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"Loki….Loki…..LOKI GET UP!"

"What…." Loki groaned as he rolled over in bed and pulled the covers over his shoulder. Hannah was staring back at him, her icy eyes full of excitement. She had her hair pushed back today, held up by a small red and green clip.

"Wake up. It's Christmas."

"I don't care about your silly mortal holidays. Wake me up later."

Hannah ripped the covers off Loki and left loki curling up in a ball trying to keep himself warm. "Get up! In case you were forgetting, Mr. High-and-Mighty, you're mortal too. And this isn't some silly holiday, Loki. Its Christmas and there are presents under the freakin' tree that I spent two and a half hours putting together last night so get your lazy ass out of your bed and open your goddamn presents."

Loki sat up, and felt ashamed."I'm sorry, Hannah. I didn't mean to make you upset. I just didn't sleep well last night and I would rather stay in bed than wake up at," He looked at the clock. "Six am, even on a holiday." Loki sat up and rolled out of bed. He followed Hannah down the hall walked down the stairs and saw that the living area was decorated with wreaths, and in the conned was a large tree decorated with ornaments, and white lights. Under the tree lay several wrapped boxes. The room smelt like frosting and gingerbread.

"You finally got him up." Corryn smiled. She was sitting in front of the tree in pink and white striped pajamas and a Santa hat. The bell on the end jingled every time she moved, giving a strange sense of Christmas cheer. Loki just nodded,rubbed his tired eyes, and sat down on the couch. Corryn surveyed him, stood up, and walked into the bathroom behind him. Not thirty seconds later, he was met by a strange tugging sensation upon his head.

"What…" He turned around to see Corryn, Santa hat and all, holding a hair brush.

"I'm sorry. Tangly hair bugs me. There, all better. Wait!" He felt something being placed upon his head, and heard Corryn cooing. "Hannah, come here! He's adorable." Loki saw Hannah walk in, and grin.

"Now, I thought it was gonna be cheesy, but you're right!"

"That's it! I'm seeing what the fuss is about." Standing up, Loki walked to the bathroom mirror. There, upon his head, was Corryn's Santa hat that she had been wearing only minutes before now sat upon his neatly brushed hair. He chuckled for a minute before leaving the bathroom. When he got back to the couch he was handed a box that was wrapped in blue wrapping paper with little snowmen on them. In a black marker To Loki, From Corryn was written.

"What's this?" He asked, a little confused. He bounced the box in his hands and brought it to his ear. "Is it some game or something? Or is this a clever trick to fool me? Because it sounds like box with a smaller box inside of it."

"No, Loki. It's a Christmas present. From me." Corryn gave a sly smile, and Loki was unsure whether or not opening the box would be smart. But curiosity was killing him, and Hannah refused to tell him what it was, so he decided he would. He peeled back the paper to see a cardboard box.

"I knew it was a clever trick!" He exclaimed.

"Loki, open the box." Corryn scoffed.

Loki sighed and slowly he began to open the box.

He let out a small sigh, "Please tell me you're joking!"

"What? You don't like it. I thought you'd love it." Grinned Corryn, trying to keep from laughing her head off. There, sitting in the God of Mischief's hands, was The Complete Guide to Norse Mythology.

"Hannah, you can't be serious!" Loki looked skeptical, and Hannah just shrugged.

"It was Corryn's idea, not mine. Blame her." He turned back to the giggling Corryn, who looked at him suspiciously.

"So I was looking through the book, when I found an…ahem, interesting page. Page 58 to be exact." Loki flipped open the book to page 58, and stared at it for a second, before promptly ripping it out and tossing it in the fireplace.

"Care to explain?" Corryn grinned, and Loki sat back down, red-faced.

"There's a reason it's Norse mythology."

"So there was no goat-"

"Some mortals have fetishes, all right?"

"Corryn, leave him alone. If it's the page you talked about, I wouldn't be to happy if people wrote things like that about me either. But now it's time to give you my gift." She pulled another gift out from under the was considerably smaller than the one Corryn gave him. It no bigger than his hand, and it was wrapped in comic book paper that could be found in the comic section of the newspaper.

Opening it up carefully, he found inside something that made his heart leap. Sitting at the bottom of the box, was a small charm, like a large M with a dot above it, hanging on a small silver chain. Grinning like his old self, Loki turned to Hannah,

"Do you know what this rune means?" He laughed

"No. I asked for a rune, and this is what he gave me. What is it?"

"Ehwaz. It means horse." He started to chuckle, and the girls were confused.

