Astrid's POV 

I was in a store with Hiccup trying to find a nice outfit to wear to court. 

Yes, court. 

I found out a couple days ago that I have to be a witness at a trial for my father, and to be honest, I'm terrified. It will be the first time I see my father in eleven years. Eleven years. I don't even know what he looks like anymore. I have to witness to the fact I'm the only that has even seen him beat my mother. I hated the memories. But I didn't have a choice but to think of them right now while figuring out what to say or what questions they will ask, well having my father about thirty feet away staring at me. 

"What about this, Astrid?" I heard snapping from my thoughts and look at Hiccup. He was holding up a black pencil skirt. I smiled. 

"Looks nice." I said walking over to him. I took it from his hands. "Now I need a nice shirt or blouse, and a blazer." I told him. I walked over to another rack and started going through the shirts and blouses. I found a nice light blue one and smiled. I picked it up and held it up. I than looked around for a blazer, I decided to go with a black blazer to match with my skirt. I found one and dragged Hiccup to the fitting room area with me. He took a seat on one of the chairs well I changed into the blouse and skirt. I came out to show him. 

"So? What do you think?" I asked him. He smiled. I think partly because I noticed afterwards how see through the blouse was. I gave him a smirk. 

"I like it." He said. "But where's the blazer?" He asked. I grabbed it and put it on over top and looked at myself in the mirror that was on the front of door to my fitting room. The pencil skirt hugged my body but still looked nice and professional. I took my hair and put it up in a bun for the moment. 

"I especially love the shoes." I heard Hiccup say pointing to my dark blue converse I had on. I smiled and laughed a little. "Do you need some shoes too?" He asked. 

"I was thinking of just wearing my black heels, but I'm not sure how appropriate that would be for court." I said looking at the prices on the clothing items I had. I sighed adding up the prices and it was well over the $100 I was hoping to spend. I noticed Hiccup got up. 

"What size are you?" I heard him ask. I looked at him. 

"Size 7." I told him. He walked away and came back a couple minutes later handing me a pair of black flats that had bows on them. I smiled and put them on with the outfit. 

"Beautiful!" He said. I looked at him and smiled. 

"Yes, but way more than I can afford." I said going back into the fitting room. I started to change back into my own clothes. 

"How much?" I heard Hiccup ask. I sighed pulling up my white jeans and buttoning them. 

"Altogether, for the skirt, top and blazer it's almost $150, add in the shoes and it's about $180 before taxes." I said putting on my grey tank top and jean jacket. I put my converse back on and walked out carrying the clothing and flats in my hands. "I just wasn't planning on spending almost $200 on one outfit." I told him. We went up to the cashier and I asked her to put them on hold for me. She told me they would hold them up to two weeks. 

"Not getting it?" Hiccup asked. 

"Not today. I'm gonna wait until my next pay check." I told him. He kissed my head and we left the store. We were about halfway down the hall when Hiccup realized he had forgotten his phone on the chair he had been sitting on. 

Author's POV

"I'll be right back." He said. "Stay here." He headed back to the store and found his phone. Hiccup went up to the cashier and asked her to ring the stuff that Astrid had put on hold through and he paid for it. "Can you send it to this address for Friday?" He asked writing his address down. The cashier nodded. 

"Of course. She doesn't know you're doing this, does she?" She asked. Hiccup shook his head. 

"No. She doesn't." He said. "Thank you." He said leaving the store and found Astrid leaning against a wall. 

Astrid's POV

Hiccup came back and grabbed my hand and we headed back to his house. 

It had been a few days and I was sitting in my room reading a book for English class. I heard a knock on the door. 

"Come in!" I called. I heard the door open and it was Hiccup. "Hey." I said smiling. 

"Hey, I have something for you." He said. I put my book down and looked him curiously getting up from the couch in my room. He handed me a bag and I brought it over to my bed and started to open it. When I pulled out the outfit and shoes I had tried on the other day for my court hearing I just looked up at him. 

