If it was one thing that the Odinsons didn't expect from Darcy and Jane, it was hearing them screaming in the early afternoon. When they bolted over and made it to their front door, they were confused to say the least when Jane and opened the door, and the boys saw that they were both unharmed and alone- but that didn't stop them from shrieking again and dragging them inside. The brothers looked at each other and arched an eyebrow when they could've sworn they finally made out 'kill it' within the shrieks. When the girls led them to the bathroom and they saw the cause of the ruckus- a spider in the upper right corner of the room. Loki exhaled sharply, muttered something about 'going back to bed.' When Darcy smacked his arm and motioned at the spider. "Eaaaahhhh!" She finally forced out when words failed her.

"What? It's gonna crawl away sometime!" Loki protested.

"No! Do you see the size of that thing?" Darcy demanded.

"It's huge!" Jane insisted.

Darcy pointed at her. "That's what she said- but seriously, that thing is the size of the quarter and I want it gone!"

"Oh please…" Loki rolled his eyes.

Thor sighed. "Fine, then…" He raised his foot to get the sneaker he had more or less just yanked on without typing up two minutes prior.

"Don't kill it!" Loki protested.

"Yes, kill it! Kill it dead!" Darcy nodded.

"Jane, get a glass, or a cup or something." Loki instructed.

Jane seemed more than happy to leave the room.

"What? Why a cup? You're gonna set it free?" Darcy asked.

"Yes, that would be the general idea," Loki replied. He turned to Jane when she came back, and took the glass from her. He sidled over, then put it over the spider so it fell further in. Later, he'd deny jumping in alarm when the girls let out yelps when they saw the arachnid drop. He sighed. "Terribly misunderstood creatures, spiders…"

"Stop being British again and get that the Hell out of the house or go drown it!" Darcy insisted.

Loki shot her a glare. "You know, I would be happily sleeping in right now if I hadn't heard you screaming over something so pointless as this." He replied before taking the cup and leaving the room to let the spider go outside. Darcy followed at his heels, making sure the spider didn't have a vendetta to come back and torment them again. Once the spider had scurried away, Loki straightened out and looked at her. "Right, now that you two are out of the life-threatening danger that your screaming implied you were in, I'm going to bed so I don't punch Stark in the face next time he suggests helping me with the fireworks on set would be a 'fantastically amazing' idea."

"Oh, if you don't get enough sleep and he does suggest it, can you at least get Steve or someone to record that for me?" Darcy asked.

Loki scoffed. "No thank you. I already have to deal with issues involving you and him every time he wants to come on any of the sets I go on. Hell, he's followed me for three sets now, talking about some ass that you apparently know and complain about. He talks about… John or whatever his name is like I'm supposed to know him."

Darcy blinked a couple of times, searching for a response. She thought of the simplest one and went with it. "… Imagine that."

Loki shook his head. "I don't get what it is with me being thrown about in your life where other men are concerned. It's a fair bit frightening. Anyway good night- morning… afternoon- whatever." He turned on his heel and headed back for his condo.

Darcy watched him, buzzed her lips, then looked at the ground. Upon seeing the spider that started the trouble suddenly turn around and head back towards the door, she grabbed the nearest stick off the ground and tossed it at the spider. "No! Stay back, you little creep!" She nodded in satisfaction when the spider reversed course and headed for the grass again. "Yeah, you better run!" She turned back and kicked the door shut, going back inside, where Thor was teasing Jane about her own shrieks on account of their small intruder. "Hey, the Hell with you, Gigantor. That thing was terrifying." She countered. When Thor just chuckled, she plopped onto one of the couches. "So, where are you two lovebirds headed today?"

"Park," Jane replied simply.

Darcy rolled her eyes. "You two are so bland it's adorable."

Thor shrugged. "I'll take bland over nearly getting the other party arrested a couple of times…" He countered. When Darcy narrowed her eyes at him, he merely smiled, reached over and ruffled her hair. She pulled back and swatted at his hand.

Thor straightened out, then looked at Jane. "Well, now that that's over, wanna get an early start on the day?"

Jane beamed, then looped her arm through his when he offered his elbow.

Darcy shook her head and rolled her eyes again. She reached over to get her phone and started up a text message to Bobbi to see if she had plans. She wasn't at all surprised to find out her friend was going out with Clint after he came back from 'another adventure where he kicked ass and took names.' She groaned, collapsed back onto the couch again, and resorted to channel surfing. She would bother at least one of them later.

