It had been about a week since Loki had officially moved in, and things were good. Everyone was settled and life had started to carry on as normal. Everyone was now used to Loki living with them, so they could all carry on with their day to day lives. Jane had started up some new studies with information Loki had given her about the nine realms. Thor was back at work as a guard in the prison and Darcy was still deep in her studies. Only one more semester and she would be moving up to university.

It was about 8pm on Thursday when Darcy was sat in her room watching a movie. It was one of her favourites; Stand By Me. She was laid on her bed on her front, some chips and soda by her sides. She was at the point in the movie where Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern are in the junkyard, and Mr. Pressman is shouting "Chopper, sick balls!" While they climb over the fence. One of her favourite parts.

She was smiling away when a light knocking sounded at her door. She sighed a little, then paused the film and shouted 'Come in'. In came Jane, looking sweet and perfect as ever. She smiled at Darcy before sitting next to her.

"Hey Jane, what's up?" She asked.

"I was just wondering, you got any plans for tomorrow?" Jane asked hopefully. Darcy thought about it for a moment, then realised she never really did anything on Fridays.

"Nope, nothing." She said with a shrug. Jane grinned.

"Great! Then do you wanna go out for dinner with me and Thor?"

"What about Loki?" Darcy asked, almost with out thinking. She didn't know why that was her first thought, but it was. And she had just blurted it out to Jane, who frowned at her. Obviously confused.

"Um, sure, he can come if you want him to…" Jane replied suspiciously. Darcy felt like a complete idiot. But really, she did want Loki to come. She was starting to enjoy his company, maybe a little more than even Thor's.

"Where did you have in mind?" Darcy asked, attempting to change the subject. Jane looked at her for a minute before nodding.

"Just a little restaurant on the edge of town. Thor and I have been there a few times, the food is great." Jane explained. Darcy nodded.

"Sounds good." She said with a smile. "What time?"

"Around 7?" Jane said.

"Okay. Now, I don't mean to sound rude buuuut… I'm kinda in the movie zone right now…" Darcy said, pointing to the TV. Jane looked over and nodded.

"Ah, okay, gotcha. And, for the reservations, you want Loki to come too?" Jane asked, eyebrow raised.

"Well, yeah. It's not that I just want him to come; it's just, you know, it wouldn't be fair or kind not to invite him. You know?" Darcy explained, trying to convince Jane. From the sceptical look on her face though, it clearly wasn't working.

"Riiight. Well, anyway, see you later. I'll make sure no one disturbs you. Unless, it's Loki?" Jane teased. Darcy glowered at her; she was not amused. At all. Jane raised her hands in a mock defence and quickly left the room. Darcy rubbed her eyes and shook her head before playing the movie, feeling very confused and frustrated.

The next morning, Darcy woke up and stretched. Last night she had gone a little crazy in her movie zone. In the end she had watched Stand by me, karate kid (the original one), Dirty dancing and pretty woman, so she had ended up going to sleep pretty late. By the time she woke up that morning, it was about 9:45. She never usually woke up that late, so she felt very groggy. She hauled herself from her pit and shuffled out of her room and into the hall.

She slumped into the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She was never going to go to sleep that late ever again. She turned to the sink and froze, a squeak escaping her in the process. Loki was standing there… In just a towel. He was dripping wet, his hair slightly frizzy and curly. His eyes were wide, but not as wide as hers. She opened and closed her mouth a few times, not really knowing what to say, of course. She fumbled on the door, desperately searching for the handle. It seemed to have disintegrated, no where to be found. She would have turned at looked for it, but her eyes were glued on Loki. Finally, thank the gods, she gripped the handle at last. She twisted it, pulled the door open and bolted out of there, down the hall and into her room. She slammed her door shut and threw herself on the bed, face in her pillow.

"Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god!" She shouted into her pillow, muffling the sound. She kicked her legs and punched her bed a few times before letting her limbs go limp. Wow. Sure, she had acted awkwardly before; she had been in awkward situations, most of them created by her. But that… Dear god. That was the most painful experience ever. She had been in the bathroom, with Loki, who had just come out of the shower, and was naked; except for a low towel sound his waist. Yep, pretty damn awkward.

She played it over again in her mind. Loki's extremely wide green eyes. His curly, wet black hair. His glistening skin. The water droplets still rolling down his torso, over his surprisingly defined and toned abs. His low towel hiding his-

WOW!

Stop Darcy! How the hell- Why was she thinking those things? That was wrong, on so many levels. She could not be thinking of him like that. No way Jose. How did her mind even start thinking that? Sure he had a nice and surprising body. Actually, a really nice body. She had seen Thor's so many times, as he usually walked round the house topless, and he was lovely. Muscles upon muscles. But Loki's body was on a different level. He had nicely toned and defined muscles, and they looked perfect on his lean frame. She had just expected him to be pretty scrawny, to be honest. That's why she was so shocked. And she had acted like a complete idiot. Why couldn't she have just acted coolly about the situation, deal with it like any other sane human being. But noooo. Darcy had to act like a fool. She just had to stare at him, all naked and muscles.

