Chapter 3
It was another sunny day when Hiccup went to get his mail. "Bills, bills, advertisement, coupons" He mumbled while going through them. Then a blue envelope caught his eye. He hummed as he opened the envelope and raised his brow at the invitation. "Now this was interesting" He mused while going back to his apartment with the mail.
He placed the mail on the counter before going to make lunch. "Hiya honey!" suddenly came from behind him causing him to let out a 'manly' shriek of surprise. He quickly grabbed the tomato which was flung into the air and turned around to see Astrid leaning seductively against his counter.
"You enjoy doing that don't you?" Hiccup asked as he held a hand over his heart.
"It's a demon thing." Astrid shrugged before leaning in to kiss Hiccup. She smiled before bringing her hands lower and giving Hiccup's behind a squeeze.
"ASTRID!!" Hiccup squeaked and blushed furiously. Even after all these months he could still not quite get used to that.
"Why do you always have to wear such baggy shorts Hiccup?" Astrid pouted as she played with the tomato he had set down on the counter. "You really ought to flaunt what your mother gave you."
Hiccup let out a cough while his cheeks were stained pink. Astrid spotted the blue envelope on the counter with the invitation out. She lifted her brow in question. "So are you going to see your high school friends again?" She asked. "You never really talk about them."
"That's because I didn't have many." Hiccup mumbled.
"But you are so adorkable!" Astrid laughed.
"Adorkable? Is that even a word?" Hiccup asked. "Besides it isn't a full reunion. Just a dinner and get together at a hotel. Those who sent it were from the popular crowd and we were definitely not friends."
"Don't tell me you were the classic nerd in highschool." Astrid asked as she poked Hiccup in the stomach.
"No no" Hiccup quickly said as he tried to avoid the pokes and not laugh. He was quite ticklish. "I wasn't a nerd."
"Then what were you? You already know what I was in Demon High."
"Yeah, lead cellist!" Hiccup smiled as he remembered the picture he was shown by Astrid's father.
"A flat chested lead cellist!" Astrid mumbled. "But look at me now!" She gestured to the very sexy and revealing outfit, which basically consisted of a black corset, a palm-sized black skirt, high leather boots, and the fact that she wasn't in the flat chest department anymore. "I doubt it would have been worse for you."
"Alright. I was a total emo in high school." Hiccup confessed. Astrid looked him up and down. "No really. I was this skinny kid without any muscles, dressed in total black and with a tongue piercing to boot."
"So why did you get the invite then?" Astrid questioned.
"I don't know. It just seems a little sketchy to me. I spent half my school life getting pushed into lockers by them."
Astrid hummed as if in thought "Well you never know; maybe they want to make it up to you. You never really know with people these days. It was much simpler in ancient times. I miss those knightly duels!" She let out a sad sigh.
"I guess I could go and see what it's all about. Would you like to accompany me?" He asked as Astrid smiled.
"Of course honey. I'd love to. Now you said something about a piercing?" Astrid asked as she leaned in closer. Hiccup let out a gulp. He had completely forgotten that Astrid found such things sexy. "You have got to show me." She giggled as she tugged him close.
"Whatabout lunch?" he asked as his girlfriend got that sultry look in her eyes. "Lunch can wait." She mumbled. "There is always a late lunch or....... Dinner." Hiccup still blushing slightly, nodded.
The night of the reunion dinner found Hiccup and Astrid walking arm in arm into the hotel lobby. Since the invitation said formal dress both had worn their best. For Hiccup that meant a black tuxedo with a dark green trim and Astrid had worn a long sexy red Chiffon dress which was open in the back and sported a deep V neck. The high split on the side of the dress showed off her sexy legs. Hiccup had coughed and blushed when she showed him, much to her delight. He had however failed to contain his laughter a bit when she told him the precise color of the dress, Red Devil.
They were shown to the ballroom where the other guest were and Astrid excused herself for a bit to freshen up. Hiccup waited outside near the ballroom when he ran into one of his old highschool friends. "Fishlegs is that really you?" he greeted.
"Hiccup!" Fishlegs exclaimed as he proceeded to envelop his friend in a big hug.
"Fish.... Needtobreathe" Hiccup gasped out as he was promptly put back on the ground by a sheepish looking Fishlegs. He was dressed similarly to Hiccup; only he was wearing a completely classy tuxedo, only without the green.
"Right." Fishlegs chuckled and then gestured to the black haired woman next to him. "May I introduce you to my fiance, Heather." He introduced. Heather shook Hiccup's hand as the later looked at her. She was wearing a rather modest dark blue dress, with a slit running down from just below her knee. It had a modest V line, which showed that Mother Nature had blessed her.
"Wait weren't you the head cheerleader?" Hiccup asked as he looked between the two.
"Yes. Fishlegs and I went to the same University. We got together during our junior year." She confirmed.
"Funny story that actually." Fishlegs chuckled. Before Hiccup could ask why Fishlegs was starting to blush he heard someone shout "Oh My GOSH HEATHER good to see you girl!"
