1 Year Later: June 13th

The sand was a beautiful shade of white, like little flakes of brownish-yellow. Perfect was the only word for the day. The two walked down the path to the surprisingly near empty beach. The only people that could be seen were the handful of Hiccup's friends.

They were spinning a Frisbee to each other and laughing like crazy when one would stumble attempting to catch it. Astrid had just caught it by jumping in the air and snatching it from the grasp of Snotlout, making Snotlout fall over when he tried to regain his balance.

Toothless chuckled; Hiccup turned toward him and said, "He's such an idiot sometimes."

Toothless smiled and wrapped his arms around Hiccup's waist, pulling him close, "Yeah, but not as much as you," he told him, kissing his hair.

Hiccup rolled his eyes, "Thanks a lot."

"Welcome," He chuckled again, letting him go to continue towards the friends. Hiccup ran his hand through his hair and let out a quick breath of air, the front of his hair flying up from the breeze that stirred out in the water. Toothless was being smug all week, cocky like. Hiccup thought he was just in the mood because it would be summer soon. But Hiccup was still curious. Whenever he'd ask Toothless would respond with a, "Whaddya mean?" and continue on with whatever he was doing at the moment. Hiccup dropped his hands and walked forward to catch up with Toothless.

When the entered the clearing where the friends were on the beach, Astrid turned around to face Toothless, an extremely hopeful smile on her face, she rolled her eyes, "We were waiting for you two!"

"I know! But traffic wasn't too good," Toothless responded. When they approached Astrid was examining Hiccup intensely, looking around his waist especially. Hiccup felt confused and stuffed his hands in his jean pockets. Astrid flashed a glance to Toothless and Toothless didn't respond to her look.

"Well come! Sit down. Hiccup, do you want something to drink?" Astrid asked, Hiccup said yes and Astrid grabbed a diet Pepsi, "How about you?" she then asked Toothless. Toothless said no thanks and then the three took their shoes off and sat down by the shore.

The water felt warm and comfortable when they touched Hiccup's toes. It was a clear liquid and then turned blue looking the farther you looked. There were rocks stacked up in rows as far as Hiccup could see. They were like little miniature islands made entirely out of rock and seaweed.

Hiccup was looking down at the damp sand, drawing little things in it. The grey sand stuck to his fingers and on his clothes. He loved the feeling of sand and the sound of water. They were always calming to him. He looked over at his two friends to the left of him. They both were staring at him. When he gave them a look they quickly turned their gaze away.

"Do you guys have any plans for the summer?" Astrid asked, deciding to pull her hair out of pony tail and began to fix it to stay straight down. Not a usual look for her, but the sand was getting tangled up in her hair the way she had it before.

Hiccup shrugged, "Nothing," he smiled, leaning his head on Toothless' shoulder, "Just sticking together."

Toothless on the other hand winked at Astrid and laughed, "I'm sure I'll think of something."

"I'm sure you will. We all have to get together every other day! Possibly go shopping or something," Astrid suggested.

"Shopping? Why shopping?" Hiccup asked, humored by Astrid. She hardly ever wanted to do anything like that. Usually the idea of shopping disgusted her.

"Oh I dunno. Maybe need some clothes or something…" She shrugged, trailing off.

Suddenly there was a change of atmosphere when Toothless seemed to become slightly nervous. His breathing became a little deeper as time went on. Hiccup could almost hear his heart beat through his shoulder. But it was hard to do with his friends all clowning around behind them.

"Hey, you okay Tooth?" Hiccup asked, whispering in his boyfriend's ear. Toothless nodded and looked to Astrid.

"Do you mind if Hiccup and I take a walk?"

"No not at all!" Astrid's face lit up again.

"How 'bout it Hic?" Toothless asked, Hiccup said sure and the two got up.

"Don't be too long!" Astrid called after them as they began to walk…

Hiccup and Toothless walked together hand in hand, their friends now far behind them. Neither of them talked, they just smiled, listening to the waves crash against the shore. Soon they reached a shady spot under a couple of trees. The place was loaded with sea shells of every shape and color.

"Hey! I've never seen shells like those before around here," Hiccup pointed out.

"Yeah. Want to sit for a bit? It's a little too bright out here."

"Sure," Hiccup agreed, walking up with Toothless beside him. The two sat down, Hiccup first and then Toothless behind him. Hiccup sat comfortably in between Toothless' legs, leaning back on his boyfriend's chest. Toothless used his own arms for support for Hiccup and himself.

