Poodle Warriors: I'm super excited that everyone is enjoying the idea of Thor with the kids :p I was hoping it would be received well.

Doctor Loki Love: holy long reviews! Thanks! I was super excited when I got this. I was driving and had to wait to reach a red light to read it haha. It excites me to know you enjoy my take on Loki. I love angsty, assertive bad boy Loki, but I wanted to try a different kind as well. Exploring the whole kid thing has been interesting so far but hard. I hope I never disappoint with my representation of Loki.

Next guest: As usual you make me smile. Cold shower? Next time I'll try for an ice bath.

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Chapter 48: Getting Ridiculous

Two weeks of training with Cally and Cephera never felt so frustrated as she did this day. Cally had gone from her usual snide remarks as Cephera continued to fail in the only spell Cally had so far bothered to show her, to something entirely different.
"Does he still do that thing with his tongue?" She said the beginning of class.
"Who?" Cephera looked up confused.
"Loki of course. He used to do this thing with his tongue down..." Cally didn't say it she pointed instead and Cephera felt her cheeks flush.
Why hadn't she thought if it before. Of course Loki would have slept with her. She was beautiful, powerful. Cephera suddenly felt self-conscious but quickly shook the feeling away. "He didn't tell you? We were lovers once." She smiled her usual smile that was more conniving then sweet.
Lovers? So when Cephera slept with Loki she was a whore but when Cally did, they were lovers. Cephera bit back the urge to point this out. She wouldn't stoop to this woman's level.
"I suppose he was trying to spare you the knowledge. I'm sure he never stopped loving me and my presence here can't be easy for him." She was circling Cephera like a hawk might check out its prey.
Well all this explained her nasty words to Cephera. She remembered what Loki called her and realized Cally was jealous. Cephera had what Cally once did but didn't no longer. Cephera found herself curious as to what happened.
Cephera looked up and saw Cally's mouth moving but no sound was coming out. Cephera looked from side to side. She hasn't meant to do that. Cally didn't notice she was so enthralled in what she was trying to say.
Cephera willed her voice to return but couldn't seem to do it. The oddest part was her nose hadn't bled and she felt no signs of fatigue. She hoped she wasn't pregnant again.
She tried to alert Cally to her condition but her voice suddenly jumped back. "...all night long." She finished smiling proudly. Cephera blinked a couple of times. "To work I guess." Cally looked rather disappointed to Cephera's lack of reaction to whatever it was she had been saying.

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Loki watched from his spot stood in the pavilion doorway. No one could see him, not even his songbird. Over the passed two weeks he had tried to keep an eye on her as much a possible, sending Kat off on errands of the magical kind.
He knew Cally was a jealous bitch but he wasn't sure how much trouble she would give Cephera. So far he had not intervened in anyway. Cephera seemed able to handle the words flung at her with ease but today he didn't feel Cephera needed to hear the details of his torrid affair with her instructor.
He was surprised his songbird hasn't come to him sooner to tell him of Cally's vicious tongue but at the same time he wasn't. Cephera liked to solve things on her own. She had been protected and coddled so long by her sister, that when given the chance she took it upon herself to toughen up.
Loki glared at Cally and watched as she ordered Cephera to perform the silence spell. Cephera had't been able to and Loki was unsure why Cally had yet to move on to something else. Mental magic was beyond Cephera's capability and it clearly showed.

***

Loki waited for Cephera after he had left to attend to his duties and then came back once he dismissed Kat early when she had injured herself, using a spell. When she stepped out of the pavilion she smiled at the sight of Loki. Cally was just behind her. She had placed a passive looked along her features.
He offered his arm to Cephera who took it and walked with him quietly until they were out of Cally's earshot. "Why have you not told me she's being a horrid bitch?" He said looking down at her as they walked.
Cephera jolted to a halt. She looked to Loki with narrowed eyes. "That was you?" She said sternly. "Loki you can't just do that." Cephera said annoyed with a hint of amusement.
"Why not? There is no need for her words. If you do not plan to say something to her, then I will." He replied and pulled her close his arms wrapped about her waist.
"I'm perfectly capable of handling her myself. I'm not blind to the fact you've had other women. Her words don't bother me."
"I have a feeling my next words are unneeded but I'll say them anyway. Since I've met you, I have had no other women and will not." Cephera laughed.
"Unless I multiply again." Loki growled and swung her round to press to the pillow of stone behind them.
"Do not tempt me. I will have you here and you know it." His voice was low and husky. Sometimes it didn't take much to get him going.
"Loki. Someone might see." Cephera giggled only slightly flustered. It wouldn't have been his first time taking his pleasure were they might get caught.
"Damn you woman." He released her. "If not for the children waiting I would ravish you were you stand." She clasped her hand in his and pulled him along.
"Later." She promised.

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They walked into his mother personal chambers and found Thor laying on the floor with both children climbing over him and giggling when he would give them a gentle toss up in the air to catch them individually.
Frigga smiled warmly. She too had been watching Thor have fun. Loki found it hard not to smile. As odd as their relationship had been since his attempt to take over Midgard, Thor's treatment of his children made Loki feel a brotherly love for Thor like he once did. Loki however would not say it out loud but every now and then a smile would slip as he viewed him with Diana and Devian.
Cephera bent down on all fours to kiss both children. Diana squirmed and once she was free of Cephera's arms she climbed onto Thor's face. Devian was less eager to get away. He reached his hand up and squeezed her nose and giggled. Cephera let him go as well. "Perhaps I should have made you my full time babysitter." She said kindly.
He muffled a response as Devian joined his sister to lie over Thor's face. Frigga laughed. "He will make a fine father one day." She said and there was an awkward silence. Everyone knew Thor's feelings for the human Jane. They also knew Odin did not approve and kept the two apart.
"Until children are blessed upon me I shall have to live vicariously through you two." Thor tried keeping his voice cheery and everyone went with it.
"Any troubles?" Loki asked his mother.
"We had to go searching for Diana a handful of times. She was never far thank the fates. Devian was up to his usual tricks. Shiaji was a great help today. He's good at sniffing out Diana." Loki frowned. He really needed a steady hold on his daughter.
Loki sat next to his mother. It was clear Thor was not ready to hand over the children.