Chapter 18; An Important Decision

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(Yea, I know there isn't any picture for her outfit but since this is a continuation of the last part, she has the same outfit.)

Thor's POV

"And you're certain that's what he said to her?" I asked the super soldiers in regards to Psyche. They both nodded.

Currently, Tony, Steve, Sam, Bucky, Clint, Laura, Maria, Natasha, Phil and I were gathered together. We were having a discussion about a certain Quentin Beck. This man had dared to say the most outrageous things to Psyche in the presence of her other mates. Our group was huddled in the corner of the room, and we probably looked very suspicious to be honest.

I took a glance at my beautiful 13th mate who was near the staircase with Loki, Stephen and Wanda. They all looked very happy, and were probably talking about... cauldrons, and spells, and cats.... I don't know, whatever it is magical folks talk about these days.

"She's a good kid, I like her" Laura Barton piped up, "Very educated about astronomy". 

Maria Hill grinned proudly at this, "Well... she learnt from the best".

Laura hummed, "Yes, it seems my books on astronomy have educated all the best cosmic witches of today" she shot Maria a teasing glance and everyone chuckled when the agent pouted.

"No but seriously", the astronomer began, all humor evaporated from her voice, "If that's really what Quentin said to her, you guys will have to be extra cautious".

Clint agreed with his mate, "It's cool you guys have broken the ice and are no longer shy and stuff around her", he spoke, eyeing Psyche laughing at something Stephen said, "But that isn't enough".

"Invite her to come stay with us Tony" came a very smooth voice, which wasn't present in the conversation before. We all jumped, and turned to look at Loki who was standing right next to me.

I looked back at where Psyche was chatting with him just a minute ago, and saw Loki standing there too!

"That's an illusion" Loki stated simply, and everyone nodded in understanding.

"Loki..." Bucky began, "It isn't that simple. We haven't known her for very long, and each of us have only met her twice. Thrice, if you include that night at the hospital". 

There was a quick silver blur, and soon, our speedster mate had joined the conversation too. "You cannot expect her to come stay with us! She'll reject us immediately!" Pietro exclaimed.

"Well... it actually isn't a bad idea" came the surprising addition, from none other than the Son Of Coul.

He meekly looked at Agent Hill as he proceeded, "I mean... Maria and I have known her for so long. She's been waiting for you guys her whole life, she might accept the offer to move into the tower".

Maria hesitantly jumped in, "Yeah Phil... but she could also decline, it would be too weird to ask right now".

Silence settled over the group until Natasha's voice rang out, "Bruce, Peter, we're over here!". Everyone's attention turned to the two as they approached us.

"Hi everyone" Peter greeted meekly, and everyone greeted back, not as enthusiastically as we normally do. This didn't go unnoticed by Bruce who frowned.

"Why do you guys seem so tense?" He asked. Steve sighed and proceeded to narrate the whole ordeal to the newcomers, not sparing a single detail along the way. He also talked about Loki's suggestion to invite Psyche to come stay at the tower.

"Sorry Loki, but that's crazy!" Bruce chimed.

"Well, I think it would be nice to have someone around my age" Peter defended. 

"Of course! And at some point, she'll come live with us. Just not so soon" Sam told the spiderling.

"Yea, but what's the problem in asking her now? Better sooner than never, knowing you guys, you'll get all shy and completely evade the topic each time it comes up in the future" Tony rebutted.

Everyone was silent for a while. It was obvious everybody was very conflicted with their views. 

"We can't have another civil war over something like this, we have to reach a decision" Natasha chided in, getting nods from several of us.

I noticed Tony and Steve flush at the mention of the event that had taken place, and saw the captain subtly take his billionaire mate's hand in his own and give it a light squeeze. I smiled slightly at the interaction.

"Well... to be honest... it does seem a little stupid to straight up ask her to move into the tower" Tony mumbled.

"But, we should be open to the idea as well" I spoke, and everyone looked at me, we started to talk amongst ourselves quietly.

"So it's settled then?" Clint pulled away from the group huddle with a satisfied smile.

Steve nodded, "We get to know her better, and once we feel she's ready, we'll ask her if she wants to move to the tower".

"But-" Nat cut in, "We shouldn't in any way bias or pressure her decision to tilt towards what we want".

"Okay everyone so that's that" Bruce said with a smile, "Now everyone shoo, disperse, we look really sketchy".

A/N: Hehe, I'm so sneaky. I know I never mentioned what Beck actually said... We may find out later. This is probably also one of the shortest chapters I have wrote.



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