Just a doll
I don't own the Avengers what so ever. I only Alexis and the plot line.
Chapter 2 Loki's return
It was two days later that Loki came back. Fortunately, neither mom or dad noticed that the sweater was missing. And if any of them did notice it was missing, they didn't say anything about it. It was a Friday afternoon and I had just gotten home from school again at was seriously excited for the weekend. I put away my lunch box and go upstairs to my room with my backpack slung over my shoulder and when I walk in, who do I see sitting on my bed again. Yep, you guessed it, Loki. He was sitting on my bed still wearing my dad's sweater. I let my backpack fall to the ground with a thump.
- "You came back." Is the first thing out of my mouth.
- "Yes. I had to so I could return the sweater you gave me." He said getting up and pulling it off before passing it to me.
- "Thank you." I say taking it from him and folding it
I walk upstairs to my parent's room and thankfully, no one is inside. I put the sweater away and turn to see that Loki had followed me up. Just then, I hear the toilet flush, not wanting anyone to see Loki, I pull him into the closet. The moment my hand touches the expose skin of his wrist I could practically feel electric sparks dance across my hand and a shiver running up my spine. I blush violently. "I'm in my parent's closet with bloody Loki Laufeyson. Oh my god!" I think He gives me a confused look, I ignore it and look out. I don't see anyone in the room and realize that it came from downstairs. I quickly realize that it was my sister; Gail, who had flushed from downstairs. I breath a sigh of relief and leave the closet. I turn to him and say:
- "Apologies, I thought that one of my parents was in the bathroom over there. I don't think it's a good idea if you're caught."
- "Oh." Was all he said
- "Do you want to get out of here and go for a walk?" I ask blushing slightly hoping he wouldn't notice
- "I would like that." He says
- "You may want to make yourself invisible, I'd hate it if you were spotted by my parents." I said
He nods, flicks his wrist and disappears. We walk down the stair to the entrance hall where I tell my mom:
- "I'm going for a walk. I'll be back soon."
- "Alright sweetie." She calls back to me
I put on my boots, coat, hat and mittens before I walk out the door with Loki right behind me. We walk in the direction of the park near my house.
- "Aren't you cold?" I ask shivering slightly."
- "No, I'm a frost giant I don't get cold very easily." He explains
I nod my head we keep walking. As we passed the frozen duck pond I feel a hand slipping into my own, I look over and see that Loki has taken my hand. I flush slightly as the little fangirl in my brain bounces around saying: "I'm holding hands with Loki Laufeyson. SQUEE!" We make it to the park and I wit down on one of the empty swings. Loki sits on the swing next to me after he removed the invisibility spell. We sit there for a few minutes before I say something.
- "It's good to see you again Loki."
- "Yes it is Alexis, how are you?" He asks
- "I'm fine. The second semester at school just started I haven't been swamped with homework yet. And how about you?" I ask
- "I am alright. My prison cell was just as boring as usual." He says
- "You were bored so you came to visit me?" I ask
-" Bored and lonely. Very few people ever talk to me unless it's the guards but they tend to shout abuse and insults at me, but I see my mother every now and again. I don't mind talking to her. My brother and the man who claimed to be my father never visit me." He says bitterly
I frown slightly at that remark then I remember, Odin was never what could be considered a "father figure" towards Loki. Eileen and I had pretty much the same opinion about Odin. We both agreed that he was a self righteous, hypocritical, senile, xenophobic and all around son of a bitch. In fact, I even compared him to Dumbledore once, as Odin is as manipulative as old Dumbledork. "In fact, I think they're related," I think to myself
- "Do you like to read?" I ask trying to start a conversation, a true show of self confidence right there
- "Yes. When I was in my youth, I enjoyed sitting in the library and reading." He said
- "Same here, I like to spend my time in my school's library and read. I sometimes have trouble getting along with people my own age. Save my friend Eileen, she's one of the few people I'm able to talk too with out my social anxiety booting up. That's kinda why I'm a little tongue tied." I say as I feel my mouth drying out
- "Social anxiety?" He asks
- "It's a condition where I get really nervous around a lot of people or when I'm doing a group project or when I'm in a new place where I don't know anyone. I... start to feel rather sick or nervous when I'm in a large group or when I have to present a project in front of a large group of people. I try to keep it under control but, it... it flares every now and again." I explain trying to find the right words
- "Oh." Is all he says
- "What kind of books do you like to read?" I ask changing the subject
