A/N: I know kinda cutting it close to my deadline but I had an essay to write for school. But its not like I missed it plus this chapter is over 2,500 words (Not including the a/n) so...deal. Also still looking for a beta reader. Linda getting super desperate. So if there are any mistakes they are my own and if you have a problem with then just remember if you want them fixed all you have to do is comment or better yet offer to be my beta. Now I'm to busy to put an authors note at the end too so I'll do that bit now. Please sent your love and constructive criticism it is much obliged. Also don't forget your imaginary internet desserts on your way out. Apologies for any inconsistencies I don't reread over my writing because if I did then I would end up rewriting it a hundred times over and I wouldn't get anything done. Thank you and good bye.

They went to a quaint little coffee shop where all the 'Alternative' people hung out; or in Loki's opinion, the only people worth knowing in this cookie cutter, suburbia of a town. It wasn't huge but it wasn't small either. The barista station was shaped like a tear drop, only big enough to comfortably fit two baristas at time, and the surrounding counter doubled as a bar.

Loki ordered a blended chai latte with whipped cream, he had a sweet tooth, Thor just got iced coffee, and Farbauti ordered something unnecessarily complicated, then they all went to sit on the back patio for some privacy not even waiting for their orders, Loki came here enough the barista would just bring them.

Once they were all seated Loki was the first to talk. "You took the poncho off." A simple statement aimed towards Farbauti.

"Yes it is simply too hot." during the drive over here she had managed to put her mask back on.

"Then why wear it at all?" he was testing her.

"If you so wish I can go put it back on." of course she knew.

"It made you look like Pacha." he shrugged.

The minute it left his mouth an elbow connected with his side and Thor hissed "Loki."

"Its fine. He wouldn't be my son if he didn't test me like so." she said to the blond then turning to him continued, "Pacha? That's the fellow from that cartoon yes? Emperor's New Groove I believe it was called."

Loki simply hummed in response and thanked Freya, the barista, as she handed them their drinks. She also gave him a spoon to eat the whip cream with, it was the first thing he did with all his drinks. Freya would even give him a side of whip cream just to eat when he ordered hot coffee so he didn't worry about it melting.

"You have a sweet tooth?"

Thor scoffed at Farbauti's statement, to which Loki shot a glare at him for and then replied with a simple "Yes."

They sat in a stern silence for a few minutes, challenging each other to talk first.

In the end Farbauti decided to make the first move. "So how long?"

"Excuse me?" Loki was legitimately confused for the first time in what felt like forever.

"How long... have you two been... taboo, so to speak?" she was careful not to use words that might offend them.

"Taboo?" Thor asked. Late to all the wrong parties, as per-freaking-usual.

Loki thought to rebuttal her statement but something told him it would be useless. "Shes talking about our unusual relationship." the blonde let out a soft 'oh' in response and slouched back in his chair. Loki answered with another question. "I think the better question here is: how long were you planning on keeping up the whole innocent mother nature scheme?"

The raven haired woman smirked and went from her more slouched and relaxed position to one that radiated power with perfect posture, making her clothes look even more unseemly than they were before. "Touche."

Out of the corner of his eye Loki could see Thor's look of shock and rolled his eyes. "How about we try this again. You tell us the whole story and then we get to ask questions. Deal?" his curiosity was killing him and he felt the need to speed things along.

"Deal. Where should I start?"

"How about the accident." it was a statement not a question.

"My husband, your father, Laufey got in with some bad people trying to win his first case. He was a first year associate at the same law firm Odin works at. In fact they were first years together. I was 34 weeks pregnant with you when we were driving when another car ran a red light and hit the front passenger side, my side, of the car. Apparently it was only meant to scare Laufey, not cause any real harm, but we spun out of control and I hit my head on the window giving me a concussion. I was also promptly thrown into early labor. The combination of going into labor with a rather bad concussion caused me to slip into a coma. When I woke up a month later I had a c-section scar and no baby. Your father told me that he, you, had died during birth."

She paused for a moment and leaned back in her seat a little but still kept this sort of powerful aura to her. "There was always something just not right about the story. It wasn't until just last year that I found proof it was a facade. When I confronted Laufey about it he gave this whole spiel about how he didn't know if I was going to make it and how he had to protect you. What confused me the most was that he gave you to Odin. They absolutely loathed each other and always have for as long as I can recall. I suppose it was throw off anyone who may or may not come looking for you. I'm sure its what he would have said had I given him the chance." she had started to converse more with herself then them so Loki cut in at her next pause.

"So Odin and Laufey knew each other? For how long?"

"Practically their entire lives. They grew up in the same neighborhood, went to all the same schools, even went to Harvard together. In fact I'm fairly certain they would've been friends if they hadn't had the same goals in life. At least from what I've heard. I've only ever met Odin once and it was was before I was dating Laufey."

"How did he manage to convince you I was dead for so long? I mean we were only here for five minutes when you managed to point out something we-" he gestured to him and Thor, "don't even understand." his tone was accusatory.

"I would assume he had Odin's help. Back then he too had connections the difference being his weren't so... malignant."

"So what you're saying is: he was in on it the whole time."

"Yes."

"Hold on." Thor who has been watching them go back and forth like it was a tennis game, intervened. "You're saying our father was in on this whole thing? I find that a little hard to believe."

"You obviously haven't seen the files in his study." Loki had gone through them once looking for information on one of Odin's cases a while back.

"What?" Thor was confused.

"I went through his study once and while his methods aren't technically illegal they're not exactly moral either."

Thor opened his mouth to say something but in the end just huffed and slouched back in his chair looking defeated.

"What else would you like to know?" Farbauti offered.