Hiccup saw two people coming out of the ballroom and walking towards them. He recognized one of them as one of the quarterbacks from the high school team, Matt. The woman walking next to him proceeded to enveloped Heather in a hug. It was then that it hit him. That was Valerie, the girl who was student council president in their senior year.
Matt who was quite the ladies man during high school turned to Fishlegs and Hiccup. "Fishlegs, Hiccup, didn't think you two would come."
"Well since I'm Heather's date and all." Fishlegs mumbled. Hiccup guessed he wasn't so sure about coming either since he didn't belong to the popular group in high school.
"I thought I could check it out." Hiccup merely mentioned as he shook Matt's hand.
"Oh Hiccup please don't tell me you came stag tonight." Valery said. "We have the ballroom set up for dancing as well. I wouldn't want you to feel left out."
"Oh don't worry." Came from behind Hiccup. Astrid approached and came to a stop beside Hiccup. She casually flipped her hair a bit as it was covering one of her eyes while taking Hiccup's arm. Her dress highlighted all of her features and Hiccup mentally laughed as he saw Matt and Valerie's jaws drop. Hiccup leaned in and gave Astrid a chaste kiss on the cheek causing her to let out a giggle.
"I hope I didn't keep you waiting long honey." She smiled. "So who are your friends?"
"These are Fishlegs and his fiance Heather and that is Matt and Valerie. Everyone I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Astrid." He introduced. Fishlegs and Heather greeted Astrid and Hiccup lifted a brow as he thought he saw Valerie stomp on Matt's foot to get him to stop gawking.
"Well then." Matt said after greeting Astrid. "Shall we go in?"
The ballroom was mostly what he had expected. A big room, full of round tables, each with nine elegant white leather and wood chairs, and silver eating utensils on top of the white table mat. On the opposite side of the room was a band dressed in cream colored tuxedos with red roses on their lapels playing Jazz and Swing.
The ballroom was already quite full. Hiccup recognized some of them. The former jocks, cheerleaders and even the twins. That stopped Hiccup midstep. He really wondered what the twins were doing here and he hoped to every deity both good and bad that they wouldn't blow something up again. He still remembered how they blew up the pool, with the water still in it.
Astrid noticed his shudder and then glanced to where he was looking. "They friends of yours?" She asked.
"Yeah" Hiccup told her. "But they were social outcasts with their tendency to blow stuff up. Now I'm really suspicious why we were invited."
"Well then. They'd have to get through me if they want to get at my man." Astrid spoke possessively as she looked around the room with a critical eye.
"Astrid please don't release any hellhounds again." He whispered as the twins came closer and greeted them. Astrid was about to greet them as well when he saw her stiffen and her eyes narrow. The twins stopped as well and looked at her critically.
"Ehm....." Hiccup mumbled not knowing why the three froze. "Astrid, eh... these are the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Guys this is Astrid my girlfriend."
"Pleasure"
"Likewise"
The greetings were stiff as they still glared at each other.
"Hiccup I didn't know you associated with the likes of them." Astrid growled catching Hiccup by surprise. The twins added "We agree. Can't believe you'd associate with the likes of her."
Hiccup took a step back and looked in befuddlement at them. "Okay... WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!"
They pointed fingers at each other and said simultaneously "She's a demon!" and "They're angels!"
Tuffnut looked affronted. "We aren't just angels madam! We are Cherubims!"
"And I'm not just some demon!" Astrid muttered. "It's demon queen to you!"
Hiccup just stood there openmouthed at he looked between the two. "I don't believe this" He muttered before pulling them to a corner. He then turned to Astrid "Are you absolutely sure that they are angels. Like 100 percent?"
"Hiccup I'm sure." Astrid stated.
"Hey! We take offence." Ruffnut mumbled. "How can we not be angels. Do we need to show you our wings and halos?"
"You guys have a tendency to cause chaos wherever you go!" Hiccup blurted out. "Excuse me for being sceptical."
"What are you guys even doing on Earth? Shouldn't you be floating on some fluffy little cloud somewhere?" Astrid now asked as she stood next to Hiccup.
"Welllll......" The twins said simultaneously. "We might have, sort of, kind of, blown up the Pearly Gates and got sent down here for a couple of centuries."
Hiccup was for once speechless. He just blinked owlishly at his two friends. Astrid proceeded to close his mouth.
The twins looked at Astrid critically. "If you hurt our Hiccy" They started to threaten but Astrid stopped them by holding up her hand.
"I have no intention of hurting him." She stated sincerely. The twins looked at her for a moment before they nodded and then smiled. Things went a lot smoother after that. The twins warmed up to Astrid and Astrid to them. Astrid was even giving them pointers on some chaos making tricks. At that moment Hiccup downed his champagne in one fell swoop while praying to any deity willing to listen.
Heather and Fishlegs soon joined them at the table. "Honestly I need a breather" She mumbled. "It's just like high school again....... Only older."
