We ended up staying on Midgard for a little over a month. There was never any threats, so we stayed and relaxed. Loki got me a cell phone; he said it was the newest model of his phone, whatever that meant. Sif and Jane took me shopping for new clothes, now I have what is considered 'normal' clothes.

Loki and I traveled to California; we met up with Tony and Bruce. They seemed pretty cool, well Tony did anyways. Bruce on the other hand seemed to be nervous the whole time we were there. I'm not sure why though. Maybe he was intimidated by Loki being a king AND a god. While we were there, we did something called a video chat. Loki called his friend that lived in Idaho. He said his name was Jude. Jude said that they liked to go snowboarding (I don't know what that is) in the winter when Loki was in town. Jude told me about a few things that they liked to do to together, such as watching films together, eating unhealthy foods, amongst other things.

We ended up staying in California a little over a week.

After California, we decided it was time to go home. Loki had things he needed to do as king. We packed all of our Midgardian things up and left it all at Jane's. We said our goodbyes and left. We trekked back to the Bifrost site and called Heimdall. There was a flash of light and we were back in Asgard.

Everyone went on their way, except for Loki and I. we stayed behind a bit so that we could talk without being heard by the rest of the group. We had started heading towards the palace when Loki spoke up. "Melanie, I've been thinking." He said taking hold of my hand.

"Oh?' I asked.

"Yes, I think I'm going to tell the kingdom about us. I'm tired of hiding our relationship; it's not fair to you. And I shouldn't worry about what they think, you make me happy and that's all that should matter. The kingdom should respect that." We had stopped walking at this point.

"Aw, Loki!" I said excitedly, hugging him. "What made you decide to do that?"

"Well, I loved being able to introduce you as my girlfriend on Midgard, I want to be able to do that here too. Besides I like to think we might have a future together if that's the case, we can't hide our relationship forever. Also, I want to be able to kiss you in public." He said with a laugh.

"You think we have a future together?"

"Yes, don't you?" he had a puzzled look on his face, like he was surprised that I hadn't thought of something like that.

"Of course I do. We make a great couple. Everyone on Midgard told me we looked really good together. Like we were meant to be together. Tony told me, that seeing you with me, was the happiest he has ever seen you. Everyone, including me, wants us to be together."

"Well you do make me happy Melanie." He said quickly kissing me. We had finally made it back to the palace. It was late in the day, so we said goodbye to each other, knowing we probably wouldn't see each other for the rest of the day, and then we went our separate ways. When I got to my bed chambers, Sif was waiting for me.

"What took you so long? I've been here almost an hour." She asked, getting up off of the floor.

"Loki and I walked back together. We were talking, why?' I unlocked my door and we both went in. Sif sat on my bed and I went to my closet to change out of my armor.

"What did you two talk about?" I heard her ask.

I finished changing into a flowy, floor length dark blue dress and came out. "He wants to tell the kingdom about us. He's tired of hiding our relationship. It was so nice not worrying who saw us when we were on Midgard. Being able to just be us, was so nice."

"Well its about time!" she said starting to French braid my hair.

"He also said he sees us having a future together. Which is also why he doesn't want to hide anymore. It makes me really happy knowing that he's going to tell the kingdom. I just hope that they will be okay with us dating."

"It will be fine, don't worry about it." she finished braiding my hair.

"What if the council doesn't like me? They kind of have a say in who Loki is with, they have to approve of them. And I'm not of nobility or royalty…..they can so no. it scares me, Sif."

"Melanie, your over thinking it, the council will love you, the people will love you. Just because you're a commoner doesn't mean that your not great. Now stop worrying about it and lets go get something to eat, I'm starving!" with that we went to the dining hall.

*Loki's POV*

"Guards! I need to make an announcement to the kingdom. Summon everyone first thing in the morning. Make sure the council members are there as well."

"Yes, my king." The guards said then left me alone in my chambers. It was late in the day, I was tired and hungry. I couldn't decide if I wanted to go to the dining hall or have something brought to me.

I decided to go to the dining hall, so I changed out of my armor and into one of my many green tunics and some black leather trousers. Leaving my shoes behind, I headed for the dining hall.

There was a handful of people already in the hall upon my arrival, they all greeted me when I entered. A servant came up to me and asked what I wanted to eat. I said my usual would be fine, a chunk of ham, a dragon fruit* and an assortment of other fruits as well. After telling them what I wanted ti headed to my seat at the head of the main table.

Halfway there, I bumped into someone and me being the gentlemen I am, promptly apologized and started walking away. But whoever it was grabbed onto my arm, stopping me.

"How dare you touch me! I am the-" I began to say before realizing who had grabbed me. "Melanie! I apologize; I did not realize it was you."

"I should feel special. That's twice now you've apologized to a commoner." She said with a a smile.

"You are anything but common, Melanie. How many times must I tell you that?'

"At least once more, my king." She said giggling. It loved it when she laughed, it was music to my ears.

"Will you and Lady Sif join me? I would love to have such fine women in my company." I said with as much charm as I could.

Sif rolled her eyes, "Loki, what is with all of the charm? You are never like this." Sif asked me, I just glared at her. "Ah, there is the Loki I know and love!"

We all went to the head of the main table, my food was already there waiting for me.

After dinner we sat talked for a while. Melanie soon got up and announced that she was retiring for the night. I got up to walk her to her bed chambers. We reached her door in no time. She started to open her door to go in when I stopped her.

"Melanie?" I asked as I grabbed her hand.

"Yes?"

"I'm addressing the kingdom about us tomorrow, and well, I was wondering….I was wondering if you would be there with me." I asked while look at our hands. I was nervous, which is unusual for me, I'm never nervous. But I honestly never thought I would have to address the kingdom on something like this. I thought I would be alone forever.

"Am I allowed to be there?" she asked.

"If I want you to be there, you can be there. I am king after all. I do what I want." I said looking into her beautiful green eyes. Melanie was one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen. I was so happy when I met her. Lady Sif had introduced her to me a year ago, but we didn't start dating until five months ago.

"I would love to be there then, Loki. Send a guard for me in the morning." I quickly kissed her and she went into her room.

so i dont think ive made any notes on this story really. so to start i will say this, yes i am aware that Loki is ooc in this story but you see thats the beauty about writng fanfics, i can change the character to fit my needs. i am trying to keep him true to his character but like i said this is an au. it also has ties to another au story ive been working on about tony and loki being together, loki has a long lost twin. if your interested in that let me know because i most likely wont be posting it on . ive started using archive of our own instead of ff because its easier to use.

the dragon fruit is a nod to my good freind on instagram loki_and_the_wolf. she uses them in all of our rp's that we do because its her favourite fruit.

find me on instagram- wholocked_am_i

i have posted pix of melanie's outfits on there.