Chapter 24
They walked down the stairs and headed towards the garage where her car was. Loki looked over at the vehicles curiously as Adriel pulled out her keys and unlocked her car.
"Interesting."
He said softly as she lets go of his hand and walks over to the driver's side. "What is?" She asked with a sweet smile on her lips. Loki slowly walked towards the other side of the car and eyed it cautiously. "This is your transportation? It listen's to your orders by just pressing a button?" Adriel started to laugh and gently nodded.
"Yeah this is my car, the button I pressed is what unlocked the doors."
Loki slowly nodded as he pulled open the door and got in once she did. Adriel then pulled on her seatbelt and Loki followed along with her. "I've read about this and heard stories about these sort of things in your world but seeing them in person is quite fascinating." Adriel started to laugh as she pushed her key in the ignition and started the car.
"I knew you would like it here! Have you ever been on Earth before?"
Loki sighed as he looked out the window watching the numerous vehicles driving by and the line of buildings that sat beside each other. "Many, Many years ago… when the world was new. Father wanted us to learn about our allies however we never stopped by to see you and your family because it was a very short visit. I wish we did." Adriel smiled over at Loki and took his hand into hers as she stopped at a stop light.
"We're together now, that's all that matters."
Loki smiled over at her and squeezed her hand. "That we are in fact is all that matters." The light then turned green and Adriel took her hand back and began to drive. She finally made it over towards the hospital and parked her car in the doctor's parker area. She then turned off her car and unbuckled her seatbelt.
"We're here!"
She said happily as she got out of the car. Loki followed after her and looked around to observe the area. Adriel chuckled and placed her hand on Loki's shoulder. "Ready to go inside?" Loki immediately looked back at her and nodded, Adriel smiled over at him and took his hand into hers and led him towards the hospital.
Once they were inside Adriel then let's go of Loki's hand and smiles over at the Security Guard. "Hey Sam! How are you today?" The older gentleman smiled at Adriel and nodded. "I am well Dr. Demarco! Who's the young man?" Adriel smiled over at Sam and then linked her arm around Loki's.
"Sam this is a very dear friend of mine. He came all the way from London to come visit me."
The old man's wrinkles started to crease when he smiled at Loki. "Well you must think she's a very special lady to come this far to see her." He said laughingly, Loki slowly smiled at the old man and wrapped his arm around Adriel's shoulders. "She is at that. I'd travel the universe for her." Sam grinned at Loki approvingly and patted his shoulder. "Good man. A young lady like this deserves to have such treatment. You take good care of her you hear?" Loki smiled and gently nodded his head.
"I will sir."
He said softly and kissed Adriel's temple. Adriel smiled over at him and then looked over at the older gentleman. "Well Sam we better get going." Sam nodded and as Adriel took Loki's hand. "Well it was nice meeting you." Loki then nodded. "Nice to meet you as well." Adriel then pulled Loki with her as they started walking towards the elevators.
"He seems to be a pleasant guard." Loki said mindlessly.
Adriel nodded as she pressed the button. "He is… Sam's been here for a long time and he's a very sweet man. His wife actually makes Chloe and myself dinner from time to time since we're kind of on our own." Loki silently nodded and then looked over towards the doors that swung open. He then watched Adriel walk inside and looked at her curiously as she smiled over at him.
"Come on! It's not going to bite you!"
Loki glared at her while she started laughing as he entered into the elevator. Adriel then pushed the button to her floor and watched as the doors closed. "Are you okay?" She asked, looking at him worriedly as he eyed the elevator. "I am fine just curious." Adriel nodded and wrapped her arm around his.
"Now you know how I felt when I came to Asgard."
Loki smiled down at her and pulled her into him. "I'm happy to share this experience with you. If I was to be with anyone here on Midgard it would be you." Adriel smiled and leaned up to kiss him. "I love you Loki." Loki smiled down at her and pecked her lips. "I love you too Adriel." The bell dinged letting them know that they made it to their destined floor and walked out. Loki looked over at all the bustling people moving around the crowded hallways. He watched as Adriel made her way towards a desk with a bunch of people in uniforms.
One woman in particular looked up and smiled at Adriel. "Dr. Demarco! Thank you so much for coming in!" Adriel smiled over at the young woman and waved her hand. "It's no problem Anna! Do you have the documents for me to sign?" Anna nodded and hastily grabbed the documents while Adriel looked back at Loki and smiled as she nodded her head towards him.
