It had been nearly 20 minutes since he told me. I hadn't said a word to him since. I just couldn't process the information. I had taken a seat on the floor so that I could think. Loki had sat across the hall from me, facing me. Respecting that I needed space.

"Melanie, are you okay? You haven't said anything for a while. Did I scare you so bad that you are now mute? I certainly hope not, I am afraid I would miss your laugh to much if that were the case."

He seriously thought I had gone mute, this made me laugh.

"Ha-ha, I'm not mute, Loki. I'm just trying to process what you told me is all. It's a bit hard to process that my boyfriend is a frost giant, the very thing that plagued my dreams as a child."

"You think me a monster?" he asked sadly. He dropped his head.

"My gods, no! Loki your anything but a monster! That's why it's hard to process that you are a frost giant." I had moved across the hall so I was sitting in front of him. "I'm not going to leave you. Loki, I love you too much to do that. Yes I admit that you scared me a bit but I think I'm okay now."

He looked up at me, "I'm sorry Melanie. I don't like people knowing because I know that it would scare them. I did plan on tell you by the way, just not so soon. Its just that I got so upset by what that council member said. Its not fair that Thor can be with Jane and I can't be with you. Honestly I think the council just hates me. They would rather have Thor in that throne than me. I only have it because he didn't want it. Not that I'm really complaining about having the throne. I've wanted to be king ever since I was a child, but because of Thor, I never thought I would get it."

"Loki, what will happen if the council says we can't be together?"

"I don't know Melanie, but I won't leave you, if that's what your worried about."

"Even if that means losing the throne? I don't want you to lose your title because of me…."

"I honestly don't know what is going to happen, Melanie. I won't let it come down to them making me give up my title for you. I will have a meeting with the council this afternoon to discuss us. Now…" he stood up, then helped me up, "Lets go down to the training arena. I wasn't lying when I said we had training."

"What are we training for?" I asked. We started walking towards the arena that was at the center of the castle. We held hands as we were walking. It was going to be nice hiding anymore.

"Nothing in particular. I just cant have my girlfriend be better than me. Haha."

"One time! I pin you one time and you think I'm better than you."

"You've become a better fighter since we started sparring. Like I said, the kings girlfriend cannot be better than him. Come on it will be fun."

"Yes, because training is fun." I said sarcastically. Training with him was actually kind of fun. Loki taught me things that I wouldn't normally learn if I was training with the other warriors.

"Race you there?" He asked, getting into position to race.

"You'll win, I'm in a dress." Loki snapped his fingers and we were both in our armor. I positioned myself next to him in the runners' stance. "Okay, but no cheating."

"What? I'd never!" he said with a devilish smirk. "Ready?" I nodded. "Go!" We raced down the hallway, avoiding random servants and plants along the way. I was right on Loki's tail, the door to the arena was in sight. I suddenly had a burst of energy. With this I hoped that I could beat Loki.

I was right next to him; we were almost to the door. Suddenly, Loki disappeared from beside me. I looked around, confused and then I heard his laugh. He had cheated; he was at the door to the arena.

I made it to the door a few seconds later, I was breathing hard, Loki was still laughing. "I thought you said you would cheat?" I asked, panting.

"I lied. I at least ran half of it though."

"You still cheated! When did you stop running?"

"About the time you got that burst of energy. You did pretty good by the way. You probably would have won had I not cheated."

"Is that why you cheated?"

Loki blushed slightly, "Yes. I'm not a big fan of losing either."

"I've noticed." I said giggling. "It pains you that I might be better than you, doesn't it?"

"What?! Of course not! Not lets go spar, please? That is the point of being at the arena. The race was to warm up."

Loki opened the door and we went in. We ended up working out and sparring together the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon. We egged each other on, pushing each other to our limits the best we could. Soon Loki said it was time for him to go. We were both covered in dirt and sweat.

"Melanie I must go, do you plan on staying here much longer?" he asked.

"No probably not, but I'm not sure."

"Okay, well don't over work yourself love. I will come find you after the meeting alright?" he kissed me and started for the door.

"Good luck." I hollered after him. I watched him leave and then went back to what I was doing.

So, what do you guys think so far? i know loki is a bit OOC in this story but i am trying my best to keep in character somewhat. What do you guys think of Melanie? do you like her? she is supposed to be like me in a way but like Loki as well. she is supposed to be fun and playful but serious too. leave a comment and let me know what you think. i promise i wont bite...or cast a spell on you lol