- "I have read a lot of books but I think my favourite book series was the Lord of the Rings." He said
- "Really, that's one of my favourite series too. I liked Eowyn, she's cool." I say smiling
- "True, she is an interesting character. I think my favourite character was either Aragorn or Samwise." Loki says
- "Have you read the Hobbit?" I ask
- "Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed Lord of the Rings." he says
- "What other books have you read?" I asked
- "I read the Hunger games. I liked the first two but Mockingjay, oh jeez, that one was terrible." He says grimacing
- "Ugh, I hated the one. I hate how they killed Finick, I hated that they killed Prim, Katniss's one of Katniss's main reasons for doing a lot of what she did and the fact that she and Peeta got married! After he tried to strangle her, after he called her a mutt, after saying that it was her fault that district twelve was destroyed and after he tried to bash her head in!" I growl angrily
- "That and the fact that everyone in her unit and Haymitch too for that matter, wanted her to interact with him when he arrived on base. She had every right to be wary of him, she had the right not to want to interact with him and she had the right not to want to talk to him because she was afraid. He tried to kill her, ergo, she was unsure whether talking and interacting with him would set him off and try to kill her again. If that happened to me, I would do the exact same thing she did, I'd want to avoid him, have as little interaction with him as possible and talk to him as little as possible." Loki said
- "But noooo, you need to have the victim of attempted murder talk to and interact with the guy who tried to kill her. That makes sooooo much sense." I say rolling my eyes grimacing
- "They are all idiots. Idiots and fools. Also, killing Prim was strategically unnecessary. It's alomost as if Snow, Coin, Haywitch and Peeta are trying to get Katniss to crack so that she becomes like a puppet for their own needs. If Prim hadn't been killed, I doubt Katniss would have allowed a final Hunger Games to occur using the Capital's children." Loki says rolling his eyes
- "Yeah, the Hunger Games was the reason the districts rebelled, they wanted them to stop. By hosting one final Hunger Games, it's almost as if the rebels are saying; " Hey look at us, we are demonstrating peace by having one final Hunger Games using the capitol's children. When that is all over and done with, then we can figure out a solution to our problems and make things stop." Idiots the whole lot of them." I say
- "Agreed. Though I think I prefer president Snow to the All-father. Even though they both are total bastards." Loki mutters
- "True. Have you read the Harry Potter series?" I ask
- "Yes. I like the first three books. I didn't mind four but the last three. I prefer to deny their existence." He says
- " How come?" I ask
- "1. They kill Sirius. 2. They kill Remus, Tonks and Collin. 3. I don't believe for one second that James, Lily, Sirius and Remus would allow Harry to walk to his death like that. 4. It was very obvious that Ron was using Lavender to make Hermione jealous. 5. James Potter reminded me of my brother's friends in his mocking of Snape. 6. James Potter was a stalker, a bully and quite possibly a potential rapist. Had Lily continued to deny his advances, I suspect that old Pothead would have raped her in hopes of getting her pregnant so he could marry her. 7. Ron bullied, belittled and treated her like crap, yet Hermione married him anyways. 8. Harry is seriously naive, even I could see that Dumbledore was manipulating him a mile away. 9. Why didn't Rowling show the emotional aftereffects of the battle of Hogwarts? And 10. Dumbledore. I really didn't like him." Loki listed
- "Ah yes Fumbledope. Yeah, a lot of people hate him with a passion. That manipulative, senile, hypocritical old goat reminds me of Odin for some reason." I say with a snort
-"Fumbledope?" Loki asks looking at me oddly
-" People have come up with a lot of really creative names for him. Twinklebore, Fumbledope, Dumbles, Bumblebore, Fumblebore, Dumbassbore, Dumb-as-a-door, Dumbledork is one of my favorites, The manipulative old man, The goat fucker just to name a few." I say giggling
- " That's a lot of names." Loki says looking at me with wide eyes
- " Yeah, a lot of people hate/dislike him." Is all I say
That was when I received a text from mom.
"Sweetie where are you?"
"I'm at the park mom."
"Dinner is in ten minutes, so you should come back."
"Alright, I'm walking back."
- "I've got to go. It's almost dinner time." I say getting up
- " I'll accompany you home. It's only polite." Loki says getting up himself
- " Are you sure? I... I mean, shouldn't you have to get back to Asgard before someone discovers that you're missing." I stammer
-" Yes, I don't think any one has noticed except Hiemdell and considering that no one has come to pick me up, he hasn't said anything about it." Loki says glaring at the sky
- "Ah." Is all I get out of my mouth.
