Sorry for the wait *places chapter and rolls away*


"Thor, fetch Loki. I think he's in his room." Odin said "When you have him meet us in the car."

Thor nods and turns to make his way up the stairs, ever since the Odinsons returned home early from their grandparents visit due to the grandfather hitting Loki, Loki has locked himself in his room.

And Thor feels awful because, he feels like there is nothing he can do for his brother, aside from telling him that he isn't a burden, and continue acting deaf just so Loki doesn't feel like a misfit in a hearing family.

Now Thor's not saying their mother and father don't play deaf also but they can at times be forgetful.

Thor crept down the long dark hallway to his brothers room which was at the end of the hall, underneath the door light spilled out so that meant Loki either was reading one of his many novels that he collects or practicing his Criss Angel starter kit.

Loki was always into magic and one of the magicians that always awe-inspired him was the dark looking magician Criss Angel, what he found interesting was that the man wasn't afraid to show his magic, nor was he one of those snobby magicians that say "Its a secret", but what also inspired Loki to do magic was the fact that he had the potential to levitate!

Thor would always find Loki performing simple tricks like turning a quarter into a dove, or the levitation of small household items, but Loki's big dream was the levitation of himself.

Thor smiled at the thought of his brother accomplishing his goal, but his smile quickly faded when he heard a thump on the other side of the room, it sounded heavy like a book, or a body.

Thor opened the door and peered inside, only to find Loki curled on his side in his bed, he was dressed in his dark green sweat-shirt and sweat-pants, a sign that Thor grew to know as the "Sulky Loki" whenever he wore those he was going to be having an episode.

Thor crept into the room and stood near the door quietly, he knew Loki couldn't hear him, but it felt like he could hear him! It spooked Thor at how Loki could tell it was him, and how it was impossible for anyone to sneak up on his brother.

"What do you want, Thor? I don't wish to be bothered at this moment..." Loki signed.

Thor flinched, jumping at Loki's sudden movement, he walked up to his brother and tapped his left shoulder, signaling to him to face him.

Loki rolled slightly enough for him to see his older brother, from what Thor could see, Loki looked upset, it shown in his eyes.

Whenever his brother was upset his green eyes would appear red, the whites seemed to turn pink and the green iris would be blood red. Only Thor knew of this but it was strange to him, unexplainable almost.

Thor figured this was one of those rare gifts, like how some people can bend and twist, or touch their nose with their tongues.

"I can see that, is something bothering you brother? Your wearing your sweat clothes." Thor signed.

Loki rolled his eyes and huffed audibly "Its nothing. Just something small, I...I keep thinking on what grandfather has said. About me being a burden. I cant think of what he could possibly mean by it...is there something wrong with me? Something I don't know about?" the youngest Odinson signed, the look of pain crossed his face.

Thor bit his lower lip the sad look in Loki's eyes only made Thor's heart tighten, he wished he could tell Loki the truth, the about who he is. But he couldn't, the pain would be too much for his sibling, possibly driving him mad.

Thor sighed and pulled Loki up and into a hug, he rubbed his shoulders and kissed his forehead, the action caused Loki to frown but he made no move to push his sibling away.

"Brother, you know that grandfather is a bag of cats, you shouldn't take anything seriously that he says. You are no burden, your far from a burden. You mustn't think of yourself in that light, I don't want you to get depressed again, remember the last time you had gotten depressed thinking to much on a topic." Thor signed to his brother.

Loki nods and fakes a smile, Thor can tell its fake and then moves to tell his brother why he is upstairs "Brother, I know what will make you feel better. We are going to go Christmas tree hunting." Thor signed to his brother.

Loki's eyes lite up like a small child's, he had always enjoyed the tree hunting tradition, its always been his favorite. "Mother and father, they await us in car?" he signed to his sibling as he headed to his closet removing his scarf from the hanger.

"Aye, and grand news brother, father is allowing me to drive!" Thor signed as he added emotion into his movements. Loki simply smirked "This shall be interesting, how will mother and father deal with this? You and your reckless turns and the fact you speed down the roadways when there are no others on the roads?" Loki teased.

Thor looked offended "I do not speed! I have the greatest care when I'm driving!" Thor signed back quickly.

"You lie brother, what about you and your girl friend, Ms. Foster? I find myself clutching the seat for dear life as you fly down the roads, just to impress your female friend, it is as if you acquired your license through playing the Grand Theft Auto. Its a surprise we haven't perished thanks to your driving."

Thor watched amused, as his brother signed this to him.

"Are you claiming that you are the better driver? I recall you slamming onto the brakes every time you advance an inch forward." Thor signed "You drive worst than a elderly women." Thor signed to Loki as the brother began to exit the room.

"Well pardon me for not throwing caution to the wind, brother!" Loki signed before playfully hitting his brother in the shoulder.

The two brothers argued playfully back and forth as they exited the home, Odin watched as his sons headed to the car, he was about to lock the house when he noticed how his youngest was dressed.

"Loki, do you want to grabbed your coat?" he signed, but Loki shook his head "I do not require it. It defeats the purpose of feeling the chill of winter." Loki signed.

"Besides, I don't feel cold. It is as if I am one of those frost giants from the old folklore you told us about father." Loki signed.

Odin nods, he loved Loki's childlike interest in folklore, magic, and whatever else could grasp his attention.

Odin locked the door and was about the climb into the front seat when he heard a deep voice from behind say "Mmmhmm."

Odin turned around, and met eye to eyes with his blonde son "Father, you promised that I could take the wheel tonight." Thor said crossing his arms.

Odin frowned, he did promise, bit he hoped Thor had forgotten, but Thor never forgets. "I was hoping that you had forgotten, but if you are so insisted than go ahead, just...don't drive too fast." Odin said pocketing his keys as Thor stuck his own into the ignition.

Thor had barely moved out of the driveway when both Frigga and Odin began to bicker and panic.

"Thor easy, ease out of the drive...NO! Slower, slower, slower!"

"Sweetheart, your going to slow pick up the speed, no wrong, don't put it in drive yet!"

Thor simply huffed, he one his parents were worried, think is, they allow him to drive to and from school and they even allow him to pick up his baby brother, assuming he knows how to drive, yet now they are acting like its his first time.

All the while Loki was playing with Thor's MP3 player.

He had stuck the headphones in and picked a random song, the first song that played was "The Fox" despite not being able to hear it, Loki could feel the beats, the vibrations of the song and he could pretty much get the gist of the tempo of the song.

Like many others of the hearing community, Loki loved music.

Finally after many more short lectures Thor decided to take matters into his own hand and turned the car around, backed up, and took down the highway.


Here it is, yup. And I hate how spellcheck thinks Criss Angels name is wrong...I know that's not how you usually spell that particular name but seriously?