Chapter 2

Astrid stepped out of the elevator and walked straight to Mala and Ruffnut's room which was beside her own. She started banging loudly on the door. "Ruffnut, Mala!! Open the damn door this instant!"

A thud, followed by loud cursing, could be heard from the other side of the door before it opened. "A....Astrid?" Mala answered, still looking groggy. Her eyes were slightly red. "What are you doing here?"

"Good morning to you too Mala!" Astrid said loudly causing Mala to cringe. "Or should I say good afternoon!" She looked inside the room and saw Ruffnut sprawled facedown on the bed with a party hat on, still snoring. "Bridesmaid conference in ten minutes." She told Mala leaving no room for argument. "I'm going to wake Heather."

Mala sighed and then nodded. Astrid then went to the room that she shared with Heather. She used her keycard to get in and found Heather awake and sitting half nude on her bed. "Astrid!" Heather squeaked in surprise and quickly pulled up the blanket to cover herself. "What are you doing here?!" She quickly asked.

Astrid quirked a brow at Heather's nervousness. "Because I sleep here too." She deadpanned.

"Heather sweety how about we go for...... EEK!" The door to the bathroom opened to reveal a blond man with only a towel wrapped around his waist. Astrid was looking between a blushing Heather and the man. "Astrid, you remember Fishlegs right. Hiccup's friend." Heather tried to sound casual as Fishlegs just stood there like a deer caught in the headlights.

The silence continued and Fishlegs quickly grabbed his clothes before heading to the door, still clad in only a towel. "I'll..... Eh...... let you ladies talk this out." He told both women while getting the heck out of dodge. Before he left however he poked his head back in and asked Astrid "Hiccup's alive right?"

"For now." Astrid stated. That was enough assurances for the blonde man to nod and skedaddle.

Mala and Ruffnut, who was wearing dark sunglasses, came into the room a minute later. "Why was Fishlegs in a towel and sprinting down the corridor?" Mala asked confused. This caused Heather to blush more profusely.

"Because Heather got lucky and Astrid is the personification of a cockblock." Ruffnut guffawed. It seemed hangovers removed more of the woman's filter than usual.

"Hey!!" Astrid defended while Heather just wanted to bury herself in under the blankets.

"Oh relax girl." Ruffnut shrugged. "If what happened last night was any indication then Heather isn't the only lucky gal."

"OMG Ruff shut up!!!" Heather screeched from under the blankets.

Astrid's brow twitched and she held up her hand, pointing to the ring finger. "I got married last night!" She shouted.

"Congratulations." The three bridesmaids stated.

"To the wrong guy!!" Astrid muttered. "And why aren't any of you more surprised? Besides nothing happened between Hiccup and I, we had most of our clothes still on." She quickly explained, a faint blush coloring her cheeks.

Heather chose that moment to pop her head out of the mass of blankets. "Because...... Fishlegs and us were your witnesses."

"Define us." Astrid growled. Heather made a circling motion with her finger, meaning that all the bridesmaids knew about this. Astrid's brow twitched and she pursed her lips.

"So you three got me drunk, had me flirt with a guy, AND THEN HAD ME WALK DOWN THE AISLE WITH HIM!"

"To be honest you two were totally into each other." Mala stated. "Even the Elvis impersonator cried."

"So beautiful!" Ruffnut sobbed as she remembered. "I'm sorry, weddings just get me all teary-eyed!"

"We are also totally getting it annulled." Astrid deadpanned as crossed her arms.

"Oh come on Astrid. He's tall, funny, handsome, and knows how to treat a girl right." Heather said. "You gonna drop all that for...... Martin!"

"Look...." Mala began. "We will say this as your bestest friends." She then looked at Ruffnut and Heather who both gave a nod. "We hate Martin."

"He's a dick." Ruffnut deadpanned.

"He treats you more like an ornament." Heather stated. "Do you really want to be some trophy wife to a hotshot investor who doesn't value your time and opinion?"

"He values my opinion!" Astrid defended.

