"So, have you gotten a dress yet?" Hiccup asked me from where we laid wrapped up together in his bed, watching a movie on his laptop while Toothless slept at our feet.

I glanced up as I snuggled in closer to him, the dress I had bought the previous Saturday flashing through my mind as I was reminded of the stressful ordeal of finding a dress that pleased me, my friends and my mother. What a struggle it had been. "I have, yes. I'm guessing you've got your tux ready?"

Hiccup snorted as he glanced over at his closet. "It's been hanging in there since February."

I couldn't help but chuckle at his tone. It had almost been two months since we got together and I still got butterflies every time he smiled at me. Did our relationship feel like it had only lasted two months? Hell no, it felt like Hiccup and I had been together forever. Perhaps it was a sign that we were in fact meant to be?

"I can't believe it's May already." I let out a sigh. "Prom's next week and graduation is right around the corner. It's all gone by in such a blur."

Hiccup nodded in agreement. "It's strange to think about what we're going to be doing this time next year, who will we be?"

I chuckled. "You're really out here asking the deep and philosophical questions."

Hiccup shrugged as he wrapped his arm tighter around me. "Someone has to. Hey, do you remember when we first met —or rather — re-met?"

I snorted. "How could I ever forget? My ex almost ran you over with his car."

Hiccup grumbled at the mention of Eret, but quickly regained his cool and began stroking my cheek with the back of his fingers. "I almost forgot about that part, but that wasn't what I was referring to."

I raised my brow at him and he continued. "I was referring to the fact that you couldn't remember me from when we were younger."

I cleared my throat as I avoided eye contact with Hiccup, shifting uncomfortably in his arms. "I mean ... you did change quite a bit. Puberty hit that scrawny little boy you used to be like a freight train."

"How come you don't remember anything from before then? Even if my appearance changed a little that shouldn't just erase your memories of me." Hiccup stated, a puzzled look on his face.

I scratched the back of my neck as I sat up in the bed, pushing the laptop aside as I wrapped my arms around my knees. "First of all, we met over 10 years ago, so don't blame me for failing to remember you."

"You didn't forget the rest of your childhood or your other friends." Hiccup pointed out and I felt my cheeks and ears heat up as I once again avoided his gaze.

I let out a sigh of defeat as I turned towards Hiccup, who was looking at me with furrowed brows, forehead crinkled in worry. "Listen, this is really embarrassing so please don't laugh."

Hiccup raised a brow as he leaned back into the pillows that were propped up against his headboard. "Alright, what is it?"

I bit my bottom lip as I focused on the sliding doors of Hiccup's wardrobe. "When I was 11 I was out playing in the woods with some other friends of mine after a rainy day. We were having a pretty good time until we decided to race to the top of this one hill and I ended up slipping on wet moss and face planted on the ground which was coincidentally solid rock. I managed to split my head open and I had to be rushed to the ER. I got three stitches right on my hairline."

I parted my hair and presented the bleak scar that was left from the incident. Hiccup leaned forward to get a closer look at it. "After that ... many of my past memories got a little hazy. Some things I remembered better than others and unfortunately you weren't one of them, though I can remember flashes and bits of our time together if I really focus. My memory was never the same after the fall and that's why I still struggle with remembering certain things ... like when I am supposed to hang out with someone."

Hiccup folded his hands over his stomach as he watched me intently, slightly tilting his head as he spoke: "That definitely explains a lot of things, but what I don't really get is what's so embarrassing about this story?"

I shuddered as I recalled my fall in the forest. "I thought it was obvious? My fall. Gods, I was so embarrassed. And when the EMTs came and brought helicopters with them? It was so humiliating! It even got in the local paper! Gods, I was so humiliated."

Hiccup's face began tightening, making him look like he was seconds from shitting all over the bed, but as he suddenly burst out into a fit of laughter, I felt my blood boil in my veins. "You said you wouldn't laugh!"

Hiccup struggled to regain his composure through his violent fits of laughter, so much that even Toothless reacted to his owners excessive laughing. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I just though that it would be something much much worse."

I glared at him as I huffed and crossed my arms. Seconds later, his hand brushed against my arm as he sidled up beside me and pressed a soft kiss to my cheek. "Come on, babe, you know I didn't mean to laugh."

"But you did, so now I'm mad at you." I huffed once again as I turned my head away from Hiccup.

His fingers brushed against my cheek as his whisper tickled my ear and sent a jolt of electricity down my spine. "Oh come on, don't be like that, my little Dory."

"Dory?!" I fumed as my vision grew red. I threw myself at Hiccup and pinned him down to the bed. "Do I look like a blue and yellow fish with short-term memory loss to you?"

Hiccup chuckled from where he laid pinned under me, gesturing to the dark blue hoodie I was wearing and to my blonde hair. I grumbled at my outfit as I tightened my grip on his wrists. Hiccup grinned up at me. "I mean ... yes?"

But as I was busy trying to figure out how I was going to beat Hiccup to a bloody pulp, I was suddenly flipped around, Hiccup having taken advantage of my distracted state. Emerald green eyes shone mischievously as a wicked grin stretched across his face. "Looks like the tables have turned, babe."

I much more preferred the use of 'babe' over 'Dory'. I struggled against his tight grip on my wrists. "Alright, I get the point. Can you let me go now, please?"

Hiccup tapped his chin, as if he was thinking about my request before he turned to me with that wicked grin once more. "No."