She sat up and shook her head. Now things between her and Loki were going to be unbearably awkward. Add to that the fact she really wanted him to come to dinner tonight, which would be even more painful if Jane had told him Darcy had asked for him to come. She gripped the sides of her head. Why was she acting so stupid? She was acting like a silly teenager with a crush. Wait, did she have a crush on Loki? Sure, he was smart. Scratch that; He was a super genious. He was one of the few people she could have a serious and pretty long conversation with. He would still talk to her with a smile on his face, even when she went of on one of her weird little tangents. He was easy to talk to, aswell. And, to be really honest, she thought he was handsome. His smile was the best, when he did smile. He only ever seemed to smile around her. Whenever Jane or Thor was around, he hardly even spoke, let alone smile. But when alone, he would smile beautifully, showing his perfect, white teeth. Well, it's settled then, she thought. I have a crush on Loki. Great.

It was about 5 pm when she started to attempt to get ready. She first of all had to decide what she was wearing. Jeez. Normally, she would throw anything on, but that was casual. All her clothes went together and created some sort of ordinary look. But formal? No. Darcy never wore anything formal. And looking for a nice dress was made even harder with the state her room was in. She started rumaging through the piles of clothes and various other things to find at least a half decent dress.

It had been around half an hour, and she was just about to give up, when a flash of red caught her eye. She dove into a small pile of clothes she never wore and pulled at the red piece of hope. Out came a dark red, wrap dress. Score! Darcy grinned and started to pull her clothes off to change into the dress she didn't even know she had.

She tied she little ribbon at her side before brushing down the knee lenght skirt and moving to her mirror. She looked at her refletcion and smiled. She looked good. She hardly ever saw herself in a dress, or even with her legs out. It wasn't her usual look, but it was better. The wrap style made her waste look tiny and excentuated her hourglass figure even more. She fixed her hair, curling it a little more then put on some make up. Just a little eyeliner on her upper lids and red lipstick to finish of her look. Looking at her finished look, she was happy. She looked at felt good about herself. For once, she looked pretty girly- No, she looked womanly. She had always dressed like a teen, but now she looked like a young woman. A beautiful one at that.

There was a tap at her door, and Jane walked in. Darcy looked at her and smiled as Janes mouth hung open. Her eyes were wide with suprise. Her lips curled into a smile and she gigled in disbelief.

"Oh Darcy! You look amazing! I love the dress! Come on, the boys are waiting in the lounge, and we better get moving now so we don't miss our booking. You look great." Jane said, not quite finding the words to discribe Darcy. This time, Darcy was the one to blush. She smiled and Jane before taking her arm and walking to the lounge.

There, waiting were Loki and Thor. They were both wearing formal clothes. Thor in a pair of black pants and nice shirt, the top button undone. Simple, but of course he looked great. Loki was wearing black slacks, a black tailoured dinner jacket, a white shirt and thin black tie. They were chatting, Loki had his back to the women as they entered the room. Even though Thor was facing them, he didn't notice them enter. Jane cleared her throat, and both men looked. Thor looked up and grinned widely. Loki turned around, a frown on his face at first, but when he saw Darcy, his frown disapeared. Instead, his eyes were wide, his mouth slightly open. Darcy felt a blush creeping onto her cheeks, but luckily Thor walked infront of Loki, cutting off his gaze, and snapping him out of the trance like state he was in. Thor hugged Jane tightly and and kissed her. He told her she looked stunning, then turned to Darcy and told her she looked beautiful. Darcy blushed.

"Oh shut up you." She said with a smile as she jokingly punched him in the arm. They laughed for a moment before Jane spoke up.

"Right, well we better get going. I'm driving." Jane said. She looked at Darcy before grabbing Thors arms and hauling him out of the room. Damn, sneaky Jane, Darcy thought. She had done that on purpose. Leaving her and Loki alone. They stood there for a moment, Loki looking at her, Darcy looking away. She wished she could crumble to the floor right there.

"You look amazing, Darcy." Loki suddenly said. Darcy stared at him, feeling her blush burning her cheek. Loki walked over to her, and Darcy thought he was walking past her to the door. As he came to her side, he leaned into her ear and whispered.

"Though you would look much better in green." Then walked out. Darcy thought she was going to collapse. Had he seriously just done that? Oh god, I'm gonna faint. Jane honked the horn and Darcy stood straight. She left the house, locking the door on her way, before climbing in the car, in the back. Next to Loki.

The drive, as all drives were now, was silent. No one said anything, but for once it wasn't an awkward silence. Even though on the inside, Darcy's emotions and thoughts were completely messed up.

They parked up in the restaraunt's lot and checked in. They were shown their table and took their seats, though Jane was adimant she chose them. She placed them around the small rectangle table; Darcy next to Thor, herself next to Loki. Darcy frowned at the arrangement before realising. She was opposite Loki. So they would be looking at each other all night. Sneaky, sneaky Jane. What other tricks does she have up her sleave? Darcy thought suspiciously.

