Doctor Loki love: glad the serious talk tugged at your heart. Life sucks sometimes. I threw in the bath time to lighten the chapter so not everything was sad.

To my mystery guest: there will be other failed parent attempts for sure. :p

Next guest: I am trying to fit in more Loki children time. :D

Poodle warriors: I am trying to convey a life's not fair thing. It's like real life. Sometime no matter what you do people still judge you from things you might have done in your past. And if someone thinks it can be used to up their chances of personal gain then they will take it. And I can say that there will be a wedding! :)

Sorceress of the trees: haha yeah Odin as ass :p I am glad I was able to edit the last chapter to go together better. It was a bit script like. Glad for your suggestion. :)

Chapter 53: Wedding plans

Cephera had been standing on the tailors block for over an hour while the stout elder woman measured her everywhere. Queen Frigga was helping to chose the right pattern and combination of white and gold for Cephera's dress. Cephera had input on the design but the colours were traditional.

Every time a change happened in the design she would be measured again to fit the new change. She had been told that everyday she would have to show up there after class to be fitted and refitted as the dress was made piece by piece. The dress itself was threaded with a special spiders silk and would take months to complete.

She had been warned that she was to be careful to not gain weight. Any alterations last minute would be unwise. The only upside to having to be there everyday was her classes were now shorter on the Queens command.

Cally had not be happy but hadn't expressed it in words so much as actions. She chose spells far beyond Cephera's current mentality but Cephera had at least managed to get one down to only a nosebleed. Cally's reaction to the announcement of her engagement to Loki was just how Cephera expected it to be.

'So he's going to marry you? His loss.' Were her exact words as she shrugged and began her day of gruelling instructions. No more was said between them. And that was a month ago.

"Have you decided in a date yet?" The tailor looked to the queen. Usually the family, of the two to be wed, picked the time but Cephera was lucky enough to have been asked. They respected that she was not going to live completely by their ways.

"11 months from yesterday." The queen said smiling. The elder woman looked surprised.

"So long? Am I wrong that their courting has already been over a year?" She sounded genuinely shocked.

"We want the kids to be walking and talking. So one week after their second birthdays, will be the wedding." Cephera supplied the curious woman with her answer.

"Ahhhhh. A fine time then." She smiled an awkward smile. "That is all I can do for today. I have other weddings to see too. I will be back tomorrow." With a quick bow, she picked up her bag of tailoring goods and a servant led her out.

"Excited yet?" The queen asked examining the design left in her care.

"Not yet. When the dress is complete then I will be. I love dresses. I'm probably more excited for the dress right now then the wedding day. But I'm sure that will change." Frigga never lost her smile. Cephera's love for the little things was becoming common knowledge.

Herself and the queen had become close after she had found out she was pregnant. It brought them together in ways Cephera's never thought would happen. "It will be a beautiful dress but made only more so by the wearer." Cephera's face turned red. She wasn't used to anyone but Loki delivering compliments to her.

"I have a question." The queen nodded. "I don't mean to pry but why isn't Thor allowed to be with Jane?" It had been bothering Cephera for a long time now.

"It's always been a rule that humans and our kind can not coexist. To allow Thor to court the lady Jane would mean breaking that rule. If Odin should break the rule for one he must allow it for all."

"If she was willing to stay on earth, what about then?"

"We both know Thor would not wish to leave her there. It has always been that if a human and an Asgardian should fall in love, the Asgardian would have to give up their long life and live as a human and die as a human." The queen sounded as if she didn't agree with this.

"But if she is human then why not allow him to be happy with her. She will live a short life compared to his. He could spend the years she has with her and know the joys of true love. That kind of time for an Asgardian is nothing more then a small hiccup so why can't he be allowed to enjoy that pleasure." Cephera was adamant.

"It has not worked that way in the past. When someone loves another they find themselves determined to hold onto it. The rules are set in place to avoid travesties such as trying to change the human so they may live longer. Such things have been attempted in the past and has lead to many deaths and more then enough heartache." Cephera frowned.

"I wish there was a way." Her words were sad and defeated.

"I appreciate your concern for my sons feelings. It's good to know he is well thought of and loved by others." There was a pause.

"What next?" Cephera gestured back to the wedding stuff spread out along the table.

"Now we pick flowers, outer realm invitation, what to serve as food, how many to allow to dine at the celebratory feast, and any extra things you may want to throw in that I may not be familiar with."

They began with the flowers.

Her violet eyes stared intently into big blue ones. Their faces inches from eachother. It was a stare down and neither was giving up. Loki watched Diana take on Shiaji like she meant business. She was on all fours her forehead pressed to the cats and she had yet to blink. Shiaji cheated. He gave Diana a long drooling lick up her face, chin to nose.

Diana pulled back surprised and then tackled the cat to the floor. She bit his ears and pulled his tail while he layed there and allowed her. Watching his daughter, Loki was realizing she would not to be messed with once she got older, if she kept up that aggressive spirit.

He wondered where she got it from. Cephera certainly wasn't aggressive...except perhaps in bed at times. And loki was never one for physical combat. If you asked Cephera who Devian was like, she would say her, but Loki knew better. He saw the sly things he did to Diana, when she wasn't looking.

He had only earlier watched Diana take one of his toys and when she used the chair to stand, he made his train knock her down and stole his toy back. This was how it began with Loki. Devian would be cunning when he got older and perhaps have a taste for mischief as Loki did.

Though it had been quite some time since he had caused trouble with his games, he still enjoyed thinking up things he could do. Today he had taken the children. He was enjoying analyzing them. The ring he made for Diana was working like a charm.

Cephera was off doing womanly things regarding the wedding. Loki, being a male had no part to play but show up. He turned his attention to Devian who was watching his sister wrestle in circles with the tiny guardian. The cat came in handy. He had never stopped to give the cat much thought.

Aside from its eyes and the light you could see shining from his belly he looked like a normal cat. He knew it was mechanical beneath all the magical fur, but always assumed it ran off magic. But looking closely now, while Diana had him on his back vigorously rubbing his belly, he could see the core was not magic. Loki was not sure what it was. He made a mental note to ask Cephera.

The nursery door opened and Cephera walked in. She looked tired. "Hard day planning a wedding?" He asked grinning.

She planked her ass down next to his on the floor and leaned her head on his arm. "I swear planning a wedding is more brain consuming then the spells Cally makes me do." She groaned. He watched her survey the room. It was a mess. Toys were thrown about everywhere, food was splattered on the marble floor and when her eyes saw the mess both children were in she groaned again. "Did you feed them?"

"I did." He also looked at the mess left behind. Loki was not daft when it came to children but bathing and feeding wasn't as easy as he expected it to be. Both the twins had managed to knock the spoon from his hand more then once and Devian had decided to play a game of 'spit out my food and stick my hands in it'.

"Did any go into their mouths?" She asked looking up at him.

"Of course. The mess was made after Diana knocked the bowl down. Devian was already cleaned up and on the floor when it happened. He began to play in the mess and I let him." It was true he had let him. But it was more to see what he would do once he put Diana down as well.

Loki had not been disappointed. Devian spotted his sister instantly and rubbed his sticky hands in her hair. Her hair was still very short and thin, it instantly stuck up and he continued by wiping it over her face.

The mess was not a bother to him. A servant would make quick work of it. Cephera sighed. "Bath time then." She said and crawled her way over to pick up both kids around their waists. Loki followed. He could at least help with that.