"Hiccup." I said. He just stood there and smiled. "Thank you. But you didn't have to buy it for me." I told him. I walked up to him and held his hands. He smiled and let go of one hand and put his around my waist and pulled me close to him. "You're so sweet to me you know that?" I said to him with a smile. He smiled back and kissed me. I didn't hesitate to kiss back. I soon found my hands around his neck and partly in his hair. I felt his wrap around my waist tighter than usual. I started to push him backwards a bit and he hit the base of the couch and sat down. I sat on his lap and we continued to kiss more passionately. Hiccup soon got me to lay on my back on the couch and was on top of me now. We broke the kiss and were both breathing heavily. Hiccup and I were just staring at each other's eyes. 

"I love you Astrid." Hiccup said moving some hair out of my face and stroking my cheek. I smiled and blushed lightly. Hiccup started to kiss me again before I could say anything. He moved to my jaw line and than to my neck and I let out a small gasp.  

"Hiccup." I said. 

"Hmm?" He said kissing my neck still. 

"Please stop." I said pulling away. All that came to mind was Liam and what he had done to me. Hiccup pulled away and looked at my face and saw the fear. 

"I'm sorry." He said kissing my forehead. I smiled softly at him.

"It's okay." I told him. I kissed his cheek gently. Hiccup got up and so did I, I headed back to my bed where I had laid out my court outfit. I got some hangers from my closet and hung them up. Afterwards Hiccup told me to get something nice on and meet him downstairs at 6:30pm. I looked at him confused. 

"I'm taking you out tonight." He said with a smile. 

"Fancy or casual?" I asked. 

"Kind of both." He said. I smiled. 

"Okay, babe." I said. Hiccup left and went to his own bedroom. I went into my closet and found a pair of white skinny jeans. I found my red tank top that dipped down a bit in the front and my black leather jacket. I picked out a long gold chained necklace that had a key on it. I picked out a pair of red heels I had and set the outfit out on my bed. I went and had a shower and got dressed. I noticed there was some cleavage but I didn't really mind and I knew Hiccup wouldn't mind either. I did my make-up and put my hair in a lose side braid. I grabbed my small black purse that had a gold chain and headed downstairs as it hit 6:30pm. Hiccup was at the door already and saw me and smiled. 

"You look amazing." He said to me. I smiled. He handed me a bouquet of light blue roses. 

"Thank you." I said. "For the compliment and the flowers." I said kissing his cheek. I went and put them in a vase and than Hiccup and I left. 

He took me to a nice but not expensive restaurant. We had dinner and talked and had a good time. We went and saw a movie afterwards. We went back to the house and he took me to the backyard. 

"Where are we going?" I asked. 

"I wanna show you something." He said. He brought me to the back of the backyard. The backyard was huge. There was a small building about the size of a garage at the back of the yard. Hiccup unlocked the door and brought me inside. He turned the light on and it was like a completely separate house. 

"Why are we here?" I asked him. 

"I wanted to show it to you. Just if you ever need to get away from the house. There's this. Or we use it for guests as well. Or," He started and I felt his arms around me and looked at him. "We can use it as our own little space." He said kissing my cheek. I smiled at him. We headed back to the actual house after Hiccup finished showing me the guest house. We went upstairs and I was about to go in my room when Hiccup stopped me. 

"Goodnight M'lady." He said. I smiled. 

"Goodnight Hiccup." I said. I leaned up and kissed him and than went into my room. I shut my door and went and changed into my pajamas. i took off my make-up and laid on my bed and sighed. 

'I love him.' I thought  to myself. 

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It was the day of my court hearing and I was up early getting ready. I had decided to wear a white tank top underneath my blouse so it wouldn't be see through. I put my hair up in a nice bun with a braid around it and pinned it into place. I pinned my bangs to the side, put on my make-up and grabbed what I needed and headed downstairs. Hiccup was waiting for me. He was going to watch the trial. Mainly for my sake, to make me feel somewhat more comfortable. 