They ordered their meals and service was pretty fast. They all tucked in to their dinners, whilst wine was poured into their glasses. The conversation was good, thought not very interesting for Darcy. They were all talking about news, politics, the weather, Jane's research, Thor's work in the prison. Pretty boring. Darcy sipped her wine, her meal finished, and looked around. She looked at Jane and Thor, who were now making googily eyes at each other, whilst whispereing sweet nothings to each other. She looked around the restaraunt at the other customers. There were so many couples. Old, young. Some married, some dating. Some on first dates. Some going well, some going bad. Darcy sighed whilst running her finger around the rim of her now empty wine glass.

"Is everything okay?" Loki asked, snapping Darcy from her hazy thoughts. She looked at him and shrugged.

"Meh, I guess." She replied. Loki frowned, then tilted his head slightly.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing, honestly. Just, you know, stuff on my mind." She said, hoping he would drop the subject.

"Tell me." Obviously, he wasn't going to quit.

"You know, just thoughts. A few mixed emotions about things. The usual." She tried to say casually and vaguely.

"Like what?" He continued. Oh god, she thought, please just drop it.

"Just my college work, really." She said.

"Darcy, you do know you're talking to the god of lies, don't you?" He asked, his eye brow raised. "So I can tell pretty easily when you're lying to me." He said, with a small smile on his lips. Darcy laughed nervously. Damn.

"Ha, yeah. I forgot about that. But really, it's nothing. No need to worry." She said.

"Has someone done something?" He asked.

"Um, you could say that." She really didn't want to be having this conversation with him, of all people.

"Something to you?" He pushed.

"Um, yes." Please, god, just change the subject.

"Who?"

"It doesn't matter."

"Tell me, maybe I can help." He offered.

"No, you really couldn't. Please, it really isn't anything to worry about." She insisted.

"Is it something I've done?" He asked, his eyes looking slightly anxious. Darcy didn;t answer him, she looked looked down to her empty plate. "What have I done?" He asked. His tone of voice made her feel terrible. He thought it was him who had done something. He hadn't done anything at all, it was her and her stupid, silly crush on him. "Is it about what happened this morning? Because I promise, I'll remember to lock to door next time." He said. Darcy looked at him, her eyes smiling.

"It's not that." She said.

"What is it then? Please, tell me." He pleaded with her. Darcy sighed, she couldn't not tell him. She would feel terrible. She looked to her side, and Thor and Jane were compleetly lost in each other's eyes. She bit her lip and stood up. Loki looked at her.

"Come outside." She said, then made her way out of the restaraunt. She stood, leaining against a wall, away from were anyone in the restaraunt would see her. Loki joined her quickly, looking at little worried.

"What is it?"

"I.. Heh, I, um... Damn, I sorta, kinda... I have recently started to... No. I mean, what I'm tryin- What I really want to, no, need to tell you is..." She hung her head and sighed. How the hell could she tell him? She couldn't just come out with it, could she? She had only really known him for two weeks, if that. It would be pretty wierd if she told him she liked him. God, this was a real mess. She couldn't keep annoying herself with these silly emotions towards him, but she couldn't tell him either. Could she? She looked at the floor, staring hard at it. Maybe is I stare hard enough, she thought, it might make a hole and I'll fall down it.

"Darcy." Loki said. That wasn't helpling anything. The way he said her name with his stupid, annoying, lovely, soft, gorgeous british accent. Oh for pete's sake! She looked up at him, her blue eyes looking into his deep green ones.

And then, she didn't know what happend. Well, actually she did, but it happened to unexpectidly and suddenly she had no time to react. At first.

Loki took a step forward and swiftly looped his arms around her waist. She gasped but he planted his lips over hers. The kiss was magical, sent sparks flying, made shivers run down her spine. All the cliches that kisses cause, that was what was happening in that kiss. It was amazing. His lips were so soft, they felt so right against hers. He pushed her against the wall, pushing his body into hers and deepening the kiss. Darcy wrapped her arms around his neck, finally letting herself go into the kiss, which was growing more passionate. He really knew what he was doing.

It felt like they had be going for hours, and Darcy felt awful when she pulled away, but she had to breathe at some point, though that wouldn't have been a bad way to go, she supposed. Dying whilst kissing an amazing man.

They looked into each others eyes, a smile tugging the corner of Loki's lips.

"Sorry," Loki started. "what was it you wanted to tell me?" He asked, now smirking. Darcy grinned and put her arms back around his neck.

"Not important. It can wait." She said calmy before she pulled him back down into another deep kiss. He was the best kisser. Ever.

Not sure if I'm happy with this one :L But let me know what you think. And if you don't know by now, I am shocking at updating. But now, I am officially on my 7 week holidays, so more should be out, regularly. Though I do suffer from severe cases of writers block.

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