The two stared out at the ocean for minutes, just enjoying their time alone together. The place they were at was just glowing with wildlife. Green leaves surrounded them. It was beautiful.

Toothless took a deep breath and kissed Hiccup's hair again. Hiccup sighed and laughed.

"We are a couple of weirdo's aren't we?"

"Huh?"

"Like your dad said, 'just a couple of weirdo's'," Hiccup reminded Toothless of what his father had said.

"Yeah, I guess so," Toothless agreed, laughing nervously.

A silent moment passed before Hiccup spoke.

"Toothless, are you okay? You've been acting odd lately. Is something wrong?"

Toothless took another deep breath and let it out slowly, "I just worry."

"About what?" Hiccup asked.

Toothless looked as though he was in pain from the thought of saying what he was about to say, "I just worry because I love you. Hiccup you're an amazing person. The best I know. I just want you to be very happy. I don't know if I'm good enough for you. I'm most defiantly not perfect and have quite a bit of flaws. You deserve so much more than me and I…" he trailed off, "I just love you and I want you to know that… you're the one. The one for me. I'm sorry for all the times I may have messed up,-."

Hiccup cut him off, "I'm the one?"

Toothless smirked, "Yes, you're the one."

"I'm the one," Hiccup breathed. Then he pushed himself from Toothless and turned to face him.

"Toothless, why are you saying this? I love you, you know that! You're my favorite being alive. My best friend, my boyfriend, my everything. Don't start doubting yourself saying that you aren't good enough for me because if anything I am not good enough to be with you. I'm so happy to be blessed to have you in my life, and I hope you'll stay with me forever because I don't ever want to spend a day without you ever again. Ever. And I'd never regret those words, because you're the best thing that's happened to me in all of my life. The only regret I have is that I didn't tell you this when I first felt this way. I love you Toothless. And I want to be with you, forevermore."

Toothless was utterly speechless. At complete loss for words. But then a flicker of hope flashed across his face. He changed the subject abruptly and looked to his right.

"Hey, that's a cool shell! Can you hand it to me?" Toothless asked. Though confused with the request Hiccup reached over to grab the shell that was resting a couple of inches away from Toothless' hand. He picked it up and noticed that it was filled with sand. He shook it to get the sand out. It poured out onto the other sand, making a tiny pile of little sand. But something was off. Something heavy fell out of the shell, heavier than sand anyway. Hiccup picked it up and started to brush the sand off.

"Hey what's this? It looks like a…" Hiccup stopped mid-sentence.

Astrid was sitting on the shore, trying to make a sand castle with her hands. She lined it up with little pebbles and tiny shells that she found by digging around in the cold wet sand.

"Where are the two love birds?" Snotlout called from behind Astrid.

"I don't know. They should be coming back soon," Astrid responded.

Astrid went back to her sandcastle making, trying to carve windows in to the sides with her index finger.

"Hey there they are!" Ruffnut spoke up. Astrid scrambled up and looked to the distance. She began to run to them. Her sandals making tiny noises in the sand and her blond hair flying behind her.

When she reached them she stopped abruptly. She scanned the two's faces. Toothless was smiling ear to ear, holding Hiccup's hand, and Hiccup looked star struck.

"What's up?" Astrid asked.

Toothless and Hiccup shared a quick glance before they both held up their joined hands to show a ring on Hiccup's finger.

Astrid laughed loudly and threw her arms around Hiccup's neck, hugging him tight.

"Congratulations!" She cried, letting Hiccup go to hug Toothless.

"Thanks!" they both said in union.

"You don't seem surprised!" Hiccup pointed out.

"Surprised? I helped him plan the trip today and pick out the ring!" She laughed again, hugging Hiccup for the second time. By this time the others were making their way over to see what was going on.

Suddenly they were surrounded by their friends and attacked by a thousand questions.

"What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

Astrid turned to tell them and Hiccup and Toothless looked at each other. Smiling, they shared one of the happiest moments of their lives. Ready to spend forever together…

THE END

Thank you so much everyone who has kept up with this story! I really hope I didn't disappoint you in anyway. If I did, I'm more than fine with you telling me why I did. I really appreciate all of the reviews and favorites I've been receiving. Those kept me going. It's such an honor and so flattering to have so many beautiful viewers so I can't thank you enough for reading and for having faith in me and the story. I do not plan at all to be making a sequel but I never know what I'll do next. So until then, thanks once more!

~A. M.