Astro and Wonderman: (The Adventures of Team Pixie) Book 9: The Book of Secrets

The kids (They are adorable here T^T) (REEEEEE)

(Bree's point of view)

He definitely looked like he drank a little now that I looked at him closer. Though hr had some signs that he'd been drinking a lot more than what he did tonight but they were getting better. I assumed it was because of Hope and Angel that he probably slacked off on a lot of the drinking. The kids must mean a lot to him I thought. He was sweating and I did the best I could to keep the room cool for him. Worry came across my face and I really hoped that he would get better soon.

The kids came into the room then and noticed Loki on the bed looking sick.

"Is he going to be okay?" Hope asked.

"What happened tonight?" Angel questioned.

"He'll be okay. He's just going through some hard stuff right now" I told them.

The kids looked at me questioning what he might be going through.

"You wouldn't understand. Your way too young to" I explained.

"Is it because he misses mommy?" Angel asked sadly then.

"I miss mommy" Hope told Angel.

"You can be our mommy till she comes back can't you?" Angel asked.

"No. She won't replace her" Hope voiced angered at Angels suggestion.

"Hope, Angel it's normal to want a normal family with two parents. I'm sorry about what happened, I really am. I can't be your mom though. You already have a wonderful mom I'm sure. She may just be going through a hard time herself" I told them.

"Why does everyone seem to be going through a hard time now?" Hope asked.

"Well, one person can affect a lot of people at once" I told them.

"True" Angel agreed.

Angel and Hope went to Loki then and touched his hand.

"I hope you get better soon, Daddy" they told him.

"Why don't you guys get some sleep?" I told them.

"Can you read us a story? It's been forever since we had a bedtime story read to us" Angel asked.

"Sure" I agreed. So I read them a bedtime story and they fell asleep shortly then.

It was a little after that I went into the room with Loki then. After a few more minutes he seemed to have woken up.

"Loki" I asked.

"My head hurts. I must have drunk a lot more than I thought I did" Loki voiced.

Then I got a roll and hit him softly in the head with it.

"Owe. What was that for?" Loki asked.

"It's bad to worry your kids you know. I might have to stay here some so I can put you on drinking restriction. It's bad to drink too much you know" I scolded him.

"I haven't been drinking that much" Loki protested.

"That's what they all say. You have kids and they were really worried about you. Besides, without their mom here your all they got besides your siblings" I scolded him some more.

Loki grew quiet then probably never having thinking of that.

"It's okay. We all have moments that are a bit in the grey area" I smiled at him.

"I'm sorry. I...." Loki barely voiced before tears started falling down.

I comforted him and waited till he was done with the tears.

"What happened with you guys anyway? If you don't mind my asking. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to" I told him.

"It's fine. I can talk about it now" Loki answered.

He told me everything with him and Darkness, how she turned evil and the evil things she'd done so far. He also told me about how he was bad at handling stuff like this.

"I see. Well from now on your restricted on the adult drinks" I instructed him.

His face was one of utter shock now.

"I'm an adult you know" I told him.

"Loki" I told him a scary look in my eyes. When he saw this he sweat dropped and laughed nervously. "I mean anything you say"

"That's better. If you feel the need for it for emotional reasons you can talk to me. We'll get you through this together. I'm doing this as your friend okay. Plus the kids are kinda cute. I want them to continue to smile" I smiled at him.

He was quiet then and after a second he flushed. "Absolutely not. I know I'm gonna say things I wouldn't want just anyone knowing" He protested.

"I promise I won't tell anyone. What happens here stays here, okay" she smiled at me.

"I still don't know......" Loki protested.

I sighed and then sat beside him. "What about what's best for the kids?" I asked him. I knew that would get to him because he was close to them and he wanted the best for them.

He sighed at that and groaned in defeat. "Alright. I'll do it for them. Just go a little easy on me please?" He pleaded.

"That's the drink talking and you know it" I told him determined.

He groaned again in defeat. "Well I do want the best for them" I told her.

"Then I'm just trying to help you" I told him.

"I'm a bit tired for now though. I'm gonna go get some sleep. There's probably some drinks in the refrigerator so..." he told me. He made his way to the bed now and I tried my best to get all the adult drinks out of the house so that all the temptation was gone from the house at least. I'll admit it wasn't a perfect strategy but it was a start. After doing this and hanging out with everyone I started getting tired myself so I went to the guest room they had and I slept there. I was going to stay here till I saw that Loki was improving enough on the drinking to where that wasn't so much of a habit anymore. Maybe I could help him even more than that by helping him make another coping mechanism for life. I was determined to try at least. So that's how me and Loki got on our mission for him.