Chapter Nineteen
"Ꮖ ᏩᏆᏙᎬ ᏆᎢ ᏚᏆX ᎷᎾNᎢᎻᏚ."

Eugene rushed over, grabbing her waist. Rapunzel flipped around, her lips locking on his as he lifted her up.

"Daddy!" Bastian, their son, grinned.

"Hey, my man." Eugene smiled, so glad to see him.

"Excuse me, but I'm expecting my husband any minute." Rapunzel teased as he set her on her feet again. Her long blonde locks flowed behind her shoulders. He was happy that they were able to make the wedding. He had missed them so much.

"Oh, that's very funny." Eugene smiled, squeezing her shoulder. "Come here." He said, grabbing Bastian and tossing him up. "How was your soccer game?"

xxx

Hiccup and Kristoff tossed back a shot. Hiccup groaned, shaking his head. Their mission was completed. They had found Jack and returned him just in time for the wedding. Bonus, they had an experience they would never forget. Well, except for the first night.

"Hic? You avoiding me?" Astrid asked, marching up to him. The scowl on her face said it all. She was pissed and was ready to let him have it.

"Hey. Astrid." Hiccup said, leaning against a table. Jesus, he forget about her.

"Oh, my God. What happened to your tooth?" She gasped, squinting her blue eyes at him. What did they do on that stupid bachelor party? She knew she shouldn't have let him leave.

Not wanting to answer the question, Hiccup changed the subject. "Have you met Kristoff?" He asked, pointing to the blonde. "Elsa's brother. Brother of the--" Astrid grabbed his mouth, opening it wide. "Okay. Ow." He mumbled as she kept his mouth pried open.

"That is disgusting." She spat. She shoved him, anger radiating off of her. "Why haven't you returned my calls?"

"Well, there was a snafu when we stopped--"

"I called that bed and breakfast in Napa." Astrid cut off, her voice growing louder. "They said they had no record of you even checking in."

Hiccup paused. He blinked his green eyes then licked his lips. "That's because we didn't go to Napa." He said, looking at the table then back at her. He had been debating with himself about whether to tell her or not and he decided now was the time to be truthful.

"Hic. What the fuck is going?" She demanded, getting the attention of the people around them. Their heads turned, watching the fight grow bigger and bigger.

Eugene reached over, covering Bastian's ears as Rapunzel placed a hand on Eugene. They had seen Astrid come storming a few minutes ago and knew it wouldn't end well. They didn't like Astrid much for Hiccup. But luckily, their table was placed in the perfect view for the inevitable fight.

"We went to Las Vegas." Hiccup said, his voice stern. He stood a bit taller, not going to back down this time.

"Oh, really? Las Vegas?" Astrid scoffed, placing her hands on her hips. "Why would you go to Las Vegas?"

"Because my best friend was getting married and that's what guys do." Hiccup quickly fired back, glaring at her.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Okay, that's not what you do." She snapped, getting the attention of everyone at the wedding. She wanted him to go somewhere where there would be no strippers for him to gush over or have sex with. He was supposed to go to Napa, where there was only gross, disgusting old people.

"Really?"

"Yes!"

"Well, then why did I do it, huh?" Hiccup exclaimed, getting into her face. "Because I did it. Riddle me that. Why'd I do it?"

He stared at her face, growing angrier by the second. Thoughts he had been contemplating for months came bursting out of his mouth. "You know, sometimes I think all you want me to do is what you want me to do." He shouted. Everyone was silent, their eyes glued to the crumbling couple.

Astrid scoffed as his mouth kept rolling. "I'm sick of doing what you want me to do all the time." He looked around, pointing at everyone who was listening in. "I think, in a healthy relationship, sometimes a guy should be able to do what he wants to do."

"That is not how this works!" Astrid screamed, stomping her foot at him. She wore the pants in the relationship. He was supposed to agree with her and never argue. His opinions were hers and his ideas were hers. Nothing went past her without her permission.