"Alright, spill the beans!" Cried Corryn. Smiling, he obliged.

He shook his head as he spoke. "I… spent a year of my life as a horse. Not a fun year."

"Why a horse? Couldn't you change?"

"Because I…because of reasons."

"Now you sound like Hannah! Seriously!"

"Look, I don't need to tell you why, or what I did as my time as a horse, Okay? Not important." He stood up, and went to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror, he put the rune around his neck, and admired it. He'd never been one for jewelry, but it fit him nicely. He returned to the couch and thanked Hannah and Corryn for the gift.

"If I had known that you had gotten me something, I would given you something back. I'm sorry."

"Nah, it's fine, Loki. You didn't know." Corryn smiled. "Anyway the gifts aren't important, however nice to get, but not important. But can you do something for me?" She added with a grin. He nodded slowly, and she went on.

"Hannah, you too."

After a minute, she sighed, "Fine."

"All right. Both of you sit on the floor." They obliged, a bit confused.

"Now, close your eyes, no peeking, and don't open until I tell you." They did, and Loki felt small hands pushing him slowly across the rug. Confused, but unquestioning, he sat, and listened to a small rustle, a thump, and an 'open up!'. He found himself sitting right next to Hannah, who looked up in horror. Corryn, standing above them with her hand held high, was holding a small branch of mistletoe.

Loki started softly, "Does this have the same meaning on earth as it does on Asgard?"

"If you mean a kiss… Yes." Hannah blushed. But Corryn had never looked happier.

"C'mon, you know you wanna, kiss the girl!" She sang, and Loki was sure that song had some deeper meaning then being made up on the spot. He half expected Hannah to roll her eyes and leave, so a kiss on the cheek was most unexpected. Loki began to feel warm, and he started to blush. He didn't know how he should respond. Loki gave her a quick kiss on her cheek before he turned away, embarrassed.

"Awww, such cute. Much love." Corryn smiled. She began to laugh hysterically. Rolling their eyes, Loki and Hannah moved away from each other, and Loki secretly wished that Corryn had asked for a better kiss then that. He hoped that no one knew that he felt that way for her.

"Wait, guys come back." Corryn said in between bursts of laughter. "No that didn't count. I want a better kiss than that." Loki smiled. Though he had lost his Asgardian power, he was still charismatic.

"But Corryn-"

"Don't 'but Corryn' me, Hannah. The rules of mistletoe is for the two to kiss. Like, full on kiss. Now hop to it!" Corryn, jumping to reach, held the mistletoe over the two, and Loki leaned in. He felt his lips brush against Hannah's, and the two commenced one of the most awkward kisses either of their lives. After about thirty seconds, Hannah pulled away, and looked to see why the mistletoe was no longer over their heads. Both turned to see a very shocked, very happy Corryn, who seemed too excited for words.

"You… She… He… IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED!" She ran up the stairs, leaving both Hannah and Loki more confused than ever before.

"So, uhm… I uh…" Hannah blushed

"Yeah." Loki sighed. "Thanks for the rune." He slowly began to walk away. He wanted this, so why did he start to feel shaken up over it. He had knots building up in his stomach. He thought he would feel better after kissing her, but he didn't. Did Hannah feel the same way? Did she too feel as if the universes was created so the two of them could exist? That she couldn't live without him? That she'd rather die a mortal then spend immortality without him? Loki hoped with all his being, soul, and heart, that she felt the way he did.

The rest of Christmas was spent as if the kiss never happened. Corryn came back down and opened her presents from Hannah; a bottle of light bubblegum pink hair dye, and a something written on a piece of paper. Loki couldn't see what was on it, but Corryn seemed to get a little nervous, and she glanced at Hannah.

"Really? Are you going to make me do this?"

"Yes. I'll help you." Corryn nodded.

Loki was a bit confused. "What did you get her? Paper? I don't understand why you got her paper because," He pointed over to a desk on the opposite side of the room. "You have tons of paper over there."

"A pen pal."

"Pen pal?" Loki imagined a small pen with a human face, and became slightly uncomfortable. Hannah seemed to notice his confusion, and explained,

"A pen pal is where you write letters to someone far away. I thought it would be good for Corryn, because then she doesn't have to see them face to face unless she wants to." Loki nodded, and watched as Corryn handed Hannah a small package. As she opened it, her face lit up. Inside were two cases, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, and Assassins creed 3. Loki had seen her playing the first one, and could tell why she was excited about these two. After a few hugs, and 'thank you's, and a 'do i have to write back', the three finally sat down to lunch. After a few servings of potatoes, ham, and green beans, Hannah's phone went off. After talking for a bit, she got off the phone, and looked at the others.