"You sure you're okay with doing this?" He asked. I sighed. 

"No, but I don't have a choice." I told him. "I'm the only witness to what he did to my mom. I'm the only one who can speak up about it. As much as I don't want too." I said. Hiccup sighed and kissed my head. 

"Come on. You don't want to be late." He said. We headed out and got to the court house. They brought me to the other side where the trial would take place and Hiccup sat in the front row right in my sight from the chair I would be sitting in. 

The trial started and they brought my father in who was in an orange prison suit, handcuffed and escorted by two police officers. He looked awful. He had a rugged beard and you could tell he had been an alcoholic and drug addict. His hair was fairly long, and he took a seat and was staring at me. I took a deep breath. I don't think he realized who I was until they got on with the trial and got to where I had to witness. 

"Astrid Hofferson." The judge said. "Please come up to the witness chair." I stood up and went and stood by the witness box. I saw my dad staring at me and I could see he was surprised to see me there. I saw Hiccup looking at me from behind my father and took another breath. 

"Do you swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth, or so help me God." The man standing in front me asked me to repeat while holding up my right hand. 

"Yes." I said. 

"You may take a seat." He told me. I sat down in the chair and my father and I for some odd reason weren't breaking eye contact. I think we were both in shock of the sight of each other after eleven years. 

"Miss Hofferson, is it true that your father, Aaron Hofferson abused your mother Tiffany Hofferson?" The persecutor asked me. 

I nodded. "Yes. It's true." 

"How often did it happen?" 

"Every day. I don't remember not seeing him abuse her." 

"Did he ever abuse you?"

"No. My mother said he wanted too, but she wouldn't let him. He would abuse her twice as much so that he wouldn't touch me." 

"How long did this abuse go on?" 

"As long as I can remember. My mother and I left when I was seven years old. That's the last time I saw my father. He had been abusing her everyday for as long as I can remember." 

"Was he an alcoholic?" 

"Yes. At the time I didn't know. But he always had bottle of a clear liquid in his hand and I knew that if had to much he would get angry and mean, and the abuse would be worse when he drank too much." 

"Thank you Miss Hofferson. You may go sit down." 

I got up and they let me go sit with Hiccup. I sat down and let out a sigh of relief. I felt Hiccup hold my hand and stroke his thumb along the back of it. 

After some discussion and the jury left to discuss and came back. They had a verdict. 

"Aaron Hofferson is proven guiltly of domestic violence against his ex-wife Tiffany Hofferson. Sentence, 20 years to life." The judge announced banging her small hammer thing (idk what it's called XD) "Case closed." She said. 

I saw them get my father up from his seat and he turned and looked at me. I met his eyes and he had a very sorrowful look in his eyes. I was wondering if he felt bad for what he had done. For missing out on eleven years of my life. Hiccup and I left the court house and went back to his house. 

The mail was at the house and there was a letter for me. I opened it and banged my fist on the counter of the kitchen. 

"UGH!" I said. Hiccup came in. 

"Astrid? Are you okay?" He asked. I looked at him. 

"Another one." I said. Hiccup looked at me strange and took the paper from my hand. He read it. 

"Another court hearing?" He said. I nodded.

"They're still decided if I'm a victim or a witness to what my mom has done." I said. "It says that at the bottom." I said looking through the rest of the mail. There was another letter from the court house too. I opened that one, it was the same thing. "Look, another one. For Liam. I have to state what he did to me is true." I said to Hiccup. I put the letters down on the counter and sighed putting my face in my hands. 

"Astrid. It's gonna be okay." Hiccup said. He walked up to me and took my hands from my face and I looked at him and sighed. He kissed my head. "Don't worry about them yet. They're not happening yet okay?" He said. I nodded. 

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A few days later at school I was at my locker and someone came walked by me. 

"Hey look, it's the girl who's parents are in jail." The person said. I looked up from my locker and turned to see Kara. Kara Williams. 

