Author's Note: Finally a new chapter! My sister just got her chapter done so here you go! I think she did a wonderful job with this chapter. Enjoy and please read and review!

Chapter 11

Ember sighed and turned off the TV. She was bored and didn't know what to do. So what do you do when you're home alone with a deity? You go bug him. So Em quietly walked down the stairs and into the living room where the god was sitting. Loki was sitting there, reading a book. Lord of the Rings to be precise.

She sighed and sat on the couch next to him, and just sat there, looking at the wall.

Apparently this was annoying Loki because he closed the book with a loud 'bang' and looked at her. "What do you want?"

Em raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "What makes you think I want something?"

He just glared at her.

"Right. I want to do something! I'm bored!"

"Well, that's not my problem."

"Oh I'll make it your problem! Please!"

He gave an exasperated sigh. "Fine. What?"

Em took a minute to think. "A board game?"

"No."

"A game?"

"No."

"Wii games?"

"No."

"Want to watch Lord of the Rings: Return of the King?"

"No. I haven't finished reading the book."

"FINE! Read to me!"

He gave her an odd look, surprised a little. "What?!"

Ember frowned at him. "Last time you read to me, it was fun and I've never slept better."

Loki gave her a look and Em face palmed. "That didn't come out how I planned. You know what, forget that, just read."

He nodded and started reading. That was surprising. It normally took her forever to get Loki to do something. But recently, they've been getting along better, she supposed.

After a few minutes of Loki reading, he stopped and Ember frowned again. She wasn't tired one bit. Of course not. She hadn't been able to sleep well for a long time. Ever since… NO! Ember couldn't let her think like that. She would just get depressed and that's far from what she wanted.

Apparently that didn't work because Loki noticed. "Ember? What's on your mind?"

Ember shook her head and looked at the wall again. "Nothing."

"You really think you can trick the master trickster?"

Ember huffed and sighed again. "Well… you know about my family right?"

He nodded. Niki had told him a brief back story as to why the girls lived together, but he never really got the full picture.

"Niki told you?"

"Yes, but not much."

"That's what I thought. You see, that week, I had this tournament that was really important to my team and I was really needed. Unfortunately, we had a trip planned that we couldn't pass up. Mom and Dad said that I could stay at home, that a babysitter would come after a day. They left," her voice started to crack but her face stayed straight, "they left, telling me they would come back after three or four days. They promised."

She started getting somewhat angry. "But no! They didn't come back! The freakin plane crashed, and they… they're all gone! Now, it's only Niki and me now! We are the last of the Sorensons. I don't have a mom anymore… I don't have a father, or brother, or my other sister. Niki… she's like my mom. Father figures? Haha, no. I know Niki plans on getting married someday, she's always been that type, but I don't. I really don't plan on it." Tears started falling down her face and she buried her head in her hands.

Loki lowered his head. He didn't know all of this. Most of it he did but… how could he? A part of him felt sorry for the two girls. They always seem so… alive. They must try really hard to seem content. Niki never complained and was always looking out for Ember. Ember was doing the same for Niki and tried hard to stay out of trouble. He admired their ability to hold on and adapt to the hard times.

He reached over and hugged Ember, comforting her little as she cried silently. They just sat like that until Niki came home a few minutes later.