Hey guys, 

Back again! I have chapters 6 - 10 kind of planned out for this so I'll probably update a lot over the next few days. 

Thanks for the good feedback from some of you! I'm glad you guys are enjoying this story so much. 

WARNING - some swearing in the first little bit of this chapter!!

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It had been a couple of weeks and Astrid was walking to her apartment. She went to unlock it and noticed the lock had been messed with. She opened the door, but nothing seemed out of place. She put her stuff down and walked to her bedroom. She started to take her shirt off. 

"Strip for me, babe." A male voice said. 

Astrid jumped and turned around and pulled her shirt back on. Sean was sitting in a chair in her room. 

"Sean? What the hell are you doing here?! Get out!" Astrid yelled at him. 

"No. I told you I would find you. So here I am." Sean said 

"Get out, or I'll call the cops." She said. Sean smirked. 

"Really?" Sean said standing up. 

"Yes, really. You broke into my apartment." 

Sean walked towards her and Astrid stood against the wall. He got right in front of her. 

"Don't touch me you bastard. Get out of my apartment." Astrid said to him. Sean grabbed her arm hard. 

"I'd be careful what you say to me. I put you in the hospital once. I can do it again. I know you miss me." He told her. Astrid glared at him. 

"You're the last person I would ever miss."

"I'm the best thing that ever happened to you. Without me, you would still be living with your low-income parents in a small house with barely anything." He told her. 

"That's not true. You took things from me, things I can't get back." Astrid said. "Now get out of my apartment." 

Sean grabbed her neck and slammed her head against the wall. Astrid winced. 

"I can do a lot worse to you. So I'd watch what you do, bitch. This won't be the last time I see you." Sean told her. He let her go and Astrid gasped for air. Sean left and Astrid heard the front door slam shut. 

Astrid fell to her knees coughing and catching her breath. She sat against the wall and felt tears fall from her eyes. She wiped them away and got up from her spot. She walked to the bathroom and started to run a bath. 

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The next day, Astrid got ready and put a scarf on her neck. There was a mark from where Sean grabbed her. There was also one on her arm. She met Hiccup and Hailey near the elevator to go down to his car. Hiccup dropped Hailey off first and then they got to work. They were at their lockers and Astrid took her scarf off, forgetting about her mark for a moment. Hiccup saw the mark. 

"What happened?" He asked. 

"What?" Astrid said looking at him. 

"Your neck, the mark." 

"Oh, nothing. I'm fine." She said putting her scarf back on. She closed her locker and headed out to start work. Hiccup followed her with his eyes, suspicious. 

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Later that day, it was around 3pm. Hailey was waiting for Hiccup. Camille showed up and Hailey saw her. 

"Hailey, come on. I'm here to get you." Cami said. 

"No." Hailey said. Her teacher came over and saw Camille. 

"May I help you?" Ms. Williams asked. 

"I'm here to pick up my daughter." Cami said. 

"I've never seen you before." Ms. Williams told her. 

"Oh, so that means I can't pick up my own kid." Cami said to her. "Hailey, let's go." 

"No. Daddy is getting me." Hailey said. Cami sighed. 

"I'm here. Let's go." Cami said more sternly. 

"NO! I'm not going anywhere with you! Only daddy and grandma are allowed to pick me up." Hailey told her mom. Ms. Williams walked over to grab a folder with Hailey's name on it. She opened it to the section about dropping off and picking up at school. 

"I'm sorry, Miss?" Ms. Williams said. 

"Bog. My last name is Bog." Cami said. 

"Well, Miss Bog, I'm sorry but our school has a strict policy about who picks up the kids. If your name isn't on the list, you can't take her out of the classroom." Ms. Williams. 

"I'm her damn mother and I can't take her out of the classroom?" Cami said, now getting annoyed. 

"Please don't swear Miss Bog. The only people I have listed here is Hiccup Haddock and Valerie Haddock. They are the only ones allowed to drop off and pick up Hailey. They have to sign her out as well." Ms. Williams. 

