A/N: You're probably wondering by now if there ever was a point to this. The answer: A resounding 'NO!' This is purely a way for me to live out my fantasy... Things could be worse. This has been fun so far, because I don't usually write myself or family members into my stories.
This is dedicated to and inspired by my lovely cousin, TFKpuppet. ^-^
"WHAT?!" The voice of my friend Izzy made the speakers on the phone crackle. I held it away from my ear, wincing.
"Thor and Loki are in our house. I don't know how they got here, but if you wanted to meet Loki, now's as good a time as any."
"I can't come today, I have a previous engagement. Sorry. Convince Nicole to allow them to stay until tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll do that. Bye." I hung up the phone. Nicole was staring at me in disbelief. "What?" I asked. She just shook her head.
"You're unbelievable…" she said under her breath. I grinned.
"Why, thank you!"
"That wasn't a compliment, you know." I shrugged as I dialed up Renee's number.
"I know perfectly well what you meant." I hit the green button once I'd found the number. Nicole threw her hands in the air and stalked out of the kitchen.
"Hello?" Renee answered.
"Hey, you got anything going on today?" I could hear the overly loud K-pop music in the background. She turned down her music.
"Not much, why?" I glanced around to make sure neither Thor nor Loki was within earshot.
"This is crazy, but last night after Nicole and I watched Avengers, Thor and Loki showed up in our living room." Unlike Izzy, Renee contains her excitement fairly well (though she has been known to have fangirl freak-outs on rare occasion.)
"No, really? That's awesome." The response wasn't exactly what I'd been hoping for, but it was the best I was going to get.
"You want to come meet them, before Nicole decides it's time for them to leave?" I heard her hit the power button on her radio.
"I'll be right over." In the background, I could hear her shouting to her brother "Nate, could you give me a ride to Leah and Nicole's house?" I smiled. Nate was always fun, but this might be emotionally scarring for him. Thor stepped into the kitchen. I glanced up.
"What are you looking for?" He looked as though I'd caught him doing something wrong.
"Uh, I was actually looking for my brother." I set my phone down on the table and got up to join in his search.
"You mean you lost the god of mischief? How could you let him get away?"
"I didn't lose him, he eluded me."
"Same difference!" I said. Then I saw the gleam of gold going past the back door. "There he goes, there he goes! Get him!" Thor ran out the door and dragged him back. Loki scowled at his brother. Part of me seriously wanted to know what he was thinking.
"Thor, why not take the muzzle off for now? He can't do much harm here." I said. Loki gave me a look that was a mixture of confusion, gratitude, and wanting to prove me wrong. Thor shrugged and undid the clasp at the back. Loki smiled, glad to be free of the device.
"Much better." He said. I nearly melted. Oh, his voice is so awesome… I suppressed the urge to squeal like a little schoolgirl.
"You owe her your gratitude." Thor pointed out. Loki turned to me.
"You can't really expect me to thank a mindless mortal like you?" I gave him an infuriating grin.
"I don't expect it, but it would be nice." I answered. He narrowed his eyes, trying to judge whether or not he should take me seriously. Thor nudged his shoulder.
"What do you tell her?" Loki stood up and bowed dramatically.
"You have my deepest thanks." The sarcasm was evident in his tone. I returned the bow, and with equal sarcasm, replied:
"You're welcome." I turned and walked out of the kitchen.
"Did she just insult me?" I heard Loki ask. I smothered my laughter until I made it to my room. I heard tires crunching on the gravel. Nate and Renee were here. I flew down the stairs to answer the door. Renee came bounding the driveway, and flew through the door. Nate backed out of the driveway and left us fangirls to our own devices. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where is he?" she asked breathlessly. I took her coat.
"Up in the kitchen. Take it easy, though. He just called me a mindless mortal, so I don't think he's very happy at the moment…"
"Oh, that was probably a compliment." I nodded, chuckling slightly.
"I have no doubt about it. I can't wait to see what he has to say about you." Renee set her purse on the piano bench. She walked into the kitchen. She introduced herself to Thor.
