"That hurts!" Loki protested as he laid on the bed, his chest bare. I had a small bowl of healing ointment that had been brought by my handmaidens, cupped in my hands. I sat on the bed, carefully applying the ointment to Loki's wound.

"Oh stop being such a baby!"

"You're the one with the baby." Loki said playfully, pointing to my belly. He leaned in and kissed my stomach through the fabric.

"Don't move! I'm trying to fix this!" I said, frustrated. Loki laughed before lying on his back firmly. He flinched slightly as I applied the ointment. Slowly and surely the gash began to disappear, the skin growing back. I wiped the excess ointment off his chest once the wound had healed and disappeared. He pulled me by the arms down to kiss me on the lips. I laughed as he did, but pulled away quickly, my eyes wide.

"Pickles... Pickles with gravy." I said blatantly. Loki laughed before shrugging and leaning over, and pulling the bell. The doors opened and a handmaiden appeared and bowed.

"Pickles with gravy please." Loki said, his voice breaking with laughter. The handmaiden began to disappear through the crack in the doors.

"With melted cheese!" I called after her, hoping she heard me. Loki's arms wrapped around my chest, feeling my breasts as he kissed my neck. I could feel his hot breath tingle against my skin. I turned to kiss him passionately, wrapping my arms around him and running them along the contours of his back. The handmaiden appeared once again with my food and placed it on the bedside before disappearing once again. The smell of the melted cheese wafted into my nose and my eyes flew open. I pushed Loki away hastily, moving quickly to reach for the food. Loki laughed. "I'm sorry but right now, this trumps making out with you." I explained. Loki smiled and watched me as I began to eat. Moans escaped my mouth as I dug in. "This is the greatest thing since sliced bread. My God..."

"Yes?" Loki said in reply. He laughed as I shot him a discouraging look.

The next day, as I walked through the halls of the palace, heading to the gardens, I found Loki and Thor walking side by side through the greenery. The sky was lit brightly, the air hallowing a soft breeze. I didn't want to disturb them so I turned my path down to the stables. As I walked through the dimly lit stables, the horses rustled and neighed. Over my time here, since I had first found the stables, I had become close with one horse in particular. As I found her nestled in her part of the stables, I patted her slowly and softly. She licked my face and I laughed. I ran my hands down her black body, moving parts of her white mane out of the way as I brushed her. Loki had offered her to be my own horse, and I was excited at the prospect of learning how to ride. Once I wasn't carrying a baby inside of me of course.

"My love. I knew I would find you here." Loki spoke softly as he made himself known. I said goodbye to the horse as he held out his hand, wanting me to take it and come with him. He squeezed it gently as we left the stables, the smell of hay disappearing behind me.

"It's good to see you and Thor getting along." I noted and Loki smiled.

"There is a lot of friction between us. We must not dwell on the past if we are to reconcile." Loki explained and I nodded in understanding.

"Loki! My King!" Fandral's voice bellowed from nearby and distracted us both as we watched the blonde haired playboy approach us. He bowed his head to both of us as he began to speak, "I am excited for the festivities tomorrow, but... I must ask, may I invite the lady known as Sera? I did not get a chance to talk to her too much at the last gathering, however she was quite flirtatious." Fandral smirked. Loki smiled understandably.

"I understand Fandral, but there will be many other women who will be vying for your attention. Sera disrespected my wife and I shall not have her in Anne's presence." Fandral nodded approvingly.

"Of course my liege. So long as there are some beautiful women there, I shall be the happiest man in Asgard!" He said over his shoulder as he walked away.

Sure enough, the festivities came. And as I sat, watching the party unfold in front of me, unable to join in as my stomach didn't allow me much movement anymore, I watched Fandral make his way around to almost every lady in the room. He eventually sufficed with two women lingering on his arms for the remainder of the evening.

"Where's Thor? Isn't he invited?" I leaned over and asked Loki who sat alongside me, holding onto my hand dearly.

"He is coming. However he is bringing an escort, of which lives very far away." Loki responded. He turned his body slightly towards mine and planted a soft kiss on my cheek. I felt my lips burn bright red as he did and I hid my face in his neck. I felt his neck move as he chuckled, kissing my ear before whispering, "I love you." I smiled like a giggling school girl and looked up at him through my thick eyelashes. Music blared through the room as the occupants danced. I could see Loki's leg bouncing up and down going along with the beat of the instruments that played in the corner.

"Why don't you dance?" I suggested, knowing he wanted to. Loki shook his head.

"I shall not dance with anyone but you. And in your state, you cannot."

"Loki, it's ok, go and dance." I urged. I didn't want him to have a bad time just because I was too pregnant to shake my booty. Not that Loki's dancing involved such acts, he was contempt just to hold me as we swayed slowly to the music.

"It is alright Anne. I do not want to dance. I shall not leave your side." He assured me, smiling. He squeezed my hand and kissed me firmly on the lips.

"Ahem." We looked at the pair that stood in front of us, holding hands, dressed in the appropriate attire, and one of which was clearly not from around here.