Loki slowly walked closer to her, it wasn't that he was intimidated by this world but he was cautious. He did know things from what he heard from others who had visited this world and from reading books however, since this was all new to him he wanted to make sure that he took extra precautions, after all this was a whole new world to him. Anna quickly made it back with the papers and looked up to see a tall thin man with slicked black hair watching them and gave him a curious look.
"Is there something I can help you with?" She asked curiously.
Adriel then looked back to see who Anna was talking to and smiled as Loki was standing there with his hands in his pockets. "Come over here silly!" Loki slowly smirked at her as he made his way towards her. "Dr. Demarco you know this guy?" Anna asked, Adriel nodded as Loki was now standing beside her. "Yes Anna this is a very dear friend of mine. He came all the way from London to come for a visit." Anna then smiled over at the mysterious man. "Nice to meet you Mister…" Loki then immediately responded in his cool soothing tone.
"Will. Will Odinson."
Anna grinned at him and was about to say something until someone immediately spoke. "Demarco! What the hell are you doing here!? You're post call!" A young woman called out with long black wavy hair and pale skin. Adriel smiled over at the woman however Loki was not impressed by her welcoming. "Hey Gwen! How's it going?" Gwen shrugged as she walked over to Adriel and smirked.
"As good as it could get I suppose. So what are you doing here? I thought I wouldn't see you till Thursday!"
Adriel shrugged as she smiled over at her friend. "Here to sign off on some papers." Gwen then scoffed. "Really?! They called you in for that?!" Adriel shrugged her shoulders as she signed some documents. Gwen scoffed and then looked over at Loki and smiled. "And who's this handsome guy with ya Adriel?" Adriel looked up and then back over at Loki who was glaring at her friend.
"This is my friend Will. He came here from London to come visit me and Chloe."
Gwen's eyebrows rose up in complete surprise. "From London huh? That's pretty far to just to say hey ole chum!" Loki gave her a smug smirk, knowing what she was up to and placed his hands behind his back. "I have just recently had word of Adriel's parent's passing away and I came to the states to find out if there was anything I could do to help." He lied fluidly, Gwen then started to chuckle.
"Her parent's died 3 years ago! And you decide now that it's a good time to come?"
Loki then shrugged his shoulders. "Better late than never I suppose." Gwen then scoffed. "Either that or your just looking for some pity sex." Adriel then immediately glared at the woman before her. "GWEN!" she yelled, Gwen then shrugged her shoulders.
"Come on Adri! The guy comes all the way from London just to help you out? How come we've never heard of you being friends with this guy? I've never heard you talk about a friend named Will ever! This guy is using you just like Eric and he's doing it to make you think warm fuzzy feelings for him and think about how much of an awesome and sweet guy he is so he can get into your pants! I see it all the time!"
Adriel frowned at Gwen, while Loki was giving her a mischievous look. "Gwen it's not anywhere near to what you think! And I do not appreciate you talking about my friend like that!" Gwen was then about to speak until suddenly she realized she did not have a voice. Her eyes then widened in surprise and placed her hands over her neck. Loki then shrugged with a wicked grin on his lips.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"
Gwen then immediately glared at Loki while Adriel grabbed an Otto Scope and a tongue depressor. "Gwen let me look." Gwen looked at Adriel helplessly and opened her mouth for Adriel to take a look. Once she did Adriel then turned off the light and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't see anything wrong." Gwen frowned and then open her mouth to speak. "I don't understand!" Gwen then looked immediately surprised. "What the hell!? I can talk again!" Loki then shrugged.
"Perhaps you are falling ill."
Gwen looked over at Loki with an unamused look while Adriel sighed and shook her head. "Maybe you should take the day off Gwen. That's kind of odd for that to happen." Gwen nodded, placing her hand over her neck once again. "Yeah maybe I should… Well it was nice seeing you Adriel see you in a couple of days." She said softly and then walked off.
Once Gwen was gone, Adriel finished signing her last bit of documents and overheard Loki snickering. She handed her papers to Anna and then looked back at Loki and glared. "Come with me." Loki followed after her and as she pushed the button on the elevator the doors watching them swing open. She then t00k Loki's hand and pulled him with her.
