Just a doll
I don't own this anyway shape or form.
Chapter 4 and all descends to chaos
It had been over a week since I found a trembling god of mischief sitting on my bed. I saw him a couple of times after he took me to the see Star Wars for the third time. The last time I saw him was on Wednesday and we went to the movies again. That time, we saw Kung Fu Panda 3. I suspect that he enjoyed that movie as much as he liked Star Wars, I think he identified with Po. It was Friday and I was waiting for the streetcar to arrive and listening to music.
- " But you've had me underrated. What's wrong with being, what's wrong with being confident?" I sang softly barely audible
I felt a hand gently being placed on my shoulder and I jumped slightly, I turn around pulling my headphones off and see Loki standing behind me.
- "Oh, hey Loki. How are you?" I say feeling oddly confident
- "I am well thank you Alexis." He says
Considering Loki took me to the movies, I decided that I wanted to take him somewhere. Maybe I could take him to the mall and we could head to the bookstore there. I pull out my phone and text my mom.
"Saw an old friend. I'm going to the mall for a bit. I'll be back in time for dinner though."
"All right. Let me know when you leave."
I smile, turn to Loki and say:
- "Do you want to go to the mall?" I mentally smack myself, that wasn't what I wanted to ask
- "I am not one for shopping Alexis. It seems you mortals enjoy looking for clothes and playing dress up with your companions."Loki said frowning
- "They have a bookstore. I was thinking we could go there." I say slyly
That catches his attention and he says:
- "Bookstore."
For some reason that is completely beyond me, I could swear that he was surprised that I was the one asking him out. We walked towards the mall talking about stuff. I didn't notice we were holding hands until we walked passed the marble slab. I have gotten my blushing under control when he took my hand. Only, he was the one who was blushing, had I taken his hand unconsciously? We made it to the mall without incident and I took him to the Indigo. Loki and I spent a good two hours walking around the store, looking at books, reading some of the books that looked interesting and talking about the books we found interesting. I showed him some Archie comics, I think he likes them. Though he did say that Archie was really indecisive about which girl he wanted to date. We played hide and seek among the shelves but we made sure not to cause to much trouble. I managed to snag one victory, he found me after half and hour hiding among the crime novels. When we left, we were laughing and talking like we were a dating couple. We weren't dating, a few people had made that mistake but I corrected them. For some reason, I've been calling our outings dates-but-not-dates. We catch the subway and head for my house. Loki walks me back home again, only this time it's a bit different.
- "I'm glad I met you." Loki says when we stop in front of the door to my house
- "I'm glad I met you too Loki." I say smiling
- "You are the most beautiful girl I know." He says. I catch him blushing when he says this.
- "Th-Thank you." I say blushing a little myself
What he does next seriously surprises me. He cups my cheek in one hand, raises my head a little and kisses me. Right on the lips. My brain stops working, all activity halts and somehow, I manage to make my mouth work to kiss him back. No tongue, just chaste but short and sweet. Loki. Is. Kissing. Me. On the lips and on the stoop in front of my house. "Oh dear god. Please don't let anyone see this." I think to myself. When we part. The first thing out of my mouth is:
- "Thank you."
He smiles at me and says:
- "You're welcome."
And with that he leaves in a flash of green light. I walk inside, my brain still rebooting. I take my boots, coat and hat off. I say hi to mom and dad before pulling out my phone and texting Eileen. I meant to send the message "Loki just kissed me. I will write back when my brain reboots." Only it came out more like:
"Loki kisshed me. Wil writ mor when brain reboots."
Yeah, my spectacular skills at correct spelling and grammar right there folks. Look at how well I am able to write correctly. Dear God, what's wrong with me. Hopefully, my head will be finally screw on strait by the time I need to go to bed. Fortunately, it's pizza night and I will be able to temporarily shut my brain down during the movie. I go upstairs to find my brother and sister squabbling over movies.
- "What's going on?" I ask finding that I can talk
- "I want to watch Enchanted but Rupert is saying no." Gail complains
- "I don't want to watch Enchanted. I want to watch the Lego movie." Rupert yells
My brain must still be repairing itself because I say:
- "We'll watch Enchanted."
I leave the room and head into my bedroom and flop down on the bed. I lay there until dad calls saying that I need to help out with bringing the stuff upstairs. I help out, completely silent, not trusting my mouth at the moment. I am like a robot while I eat. I don't pay attention to what's going on during the movie. My brain is elsewhere, namely imagining the feeling of Loki's lips on my own. When the movie ends, I help bring the stuff downstairs before grabbing my pyjamas and heading into the bathroom for my shower. As I shower, I sing every single, sentimental love song that comes into my head. Drunk in love by Beyonce, 123 by Craig Smart, Just the way you are by Bruno Mars, Love me like you do by Ellie Goulding, You belong with me and Mine by Taylor Swift, et etc... Yep, it was official, I was in love. I left the shower humming a medley between Meant to be and Magic of love by Two steps from hell. I will admit by the way my sister was glaring at me when I came out was that my impromptu concert was awful. I'm not the best of singers but I'm not terrible like my sister believes. Fortunately, my brain has finally started working again. I made a quick run through to make sure everything was functional. It was and there was a message from Eileen waiting for me on my phone.
"What"
Loki kissed me."
"He kissed you?"
"Yes. On the lips."
"Really? What was it like?"
