Thor: The Return of Love

Jane's Bad Day

Jane Foster was having an awful day.

She had a splitting headache, Her research had come to a dead end, Erik wasn't answering his phone, and Darcy would not stop talking.

She massaged her temples and went back over her notes for what seemed like the hundredth time in the past hour. She had to of missed something. She growled in frustration, she was all out of cash and IOUs. She refused to stoop to the level of asking SHIELD for anymore funding and she'd be damned if she went to her stupid cousin for help.

She rubbed her eyes and pushed away from the desk, her chair squeaking across the floor as she came to a halt in the middle of the room. She put her head in her hands, her elbows resting slightly on her knees.

"Darcy." She began quietly. "Can you please go do the grocery shopping?" Darcy Lewis stopped her chattering immediately. She took one look at Jane and then smiled slightly.

"Sure, I can do that." Darcy walked over to the table and picked up the long list that they had made previously. She took another glance at the table and reached out to take her Taser.

"Do you really need to take that taser with you?" Jane asked with a small chuckle.

"Hey you never know when these kind of things can come in handy!" She said defensively as she grabbed it and strutted out the door.

"Hey intern come on we've got shopping to do."

"My name is Ian, you think after a couple months of being her intern she'd remember that." The boy said as he walked out of the room in the back arms full of scientific equipment for Jane. He unloaded the cluster of objects on the table.

"Here's everything that you asked for Jane."

"Thanks Ian." Jane said with a small smile as she rolled her chair over to the table.

"Intern, we haven't got all day here."

"The name's Ian." He said irritably as he gave Jane a small wave and walked out the door after Darcy. Jane shook her head with a small smile gracing her lips.

"I can't believe my intern got herself an intern." She began rifling through the equipment, trying to find something that might help her get back on track with her research.

"This Einstein Rosen bridge will be the absolute death of me." She muttered. She heard a thunderclap in the distance and her head snapped up. She ran to one of the windows. She couldn't help the small glimmer of hope that welled up in her chest as she watched the rain slowly start to fall. She searched the surrounding area slowly her eyes wondering about. She shook her head at how ridiculous she was being. Sometimes she forgot that they weren't in New Mexico anymore and rain here in London was actually not uncommon.

She slid down the wall slowly, her arms coming to wrap around her knees. It had been two years since she has seen him and she was beginning to give up hope. At first she had been sad and then determined to find a way back to him. Yet now she was bordering between angry and determined. It had been a year since that fateful day when she sat on the couch all day and watched the coverage of New York. Watched what his brother, Loki, had done and how many lives were lost in the battle. It had been exactly one year since Jane Foster saw the man she loved on the television that day

. She had been so hopeful, so hopeful that maybe now that he found the way back to earth, she would get to wrap her arms around him once more. Disappointment was something Jane was beginning to get used to when it came to her and The God of Thunder. Someday she wondered if he really had moved on, if she was just another girl in his book. She pushed the thoughts from her mind trying not to think so darkly about the subject. The light shower was easing up, almost completely gone as her phone dinged.