Hey guys! 

I'm back again! I'm enjoying the ideas I have for this story. 

Also, for any of you guys that are on Instagram, I don't know if you have heard of an account that's been posting, what they call, rants, but is really just full on hate about other accounts in the fandom. A bunch of us are trying to get Instagram to get them to take it down, all they've done is remove one post and says the account doesn't violate their guidelines which is complete bullshit.  

So, I ask that you guys please report it as well - if you want the name of it - message me. 

Thanks!! 

Now, on to chapter 3! 

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Hiccup and Hailey were walking down the hallway to their apartment when Hailey gasped and let go of Hiccup's hand running back to the elevator. Hiccup turned and watched her. 

"Hailey, what are you doing?" He asked.

"I left my dragon in the up-and-down room." Hailey said not knowing the word elevator yet. 

"Honey, you'll have to wait for it to come back up." He said. Hailey sighed and sat on the floor in front of the elevator door staring at it. 

"Then, I'll stay right here." She said. Hiccup sighed. 

"Hailey, we don't have time for this..." 

"I need my dragon." 

"and I need food, we have somewhere to go tonight too. Let's go please." Hiccup said. 

"No." 

"Hailey Valerie Haddock." Hiccup said sternly. Hailey stayed where she was. Hiccup walked towards her when the elevator door opened. Hailey looked up and saw her dragon being held in the hands of a woman. Hailey stood up. 

"My dragon!" Hailey said. Astrid walked out of the elevator and smiled kneeling down to Hailey. 

"Is this yours? I found him on the floor. He's very cute." Astrid said. Hailey took her dragon and went quiet and looked at Hiccup. 

"What do you say?" Hiccup said. 

"Thank you." Hailey said and ran back to Hiccup. Astrid stood up.

"You're welcome." Astrid said walking down the same way. She took out her keys and went into her apartment. Hailey saw her go in the apartment beside theirs.  Hiccup was staring at Astrid's door. 

"Daddy," Hailey said tugging on Hiccup's coat and looking up at him. Hiccup looked down at her. 

"What sweetheart," He said. 

"Are you going to open the door or just stare at the pretty lady's?" Hailey asked him. Hiccup looked back at the door. 

"Right, sorry sweetie." He said unlocking the door letting them in. Hailey took her shoes and coat off and ran to her room with her dragon. Hiccup closed the door and went into the kitchen to start on some supper. 

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Hiccup made some spaghetti for dinner and put it on the table. 

"Hailey! Dinner!" Hiccup called. 

"Okay!" Hailey called from her bedroom. She lined up her animals on her bed. "You guys stay here and I'll be back." Hailey then left her room and went to the kitchen and climbed up onto the chair at the table. 

"Sgetti! Yay!" Hailey said picking up her fork. Hiccup smirked as they started to eat. 

Hiccup heard his phone go off and grabbed it seeing it who it was. He picked it up. Hailey saw him sigh and shake his head. 

"Okay, I'll see if I can get someone to watch her." Hiccup said. "Bye." He hung up. 

"Who was that?" She asked. 

"Just one of daddy's jobs. You can't come to the meeting sweetie, okay? They don't have anyone to watch you." Hiccup told his daughter. 

"Can't I just read some books?" She asked. 

"I'd rather just keep you here, you have to go to bed on time anyway. You have school tomorrow."

"Who's gonna watch me?" 

"I'll figure that out, sweetie." 

They finished their dinner and Hiccup cleaned up Hailey. Hailey went back to her room and Hiccup started to clean dinner up. 

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Astrid was sitting on the couch eating her dinner watching TV when there was a knock at her door. She put her plate down and got up to answer it. She opened the door and smiled. 

"Hey, Hiccup." 

"Hey, can I ask you a favor." He said. 

"Sure, what's up." 

"I know we don't know each other very well yet, but I need someone to just hang out in the apartment while I go to a meeting for my other job, I have another job at the library, and they told me they have no one to watch Hailey there, so I wanted to ask if you could watch her for me?" He asked. "She'll be in bed by the time I leave, so you can just watch TV, I just need someone there." 

"Sure, that's fine. What time?" She asked. Hiccup looked at his phone seeing it was almost six.

"seven?" 

"Sure. I'll see you in a bit." Astrid said. 

"Thank you, I appreciate it." He told her and went back into his apartment. 

Astrid closed her door and went back to her dinner. 

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Hiccup helped Haliey get ready for bed and was tucking her in and saying goodnight. 

"I have to go to my meeting okay? So while you're sleeping, Astrid, the lady that lives next door, she's gonna be here. Alright?" Hiccup told Hailey. 

"Okay, daddy. Goodnight." Hailey said. 

"Goodnight sweetheart." Hiccup said kissing her head. Hailey snuggled her dragon and laid down and closed her eyes. Hiccup left her door open a little bit and Astrid knocked. He went and answered it. 

"Hey." Astrid said. 

"Hey, come on in." Hiccup said. 

