Hey ya'll! So the next chapter, something big is happening! In this one, we get to see all of the Avengers! Has anyone else noticed that in the Avengers, when the Hulk comes out, he's still got like a five o'clock shadow, and hair on his chest? I noticed that and I was like huh... Nice attention to detail guys!

Disclaimer: I only own Minnie!


The next day I spend finishing wrapping the gifts I had bought, and packaging them up. "Ay dios mio." I muttered as I piled the packages by the door. I'd send them all to my parent's house seeing as everyone would be there anyway.

"Buenos días." Bruce said as he walked in and kissed the top of my head. He went to the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee and sat on the couch.

"You speak Spanish?" I asked.

"Don't you?"

"Enough to get the point across." I shrugged.

"And enough to say oh my god?" he asked.

"Well, there's a few other phrases I know." I shrugged. "You pick it up when you live in California." He held his hand out and I walked over, and sat down next to him, he wrapped his arm around me, rested his forehead against my head and spent the morning whispering phrases in Spanish in my ear. Most of them I had no idea what he was saying, but there were a select few that made me blush.

Christmas was approaching, and it was approaching fast. Tony had previously made quite a show at the Rockefeller Tree Lighting ceremony by actually taking the star and flying to the top of the tree in his Iron Man suit, then placing it onto the top of the tree, making the crowd go wild. I remember standing on the side of the stage with Bruce, our fingers entwined as we watched with small smiles.

I was working at the Mansion, doing the finishing touches for the Avengers rooms, it had been a rather overcast and rainy day, turning the preexisting snow to slush. I finished putting the bottom sheet on a bed and was pulling it tight, wondering where the cleaning woman was and why she hadn't been asked to do this, but I pushed the thought from my head and thanked myself for not having to escort his one night stands out since his relationship with Pepper was obviously going so well. There was a loud clap of thunder and lighting, followed by another. I sighed, getting home tonight would be fun.

After the initial thunder and lightning passed I finished the bed and was fluffing the pillows when there was a loud knock on the door downstairs. I frowned lightly; the Avengers weren't scheduled to arrive until later that evening, though it wasn't unheard of for them to be early.

"Jarvis, picture of the front door." I said. The glass on the window lit up and a picture of the front door came up, standing outside, in all of his godly glory was Thor. "Jarvis, let him in." I said quickly and moved for the door. "And wipe picture!" he did so and I could hear movement downstairs as I walked downstairs quickly. "Thor," I greeted him as I walked downstairs. We had met- briefly- after the Loki incident. "It's good to see you."

"Ah, the woman called Strong Little." he grinned.

"Actually it's Minnie, but very close." I said with a smile. He responded by giving me a bone crushing hug. No, literally I think he might have misplaced a rib or two when he lifted me off the ground, crushing me into his chest. "Come to celebrate the holidays on Midsgard...?" I asked with a small smile as I put my hand over my ribs.

"It is Midgard, and yes, I am here to celebrate the Masses of Christ." he said and I smiled lightly. "No?"

"Christmas, very close." I said. "Jarvis, please inform Tony that Thor is celebrating Christmas here." I said.

"Right away Ms. Stone." he replied and Thor looked up and around.

"I fear I shall not get used to the bodiless voice." he said and I smiled as I patted his arm.

"It takes awhile." I said before I gestured for him to follow. Remembering last time Thor was alone in the mansion I decided it would be best to keep an eye on him. "Come on, you can help me prepare a room for the rest of the Avengers." I said. He came with me and I led him to a room and he helped me make the bed.

"Is this a ritual when preparing for friends?"

"Generally speaking, yes." I said. "See you tuck the ends under, like this." I showed him and he lifted the edge of the mattress, lifting it off the bed. He smoothed the ends of the sheet down under the mattress before he placed the mattress down and smoothed the top sheet down. "Or you could do that." I laughed. "That's very good Thor." I smiled.

"Tell me Minnie," he said and I looked at him. "What do you know of Jane Foster?"

"I know much of her." I said with a smile as I put pillowcases on the pillows. I threw one at him, it hit him right in the face and he looked at me in surprise. The next thing I knew, the pillow had hit me, and I was on the floor from the sheer force.

"I apologize!" he said as he helped me up. "I have wounded you."

"Huh?" I asked before I realized I had a nose bleed and I laughed.

"It's okay Thor." I smiled. We went downstairs and I got a Kleenex and held it to my nose while I sat at the kitchen bar. The back door opened and Pepper walked in.

"Hey Minnie- Oh my gosh, what happened?"

