Running from life and into each other

First of all, if you want something that's fantastic, check out the Chasing Thunderstorms series. Just have too say that because this is inspired by it, but feel free to say I copied it. Ideas for characters and personalities are gratefully accepted. I've just had something like this stuck in my head for ages.

This is set in England, so if anything seems weird, you're probably not from here. The reason this is set in England: I live in England so I pretty much know how the whole school thing works.

Jennifer 'Astrid' Hofferson was standing outside of her best friends house. She was a very pretty girl. She was about 15 years old, blonde with blue, fiery eyes. Although her hair was tied up in a ponytail, a few stray hairs hid her left eye from view. She had a slim figure. She wore her Berk school uniform which consisted of a red and black tie, yellow polo shirt, grey skirt, knee high socks, plain black shoes and a blazer with the Burk crest emblazoned on the breast pocket; a viking helmet in front of two crossed axes. The friend in question happened to be none other than Harmony 'Ruffnut' Thorston. Who was running late. As per usual.

"Come on Ruff, we're going too be late again." Astrid repeated for the seventh time. Her voice was rough but still had an attractive female quality. "For the hundredth time, I'm almost ready" Ruff drawled back as a response. Astrid crossed her arms and lent against the door frame. She started thinking about nicknames, and how hers made no sense. At least Ruff is...well, rough enough for hers, but she doesn't even understand Astrid. When she asked people just shrugged and mumbled something about it being cool. That's what their school is known for. Not mumbling, the nickname thing. Everyone has a nickname.

Suddenly, the door opened, revealing a skinny girl, the same age as Astrid, slightly taller, with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She was wearing the same as Astrid, except she was wearing trousers instead of a skirt. The girl rubbed her eyes and yawned. "What's the rush anyway? Want to go see your lover?" Ruff asked mockingly, pouting like a sad puppy. Astrid scoffed and knocked Ruff in the arm, "Hardy har, very funny. Now come on, we're gonna be late." She knew exactly who Ruff was talking about. Ryan 'Snotlout' Yorgenson was one of the schools "studs" and also very popular. He was obsessed with Astrid since they had first arrived.

"Seriously though" said Ruff, pulling Astrid out of her reverie of thought, "you don't usually care about being late. What's up?" Astrid sighed, "Well, if you must know, my Step-dad threatened to cancel my kickboxing license if I stepped out of line again. And, trust me, he's very...controlling." Astrid finished. She was very passionate about kickboxing, and had been to a few competitions (and by a few, we're talking about hundreds). She was now a second dan black belt.

"Well then, we had better up then shouldn't we?" Ruff said, picking up speed "Hey, last one there has to do the others homework for a month." she shouted as she broke into a run. "Hey, no fair, illegal head start." Astrid yelled, also breaking into a run.

Andrew 'Hiccup' Haddock was a skinny boy, with green eyes and brown hair. He was 16 and about 5"6'. He was walking to school. By himself. Again. He wasn't exactly a popular kid, so didn't have many friends. His only friend was Jeremy 'Fishlegs' Ingerman, but he was otherwise engaged. Dressed in his Berk school uniform, he was walking towards the school, which was quite far away.

He used this time to think. He usually thought about new contraptions, designs and other brainy stuff like equations. This was probably why he wasn't popular. The fact that he didn't talk also didn't help much. But sometimes his thoughts would stray to his crush: Astrid. He knew it could never work; he didn't even know her real name. But she just looked great. It also didn't hurt that she was second only to him when it came to being the smartest. That's the only reason people noticed him, because he was smarter then the famous Astrid.

He looked down at his watch and realized it was 8:30. Crap Hiccup thought to himself I've only got 15 minutes to get there. As soon as he began to walk, he heard someone shoat "At least try and keep up." and then something ran into him. He stumbled, but was able to regain his balance. Just as he was about to question what had happened, he heard rushing footsteps behind him, and turned just in time to get knocked over by none other then Astrid, causing them to fall over, Astrid laying on top of Hiccup.

So, that was the first chapter. I'm sorry if it was a bit short, but It's just to introduce the main characters. I promise that all the other chapters will be longer.

If you have any suggestions for character personalities for Snotlout and Fishlegs, please let me know. And I think that Tuffnut will be introduced shortly.