Astrid came into the apartment."

"So, I just put her to bed. She should be fine once she's sleeping, her door stays open a little bit, she doesn't like the dark and I haven't gotten her a nightlight yet. But, you can just watch TV." Hiccup said walking to the living room and Astrid behind him. 

He showed her how to use it. 

"Also, have whatever you want in the fridge or cupboards. Hailey sometimes has nightmares so if she does wake up, she might want a story or something to help go back to sleep. But other than that, she should be fine. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it." Hiccup said getting his stuff. 

"No problem." Astrid said. 

"I should be back by 10 at the latest. Actually, um, this might sound weird, can I have your number, just so if I need to text you or something, and you'll have mine just in case." He said. Astrid smiled and nodded. 

They exchanged numbers and Hiccup left. 

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It had been about an hour or so and Astrid had a show on and was standing at Hiccup's bookshelf looking at the books he had. She saw a lot of books on inventions and architecture and having to build things. She saw some books about single parenting and being a single father, and some just for fun reading. 

"Daddy?!" Hailey called sounding sad. 

Astrid froze and looked towards Hailey's bedroom. 

"Daddy!" She called again. Astrid took a breathe and looked towards the bedroom, but before she could walk over. Hailey was at the door staring at Astrid. 

"You okay, Hailey?" Astrid asked. 

"Where's my daddy?" 

"He's not home yet. What's wrong?" Astrid said. Hailey held her dragon close. 

"I had a bad dream." Hailey said. 

"Do you want to talk about it?" Astrid said. Hailey shook her head. "Come here." Astrid said walking to the couch. Hailey walked slowly to the couch and climbed up on it. Astrid picked up the remote and turned Netflix on and saw Hailey's account. 

"What do you want to watch?" Astrid asked. Hailey looked at her with her big green eyes. 

"Dragons show. It's my favorite." Hailey told her. Astrid smiled and turned on Hailey's show. Astrid got up from the couch and went to the kitchen and opened the freezer. She saw a tub of ice cream and smiled. She took it and got two bowls of ice cream made. She put the ice cream away and then brought the bowls over. 

"How about some ice cream?" Astrid said. 

"Really?" Hailey said excitedly. Astrid nodded and handed Hailey a bowl. 

They sat and ate their ice cream and Astrid looked at Hailey and smiled at her laughing at the show. 

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It was a little after ten when Hiccup came home. He put his stuff away and heard the TV on. He saw Hailey's door open and looked in the living room and smiled to himself. Hailey had fallen asleep on Astrid. Hiccup came over to the couch. 

"Hey." Hiccup said. Astrid looked up at him. 

"Hey. She woke up from a nightmare. So I just put her show on for her and we had some ice cream. Which I know you probably wouldn't like, but I didn't really know what to do." Astrid said. 

"It's fine." Hiccup said smiling. He bent down and picked up his sleeping daughter and brought her back to bed. Astrid turned off the TV and cleaned up the ice cream bowls. She was near the door when Hiccup closed Hailey's quietly. 

"Let me pay you." Hiccup said. 

"Oh, no, it's fine. Don't worry about it." Astrid said. 

"You sure?" Hiccup asked. Astrid nodded. 

"I'll see you at work tomorrow?" Astrid asked. Hiccup nodded. 

"Yeah. See you tomorrow." He said. "Goodnight." 

"Goodnight." Astrid said leaving. Hiccup locked the door behind her and sighed. 

'Don't fall for her, Hiccup.' He told himself. 

Astrid got inside her apartment and stood against the door for a moment. 

'Don't fall for him, Astrid.' She told herself. 

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The next morning Hiccup and Hailey were sitting at the table eating breakfast. 

"I like Astrid. She's nice, can she watch me more often?" Hailey asked. Hiccup looked at his daughter and smiled. 

"We'll see. Did you know she works with daddy?" Hiccup said. 

"Really?! Can I come to the shop and see her?" Hailey asked. 

"Maybe after school. Grandma is picking you up today and bringing you to the coffee shop, alright?" He told her. Hailey nodded. 

After Hiccup dropped Hailey off he went to work and saw Astrid. 

"Hey, so I think you made Hailey fall in love with you by giving her that ice cream and watching her show last night." He said. Astrid smiled and laughed a little. 

"Oh really?" She said. 

"She thinks you're nice and she said she likes you and then asked me if you can watch her more often." Hiccup said. Astrid smiled. 

"Well, she is pretty cute. I think she gets that from her father." Astrid froze realizing what she said. "Anyway, gotta start." She walked to the front of the store to help a customer. 

Hiccup stared at her as she walked away. 'she thinks I'm cute.' Hiccup thought. 

"Hiccup, let's go!" Gary called. 

"Coming!" Hiccup said and came out on the floor to work. 

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There you guys go!!

Chapter 3 is done! 

Hiccup and Astrid are starting to like each other... let us see how this goes! 

Hope you enjoyed, tell me what you think!!