Working Title : Loki & Annie

38 Worshipping at the Wal Mart

Choosing bread was easy. Since Annie had discovered Thor could eat a whole loaf himself they added four loaves of French bread into the cart. After that Thor simply pointed at a bag of rolls while saying the shape was familiar. Annie figured that was as good of a way to pick bread as she had done asking a toddler, so a large bag also went into the cart.

As she was putting the bread in the cart she caught Loki staring and she followed his line of vision to see what had caught his interest. Looking at the table she saw a display of cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, all covered in brightly colored frosting and sprinkles. She tugged the cart over to the display, Thor followed along with no hesitation.

Watching Loki's face Annie asked him, "You see something you want?" She hovered a hand over each plastic container, waiting for a reaction. He looked at her then back to the display, the pom-poms on his hat gently wobbling. There hadn't been any emotion on his face that she could detect, maybe some interest but nothing to tell her which exact one he'd prefer.

Thor picked up a container of cookies, he held it out to Loki. "What about these?" 

Loki looked at them then went back to looking at the selections. Thor shrugged and put the cookies in the cart.

"I know." Annie picked up a container of mini cupcakes, "We'll have a taste test at home. See which one you guys prefer." She picked up one of each flavor and color, setting one after the other in the cart. "That should cover your sweet tooth for a couple of days."

Thor looked at the containers, leaning down to see better. "They are so tiny." He seemed disappointed.

Annie huffed then grabbed several containers of standard-sized cupcakes which also went into the cart. She gave Thor a raised eyebrow, "Happy?"

"Yes." He looked like a kid getting, well, containers of cupcakes. Annie shook her head, she felt she was doing a lot of head shaking lately and she figured it was only starting.

After that, it was a short stroll to the meat department. Here Annie asked a very specific question. "What kind of meat do you normally eat?"

"Boar." Came Thor's prompt reply.

Annie nodded, "Okay, pork." She looked at the rows of freezer bins. "Ham. Ham is good." She picked out two large ones, pointing to each and Thor dropped them into the cart.

"These are very small boars," Thor spoke as he held the third one in his hands. It did look small in his large hands.

"Hmm, maybe you better put that one in too."

Thor nodded, he agreed.

Annie decided that three hams along with what she had bought earlier should last at least into the start of her workweek. "I think we should just go up and down every aisle, that way we can see everything and you two can pick out whatever you want." She pulled her list from her pocket, "Plus I hopefully won't forget anything."

"That sounds like a wise choice." Thor pushed the cart, glancing down at Loki. "If you see anything you desire, Brother, let us know. You can have whatever you wish."

Loki had lost some of his wide-eyed wonderment but still looked around curiously. He turned his head back and forth as he tried to see both sides of the displays. The pom-poms on his hat moved freely, wobbling as he looked around. His hands had come out from under the cape and now clasped the cart's handle, his fingers moving over the smoothness of the plastic.

Annie ended up grabbing several pounds of butter and large blocks of cheese. Apparently cheese was a favorite snack for Asgardians. Thor was enthusiastic about trying the ice cream but Annie was successful in getting him to agree to wait until they were ready to check out, he understood the concept of it melting.