"Emergency call from work. I'll be back soon." After Hannah left, Loki and Corryn still sat in silence. Quietly dismissing himself, Loki took his new book, and returned to his room, hoping to take his mind of the kiss by finding the errors in the mythology. After several hours or so he heard the sound to the door open and close. He slowly closed the book and hesitantly walked out of the room. He saw Hannah put her things down by the side over the door. He told himself to turn around and go back to bed, but his legs brought him down the steps to Hannah.

"Hey." Hannah sighed. "You're still awake? Its past midnight, you're usually sleeping now."

"Yes, I know, but I must apologize for something."

"For what?" she asked

"The kiss."

"You don't have to apologize-" She quickly said

"Yes I do." He said solemnly. Hannah opened her mouth to protest, but Loki kept talking. "I'm sorry for putting you in that position. Corryn made me, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."

"Loki...its alright."

There was a few moments of silence between them before Loki spoke up again.

"It's not that simple is it?"

"No." Hannah said under her breath.

"You don't have to say anything if you don't want to." The two sat in an awkward silence or a few minutes before Hannah spoke the words that Loki was fearing. "But that's not why you came down here, is it."

The words came after a minute of silence.

Loki shook his head. "No." Loki wanted to tell Hannah everything. How she was one of the only mortals he loved with all his heart. How he wished he could make her happy, and have not a care in the world. How he wanted to sweep her up to Asgard where they'd live together for eternity. But all he could manage were three little words,"I love you."

Hannah took a sharp breath and turned around, hand on her mouth. She turned around, and Loki was nervous that she'd walk away. But she didn't. Instead, she turned back around, and gave him an answer.

"I'm sorry. I can't love you back." Loki felt his heart break, and sat down, with Hannah placing her hand on his shoulder.

"It's not like that. I love you too, but… I've had some hard past relationships, and I'm not ready to put myself through that again. Maybe in a few months, when we know each other a bit better. But just not now."

"When is 'a few months'?" Loki perked his head up to look at Hannah, and she seemed to smile slightly.

"Tell you what. If we're both single in four months, we'll get together."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

xXx

The next week was spent gathering things needed for the new year celebration. Fireworks, food, and alcohol were all bought for the holiday.

During this time Loki seemed to stand back and observe Hannah and Corryn celebrate this holiday. He didn't get why they celebrated a new year . In Loki's eyes, there was nothing special about having to buy new calendars or write 2014 instead of 2013. But maybe the humans saw something special about that, but he didn't understand what.

When the day finally arrived, they all stayed up late watching movies, playing card games, drinking, and eating food. With minutes till midnight Hannah brought out a few wine glasses and a bottle of champagne.

"What's that for?" Loki asked, pointing to the bottle. "Haven't we had enough to drink already?"

"Its kinda a tradition to drink champagne at midnight and make a new years resolution." Hannah said handing him a wine glass and filling it with the golden sparkling handed Corryn a pre filled wine glass of a purple colored sparkling liquid and said, "It's your favorite, Apple wild berry."

"Thanks Hannah." She smiled.

Hannah sat in between Loki and Corryn on the sofa and poured herself a glass.

"How many minutes until midnight?" Corryn asked, nearly bouncing off the couch

"We have about thirty seconds.' Hannah answered.

Loki sat and waited patiently until those thirty seconds passed so he could sleep. He was exhausted and desperately wanted the other two counted down from ten.

"10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1 Happy New Year!" They screamed as loud as they could manage. They gave each other a quick hug before Hannah hugged Loki but he did not return the hug. He sat with his arms crossed rolling his eyes at their silly celebrations. Loki began to stand up before he was stopped by Hannah pulling down at the hem of his shirt.

"Wait, you can't go to bed yet."

"Why not?" He scoffed "Its midnight. You said at midnight -"

"The party kinda begins at Midnight,Loki. You have to first make a new years resolution to do something in this year before you head to bed."

Loki grunted and signed "Fine. Okay I will. " He sat back down and took a sip of the champagne.

"Don't be such an infant, Loki."