The doors closed behind them and once they were secluded Loki started laughing with a smug grin on his lips. "Was that really necessary?" Adriel asked agitatedly, Loki then grinned at her. "I was tired of her constant yammering so I fixed it." Adriel glared at him as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Loki you can't do things like that here!" Loki gave her a confused look and shrugged his shoulders. "Why not?" Adriel sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Because! People of Earth are not like Asgardians, they do not have magical powers to make things happen the way the want them!"
Loki rolled his eyes and smirked. "Sounds awfully boring if you ask me." Adriel then sighed. "Loki… Things are different here you have to be careful." Loki shook his head. "These humans are so wasteful, they do not bare any sort of power or intensity. Shame really, no potential in any of them its so mind numbing." Adriel then glared at him.
"You do realize that I am part human. Is that what you really think of them?"
Loki then arched his brow at her. "Correct only part. You still carry great potential." Adriel then scoffed. "Loki humans are not weak they are fighters, they are strong, we do not give up easily. Being a human is far more complex then you could ever imagine! Life isn't always about being a ruler and living in a fancy castle. Life is about adventure, purpose, and challenges. It's a beautiful mystery. Being human means that we are not perfect, we are alive. We try things and make mistakes. We stumble and fall and we get hurt in the process but we rise again, we try again. We keep learning and we keep growing and we are thankful for the priceless opportunity of life that has been given to us. You have to live it, experience it to understand the true potential humans really have." Loki sighed and rolled his eyes. "Humans are weak, selfish, arrogant, ignorant creatures Adriel. They will never compare to you and I." Adriel then frowned at him as the doors swung open.
"Well since I am part human I suppose I am what you claim my people to be. I understand whole heartedly now."
She said angrily and stormed out of the elevator. Loki's eyes widened in surprise and quickly went after her. Once they were near her car Loki immediately grabbed her arm and forced her back against the door. "Why do you run from me?" He growled, Adriel glared at him and roughly pushes him away.
"Why do I run from you!? You insult me and my people! You take my friends voice away from her and you're too damn arrogant to understand what you did wrong! That's why I'm mad at you! Maybe you should go back to Asgard since Earth is not good enough for you."
She said angrily and roughly opened the driver's door. Loki then slammed the door shut and gently turns her around. "Adriel… Darling I'm sorry. If I knew how passionate you feel about this subject I would have never mentioned it. You must understand that I am not of this world and so far what I have seen is nothing but rude, unpractical people who want to know our business. The only person so far I have seen that seems acceptable is the guard. I promise that I will try harder it's just I keep forgetting that things are different here and I am willing to learn your ways. I may not agree with them but I am more than willing to learn as long as you have me." Adriel sighed and slowly looked away from him.
"Adri do not turn away from me. I have come way too far for you to shut me away. I love you and if you want me to further understand your world then I am more than willing to do so. I am sorry for hurting you."
Adriel then slowly looked back into his green eyes, her anger towards him was slowly dissipating especially since she figured that he never really apologized much for his actions however, she was still planning on keeping an eye on him and his actions. "It's okay. I should realize that you are not familiar of this place. But I promise you that once you are, you will realize how much of an amazing place this is." Loki smiled and leaned down and kissed her.
"Darling as long as you are here this place is already amazing."
He whispered as he kissed her again. Adriel wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. Loki wrapped his arms around her waist and pushed her against him. Adriel sighed against his lips as he pushed her back against the door, wanting her, desiring her. It had been far too long since they have been separated and he was determined to have her again, to love her again. Adriel gently broke the kiss and started to giggle.
"We better stop..."
Loki then smirked down at her and leaned his head down and started to kiss her neck. "Adri I cannot hold on much longer." He whispered into her ear. "I need you my love." Adriel moaned as he nipped and kissed her neck. "Loki…" She whispered, running her fingers through his black hair. "Honey… not here." She said softly, pushing him back. Loki's eyes were burning with passion as he stared down at her. Adriel smiled up at him and cupped his cheek.
"I promise sweetheart soon but not here. Come on let's grab us something to eat okay?"
Loki sighed and rested his forehead against hers. "Alright." Adriel then giggled and kissed the tip of his nose. "Come on, you have a whole new world to see!" Loki rolled his eyes but begrudgingly accepted her proposal and got into the passenger's seat of the car. Adriel got into the driver's seat and turned the car on and drove out of the parking garage. Loki looked out the window and saw all the large buildings before him. He watched curiously to see random people bustling about and looked over at Adriel who was watching the road. "Where is your ruler? Doesn't he have a large castle that he resides in?" Adriel then started to laugh.