And then his fingers began running all over my stomach, neck and sides. I let out a howl so loud Toothless jumped a few inches up into the air as Hiccup tickled me mercilessly. "Stop, Stop! Please, stop! I beg you!"

I let out a shrill laugh, which echoed through the room and Hiccup complied. After I had finished panting and gotten my breath back, I glanced up at Hiccup and found him smiling warmly down at me, a stark contrast from his wicked grin from earlier. "What?"

"It's just great to hear you laugh, I love the sound of your laughter." His smile grew wider as he gently stroked my cheek with the back of his fingers.

I huffed. "I didn't know you had problems with your hearing. We should probably take you to a doctor."

Hiccup rolled his eyes at me. "I wonder how I'll ever survive 4 more years of this."

I raised a brow as I sat up in bed to face him. "4 more years? Babe, you're stuck with me until the day your heart stops beating."

A smirk tugged at the corner of Hiccup's lips as his brow arched. "So you're saying we're a forever kind of thing?"

Doubt crept in over me and I immediately regretted what I had said. What kind of person thinks they'll spend the rest of their life with their high school boyfriend? Especially after only two months as a couple? "I-I didn't mean it like that, sorry—"

Hiccup pressed a finger to my lips as our eyes met. He slowly shook his head. "Don't apologize, don't ever apologize. If you want us to stay together forever, then we will. Especially since I want us to stay together forever as well."

I blinked, a little taken aback by his words. "You do?"

A warm smile once again lit up Hiccup's face as he took my hands in his. "Of course I do. I love you, Astrid Hofferson, with all of my heart and I don't think that's something that will ever change."

My heart raced in my chest, aching to burst out at Hiccup's sweet words. I couldn't help but crack a smile at him before I took his face in my hands and connected our lips in a soft, passionate kiss.

"Then I won't have to worry about the baristas on campus?" I teased as I pulled away from him, a mischievous glint in my eyes.

Hiccup tapped his chin. "I mean, if she has luminescent green hair, there's not much I can really do to stay away."

I chuckled as I gave him a well-deserved punch in the shoulder. "Jerk."

Hiccup clutched the spot I had hit him with his good arm before wiggling his brows at me. "You know you love it."

I burst out into laughter and Hiccup quickly followed. It had been ages since I had felt as comfortable and as good as I did whenever I was with Hiccup and I truly hoped I would never lose that feeling.

***

"This is it." I announced as we walked up the driveway leading up to my house. "Thanks for walking me home."

Hiccup shrugged as Toothless tugged on the leash he was clutching. "It was nothing, really. Besides, Toothless needed to go out for a walk as well, so it's like killing two birds with one stone."

I shook my head at him as I let out a chuckle. "You're impossible."

"I love you too!" Hiccup grinned before our lips met in a quick goodbye-kiss.

"See you tomorrow!" I waved to Hiccup and Toothless as I stuck my key in the keyhole and twisted it.

"See you!" Hiccup called back as he and Toothless began walking in the direction we had come from, narrowly avoiding Toothless relieving himself in my father's prized bushes.

My heart was still racing as I took of my jacket and made my way into the kitchen. How was it possible that I was still so crazy about Hiccup? My thought process was interrupted by my parents greeting me from where they sat at the dinner table, clearly just about to eat dinner.

"Did you eat over at Hiccup's?" My mother asked me as I picked up a glass of water and downed it all in one gulp. I shook my head.

"No, dad told me he wanted me to eat dinner with you guys tonight." I replied casually as I sat down on the chair opposite of my parents, watching as my mother shot my father a sharp look. He smiled sheepishly to her in return before getting up to grab me a plate and some utensils.

"You've got to let her live her own life, darling, she'll be going away to university this fall, we can't baby her forever." My mother informed my father, a strict undertone to her voice.

My dad let out a heavy sigh as he filled my plate with the pasta we were having for dinner. "Is it so wrong of me to want to spend some time with my daughter before she leaves us to go study far far away?"

"Dad," I began as he placed my plate in front of me. "It's literally half an hour away. And you know I'll be staying with you guys for freshman year, right?"

Again, my dad sighed, causing my mother to roll her eyes as she ate her dinner. "It's just that you're growing up so fast and I want to spend some time with you before you end up moving in with Hiccup and eventually become Mrs. Haddock."

I choked on my pasta at his comment, earning an arched brow from my mother. "I'm not going to get married anytime soon, dad, rest assured of that."

"What your father is trying to say, sweetie," My mother began as she side eyed my father. "Is that we're both going to miss you terribly when you leave and we want to spend as much time as possible with you before you start your own life. You are our only child after all."

I took a minute to process what she had said. Mom definitely had a point and the fact that it had taken me so long to realize how difficult my departure would be for my parents was straight up embarrassing. I made a mental note to spend more time with my parents before I went off to university with Hiccup. "I'm sorry, I'll spend more time with you guys if that's what you want."

My parents beamed as they met my gaze. It was clear that this was something they were very excited about. The rest of the dinner ended up just being a recap of what we had all done throughout the day and it ended with me doing the dishes, which I surprisingly enough didn't mind.

Before I made my way up to my bedroom, I made sure to give both my parents a good-night hug, which they both seemed to appreciate. As I entered my room, the first thing that caught my eye was the beautiful dress that hung outside my closet. I ran a hand across the soft satin as I smiled to myself. I couldn't wait for a night of talking, dancing and having fun with all my friends. I was certain it would be something I would remember forever.