"My head…,"Darcy groaned, "It feels like someone drove a monster truck over it, no not a monster truck but a freaking monster truck carrying a SUV and Jaaaaane it hurts, it hurts so much!"
Darcy had been complaining and giving analogies for the past half an hour, ever since she opened her eyes. Jane was now holding her head in her hands and Thor was silently freaking out, not wanting Darcy to suffer at all, feeling helpless.
"Jane," Thor whispered, "We must do something."
"Darcy, sweetie, I called the hospital, they'll bring some drugs."
"What, you do drugs now? Gosh Jane, New Mexico has really changed you," Darcy told Jane, who smiled at her idiotic friend.
"No, I meant meds you idiot. Painkillers; they'll be here in like 15 minutes or something."
"This is why I tell you to always keep a stash of weed in your house. Cause you never know, right Thor?"
Thor eagerly nodded, even though he had no clue what Darcy was talking about and Jane just rolled her eyes and got up, about to call the hospital again.
"Jaaaannnnneeeeaahahaha ahhhhhhh," Darcy fake sobbed and let Thor hold her hand.
The small ambulance finally came and Jane made up a story so the nurse wouldn't call the police. She was a plump middle-aged woman, who looked way too on guard and had a fake smile plastered on her face, like someone had drawn it there with a permanent marker. She wasn't wearing nurse clothes, instead she was dressed in a pink woolen suit with pompous heels that looked ready to snap at her weight.
"Who the hell is that, Umbridge?" Darcy asked Jane, loudly.
"What bridge?" Thor asked looking around.
"Don't worry about it Thor. Ms…um, I believe I didn't catch your name?" Jane said politely.
"That's because I never told you," the nurse replied, the words harsh but they were coated with sugar making Jane feel slightly sick. "What is that man wearing? Is he attending a costume party?"
"Hey that's what I thought too!" Darcy exclaimed, pointing at Thor, " And I also thought you were a male stripper when we first met. I'm seriously disappointed by the way."
Jane cleared her throat loudly. "We'll discuss his attire later, right now we have a bit of an emergency," she said, gesturing towards Darcy.
"I know right, this kid has never seen Harry Potter!" Darcy waved her arms wildly at Thor, "Someone, please, get him a book and DVD, seriously Thor, and to think I shared pop tarts with you! After all this time, you would turn out to be like this, I never would have imagined…"
"Okay! Thor, maybe you should go into the bedroom with Loki, you know so the nurse can do her magic," Jane pretending to joke but she needed Darcy not to reveal anything.
The nurse watched Thor and Loki leave. "How do you know these men Jane Foster?"
"They are…um…my interns. Well, Loki is, and Thor is, um, Darcy's…."
"Eye candy slash future boyfriend. So back off old woman cause he's mine!" Darcy glared at the nurse who stepped back, now slightly afraid.
"I'm sorry, she's just a bit shaken up by the accident so she's not exactly herself," Jane lied, knowing Darcy's craziness had nothing to do with this particular head injury.
The nurse, who now Jane was mentally referring to as Umbridge, sniffed and handed Jane a box with the IV equipment and a bag of morphine. "We have the bill at the clinic. We'll send it to you after we speak with your insurance company. That drug isn't cheap."
"Aha!" Darcy screamed, "So you do do drugs! Haha I just said 'do-do'…"
Umbridge looked at Darcy with disdain. Then she gave the same look to Jane, "I trust you can set up the IV yourself, I have other patients to take care of." Jane seriously doubted that.
"After all," the nurse continued, "Your alleged PhD should come in handy sometime; we can't just stare at the stars all night and call that work, now can we?"
With that, the nurse just left with Jane gaping at her back.
"Did she just…" Jane couldn't even form words.
"Yes, yes she did," Darcy laughed wickedly and then moaned, holding her head.
"That was unbelievably unprofessional! She just left me with a bag of practically heroin and a needle, I mean what does she get paid for! I could overdose you and kill you, seriously Darcy, this town is a pile of…"
"Kay Janie, we all knew you should have never come here. Now let's get some of that in me, please."
Jane situated the IV quickly. Her volunteer work at a hospital had finally paid off. "Who uses morphine to get rid of headaches?"
"Um, everyone but you? Jane I hate to break it to you but my entire body is hurting, I'll admit, a bag of morphine is a lot, but your silly Advil wasn't going to do anything."
"Still…I don't think that was legal." Jane felt like something was up. Seriously, who just leaves like that?
She watched the liquid flow through the tube and into Darcy's arm. Darcy let out a blissful sigh.
