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Doctor Loki love: oh the craziness of it all!but yes they really do need to talk

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Chapter 92: Celebrate

Cephera lay sleeping with the kids once more. Three days since her fight with Loki and they had barely spoken since. Their argument still went wild in her head. She thought of things she could have said or should have said or not said. Over and over the argument played. They bathed together in silence and then they went about their day in silence. She feared she had lost him completely.

She hardly slept at night. She spent it with the kids only because the tension between them cut deep when they lay back to back in bed. She could not change what had happened but it didn't stop her thinking about it...

"I do this for us and you would leave me for it." His tone was angry.

"You do this for yourself." Cephera said her voice shaking just as much as the rest of her. "Answer me truthfully, if you find Cally proof or no proof, will you kill her." The look on his face said it all.

"To protect my family I will do whatever it takes."

"Then you're no better then the man you were before I met you. If you kill her and she was not responsible for all of this your children will forever remember you as the man who kills innocence people in moments of vengeful rage. Your legacy will haunt their futures. We don't need your vengeance Loki. I need my husband and they need their father."

"Do not speak to me as if I am a mere criminal." He growled stepping forward.

"I almost lost a son and a daughter too!" She screamed. "When I needed you to comfort me when I was afraid you were off running after a ghost. When we needed you here to make us feel safe you left us to seek revenge upon someone we don't even know was responsible or not. If she did not do this you left us to succumb to this tyrants wraith in your absence." She was crying. She felt the hot tears slipping down her cheeks.

Loki's facial expression twitched and then softened. He moved to her and Cephera backed away. "I cannot just sit idly by as someone seeks to tear our family apart." He told her softer then he had been speaking before.

"Don't you see. They already have. If you continue this path of vengeance you will loose your family. The twins ask about you everyday. They miss you. Seria is but a child and you're absent so often she will soon not even know you to see you. Please don't go." She pleaded. She was shaking trying to hold back her sobs. Loki stepped toward her again but she refused his touch. "Don't. The kids need their father more then I need you. Go to them but not to say goodbye."

She watched him steadily a moment. It broke her heart the look of hurt on his face. But she was not ready to forgive him. She was not ready to lay down her anger just yet. She needed to know the Loki that had taken over her husband for the passed few weeks was gone completely. She needed to feel safe and secure and not afraid he was going to be gone tomorrow.

Loki turned from her and left their room.

Cephera shivered from the thought. There had been several times she had been tempted to go to Mechanova taking the children with her and wait until Loki finally came back to her but she hadn't gone. Her place was with her husband but the longer he was gone the more tempting it had been. Asgard had started to become a prison to her. She hadn't shared these thoughts with anyone.

When sleep did come Loki was there in her dreams but he was in the distance and no matter how long she ran for he only continued getting further and further away.

"I think you need it." Kat had been saying again. Cephera sighed looking at her friend. Kat was suggesting that herself, Kat, Loki, the children and Thor all get together for a celebration of sorts. Kat thought being around everyone with food and drink would lighten the mood for the couple and their family. Kat of course had all the details worked out already and had been bugging Cephera and Loki separately for two days now about it.

"Loki will never agree. I'm surprised he even talks to you." Cephera replied back.

"He doesn't really say anything but he sometimes makes a face at me." Kat laughed. "Come on. If you agree he will." She pleaded her eyes big and round giving Cephera the sad lip look. Cephera groaned.

And that was when she finally agreed to go. Kat planned it for the next night after the conversation and now Cephera found herself looking in the mirror in a fancier gown then usual. "We don't have to do this." Loki said. He was already dressed. They spoke very little since the day started.

"She might be right." Cephera said. "Either way, right or wrong, it can't hurt." Cephera shrugged and reached her arms behind her to tie the dress up but Loki stepped up his hands brushing her as he attempted to take the lace from her. A shiver of longing ran over her but she said nothing. She moved her hands out of the way and allowed him to move her hair out of his way and tie her up tight. Cephera was breathing a little heavily. Since their relationship took a nose dive she felt like everything small that happened between them was new.

She felt nervous and excited each time they touched weather it was intentional or not. She wasn't sure how he felt. His expressions were hard to read. "I'll get the kids." Loki told her placing a kiss on her shoulder quickly and leaving. Cephera stared at her reflection her cheeks flushed and her breasts rising and falling in short quick breaths. When she finally left the room she glanced down to the kids room and frowned. Shiaji was still there, his condition still the same. It took a moment for her to change her frown into a smile when Loki emerged with the kids. Diana was dressed up in a long dress her grandmother had made for her and Devian with his matching suit. Seria was in her frilly little dress and was clutching Loki's hand. Kat came out behind them. She had offered to get the kids ready while her and Loki had some private time.

Sometimes Cephera wasn't sure what she would do without her friend to help her out. Loki offered his opposite arm to his wife and she took it. As they walked she found herself looking down and forced her face upward. How could she feel so foolish after 10 years together. How could things have changed so much in the matter of weeks.

They met Thor at the celebration where Kat gave Thor a gift of ale aged to perfection. He grinned wide and gave her a kiss of appreciation on her knuckles. Loki of course didn't partake in the intoxicating drink and neither did Cephera so Thor had it all to himself. He wasn't long popping it open and chugging. Kat had magical music playing and they all ate. The conversations were kept as cheerful as possible and Cephera enjoyed listening to loki banter with Kat over a spell she hadn't quite perfected that she thought she had.

Kat had jumped up and insisted they dance. Thor waved them off his gaze hazy. Cephera hadn't realized he had drunk so much already. Loki danced with Cephera his hand caressing her back gently. Kat took all three kids to swing back and forth in a circle of four. Cephera didn't pay attention to those around her. She was looking up at her husband unsure what to say but she felt she had to say something. "I'm sorry." She finally whispered looking down. "I should not have said some of the things I did when you came back. I was angry." Loki ceased his dancing and put his knuckle under her chin to lift her face to look at him once more.

"No. You were right. I was being blinded and foolish. I cannot promise it won't happen again." He told her sadly.

"I know. I thought I'd lost you." She whispered trying not to let the memory make her cry.

"I'm here now. It's all that matters." He said to her. Cephera just knew her was going to kiss her and her stomach bubbled but they never made it. A thud made them turn their heads and Thor was face down on the table. Everyone couldn't help but laugh in amusement. Loki let his wife go and went to shake Thor awake and Kat skipped over to join him. Cephera joined her hands with the kids but waited for them to wake Thor.

Kat spun abruptly as they all chuckled at Thor and plunged a concealed knife into Loki's stomach. Loki lurched forward in surprise and grabbed for Kat but seemed unable to move properly. Kat smiled wickedly.