"This is ridiculous. She's my kid. I have legal rights to her." Cami said. 

"No, you don't." Hiccup said walking into the classroom. 

"Daddy!" Hailey said getting up and running to Hiccup. He gave her a hug. 

"Hi, sweetie." He said. He signed Hailey out on the page that Ms. Williams was holding. 

"What are you even doing here?" He asked Cami.  Cami just stared at him. "Go, now." Hiccup said. Cami left and went outside. 

"I'm sorry." Hiccup said to Ms. Williams. 

"It's okay. Is that Hailey's mom?" Ms. Williams asked. 

"Yeah, it is. But don't ever let Hailey go with her, or her boyfriend, his name is Brad I believe." Hiccup said. "It's complicated. But basically, Cami walked out on Hailey and me when Hailey was still a baby. She really only has visitation rights, but I'm trying to get full custody. It's a process. But hopefully, something gets done soon." Hiccup explained. Ms. Williams nodded. 

"It's alright, I understand. I'll make sure you or your mom are the only ones with Hailey." Ms. Williams said. "If there ever is another person. Just let me know and I'll add them to the list." 

"Astrid." Hailey said looking up at Hiccup. 

"What about her?" Hiccup said looking at Hailey. 

"Is she allowed to get me?" Hailey asked. 

"Maybe soon. But not yet." Hiccup said. 

"Okay." Hailey said. 

"Let's go, sweetie. Astrid's waiting in the car." Hiccup said. "Thank you." He said to Ms. Williams. She smiled and said bye. 

Hiccup got outside with Hailey and saw Cami. 

"Cami, why are you here?" He asked holding Hailey's hand. 

"I wanted to see Hailey. Is that so wrong?" Cami said. 

"Since when, you're the one who's been canceling all the visits. Besides, I don't want her around you and Brad." Hiccup said. 

"Why, did she make something up about what we do to her?" Cami said glaring at her daughter.

Hailey hid behind Hiccup. Hiccup looked at Cami. 

"It doesn't matter if she's making it up or not. I believe her over you. Now don't ever come here to try and get her again. If you keep this up, it won't be good." Hiccup told her. Cami glared at him before turning to walk away. 

Astrid was sitting in the car and looked up to see a girl around her and Hiccup's age with blonde hair as well. It looked like they were annoyed with each other and Hiccup looked angry. She noticed Hailey hide behind Hiccup when the women had said something. The blonde women turned towards the car and started to walk towards it. She stopped. 

"Who's that?" Cami said turning to Hiccup. 

"Why do you care?" Hiccup asked. "She's a friend." 

"Then why is she in your car?" Cami asked. Hiccup sighed. 

"If you must know, she's our neighbor. We also work at the same coffee shop, her car is being fixed so I'm giving her rides." Hiccup said. "Not like it's any of your business." He said walking to the car with Hailey. Cami looked annoyed and walked to her own car and got in and drove off. Hiccup sighed. 

"Come on." He said to Hailey and Hailey ran to the car and looked at Astrid through the window and waved at her. Astrid smiled and waved back. Hiccup opened the back door and Hailey climbed in and got into her seat. Hiccup buckled her in. 

"Hi, Astrid!" Hailey said. 

"Hi, Hailey." Astrid asked. Hiccup got in on the driver's side again. 

"Sorry about that." He said. Astrid looked at him. She could tell he was frustrated. 

"It's okay. Who was that?" Astrid asked. 

"Camille. Cami. My ex and Hailey's mom." He said. "She tried picking her up from school today, for the gods knows why." He said pulling out of the parking lot and on to the road. Hiccup headed to his mom's pet shop. 

"I hope you don't mind if we stop here for a bit?" He said to Astrid. 

"No, it's fine. I love animals." She said. 

Hiccup pulled into one of the parking spots and they got out of the car. Astrid let Hailey out and they walked into the pet shop. 