"Never start a pillow fight with the son of Odin." I said simply. She looked to the refrigerator where Thor was pulling out a can of coke. He frowned pulling on the metal tab before pulling it off, without opening the can.

"Thor," I said and he looked at me. He brought the can to me and I picked up a butter knife. I broke the opening and handed the can back to the Asgardian who gulped down the coke before belching loudly. Pepper and I exchanged a grin before I giggled lightly. "Nice one Thor." I said before holding my fist out. "Pound it." He grinned, Darcy had shown him that, and he bumped his fist against mine. I laughed at how pleased he looked before I moved the tissue. "Did it stop?"

"Yeah, it's fine." Pepper said as she handed me a wet paper towel. I wiped my nose off before I looked at Thor.

"Well, son of Asgard," I said and he grinned. "First things first, we get you a change of clothes, then I need to go grocery shopping, if you would like to come along?"

"That is the plan of a champion." he said and I laughed.

"And when we get back, I'll get you into contact with Jane." his face softened and I smiled. I brought him some clothes what he had worn when he was last on Earth. He went upstairs and I led him to the room he had helped me make the bed in. "This will be your room while you're here, okay?" I asked with a smile.

"Thank you." he said and I shut the door as I left. When I got downstairs Pepper was on my phone.

"No, Abby, she's right her." she said and handed me the phone.

"Hey, did you guys get the packages?"

"Oh god, my kids are losing their minds trying to figure out what's in them." she said and I grinned. "No, I'm calling because... Well, it's, it's probably nothing, but someone came to the house looking for you."

"What do you mean?"

"Well mom and dad went to Utah with MeeMaw to visit a friend before the holidays for the weekend, and I was at the house picking up the mail and feeding Scruffy, and there was a knock on the door. So, I answered it, and it was this cute guy, he asked for you."

"Who was he?" I asked.

"He said his name was Peter Ford, I didn't recognize him, but he said that you guys went to school together and he was in town for the holidays and he wanted to reconnect."

"I don't know, the name doesn't ring a bell." I said.

"Yeah, so I told him I was sorry, that you moved and that you're seeing someone- you two are still together right?"

"Yes Abby, we're still together." I said and she sighed. "Concentrate."

"Oh, right, well, he asked if you had a number I could reach you on, and I said no, and he asked where you worked and I said I wasn't comfortable with giving out that information..."

"What happened?"

"Mandie was walking through and she heard, and she said you worked for Tony Stark." she sighed. "I'm sure it's nothing!"

"Yeah, its probably nothing." I said. "When did that happen?"

"Yesterday afternoon." she sighed.

"Look, it'll be fine, like you said, it was probably nothing."

"He just- he gave me the creeps Sam."

"It's okay Abbs," I said as Thor walked back into the room. "Look, I have to go, the Avengers are converging upon us for Christmas." I sighed.

"Okay, I love you."

"I love you too Abby, I'll talk to you soon." I hung up and sighed, before I looked at Thor and smiled. "Let's get out of here huh?" I asked. After grocery shopping with Thor (which was great because he could literally take all of the groceries in at once) I got him on the phone with Jane, who was overjoyed to hear from him. They spent a good hour and a half, maybe longer talking, while Pepper and I put away the groceries and started cooking. I was in the middle of flipping over a browning piece of frying eggplant when the doorbell rang.

"Jarvis?"

"Agents Romanoff and Barton." he answered. I went to the door and smiled at the two assassins and let them into the house, we talked and I had Thor show them to the room they would be staying in. Soon Tony and Bruce came to the house, and then as I was finishing cooking (And boy did Pepper and I do a lot of that) did Steve Rogers get there.

"Steve," I smiled as I hugged him. "I'm sorry about New Orleans." I said softly and he nodded.

"I understand." he said gently. He let go of me and shook hands with Bruce who was standing behind me. "Dr. Banner, I'm sorry about-"

"Forget it." Bruce said with a nod. Everyone talked, and was having a good time when I looked at Bruce, and touched his hand. He looked at me and I smiled lightly. "Uh, we're going to say good night." Bruce said as we stood up.

"Well I see you two are still together." Barton grinned.

"Never better." I smiled as I pulled on my coat. "I'll be around in the morning in case there's anything you need. Tony will give you my cell number if you need me to bring anything in particular in the morning, let me know; it was good to see you all."

"Good night." the Avengers chorused and Bruce wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"Oh, and Tony?" I looked at him. He rolled his eyes but threw me the keys to the town car he never drove. I smiled as we walked out and I drove us home.