"Oh, good." Hiccup fired back, glaring. "Because whatever this is ain't working for me." He shouted, circling them.

Eugene softly smiled in the background. Finally, his best friend was taking a stand. Maybe Hiccup had been listening to him the whole time.

"Oh, really?" Astrid scoffed.

"Yeah."

"Since when?" She exclaimed, glaring at him.

"Since you fucked that waiter on your cruise last June. Boom!" He declared, hitting he table for emphasis. Everyone stood silent, unsure what to do. So much information had been slipped to them.

"You told me it was a bartender." Kristoff said, cutting in, clearly not understanding that they were in a huge fight.

"Oh, you're right. I stand corrected." Hiccup said, gently touching Kristoff. He looked back at Astrid. "It was a bartender. You fucked a bartender."

"You're an idiot." Astrid spat, scrunching her nose.

"You're a-- You--" Hiccup struggled, thinking of what to say back. He groaned, pinching his eyes. "You're such a bad person." He said. He nodded, gesturing to her. "Like, all the way through to your core."

She glared at him, waiting to hear more, but he didn't have anything else to say. He tapped the table, signaling that their fight and relationship was over.

"Kristoff, shall we dance?" Hiccup asked, gently hitting his friend.

Everyone stared in silence as he marched towards the dance floor, leaving Astrid fuming. "Let's do this!" He shouted, spinning his hand to get the band to play. They began playing, everyone whispering as they danced again.

Jack cheered as Hiccup jumped into his arms. They let out a loud whoop, tossing their heads back. Eugene jumped in with them, his brown eyes wide in shock. He couldn't believe Hiccup finally stood up for himself and called her out.

"It was a real pleasure meeting you." Kristoff said to Astrid.

"Fuck off." Astrid spat, scrunching her nose.

"Thinking about getting my bartender's license." Kristoff said, glancing at his drink.

"Suck my dick." She glared.

"No, thank you." He replied before walking away to his friends.

xxx

The party had died down. Jack, Hiccup, and Eugene were away from the party, sitting on the porch. The three of them were relaxing, enjoying each other's company.

"Jackie." Hiccup said. "I gotta tell ya, man, this was a gorgeous wedding."

"I give it six months." Eugene said, patting his passed out son's back.

"You're a dick." Hiccup gently smiled, knowing Eugene was just kidding.

"I don't know what to say." Jack said. "Thanks for the bachelor party, I guess?"

Hiccup chuckled. "Yeah. I just wish we could actually remember some of it."

"Hey, guys?" Kristoff said, walking over. "Look what I found."

"Whoa. That's my camera." Hiccup said, sitting up.

"Yeah, it was lodged in the back seat of the car." Kristoff answered, smiling at the camera.

"Oh, God--Are there photos on it?" Eugene asked, sitting up as well.

"Yeah." Kristoff sighed. "Some of it's even worse than we thought."

"No fucking way. Give me that." Eugene demanded, holding out his hand.

"W-W-Wait." Hiccup said, reaching for the camera.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." Jack quickly repeated, standing up and taking the camera. He looked around to make sure there was nobody nearby. "We look at these pictures together, okay? One time." He said. "And then we delete the evidence."

"I say we delete it right now." Hiccup said, standing up.

"Are you nuts? I wanna find out how I wound up in the hospital." Eugene argued as he stood up and tossed his son over his shoulder. "Is that in there?"

"Yeah, it's in there." Kristoff chuckled.

"Guys, one time." Jack said, glancing at them. "Deal?"

"Deal." Eugene and Kristoff quickly agreed.

"Deal." Hiccup lightly chuckled, shrugging his shoulders. His curiosity got the better of him.

Jack turned on the camera, the four of them crowding to see. Everyone's jaws dropped as the photos loaded. "Oh, dear Lord!" Hiccup shouted, covering his mouth.

~~~~~~~~~~~ The End ~~~~~~~~~~~

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