"We don't necessarily have a ruler like a King or anything we have a President of the United States. He's basically an official that has been chosen by the people to run the entire country for 4 years and then the people elect a new official once the previous president's term has been completed."
Loki slowly nodded and gave her a curiously look. "So you do not base your country by royalty?" Adriel then shook her head. "No not really." Loki then arched his brow at her. "It's pretty complicated to explain." She said softly, Loki slowly nodded as he took all this in. It was certainly different how things were ran here in which she called her country and from his understanding from what he had read in books there were other countries that had different versions or ruling.
He supposed that things were definitely more different in Midgard than they were in the other worlds. He then saw Adriel pull into a place of sustenance and looked over at her inquisitively. Adriel parked the car and then looked over at him and smiled. "This is Chloe's and my favorite place for breakfast. You're going to love it." Loki silently nodded as he followed her out of the car and into the building.
"Adriel! How are you sweetheart?"
A big burley man asked with a large smile on his face. Adriel giggled as she walked up and hugged him. "I'm great Marco! How is the family?" Marco chuckled and ruffled her hair. "Awe they are great darling! Isabella is ready to get her driver's license and the wife is panicking already." Adriel then started to burst out into laugher. "I know how she feels Chloe is ready for Drivers ED and she's already wanting to get behind the wheel, I'm terrified." Marco then burst out into laughter.
"That little spit fire is exactly like you. Speaking of her where is she?"
Adriel then started to smile. "At school, she'll be out in a couple of hours." She then looked back at Loki and smiled at him. "Marco I would like for you to meet someone very special to me. This is Will Odinson. He's a very dear friend of mine." Loki smiled at the taller man and gave him a slight bow. "Pleasure to meet you sir." Marco eyed him curiously but then smiled.
"Nice to meet you to boy! So how did you and our little Adri meet one another?"
Loki flinched once Marco called him boy. Loki was far from being considered a boy however he figured with his outer appearance that he would be perceived as younger than he was. "We were childhood friends. I just recently learned of the death of her family and came immediately to see if she needs any help. I couldn't possibly allow them to be on their own when I can definitely help." Marco smiled approvingly and slapped his hand on Loki's shoulder. "Well then you are a good man! Please! Please have a seat and get whatever you would like it's on the house!" He said loudly so his waitress would hear. Adriel then immediately shook her head.
"Marco that is not necessary."
Marco then heard enough. "It is Adriel, you and little Chloe are like family the least we can do is cover your breakfast." Adriel then immediately grinned and gave Marco another hug. "Thank you Marco!" Marco chuckled and squeezed her tight. "Anything for you and your friend my dear!" A young woman then came over to them with menus in her hands and smiled. "You guys ready?" Adriel then released Marco and looked over at the young girl and smiled. "Absolutely. How are you Claudia?" Claudia smiled as she lead Adriel and Loki to their table.
"I've been well, still working on school."
Adriel then nodded as she sat down on one side of the booth while Loki sat across from her. "How's that going?" She asked, Claudia then sighed. "Stressful you know how it is. But it will all be worth it in the end." Adriel then nodded giving her a smile. "Absolutely." Adriel then looked over at Loki and smiled.
"Claudia this is Will, he's a friend of mine."
Claudia then smiled over at Loki. "Nice to meet you Will, Adriel is a very nice person, you definitely got a good friend in her." Loki slowly smiled at her and then looked over at Adriel. "I'm am truly fortunate to have her as my friend." He said softly, Adriel then started to chuckle along with Claudia. "Well I am truly fortunate to have you as my friend as well." Claudia smiled at the two of them and placed down the menus.
"Well why don't you guys take a look at what you want and I will be right back. Is there anything in particular that you would like to drink?"
Adriel then looked over at Claudia and smiled. "How about coffee for the both of us." Claudia nodded and smiled. "On the way! I'll be right back." She said softly and then walked over towards the kitchen. "People seem to really like you here." Adriel then shrugged as she looked over at her menu. "Chloe and I have known Marco for quiet sometime. He's a good guy and he treats us like we are part of the family which we love since we're the only family we have." Loki then smiled over at her and took her hand into his.
"We're all a family now. You, myself, Chloe and Thor and my parents. We're a family and that will never change."
