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Episode #10 – Babysitting Part 2

"Jana, that skirt is really ugly," said Valerie as her doll Tracy. Loki scowled.

"I happen to like this skirt!" he said in his best woman voice. "My devilishly handsome boyfriend named Loki got it for me!" Valerie laughed, rolling on her side. Loki laughed too, at the sight of the little girl. He set his doll in front of her.

"Don't laugh at me Tracy; you're just jealous that your mediocre boyfriend doesn't buy you pretty skirts!" Lily started laughing as well.

Just then, they heard the cry of little baby Ruxon from his carrier in the living room.

"Oh no, does this mean we have to change his dipper again?" asked Loki dreadfully.

"Diaper," corrected Valerie. "And he's probably hungry instead."

"What am I supposed to do then?" asked Loki, entering the living room with the two girls. "I can't feed it; I am not a woman, and you are not of age."

"You don't have to be a girl, silly," said Valerie.

"You feed him his bottle," chimed Lily. Valerie fetched the 'bottle' from the baby's bag and brought it to Loki. He examined it with a puzzled look on his face.

"So this is a mortal's replacement for a breast?" he asked. Lily giggled.

"Yeah. Mommy can't always feed him so we have to give him his bottle," said Valerie.

"Oh, I see." Loki lifted Ruxon out of his carrier and held the bottle in front of him. "Here baby. Take it."

"He can't hold it!" Lily said. "You have to put it in his mouth."

"But you have to be sitting," said Valerie. Loki sat on the couch and put the bottle in the baby's mouth. He began sucking on it, and Loki held it there.

"Oh," he said. "…This small mortal is rather endearing."

"My teacher said he was the cutest baby she's ever seen," Valerie said.

"Yes," replied Loki. "Cute. I quite like him, despite his foul odor." As Loki sat there, feeding baby Ruxon, he felt something he had never felt before. He didn't know what it was, but it made him want to hold the baby closer, sort of like…affection. He remembered when he was little, his mother used to kiss his forehead before he went to bed. He kissed the baby's forehead, and it pleased him. The baby then closed his eyes. A wave of fear came over Loki.

"Oh no I killed it!"

"No no," said Valerie. "He's going to sleep." Loki let out a sigh of relief. He did not want to hurt this small mortal under any circumstances.

When the baby had fallen completely asleep again, Loki put him back in his carrier and turned to the two girls.

"So how is it that the two of you know so much about caring for this tiny mortal?" he asked.

"Our mommy and daddy taught us," replied Lily.

"Let's watch a movie!" suggested Valerie.

"Okay," agreed Loki. He sat on the couch and the two girls sat on opposite sides of him. Valerie took the remote. She surfed the movies and looked up at Loki.

"How about The Shining?"

"Sounds good to me," Loki said.

That was a mistake, and as the movie progressed, Loki began to realize it. He had never seen a movie such as this; it was frightening. When the murderer screamed,

"HERE'S JOHNNY!" Loki and Lily screamed, clinging to each other.

"Guys it's not real," said Valerie.

"This is brutal!" said Loki. "I have never stricken so much fear into my victims!"

"What?"

"Nothing. Um, let's turn this off and watch something a little more…appropriate for children. How about that one? Family Guy."

That was a mistake too. After the last joke, Loki realized it.

"Oh! Okay, that is enough! Such crude humor! Funny, but terribly crude. Let's do something else. The kitchen is a mess, and Amelia will have my head if it isn't clean by the time she gets back, so let us do that and then get back to whatever it is you children would like to do."

"But that will take forever!" protested Lily.

"Ah darling, but I have a different way of cleaning." Loki used his magic to make all the dishes float in midair. The looks on the girls' faces were priceless.

"Wow!" exclaimed Lily. "You can do magic!" Loki smiled.

"Yes I can, but it's a secret," he said. The dishes floated above the girls' heads and they looked up at them. They began to dance around, climbing on the couch and trying to catch the plates in the air. However, when Lily reached for one, she toppled over the couch and Loki rushed to catch her. He lost focus of his magic and all the dishes fell onto the floor and shattered. Valerie let out a startled scream. Loki caught Lily and set her on her feet, looking around at the broken dishes.

"Uh oh," said Lily. Loki sighed.

"Amelia's going to kill me."

"We can help you pick it up," said Valerie.

"No no," said Loki. "Don't touch it. You may cut yourself, and if you bleed I don't know how to fix it. Step carefully over here to the couch and I'll retrieve the baby." The two girls sat on the couch and Loki lifted baby Ruxon, careful not to wake him. All four of them sat on the couch.

…

Valerie was the one to open the door when I returned from giving Wesley his briefcase. He had just noticed he forgot it when I gave it to him, and I told him that the children were in very good hands with Loki (however I wasn't quite sure myself). When Valerie opened the door, there were shards of what used to be plates and bowls everywhere. I gasped.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Shh!" Valerie said, her finger over her mouth. She whispered: "Loki showed us a magic trick, but then Lily was going to fall off the couch and he had to catch her." I would have been mad, but then it occurred to me that Loki was trying to protect Lily, like a responsible babysitter. That made me happy.

"Why do we have to be quiet?" I whispered to Valerie. She motioned me over to the couch and I stepped over the broken dishes. When I peered over the couch, I saw Loki lying on his back asleep, with baby Ruxon sleeping on his chest and Lily on his legs. I smiled to myself, and took out my phone and got a picture. Perhaps he had behaved and proven himself a worthy babysitter.

About an hour later, Wesley came to get his kids, and they all hugged Loki goodbye.

"Goodbye Valerie, goodbye Lily," he said. When I shut the door behind them, I turned back to Loki, who looked a bit sad to see them go. He looked up at me.

"Amelia…do you think possibly, someday we could have some children?"

I smiled and kissed him.