The area they were passing through was a desert. It was a very hot day. Everything was going fine until the engine stopped.
Len tried to start the car two or three times more but it didn't work
"Perfect. Fucking perfect. I could not have happened when we were near a town."
Loki had never seen her so angry and frustrated as she was now. He stayed quiet. He didn't want to become the victim of her rage.
Len continued her rant as she was looking for her mobile phone.
"Where did I put the mobile, there it is, oh brilliant, there is no fucking signal, perfect"
She started rummaging her bag and took out a long sleeved shirt.
"Are you crazy? It is hot as hell and you wear long sleeves"
Loki was appalled with her clothing choice.
"I prefer sweating than getting sunburned. I'm going to walk around to see if I can find a little bit of signal meanwhile stay in the car"
"As you command" said Loki sarcastically
Len started walking in a random direction. After an hour walking, she found signal.
Loki was sitting outside the car in the shadow that it produced because being inside was like being in hell.
I had been two hours and still nobody had used the road and Len hadn't come back
Five minutes later Len appeared.
"They are going to come for us. Let's take out the car all the bags because they cannot take the car. Once we are in New York I'll call someone to get it"
They were taking their things out of the car when suddenly a wind made the sand go in all directions.
It's getting dark and now we've been caught in a sand storm, thought Loki who turned to look at Len waiting to know what they were going to do but he didn't saw her distressed. She was wearing a wide smile. Perfect and now the woman has turned crazy.
Without any warning a ladder fell from the sky. Loki was so shocked that he didn't move until Len pushed him softly towards it.
He finally arrived to the end of the ladder where he was helped to get on the machine, helicopter he could recall it was called.
Behind him came Len who was also helped to get on it.
But unlike Loki she gave the man a long kiss in the mouth.
"Hi honey it has been so long"
"I must thank your car because it has given me an excuse to see you earlier"
"I wouldn't have called you if it hadn't been my last resort; you know I don't like to bother you when you are working"
"You have just given me the perfect excuse to leave earlier"
The man pulled her in another long kiss. When they broke apart Len saw that Loki didn't look good. He was very pale.
She sat next to him and took one of his hands between hers.
"Are you ok?"
Loki didn't answer. His eyes showed a lot of emotions but he was concealing them so Len could not decipher what emotions were.
Loki was feeling jealous he had not expected that she would already have a man.
He was feeling scared. He had flown when he was in Asgaard but it had been him in a bird's body not in a machine he didn't trust to not let them down.
The fight was uneventful.
Len sat beside Loki trying to calm him down. The man who Len had kissed looked them with the corner of his eye.
They landed after two hours of flight to the great relief of Loki.
Once they stepped on the ground the presentations started.
"He is Mark, my boyfriend"
Loki feared she would tell Mark how did they met and he would be interrogated
"And this is Loki a recent friend of mine"
They shook their hands.
"Darling can you drop us near my flat? I don't have a car and I don't want to catch a taxi"
"Yes of course"
There was an awkward silence while they were in the car.
Finally the car stopped in front of a tall building. All the occupants got out of it.
They said their goodbyes. Loki and Len started to walk towards the building but the last was grabbed by the arm.
"That's not a proper goodbye"
He pulled her in a passionate kiss
"Now it is"
"You'll call me when you are free?"
"Don't doubt it"
With that they parted.
Loki was waiting for her in front of the door. She quickly rummaged her bag and took out the key to open the door.
They got into the elevator. Loki was nervous and started to get claustrophobic. Len looked at him and saw how bad he was looking.
She hugged him trying to calm him. A soft cling was heard signaling they had finally reached their floor.
She lived in an attic which had an incredible view. Loki didn't know much about the Midgardian houses but he easily deduced that the attic must have cost a fortune.
"Are you hungry?"
"No"
"Shall we go to sleep tomorrow I'll show you the house"
Suddenly Loki felt tired. After all those days on the road the tiredness made her appearance once they relaxed having arrived to their destination
She showed him his room. It was big with a big window with a beautiful view.
"I fulfilled my word"
Loki turned around with a puzzled look but then all was clear.
She had asked him to go to the party with her in exchange she would get him a room for himself but when they had come back from the party he didn't have a room for himself like he expected.
"Now you do have a room for you alone, you've never said when" and with a wink she closed the door.
Loki was surprised and a little bit angry and irritated that she had been able to bend the words the way she wanted like he had done so many times. He had been beat at one if his best games.
They fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.
I'm sorry that is shorter but I'll try to compensate with the next one