"How so?" Hiccup asked. Heather proceeded to point some groups that had formed out. "There we have the soccer moms." She mumbled. "I had to scram out of there with all the baby pictures. And then we have the corporate types, the sports dads" She summed up.
"So got any idea why we were invited?" Hiccup decided to ask. "I mean no offence and all but we were far from popular."
"I think it had something to do with Snotlout. He was a jock and I you guys are related." Heather told him sincerely. "I've had a lot of them ask where he is actually."
"You know that is a good question. Where is Snotlout? He certainly wouldn't miss an opportunity like this to boast." Fishlegs added.
"I think he's somewhere in the Amazon rainforest hunting down his good China plates." Hiccup told them. Heather and Fishlegs simply blinked at the answer.
"And why would his plates be in the Amazon rainforest?" Fishlegs now asked.
"It's...... a long story." Hiccup mumbled.
"Oh my god. Look who just showed up." Fishlegs exclaimed. "Hiccup it's Mary Ann. Didn't you used to have like a huge crush on her?" Astrid and the twins stopped conversing when Fishlegs said that and looked at the woman that had just entered. The woman was the very definition of snobbish socialite with her hair done up in a bun. She wore a black gown with a small split and her neck was adorned with a few strings of pearls.
"Fish I was so over her by Junior year." Hiccup told his friend. "She was probably the bossiest girl I ever talked to."
"She doesn't look like much." Astrid looked the woman up and down with a dismissive tone.
"But the hunk next to her. RAWR" Ruffnut said as she eyed the man. "Me likey." The man accompanying Mary Ann was muscular with slicked back dark brown hair and had what appeared to be a blue tattoo on his chin.
That sentence got Astrid's attention. "Oh my Lucifer! You're the 'Me likey' angel!" She exclaimed causing a few people to oddly stare at them.
"The what?!" Hiccup asked as Heather and Fishlegs were trying to figure out what was going on.
"Hiccup she's the 'me likey' angel!" Astrid said matter of factly as she looked at her boyfriend.
"Eh......... Astrid I have no idea what it means."
Astrid scooted closer as if to tell Hiccup a big secret, and maybe it was. "Well you know the seven demons representing the deadly sins right." Hiccup nodded. "They happen to be very handsome but a couple of centuries ago they refused to leave Hell because of one angel."
"Oh?" Hiccup asked. "You mean Ruffnut? Our Ruffnut?!"
Astrid nodded. "The reason being that she chased them across the entirety of Europe."
"Oh my!" Hiccup said while Ruffnut dreamily added "Good times"
Astrid merely rolled her eyes and whispered. "Even the demon of Lust, Asmodeus, wanted nothing to do with her."
"OH MY!" Hiccup's eyes widened at that tidbit of gossip. He spared Ruffnut a scared glance, feeling glad that he was with Astrid at the moment, and that said woman was quite possessive.
"Poor guy" Astrid sadly said as she glanced at Mary Ann's armcandy.
Mary Ann noticed the group and came over with her beau. She greeted Heather but ignored the others. "Snob" Astrid coughed under her breath. She really didn't like this woman looking down on her and her new friends. Unfortunately, Mary Ann heard her and asked haughtily "Excuse me? What did you just say?"
Astrid merely smiled as she sat next to Hiccup holding up her own champagne flute. "Honey I would explain it to you but I believe you wouldn't understand it." She said before taking a sip of her drink. The rest snickered, including her date who in the meanwhile had introduced himself as Eret, while it took a minute for Mary Ann to process the insult.
"Ooh burn!" Both Heather and Ruffnut exclaimed.
Mary Ann was glaring at Astrid and was about to say something when something feathery flew at her. "Ack get it off of me! Get it off!!" Mary Ann screamed. Hiccup and the others looked at what appeared to be a chicken attacking Mary Ann.
"Brother, did you leave the coop of the holy Chicken unlocked again?" Hiccup overheard Ruffnut ask her brother and decided to not even try and ask what was up with the chicken in the ballroom.
The guests watched as Mary Ann flailed about wildly as she tried to get the crazy chicken off of her. She was grabbing at the air and suddenly grabbed the top of Matt's head. What no one expected was for his hair to come off. "My toupe!" Matt shouted as he tried to cover his bald spot. Valerie was trying to make herself smaller by hiding behind her purse. Mary Ann meanwhile used the toupe to try and ward off the feathery fowl.
Eret just stood there dumbly as Ruffnut proceeded to latch her arm around his bicep. "Well hello handsome" She purred, dragging the 'o', and causing the poor man to shudder. Hiccup decided he had enough crazy in his life and then turned to Astrid as an upbeat waltz started.
"Would M'lady care for a dance?" He asked while holding his hand out.
"I would love to." Astrid said as she linked their hands. The couple proceeded to the dancefloor leaving behind Tuffnut, who was gagging at his sister's display of lust while muttering 'not again', Eret who was trying to escape a very very very clingy Ruffnut, and a befuddled Fishlegs and Heather.
Heather mumbled to her fiance. "So honey, still think this party was going to be boring?"
AN: Co-written with warorpeace.
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