"Darcy you have to tell me if you feel anything weird at all, it's a dangerous drug, you may feel the side effects, let me know okay? Do you hear me? Darcy?"
"Ya. Now go and leave me alone."
Eventually Darcy fell asleep. Jane looked at the bag which was small, now that Jane really looked at it. It was a fourth empty so she detached Darcy from it all, not wanting to accidently kill her best friend.
She carefully cleaned everything up and went to her bedroom to see what the brothers were up to.
"Hi guys," Jane greeted them, quietly shutting the door.
The Asgardian Gods were sitting on her floral bedcovers, looking very much out of place, especially Thor. He jumped up when she came in.
"Jane Foster! Is Darcy alright?" He was so worried.
"Yeah, she's okay, no worries. Now, this SHIELD organization that's after you, do you think they know you're here?"
Thor shifted, looking a bit ashamed. "I may have destroyed all their carriages and I might have, um, killed some of their men."
"Killed?! What?! Ohmigosh, why in the world would you do that?"
Thor looked at Jane with intensity. "They hurt Darcy. They deserved death."
Jane gawked at Thor but then Loki scoffed. "He didn't kill anyone. I projected the battle from his head and the hammer didn't attack any being, just their vehicles. There were minor injuries."
Jane turned to Loki. "What, so you read minds now?"
"No, he showed me his memory. I would never invade someone's mind like that."
"Oh."
Thor sensed the tension among the two. Loki got up and went into the bathroom, not wanting to show how upset he was. Jane hadn't spoken to him, and he ached for her gentle touch. Why was she not acting the same? Was it the presence of her friend? Was she embarrassed to admit that they were together? He knew from TV that for mortals, they sometimes had multiple lovers in a lifetime. He stared at himself in the mirror trying to ignore the feeling of loss he was already beginning to feel.
He was about to walk out but then settled on listening to Thor and Jane talk. He didn't feel like confronting Jane in front of his brother. Resting his head on the door, he closed his eyes, trying to hear Jane's sweet voice, but ended up focusing on Thor's rough one.
"Um, Jane, is it alright with you if I sit beside Darcy for a moment, I'd like to make sure that she isn't uncomfortable."
"Oh, of course. But first, tell me, what did she do to you?" Jane smirked.
"Nothing. Darcy Lewis is an angel, she would never hurt me."
"Thor, do you like Darcy?"
"Yes, I do."
"As in, would say that you are…in love?" Jane pushed on.
Thor turned red.
"I care for her. I cannot name my feelings; I have never felt this way. It might be love but I am not sure."
Jane move towards Thor, a sympathetic smile on her face, making Thor realize that she was okay with whatever was going on between him and Darcy.
"Just promise me one thing ok?"
"Anything," Thor swore.
"When you decide love her, let her know. I don't know how you court women in Asgard, but mortal ones would rather you be straightforward. In any relationship, communication is super important so if you like her now, make it clear. But don't lead her on to believe things that don't exist. That hurts in the end."
Thor stared at Jane for a bit, she looked miserable.
"Jane, has my brother been friendly with you?"
Jane smiled at Thor's concern. "Oh yeah, he's really sweet and caring."
"Do you love him?"
Jane sighed and covered her face in one hand. "I do. Very much. Too much," she whispered, but Loki heard it. His hand closed into a fist, he was so happy. He was bursting with joy.
"But then what's the dispute?" Thor interjected Loki's moment of bliss.
Jane looked at Thor, her eyes carrying pain and tears. Suddenly Jane started crying silent tears. Loki couldn't hear her crying, but Thor knelt next to her. He put his hand over his.
"Jane Foster, sweet woman, tell me, what's wrong? Please don't cry, I – I will help you. Darcy and I, we're here for you. What's the matter?"
Jane flung her arms around Thor's neck and whispered all her troubles to him.
Moments passed. Loki flung open the bathroom door to find Jane sobbing quietly in Thor's embrace, who looked just as sad.
"Jane," Loki called out, rushing towards her, "What's wrong, love? Why are you crying, Thor, what's wrong?" He tried to touch Jane but Thor pulled Jane away. She didn't look at Loki, she couldn't.
"Jaaaaane! Jane, where are you?" Darcy shouted from the living room.
"Coming," Jane muttered and grabbed a tissue box on her way out, rubbing her eyes, pretending the tears weren't there. She tried to smile as she fluffed Darcy's pillows, allowing her groggy friend's rambling to distract her from everything.
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Thor glared at Loki. Loki glared back.
"What were you doing with Jane?" Loki asked calmly.
"I could ask you the same thing Brother."