We walk home in silence. I only realize that we're holding hands again when I go to open the door with my right hand to see Loki's left in it. I blush violently and open the door with my free hand. I was still blushing when I was ambushed by my sister Gail and my brother Rupert. Loki barely managed to turn invisible
- "What were you doing besides walking? You were out for nearly an hour." Gail asks
- "Walking." Is all I say as I take my coat off
- "Uh huh sure, then why are you blushing? Did you meet a cute guy?" She asks smugly
- "No, my cheeks are red because it's cold out." I snap I see Loki raising an eyebrow out of the corner of my eye.
My sister raises an eyebrow suspiciously and my brother asks:
- " Where did you go?"
- "Around." I say
- " Where around?" He asks
- " Just around the block and I sat in the park for a bit." I say pulling my boots off
- "You don't like going to the park." he says
- " Yeah well, I wanted to sit down for a bit Rupert. I was tired." I say walking up the stairs towards my room Loki not two steps behind me.
Loki and I walk up the stairs to my room and I see with horror that my laptop is on and open. I let out a yelp and dive for my computer shutting the screen with a click. I did it with good reason, there are a lot of people who write incest shippings, so in order to protect my new friend's sanity, I will probably have to hide it somewhere, likely in my backpack. I don't want to hide it under my bed or I'll never see it or hell, even find it again.
- "What was that about?" He asks
- "Oh, it's just I've got some personal stuff on my computer that I don't want people seeing. No offence but there are some things that I want to keep private." I say
-"None taken." He says and sits down on mu bed
I sit down beside him and an awkward silence descends upon the room. At least until my phone buzzes with a text alert.
"Hello."
"Hey. How's life with the Maximoff twins?"
"I must say, I am enjoying it. I just realized that neither of them had the chance to be normal teenagers so I took them to Canada's wonderland."
"Really, how did it go?"
"Pietro enjoyed the roller coasters. Wanda... not so much."
"And yourself?"
"I had to steel myself before getting on."
I pause for a second and take a quick picture of Loki.
"Loki came back." I say attaching the picture
"Really."
"Yeah. He came back to return the sweater and because he was lonely."
"Aww."
"He said that he doesn't get many visitors. One of the few people who visit him is his mother and the guards. But they mostly shout abuse at him when they "visit" him. He doesn't see his brother or the king of child abuse."
I could practically feel the sarcasm dripping off her next statement.
"Wonderful."
I sent another text that held the same amount of sarcasm.
"I know right."
"On another note, Loki almost got a look at my laptop. Fortunately, I closed it before he saw anything."
"That's good (Wipes forehead )
"Who are you talking too?" Loki asks
"Oh, my friend Eileen. She lives right across town. We talk often." I say
Just then my dad yells:
"Dinner. Come down and help bring the stuff upstairs!"
"I've got to go. It's dinner, I'll text you later."
"Right."
I turn to Loki and ask:
"Do you have to go?"
"No."
"Do you want to stay for a bit? We're watching Star Wars tonight and having pizza." I say
" What's Star Wars?" He asks
" It's a movie series. They're really good." I say getting up
"I would love to then." He says getting to his feet
We walk downstairs into the kitchen and I grab the drink and the plates before heading back upstairs into the rec room. Dad brings up the pizza, Gail brings up the salt and Rupert brings up the glasses. I put Star Wars episode II Attack of the Clones into the DVD player and sit back down next to Loki on the floor.
"Is the floor okay or do you want to move to the couch?" I ask
"I am fine here Alexis." He says smiling at me
Here, I am glad the lights are off so that Loki doesn't see me blushing. He watches the movie with rapt attention. When the movie finishes and I help bring the stuff downstairs, I return to my room and see my friend sitting on my bed.
"What did you think?" I ask
"I enjoyed it. It was very interesting. Unfortunately, I must leave now. Odin and a couple of guards are approaching my cell." He says getting up
" Well, goodbye then." I say
"Goodbye." He says before kissing my hand again and disappearing in a flash of green light.
I sigh and look at my plastic figurine. I'm still staring at it when my sister comes in the room and asks
"Why are you staring at your Loki figurine?"
" I'm not staring, I'm admiring it." I snap
"Okay, jeez, don't get your panties in a knot." Gail says looking at me oddly
I change into my pyjamas and lie in bed for a good long time. I remember my close call with Loki and the laptop, I get up and gently slide my laptop into my backpack where it will remain hidden until I need it again. I crawl back into my bed and fall asleep, dreaming of stars.
That's chapter 2 everyone. I regret nothing. I hope you all enjoyed this instalment. Read, like and review please. Later Dana.