11 Chapter Ten

Once we got outside Danika and I were met by Ashleigh's car. An old Volkswagen that was a faded red. Ashleigh and Loki stepped out of the car and opened the doors for us.

I turned to Danika, "They rehearsed this you can tell.''

She laughed, "Obviously they would never do that without practice otherwise Ashleigh would of tripped on the door.''

''True dat honey.'' I told her.

We laughed together as we got in. Ashleigh drove, Danika rode shotgun and Loki and i sat in together in the back. Ashleigh and Danika flirted the whole time while Loki and I communicated through smiles and sighs.

The place we went to was in the centre of Brisbane, it had heaps of shops and restaurants. But it was a fancy place to even be walking through.

"How much is this costing us?" I whispered to Danika.

"Don't worry my employer is paying for it all." She winked at me.

"Right, so do they know that me and Loki are attending?"

"Nup, I'll just tell them that jet lag makes you hungry.''

"Okay so which restaurant are we attending?"

"Ummmm a restaurant?'' She  laughed.

"So I guess we just chose one of these places?" Ashleigh butted into the conversation.

''I'm assuming.'' She shrugged and walked off.

Ashleigh followed like an adorable puppy and Loki and I walked side by side behind them. I walked at a slow pace as me and high-heels just don't mix. And naturally I tripped, but before I hit the ground I was caught by Loki. He stood me back up right.

"Thanks.'' I said sheepishly while smoothing out my dress.

"That's alright,'' he told me, ''and by the way that dress looks very nice on you.'' Then he continued walking.

I stood there for about a minute, trying to regain my balance to walk properly. Danika turned around.

"Yo Ingrid you coming or what?" she asked me.

"Yeah, sorry though I saw something.'' I told her while walking faster to catch up to them.

"So what did you think you saw?" Loki asked me.

"Ummmmmmmmmm just someone I knew at the orphanage.''

"Oh did I know them?" Ashleigh asked from over her shoulder.

''Uh yeah.'' I replied.

''Who was it?" Asked Danika.

"I thought that it was Miss Richardson.''

"Ewwww she was a big meanie.'' Ashleigh scrunched her face up in disgust.

"Yeah I agree but luckily it was just a look-a-like." I laughed.

"So what does this food consist of?" He quizzed us.

"Sea-weed, rice and the innards of whatever flavour you choose.'' Ashleigh told him.

"Right.'' He nodded.

I chose a ordinary chicken sushi platter thing, Loki just picked one and got salmon and both Danika and Ashleigh got the vegetarian option. We ate with light conversation but nothing exciting. Mainly about Danika's photo shoot in Sydney in a week, but that was about all.

But then I started to feel a bit blugh. Like vomity blugh, it came over me very suddenly. I stood up and ran to the bathroom. It was about ten minutes after non-stop vomiting that Danika came in.

"Ingrid are you in here?" I heard her voice echo through the bathroom.

"Yep I'm in this one." I pushed open the door.

I must of looked like crap, lying next the the toilet hair plastered to my sweaty sick face.

"Oh darling, I think you should go home." She told me.

I closed my eyes, "Yeah I think I agree with you.'' I told her.

She came over and helped me up, and cleaned me up so I looked half decent. Then she helped me out of the bathroom to the bench that we were sitting at.

"I'm gonna take Ingrid home guys. She isn't feeling the best.'' Danika told them.  

Loki stood up, "No you stay here with Ashleigh I'll find a way to get her home.''

"Are you sure?" She asked him.

"Absolutely.''

She put her hand into her pocket and pulled out a fifty dollar note, "Here grab a taxi and take her home." She handed Loki the money.

Ashleigh gave me a gentle hug, and Loki put his arm around my shoulders and we walked out of the sushi chain.

***

I don't remember much of the trip home, only that I basically layed on Loki the entire time. Once we made it inside my apartment I ran straight to the bathroom and threw up again. I was in there for about five minutes when Loki came inside and sat with me until I was ready for bed.

I got changed into my pajamas (Black top and unicorn flannelette pants), grabbed and took some pain killers. 

I clambered into my bed like a two year old and curled up into a ball.

"What a way to ruin a nice dinner night.'' I told Loki as he came over and sat beside me on the bed.

"You didn't ruin it.'' He told me.

"I'm pretty sure I did.'' 

''It's not your fault that you got sick.''

"Yeah, but I still made it crappy for you, you had to leave early.''

"It was alright, remember I volunteered.'' He mentioned.

''Do you know any good stories you could tell me?" I asked him.

And yes I did feel like a little kid while asking him that question.

''Um not really.''

"Tell me about Asgard.'' 

He sighed, "Well it is very shiny, we are rather rich and there is no poverty, we are warriors. Odin, is our king with Frega as his wife. They are my parents, Thor is my brother he is the proud owner of Mjolnir. Our job is to keep peace throughout the nine realms.''

About then I started to drift off, Loki must of noticed because he lowered his voice and dimmed the lights. But he still spoke of Asgard even as I fell asleep. As he finished, (I was like drowsy) he stood up and kissed my forehead.