Thor picked up his hammer and twisted it in his hand.
"I don't have to explain myself to you."
"Loki, Jane Foster is one of the most precious women we will ever meet. Darcy has told me a lot of her past. She's had very little love in her life, very few caretakers. No being before Darcy has ever truly cared for her."
"What are you trying to say, Thor, be clear," Loki said, impatiently.
It was getting really hard for Thor not to shout at this man he had known all his life.
"I know love is not something you believe in. But that woman cares for you deeply. You have to leave before you cause her hurt more pain."
"What pain do you speak of?"
"The pain you're causing in Jane's heart with your baseless affections."
"…Excuse me? Baseless affections?" Loki was enraged. His oaf of a brother was truly blind if he couldn't see how much he cared for Jane.
"I don't mean it like that," Thor quickly apologized, "You are being nice, and I am proud of that. But you are…as mortals would say, 'leading Jane on'. You are causing her to believe in something not true."
Loki was seething. "And what would that be?"
"Well, that you love her."
"And what makes you think you moronic buffoon that my love for her is a lie?" Loki's voice was dangerously low.
"It's not?" Thor asked, genuinely puzzled.
Loki glowered at Thor.
"You do love her," Thor said in awe.
Loki's cheek turned pink and Thor knew it wasn't from the anger.
"Why was that even a question? What do you care?" Loki barked.
Thor realized something. "Oh no, Brother! Jane, she is misguided."
"What do you mean?"
"She told me otherwise…"
"For once Thor, speak clearly, goodness and Odin thinks you will be King one day when half of your words never make any sense–"
"Jane thinks you don't love her."
"What?"
Thor only nodded. "She said that she fell in love with you but you're not interested."
"Why would she believe that?"
"Well you did call her 'just a mortal' and brushed her off like a worthless relic before Brother. Her misunderstanding is pretty understandable, now I that I come to think of it."
Suddenly it all came back to Loki. His words, his cold hard words that were meant to discourage Thor ended up discouraging the only person that he cared about.
"Now, perhaps you should consider apologizing an–," Thor began but Loki was already leaving the bedroom. Thor grabbed his hammer and walked behind his brother quickly.
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Jane giggled. "No I'm not kidding, he has an eye patch and that Coulson guy is like his parrot," Darcy described to Jane Agent Coulson's parrot-like ways.
Jane stroked Darcy hair. "No wonder you're so rebellious, you have been working for a pirate. And you practically committed mutiny. Tell me, Ms Lewis, how does it feel to be a felon?"
Darcy picked up her Jane's pen and held it up like a microphone, and spoke into it, "Well, reporter Jane, it all just happened so fast–"
Jane laughed and then suddenly stopped when he saw Loki charging towards her with fury and determination in his eyes. She stood up, afraid and froze. He grabbed her elbow and Darcy watched him almost carry Jane out the door which swiftly slammed shut behind them.
Thor sat down beside Darcy.
"What's up with those two?" she asked him.
Thor looked towards the door. "I'm not sure. I believe my brother is apologizing for something."
"Oh," Darcy nodded, smiling at Thor, "Good for him. Takes a man to admit his mistake. Although dragging her out like that makes me kinda suspicious…"
Thor put his hammer down on the ground, relaxing into the couch.
"Don't worry Darcy, Loki may be rough sometimes, but he is a gentleman at her. My mother, Frigga raised us well."
"That she did," Darcy agreed. "So they just went out to talk?"
"I suppose so. Communication is very important for any relationship."
Darcy looked at Thor, raising her eyebrows and then nodded at him again.
Thor stared at her blue eyes. "And speaking of communication, Darcy there is something I've been meaning to tell you…"
A/N: So clearly I have no idea how morphine is used and how much you need etc. Sorry for any inaccuracies, if you know how I could change that feel free to PM me or leave a review and I'll fix everything. Professor Umbridge is a Harry Potter character and I agree with Darcy, no matter how young or old you are, if you're not familiar with HP then you need to be. Also that character will be back and heads up she's not who she claims to be.
So did you like it? Next chapter will be fun to write for me. Thank you very much for reading, the story has over 5k views from all around the globe which is very exciting. Speaking of which, congrats Germany on that World Cup, I'm not a soccer fan but that team is so dedicated and in my opinion deserved it. All the teams were seriously talented though. Lastly thanks odinsdatter9 and JigokuShoujosRevenge once again for your much appreciated feedback.
I think from now on I'll put the notes in the end, it's much easier to close this way. Please review, I love knowing people's opinions. Thanks for reading and stay tuned!