Frost & Fire

Chapter 32 (Abigail)

I laughed a little and snuggled in between them. "Hmm so by the way, what did you originally come in to ask us?"

"If you wanted to join everyone for the campfire. I'm assuming they forgot about us."

"Oh, definitely." We all laughed a little and just laid there relaxing.

I was glad that Loki allowed him to join, though when I had made the joke a few years back about enjoying fighting with Bucky, I would have never guessed he'd be into joining. I didn't know how long we had been there before he excused himself and got dressed again to head to his room. Loki had fallen asleep and I looked over to him before he left.
"Bucky?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

"I'm pretty sure I should be the one thanking you." He said as he tilted my head up to face him.

"But you trusted us. I truly hope you will again."

"I will. Goodnight, Doll."

"Goodnight, Bucky." He kissed me softly before heading out and I fell asleep almost immediately.
We were awoken the next morning by Arn and Daliah jumping onto our bed with screams of "Mommy and Daddy." I laughed as we each took a child to tickle and hug as we usually did in the mornings, though this time I didn't see Lynsa or Ilod. "Where's your brother?"

"Downstairs. Pappy said to come get you." Arn said the best he could. We had been very strict on no baby talk and at least with him, we could see how beneficial that was because he had started talking pretty early on.

"Okay, well why don't you two go get some breakfast and Daddy and I will be right down." I said with a smile and let them run back out. "I was thinking of bringing the kids to the park today. What do you think?"

"I think that's a wonderful idea, but what about Ilod? He doesn't do well with temperature change and I don't think giving him a SCU will be a good thing."

"I don't either, but apparently Dad got us a new car for when we're here and he fixed up the AC so it'll get colder for the kids. And the park I want to take them to has a place to park the van close so as soon as it gets too warm we can bring him to the car."

"Sounds good, Kitten." He said before kissing my shoulder.

We got dressed and I had almost forgotten how good jeaned shorts and a tank top felt since I usually had to bundle up on Jotunheim. Once in the dining room, I saw everyone chowing down on some breakfast with seats set for the two of us. It tasted amazing and nothing ever beat a home cooked meal.
As Bucky came down shortly after us and grabbed some food himself, Steve asked, "Where did you go last night? Obviously you didn't find those two."

"Uh..no..I um decided to go for a run and then bed." He said as quickly as he could and I had to hide the smirk on my face.

"Too bad I was asleep, with the weather, I'm sure it was a good run."

"Oh, it was." He chuckled a little and took a sip of his coffee. "Any plans for today?"

"Yeah, I'm going to take the kids to the park and maybe later I wanted to start teaching Lynsa how to drive here. That way she can get away from the house if she needs to without the kids."

"It's okay, I can walk, my Queen." She said quickly.
"I would like to teach you how to get around, though. I love that you love the kids as your own, but trust me, you need a break." I said with a smile.

After breakfast, Pepper, Lynsa, and I all went to get the kids dressed for the day and got all of the bags packed. With four kids, all still in either pullups or diapers, plus snacks and everything each of us still needed to carry a bag which was just a little annoying, but we had everything packed to the brim. Especially when we had to pack a cooler so that Ilod's milk would be cold enough for him and we wouldn't have to worry about it spoiling.