Timeless

Entry #2

Location: Darien, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Date: June 20, 2003

"See you later, guys!"

"Later, Kara..."

Once she had bid goodbye to her classmates, the girl now turned to head home. After a quiet walk along the empty streets, she finally approached her home only to suddenly find herself rooted to the spot. Her breath hitched and her heart suddenly began pounding, making her unable to hear anything aside from the blood rushing through her veins. The reason...? It was staring at her from across the street, veiled in moss green, black and gold just like before.

"Loki..." she managed to whisper.

Although he normally should not have heard that, his lips curled into a smile which soon stretched into a full grin, revealing his milky white teeth. Before she noticed, she too was grinning and not only that. She was stepping toward him, bent on running across the street and into his arms. The next thing she knew, a car horn blew in her ear nearly making her jump out of her dress. As she looked to the car speeding toward her time seemed to slow down; all she got the chance to see was the metal monster rushing at her as if it was trying to devour her... then a flash of gold covered her eyes and she felt her feet leaving the ground, her shoulder hitting something hard. By the time she had regained her full senses, she was back on the sidewalk from where she'd started crossing the street. Not only that, Loki was cradling her just as he had six years before.

"We really should stop meeting like this."

His jesting remark made her raise her gaze to him; and the only reaction she could give him was a mixture of laughter and tears. Once her feet touched the ground again, she flung her arms around his waist and latched onto him while almost crushing her nose against his armor.

"You really need to stop wearing this..." she muttered, in a rather failed attempt at sounding upset.

His soft laughter washed over her like the freshness of the air after a summer rain, and she felt unable to hold back another smile. And then his arms enveloped her with the same warmth and the same promise of safety that she remembered from that night so long ago.

"I missed you, dearest..."

Looking up at him once more, the girl pouted.

"You visit me almost every night in my dreams... how could you possibly miss me?"

"Reality is sometimes better than dreams." he replied with a soft chuckle, before leaning down to kiss her forehead.

"Well I didn't miss you..." she retorted, trying – as usual – to appear independent.

"Oh, but your actions say differently, dearest." he teased. "You're holding me so tightly, that I fear you might break me in half."

Another chuckle left him when Kara stuck her tongue out at him in annoyance, and he finally released her.

"Are you invisible again?" she finally asked.

Before he could answer, however, a few girls from her class passing by came to a halt, gaping at Loki as though they had just seen a rare piece of cake.

"Not this time..." he chuckled, motioning toward the females.

Upon turning around and sighting the group, Kara felt her stomach dropping to her feet. When the girls recognized her and made a straight way toward them, she gulped, suddenly much too aware of his presence just behind her.

"So what the hell am I supposed to tell them about you?" she asked.

She would have probably shot him a nasty glance when he chuckled again, if she didn't feel his slender hands creeping along her neck; the way he was moving them, with his fingers just barely tickling her skin, sent a pleasant shiver along her spine. She was instantly painfully aware of her appearance; the sleazy dress which stuck to her frame, the generously low cut of the dress which complimented her already well developed chest, just how short it was – reaching only halfway down her thighs... in short she was much too aware of both herself and Loki, to feel comfortable.