Chapter 11:

LOKI'S POV:
Sam seems on edge. It's almost as if she's scared now that I dreamed she died.

"Hey, are you alright?" I say.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She says unconvincingly.

"Don't lie to me."

A tear drips down her face. Watching her cry hurts me. Cat scampers in and jumps up at her, and I gently shove him off.

"Hey! Comforting her is my job, Cat!" I growl.

Sam laughs.

"So what's wrong?" I ask.

She explains how there's a feeling in her gut that's scaring the crap out of her. Now I feel terrible. I scoot closer to her and put my hand over hers.

"I won't let anything happen to you." I promised.

Sam smiles.

SAM'S POV:

Loki is the sweetest guy. I don't even understand how people think he's evil. Well, I do, because he killed like thousands of people, but you get my point. He's MY mass murderer… which sounds odd now that I say it.

"I trust you with that." I tease.

He kisses me sweetly and I giggle and push him back into the bed. I jump up and dash out into the living room. He storms out jokingly and threatens to love me to death. I laugh until he comes over to me.

"And I'll love you for all eternity." He whispers into my ear.

He's so close I can feel his breath on the side of my face.

"Oh hey, aren't we getting married?" I ask.

"Yeah, I don't know who we're going to invite. We're not very popular." He laughs.

My mind explores the concept. Back on earth, I would invite my parents and my brother and my friends, and we'd probably have a packed wedding. But here, my only friend is Sif. His only friend is Sif. We're not popular, he's right.

"Is there any way we can go back to earth?" I whisper.

"Why, do you not like it here?"

"No! I like it here, it's just, we could have a huge wedding back at home with all my friends and family."

"Darling, you see. We could go back rather easily actually, but I'm forbidden. We love a forbidden love, and I'm positive your parents wouldn't be fond of the man who destroyed New York."

I remember the catastrophe back on Earth. My parents would hate him. So would my friends. He's right.

"You remember how you wanted to rule Midguard. Well, how cool would it be if we went back and apologized? You know, say sorry for destroying your city?" I suggest.

He laughs. I give him a confused look.

"They would throw us in prison."

Of course they would.

"Well, not if I went for you."

Loki seems shocked and somewhat insulted.

"What?" I ask.

"It's like you're trying to fix my mistakes, that or you're trying to get away."

"No! No, no, no! Why would I try to get away? The only thing is, is that my stuff is kind of at my house and I want to say bye to family and stuff, and if I had an excuse to go back-"

"I understand." He cuts me off.

"We could go together? It would be fun." I suggest.

"As long as we avoid SHIELD." He winks.

"You have long eyelashes." I observe.

"Uh, thanks?"

I smile and he takes me by the hand. We walk back into the city and right to the Bifrost. Loki begs and pleads with the man there to be able to go back to Earth, just to collect my stuff. He rejects the request time after time, saying he would only let us go if we had permission from the king. Great. I guess we're not going back.

LOKI'S POV:

This is important to Sam, and I intend to get her back to Earth. She seems disappointed, but when I take off towards the palace, her mood changes completely. Not for the better, but at least she wasn't disappointed in me. Now, she was chasing after me telling me it didn't matter. But it did matter to her, and she matters to me, so it's only common courtesy.

When we arrive at the palace, my heart is pounding. The risk is actually really high right now. Odin still might decide to put me in prison, because after all he hasn't really had the chance to professionally speak with me yet. I gulp down the fear rising in my throat and step up to the throne.

"Odin, Sam and I would like to return to Midguard in order to collect her things and say goodbye to her family." I say loudly.

"Loki you have been banished from Midguard. In fact, you're supposed to be in prison right now."

My gut twists around. Here it comes.

"I can't go be imprisoned. What about Sam?"

"She'll be fine on her own."

"No I won't! I don't know anything about anything here!" Sam squeaks frantically.

Guards pour in the sides of the room. I look at Sam desperately and she throws herself into my arms. I feel her tears soak through my shirt.

"She makes me better!" I scream.

Sam blushes in my arms, but Odin is curious.

"She makes me better." I clarify.

"How does she make you better, Loki?" Odin questions. This might be my chance.

Odin may be a strict and rough ruler, but he's fair and reasonable.

"I would never do anything that would scare Sam. Ever. I wouldn't ever kill, or maim, or take over, none of that." I swear.

"Reasonable. Fine. I give you one month of freedom. You must show signs of an improved citizen. Deal?"

"Deal!" I agree hastily.

Sam heaves a sigh of relief into my shoulder. Her head is nuzzled into the crook of my neck, and she's giggling. Don't ask me why, but she is. I still can't believe I fell in love with a human. But you know what, Sam shouldn't even count as a human, she's not like them. She's better.