Astrid's POV

I woke up to the sound of a door slamming shut. I figured it was my mom just going to work. I rolled over in my bed and looked at my clock. 11:00am. On a Saturday. I sighed and stared at my ceiling. I grabbed my phone and looked at it. Liam had texted me asking to hang out. I agreed and told him I'd be ready in about a half an hour. 

I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom. I had a shower, blow dried my hair, tied it in a braid, and put my makeup on, I tried covering up my black eye as best as I could. I went to my room and opened my closet. I found a deep-v neck t-shirt that had white letters that read "Music is my Heartbeat." with a heartbeat symbol. I picked out out a pair and white jeans and red converse. I grabbed my red hoodie and looked at myself in my mirror. I stared at my outfit trying to fix it or make it look right. I was wearing a push-up bra and since my shirt was a deep-v there was definitely cleavage being shown. But I really didn't care. I grabbed one of my really long necklaces that was headphones and put it on. I grabbed my bag and left to meet Liam outside. 

My left sleeve hoodie looked stupid because of my cast. I got in the car when Liam showed up and he kissed me. 

"Hey babe." he said. 

"Hi. How are you." I replied

"Fine. you?" 

"Broke my wrist last night." I told him. 

"how'd you do that?" He asked looking at me. 

"I fell down some stairs." I lied. 

We sat in silence for a while and  than he pulled into the movie theatre. We went and saw a movie that was like three hours long. We went out for a bite to eat after and than he wanted to go drink. 

"We're not old enough to get into bars." I told him. 

"My place. I have drinks there." He told me

"Alright." I said. 

We got to his place and this was the first time I've been to it. We went inside and I looked around his house. He went to the fridge pulling out beer and I made it to the kitchen and he handed me one. 

"Thanks. You're house is so nice." I said taking the beer and opening it. 

"Thanks. Come on, babe." He took my hand and lead me to the living room. He left again and came back with more drinks. "Wanna throw a party?" He asked. 

I looked at him and smirked. "Sure." 

He took out his phone and started texting people. Those people texted others and by the time it was almost 10pm probably all of the senior class was there. I was tipsy, like most people. Loud music, dancing, drinking, talking, we were having a blast. It got later and Liam found me. He kissed my cheek. 

"You look so hot babe!" He said. I smiled. 

"Thank you, but you're drunk." I said. 

"No I'm not, I'm just having fun. We should go somewhere and be alone." He said taking my hand and bringing me to his room. He closed the door and started kissing me, it quickly turned into making out. He moved to my neck and I let him feel my body. He sat on the edge of the bed and took off his shirt. I bite my bottom lip a little and sat on his lap putting my arms around his neck. He started kissing me again. His hands went under my shirt and I smiled while we kissed. 

Author's POV 

Meanwhile, Hiccup showed up at the party. He may not be popular. But word gets around about a party. He would think about going. When he heard it was at Liam's, he figured Astrid would be there too. So he decided to go. He was looking around the house for her. 

After a little bit, Astrid pulled away. She got off of Liam. 

Astrid's POV

"What's wrong?" He asked. 

"We shouldn't do this." I told him. 

"Why?"

"Because I'm not ready." 

"Ready?!" He laughed. I glared at him. "Who cares if your ready." 

"I do." 

"Wait. So your saying you've never slept with a guy before. Ever." 

"No." I said. "I have never slept with someone. I don't sleep with every guy I meet or date." 

"Wow. I never realized what a loser you were." 

"Excuse me?" 

"You've never slept with a guy. You're hot Astrid. Why wouldn't you." 

"Because I'm not a slut, Liam!" 

He stood up and walked towards me while I glared at him. 

"Well too bad. Because your gonna sleep with me. Even if I have to make you." 

"No!" I said backing away. "Leave me alone." I turned to leave and he grabbed me and turned me around. 

"You will sleep with me, and you'll do it now!" He said smacking me across the face. 

"No Liam! You're drunk! I'm not gonna sleep with you!" I yelled at him. He hit me again. He got me on the bed and got on top of me. 

"Get off of me!" I screamed pushing him off. I got up and found my bag and went downstairs. I left the house and started walking down the road. 

"Astrid!" I heard someone scream. I turned around and saw Hiccup. 

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I heard about the party and that it was here. So I figured you'd be there. Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I said not looking at him. 

He must have noticed red mark from the smack Liam gave me. 

"Why is your face red?" He asked. 