"The basics. Where do you live, where are you from, family, friends, job, et cetera. Also who named me in this scenario?" he refused to outwardly acknowledge that any of this was real until there was foolproof evidence.

"We did. You, like Thor presumably, were named after the Norse Gods of the same names. Its a tradition your great grandfather started when he emigrated from Norway. I do believe it is the same with Odin but I'm not certain. Most everything I know about him was provided by the internet, which we all know isn't exactly reliable. As for family you're an only child and your grandparents on both sides have long since passed. I was an only child, as was your father, so no aunts or uncles either. Friends are complicated in this world so..." she left off there and ended the sentence with a noncommittal sound.

For the next hour or so they talked mostly about Farbauti. After a while even Thor joined in. The boys learned that Farbauti lived in the city and worked as a psychologist for the rich. She had recently moved into a condo in the middle of Manhattan and had laid claim to an old orchard she and Laufey had bought to escape the city. There they kept a few horses, one was even named Sleipnir. They had found it amusing because Loki had gotten a pet Ball Python, respectively named Jörmungandr, for his 16th birthday. Now all they needed was a dog named Fenrir and a girl named Hel. They even talked a little about the extensive family on Odin's side but for the most part managed not to say anything that one couldn't get off the internet. Loki was still being cautious even though the more they talked to more he felt that this woman was in fact his mother.

At about the 2 hour mark they received a call from Frigga.

"Excuse us." Loki decided it would be best if he and Thor took the call in private. When they were far enough away he answered. "Hello?"

"Go somewhere private I want to talk to both of you."

Loki was prepared. Instead of putting it on speaker he had brought a pair of earbuds. He put on in and gave the other to Thor.

"So?" he asked signaling that they were ready.

"I sent the DNA Farbauti gave me to a family friend and he said it matched but after a lengthy conversation we decided we would like to do some additional testing to ensure it wasn't a fake sample. But it looks like she is indeed your mother." she paused waiting for Loki to react or say something but when he didn't she continued. "Your father is... upset so I wouldn't recommend coming home just yet so if you want to go hang out with some friend or something that would be fine." Loki scoffed and glanced back at Farbauti still on the patio of the coffee shop.

"Its past lunch time so I think we'll go eat . With Farbauti. In the city." He reacted... in his own way. Which just meant doing whatever he thought might piss Odin off the most.

"Loki..." she sighed. She knew if she said no he would just disappear without Thor making them worry, but on the other hand she didn't want to say yes either because the reality was that this could all be a set up. At least this way Thor was there keeping an eye out for him.

"Good then its settled." he hung up before she could properly protest. Manipulation was his forte. He walked briskly back to his mother. "Coming?" he called when Thor didn't follow.

"And?" said woman inquired when they returned.

"They want additional testing but in the mean time how about lunch? I was thinking we go into the city."

"Rebellious little shit, aren't you?" her remark surprised both of them to say the least. "Only if your parents are okay with it." she continued with a smirk.

"She said its best we don't go home just yet and she didn't say no." when Farbauti opened her mouth to say something and judging by the look on her face Loki guessed she was going to ask if he was abusive so he interrupted before she could. "He's not abusive. Mo-Frigga is just the only one who can calm him down plus I tend to piss him off more. So its more of a 'Its best if I'm not there' issue. She just wants Thor here so I don't disappear."

"You can still refer to her as your mother I won't get offended. She did raise you after all and it would be rude and unrealistic of me expect otherwise." she referred to him using Frigga's name instead of calling her his mother. "Well I know this great little Greek place not a block from Central Park. They have the best Baklava I've ever known. Will we be going in separate cars again? Or would you like to share this time."

Normally Loki would take the safer route, but again he found himself wanting to trust this woman whom he had only just met. So he compromised. "I'd say we should take the train but then you'd have to come all the way back just to gt your car, so –" Farbauti cut him off before he could finish.

"That's fine fine I could just sent my assistant to come and get it." she pulled out her phone and kind of jiggled it to emphasize her point. "At least with the train you don't have to deal with traffic."

"So we'll drove both cars there and meet at the ticket station yes?"

After massaging her assistant the trio started heading to their cars. When they reached them Farbauti made Loki an offer, "You can ride with me if you want."

He pursed his lips. "Do you have an auxiliary cord?"

"Of course. I'll even let you drive to appease the big man over there." she was referring to Thor whose expression was a mixture of doubt and poorly disguised mistrust.

Loki simply shot a glare at him and took the keys from her climbing in the drivers seal of the sedan.

On the 10 minute drive there he learned that they pretty much had the same taste in music which consisted mostly of classic rock, most anything from the 90's, some 80' pop guilty pleasures (which they both agreed wouldn't leave this car), and the basic classics. They both liked some music that the other didn't know about and semi agreed to show each other later.

The train ride there wasn't eventful, and neither was lunch; other than the Baklava which Loki had to agree, was otherworldly. Both of the boys had been to the city plenty of times before so there was no need for sight seeing, and afterwards they just went to Central Park and watched the street performers until Frigga called a couple hours or so later telling them it was time to come home.

They parted ways, albeit a bit too formal for anyone's comfort, especially considering how close they had started to become despite all their attempts at not becoming attached this early.

When they got home things weren't all that eventful either. Odin had gone back to the office so they didn't have to worry about him. Frigga was oddly quiet and kept smiling awkwardly; just generally walking on eggshells around him, and so was Thor although he was obviously trying not too. What she and oddly enough Thor failed to realize was how good this actually was. Now him and Thor weren't committing incest. Not that Frigga knew about them anyways, at least not as far as they knew, but still. Not only that but now he didn't have to lay claim to Odin.

So if they thought his current good mood was just the eye of the storm, then so be it. He wasn't going to correct them, not yet. As I said: manipulation as his forte.