"So… Loki and I have the brothers-and-therefore-have-to-stick-together-in-semi-bad-times thing, but… how did you and Darcy come to be? I honestly don't think that's been established yet." Thor pointed out as the pair continued to walk along a dirt path in the nearby park. "We've just kinda… considered you two to be sisters and that's why clashing personalities work, and left it at that."

Jane laughed, then sighed. "Wow. Well, where do I begin? Well, I used to babysit her as a kid. When Darcy and her parents moved to Colorado for a while, we lost touch completely… and I needed an assistant with a bunch of science projects- all forms of Astronomy, really, and she was the only one who applied, and… she just didn't work out to well in that, and we actually got into some big argument and she said something that made me realize it was that pain in the neck kid from all those years ago. About two hours later we were best friends, and here we are, trying to make it by in this crazy economy." Jane replied. "What about you and Loki? I mean, we've gotten some of the story, but not all of it…"

Thor shrugged. "Well, there's not much to tell that we haven't already. Of course, being brothers it was rough. I was the jock throughout all the school years, he was the bookworm- Hell, there were jokes about me being a jock and him being a band geek- which is exactly why he never picked up an instrument in his life." He shrugged. "The typical big-brother-and-his-shadow thing kept up for years- you've seen it. Clint told you about the thing with Loki trying so hard to please our parents." He shrugged. "I honestly feel bad sometimes. I love him, and to thing I've put him through that sometimes…"

Jane sighed and tightened her hold on his arm, pressing further against him. "Hey, it's not like you did it on purpose. It comes with the territory. I have a little sister. We were like that and it didn't… exactly work out well. You two still speak and… at least seem to get along a good amount of the time. My sister and I… … not so much."

Thor frowned, then nodded in understanding. "Well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, I suppose."

Jane paused in consideration, then nodded and smiled. "I guess so. Still hurts, though."

"That's life, unfortunately." Thor agreed.

Jane laughed weakly. "How come you always have the perfect philosophical thing to say?"

Thor shrugged. "I grew up and live with Loki who never stops talking like that." He replied.

Jane laughed harder no. "Careful. The next time the prank war continues I can tell him you blamed him and he can turn against you more than Darcy."

"You wouldn't dare." Thor countered.

"Stay on my good side and I won't." Jane replied with yet another smile, then went up on her tiptoes in order to give him a quick peck on the lips before cuddling further into him again and leaning forward to continue the walk.

"I'll keep that in mind. So, how did you know so much about my family's namesakes?" Thor asked.

"Eh, too much research in high school Mythology for my own good." Jane replied. "I had a really cute teacher, which helped?"

"Cuter than me?" Thor arched an eyebrow, then released Jane in order to cross his arms. "Impossible,"

"Debatable," Jane replied, then giggled when Thor offered a mock pout. "Fine. Debatable any other time but now."

"I'll take that," Thor smirked. "I still find that impossible, but I'll take it." He reiterated.

Jane rolled her eyes. "You're as bad as Darcy."

Thor shrugged. "Well, she and I do make a Hell of a team."

"Please. Loki and I are so gonna win that prank war. Genius always wins over ego."

Thor chuckled, then rubbed her shoulder. "We'll see about that when they start up the war again."

"I'll look forward to that." Thor replied. "Whatever shall we do in the meantime?"

"A lot of this?" Jane suggested.

"Works well enough for me." Thor replied, then glanced down at his pocket when he heard his cell phone ring. He got it and answered it. "Hello?" He paused, and Jane frowned when she saw him go from looking mildly concerned to amused. She waited as he asked "What happened? Where?" and then merely a few "hm"s before he promised to be wherever he was asked to be in a few minutes. He hung up. "Well, that was the hospital… … and Clint."

Jane's look of curiosity went to concern of her own again. "What happened?"

"Clint got shot- nothing bad. Just a thin graze. Apparently he was in a bad spot because the robber they were after spotted him and returned fire. I heard him complaining about wanting to leave before he had to experience hospital food, so he's clearly alright." Thor replied, adding the last bit quickly upon seeing Jane's jaw drop. "You don't mind if I cut this short to see him, do you?"

Jane shook her head rapidly. "No, no. Why don't we both go? I call him a friend, too."

Thor nodded appreciatively, and then moved his arm so they could turn back towards the parking lot again. "Next time will be dinner so we can hopefully avoid this kind of thing." Thor offered.

"I'll hold you to that. Now come on. Clint'll never let us live it down if we're not by his side within twenty minutes." Jane replied.

Thor chuckled. "It worries me that you've known him a couple of months and you already know that about him."

Jane shrugged. "Did a lot of Psych work, too." She replied.

The two reached the parking lot, made it to the car, and made quick work of starting on their way to the hospital.