The Extended Invitation
"Mom!" Darcy Lewis shrieked into her phone as she walked throughout the living area of her and Jane Foster's little apartment down in New Mexico.
Jane and Darcy were suppose to be packing so that they could move to New York City as soon as they could to help out with the Avengers as ordered to by S.H.I.E.L.D. The girls were so excited. Soon they would be saying goodbye to this small little town that had nothing in it and hello to the Big Apple.
Jane's brown eyes watched Darcy with interest. Darcy had been on her phone with her mom for the past ten minutes talking about the upcoming holidays. Jane was excited to see her second family. She hadn't seen them since before she had met Thor six months ago. She would always have Darcy tell her parents' hello for her while she researched and went over her notes. She had always made a mental note to call the Lewis family more often but with S.H.I.E.L.D asking for her help to get Thor back, Loki's threat, and then asking Jane, Erik, and Darcy to move to NYC to help assist them, she had been too busy.
As for Darcy, pacing around the room, she was rolling her blue eyes. Listening to her mother, she would do that quite a bit. Not because she didn't love her mother, she did. A lot, but sometimes her mom could get carried away. As she was about to respond to her mother, the door burst open.
"Lady Jane! Lady Darcy! Greetings!" Thor loudly exclaimed as he strolled into the apartment, followed closely by Loki.
Both Jane and Darcy jumped when the door burst open, causing Jane to drop her papers and Darcy to drop her phone.
"Thor! Shh!" snapped Darcy, squatting down to pick up her phone. "No mom, I'm still here. I was startled by Jane's boyfriend." And with that Darcy glared at the gods before she exited the room.
"What did I do?" asked Thor, who looked so lost.
Jane just smiled as she greeted the gods. "She's on the phone with her mom. They are going over holiday plans." With that, she knelt down and started picking up her papers. Thor bent down to help her, quietly apologizing for the mess.
"And in Midgard, is it not considered rude to interrupt a call?" questioned Loki.
"It is," replied Jane.
Erik entered the apartment with a confused expression as to why Thor and Jane were picking papers up off the floor.
"Do I dare ask?"
"Ah, just the usual."
Erik just nodded his head. "Where's Darcy?"
"Still on the phone with mom," Jane answered. "They are going over Thanksgiving plans."
"What is this 'Thanksgiving' that I hear people talking about? Is it a day where people give thanks for giving?" asked Thor.
Erik chuckled as Jane shook her head. "Not really. It's a day where families get together and give thanks for what they have been blessed with." Erik explained.
The gods gave an 'ah' of understanding, though Loki had a confused look upon his face.
"Are you and Darcy sisters?" Loki couldn't help as the question came out of his mouth.
Jane looked at him in slight confusion "No. Why?"
"You referred to Lady Darcy's mother as mom," said Loki.
"It's a habit. Darcy's dad and my dad were friends for years and I've known them since I was four. I've always referred to Lydia as mom. My dad didn't mind since I needed an adult female in my life," Jane told him.
Loki was just about to ask Jane another question when Darcy chose at that moment to return to the living room, pinching the bridge of her nose and shaking her head.
"What are the final plans and am I invited?" were the first words out of Erik's mouth.
Darcy turned towards him. "You owe my dad fifty bucks so he hopes that you'll be there. Plus, there may be a new bet since the 49er's are playing on Thanksgiving." Turning to Jane, Darcy added, "Mom said that you are a no brainer and that you have some explaining to do."
Jane shot Darcy a confused look while Darcy sent Jane a look saying, "you owe mom an explanation as to why you didn't call her." Jane immediately looked guilty as she finished collecting papers.
Finally, Darcy turned to the brothers. "The two of you are welcome to come as well," she informed them.
"We could not intrude upon your family time," Thor protested, with Loki nodding.
"Please, my parents want to interrogate you and what your intentions are with Jane," scoffed Darcy, crossing her arms over her chest, looking at Thor.
Loki and Erik snickered at Thor and Jane's blush at that comment.
Turning to Loki, Darcy added, "Since it's a time for family, you're coming too."
Loki shook his head, "I'd much rather stay here."
"Tough luck with that. I mentioned to my mom that Thor had a younger brother and she expects to see you with us when we get out of the car. Besides, if you don't show up, my mom will never let us hear the end of it," Darcy countered.
Loki sneered at Darcy when she said the words "younger brother" but said nothing. But Darcy stood firm.
Jane cleared her throat. "Well we should finish packing for Montana and New York."
"I'd pack for Montana first since we are leaving sooner and will have more time to pack for the Big Apple when we get back," Erik suggested.
"You guys wanna help?" Jane asked turning to the gods. "We could use the extra hands for the heavy lifting."
Sighing, the gods helped finish the girls and Erik packing items into boxes and loading them into the U-Haul