"Hi, I'm Renee. I'm Leah and Nicole's cousin." Thor grinned.
"Good to meet you, fair lady. I am Thor Odinson, and this unpleasant man at the table is my brother Loki." Loki glared at Thor.
"I'm not your brother!" he said with malicious glee. "Allow me to properly introduce myself. I am Loki Laufeyson of Jotunheim." Renee stared at him flatly.
"I know who you are." Loki looked confused.
"How could you possibly…"
"Dude, have you looked online lately? Tumblr and Deviantart are chock-full of pictures. I'm not even going to mention the fan-fiction websites. It'd be hard not to know who you are." Loki seemed both horrified and pleased by this.
"So, are you by any chance involved with this fan fiction?" he asked. Renee shrugged.
"Maybe, maybe not." Loki grinned.
"So, you are." He thoughtfully rested his chin on his fist. "So how much of this fan fiction is about me?" Renee thought about it a second.
"Well, I don't write much about you, just one or two stories that I have in progress." After that, Loki quickly lost interest. By this time, Nicole had joined us in the kitchen. She was laughing. Renee turned to me.
"Can I keep him?" she asked. Nicole gave her THE LOOK.
"No." she said.
"But it's Loki, and I love him…" Renee pouted. Loki raised an eyebrow.
"Have you ever considered putting her in what you mortals call an asylum? She's absolutely stark raving mad!" he commented, smirking. Renee promptly burst into tears.
"Loki, apologize to Lady Renee immediately." Thor demanded.
"Why ever would I do that?" Loki asked coolly.
"You made her cry!"
"So? I've made a lot of people cry. Just one more won't make much difference."
"It hurt her feelings. If you won't apologize, at least give her a hug." Loki glowered like a spoiled child.
"Do I have to?" he asked. Thor scowled.
"I will hit you with Mjolnir if you don't." Loki rolled his eyes.
"Fine." He stood and awkwardly put one arm around Renee. She wrapped both arms around him. Tightly. Nicole and I both whipped out our phones to capture this momentous occasion.
Five hours later, we had convinced her to let him go. Loki immediately sat down as far away from her as he could. Thor grinned at his brother.
"Now, was that so bad?" Loki shook his head.
"Yes." He said flatly. Renee ran out of the room, crying again. Loki watched in stunned silence.
"What'd I say?"
The next day…
Loki sat down on the futon in Renee's basement ( her 'office' as she liked to call it.) Renee had her K-pop music blaring, and was working on something on her computer. Loki glanced around, looking for something to do. Finally the music got to him.
"How can you stand this crap?" Renee spun around, her hackles raised.
"It's not crap. It's actually really good." Loki rolled his eyes.
"You can't even understand what they're saying!" Renee crossed her arms over her chest. Loki smiled.
"You can if you watch the videos with subtitles. Which I have. Sucks to be you." Loki's smile disappeared.
"When are you going to take me back to Leah's house?" Renee raised an eyebrow.
"It's Nicole's house too, you know."
"Yes, but she doesn't like me. She likes Thor."
"Why don't you like it here? I like you just as much as Leah does. Possibly more."
"Her music's better." Renee pouted. Loki rushed to correct himself.
"No, no, no, no, I didn't mean it that way. Please don't cry again." Renee cracked up laughing.
"You've been Loki'd again!" She exclaimed, bursting out in a fit of obnoxious laughter.
"What is that supposed to mean?" he queried, trying to mask his curiosity.
"Tom Hiddleston started it."
"I don't care who this Hiddleston fellow is, but I fail to see what my name has to do with a simple prank like that." Renee face-palmed.
"You're the god of mischief, right?" Loki nodded. "So, pranks are mischief, right?" Another nod. "Okay, so whenever someone pulls a prank on someone else, they say "Loki'd". Don't tell me you've never heard of this before?"
"I see. That has got to be the strangest thing I've ever heard of." Renee gave him a look.
"Speaking of strange, dare I mention Sleipnir?" Loki scowled.
"I don't want to talk about it." he deadpanned. Renee grinned.
"Then keep your opinions to yourself. Enjoy the music."