Here is chapter 9. 

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It had been a few weeks, and Hiccup and Astrid had a few nights alone for a dinner date. Well alone, meaning, Hailey was in bed and they just had dinner at Hiccup's apartment. But it was better than nothing. 

Hiccup had dropped Hailey off at school that morning and then headed to work. Hailey sighed and put her backpack up on her hook with her coat and took off her small boots to put her running shoes on. 

It was a Friday and Hailey saw all the other girls had other bags with them, except her. She was curious. One of the girls she would play with sometimes had come to get something from her cubby. 

"Evelyn," Hailey said standing up. Evelyn looked at her.

"Yeah?" She said. 

"Why do you and all the girls have two bags with you?" Hailey asked. Evelyn looked at the bags hanging up and back at Hailey. 

"There for Sarah's sleepover tonight for her birthday. She invited all the girls... well I guess except you. I don't know why." Evelyn said. Hailey just stared at Evelyn for a moment. 

"Evelyn! Come on!" Sarah said coming around the corner. She saw Hailey and glared at her. Evelyn walked over to Sarah. "Why are you talking to her? We don't like her." Sarah said as they walked to another part of the room. 

Hailey looked down at the floor. She turned to her backpack and unzipped one of the pockets and pulled out a photo. Hiccup had given her a photo with the two of them for her to carry around and she had taped a picture of Astrid that Astrid had given her onto one of the sides. She smiled at it a little and put it back in her pocket and zipped it. She went to the carpet as her teacher called all the kids over. 

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It was the end of the day and Sarah was talking to some of the girls and pointing at Hailey and laughing. Evelyn looked at Hailey and smiled a little at her. Hailey glared at her and then looked away. Evelyn frowned and turned her attention back to Sarah and the other girls. 

Sarah's mom came in.

"Alright, Sarah, come on. Let's go girls." She said as all the girls left with Sarah and her mom. 

Hailey was left with some of the boys who were still waiting to be picked up. One of the boys, Mason, came over to Hailey. 

"Why didn't you go with the other girls?" Mason asked her. Hailey looked at him. 

"I was invited." She said. 

"Oh..." He said looking down. 

Hiccup and Astrid walked into the classroom and Hailey saw them. 

"Daddy! Astrid!" She ran over and Astrid got down to Hailey's level to give her a hug. Hiccup had walked over to Ms. Williams to talk to her for a minute. Once finished they went out to the car and Hailey sat staring out the window. 

"-ley." Hiccup said. "Hailey." 

"huh?" Hailey said looking at her dad. 

"How was school today?" He asked her. Hailey looked back out the window.

"It was okay." She said. Hiccup looked in the rearview mirror and could see Hailey looked upset, but he didn't want to bug her about it. They got back to the apartment. 

"What do you two girls want for supper?" Hiccup asked. 

"I'm fine with anything, you know that." Astrid said. 

"Um, can we have that yummy food that looks all fancy in weird boxes." Hailey asked. Hiccup chuckled. 

"Chinese food honey?" He asked. Hailey nodded. 

"Yeah, that." She said. 

"Sure." He said. 

It was later that night and Hailey was in bed, but wide awake. Hiccup and Astrid were talking when Astrid looked at the time. 

"I should go, it's late." She said getting up to head for the door. 

"You can stay, you know that." Hiccup asked blushing slightly. Astrid smiled. 

"I would love to, but Hailey..." She said. Hiccup nodded and walked to the door with her. 

Hailey got up and went and looked at the crack of her door. Hiccup had his hands on Astrid's waist and she smiled at him. Astrid looks over and sees Hailey at her door. 

"We have a peeker." Astrid said. Hiccup looks over and sees Hailey. 

"Give me a minute." Hiccup said. Hiccup walked over to Hailey's room and Hailey gasped and ran to her bed hiding under the covers and hears Hiccup open the door. 

"I'm sleeping." Hailey said. Hiccup chuckles. 

"I'll come to lay with you in a minute okay sweetie?" He said. Hailey sat up and looked at him. 

"Are you gonna kiss her?" she asked. Hiccup smiled and closed her door and walked back to Astrid. 

"So you gonna kiss her?" Astrid asked with a smirk. Hiccup smiles. 

"If she lets me." He said leaning in. 

"She will." Astrid said before locking their lips together. It was short and sweet but so much feeling and love in that one little goodnight kiss. 

Astrid then left and went back into her apartment. Hiccup sighed and smiled to himself and went back to Hailey's room to help her go to sleep. 

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Cami was sitting in a fancy office when a man walked in and sat at the desk. 

"Hello, I'm Mr. Gunner." He said opening up a file. 

"Camicazi Bog, sir." Cami said. 

"I see here that you want to file for custody? For your... five-year-old daughter." Mr. Gunner said looking up at her. 

"Yes, sir." Cami said. 

"Alright, well let's talk." Mr. Gunner said. Cami smirked. 

"Lets." She said. 

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A couple more weeks went by and Hiccup and Astrid were officially dating now. Hiccup and Astrid were explaining to Hailey what it meant. 

"She's going to move in with us too, okay?" Hiccup said talking to Hailey. 

"Really?! She's gonna live here with us? Where is she gonna sleep? Or put all her stuff? We only have two bedrooms." Hailey said sounding concerned. Hiccup and Astrid smiled at the questions. 

"I'm gonna sleep in your dad's room." Astrid said. 