"Grandma!" Hailey said running inside. 

"Hi, sweetie." Valerie said hugging her granddaughter. She picked Hailey up and saw Hiccup and Astrid. 

"Hi, sweetheart." Valerie said. 

"Hi, mom." Hiccup said giving his mom a kiss on the cheek. Valerie smiled and saw Astrid. 

"and you are?" Valerie asked. Astrid looked towards Valerie. 

"I'm Astrid, it's nice to meet you." Astrid said. Her and Valerie shook hands and smiled at each other. 

"She's our neighbor." Hailey said. "She works with daddy at Uncle Gary's store too." 

"Oh?" Valerie said looking at Hiccup and Astrid. 

"Yeah. We've become good friends. Her car is broken right now so I've been giving her rides to and from work." Hiccup said. 

Hailey ran over to some of the display cages that the animals were kept in. Astrid went with her and knelt down with her as Hailey told her all about the dogs they were looking at. 

"I want a puppy, but daddy says we can't have one yet." Hailey said. 

"She seems nice." Valerie said walking behind the counter. Hiccup was watching Astrid and Hailey and smiling. "Hiccup..." 

"Huh, what? Sorry." Hiccup said looking back at his mom. 

"You like her don't you?" Valerie said. 

"Mom..." He looked at her. 

"I can see it in your face, and the way you look at her." Valerie said grabbing some papers. Hiccup sighed. 

"I just don't want to drag her into everything going on with Cami. You know, Cami tried to pick up Hailey from school today. I don't know why, but probably not a good reason." He said. 

"She's not allowed to anyway." Valka said. 

"Oh, I know. That's why I'm trying even harder to get full custody." Hiccup said. 

After a little bit, they got back into Hiccup's car. Hiccup got into the drivers seat. 

"Daddy?" Hailey said. 

"Yes, munchkin?" He said buckling his belt. 

"Can we go to McDonald's for supper?" Hailey asked kind of quietly.

 Astrid smirked a little. Hiccup picked up his phone and checked his bank account. He subtracted for bills and groceries and sighed a little. 

"Not tonight sweetheart. Maybe for your birthday, we can do that. Okay?" He said. 

"Okay." Hailey said and turned her head to look at the window. 

Hiccup saw her face with a small frown through the rearview mirror and sighed a little. He felt a hand on his and looked to see Astrid's hand on top of his. He looked at her. She smiled a little. 

"It's okay." She said. 

"I just hate disappointing her and seeing her sad." He said. Astrid nodded. 

Hiccup moved his hand and they drove back to the apartment. They were in the elevator and got to their floor. Hailey ran down the hall to the door. 

"Astrid, are you staying for supper?" Hailey asked. 

"Uh..." Astrid looked at Hiccup. 

"You can if you want too. I don't mind." He said. Astrid smiled and went with them into their apartment. 

After supper and putting Hailey to bed, Astrid was helping Hiccup clean up. She rolled up her sleeves to do the dishes and Hiccup saw the mark on her arm. 

"Astrid, what happened? Your neck and arm have marks... like someone grabbed you." He said. 

"My ex-fiance showed up in my apartment last night. He grabbed and threatened me and then left. I'm fine. I just, don't know what to do about him." Astrid said not looking at Hiccup. 

Hiccup felt anger build up inside of him. 

"I'm fine. Really." Astrid said. Hiccup nodded. They finished cleaning up and Astrid went back to her apartment, making sure the extra lock was on, she even moved a heavy piece of furniture in front of the door. 

She changed and got ready for bed and laid down and stared at the ceiling. 

"Why can't I just tell you how I feel..." She sighed and turned and faced her night table. She had a picture of Hiccup and Hailey that Hailey had given her. She smiled at the photo and turned off her nightside lamp and went to sleep. 

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This is my longest chapter yet - around 2200 words!!! 

Hope you guys enjoy it!

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