Adriel smiled at him as he rubbed his thumb over her skin. "I love you Adriel… I will never allow anything to ruin or tarnish your heart again. I just hope you know that." Adriel sighed as she squeezed his hand. "I do and thank you so much for loving me." Loki then grinned at her. "No thank you for loving me." He said softly. Just then Claudia came back with two cups of coffee and smiled at them.
"Here you guys go! Two cups of coffee and here's the cream and sugar. Have you all decided what you would like?"
Adriel then looked back at Claudia realizing that she had a smirk on her lips and was staring at their hands that were still connected. "We'll have the usual Claudia." Claudia then grinned at her nodded. "Usual coming up!" She said with an interesting giddiness and ran off to the kitchen. Adriel rolled her eyes and then pushed her cup closer to her while Loki eyed the drink curiously. "It's coffee. Trust me you'll like it but be careful it's hot. Here put some cream and sugar in it." She said softly as she gave him two packets of sugar and a small cup of creamer. Loki placed them in his cup and mimicked her when she was spinning the spoon into her drink.
Once Loki was satisfied that the drink was thoroughly mixed he then hesitantly took a sip and his eyes immediately widened. Adriel then started to burst out into laughter. "Is it good?" She asked, Loki immediately placed his cup down and grinned. "It's marvelous!" He said excitedly and took another sip, Adriel began to laugh once again, her cup against her lips.
"I knew you would like it."
Loki downed his whole cup of coffee and once he finished it he then threw his coffee cup on the ground. "Another!" He yelled, startling everyone. Adriel's eyes widened in surprise and watched as Marco made his way towards him. "Loki! You can't do that!" She said angrily as she quickly rushed down and started picking up the broken pieces of porcelain. Marco immediately made his way over to her with a look of confusion on his face.
"Marco I'm so sorry he's not originally from here and his ways are a little different."
Marco sighed as he took the broken pieces of porcelain from her and nodded. "It's alright Adriel but next time if he wants another cup just let him know that it's okay to get one of the waitresses to fill it for him." Adriel nodded, giving him a small smile, thankful that Marco was so forgiving. "Will do." Marco smiled at Adriel and then took the broken pieces back with him to the kitchen so he could throw them away. Adriel sighed and then sat down back in the booth and glared at Loki.
"Look you can't just throw things like that Loki!"
Loki then looked at her completely confused. "Why not? That is how we do things in Asgard." Adriel sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "First of all it's rude and second of all you don't own that cup! And third this isn't Asgard! Things are different here Loki. If you break something you have to pay for it and luckily Marco was kind enough not to get angry over that." Loki rolled his eyes and sighed.
"All these rules are you sure this is where you choose to live?"
Adriel then sighed. "Honey I know there seems to be a lot of rules that I am giving you and I know that must be frustrating but they are not necessarily rules they are morals. People think differently here, I promise once you are here long enough it'll all make sense. I suppose now you understand how I felt when I came to your world. I had no idea how to act or behave and I was scared out of my mind." Loki slowly nodded as Claudia brought over their food and another cup of coffee for Loki. Loki immediately looked up at her and saw her give him a smirk and a little wink.
"Here you go sweetie however next time you want a refill just call me okay?"
Adriel then started to laugh while Loki rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Thank you Claudia." Adriel said laughingly, Claudia chuckled and gave Adriel a slight bow. "No problem! Call me if you guys need anything!" She said happily and made her way over to her next customer. "Does she need to be so contradicting?" Loki said agitatedly, Adriel then started to laugh. "That's her way of making light of what happened, she was just trying to play with you that's all." Loki then scoffed. "I hardly call that playing." Adriel softly chuckled and shook her head.
"You have a lot to learn about this world Loki."
Loki sighed and then looked down at his plate. "What's this?" Adriel then smiled at him. "Chocolate chip pancakes with butter and syrup and two links of sausage." Loki furrowed his brows at her and made her giggle. "Just take a bite!" Loki sighed and picked up his fork and cut up his first piece and placed it in his mouth.
Loki slowly started to chew and immediately a small smirk was forming on his lips as Adriel rested her head against her hands. "Do you like it?" She asked with a knowing grin, Loki then beamed at her. "This is magnificent!" Adriel then burst out into laughter as he took another bite.
"Good I'm glad!"
Hey Guys here's another chapter! I hope you like this chapter I've been going back and forth with it and I think it turned out okay. Thank you for all the reviews and adds they mean so much to me and I promise more is on it's way! :)