Well, again, sorry for the long breaks in between chapters. You know how life is.
"Um, I don't think so." Eli said, she was still in pajama bottoms, Loki had no idea why humans couldn't just have regular clothes to sleep in, but Eli wore these 'Doctor Who' pants.
"Why not?" Loki whined.
"Well because you freaked my sisters out." Eli answered, folding her arms.
"Come on, free dinner. I'm a great cook." Loki usually never thought twice about lying, but that one could back fire.
"I don't know. I don't really eat with strangers."
"Well, then, the only solution is to make me not a stranger. Besides, I already feel close to you, I made you tea, crawled in the sky tubes with you…" Loki said. He was very aware that he was charming, and he was trying to get her to succumb to his sexy-ness..
"Fine. What time?" Eli finally agreed.
"Uh tonight, 5:30?"
"Is that a question or statement?"
"Wow, you're grouchy in the morning." Loki pointed out.
"You woke me up at 6:30!"
"And defensive, are all girls like that?" Loki asked.
"Okay, shut up. I'll be over a 5:30." Eli said.
Loki smiled and left. He had to be at work in a half hour. He was excited; the only girl he ever had dinner with was his mom. His fake mom.
"Oh great you."
Loki jumped off of his train of thought. Before him stood Clint Barton.
"Think you could manage getting me a medium black coffee and a caramel mocha?"
"I can handle anything. The real question is, will I?" Loki returned.
"Hurry up would ya?"
"What's wrong Barton? I thought we were friends, I've missed you." Loki teased
"Quit screwing around. You have no Thor to protect you here, and I'll kick your ass."
Loki handed Clint his order. "Have an alright day."
Clint stomped off, and Loki found himself slightly sad he didn't have friends. It was a very uncommon thought for Loki, but even Gods like him had feelings.
Loki usually loved his job, but today it was going too slow. He wanted to leave so he could go shopping for something to eat. He had decided since he couldn't cook, he'd just pretend he did by buying take out and putting it in a pan. But what should he get? He saw a place called KFC with a weird guy on the sign. Maybe he'd try there. As soon as he got off work he rushed there. Then there was the problem on how much to buy. Loki had been living off these small little dinner boxes called kid cuisine; he ate at least 2 every night. He finally decided on getting 2 buckets of chicken, and a couple tubs of Mac n' cheese.
"What am I missing?" Thought Loki. "A desert! And something to drink." He hurried to the super market. He bought some cool aid mix, and instant tea. Eli liked tea. Then he bought cheese cake. This will be perfect, Loki thought.
He hurried home and pulled out a pan to put the chicken in. He picked a glass casserole dish. Then he put all the Mac n' cheese in a pot, and made the instant tea and cool aid. Loki smiled, proud of himself. All he needed now was to set the table. He waited to do that because he wanted to watch TV. He found a channel and settled down in his favorite chair. Finally 5:30 came around and Loki heard a knock on his door.
Mulan and Kitty eyed him evilly as they walked in. Bo hugged him, which Loki unhappily accepted. If it wasn't for his nice guy act, he would have punted the kid to the next state. Then Eli came in. The whole reason he did this.
"Hello. I just got down cooking. Shall we eat?" Loki said. Everyone nodded and they settled down at Loki's table. "I hope you guys like chicken."
Everyone dished up food and Loki began eating, but Eli, Mulan, Kitty and Bo started saying this prayer.
"Why don't you say grace when you eat?" Bo asked.
"Um, well, I don't know." Loki saw a look in Eli's eyes. Fearful it was disappointment, Loki continued. "I don't know why you don't think I said it in my head. I wasn't sure if you guys did."
"Are you sure you cooked this?" Eli asked. She looked amused.
"Uh yeah, worked forever on it."
"It tastes just like KFC"
"Oh thanks." Loki said awkwardly.
"Do you have any ketchup?" Kitty asked.
"What is ketchup?" Loki asked. This child was weird, he decided.
"You know the red stuff you squirt from the bottle?"
"Oh! You mean Hunts? Yes I've got Hunt's" Loki said in realization. The girl must not be able to read. It said Hunt's very large on the bottle.
He got some looks from around the table as he handed over the "Hunt's".
"So, Loki, where are you from?" Eli asked.
"Asgard" Loki answered simply. He looked up to the look on Eli's confused face." I mean, Asgard, Massachusetts." Loki chose randomly.
"Liar." Mulan glared at him with huge eyes.
"Mulan, don't be rude." Eli scolded.
"He's lying. I know for a fact Asgard isn't a town in Massachusetts." Mulan said.
Loki shrugged. "I can't believe I've been living half my life in a non-existent town."
Eli smiled. "We're from Ohio. Do you have any family?"
Loki's smile fell. No, he had no family. He was an orphan who was used as a potential instrument of peace. But that would be embarrassing to say. "Uh, yeah I'm and only child, but I'm really close to my parents."
"Oh, that's nice. I'm really close to my parents too. They are going to come live with us here in a few weeks, them and my other brother and sister."
"Why aren't they here in the first place?" Loki asked.
Kitty and Mulan started giggling.
"What?" Loki asked.
Eli sighed. "Since we're a big family, we took two flights. But my sister, Rosalie, made the other group of us, Dad, Mom, Lewis and Rosalie, late because she got arrested for mooning people on the interstate.
"Mooning?" Loki questioned.
"You don't know what mooning is?" Eli asked, shocked.
The little girls laughed again.
"It means you pull your pants down and show people your butt!" Bo said excitedly.
The group started laughing, even Loki. Because even if you're a God, butts are funny.
"Oh, look at the time. We have to go. It's time to get baths."
"Well, you could bathe here." Loki suggested.
"That's okay." Eli said.
"Well, can we do this again sometime?" Loki asked.
"Yeah." Eli smiled. "I enjoyed than more than I thought I would."
Loki smiled. Score one for the god.
Well, I hope you guys loved this story. I hope I'm not ruining it or anything. Thanks for the support guys! Any suggestions for things to happen are welcome.
