A Changed Man (A Loki fan fiction)

Danielle's POV

(Sorry for not updating yesterday, got caught up with some stuff! Anyways, enjoy :D)

The day of the Expo! Well, the expo begins at 8pm, technically. But for all the VIP's on dads list, 8pm is too early to start. Why? Not enough time to dress.

It's a mega huge deal to be on Anthony Stark's VIP list. But I don't get it. You stand crowded with 50 others backstage while dad shows the common people what the latest Iron Man can do, and two hours later you stand around in his dining room, discussing and drinking champagne, eat dinner while you listen to him talk about the software and boring details of building it, and then its b-bye.

Apparently that's like a gala.

Anyways, after helping dad out with whatever he needed me for (running around), I reached home at 2am and crashed. I woke up at 10 am and laughed. Most women would die if they woke up at 10 and had to attend an expo at 8pm.

I got out of bed and fixed myself a simple breakfast, thinking of Loki, and the last party we went to. Thomas.. I remembered and giggled. All of a sudden I felt alone. I had no one to take to the expo. I had spoken a lot to dad, and honestly, I could kick myself for thinking he thought I was a disappointment. Also for not talking to him. He totally understood about the whole Loki thing. "Just be careful, Danielle. I trust you to take care of yourself, I don't trust him not to harm you."  was all he said.

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"I don't get what the huge deal is...." I told mom as I stepped into the limo. "... it took me an hour to dress."

"That explains your hair, honey..." she said. Dad laughed.

"That's a lost cause. Not much you can do with straight black hair till your shoulder."

Mom wore a dark blue backless gown with her hair swept to one side and a diamond necklace by dad, as was tradition at every Stark Expo. Dad, as usual.... a Hugo Boss suit, all smart and polished, but with sneakers. I wore a black knee length strapless dress and a simple silver bracelet. We arrived at the Expo, and the security led us backstage.

"See you in about two hours.." Dad smiled and left. As he entered the stage, with all the Iron Man suits rising from the platform, we heard a huge roar and an applause from the people out there. I struggled to stand properly with 50 other people pushing and pulling to hear what dad said. I gave up (as always) and just went to sit with mom. She smiled at me. "Why do you think I sit here every Expo?"

"You're a lady! God got confused and made a mistake half way through with me. I've got the mind of a 14 year old boy."

Mom laughed. We spoke about random stuff till dad's demo was done and he came backstage to greetings and congratulations from all the "VIP's". A long line of limo's took us all to Stark Towers for the dinner party.

I stood in the corner, trying hard to avoid eye contact with anybody. Nobody told me there was going to be dancing, and I sure as hell wasn't looking forward to it.

"Danny.. what are you doing here!?" dad came upto me. "Enjoy yourself."

"You didn't tell me 'something new' was dancing, dad... this sucks."

"Not my idea one bit." he said. "But if you like, I'll dance with you."

"Dad, you cant dance..." I hugged him. "I love you, but you cant dance."

He smiled. "Well, I'm gonna have more shrimp. You stand here and enjoy the wine I got." he waved and left me in my corner. I took a sip of the wine and eyed someone coming towards me. I tried to remember his name...

Abraham...Abe.. Abel? Yeah Abel. I hope...

"Hey Danielle!" Abel said. "Long time no see! Hows the business!?"

World's most boring conversationalist. "Business is fantastic. Quite close to kicking your company off the market."

"I wouldn't mind, you were always the better man." he laughed. Yeah, haha. Real funny.

"Would you like to dance?" he asked me. Oh god no, I was trying to avoid this. I looked t dad and he was looking at us and laughing.

Dad hated Abel. The sole purpose of putting him on the VIP list every expo was because at the end of the night he always did something stupid that entertained dad and I and embarrassed his parents. Also because his parents were friends of dad. Um, I mean "friends".

I was about to agree, so dad and I would have some laughs later when the ground shook. "Uh oh..." I set the wine down and held onto the table. I knew this. The sudden lightning startled everyone and everyone was in a state of panic that the building was shaking. I made my way to the balcony (insanely dangerous, but I was aware what it was) and saw green, and two figures seemed to fly out of the sky and hit the ground next to the tower. I felt a hand on my shoulder and screamed.

"Ssh its me...!" I heard his voice and turned around to see Loki smile. "How have you been?"