Hey guys! 

Thanks for all the love on the first chapter of this story! I'm so glad you guys like it already!! 

Here's chapter 2!!! 

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 It was Saturday morning and Hiccup was bringing Hailey to his mom's place. They got there and he helped Hailey out of the car and inside the house. 

"Cloudjumper!" Hailey said running off to find the dog. 

"I'll be over around lunch to pick her up." Henry told his mom. 

"Alright, do you want me to feed her?" Valerie asked. 

"No, it's okay. I'll take her out after. I told her we would spend the afternoon together." Hiccup said. 

"Okay, have a good shift." Valerie said. Hiccup left and headed to work. 

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"Gary! I'm here. Where is the new person I'm training." Hiccup said walking into the office to see Astrid. 

"Hiccup?" She said. 

"Astrid?" Hiccup said and looked at Gary. 

"You two know each other?" Gary asked. 

"Not really. Astrid is my new neighbour in the apartment beside mine." Hiccup said. 

"Oh. Well, hopefully, you two will get along well, if you're going to be living next door and working together." Gary said. "Hiccup, start her training." 

"Right, come on." Hiccup said and Astrid followed him. 

Hiccup showed her how to take orders and serve customers, how to do the cash and make drinks and everything else she needed to know. 

They finished a little early and Hiccup didn't have to leave yet, so they sat down with their own coffees. 

"So, why did you move here?" Hiccup asked. 

"Um, well, it's kind of a long, personal story. But basics, I was in a really bad relationship with someone and needed to get out. Some of the people helping me suggested I move away and start over somewhere else. So I came here." Astrid said. "I found the apartment, and saw the shop was hiring, so I figured I would just work for a while." 

"Nice. I've been working here since I was sixteen. Gary is a family friend of ours." 

"Ours?" Astrid asked. 'I hope he doesn't mean a girlfriend.' she thought. 

"Well, he was really close with my dad. Gary is like a second dad to me. My dad passed away when I was twenty in an accident. I have my mom, and my four-year-old daughter, Hailey." 

"I'm sorry about your dad. What about Hailey's mom?" 

"Camille, she left when Hailey was only a few months old. She didn't even want a child. So when she got pregnant, I told her I wanted to keep the baby, but she wanted an abortion. So we talked and after a while, the doctors said it was too late into the pregnancy to have one. She wasn't too pleased but said she would try to be a mom. But she bailed a couple months later. I only stay in touch with her for Hailey's sake. Hailey sees her mom once a month, but her mom doesn't seem to care about her at all, so I'm going to file for full custody." Hiccup said. 

"Wow. That's a lot." Astrid said. 

"Yeah, sorry... didn't mean to spill everything out." Hiccup said. 

"No, it's okay. Don't worry about it." She smiled. Hiccup smiled. 

"Well, I guess I'll see you around. I have to go pick up Hailey from my mom's. I'm taking her out for lunch and then whatever she wants to do for fun today." Hiccup said. Astrid smiled. 

"Bye." Astrid said. 

Hiccup got up and left. 

Astrid sighed. 'He's so sweet.' she thought. 

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Hiccup and Hailey were sitting in a restaurant. Hailey took a bite of hamburger, which was bigger than her small mouth. 

"Mmm!" Hailey said after swallowing it. Hiccup smiled. 

"You like it? He asked her. Hailey nodded. 

"I like our lunch dates, daddy." 

"Me too, munchkin." He said as Hailey tried fitting her burger in her mouth again.  "what do you want to do today?" He asked her. 

Hailey grabbed her napkin and wiped her mouth, missing half of the mess. 

"Umm, something with animals?" 

"Sure. Do you want to go to the zoo or the aquarium?" 

"Umm, the aquarmiam." Hailey said, pronouncing it wrong. Hiccup smiled. 

"Okay sweetheart. Finish up you're food, and then we can go." 

Hailey nodded and took another bite of her burger well Hiccup ate his own burger too.

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They arrived at the aquarium and got inside. Hiccup was holding Hailey's hand while they walked around. 

"Daddy! Look!" Hailey said running to the glass wall to see some of the fish. "Wow!" 

Hiccup followed her and knelt down beside her to her level. Some of the fish came up close to the glass and Hailey put her hand on it where they were and was just captivated by them. Something else grabbed her attention and she walked along the glass tank and watched all the fish, and stingrays, and some small sharks, swim around all th coral.  She heard a little kid giggling and looked over. 

"Mommy! Look at the fishes." The child said. The child's mom knelt down and hugged the child and kissed their head. Hailey frowned a little. 

Hiccup noticed and looked where Hailey was looking. 

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked her. 

"Am I ever gonna have a real mommy?" Hailey asked looking at her dad. Hiccup felt his heart sank realizing she was starting to notice that other kids had two parents or a mom that was around a lot. 

"You have a mommy." He said. 

"Not one that lives with us, and gives me kisses and hugs or tucks me in, or tells me stories, or that you love." Hailey looked at the fish in the tank. "Even the fishies have mommy's." 

Hiccup frowned. It broke his heart seeing his daughter so upset over this. 

"I don't like my mommy. She's mean to me." Hailey said. Hiccup looked at her. 

"Mommy's mean to you?" He asked. Hailey nodded. 

"She and the boy that lives with her, they don't like me. They tell me I can't have snacks when I'm hungry, I ask to watch a show or movie and they tell me no. Mommy tells me to go play in the playroom, but I don't have toys. Just paper and crayons. But I don't always want to color. Sometimes mommy will yell at me." 

"What does she say?" Hiccup asked and Hailey furrowed her eyebrows well staring at the fish in the tank. 

"She tells me to shut up, and says I'm a brat. She never says that she loves me, I've even heard her say she wishes I wasn't hers or doesn't want me around. She's glad that you have me most of the time because she can't put up with me and my whining. The guy there yells at me too. I was crying one time, cause I wanted to come home and he said: "shut your damn mouth, I don't wanna listen to a stupid brat cry." Hailey was almost crying. "Mommy didn't do anything. She told me to shut up too and that she would smack me if I didn't stop." 

"Has mommy or her friend ever hit you?" Hiccup asked his daughter. Hailey looked at him with a tear falling from her eye and nodded. Hiccup looked shocked. 

"She's hit me on my cheek more than once, and her friend has hit me on the head and they grab my arms really tight, and it hurts."  Hailey said. 

"Sweetie, look at me," Hiccup says. Hailey looks at him. "I'm glad you told me, and I promise they won't hurt you ever again. Okay?" Hailey nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck. Hiccup hugged her back. "I love you, munchkin." 

"I love you too, daddy." Hailey said. 

"Now, let's go look at some penguins, okay?" Hiccup said. Hailey smiled and nodded. 

"Okay! Can I waddle like one there?" She asked. Hiccup chuckled and nodded. 

"Sure, sweetie." He said. 

Hailey started to waddle well Hiccup walked beside her to go see the penguins.

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There you go!!! 

Chapter 2 is done! 

I hope you guys enjoyed! 

Tell me what you think! :)