Chapter 21

They walked into the nursery and they saw their son, Haiden sitting in his crib sucking his thumb. Seeing his parents, he started cooing and kicking his feet. Loki walked over to his son and he picks him up. Haiden wrapped his arms around his daddy's neck and hugged him close. "How is my big man. Did you have good nap?" Loki asked. The baby snuggled his head into Loki shoulder. He nodded his little head, "Let's go and see your mommy." Loki said. At that Haiden picked his head up and grinned. He started looking around for his mommy and Loki carried him to Kelda. She smiled and held her arms out to take her son. "Come here my precious little angel." Kelda said. "Mommy." Haiden kept saying until his daddy handed him to his Mommy. Kelda smiled kissing his adorable little cheeks. "Kelda let's take Haiden to mother's garden." Loki said. She nodded and a sad sort of smile appeared on her beautiful face. "Sweetheart please don't be sad. I want to show him all the flowers and tell him about mother. And I am going to give mother a gift to honor her." Loki said. "I know love…I just miss her." She whispered. "I know darling, I miss her too and I will always blame myself for what happened to her. But maybe my gift will help ease the pain and loss." Loki said. "I think it will my love. But tell me what is your gift to mother?" Kelda asked. "I am going to create a statue of mother with my magic and maybe we can have a private ceremony to honor her away from the crowd of people?" Loki asked. Kelda gave him a sweet smile, "Loki…she would love that." She said standing up on her tip toes and kissing his cheek. "I am going to place it in her favorite spot in the garden. And thank you my love." Loki said and he kisses her lips tenderly. Kelda smiled, "Come along love." Loki said.

"Loki, slow down I need to change his diaper and I need to feed him before we can go to the garden." Kelda said. Loki sighed, "Alright…but it should be quick?" He asked. "Loki he is baby and you know nothing ever go as plan with them. But I will try my love." Kelda said. "Loki chuckled, "Oooh love I know." Kelda looked at him confused. "What do you mean Loki?" She asked. "I know things never go as planned." Loki said. "What are you talking about Loki?" Kelda asked as she changed her son's diaper. "Well…never mind dear." Loki said and he when to fix his little boy a bottle. Loki came back with a bottle full of warm breast milk. He saw that his soon to be wife looked worried. Loki walked up behind her running his hand comfortingly over her back, "What is it love?" He asked handing her the bottle. "Loki why are you keeping things from me?" Kelda asked as she fed her son. Loki was stunned, "K-keeping what things from you?" He asked. "You said things don't go as planned and I asked what you were talking about and you dogged my question." Kelda said. Kelda, it was nothing like that. I only meant that with children it never goes as one plans it out to be." Loki said. "Oh…. Loki, I am so very sorry." Kelda said and she started crying. Loki wrapped an arm around her, "Oh love don't do that. It was right of you to ask." He said pressing a kiss to her hair taking in the rich scent of it. It smelled like roses and it comforted him. "Loki, I-I should have trusted you." Kelda said tearfully. "Ahh but my dear it takes quite a bit of trust to trust a trickster." Loki said. "I have never seen you as that. I remember the boy who found me and brought me to my new family and protected me from the bread vendor and the guard." Kelda said. Loki smiled holding her to him and she kisses his cheek affectionately.

"We make a fine pair do we not?" He murmured looking down at his son then to his bride to be. "Daddy." Haiden said. "Yes. Daddy." Loki said with a smile, and who is this?" He asked meaning Kelda. "Mommy." Haiden said touching her face. Kelda smiled softly, "Yes baby that is right mommy. Loki, we are ready to go to the garden." She said. Loki nodded and kissed Haiden's head then he kissed Kelda's lips. He helped Kelda to stand and they walked out the door and headed to the garden. The air was cool but it had a sad feel to it. Even the weeping willow seemed sadder than usual. "Mommy down." Haiden said trying to get down. Kelda smiled and set her little one down. Haiden started crawling on the grass. Loki smiled to see his son in the garden he grew up in.

"Haiden, baby, slow down!" Kelda called out. Loki chuckled watching her chase the little one. He followed them in the cool garden. "Loki help me catch him." Kelda said. "Kelda, don't worry so much he is just playing." Loki said. Kelda sighed, "But he might hurt himself!" She said. "He will be fine sweetheart trust me." Loki said. Kelda was still worried for her child, "But love?" She said. "But what my love?" Loki asked. "What if he hurts himself?" Kelda asked. "He will be safe my darling." Loki said. Kelda smiled for she trusted Loki and she knew that he won't let anything happen to his son. Loki strolled through the garden with Kelda by his side keeping a watchful eye on his son. Then the small family reached a bench the parents sat down while their son, Haiden sat their feet playing with the blade of green grass. Loki began thinking about how he would create the statue of his mother and what stone would it be made out of. He decided that the statue would made of rose marble and she would he holding one of her flowers and she would also have wreath of many different flowers on her head. He would talk to Thor later and he would tell his brother to have the guards find a nice size piece of rose marble for him and have them bring it to the garden. But he would tell Thor what it was for until it is done Loki would keep it secret until he is ready to show it off and my this will help the people of Asgard forgive him if he gave their late Queen a gift. But right now he would enjoy spending time with his love Kelda and their son Haiden.