The next morning I woke up with someone's arms around me. I was about to scream when I remembered the events of the night. A small smile crept onto my face, but I knew that I couldn't let that influence what my relationship was with him right now. I felt Loki stir underneath me, I tried to act like I was still asleep, but Loki knew me too well. He looked down and told me to stop pretending.

"You know that I could kill you with a single touch." I reminded him

"You could, Night, but why would you do that when we both know that you wouldn't kill the father of your son. Which, by the way, we will be talking about today."

I rolled my eyes and told him that we would talk about him after lunch. Loki was about to protest, but he dropped the subject when he saw the annoyance in my eyes. I told him to change his clothes and meet me in the hallway when I had finished changing. He agreed and left my room. I grabbed a pair of jeans and one of my plaid shirts. I knew that I was going to be training today, so I wanted to be comfortable. After I was done getting dress, I opened my door and saw Loki standing there waiting for me. I rolled my eyes and told him that we needed to train. Before he could ask me any questions, I told him that if he won any round, he could ask me one question about my time away from Asgard. He agreed eagerly to my terms.

When we go to the training room, I grabbed one of the bo staff and tossed it at Loki. He gave me a confused look, but he went with it. After grabbing one for myself, I got ready to strike him. Taking his own stance, Loki ready himself. We both started moving around the room in a circle, waiting to see who would move toward the other first. Loki took a step toward me, and I moved my staff towards his feet to catch him off balance. He noticed this and moved out of the way just in time. We took turns trying to knock the other down. It wasn't until I thought I heard someone that Loki got the drop on me. He was straddling me, and we looked at each other, and Loki brought his face closer to mine. His lips lightly brushed mine, and I could feel everything within me heating up as he continued to kiss me. My brain was starting to lose control when I remembered that we were supposed to be training. I broke the kiss and looked at him.

"Loki, we should be training. I promised myself I would make you earn my trust back. Which means we aren't starting where we left things eleven years ago."

"Fine, but I do get to ask you a question later."

I rolled my eyes at him. He gave me his hand to help me up, which I gladly took. We got back to training, and Loki knocked me down about three more times. Every time he knocked me down, he reminded me that he got another question to ask. When we finished for the day, it was time for lunch. We walked into one of the main rooms and were greeted by Nat and Tony. Tony looked at us and glared. I knew that he was only trying to protect me, but he could at least try to hide his hatred for Loki. Nat was giving me her 'did you have fun look.' I looked at them confused until I saw the screen on the TV. The image was Loki and me in the training room. My eyes went wide when I realized that they had just seen what had happened.

"Tony, do not go there. I stopped it before anything else happened."

"Taylor, you told me that you weren't starting a relationship with him again. Did you lie to me?"

"Stark, it wasn't her. I kissed her. She told me how she felt about us and where we stood. I will respect her decision. Night has always been my friend. I would never try to hurt her."

Nat told Tony that it would be best if he took some time to cool off. I thanked her, but I knew that she was going to have questions. Walking towards the kitchen, I asked Loki if he wanted something to drink while I made some sandwiches. He informed me that he would get the drinks for us. I thanked him, and we sat down at the table to eat. As we ate, Loki took the opportunity to start asking his four questions about my time on Earth.

"Who calmed you down when you first came here when you had your nightmares?"

"Howard Stark. Tony's dad. He knew that I wasn't going to talk about my nightmares, but just having someone there to remind me of the real world was all I needed sometimes."

"Before returning to Asgard, were you in a relationship with someone else?"

"Loki, I may have only been roughly ten years old in Earth time, but my heart had already belonged to you."

That answer threw him off. I chuckled, seeing him flustered with a slight pink hint on his nose. He may have been a Frost Giant, but I knew that there was more to him. Before he asked his next two questions, Steve entered the room. Both Loki and I tensed up because I had forgotten to take down the image of us from the training room. He looked at the screen, then at us, then back to the screen. Sighing, Steve grabbed a glass of water and told us if we were going to go that far, maybe we should be one our own room. Before I could explain anything, Loki told Steve that he had kissed me. He explained that I had made our relationship clear that for now, we are nothing more than friends and that he had to earn my favor again. Looking down, I smiled; Loki understood that I had rules for a reason. After Steve finished his glass, he left the room, and Loki and I went back to talking.

"Okay, back to my questions."

I rolled my eyes at him. He really hadn't changed much. His face started to contort into frustration. Which only caused me to laugh at him. Hearing my laugh caused him to look up at me and ask what I was laughing about. I told him that he was making a funny face and that it reminded me of when we were kids coming up with pranks to pull on Thor and Odin. He smiled at the memory of tricking Thor by him turning into a snake to stab him. Loki's face went back to its usual facade of neutrality, but I knew he was focused on coming up with questions to ask me.

"When you returned to Earth after I assume having our son, did you think about raising him?"

"I did. Loki, I wish he was here, but I know he is in good hands. The person raising him is a close friend. Well, her brother in law and I were close in school. But I trust her with my life. She knows my life. There was no one else better to raise our son, except maybe us, but I know I made the right call."

Loki was taken aback by my answer. I was as well; I hadn't really thought about raising Peter since then. The smile on my face had dropped while I was talking. I guess not being around Peter after living with them made it harder to talk about and remind myself that I made the right decision eleven years ago. Loki must have noticed my sadness creeping up.

"How about living with traffic? I mean, it must be hell."

"What?"

"Just answer the question."

I realized he was trying to cheer me up. I told him that traffic was fine if you went through the back roads. We just talked for a while after that before Bruce came into the room. He just looked at us and said that Tony wanted to see me. I looked at Loki and Bruce. Loki remembered the deal I made with Odin. Before I could say anything, Bruce said that he was fine to watch Loki. I looked to Loki; he held his hands up to tell me he wasn't going to do anything. I smiled down at him. I told Bruce that if he tries anything, I will deal with him later. Both men looked at me with skeptical looks. Loki's was more mischievous, though, I realized his mind was thinking more about something that happened once while on Asgard. After that thought crossed my mind, I turned away with a light blush and started to walk towards the lab to talk with Tony.