"It's nothing." I told him. 

"Astrid." He said. 

I sighed. "He hit me." 

"Liam?" He asked. I nodded. "Astrid. That's not okay." 

I shrugged my shoulders. "He's drunk. Besides I'm use to it. It's not a big deal." 

"You're use to it? What does that mean?" 

"Nothing. Nevermind. It's not important." I told him. 

"At least let me take you home." He offered. I smiled at him. 

"Okay." I said. 

It was almost 1am  by the time I got home. My mom wasn't home yet. I figured she was at a bar. I went to the bathroom and took off my make-up and looked at my black eye and now really red cheek. I sighed and went to my room. I changed into my pajamas and went to sleep. 

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A few days later at school. 

The bell rang for lunch and I was at my locker when Liam came up to me. I kissed his cheek. 

"You change your mind yet?" He asked. I closed my locker and sighed. 

"No." I said looking at him. He slammed me against the locker. 

"Well you better, soon. Or I'm gonna do it anyway." He whispered to me. He backed away and I sighed. "Let's go to lunch." He said taking my hand and we walked to the cafeteria. We walked past Hiccup, and him and I made eye contact. I could tell he could see the fear in my eyes. After a few minutes my phone buzzed. I looked at it. It was a text from Hiccup. 

H: You okay? 

A: yeah. 

H. Astrid. Something's wrong. 

A: Just scared. 

H: Why?

A: I don't wanna talk about it. 


Liam and I got our lunch and sat down and ate. Later after school I started to walk home and felt someone grab my arm and turn me around. It was Hiccup. 

"Tell me!" He said. I could tell he was angry and worried. We've only known each other for like a month and he was the closest friend I had and we barely knew each other. 

"Astrid. Tell me what's going on." He said again. 

"He just wants me to sleep with him. But I don't want too." I told him. 

"Anything else?" 

"No." I told him. He just stared at me, like he knew I was hiding something. I just stared at him. 

"I know there's more. But you always say you don't want to talk about it. So I'm not gonna make you." He said. 

We walked back to my apartment together in silence. I told him he could come in if he wanted too and he agreed. We walked in and the place was a mess and I sighed. It smelled like cigarettes and alcohol as well. 

"I'm sorry." I said. "Maybe you should just go home. I need to clean this up." 

"I can help you." he said. I looked at him surprised. 

"What?" 

He walked past me and picked up some of the wine bottles. "I said I'll help you." He said again. I smiled at him and started cleaning up as well. I checked my mom's room and she wasn't home. We finished cleaning and I made some food for Hiccup and I. I grabbed the mail that was on the counter and started going through it. Opening it and reading it. I sighed again and shook my head. 

"Great, I need to get a job." I said quietly to myself. Hiccup obviously heard it.

"Why?" He asked. I looked up at him. 

" My mom's jobs aren't cutting it. Again. Either we downgrade or I get a job and help, or she gets another one. But she already works three jobs." I said looking at all the bills. Hiccup looked at me. 

"Can I help?" he asked. 

I looked up at him. "What? No. I'm not taking your money." I said to him. 

"How much do you need?" He asked taking out his wallet. I put my hand on his stopping him. I got a weird warm feeling when I touched his hand. He looked at me and our eyes met. We stayed in silence for a moment. I finally broke it. 

"I'll just get a part-time job. It's not a big deal." I finally said. I smiled. "Thank you though." I told him. He smiled at me. I tossed the bills on the coffee table and turned on the t.v. I found a movie on t.v. and put it on and we watched it. I laid down on the couch and fell asleep after a little bit. 

Author's POV 

Meanwhile, Hiccup saw she was sleeping and picked up all the bills on the table and looked through them. He added them up and was surprised at the number he got. 'How did her mom get this much debt? and Astrid shouldn't have to be paying her mom's debt and bills.' Hiccup found one of the bills with a list of stuff on it that had been bought. He saw most of it was hundreds of dollars in alcohol or cigarettes, or restaurants or something not important at all. He knew Astrid didn't have a credit card so it would be her mom buying everything. He looked at Astrid sleeping on the couch and back at the bills. He wrote down the number total. It was almost $10,000. He sighed. He knew that it would keep going up and getting worse. He wrote a note to Astrid and stuck it on the table and left. He went home and called up the companies and paid them off without telling Astrid. He didn't want her to know that he was doing that. 

I guess you could say he really cared for her. 

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