"Excuse me?" I said. A few others came around and more smart comments were made to me about my parents being in jail. 

"She's living with Hiccup, because her father is in jail, and her mother was arrested for shooting her and being an alcoholic whore." She said. There was a fairly big crowd around us now and I had a death glare on my face. 

"It's none of your business where my parents are and where I'm living." I snapped at her. 

"Well everyone knows. So there's no point in trying to hide that you're innocent." She said. 

"What do you mean they know?" I asked. 

"We all know that your father abused your mom and wanted to abuse you. We all know that your mother had you when she was 18, it's a shock you're not knocked up yet yourself. We also know your mother is a whore, and an alcoholic. We know what Liam did to you. And sweet old fishbone Hiccup took you in. Aren't you dating the loser too?" She said. 

I was mad now, really mad. I walked up to her.

"Don't talk about me, or my parents or my life!" I said.

"Why? Does it hurt your feelings?" She said with an evil smirk on her face.  

'That's it!' I thought. I made a fist and swung it at her face punching her really hard. People around us starting chanting 'fight, fight, fight, fight.' She got up and tried to hit me back and I dodged it and punched her again. I pinned her to the ground and kept punching her over and over again. A teacher came and had to pull me off of her. Kara was bleeding, I think I broke her nose, and she'll definetly have a black eye. 

"Principal's office. Now!" The teacher said to me. I grabbed my book bag, slammed my locker shut and went to the office. 

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I was home, it was only 10:30am - I got sent home for punch Kara Williams, and I got suspended for three days. I could care less. Even if my parents are in jail, she has no right to know, let alone tell everyone. I changed into a pair of sweat pants and a tank top and put my hair up in a messy bun. I took out my contacts and but my glasses on. I went downstairs and opened the fridge. I searched it top to bottom, front to back, until I found a few bottles of alcohol. There was also some bottles of wine on the counter too. I opened one of the vodka bottles and took a huge swig of it. I took it with me to the living room and turned on the TV. 

Later in the afternoon it was about 3pm and I heard the front door close. I heard a male's voice. 

"Astrid?" He said. He sounded a bit mad and annoyed. "I need to talk to you." 

"I'm in here!" I said drunk. I was drunk, I had drank an entire bottle of wine and half a bottle of vodka. I heard him come in and he came by the couch. "Heeeeyyyyy. How was school?" I asked him. 

"Fine. That's what I need to talk to you about. You got suspended for punching Kara Williams?" He asked. I nodded. 

"Yes. You know why?" I said standing up wobbly catching my balance. "Cause she's a bitch." I said "Somehow, she knows about my parents and Liam, and decided to tell everyone at school and talk about it in to me in front of everyone. So I punched her." I said. I tried to walk towards Hiccup and almost fell. I felt him catch me. 

"Astrid. That doesn't mean you punch her." Hiccup said. 

"Shhh. Sweet boy in front of me. You wanna do something? Fun." I said. 

"What's that?" He asked. I giggled at the thought and whispered in his ear. 

"We should, go upstairs, and have some fun. If you know what I mean?" I said kissing his cheek. I felt him push me off. 

"Astrid. You're drunk." 

"No, I'm not drunk. I'm in love. With Hiccup. But don't tell him. It's a secret." I said. 

"You're in love with me?" 

"NO! I want to sleep with you, have some fun. But I am in love with Hiccup Haddock. He's cute, and sweet, and loyal, and adorable, and a dork. He's also very loving and caring about me. I love him." 

"Astrid. You need to get to bed. Okay?" 

"Go to bed, with you." I said to him. 

"No. Go to bed, alone." He said. I sighed. 

"Fine." I started to walk towards the steps. "Don't tell Hiccup that I love him. It's a secret." 

"You really love him, huh?" Hiccup said. I put my finger to the boy's mouth. 

"Shhhhhhhhhhhh....Don't tell Hiccup." I said. I somehow made it up to the stairs and to my bedroom and crawled into bed and passed out. 

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