Hey guys, 

I am back again. Also, I deleted my story The Secret Child - I just have no inspiration for that story anymore and can't think of anything to write for it. So if any of you were enjoying that, I apologize. I just couldn't keep it going. 

I'm really enjoying this one though and have lots of ideas - so this one will be kept up regularly, if I don't update for a while, it's because I'm doing assignments for school. 

But I hope you guys continue to enjoy this story! 

Here is chapter 7! 

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Hiccup, Hailey and Astrid were heading out to the car when Astrid's phone rang. She picked it up. 

"Hello?" 

"Hey, it's Heather." Heather said. 

"Hey! what's up?" Astrid asked. 

"Nothing much, haven't talked for a while. How are you?" Heather asked her friend. 

"I'm fine. But I'm heading to work now, can we talk later. Maybe we can plan a visit?" Astrid suggested. 

"Yeah, sure! I'll talk to you later." Heather said. "Bye." 

"Bye." Astrid said and hung up.  

Hiccup finished getting Hailey in her car seat and went to the drivers side. Both him and Astrid got into the car. 

"A friend?" He asked. They were sitting in the car and buckling up before Hiccup left the parking lot. 

"Yeah, we haven't seen each other for a while. She's my best friend." Astrid told him. 

"What's her name?" Hailey asked from the back. Astrid smiled. 

"Her name is Heather. You'd like her Hailey." Astrid said. Hailey smiled. 

"Can I meet her?" Hailey asked. 

"When she comes, sure." Astrid said. 

Hiccup arrived at Hailey's school and after bringing her inside, Astrid and he went to work. 

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"Hey, Hiccup." A bigger blonde haired guy said from out in the sitting area of the coffee shop. 

"Hi, Freddie." Hiccup said cleaning up a table. Astrid was behind the counter making some drinks. A couple of other people came in and sat with Freddie. Hiccup walked over to the table and started talking to them. 

"Hiccup!" Gary called. "You can talk to your friends later." 

"Right, sorry." Hiccup said and came back behind the counter. 

"Who are they?" Astrid asked. "They seem to come in a lot." 

"They're friends of mine. We don't see each other very often anymore though. They all have their own jobs, and Freddie is still in school and since I work and take care of Hailey. I don't see them much. But they understand. But we've been friends for years. The bigger guy is Freddie (Fishlegs), the other two are twins, Torben (Tuffnut) and Reagen (Ruffnut)." Hiccup said. 

Astrid nodded and another customer came up to order a drink. 

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Hailey's Classroom

Hailey was sitting at one of the tables in her classroom, drawing a picture. They had free time during the day when they could play, draw, or do whatever in the classroom. One of the other girls, Sarah, in Hailey's class came up to her and grabbed her picture. 

"Hey!" Hailey said turning to her. "Give it back!" 

"Why? It's not like it's anything special." Sarah said. 

"Yes, it is! Now give it back!" Hailey said again. The drawing was a picture of herself, her dad and Astrid. 

"You drew a mom. You don't even have one." Sarah said. Ms. Williams looked over at the girls and saw Hailey reach for her picture. 

"Give me my picture!" Hailey said. Sarah looked at the picture and at Hailey, she went to hand it back and when Hailey had the one end in her hand, Sarah pulled on it, causing it to rip in half. "You ripped it!" Hailey said. She pushed Sarah and Sarah fell to the ground. 

"Hey! You pushed me!" Sarah said. 

"and you ripped my picture!" Hailey was almost yelling at this point. 

"Girls!" Ms. Williams said. Both girls looked at their teacher. Sarah got up off the floor. "What is going on?" 

"Hailey pushed me." Sarah said. 

"Sarah started it. She took my picture, told me it wasn't special, said I don't have a mom, and then she ripped it." Hailey said. Ms. Williams sighed and knelt down to the girls. 

"Sarah, you can't take people's pictures and just rip them. You also don't know about Hailey's mom. She does have one. But her home is different than yours, and that's okay. But Hailey, you can't push someone when you don't like something that they do, you need to use your words." 

"I did... I asked Sarah to give it back multiple times." Hailey said and sighed. 

"Well, can you girls apologize to each other?" Ms. Williams asked. 

"I didn't do anything wrong." Sarah said and walked away. Ms. Williams sighed. 

Hailey sat down at the table again looking at her ripped drawing. Ms. Williams got up and grabbed some tape and brought it over and sat next to Hailey. 

"Here, let's fix it." Ms. Williams said. She started taping the drawing back together from the back. 

It was the end of the day and Hailey sat on the bench with her backpack waiting for Hiccup. She looked towards the door seeing other parents come and get their kids. Hailey's eyes looked towards Sarah and some of the other girls. The girls looked at Hailey and started giggling. Hailey sighed and looked down at the floor. 

It had been about ten minutes and all of the other kids were gone. Hiccup finally came in to get Hailey, Astrid was with him this time. He saw Hailey sitting on the bench looking upset. 

"Hey, munchkin." He said. Hailey looked up. 

"Daddy!" She said smiling and running over. "Hi, Astrid." Hailey said. 

"Hi, Hailey." Astrid said smiling. Ms. Williams came over to them. 

"Henry, can I talk to you for a minute." Ms. Williams said. Hiccup looked at Ms. Williams. 

"Sure, what's up." He said. Ms. Williams pulled him aside so she could get Hailey's folder for him to sign as well. Astrid knelt down to Hailey. 

"What's that?" Astrid asked gesturing to Hailey's drawing. 

"It's my picture I drew. But one of the girls ripped it in half, then Ms. Williams taped it back together." Hailey said. 

