Chapter 12

Kelda stirred from her sleep and looked up to see Loki smiling down at her and she see that their baby is still asleep in his daddy's arms. Kelda looked up at the two of them and love filled her heart. "I take it you had fun my dear?" He asked. She saw exactly the smile Kat had been talking about earlier she stood and kissed him gently on the lips. "Yes, my love, Oh Loki, I got a gift for you." Kelda said. Loki looked surprised, "You did love?" She nodded and he laid Haiden in his crib and he and Kelda walked over to the table. Loki followed keeping a hand on her hip. Kelda grab the package shaped like a book. Loki raised an eyebrow a bit curious. "Loki, open it my love." Kelda said. He took the package and opened it meticulously. His eye lit up to see the missing volume magic tomes. He opened it and took a deep breath of the book smell looking back up at her. He set it down, picked her up, and spun her around the room grinned kissing her all over her face. For a moment the young man Loki once was had returned. "Loki, shhhh, Haiden is still asleep." Kelda said. Loki chuckled, "He has been sleeping for a long time dear I can't keep the joy in." He said happily. Kelda kissed his nose, "Come on dear. Look through it. Show me what you can do!" She said. Loki flipped through the tome and he found a spell that teaches you how to make an ice crystal flower for the one you love.

Then Loki used his magic to create a bunch of ice crystal roses for his sweet Kelda. "Oh Loki, they are so beautiful." Kelda said with a smile and she kisses his lips again. "You really like them Kelda?" Loki asked. "Darling if I did not like it. Do you think I would kiss you like I did?" She asked giving him an innocent smile. "I was worried." Loki said. "Don't be dear." Kelda said giving him a hug. Loki chuckled and kissed her cheek. "Tell me all you have done my love?" He asked. Kelda led Loki over to the bed and she had him lay down. He relaxed back against the pillow while Kelda went to get her new gowns to show Loki.

Loki watched all with a smile adding little things like, "Good color on you or she chose well it suits you." He said. Kelda couldn't speak for she had started crying. Loki sat up deeply confused. She was not prone to bouts like this. He moved off the bed and over to her, "What is it dear?" He asked and wrapped his arms around her. Kelda continued to cry into his chest. He tried to comfort her, "Kelda, my love, please talk to me? Please tell me what has gotten you so upset my darling?" Loki asked. "You won't be able to see me in them at a feast and we can't even dance together that the feast either." She sniffed. Loki looked down, "It is on me. This is my punishment…but who says we can't have our own party here?"

"It's my fault too." She said sadly. "No never yours…now…show me how you look in those dresses." He said. "Loki, please be serious my love." Kelda said. "I mean it. We will not argue over whose fault it is…keep in a good spirit love." He said. "But Loki." Kelda asked. He stopped her with a kiss, "No buts dear." Loki said. Kelda nodded and whimpered a reply. "No buts. Now tell me about what you did…show me what you got…it helps me." Loki said. Kelda dried her tears and nodded she showed Loki how her new gowns look on her and then she showed him the stuffed bear she bought for their son and the stuffed bunny that Kat bought for Haiden. He smiled at her efforts to be more cheerful. "He will love them my darling." Loki said softly, but his smile soon fell. Kelda frowned, what is it love?" She asked. "I wish I could do things for my son." Loki said his eyes full of tears. "Love you do! You are there for him…like where our fathers were not. You read to him, play with him, feed him, change him and give him a bath as well as hold him tight." She said softly, "You love him."

"Yes, I love him and you with all my heart, but I just want to go out and have a family day like everyone else." Loki said sadly. Kelda gave a secretive smile. She wouldn't tell him yet. It wouldn't be fair to get his hopes up then have them smashed, "Well dear…maybe soon." Loki looked at her, "Why does everyone in my life keep things from me!" He shouts in frustration. Kelda jumped back scared. Loki raked his hand through his hair, "Sorry Love…I didn't mean to scare you." He said softly. Loki got up and walked over to his desk and he sat down with his head in his hands. Kelda moved behind him placing her hands on his shoulders, "You will be able soon…I know…" Then they heard a tiny cry coming from their son, "Waaah, waaah, waaah, Waaah." Kelda leaned over and kissed his cheek gently before going to pick the crying baby up." "Come on Haiden your daddy needs some cheering up." She said. Haiden bounced in her arms, "Dadadadada!" He shrieked grinning and reached for him. "Hold on baby, Mommy has to change your diaper." Kelda said, as she carried her son over to the changing table. She changed her son's diaper and she put him down so he could crawl around. Haiden crawled to his daddy and he sat up and he reached up. Opening and closing his little hands. "Da-da." Haiden said and he touched his daddy's face. "Awe look Loki; our son wants you to pick him up." Kelda said, but Loki was still too upset to hold his son, so Kelda picked up her son and she walked out of the room to find Thor so he can see how upset Loki is about not being able to spend some family time her and his young son.