"I'm sorry, its just that I don't understand why we stay up until midnight, drink, and say something to try and make ourselves look good. It's not like we actually are going to accomplish that thing that we said that we are going to do in this year." He said sharply in a frustrated tone. " I have made countless resolutions over the past year, and I ended up a murderer . So, tell me Hannah, how this one resolution is going to make all the difference in my life? Because I don't understand how it will." The room filled with silence as Loki awaited his response from Hannah who sat open mouthed trying to create a string of words that would answer him. But nothing came out. "I thought so." Loki said solemnly. He turned and began to walk away when a quiet voice stopped him.

"Look Loki, its not about trying to make yourself look good. Its about making a promise to yourself that you hopefully fulfill by the end of the coming year and even if you don't, you still don't give up. You keep moving forward. You get up and you try again. You may fail, but its your choice to walk away and never try again. You might think that you won't get hurt this way but if you don't try again, you will never have the satisfaction of actually accomplishing the goal that you have so desperately sought out for. Loki, This whole thing is about you being too afraid to make a new resolution and failing because you have made them before and failed. The thing is Loki, this is not about what you have done. It's about you will become . That is why we make resolutions year after year. So pull up your big boy pants and stop being an inconsiderate bastard!"

Loki turned around and hung his head.

"I'm sorry."He muttered. "Corryn, you're right. I have been a bastard and a complete ass these past few days," He looked at Hannah. "I'm sorry for ruining your holiday and causing you to get angry with me. I'm sorry that I...That you are burdened with me. So, this is my new years resolution: I make a resolution to care about myself less and start focusing on what's important in my life: You two. You have given me a better home than I have ever been in, and all In return I become a monster to live with. So I promise that I will change. I will be a better man by the end of the year."

Hannah raised her glass, as well did Loki and Corryn.

"A toast to Loki. May he fulfill his resolution and find himself here on Earth." Hannah proclaimed.

Hannah gave her resolution about how she will do her best to mold Loki into a better man and Corryn made hers about how she will study harder and pass the SAT's so that she might get accepted to Michigan State University. At the end of it all, they had found out more about each other in the past week, than the first 2 months together, and that change was welcoming.

"Oh Hannah, Corryn." Loki said, setting his glass down on the small side table. "I almost forgot to give you your delayed Christmas presents."

"Our delayed Christmas presents?" Hannah asked

"Yes, your delayed Christmas presents. I never got you anything on Christmas and I thought it was my job to give you something, so I made something, for each of you."

Loki gave a quick smile before running to the kitchen. "I can't believe that you didn't see these earlier." He remarked pulling out 2 large plates of food out of the fridge. "They were not well hidden. Hannah, Corryn, please close your eyes until I say open, okay?" They closed their eyes and nodded. "Good." Loki moved about the kitchen grabbing a few things, putting sprinkles on some things and frosting on others. This went on for about a minute. "Okay open."

Hannah and Corryn both opened their mouths, and their jaws dropped. On the table in front of Corryn was a plate of stacked waffles with powdered sugar lightly sprinkled on with a lemon syrup and a dollop of whipped cream. In front of Hannah was a plate of chocolate cupcakes with different animals frosted on the top. There was a puppy, a kitten, a panda, and a zebra.

"Do you like them?" He asked his eyes were wide with anticipation.

"No." Hannah said, and the light in Loki's eyes burnt out. "I don't like it. I absolutely love it."

A smile washed across Loki's face. "Really? You really like them?"

"Of course we do." Corryn smiled, "You really know us. You knew that Hannah's favorite animals are basically all baby animals, and you made cupcakes with baby animals on them. You also made waffles that look absolutely fantastic! When did you make them?"

"Today when you were out. I used the computer to find out how to make waffles and cupcakes. Sure the four cupcakes were the only ones to come out unburnt, and yeah those waffles took over an hour to make because I kept messing up the recipe, but it was fun. It was frustrating, but at the end of the day, I knew that you would smile, and I think that's something worth countless hours of cooking."

Hannah walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. Her head rested on his shoulder. When she pulled out of the hug Loki smiled down at her, a quick smile, but it meant everything to her.

Corryn smile as she saw how the two reacted near each other. She thought it was good for Hannah to be happy with someone but herself."Hannah if you don't get here soon enough the kitten is going to be gone." She joked grabbing for one of the cupcakes..

"Please don't touch my cupcakes." She walked back over to her plate of cupcakes and unraveled the zebra one.

"Oh I also made you this." Loki pulled out a piece of white paper that read happy Christmas in free and red ink. Loki noticed the scribbled drawings on it as he handed it to her. "I'm not the worlds greatest artist." He remarked

"I think it lovely." Hannah smiled looking at the small snowmen and gingerbread men and to the two snow angels in the corner of the paper.