After spending about an hour at the diner, looking through the classifieds in the newspaper, as well as getting some tips from Ava's old friends at the diner, the group had a few good leads on places for sale and for rent. "So, I guess that means you'll be staying a while?" Jen asked Ava, her tone hopeful.

Ava smiled up at her friend. "Yes, we are."

Jen didn't dare ask how long. She just hoped that once they were all settled in, they wouldn't want to leave. "As soon as you find a place, you have to let me know...we can throw you a house warming party and a baby shower."

Ava laughed. "I don't know about all of that excitement."

They talked a few more moments and soon they were leaving. Ava gave Jen the promise that she would visit her again soon. They looked at the apartments and houses. After a while, they found the perfect house. It was a large old farm house. The farm land had been sold and the town had sprung up around it. It had five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a large kitchen, and a fenced in yard.

With the aid of Loki's magic, they were able to purchase the house and convince the real estate agent and sellers to draw up the closing papers that day and the house was theirs. "I call the master bedroom." Thor declared, once they were alone in the house.

"No." Loki said.

"I am the oldest, the largest bedroom should be mine." Thor protested.

"Yes, but it will be just you in your room." Ava countered. "Loki and I will be taking the largest room. The two closest rooms will be reserved for the nursery and for Arisa."

"But that leaves me with the smallest room." Thor said.

"As the midwife, I have to be close for when Ava goes into labor." Arisa spoke up, using a tone she had learned to take with Thor from his mother. "If we were still on Asgard, I would be staying in a guest bedroom of Loki and Ava's apartment. And naturally, when the baby arrives, Loki and Ava are going to want him or her to be close."

Thor sighed. "Fine."

Of course, now that they had a house, they had to go to the local furniture store to buy furniture for the house. For the living room, the group settled on a large micro fiber brown sectional couch, two recliners, a coffee table, an end table, and a reclining love seat. For the kitchen they bought a refrigerator and a dining table and chairs. They then each picked out the different decorations for their respective rooms.

Thor picked out a queen size bed. He picked reds and browns to decorate his room. Loki and Ava picked out a king size bed (mostly because Ava was using a lot of pillows to help make herself more comfortable and therefore was taking up more bed) and picked emerald greens and soft cream colors for decorating their room. They'd decided to pick yellow for decorating the nursery. It was a good color for either sex.

Arisa had surprised them all, when she picked out the items for her room. She had chosen a twin bed instead of a large one. Even more surprising however were the items she had chosen to decorate her room. She had picked a comforter with a pattern of vibrant red, deep purple, and burnt orange. The sheets she had chosen were orange. She chose purple pillow cases, and burnt orange throw pillows. She chose red curtains for her windows.

"I see you like bright colors." Ava said, with a smile.

Arisa returned her smile. "Until I met you and we escaped...I have only ever known darkness...I like the bright and bold colors."

They finished their shopping and had the items delivered to their new Midgardian home. As they arranged everything, Ava couldn't help but to smile in spite of the fact that they were no longer home on Asgard. She looked over and found Loki smiling as well. "It is rather nice to be arranging our home and decorating it." Loki said, wrapping his arm around Ava and pulling her close to kiss the top of her head.

Ava grinned. "It is pretty amazing...getting our little nest ready for our family." She said, patting her belly.

Loki placed his hand on Ava's belly. It was then that he felt a light fluttering thump under his hand. "Was that...?"

Ava grinned. "That was the baby moving."

Loki couldn't keep his grin from widening. This was the first time he was feeling his child move. While he missed their home, he couldn't deny how happy he was. He was with his wife and they were just a couple months away from having their first child. He had to admit that in some ways, it was nice to be getting away from Asgard for a while. It was an adventure that he and his wife were sharing. He was actually feeling happy and excited about it.

A/N: Hey guys, I would like to thank you all for the wonderful reviews. I would also like to ask you guys to check out the stories by Loki's best friend. She could use some encouragement and some advice if you have any (always delivered kindly of course). She has helped me get through writer's block and get Loki to return my muse, so it would be awesome if you guys could pay her stories a visit :) And as always, I hope you guys have enjoyed and continue to enjoy :)