It was one day later that Astrid returned to Berk. Her small blue car zipped along the Main street as she headed home. The street lights illuminating the various establishments while a crescent moon shone above the town. She was rather miffed that she had to go back to the city so soon as she had moved out here and it turned out that they didn't even need her input in the end. She still sat through the board meeting she was called for, scowling at those that had called her back. Astrid pulled up into the driveway of her cozy-looking cottage and put her car in park before shutting it off. When she stepped out onto her driveway she smoothed out her black pantsuit.

After grabbing her jacket and purse she made her way towards her porch. Silently unlocking the door she slipped into the dark room. Astrid didn't bother to turn on the lights as her vision was well attuned to the darkness. She let out a yawn and groaned. Here she was, supposedly a Creature of the Night, totally tired before even midnight. She trudged up the wooden stairs and opened her bedroom door. Not even bothering to change she threw her handbag on a chair and faceplanted into the mattress. Soon only soft snores could be heard coming from the still open bedroom.

'Ding-dong..... Ding-dong......' Astrid groaned as she heard her doorbell ring. Groaning, she sat up on her bed and stretched while yawning as sunlight shone through her bedroom windows. 'Ding-dong......... Ding-dong......' her doorbell went again. She reluctantly stood up and exited the room, walking towards her front door. When she answered the door with a 'Hello, how may I help you' she did not expect the person standing on the other side.

"H....Henry?!" Astrid's eyes widened as her mind went into overdrive. "What are you doing here?"

The redhead stood on her porch with both of his hands behind his back. Astrid surely hadn't expected him to come for a visit. In fact when she met him he'd seemed more occupied with his phone than joining her and his brother in conversation. 'And boy did she want to talk to him.' Astrid mentally told herself. Although any outcome of that conversation would likely end with her being dragged to the nut house.

"These are for you." Henry said as he revealed what he had hidden behind his back. Astrid's breath hitched as she saw him present her with a bouquet of pink lilies. 'Okay this seems too freaky to be a coincidence.' her mind concluded as Astrid remembered Hendrik presenting her with pink lilies on their first date. Outward she displayed none of the incredulity, scepticism, and hope that she was feeling. 'Was this look-alike really her Hendrik reborn?' she pondered.

"Thank you Hendr....eh..... Henry." Astrid quickly corrected herself. 'No, she shouldn't get her hopes up.' her mind supplied. 'If she did then there might only be disappointment in the end.' For a moment that inner voice sounded suspiciously like her drunk father that would pass out on the bed after he had been laid off. "These are lovely." Astrid told Henry as she held the bouquet delicately. She really did not want to stare so much at the man lest he became uncomfortable but the resemblance was uncanny. She had refrained from doing so in Viggo's diner only because he had not really seemed interested in talking and her blatant staring would have drawn the attention of not only his brother but also the lunch crowd.

"It's a welcome to town present." Henry told her and then shyly asked "I was wondering if you would like to join me for dinner."

Astrid's heart metaphorically skipped a beat when Henry asked her. "I would.... I would be happy to join you for dinner." Astrid sounded so composed on the outside, and she had her many many years of experience to thank for that, because you didn't get out of Russia in the early 70's without learning how to bluff. On the inside however her mind was doing somersaults, flips, and what not while mentally screaming 'YES YES YESSSS'.

"So when are you free?" Henry asked. "I know this great place."

"Uh..... I'm free tomorrow." Astrid said and tried to keep her giddiness in check.

"Great then I'll pick you up at, say, seven?"

"Seven sounds fine." Astrid told him.

"Great see you then!" Henry eagerly said as he waved goodbye to her before heading back to his car. When he was gone and Astrid had closed her front door did she panic. "OH MY THOR!!" She exclaimed before rushing upstairs and rifling through her discarded purse for her phone. She proceeded to dial a number in her contacts. The phone only ringed twice when a familiar voice was heard on the other end "Dagur's fantabulous hair salon at your service. Dagur speaking!" The voice was sing-song and Astrid had to roll her eyes at the theatrics.

"Dagur it's Astrid, you'll never believe what happened."

"Hmmmm, Henry showed up on your doorstep and proceeded to ask you out?" Dagur guessed from the other end as she heard him snip some customer's hair.

"What! How did you know?!"

"Well I hea-" The call was suddenly cut off and Astrid looked at her phone to see that her battery was dead. She had forgotten to plug it in last night.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Astrid growled and grabbed her car keys. Before she left the house however she remembered to put the bouquet in a vase. Her small blue car then proceeded to peel out of the driveway, nearly running over Mildew who was walking his sheep on a leash.

"Watch where ya going!!" Mildew shouted as Astrid yelled "Sorry!"

She made it in record time to Dagur's salon, nearly slamming the door open. "Dagur!!! How did you know?!!"

"Jezus Astrid! You're gonna give a man a heart attack!" Dagur held his hand over his heart mockingly while Astrid raised a brow.

"This literally happened fifteen minutes ago."

"Well you know small town gossip." Dagur shrugged as Astrid put her hands on her hips. "Okay, so I heard from Gobber, the town dentist, when he came in for a trim. He heard it from Johann who runs the local service station. Johann heard it from Drago, our florist, this morning while going to work."

Astrid's brow twitched. "So what are you going to do?"

"What do you mean what am I going to do?"

"Well obviously Hiccup is sweet on you, and now Henry has asked you out." Dagur told her."Which one will you choose?"

"Hiccup is not sweet on me!" Astrid disagreed. "We just went out for a coffee. It was not a date."

"Suuuuuuureeee" Dagur smiled.

"And I'm having a total mental freakout over Henry!"

"You don't look it." Dagur commented with a raised brow.

"Well thank you captain obvious." Astrid stated dryly. "You don't get out of tight spots by panicking."

"So what has gotten you so freaked about Henry?"

"He looks exactly the same as Hendrik!!" Astrid's facade finally broke as her eyes reflected all her emotion.

"Oh"

"Oh?!" Astrid muttered. "Is that all you have to say?"

"Well I haven't been in this situation before."

"Right." Astrid sighed as she sat down in one of the chairs. "So what am I going to do?" She asked as Dagur started playing with her hair.

"Well if Henry is Hendrik then you have got to tell both Hiccup and Henry. You can't lead one on." Dagur stated.

"Yeah I can see how well that conversation will go." Astrid grumbled. "Oh Hello, I'm Astrid your friendly neighbourhood vampire and Henry you might possibly be the reincarnation of my long-lost fiance that was brutally murdered!"

"Okay....... That does sound weird." Dagur told her.

"It sounds like my one way trip to either the loony bin or getting staked."

"Well, how sure are you about Henry?" Dagur asked.

"Not very. I nearly had a coronary...... don't laugh" Astrid warned "when I saw him in the diner. The only reason I didn't grab him then and there was that it would draw too much attention."

"Right" Dagur mumbled.

"Do you have any idea how difficult it was to sit there and act normal."

"So....... what will you do?"

"Well, I have to find out if Henry is Hendrik." Astrid told him. "I'm going to have to go on that date."

"I didn't mean that." Dagur stated. "I meant what are you going to do when you have to ultimately choose between an old love and a new one?" Astrid stayed still as she thought about it.

"I don't know." Astrid mumbled. "I honestly don't know."

"Well there is still time for that decision." Dagur told her as he was examining her hair. "Do you know that you have split ends girl!"

"Dagur!"

"Oh hush. Let me do your hair for this date. In return I want every single detail." Astrid rolled her eyes at Dagur who was quite giddy.