"Can I see it?" Astrid asked. Hailey nodded and handed it to her. Astrid took it and looked at it. 

"It's daddy, me and you, in my house." Hailey said pointing to each person as she named them on the drawing. Astrid smiled at it. 

"It's beautiful." She told Hailey. Hailey smiled. 

"Thanks." she said. 

Ms. Williams and Hiccup were talking. 

"Hailey and another girl were bugging each other today, and Hailey pushed her to the floor. Now, I know it's not like her to do that at all, but she was pretty upset. The other girl, Sarah, had ripped a drawing Hailey made. So they were both at fault for something. I was just hoping maybe you could talk to her at home about it. I couldn't get them to apologize to each other, but I tried to encourage it." Ms. Williams told Hiccup.

"I'm sorry, that's not like her at all. I'll talk to her and see what she says." Hiccup said. He signed the sheet and walked back over to Hailey and Astrid. "You two ready?" 

Astrid stood up and Hailey nodded. Hailey grabbed Astrid's hand and Astrid was a little taken aback at first but held Hailey's too as they walked back to the car. 

The car ride home was fairly quiet. They got upstairs to their apartments and Astrid froze when she saw her door. Hiccup looked at her. 

"What's wrong?" He asked. 

"My door..." She said. Hiccup looked over and saw her door was partially open. 

"Come." He said unlocking his door and bringing Hailey and Astrid inside. "Stay here, I'll check it out." He said. 

"Hiccup... it might be Sean. I don't want him seeing you." she said. Hiccup looked at her and could see slight fear in her eyes. Hailey had gone to her room and Hiccup walked over to Astrid. 

"Hey, it's okay." He said putting a hand on her cheek. "Let me check it out? I'd rather me than you." Astrid made eye contact with him when he said that and nodded. 

"Okay, just be careful." She said. He nodded. He left his apartment and slowly pushed open Astrid's door all the way. He saw an umbrella sitting in the corner and grabbed it. He slowly walked around the apartment. 

"Hello?" He called. 

Nothing. Hiccup walked around the living room, and then checked the bathroom and bedroom, and kitchen. There was no one there, but Astrid's door had obviously been broken into and she wouldn't be able to lock it. He came back to his apartment. Astrid looked at him. 

"It's empty. But your door is busted and it won't lock. I'm going to call our landlord. But you might have to sleep here tonight, is that okay?" Hiccup asked her. Astrid nodded. 

"That's fine. I'd feel better staying here anyway. I'll have to just grab some pajamas and stuff." She said. Hiccup nodded and picked up the phone to call the landlord. 

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It was later that night and the landlord came by and blocked off Astrid's door, and told her they would fix it tomorrow. Astrid had gotten some of her stuff so she could stay the night. Hiccup, being the gentleman that he is, offered his bedroom to her and he would sleep on the couch. Hiccup had also talked to Hailey about what happened at school and told her she needed to apologize to Sarah tomorrow. 

Astrid and Hiccup were currently sitting on the couch in the living room, with some random movie playing, and talking. Astrid was holding a cup of tea Hiccup had made for her. 

"So what's up with this Sean guy? No offense, but he seems like a creep." Hiccup said. Astrid smirked at the comment. 

"We were engaged. Had been together for three years. It was fine at first, but about a year or so into the relationship, he started getting abusive. It was just little things at first, words and actions, getting mad at me for little things. I didn't think much of it. But soon, it was, I had to be home by a certain time, and I couldn't go out, and over time it turned into him yelling, and grabbing me. I felt trapped like I couldn't leave, even my mom said he was good for me because she didn't know what was going on. It got so bad that he would beat me if I made him mad enough. Or just hit or grab me hard enough to leave a mark. I had no control over my life and had no escape. When he proposed I only said yes because I was terrified of what would happen if I told him no. He did something else, which I'll probably tell you eventually. Just too much to say right now." Astrid said. 

Hiccup was a little shocked for a moment. 

"Wow, I'm sorry." He said. 

"It's okay, don't feel bad or anything. I got out, that's what's important." She said. 

Hiccup smirked. 

"I guess sometimes I forget how much worse some people had it. I mean I always think of horrible my relationship was with Cami. I was going to break up with her when she told me she was pregnant. I didn't want to leave once I knew about the baby. But once Hailey was born, eventually, Cami didn't want the responsibility I guess. So she left. But Hailey is one of the best things that's happened to me. Even if she is from Cami. I just hope this custody goes through. I have a feeling Cami might try to fight back, and I hope my side goes through before that." He said. 

Astrid nodded. 

"Yeah, you're a great dad to her. She really loves you." Astrid told him smiling a little. 

"Thank you." He said smiling back. "She loves you too. She's always excited when you're going to babysit or come over. She asked me the other day if your car can never get fixed so you can always ride with us." Hiccup said chuckling. Astrid giggled a little. 

"She's very sweet." Astrid said. "Did she show you her drawing she made today? It has her, and you and me in it." 

"Really?" Hiccup said looking at Astrid. She nodded. 

"She told me I could have it." Astrid said smiling. Hiccup smiled and looked at the time. 

"It's getting late, we should go to bed." He said. Astrid nodded and brought her mug to the kitchen. Astrid walked towards Hiccup's bedroom. 

"Goodnight Hiccup." 

"Goodnight Astrid." 

Astrid got into Hiccup's room and closed the door. She got into his bed and could smell his scent on the sheets and smiled. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep. Hiccup shut off the movie, made sure the door was locked and turned off the lights. He got on the couch and pulled a blanket over him. 

'Just ask her out already.' His thoughts said to himself. He sighed a little and tried to sleep. 

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There you go! 

Hope you enjoyed! tell me what you think! :)