"Ah, Thor. I see you have finally decided to join us." Loki noted. "And Jane, is it? How lovely to see you again." Loki's voice was pleasant. "May I introduce my wife, Anne." Loki gestured to me before helping me up out of my chair. I found it harder to stand up these days. He pressed his hand against my back, the other softly grabbing my arm and helping me up. I walked down the small flight of steps that elevated the royal chairs from the rest and smiled warmly at her. I had heard about Jane. Loki had told me about her, and the dark being she had inside of her around the time when London was attacked by aliens. Jane returned a polite somewhat reluctant smile and bowed to me.

"It's nice to meet you Jane." I said kindly. I was excited to meet her, since hearing of her. But I wasn't sure when exactly I would meet her. Now was as good as any time.

"Hello, your majesty."

"If you will excuse us, we are going to share a dance." Thor interjected, pulling Jane away and towards the mob of people that bopped along to the music. Loki stood beside me now, his hand resting on my back in support. I couldn't stand for too long these days, as my back couldn't take the weight and I felt as fat as a whale, although it was only my stomach that bulged. But the weight suggested otherwise. I saw Jane steal glances towards me every now and then, however her stare was not that of a friendly nature. She had a cold look imprinted on her face. But as the party ended, Thor and Jane stayed behind as Loki began to speak to Thor. I sat in my chair until I saw Jane standing alone. I decided it would be best if I broke the ice, and her frosty nature towards me. As I slowly pulled myself out of the chair, I stopped in front of her, smiling.

"So Jane, how long are you staying here?" I asked, my voice friendly. She looked at me from the corner of her eye, her stare cold.

"A few days." She said quietly. I nodded.

"Loki told me you have been to Asgard before. Being from Earth myself I'm sure you were thinking just what I was when I came. It's beautiful here." I knew I was being overly friendly and basically sounding like a stupid idiot, but I could tell she didn't like me, and wanted that to change. She simply nodded. "So... I'm sure you like having Thor all to yourself, now that he doesn't have to wage battles all over the nine realms." I laughed, trying to lighten the very heavy mood.

"He wouldn't have to have fought all over the nine realms if it wasn't for Loki." She said coldly. I was taken off guard slightly, and looked at her with confusion. "Loki started the disruption across the nine realms, he came down to Earth and almost destroyed New York." She explained through dark eyes. Ok, so she didn't like Loki. That was understandable.

"Well...yeah, I mean that was kind of Loki's fault. Especially the whole New York thing..."

"You're from Earth. And you're married to that monster, who tried to destroy a city on your planet!" She argued. Suddenly, I didn't feel like being so friendly anymore. The hormones kicked in, and oh did they kick.

"Well Jane, sometimes people see the error of their ways. Sometimes other people shouldn't come to another planet where they are a guest and be incredibly rude. Yes, Loki tried to destroy New York, yes he tried to subjugate us, but whatever! Pull your head out of your ass and get over it. He was going through a tough time, which in a way, is kind of justified. For God's sake, you've met their douche bag dad, you should know. And as for Loki being a monster, I wouldn't say that to me right now considering I'm madly in love with the guy and I'm carrying the dude's baby. And that's another thing, you really shouldn't piss of a pregnant lady because hell hath no fury like a pregnant woman's scorned." Jane looked at me horrified and incredulous. Her mouth was half open and she had stepped back in shock. Thor and Loki had listened to my rant by this stage, and they now moved over to join us.

"Jane, you should not have called Loki a monster." Thor explained quietly, but it was loud enough for us all to hear.

"But he is! He's one of those things you were telling me about!" Jane justified, looking up at Thor through pleading eyes. Oh no you didn't.

"Just because my husband has blue skin and red eyes and comes from a line of crazy monsters doesn't mean that's his future. And for the record, BLUE IS AN AWESOME COLOUR." Loki held me by the arms as I had moved forward to say my last words. He pulled me against his chest and I could feel it heaving up and down in laughter.

"I think it's time we say goodbye for the evening." Loki said, attempting to control his voice from laughing.

"I think that would be best." Thor agreed, wrapping his arms around Jane as Loki and I left. I walked back to our room with my fists clenched. I knew it was the hormones that had made me so angry, but it was also due to one fact. No one insults my Loki but me. The man in question, walked alongside me, his hand on my back, a playful smile printed on his lips.

"The bitch called you a monster just because you're naturally a frost giant. That is not alright. No one insults my baby daddy in front of me and gets away with it." I said, justifying my actions as Loki looked ahead. He laughed again.

"I have not said that I disapproved of your actions. In truth, I found it very flattering and incredibly sexy." Loki looked at me with lustful eyes. I sighed then.

"Loki... Don't look at me like that." I said, resigned. He creased his brows.

"Why not?"

"Don't mentally undress me. That makes me want to rip your clothes off, and do inappropriate things with you. And I can't do that right now. Stop teasing." I confessed, frustrated. Loki leaned in quickly and kissed me passionately before pulling away, holding my face in his hands and looking deep into my eyes.

"I am sorry. I know we can no longer make love, not until the baby has arrived. But do not think it is only hard for you to resist. After that little outburst in the dining hall, I have never wanted to undress you and explore you so much before..." His eyes moved up and down my body with a look that suggested I was good enough to eat. I huffed and walked into the room, determined not to look at him, knowing I would get turned on. "Not long to go my love. And soon we shall have a bigger family." I smiled, knowing what else would come after I gave birth.

"And then, I can rip your clothes off."