(A/N: "Underwear would be fine...if I were wearing any." Is the time of inspiration for this shortie.)

Hiccup opened the door to the backward and stepped out of his parents house, the bright sun stinging his eyes.

He heard the sound of a beach ball hitting something and felt a dull ache on the side of his head as he lost his balance. Grabbing into the doorframe to not fall into the flower bush in front of him, he groaned loudly.

"Ohoho!" Snotlout laughed as he turned towards his fiancé sitting in a sun chair and painting her nails. "Nailed it," Ruffnut said with a smirk.

"Snotlout! I was explicitly told that you wouldn't be here today...I thought you were hanging drywall or something?" Hiccup said, confused as he shoved his hands into his pockets.

"Leroy fired him again," Ruffnut cut in, annoyed. "Whatever. Like that dick never came to work with a little buzz on," Snotlout deadpanned and threw his arms up.

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "I brought a girl with me. Uh...so...I am begging you, from the bottom of my heart, please don't be a jerk," He begged, not wanting to imagine the heartbreak of Snotlout screwing things up with a girl he wasn't even dating yet. "I'll do anything you want."

"Slap shot regatta," Snotlout said, leaning back against the edge of the pool to tan.

"Uh..."

Oh no.

Suddenly, Tuffnut popped out from under the water, breathing heavily. "How long was I down there!?" He asked. "What's my time? What's my time?"

"Nope. Only fifty-eight seconds," Snotlout said as he raised the stopwatch.

"Damnit!"

There was a pause before Tuffnut turned towards Hiccup. "Hey there, pirate," He said, considerably nicer than his cousin. "So..." He started. "Tuff...you're here. That means that..." He trailed off when he heard the annoying voice of Heather not far from him.

"Ohhhh, yeahhhh. Who wants it? Who wants it? Who wants it? I'll show it..." She said, doing an awkward dance as she opened her towel to reveal a horrifying hot-pink fishnet swimsuit.

Snotlout and Tuffnut whistled and boosted her on. Honestly, he just wanted to throw up.

"Border patrol!" Tuffnut yelled, looking at his girlfriend.

Heather looked at her ex and raised her eyebrows, thinking she made him miss her. "Hey, Hiccup," She said, showing herself off.

"Uh...hi there," He said, awkward. Sensing her presence, he turned around and laid eyes on the beautiful blonde behind him. God, she was drop-dead gorgeous.

"Um," He started and turned back to the people in front of him. "Everybody, this is Astrid," He said, introducing her. "Astrid, this is everybody."

Astrid smiled as she looked around, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"That's my cousin, Snotlout," Hiccup started and pointed to the respective person. "His fiancé...Ruffnut and uh, my...Heather and Tuffnut," He said, scratching himself behind the ear.

Oh god, this is awkward, He thought.

"Hey, everybody!" She greeted, her voice slightly cracking

There was nothing but awkward silence.

"...this is when you say, "Hi, Astrid," you know," He deadpanned, switching his weight from his left foot to his right.

"Who are you?" Snotlout asked. "She's Astrid," Hiccup responded and received a confused look from his cousin. "Why is she here?" Tuffnut asked.

"She came with me," Hiccup said and turned to look at the blonde beside him wearing a bright smile.

"You hit her car or something?"

"Jesus, no, but, thank you for asking."

She giggled beside him and nudged his arm with her elbow.

"Are you a social worker?" Snotlout asked, really confused why his cousin came with a girl a billion times hotter than himself.

Astrid laughed. "Nope," She said with a smile. "Ah, shit. Are we being evicted?" Snotlout asked once again.

He was really getting on Hiccup's nerves.

"Are you a hooker?"

"Snotlout!" Ruffnut scolded, waving her hand in the air. "Or...a prostitute, I mean?"

"Oh my god," Hiccup groaned. Oh my fucking god.

"No, Hiccup and I were having dinner the other night and he said he was getting together with his family and it's been a while since I had a family dinner so...I don't know, I hope you guys don't mind? I just...invited myself along," Astrid said, a wide smile on her lips with her cheeks tinted pink.

Dear god, she's gonna be the end of me, Hiccup thought.

"Well, come on in for a dip girl!" Tuffnut yelled, waving his hand and motioning for her to join them in the pool.

Heather uncrossed her arms and looked at her boyfriend. "Tuffnut," She whisper-yelled.

"Oh, no. You know what? I don't even have a bathing suit," Astrid said, shrugging softly.

"You can wear your underwear. It's just like a bikini. It covers all the good shit," Snotlout pointed out. "Yeah, underwear is fine," Tuffnut caught on.

"Tuffnut!" Heather yelled though gritted teeth. He raised a hand. "It's like...what they did in the old days," He remarked.

Hiccup pinched the bridge of his nose with his hand.

Astrid nodded, hands clasped in front of her. "Underwear would be fine," She started with a small smile. "If I were wearing any," She finished, the smile turned into a big smirk.

"Ugh!" Heather hoarked, turning away with a disgusting look on her face.

Ruffnut could only smile as she watched her brother disappear under water, ashamed.

Hiccup's head whipped towards her with wide eyes and a lopsided smile on his lips. He looked down her white dress before meeting her eyes, nodding and shifting awkwardly.

Well...that would definitely make this family gathering ten times harder.

(A/N: This is inspired from, "She's Out Of My League." I do not ship Ruffnut and Snotlout with each other, nor Heather with Tuffnut. I just had to make that up.

Hope you enjoyed this!)

- Toothless_NightFury1.