My greatest hero

chapter 29

Loki slipped the ring onto her finger, he stood up and kissed her cheek
"Happy birthday my darling" he whispered into her ear. She started to think about the past week, and everything made sense now; what loki and Thor were looking at, how he knew what he was doing for her before she told him, why he seemed so nervous while they were dancing, it all made sense now. Loki scooped Eira up in his arms, causing her to laugh "My bride to be!" He shouted to the crowd. He walked back down the stairs and let her back on her feet
"Are you alright darling?" He said smiling, her face was red from crying.
"Yes, yes I couldn't be better" she said excitedly. He stepped behind her and hugged her shoulders, he felt so happy, he thought things couldn't be more perfect, then he looked up and saw someone; his mother. She was standing across the room smiling at him, he straitened up and let go of Eira, the smile disappeared from his face, he stood there in shock, he went to his own world, all he could focus on was his mother, who'd he thought was dead, standing across the room smiling at him, we could hear her voice "I'm proud of you, my son" she said from across the room, he didn't understand, how could she be alive?tears were forming in his eyes, he was just about to go to her, then all of a sudden he heard his name "Loki!" Thor snapped his fingers in Loki's face to get his attention, loki came back to reality, he turned his attention to Thor
"What? Sorry?" Loki asked realizing Thor was talking to him but he wasn't paying attention "What are you staring at?" Thor asked. Loki looked back to where his mother was standing and saw an empty space.
"Nothing" loki said staring where his mother stood a moment before. "I was just....." He shook his head to snap himself out of it "I was just thinking" he said trying to smile bit finding it difficult. His throat hurt from him trying to hold back tears, he was trying to get back to that perfect moment he was enjoying a minute ago, but he couldn't. He started to think about how he wasn't able to tell his mom that he was in love, or that he was going to ask her to marry him. he would never be able to tell her his wife was going to have a child. she would never be able to meet the woman he loved. but what crushed his heart more than anything, was that she never even knew he changed, she never knew they made things right. and he never had the chance to take back those horrible last words he spoke to her. The tears that had gathered in his eyes rolled down his face. He looked down at the ground, trying to prevent anyone form seeing him, but like always; Eira saw.

"Hey, what's wrong?" She asked holding his face with her hand, bringing his eyes to meet hers. He closed his eyes and let more tears fall. She was concerned, she's never seen him this upset before, and they'd been through some pretty rough times.
"Hey, it's okay, come on" she said in a quiet voice and led him put of the crowd and into his room, he sat down and she sat next to him, he was trying to get control of himself.
"What happened?" she asked holding his face again, he looked at her and felt the tears coming back. He let a few more tears escape his eyes. He took a deep breath and she wiped the tears off his face. He was breathing hard, trying to stop.
"I just really miss my mother" he felt his throat closing again. He was trying not to break down in front of her. "I wish she could be here, and I wish I hadn't said those horrible things to her" he said, his voice cracking"I know, Its hard. but it's okay to miss the people you love, you don't have to try to hold it all in" she told him. He put his arms around her and held her tightly, letting silent tears fall down his face, she held onto him and tried her best to comfort him, After a few minutes he got himself under control, he pulled away from her, he took a deep breath and his whole expression changed, he let out a sigh, and he smiled at Eira
"Well, enough thinking about my past, let's think about our future" he got up and took her hand "Hold on a second, your face is all red, Thor's going to blast you with questions" she laughed. She put her hand on his face, to try to cool him down, he was hot from crying and it was pretty obvious. They walked back into the crowded room, and loki saw Thor hold up his drink.
"To prince Loki of asgard, and lady Eira of Niflehiem!" His voice carried through the entire room and everyone cheered. loki looked at Eira's smiling face, and felt that perfect moment coming back again