"Where's daddy going to sleep then?" Hailey asked. 

"In my room, with Astrid. We'll share my bed, and don't worry, we'll find room for her stuff." Hiccup said. 

"Okay." Hailey said being satisfied with the answers. She went back to her room to play. 

"Well, that went better than I thought." Hiccup said. Astrid smirked. 

"I'll have to just bring all my clothes and things like that. We can sell my furniture and anything else I don't need." Astrid said. "Put it towards a new car." Astrid said sighing. 

"We will get you a car, don't worry." Hiccup said kissing her head. "But you know I don't mind you driving with us." 

"I know." Astrid said. 

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Hiccup had started to notice a change in behavior with Hailey. She had been a lot quieter lately and would barely come out of her room or talk much. He was worried that something was wrong but didn't want to bug her by asking. He had noticed that every response about school was usually a "fine" or "it was okay" now, instead of her telling him all about her day and what she did and learned. 

Hiccup was sitting in bed reading a book well Astrid was in front of the mirror brushing her hair. 

"I just don't know what's wrong with her." Hiccup said. "I hate seeing her upset." 

"Maybe try spending a day with her, do some stuff, talk to her, see if anything comes out." Astrid said tying her hair up in a messy bun. She walked over to her side of the bed and climbed in under the covers. 

"I probably will. I'll ask Gary for a day off this week." Hiccup said. Astrid smirked and kissed him. 

"Goodnight." She said. 

"Goodnight." He said. 

Astrid laid down and turned off the bedside lamp. Hiccup closed his book and put it down. He turned off his bedside lamp as well and laid down to go to sleep. 

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The next morning Hiccup was pulling out some cereal for breakfast when his phone rang. He picked it up. 

"Hello?" He said. 

"Mr.Haddock, it's Mr. Barns, your lawyer for the custody of your daughter." Mr. Barns said on the phone. 

"Oh, yes, hi." Hiccup said. Astrid came into the kitchen and saw Hiccup on the phone. 

"It's come to my attention that the mother of Hailey, has also filed for custody. Did you know about this?" Mr. Barns said. Hiccup froze. 

"What? No, I didn't. How is this suppose to work now?" Hiccup said. 

"Well, it's gonna end up involving a social worker to check out both places for Hailey and to interview you and any one that you are in a serious relationship with. They'll want to talk to Hailey as well. There's a lot to be done now that her mother wants custody too." Mr. Barns said. 

"Okay, well can we set up a time to meet and talk about all of this?" Hiccup said. 

"Of course. I'll call you again later with a meeting time." Mr. Barns said. 

"Alright, thank you." Hiccup said and hung up. "Ugh!" He said slamming his fist down. 

"Hey, Hiccup, what's wrong?" Astrid asked. Hiccup looked at her. 

"Cami's filing for custody. I don't know why she's all of sudden interested in having Hailey now. She won't win. I won't let her." Hiccup said grabbing some bowls. 

"What do we do?" Astrid asked. 

"Mr. Barns, my lawyer, said he'll call with a time for a meeting later. But I'm not going to let her take Hailey from me. No way." Hiccup said. Astrid walked over to him and held his face in her hands. 

"Hiccup, look at me." She said. Hiccup met her eyes. "Calm down, it's going to be okay. You're the one who's been taking care of her for years. They'll see that, you have an upper-hand." Astrid told him. Hiccup nodded and kissed her. 

"Gross." Hailey said standing at the kitchen door. Hiccup and Astrid looked at her and smirked and laughed. 

"Good morning to you too." Astrid said. Hailey smiled at her and walked to the table and sat down. Astrid joined her and Hiccup brought the bowls and spoons over. Cereal and milk were out on the table already. 

"Some people are coming to pick up my furniture today." Astrid said. 

"That's right. Okay, that's the last little bit of it right?" Hiccup asked. Astrid nodded taking a bite of her cereal. 

Once this furniture was picked up, Astrid was officially out of that apartment and she was relieved to be living with Hiccup and Hailey. She never felt as scared to come home anymore. She still had a bad feeling that Sean was on her case, but she tried not to think about it. 

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The three of them were getting ready to head out when Hailey stopped in the hallway of the apartment. 

"Daddy... I don't feel good." She said. Hiccup and Astrid looked at her. She was pale and looked dazed. "My tummy hurts." 

"Do you feel like you're going to throw up honey?" Hiccup asked. Hailey nodded. "Okay, come here." He said and brought her to the bathroom. 

After a little bit. Hiccup brought her back to her room to her bed. 

"She's sick. She just threw up. I'll have to call Gary and tell him I can't come in." Hiccup said. 

"No, I'll stay, you go to work." Astrid said. 

"Astrid, she's my daughter." Hiccup said. 

"She's like one to me too. Just tell Gary what happened and I'm staying with her. I'll call the school." Astrid said. Hiccup smiled and nodded. He went and told Hailey that Astrid would stay home with her and kissed her head. He gave Astrid a kiss as well and left for work. 

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It was the afternoon, and Hailey was laying on the couch with her head in Astrid's lap. They were watching a movie.

"I love you, mommy." Hailey said. Astrid froze when she heard the words. She looked down and noticed Hailey drifting off to sleep. She smirked and kissed her head. 

"I love you too." She said and let Hailey sleep. 

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There you go! 

Chapter 9 is done!! 

Hope you enjoyed!