"Honey........." Ruffnut said as she slung her arm around Astrid's shoulders. "He let his mother hijack your wedding."

"What happened to the girl who wanted a simple wedding. Just close friends and family." Mala stated. "The guestlist is already at 300 people."

"How many of those are friends and family?" Heather questioned. "And when was the last time Martin actually supported your career? I doubt he has even glanced at your new manuscript."

"He does support it." Astrid stated. "He's just busy."

"Love really is blind." Ruffnut mumbled. "But hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." She added as an afterthought. Astrid raised a brow at that, telling herself that Ruff was just being Ruff.

"What will you be telling Martin?" Mala suddenly asked.

"Nothing." Astrid muttered. "There will be nothing to tell. We are getting an annulment, this will never have happened, and he will never know. Promise me none of this will leave any of your lips."

The girls promised, crossed their hearts. They then, still in their hungover states began to pack. They'd be heading back to Berk in a few hours and had to be at the airport.

"You sure you want to annul this whole thing with Hottie McHotpants?" Ruffnut asked as they had made it through customs. Astrid flushed at the nickname her friend had given Hiccup, not because it was corny, but because her mind had come up with a similar nickname while drooling and ogling his behind. Ruffnut seemed to notice Astrid's flushed face and then said. "Ah... great minds think alike." Both Mala and Heather let out a snicker as Astrid elbowed Ruffnut.

The flight home was uneventful. Heather and Ruffnut snoring the whole trip while Mala and Astrid played a card game. Once back in Berk Astrid's brows rose upon seeing what her mother and Tuffnut were wearing when they came to pick them up.

"Mom what in Thor's name?" Astrid asked as she gestured to the camouflage clothing she, Tuffnut and the chicken under his arm had on. There was even some warpaint on her mother's cheeks while Tuffnut's hat had several plants stuck to it.

"It's a long story sweety. How was your bachelorette party?" Her mom asked.

"Ugh" Astrid mumbled as her friends giggled. She had taken the ring Hiccup had given her off on the plane, having completely forgotten about it. "Did someone catch your eye sweety?" her mother asked as she and Tuffnut helped them with their luggage.

"A certain someone caught more than an eye." Ruffnut sniggered and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Nothing happened!" Astrid murmured low enough so that her mother didn't hear. "I woke up with my foot in a planter for Thor's sake."

"Might have been something kinky." Mala mumbled with a smirk to the complete shock of the other bridesmaids. She was usually the no-joke, serious, straight faced type. 'If a hangover gives Ruffnut no filter then it must give Mala a pervy side.' Astrid thought.

"So... mom.... The camouflage?"

"Right......" Her mother trailed off. "Well, Julia invited me for brunch and a round of golf at the country club."

"You went dressed like that?" She asked curiously. Julia, aka the future mother-in-law from Hell, had asked her mom to brunch. "Don't you two hate each other?"

"Why do you think I went dressed like this? It's war sweety." her mom countered. "I asked Tuffnut to help me out and escape that god awful country club. Tuffnut just had to cause a distraction."

Tuffnut saluted. "Ma'am, yes Ma'am"

Astrid stopped and stared blankly at her mother. "What exactly did you do?"

"Well sweety, if you see that Julia has a big o'le bump on the forehead then that's probably my doing. You know me, can't play tennis to save my life. I did get to scale a wall thanks to Tuffnut though."

Astrid raised a brow. The two mothers really didn't get along. World War 3 nearly broke out in their house during one of the dinners. She just wasn't going to ask what the hell her mother and Tuff had been up too in their absence.

"Oh Astrid, your editor called." Her mother said. "He couldn't reach you on your phone."

Astrid nodded and decided to call her editor back when they got home. The rest of the trip went by fairly easy. Once home she just had to make sure that Martin, or Thor-forbid Julia, never found out about this little fiasco.

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AN: How's everyone doing? Hehe, I almost have this story finished (giggles). As some of you might have noticed, this story has the general theme of various Hallmark movies (which apparently I have become addicted to). I hope everyone is enjoying it so far. because things are about to get quite heated.