One week back from their peaceful time in the mountains and Maisy was already wanting to crawl under the bed and hide away from the prying eyes of Asgard. It seemed that there was always someone who was curious about what the royal family was up to - nobles, servants, other members of the royal family (Odin was quite nosy). No where was safe and it made Maisy feel bad for how much she'd been obsessed with Kate Middleton a few years ago. To be fair, the Duchess of Cambridge was a fashion icon and much of the obsession had been sparked by a research project for a class.

Maisy had always thought that royalty got to do whatever they wanted whenever they wanted, but she'd quickly learned there was much to do to keep her occupied. A lot of her new tasks reminded her of Princess Diaries 2, meaning she was spending a lot of time waving and smiling at people who waved and smiled back with no point to it. And the worst part was that no one even told her when something was happening. A guard would knock on the door and tell her it was time to go, regardless of if she was still sleeping, eating, peeing, or what have you.

So, when she finally got some free time - when Bjorn had assured her that no one would be bringing her to any events - she went straight to a place she knew she could be alone: Queen Frigga's laboratory. She wasn't sure if she was allowed in there, but she wanted some peace and quiet.

Loki was supposedly off doing princely things. Maisy had no idea what that entailed. She'd barely seen her husband all week except when they were shoved into the public together and held hands, unable to speak to one another. He came home at night usually, but when he did it was so late that it could be considered early and Maisy was always asleep. If Odin didn't give him back soon Maisy had half a mind to pilfer a prince.

For now, though, she was somewhat content to spend her afternoon just chilling in the laboratory. She didn't have any particular plan for her free time, but she had her fully charged phone, her earbuds, and her sketchbook. Her habit of doing one sketch a day had fallen through, what with being kidnapped by her ex, planning an enormous wedding ceremony, going on a honeymoon, and handling being a princess. Today was a good day to get back into it.

So, she spread out at the work space, lined her colored pencils up from lightest colors to darkest, opened her sketchbook, and stared at the blank page for fifteen minutes with Taylor Swift crooning about her previous boyfriends in the background. Maisy couldn't think of a single thing to draw. Every once in a while she'd start a line on the page and then immediately erase it, shaking her head.

After long enough, her mind started to wander with Sam Tinnesz's "Far From Home" playing and she blinked realizing that she was quite far from home herself. At least, far from her home planet. As she flipped back through her previous drawings and designs, she realized that she'd been making them all with earth on the brain. Perhaps it was time to start channeling Asgard a bit.

Her fingers nabbed a few colors immediately and the pencils hit the page. No clear picture in mind, but enough snippets that she could keep herself busy for about two hours. Then the dulcet tones of Paramore's "Still Into You" wrapped around the dancing parts of her brain and she was on her feet, using a colored pencil as a microphone as she sang along. She'd never been the best dancer, or singer for that matter, but there was no one else in the lab to judge her and she let loose.

A note from the author: Sorry, I know it's short! One thing I should probably tell you guys is that I probably won't be updating quite as frequently as I did for TDDYP because I have landed myself a job (possibly two) and my online class just started up. I love to update though and hear what you guys are thinking, so I'll do my best!

Fun drinking game for the last chapter (not really fun, don't try it or you'll pass out): Take a swig every time you see the word "door". Lol, I was reading over it again and I noticed that I wrote the word "door" about a million times. I'm so sorry about that, I didn't notice it when I was editing, but as soon as I uploaded it on here I saw and I was too lazy to change it. :P

Thank you so much for reading!

And the biggest of thanks for my darling reviewers:

Guest: Originally, something much worse was going to happen, but then I decided, nah, let's switch it up a bit. ;)

Ninja Squirrel: I really like that they argue and work through things too. In my opinion, if a couple doesn't argue some then they aren't going to last. Besides, we all know Loki can be a bit of a poophead at times. I think it would be OOC of him not to cause problems wherever he goes lol. ALSO THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT MY WRITING! You had me blushing, my friend, and fangirling over your review! You are so sweet! And about the grammar thing... yeah, I know it's not fantastic. Sorry about that. I'm trying to work on it, but sometimes I'm just too lazy. :P

: I can't help writing fluff lol! :)

yellowroseofthenw: She does go through a bit more panic attack stuff. As someone who kinda understands that probably better than I do, do you think I should put a trigger warning on it? I'm never sure when to do those, but I don't want to trigger anyone. :\ And yes, I am super mean to her lol. ;)

ferbette: If I wasn't such a big fan of Sif and such a big fan of Loki I would totally have them drive each other nuts and possibly have a massive stand off between them. But I like them too much to make them fight much. ;)

Until next time! :D