" Like I had died and gone to heaven. His lips were so soft Eileen. And I kissed him back. My brain just shut off the moment he kissed my."
"What do you mean your brain shut off?"
"Wasn't my earlier text an indicator? Normally I have a flip out about bad spelling but I ignored it. And then I agreed to watch Enchanted. ENCHANTED. Normally I dislike romantic movies like that. What is wrong with me?"
"Maybe you're in love."
"(Snorts) If what I was singing in the shower wasn't a big enough hint I don't know what will be."
"What do you mean?"
"I was singing every single sentimental love song that came into my head. Love songs. And I never sing in the shower. You should have seen the looks my sister was giving me when I came out."
"How so?"
"She was glaring at me like I had stolen her stuffed polar bear. I'm not a good singer but I'm not terrible either."
"Anyway, how's life with Wanda and Pietro?"
"I'm enjoying it. We watched the Princess and the Frog?"
"What did they think?"
"Wanda liked it a lot. Pietro was trying to act indifferent. It failed."
"Really."
"Yeah."
"Okay. I need to go. Mom's saying it's time for bed."
"All Right. I'll text you tomorrow. Night Alexis."
"Night Eileen."
I reach for the charger and plug my phone in. Dad comes in a few minutes later and kissed my sister and I goodnight. I fall asleep unnaturally quickly. It feels like I've been asleep about five minutes when a large weight lands on my legs waking me up. I grab my phone and turn it one using the light of the scree to see who was sitting on my legs. It was Loki and he looked absolutely terrified.
- "Loki, what's wrong?" I ask still half asleep
- "We need to go." He says his voice serious
- "Go? Go where? What's going on?" I ask feeling more awake now
- "Alexis, you are in grave danger. Somehow, the all-father found out about you. He twisted the tale making you look like you are my second in command, helping me escape from my cell and are trying to help me take over the world. That and because you are a girl, he's made it so that you fell for my charms." Loki said
- "WHAT?!" I whisper yell not wanting to wake everyone up
- "And worse, he's told Thor. Thor is going to be bringing the Avengers with him to take you to Asgard. I don't know what they are going to do to you but personally, I don't want to find out. That's why I'm getting you out of here. We need to go, they'll be here soon." He says
- "Okay, calm down. Let me grab a few things then we can get out of here." I say calmly
I leap out of bed and empty my backpack. I immediately grab a pair of jeans, a few shirts, socks, underwear, my bra, my phone and charger and my laptop and it's charger. I pack it all in my bag before I put on the sweater and a pair of socks. I grab my house key and I grab my stuffed snow leopard. I leave my room but not before whispering a soft goodbye to my family before running down the stairs to get my boots and coat on. I unlock the door and Loki and I run out into the night air. I lock the door behind me. And run onto the driveway and look up. I'm clad in nothing but my pyjamas, a sweater, my winter coat undone, my tiger hat on my head and my light brown leather boots. Loki grabs my hand and we take off at a run down the street in the direction of the subway station. We stop to catch our breath halfway there before I let out a low groan remembering that the subway was closed until tomorrow morning.
- "Alexis, what's wrong?" Loki asks me worried
- "It's the subway. It's closed until six the next morning. And that's not for..." I say checking my phone and seeing that it's 1:00 "an other 5 hours."
- "Then we'll wait." Loki says taking my hand
We start running again and we don't stop until we've arrived at the station.
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I wake up several hours later feeling cold and very sore. I wonder whether or not I threw one of my pillows off my bed. That is until I open my eyes and see that I am sitting in front of the door to the subway station, in my pyjamas and Loki's head on my shoulder. I groan and sit up, my movements waking my companion.
- "Subway's open, we should go." I say standing up
Loki rises himself and says:
- "Where should we go?"
- "I know a place." I say and pull out my phone
I am taking a great big risk here. If SHIELD is tracking me, I can't talk on the phone for too long. I pull up my contact list and hit Eileen's number. The phone dialed for a minute before she picked up with a bleary:
- "Hello."
- "Eileen, it's Alexis." I say trying to keep my voice steady but failing
- "Alexis. Do you have any idea what time it is?" She asks
- "Yes, I know what time it is Eileen but I don't have much time." I say
- "What's going on?" Eileen asks
- "Odin has somehow found out about me. Let's just say he's out to get me. Thor has sicced the Avengers after me, so Loki and I are officially on the run. I need somewhere safe. Can I stay at your house?" I ask as Loki and I walk up the stairs to the ticket booth. Loki becoming invisible at the top of the stairs
- "Of course." She says
- "Thank you so much Eileen. Can you meet me at the station?" I ask
- "Yeah, I'll meet you there." She says
- "Okay. You're a lifesaver you know that right?" I ask
- "Good to know. I'll meet you there." She says before hanging up
I pay my fare and Loki and I walk up onto the platform. As we are waiting for the train, I watch the news. I pale as the breaking news section comes up. It details the attack on my house. To my absolute relief, none of my family was injured, they were just badly shaken and very worried about me. I sigh, I want to so badly to call them, tell them I'm all right and what's going on but I can't not without putting myself at risk. "Oh God." I think to myself "Help me. Please help me."
Done with this chapter. I really dislike Odin with a burning passion. Having him try to hurt Alexis is something he'd do. I hope you all enjoyed. Read, like and review please. Later Dana.