During the meal, Jane noticed Loki barely did anything but staring at his plate, and to her surprise, Volstagg didn't even ask him for share. She guessed they had already heard about Loki's unfortunate news.
"Cheer up Loki! You haven't eaten anything at all!" - Eric said. The day was getting weirder and weirder. Since when did Eric care about Loki so much?
"I'm not hungry." - He replied.
"Oh c'mon Silver Toungue! You don't have to be so shy that you can't enjoy the dinner!" - Fandral teased. - "You have known her for a long time. And I know you're dying to see her!" - He laughed, ignoring Loki's dead glare. Lucky for him that Odin and Frigga were both here, or else Jane was sure somehow Loki's knife would find a suitable spot on Fandral's throat.
But the look on the young prince's face promised that even death would be the better end for Fandral.
"Excuse me." - Loki mumbled and left the table. Once he was gone, Thor, Sif and the Warrior Three couldn't hold their laugh any longer.
"He really wants to stab you, Thor." - Jane told her boyfriend firmly. - "He really wants to."
"No he won't do that." - Thor assured her - "I know that deep inside his heart Loki must be really thankful. He's dying to meet Sigyn, and I just help him!"
"By arranging their wedding?" - Jane asked in disbelief - "Really Thor? Do you wanna suicide? If you do just tell Darcy to give you her iPod, I swear after ten minutes you will wish that you had never been born."
"What is iPod and why does it sound so dangerous?" - Volstagg asked curiously.
"Trust me you don't want to know." - Eric muttered.
"Thor," - Jane continued - "I'm serious. Loki is so upset. For your brother's sanity, you should stop this joke now!"
"Who said it was a joke?" - Thor replied - "I even talked to her parents. They said yes. Everyone in this kingdom knows how much they love each other. The problem is none of them would admit that. I just give them a chance. Even Mother approve it! Right, Mother?"
"No, don't Thor, don't involve me." - The Queen said quickly, she turned to Jane - "I had no idea that he could be this" - She paused, considering which words to use.
"Creative?" - Thor asked hopefully.
"Idiotic."- Frigga finally made a choice. The whole room shrugged with laughter - "He wants to keep this as a secret, until the day they meet. But I told him that it would never work, just set a dinner for two of them with candles and it will be fine. But he didn't listen, as always." - She looked at her older son disapprovingly, however he was still grinning.
"But it is worth seeing how annoyed Loki is right now!" - Volstagg said - "He has pranked us so many times and now it is him to pay. I will skip a meal just to witness the scene."
"I can't believe you can't be so evil, guys!" - Jane said, which only caused laughters.
"Have you thought about Sigyn's reaction?" - Odin suddenly spoke. Laughters stopped immediately.
"Nope." - Thor muttered, suddenly got pale. Jane looked at him suspiciously. She was still had no idea who the girl they were talking about was. And by Thor's reaction and Loki's story, Jane's only hope was this Sigyn wouldn't approve violence.
"Oh so let me tell you," - Odin chuckled - "It would be legendary to see their revenge after all these years, again."
"Should I run?" - Thor asked his friends weakly. They nodded solemnly. Jane couldn't help chuckling, while Eric just looked at all of them with the expression of a viewer watching his favourite drama on TV.
"So you'd better run with me." - Thor said.
"Why?" - Sif refused - "I didn't do anything."
"You all helped me to plan this." - Thor said - "Do you think they will let you stay outside the game? Never!"
"But you are the one who did it!" - Sif accused him.
"If they caught me, I would tell them all about you.'' - Thor threatened. His threat caused so many dead glares, but he just ignored - "Please! I can't survive all by myself!"
Suddenly there was a glare war between Thor and his friends. Jane watched them in amusement. She turned to Frigga, who was still enjoying her meal while listening to Odin and Eric's conversation.
"Are they always like this?" - She asked.
"Just sometimes," - Frigga answered her - "Usually they sit in silence while Loki is grinning like lunatic. Just ignore them. Have you tried this plate, dear? It's very delicious." - She pointed a large plate in the middle of the table.
"Yes, I have." - Jane smiled - "It tasted like paradise." - Firgga smiled at her reply. But their conversation suddenly was interrupted by a scream from outside.
"THOR! I KNOW IT WAS YOU! YOU'RE SO DEAD WITH ME THIS TIME!"
Thor and his friends jumped up, staring in shock at the door as if it was going to open any time.
"I see you have timed wrong again, son" - Odin sighed - "Now shoo, I don't want my dinner to be ruined. Go somewhere and hide." - And then he turned to Eric and kept talking as if there was nothing different. Jane glanced at Firgga, hoping for an answer, while Thor, along with Sif and the Warrior Three ran put of the dining room like their lives depended on it.
"It's weird!" - Jane said after a while - "Is Thor gonna be okay?"
"Of course he will" - Frigga gestured her - "Would you like to have some more?"
"No thanks" - Jane excused - "I think I will go to check Thor and his friends."
"Oh children," - Odin sighed. Frigga and Eric chuckled.
"They are not children any more Odin." - Figga told him.
"But we always see them as children, don't we?" - Eric said, and they laughed. - "Are you seriously not worried for a little bit?" - He added.
"No," - Frigga relied - "Just a small recall of the childhood. They will be fine."
"The good old days." - Odin sighed.
