Amelia walked back to hear Loki and Liam talking about baseball of all things. She didn't even know Loki knew about baseball. They smiled at she approached them.
Loki noticed her empty arms. "Where is Addy?"
"Thor has her." Amelia replied.
Liam looked confused. "Who is Thor?"
Right then Thor came bounding up to the group Addy in hand. "Hello brother, Loki are you enjoying yourself?"
"Yes of course." Loki motioned to Liam. "Thor this is Liam, Amelia's brother. Liam this is my brother Thor."
Thor smacked Liam on the back with his free hand. "Liam. Nice to meet you. I did not know Amelia had a brother."
Liam scoffed. "Gee thanks sis. Nice to see you talk about me."
She smiled. "Sorry. Just never came up I suppose."
Valerie and Alex rejoined the group noticed Thor. "Oh hello who is this?" Valerie asked batting her eyelashes at Thor.
"This is…" Amelia was interrupted by Jane who wrapped her arm around him.
"Taken." Jane said.
Amelia laughed. "Sorry Valerie he is taken. This is Loki's brother Thor and his girlfriend Jane. These are my sisters Valerie and Alex."
Thor held out his hand for them to shake. "Nice to meet you. It is good to see Amelia has family."
Amelia cleared her throat. "Are mom and dad coming tonight?" she asked her siblings.
"Yeah they were going to stop by after a meeting they had. They should be getting here any minute now." Liam said.
Amelia took a deep breath and took Addy out of Thor's arms. "Okay just let me know when they get here."
Loki held out his hand to Amelia as the song I Put A Spell On You came on. "Would you care to dance with your husband?"
She smiled and placed her free hand in his. "Of course I would."
They walked out onto the dance floor and Loki took Addy into his arm. He wrapped the other one around Amelia's waist and held her close. They began to dance to the music. Amelia looked around at everyone. She saw many people from high school and people she had grown up with. They all still lived here and went along with their average lives. And here she was in the arms of a god. It was weird how she felt that she no longer belonged here. Asgard felt like her true home. She laid her head against Loki's chest and smiled at Addy. He kissed the top of Amelia's head.
"I am fond of this song." He said.
She laughed. "You would be."
The song was just about over when Alex came running up. "Mom and Dad are here."
Amelia took a deep breath. Loki held her hand as they walked to where her family was. Liam was blocking their view of Amelia and Loki as they walked up. Addy was awake and squirmy in Loki's arms.
"Hello." Amelia said stepping around Liam.
Her parents were dressed as pilgrims. Amelia laughed to herself. They wore these costumes every year for as long as she could remember. They looked right past Amelia to the tiny girl in Loki's arms.
"Mom. Dad. This is Addy. Your granddaughter."
Her father stared and her mother opened her mouth like she was going to say something then changed her mind. They all stood around just staring at each other until Thor interrupted them all. He came bounding into the circle.
"Hello I am Thor, Loki's brother. You must be Amelia's parents." He embraced them both awkwardly. "I am happy to meet you. Your daughter has brought happiness to my family and joy to my brother. I am happy to call her sister."
Amelia was touched by Thor's kind words and perfect timing. Still her parents did not say anything. Jane stepped in this time.
She held out her hand. "I am Jane Foster. I am with Thor."
Amelia's mother shook her hand. "Nice to meet you Jane Foster."
They had hardly taken their eyes off Addy the whole time.
"Did you want to hold her?" Amelia asked.
Her mother nodded her head. "Yes please."
Loki stepped forward and set Addy in her grandmother's arms. She smiled at the little girl who was smiling back at her. She could see bits of Amelia in her face. Her eyes began to mist.
"Amelia she is beautiful." She said.
"Thank you mom. I owe you an apology. I was rude to you when I was here last time and I am sorry."
"We are both sorry Mrs. Mathison." Loki said.
She smiled at them. "I was rude to you also. You did not say anything we did not deserve." She looked at Loki. "And please call me Laura. Did you want to see her James?" she said turning to look at her husband.
He still had a scowl on his face but it melted the moment Addy's eyes met his. This was his granddaughter. He turned his lips into a smile when she held on to his finger.
He reached out to Amelia and she came to him. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her cheek. "Oh Amelia she is lovely. I am so sorry for being pigheaded."
She wrapped her arms around her dad. "I'm sorry too daddy."
James held his hand out for Loki. "I am sorry for the things I said to you."
Loki shook his hand. "I am sorry as well."
James saw the wedding ring on Loki's finger. "Thank you for marrying her."
Loki smiled. "I assure you that it was my genuine honor."
Amelia was over the moon. Her whole family was here, well minus Odin and Frigga, and she could not have been more excited. They took turns holding Addy and catching up with each other all night. Sometime during the evening Amelia realized Loki was no longer wearing his helmet. She smiled. I guess it was too hard to have a serious conversation with her parents while he had gigantic horns on his head. It was getting late and Addy was beginning to get fussy.
"We should probably get her to bed." Amelia said taking Addy from Liam.
"Will you come for breakfast tomorrow?" Laura asked.
"Of course. We will be there at 8." Amelia said.
They all said their goodbyes. Loki took Amelia by the hand as they walked down the street. Thor and Jane were a few steps ahead of them. They got back to their hotel.
"I'm just going to change out of my costume and feed Addy then I will bring her over. That is if your offer to take her for the night still stands." Amelia said.
Thor smiled and winked at Loki. "Of course dear sister."
Amelia came back from Thor and Jane's room. Loki was shirtless and barefoot in just his black sleep pants. Amelia was wearing her favorite Asgardian nightgown that she had brought with her. Loki smiled at her as she closed the door behind her.
"Looks like it is just us." He said stalking towards her with a devilish grin on his face.
She giggled and began to walk towards him. She bent down to take off her shoes and heard the glass of the window behind her shatter. She stood up to look at it.
"What the hell?" she said.
She turned to face Loki as he fell to the ground. "Loki?!"
She kneeled down next to Loki. There was blood pooling on his chest and starting to come out of his mouth.
"Amelia…" he said spitting out blood as he spoke.
She grabbed the hem of her dress and pressed it to Loki's chest. "No no no no Loki stay with me."
His skin was starting to turn blue and his eyes turned red. "Amelia…it's too late. This bullet was made to kill me."
She kept pressure on it, her hands getting more and more covered with blood. "No shut up Loki. You can't do this to me. You can't do this to our daughter." She could hardly see through her tears.
"I'm sorry Amelia…" he held his left hand against her cheek. "I love you so much. Thank you for loving me and for giving me the greatest gift imaginable." He coughed up blood. "Take care of our girl."
"Loki please no. I love you too much. Don't leave me."
She held his hand against her face, feeling his wedding band cold against her cheek. She kissed him on the lips. She watched as the light left her husband's eyes.
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