Chapter 8. Confession of Love
Loki appeared next to Assi's bed. He knelt by it and stroked her cheek with his finger until she opened her eyes. "Loki?" She asked whispering. "Hello Liljen min." he whispered back. She was happy to see him again but confused by the name, he just called her. "What are you doing here? And what does 'lil jet men' mean?" she asked. Loki chuckled a bit. "It means 'My Lily.'" Loki put his forehead against Assi's. "I love you." he whispered moving away from her. She stared at him, lost for words. "Can you stay with me?" she finally asked. He laid on the bed next to her. She snuggled up against him and leaned her head on his chest. Loki wrapped his arms around her. "Good night, Liljen min." He whispered kissing her forehead. "Good night." She replied also in a whisper, then fell asleep quickly in his arms.
Assi woke up to see that Loki was gone. She wondered if he was really in her room last night or if she was dreaming. She got up and went to the kitchen, where Scarlett, Snaedĩs and Austin were cooking breakfast. "Good morning." Assi greeted. "Good morning." Scarlett said. "Uh Scarlett? Can I talk to you?". Scarlett nodded and followed her best friend to the living room. "What's up?" she asked once they were in the other room. "I'm not sure if I had a dream about Loki or if he really came to see me last night . . .and slept next to me…" "He was in your room last night!?" Scarlett asked. "Yes but nothing happened, if that's what you're implying…anyway I." Assi was cut off by a knock on the door. She went over to it and opened it. There, the mail man stood, holding a bouquet of pink and red lilies. "Good morning. I'm looking for an Assi Kapral." The mailman said. "That's me." he handed her a paper to sign and she did. He took back the piece of paper and handed her the bouquet. "Thank you, have a good day." Assi said. "You too." The mailman replied walking away. Assi closed the door as she smiled at the lilies. Scarlett walked over. "Oooo! Who sent you flowers?" Assi found a small letter in the bouquet, she took it out to read.
Dear Assi: I was needed back in Asgard, I wish that I could have stayed. But I hope these lilies will show you that my love for you is for all eternity. Loki.
After reading the letter, a tear rolled down Assi's cheek. "Wait, does that mean he was here last night? So then it wasn't a dream?" Assi thought to herself. "Are you alright?" Scarlett asked. "Yes . . . er could you put these in water? I'll be right back." Assi said handing the lilies to Scarlett.
She went to her room and sat on her bed to read the letter again, rereading it made her realize that she loved Loki. "But what about James?" she asked herself. She shook her head and put the letter in her journal. "Assi, Breakfast is ready!" Austin called. "Coming!" She called back, stood up and went to the kitchen. She sat next to Snaedĩs and quietly ate breakfast with them. All during breakfast she tried to put Loki out of her head. No matter how many ways she tried to distract herself, Loki kept popping into her head. His long black hair, beautiful blue eyes, and soft lips that she wanted to feel on hers again. They had not kissed since the night Assi got drunk. She wanted to kiss him again but for real this time. That proved it. She did love him. She was in love with Loki! A prince of Nordic Gods, who could have chosen anyone, picked her, a mortal. "Oh, by the way. Jim called me." Scarlett said. "He said that you haven't been answering his calls or texts." Assi looked up and nodded. She would call him back after breakfast.
she took a quick shower, got dressed, then closed the door of her room. before sitting on her bed so she could call James. "I'm sorry for the other day." he apologized. "It's fine, don't worry about it, Loki." Assi reassured without realizing which name she just used. "Did you just call me Loki!?" James asked angrily. "N-no I said Jim." She wished that were true. "Do you like him!?" he was still very angry; this was another reason why she never considered dating James because of how hotheaded he was. Assi stayed quiet. She knew that she couldn't hide the truth from James nor Loki. "Well do you!?" he demanded. "Yeah, maybe I do!" The other end fell silent. "Oh. . ." He muttered after a long time. "Uh do you still want to hang out?" He was hoping that if Assi saw him again he would be able to convince her to choose him. "Sure." Assi said then hung up. She fell over onto her bed. "Heimdall. I want to see Loki again, please." She said in a moderate tone, hoping Heimdall would be able to hear her. she had to tell Loki how she felt.
Soon She heard a tapping sound on the closed window, she turned to see a black bird, she stared for a while, because it was odd that a random bird would be at her window, wanting to come in. she finally got up, went over to open it. the bird flew in and landed on the floor, then transformed into Loki, that startled Assi. "Sorry to scare you. But Heimdall told me that you wanted to see me." Loki said. Assi touched his soft cold cheek to make sure that he was really with her this time. She smiled when her hand didn't go through his cheek. "It's alright. But I think we have a problem." She said quietly, sitting back on her bed, Loki joined her. "What kind of problem?" he was a little worried. "I love you." she replied. He smiled then and kissed her cheek, he was overjoyed that she felt the same way and that he didn't scare her away. because even though he didn't tell her that he was a Frost Giant, she would have already known, because she read the stories of his people, even if half of those stories were lies. "I love you too Assi." He smiled as the words left his mouth again. She pulled him down so they were lying on the bed and that their faces were closer. Their lips were close as well, but they just looked into each other's eyes lovingly. both happy that they had each other and the other loved them back, the God of Mischief wanted to kiss her, but he would ask her to make sure that it's alright, this time, it would be different because she's sober, he still felt bad about their first kiss, even if she forgave him, it still made him upset. But now that she confessed that she loved him, maybe just maybe things would be different. Oh how he hoped they would, and that he wouldn't lose her, he wouldn't be able to live with himself if anything happened to her. he pushed his thoughts aside and would just enjoy being with her. being with Assi, the woman he loved and the woman he spent months looking for, the Mortal woman, He never thought that he would fall for.
