to train the dragon this time!" Zephyr said crossing her arms
"It is fair! I'm older than you so I get to be the good guy" Dustin tried explaining
"No it's not!"
Astrid, who had heard what happened, decided now was a good time to step in
"Hey, what's going on?" She asked them both
"Dustin won't let me-"
"She wants to be-"
"It's not fair-" They both started talking at the same time
"One at a time please" Astrid asked patiently. They both told her what was wrong, but before they could even work things out the doorbell rang and the two raced to open the door. "Saved by the bell" She sighed, before checking who was at the door too.
"Mom! Dad! Jacob! Come in. Come in." Astrid said
"Jacob! Come be the bad guy, that way me and Zeph can both be good guys!" Dustin said, and the both grabbed Jacob by his hands, and dragged him to where they were playing
"They were just arguing on who the good guy should be before you came" She explained to her parents, while closing the door
"You and Jacob were both like that when you were younger" Martha laughed
"Yeah, that's how it is when you've got two. One minute they're arguing and the next they're the best of friends" Barnaby said, before going to help Hiccup in the kitchen, leaving Astrid laughing awkwardly. Martha decided not to question why her daughter was acting strangely when they mentioned two kids
"Dad said he'd be running a bit late, but we could start ahead!" Hiccup called out form the kitchen. Astrid and Jacob set the table, and they all settled down to start their meal
"So, why did you two suddenly invite us all for dinner? Y'all got any news for us or something?" Jacob asked
"Uh, something like that yeah" Hiccup said, and just as Barnaby was about to ask what the news was, someone was knocking on the door, "I'll get it!" Hiccup said, quickly getting up to answer the door. "Hey Dad"
"Hello, something smells good!" Stoick said, as they both walked back to the table
"Lambchops, made by yours truly" Hiccup said, as he sat back down on his chair
"So, why are we all gathered here today?" Stoick asked, as he helped himself to some chops
"They have news for us apparently" Martha said, as she passed him the mashed potatoes
"Er, yeah" Hiccup said, quite unsure what to say
"Well, go on then" said Barnaby
"I'm pregnant" Astrid blurted out, before Hiccup could say anything, and there was dead silence on the table as they all processed what she had just said
"Oh great Thor! That's amazing!" Her Mother exclaimed, and rushed over to hug her
"How far along are you?" Barnaby asked, as he too went to hug his daughter
"About a month" Astrid replied, after all the hugs
"Holy Thor! You kept it from us for that long?" Stoick said
"Well, to be fair we both just found out yesterday" Hiccup replied, shrugging
They finished their meal, guessing what the child's gender would be and who would spoil it more, the Hofferson's or Stoick. They gathered in the backyard for smores and embarrassing stories from when Hiccup, Astrid, and Jacob were younger.
"An' before I could even react, they both just slipped off!" Barnaby laughed, as he was retelling the story on how they went to a waterpark once as a family and both Jacob and Astrid slipped off those floating donuts in the middle of a slide. Dustin and Zephyr found that extremely hilarious, and they were laughing so hard as they attempted to recreate that scene
"Okay! Enough of that. Let's hear something about Hiccup" Jacob said, trying to get the two to calm down
And that's how the rest of their night went, sharing funny/embarrassing stories by the fire, eating smores. There was no better feeling than being surround by those you love
(A/N: That's all for today! Tbh I don't really like this chapter it feels so empty and uneventful but I couldn't think of anything else lol. I think 3 more parts and this book shall be done :). Anywho, I need ideas for the next chapter so if you've got any ideas, I'm all ears. Don't forget to voooote!
-Padfoot)