Announcement: my ex boyfriend moves out of my apartment tomorrow morning. For those who have moved before you know what that entails and the mess it leaves behind. Due to this and the fact I am still working there will be no more chapters until Tuesday. I am going to try and get one done for Monday but I make no promises as my place is a mess and I'm exhausted. So until Tuesday or hopefully Monday!
Extremely short chapter today. Just a little something for ya's before I disappear. Thanks for all the reviews and all the super great support!
Chapter 55
Seraphina had made herself comfortable on Steve's couch while Steve finished making supper. It was dinner and a movie at home today. Currently Seraphina was stuffing her face with Doritos. "If you keep eating those you're not going to have room for the spaghetti." Steve warned her. She smirked.
"I always have room for more." She said. It was true. Seraphina was a big eater. She wasn't a super skinny girl but she was a healthy weight for her height and well toned. She made sure to stay that way. Cephera was the healthy picker eater. Her sister was small everywhere. Just another thing that set the twins apart. Cephera had left for Mechanova almost a week ago and had not yet returned. After three days Loki had begun to work something had happened but by the forth day she had sent word for him to come join her.
Seraphina gave Loki her stone to get there and made sure he knew to bring it back. No word had come back since. Seraphina wondered what was going on for it to take this long but she wasn't worried. If anything she was amused on how Loki was surviving her father. "Do you like garlic bread?" Steve called out.
"There is very little I don't like." Seraphina called back. Seraphina cooked the last time they did this. They spent that day at Steve's apartment for the fact Tony would have been bothering them. Seraphina put away the bag of chips and walked into the small kitchen. "You know I could totally get you a bigger place."
"I don't need a bigger place." Steve told her.
"Ok. I'll buy myself a big place and you can move in and take care of it when I'm not on earth." She grinned at the look he gave her. It was a mixture of 'seriously?' and 'no way!'.
"Your sister still gone?" He asked changing the subject.
"She is. I haven't heard anything. Thor hasn't heard from Loki since he left. I've no idea what's going on." Seraphina sighed and poked Steve in the side as he put butter on the french bread. He jumped a little.
"Behave." He warned her shaking the buttering brush her way. She smirked again and sat up on the counter. He eyed her. "Something you and Cephera do have on common." He noted.
"What? Sitting on things that are not meant for sitting on?" He nodded. She smiled it was true though it was Cephera who started this not Seraphina. "Sorry." She said but more teasingly then actually feeling bad. It wasn't her first time on a counter though her last time she was being fucked. Of course she couldn't say that to Steve. She jumped down and briefly kissed him before swaying out of the kitchen. The no sex stuff still applied but he was the one who started the kissing.
Her relationship with Steve had turned all too real after her admission of her past. And as much out of her comfort zone as she was she was still enjoying herself. He had a habit of tiptoeing around stuff now though. Afraid to do things with her that might make her feel uncomfortable. She had already spoken to him about that. How would she learn to change if everyone just helped her stay the same. All in all he was doing his best.
Seraphina had no idea where her future was taking her. She was just on for the ride right now and trying not to think about it too much. Her freedom would be short lived once she was forced to return home for a while. She wondered if the disconnect would ruin the odd relationship her and Steve had started. She hadn't asked if he wanted to go with her. She wasn't sure she wanted him too. She belonged to both worlds and manipulated both with ease but Steve belonged to earth. She didn't feel he'd get along well in her home. Her father would certainly not make it any easier.
It was like Jane and Thor. Personally Seraphina wasn't sure how Jane would make the change from one world to the next. If she married Thor surely she'd spend most of her time in Asgard. She'd have to learn about their culture to properly help rule it. And then there's the transition from mortal to immortal. She wasn't sure Jane knew what she was really getting into but Seraphina also knew people did a lot of things out of love.
She had lived long enough to see people do the right thing or the foolish thing for love. Love could make or break people and Jane loved Thor. There was no doubt she was doing it for him. She had no real yearning to be a queen of some magical realm. She didn't care if she was a noblewoman or royalty. Jane just wanted to be with Thor and he with her. He couldn't leave Asgard or the throne. His father was a very powerful man and would never allow it and so Jane would have to make all the sacrifices.
Seraphina was hoping that she could step down from the throne and allow Cephera to have it. Cephera might not have been born for it but she would fit it much better. Deep down a part of Seraphina wanted to see where this new found relationship with Steve would take her if she wasn't loaded down with so much future responsibility.
(Bruce)
Bruce was in the training facility transforming back and forth between himself and the hulk. Now that he could control him he no longer felt trapped. He no longer referred to him as the 'other guy' and he could now talk about him freely without feeling stressed over his problems.
Amelia was to thank for it. Life could never have been like this if not for her. She was sick today. He'd left her curled up in her bed before he came here. He enjoyed shifting from one state to another. He found he could even half transform not having to reach his full size. Of course he needed his full size to reach his greatest potential strength wise but he liked to experiment. He was his new experiment and he didn't mind at all.
He had such a clear head now as Hulk. He no longer destroyed things with reckless abandon. As for his worries about what he had put Amelia through that night over a month ago he no longer had those worries. He had checked out how big he became at full hulk and though his length did expand he didn't get big enough to seriously hurt her. He could still have harmed her but it would have been minor.
"Hey Bruce." Natasha said entering the room.
"Hey." He greeted back smiling at her. "You check on her?" He inquired. He had asked Natasha to check in on Amelia before coming in.
"Yeah. She's fine. Sleeping it off." Natasha assured him.
"Good the kids miss her." Bruce said. It was true. He'd been approached by several older kids going to their day classes who asked about her.
"Yeah. She should be fine by tomorrow. Fury's in a tizzy. He's not sure what to do with both Cephera and Amelia gone." Bruce laugh.
"I could always go watch them." Bruce said. "They can't hurt me." He pointed out.
"That's true. Go tell Fury before he wets himself." Natasha laughed. Bruce smiled in amusement before taking her advice and leaving to see the director. He knew the daily things Amelia did with the kids and for one day he could help out.
(Sorry guys that's all I got in me. I'm totally exhausted. :( see you all again soon.)
